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      THE LOW BORN , / jtaa the French tf ** ¦ J - * granger . J Vh what!—I leani there ' s some distress , That de before my name should go . i Are you of our antique nobiesse V T noWel—truly , gentles ! no . indeed I have no bloody band On herald parchment , that I know : lonly love my native land— - I am low-born , and very low , — I ' m very low , Low , low . i ought to have been without It horn ; For , if my blood aright I read , ¦ tf v forefathers bave cursed the scorn * Of ancient power and noble greed , ¦ Which on Ub old ancestral mound

      Was as the mill-stone , —they below T be grist which it for ever ground—I am low-born , and very low , — I ' m very low , Low , low . My fathers never "wrung sad tears * From out the eyes of wretched hinds ; Sever their noble sepulchres " Frig hten tbe peasant when be finds flimself beside them ; nor , again , lias Merlin e ' er tranaform'd tbem—So To chamberlains ot Charlemagne . I am low-born , indeed I ' m low , — Teal wry low , ~ bow , low .

      My fathers never were seduced To civil discord ' s noble feats ; Sor ever any introduced The English leopard to onr streets ; and wien the Chnrcb by its intrigue Gave to the State a mortal blow , Kot one of tbem subscribed the League I ' m low-born , yes 1 I ' m very low , — I ' m very low , Low , low . Then leave me my ancestral flag , Ton dawn-adorers , nose In air . Ennobled only by the rag Tbat in your button-bole yon wear . T honour but a common race ;

      Thoug h savage , gentle thoughts I know v flatter only the pale face 01 wretc hedness—I ' m very low , — Low-born , yes ! low Low , low .

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      The Message Of The Church To Labouring M...

      The Message of the Church to Labouring Men . 4 Se rmon preached at St . Johns Church , Charbtte-street , Fttzroy-sqwre , on the Evenin 3 of Sunday , June 22 nd , 1351 , By CiLUOES KlSGSLEY , JU 111 \ , KectOP OI E versley . London : J . W . Parker and Son . V ? E have now before us the Sermon which elicited each tin outcry about Chartism , Socialism , Infidelity , and Atheism , from the 'liberal ' ' daily papers . In order that our readers my judge of the nature of the opinions thus feggnateu , we shall present them with some , siat copions extracts , of which is really a

      very valuable Sermon from a clergyman of iSe Established Church . The Sermon is heralded hy a preface , explanatory of the circumstances under which it was delivered , ind a letter from Professor Maurice , in which , mthout directly stating the fact , Mr . Drew is convicted of at least very bad manners , if not absolute untruths , in the course he thought noper to take at the close of Mr . Kingsley ' s Sermon . The friends of that gentleman took fte manuscript from him as soon as it had leen preached , and they state that it is issued jabatim as delivered . The text selected by the rev . gentleman as the beisis of his message is the following , from the fourth Chapter of

      Luke : — "And Jesus came to Nazareth , where he had i « n brought np : and , as His custom was , He went ito the synagogue on the Sabbath day , and stood » for to read . And there was delivered onto Him die book of the prophet Esaias . And when He had raened the book , He found the place where it was TOtten , Tbe spirit of the Lord is upon me , because Be hath anointed me to preach tbe gospel to the joar ; He hath sent me to heal the broken hearted , ! 0 preach deliverance to the captives , and reeoverice of sight to the blind ; to set at liberty them fiat are bruised , to preach tbe acceptable year of fie Lord . And He closed the book , aud He gave it ya ' in to the minister , and sat down . And the eyes cf aU them that were in the synagogue were faat-SM on Him- And He began to say onto them , Lis dav is this Scripture fulfilled in your ears .

      At the outset , Mr . Kingsley denounces Priestcraft , Kingcraft , and the slavery of the intellect , persecution , and tyranny involved in these words , as no part of the true idea of a Christian Church . He asserts"iatthe business for which God sends a Christian prim in a Christian nation , is to preach and prac-& s liberty , equality , and "brotherhood , in tbe tHest , deepest , widest , simplest meaning of these s « e great , wd . 8 ; that , in as far as be so does , he sa true priest , doing his Lord ' s word , with his lad ' s blessing on him : that in as far as he does ffi , be is no priest at all , but a traitor to God and ian . I say those words [ of the test ] express the very t & and marrow of a priest ' s business . I say M . they preached liberty , equality , and broliahood to the poor and rich lor ever and ever .

