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      October 20, 1849. _' The Northern Star. ...

      October 20 , 1849 . ' THE NORTHERN STAR . 3

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      There Is 2fo Peace. (From The Reasoncr.)...

      THERE IS 2 fO PEACE . ( From The Reasoncr . ) Preach not to me of war's decease While priest or despot reigns ! Ob , sanctify the sword to peace But first strike off our chains . Men lack their rights—thought is not free And mind , all-saving mind Kingly caprice and fantasy Its eagle pinions bind . ITe have the power of act and word We can do all , or say ; ' And need not battle ' s trenchant sword To win for truth its wav .

      But , peace my friends , while Poland ' s ghost Is urncd in northern snows ! And Hungary , her cause now lost , "Writhes under Cossack blows . ' Would ye have peace , while Ifilan feels The bayonet at her throat , And bleeds beneath the iron heels Of Pandour and of Croat ? ¦ While Tenice , glorious Venice ! weeps Amidst ber weeping waves ; And Austria ' s felon banner sweeps Above her martyr-graves ? While Home sin & s down , in fiery rain , Tovn , mangled , crushed by force , And faithless France , and bi got Spain Piles arms upon her corse ?

      While Naples is a den of thieves-Pope , long , and priestly crew ? 'Tis scarcely mercy which bereaves Tbe axe of its great due ! Look , England , o ' er tbe western sea Bebold a haggard land . Wouhlst thou have peace twixt ber and thee 1 Raise justice on her strand . Peace ia no common weed to bloom O ' er just men ' s blood-stained graves ; Peace wiU not blossom in the gloom Which shrouds a land of slaves . * * * The woes which other lands have wenched , My soul no longer bears ; I cease—for passion ' s fire is quenched In Erin ' s bitter tears .

      Yes tell me not thai war shall end Where priests or despots be : The sword is sacred to Mend , More sacred to set free . Octobers , ISiO . Ecgese

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      Educational Economy; Or . State Educatio...

      Educational Economy ; or State Education vindicated from the objections of the Votaries of Voluntaryism . By Thomas Emebt . London : Arthur Hall and Co ., 25 , Paternoster-row . Leicester : J . Burton , Haymarket . ! This pamphlet is by the author of the Prize Essay on " Crime , " noticed in the Star of

      Saturday last , and may be considered as supplementary to that work . In thePrize Essay Mr . EiiEur set himself to tbe task of showing , that "Ignorance is the Parent of Crime ;" and he concluded his arguments by enforcing the necessity of a sound system of secular ^ National Education . In the pamphlet before us the Author reviews and answers the objections to State Education , and , in our opinion , does so most successfully . He thus forcibl y pictures

      THE POWER rOU EVIL , OF EVIL CIBCTTMSTASCES . Concentrations of numbers in our cities and towns —though affording facilities for co-operation in intellectual pursuits—present fearful illustrations of vicious education and example . Thousands of human beings are huddled together , commingling in immor alitv , and imparting a zest to each others' depraved appetites . Here are tbe prolific conditions for the inordinate exercise of the inferior propensities , to tbe sacrifices of the moral susceptibilities , and the rendering of the intellect subservient to this animal ascendancy . Children are doomed to receive their earliest impressions from beings , whose lives are

      devoted to mere animal gratification . Designs of guilt are made familiar to the rising generation , and the cunning and despatch evinced in their execution by matured delinquents , are proof of a dreadful distortion of mind . Tbe skill imparted aud acquired , by vicious example and constant excitement in city life , is apparent when contrasted with criminal practices in the agricultural districts . Our modern Blasts and youthful Jingos—the denizens of Saint Giles , and the heroes of Hog-lane—mnst be allowed to have attained a greater proficiency in villany than country offenders and juvenile apple stealers . He thus powerfully argues

      THE UXIYEBSAI . BIGHT OP EDTjCATIOX . From the natural equality of condition and capacity at birth , I infer that every member of the human family has a right to the best education known at the time , as a necessary qualncation for tbe enjoyment of existence , and the proper performance of the business of life . Tbe human being at infancy is susceptible of impressions which sltsil tincture and modify the events of his future career ; he is capable of bang the victim of vicious associations , the effects of xrhwh may prove his enrse through life , or of being the happy recipient of a direction to his faculties , which shall , in a great measure , lead to tbe development of those qualities and characteristics which

      should distinguish him as an intellectual and moral being- * * , * Itis the du ' y of government to provide the best education for every individual , as a guarantee that tbe rights of the individual are appreciated—that all available means are emplojed in cultivating the capacities of human nature—that every one possesses the requisite equipment in . tbe struggle for happiness —that each snail have a fair start in tbe world—that the probabilities of success are , as far as practicable , proportio . 'sliscd—and that any loss of prize , or deprivation of pleasure , shall not occur through any avoidable personal disqualification .

