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    • ON THE PUB VENT-ON; CURE, >AND General"character , of SYfHiLDS LjSTRICTOREB,
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      The Red Ba_._.Eb. B_ Gerald 1__Ssbt. Ong...

      THE RED BA _ . _ . EB . B _ GERALD 1 __ SSBT . ong out the Red Banner ! o ' er i & oiintain . and _kUevaUey , „„;„ . _eaiet eartb feel the tread of tne Free , once arain » Sow , Soldiera of _freedom ; for low of God , _rally--i _EJld Earth yearns to Snow that her children are

      men men : . . „ . ares are nerved by a M illion _wonga burning and -ldBoK _^ hts leap to birth , but , the bold deed . mn must come , ... - , •„ . „•• „ ., Lvrid , wherever humanity ' s jearniDgand pleading , lie 0 __ e battlefor liberty strike _$ e heart-home _, lg oing ont the Red Banner ! its fiery front nnder , - unCome , gather ye , gather ye , Champions of Right ! 1 raid roll round the world with the voice of God i th thunder i he The wrongs we ' ve to reckon—oppressors to

      _sn sn __ i __ £ * f 4 ey deem that we strike no more like the old terobs bandat Martyrdom ' s own hattle-heartedaud brave ; _jdlood of Christ ! brothers mine i it were _BWeet , Ottt t ( to see ye stand ri Triumph or tomb ! welcome ! glory or grave ! ig'iing out the Red Banner ! achievements immortal la Have yet to be won by the bands labour-brown , 1 ind few ] lew may enter the proud promise-portal , fejlet , wear it in thought , boys ! the _glorioHs i crown ! ' , _ . ., _dind _. oh ! iov of the conflict ! sound trumpet lLodoh ! joy of the conflict ! souna trumpet ;

      ,, i array us ! [» True hearts would leap up , were all hell m our I path , - _5 p ! up ! from the slave land ! who stirreth to I stay us - ___ , Si Shall fall as of old in the Bed Sea of wrath I -Ring out the Red Banner ! and range ye around , -S Young spirits , abiding to burst into _wmgs , _-JTe stand , by tbe coming events , shadow-crowned , f There's ' g rim hush in heaven ! aud the Bird of „ storm sings : , ____„_ B All's well" saith the Sentry on Tyranny s tower , 1 « Eve * Hopeby their wawn--ire isgrey a * ** vew-B blind . " - _jSye _, all's well ! Freedom's altar burns hour by § _Kvebirands for tbe fire-damps with which ye are H rained . _pling out the Red Banner ! the patriots perish ! H But where their bones moulder tbe seed taketb filteir heart ' s-ife ran . red the great harvest to 1 | cherish , ' . , ., ... M Then gather ye ReapeM , and garner the fruit . _BTictory ! victory ! . Tyrants are quaking , __^ ft The Titan of Toil from the blood thrall starts , _l-be slaves are awaking ! thedawnlightis breakjpg ! i Tbe footfall of Freedom beats quick at our hearts ! _ .. __ . ¦ ___ . ¦ ' § :- Red Republican

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      fM'BOTJi--uL'S MANCHESTER JOUR-_ _f NAL . London : Beal , 2 , Shoe-lane . Maa-I Chester _r Heywood , Oldhain-street . _J'We hare here No . 1 of Dr . _M'Dbuatt ' a new I pnWicatioii . Those -who remember the perio-I dical commenced by onr friend on the termina-I tion of his first imprisonment , can appreciate I his qaalifications to perform the noWe duties i of a political instructor . Thc periodical alluded I to was one ofthe _hest we have known devoted to the advocacy of democratic principles ; nn-I happily it did not receive the support war-I ranted by its merits . We trust that Dr . I M'DonaU-a present venture will be

      moresuclid . 1 of the Manchester Journal opens with I ( what appears to be ) the commencement only I of an " Address to the Trades . ' - ' The subject 1 matter of the address being " Thegreat Secret ! of National Wealth . * ' As this is a first num . I ber we take leave to quote the entire of this article : — ' THE GBEAT _S-CR-T OF _KATIOSAL _WB-ITU . _*^ I It has heen admitted as an axiom , that labour is i the source of wealth . That barren dignity has

      been all that political writers have , hitherto con-! ceded to in . ustry . They immediately vacate the _htsis , and proceed to examine or eulogise , to im-1 prove or condemn the superstructure . Exports and import ., commerce , customs , and taxes , seems ' , to be only worthy of their _superrleion or analysis , ¦ in common with , many other questions of political I economy , and social policy . However important _i these subjects may be , and however worthy of strict observation , the p _' hflosophicalmind can only recognise them as results , as mere effects of an artificial

      -ystem . _ ., _- ' j _ * Should the simple question be propouooea as to the productive qualities of two trees of tbe same species growing apart , which vary materially in their relative yield , wonld notthepractical gardener he disposed to enter into a careful and critical examination ofthe soil and root , a » well as the trunk , branches , and sprays ! He would do more , he would ascertain the amount , kind , and quality , of nourishment , in the shape of manure , wbich was returned to the soil for the encouragement of tbe tree , on the great and just principle , tbat the more you take , the more vou should give . Tbis is the , scientific

      rnle adopted in agriculture , after a long and hard ! battle between custom and common sense , _preju-I dice , and interest . I do not mean to assert that I any simile holds good in reason , bnt I consider tbat ! the question of labour being the source of wealth , I _onght to be approached in the same spirit , and with the same practical views that afanrer investigates toil aud supply . I take up the question in behalf of the general : interests of society . I reject , at once , all _considera-: tion of personal profit , and the separate interests [ of either employer or employed , and make the pubj he good the standard , the national benefit , the sole test of ability . This is , X imagine , the only way of _[ amving at truth .

