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inconvenience or expense , as it saves ifr'y times its cost in other means of cure ) . _ Testimonials from parties of unquestionable respectaW " lity llave attested that it supersedes nwdicine of every cle « scription in the effectual and permanent removal of indi < gestion ( dyspepsia ) , constipati n , and diarrhoea , nervous * ness , biliousness , liver complaint , flatulency , distension , palpitation of the hfc . irt , nervous headache , deafnesSj « oi 3 es in ihe head and ears , pains in tfia cbcut , bettveea the shoulders , aud in almost every part of tlie body , chro « me inHamtnntion and ulceration of the btomach , angina pectons , erysipelas , eruptions on the skin , incipient con * sumption
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' Jncueask of Preston . — During the present year not less timn 070 now houses hare been © reeled < ifi Preston , aud tfiero never was a time wfceu so few houses were unoccup ied . Oi . o \ s scarcely vrnj-ty before it is re-taken , am . ) many of the new ones have Leou lot before they Lave boon roofed in .
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Arctic Searching Expedition . A Journal of a Moat Voyage , through Jtuperfs Land and the Arctic Sea , in Search of the Discovery Ships under the command of Sir John Franklin . With an Appendix of the Physical Geography of Nortk America . By Sir J . Kichabdson . 2 Vols . By
Authority . London : Longman and Co . Iks aa opinion , grounded upon late discoveries , f&sa . there is a North-west passage from L tascaater Sound , in abont 7 * degrees of l tfortii latitude and 79 degrees of West f langitale 3 to Bearing ' s Straits in 67 degrees fcof latitude and 170 of longitude ; and that this ' passage runs direct by Melville Island with ao other than the usual impediments of Arctic navigation , —numerous islands , tortuous channels , and impassable barriers of ice . The northern coast of continental America , along about 70 degrees of North latitude , -with the group of islands from Baffin ' s Bay to Boothia Pelix , extending about four degrees further Jforth , has been sufficiently examined in search or" the missing expedition . The channel
through which Sir John Franklin was to proceed ! Ifhecoaid , has only been examined to aboat 11 » degrees of West longitude , and that part ially on the Southern shore . So far asiskaow . n . itia bounded on both sides by land and intersected *>> ' «^ nQS- , j 8 a v < £ " grounded common , that the land an the Southern sideexi ends nearly the whole of the distance to Beta ! " ** Struts ; for ^ e " Banks '* Land on the Southern « de of and Wollas
Melville Island . Vic&ria Land - off the continental cot' *' , and ¦ £ ¦« " ¦» £ Laye been seen at differ ent places from the icy aea of the North Americ . w « oaat - , But though Sir Job , ^ g-JJSS ZJSSSmlSSi ^** i « £ S £ to try any other opening to * * " ?!•? £ in case he should be JJhb fc " ** » *» *»*
t > vjheiwate directed . i * i non nf —' wKTSSCT ? began to be eu ^ fiftfflJ Franklin ' s safety , the Admiralty ca ^ Jj J ^ opinions of men best acquainted ^ j ^ Artie regions . Sir James Ross and * . ^^ Richardson both gave their opinion i rQc Iranklin had endeavoured to obey his uisl - tions , and bad got fixed in the ice to the TVv . ' of Melville Island ; and Sir John Parry wa .. substantially of the same opinion . Richardson further considered , that if the ships were ' wrecked or abandoned , Franklin vrould en- Aeavour to make bis way either to Lan- master Sound to meet the whalers , or to Mackenzie Hirer to reach the Hudson Bay i
posts . To give effect to these opinions toe expeditions of Ross and Richardson were organised . Boss was to follow the directed route of Franklin throug h Lancaster Sound and Barrow ' s Strait to Melville Island . Richardson was to proceed to Canada , and , making his way across the Hudson ' s Bay terr itory , descend the Makenzie River , coast the continent of America to the Coppermine River , and , if time permitted , examine itude
"WbHaston Land , lying in the same long as Melville Island , and distauftfroni it about 350 miles . There was a discretion to extend the search , and to continue it for ft second year . Both these expeditions failed , as ii well known , on account of the ice . Ross csald not reach even Welling ton Channel ; neither Richardson ia 1848 nor Ms second Eae in 1849 could cross the channel which separates Both America from Victoria L » n 4 afld n ollastOh Land .
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nected -with it , and interest even to casual observation . This is a curious fact connected with the feeling of heat : — The power of the sun this day in a cloudless sky was so great , that Mr . Rae and I were glad to take shelter in the water while the crews were engaged on the portages . The irritability of the human frame is either greater in these Northern latitude ? , or the sun , notwithstanding its obliquity , acts more powerfully upon it than near the Equator ; for I nected vith it , and interest even to casual ob-
nave never felt ita direct rays so oppressive within the Tropics as I ha ^ ro experienced them to be on some occasions in the high latitudes . The luxury of bathing at such times is not without alloy ; for , if you choose the mid-day , you are assailed in the water by the tabard , who draw blood in an instant with their formidable ) lancets - . and if you select the morning or evening , then clouds of thirsty mosohetoes , hovering around , fasten on the first part that emerges . Leeches also infest the still waters , and are prompt in their aggressions .
