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      The Irish Felon.* Away From His Home, Th...

      THE IRISH FELON . * Away from his home , the hero was tors , like a felon in fetters bound ; And bis wife was left behind him forlorn , But his country he never disowned . It -was treason against the Crown and State , To speak of the wrongs we endure , To pity the victims of Saxon hate , And to plead the cause of the poor . It was treason . to cry runte , unite ! And join in the Holy Cause , In the battle of right , against the might Of the Saxhnaanit their «« l ? . wo »»

      There is food in the land for every band In this ? beautiful emerald Isle , Bnt the base , maurading , Saxon band Tafee the fruit of the people ' s toiL And thousands of men to the death are driven For want of their daily bread ; Bat their blood appeals to the God of Heaven , Like the blood of Able shed . And though years , of wrong may aggregate , This but hastens the earning hour , ¦ When tyrants shall meet the tyrant ' s fate , f And the people shall know their power . He was tried by a perjured Saxon crew , And condemned to the felon ' s fate , Bat the people love and honour him too , As a martyr to Saxon hate .

      They called him /« fon , and thought that the name 'Would bring him to shame and disgrace , Buc that is the word which kindles a lame In the hearts of the Celtic race .. They teach their children the treason , strong ,. How Mitchel was ' noble and true , And his wrongs they must avenge , erelong , On the head * of the ruling / eio . ' Away from his home the hero was torn , Like afelon in fetters bound , And bis wife was left behind him forlorn ! But his country he never disowned . —]) . W . * A cop ; of the above song was sent for insertion to the Irish Felon , and fell into the hands of the government officials , when the office was ransacked , in 1818 . t The fate of Charles L

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      The Press. A Famil Y Literary Journal Of...

      The Press . A Famil y Literary Journal of Amusement and Instruction . London : W . Horsell , 13 , PateruosteMrow . A ! new weekly penny periodical , the first number of which contains an abundance of instructive and entertaining matter . "While abjuring party politics , the conductors of the Press recognise " the right and the doty of moral insurrecdon— 'the insurrection of the

      understanding and the heart against tyranny , bigotry , hypocrisy , and falsehood , though the tyranny , bigotry , hypocrisy , and falsehood sit in the very seat of Moses , and are environed with the prestige of authority , antiquity , and legitimacy . " And they promise to keep no terms , except those of truth and open rebuke , with consecrated turpitude , and legitimate and old established iniquity . " From an excellent article on " Quackery and Quacks , " we give the following extracts : —

      CHAEM 3 ASD AVCLEtS . Dr . War-burton assigns the origin of amulets and Otlier magical modes of cure to the age of the Ptolemies , which was not more than 300 years before Christ ; hut the testimony of Galen at once sets this aside , for he tells ns that the Egyptian Sing ; JfechopMis , who lived 630 years before the Christian era , had written that a green jasper cut into the form of a dragon , surrounded with rays , and applied externally , would straighten the stomach and organs of digestion .. It is hig hly probable , also , that the ear-rings which Jacob buried under the oak of Sechem were amulets . Theophrastus pronounced Pericles to be insane because he discovered that he wore an amulet about bis neck ; and in the declining era of the Roman empire , this superstitious custom was so general that the Emperor Caracalla was induced to make a public edict , ordaining that no man should wear amulets about bis person .

      So rife were amulets and charms even in the middle a ? es , that the council of Laodiceaprohibited ecclesiastics from wearing amulets and phylacteries , uuoer pain of degradation . Saints Chrysostome and Jerome were likewise zealous against the same . practice . Even our immortal Boyle , the ' father of experimental chemistry , had great faith in amulets , and believed that by wearing certain subatances around tbeneek , oron other parts of the body , diseases mig ht be both prevented and removed . He tells us that" some of these extemalmendicaments do answer ; for that he was . himself . subject to a bleeding from tie nose ; and having used many remedies without avail , be f ound that the moss of a dead man ' s <& aU . though only applied so as to touch

      the skin , to be the most effieaceous remedy . "Dr . Chamberlayne ' s Anodyne necklace . " for a lorn * time was . the . toe qua non of mothers and nurses , until its virtue was lost by the decline of reverence for it ; as a consequence of the many children who died in sp ite of having worn it . The grey liverwort was at one -time thought not only to nave cured hydrophobia , but to have prevented mad dogs from biting the persons who had it about them . Cramp rings were also used , and eel skins tied around the limbs , to . prevent spasmodic affections . Sticks laid across the floor on going to bed would core the headache ; and to place a gridiron under the sheets , on getting into bed , would

      infallibly remove the rheumatism . Even the immortal author of the " If ovum Orgaoum " once . submitted to the lady of an English ambassador to have " an hundred wartsremovedfrom his hands , " b y rubbing them with the fat side of a piece of bacon , which ¦ was afterwards nailed to a post with the fat su . e towards the . south ; "in five weeks , " says my lord , "they were all removed . " It is unfortunate , doubtless , for publishers and bill-sticRers that her ladyship is not living at the present day , as she certainly would have opened premises in the Strand , or thereabouts , and commenced , a vigorous system of puffing and advertising , and probably have benefited philology with a few new words , thoug h perhaps to the danger of the vocal organs of honest

      men . : . Nothing is more natural , and at the same time more erroneous , than to attribute the cure of a disease to the last medicine thathad been employed . The advocates of amulets and charms have ever been thus enabled to appeal to the testimony of what they are pleased . to call experience , in | U 3 tification of their superstitions ; and eases , which in truth poght to be considered lucky escapes , have been triumphantly puffed off . as skilful cures ; and thus have ited

      medicine and practitioners alike acquired unmer praise or unjust censure . This species of delusion reminds us of the Florentine quack , who gave the countryman his p ills , which were to enable him U > find his lost ass . The pills beginnuig to operate on the road home , obliged him to retire into a wood , where he actually did find his ass . The clown , as a matter of course , soon spread a report Of the wonderful success of the empiric , who , no doubt , afterwards reaped aa ainplereward from the owners of strayed cattle .

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      Boyal Politechxic Institution. Some Beau...

      BOYAL POLITECHXIC INSTITUTION . Some beautiful additions have been lately made to the galleries of thefine arts m this establishment . They consist of a number of crayon portraits from the pencil of Mons . Magues , a Eren ch aT yi Among them we observed several paintings of fe-Tiales . charmingly executed , together with portra its of distinguished military individuals , drawn m a most characteristic manner : These productions cahnotfail to enhance the reputation already obtained by this gentleman in ibis Beautiful and novel style of execution . The admirable engravings by Mr . Charles Wags are the admiration of all lovers of the fine arts who visit this National Institution .

      !Obd Asbxet-And His Sabbatarian Friends ...

      ! obd AsBXET-and his Sabbatarian friends will rejoice to hear , after all their pains to stop the delivery of Sunday newspapers , that the , "London and Southwestern Railway Company have volunteered , pending more complete arrangements , to receive at the Waterloo-station ; and forward to any station on the line , on payment of one penny , newspapers addressed to private individuals , and directed to be left till called for . They must be open at both ends . In addition to the stations a ^ Wate rloo and Nine Elms , newspapers may be left at ^ the following phtces :-Hartbr ' o ' * Wharf , Upper Thames-street ; SwaTwith Two -Necks Iad- | nerS d Eagle Gracechurch-street ; . . Cross ^ " ^ JE * ? Golden Cross , i Charing- « ras » . ; -i Universal Qmce , SVnt-chW ; George and Blue Boar , floiborn ; Sa ' s Green S and Still , Oxfor ^ treet . -

      - The Pcnurf REcoB » s .-The public will be grati ' fied toJearn ; that all the preliminary arrangements are completed for erecting a buildingon a site ot the "Bolls estate , sufficiently large , to conta in , the public records and archives . The . Rolls House , Rolls Court , and present public buildings , on the Rolls estate , are intended to be preserved in the first instance for . the transaction of business . Be sides , aferding : ample room . for arranging ; and preserving the records now in . the custody of the Master of the Rolls , ' the hew structure w , ill give room to the public " records which may' accrue for the next twenty years .