      LABOUR . It may be very properly asked , what is meant by labour . My definition ot the -right kind of labour comprises the necessary and useful exercise of mental feenlty , and . physical power . I make no invidious and unjust distinction . They are both respectable , and equally worthy of commendation , so long as tbe great end is kept in view , benefit tothe national family . Tbe Creator is tbe great and mysterious type of labour , and His end is , and was good for all . We do not separate His attributes , neither shall I , to serve the mean and dispicable ends of faction , elevate the mind above its merits , or depress the

      hand below its rights . Such distinctions bave caused much misehief , for instance , in the separation of the middle from the working classes , on tbe fatal supposition that their interests were as much apart as their prejudices . Xow , a little reflection must convince any reasonable man that there is not any real difference between the man who labours for tbe good of society with his head , and him who works for the same end with his bands . The worldly distinction consists in the , names of salary and wage , as the results of their respective industry . The two are identical in interest . Both are necessary in the present state of society , and therefore

      should exercise and enjoy equal rights , and proportionate benefits ... But the question naturally arises , are they always usefully directed and employed ? For on that hinges the results of their labour , benefit to society . ' -1 answer , _certainly not . always usefully _eatploy-d , because great genia _., and vast physical energy may be expended in war , which is waste of both , ending in a tax npon all future labour , from either . It may be said , that war is sometimes necessary , bnt that is by no means established as a principle . We arrive then at the _questioii-. Yi _* bat is useful labour ? It . is highly useful , although not absolutely necessary to exchange the

      products of one country for another , and to import articles of com & rt , taste , food ; clothing , andorna-I ment- Therefore' all who are engaged in commer \ oial pnrsnits , render benefits to ' _society of an inesf tunable _valuei-dlo-ig as they cteim no privilege , - . or exemption , by whieh a felse value may be given 'tottair merc _^ -is .. In that case the public ad-! _™ _-kp _^> , , _*»* . _votedinto private profit , and ! the benefits _neutialisartry monopoly » It is highly _Keful to society tb _derise ready and t convenient _modeauf manufacturing clothing , and _lother necessary _artides _fer tho uwahd _advantage of man , therefore , all who _areemoWedih such S . mi

      ittUBtrioM _' _Pnfntta _^ _fro credit _su pport , " _«> jlong as they do . apt turn all the benefits _^ their l-nachmesto their own _gavn , in which case ' there £ Ian _imme-ktemjury : t _^ m _^ _ffSa _Z a _imb-MuentdaasgetotheempW'is ' _iBhjiu 0 _£ rclearly and fully demonstrate . hereafter , 3 ? the 'Jiead of profit . _:,., . , ; -:.. . . . . . _H It U both necessary , and useful to till the earth . _, -and produce suffic-eni food for the human men _?» lthough even that labour may by excessive rent ' " indue re-trietioBS and . ignorance , become no _ itir _ i-

      Jn _iigtuyto society ; and a loss to the landholder I V | _a well as the _ farmer . iny _. orallkindB of labour ' _i « ven the mos _$ . necessaryand useful , _voxj become _Ijjositively injuripfls to society , and the great end be Ifrustrated through bad direction , or in consequence _?« f turning tke benefit 8 into an . improper ch annel , _^ ow are we then to know when necess ary aiid use-;| bl labour is actually a blessing instead of a curse ? _Syone 8 impl » ,-tandard—¦ ? ,.. ;; _,.. _- ; p . _' .... . ; .. WAGES . , '" . : * - i , 1 % That ktbeonly _??^ . te « tof _Rational prosperity _^ othew are _^^ araou-. _Tait ' profits ; may be _je _, wsed by indinduals / ' _as _is'the ' case with manufacj » rei-, witbo _ i- _« ietyi'th _ tis , the mass of the peo-

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      ple being benefited . . Immense incomes may be derived from the land , without the slightest symptoms of improvement in the condition ; of the * bulk of the peasantry . We may have immense imports , and equally enormous exports . As an evidence of pros _, perous trade , but vice and . poverty , may still rage cdatless and foddless within our Shores , the poorhouse and pr ison marking , like a barometer , their relative changes . I hold it as a principle that all properly directed labour may be made to yield . a surplus after all proper outlay , whichoverplus should form a reserve or capital for future employment , or become the medium ot commerce , exchange , or barter'for foreign products , necessary , useful , and even luxurious . Let us ascertain , bow , in a great manufacturing and commercial nation like ours , such is not the inevitable result .

