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    • GRATULATORY ODE TO THE FRENCH OX THEIR TRIUMPH AT HOME.
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    • ON ^ PHYSICali DIS(iUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPACITY , AKD IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE . Twenty-fifth edition, illustrated -with Twonty-SIx Anatomi-S al / ,-5 n ^ a* rf ng*- on SteeJ, enlarged to aw.page», price zs, 6d; by post, dh'Qct fi-om the Establishment, '30. fid., m postage stamps. - ¦••¦--¦ ¦ '
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      J The Spirit's Flight. I! Where Is The S...

      J THE SPIRIT'S FLIGHT . i ! where is the soul of . Democracy fledis it ceas'd to exist—does it sleep with the dead ? is the gloom of the _gravi _"** ,. a nd the d arkness o f i death , * ¦ '"'¦'" . ' / ' . ''"' rershadowed the sun that _iR-omined its path ? _ies oppression triumphantly hold it ia thrall , exultingly smile on its funeral pall . ? _t—the soul of Democracy shortly has fled , 4 a spirit so pure , " cannot rest with the dead . Rome long had Tyranny reared-its proud crest .

      , d supported its sway by the guile ofthe priest ; it the people at length wished a people to be , id proclaimed their resolve and their right to he : free ; . t their right was deniedby the Sovereign-Priest , 10 had promised Reform , though it seemed 'twas i in jest ;' i scarce had the people their haimer displayed , ¦ e fhe Pontiff had fled , and their cause had I betrayed . i each neigbouring prince disapproved ofthe act , d their bloodhounds set forth to ensure him L tUUll -UlUUUllUUUUiJ _OXjV 1 VLVU w _bllOlUO 1 X 1111

      respect ; I the walls have been breached , and the legions advance , _ith the tricolour flag of Republican France . tocsin is sounded , and the Heroes of Rome he barrieadesfly , and their cry stiUis , "Come !" le their lawless invaders , with cannon and sword , . the bursting of bombs , plead the cause of the Lord . - ' , . ¦¦ ¦ * re is England , the home of the lord and the slave , ich the great ; in their pride , term the " land of the brave ?"

      her courage been quell'd , that the point of her sword - "' . ""' ot red with the blood ofthe Galilean horde ? ; she fallen thus low , that she dare not complain , s leagued with the monster-destroyers of men ; t her cannon no more "from her batteries boom , le their silence decrees the destruction of Rome ? armies are idle , and her fleet _' s on the deep ; in silence she sits , _likeagiant asleep , m a stamp of her foot , or a wave of her hand , a word , w ould the bloo d h o unds of Euro p e command . her nobles are slavish , and callous of heart , ere crime were Ihey acting so godlike a part ; n _, God ofthe guiltless ! avert thon their doom , pursue with thy wrath the destroyers of Borne . James _Habksess . iburgh , June 3 0 , 18 i 9 .

      Gratulatory Ode To The French Ox Their Triumph At Home.

      GRATULATORY ODE TO THE FRENCH OX THEIR TRIUMPH AT HOME .

      rave citizens of France , proclaim a fete , For you have l aid the Roman E a gle low ; Pith pomp and pageant , t h erefore , celebrate Tour glorious triumph o ' er a stronger foe ; [ longer in cause—in justice and in right—A vast advantage ; but aTailingnot hen matched _againstihomoresubstantialirug ht Of rifle-bullet , rocket , shelL _,-and shot . v patriotic ardour long repeU'd , Your warlike banner still ye dared advance ; ambers and skill alone your hopes upheld ,

      Tet v ic tory has crowned the brow of France ; on shonld exult , then , o ' er the prostrate free ; | _Tes , ye should glory o ' er the vanquished brave , s might the victors at _Thermopylaj [ Have held their orgies on the Spartan ' s grave _, fa , valiant Oudinot ! Courageous band , tin whom Rome ' s awful walls awoke no dreadho se w a lls b y freedom ' s living warriors m a nn'd , Landwatch'd by spirits ofthe mighty deadbnourtoyou , ye brave ! From sire to son [ Yonr fame to latest ages handed down , hride the glory of tiie Goth and Hun ; Share Alaric ' s and Attila _' s renown .