The following relate to cold and midwinter : — The rapid evaporation of both snow and ice in the winter and spring , long before the action of the snn has produced the slightest thaw or appearance of moisture , is made evident to residents in the high latitudes by many faots of daily occurrence ; and I may mention that tho drying of linen furnishes a familiar one . When a shirt , after being washed , is exposed in the open air to a temperature of 40 deg . or 50 deg . below zero , it is instantly ri gidly frozen , and may be broken if violently bent . If agitated when in this condition by a strong wind , it makes a rustling noi « e like theatrical thunder . In an hour or two , however , or nearly as quickly as it would do if exposed to the sun in the moist climate of England , it dries and becomes limber .
In consequence of the extreme dryness of the atmosphere in winter , most articles of English manufacture nade of wood , horn , or ivory , brought to Rupert ' s Land , are shrivelled , bent , and broken . The handles of razors and knives , combs , ivory scales , and various other things kept in the warm room ? , are damaged in this way . The human body also becomes visibly electric from the ( iryness of the skin . One cold night I rose from my bed , and , having lighted a lantern , was going out to observe the thermometer , wUb no other clothing than my flannel night-dress , when , on approaching my hand to the iron latch of the door , a distinct spark was elicited . Friction of the skin at almost all times in winter produced the electric odour .
Even at mid-winter we had three bour 3 anda balf < jf daylight . On the 20 th of December I required a candle to write at the window at ten in the morning . On the 29 th , the sun , after ten days ' absence , rose at the fishery , where the horizon was open ; and on the 8 tli of January , both limbs of that luminary were seen from a gentle eminence behind the fort , rising above the centre of Fishery Island . For several days previously , however , its place in the heavens at noon bad been denoted by rayB of light shooting into the sky above the woods . The lowest temperature in January was 50 deg . F .
On the 1 st of February the sun rose to U . 3 at nine o'clock and set ac three , and the days lengtuoued rapidly . On the 23 rd I could write in my room without artificial light from ten a . m . to half-past two p . m ., making four hours and a half bright daylight . The moon in ibe long nights if » 8 » most beautiful object ; that satellite being constantly above the horizon for nearly a fortnight together in the middle of the lunar month . Venus also shone with a brilliancy which is never witnessed in a gky loaded with vapours ; and , unless in snowy weather , our nights are always enlivened by the beams of the Aurora .
Sir John adduces satistic 9 to show the abundance of game which rewarded the efforts of his hunting parties in the winter of 1848-9 . To the middle of April in llie latter year , there were received in the storeheuBe attached to their winter quarters 5 , 191 fish , 13 , 8101 b . of fresh venison , 9 , 220 b , of half-dry venison , 3601 b . of pounded meat , 3531 b . of reindeer fat , and 625 reindeer tongues . In addition to the above , ( says Sir John ) , —Mr . Bell brought up , in autumn , 1 , 2001 b . of dried meat from Fort Simpson , six cwt . of barley-meal , and
three kegs of rough barley , several 901 b . bags of flour , some bags of potatoes , with tea and sugar , together with a full supply of pemmican for Air . Rue ' s summer expedition , and for the provisioning of the men returning to England , So well provided , we bad no dread of want at any time , and passed the winter in abundance . Our men had each a daily ration of 81 b . of venison on five days in the week , and on the other two from 101 b . to lolb . of fish . The women also received rations , and the children smaller allowances . Barley a ?" potatoes were issued in addition as long as fcha lasted , and flour occasionally .
The Arctic architecture , from a chapter ca the Esquimaux , is worth reading , should ii never turn out to he worth knowing . __ As ~ ttte " days lengthen , the villages ate emptied of their inhabitants , who move sea ward on the ice to the seal-hunt . Then comes into use a marvellous system of architecture , unknown among the rest of the American nations . The fine pure suow has by that time acquired , under the action of strong winds and hard frosts , sufficient coherence to fora an nuimrable light building material , with which ths . Eskimo master-mason erects most com fortable dome-shaped houseB . A circle ia first traced on the smooth surface of the snow ; and the
slabs for raising the walls are cut from within , so as to clear a place down to the ice , which is to form the floor of the dwelling , and whose evenness was previously ascertained by probing . The slabs requisite to complete the dome , after the interior of the circle is exhausted , are cut from some neighbouring spot . Each slab is neatly fitted to its " place by running a flenching-knife along the joint , when it instantly freezes to the wall , the cold atmosphere forming a roost excellent cement . Crevices are plugged up , and seams accurately olosed by throwing a few shovelfuls of loose snow over the fabric . Two men generally work together in raiain / ahouse , apd the ojlewto is stationed out when
withufc'ia a / ib ^ ddba aiuUreepfc his H&ov& ^ RW « 8 befc / onl / three or four inches thick , .-ire sufficiently translucent to admit a very agreeable light , which serves for ordinary domestic purposes ; but if more be required a window is cut , and the aperture fitted with a pieco of transpnrent ice . The proper thickness of the walls is of some importance . A few inches excludes the wind , yet keeps down the tempera <«* fO as to prevent dripping from the interior . Tin * furniture—such , as scats , tables , and sleeping-places--is also formed of snow and a covering of folded rein-deer-skin or seal-skin renders them comfortable to the inmates . By means of antechambers and porches , in form of long , low galleries , with leewardwarmth is in
their openings turned to , - sured in the interior ; and social intercourse is promoted bj building the houses contiguously , and cutting doors of communication between them , or by erecting covered passages . Storehouses , kitchens , and other accessory buildings may be constructed in tbe . same manner , aud a degree ot convenience gained which would be attempted in vain with a less plastic material . These houses are durable , the wind has little effect on them , and they resist the thaw until the sun acquires very considerable power . The character of habitual liars generally attributed to the Esquimaux and Indians , ia confirmed by Sir John Richardson . With respect to the Chipewyans , he says : —