      We have every means placed at our disposal to make us , not only the greatest , but the happiest nation on the face of the earth ' . We occupy nation ' s workshop . We have all her tools and materials within our reach . Iron , coal , clay , lime , sand , and other valuable mineral products , lie within ? a convenient compass , and are compressed still more by steam and rail . We have navigable rivers , sheltered bays and estuaries , deep harbours , . and the oak to breast the wave and battle with the tempest . Moreover , we are blessed with a fruitful soil , aud a moist and genial climate , combine to produce la hour without idle lassitude , and abundance without nrofiieate luxuriance . How is it , that gifted

      with materials' inexhaustible as the mental , and physical resources , of our own notion , we do not make a better use of tbe gifts of tbe Almighty , and fulfil our great and manifest destines , by making comfort preside in every home , and contentment smile in every face ? Because we do not truly understand the real source of wealth , or , if knowing it , imprudently cultivate it , or , perversely misappropriate its benefits . I cannot avoid carrying out a forcible simile . We extract' all that is possible from labour , ahd make no equivalent return , like the farmer , who draws the Iargest . crops from the soil , and expends the least amount of manure ia return for its products . Reason and experience

      in time correct this fetal error , because , we see the material evil _before us , and have the moral ft . Cftl ? thrust upon us . The same rule applies , precisely to labour , although the 8 qu . ee may he human hands and brains , although the soil may be' flesh and bone . It is because we imagine that _theunchangeableness of nature act differently in the two instances , that we adopt the erroneous principle of estimating wealth by the standard of profit , and value by the standard of gold , for there is a Siamese connexion between the two . They are both artificial checks upon a natural law of supply and demand , and it shall be my province to demonstrate their pernicious fallacy .

      The above speaks for itself . The ; second article ia on a question intimately connected with the foregoing , viz ., ' / Commerce and Manufactures ; " and is also ably treated , of . A feature of this publication is that of "Family Medical Advice , " dictated by the editor ' s own knowledge and experience . " Lectures on tbe Chemistry of Agriculture , " , _delivered at Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Manchester , will _, be re-produced in this publication . "A brief sketch ofthe French Revolutions . " An interesting story entitled " Josephine and the Juggler ; " and some spirited ; lines on England ' s " Common wealth "—the . Commonwealth of Milton and Cromwell conclude . the contents of _fio . lofM'BowU ' s Manchester Journal . .

      In heartil y recommending this work to our readers , we must advise Dr . M'Douall that there is great room for improvement as regards tbe appearance of his new publication . .

      Funeral Of Tne Late Sir Robert Peel. Tam...

      _FUNERAL OF TnE LATE SIR ROBERT PEEL . Tamwob-B , Tuesdat Evbniso . —The mortal remains of Feel , the statesman , were this afternoon consigned to their last resting-place , in the small church of Drayton Bassett , two miles and a half from this town . * - In compliance with the deceased's own' injunctions ( recently expressed by his executor in the Bouse of Commons ) , the funeral ceremony was shorn of all those external attributes of pomp which usually accompany the interment of great national political celebrities . Still it was impossible to deprive the proceedings of the imposing effect springing from a spontaneous ebullition . of the feeling in nis district , wbich a long intimacy witb his more private and individual capacity materially avfakened . This was exhiVite- hot only by a total cessation of all ordinary business avocations

      in the town , and the Sabbath stillness that pervaded throughout the district , but by tbe mournful alacrity with which the . entire population , for iniles around , hastened to pay the last tribute of respect to his memory . As early as seven o ' clock every line of road and bye-way converging towards Drayton was alive with peasantry , clothed in their best attire , and bearing upou their persons such _symbols of mourning as their humble . means afforded ? As the morning advanced , a superior clas 3 of the inhabitants prepared to take their part in the coming observance by hastening to Tamworth , from the ancient keep of whose celebrated castle there floated heavily in the wind the royal standard , halfmast _higli—an emblem of regret visible over a vast sweep of country , across which might be heard the boom of the muffled bells in the tower of the parish church .

      At noon , the mayor and corporation of Tamworth assembled in the Town-hall , and shortly after proceeded to the outskirts of Drayton Park , where it had been arranged they should await and fall into tbe procession . The avenue leading to the Manor House was lined on both sides with the persons assembled , of either sex ; and , at a latter hour of the dav , nearly the whole ofthe home park was similarly thronged . Within the mansion , it is unnecessary to say that this feeling was deepened in intensity , and found much more unequivocal utterance . Sir'R . Peelthe present baronet—who bad arrived at Drayton from town in company with the Bishop of

      Gibraltar , on the previous evening , bad as yet become in no respect familiarised with the _acutehess of hia bereavement , and the poignancy of his suffering was exceedingly vivid . The body of his father lay where it was deposited on the night of , its arrival ( Friday ) , viz ., in the oak parlour forming the anteroom between the new grand gallery and the _en-, trance hall . In the centre of the room lay the body within its massive leaden coffin , enclosed in a coffin covered with crimson velvet , and ornamented with gilt mouldings and the usual emblazonment . Upon the centre-plate beneath the arms was the following inscription : —" The Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel , Bart ., M . P ., Born Feb . 5 , 1788 , Died July 2 , 1850 , Aged 62 years . "