      Letter From T. F. Meafiher. J We Copy Fr...

      LETTER FROM T . F . MEAfiHER . J We copy from ' the OoriSeporier the foliowing ex . tracts of a lettter from the distinguished exile , past received by a friend : — ... ¦ -,, -. "As to , the , * districts * they are supposed to correspond to . the territorial divisions known as counties in Ireland : . though indeed the largest of them lsbarely equal to a good-sized parish in the same old country . 1 'hey are , Jn , fact , little more than great wildernesses , of ' . bush' (( which , you must know is the wild uncultivated portion of the island . ) They are used for . the most part as sheen walks ; '

      include from forty to fifty houses , scattered in all directions over them ; can boast of half a dozen public houses , a Methodist chapel or two ; three or four police stations ; and perhaps two or three respectable country seats , the properties of the more educated and influential settlers ; . but , altogether , any one , ' the best of them even , is as disconsolate a retirement as the most sentimental exile need possibly desire . Between a district and a prison there is just the . same difference ( and no more ) as that between , a . paddock & ud . a " stack . In the one the animal has the range of a grass-plot ; in the other ,. he may twist and turn , as well as he can , in astall . - .

      " On Wednesday morning ( the Wednesday after the day of our arrival ) , about three o ' clock , the guard-boat came alongside , and , for once in . my . Dfe , I was ready to . starfc . Having wished good-bye to O'Brien , M'Manus , and O'Donog hue , I went on deck , and there I found the captain , the surgeon and two or three of the others waiting to take leave of me . This I looked upon as particularly kind of them , for they had hardly been three hours in bed , having dined the evening before with the officers of the 99 ' tb , and not having returned to the ship till long after twelve o ' clock . But , as I have written to - — , it was ' part and parcel' of the generous , strai ghtforward , ; gallant , kindness , which we experienced from them all through the voyage . _

      . ' * Boss consists of forty-five houses—the most of them being bnt one story hig h , and seldom venturing as much aa a skylight ; Amongst these fortyfive bouses , I include the military barracks , where the soldiers * , yawn and smoke all day ; the police station , the external appearance of which reminds me of a neat weigh-house , in some decent , - tidy little village at home ; , two sentry boxes r , the Methodist chapel , with a barrel-organ inside of it ; the Protestant church on the top of a bill , looking very cold and disconsolate ; two inns ; an 'ironmongery and general warehouse , ' where every'de . scrip tion of article , whether of food , furniture , or dress , can be bad—where , in a word , a green cheese or a gridiron can be procured with equal facility ;

      the post-office ; --a disgrace to-letters , and I should say a considerable drawback upon the humanising influence they are supposed to produce ; an ' eating house for travellers ; half a dozen dog houses ; three private residences ; a smith ' s forge ; and an infant school , without windows or roof . The defence of this important place is entrusted to the two soldiers I have mentioned ; whilst its internal peace and propriety , are guaranteed by the . presence of three constables , who seem to me to do nothing but chop firewood all day . You can easily imagine , then , the rapture with which my days come and vanish in this Elysium of the South Seas . ' Jokes apart—my life here would be as lonely as any hermit ' s , ' arid would be , many times , very dismal too , were it not for the occasional visit of ——— . He is . somewhat

      elderly , but full of life , vivacity , and vigour ; very fond of a little social intercourse , and a brave old sportsman . I have found him very kind and attentive .- . "The . Wesleyans constitute a very . numerous sect in this colony—they beat the Protestants b y many a head , and run up to the Catholics closely . There are the Israelites , too , a diminutive sect , as far as numerical strength is considered , but large in the activity of its . members , the profusion of their beards and the abundance of . ttieir faitn . " * .. ¦ : *• ' ' * .,. * As for the Catholics , numerous as they atej the facilities they possess for . complying with their religious duties—for bearing mass on Sundays even—are very limited / In'the entire of this district of Campbell Town- one of . the largest

      districts of the colony , it being thirty , miles in length , and from ten to fifteen in breadth- ^ there is not a single place for Catholic worship ; the nearest place being at Oatlands , where the Rev . Mr . Bond , a fine generous-hearted Englishman , officiates . This being the ease I asked ; permission , to attend there on Sundays , and , as yon will perceive , by the paper marked No . 4 , was peremptorily refused . This refusal may have arisen , it is true , from O'Dogherty ' s beinc at Oatlands ; but it is , Icoh i ceive , hardly a sufficient reason for witholding from me so obvious aright .., They must be aware , too , that O'Dogherty and I can meet any day w & choose —the southern boundary , of my district being the northern one of his . This boundary is formed by

      a pretty broad stream , called the Blackman ' s river ; and at a certain point little more than seven miles , from Ross , it is crossed by a handsome bridge of three arches . At the middle pier of this bridge —that is half way across—O'Dogherty and I assemble , generally speaking , every Monday . ' Three hundred yards on O'Dogherty ' s side of the river , above the bridge , there stands a very good inn '; and . at four o clock eachday of meeting , the landlord of this inn , attended by one of his men , and a great sheep-dog comes down to the ' Irish Pier ' with a tray , containing a joint of lamb , so ^ theilices of ham , a fowl of some sort , and a selection from the vegetables in season ; the man inMhe ; rear brineiher una bottle of colonial ale . a cheese , a loaf

      of bread , and a proportionate snpply _ of , butter ,, the sheep-ddg . seeing the whole safe , arid comfortably deposited at its destination . : "I must ' tell you moreover that , three weeks ago , upon our comparing the maps of ourrespective districts , we discovered another point where the three districts of Campbell Town , Botbwell , and Oatlands also unite , ' and where consequently ; John Martin , Kevin Izbd O'Dogherty , and Thomas Francis Meagher can meet without the slig htest infringement of the order , which prohibits , any two or more being in the same district together . The last mentioned point is at the juncture of two lakes , whichlieup * in the mountains twenty-three miles from Ross , twenty-five from Both-well , and nineteen

      from Oatlands . It is a wild , wild place , certainly away in the heart of the country : without a sign of human life , save a solitary shepberd and his wife , who live in a hut within half-a-dozen yards of the point of junction , " and' who cook chops and onions for us in the most expert and liberal manner ; a wild , wild place , covered with forest , stocked with kangaroo , tiger cats , black swans and snakes . But thepleasantesthonrslnow spend , come and pass away in the midstof all this wilderness . Ah ! there is nothing in this world equal to the companionship of friends ; without it , the sweetest , loveliest scenes become tiresome and distasteful ; with it , the coldest , rudest , wildest spots put ' oh looks of g ladness and seem blest " with all good things ., The

      government have inflicted the worst punishment on us by setting , us apart in the colony , where they have condemned us . to a useless , wearisome , goodfor-nothing existence . I suppose they were apprehensive that , if permitted tc > go together , we would raise another ' rebellion , ' and declare Tan Diemen ' s Land a free republic--bhe and indivisible 1 The gentlemen are vastly mistaken if any such apprehensions trouble them . If I had a lease of this island for 999 years , and could do what I liked with it in the meantime , I declare most sincerely and solemnly that I would leave it in the course of fourand-twenty hours , and pitch it . to the snakes which infest it , or any other reptiles , with or without legs , that bad the taste to remain in it . It ia—without