      me , sing aloud the MarseUUdse with glee _. F o r t y r a nn y h y Frenc h men ' s aid restored tise ye the strain , "Mourir pour la patrie , " Dn having smitten patriots with the sword : me , ye sincere republicans of France , Dome forth , while crackers bounce and cannons boom , ound your tree of liberty to dance , Hnd trample on the Rherty of Rome . —Punch .

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      Et Koaee. Poems B Y Tv. T. Inmos Iradon:...

      Et KOaEE . Poems b y TV . T . Inmos iradon : J . Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head-pas-| ge , Paternoster-row . mall collection of Poems , published for ben-fit of the _Prench-made widows and oris of Home . NVc trnst that a large sale add to the "value of Mr . _Ixsros ' s patriotic philanthropic donation . _TTe annex a hrief act : — _r Rome ! for Italy!—our thoughts , our words , ish forth impetuously . Would they might he 4 _ft _n-intvn . 1 _oc _inrralc -with _-o-fA-mnl _RWATn _*? fiiL \ \ 3 _!*¦* _i — _—

      _--« Allgt _^ a «** L-a * MA _^* X * j »*» _-ww- « . »« - « . »— - > smite Gods TJnforgiven ! Oh I to see ir new Camillus scourge those slaves of Gaul nine to theirinfamy . Ye ruins grand : the time-reverenced Coliseum ! fall , id with St . Peter ' s and the Tatiean , _i one wide nndistinguishab h ** heap , : e over Rome the Accursed dare to creep _, ¦ eemen of Rome ! your ancient heroes man ie eternal ramparts . Lo I thy -martyr Dand , _nffini I lead us—Build yon batter'd waR ith Hying men ! Oh ! Roman victory I

      H Works Of Theodore Farter. Published By...

      H Works of Theodore Farter . Published by pf . Barker , _Worfley , near Leeds j and J . ratson , London _, have before ns No . L of fhe first cheap j _& lish reprint ofthe works ofthe celebrated iaerican preacher , Theodoke Paekee . We _ISst see atleast a larger portion of this _publipon hefore we can offer an opinion as to the _Inciples of the author , and Ms talents as a Utier . ( Fromhear-say , wehave reason for gfcring that the latter are of a hi gh order . ) Sari-he present we confine ourselves to the lowing extracts from " The Ihtrodnction : " H BELIGIO _!? .

      Che history ofthe world shows clearly that Ke-» n is the highest of all human concerns . Yet greatest good is often subject to the worst jse . The doctrines and ceremonies that _reprettTihe _popnterrcUgion at this time , offer a strange ogling of truth and error . Theology is often i & unacd with -religion ; men exhaust then ength in believing , and have little reason to inbe with , or solid Piety to live by . It requires [ prop he t to se e t h at w h at i s pro p er l y taug ht and jepted as religion is no very divine thing ; not fed to make the -world purer , and man more rthv to live in it . In the popular Belief of the bent , as of aR time , there is something mutable _ttfleetinff : _somcthm--r also which is eternally the

      be . The former lies on the surface , and all i see it ; the ; latter lies deep , and often escapes serration . Our theology is mainly based on the _oerficial and transient element . It stands by the iearance of the sceptic . They who rely on it , j alwavs in danger and always in dread . A doubt ibngly _' put , shakes the pulpits of 2 sew England , fa wakens the thunder of the churches ;—ihe more isonable the doubt , the greater is the alarm . Do fa fear lest the " mountains faU . Tradition is havs imccrtaun . "Perhaps yes , perhaps no , " is | we can say of it . let it is made the basis of Reion . _Authoritii is taken for Truth , and not Truth for ahoritv . Relief is made the Substance of Religion , _Authority its Sanction , and Tradition its Ground .

