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      T0 Exh6eants. Ye Come From Every Clime O...

      T 0 EXH 6 EANTS . Ye Come from every clime of earth , _j _rom many a land ' whioh smiles afar , Te left the homes which , gave you birth , ¦ _ffooed by the li ght of Freedom s star . _ind welcome greets you front our shores—A welcome Irom warm hearts and free ; And ocean ' s pealfnganthem roars Andluuls thee from beyond the sea . "Wehail yon [ frombur Fatherland , From Erin's green and sunlit isle , Prom _SeotlandS her _™ _£ g" _* _S ' - mere _tow'ringly her Hig hlands smile . And from those _^ ne _j _cladhms afi _^ Beneath the azure heavens of iTance , mere Freedom set one _new-fornHxrstar lance

      To bnro beneath the day-beam ' s g . And from the valley of the Rhine Te come with honest hearts and true ; And from stern Sweden ' s chilling clime you greet our land of sun and dew . "We bail yon , hardy sons of toil , from where the proud Alps mount " sublime , From Italy ' s rich garden soil And classic scenes of olden time . Prom Greece , with her majestic scenes , Wherespranjrto life the parentarts , _"tfhose grandeur lives but in the dreams The record of the . past imparts .. Tfe greet you from old Austria ' s plains , Prom mid her rich Hungarian mines , _Pi-om scenes where ye have burst the chains A tyrant round his ' children binds .

      Ye come—it matters not where first The light of lleaven above ye shone"Where ye _wereljorn—where ye were nursed * We haU and greet you as our own . Our own tb live- _^ rar own to die-As Brothers ' in lov'd Freedom ' s clime , Where stern Oppression ' s _withering eye Is never known by look or sign . Te . come ; and welcome to our shores , Our lands uncultured smile for ye , Where Freedom ' s Eagle proudly soars Above the truly great and free . New York Tribune

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      ¦ JSP f FLOWERS ! FRESH FLOWERS I BY MBS . J . H . tEWlS . Flowers adorn the mountain ' s side Flowers in cool and shady dells , Flowers upon the running tide , Flowers upon the meadows wide , Flowers upon the upland swells . Flowers adorn the bridal train , Flowers upon the altar rest , Or with gentle hands are lain On the couch of mortal pain , "Where their ministry is blest . Flowers we scatter o ' er the dead , Giving all of light we may To the gloom aronnd us spread When ths spirit homeward sped , Leaving nought but lifeless clay . Plant we flowers above the dead .

      Where the Summer wind and rain Can their genial influence shed On the cold and narrow bed , mere the weary ne ' er complain . Flowers , the very smiles of God , Almost as the sunlight free ! Bloom they where no foot hath trod ! With them , He hath decked the sod - Nor denied tbem to the sea I For the flowers let joyfhl praise Crown the Summer ' s golden prime * In the city ' s dusty ways , In the woodland ' s twili g ht baze , ' Still prolong the grateful chime .

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      Tracts On Christian Socialism. Central O...

      Tracts on Christian Socialism . Central Ofiice of the Working Men ' s Association , 76 , Charlotte-street , London . Humble . and unassuming as these tracts appear , they must be . regarded . as the indication of a new and powerful movement . Socialism has , in most of its previous phases , been so closely associated . with' infidelity , that many persons _vrho _. approved of the economical and social portion of tbe system , shrunk from avowing themselves favourable to it , or in any way ident ifying themselves with views so much opposed to the enrrent opinions of society . Nor is there , any reason to suppose that this was

      the result of a mere time-serving feeling on the part of a great majority of these parties . The religions sentiment is strongly developed in this country . The prevailing influences tend powerfully , to develope it , especially among the middle and certain influential sections of the upper classes . The sanction and support of these active , influential , and practical portions ofthe community , are indispensable to the success of any large comprehensive constructive movement , but . the taint , or even the suspicion of infidelity , is quite sufficient to deter them , even if the enterprise be in every other respect unexceptionable .

      Many of the prominent advocates of _Socialisms—so called—distinguished themselves by their constant attacks npon the popular creed . Judging by the course they pursued , it seemed less important to reconstruct' societarian arrangements" in-accordance _Tsith a fraternal philosophy , tKaVto wage war upon doctrinal differences and theolog ical subtlet ies , which for ages had been fruitful sources of dissension , persecution , malice , hatred , and all uncharitableness . The consequence was , the true , tie useful , the practical in Socialism , was overlooked , and the whole system was condemned on account of the erroneous

      conduct of its professed advocates . The authors _ofjthe tracts before us have , at _leasts avoided this error . They perceive no antagonism between Christianity and Socialism , and being , as . some of them are , clergymen holding disnngnished positions in the church , it may be presumed , that they at least understand the doctrinal part of the natural creed , as well as most people . So far from the two being oppo 3 ed , ; tit appears . to them they are identical , or rather , that Socialism is but the practical application of the principles of gospel brotherhood , tb all the varied occupations of actual life , and making religion become a living reality , instead , of a . mere -verbal profession .