      the least exaggeration—a horrible place to live m * " ¦ ' » * To stun up , all I have to say on this subject , God seems to have designed this land for an Eden , but man has cruelly marred the design , has impiously defaced , and cruelly deStroyed . it . The climate , the scenery , the capabilities of the soil , the resources of its woods , its rivers—every feature , every faculty with which it has been blessed bears testimony to the beauty and beneficence of Heaven . But , over all this beauty , over all these gifts , the shroe of the old empire ' s outcast guilt is flung , and there it lies turning into foulest leprosy , and tainting with ' its poison everything around it . " So much , then , for the colony : now a wordier myself .- I am in excellent health—never was in twelve

      bettor—I take plenty of exercise ; ride from to sixteen miles a-day ; sometimes , whenever , in fact , I go to the Lakes , accomplish a journey of very nesir ' fifty miles in . the week ,, and hare altogether shaken off a good deal of my laziness , arid with it a good deal of superfluous weight " - ^ - ' • . ' - Copy of a letter from Captain AWham ; addressed to the Irish exiles on board the-Swift " , in reply to their expression of thanks for his kindness during the voyage .. . ( Copy . ) ' ¦ ¦ ' " H . M . Sloop Swift , October 2 oth , 1849 . " Gkxilkmen , —Under the unpleasant and difficult circumstances in which I have been placed , I consider it a duty to yourselves as it is a great satisfaction to me , to acknowledge the . very , conciliating , affable , and gentlemanly line * of bearing you have pursued , and the kind feelings you have shown ,

      while I was engaged m carrying out the painful task imposed on . me during our long voyage of nearl y four . months ., It is this feeling , and not any merits of my own that has enabled : me ' ifl ; perform , that duty in a manner ' which has called forth those flatterino- sentiments , far beyond my deserts , which you have been pleased to express ; With deep regret I leave yoa in a land so distant from your own native home ; hut there is an ' . eteriial home' beyond for more cheering in prospect ; to which , we ail must look forward with the utmost anxiety . . May it be vours to find that home when this wbrld's cares have ended—that house where pain and sorrow have no place , but peace and love alone . That happier days ^ BSJSt Sear Sirs , yours very felttifuily ' : ¦ ¦ ¦ •' - " sincerely , -. „ ¦•; -- ( Signed ) : ; . "W ; CoBSWJu ' ^ Ai DniM . ,

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      Copies of correspondence between Mr ., Meagherand the Assistant Comptroller of Convicts : — . ' No . -I . " * " ( Copy . ) : ¦ --- -: ¦ •* .. - , ¦ : : "On board her Majesty ' s Sloop of War uo tt the Swift October 29 th , 1849 . _ Sib , —Having been informed by you that the offer of a ' ticket of leave' which , in pursuance of mstvicUons from the Secretary of State for the Home Department , his Excellency the Governor of Van Diemen ' s Land has made me , is given on the condition that * I , shall distinctly engage not to make use of the comparative liberty which such a privilege confers for the purpose of escaping . ' 1 am prepared to state in repl y that ! have no objection to enter into such an engagement for the term of three or six months . " ! " I am , unwilling , however , to , pledge myself for an unlimited , or undefined period , and , therefore , respectfully decline doing so .

      , lam , Sir , your obedient servant , . '" . " .. .. " Thomas Francis Meagheb . - ' To the Assistant Comptroller of Convicts . " . No . 2 . ( Copy . ) ' " 1—The Assistant Comptroller has laid before the Lieutenant-Governor Mr . Meagher ' s letter , in which he declines to engage . for an unlimited . or undefined period riot to use the comparative liberty which a ticket of leave will confer upon him , in order to attempt to escape . , , . " 2—The Assistant Comptroller has now to acquaint Mr . Meagher that the Lieutenant-Governor has approved , in reference to the willingness which he has expressed to ' enter into . the necessary : engagement for . threeor six months , of hlsreceiving a ticket of leave lor six months . upon his assurance that during such period he will regard himself bound by such engagement .

      " 3—The-Assistant Comptroller encloses a copy of the regulations which were shown yesterday to Mr . Meagher , and by which he must be governed . " 4—Mr . Meagher ' s residence has been fixed in the Campbell Town district , and arrangements will be made for his proceeding thither by coach tomorrow morning . He . will arrive in Campbell Town in the afternoon of the same day and will have to report himself personally to the police magistrate on Thursday morning . '" - " 5—Mr . ' Meagher must regard himself as under the charge of the police magistrate , aud be governed by such instructions as he may receive , from that officer , in . reference to the regulations under which He holds his ticket-oHeaye . " 6—Should Mr . Meagher desire to prefer any request to the Lieutenant-Governor , or bring any matter under his Excellency ' s consideration , it will be necessary that he should address his communication to the Comptroller-General of Convicts .

      , ( Signed ); . " Wm . Nairj * , Assistant-Comptroller " Comptroller-General ' s office : ' 20 th October , 1849 . "

      Discovery Op A Mountain Op Gold.—A Party...

      Discovery op a mountain op Gold . —A party of emigrants by Way of the Salt Lake , arrived at Los Angelos , give an account of the existence" of gold on that route ease of the principal mountain range , when a company then fitting put for a spot about sixty miles from the Pueblo changed its determina . tion and * proceeded in search of this other . The route lay in a north-east direction from the place of departure arid was full of difficulties . Striking the Mahahve river , they followed its course some distance , crossing and recrossihg as necessity compelled , somedays as often as fifteen times , leaving it where it makes its bend to the . south-east , to : wards the Colorado , into which it empties . Obstacles were encountered at various points of the journey almost-insurmountable , in the shape of

      mountains of rock , which they had to climb ,, and mountains of snow which they could not avoid , narrow gorges through which tney had to pass , and still narrower cliffs , along whose crests ' nothing but a mule could pass With a prospect of safety , " arid where the slightest misstep' would land rider arid all hundreds of feet below ; but they pushed on about 230 . miles from the Pueblo , the point for which they started . Here among the eastern spurs Of the Sierra Nevada " they found the object of their search—gold arid silver too '; and in such quantities as they had not dreamt bf—a perfect mountain of rocks with silver and gold mingled and commingled in solid masses , weighing from one to many tons . The quartz proved to be exceedingly hard , to

      such a degree that during their short stay all the implements made for this particular purpose before starting were completely worn out in the operation of drilling and blasting . The strangest part of the whole discovery is yet to be told , these large boulders of gold , silver , and . quartz have the gold in the south endand the silver in . the north end . No exceptions were' found in their examinations , the silver being the more abundant of the two . In the words of the person who was on the spot , " there is . enough silver there to sink every ship in this harbour . " Possibly , some may look on this account as a jest , and , so far as the practicability of putting the'discovery to any use at present is concerned , it is so . All the waterto . be found for miles and miles around is highly impregnated with salt , or saleratus , or . both . Not a single drop of water free from one , or other of those properties did one

      of the party obtain during the ten days , of , then * stay . ' The whole region is a perfect waste , and disease and death must inevitably follow any prolonged stay . On their return they met a large company going to the same spot . ¦ A true statement of the difficulties and dangers of a further prosecution of the expedition " induced about 200 , to turn back—fifty " went on . i . The gentleman named , from whom these facts have been obtained , ishow in this city , with specimens in his possession brought from the mother mountain . They are the most singular and beautiful . we have ever seen , and one need only see them and hear him to be convinced that nething has been told but the truth . These facts are communicated by the gentleman who headed the party of exploration—a gentleman formerly connected with theNew York press , Mr . Riell , of theNew Era . The specimens we have seen . —The Pacific News .