      So name of Infidel is applied to the best of men , B wisest , the most spiritual and heavenly of our pthers . The bad and the foolish naturally ask , lie name he deserved , what is the -use of Religion , feood men and wise men can be good and wise , _Keenly and spiritual , without it ? The answer is an—bnt notto the blind . _ * Eraetical "Religion implies both a Sentiment and life . Wc honour a p hantom which is neither life ir sentiment . Yes , we have two'Spectres that Sen take the place of Religion with us . The one I Shadow ofthe sentiment ; that is our creed , Jbeiff theology , by-whatever name we call it . The Ser is the Ghost of life ; this is our ceremonies , rms _, devoutp-ractices . Thetwo Spectres byiurns _ithe part of Religion , and . we are called Chris-: ins because we assist at the show . ; Beal piety is

      Svected of but few- He is the Christian that _oows _fthe Idol of his Tribe , and sets up also a lesser , fe orthodox idol , in his ovm Den . . One word of fe Prophet is true of our rehgion—Ks voice _k not E rd in the streets . Our theology _^ full of . conision . They who admit Reason to look npon it _b _f ou t he matter stiRrnore , for a greatrevolution ¦ _thotight alone can setmatters right . -,.- - " _ReMonis separate dfromUfe , divorced from bed idboard . We think to be religious withoutlove jrman _, and pious with none for ; God ; or , which l the same thing , that we can love our neighbour ithout helping lum , and God without having an _Jea of Him . - The _prerailing theology represents od as a being whom a good man must hate ; _He-» ion as something alien to our nature , which can _5 y rise as Reason falls . A'desp ' air of man per ? idesour theology . " - " What -passes for _ChrMiamtyinourtimesM not jasonableV no man pretends it . It can only be

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      defended by forbidding a reasonable man to open his mouth . We go from the street to the church . "What a change ! Reason and good sense , and manly energy , which do their work in the world , have here little to do ; theirvoice is not heard , The morality , however , is the same in , both places ; it has only laid off its working-dress ,-smoothed its face , put on its Sunday clothes . Th e popular rel igion is . hostile to man ; tells us __ he is an ; outcast—not a child of God , but a spurious issue of the devil . . He must not even pray in his own name . ' His duty is an impossible thing . No man can doit . He deserves nothing but damnation . Theology tells him-that is all he is sure of . It teaches the ; doctrine of immortality ; but in sueh guise , that , if true , it is a misfortune to mankind . Its heaven is a p lacenom a n has a right to . Would a good man willingl y acce p t what is not his ?—pray for it ? This theology rests _Jn-r _« __ _ r- _^ : jj : _« _- a _« Ani , nn ... .. _ a _ ——

      on a he . Men have made it out of assumptions . The conclusions came from the premises ; but the premises were made for the sake ofthe conclusions . Each vouches for the other ' s truth . " Rut what else will vouch for either ? The historical basis of popular doctrines , such as Depravity , R ed empt i on , Resurrection , the Incarnation ; is it formed of Facts or of _. '" _Nb-Facts ? "Who shall teU ns ? Do not the wise men look after these thirigB ? One must needs blush for the patience of mankind . But has reh g ion only the b ubble of Tr adi t i o n to rest on ; no other sanction than Authority ; no substance but Belief ? - They know little ofthe matter who say it . Hid Reli gion be gin with what we call Ghristianity ? "Were there no Saints before Peter ? Religion is the first thing ; man learned ; the , last thing he will abandon . There is but ono Religion , as one Ocean , " though we caR it Faith in our church , and Infidelity out of our church .

      This work is neatly printed ,. . and published in cheap weekl y numbers .

      The Ethnological Joranj*I.--It Was Annou...

