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THE COUNTESS OF EUDOLSTADT . [ Sequel to " Consuelo . " ) Br Geobqk Sard . IBB 1 IAKBIAGB . At this moment tbe Rates ef the temple opened ' with a brawn dang , and the Invisibles entered , walking two and two The magic tone 3 of the harmonica , then newly invented , and nnknown to the wonder truck ear of Consuelo , were beard in tbe air , seeming to descend from the cupola , which was half-opened to the rays of the moon , and to the -ri rifiing breezes of the night . A shower of flowers fell jlowiy upon the happy couple , who were placed in the centre of this solemn procession . Wanda , standing beside * rmMpn trinod . from which with her right hand she caused
bright flames and clouds of perfume to bur 3 t fortb , held in her left a chain of flowere and symbolic lenves , which she threw around the two lovers . The chiefs of tbe Invisibles , their faces covered with their long red drapery , and their heads encircled by similar garlands of oak . ^ nd acacia , coniccrated by their rites ; were standing with th' -ir arms extended , as if to receive the brethren , who bent before them as they passed . Thosejshiefs bad tbe nrnjesty of tbe ancient drnids ; but their bands , pure from blood , were opened ohiy to bless * , and a religions respect replaced iu the adepts the fanntienl terror of the religioos of the past . As the initiated presented themselves before the venerable tribunal , the ; took off their masks to . salute , with uncovered faces , those august unknown chiefs , who bad never manifested
thpriiselves to them bo * by . nets of clement justice , of paterml love , and of exalted wisdom . ' Faithful , without regret and without mistrust , to the religion they tod sworn , they did not ? eck to read with curious glances beneath those impenetrable veils . Doubtless , their adepts , without being conscions of it , knew these magi of a new religion , who , mingling witb them in the society , and in tlie very bosom of their assemblies , were tbe best friends , tbe most intimate confidants , of tbe greater number among them , of each of them , perhaps , « in particular . But in the exercise of their common worship , the . person of the priest was always veiled , as was the oracle of ancient times . Hapj Sv childhood of artless beliefs , almost fabulons aurora of sacred conspiracies , which the night of mystery envelopes , in all times , with poetical uncertainties ! Although
hardly a century divides us from the existence of those Invisibles , it is problematical to the . historians ; but thirty years later , illn > iinism re-assumnd these forms unkno ? n to thei vulg * r . and drawing both from the inventive genius pf its Chiefs and from the traditions of the secret societies of mystical Germany terrified the world by tbe most formidable—the most scientific-apolitical and religious conspiracies . For a moment it shook all the dynasties upon their thrones , and sank in its turn , bequeathing to tho French revolution , as it were , an electric current of sublime enthusiasm , of ardent faith and terrible fanaticism . Half a century before those days marked by fate , and whilo the gallant monarchy of Louis XV ., the philosophic despotism of Frederick II ., the sceptical and mocking r -yalty of
Voltaire , the ambitious diplomacy Of Maria There a , arid the heretical tolerance of Oangenelli , s' -cmed to renounce as the destiny of the world , only decrepitude , antagonism , chaos , and dissolution , the French Revolution was lotnentisg in tbe dark , and germinating beneath the soil . It brooded in . minds ardent even to fanaticism , under the for ii of a' dream of universal revolution ; and while debauchery , hypocrisy , or incredulity reigned openly over the world , a sublime faith , a magnificent revelation of the future plans of organisation as profound , and perhaps more scientific , than our Fourierism and Saint Simonianism of this day , realised already in some croups of exceptional men , the ideal conception of a future society , dinmetrically opposed to that which covers , and still conceals , their aotion in history .
Such a contrast is one of tbe most striking features of that eighWent ! Century ,. too full of ideas , snd of intellectual labour of all hinds for its systems to have been yet made with clearness and , profit by the philosophical histori-us of our day . The re . son is , thai there exists a mass of contradictory documents and of misunderstood facts , iiKomprehens'ble at first sight , muddled by the tumult of the age , which it would be necessary to purify patiently , in order to reach the solid bottom . Many energetic labourers have remained obscure , carrying with them to their graves the scenes of their mission ; so many dazzling glories then absorbed by the attention ol their contemporaries ; so many brilliant results at this day wize upon the retroactive examination of critics ! But , little by little , light will issue from this chaos ; and if our age succeed in recapitulating itself , it will also recapitulate thelifo of its father , the eighteenth century , that imm nae logogripke ] that brilliant nebula , in whir-h so much
meanness stands opposed to so much grandeur , so much science to so much ignorance , so much barbarism to so much civilisation , so much light to so much error , so much seriousness to 60 much intoxication , so much incredulity to so much faith , so much pedantry to so much frivol us mockery , so much superstition to so muo . b proud reason ; that period of a hundred years , which saw the reign 3 of Madame de Maintenon and of Madame de Pompadour ; Peter the Great . Cather i ne II ., Maria Theresa , and the Dubarry ; Voltaire and Swedenberg ; Kant and M <> smer , Jean J icque 3 Riusssettr , and tho Cirdinal Dubois ; Schrcpfer , and Diderot ; Tendon , and Law , Z'riz > ndorf , and L"ionite ; Frederick II ., and Robespierre ; Loui * XIV ., and Phillips Egalite ; Mirie Antoinette , and Charlotte Corday ; Weishaupt , Babue f , nnd Napoleon ; a frightful la"atory , in which so man ) heterogeneous forms wero thrown into tbe crucible , that they vomited , in their monstrous ebullition , a torrent of smoke in which we still walk -enveloped in darkness and cosfuseH images .
Neither Consuelo nor Alhert , neither the Invisible chiefs nor their adepts cast a very clear-sighted glance upon that age , int <» the bosom of wnieti they burned to rush with tho enthusiastic hope of regenerating it by storm ; T' < ey believe" themselves on the eve of an evangelical republic , as the disciple ' s of Jesus bad believed themselves on the eve of the kingdom of God upon earth ; &b the Taborite 3 of Bohemia had believed themselves on the eve of a . paradisiacal state ; as , more recently , the French convention believed itself on the eve of a propagandism , victorious over the * hnio face of the globe . But , without this insensate confidence where would be tbe great acts of devotedness ; and , without great Enthusiasm , where would be grr at results ? Without the Utopia of the divine sw > r Jesris , where would be the notion of human b'Otherhood ? Without the infectious visions of Joan of Arc , would we still be Frenchmen ? Withont the noble cliihura-i of the eighteenth century , would we h ^ ve acquired the first elements of equality ? That mysterious revolutionwhich each sect of tbe past had
, dreamed of for its own time , and which the mystical conspiratorg of the' last century had vaguely predicted fifty years beforehand as an era of political nnd religious renovation , neither Voltaire , nor the calm philosophic brains of Kb time , nor Frederick II . himself , the great , realiser of loeical and cold force , foresaw either its rough stoims or its sadden abortion . The most ardent , as well aa the most wise , were far from reading clearly in the future . Jean Jacques Rousseau would have denied his work if the mountain h id appealed to him in a dream , surmounted by the guillotine ; Albert de Rudolstadt would suddenly have again become , the lethargic madman of tbe Scbreckensteiu , if those bloody glories , followed hy the despotism of Hapoleon and the restoration of the old regime , followed by the reign of the vifrst maternal interests , had deen revealed to him ; to him who thought he was labouring to overthrow , immediately and for ever , trie scaffold and the prison , the barrack and the convent , the board of tbe money-changer and the citadel !"