      Mr . Kingsley proceeds to describe , in element terms , the purport of the teachings of ie whom he describes ' as a poor yonng man , Seam of a village girl ; ' and after showing Sat their very essence is political freedom , -weeds : — Bat if there was one expression of the Lord km on that day which mustj above all others , sve given hope to the oppressed poor of Judaea , fci struck terror into tho hearts of those who had Sea enslaving their countrymen—adding house to ksse , and field to field , and making a few rich at •« expense of many poor-it must have been the ^ sentence which he quotes from Isaiah ;— "Tbe

      $ nt of the Lord hath anointed me to proclaim & acceptable year of tbe Lord . " 2 fow , there 'raid be no doubt in the minds of His hearers as a « hat he meant , for that year of tbe Lord , Justly b 2 ^ acceptable and pleasant to the many , was « e of the wisest of Moses' institutions , by which lt the expiration of a certain period , all debtors afl bond-servants were released , and all land * iiea bad been sold returned to its original pos-**<* : so that in Jadjca there conld be no ob-SJate or eternal alienation of tho soil , but only , " Moses ordered , a lease of it , according to its Jne , between the tune of sale and the next year « Jubilee . If I wanted one proof above all others

      k the inspired wisdom of Moses . I should choose ^ unparalleled contrivance for preventing the ac » relation of large estates , and the reduction of 5 e people into the state of serfs and day-labourers tl this acceptable year , the Lord said He was 3 ne to preach ; and more—tbat the Spirit of God " * i anointed Him to proclaim it—that eternal ? ir it of eternal justice and eternal righteousness , ^ o ? e laws cannot change for any consideration ot *>'« expediency , but true once , or true for ever ; ^ . therefore , if those words of the Lord of all -, -- h »* v ~ w - > W . * . M V . VUl * 4 / W * U W- «•*»

      ^ ^ earth mean anything , my friends , they mean ^ - tbat all system s of society which favour the Cumulation of capital ia a few bands—which ^ Uhe masses from the soil which their forefa-- * s possessed of old—which reduce tbem to the - * cl < if serfs and day-labourers , living on wages ^ i on alms—which crush them down with debt , ~/ o anywise degrade or enslave them , or deny ^ a prrnianentstake in tbe commonwealth , are ; f ^ rj to the kingdom of God which Jesus fanned —contrary to the eternal justices and of of

      ^ asnesses the Spirit God—contrary > lSi " - constitution of man and the will of bis j ^ re nry Father—and contrary to the idea of tbe j . ^' h . ^ hicb . witnesses for God ' s king dom npon *' . and calls all men ' and nations to enter into ;" be saved therein in body , soul , and spirit . : « , therefore , I hold it the duty of every Chris ^ T Priest , upon tbe strength of that one single L' ^ enif the same lesson did not run through \ -, * 'ole of Scripture from beginning to end—to T . ' ? his voice like a trumpet and cry aloud , as I 1 J ^* , " How hardly shall they that have riches St "' t 0 the tingdonj ° God . " Woe unto you i ^ hill' for ye have received your consolation •«

      . , -- ^ ay ^ oe un ^ yflu tjiait afljj nouge t „ house -M ? fiela » * hat ye may stand alone in the : > , ^ ere he no room left . " Woe unto you :-. ' , nata a few rich to make many poor . Woe 5 Vr " ' 0 n l * 'at make merchandise out of the needs , ' .-. fr brethren . Woe unto yon who on the ¦ . i ^^ ud on tbe p latform fall down and hum-^ l ^ fts t that the congregation of tbe poor -Vr , '" to the hands of your leaders . Woe h ^ c " ' ™ God , tbe Father of all , is against 'StC ^ son , the poor man of Nazareth , is ¦¦ - <^ - ~ God tbe Holy Spirit , who cannot lie , ¦"' ist von .

      : ; . ^ tading objec t of the Sermon , however , -har define what the essential idea of the c j and the principles symbolised by the

      The Message Of The Church To Labouring M...

      Bible , and the two great Protestant Sacraments are : — The Church onr forefathers taught us to say is a company of faithful men , wherein God's word is preached , and its sacraments duly administered . They constitute the root and essence of a church . Let the clergy for the time being or the laity either , be what they will—aye , let them be what they will , let them be as tyrannical , luxurious , bigotted , ignorant , careless as they may—those three great

      bod-given facts—the Bible , Baptism , and the Supper of the Lord—will witness against tbem , and witness for the people . Though man may bold his peace , yet God will speak . Though man may forget the meaning of the very signs which Qoi has preserved to him , yet to the poor there will bo always iu the Chuvch a mmwga from tbeir Heavenly Father . In the Bible , which proclaims man ' s freedom—in Baptism which proclaims his equality—in the Supper of the Lord , which proclaims his brotherhood .