      The Ethnological JoraNJ _* i .--It was announced in the April number of this journal that the work would appear in a quarterly form on the succeeding 1 st of July , but , it appears , that the first quarterl y number will not appear until the lat of October , next . Kegretting the postponement , we _^^ think it onl y fair to add the Editor ' s exp lanation . Mr . Burke says : — "In preparing a continuation of the Papers on the Hebrew _Chrpnology , it became necessary to institute a comparison between its dates and those of the primitive history of other ancient nations . This comparison gradually led to a wider range of research than was orig inall y contemplated ; but the results arrived at were

      so interesting and important , that it was found necessary to pursue the investi gation , at all risks , up to a certain point , before again writing upon the subject . With the utmost anxiety to accomplish our task in time , it has , been whoUy impossible to do so j and to present our views in part would be extremel y injudicious , forthe ground wetreadnponisintenselycontroversial , and many of the revelations we have to make so startling , that nothing short" of an overwhelming proof will obtain for . them the least toleration , out of the very small ; circle of unfettered minds . " Hence . it was resolved to delay the publication of the " next number until October . "We trust that Mr . Burke wiU be

      well supported . The original talent he has alread y disp layed entitles him to . our best wishes .

      Stjutshine And Shadow; A Tale Of The Otn...

      _STJUTSHINE AND SHADOW ; A TALE OF THE _OTNETEENTH CENTURY .-ET THOMAS MAHIE" "WHEELER , Lato Secretary to th _« National Charter Associatio _n and National Land Company .

      _ChamebXTI . Nature imprints upon whate ' er we see , That has a life or heart in it-rhe free ., The beasts are chartered—neither age nor force ' Can queR the love of freedom in the horse . Cans ' t thou , then , honoured with a Christian name , ' Buy what is woman-born and feel no shame 1 Trade in the blood of innocence , and plead Expedience as a warrant for the deed ? So may the wolf , whom famine has made bold , To quit the forest and invade the fold ; So may the rnflSan , who , with ghostly glide , Dagger in hand , steals close to your bedside—2 f ot he , hub his emergence _fore'd the door , He found it inconvenient to be poor . —Cowper .

      A . few days saw Arthur duly installed in Mr . Elkinson ' s counting-house , where his ability , and readiness soon made him exceedingly useful , whilst his information and good temper made him a general favourite and a welcome guest not only at the table of Mr . and Mrs . 3 ElkinsoD , bpt at many ofthe nei g hbonMDg merchants and p lanters ; his duties at Mr . _EUunson _' s were light and agreeable , and he was treated more like a brother than a dependant . Occasionally his duties ; called him into the interior of the island , and he had many opportunities , in visiting various pla ntations , of acquiring information respecting th e condition , d omestic habits , and comparative happiness of the negro in Ms' emancipated state , also of what it had been in his state of bondage , tiie result-of which assured him that

      U b erty had created a soul in the negro body ; that indolence and _ignorance were being superseded __ by ent e rpri s e a n d inte l li gence ; that if their energies had fair play , their habits of industry , their adaptability" to the climate , and their system of brotherly co-operation , would speedily render them proprietors of those islands which they had so long tilled as slaves , and the Black Republic of the New World become , perhaps , as famous as the White . True ; he heard complaints * from many proprietors that since their " emancipation they were lazy . and would not work , and that their crops were _spoiling for want of more hands ; but Arthur soon perceived that if the negro would not work it was because he was not properly remunerated for his toil , and he app rove d of their p olicy of light labour divided

      amongst all hands . He founu tnat there , as in Britain , the employers wanted to overwork the few in order to have a surplus of hands in the market , and thereby reduce-the wages of the whole ; for this purpose , also , was the Hill Coolies Emigration scheme pa tronise d not on ly b y the resi d ent p l a nters , bnt by our great proprietors and legislators at home . This was a wily step to entrap the poor East Indian from his native home , and cause him to work hard and cheaper than his Western brother , thus enabling them to buy free labour cheaper than they could hitherto breed slave labour , and reduce the independent negro labourer to the level of the British artisan , —a chained slave at the heels of capital , selling his life ' s blood at the lowest possible price , fearful even then lest his brother slave should