They dreamed , then , those noble children , and they acted upon their dream with all the strength of their soul . They belonged neither more nor less to their age than did the skilful politicians and the wise philosophers , their contemporaries . They saw neither " more nor less than did these , the absolute truth of the future , that great unknown , which we each clothe with the attributes of our own power , and which deceives us all at the same time that it confirms us , when it appears to onr sons clothed in the thousand colours of whioh etch of as has prepared a shred for its imperial toga . Happily , each century sees it more majestic , because each century produces more labourers for its triumph . As to the men who Would wish to rend its purple and cover it
* ith eternal mourning , they can accomplish nothing against ! t—they de not comprehend it . Slaves of the present re-^ lity , tbey do not know that tbe immortal has ho age , and that whoever does not dream of it as it may be to-morrow fan by no tnean 3 see it sash as it must be to-day . Albert , in this moment of supreme joy , * hen the eyes of Consuelo at length rested upon his . with ^ rapture—Albert , ^ Dovated by-health and radiant with happiness , felt hiinfclf invested with that aH-powerful faith which would re-« 0 Te nwrantauw , if , at such moments there were any other Qonnuin to bear than the weight of onr own reason , trpuwed by excess of bliss . Gonsueio was at length before him , J ' the Galathsnof the artists beloved bv the sods ,
awafc-« ? at once to love and to life ; Silent arid collected , her wHin tenance lighted up by a celestial glory , she was , for tbe j « s t time in her life , pflf feoWy , incontestably beautiful ; for *? tact she now existed , completely and really , for the first Pie .. A sublime serenity shone upon her brow , and in her j * 'eeand liquid eyes might be read the rapture of her soul ; a * - beautiful only through her unconsciousness of "" at which waa passing in her heart , and over her conntej ^ Albert alone existed for her , or rather , she no « i : er existed hut in him , an ! he alone appeared to her t « ta r yof boundless respect and admiration . For Albert " « , was t ransformed , and as if enveloped by a supernatural faience ia contemplating her . She saw , indeed , in tbe "rnestnegs Of his look , all the solemn grandeur of the !« m > ws he had borne ; but this past bitterness had left nnrin
features no trace of physical suffering . He had upon his " row the calmness of the martyr awaking from death , who ^ s the earth dyed w ith bis blood Tying from beneath his tt * *? . tbe mfimty of heaven opening above his head . In Vte grandest days of antique or of Cnnstian art , no inspired artat ever created a nobler figure of hero or of saint ! rJwA }? l !? 9 ' ajru ? k « n their turn with admiration H * r aving formed a circle aroumd tbem . JK ' nwmed a few momenta in contemplatiouof this pair so nn ™ befire God , and so blessed among men . Then twen / v m T » nd powerful voices chanted in choru ? to Z ^ ilTl > J tiqne grandeur and simplic ty , «• 0 hyu ^ n ! o h yTenLl , » AUthe Invisibles bad opened and thrown back SSS - Jft *" " >« g somoUmfong black roS . TpSh SW ^ « st V legantand simple , bri ghtened *!?! swdeham , bearing the insignia of their order rave tn » £ ^ Pafrstireaspect ., nSruA . ££ &H £ ft 2
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of the Invisibles and their adepts , likewise took off his mask and came to congratulate the happy couple . He waB the Uake of — , a wealthy prince who had dedicated bis fortune , his intelligence , and bis enthusiastic zeal , to the cause of the Invisibles . He was their host when thpy assembled , and his residence had long been the asylum of Wanda and of Albert , who wero there concealed from profane eyes . That residence was aiso the chief , though not the only seat of the tribunal of the order , and their numerous meetings were held there onl y during a few days in the summer , unless required by some emergency . Initiated into all the secrets of the chiefs , the duke acted for them and with them , but he did not betray their incognito ! and taking upon himself alone all the dangers of the enterprise ,, he was their interpreter , and the visible modiuiri between them and the members of the association .
The marriage formula was pronounced , and the simple and touching rites of the new worship were performed with devotion and fervour . This engagement to love each other was not an isolated act , performed in the midst of indifferent spectators , strangers to the moral tie which was thus contracted . AH were called upon to sanction this religious consecration of two beings , bound to them by a common faith . They Btretched their arms over t e married couple to bless them , then they all took each other by the hands , and formed a living enclosure , a chain of fraternal
affection and of religious association around them , ' pronouncing an oath to assist and protect them : to defend their honour and their lives ; to sustain the-r existence in cas <» of need i to use all their efforts to reclaim them to good , if they Bhoulil relax in the rugged road of virtue ; to preserve them as much as possible from persecutions and seductions from without , on all occasions , and under all circumstances ; in short , to love thsm as sacredly , as cordially , as deeply , as if they were united to them by name and by blood . The noble TrencS pronounced this formula for the , whole assemblage , in eloquent and simple termB .
All the brothers affected and carried away , drew their swords and swore to turn those blades against themselves rather than break the oath they had pronounced by the month of Trenck . But the sybil , excited by one of those enthusiastic transports which' gave her so much ascendancy over their imaginations , and which often modified the opinion and the decisions of the chiefs themselves , broke the circle by rushing into the midst . " Hide from my eyes those glittering weapons , " cried the shuddering Wanda . " These are impious oaths , which take as the object of their invocation instruments of hatred and of murder . I know that the usages of the old world has bound that steel to the side of every man considered f . as a mark of independence and bravery—I know that in the ideas , which , in spite of yourselves , you have retained from that old world , the sword is the symbol of honour , and
that you believe you assume a holy engagement when you have sworn by its blade like the citizens of primitive Rome , But here it is profaning an unjust oath . Sweir rather by the flame of the tripod : the flame is the symbol of life , of light , and divine love . But do you then still require emblems and visible signs ? Are you still idolaters , nnd do the figures which adorn this temple represent to you anything else than ideas ? Ah ! swear rather by your own feelingsby your best instincts—hy your own hearts ; and if you do not dare to swear by the living God , by the true , eternal , ftnd sacred religion , swear by hol y humanity , by the glorious bursts of your courage , by the chastity of this young woman and by the love of her husband . Swear by the genius and beauty of Consuelo , that your desirp , and even your thought , will -never profane this holy arch of marriage , this invisible and mystic altar upon which the hand of angels engraves and enregisters the oath of love .