      Their own course has demonstrated , that their faith is of that true kind which shows itself in works . The first tract is , A Dialogue between Somebody ( a person of respectability ) and Nobody ( the writer ) . It contains an exposition of the meaning of the term " Christian Socialism , " and of the points on which the author conceives the advocates of various Social systems were in error . The new party disclaim in tbis tract all idea of proposing * ' a great combination for reorganising all the trades of the cities , and all the agriculture of the country . " " A small experiment may _oej" in their judgment , " much more effective than a greater one . "

      Acting npon that belief , Tract No . 2 gives the history of the ori g in and progress of the Working TaiW Association , -Si , Great Castle- ' street , commenced in February last . The first of several similar associations in different trades winch have _Bince been set on foot . The principle on which these associations appear to founded is this : —the body called the " Council of Promoters , " supply the requisite capital to commence the working association—not as a loan to be repaid with i _^ teres % \ hnh as a fund , which when returned hy gradual instalments from the profits is to be app lied to the formation of similar

      associations . Since February , it appears , that . six associations have been thus set at work m _' . 'tbe" metropolis , including builders , baker _*^ printers '' and shoemakers . At the _preasnt-moment , -large premises are about to be _opened as a central ofiice for all the associations ,, not only in London , ' but throughout the country . The slightest consideration will show how powerfully such an establishment , if prudently managed _^ will add to the prosperity and successful carrying out of the obects of ' the promoters . By its means , the thole of these "varied associations may be enabled to exchange , advantageously , their dif-

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      ferent productions , whether of raw material or manufactured articles , and to purchase from the Avholesale markets whatever tbey require , saving thereby alHhe profits which now pass into the pockets of a host of dealers , who come between , the . wholesale merchant and the consumer , f The third tract is "An Address to the Clergy , by a Clergyman , " showing what Christian Socialism hasto do with the , question | that is now agitating the ' Church . ' It is forcibly written , and throws anew light upon the-celebrated Gorham controversy . The author tells his clerical , brethren Bome home truths as tothe feelings of the working classes , which are so good that we shall extract a few of them : — a J ! _.:. __« _-tttViAflini * a _* P -pom * _mm _4-ah !_ 1

      The working men of England are "beginning tobe more and more possessed with one thought . Schemes of political reform are becoming more and more absorbed in it . If they continue to ask for the six points ofthe Charter , it is because they suppose these six points will remove the impediments to their working together—to their forming societies for united labour . What , is to make , them fellow-workers , they have perhaps but imperfectly considered . They are convinced that there are certain scientific arrangements which may be greatl y favourable to their combination , as well as to the production of commodities , and to the exchange of tbem . They are willing to listen to all who will afford them any light about these arrangements :

      they probably have an extravagant confidence in tbe power and effect of them . - The pressure of misery makes them wish to try them at once . They fancy they see in tbem a deliverance from a system which is impairing their souls as well as . their bodies . But , mixed witb this faith is a deeper one . They have heard the name bf Fraternity . With whatever dark associations it may be accompanied in our ears , it is still to them a name of life , and blessing ; and power . * They , will-not throw . it aside because we tell them of embraces which have led to . murders . " Do you mean / ' they ask , " that they must lead to murders ? Do you mean that the idea of

      brotherhood is , in itself , a mockery and a lie ? Is that the Gospel that you are come preaching to us now , in the nineteenth century of the Christian era ? You confess , then , that Christianity has come to nothing , that it has been tried , and that it has failed ? Did not it begin with speaking of a brotherhood—with setting up one ? Do you wish us to understand that it is incapable of any snch work now ? We take you at your word . You are but saying what our lecturers and preachers have been saying to us for a long time . We are g lad to have _sueh an authoritative and satisfactory confirmation of . the unbelief whieh we half trembled to entertain . "

      These are no fanciful words which I have put into tbe mouth of the workmen . These , or something like these , are to be heard in hundreds of clubs ¦ where they congregate . Here , whether we know it or not , is the well-spring of the infidelity of our times . * * . * * You will say " How are we to get at these men ? They do not come to onr chnrches ; they dislike our visits when we go to their houses ; they will not send for us when they are on their sick-beds ; they are hardened men . We should be throwing pearls before swine , if we spoke to them of God ' s covenant . All we can do , is to get into an argument with them now and then ; to put a tract into their hands . We know very well tbat they laugh at the argument

      and throw the tract into the fire ; that we cannot help , we have delivered our souls . " No , brethren , we have not delirered our souls by any such trumpery , worn-out expedients . These men , though they may not come to church because they think we have nothing , to tell them there , though they may hate us when we pay them domiciliary visits , though they may cover themselves with their bedclothes rather tban speak to us on a death-bed , are not hardened men 7 lwas going to say—and ; I hardly dare suppress the words—not so hardened as ourselves . For oh 3 brethren , do we not become very hardened—you and I—to the actual meaning and power of the words which we utter so glibly with our lips ? Do we mean what we say , when we talk of our brethren—our Christian brethren ? Do we attach any very deep signification to our language ,

      when we tell the children in onr schools , that they are in very deed members of Christ and children of the Most High God ? Are we not hardened into a conventional use of these phrases , so that it is only hearing our ri ght to use them questioned which startles us into any very great earnestness ' about them ? Sow these men have not this hardening . They are deaf to our evidences , —they do not think much of our logic , —they do not care for mere appeals to their self-interest , for mere exhortation to take care of their souls . But if they see that you do regard them as brothers , whether they regard you as such or not ; that you do claim those very rights for tbem which they are snatching at for themselves ; that you are not claiming them in some fanciful metaphorical sense , alien from their wants , and feelings , and sufferings ; but that , whatever more you mean , you do mean all that they mean ;— j