      undersell him , and famine or the Foor-Law bastile be his lot . After experience in America , fully cOnr vinced Arthur of the truth of these , reflections . Deeply did he grieve at the mockery of a nation styling itself free , and yet retaining nearly three millions of its population in slavery ; but for a Republican government to sanction this , —for men boasting of their civilisation to defend its _justice , — for ministers of reli gion to conniveatit , —for statesmen to enact laws to maintaih . it , was , to his imagination , such a monstrous anomaly that futuregenerations would wonder , aye , would shudder" at the very recital of its barbarous inconsistency . America , boasting of her free and liberal institutions—boasting that liberty , banished from the Old World , had there found , not merely a place of refuge , a safe

      asylum , but a wide and generous home , that worshipped ,, in stealth by many faithful' hearts in * all lands , there , and-there onl y , was her generous regime full y established . Deeper reflection and further experience _rathe-r moderated these , feelings , and showed Mm that she could plead many circumstances in extenuation of her guilt , though none that could wipe away the indelible stain . The Republics of Old sanctioned and encouraged slavery ; Athens , the pride of Greece , with but 20 , 000 citizens , possessed 400 , 000 slaves ; Sparta , h e roic Sparta , was still more disgraced hy a similar policy ; Rome , at one p erio d , was mistress of a horde of sixty million . slaves . - - But * those governments did not spring into existence like America , appealing to Heaven and earth that all men were equal , and

      therefore equall y entitled to freedom and happiness . Those nations did not , like America , emblazon their standard with _equality-T-fightfor it- _^ die for _' it—arid when finally and triumphantly ; victorious retain" in bondage a body of men , many of them sprung from their own loins _^ -many of them daring participators in their struggle for liberty—all of . them peaceable and useful subjects . He was , h ow e ver , a ware that a Briton should . be the last to . reproach America with this . crime , for it- was England ; that " pla _* dted this foul weed in the otherwise fair garden of American liberty ; it was one of-the evfl influences" engendered by British misrule ; it had . grown with their growth , and strengthened with their strength , until it had become difficult , yea , dangerous , to

      hastily attempt its eradication . But Arthur . likewise saw that if the same system / of commerce and competition was continued in America , which was bringing rmn on his own land—if America continued _maofyjtp rush towards the vortex which was burying all that was -free , manly , and national , in her parent country—then he saw that . the system of slavery would eradicate itself , for the avarice of the merchants and -mahufaelnrers would speedily discover that free labour , could be procured cheaper and better than slave labour , for the slave will not work unless he is well fed , but the free man thinks half a _™ eal better than noneland when things come to that result ( and thai they speedily must he felt convinced , for experience had shown him that inthe West Indies free labour could be procured for

      Stjutshine And Shadow; A Tale Of The Otn...

      twenty-five per cent , less than was formerl y pai d for slave labour , ) then compulsory slavery would cease , and free-labour slavery , as inhis native-land , _"Wp ly its place . Activel y did he exert himself whilst there to aid the real democrats in averting this , impending evil ; truthfully did he depict the barren supremacy it had established in England , heaping wealth upon the few ; but misery and destitution upon the many ; _£ with pain was he compelled to acknowledge that their very slaves were , better off , ntore . cheerful , more free from calamities , better provided for in sickness , and in old age , than , his brother operatives inthe old country ; and that freedom purchased atthe risk of sharing a British' labourer ' s lot would be a curse and not a blessing to them ., ( To bt continued . ) . . _ _ r > _ .

      Irish Poems-Clarence Mangan. (From Tbe D...