"Do you , indeed , know what lo ' veis , " added the syhil , affcpr having reflectpd for a moment , nnd with a voice which bpc' > mo every instant move clear and more penetrating ; " did you know . O venerable chiefs of our order and ministers of our worship ! you would never have caused to be pronouncpd before you that formula of an eternal engagement which God alone can ratify , and which , when conpecrated by mpp , is a kind of profanation of the most divine of all mysteries . What force can you give to an engagement which is in itself a miracle ? for which evpry soul is eternally free by virtue of a divine right . And yet , When two souls give and enchain themselves , ? ach to the other , by love , their mutual possession becomes as snored , as much of divine right , as is individual liberty . You see that there is herein indeed a miracle , of which God for ever reserves
to hi sMf the roystnry , as much as he does that of life and death . You are about to a * k of this man nnd of this wptoan , if they wi ^ h to bnlong to each other pxclusively in this life ; and such is their fervour , that they will answer you—Not in this lite alone but in eternity ! God , therefore , inspires them , bv the miracle of love , with much more faith , with much more strength , with much more virtue than you eould , or would rfare to aBk of them . Away , then , with snnrelisions oa'hs nnd brutal laws J Leave to them the ideal , and do not bind them to reality by the chains of the law . Leave to God tho care of continuing the mirae'e . Prepare souls so that the miracle may be accomplished in them , form to the idea' of love ; fidelity , without which there is no s'renoth , no sublime lovp . Bu' d <> n <> t intervene , as do the Catholic pr ests and mneistrates of the
o'd world in the execution of the oa » h . Prepare souls for th ' e holiness of a sanrampnt ; and as » be father of a family speks to estab'ish hi * children in conditions of well beine , of dignity , and of security , so do you , our spiritual fathers , assidnonslv endeav-ur to establish yonr sons and daughters in conditions favourable to the development of tru » love , of virtue , of sublime fidelity . A"d when you hnve caused them to undergo re li gions trial , by means of which you can ascertain that there is in tbeir mutual attachment neither cunidity , nor vanity ; nor friyMous intoxication , nor blindness of the senses devoid of ideality ; when yon shall have become convinced that they understand the greatness of tbeir feelings , the sacredness n f their duties , and the freedom of tbeir choice , then permit them to give themselves to each other , and mutually to alienate their inalienable liberty . Let their
familv , and their friends , and the great family of the faithf ul intervene , to ratify with you that union which the solemnity of the sacrament must render respectable . But pay strict attention to my words ; let'his sacrament be a religious permission , a-paternal and social smtfeorisation . an encouragement and an exhortation to the perpetuity of tbe engagement Let it never be a command , an obligation , a law with threats and punishments , an imposed slavery , with scandal , prisons and chains , in cases of infection . " O love ! 0 sublime flame ! so powerful and so fragile , so sudden and so fugitive ! fla « h of heaven , which seems to cms « eur life and be extinguished in u « before its end , from tbpfpar of consuming and annihilating us ! We Vltrnly that thnn art the vivifying power emanating from God himself , and that he who could fix thee in his bosom and
preserve the ? there until his last moment , always as pure and ascomp ' etp , would be the happiest and the greatest among men . Thou dost not dwell in the harem guarded by vigilant sentinels , any mor «* than in the Christian family placed between the threats of the priests , the sentence of the magistrate , and the yoke of opinion . Thou wilt return as in the fabulons times of A * trea , as in the visions o poets , to fix thyself in our terrestial paradise , w hen , by . sublime virtues , we shall have deserved the presence of a guest like tbee . Oh ! then the abode upon this earth will be gwpct to inen , and it will he good to have been born here ! When we shall all be brothers -nd sisters , when unions shall be freely consented to , and freely maintained by strength derived from tbee alone ; when , instead of this friehtful , this
impossible strife , which conjugal fidelity is obliged to sustain against the impious attempts of debauchery , of hypocritical seduction , of unbridled violence , of perfidious friendshi p nnd skilful depravity , every husband shall find around him cnlv chaste sisters , jealous nnd delicatp puardianB of the happiness of them whom they have given to him as a companion , while every wife will find in oilier ine m so many brothers of her husband , happy arid proud in hi b happiness , born protectors of bis repose nnd bis dignity . Love can then endure ; and who knows ? Perhaps , then , the priest and tho magistrate , trusting with reason to the permanent miracle of love , may one day consecrate indissoluble unions in the name of God himself , with as much wisdom and justice as they now display , unknowingly , impiety nnd folly .
"You are under the influence of the miracle . God blesses your oath , because it is he who inspires you with thefrtith to pronounce it . Always is the most passinnate « ord that can come to the lips , of lovers in the ecstasy of tbe r divinpst . joys . It is an oracle which then escapes from their bosoms . " Eternity is ths ioeal of love " as it is the ideal of faith . The human soul never more completely attains to the height of its power and lucidness than in the entlusiasm of a . great love . The . ' . a ! ways' of lovers is then ah internal revelation , a divine manifestation , which should throw its sovereign brightness rnd its beneficent warmth upon every moment of their union . Woe to Mm who shall profane this holy formula ! Such a one falls from a state of grace into a state of sin ; he extinguishes faith , light , strength , and lif ? in Ws » hwt . "
" And I , " said Coriauelo , " I aocpnt thv vow . oh Albert ! and 1 adjure thfe to accept mine . I , too , feel mysel nn >* pr t he dominion of the miracle ; and : this'aiwujs' of our short life appears to me as nothing in comparison with the eter nity for whifih I desire to riromise myself to thee . " " Fearless , noble soul I" said Wanda , with a smile _ which seemed to beam through her veil ; *' pray to God that tbon toayest enjoy eternity with him whom thou ldvesfc , as the reward of thy fidelity to him in this short life . " " OH , yes ! " cried Albert , raising towards heaven his wife ' s h and clasped in his own , "that is the aim , the hope , and the re ward ! To love each other nobly and ardently in this phase of existence , in order to meet again and be eternally united in those which follow ! Oh ! I feeLthat this iB not the first day of our union ; that we have already loved , already possessed each other in a former state of existence . So much happiness is not the work of chance It is the hand of God which brings ua together and reunitt-s us , as the two halves of a single being inseparable through all
After the celebration of the marriage , and although the nieht was far advanced , they proceeded to . the ceremonies of the definite initiation of Consuelo into the order of the Invisibles ; and afterwards , the members of the tribnnal havin' disappeared , they wandered under the shade of the sacred wood , b » t soon returned and seated themBelvts around the banque t of fraternal communion . After the repast , the guests resumed tbeir cloaks and walked npon the gentle declivity o / the hill which was shaded by the sacred grove . The ruins of the old chateau reserved for the trials , overtopped this beautiful spot , of which Consuelo by decrees re « Oinised the paths she had hastily run throug h in a stormy night a short time before . The day bpg = < n to dawn , and the pure morning a'r brought forth a thousand exquisite odours . It was one of the most beautiful days of summer , tho nightingales sang under the foliage arid answered , each o ther from hill to hill . 1 he groups which formed Bfe ' ry moment around the newly inaftfed couple , far froia being troublesome to them * added to
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their pure transports the delights of fraternal friendship , or at least of the most exquisite sympathy . All the Invisibles present at this fes'ival w re made known to C ' on-uelo as the memhers of her new family . They were the eleot of the talent , the intelligence , and the virtue of the order . Consuelo ' had thought she should taint with fatigue and ernotiiih when she knocked at the door of the temple Now she felt strong and animated as when she played upon the shore of the Adriatioin all the . vi gour of y » utb , under a burning sun . tempered by the sea bn » ze . It seemed that Me in all its power , happiness in all it 8 intensity , had taken possession of her in every fibre , and that sh « drew then in by every pnre . She no longer counted the hours ; she could have wished that this enchanted nisrht would never end . Why can we not stop the sun beneath the horizon , in certain watchingSj when we feel life in all the fulness of our being , and when all the dreams of enthusiasm seemed realised or realisable ?