      In answer to that class of political economists who question the wisdom of State legislation for the furtherance of popular education , and who argue that education is one of a class of questions which , although belonging to society , do not rightly come within the legislative province of Government , Mr Emery happily observes : — "If civil government is to he limited in its operations to the correction of human conduct , itis to a considerable extent shorn of its legislative office . Government in this sense has nothing to do

      "bnt to devise and execute schemes of punishment for evil . It has no authority to do good that evil may not come . It is the avenger of the wrong , without the power to promote the rig ht , it is an instrument blindly battling with effects—the victim of its own helplessness —the hangman of society . " He adds : — " Is it a wise economy that Government should he restricted in its movements to the repression of evil , and the immediate good required l > y society be left to sectional legislation or total neglect % " He thus argues for

      STATE EDUCATION * . I would entrust tbe business of educating the ¦ people to the present comparatively irresponsible government , notwithstanding tbe fears and objections of some as to the powerful machine we should place in the hands of an ambiguous agent . The panderings of government instructors might exert a temporary influence in upholding religious establishments and oppressive political institutions ; but lessons in Church of England Catechisms , and partizan politics , could not be taught the people without placinir in their bands the handles with which they might work out other objects . The rudiments *» f learnin < r acouired bv State pupils might be

      associated with political and theological error , but the stimulus given to mind would constitute the possibilitx that ultimately the wheat might be separated from tbe chaff . Bigots in religion might be multiplied , and State-politicians manufactured to order ; and better so than the populace remain the dead height as the espoasers of no pnnciplcs-ihe ad vocates of bo party ; -too ignorant to bold o pinions for the exercise of bgofay , or too ^ nt to fanatically defend them . Lotus not be misled £ terns ^ crimination will lead to the adoption SttaSsievil . let «*™ i " strain " . atprobable Sd fits coupled with incipient intelligence Se we -swallow" actual slavery with no hope of release from the darkest ignorance .

      In answer to the argument that Government nas no right to interfere in this question between parent and child , Mr . Emery ; replies , that PERSOSAl LTBERIT , . . Has no meaning beyond tbe exercise of ourmdivi-«* mlif , v in a manner not interfering with the wei-JS 3 " hers . The parent may claim the liber y STeavc bis child in ignorance , and to a tow it to Sow up the victim of undisciplined passions- be i £ hT ^ r £ dsul ) iect of incentives to crime ; but the momS JEEti of thisexercise of " liberty ¦" are SSd palpable in society , government puts its

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      veto upoa them . Voluntary Ista are tenacious of the personal liberty of the paren t , in prospect of the child being required by government togo to school ; but the youthful delinquent may be snatched from the domestic hearth and sent to the hulks without the least scruple . It is a matter of course that th ? child should be punished by government , ' but that it shouldbeeducated by the same agent with a view to tbe superseding of punishment is another question . I deny the right of any individual to choose to rear his child m ignorance ; by so doing he is inflicting an injury on his child and on thelocietv tn it win

      wmen ue made amenable . So one can h ' ave the right to do wrong . The parent cannot sway the sceptre of his household to the detriment ot the households of others . The infant man will have relative as well as individual duties to perform Ills gregarious nature will cause him to affect ' either for good or ill , the welfare of society . The parentis no right to commit anything which shall be prejudicial to the individual well-being of his child ; neither has he the right to be the means of the omission of any essential iu the exercise of his relationships as a social being .

      The author observes , that it has been his object to show the inseparable connexion of education with the functions of civil government , rather than to define the kind of education , to be thus nationally provided . But defining the capacit y of civil government to be strictly of a mundane character , the system of education to he adopted should he in accordance "with the limits thus expressed , and the instruction given he of a purely secular nature . We conclude our extracts with the following

      APPEAL 10 THE FRIENDS OF PROGRESS . Is there no common ground upon which all parties may meet with a view to mitigate , if not to annihilate these common evils ? If our speculative niceties , and political idiosyncracies cannot be justly incorporated in a system for general enforcement , is there no general , secular , knowledge , upon the necessity of the national possession of which we are all agreed ? There are humanising agencies which receive general sanction . Co-operation and system are requisite to make them publicly available . Iieadingand writing , moraliustruction , and scientific attainment ate tbe objects of all who think . The instruction of the people in their rights and duties as men and citizens is a public work , and , as far as executed , is a public good . Surely the public

      legislature might extend this business , and endeavour to initiate onr youthful population into honest , temperate , industrious habits , without offending the most fastidious , or alarming the most bigoted . Surely the State might institute means which shall tend to keep from tbe tavern and gambling-house , those who might bo the ready recipients of vicious habits and arts of deceit , without doing violence to any creed , or compromising any party . The influence of refined ana fraternal intercourse—the pleasures and advantages of scientific research—the modulations of the musician — the grace of the sculptor—and tbe pathos of the poet will ultimately moye and elevate the populace . It will be well for society when an advanced political economy shall hasten this work , by incorporating with its objects the improvement , as well as the punishment of the people .

      Wo have much pleasure in recommending this pamphlet to those who desire the extinction of popular ignorance , and , thereby , the removal of one of the principal causes of proletarian debasement , and national insecurity .

      Sunshine And Shadow; A Tale Of The Ninet...

      SUNSHINE AND SHADOW ; A TALE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY . BI THOMAS MARTIN WHEELER , Late Secretary to tbe National Charter Association and National Land Company . Chapter XXIX . How merrily tbe Wedding bells rang on 1 The parting guests mov'd homeward to the chime . Two bands were joined whose hearts had long been one ; And life Iook'd glad as Sprung in rosy prime . And life renew'd , when this should all be done ,

      Look'd brighter still—beyond tbe reach of time . Is it not sweet to think the bond of love Contracted here , will yet endure above ?—Beste The Camp may have its fame , the court its glare , The theatre its wit , tbe board its mirth ; But there's a calm , a quiet Heaven , where Bliss flies for shelter—the domestic hearth ! If this be comfortless—if this be drear , It need not hope to find a haunt on earth ; Elsewhere we may be reckless , gay , caressed—But here—and only here—we can be blessed !