      To illustrate these positions , take the follow ing definition of the meaning of Baptism , as explained by Mr . Kingsley : — What is tbe plain and simple meaning of the baptismal sign , but washing — purification—and tbat alike of the child of the queen and tbe child of the beggar ? It testifies of tbe right of each , because the will of God for each is , thatthey should be pure . And what better witness do you want , my workingTriends , against that vile neglect which allows tens of thousands in onr great cities to grow up hogs in body , soul , and spirit ? If we really believe tbe meaning of that baptismal sign , we sbould need few further arguments in favour of sanitary reform , for every savage in St . Giles's

      wonld feel that he had a right to say , God's will is that my children should be pure washed without and within from everything that defiles and degrades man ; my child la God ' s child—God ' s spirit is with it , It is tbe temple of the Living God and whosoever defiles tbe temple of God , him will God destroy . God has promised to purify its spirit : how dare you interfere with God ' s work ? God s wilJ is that its whole body , soal , and spirit shonld be preserved blameless , and grow up to the full stature of a noble manhood . How dare you stand m the way of the will of God towards even one of tbe meanest of bis creatures ? How dare you , in your sectarian jealousy , your dread of that light which after all comes down from God , who is the Father of Light : how dare you , I say , refuse to allow his mind to he purified by education : how dare you for the sake ot your own private greed or party cbica-1

      neries , refuse to allow his body sach purity as God has not denied even to tbe wild beast io bis native forests ? How dare you , in the face of that baptismal sign of the sprinkled water , keep God ' s children exposed to tilth , brutality , and temptation , which festers in our courts audalley 8 , makmgclean liness impossible—drunkenness all but excusableprostitution all but natural—self-respect and decency unknown ? Again , my working friends , I speak the truth of God . In that font is a witness for education and for sanitary reform , which will conquer , with the might of an archangel when every other argument has failed to prove that tbe masses are after all not mere machines and bands to be used upin the production of a wealth of which they never taste , when their numbers are , as far as possible , kept down by economical and prudent rulers , to tbe market demand for members of Christ , children of God and inheritors of the kingdom of Heaven .

      In an equally eloquent and powerful style Mr . Kingsley deduces the principle and tbe lesson that all men are equal from the Sacrament of tbe Lord ' s Supper , and thus concludes a very remarkable sermon : — Above all , when I have been inclined to give in to that subtlest of all temptations—the notion that one Gospel is required for the man of letters , and another for the labouring drudge—that he may pamper and glorify himself on art and science , and tbe higher and more delicate subjects of thought , while for the poor man a little reauvng and writing , and religien , is enough and to spare ; then again , that sacrament has warned me : Not so—one bread ,

      one wine , for thee and them . One Lord , one pardon , one fountain of life , one feeling and inspiring spirit . They have not only the same rights , but the same spiritual wealth in them . If thou hast been put into circumstances , in which thou canst use thy gifts more freely than they can theirs , why is it but tbat thou mayest share thy superfluity with their need—that thou mayest teach them , guide them , nourish up into flower and greet the heavengiven seed of nobleness which lies in them as surely as in thee ? For after all , as tbat bread and that wine proclaim to thee—thou hast nothing of thine own , —wit , scholarship , utterance—what hast tbou which thou didst not receive 7 Fool 2 instead of

      priding thyself on it as thine own property , confess it to be tbat which it is , the gift of God , who hath only bestowed it on tbee as his steward—to give it freely to all , as he hath given freely to thee . Oh , my friends , I speak the truth ; God is my witness I speak tbe truth , wben I tell you tbat these thoughts are not matters of doctrine but of experience . There is one man at least in this church now who has been awakened from the selfish luxurious dreams of his youth , by that message of the Bible and of the sacraments , to see the dig .

      nity of the people s cause—to feel it at once the most peremptory of duties and the most glorious of privileges—to proclaim in the name of Jesus of ifazareth , tbe message of the Church of Christ—That the will of GoJ is , good news ro tbe poor , deliverance to tbe captives , healing to the brokenhearted , light to the ignorant , liberty to tbe crushed , and to the degraded masses tbe acceptable year of the Lord , a share and a stake , for tbem and for their children after tbem , in the soil , the wealth the civilisation , and tbe government of this English land .