Another habit which darkens the shade in the character of these Indians is that of lying , which they carry to such an extent , even ainong themselves , that they can scarcely be said to esteem truth a Tirtue . If a young man has been successful - his inorniiig ' B lront i » a time of famine , he doeB * rush into his family circle with joy beaming on ot nntenance , to tell that there is food , but , as-18 ? 0 ' naspectof aadneaa , squaif himself in silence aminga . flr r e < The WOBien with doubt and anxiety eside tb . 9 . ^ nes and dreS 8 for SpOts of blood , that xamine his sa . death of an anf mai but
diacovermay betoken the > ileation , "Did you see no deer ?" ing none , put the q . , r are au gOnej not a single — " Ifot one , the de ^ , _ » When the colloquy has footstep was to be seeu hope 8 eems t 0 be extinct , continued for a time , ana , neath his abirt Uo or lie then draws out from bv y be an ( j 8 ay 8 with three tongues , as the case m ^ . .. -y ou may g 0 fOr an air of the utmost indifference , * merely at such the meat . " It is not , howevt ? , ,, _ previou 8 distimes , and to enhance the pleasnr * . ' £ t on aim 08 t appointment , that truth i 3 violated , . Ojd BaijeJr every occasion ; and the skill of aa ^ ^ acta practitioner would find exercise in efieiv . | th from the mass of contradictions with wnu . ' overload them . A story , which wa » at first a v invention , or perhaps , a perversioa of » " »«"» ; s ^^^ s ^^ Sernatkm among them , and occasioa a nasty flight /*
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NATIONAL PARLIAMENTARY AND FINANCIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION . A public meeting of tho borough of Lambeth branch of the Association was held on Monday night at the Horns Tavern , Kensington . The chair was taken by W . "Williams , Esq ., M . P ., who was supported by Sir J . Walmsley , M . P ., 6 . Thompson , M . P ., John Williams , M . F ., W . D . Cooper , Thomas M'Leod , &c . About 2 , 000 persona were in the room . . _ .
The Chairman said , he was much gratified to see so large an assemblage of the excellent reformers of Lambeth . This was the first time he had bad the pleasure of meeting them since the Lambeth Financial and Parliamentary Rufovm Association had done him the honour to elect him its president . They were met to determine what measures of reform they would deem sufficient to make ^ the Commons House of Parliament a proper reflection of the peopio ' a intentions—to consider the best means of obtaining a full and efficient reform of the House of Commons . ( Hear . ) In his opinion nothing short of tho principles advocated by the Lambeth
Parliamentary Reform Associaiiow would suftcenamely , the granting the parliamentary suffrage to every householder , and every occupier of part of a house who should have paid rates for twelve months—tho shortening the duration of parliaments to three years—the protection of the voter by the ballot—and the total abolition of all small boroughs throughout the kingdom , and the entire re-construction of the parliamentary or electoral district *; and the entire abolition of the money qualification of members of parliament . ( Hear . ) Those principles , extensive as they were , were but a compromise between two olasaea of Reformers . The one class was desirous to go beyond , whilst
another were disposed not to go so far . If the principles he had referred to were fairly carried out , and became the law of the land , as he hoped they would , they would secure to the people a House of Common * which should really be the reflex of the wishes » nd feelings of the people at large . But without union neither the working classes nor the middling classes could hope to carry an efficient measure of reform-they must cordially unite . If the people came forward in the energy of their strength , no power on earth could prevent the , passing of a measure which the people thought ne . cesiary for klie good of the country . Union was necessary to make the smallest inroad upon the aristocracy , who had ridden over the country for a period of S 0 » r «» as the who * pOWf , «« ^ i
^ during a great part of that U period ' »« £ < - -whs 3 £ .-. ^^ sSsS sjswsf e » v = SS S ^ ss ^^ VariS been : bo . expossd They might be tow that whilst they explained of a » ! T 1 ; rtla SS the-Vpl * of ibis country , « g * d mOre liberty titan any other w ^ , ? f ™ * I * ™ could be * l doubt of this , but they must re collect that the aristocracy »? T ed w *^ J ? JS S | £ 58 , 000 , 000 of taiation which m J J ° rteu S 2 L t \ v 4 wc-Dlfc of this country , a « d that the oloateu
'Sou w « m their ¦ tau , with a «;~ " got inff to seveu or eight millions I yi ey VrtU , f \ f . tbl paUraF . geef great and ricb ?!«*• » the col °
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n | ( - ' 3 ! But . in addition to this , they yrcro norr seeking to lay their hands on local taxation ; they were seeking to centralise everything in the government' ! They sought even to bury the dead—they ' wanted to get thB supply of water—to sweep our 8 treets ? But what they really wanted byal ! this was , to get the patronage which would be created . He said the time was come when the people of this country ought to express , in unmistakeable terms , their objection to this new inroad on their privileges . He proceeded at great length to maintan , that the Reform Bill of 1832 had foiled in ita object tliat there was ample evidence that the corrupt system in reference to the election of members to the House of Commons was as filthy as it ever had been . Two years after the passing of the Reform Billa report of a committee of the House of nies ' But . in ¦ ari . liUm . n > thir TC ' w ^ , » 7 w
, toininons declared that in various elections coor . own , intimidation , bribery , and treating had been practised to an enormous extent . Numerous members were unseated . The same occurred in 1837 , and again in 1841 , when a report stated that wholesale bribery had been resorted to , as much as seven , eight , twelve , fifteen , and oven sixteen thousand pounds being expended in bribery . So in th& case of Falfcirk in the last session , the grossest immorality and indecency prevailed . But parliament had done nothing . Then came the oase of St . Alban ' s ~( a laugh )—where a gentleman who was well known as tb © Whig agent—no , as the Whig broker , to nil the House of Commons with Whig members —he had been their broker for the last lixteen years , and in tho evidence which he gave before tng commission he stated that four out of five elec
tions had been purchased by money . The ordinary price for a vote was £ 5 , but that when the contest became hot parties who held back would get twice or three times as much , and those who had not received money were promised places for themselves . This broker stated that this was only a counterpart of what took place in almost all th © boroughs of England . But they ¦ ware promised a reform bill —( a laugh . ) Everybody asked what the reform was to be , and nobody could answer the question . They heard much about divisions in the Cabinet . Now all he could saw wai , that if it was to be mere wfutewnah for those corruptions which had been brought to light , every honest reformer in the House of Coiwaona ought to refuao to entertain such a mockery .