      Read . Arthur Morton had been in constant work during tbe four months that bad elapsed since bis residence in London , and having the promise from his employer of a regular situation , he felt justified in making a tender of his hand to ber who already possessed his heart . He might not have been thus hasty in bis proposal , but he detested long courtships , and knowing that owing to the slackness of work , experienced by her father , Mary was thinking of going to service , ne preferred , rather than this alternative , taking her to a less comfortable home than he had otherwise wished to provide ; and Mary , without any false delicacy , accepted his offer , and there being no rich relations to

      consultno lengthy legal settlements to be drawn up , they speedily became man and wife . Merry rang the marriage hells—merry were tbe select few present at the wedding feast ; care and dark anticipations were , for that day at least , banished from their thoughts , and joy and cheerful mirth presided . Mary , though adoring her husband , could not but regret leaving the home of her youth ; the children she had been almost a mother to , and the parents who had ever treated her with kindness , and whom she loved and reverenced ; but her husband ' s devoted attention , and a pretty cottage neatly but plainly furnished , in the suburbs of London , soon reconciled her to the separation ; and by her industry and cheerfulness , she soon rendered Arthur ' s

      home what home ever should be—a pleasant retveat from tbe cares of business—a spot where strife and unkindness can never enter—a heaven where all is peace and love . And Arthur Morton , oh , he was truly happy ; never before had he known the thousand charms comprised in the word ' ' Home . " Loft an orphan to the care of his austere relative—never experiencing the comforts of female management or domestic felicity , proscribed in his own country—thrown a wanderer on the wide world—received at length into the haven of domestic bliss , it was a haven of delight compared with his past bitter experience . Politics were almost forgotten in the honeymoon of bis bliss—indeed , a complete lethargy had fallen upon the whole

      country . The Sturge Conference had aroused the Chartists of the Empire from their former torpiditv ; but its failure , though hailed as a triumph , served only to widen the breach between the different shades of Reformers—a reaction had taken place , and all had again sunk into inaaimity . In home , therefore , all his joys—all his desires were concentrated , and happy is the man who can boast of such a home , and resolve to enjoy himself therein ; for though we may experience gaiety and pleasure in the thousand amusements of the world , it is at home—and at home only—that a man can be truly blessed ; and Mary , surrounded by naught but pleasant associations , each day unfolded new attractions to her admiring husband . Possessed of

      an excellent voice , and having a slight knowledge of music , she sung with a degree of feelingthat , in Arthur ' s estimation , made ample amends for any deficiency in scientific execution ; and he could sit for hours listening to her sweet voice now warbling forth the melodies of Moore or of Burns , anon delighting his ear and gratifying bis vanity , by trilling his own democratic words to tbe airs of ber favourite music . Possessed of a good taste and a fondness for reading , she plied the busy needle with increased agility and delight , whilst Arthur read to her the glorious stanzas of tbe immortal Byronthe inspired readings of the divine Shelly—the splendid utilitarianism of Lytton Bulwer—or the heart-arrestinjr , home-breathing talcs of Dickens ;

      nor were other works of a more scholastic character wanting to complete their studies . Thus employed , the winter evenings glided rapidly away , and under Arthur's instructions , Mary rapidly progressed in intellectual attainments . The company of a few democrats of their mutual acquaintance , and occasional visits from the parents of Mary , made a pleasant variety to their studies , and served to increase the sum of their enjoyments . The dark shadow that had so long rested over the fate of Arthur Morton seemed to be flitting away , and a gleam of sunshine gilded his existence . Early spring was now beginning to displace tbe chill of winter , and under its genial influence and Mary ' s care the little garden attached to their residence bloomed as bright as its master ' s fortunes ; and here , everv evening , might Mary be seen improved

      in all the graces of womanhood , and looking as lovely as Flora herself in the midst of her flowers ; her bright eye ever glancing down the road that led to the river side , watching for her husband ' s return from his employment in the city , and receiving him after his day s absence with a fondness that knew nought of satiety . " Few and simple arc the annals of the poor "—so sings one of our sweetest bards , yet if feelings—if emotions are matters of historyif love—love uninfluenced by rank or wealth—bo the > poct ' s theme , where would he find materials so complete , so pure , as among the sons and daughters of toil ? If penury , want , and tbe thousand dire associations connected therewith , be matters which bring the passions of humanity into grand , vet fearful action , where could the novelist or the tragedian find fitter subjects for illustration ? Fiction sinks into insignificance when compared with

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      the strange yet fearfully tragic and comic scenes which are every hour occurring in the verv heart of the great metropolis . Oh , that thoso who see and dwell amongst them had but tho pen of a Bulwer or a Dickens to record these strange truths—more of the intricacies of the human heart would be laid bare to tbe gaze of tbe philosopher—more of the springs from whence the rapid rivers of vice and crime take their source would be exposed to the view of the moralist ; a truer picture of humanity in all its phases , now gloriously bright , anon fearfully dark , would be given to the world , than can ever be gleaned from the thousand fashionable novels which now form the delight of the youth , ay , and of the middle aged of both sexes . Summer succeeded to

      spring , aud still found Arthur and his wife the happy tenants of their peaceful abode ; whilst tho increasing beauty of the plants which adorned the little raised platform under their prettily curtained windows , looking out Upon as green a bit of turf as ever adorned a suburban residence ; relieved by the scarlet geraniums , with which the centre and ' each corner were adorned , and tbe few additional ornaments which decorated the rooms , showed that fortune was still favourable to their exertions . A change too had taken place in their domestic arrangements ; the young bride no longer looked with a watchful eye towards the smoke that ascending from the steamers gently floating in the air , showed the direction in which lay tho mighty Thames ; her