      IRISH POEMS-CLARENCE MANGAN . ( From tbe Dublin Irishman . ) Iu conjunction with many others of your correspondents , the writer of this has to lament the premature and melancholy death of James Clarence Mangan , a man who , for many years , had filled a great portion of the public mind , with admiration of his genius , as well as grief for his misfortunes ; the first poet of Ireland in his day , and one of the most unhappy of her . sons ; the ' sad career , of this " child of song , " bringing to our minds a remembrance . , of the f a te of a ' Chatterton , a Dermqdy , or a Burns , and many-other unfortunate bards , whose gifts , though capable of giving delight to millions , could not confer happiness on the possessors . Clarence . Mangan , has fallen like many others , his latter days darkened by poverty and , disease— "Nor could the muse ; defend

      her son . " Alas J that such should so often be the destiny ofthe gentle bard . Genius alone , unregulated , and eccentric , cannot save them from the evils and distresses of life , " or guard their course from the quicksands which . enviro n them amidst the tide of passion . " The works of Mangan should be all . " collected , and published , under the eye of some enlightened editor . * They will form the most imperishable-monument to his fame , : an honour to Irish _genius , ; and creditable to his country . The German Anthology , published ; a few years -ago by Curry of Sackville street , consists of translations by Mangan , from the most celebrated poets of Germany . ; . but there are inany more of his translationsfrom the lays of the -Fatherland , scattered through the pages of the Dublin University _Magazine , for a period of tenor

      twelve years . Mangan wrote many original and , admirable articles , " short poems , ballad poetry , and sohga ; but his great glory is interwoven with his translations . As a tr a n s lator he was in i m i t a b le , and inversions from the German surpassed all his coteraporaries . In every , piece weperceive the perfection of art , arid the hand of a master—harmonious yersifiration _^ flowirig numbers—a copious command of language—a wonderful mastery over words—a _mirkr culous power of rhyme , without . any apparent effort . But he was still perhaps greater and more at home in his , metrical' versions from the : IrisK bards . In this department he was-, indeed , . unrivalled and unapproachable , and his loss is irreparable . * * As an instance , of the _^ loss "' to Irish literature , by the death of Mangan . it may be here mentioned , that the

      late Bryan Geraghty . of Anglesea-street , a spirited and patriotic Irishman , whose loss is also much tobe lamented , had & large collection of Irish poems , in course of preparation , to be versified by Mangan . The Irish , beautifully written , was to be given on one page , and the English version on the other . Mr . Geraghty was well known for many years as an eminent collector of rare and curious works on Irish history , particularly ancient . Irish MSS ., and , being an admirable penman , he transcribed many of them in the Irish c h aracters , with great elegance and beauty . The last collection he had in course of preparation , was made for Patrick O'Higgins , Esq .., but the work was interrupted by the long political imprisonment of that gentleman ; . and by the death of Mangan , as wellas of Geraghty , within a short period of each

      other , the literary world is deprived of the publication of these very curious and interesting compositions . The poems in course of preparation , were by many eminent bards , but chiefly those composed by the bardic f amily of O'Higgins , celebrated in ancient times as literary men , and also as chiefs of note , holding large landed possessions in Westmeath and in Connaught . Many of thein . are mentioned in th e Annals of die Four Masters ; and amongst the most curious notice of them , the following may be quoted _, as a remarkable instance of the real or supposed p ower ofthe bar d s to kill an enemy by the power of satire . Some satirists , in a nci e nt a nd moder n t i mes , are said to have caused their antagonists to commit suicide by the severity of their invectives ; but the following account is , perhaps , one of the most

      remarkable on record , ofa man being killed by venomous verses . The affair relates to Sir John Stanley , ancestor of the Earls of Derby , who came to Ireland as Lord Deputy , in the reign of Henry V ., A _. D . 1413 , and died suddenly at Ardee , in the year _141-4 . lie was a most cruel and tyrannical governor , and particularly hateful for his persecution of the priests and bards , whom he plundered and put to death , without mercy , whenever he got any of them into his hands . Amongst others he attacked the O'Higgins " , and carried off their cattle from their lands , at the hill of Usneagh , in Westmeath , a celebrated place in ancient times , and situated within a few miles of Mnllingar , towards Athlone . Tbe matter is thus