Sir Joshua Wmmslby proposed the first resolution , to the effect , " That this meeting being deeply impressed with tho absolute necessity of reform in the Commons House of Parliament , felt much satisfaction that the government had at last come to the same conclusion , as evidenced by Lord Johd Russell ' s promised Reform Bill , and were convinced tb » t the only way in which a large and comprehensive measure could be obtained was by the unanimous determination on the part of electors and non-electors of each constituency to use their utmost endeavouB tft impress upon the government and upon their representatives that they were fully alive to the abuses that at present exist . '' The
honourable baronet adverted to the progress o ( th « association , nnd concluded a very long speech by calling upon every one present to enrol themselves as members of tbe association . He wished it to bfeunderstood that they sought not a rate-paying clause—aw . ijr with it They deaired that every householder , whether he had paid bis rates or not , should possess his franchise . Let not workmen unite for anything else . Let every man take time by the forelock , in order to obtain their rights »« citizens . The plan of this association was not tho result of any isolated meeting—they had had meetings all over the country , and the voice of the country was with thenii Mr . ArsLKT Pkllbtt seconded the resolution .
Mr . Webber and Mr . Thomas M'Leod supported the resolution , which was ultimately oarried unanimously . Mr . Slick proposed the second resolution : — " That this meeting being fully impressed with the importance of an extensive and immediate alteration in the electoral law . In ordev to ensure tl >» future stability and well-being of our country , and to prevent the repetition of such disgraceful proceedings as have lately taken place in the House of Commons and in some of tho provincial boroughs , eel fully convinced that the only mode by which that can be accomplished is by embodying tbe principles of this association in the statute book , of tiiia realm ; and with this view that a petition be presented to the Honse of Commons by our hon . members embracing- Mr . Hume'a motion , at the least amount of amelioration with which the people will rest content . " Mr . Thomas Doolto . v seconded the resolution .
Mr . Georok Thompson , M . P ., supported tho resolution at great length . The Chairman put the resolution , which was carried , with two dissentients . The Secretary read the petition founded on the resolutions , and this was agreed to . Thanks to the chairman was moved , aod carried with acclamation .
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PiiiLA 3 mip . oPic Soc eiiy . —Oa "Wednesday a quarterly court of the governors of this institution took place at the Laudon Tavern , Bishopgate-street ( Mr . 11 . Ricardo in the chair , ) when it was reported tb . at there were ninety-nine lads in the farm school at Heuhil ) , and resolutions wen * passed agveeiug . to the admission of a few additional inmates . , Lu-j erk of the Prkss .-AII foreign journal ? , without exception , have b eeu forbidden at Pestu .
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IwoA « .-The best adhesive label you can nut on is to suck to it yourself . J u Odn puc Thu first stone of a Protestant Church has been laid at lunn , ivitn great solemnity . Eclipse . —The moon will be totally eclipsed in England or the 7 th of January , 1852 , at about six in the morning . Cons . —At what time oflik may a man be said to belong to the vegetable kingdom?—When long experience has made him sage . What tree is it which is not affected by the season , and brings forth neither blossom nor fruit ?—Tho Boot-Tree . —Punch , Wht are Indian servants called Coolies _ ?—Probabiy because their principal duty is to lan their masters in the heat of the day . —The Month .