At last the sky became tinged with purple and gold ; a silvery-toned bell warned the Invisibles that night was withdrawing from thorn her protecting' veil ; they sang a last hymn to the rising sun , eiribl'm of the new day of which they dreamed , and which they were preparing for the world lhen they bade tender farewells , made appointments for meeting ; some at Paris , others at London , others at Wadrid , Vienna , St P .-tewburg , Warsaw , Dresden , Berlin , All engaged to be feund in a year ; at such a day , at the gate of the blessod temple , with new neophytes , or with anpii-nt brothers now absent . Th » n they cloxed their cloaks ia order to hide thcr e ' egint costumes , and noiselessly dispersed under the shady avenues of the park . Albert and Consuelo , guided by Marcus , desoended the ravine as far as 'he stream ; Karl received them in his ciose gondola , and conducted them to the pavilion , upon the threshold of which they stopped to contemplate the majesty of the lnndiriary which was ascending the skv . Until then .
l / onsuelo , when replying to Albert ' s impassioned words , had always given him his real name ; but when he roused her from the contemplation in which she seemed to forget herself , she could only say to him , as she rested her bur n , ing brow upon his shoulder : " 0 Liwrani !" ( To be continued . )
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« n t It \ ° . r cri 0 J"sTs .--A young lady , resident in one of toe chief towns of an agricultural county observing some gentlemen , weighing apparentl y seventeen St-o ? o b . eing | nformed thkt tHey *" distressed agriculturists , remarked that " she was sure they must be very much distressed this hot weathev . " -Pm , c / i . in hi ? wkb "—A certain lawyer had his portrait taken Lfe Erd " ilUd / " ;? tandin S With hi ^ Wnd in b ? s pocket . His friends and clients went to see it . and evervbody Pxchume ( l .. Oh , how l . k . ! it ' s the very picture Jf nim ! An old farmer only dissented . «« 'T aint like' " exclamedeverybo-v « j U 8 t shown , wherein ' taintlike ' . " 1 T . a » nt-n o taint" responde d the farmer ; - don ' t you see he has got his hand in his own pocket ; ' twould biia ! like again if he had it in somebod y else ' s . " lW 0 uw . D 0 aB In Mr . Bin-net ' s account of ' Turner and his works " Oust pabluhed , some good storiesaro told of t . h L « fl
« uu m b argain . makimf . When arranging for a now work with n o J ^ -h . pnc 9 ° f each ^ awingias seK , Tot without deliberation , at twenty-five pounds Ho went S ; h ? re ' F fulUatiafaotion - 'Becamespeedil y back , thrust his head mat the door , and cried- "guineas " " Guineas be it , " said tho publishers . In a few minutes a «« iJ JJw " £ | ai " ! , Turner P"f in his whole nerson , TJ n { Expenses . " . "Oh , certainly , sir , " was the for r » H «?? - ' ™ l " Ot a 11 : a few mlnutes » &"" ™ ^ l&ii ra ! at the door : breathless and eager , with his whole iu the
body room , for be expected reliance to his new demand , " and twenty proofs ? " Another story is to the following effcct : _ u 0 had pam , j f ^ famous Ja ck Fuller , and was asked by Fuller to breakfast with him next morning . He took the picture in a hackney , coach , breakfasted , received the cheque , thanked the purchaser an * left . He had not been gone five minutes , when a knock was heard at the door . The painter waa back- ' ¦ T must see Mr . Fuller . " Ho was shown in . " Oh' I'd forgotten ; there is three shillings for the hackney-coach " fhe sum was paid , and Fuller loved to relate the story to
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The tATE Election of M . P . fob Ayrshire . —Oumno . ck . - On Monday , the 19 th inst , A . O-wald , late M . P . for Ayrsm rp , addressed the electors in the public Square here , at t vo o clock p . m . —Lord James Stuart , late M . P . for the 'yr < I strict of burghs , in tho chair . This being the first n e « B ng on the so-calle ;! Liberal side , the attendance was v « i . , umerous . lord James S u . irt , a good old Whi « of the Russell School , began by referring to wliat he termed "the lamented death of Sir Robert Peel ; " by which the Lineral Free Trade party were deprived of their most efficient advocate ; thereby intimating the close ajliance by which the Whigs of this County , at least , were endeavouririe to bring about between them and the Penlites , and which the Radicals and some pro'esped Chartists were ready enough to indorse . His whole s ' perch in fact was nothing but an euology of Peel an < i his Free Trade measures to which he tacked E . C > rdwell , Peel ' s confidential Secretary , as eminently entitled to their suffrages . He nasLudiy cheered . He thi-n ntroduced Mr . Oswald , who in a long and rather
witty speech , went over the same topics , nsserting broadly , and without a'iiy reservation , tb : it universal contentment , and plenty to eat , had been the consequence of Free Trade ; that it * had even thatohed the bouses in . Aucliiiileek ,, as he had seen as he came along ; and that where he went , instead of hungry dis ' cbntented faces , he saw emiling and cheerful looks , this even raised a faint cluer , but , in truth be it said , only from thf » well fed electors , though it waa wonderful to hear working men afterwards trying to qualify what be Baid about their condition . HiB whole speeoh , in truth , would have done more honour to the boards of a penny theatre , hebei g in the coriiio line , than to un exrepresentative of St Stephen ' s . On Tuesday , the following day , the polling commenced , and ended on Wednesday , at four o clock . Majority for Blair throughout the County 1 0 Thus after all the coalition of Chartists , Radio . Is , a i \ Vnig 8 , electors and non-electors , with the Tory P e . tes ( pure Derbjism is triumphant , which being inte ' preted , hipans despotism in the eventful year i 852 !