      pjace was supplied bya younger sister , for the bride had become a mother , and increasing domestic arrangements caused the care of the garden to devolve on the former ; but the love that prompted Mary ' s to be the first eye to greet her husband ' s arrival had not evaporated , it had only found a fresh variety of display , the little Arthur—for so the infant was called—had to be decorated to receive its evening ' s kiss from its pleased father ; and thus a new attraction was created for home , a new stimulus given for industrious exertion , and a novel , yet endearing tie , formed between the happy pair , in addition to those heretofore existing . And thus in calm retirement , undisturbed by any of the rougher gales which too often wreck our fairest prospects , passed

      the two next years of Arthur ' s life ; the only incidents that created any intensity of excitement , was the birth of a daughter named after its annt , Fanny , and an event as painful as the , former was pleasureable—the death of Mary ' s mother . This last was a heavy blow to both Mary anu Arthur , for she was endeared to them by a thousand acts of kindness , and was respected by the husband as much as she was loved by the wife . Peace be to her manes ; a better wife , a more devoted mother or a truer democrat never existed ; those that bad the pleasure of her acquaintance , or recognise ber portraiture , will

      long sorrow for her loss ; cut off in the prime of her existence , she sleeps in peace , and has been thus spared many a bitter pang which has fallen heavily on those she left behind . This was the first knell that broke with its dismal echoes upon the peaceful serenity of their domestic bliss ; and Arthur ' s heart shuddered uneasily beneath its influence , and feared , almost with a superstitious fear , that his career of happiness was ended—it was one of those presentiments that reason in vain endeavours to combatwhich return again and again until they almost create the evil which their agency seems to portend . ( To be continued . )

      Royal Polytechnic Institution. This Is I...

      ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . This is indeed a theatre wherein are displayed at once tho most interesting and ingenious contrivances which from time to time have arisen as the offspring of the inventive ingenuity of man . How many are the wonders herein contained ! How much is there to interest our minds , and rivet our attention with fulness of wonderment and surprise It is hardly just to attempt a description of so much art and skill , unless time be given to examine the beauties of the various inventions for which this place is noted , wbich we will briefly describe . The popular lectures delivered by the Professors of the

      Jistablishment comprise the subjects of Electricity and Chemistry by Dr . Bachhoffner and Mr . Ashley ; who deliver their ideas in a most comprehensive and scientific manner . Many of the arts are carried on here , which greatly add to its interest and popularity ; among them we have particularly observed Gem and Seal Engraving by Mr . Gilford , —Diesinking by Mr . Sthodart , —Painting by Mr . Rivers , —Glass Blowing by Mr . Hudson , —and Lithographic Printing by Mr . Cox . The Model department is highly worthy of notice . Iin fact , the visitor may pass some hours here more rationally than in any exhibition in the Metropolis .

      The Arctic Expeditions. {From The Athena...

      THE ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS . { From the Athenatum . ) The extreme interest which has been felt by the public in the fate of the long missing Arctic Expedition has been strongly illustrated by the avidity with wbich the report of its ascertained existence in March last was received . Seizing eagerly on the asserted fulfilment of a long-deferred hope , the Press at once announced the actual safety of Sir John Franklin and his party ; and as news generally travels with the properties of an avalanche , swelling in importance with every step , many hours had not

      elapsed before the return of the Erebus and Terror in the course of the present month was spoken of as an almost certain event . For ourselves , we had misgivings , which we thought it r . ' ght to hint at even in that first moment of excitcvaewt : aud we have since , with the coolness which a week ' s reflection gives , set ourselves carefully to weigh the arguments for and against the trustworthiness of the evidence offered . Wo are bound to say , oven for the sake of those whose disappointment will be sorest if disappointment there shall finally be , that this inquiry has yielded a result wholly unsatisfactory to ourselves .

      It will be remembered that the Advice whaler accompanied the Truelove in her recent passage to Lancaster Sound in search of the expedition , on the faith of the narration of the Esquimaux . On board the former ship Mr . Robert Goodsir , the brother of Professor Goodsir , of Edinburgh , was embarked , with the touching purpose of assisting personally to seek after information respecting Sir John Franklin's ships , in one of which his brother Henry had gone out as surgeon and naturalist . His letters to his relatives in Scotland , descriptive of his hopes and fears , have been obligingly placed in our hands , to assist us in estimating by private evidence from the spot the reports which were likely to reach us through public channels . We will give Mr . Goodsir ' s version of the same report which has reached the Admiralty through the Truelove , for the truth of some variations which it contains : — Off Cape Macculloch , Aug . 1 , 1849 .

      We this morning had what might have been considered as cheering intelligence of the expedition . Ml ' . Parkoi 1 , tlie master of the Truelove , of IJuH , came on board to breakfast , and informed us that soms Esquimaux , who had been on board the Chieftain , oflvirkaldy , had sketched a chart and pointed out to Mr . Kerr where both Sir John Franklin ' s and Sir James Boss ' s ships were lying , —the former being at "Whaler Point , the latter at Port Jackson , at the entrance to Prince Regent's Inlet . Sir John Franklin had been beset in his present position for three winters . Sir James Iloss had travelled in sledges from his own ships to Sir John Franklin ' s . They were all alive and well . The Esquimaux himself had been on board all the four ships three months ago—i . e ., about the end of April or beginning of May . Mr . Parker seemed confident as to the correctness of this information ; and as his ship is nearly full , and he

      will proceed homewards very shortly , Mr . Kerr had given Mm the chart which he said he intended to forward to the Admiralty , and to inform them of what he had learnt . All this was very pleasing intelligence ; but when I began to consider , I soon saw much to throw doubt upon its correctness and authenticity . First there was the extreme difficulty of extracting correct information of any kind from the Esquimaux , even by those best acquainted with their habits and language . A leading question they are sure to answer in the affirmative . Then , there is the great unlikelihood of Sir John Franklin ' s being beset at a spot so comparatively near to the constant resort of the whalers during the months of July and August—Pond ' Bay and its neighbourhood—for three summers and three winters without sending down despatches to them by the light boats fitted on sledges .