      The English Republic. No. Vi. Edited By ...

      The English Republic . No . VI . Edited by W . J . Linton . London : Watson . We have not Been this periodical for some months , and are g lad to find it still iu existence . The present number contains some admirable papers ; among which we may especially note tbat on ' Universal Suffrage . ' We must , however , object to the spirit and tone of the article entitled Tbe Ghost of Chartism , by One Twelve Years in the Banks . ' The writer begins with a mistake as to a very simple fact , and heaps blunder upon blunder as he proceeds . He says : —

      It is true I am an older Chartist than Mr . Feargus O'Connor : for I joined from the fir .-t . Mr . O'Connor took time to consider . I am not blaming him for that , It would not have hurt the movement had his consideration been even more protracted . But I have no precedence . Now , Mr . O'Connor has been an avowed advocate and labourer for the Charter for sixteen years , at least . We remember well his coming to Manchester as the representative of tbe Marylebone Association in 1835 ; and the ' Northern Star '—in which the writer says it is a misfortune bis devotions have not

      been chronicled—is in the fourteenth year of its existence . It would appear that the writer , however quiet he may have been in the ranks , has not made the best use of his opportunities ; and , if we may judge of the communications he might , could , or should have sent to tbe ' Star' by that he has favoured the 'English Republic' with , it has been ' no misfortune' for this journal . It is much easier to criticise those who act than to actyourself ; and when this writer , who assumes such supercilious airs , and such a lofty

      superiority over those who have devoted themselves in earnest to the promotion of Chartism , has shown his superiority in action , and in practical sacrifices of time , money , and energy , for the cause , it will be time enough for him to lecture bis betters . If the friends of Chartism can do nothing better than find fault with their co labourers , it will be long before Chartism becomes anything but a ' ghost . ' Turning from this disagreeable subject , we have much pleasure in transferring to our columns , the following extract from the nervous and eloquent article on Universal Suffrage : —

      We need universal Suffraee to upbuild the nation . That temple of the Eternal , the sacred workshop wherein we serve the Future of Humanity , shall not be unsightly and disgraced because of its many broken and disfigured columns . What is a nation ? Not a mere horde of savages or serfs driven by some imperious master . Xot a Babel-gathering of trading thiev . s , held together only so Jong as they can find withal to exercise their calling . A nation is the free association of

      equals , the predestined association of men of one race , in whom tradition and history have breathed tbe prophecy of an identical life , —men whose cradle songs whose noblest memories , whoso dean * t hopes echo that charmed word of COUXTRY . which links together the various families of earth . each in its special bond of harmonious tendency , whose result is national vitality , national growth , and the achievement of national purpose—the fulfilment of the nation ' s work and mission iu and for

      thft WOTlu How shall the nation grow except all parts in the nation share and help its growth ? How shall all grow unless they have fair room for growth , — the ^ qualitv on wtiich their freedom builds rising uprightly , like some well-proportioned column , a pillar of humanity ?

      The English Republic. No. Vi. Edited By ...

      Savages build not at all . Four traders , held to * gether by one common interest , would sell the very foundation stones . Seris , at some royal bidding , may build pyramids , but cannot build a nation : not even though the royalty be held in commission by so many as 800 , 000 of the elect . A nation can only be built by all—of all . All the people , each in his place . The individual first perfecting his own upright and rounded life ; the family standing as perfectly together , a stately column group ; tbe pjirisb , township , and province , tbe further association , for that combined work tor which the family alone is

      not competent ; and the nation , the complete . ! temple , built and supported by the regulated strength of all . Only from the Universal Suffrage of equals can such a building rise . Tbe slave could not mount to the height of the freeman , could not reach to upbear tbe temple roof . Tbe nation is indeed a living temple : with multitudinous columns , many as individual natures , but which all unite together to uphoM tbe p lace of worship fOl' the future . Infamous is he who neg lects his portion of the serrice , who upholds no part of the sacred roof of country , the homestead of bis

      race . For the vote is not a mere eight-millioneth share in the election of a master ef tongue force . It is not » mere hustings delusion , the careless or considerate dropping of some name in a ballotbox . Nor is it but a pledge for higher wages , respectabilities , and comforts . It is tbe symbol of manhood , the public acknowledgment that a man s life is bis own , that all his fellow men of that nation recognise him as a man , a free man , their equal , to be cared for , and ruled and ordered , be he never so insignificant , with the same care and in the same rule as the noblest . Nay , it is a symbol of more than that . It is not only the proclamation and fearless challenge of the man ' s rights , but also the open confession of tbe man's duties ; the public homage ( would once a year be too often for that homage ?) of the individual man to tbe nation , and tbrougb that to the collective humanity , to which he so swears fealty and allegiance , confessing that for it he lives , and moves , and has his being .