      Beneficial Effects of Tea . —Tea is more and more , becoming a necessary of life to all classes . Tea was denounced first as a poison , and then as an extravagance . Cobbett was furious against it . AnEdinhurgh : Reviewer , in 1823 , keeps no terraa with its use by the poor : — " We venture to assert that ; when a labourer fancies himself refreshed with a mess of this stuff , sweetened by the coarsest black sugar , and with azure blue milk , it is only the warmth of vthe water that soothes hinr for the moment ,- unless ,. perhaps , the sweetness may be palatable also . " . It is dangerous : even for great reviewers to " venture to assert . " In a few years after comes Liebig , with his chemical discoveries , and demonstrates that tea and coffee have' become

      necessaries of life towhole nations by the presence of one and the same substance in both , vegetable ? , which has a peculiar effect upon the animal system " ; that . they were both originally met with amongst nations whose diet is chiefly vegetable ; and , by contributing td the formation of bile , their peculiar function , have become a substitute for animal food to a large class of the population whose consumption of meat is very limited , and to another large class who areunable to take regular exercise . Tea arid coffee ) then , are more especially esssential td the poor . They supply a void which the pinched labourer cannct so easily fill up with weak and sour alo ; they are substitutes for the country walk to the factory eirl or , the sempstress , in a garret .

      they are ministers to temperance ; they are . home comforts . —Did-eni Household Word * . A Wiicn . —A French woman of the name of Bertraud ascended in a balloon from Lisbon a few days since . In a couple of hours afterwards Madame prepared to come down . A gentle breeze had wafted her slowly across the T . igus in a S . E . direction , arid atSp . fri ! having passed over Aldegallega . ' and seeing a village conveniently situated for her purpose , she began to make her preparations for what she flattered herself would be a quiet and safe descent , little dreaming all the while of what was going on below . The villagers , who had . assembled as usual on holidays , were in the thick of their sports , when the terrific apparition presented itself to . their view .

      Great was the consternation among them . Their first . movement was . a general uplifting of right hands , with the thumb ! inserted betweeh the index and forefinger , which when accompanied , as it was upon thia occasion , with a loud proclamation bf defiance to the devil and all his' works , may be recommended as an excellent preservative against witchcraft and all sorts of diabolical devices . As the monster approached , many , losing faith in ; their specific , took to their heels , and when thefair aeronaut addressed the " others through her . speaking trumpet , ' most oitherii , feeling quite sure that it was the archangel coming to call' them to their last account ; went down ' on their knees and roared , for -: A few stout heart * however , remained ,

      mercy . , who , cudgelin hand , stood their ground manfully , determined to do for the witch as soon as she camo within their reach . The witch , however , seeing these demonstrations ; threw out ballast , rose again , and with much difficulty succeeded in effecting a safe landing some miles off . AiJSiRAUAS Vikws Respecting Matbmont . —At this little homestead there were five men , whose savings would have enabled them to have taken farms , if they could have met with suitable girls as wivesVand they pretty plainly animadverted upon tlie policy of those whom they considered the proper persons to have rectified their grievances . One

      remarked , " What does Lord Stanley care , so man no has a wife himself ? " " Ah ! " responded another , . ; " arid Peel , with all his great speeches , never said a single word about wives for us . " " Lord John Russell , too , " said Tom Slaney , " seemsjustas bad as the rest . What does he think we are made of ? Wood ,. orstone , or dried biscuits ? " "It ought . to be properly represented to Earl Grey / ' observed the fourth ,: ' "Do they call this looking after a young colony ?' . Has nobody no sense ?' , ' ** Yes , : replied the mpst . sensitive of the party , " the Queen ought to know it—it is a cruel shame . "—Bicicens HoMhold Wordt , . :. / . ' ! ... ¦ :

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      . " Oncis Cadohi TmrcE ; Sby . "—Many years ago l says Mr . A ; 8 mee ) I caught a common mouse in a trap , and , instead of consigning it to the ' ' usual watery , grave , or to the unmerciful claws of the cat ; I determined to , keep it a prisoner . After ! a short time the little mouse made its escape in a room attached to . my . father ' s residence in the Bank of England . I did not" desire the presence of a wild mouse in this room ^ and therefore adopted means to secure him . The " room was paved with stone , arid ' enclosed ffith solid' walls . ' - There was no hope for aim . that be , would ultimately escape ; , ' although there w 6 re ' abundant opportunities , for-hiding . > I set the trap , and baited it . with a savoury morsel' '

      out day after day no mouse ' enteredl j " The poor little thing' ' gave unequivocal si gns '; Of extreme hunger ; by gnawing the bladder " from ' some of my chemical bottles . I gradually removed everything from ! the room that' he possibly ' cbuW eat , but still thepld proverb of " Once' caught , ' twice shy , " so far applied , thai he would not enter , my trap . After inahy , days / Visiiirig 'the ; apartrnent . one morning , the trap ' was down , tlie ' mouse was caught ; the pangs of hun ^ eV were moir e intolerable than ' the terrors , Of iriiprisorinient . He did not , however , accept'the unpleasant alternative of entering the trap until he was so nearly starved that ; his bonesalmost protruded through his skin ; and ho freel y took bits of food frorii my fingers , through . the ' wires of the cacre . " . ' ' .. ' ¦ ' '"'!' . ' , '

      Duaiso' the late canvass ' in Michigan ,. a . surgeondentist was making an excellent speech in one of the interior towns . A low fellow ., belonging to the other " party "" interrupted him ^^ with the question , "What da you . ask to pull a tooth doctor ? " "I will pull all your teeth for a shilling , and your nose gratis ; " replied the speaker ; " , . Curious epitaph in the ' churchyard of Morfcon-in-Marsh;— . *'' ; .. ' " . ' ,. ¦ : ;¦• ' > , Here lie the bones of Richard Iiawton , ¦ ¦ < - . , , Whose , death , alas ! was strangely brought on ' Trying one day his corns ' to mow off , ' , : ' The razor slipped and cut his toe off ; His toe , or rather what it grew to ; An inflamination quickly new to ; ' ' Whichtoek , alas , to mortifying ;

      And was the cause of Richard ' s dying . DKOENsBAtii of the Aaa .- " - " Mother , asked a six-foot , gawkey after two hours of brown study" what did you ; and dad do , when he come a courtiri ' - ' yoH ? " "La suzJ why , Jed ,, we used to sit by the fire , and eat roast turkey ; and mince-pies , and drink cider . ' arid watch ' the crickets ruhniii ' round the hearth . '' "Good gracious ! times ain ' t as they used to was , mother , that s sartin . ! VVhy , I went a courtin" last Sunday ^ niglit ; I was all slicked up to kill , and looked tearm' scrumpshusjand the only . thing Peg gin me was araw pickle !"' '' ImportWi DEOiaws . —In the Corirt of ExcViequer , ' last week , a case was tried in which a wife ( now dead ) , who had received from ' her husband . ' a separate allowance of fifteen shillings a week since