—C " RHE » o » BBKr . The Rbcknt Emigration Act —At the Liverpool Police C"iirt , on . Saturday , Uichard Boothroyd , an emigrant , claimed a payment of £ 10 and the return of passage money from Mr . J . S . de Wolf , as ' charterer of the emigrant ship Ottillia , bound for Port Phillip , which vt-asd had taken her departure oh Sunday , the 18 th July , instead of Monday , the 19 th , ns he had been : informed , causing him and other passengers to be left . behind . The decision of the bench was that the passage money should be returned , and that the d efendant should pay £ 5 as compensation . Bkbesfobd at Biuihtb . be . —A publio dinner was given at Bralntree , on Monday , to celebrate the return of the 11 Conservative tin" for Essex Beresford attempted to address the electors from the window , but he was at once greeted by a volley of stones from the " vile" rabble . The windows of the llotel were smashed , and one of the stones came in contact with the head of the " deBpiser , " who beat a hasty retreat . _ _ . . . .
Improvement of the City op London . —Among the local acts of Parliament , which numbered 168 in the last session , was one for Hffeoting improvements in the City pf London . The object of the act is to widen and improve tbe north end of Dowgate-Hiji ; Tbreadiu'edle-atreet , opposite Old Broad-street ; the south-east corner pf Mark-lane , and part of the north Bide Of Great Totfef-Btfeet .
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SCIENTIFIC . , Patent Noiseless Wheeis . —Mr . longbottom , the seovetarv to thP Polytechnic Institution , lias invnted an inj ; enious process nv whinh tho n iseof vehicles in travellinu over the siones is entirely urn vented , Tho invention consists in tlie application of a solid btnrt nf vulcanised India-rubber over the iron tyres of the wheels * BviN means a well built earring * is rendered perfectl y noiseless alliwinff convcvaatlon to be carried on wi h « u - any more effort than is re quired in a qu ' et room . and a much ureater amount ot ' euse is tin " parted than can bo attained in the ordinary vehicles . The durabi lity of India-rubber tyres ha » now been tested by more than three years' experience , and it i « affirmed tnit 't exceeds that of iron tyroi . Another peculiarity of the vuloanise 4 Indi :.-rubbei- tvres is that they regain their original form after bemfi smjected to anv amount of pressure , and they possess tho same finnnesx andela - ticity under all temperatures , neither becomini ! softer in surarmr nor harder i-i winter . It appears that Mr . Longbottom i 8 provided with numerous valuable testimonials as to the efficacy of his inven
. tion ; and iu proof of it « increasing popularity , it may be mentione t that no less than seventy-four vehicles wuh tlie noiseless wheels are no * < in motion' in different parts of England . Flax Cotton . — A Parliamentary paper recently printed contains a lurther report from Sir llouert Kane , the director of thu Museum of Irish industry , on M . Claussen ' s indention for the production of flas . cotton . From this it appears that in August last , Mr . Daram having offered full facilities at his works at Kildinnan , for thepreparation of flax cotton on a large scale , Professers Murphy and Hodges , under instructions from Sir Bobert , proceeded to the spot to inspect the course of operations . It was , however , then disco , vered by Mr . Graves ( M . Clau « sen ' a agerifand representative ) that , from want of complete m-ichinery , a postponement would be neces ' - sary . Tho 13 th of September was accordingly appointed , wh-n , in . stwid of the process being carried out on the great manufacturing scale first announced , it was limited to about a lflOlbs . of flax . t . x . pt-riments were made of two kin s . The first was as to the direct preparation of flax-cot'on from flax-Straw , in which the separation
an I . cleans ng of the fibre fiom the refuse part of the stalk was made a part of tbe process , and tliis was not by any means satisfactorily done . The sec > nd was as to the conversion of tow or low . priced flax iiitoflax-eotton ; and , although in this material tbe fibre has been already prepared and cleaned by the previous dressings , the product obtained did not approach in fineness of texture , uniformltv of -tructure , or cleanness of mass , to the quality of tbe epe . cirnena of fl ; ix cotton that are usually exhibited by U . Claussen's agents . Under these circumstances , Sir Robert Kane considers the trials' to have been in so far negative as the agents acting for M Clalissen found it irapo .-s ! b | e to produce satisfactory results in th se works which they had themselves selected , and where the ; had b > en working previously . ' At the same time , it is admitted that much weight must beconceded to Mr . Graves ' s complaint of the de . ftctive mech -nical arrangements . In w ^ ndinR up his report , after mentioning incidentally that when the trials had been concluded and found unsatisfactory , a letter was received from M . Clau-sen de . dining to be re-ponsible for the results , and stating that he would prefer that the inquiry ihuuld be conducted at some . works Vie had erected at Stepney green , near London , Sir Robert Kane observes—• In r- gard to the snore purtly scientific puiiiun of the inquiry , I beg leave to report that several interesting facts have been already
ascertained as to the real nature of the material produced , and as to the true action of the materials used . Without being under , stood to announce a positive conclusion , which in a report of pro . gress would be premature , I beg to state that I am prety well satis , fied that M Clauss ' en ' s process d es not at all produce a material approaching in structure or organic quality t » ctton . The views of the bursting up of the fib'es , pat forward by some persons who h ive come forward to explain the proceBB in public , A > < not appear to be w ^ ll founded . The flax fibres are , in M . Claussen ' s process excessively finely divided , and sei arated from each other , hut each remains still a thorough and complex flax fibre and quite unlike cotton , and the diim « amou'it ot division , ana tUe same tin , ness and plia ' ility of firbe may lie uiven . and often if given , to flax , by simple dressing , especially if the flax had been ov * -r retted , ' ibis p « iut as tostruc ural cliarncteris . 'hiwt-ver so fundamental to > he value and qiialitj of the fliut-ci > tt » n , ( hat I dt-em it indispensable to follow up Mill further the careful microscopic exnir . inaiion of the mater . al in all its -t-agts . and shall therefore reserve fora tu > urecomplete re . port details Hi'd drawings . Regarding the other processes of flax management ( Schenk ' s , &c ) , I beg to state that we liave as yet made biv some preliminary investigation ! ,, as the peculiar interest of tlie fl ; ix-cotton question demanded that our first attention should be given to its discussion .