      It will be observed that this letter enters into greater detail than that of Mr . Ward , communicated by tbe Admiralty to the public . The actual position of the two expeditions is here given ; and it is stated that communication between them had been effected by means of sledges . Mr . Goodsir s letter also places the date at which the ships of the two expeditions had been seen by the natives five or six weeks later than the Admiralty account—a fact itself showing looseness and uncertainty . Doubtsvery reasonably founded , we think—of the trustworthiness of the Esquimaux ' s report had already arisen in tbe minds of Mr . Goodsir and bis companions ; nevertheless , with a spirit of noble enterprise , tbe Advice joined the Truelove in an attempt to reach Regent ' s Inlet for the solution of the question . Under the date of the 2 nd of August , when off Cape Walter Bathurst , Mr . Goodsir writes : —

      Von may conceive how delighted I am to find the Advice now running rapidly into Lancaster Sound with a smart breeze , and one , too . likely to last . If there is only land ice in Navy Board and Admiralty Inlet we are sure to get whales , which will justify the master in taking this step . Had the other vessels been poorly fished many of them would have made the attempt to run up the Sound ; as it is , none of them wiU now do it . Mr . Goodsir's hopes of getting through tbe Sound —which as we have seen had a private motive to enhance the public one—were not of long duration . On the 10 th of August he writes from Navy Hoard Inlet : —

      Since Hast wrote we have had such a scries of gales and storms that I have been unable to put pen to paper . About four o ' clock on Saturday morning , the 4 th , it came on to blow from the eastward , with thick weather . \\ o had little or no ice hitherto , and what we had seen was exceedingly light . Everything looked well , and we were very sanguine that we should be able to gain some intelligence of tbe expedition . Before it came on thick we conld make out what wc took to be Prince Leopold ' s Island at tho mouth of Prince Regent's Inlet , and the ice apparently stretching right across the Sound ; but the thickness came on so rapidly , and the gale increasing to a perfect Ivor ricana , prevented us making out anything accurately .

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      .. . Thus baffled , the party . were obliged , to give up lurtner . the ships were driven down the Sound , a i i fc coul ( i Oo' done was to- land some Admiralty cylinders and provisions on Cape Hay . though eager to have this sea swept for . informa-*»"» » m remarkable that in no part of his letter does Mr . Goodsir allude to that given by tho Esquimaux , excepting as being unworthy of confidence . I he arguments on this side of the question are too many to permit us to differ from Mr . Goodsir ' s views . It must surely strike most persons , on reflection , as remarkable that the Esquimaux should have no "paper" or voucher to show in confirmation of the alleged fact of their having been on board the expedition ships . The chance of sucb a

      document coming somewhere to hand could never have been overlooked by men in the position of Sir John Franklin ' s crews ; and , indeed , it is inconceivable that the officers of the several ships would have allowed such an opportunity to escape as the visits of Esquimaux afforded without employing them as instruments of communication with the whalers . * " the Admiralty instructions to Sir James Ross , that officer is desired to secure the Investigator in the winter of 1818 as near Cape Rennell as possible . From that position a considerable extent of coast , say tho instructions , maybe explored on foot ; and in the following spring ( 1 S 49 ) detached parties are to be sent across the ice by Captain Bird , * ' in order to look thoroughly into the creeks alone tho

      western coast of Boothia , aud even as far as Cape Aicolai . bo soon as the summer should have opened a passage between the land and the main body ot ice , the steam launches are ordered to be sent into Lancaster Sound to meet the whalers . We have here something tangible to deal with . The instructions which wo have quoted were prepared by a board of eminent Arctic officers ; and we find that a putneyfrom Cape Rennell to Cape Nicolai , following the indentations of the coast in the sprint of this year , is considered as perfectly practicable We say nothing abou t the return journey-but wc presume that the boats would not winter apart from the ships . Now , if Sir James Ross , accordion- to the report , passed the winter of 1843 at Port

      Jackson , Regent ' s Inlet , and was aware ( as the Esquimaux says he was ) of Franklin ' s safety , it does appear extraordinary that the parties were not despatched by him across the ice in the present spring or summer to communicate with tbe whalerswhich , be it observed , he is ordered to do . The distance between the two points is very much less than that from Cape Rennell to Cape Nicolai . Mr . Goodsir on more than one occasion expresses his astonishment that " no word has come down from Sir James Ross "—as ho declares that the officers of the expedition were perfectly aware that tho whalers would bo in Pond ' s Bay during tho entire month of July . In fact—to repeat

      ourselves—suuposmg Sir James Ross to bo where tbe report places him , the road to the whalers was as open to him as to the Esquimaux who brought that report . That he should have made no communication by his own messengers , nor given any document to authenticate the communication made by the Esquimaux , throws , m our opinion , very serious discredit on the report itself . Finally , it is yet more difficult to conceive that if Sir John Franklin has been frozen up for three winters in the snot indicated , he should have spared no volunteers from his expedition to carry the news of his whereabouts to any station through which it mighfhave reached those whom his silence delivered over to doubt , deepening into despair , at home . '