The MiND .-Sufter not your mind to be either a drud » e op a wanton . Exercise it ever , but overlay it not . — Bishop Hall . Pkince Alfred is destined to enter the Royal Navy , as his Jate gr . nnduncle , King William , did . This will be agreeable news for the " bluejackets . " Australian Gold— Tbe Australian journals teem with reports of success in the gold districts . Jne ttold already exported amounted to about Sib John Franklin . —Two or more English gentlemen have proposed to undertake an overland expedition , from St . Petersburgb , eastward , in 6 earcli of Sir John Franklin . The eye is the sentinel which guards the pass between the worlds of matter and of spirit , and through which all their communications are interchanged .
llWHKE THAN THE HIGHEST . —JohnSOQ gives US the following definitions : —Garret — the highest room in the house . Cockloft—the room above the garret . The Rrapino Machises . —Mr . HiiBsey , whose reaping machine has " taken the shine" out of Mr . M'Cormack ' s , is a native of Ireland ; so is Mr . M'Corraack , although an American citizen ! A Clencheii . —Ifcisa bad sign when a preacher tries to drive home his logic by thumping tbe desk violently with his clenched hand : his arguments are » o-fi 8 t-icah Opp osition . —Two of the principal grocers in Iluddersfield have cut prices so fine by way of opposition , that 2 lbs . of treacle can be bought for l * d . ; bout ; half its value in the Liverpool wholesale marketB .
A "Cute' Lad . —There isin aparish in the weald of Kent a despotic curate of the name of llaxleiuood A boy one day hearing : the man ' g arrogance spoken of , said , " Well ' , and who cares for him , be is only i Nut-bough . " " Nor Before 'tis Wanted . "—A bill is to be brought into Parliament in the next session which has for its object a thorough reform , if not an entire annihilation , of those nuisances , the Court or " Arches , the Prerogative , Consistory , and Admiralty Courts , Have Women Minds?—Women , tbey say , are not born with great minds , and yet 1 never recollect meeting with a woman who , from her earliest infancy , hadn ' t a great mind to marry . —Malthus . .-Punch ' s Pocket Book .
A Love Sono . —I ' ve seen her out a walking , in her habit de la rue , and it ain ' t no use a talking , she ' s pumpkins and a few . She glides along in b « auty , like a dnck upon a lake ; O , I'd be all love and duly , if I only was her dtafee . Cost of Lithhatuke . —Acentury ago theamount expended in books , periodicals , and newspapers , did not exceed £ 100 000 a year , whereas the sum now so expended annually is calculated at £ 2 , 100 , 000 . Railwa y Receipts . —The receipts on railways in the United Kingdom from the beginning of tho year , to the 1 st of November were £ 12 . 525 , 760 ; an increase over the same period in 1850 of £ 1 , 058 , 120 . The receipts per mile in 1851 were £ 1 , 977 , against £ 1 . 927 iu 1850 .
Chokkh , Canning , and Peb ^ . —When Sir Thomas Lawrence painted tue portrait of the Right Hon . J . W . Croker , Canning remarked to Peel that Sir Thomas had " caught the very quiver of Croker ' g lip . " "Helm , truly , " said Peel , " and it \ & well for him to have missed the venom of its arrows . " A p erson threw the head of agoosaon to the stage of the Eelville theatre . Corto advancing to the front said , " Gentlemen , if any among you has lost his head , I will restore it at the conclusion of the performance . " Kosswh anb the Times . —It is confidently stated in literary circles , that a writer connected with the " Times , " distinguished for his animosity towards M . Kossuth , is now in Vienna , raking over the police records for more offensive material than Las yet lieen thrown at the exile .
A Frenchman's English . — " Mine fren , have you see von Icetel poodle dog , vid his tail slit , and his ears cut off short behind , vat I did lose last veek , as I vas valkitig up de mere in de steamboat !"— "I did not , Monsieur , but expect to every minute . ' '— "Begar , ifhe be drown , I vill kill him six times in two place . " A Goo » Recommendation . —A new journal , with peculiar recommendations , is about to be established in Circleville , Ohio . The editor in his prospectus
says : — " Our terms are two dollars a year . Gentlemen who pay in advance will receive a first rate obituary notice in case of death . " A Wish . — " May every hair in your honour ' s head , " said a wild old Jady , looking at Sir Charles Taylor's powdered and pomatumed locks—" may every hair in your honour ' s head be a mould-candle to light yoursowl to glory . " And as he bowed , hat in lland , in acknowledgment , end disclosed his bare crown— " May the blessed Vargin give you more of them !"
A Study for a Frenchman in English Pronunciation . —ThimbWrig 'I'lnstletlnvalte thievishly thought to thrive through thick and thin by throwing the thimbles about . But he was thwarted , and thwacked , iind thumped , and tbrashcil , with thirty thousand thistles and thorns , for thievishly thinking to thrive through thick and thin by throning the thimbles about . Good Cokk . —The " Brussels Herald" announces that M . Dupret , of Cuarleroi , has succeeded in making coke of the first quality from poor coal , and adds the startling fact , that the quality of the coke is from 10 to 12 per cent , superior to that made from rich coal . This discovery is highly appreciated in that part of Belgium where good coal is becoming scarce .
Exhibition Medals . —Of the Exhibition Council Medals the United Kingdom gaiuud 125 , France seventy-four , and the United States seven . Of prize medals , 1 , 207 were allotted to the Uniteo Kingdom , 520 to France , and ninety-six to the United States . The United Kingdom gained most pvizes tor ironwork and machinery generally , while Fiance takes precedence of us in jewellery , Bilks , stuffs , and light fabrics . Ths Cbystal Pajoacb . —The money ^ expended on the Crystal Palace , if pulled down , will amonni to £ 101 , 000 , and if the building be allowed to remain , to £ 205 , 000 . Even at the latter sum ii will be One of the cheapest buildings ever erected , the cost being little more than l » ree-halfpenoe a cubic foot , against fourteen or fifteen pence for an ordinary building of stone , and threepence for even a common wood barn .