      Wages , respectabilities , and comforts : —Freedom has better growths than these . Let the respectable stalled ox take his due wage of fodder , and be comfortable ! The aim of human life is higher than that . Not for the mere material ; not only for some better arrangement of land and labour ( though these things wait on freedom ) , not by any means to supersede the necessity for work , is the p lace and dignity of manhood to be desired . But to take the yoke from off thy neck , that thou mayest work freely and healthily , that all thy powers and capacities may be employed and perfected , that universal life may be better served , —that thou mayest bear thy heavy sheaves of corn , thy full rich fruit , any way thy worthy and acceptable sacrifice , to the mighty spirit of tbe future . Rough the path of life : toilsome the ascent ; and

      heavy tbe burden that must be carried to the distant heights . We need tbe help even of the least ; there is do strength to be spared . The slave may stumble and faint by the wayside . Let him seek his rest , his comforts , bis own ' well being . ' What is the general good to biro ? What to him the aspiration toward tbe Excellent and tbe Eternal ? But the freemen faint not , nor stumble , Singing , they journey onward , hand linked with hand , and hopeful eyes consoling hope ; so each upholds the other . Come , my brother !—my sister I—cry the equal voices;—aid us in the work which is neither thine nor our ' s , but the Eternal ' s ; bow down with US in worship of the inevitable ; raise thy proud head toward heaven , thy life aspiring as the altar ' s flame soars skyward ! Wreathe with us tbe crown of future triumph ; help us to upbuild the moving temple of humanity .

      It is for this tbat we would be ruled ; for this that we need Universal Suffrage . That every human life may have its bealthy growth , its perfect bloom , or pleasant store of fruit , and so the garden of the world be well arranged and beautiful . That every columned lifemay be firmly built and finished to its utmost grace , that tbe national temple in Which WO would worship the Eternal Spirit of Growth and Freedom may be worthy of its purpose , of tbe ser « vice to which it is dedicate , well proportioned in all its parts , and the whole a perfect beauty , an increasing loveliness , and ' a joy for ever . '

      The Reasoned Part Ii. Vol. Ii. Edited By...

      The Reasoned Part II . Vol . II . Edited by G . J . Holyoakb . London : Watson . This is another periodical of which we have lost sight for some time . We are happy to find , by the accounts submitted in the present part , that it is thriving in a pecuniary point of view , and that through the instrumentality of its editor , the spirit of free inquiry is kept alive in various parts of the country . The p art before us is full of interest , to all who direct attention to the matters speciall y treated in the pages ol ' The Eeasoner . '

      Statistics Of Litigation.—Some Curious R...

      Statistics of Litigation . —Some curious returns are given in ihe first report of tbe common law commissioners just printed , of litigation in the common law courts of Westminster . In the four years , 1816 , 1847 , 1848 , and 1849 , the three courts issued 403 . 313 writs . The appearances entered were 212 , 777 ; the rules to plead were 156 , 629 ; and in that period the judgments figned were 11 , 964 . The commissioners , remark , that "It appears , that one-half of the cases in which writs are issued begin and end with the first step—the writ of summons—and that before the time for pleading has expired , which varies from twelve to sixteen days , more than one-fourth of the actions in which

      appoaranoeB have been entered are settled . The probability is that all these are for clear and undisputed demands . " Tbe commissioners recommend tbat the appearances to be entered , and the rules to plead should be abolished , and tbat , with the startling facts disclosed by the statistical information , the p roceedings in actions 8 h 0 Ulu be shortened . The number of rules to plead indicate the number of cases in which declarations bave been delivered , and in which the plaintiffs have taken the step to force the defendants to plead or submit to judgment . The charge for a writ of summons is from £ 110 s . to £ 2 , and the cost out of pocket is Ss . The writ alone is effective in about half the cases to induce a settlement .