      This is so melancholy a view of tho case , that we are glad to find , and to report , that an opposite end is entertained by those who may be considered ttlO great Arctic authorities . We have caused inquiries to be made , and such is the result . Sir George Back , who has had great intercourse with the native Esquimaux , declares " that he never knew an Indian or an Esquimaux tracing to fail ; and after deliberately weighing all the information , he is of opinion that four ships , answering to those composing the two expeditions , were seen some time in the spring of this year by tho Esquimaux ; but whether in Prince .. Regent ' s Inlet , or to , the westward of Boothia , is uncertain ^ 'Captain Parry . Colonel

      Sabine , and Admiral Beaufort are all in favour of the truth of the Esquimaux report . We are sorry to hear from unquestionable authority that the munificent reward offered by government for the relief of the missing expedition , has had no effect in instigating any of the whalers to search for the ships , with tho exception of the Truelove and the Advice . Sent out for the one important object of whaling , the captains doubtless feel that unless armed with tbe fullest discretionary powers from their employers—the owners of the ships—they would not be warranted in running any risk by deviating from tho course in pursuit of whales .

      The dangers of the Arctic seas have been again brought painfully before us by tho loss of two whalers this year , in Melville Bay ; and all accounts agree in stating that Lancaster Sound was barred in tho month of August by a solid body of ice , stretching across the straits to Admiralty Inlet . Thus , in consequence of the lateness of sailing , it is doubtful whether the North Star , the ship sent out this year with provisions for tho expeditions , has effected a communication with the ships . Mr . Goodsir says , " There arc a hundred chances against the North Star being able to communicate with tho expeditions this year . Had she only been sent out in time , she would have got through Melville Bay along with the fleet of whalers with tho greatest ease and safety up tho Sound , early in July ,

      Exhibition Of The Industry Of All Nation...

      EXHIBITION OF THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS . On Wednesday a very numerous and influential meeting of merchants , bankers and traders , was held in the Mansion House , at the invitation of the Lord Mayor , to moot a deputation of the Royal Society of arts , on behalf of Prince Albert . His Royal Highness proposes to have an exhibition of arts and manufactures in London , to which the whole world should be admitted as exhibitors or competitors , has been for several months before the public . A deputation from the Society of Arts , to the members of whose council Prince Albert , as President of the Institution , first proposed it , has been recently engaged in visiting the principal towns and cities of the kingdom , explaining the

      scheme , and soliciting advice and co-operation throughout the whole kingdom . It appears they have met with a hearty response to tho proposal ; and there can now bo no doubt that the scheme of his Royal Highness will be fully realised . The Lord Mayor having opened the business , and introduced the deputation , on wboso behalf Mv . Henry Cole explained tho proposed exhibition in detail . It is to consist of tho following four divisions ;—Raw materials , Machinery and mechanical inventions . Manufactures . Sculptures , and tho plastic arts generally . It is to be open to all nations . The

      building for the first quinquennial exhibition will be temporary , and is proposedtobe erected in Hyde Park at a point easy of access , alike to rich and poor . £ 20 , 000 will be distributed in prizes , £ 500 will be given as the first prize . £ 1 , 000 as the first in each of tbe four divisions , and gold metals will also be given by the Queen ; the whole of the expense to be defrayed by voluntary contributions . The city meeting unanimously approved of the object , and after eulogising tho public spirit and intelligence of the Prince Consort , appointed a very influential committee to co-operate with others in carrying out the object .

      " Win ? Asd " Because 1"—The Popo Is Not...

      " Win ? asd " Because 1 "—The popo is not yet in Rome , nor is he likely soon to been there . How is this ? The arms of four great powers not only at his service , but triumphant in his behalf ! The keys of Rome laid at his feet , aud his triumvirate of vicars fulminating their decrees in his name ! His are all the prisons , his the gaolers , his the courts civil and spiritual , his mediately tho strength and weapons of thirty thousand picked seldiers of France . All the elements of physical force are bis . Why , then , does ho not return to Rome ? Why has

      he lingered so long on the shore of Gaeta ; and why , now that ho has abandoned it , has he retreated to a still greater distance from the eternal city ? The reason is plain : soldiers , inquisition , the gay priests , cardinals , and all , are not enough . In order to re-seat himself upon tho pontificial throne , ho must revive the dead , he must recreate a defunct faith , he must not only assort his claims , but make them creditable , or tolerable . He must , in short , reconquer mind , which has conquered him . He cannot—he can never do this . Therefore is he at Naples and not at Rome . —Norfolk News .

      INEIIVOUSXESS , LOW . VES 3 OF SPIRITS , DISORDERED STOMACHS , and Indigestion cured by IIoixoway ' s Piixs . —The causes from which these complaints arise are too numerous for recital , yet nothing lays the foundation of them sooner than a studious or sedentary life , which disorders the nervous system , when other distressing complaints follow , such as deranged stomachs , indigestion and lowness of Spirits . ThCTB is no medicine so certain as HoUoway ' s Pills' in allaying the irritability of the nervous system , strengthening the tone of the stomach , creating appetite , improving digestion , and invigorating the constitution generally . Their purifying nature gives a freedom of circulation to the blood , and strength , tone , and energy , to the whole system , hence . tbe sufferer is speedily restored to health .

      The Blood —Itis commonly supposed that the blood is made to circulate through every artery and vein by the power of the heart alone , but this is a misalce , for Dr . Wilson Philip has proved very clearly that iif it were so , the power necessary for effecting such an object would be sure to burst the veins . He has also shown that the power resides principally in the blood vessels themselves , that in short the blood vessels possess a muscular power . His words are : "From the various facts stated or referred to in the foregoing paper the following inferences appear to be unavoidable—That the circulation is maintained by the combined power of the heart and blood vessels ; and that the power of both is a muscular power . " If tbe blood be impure , the muscular power of the heart and Wood vessels is impaired and a languid circulation , with constant eruptions on the . slcin is ibe consequence . In such cases " HaXse ' s Scorbutic Drops" are recommended strongly to the public as being the most powerful purifier of the Wood of any medicine in existence .