      you do mean that they are to be fellow-workers and not mutual destroyers , —that you do mean tbat they are to have the feelings and lead the life of freemen and not of slaves , —they , will , lam certain they will , meet you with a cordiality which you have not found in any other class of yonr countrymen . I do not say that this cordiality will not be mixed with very much of suspicion , —suspicion bf you as members of another class than their own , —suspicion of you as clergymen . I do not say , supposing your intentions to be the purest and your way of expressing them to be the freest and happiest possible , ;—supposing you are able to throw off the stiffness and reserve which belong to us as Englishmen , and still more in consequence of the artificial nature of much of our clerical discipline , —that you will not have to pay the penalty of a long past alienation . If you are determined to he charitable in the common

      sense ofthat word , —that is , to treat these men as objects of your bounty , instead of meeting . them as brothers whom you are to assist in raising themselves out of the degradation into which they have fallen through our sins and-their own—aye , . and who may assist us to in rising out of much the same degradation , —all these difficulties will be aggravated a hundred-fold—your professions will not be believed , precisely becanse they will not be true . But if , abandoning thisjjeonrse : as one which exalts yourselves and not God , or His truth , or His church , you are content to help the labouring men of this land to make labour an honest thing and not an utterly false thing—a thing'which can be carried on to the glory of God instead . of- to theglery of the

      devil—a service of love and not- of hatred , you will find that there are opportunities of meeting working men who have not yet learnt to look upoh'the Church as their Father ' s house , or to believe that His ministers have any commission to help them in life or in death . You may show forth the blessings which you have received while you have been confessing yonr sins and asking for grace in-that Father ' s house , when you meet tbem and help them to sell clothes or shoes at a price which shall not tempt their daughters to hecome harlots ! Tou may exercise your commission , without talking about it ; while you are showing them how men of one " craft , and men of all crafts , instead of rivals , may be servants of each other . '• - " ¦ ¦

      This is indeed a new sty le bf setting forth clerical duties and . clerical responsibilities , and apart from the intrinsic value , of the passages we have quoted , they are valuable , as exhibiting the spirit in which these Christian Socialists have set about their work . The fourth tract contains a deeply interesting account of the _working associations of Paris . Our space will not allow us to quote any portion of the valuable facts narrated by the writer , bnt they are of such importance as to justify a separate article on a future occasion . The whole series of tracts , however ,

      —which is at present closed by an account of the Organisation of the Society for Promoting Working Men's Associations—is so cheap , they contain so much that affects the immediate and prospective condition of the labouring classes , that we heartily , recommend our readers to aid in giving them a wide circulation in every district of the empire .

      The History Of Leicester, From The Time ...

      The History of Leicester , from the Time ofthe Romans to the End of the Seventeenth Century . By James Thompson . Leicester , Crossley . Leicesteb , though neither the seat of an episcopal see , nor distinguished as one of the marts of our early commerce , occupies a rather important position in bur middle-age history . As the city founded by the apocryphal King Lear , as an important Roman station , as one of the Danish burghs , as the chief place of residence of the powerful Earls of Leicister , and

      subsequently of the more _powerful Dukes of Lancaster , Leicester comes before us with many a picturesque association of those wild and stirring times . Nor is her later history devoid of interest . _Wolsey died in her abbey ; __ the gentle Lady Jan , e _Qrey more than once visited there , and received from " the mayoress and her sisters" a treat of wine ahd confectionery ; while during the _Parliamentary war Leicester distinguished herself on the side of freedom , and sustained 0 H e of the severest of sieges from the royalist army under Prince Rupert . The

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      voluminous History of Nichols , from its bulk as well as scarcity , being almost inaccessible to the general reader , Mr . Thompson , . in -the work before us ; has endeavoured-to-supply-its place , by combining in a continuous narrative the various incidents relating to the borough , with illustrative documents selected' from , its records , and thus supplying a era tory of Leicester . _, r ¦ At the Norman . conquest , Leicester , with large tracts of the adjacent country ,, became the fief of Hugh de _Graritmesnilj grand seneschal of England—andit passed from him to his descendants , _the'Earls of Leicester . Under 1 Vr _» n _•»<* . « - .-

      the rule of these earls , Leicester seems to have enjoyed a fair measure of protection , and to have increased in importance . " The early mention of a guild here shows that Saxon customs were strong among the . inhabitants ; 7 and the early entries _respecting it afford much curious information , as to the manner in "which the subordinate towns gradually obtained that power so justly dear to our forefathers—the right of self-government . Unlike the custom of cities , Leicester seems to have had but one guild ; ' and entrance into this , which was accompanied by a money payment and the

      presentation' of two securities , insured the member a right " to trade within the town , tb be under the protection and to claim the assistance of his fellow-members— -in short , to enjoy all those rights * which the London livery companies claimed ; only in this case it appears that per- * sons were admittedwithout any reference to their respective trades . Thus , we find ' _^ Walter the' mercer , " "Peter the carpenter , " "Adam the miller , " and " Reginald the scribe , " among the members . Under the celebrated Simon de Montfor fc , Leicester obtained numerous additional privileges . The security which it afforded to those who dwelt within its

      walls attracted ; numbers every year to the guild-merchant . It had : now a common council of twenty-four members ; each bound under a penalty of six pennies ( 7 s . 6 d , present money ) " to attend upon all summonses ofthe alderman , and to constitute his posse in performing the business of the town , if they were in it . " Various cases came before the guild for their determination ; and from these we find that wool and woollen , goods were then , as now , the chief merchandise . Among these cases , we find that one Roger Alditch was charged with makinga blanket , " one part of which was a good wool , but elsewherein many places weak stuff , " and also " that he had made a piece of inferior vermillion cloth to be attached to a good piece "—so early were " tricks in trade" practised .