ERICSSON ' S CAIOEIC ENGINE . The pystem of propulsion adopted by Captain Ericsson , and the engines constructed by him , have lately attracted so much attea . tion that an » bridged account , taken from an able article in th . ? ' New York Merchants Magiizine , ' will be read with interest . Two engines upon this plan , are now in operation tit the wovks of MessrB . Hog ; and Delamater , at New York , 'one of five horse power the other of sixty hprsepiwer ; the latter has four cylinders , two of six f « et diameter , side bj side , surmounted by two of much smaller size . Within these are pistons exactly fittine each cylinder , and so cou . nected that those in the lower and upper cylinders move together . A fire is placed under the bottom ol' each of the large Cylinders , called the working cylinders , ' those above being termed the 1 supply cylinders . ' As the piston in the supply cylinder moves down valveB at the top admit the air ; as it rises these valves are closed , and the air passes into a receiver and r < g- new'tor , where it is heated to about 450 deg ., and , upon entering the Wi-rking cylinder , it is further heated by the fire underneath . At 480 deg , the
atmospheric air expands to double its volume , and , supposing the supply cylinder to be half tho size of the workiug cylinder , ih « air which enters tho supply cylinder , in passing through the regenerator , fills the working cylinder ; in like manner , presuming tliat the area of the upper piston be 500 square itivhes , and that the aii- preasei . upon ii with a mean force , of ten pounds to each squure inch , the air , when expanded to twice tlie volume in the lower cylinder , will exert the same pressure ou each square inch of its piston . If the area of the lower pi .-ton be iwiue as large as that above , it follows that wMi a pressure of 5 , 000 lb . exe-tert on the upper piston we have a force of 10 , 0005 ) . applied to tie piston in the working cylinder . This surplus puwer furnishes ,, e . torliing power of the engine . It will be readily seen that , after ue stroke of its pisroiis is made , it will continue to work with this force so Ions ; as sufficient heat is supplied to expand the air in the working cylinder to the extent stated ; for bo long as thV area of the lower piston is « reuter than that of the upper , and a like pressure i » upon every square inch uf each , to long will tue greater pis on push
torward the Biualler , us a two pound weight upon one endot ' a balance will be quite 6 ure to bear down one pound placed upou the other . We neeii hardly say that , after the air in tbe woi king cylinder has forced up the piston within it , a valve opens , attd , us it passes out , the pistoiiR , by force of gravity , descend , and cold air again rushes into an- > fills the supply cylinder , as we have before described . In this manner the two cy iiiders are ulternateh supplied and < iischarged , causing ths pistons in each to play up aud down , sabstantially us they do in the s earn engine . I he most striking feature in tiiis engine consists in what is calh d by i s inventor the ' regenerator . ' This structure is composi d of wire net , somewhat like that used in iho manuacture ot seves , placed side by sWe until the serins attain a tliickne s say , of twelve iucties . Through the almost innumtrable cells formed by the intersectio" of those wires the air must , pass on its way to the working cylinder . In passing hrougb these it is so minutely subdivided that tbe particles composing it are brought into clos .- contact with the metal which forms the wires . Now , let us suppose , what actualli lakes place , that the side of
the regenerator nearest the working cylinder is heated to a liiuh temperature . Through this heated substance the air must pass before entering the cylinder , and , iu effecting this passage , it takes up , as ia demonstrated by thu thermometer , about 4 oO deg . of the 180 deg . of heat requited , as we have before stated , fr > douhle its volume . The additional thirty deg . are communicated by the firo beneath the cylinder . The air has thus Become expanded ; it forces tho piston upwards j it has done i s work ; valves open , and the imprisoned aiv heated to 480 deg ., passes from the cylinder , and again enters the regenerator , through which it must pass before leaving the machine . We have said that the side of this instrument nearest the working cylinder is hot , and it should ba hero stated that the other side is kt-pt cool bj the action upon it i't the air entering in the opposite direction at each up stroke of th-pistons . Consequently , as the air I ' rom the wiirkitn ; cylinder passus out . the wires absorb its heat so effectually that , when it uaves 'he regenerator , it has been robbed of all except about thirty degrees . In other words , as the air pusses into ihe wrkinir
cylinder it gradually receives from the regenerator about 450 deg . of heat j and as it passes out this is returned to the wires , and is thus used over and over , the only purpose of the fires beneath the cylinders being to supply the thirty di g .-. es of heat w « have ment ' . oned , and that which . s lost by radiation and expansion . Extraordinary as this statement may seem , it is nevertheless incontro ' - vertihly proved by the thermometer to be quiie true . The regene . riitor . in the sixty horse engine measures twenty-six inches in height and width internally . Each disc of wire composing it contains 07 C superficial inches , and the net has tea meshes to the inch . Each supi-ificiai ini-h , theref re . contains 100 meehe , which , multipiitd by K 7 G . give 67 . 6 U 0 meshes in each dUo and , as 300 discs areTernployed , it follows that the regenerator contains 13 , 520 , t ) 00 meBhes , and , eouseqU' -ntly . as there are as roaiij small Bpai-es between tlie discs as the e are meshes , we find that the tiir within is distributed in . about 27 , 000 . 000 minute cells . Htnee it is evide . t , that nearly every particle of the whole voiume of air , in passiug through the regenerator , w brought into very close contact with a surface of mttal which heats and cools alternately . The wire contained in
each dise is 1 , 140 feet long , and that contained in tbe fern nerator is consequently 228 000 feet , or forty . one miles arid a half inleDg ' tlr the superficial measurement of which is < qual to the entire surface at four steam boilers , each forty feet long und four feet in diameter and jet the regenerator , presenting thiB great amount of heating suriace , is only abo it two fper cude , Ie 83 than 11 , 0 ^ 0 of the bulk of these four boilers . This engine , according to the account from which we quote , has been run at full speed for twenyfours hours , with a consumption of only 9 Gt )) b . of coal . After feeding the fires it continues tu run three hours wi bout replenishment , and after witlidrawi gthem from the grates it operates with full power for an hour , in consHa , u « i « ce of the astonishing action of the regenerator alone ., A ship .. i 2 , 200 tons burden , to be fitted with these engines is now being built I y Messrs . ferrine , Patterson , atia Stack ; ti . e engines , by Messrsi Hogg and Pelamater , comprise tour working cy ' . niiers , each of 168 inches diameter . We know of t . o instance in which sucn an important invention has been brought befo e -the public in so complete n 'orm aa to warrant its being carried out on a tcale of the first magnrude from the outaet .
VENTILATION OP RAILWAY CABBIAGES . A plan which app ws W be well adapted for introduction during the present w ; at tier is propo .-ed . of appjing to the roof- of railway cfrnwes hor . zo ; tal tubes wi h bell mouths , arrayed to cuteh the arwhlethetraimsinm-it . ot . and . airect it into the interior , the current of air being divided into streams by passing through wire gauze screens , and outward currenti of air being produced by deflee . ing window ? , composen of vertical panes of glass , and mounted rdavStt o ?§ iS : in eUher * - « - - - « "
, . , ,, HAILWAS GATE ! . A Lincolnshire paper describes an exceedinfciv clever nnd ineemous invention for the openi ,, and closmg " f railwJv aates ' th ou the attendance of a single . i .. dWWufa . i"Sli ffi « d Jim the gates is fixed at auy eiven . distance on the line Imniedia-lyou the engine touching whi . h the gates ™ * odm , iid n mam ao unti- the engine touchoh a spring oiahe omjoshe side when they instant y close . It can b « so ii < , dad ZvmZ ta ? pladn " the spring at a nearer or preHter d . stance from the Ltel thut a tram of almost any length can pass Uu « n h before closing .