      Novel Application op Gctta Percha . — A patent has been obtained by Mr . E . Truman , of Ho . 40 , Haymarket , for a method of fixing artificial teeth into a preparation of gutta percha , made to resemble as closely as possible , in colour , texture , and consistence , the natural gums . The substance of tbe gutta percha , whilst in a softened state , produced by beat , is made to fit closely to the mouth , and by its pliability enters into every interstice , depression , or projection of the jaw , and the processes of the teetb , so that no cavity in which air is

      contained is left unfilled . The result is , tbat the artificial gum clings to the natural gum , with a tenacity that requires great force to remove it , and the artificial teeth can be used for mastication , & e . The principle is a simple one , and is exemplified by the common experiment of placing a piece of wet leather upon the smooth surface of a stone , when it will be seen how closely it clings to it . The adaptation of gutta percha to this purpose will avoid the use of metallic plates in the mouth , and prevent manv evils known to arise from the use of base

      metals . Knabeshohougu Election . —On Saturday the nomination of candidates to supply the vacancy occasioned in the representation of this borough by the death of the Hon . W . S . Laseelles was held in the Market-place . Mr . Bond moved , and Mr . Scott seconded , the nomination of Mr . Collins . Mr . Kirk , a Whig , and landlord of the Elephant and Castle Botel , moved , and Mr , Harrison seconded , the nomination of Mr . Lawson . A show of bands was taken , and the returning officer declared it to

      be in favour of Mr . Collins , whereupon a poll was demanded on the part of Mr . Lawson . The poll was then fixed to commence on Monday momingi The poll was opened at eight o ' clock on Monday morning at tho Knareaborough Court-house , and at nine Air . Collins bad polled 42 and Mr Lawson 15 . This majority gained by Mr . Collins at the outset was never diminished , but , having taken the lead , he kept it with a majority of a few under er over 30 until the close of the poll at four o ' clock , when the numbers were—Collins , 95 ; Lawson , 64 . Majority for Collins , 31 .

      A Man Boiled to Death ijt a Vapour Bath — On the 3 rd inst ., M . Labadie , a wholesale wine dealer of Bercy , went to the Bains de la Samaruaine , on the river at the fopt of Pont-Neuf , totake a vapour bath i as prescribed by his physician . It was the first bath of tbat kind he had ever taken , and the man charged with the preparation of it neglected to attend to him . Tbe unfortunate man opened the valve by which the vapour entered , but was unable tocloseit . Theconsequence was that the steam rushed in with extraorshort time he

      dinary violence , and in a was completely suffocated . When touched the skin came off , and he was , according to the expression of a witness , " quite boiled . " His widow brought a complaint before the Tribunal of Correctional Police against the waiter of the baths , a man named Vortimer , and as it clearly appeared that the accident had been caused by his gross negligence , he was condemned to eiuht days' imprisonment and to the payment of 10 , 000 francs as damages . His employer , M . Javal , was declared civilly responsible for the payment .

      Preparations are making at the Paris Hotel oe Ville for a / cte , by tbe city of Paris to the Royal Commission of the Great Exhibition . M . Burger , Prefect of the Seine , has set out for London , to distribute invitations . It is experaed that Prince Albert , the Lord Mayor , and several of the English Ministers will he present . Che Coiistitutio » neI was fined 500 franc ? , the other day , for publishing a letter from Berne , signed only by the foreign editor , instead of the actual writer .

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      » No * h ? ftr " » is that d ° s » tM ?" bones w » efl ? hJS httnter and l , aif setter-be bunts SS hunery ' 8 et 8 ' * the fire when u ^ ST / , F RovERB ' -Yon can ' t prevent the jfZltTft fr 0 n , 1 flyin S over y ° ur he » d . » t you may prevent them from stopping to build their nests there . The Schoolmaster WxNiEn .-A splendid specimen or orthography is seen in the window of a beerhouse u the VZ neighbourhood S of Sheep-street , Bir-? i ? Srt , J , ' tabd Bear ° Wld Uear tUpptn 3 a Foturbi Us , -Foo 1 ! why be anxious after the tuturef ( o be diasa-isficd with tbe present , because worse things may be behind , is like pulling down the paper to look at tbe bare walls . —Lacon Redivivus .