      On the death and forfeiture , of Simon de Montfort , the : earldom of Leicester -was bestowed on Henry ' s younger son , Edmund Crouchback , who does not seem to have ever resided at Leicester . His son , Earl Thomas —who subsequently became as eminent a patriot as Simon de-Montfort , and , like him , ? aid down his life in the cause of freedomresided much at Leicester , and almost in royal state . He was succeeded by his brother Henry—the Earl who was constituted guardian of Edward the Third , and who bestowed knighthood on him . Edward and his Queen frequently visited the earl in his castle of

      Leicester ; and when he was buried in the chapel of the hospital which he had founded , they again visited Leicester to pay the last tribute of respect to his remains . The succeeding Earl Henry , his son , has a claim on the notice of the reader as the father ofthe Lad y Blanche , so sweetl y , and with such earnest devotion , celebrated by our Chaucer : — I sawe her dance so comel y , ; Carol and sing so swetely , And laugh and play so womanly , And loken so debonairely , So godely speke , and so frendely , That certe I trow that never more N ' assene so blissful a tresore .

      An illustrious " company must Leicester Castle have collected when , as Duke of Lancaster , Henry welcomed around him the flower of Edward the Third ' s brilliant court , and the Black Prince and his brothers , and their companions in arms , set forth hawking oi * hunting in the nei g hbouring forest . But under his sonin-law , John of Gaunt , the Castle of Leicester became almost the seat of royalty . There is little doubt , we think , but that this castle was

      the scene ofthe " Book of the Duchess ; " and here probably Chaucer married Catharine Swinford ' s sister , Phillippa . The Duchess Constance , John of Gaunt ' s second wife , also chiefly Tesided here ; and from hence she fled when the popular rising under Jack Straw and Wat Tyler threatened the destruction of the regal pile . John of Gaunt was , ' however , a great favourite with the Leicester burgesses , and

      thus—. While the followers of Jack Straw were burning the Duke ' s palace of the Savoy , in the year 1381 , rumours were extending all over the country of their proceedings ih and about London . They reached Leicester . A ; messenger arrived in the town one evening , and informed the mayor that the rioters were on their way to Leicester—tbat , indeed , they were at Market Harborough , arid by one o ' clock next day would be at the town gates , as tbey intended . to . plunder and destroy the castle . The mayor and his brethren-called a meeting , without delay , that evening .. Thoy summoned the principal inhabitants together to take counsel with them . It was agreed at this meeting'that a proclamation

      should be made m the king ' s name , at the High Cross and the . gates , of the town , that very night , calling upon all * th ' _atowjismeni who ; . were able , to arm themselves for , the . common defence , and to muster onthe 'Gallowtree "Ml , on the road to Market Harborough ; early next' morning . When the morrow dawned , riot less than twelve hundred men were present at the ' appointed place , ready and willing to obey the mayor ' s commands . They remained on the spot all day , rather increasing than diminishing in numbers , in expectation of the arrival ofthe enemy . ' The day passed over arid no party appeared . Next morning the townsmen gathered together again , determined to protect themselves and

      tbe duke s property from the attacks of the insurgents . Messengers were sent to gather information , but none returned . In the course of the day , however , tho duke ' 3 wardrobe keeper arrived in the town , anxious to remove the valuables from the castle to the abbey .: With this intention he had loaded several carts and vehicles with property , and was proceeding along the Abbey-gate , when he met the abbot "and some of his community , who refused to allow the articles to be deposited in their house . They feared j"it seems , that " Jack Straw" might be tempted to plunder the abbey , too , if the Duke ' s valuables were placed in their custody ;

      and-probably tbey entertained a secret aversion for an heretical nobleman who favoured the cause of Wickliffe . It is certain that' the rioters had vowed vengeance against the Duke of Lancaster , and would undoubtedly have destroyed his porperty had they come to Leicester . It was therefore . taken to St . Mary ' s Church , that being considered a moro secure place , from its religious character , thau the castle . The townsmen ' s fears were unfounded : the malcontents never reaehed Leicester . Yot the apprehended attack served its purpose in bringing forth and exhibiting the attachment ofthe people of this localitv to the Duke of Lancaster .

      The doctrines of Wickliffe appear to have made much progress in Leicester . Though their promulgators were put down , their teaching grew and prevailed . With John of Gaunt the history of the Castle of Leicester ends . " Aspiring Lancaster" had attained the crown , and the seat of his ancient splendours was suffered to fall into ruin . The town , however , does not appear to have sunk in importance : for in 1414 a parliament was held here- _^ -and two others in 1425 and 1450 . During the War of the Roses , the inhabitants , strangely enough , scorned the cognisance of their ancient protectors , and fought under the banner ofthe White Rose . At thetimeof the

      Reformation , we find the burgesses of Leicester heartily joining in it , and dismantling tlte wealthy abbey and the churches of " all monuments of guperstitioD . " The chamberlain ' s accounts during this century are often amusing . At ) "the rejoicings for Prince Edward's birth , " several companies of players appear to have been present * , ; for we find 5 s . paid to the Earl of Derby ' s players , 5 s . to "the Secretary's players , and 5 s . to the Prince ' s players . " In 1586 Mary Queen of Scots stayed a day or two in Leicester , in the custody of Sir AmiasPaulett . on her way to Fotheringay Castle ; and