An Apologetic Bull . —A droll story is related of an honest farmer , » ho , attempting to drive home a hull , got suddenly hoisted over tbe fence . Recovering himself , he saw the animal © a tiie other sjdr of the rails , sawing tlieatr with his heaif and neck , and pawing the ground . The good old mail looked steadily at him fora moment , and then shaking his fist at him , exclaimed— " Item your apolo gies—you needn't stand there , you ' carnal crittur , » Imwin' a « d scrapin '—you did it a purpose , darn your curly picture I " Swine . —The most remarkable item of increases importation which the last Uoard of Trade returns present , is in the article of swine ar . d bogs , the number on the month ending 10 th of Qtetober having increased , as compared with 1850 , from 1 , 550 to 5 , 824 ; and on the nine months , from S . S&tto 10 , 343 * Ii may , therefore , be truly said , that however well they may be thoaght to have fared in other respects the foreigners to b > certainty have aot " saved their bacon . "
M Vino "Vbslitas . "— A clef ^ ymaa an * a magistrate residing not very far from the shores-of the Solway were recently returning home one evening , after having worshipped largely at the shrine oi Bacchus . His reverence ' s onwasd course was , as may be imagined ,, some what tottuous ; but he wa > greatly assisted ) by the considerate-endeavours of one of his parishioners . After a long silence the following instructive dialogue ensued i—Cle ^ man Yoia're a vB * y ieceal fellow , Georce ; but IVe a
little fault to find with you , George . "—Parishioner : " Indeed , Mn . , l am sorry to hear you say so —pray what i& it ?"—Clergyman : "Why , you see , George , yoa don't come to church on Sunday quite so regularly 89 you should do , George . "—Parishioner : " Well , perhapsnet ; but then , yon see , -Vlr . , I always pay you your church-rates and Easter dues the very day they become duo /'—Clergyman : "Well , well , George—you do—you do . And after all , George , that is tho—principal part of the—of the —the business , "—Sarlish Journal .
A Happy Uomb—Almost auy one can be courteous in a neighbour ' s honse . If anything goes wrong or is out ot time , or is disagreeable , there it is made the best of , not the worst ; even eflorts are made to excuse it , and to show it is not felt , or if felt it \ t attributable to accident , not to design ; and this is not only easy but natural in the house of a friend . I will not , therefore , believe that what is so natural i : i the house of another , is impossible at home , but maintain , without fear , that all the courtesies of Boaial Hie may be upheld in domestic society . A husband ] as willing to be pleased ac home , abj as aiuious to please as in a neighbour ' s bouse , and a Tiife as iiitrat on making ihitiga comfortable every day to hiT family , as on set days to her guests , could uot fill to make iheir own hoiae happy .
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YA 3 EEE DOODLE DID ! OR BKSLAJfD AND AMERICA . IN 1851 . A Ballad of the Timts B T V . fB . V . HASKEIX . < icav what will Yankee Doodle do ?" Said Britain , proud and scornful , -flien . iu her Crystal Palace stored , Our Yankee wares looked mournful .
*« We're piled our halls with glittering gem . 3 prom England ' s wide possessions , 'With gold from Ind , and diadems Dlood-stain'd vrith our oppressions . TVit ! i silks and shawls from far Cathay , With linens from poor Ireland , ffjih cor-tly fnrs from Hudson ' s Bay , And goods from every far land . -Then what will Yankee Doodle do
"With pistols , ploughs , and reapers ?—When our achievements meet his view , Lord ! how he'll spread his peeperB ! ' ' -jyell _ Yankee Doodle " came to town "So glittering gauds he carried , But laid his ploughs and reapers down , An < l patiently ae tarried , John Bull his bumble treasures viewed , Then—turned Ms back upon Mm ! But st inncb and firm the Yankee stood , And swore " tarnation on him . " I'll plough my way upon his seas , IJcip laurels on hia land , sirs , And pick his bank locks at my ease , Or else— may I badarn'd , sirs 1 "
£ o £ i > t he took his pistols OBt , And frightened all creation ; Then pick '< i Bull's bank locks-huge and stout , Astonishing the nation ! 4 . country visit next be tried With true-born Yankee ^ craft , sira ; When British ploughs were thrown aside For Pronty ' s Centre Draught , sirs J 3 Jut still the greatest coup de main , That opened John Bull ' s peepers , "Was when he cut against their gram With one of " them ' ere reapers . " 'The trial o ' er , he sought old Bull-Exclaimed , " Jfow , how d ' ye do , sir ? Jly hands and pockets both are full—Wiih Yankee Doodle da , si *!