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      Robespiebrb's Star Ascesdixo.—It Is Perh...

      Robespiebrb ' s Star Ascesdixo . —It is perhaps the very nature of "things human" that there shall always be an order of historic men whoso merits or demerits cannot be discussed and settled with calmness and impartiality . They are chiefly men who have identified themselves with ideas and doctrines—men who have made themselves the champions of aggressive thoughts and revolutionary principles . * * * To expect justice from exasperated enemies is vain . Centuries must pass away ere justice can be done . - ,, * * Socrates represented tree thought ; Mahommed unity of the Divine nature ; Luther spiritual independence ; Cromwell anti-royalism ; Robespierre sovereignty of the

      peo ple . Jt has been , and will continue to be , the fortune of such men to bovillified on the one hand , and adored on the other . But such men can afford to wait . * * ' * Luther's name is not more closel y associated with tho principles of the Reformation , than Robespierre ' s with extreme ideas of the Revolution . His partizans in Franco are more numerous than ever ; even in England and Germany the advocates of his doctrines are more powerful than is generally supposed . It would make a curious paragraph to collect a list of titles given by thoso who have written on him from Montjore to Mr . Lewes . From " sanguinary fiend "

      to " godlike hero , " the epithets run through the entire vocabulary of abuse and adulation . * * * Whatever opinion may be entertained of Robespierre ' s revolutionary career , there can be no dispute as to tho purity of his life and character . —Atkenwum , Sfo . 1 , 115— " Review of Lcwes ' s Life of Robespierre . " Tbue !—Attorney ' s hate costs out of their own pockets . We find from tho Preston Chronicle that Mr . H . Blackhurst , attorney , answered a complaint by the inspector of nuisances , and promised the mayor , who heard it , that the nuisance should be removed . The Mayor : And you will pay tho costs I—Mr . Blackhurst : No , no , I'll pay no costs ; I never paid any in my life , and I'm d d if I pay any now ' . "

      Wokks of Necessity axd Mercy . —On the 2 Gth of March , 1451 , the people of Aberdeen gor . a license from Pope Nicholas V ., to fish for salmon on Sundays and festivals , on condition that the Church should have the first salmon that was caught on each Sunday and festival . There are twenty German principalities , with territories equal to English countiee , containing about 120 inhabitants to a square mile . Parallel op the Sbxes . —The North American says— " There is an admirable partition of qualities between tbe sexes , which the Author of our being has distributed to each , with a wisdom that challenges

      our unbounded admiration . Man is strong—woman is beautiful ; man is daring and confident—woman diffident and unassuming ; man shines abroad—woman at home ; man talks to convince—woman to persuade and please ; man has a rugged heart—woman a tender ono ; man prevents misery—woman relieves it ; man has science—woman taste ; man has judgment—woman sensibility ; man is a being of justice—women an angel of mercy . Thokovjou Diuuomr . —A new patent stove , for the convenience of travellers has just been invented . It is placed under the feet , and a mustard plaster upon the head draws the heat through the whole system .

      the old worlo dtino . * Toll ye the Church bell sad and slow . Aud tread softly and speak low , For the old World is a-dying . * * * His face is growing sharp and thin , Alack ! our friend is gone . Close up his eyes , tie up his chin : Step from the corpse , and lot him in That standeth there alone , And waiteth at the door . There ' s a new foot on the floor , my friend , And a new face at the door , my friend , A new face at the door . "—Tennyson .

      He who can implant courage in tho human soul is its best physician . When are lady archers in danger of having illtempered husbands ? When they select cross beaus . Pbize FreiiTiNQ and Paintixo . —Mr . James Ward ( writes a correspondent ) , the ex-champion of England , appears to have turned his otium cum dignitate at Liverpool , to some account . Report speaks highly as to his abilities as an oil-painter ; and , instructed in tho rudiments of that delightful art by Mr . Hubert Desvignes , of London , he has produced several pictures , admirable alike as regards colour ami effect . One of his paintings was recently sold from tho exhibition of the Liverpool Academy for MoQ . —Jerrold ' s Neivs . Effects of English Civilisation . —Delhi , a famous city in India , was the capital of the Mogul Empire . It is now in decay , but in 1700 it contained a million of inhabitants .

      Iiie Poverty of Wealthy England . —England is full of wealth , yet England is dying of inanition . * * In the midst of plethoric plenty the people perish . * * I will venture to believe , that in no time since tho beginning of society was the lot of these same dumb millions of toilers so entirely unbearable as it is in the days now passing over us . It is not to die , or even to * die of hunger , that makes a man wretched ; but it is to live miserable . wo know not why ; to work sore and yet gain nothing ; to bo heart-worn , weary , yet isolated , unrelated , girt in with a cold universal ' laisscz faire ; it is to die slowly all our life long , imprisoned in a deaf , dead , Infinite Injustice . —Thomas Carlyle . Case and Ownion . —A . B . C . submits the" following for our opinion ;— " My wife left some timo ago to reside with licr parents until I could obtain a situation . She took with her a cart-load of

      furniture , and we parted on friendly terms . I am now in a situation , and have demanded my wife and goods , but my wife , through the instigation of her parents , refuses to join me , and her parents refuse to give up my goods . What is my remedy ?" Hold your tongue . Wc know a man who would give two cart-loads of furniture to have bad your luck . —Sundav Times . La democratic Pacifique states that Col . Delannoy , tutor of the sons of King Leopold of Belgium , has been discharged for having said to his pupils at a review of the civic guard in the environs of