      Over the external coifinwas thrown a black velvet pall , bearing at the sides and ends escutcheons of the deceased baronet ' s family , and which heraldic devices were repeated on a large hatchment placed at the head ofthe coffin ' , containing the entire shields of the Peels ' , prominent among which were tbe shnttlo' and the bee , and subscribed with the well known and appropriate legend " Industria . " Shortly before two o ' clock , the mourners having assembled in the hall , the arrangement of the precession was proceeded with . ' After the first few mourning coaches bad been filled , the hearse drew up to receive its burden , which was borne thither by about a dozen favourite yeomen of the estate . Tbe

      other carriages having been filled , the procession left the manor house . During the progress of the procession from the house to the church the rain fell in torrents ; but all sense of personal discomfort was absorbed in the melancholy conviction that external nature but too accurately sympathised with the emotion "that _passeth show , " and a dense and orderly concourse of spectators accompanied the cavalcade throughout the entire distance . Drayton Basset church is an exceedingly small structure , plain to simplicity , even for a rural ecclesiastical building ofthe humblest pretensions . It consists but ofa centre aisle , with plain deal pews oh either side , a diminutive galleiy at the

      western end being well nigh absorbed by a not very large organ , which reaches the roof . The mural : memerabiiia are but scanty , nearly all the local celebrities being buried at _Tamworthj whose chancel is one of the richest in the midland . counties in historic associations of this character , ' from the Heptarchy to the present period . Uripretendingas it is , the most conspicuous monument in Drayton eharch is one erected to the memoi'y of the individuals whose claims to notice here are indicated in the subjoined unpretending inscription : " In a vault beneath this church are deposited the remains of Sir Robert Peel , Bart , of Dray ton-Manor _, and of Ellen . Lady Peel , his wife , daughter

      _- of W . Yates , Esq _, of Bury , Lancashire . ' Sir Robert Peel was bora April 23 rd , 1750 , died Ma _* f 3 rd ; 1830 Lady Peel was born March oth , 1760 , died December , 28 th , 1803 . Their children have raised tbis monument to the memory of their belovedparents , as a token of their affection and gratitude . " The family vault of the Peels _occupiesone-half of the centre aisle , but is , nevertheless , of somewhat confined dimensions . The public are already aware , from the statement of Mr . Goulburn in the tl- ? i ! _4 Pf _- _^ omraon 8 - _**» t the precise s pot where . d __ t _£ £ _? _£ fc hon - haronet desired to be laid in " - _«« _S . » _l . been Pointed out **> _TAtJ -Pe _^ on _» tbatE _™* > _M _*?»> _*»*• expression to a-bend . _§^ ib ? ft ** - ™ ' _- she 8 were scrupulously ; m _^ bl . ' 8 _Ka __ nh ! . _^^ ? i nilte _PWicular , and a I :. _--,. - ¦ wrpae * The . nmmpoaing , aspect . ofthe ,

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      church was" but slightly _yaried from its ordinary appearance , by "the ¦ sombre . adornment of ' the pulpit , which was covered with black clotb , in tho centre bf which was the Peel crest , and _supporters on a white ground . About an hour sufficed to traverse the _niHll tllld picturesque rout-throu _{* h the finely wooded grounds lying between tbe mansion and the church . When the Bishop of Gibraltar alighted to . receive his sacred charge at the' churchyard gate , the rain came dbwn in a perfect floddj ¦ and amidst this melancholy accompaniment , the coffin' was borne towards its final receptacle , the right rev . prelate reading with impressive fervour the affecting

      service for ' , the burial of tbe dead . The processsion moved across the church-yard , in-the following order . —The Chief Mourner , Sir Robert Peel , Baronet , Mr . John Floyd Peel , Mr . Frederick Peel , M . P .. Mr . Arthur Peel , Captain W . Peel , R _.. J ., the "Very'Rev . the Dean of Wofcester , Viscount _Tilliers , M . P ., theTery Rev . the Dean of York , , the" Right Hon . 0 . B . Dawson , Captain Peel , Enniskillen Dragoons , Sir Henry Floyd , Mr . Robert A . Peel , Captain Peel , 10 th Hussars , Captain C . Lennox Peel , Mr . Archibald Peel , Lord Henley , Mr . B . P . Dawson , General Gates , Sir H . Hume Campbell , the Corporation of Tarnworth , Ac . I _dw . 1

      Amongstthose present we remarked , seated _m the . little gallery , Mr . Sidney Herbert , who , although not included in the list of those invited to take part in the ceremonial , had come down tb Drayton to share , the melancholy satisfaction of attending the funeral of his departed friend . __ : The coffin having been , placed on _tressels in front of the pulpit , . and the mourners haying arranged themselves around , the service was proceeded with amidst the most perfect silence . At the appointed moment , the , coffin having been lowered into the vault , 'the right reverend prelate left tbe pulpit and advanced to the head of the grave for the purpose of completing the ritual . ( Here the feelings , hitherto with difficulty

      restrained alike by the exigencies of the occasion and of his position , yielded to the impulses of _overpowering emotion . ' At the enunciation of the impressive and all significant Words , "• _ElH'th to earth , ashes to ashes , dust to _dust , " the broken ' utterance became wholly choked , and stifling sobs denied all further , articulation , save that which awakened responsive echoes in the bosom of every hearer . . Duty , however , soon reasserting her supremacy , the bishop , recovering himself , resumed the routine prescribed , and concluded the service in a highly _> impressive manner . At the close of the solemn ceremonial the mourners coming to the edge of the vault , . cast a

      farewell glance upon its last occupant , and at that solemn moment , so suggestive of every sentiment of affection and regard , grief ngain overbore all bounds , the excitement of . Sir Robert Peel in particular _?; tieing most distressing .. _; .. .. ' We have said that the weather up to this time had . been exceedingly unpropitious ; scarcely had the proceedings reached tbe place we . have _^ ust indicated before the sun shone forth in its midsummer brilliancy * presenting an extraordinary , contrast to the preceding few hours . The mourners having returned to the Manor Hous . j speedily afterwards left for Tam worth , en route to London , and in au hour the mansion was comparatively deserted . ;