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      on this occasion payments are recorded for Gascony wine and sack sugar given to Sir Amias _. _and _^ s . to three men for -. 'Watching of Sir AmiasPollett _' s carriages . " -- *•—* _- •' . Leicester , was often put to serious expenses by the visits of noble or royal persons . Thus , when on James ' s accession ; to the throne his queen and Prince Henry and Princess Elizabeth passed through Leicester , while the first two had silver-gilt cupg and' covers presented to , them , every attendant received fees ; but such was . the rapacity of the Scots that they stole a horse , _tnnniu _™ __ .: _a-l _± 1 i __ Stole a horsetogether with vessel . _*» _^ - _^

      , pewter s and lmen 1 In 7 ; thej following , year , , when Prince Charles , under the protection : of the Lord President of the Session , came there , ' and was feasted " with wine and other banquetting stuff , served up on five Flanders dishes some of the articles , together with a _bed-bolster , were carried off . We find _Cromwell a frequent visitor at Leicester , —and _'l _. _wine , biskets , sugar , and tobacco , " then provided . There is also a charge for ringing the bells " when the ' intelligence came that _e P J _™ _« 7 _army had given . the _greate defeat ? . The members forJhe town appear to have been paid for their services , though how much-is not stated . Mr . " Stanley , had " 101 . in gold occasionally forwarded to him . The

      worthy , member lived frugally at Mistress Cressey _' s house , near "St . Margaret ' s Westminster , —and thankfully acknowledges the remittances . He constantly sent down letters to . his constituents containing Parliamentary news ; which , with the Weekly " Intelligencer newspaper , was _' the only source of political information to the townsmen : —The " History " ends at the year of the Revolution . _'

      Public Good Tracts. Series' ,Nos. 1 And ...

      Public Good Tracts . Series' , Nos . 1 and 2 . C . Gilpin , Bishopsgate-street . Less direct and practical , than the preceding , these tracts yet range over a great variety of topics , and present , in a popular and condensed shape , much information of a very valuable description . An enumeration of a few ofthe titles will suffice to indicate their scope and object . Freehold Land Societies ; Cure for Intemperance ; _i Parliamentary Reform ; Anti-State Churchism ; Life Assurance ; Financial Reform ; Moral Power and Physical Force ; Murder by Law ; and ; Ocean Penny Postage . The extensive diffusion of > sound opinions and correct information upon these and cognate subjects , cannot fail to promote the " Public Good . "

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      Sadler's-Wells Theatre. The Production O...

      SADLER'S-WELLS THEATRE . The production of Much , Ado about Nothing , at this house , is highly interesting , from the circumstance that it exhibits Miss Gl ynn in an entirel y new light . Hitherto she has been confined not only to tragedy , but to the sterner section of tragedy ; and there was some reason to doubt that a lady who has once adopted the elevated manner of interpretation would be able to realise the vivacious Beatrice . The result of her attempt has surpassed even the most _favourable expectations . Beatrice , as represented by Miss Glynn , is full of healthy hilarity , indicated by the play of the countenance , and the nimble readiness of the movements , but she does not overpower her hearers with those incessant bursts of laughter that sometimes-become fatiguing . It is the distinctive feature of her interpretation , that she thoroughly displays the * mental peculiarities of the character , without having recourse to violent physical

      expedients . Her attack on Benedict at the ball , when she rallies him as the " Prince ' s jester , " is a remarkable instance of discrimination . She throws out ber words with more than ordinary force , making them hit harder and faster , as if aware that she has seized on a happy suggestive notion , and delighted with its capabilities . Mr . Marston has returned to the theatre , and plays Benedict in this comedy . Notwithstanding his vocal peculiarities he is always a serviceable actor , and his temporary absence left a gap which was not easy to be supplied save by his recall . His Benedict shows intelligence , and a thorough knowledge of the traditions of the part . There are signs of a new talent in a Mr . F .. Tounge , who plays tbe small part of Verges , and puts on an appearance of feebleness and mental _obtuseness with a great deal of truthful feeling ; The stock plays of late have been Macbeth _^ and Hamlet , which , with Mr . Phelps in the principal parts , have drawn good houses .

      Netr " Strand Theatre . Mr. Butler Wentw...

      _NETr STRAND THEATRE . Mr . Butler Wentworth , a gentleman who during a period of some years has made _severallaudable attempts to rise in his profession , appeared on "Wednesday night in the arduous character of Othello / _rHe brings-with-him-good natural requisites in the shape of fi gure , face , and voice , and when he is not carried away by the hurricane ' of passion , his bearing is dignified and gentlemanlike . He has also bestowed some pains on his declamation , and his concluding speech was not without evidence of care and taste . ,

      Adelphi Theatre. A Young Lady Named Coll...