2 f so I guess I U start for ten—Jly boat is in your bay , sir , But ' ere I go , I hope you ' ll come On boaid and pass & day , sir . " " Your boat I" said Bull , " I wish you'd broujjhl A croft to have a race , sir , Xou'd find that with a British Yacht You never could keep puce , sir I For though you ' ve made our people stare With each new Yankee notion , "ffie ' ve prouder laurels yet to spare—EfilTAKMA rules the ocean !" The Yankee plnck was np again-Said he , " Old Bull , I swow , sir , I'll try to lisa ' ere laarels gain , If you'll go down to Cowea , sir . "
To Cowed they went , and near the quay Ti ere lay tbe Yankee bark , sirs , — A boat they called IV America .- — And now the race we'll mark , sirs . She passed the British royal yachts With so much grace and ease , sirs , They seemed far mo * & like Bentmgpou , Tnan " shimmers of the seas , " sirs . And irhere the Cboss of England ' s Queen "Waved proudly from oaeb spar , sirs , "With high and chivalrous demean -She dipped the Stripes ass Stabs , sirs . The trial o ' er—the laurels
won—John Bull could stand no mote , s \ rs , But chained the British lion down . And let the Eagle soar , sirs . Then owned , with proud and courtly grace , That he'd enjoyed the / a » , si * 3 , Tor ' twas an honour to his race What Yankee Doodle done , sirs . And then he bought the Yankee's boat—( Xo tribute could be neater)—And gave him a five-thous ; ind note To build one that would beat her ? And when , to bring our Yankee home , Cdnabd unfurled his streamers , -Good bye , " said Bull , " HI shortly com © Iu one of Collixs ' steamers !"
Ibus may these nations ever stand , . Bound by the arts . of Peace , sirs , And ri « lry , by sea or land , Their mutual ties increase , sir 3 . Chckea Telegraph , Waited States .
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Barry Cornwall among the contributors to tlio present volume , will , however , attract readers . Mr . Carlyie comes out with a terrible denunciation of tbe Opera , which , accordAti jg to Wa view , is a thing to send home spber , serious men— 'home to silence , to reflection , perhaps to sackcloth and ashes '— as a species of Tophet or bottomless pit filled with abomL nations , of which whirling ballet girls with their muslin saucers round them , ' form not the least noticeable item . In preference , however , to this tirade , we take one ^ the shortest ) of two ghost stories , told by Dickens in a paper headed ' To be Head at Dusk , ' and very appropriate for the winter fireside and the long nights among those who delight in the marvellous : — Barry Cornwall among the contributors to
I took an engagement once ( pursued the German courier ) with an English gentleman , elderly and a bachelor , to travel through my country , my Fatherland , lie was a merchant who traded with my country and knew tbe languago , but who had never been there since he was a boy—as I judge , some sixty years before . His name was James , and he had a twin-brother John , also a bachelor . Between these brothers there was a great affection . They were in business together , at Goodman ' a-fields , but they did not live together . Mr . James dwelt in Poland street , turning out of Oxford-street , London - Mr . John resided by Epping Forest . Mr . James and I were to start for Germany in about a week , Tbe ex- < j > , day depended on business . Mr . John came to
Poland-street ( where 1 was staying in the house ) , to paga that week with Mr . James . Bat , he raid to his brother on the second day , " I don ' t feel \ ery well , James . There ' s not much the matter with mo ; but I think I am a little gouty . I'll go home and pufcmyself undar the care of my old housekeeper , who understands my ways . If I get quite better , I'll come back and see you before you go . If I don ' t feel well enough to resume my visit where I leave it off , why you will come and sea me before you go . " Mr . James , of course , sai J he would , and they shook bands—both hands , as they always did—and Mr . John ordered out his old-fashioned chariot and rumbled home . It was on the second night after that—that is to say , the fourth in the week—when
I was awoke out of my sound sleep by Mr . James coming into my bedroom in his flannel gown , with 3 lighted candle . He sat upon the side of my bed , and looking at me , aaid : " Wilhelm , I have reason to think I hare got some strange illness upon me . " I then perceived that there was a very unusual expression in hia face . " Wilhelm , " said he , "Iam not afraid oc aaaamed to tell 50 W , 'HtwA I Bttgbt be afraid or ashamed to tell another man . You come from a sensible country , where mysterious things are inquired into , and are not settled to have been weighed and measured—or to flare been unweighable and immeasurable—or in either case to have been completely disposed of , for all time—ever so many years " ago , I have just now seen the
phantom of my brother . " I confess ( s&ju the German courier ) that it g * ve me a little tingling of the blood to hear it . " I have just now seen , " Mr . James repeated , looking full at me , that I might see how collected he was , "the phantom of my brother John . I was sitting up in bed , unable to sleep , when it came into my room , in a white dress , and , regarding me earnestly , passed up to the end of the room , glanced at some papers on my writing desk , turned , and , still looking earnestly at me as it passed the bed , went out at the door . Now , I am not in the least mad , and am not in the least disposed to invest thnt phantom with any external existence out of myself . I think it is a warning to me that I am ill ; and I think I had
better be bled . " I got out of bed directly ( aaid the German courier ) and began to get on ray clothes , begging him not to be alarmed , and telling him that I would go myself to the doctor . I was just ready , when we heard a loud knocking and ringing at the street doov . My room being an attic at the back , and Mr . James ' s being the second-floor room in the front , we went down to his room , and put up the window , to see what was the matter . " Is that Mr . James ? " said a man below , falling back to the opposite side of the way to look up . — " It is , " said Mr . James ; " and you are my brother ' s man , Robert . " — " Yes , Bir . I am sorry to Bay , sir , that Mr . John is ill . lie is very bad , sir . It is eren feared that he may be lying at the point of death . He wants to see you , air . I have a chaise here . Pray come to him . Pray lose no time . "—Mr . James and 1 looked at one another . " TYUbelm , " said he , "this is strange . I wish you to conie with me !"' I helped
him to dress , partly there and partly in the chaise ; and no grass gvew under the horses' iron shoeB between Poland-street and the Forest . Now , mind ! ( said the German courier . ) I went with Mr . James into his brother ' s room , and I saw and heard myself what follows , llis brother lay upon bis bed , at the upper end of a long bed-chamber . His old housekeeper was there , and others were there : I tbink three others were there , if not four , and they had been with him Binco early in the afternoon . He was in white , like the figure—necessarily so , beciuao be had his night-dress on . He looked like tbe figure—necessarily so , because he looked earnestly at his brother when be saw him come into the room . But , when his brother reached the bed-aide , he slowly raised himself in bed , and looking full upon him , said these words : — " James tou have sekn me be / ore to-highi—and touknow 11 is . "—And so died '
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RECEIVED . The Sing's Highway ( Parlour Library ) . By G . P . ft . Jamrs . Simms , and M'Intyre Tail ' s Edinburgh Magazine . For December , Simpkin , Marshall , and Co . The Christian Socialist . Part 13 , Bezer , Fleetstreet . Millenial Lays : Six Sacred Catches for Three or Four Voices . By ; Ariel . Hart , Ilatton-garden , The Home . Edited by Richahd Oabtlbr . Part VI . For December . No . 2 , York-street , Catherine-street , Strand .