      1840 , and had saved out of it' £ 100 , gave it ( just before her death ) to her broiheK '^ The'Court decided that the whole ' authority given'to thV wife jby the husband was that she should maintain herself out of the allowance , and if she saved any hiomey it became the pvopertj of the husband , and she could not ' dispose of it , either in the shape of gifts or presents of money , > Jbecause that formed no part of the authority which had been g iven to her . \ ; -,: !« 'Zeb , " said n chap-to his chum the other day , " seems to me you didn't stay long at Squire Poller ' s'last night ? " "No , " -iwas . thereply ; MI was sayin' a few p leasant things to . the ¦ daughter ,. and the old man came in and gave me a hint ! to go . " MAhinti-Zeb ' - ^ - what sort of a hint ?" . ¦ „•/ . Why , he

      gave me my hat , opened the door , and just as he began to -raise his heavy boot , J ' , had a thought that 1 wasn t wanted , and bo I I—took my leave . ? ' ! -A Wonderful Jum . —Recently , one of the many Irishmen , now travelling \ the country , hawking cloth , entered the ' . Red Lion Inn , Winsford , and after tensing the waterman that usually ireaovt to that house , to purchase ; without effect , " one of them drily asked him how much he would' take for the numberof yards . he should . be . able to jump . The Hibernian replied , V Three shillings . '' The bargain was maueVand , the waterman mounted the battlement of winstbrdrbridge , with the end of the piece of cloth in his hand , and leaped to the bottom

      of the river'Weaver , taking with ! him the piece of cloth' ' ' The frishman ' afterwards compromised with the watermah for twelve yards , at the same time observing that he believed an ^ Englishman would leap to the devil for a yard of . cloth . —Macclesfield Courier . .. ,. i A few days ago a countryman entered the shop of a druggist in Gateshead and asked for a " drink " for his cow . Afterbeing served , he inquired how the medicine ^ was to be given . ; * fln , a quart of warm ale , " was the reply . ' * Warm yel be hanged ! aw s a teetotaller ! " " Well , but I suppose ! your cdwis ridt ? " said the druggist . "Noa i ' butaw'll be very sorry , to gio her what aw / dinnit drink meself . " . ' .- . . ¦; . ' - ! . ' .,. ..

      LCostrovbb ' st . —I never loved those salahianders who are never ' well bub when they are „ in ' thV fire of : contention ,.- I , will rather suffer'a thousand wrongs than ' offer one ; 1 will rather suffer a ' , hundred than return one ; , 1 will suffer miiri ' y ere I will complain of . prie , and endeavour to righfat by contending ; I have ever found that to strive with / my superior , is furious ; with my equal , doubtful ; ' with my inferior , sorded ' arid base ; with any , . full of unquietness .-r BisHOP HAti , ; ' ! ; '; ' . " . ' The Pedur ! s Counisriip . —4 P euIar > ^ ^ known in our island ; districts lately buried his second wife . Being one of those who think it no part of wisdom to embitter , trie , present with the recollections of the p ' ast . 'he soon turned froui bewailing the dead'to

      addressing the living .. He picked out a neighbouring spinster as well suited for being his third mistress , and lost no timeinmaking hisdesires known , Jenny , it seemes , cocked her nose at the offer !; aiid John , leaving her to her fancy , departed , sdying , " Weel , weel , a' the world does not think like you , " which was quite true , . Before reaching home , the pedlar met a more compliant fair one . Jenny , in the meantime , reflected on the dangerous consequences which would likelv result from her ruse , and resolved in future to be more kind ; alas , in vain J next day , as the pedlar was passing by , Jenny called him in , and stated her contrition for the

      hard words of yesterday . ; John Heard her through , then replied , " Weel , weel , I ' m owre far oh wi ' anither and now to think o' gaen back , but if she happens to be na lang liver , I'll no forget to make you my ^ forth wife . "—Perth Advertiser : . ; . ! . ' . SiNGOtAR Properties of the Fiourk Nine . — Multiply ^ by itself , or by ^ anyothersinglejfigure , and ! thetwo . figures forming , the " product / will , in each case , if added together , amount to nine ; for ( example , 9 multiplied by fliS 81 , and 8 andl added together makes 9 ; so on with the other figures . The figures forming the amountof 12 3 . 46 6 7 8 9 , added , together . ( viz . 4 , 5 ) , will' ^ b ,, if added together , make 9 . . ' !" * - ' " •"'•' ¦' ¦¦ " -. ¦ '' •¦ - ,- ; i

      TO-MOBnOW . . . To-morrow you will live , you always cry .. ¦ ' In what fair country does this morrow lie , That 'tis ao mighty long ere it arrive ? Beyond the Indies does this morrow live ? .- * . . " 'Tis so far-fetched this morrow , that I fear ; 'Twill be Loth very old and very dear . . To-morrow I will live , the fool does ; say ; . ;¦ ' . To-day itself s too late : the wise lived yesterday . ... ' ; -., ¦ : > ¦ ' .-... Translated from Mabtiai ,. , A Muff . —The following anecdote was told with great glee at a dinner , by William IV ., then Duke of Clarence . " I was riding in the Park the other day , ou the road between -Ted ' dirigtoh and Hampton-wick , when I was overtaken by a butcher ' s boy

      on horseback , with a tray of meat under his arm . " Nice pony that of yoiirs , old gentleman" said he . "Pretty fair , " was niy reply ; "Mine ' sa good un , too , ' . ' , rejoined he , " and I'll trot ' you to Hampton-wick for a pot o' beer . " , I deciige'd the match , and the butcher ' s ' boy , as be stuck his single spur in his horse ' s side , exclaimed , with , a look of contempt , "I thought you Werb only a muff . " • • : ' ; - . ' . How to pull a person s nose — Make him a present bf half-a-dozen silk pocket-handkerchiefs .. True Esouch ;—If a man were to set out calling everything by its right name , lie would be ' kupeked down before * he got to the corner of . the . sfcreeti ,. ' Ilnii / T . ni ) itiinifi Updd Tio < i anvia of ' lions : to ' a

      rat ' s tail—let the ! rat swiin . throughr a mfll-prind , then bottlethecontents of thepond— "tohe shaken before taken . "; < . ¦ ¦ . . ; -t .- ¦ » :: ¦ ' .. " -. . < " : > . ¦ - . ; . ¦¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ : ' ¦ : " »« DavidPrinceMilier , conjuror , showman , stageplayer , & c ; who is now giving arie ' ntertaihnient , m tlie pro ' virices entitled ! " TheTJps and ' . Downs of Life ,- " exposes fori profitthe tricks to which he and his brethren' are -occasionally driven' for . a- livelihood .. ' Mr . Miller , it seems , travelled in charge ¦ of the'Bosjesmaris ; , one of whom was hii ' o ' ffn son ;! Thesavages ' had ' taught ' th e ' youth their l ' ttnguage , and he then exhibited ; himself ( without detection ) as one of their race . : . , ;• ; . i ..

      'A ' - ' LABf'in theheig hbdurliood of Chelmsford some time . ago received a letter from another lady iriquiririgasto ! the "habits-and capabilities '' r of a young ; woman , who lived with the former-as housemaid . The . following were the various ^ queries : — "Is " she clean . ' ? sober ? 'honest ? steady ? 'good ; tempered ? ' willing . to ' b ! e ' . 'taught' ? an . early . riser ; with ' out beiiigcalled ? riot inclined . to gossip . and . idle her time ? and haa . sueany follpwers ? ! Does ehe weirunderstand waiting at table ? , and cleaning plate ! 'Is she quick ? ahd can she ' sew neatly ? The answer to these inquiries was as brief as . it was expressive . It . was— "Dear Madam ,. Polly p _ - is an angel ' of a housemaid . Prom the making of a bed down to the threading of n ueedie , you will find her art that you can wish- ; ' and . ' even a I . ITTLE MORE / ' .. " ,.- ' ' , ! : ' ' ¦ - ' . ¦ ¦ ¦' ¦

      A " , wao in Pennsylvania not . long since -purchased a " fine horse : returning from a ride , a few days afterwards , he gaid . Jiehad discovered a qualityJn this animal , which . added fifty ; dollars to its valueits ! bied at a bum-bailiff ! . ' .. .. ¦ .