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DARiKtt Robbbri at MiRFJEtD . — Early on Friday niorning , the clotu warehouse belonging to Mr . Joshua Barker , manufacturer , Mirfield , was bi-olen into by some daring villains ; and cloth amounting to from £ 100 to £ 150 token away . The entrance was effected by cutting a round 5 S » h "j ? J $ t e 3 ln diiUueter , in the panel of the fe t \{ h " 4 I ! 0 armthro «« b , the door was un-Kh " take" Off ^ wllIch 't w * 8 secured - Although the vnarehouse is connected with the dwelli . ghouHe , and under ona o r the rooms , yet not the slmhtest noue was heard by the inmates . So cool ami collected were he desperadoes , that they took time to n « m > t t . h « cloth .
, WK . ng witn tsem the best black wool-d yed cloth that was in the warehouse . It ia supposed it would weigh about a quarter of a ton . The robbers w ere tmced throu « h the garden , over the wall , and up the field to Kuoll-lane , where it is supposed a conveyance was in readiness to recoive the plunder . Ai . out two o ' clock in the morning , some persons attending a brick , kiln close at hand heard a spring cart rive by and stop , whena person went up to it and said feomethinei when the cart drove immediately in tho dirn > M ° 0 L " ° i ii' % Mr > How »« h , the constable for M l A " b ? Jr * Green wereat York « Mr . Inspector Kaye . of Uuddewfield , was imn . e . iuitel y on the apot , nmi mua-Bnm are hem taken , if possible , toi dcteot the robbera .-Wahefield Journal . Thk Law of Evidence in SconAND .-Among the acts passed in the Ute ^ e 8 slon wa one to amend the l « w of evidence in Scotland . It is now provided that witnesses are not to be excluded by reason of crime . &o
The Mubdbb near Bath -At his re-ekamination on Saturday the prisoner was committed to take his trial at tho next assizes on the charge of wilful miirdeiv
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^ o Kilmarnoch Journal vMwwes the loss the town bas sufficed by the late floods at £ 50 . 000 . Ihe " Holy Well , " in Holy ^ bll-bikbet ,-Strand . —Oir liiur sduy week tlio jinblic were admitted io inspect the farlamed relic of antiquity known a « the « Holy W .-ll . " IJEAIH OF THE OONSERVATIVB MRMBER F'H fbDIUSI . — Mr- John Duncuft died at his country house , Prc-sLam ,-tlifshir .. . on TuHsday , after two di , } b' illness . oubuahine Tjjleoraphs . —The arrangements for increasing tbe exwting meaiis of telegi- ^ phio conimunioation with the continent of Europe by submarine route , it . addition pSe ? w ? Th n Dover and Calai 8 ' are Progrewinir . iuseyism -rho Bishop of Ely has ordered the Rev . tn hnldm ™ ' * " ^ eotOr of Ctievely , near Newmarket , the year S 8 mi ° ° n every sainl > s day throughout th 0 th 9
Continuation of ViCTORu-STREEi . -The Clerken . well improvomeuts are once more in progress , workmen being pSS ^^ ftSSS houses at bottom of PiJlTT f « ef R"rs' DocK .-The Cosimittee of the fcrtn « l 1 rna ? ordered this Io "S standing nuisance , the LttXfillei uT ° yanOe ^ disea 8 ° *«> the neighbour . Ausirahan Mail STEAMERS ) . _ Th o Bteamer Australian , which lett with the first . nail hy steam for Austr . li . on tho oih _ of June , is due at Plymouth , according to Post-ofliuo teguintionB , on tbe 30 th of November . Offences against the ExciaE Laws . —By an act now in jor ce informations for penalties , &o ., under the Exoiso laws may be heavd before the Inlaud CommisaionerB or oy the metropolitan niaeistratea .
Poor Law Commission Continuance Act —The Irish loor Law Commissioners are farther continued by a recent hct ~ ioand 16 Yiotoria , c . 37—until the 23 r < l ot J , ly , ioj 4 . and to the end of the then session of Pai liament . Nubian LioNB .-The Pacha of Egypt has pun on board «> e Peninsular and Oriental Company ' s ' steam ship tho liipoa several lionB and panthers , besides some . very ourious and rare : mimals fromti-e Nubian Desert , as a present to the London Zoological Society . Woodchebter . —Tbe famous Roman pavements in this town are about shortly to be uncovered , for the purpose of attorning to archaeologists an opportunity of inspecting these celebrated remains , which , have not been seen for several yeara , UOBBERT BY PoLlCBMEN AT LbeDS . —Two Officers Of tl O Leeda police force were last week sentenced to ten days ' imprisonment for robbing two young women , strung rs in tue town . They got possession of their money on pretence ot hnditiR lodgings for them
. Eton CoLLKOE . -Siiturda ) last being what is termed ¦ Section Saturday" in this institution , the delivery of . speeches by the boys took place according to annual cust m . The usual banquet and regatta also took place in the afternoon . A Smp Burni at Sea . —On Saturday , intelligence was received at Lloyd ' s , under ds . te Si . John ' s Mnwfoundi . nd , July Cth , of the total destruction by fire of the British snip Reciprocity , on the 28 ih of June , whilst on her passage from Mobile to Liverpool . New Rumanist Colleob .-A . wealthy Romanist in tho aouta ot Li . gliind in about to ourchase the Horubv Grume
estate , near Great Smeaton , Yorkshire , for the purpose of converting the spacious mansion into a Popish college , and tne park into pleasure grounds for the students . iauNDER Stobm AN 0 Heavt Fall of Rain . —On Sunday at a lew minutes past one o ' clock , p . m ., tho metropolis ayd aubumari districts for miles distant were visited by one ot the most fearful storms of thunder , rain , Ac , that has happened for some considerable time . Catholics in the New Parliament . —The Globe states that the only Roman Catholic wuo tiaB been relumed in the whole length and breadth of England , Scotland , and Wales , is the nominee of tbe Protestant Duke of Norfolk , the husband of Miss Talbot , Lord E . Howard . "
Election Riots , Bristol , July 25 th . ~ We regret having to record tho death of a person named John Godding , who breathed his last yesterday , at the Bristol Infirmary , and who was severely wounded at Banwell , by a pike by some miscreant , at the recent election for the eastern diviuLn of the county of Somerset . The late Rains . —Intelligence reaobed Glasgow on Monday that the nuns of Saturday had swept away a bridge in the vicinity of Newmilns , ann that the inundanon hau extended to Galston , and had been seriously destructive to property iu that neighbourhood . It was also currently reported that two or three lives had been sacrificed . Tun Foreign Office . —A change in the administration of loreign affairs maybe anticipated . It ia expwted that ere long Lord Malraesbury will succeed Lord Cowley at Psiri 8 , the latter to go to Constantinople , and thut the portfolio of the Foreiyii office will be presented to Lord Stratford , late Sir Stratford Canning .