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ITALY AND HUNGARY . On Monday evening , a public meeting of the inhabitants of Notting-hill » nd its neighbourhood ( convened by the Notting-hill Reform Association ) was held at the Prince Albert , Nottiug-hill , for the purpose of adopting measures in favour of tbe Italian and Hungarian independence . —Mr . Dunford , president of the association , took the chair , nnd opened the proceedings by complimenting the gentlemen present upon the pains they had taken to carry out the objects in view . He observed that an address had been presented to Kossuth by the members of the association , but no answer had yet been received . Ml * . P . H . Benesfc moved the first resolution , sympathising with the oppressed people of Italy and Hungary in their struggle for nationality and liberty against a common oppressor , and
recording a conviction of the importance of the Italian » truggle against a civic as well as a spiritual aa well as a cwic tyranny to the cause of liberty of conscience in Europe . Mr . Feareus O'Connor then addressed tho meeting . Mr . Masson and Dr . Trueman supported the resolution , which was ultimately carried . Mr . Lesingham proposed , and Mr . J . II . Parry seconded , the second resolution —promising protection and support to the Society of Friends of Italy , as affording an admirable opportunity of giving a practical direction to the wide spread sympathy already existing in this country with the Dause of liberty in Europe . Several gentlemen addressed the meeting in favour of the resolution , which was adopted . A committee was then formed for the purpose of co-operating with the Society of the Friends of Italy , and the " business terminated with a voie of thanks to the chairman .
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THE KAFFIR WAR . On Monday afternoon a public meeting , convened by the mayor , was held in tbe Court-bouse at Leeds , for the purpose of memorialising the government ol Lord John Russell ' s to takestepsfor putting an end to the destructive war now raging in South Africa . The meeting was held in the lesser court-room , which was well filled . The mayor presided . A memorial and all the resolutions were carried unanimously . Mr . Robert Jowitt , the Reverend T . Wickstead , and other leading members of the peace society , were in attendance , ^¦ m Bh BBfl A ^^ ^^ H ^ b Ad t ^ b » n A — ^ m . ^ m . 4 * 4 BM
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justice and fair-play , that it was now thought tbe time had arrived when the working men of London should arise and protest against tbe continuance of so " disgraceful and tyrannical a monopoly . A resolution was passed to the effect that it was expedient to enrol members of th , e league to agitate the question , until the pubiio should be fully as * quainted with the object of the movement . It waa further resolved , that tbe meeting should pledge itself to adopt every possible means to obtain a reduction in the price of an s » ticl < & which might be fairly considered as a necessary stimulus to the working man in the performance of his laborious duties . In the course of the evening several
prac-BllEWERS * MONOPOLY , On Tuesday evening a public meeting wag held at the Ship Inn , Long-lane , Bermondsey , to adopt measures for the purpose of procuring a reduction in the present price of beer—Mr . Joshua Taylor ia the chair . It appeared that during the last few days a league had been formed with the view of agitating the metropolis to adopt some legitimate means of reducing the present price of beer , and a statement was made by the secretary to this league that , alttoough it was felt that the brewers of London enjo ed a monopoly in the sale of malt liquors , the public had not yet directed their attention to the subject . _ The statistics , as published in the newspapers , disclosed the fact that the brewers of the metropolis were manufacturing an article at a cost of 15 s . 7 Jd . per barrel , after all deductions , and were retailing the same at a profit of 15 s , 9 d , per barrel . This was a state of things so entirely at variance with every principle of
tieal men addressed the aaefciug with a view to prove that those advantages whwrh had accrued rom the repeal of the com laws had not 'been , extended to the public in reference to the cost of beer . The price of that article , it w » s contended , w » 8 BO-wa » bigh as it was in the year 1847 . before tbe system of Free Trade came into operation , and the promoters of this agitation felt that the industrious artisans of the metropolis ought now tocome forward , and no longer tacitly submit tosucn an injustice . Several members were enrolled , and the meeting adjourned .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 6, 1851, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1655/page/3/
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