      In London , on Tuesday , most of the tradesmen at the west end and in the City testified their respect to the deceased " statesman by partially closing theirplaces of business . ' , On the river _. ' also , there was'scarcely a craft ? ih . the ' _numerbus tiers but what displayed its flagsin" mourning , " The flags on the different pier-heads of St . _KaUiarme ' s , London , East and West India Docks , were lowered , as also the colours of the numerous ships moored in those great ? d _-p-. s . '" At ? Grayeaend the day was observed with much respect . In the Medway the shipping joined tbe feeling so strongly manifested in the pool . Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Bristol , and , other towns , testified their ? respect to the memory of Sir R . Peel . by the closing of shops , and ringing muffled peals throughout the day . Up to three o ' clock on Tuesday afternoon , more than £ 1 , 000 had been collected for the purpose of raising a monument in tbat eity .

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      WORKING MAN'S MONUMENT TO SIR R . PEEL .-A special meeting of the committee , appointed for carrying put the proposed plan for the erection of a monument to the late Sir R . Peel , was" held on Monday evening , at the . Committee ? Room , Belvedere' Hotel , Pentonville . Mr . James Yates occupied the chair . ; The secretary , Mr . J . Downes , opened the proceedings by reading the minutes pf the preliminary meeting ; after which he entered into ah explanation of the plan which had been suggested for the purpose of raising subscriptions . It had been proposed that a large number of subscription lists should be provided , each to contain

      240 penny subscriptions , amounting to one pound , which , after being officially' sealed by the secretary , should be distributed in every part of the kingdom , and be returned to the metropolitan committee when full . . ' •• • ¦ ¦ .. . _' " . Mr . Huif _ , M . P ., expressed his approval ofthe general outline of the plan proposed j but warned the committee against . wasting their , energies in attempt ' s' to do too much . He suggested to them , that instead of attempting to organise a plan of op-rations which should embrace the whole kingdom , they should limit their own exertions to . the districts in ' their ? immediate vicinity ; their secretary merely conimiiblcating with the mayors of towns , the leading men in the various

      parishes , the heads of . large manufacturing establishments , die , enclosing forms of subscription lists , and an explanation of , the course tliey were themselves pursuing , but leaving the details to be arranged as those who undertook the matter might judge to be most advisable . He stated tbat he had already received communications from the mayors : of Southampton and Bilstdn , and from Other gentlemen of influence in various parts ofthe country , all of whom had expressed _theii * cordial concurrence in the . object they had in view , and their willingness ? to do their . utmost . to promote it ; and he had no doubt that if the course he recommended were

      adopted ; the appeal which was made to the country would be warmly and almost universally responded to .. The honourable gentleman shortly afterwards retired , in order to attend to his duties in the House of Commons . Mr . Coppock objected to the word " penny" in the title of the subscription fund , which limited the subscription to so ? small amount , and contended that the expenses _^ which must necessarily bo incurred in the collection would be so great as to deduct very largely from the sum subscribed . He moved that the word penny be expunged , and that the title should be V'The National Working Man ' s Subscription Fund . " _ ' . ¦ ¦

      . The motion was seconded by Mr . Finch , aud afte * a little opposition , was agreed to . After a short discussion relative to a public meeting to beheld on Friday , the 12 th' inst ;; a vote of thanks was passed to the noblemen and gentlemen who had consented to act as trustees , and the meeting adjourned . The following letter , addressed to the secretary , has been published in the Times ' : ¦ —' " 103 , Westbourne-terrace , July 0 . " Sir , —I have received , your letter , requesting me to aliow my name tobe used as one of the patrons of an association for _raisingj _' by Id' subscriptions , " a poor man ' s national monument to the memory ofthe late Sir Robert ; Peeh" It will be to me a melancholy satisfaction to be associated in so appropriate a mode of expressing the almost universal feeling of sorrow at the loss'bf a great public benefactor ! " ? •' " : _, '' hh ' ' . ' - ' ~ _- ' ? " . _- ¦ ¦ " The _illustrious ' _statesman who has been , taken

      from iis with such awful ' suddenness sacrificed every other object of ambition te secure to the firesides and workshops ofthe toiling multitudes of this country the blessings of increased prosperity , health ,, and happiness . He ' knew the immediate penalty he would ? have to pay . for the . service , he _was ' rendering the nation , but he relied with prophetic faith upon the future , rerdicfc of'the people . In the momont of his severest trial , when ' delivering the speech which ' closed his official career ,, after speaking of the ties' of party' which he had ' _severed _foivever , bf . the political friendships he had converted into ; bitter enmities , of the floodgates of calumny he ihad let loose upon himself—after recounting , ' mournfully but : withoiit repining , the sacrifices he had made , he turned for sympathy and juBtice to the mass of the people and closed bis last ' speech as Minister with the following words i— ¦

      It may be that 1 shall leave a name sometimes remembered with expressions of goodwill " in ' the abode ofthose whose . otitis to labour and to . am tbeir daily bread by the sweat of . their brow , when they shall recruU . their exhausted strength with , abundant" and untaxed . 'food , the sweeter because it is no longer leavened by a sense of injustice , ¦¦ ; _, ' .. ¦ >< _- ¦ ¦ ••• " Thus , in the work you have undertaken , you are , perhaps _. _iunoonsciouslyrealisingthe aspirations of _the'departed . statesman ., > In-piling up the pence of _. ih ' e ' _workiBgciassesinto-a pyramid to _his ; memory , ' let me suggest that the above passage be inscribed _upon'it ' s base . It will prove that he did not over-estimate the justice or gratitude of his countrymen , and it will also show to future statesmen that there is-security , with the people , for the fame of a Minister who braves tho vengeance of particular interests whilst conferring benefits upon tho nation .