      ADELPHI THEATRE . A young lady named Collins , a member of the musical family of that name , has made her debut in the favourite drama of Rory O'More , wliich , through the genial acting of Mr . Hudson , * still keeps its place on the stage . The character of Kate O'More is a very small one ; but the pretty song , the , " L _* _tnd of tho West , " is enough to show that Miss Collins has a full , ' clear voice , and a capability of dramatic expression , while there is a sparkle of intelligence in her face and a general indication of archness that augur well for more important efforts . .,. _.-

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      ¦ _—; _"'" : _: - MANUFACTURING OPERATIVES OF ENGLAND , A correspondent of the Evening Bulletin , American paper , thus records the impression made upon his mind by a visit to our manufacturing districts : — . " It is very evident to me ( without going much in this letter into details , that the _discontented , the dangerous part of . English society ,, is among these manufacturing workmen . _TThe various , conservative influences , which hold down the agricultural classes , are not found here . The love for " the old family " - —the gratitude for particular kindnesses from their mas'ers—the personal influence ofthe clergy—do not come into place in a crowded town of workmen . All they know of " a great man " over them is , of a mas--ter , who is pulling down their wages to the lowest

      notch ; and as for religious influence , they are mostly members of a sect , whose great ideaalways has been , that men must think for themselves . : Then contact with one another has sharpened their minds much more ; that is the . fact , with the farmers , who live for the most part separately , and the consequence is , all abstract discussions which affect human rights' and justice to the poor , are thought over and talked over by them ,, with an Intensity we can hardly imagine . They brood over the wrongs society has . done them . It is the great subject of their talk , when you , meet them ; and the books and pamphlets which circulate most among them are ' those ' that picture gloomily these wrongs , or theories on their remedies . ¦¦ - ' •'•

      " And there is no doubt , but that the weight of English polity comes heaviest upon them . Their first experience in childhood is , of a country where life can only be supported by the most constant labour . When the children of other classes aro spending the day in cheerful school studiers , or are playing in the sunny fields , they . are . shut up in the dark faetory room with their monotonous labour . They knowthose who think of it—that all through their lives they scarcely have the chance of bettering their condition ; arid it is not to be wondered at if they ask—sometimes with anger —whether this is all right ?

      "I do not suppose that _. there is any immediate danger to the government from these men , any more than there has bren these ten years past ; yet it is such feelings as these , gradually concentrated , which break out into the terrific bursts of passion history has already described to us ; and which no government , however strong , can in the least withstand . And I should fear such an outbreak of passion from the English masses , more than from any nation in the world , for it would have all the strength and endurance ofthe English character . ' ¦¦'" C . Li "

      Wreck Of The Superb.—Among The Articles ...

      Wreck of the Superb . —Among the articles rescued from tbo wreck by the Grouville fishermen , was a trunk filled with silks and shawls of great value ; the property , we understand , of a lady named Maule , one of the passengers saved . It will be remembered that the name of Mr . Gallie was g iven in the list of those lost in the wreck , which was an error ; but Mr . Gallie , we learn , lent his passport to Mr . W . D . Knott ( late of Gorey ) , who availed himself of it to embark by the Suporb , and was unhappily among the drowned . The body of tbe cabin-hoy was picked up by a cutter near the rocks last week , and taken ashore . It bled profusely when placed on board the outter . With this exception , and that of the bodies of Mr , and Mrs . Gossett , we cannot learn that any of those of the sixteen or _sovonteen unfortunate persons drowned have yet been found . '

      A Prolific Sow . —Mr . _Thaekwrayi of Low Harrogate , h . a 8 a Chinese sow that has had fifty-one pigs in fifty-three weeks ,

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      A Contemporary, Mispelling The Word Kiss...

      A contemporary , mispelling the word Kissengen /' _says : — "Lord and Lad y . Normanby are going to Kissagain ! " ,. .. . ..... . . .. . ' ' . _-. _••*'• _, •'•/ Why _* is aSeoteh broth pot like an old ship?—Because itis often leeky 7 . . . Of ; a : Li . the articies consumed by the working classes , potatoes alone are dearer in 1850 than in 1840 . "¦ .., . -. _] ., ' ... :. . . _* . .. .. : .,. . . _.-, :. . : ¦ .,.: ¦ : Cork , jf sunk two hundred feet in the ocean , will not rise bnaccountof the pressure of the water . A mother , having told her little ' sdn never to say fat at the fable , hut gravy , the next day ho saw . a large mangoing by , and exclaimed , " _*! ' Mother ; there goes a gravy man ! " A man ' 'infLiverpool electrified humanity , and astonished "thefaculty , " by stating that ' * much of the _sickneBS of the town is occasioned by bad health . " . ;

      A Rake .- ' * Son , " said a careful Quaker to a spendthrift heir , * '' thou _art-a sad rake . " " Nay , father , " replied the promising youth , " thou art the raker , I am the . spreader . '' 7 : 7 " 7 " The original Mrs . Partington remarked to us , quite recently , that there were so many intimations of her , now-a-days , she hardly knew how to indemnify herself . The mind hasover the body the control which a master exercises over a slave , but the reason has over the imagination that control which a magistrate possesses over a freeman . In the , Arctic regions , when the thermometer is belowzero , persons can ' converse more than a mile distant . Dr . Jamieson asserts that he heard every word of a sermon atthe distance of two miles .

      Labour . —There is no real wealth but the labour of man . . Were tho mountains of gold , and the valleys of silver , the world would not be one grain of corn the richer , Hor could one comfort be added to the human mind . A Heavy Bee Hive . —A top swarm of this season , belonging to Mr . Adam Grey , Little Pitinnan _, Davoit , was smoked last week , and weighed 961 bs . It was swarmed on the 25 th or 26 th ' of June , and threw off a swarm from itself some eight or ten days after . —Aberdeen Journal , _TPoison —Dean Swift used to mark his bottles " poison ; " his wine , " rank poison * " and hia brandy ; . deadly _noison . " An expedient to prevent his servants drinking what he termed their " Lethal contents . " - -.