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      " thp « S ^ HH RESTORING FOOD mnTinS R LEN ^ "ARABICA . - nAUTION .-. The . moat disgusting and intion of the namel = of " OT ' -fiSSllY'afevlj ife 7 , ^" B . I 0 A FOOD , pr wtttlipwteJSf beinSS Aa fut " liciousandmyaluablei-emedy for IndlSoni ' ? nn . n ™ tion ; Nervous , Bilious ., and Liver CoSaT \ £ Zf nu BAaBYa ,. d . Co . cautionrhvalid 8 . ag a ^ rK ^^^ attempts at imposture . Then ^ is . nothing in the whole vegetoblekingdom tba . can ^ egittaate ] j bellied 3 LfAB to Du Barry ' s Kevalonta-Arabiea , a plant which is ' cultivated by . Du Barry and Co ; on their , estates alone , and for the preparation and pulverisation of which their own Patent Machinery ' alone is adapted . ' Let Corn Chandlers sell their pease , beans , lentil , and otlier meals ' under their proper names , aud not trifle with the health of Invalids and Infants , for whom DU BARRY'S RBVALENTA AHABICA alone is adapted . -.. ¦ . ; . ' . - ¦ :-: ' " .. . ,

      Du Barry and Co ., 127 , New Bond-street , London . It has tha highest approbatlon ' of lordStuartdB Decies j the Venerable Archdeacon Alexander Stuart , of ltoss-a cure'of three years' nervousness ; M « jor-6 eneral Thonii '? King , ofExmouth ; Captain Parker D . Bingham , B . N ., of No . i Park-walk , Little Chelsea , ' London , who was cured of tiventy-sevenyears' dyspepsia in sis'weeks' time ; Captain Andrews , H . N . ; Captain Edwards , R . N . ; William Hunt , Esq ., barrister afclaw , King ' s C 6 Hege , Cambridge , who . aiter sunenng sixty years from partial paralysis , has regained ; tho use of his limbs in a very' short time upon thisexceUenttood '; the . Rw . Charles Kerr , of Window , Bucks-a cure of functional disorders ; 'Mr . Thomas Woodhouse , 'Bromley—recor ( ling the cure of a lady from constipation and sickness during pregnancy ; the Rev , Thomas Minster ,. of St . Saviour ' s , Leeds—a cure ' of five years ' nervousness , with spasms and daily vomitings ; Mr . Taylor , coroner of Bolton- Captain Allen-recordinthe care

      g of epileptic fits ; Doctors Ure and Hai-vey ; James Shorland , fcsa ,, No . 3 Sydney-terrace , * Reading , Berks ; late surgeon in the 90 th ItegimenU-a cure of dropsy ; James fortar , lvsq .,. Athol . street Perth- ' a cure of thirteen years ' cough , with general debility ; J . Smyth , Esq ., 37 Lower Abbsy-street , Dublin -Cornelius O'Sullivan , M . D ., l ' . U . O . S ., Dubhn-a perfect cure of thirty years' mdeseribable agony from aneurism , which had resisted all other remedies ; and 20 , 000 otlier well-known individuals , whohave sent the discoverers and importers , Du Barry 'ind Co ., 127 New Bond-street , London , testimonials of the extraordinary manner- in which their healthnas tiieri ' vestored by this useful and economical diet , -affe ' r ' all other ' remedies had been tried m vain for many years , and all hopes of recovery abandoned . 'Afnll repdr ' l ; of Importaut ' cures of the above and many other complaints , and testimonials ' from parties of the highest respectability , is ,-we find , sent gratis byDu Barry and Go . ' -Morntna . Chronicle . ; . In canisters with at 2

      tun instructions ^ weighing lib . e 9 d . ; . 2 tt > . at 4 s Cd j SB ) , at Us ; 121 b . at 22 s ; . superior ,.. refined quality , 101 b . 33 * ; oro . J 22 s ; suitably packed for all climates . Canisters forwarded by . Du Barry , and Co ., on receipt of post-office or bankers' orders . ( the , 121 b . and 1 Mb . canisters free of carriage . ) Each canister bears the seal and signature- of Du Barry and Co . in lull , without which none can be genuine , Du Barry and . Co ., 127 New Bond-street ' " London . As a measure of precaution , against spurious imitations , Messrs , Du Barry and-Co . - have appointed such agents in London and the country whose high respectability is an additional guarantee to the' public of-thegenulheness of their healthrestoniig food . Thus , in-Loddon , are agents ' ;—Fortniim , Mason , and Co ., 182 Piccadilly , purveyors' to her Majesty the-Queen . ; ' Hedges aiid-Butter , 155 Regent-street ; ' F . Doane , 116 Mount-street ; Abbias ; 60 Gracechurch-street ; Browning ,-4 Gracechurch-street ; Skeltoh , ' 49 Bish ™ sgatestreet ; 103 ahd ' 451 iStrand- ; 4 Cheapside : 56 Lamb ' s

      , Conduit-street ; 54 Upper Baker . street ; 6 Edward-street , Portman-sq « are ; 2 i , Motcomb-stree ' t ' , ' 63 and 150 Oxford , street ; Barclay . 95 Farringdon-strcet ; Edwards , ' 67 St . Paul ' s Church-yard . ^ Sutton , Sanger , and Hannay ; James Youens , 4 Laurie-terrace , Westminster-road lateofLudgate-hill ; Newbery and Son , St . Paul ' s ; W . Wiudle , chemist , 48 Portman-place \ Maida-hill ; Russell and Co ., 22 "King-street , fJovcnt-garden , and , 72 High-street , Borough ; Lindsey , 10 Ne . wland-terrace , Kensington , Crosse and Btackwell , 21 Soho-square ; Dann , Johnson , and . Co ., 84 New Bond-street ; Robert Wood , 132 New Bond-street ; W . S .. Rumsey , S Queen-street place , Cheapside , Laugher , chemist , Camden town ; W . F . Smith , 12 Keen ' s-row ,. Walworth-road' ; Matthews , grocer , Albemarle-street ; ^ huttlewor ' thand Stamper , < 140 Leaflenhallstreet ; Hicks and . Son , 72 Welbeck-street ; Holmes and

      Dmneford , 1 Spring-street , Sussex-gardcns ; Samnel Hardstaft , 89 and 90 ., High-street . Camden-town ; H , Fre eth , 32 a Great College-street , Camden-town ; Lockwood ,. 70 New Bond-street ; . and through all grocers ,, chemists , medicine vendors , and . boobsellers in the King , dom . Caotion . —The name of Messrs . Do Babri ' s invaluable food , as also that of their firm , have been so closely imi . tated that invalids cannot too carefully look at the exact spelling of both , and also Messrs . Do Barbs ' s address , 127 New Bond-street , London , - in order to avoid being imposed upon by Ervalenta , Eeal Revalenta , or other spurious compounds ot peas , be . ana ,.. lentil'rowdor , Indian and oat meal , under . a close imitation of the name , which have nothing to recommend them but the reckless audacity of their ignorant and unscrupulous , compounders , and which , thonghadmirably adapted for pigs ; would play sad havoc with the delicate stomach of an invalid or infant .