      " I am , Sir , your obedient servant , " Richard CoBDEtr . " To Mr . John Downes .

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      A Mb . Fkssbkdbn , p f Boston , ; has invented a pocket filter' _byiileahsof which the ' 'traveller may suck up pure water from-the ponds and streams , or even the puddles , which , he may encounter on his ffajr ; , : ' _: ... . * . : ,

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      Thb Naw Yofik Correspondent Ofthe Daily ...

      Thb Naw YofiK correspondent ofthe Daily News says : —" The Rochester knockers ' have come to this city , and now converse witb ghosts for one dollar a ticket . ' Ths ghosts appear to bo a very ignorant set ' of beings . They have had the experience of two worlds , and yeb know very littlebf either . Itis to be regretted that they have received , the support of some very respectable parties , . have heard the . rapping ., and an occasionally correct answer , and cannot explain why the sounds are made . "

      During the revolutionary war , when drafts were made from the militia to recruit the continental army , a certain captain gave liberty to the men who were drafted from his . company to make objections , if they had any ,.. against going into ' the service .. Accordingly , one of them , who had an impediment in his speech , came forward and made his bow _^ " Wha t is y ou r objection ? " said the captain . "I ca-can't go , ' * answered the man , " because l ! st-st-stutter . " " Stutter ' . "saysthe cap- ? tain , " you don't go there to talk , but to fight . " _? ' Aye , but they'll put me on grg-guard , and a man may go . ha-ha-half a mile before I can say wh-whwh-who goes there ? " "Oh , that is noobjeotion , for they will place some sentry with ' you ; lie can challenge and you can'firb ' . " ? " Well , _b-b-but ' I may be taken and run through the ' _g-g-guts before I can cry qu-qu-qu-quarter . " The last plea prevailed . !

      " HAlio , steward , " exclaimed a passenger in an American steamboat , after' having retired to his bed , " hallo , steward !"—** Here , massa . "—" Bring me the way-bill , "— ' -. What for , massa V '— " I want to see if these bugs put down : their names for this berth before I did . If not , I want ' em turned out . " . "Pa , bo cannons grow . "— "No , you simpleton ; but whjjj do you ask that ?"—" Because the paper says as how the French have planted some all round Rome . " - * " Well , come'to think of it , sonny ; cannons wilt sometimes shoot if they are planted ; and I have heardof their _yieldinggrape , " he added witb a smile Of . satisfaction , ' _, he fumbled his , pocket * for a penny , ' to reward theboy for being the _innocent occasion of such a wise observation .

      A man in Ohio , well mounted , urging' forward a drove of fat hogs towards Detroit ,: met a charming lot of little girls , as they were returning from ; school when one of , them , as they passed , the " swinish multitude" made a very _. pretty courtesy ... " What , my , littld gal / ' said the man , _*^ do youcurcheyto a whole drove of hogs ? " "No , sir , " said she , "with a moat provoking smile , " only to the one oh horBeback !" ' A man named _jWilsden haabeen fined ob . and costs , at Liverpool , for exposing for sale two lambs deoeptively dressed with mutton fat , ' ¦ - •••'¦ ' ' : Some _BLANDBBiNQ baohelof ' says it is " much joy " when yoii first get married , but itis morejawy after a year or so . ' ' - Lately ' a cow , the , property of Mc Isaac _Brotbwell , near Spalding , r had a calf born with three fore legs and only one hind leg . ' A BiRn ' _Bnefltcontaihingfiyeeggs , nearly hatched , was lately found in a waggon laden with cinders at Keighley . ?' . „ . . '"

      A tomtits nest was lately found in the hat surmounting a scare-crow placed in a garden near Driffield , Yorkshire . _??¦' . " ? :. ; _.-, . ¦ Marriage ih . German , is _preceded by the following ceremonies and forms : — First , proposal ; second , betrothal _jthird , a public family dinner or supper of announcement , * fourth ,, the protocolling , or testimonials required by Government , being—l , a certificate of vaccination ; 2 , a weeek _* day schoolticket , _, in proof of regular ¦ attendance there ; 3 , a certificate of attendance upon a religious teacher ; 4 , a certificate of confirmation ; 5 , a conduct certificate ; 6 , a service book ; 7 , a wander-buch ( this

      refers to the compulsory travels of their handwerk _burschen , or handicraftsmen ); 8 , an apprentice ticket ; 9 , n , statement made and substantiated as to property , which , if not considered tobe _sntistory , according . to circumstances , destroys' the whole thing ; 10 , a permission from : the parents : 11 , a residence . permission ticket ; 12 , a certificate as to the due performance of militia duties ; 13 , an examination ticket ; 14 , a ticket of business or occupation at . tbe time . The higher classes have even more difficulties than these ; Thus , a Bavarian officer cannot marry until he has deposited enough to provide £ . 0 per annum for his future family ,