      mentioned in the Annals pf the ; Four Masters , ia the year 1414 : — " J oh n S t a nley came to Irel a n d as the King of England ' s Viceroy—a man who gave neither toleration nor terman ( sanctuary ) to clergy , laity , or literary men , but all with whoia lie came in c intact he subjected to cold , hardship , and famine * and he it was who plundered _Nialj the sons of Hugh O'Higgins , at Uisneagh— -but HenryDalton plundered James Tuite , an d t he Kin g ' s people , arid gave to the O'Higgins ' a' cow in lieu of each cow of which they had been rob ; bed , and afterwards escorted them into Connaught-The O'Higgins ' , on account of Nial , then satirised John . Stanley , who " lived only five weeks after the satirising , having , died from _, the venom of their satires 1 "

      What a pity we have not a copy of the . s a tire th a t killed John Stanley ! It must have surpassed anything done by Juvenal , arid would be a powerful piece of artillery to fire off at a political antagonist . By directing public attention to the subject in the patriotic pages of the . Irishman , the collection of poems above mentioned may yet be made available , and other Irish poems may be collected , and translated by efficient hands , under the patronage of enlightenedfriends of-Irish literature . —M . D .

      More Of The Irish Servility. A Bright Id...

      MORE OF THE IRISH SERVILITY . A bright idea has struck some of our imag in a tive patriots—for your " practical men" are all patriots par excellence . Falling back upon a splendid precedent , they desire to rebaptise the town of Cove , and , of course , its harbour , in honour of tho Queen's . visit . The geographical baby is to renounce the devil and all his works and pomps under the name and title of Queenstown ! This kind of re-baptism was done before , and in honour of one of the chastest , most temperate / and most moral monarchs

      that ever sat on tno . bngiisii throne—George the Fourth , of blessed memory . To gratif y the vanity of this crowned and sceptred Saint , Dunlearywas compelled to renounce its ancient Irish name , and to assume the flunkey-begotten one of Kingstowri . Cove—geographical Cove—Cove , which is known to almost every mariner that has sailed on the great deep—Cove , which enjoys a world-wide . reputation , and possesses a splendid individuality—Cove is to lose its naine , and is to be christened Queenstown . ' Shame ! Shame !! Shame !!!

      But what is the object in view ? How stupid must - the projectors of this piece of gigantic flunkeyism b e , not to see that their excuse conveys a censure on . 'the " _Queen and the'government of England . The object is , that Cove , as Qmnstwn , may have some claim on the , _^ ueen . As Cove , it has none , although it is an Irish harbour , and although England and Ireland are declared to be one by the Act of _TJnion . This is . the , necessary inference to be . drawn , from the premises of your re-baptising

      wiseacres . What : next will Irish servility conceive in its fecund brain ? Would they take a suggestion from us ? With the help of heaven , the potatoes will be all right again , to g la dd en ; p eer , peasant , and pig . Sow , would it not be a graceful compliment to her Majesty to sink the " Murphy " ' altogether , and , rebaptise this national production . as the . Victoria Tuber , the Guelp h Root , the : Hanover Apple , or the Albert Pippin ? This would be pretty- _^ -eh ? : [ Then ; there is that Irish gentleman—ha who , ' in happier days , lived like a prince , and paid the : rent —with veneration , we mention the . Pig . As there is . so niiich in a name ,, perhaps the adoption of a . more euphonious denomination in'this individual instance might improve the flavour of hia bacon ? What shall we call him iu honor ofthe Royal visit ? Let us . see-rwhatwould you think , gentlemen , ; of baptising him ' the ' Windsor ,. Giraffe , or . the Royal

      _Irishylntetope ? . Pretty , isiit _^ not ?; _Reallyjthesubject is a noble one ; and , as we think how many Irishmen ' and women would be ready to lay down their fine old Irish names at the Royal footstool , and rise up . thorough Saxons in heart and soul , thovastness of the sacrifices which the Wsh would be anxious to make , for the better exhibition of their loyalty , looms on us like sonie giant object , confusing our senses , and scattering OurthoughtS . _: But , good gentlemen , do leave Cove where it : is , and what it is—on the charts of the world's marine , and as you and your fathers knew it . If you think the _tyueen has great influence over her Ministers , _^ respectfull y entreat of her Majesty to exercise it ori behalf of the shamefully neglected harbour of Cove —that Cove , bf which the youthful Princess read sueh gtowing geographical penegyrics in her schooldays ; for , gentlemen , Princes and _ Pi'incesse 9 do learn their AB Cas other little men and women are in the habit of doing . But this is a secret . — Cork Examiner . - ...