      DU BARRY ' S , HEALTH-RESTORING FOOD . for INVALIDS and INFANTS . The Revalenta AaADtcA / 'discovere'd , exclusively grown , and imported by Do Babri and Co ., 127 , New Bond-street , London , sole , owners , of the Revalenta Estates , and of the Patent Machine by which alone the curative principles of the plant can he developed , .,., ' , ... . This light delicious ' breakfast Farina ( without medicine of any kind , without inconvenience , and without expense , as it . saves fifty : times its cost in other more expensive remedies ) speedily and permanently , removes dyspepsia ( indigestion , ) constipation , acidity , cramps , . spasms ; fits , heartburn , diarrhoea , nervousness biliousness , affections of the liver and kidneys , flatulency , distension , palpitation of the heart , nervous headache , deafness , noises in the head and ears ; pains in almost every part of . the body , chronic inflammation and ulceration of the stomach , eruptions on the skin , scrofula , consumption , dropsy , rheumatism , gout , nausea arid vomiting , during pregnancy , after eating , or at sea , low spirits , spleen , eeneral . debility , nnralvsie .

      cough , asthma ,, inquietude , sleeplessness , . involuntary blushing , tremors , dislike to society , unfitness for study , delusions , lossofmemory , vertigo , blood to thehead , exhaustion , melancholy , groundless fear , _ indecision , wretchedness , thoughts ot self destruction , & c . Tjie best food for infants and invalids generally , as it is tlio only food which . never , turns acid mr the weakest stomach , but imparts a healthy relish' for lunch , and dinner , and restores the , faculty of . digestion and , nervous and muscular energy to thei most ' enfeebled . —Du BAiutr and Co ., 127 New Bond-street , London , Analysis by the celebrated Professor of Chemistry and Analytical Chemist , AndrewCre , M . P ., F . R . S ., & c , & c . : — ¦ . I hereby certify , that having examined' Du Barry ' s Revalenta , Arabica , ' I find it to be a pure vegetable Farina , perfectly wholesome , easily . digestible , likely to promote a healthy action of the stomach and bowels , and thereby to counteract dyspepsia , constipation , and their nervous consequences , — Anorew Ore , M . D ., F . R . S ., & c , Analytical Chemist , 24 Bloomsbury-squar ' e , London , June 8 , 1849 .

      UKASE Bf TUB ESIPEROR OF IUJSSU . Tiie , Con 8 ul-General has been ordered to inform Messrs . DuBarr ^ and Co ., that the Revalenta Arabica they had sent to his Majesty the Emperor , has , by imperial permission , been forwarded to , the . Jfinister of the Imperial Palace . —Russian Consulate General , London , ' December 2 , 1847 . ' , ; ,. ' ¦ , . .. ' , .:. :

      A FEW CASES . , From the Right Hon . the ,, Lord Stuart deflects . Gentlemen , —1 have derived much benefit from the U 86 of the'Revalenta . Food . ! It ii only due to the public and to yourselves to state , that you are at liberty to make any use of this communication which , you may think proper . —I remain , gentlemen , your , obedient servant , Stdabt de Decies , Dromana , Cappoquin , County'Waterford , February 15 , 1849 . , ,: ., .. .,..- -:.., ;; : ; . - : ¦ ; , Tweri . ty-uven years' dyspepsia , from which I have suffered great pain and inconvenience , and far which I hud consulted the advice of many , has been effectually removed by your excellent Revalenta Arabica Food in six weeks ' time ,. & c—Parker D . Bingham , Captain Royal Navy , 4 Park Walk , Little Chelsea , London , October , 1848 . Dear Sir , —I will thank , you / to send' ine , on receipt of this , two ten-pound canisters of your ' Revalenta Arabica Food . ' 1 beg to , assure you that its beneficial effects have been duly appreciated by , , dear sir , most , respectfully ; Thos . Kino , Major-Gen ., ' Louisa Terrace , Exmouth , Aug . 17 , 1849 ; '' .. ' ; . ' . . ! , ;; . „ ' ; ¦ " : ;¦ ;• ..

      , From the Venerable Archdeacon of Ross . Dear Sir , —I cannot , speak too / fa . voAwa . blj of the Uevalenta Arabica . ' Having had an attack ' of had fever about three years ago , I have ever since been suffering from its effects ., producing excessive nervousness , pains in my neck and left arm , and general weakness of constitution , which have prevented me in a ! , great . degree from following my usual avocations ; these sensations , ' added to restless nights , particularly . after previous exercise , often rendered my life very miserable ; but I am happy to say that , having been induced to try your Farina about two months since , I am nownlmost a stranger to these symptoms , which I confidently hope will be removed . entirely , with the Divine blessing , by the continued ' use of this food . I have an objection thatniy name should appear in print , which , however , in this instance is overcome , for . the sake ' of suffering humanity . —I tun , Sir , ' your , obedient ' servant , Aw . xs . Stoart , ' Afchde ' aDoii of R ' os 3 , Aghadown Glebe , Skibberecn , County Cprk . ' August 22 , 1849 . , ' . ' . ' ...

      I now cbnsidcrmyself a stranger to all complaints , except a hearty , old age ; . I ' am as well . as ever I was , and even quite free from the vexatious arid troublesome annoyance of an eruptian ' of the skin , of . which I had suffered for yearB , aud which my medical attendant had declared incurable at-my time of life . About sixty years ago I hada fall from my horse ,, hemiplegia was the consequence ; my left arm and . leg we ' re paralysed ; also my left eyelid and the eye was displaced . 'From 1769 these dilapidations have resisted all remedies until now , at the age of eighty-five , by two years use . of . your . 'deliclous breakfast- food , my left arm and leg have . been . rendered as useful to me as the right , ' andthefcfteyelid , restored . to health , the eye so thuchfo that it , requires . no spectacles , < tc . I deem this extraoi'diriary , c !' ure . of 1 much importance , to sufferers at la ' r ( je ,, and consideri ^ my . duty to place the . above details at yo ' ur'd ispoBal , in any way you think will promote the wclfare '' of others * ' ; Faitlifully , Wu . JIvht , Barrister-at-Law .

      King ' s College , Uambndge , Oct . 15 , 1849 .: ; : Ihiive . fpuno it to . be a simple , though very efficacious arid pleasant food , doing good to . my own and others functlonal disorders . ( Rev . ) Charles Kerr , Winslow , Bucks , Jan . 22 ,-1848 .: : „ . ; .... ,: ' ¦ . . ; .. ; . , . My , dear Sir , —It , ip . not . to ; be , told all the benefit your fo 6 d ; hasheen to . nie ; . andmylittle son cries for a saucer of it every morning—ho hys never wanted a doctor since it ( ame into the house .. .. I consider you . a blessing . to society it large ., , Most faithfully yours ,, Walter Keating , 2 Maiinuig-nlace , St . Saviours , Jersey , 4 th Nov . 1849 . Mr . Dampier . will thank Messrs .,, Du Barry and C * . to send him another canister of . their . , Revalenta iArabica , it agreeing so . well with his infant .- ( This infant was sis days old . when .. it commenced - . living ,. on ' the Revalenta . ) 21 Queen ' s terrace , Bayswater , 22 nd Nov . 1849 ; ; Sir , —I have given your Revalenta Arabica Food to my little girl , who is , of a . delicate ; cohstitution , and I find it does . herrauqhgood , & c , & c ; . H . Clabk , Catherine-street , Frome , Somerset , Dec IBtb . 1848 . .,

      ,, Respected Friends , —Ijhave . given your Arahica Food to ii girl of fifteen , who . during the Just seven years had not been a day . without . vomiting fifteen or sixteen times , and sometimes , ofteuer .- 'The fourth , day . nfter she commenced your Food , vomiting qeased nltogetlier , and . she lins not thrown up since ; her " ' health' . is . improving wonderfully , William Mautin ,-12 Patric k-street , Cork i 4 tn of April , 1819 ¦ . ¦ , ' '' : ¦ ¦ V ¦ •' - ' ' . ¦' - '''¦ - ¦ iQe ' ntlemctii—The lady for ; wi \ om I ordered youv Food is six months advanced in pregnancy , amlwas sufterlng severely from indigestion , constipation , throwing up her meals shortly after eating them , having -a great deal of heartburn , and being constantly obliged to resort to physic or the enema , ' and some limes both . I am happy to inform you that ' vour Food . rnoDUCED immediate relief . Sho has never beea sick since ,, had ¦ . but little iheavtburn , - rind ' the functions are more regular , ' & o \ i .. . Thojias WooniionsE , Devon Cottage , Bromley , Middlesex , March ' Slat , 1849 . "' ' "' . " ¦' . ];> . [ .-X . .- ' .. . , ¦ : ¦ ,-: ,-Dear Sir , —I am happy to say my daughter has greatly benefited by taking your RevaJenttt Arabica Food . f ! er :- ¦' . > ¦> •« ¦•* . ' 7 k .- ; - .. ' - '¦! , ' ¦ ' ' •)¦ ' ¦• ' - ¦ ¦'¦ '• : ¦ . '