      An American m England , describing the prevalence of duelling at home , summed up with—" They even fight with daggors in a room pitch dark . "" Is it possible \ " exclaimed a thunderstruck John Bull . —" Possible , sir , " returned the Yankee , " why , I ' ve seen them . " Music—See tbo effects of a ¦ ¦ long piece of music _ t a , public coft - Mt . Th . _wel- « . tra » Te bfeatWess with attention , jumping into major and minor keys , executing figures , and fiddling with the most ecstatic precision . In the midst , of all this wonderful science , the audience are gaping , lolling , talking , staring about , nnd half devoured with ennui . On a sudden there springe up a lively nir , expressive of some natural feeling , though ,, in point of science , not worth a halfpenny . The audience aU spring Up , every head nods , every foot beats-time " , and every

      heart also , * an universal . mile breaks out in every face ; the carriage is not ordered ; and every one agrees that music is the most delightful rational entertainment that the human mind can possibly enjoy . In the same manner the astonishing execution of some great singers has in it very little of the beautiful ; it is mere difficulty overcome , like ropedancing and tumbling ; and such difficulties overcome , ... 9 , 1 have said before , do hot excite the feeling of the beautifnl , but of the wonderful . —Sydney Smith . Wbv is a drunkard hesitating to si _^ n the pledge like a sceptical-Hindoo ?—Because he is in doubt whether to give up the worship of the _iva-on not . Schoolmaster . —Bill Tompkins , what is a widow ? —Bill . —A , widder , sir , is a married woman that haint got no husband , cause he ' s dead . .

      Schoolmaster . —Very well ; what is a wMower?—¦ Bill . —A widderer is a man that runs after the widdors . , ¦ Schoolmaster . —Well , Bill , that is not according to Johnson , but you'll pass . _Prisoskrs i _/ _jok very much to the rank of those who may pass sentence of death upon them . A Serjeant of great experience going tho Oxfordcircuit in the room of Lord Chief Justice Abbott , who _, was suddenly taken ill , aman , capitally convicted , being asked if he bad anything to say why sentence of death should not'be . passcd upon him , said , " Yes , I have been tried before a journeyman judgie . " A Travkllbr in America records the following anecdote : — " I had a . genuine Yankeo story from

      one of the party on deck . I was inquiring if the Hudson was frozen up or not during the winter ? This led to a conversatibnas to the severity , of , the winter , when ohe man , by way of proving how cold it was , said , " Why , I had a cow on my lot up the tiv-V , aud last year ahe got in among the ice , and was carried down three miles before wo could get her out again . The consequence has been that she has milked nothing but ice cream ever since . " A vegetarian convention has been held in New York . Dr . Sylvester , Graham and Dr . Wietin had an animated and not a ; very , good-tempered discussion , : The Evening Post says it had supposed tha t " the effect of the vegetable diet was to make men as meek and gentle as lambs , but it WOHld seem from the proceedings that there i 3 some of the old Adam left even in brown bread and sweet apples . " Mrs . Partington , hearing that a young man had

      set up for himself , " Poor fellow , ' said sho , " has he no friend that will set up for him part of the time' ? ' ? and she sighed to be young again . Although nrans do not preach , the largor species prey continually ... ' _. . ' ¦ .- ' ¦ '¦; - ' ••' _FamimAr _Jilostbation . — " Well , my little fellow , " - said a certain principal' to a suckling philosopher whoso mamma had been teasing the __ e ; irned knight to test the astonishing abilities , of her : boy , " what ate the properties . of . heat ? " " The chief property of heat is , that it expands bodies while cold contract , thom . " " Yen-good , indeed . , ' Can you give mejafamiliar example . ? " '"Yes , sir . In summer , when it ? is hot , the day is long ; whilo in winter / when it is cold ,, it becomes very short . " The learned knight stopped his examination , and was lost in amazement that so-familiar an instance should have so long escaped his own observation .

      . ; . Thb Thbbb Brass Balls . —At one time there camle from ; Lombardy to London a company of wealthy merchants , who letit money , in any sums , largo or small-, provided ; they . were paid a _l most exorbitant , _intei-est , '" for thi _)^ accommodation . Shortly after their ? arrival they placed their arms , which happened to . bo three brass : balls , over - the counting-house , and from this _pircumstanco , ' pawnbrokers , who also regard themselves ? as mo ' ney-i lenders , adopted , the same as _. a sign ? Common . people , however , deny tbis account of tho origin of the sign , and affirm that the three brass balls arc merely an emblem of there being two , chances to one against their _redeemingwh ? . tever'i 3 pledged . ' Tub Builder proposes'terra'cotts > _tombstonos ,. impressed with _inscriptions _| by moveable types _befoi'e the clay is baked , as . enabling tbo poor to erect cheap and elegant monuments to tie memory of their deceased friends .

      ' -A gentleman has made tho following return to , tho Income-tax . Commissioner ..: —" For thc last ' three ' years my income has been sdmefl * hat . under £ 150 ; in future it will bo more precarious , as tho man is dead of whom I borrowed the money . " Tall Treks . —There arc trees so tall in Missouri that it takes two men and a boy to look to tbo top of thom . One _looistill , he gets tired , and another commences where 7 ie left off . —American Paper . . _GooauBBnnr and Corrant Trebs . —Persons who have not examined their troos ar . ? recommended to do . so , as they will probably _fijt , d many . ' . leaves with small p in-holes eaten in them . These should lie daily picked oft . If left on the trees , tho insocts wliioh aro ori such leaves will increase iin sizo until thoy destroy ( ill the . _fpliagei the fruit will ) fall , and the trees dio _. l ¦ . «¦ , ' ;' , _> , ; ' -i . , ;• _:-. ; ; : ¦ : ¦'• ¦ ::.