The Board of health . —According to the Gpnpral Board of health Act pa ^ od in the late session No 2—local hoards are to e established at the followirg places ; —Wbbeach , Walsoken , SdUbury , AM . by de-m-Z-m-h , Woolwioh , Stratfoid-upon-Avon , Leamingtou , &uu Newbury . Tremendous Thunderstorm . —On Sund > y afternoon a thunderstorm broke uver Woolwich shortly aftnr 5 o ' clock , und the rain continued to fall in torrents for upwards of an hour . All the houses in low-lying situations were filled with water Tho storm commenced in the southwest , and made an entire circuit of tho four points of the compass .
liusu Leather . —A great trade in Irish Leather is now going on witti Franco . It is sent in the hide from Ouitlin , is tawed , tanned , and dressed in France , and comes b > clc in that beautifully mellow article called "French leather . " The leather , if made up into boots or shoes , would pay a high duty ; but there is little or no import duty on the dressed skins . A Genuine Protectionist . —At the recent election for West Kent , which ended in Filmer and Smith being returned , Mr ; Chalkin , of Kent llouso Farm , Beckenham , was so overjoyed at the return of two Protectionists , that in the exuberant enthusiasm of the moment he announced to the labourers on his farm that for the future he should raise their wages 6 d . per day !
Monster Blast . —An extraordinary blast or explosion of pbwder , ignited by means of electricity , took placo in Garantully quarry , near Edinburgh , on Monday last . Something more than half a ton of powder was used There were thirteen simultaneous charges , thearine off , on a rough calculation , not less than 140 , 000 ouiiic feet of atone . This is the fourth explosion of the same kind that has taken plnoe in this quarry . Abolition of Fees on Circuit . —By the Nisi Friug Officers act it is declared , "the tees heretofore received on the circuit by the marshall ' s man and ttu- judge ' s bailiff respectively shall be and are hereby abolished , and no tee , gratuity , or reward shall be demanded or accepted" by any one exercising , or claiming to exercise , either of the said offices , or other person attending the circuit in any
subor < iin * te office or » mp \ o > im nt , " A New Wat of taking Cod-Liver Oil . —Dr . Benedetti recommends the following means for disguising tbo nauseous taste of cod-liver oil : —Make a paste with the oil and powdered starch or arrow root , and prepare the bolus by wrapping it in a moistened wafer . About sixteen of suoh boluses night and morning suffice in the beginning ; more , may subsequently be taken , or they mav be made larger , as the swallowing of them becomes easy by habit . Bathing on the Banks of the Thames . —A notice has been affixed in the moat publio places adjoining the banks or shore of the river Thames , stating that "AH persons are cautioned against bathing in an indecent manner near a
publio high . 'ay or hear inhabited bouses , from which they may be seen . The police have directions to enforce tho law to prevent such offences , and , if necessary , to apprehend the offnnders , and charge th' -m before a magistrate . " Woods , Forests , and Land Bevenues . —An act was pwed in the late session to alter and amend certain acts rdlafng to the woods ; forests , and land revenues of tho Crown . The object of this act , whioh contains eleven clauses , is to veBt iu the commissioners a largo discretionary power in leases , and with regard to rent , &o . Tho Commissioners of woods , &c , may with the consent of the Treasury suspend tbe collection of or merge tolls of markets anu fairs .
New Act of Pharmacy .. —Among the public aots passed in the late session was one for regulating the qualifications of pharmaceutical chemistfl . It is declared to be expedient for the safety of the publio that persons exercising tbe business or calling of pharmaceutical chemists in Great Britain ahould possess a competent practical knowled ge of pharrtiaceutical and general chemistry , and other branches of useful knowledge . , The Commons' Enclosure Acts Extension Act . —An aofc of Parliament was passed on the 30 th of June to nv-ud and further extend the acts for the enolosufe , exohanir , and improvement of land . The provisions of several acts dre now amended and further extended . No lands are to be enclosed without the previous authority of Parliament . The Enclosure Commissioners are empowered by thw act to do a number of things to carry out the several acts whioh hitherto they wero not empowered to do .
Reoistbbed Letters . —The Postmaster General baa ordered a relaxation of the stringent rules now in force respecting the delivery of registered letters . At present a registered letter can only bo delivered to thepart . v to whom it is addressed , and whOBe receipt alone is taken for it . For the future , when this is impracticable , a recoipt will be takpn for a registered letter from the husband , w fe , - < ir , failing this , from a member of the same family . milling under the same roof of the party to whom such letter is addressed .
Extensive Fibe near Bromley fnuRcii . —On Saturday morning ; between tbe houts of nine » nd ten o ' clock , a 6 re , Which , at one time , threatened to destroy , the pnrUh church , broke out on the extensive premises , belonging to Mr . Pawley , the proprietor ol tho White Hart , Brom ey , termed Churoh Farm , and almost a"j'iining tue ctfartb . The damage rione taay be thus t-numerated : A large b . irn destroyed , insured lor £ 150 . Two timber buildings , tbe cowsheds ; nine loads of tares , several loads of peas , a waggon , and some outbuildings , Fortunately the property was insured in tho Pl . ccuix Fire Office .
Alleged Discovery of Gold Quartz . —We have been informed upon credible authority , u . at on Friday a quantity of gold quailz was discovered between Hadleigli aim Boxlord . It appears that a labourer was employed digging upon Friar ' s-Hill , whenBeeiiigBometliing gluter , his attention was directed to what he had raised , flu took : i largo portion to a silversmith ' s shop , when it was tosted and found to . contain pure gold . The report of suoh a dis . covery threw the town of Iladleigh into commotion ; and * general . rush Ttas made to tho " diggings . " —Jp « tvtc& "Journal , .. _ . .,.. .
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He wore a suit of Moses , The night when first we met . An > 1 knowingly his hat was cocked Upon his curls of jet ; Flash " Publics" he frequented , Where " Sporting cards" were aeeii ; And many a Derby Sweep cot up To ease them of their " tin . " 1 saw him in his glory—( The word seems doubtful now ) , When to his stable wisdom Ilia admiring churns would bow . A betting-book he'd aborted , When next this youth I saw ; And hourly he was lounging at . Some Bettinu-Offiee < ioor ; Or standing treat to stable-boys , With a " weed" between is lips , And listening to their sago discourse Of " great events" and "tips . " Ho told me that he stood to win A fi' pun' note or two , Upon a " certain " prophecy—I doubt if it came true . And once again I see this youth , . No betting book is there : Tbe prison scissors close have cropped His once luxuriant hair . They tell that" cleaned" completely " out , " He closed his short career By bolting with his master ' s till , When " settling" time drew near . I see him shipped—the Government His passage out will prfy : ' Arid at some penal settlement , He'll spend his Settling Day .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 31, 1852, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1689/page/3/
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