      Brussels— " These are soldiers for Sundays . " Bodies and Souls . — " Parson , " cried out a fen farmer to a man of God in black garments , " why don't ' c put souls into the congregation ?"—the labouring peasantry . " Souls ! " replied the preacher , turning an eye of indignation on the hard man , — " Souls , without bodies ! Find you the bodies with fitting wages , and I will undertake to raise the souls . I cannot create souls in starving bodies 1 " The First Wedding . —Major Noah' thus pleasantly and poetically discourses upon tho "first wedding . " He says , — " Wo like short courtships , and in this Adam acted like a sensible man . lie

      fell asleep a bachelor and awoke a mavned man . lie appears to have popped the question almost immediately after meeting Madllo . Eve , and she , without any flirtation or shyness , gave him a kiss and herself . Of this first kiss in this world we have had however , our own thoughts , and sometimes in a poetical mood have wished wo were the man ' wot did it . ' But the deed is dono-the ehaueo was Adam ' s , and he improved it . Wc like the notion of getting married in a garden . It is in good taste . lYeiiKea private wedding . Adam's was private .

      No envious beaux were there ; no croaking old maids ; no chattering aunts and grumbling grandmothers . The birds of heaven were the minstrels , and the glad sky flung its light upon tho scene , One thing about tho first wedding brings queer thoughts to us , in spite of scriptural truth . Adam and bis wife were rather young to be married , — some , two or three days old , according to the sagest speculations of theologians-mere babies—larger , not older—without experience , without a house , without a pot or a kettle , —nothing but love and Eden . "

      Female Curiosity . —Two elderly maiden ladies , last summer , waited on a neighbouring magistrate , to complain of a man who was in the habit of bathing every morning in a large piece of water , overlooked by the windows ot their residence . " But , ladies , ( said the magistrate , ) it seems that the water is at least half-a-mile wide , and that you do not live very close to the edge of it . I do not see how you could tell whether it was a man in the water . " " No more we could , ( replied one of the spinsters , ) we were in doubt more than a week , but at last sister happened to think of sending to borrow Captain 's spy-glass . " Scolding is the pepper of matrimony ; the ladies are tho pepper boxes .

      The Little Hoax . —A politician as well as a strategist , Granville Sharpe sought and obtained an interview with Charles Fox , to whom he had advice of great urgency to give for conducting the affairs of Europe . If the ghost of Burke had appeared , to lecture him , Fox could hardly have listened with greater astonishment , as his monitor , by tho aid of the little horn in Daniel , explained the future policy of Napoleon and of the Czar . " The little horn " ! Mr . Sharpe , " at length exclaimed the most amiable of men , " what , in tho name of wonder , do you mean by the little horn ? " " See there , " said the dejected interpreter of prophecy to his companion as they returned from the Foreign Office— " See there the fallacy of reputation ! Why , that man passes for a statesman ; and yet it is evident to mo that he never before so much as heard of the little horn ! "Sir James Stctihcn ' s Essays .

      Taste . —The Paris correspondent of the Medical Times writes : — " The Pope gives ' plenary indulgence' to all tho French soldiers who may die in the Holy City ; but this does not diminish tho mortality , and seems to be lightly appreciated by the ' infidel Gaul . ' Indeed , Ilieaid a dragoon assert , that the army would have been better p leased had his Holiness distributed a ' petit vene' ( small glass ) of brandy to each man instead of a' plenary indulgence , ' There is no accounting for tastes ,

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      TIIJE POl'ULAH REMEDY " . PARR'S LIFE FILLS .

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      If Maskisd ave liable to one disease more than ar . ot ' . ier , or if there nre any particularaffections of the human budy we require to have a knowledge of over the rest , it is ce » - tainly that class of disorders treated of in the new auditn > proved edition of tho " Silent Friend . " The authors , ia tlni 3 _ sending forth to the world another edition of their medical work , cannot refrain from expressing their gratification at the continual sueoess attending their efforts , which , combined with the assistance of medicines , exclusively of their own preparation , have been the happy causa of mitigating and averting the mental and physical miseries attendant on those peculiar disorders ; thus proving the fact ,

      The Poor Londoner's Meat And Diiixic—In ...

      The Poor Londoner's Meat and Diiixic—In this great metropolis , tho food we eat , anil the water wc drink , arc grossly sophisticated , lie shambles teem with unwholesome moat , which , by the craft of the butcher , is sold to the poor as cheap and wholesome food . The grocer finds it to his profit to vend for " genuine young hyson , " sloeleaves and raisin-stalks ; and the milkman aids in the work of destroying the health of the inhabitants of this city by selling for " genuine milk and cream , " a vile mixture of sheep ' s brains , sugar of lead , and chalk . The avtisun , moreover , drinks in his " London stout , " copperas and cocculus imlietis ; in bis gin , cayenne pepper , and oil of vitriol ; in his brandy , a fiery malt spirit , disguised with burnt sugar and different essential oils , to give it a real cogniac flavour ; in his water , a clarified infusion of dccaycdvegetables and human excretiic—Medical Times .

      It is now contemplated to make Malta a penal settlement . Mr . Move Fcrnl ! will be a fine hand foraaaoler , and not at all unlikely to eclipse Sir HudsOU Lowe ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 20, 1849, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_20101849/page/3/