      On The Pub Vent-On; Cure, &Gt;And General"Character , Of Syfhilds Ljstrictoreb,

      ON THE PUB VENT-ON ; CURE , _> AND General " character , of _SYfHiLDS _LjSTRICTOREB ,

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      Affections of the _PBOSTBaTJE GLAND , YBNEBBAb and . CORBDTIC EllOTTIO- iS of the face arid body , Mercurial excitement , Ac , _followed bj _ mild , _Buocessful and _oxpaditiau . mode of _trestmeiit . ' Thirty-first edition ,. ,-. ' _.-.. . _' . , IUustrated by TWenty-SU Anatomical Bnsrayingg on ( tteel ; S » w and improved Edition , enlarge-, to 196 _ppges , - . _uit published , prlci 2 s . fid ; or by post , direct from the Establishment , 8 s . 6 d . inpostacestamps . „ ... ¦ .. " THE SILENT _FRlEMD , " a Medical Work on Venereal and Syphilitic _Digeases , Secondary SpmntoinS' Gbhorrh _ j _ . & 0 ., wfthaPltESCniPTiaN FOR THEIR PREVENTION ; physical exhaustion , and decay ofthe frame , from tlie effect ! of solitary indulgence and the injurious _consequehbes ol : theabuseofMeroury with Observations on the obligations of _Marbiaoe _, and directions for obviating certain _-isou-lvftcations . ¦ Illustrated-by twenty-six ' coloured eftgravmg » . ' ByR . andh . PEltaY and Co ., Consulting _Surfecons , ' 19 , Berners-street , Oxford-street , London . Published by tlie authors , and sold by Strange _; 21 , _Patevnostftv-xow ; Haii . nay , 63 , and Sanger , 150 , Oxford-street ; Starie , ' 23 , Tich . borne-street , Haymarket ; and . Gordon , - US ' : Leadenhall

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      DU BARRY'S HEALTH _Rl-STORING i'OOL TUB RBYALESTA ARABICA . G AUTION . —The most disgusting and injurious compounds being sold by unscrupulous speculators upon the credulity of the Public , under close imitation of the name of _ ¦ _ BARRY'S REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD , or wtih _i preteHce of being similar to that delicious and invaluable remedy for _Indigestioi * , Constipation , Nervous , Bilious , and Liver Complaints , Messrs . JlU BARRY and Co . caution Invalids' against' these barefaced attempts ; at . imposture . _ There is nothing in ' the whole vegetable kingdom thatcan legitimately be called simimk to Du Barry ' s tievalenta Arabica , a . plant which is cultivated by . Du Barry and Co . on their estates alone , and for the preparation ' _, and pulverisation of which their own Patent Machinery alone is _acliiptcd . Let Corn Chandlers sell their pease , beans , lentil , and other meals under tlieir proper nameB , and not trifle with the health' of Invalids and Infants , for whom DU BARRY'S REVALENTA ARABICA alone is adapted .

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      at sea , low spirits , spleen , general . debuity , paralysis , cough , asthma , inquietude , sleeplessness , involuntary blushing , tremors , dislike to society , unfitness for study , delusions , loss of memory , vertigo , blood tothe head , exhaustion , melancholy , ' groundless fear , indecision , wretchedness , thoughts of self-destruction , & e . Thi best food for infants and invalids generally , as it is the only food which never turns acid on the weakest stomach , and Imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner , and restores the faculty of digestion and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled . —Du Bato _.. and Co ., 127 New Bondstreet , London . An Analysis by the celebrated professor of Chemistry anil Analytical Chemist , Andrew U _ e ,-I . D ., F . R , S ., - _ic ., _« c . : — I hereby certify , that having examined ' Du Barry ' s "Revalenta Arabica , ' I find it to be a pure vegetable Farina , perfectly wholesome , easily . digestible , likely , to promote a healthy action of the stomach and bowels , and thereby to counteract dyspepsia , constipation , and their nervous consequences . —Andbew Dae , M . D _., F . R . S _., die ., Analytical Chemist , 2 i _Bioomsbury-square , London , June 8 , 184 .. TOASE » _ THE -3-.-B . C _ OV _HOSSIA .

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      OAUTIO-T . RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS !! DR . DE ROOS still _contimiea to supply the afllicted with his celebrated enre for single or double nDl"TUI * E , the efficacy of _iwhich for both sexes , and all ages , is now too well established to need comment . It is perfectly five from danger , causes uo . pain , confinement , or inconvenience , and will be . sent free , with full instructions , Ac , rendering failure impossible , on receipt of 7 s . in cash , or by Post Office order , _\_\ vabl . at the Holborn Ofiice .

      Exmni.Ion Op Is. I.—The Propiietirs Of T...

      Exmni _. ioN op IS . I . —The _propiietirs of the Polytwbuic Institution , at . a _geneial _met-ting on Saturday last , voted the sum of one _^ _bun-Jred guineas as their contribution towards the iund now raising-for carrying into Effect' the Exhibition ef _Inilitstry . _* ' •

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 13, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_13071850/page/3/