      The Land _^ _tA great meeting has just been held at Tamanney Hall ; -in New York , in favour of granting lands in the West fbactual settlers , free of charge . The movement is said to " "be" _^ _cry . likely to become popular with the democratic party . ' A p reacher , who had once been a printer , thus concluded a sermon—" Youth may be compared to a comma ;* manhood to a semicolon ; and old age to a colon : to which death puts a period . " Ir was once said in the parliament house at Edinburgh , that a gentleman ( who was known to have a pretty good appetite ) had eaten away his senses . " Pooh ! " replied Henry ErskineV " they would not be a mouthful _to-him . " ' . ' ¦ ' ' - _' . ' . ' An Arabian having brought a blush to a maiden ' s cheek by the earnestness of his gaze , said to her—• ' My eyes have planted roses in your cheeks ; why forbid me to gather them ? The law permits him who sows to reap the harvest . " ¦ ¦[' . '

      Curious if Tkue . —The gravedigger in St . Peter ' s churchyard , at Carmarthen , recently dug up the spinal column of a human body , all the bones of which had heen strung together by a fibre of the root of a horse chesnut , running through the cavity formed by the decay of the spinal marrow . A Cheap Gas . —America boasts of another ' * grand invention" ih gas lighting . Pure and ; cheap gas is said to be produced by inserting into a red-hot retort a hollow cylinder filled with naphtha , which is instantly changed into permanent gas of twice the density of coal gas . A Blind Florist . —Mr . R . Welch , of Totness , who is totally blind , cultivates and rears , with his own hands the varieties of Sowers in their seasons , distinjguishes the most beautiful froni the inferior , and points out their qualities to astonished beholders . - . His pinks , tuli ps , & c , are the admiration of connoisseurs . ¦ •¦ " ¦ " •¦ ¦¦ : '¦ ¦ - ¦ - ¦ ¦ ' - ¦ '' - --

      Who ' s to SmokeIt?—A cigar manufacturer in Bath-street , Bristol , is now exhibiting a cigar nearly five feet in length , twenty-four inches in circumference , and weighing 35 lbs . It is stated as intended for the Exhibition of 1851 . . ' - 'V : In the cellar of Barclay , Perkins , and Co ., are no less than 116 huge vats containing beer in a condition for use . These average 2 , 000 barrels of thirty-six gallons each , and the largest contains 3 , 400 barrels ; so that there are actually always 232 , 000 barrels of beer ori hand . A Giant . —The Cincinnati Gc _^ ette gives an account of the thigh bone ofa hum arfbeing having been found containing six times the number of cubic inches that the thigh bone of a man in these degenerate days

      can furnish ! Also a human collar bone aiid other relics to match . Physicians say that the person to whom they belonged must have been thirteen feet high . . .. .. . ¦ . " . ' . Jenny Lino . —Two Irishmen were talking together just after the landing of Jenny Lind , at New York , when one of them remarked— " Sure Jemmy Lynn ' s come , did you hear that ? '" Deed I did not , " answered the other ; "Who is he ?"— "Hear tothe like o' that now , " rejoined his companion , "Itis not ana at _allfit _' _samGHi-ingall " .. The Sweating System . —E . Moses and Son flatter themselves they have succeeded in rendering their West-End Branch the principal mourning warehouse in the Metropolis .

      ¦ . A Simple and economical contrivance for excluding draughts of air from rooms has been invented . It is ah elastic roll of fine wool , to be neatly glued in the angle of the frame of the door jambin which the door is embedded . It thus presses along the whole edge of the door , arid effectually keeps out every breath of air . Buried out of sight , and stained to the colour of the wood , it is quite imperceptible . j 7 A Judqb . — " When I was travelling in Massachusetts , some twenty years ago , " said a traveller , VI had a seat with the driver , who , on stopping at the , Post-office , saluted an ill-looking fellow on the step , with , ¦ ' Good morning , Judge Saunders ; I hope you are well , sir 1 ' After leaving the office ,, I ask ed the driver if theman he spoke to was really a judge . ' Certainly , sir , ' he replied ., * We had a cock . fight last week , and he was made a judge on that occasion ! ' "

      Mesmerism as a Mechanical Power . —Some most interesting experiments by Dr . Elliotson , in which patients , by a reinforcement of mesmeric power , were . shown capable of swinging round large weights impossible to be even lifted by them in their ordinary condition , prove an intimate connexion between tho mesmeric medium and the muscular force , which , as every one knows , is dependent on the sate of the nerves , and by them conducted from the brain ; And so also with natural sleep-walkers , " they ! will stand self-balanced on the ridge . of a house , where ; under the usual conditions of consciousness , they could not preserve their equilibrium for a single moment . "—Rev , C . H . Townshend ' s Factsin Mesmtrism , '