      Fancy Soap . —Undeserved adulation , expressed in p » ehc language is now called " fancy 80 ap , " TulB is an improvement upon the more vulgar term of " soft soap . Philosophy v . Astronomy . —Exceedingly interesting are thenew experiments about the earth ' s rotation : but it is said that a little more brandy in your water than usual will cause the rotation of the earth to be distinctly visible . A BIG " IDEE . " 'Tis orful grand , I calkerlate , to sit beside an oak , And hear these 'tarnal bull-frogs join in one tremendous—croak ! Liaum Manure . —It may be useful to say that July is tbe very best time in the whole year to give liquid manure to everything we want to strengthen or push on , as now things are in tho height of their summer growth , and ibey can be more freely dealt with on that account . —Cottage Gardener .

      Patience . — ¦ " I rememher , " says the celebrated Wesley , " bearing my father saying to my mother , 'How could you have the patience to tell that blockhead the same thing twnty times over ?'' Why , ' said she , ' if 1 bad told him but nineteen times , I should have lost all my labour . ' " Boiling thk Mate . —A * hip from Port Glasgow was recently lying in the harbiiur at New Orleans , when an Irish emiarant one day came on board , and thus addressed the cook , who was also Irish— " Are you the mate ?"— " No , " said he ; " but 1 ' am the man as boils tbe mate !" Bbbf . —* ' Madam , " said Old Roger to bis boarding house keeper , ,-in primitive countries , beef is often the legal tender ; but , madam , " said be , emphatically , thrusting his fork into the steak , " all tbe law ia Caristendom couldn't make this beef tender . "

      " Where was I , Ma , " said a little urchin to Ms mother , as he stood gazing up > n his drunken prostrate father , " where » as 1 when you mirried Pa ? Why didn ' t you take me along with you ? I could have picked out a better man than he is ! " DlAVOGVB BETWEEN Two OF KniBb ' b CONGREGATION . — " Ho * d'ye do , broder . " So s » , rue tank you ; how you been dis kwg tinif ? " " Q . iite well , tank you ; h « w you pass your time now hroder ?" " Oh , me , no pass me time at all , broder ; me cock up me foot , so let time pass himself . "—Jamaica Standard . i he Softer Ssx i » SMALLS . —The revolution in female attire which has commenced in America may extend to this country . Well , no matter , if ihe attributes of tbe husband are a'Togated . It may be well that ladies sbould know what it is to be continually having to put the hand in the breecbei pocket . — AttiC / t .

      The Desired Effect . ~ At a funeral of an individual noted for being a brutish husband , a severe father , and a mean mm in general , it was observed that nobody shed tears ; whereupon tbe sexton saiil that he had officiated in that capacity for forty five years , and that an instance of the kiod had never happened before , and tbat it might not disgrace the village , be seized a little boy and pulled hi * ears most severely , speedily producing ihe desired ' ftVct . The House of Loans may now be viewt-d by the public twice , instead of once a week , vie ., nn Wednesdays and Saturdays , i iekets <>( admission may be procured at tbe Lord Chamberlain ' s Office , adjoining the house : and ifBt-ad of applying , us before , only on the Wednesday for tickeia which are to admit on the Saturday , parlies m iy now obtain them on each of tbe days above mentioned ( from eleven till five , we believe ) , for instant admission .

      Deceit . —When once a conc-alment or deceit has been practised ia master * where ah should b fair and open as the day , confidence ean never be restored , any more than you can restore the wbit « bloom to tbe grape or plum that , you bave once pressed in your hand . How true is thia and what , a neglected truth by a great portion of mankind 1 Falsehood Is not only one of the most humiliating vices , but , sooner or later , it is most certain to lead to the most serious

      . Tribunals o ? Commerce . —The pr <> mo » 5 on of Tribunals of Commerce ( aay ibe Aiming Gazette ) is destined to work great ehunuwt in the law . The spirited manner in which the . < ubj < ci has been taken up , and the phalanx of mercantile influence by which it is supported , cannot fail before long to render the movement successful . Ev ^ -ry one acquainted with the losses and t'exa'ions attending legal proceedings must be fully awate <> f the iliupir ties practised under the assumed protection of < professional technicalities . Th « law ' s d > tigers and the law ' s delay ' s bave becume a byword and a reproach , and the sooner remedial measures are adopted tbe better .