      . " Oncis Cadohi Tmrce ; Sby."—Many Year...

      epileptic fits are much lessfrcquent than formerly , instead of coming on every three weeks , there are now intervals of seven pr eight weeks between , and with very Utile convulsion . I am in great hopes they are graduall y leaving her , as she is greatly improved in licalth and strength . I am , dear sir , yonvs faithfully , Johh H . Alles / Captain R . A ., London , 9 th February , 1850 . Respected Friend—1 think no one who had received or seen so much gubd and comfort result from it as in my mother ' s case , would be without it in sickness . Thou art at liberty to use this letter as thou thinkest best , and I will cheerfully answer any inquiries . I am . thy friend , EdwABD Cobbett , Sanitary Engineer , & c ., ' 2 ;' Princes-street , Manchester , 3 rd month , 19 th , 1849 . ¦ ¦'•' 1 Dear Sir , —I am glad to tell you that the dinrrheca , of winch 1 had suffered for two years , is much improved , and all the attendant symptoms considerably abated , since I commenced talcing the * Revalenta ; ' and should it continue without a relapse , 1 sluill have little to comul .-im of , & c . 1848 Uxi { n < > Market-street , Leicester , ; Movcmber 2 nd , .,., ?? p l . 2 T Itmve dewed considerable benefit from the wmii , U T eval enta Arabica . ' A . 0 . IIabris / Optician , 00 Holborn . London , Due . 22 nd 1847

      , . , ? 0 n ) , ' . m , M ' . v . ! laft five years I have been in a most r t 2 ? n ^ rtTt / htaUh ' having been subject during that period to must severe pains in the back , chest , right and'lefr aides , which produced vomiting almost dally . ; f **\ Gu < l ' we you a deb ' - of gratitude . I have not had any sickness at the stom : ich since I commeccd your ¦ iood , & c , Ac . I remaini gentlemen yours very truly , ( Rev . ) Thomas Mustek , of Farnlcy Tyas , Yorkshire . — St . Saviour's , Leeds , Dec , 9 th ,-l 8 i 7 . tientlemen , —I am happy to he able to inform you that the person for whom the former quantity was procured , has derived very great benefit from its use ; distressing symptoms of long standing have been removed , und a feeling of restored health induced ; Haviiig witnessed the belieficial effects in the above-mentioned can ' , I can with confidence rccommt'iid . it , and shall have much pleasure in so doing whenever an opportunity effer > , Ac , lie . I am , gentlemen , very truly yours , James Saarland , late Sur-L'l'nn . 9 l ) lh Rpirt ..: 3 SvHnhv-torrano Rci ^ inn Dnib . TIoa

      3 r « i , 1847 / ° r . - ' -- •'' :: — ' —¦« .. -- . Sometime has now elapsed since the lady ( who had been an invalid for thirteen years from want of digestion , accompanied witli cough and general prestratlou of strength } &* whom I procured your arabica Food , has been-using it daily as directed , and 1 am happy to say that it has produced a most salutttrj' change in her system , ke . Jamm PoBTEB . Athol-street ; Perth , May 2 nd ; 1848 . ' ! ¦' . Dear Sir , —Ynur ' excellent Arabica Foed has completely restored my . stomach , nerves , and liver , which has been disordered for nearly twenty years past ; " and " my . health ia now everything ! could wish , and has been , so ib * se three months- past ,: & c . i Andbew Fbaser , Haddington , East Lothism , AIarch 3 rd , 1849 ., ' . .,,. , . . ' A full report of important cures of the above and many other and iJ 90

      complaints , a copious ; extract from 2 'l , testimonials from parties of the highest respectability , is sent gratis by Du Barry and Co ., on receipt of two stamps . In canisters with full instructions , weighing lib ., at 2 s . 9 d . ; 21 b ., at 4 s . 6 d . ; ' ulb .,. at lis . ; 121 b ., at 22 s . ; , wper-refined quality , 51 b . ; 22 s . ; 11 ) 11 ) ., 33 s . suitably packed lor all climates . Canisters forwarded by Du Harry and Co ., on receipt of post-office or bankers' orders . ; the * 121 b . and 101 b . carriage free to any-town' ' or railway station connected by rail with London . ' Du Barry and Co ., 127 New Bond-street , London- ; also of . Fortnmn , Mason , arid Co ., 182 Piccadilly ; Hedges and Butler , 1 . S 5 Btgentstveet ; Barclay , 95 ' Farringdon ! street " , Edwards , 67 St ; Paul ' s Church ' Yard ; -Suftori ; ' Sanger and ITaiiney , 63 ,-Oxford-street ; andthrough aU ' rcspectable grocers , che-jiiats , medicine venders , and booksellers in the kingdomi- " . ' •' . ' :

      CAtrnoN ,-The name of-Messrs . Ilu Barry ' s invaluable Food , as also that of the firm ; -have'been -so closely imitated that invalids cannot too carefully look at the exact spellhi ^ of both , ' and also Messrs , Du . Barrj ' s address , 127 New Bond-street , London , in order to avoid being imposed upon by Ervalenta , ' Real . Arabian . Revalenta , Lentil Powder , or otlier , spurious compounds of pease , beans , Indian and eatmeal , under a close , imitation of the name , which have nothingto recommend them but the reckless audacity of their ignorant or unscrupulous compounders , and wlucli , though - admirably , adapted for yigs , would play sad havoc with the . delicate stomach of an invalid or infant . ,, . ' i ,

      On Physical Disqualiflcations, Generativb Incapacity, And Impediments To Marriage.

      ON PHYSICAL DISqUALIFlCATIONS , GENERATIVB INCAPACITY , AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE .

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      Brother Chartists Beware ' of " Wolves in Shecps * Clothinq . " RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS !! THE CRUEL IMPOSITIONS upon tho X unwary by a gang of youthful self-styled doctors , some of whom for obvious reasons assume Foreign names , and' others the names of eminent ito ^ Ksfypractitioners forge testimonials , and liavo recourse to other practices equally case , ; should " mduce . thpse afflicted with Rupture to use great judgment !« s to whom they appyfor aid . . ¦'• " "' '' . "' '• ' "";' . , " . Testimonials from numbers of the Faculty and patients who have been cured' of Rupture , establish tho efficacy of DR . DE . ROOS' REMEDY in every case hitherto tried . It is perfectly free from daiigcr , causes no pain , confinement ; or inconvenience , applicable to both sexes and alt ages . ¦ .- . Sent free with full instructions , Ac , rendering failure impossible , on receipt of 7 s . in cash , or by Post Office order , payable at the Holborn Ofhce .

      . A' Reporter In Petticoats.—Mrs. Swisse...

      . A' Reporter in Petticoats . —Mrs . Swissehelm , wlio hits ' acquired some celebrity , as ati editor , has turned Congressional , reporter , and is . now one of the lions of the Senate Chamber . The A

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 29, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_29061850/page/3/