      Chinese Repartee . - —A teacher was in the habit of sleeping in the day time , but would not suffer his pupil to nod for a moment . One day the pupil accosted him after his nap , in a complaining tone ; and begged to know why he might not sleep too . " Boy , " _, says the tutor , "in my sleep I dream of Cheu-kung , and have converse with , him . " , The next morning the pupil takes pattern by his master . The master , giving him a rap and rousing him , exclaims , " For shame , how can _yoiido so 1 " Says the pupil , " I , too , halve been seeing Chue-kung . " " And what did Chue _« kung say to you ?" - * _'Chue'kun'j . " replies the nupil ,: 1 ' tells me that yesterday he had no communication :: whatever with my revered . _imaster . _* _-i Anecdotes of Alany Lands . .. . _ ' ¦ The 'Electric Indicator , —This invention ' of Mr . Rutters is at once , a protection against fire and thieves . Two small mahogany boxes are the visible

      portions ; one contains a battery , which remainsin , readiness for many months and requires no looking after , the other contains the bell and alarum . The catch which acts on the striking wheel of the alarum is connected with a lever , which is set in motion by the action of an armature , governed by electricity . Three wires only are , required , and they may be attached , to doors , windows , or drawers , by means of a _slidcrlift ; the instant either is opened , the slide falls on the ends ofthe wires , which are bent , electricity is established , and the alarm instantly given . For prevention of ' fire , . two wires in connexion with a thermometer are used , thc one terminates in the mercury , bulb , the other in the tube at any -given temperature , which point , when tho mercury reaches , metallic connexion is completed , and any rise of temperature , b , eyond that , , point . is . indicated by the ringing of the fire alarm . . .... _- ¦ '' .

      Increase o p the _Population in the Australian Colonies—New South Wales has advunc _? d from a total of 114 , 386 souls _. in 1839 , to 220 , 474 in 1848 , being an increase of 93 per cent . In Van Diemen ' s Land , the returns for which _. reach only to 1847 , the increase has . been from 44 , 121 to , 70 , 164 , or 59 per cent . . South Australia , from its mining discoveries , shows , the most remarkable result , the . numbers having been 10 , 015 in 1839 , . while _m 1 S 48 they had reached 38 , 666 , the increase amounting . to 286 per cent . ' _-. Western Australia has likewise , shown striking progress , the advance having been . from 2 , 154 to 4 , 400 , exhibiting , an increase of 107 per cent . fAs regards the entire population of . the Austrian group , the progress has been from 170 , 676 souliin 2339 , to " 333 , 764 in 18 * 48 , . showing an augmentation of 163 , 088 , or at the rate of 95 } per cent .

      • Russia . —The European provinces of Russia cover an area of 99 , 489 square miles _; Transcaucasia , 2 , 825 ; Siberia , 208 , 600 - , the Steppes of KirgiB ) 30 , 000 ; the Islands , 1 , 100 ; American Colonies , 17 , 500 ; making a total of 359 , 514-square miles . Rcden , the geographier , calculates that the number of inhabitants amounts to 60 , 600 , 000 , and among them 50 , 000 , 000 . Slavonians and 4 , 333 , 000 ¦ , Poles . Eighty-eight per eent , of . thc population belong to

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      the crreek religion , 6 , 744 . 145 ate Roman Catholics , _3 _.-W 9 . 330 are Protestants , 1 , 654 , 707 Jews , and 566 , 320 Mahometans . One hundred and fifty- 1 ' ouv periodicals are published in * Russia—viz . ; 108-in _? _- _. v , T > in German , 8 in , French , 1 in Italian , ¦ 5 _n . thel ' _olisb / and 3 in the old Lettish language " , — Kolner ZeitungZ * * ' ¦ - ¦ ' ¦ ' '

      . . ; Cures; For The Uncured ! ¦Tj-O-L . Ii Q W-A .T'- S Ointment. J-X An Extraordinary Cure Of Scrofula , Or King 'S Evil.

      . . ; CURES ; FOR THE _UNCURED ! ¦ _TJ-O-L . Ii Q _W-A . T _' _- S OINTMENT . J-X An Extraordinary Cure of Scrofula , or King ' s Evil .

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      Extract of a letter from Jlr . J . H . Alliday , 209 Hi _» h-3 treet Cheltenham , dated January 22 nd , 1850 . ° ' Sib , —My eldest son , when about three years of nge was afflicted with aglandular swelling in tho neck , which after a short time brokeout into an ulcer . An eminent medical man pronounced it as a very bad case of scrofula , and prescribed for a considerable time without effect . The disease , then for years went on gradually increasing in virulence , when besides the ulcer in the meek , another formed below the left knee , and a third under the eye , besides seven others oh . the left arm , with a tumour between the eyes which was expected to break . During the whole of the time my ' suffering boy had received the constant advice ofthe most celebrated medical gentlemen at Cheltenham , besides beine for several months at the General Hospital

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      AN THE PREVENTION , CURE , AND \ J General character of SYPHILUS , STRICTURES , Affections of tlie PROSTRATE GLAND , VENEREAL and SCORBUTIC ERUPTIONS ofthe face and body , Mercurial excitement , & c , _followe-Jby amild , successful and expedi . tious mode of treatment . ¦ ¦ ¦ Thirty-first edition , Illustrated by Twenty-Six Anatomical Engravings on * Steel . Now and improved Edition , enlarged to 196 pages , ustpublished , prict , 2 s . fid ; or by . post , direct from the Establishment , 3 b . 6 d . in postage stamps . "THE SILENT FRIEND , ' - * a ' Medical Work on Venereal and Syphilitic Diseases , Secondary Spmptoms , Gonorrhoea . & c , with a PRESCRIPTION FOR THEIR PREVENTION ; physical exhaustion , and decay ofthe frame , from tho effects

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 12, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_12101850/page/3/