      Fowl and Tbufpi-eS . —A farmer who was dining with his landlord received from him a g . mi portion of a fowl and a considerable quantity of truffles , with which it was stuffed . In a yery short iimt vhe hus * was startled by an emphatic exclamation from his rustic friend , and was surprised to see bim making hideous grimaces , and ejemiiig hastily from his mouth something apparently very unpalatable . " What is the matter , Thomas ? " inquired the entertainer . — " Matter 1 Confound it , " was the reply , " you ve gi'en ma a bit chuckle . n ; te door ; but wow be here , man , rAe beattie's waine «/««<> ' e <> As . '" 0

      Death ' s WaRRaut ^— » a wall , in tbe east ot London , is the following notice : — " Whoever trespasses on these p-emises are requested ; o *< ring their coffin . " The following is a hkit on tbe above : — Whoever on this grcund may Head By way of depredation , May rest assured tin y ' il lose their head , And end the provocation . Their ceffin they had better seed , And then it will be ready ; For their survivors may depend They'll have the corpse to bury . J . S .

      Life in a Ton . —" Schmidt , I say . what are you doing here ? Why are you not at your work in Whitechapel ?"— " Because some one has knocked a nail into my cask , and I ' ve run thai tiail into my foot "— " Some one has knocked a nail inr > ' your cask ! " said I . "What do you mean ?"— " Why , " said he , turning to me , vbile the money chanuer left the room , "lama carpenter hy trade ; but finding no work , I engaged myself with a fellow in Whitechapel to ' cure' skins . I have done il mm a fort , night , but some one who wished for n . y place disabled me by knocking a nail into my cask . " I could not make out his meaning . " I had to yet up at three in the morning " he explained , ' I undressed , and then went into a cask with h : \ re rk ' ms , which 1

      had to stamp upon all day long . If I continued that work till seven or eight io the evening , I could earn about a shilling a day ; just ' enough to keep me alive . "— " And were you tricked out of so miserable an employment ?"— Certainly . There are dozens who wait for one of the workmen to fall ill ; audi it they haveto wait long , they nv > ke Mm tall ib by secretly disabling bim . Every one has his place so lone as he can keep it . They are all Germans who work there , and many of them are clever in tln-ir trades ; but they cannot find other employment . " This afforded me food for reflection . Wbat a market \* London to bring one ' s labour to ' . —Dickend ' s Household Words . Tab Punster ' s Fate . —How true is it that " ihe man who makes a pun will pick a pocket , " may be

      ascertained from the reports of last week ' s proceedings at the Old Bailey . It will be f ui > d , from reference to those dismal records , tbat a man lias made a pun—that he has picked a pocket— that he lias been tried , and found guilty . The facts ave . these -An infatuated wretch , of the name of Cotton , stole a handkerchief j and , on being called upon for hts detence , he declared " he thouuht it was bia own , because it was a Cotton one . " Judge and J ' nry felt at once how much tbe atrocity ol the pun added to the enormity of tbe offence . Who , alter this , win dispute the soundness of the axiom , that the man who can make a pun will pick a pocket ? Tbe thing has been logically proved ; and heneef rib . whenever a punster is known to be present in » large assembly , the cry will be . as a matter of course , " Take car of your pockets !"— Punch .

      Visitors at the Mansion Hooe . —In consequence of the great , influx of visitors to view the Mansion House , it has been found necessary to pur some limit to the admission of strangers ; and for the future , permission lo view the building will only be granted on Tuesdays , Wednesdays . Fridays , and Saturdays , fron twelve till three o ' clock in the afternoon .

      Jztw S^Stfli ™' W ° A8ortof <—Sta^E H^^K...

      A Ili . vr to Strangers in Paris . —As a Suanimi gentleman , Count de Larad 2 a , was at a late hour one night last week returning from a visit to the Faubourg St . Germain , he lost his way , and wandered about for two hours . When on the Pont St . Michael he was suddenly seized by two men , who knocked h'm down , thrust n pochet-biHidkerchief into his mouth , and then searched his pockets , from which they took about 300 f . in money and note .-. They then took him , one by the feet and the other by the head , and threw him over the bridge into the river . Fortunately the water at that place was not ? cry deep , and on recovering his footing C » U"t de Laradza found it up to his shoulders . He called loudly for help , and the firemen at the nearest guard-house hastened to his assistance , and re-cced him from his perilous position . An investigation has been set on foot by the police .

      The Quarantine Co . vobess . —Dr . Sutherland , the Medical Inspector of tho General Board of Health , has been appointed to attend the Medical Congress to be held at Paris , on the subject of quarantine , bv the medical authorities of the several European governments interested in the question . Fhanzoxi , the exiled Archbishop of Florence , is now at Paris .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 19, 1851, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_19071851/page/3/