      A Word To The Men Of Cork. (From The Dub...

      A WORD TO THE MEN OF CORK . ( From the Dublin Irishman . ) _Fe-c-low , _CoT-NrE-TMEtf , —I have read in the last num be r ef the C or k Examiner , that you intend to dishonour Ireland by the most shameful ; servility . ? ou ai i _* i . _S imitate the poor fools who exhausted their money and ' their breath in regaling and flattering the " royal-Viieixus" George , who came amongst us to insure the success of an H e la n d ed in a part o f Irel a nd . whic h b ore the name otrDunleary . _«; Loyalty" immediately baptised . it Kmgslo \ m . For its' pains , - " loyalty" was repaid with starvation . _e . - - _» . ¦ - ¦¦ _... - ¦ " '

      . f have re ad , with in e x p ressibl e sh a me , that you - intend to imitate this disgraceful precedent . As old Dunleary-became _Jmigstown , Cove , beautiful , world-famed Core , is to be nicknamed < 2 ue < _** _utown r oname on you , men of Cork ! Shame on your Jobbing , Cor p orat i ons , your Anti-Irish Councils _SehuSsr _* _' _' _^ -May the shame . which you deserve cling to you like a curse-may it blacken your names in all _his _' - tory—may _; _it stamp y 0 ii as . dust-licking cowards and renegades , if you do this thin- ! Our cup of sorrow is _; fuU-we onlneed fes to make it ¦

      y overflow . ; j ¦ - ¦; _' . _" ¦ _^ Ah , ; _-he Men . . At all events show some little _Man-Snfc _^ 1 / 1 _^ ° l _. _^ Pendence-and at all events _Si CaSfc ; tlUS addlt Wnalstainon our . dishonoured country . , ¦ . Truly yours , *! . . ' _- .. Joseph _Bhenajt .

      ..Renewal Of The Ten Hours Agitation . •...

      .. RENEWAL OF THE TEN HOURS AGITATION . ? i ? l hurs _i J we 5 ? crowded meeting was held in the Free Trade Hall , Manchester , to renew t he agitation on the Ten Hours Act . The Rev ; W . HUNTINODON took tho chair , and after briefly opening the proceedings called upon the mover of the -first resolution . . ¦ ; ,-- _> .. Mr . G . Johnson , of Ashton , moved a resolution expressmg _^ the approval of the _inhabitants of Manchester of the Ten Hours Act . Mr . P . _Hargbeaves seconded the motion .

      C . HiNDL-jy _, Esq ., M . P . : ; _"Iam at the present moment in a very great predicament , because I refused my support ; to this resolution when I was asked for itintne committee room before the meeting . If you wish to know whether or not I am a supporter of the Ten Hours Bill I tell you candidly that I am . ( Cheers . ) But if you want to know whether , in the wor d s of th i s reso l ution , I am an enemy to any arrangement between ; masters and men I tell you frankly and honestly that I am not . ( Applause . ) I tell you that I think there is a disposition on the part of the _riiasters to meet the men ; and lean tell you , you may bring forward bills and acts of parliament as long as you please , but until you agree to something that will meetthe views . of both side s _.

      your endeavours will be useless . ( Cries of " Ten Hours , '' "No compromise . " ) I am a Ten Hours man . ( Loudcheers . ) But I will not be a parrot—( laughter )—and merely say , " Stick to the Ten Hours Bill , " when there is no Ten Hours Bill to stick to . You have not . got a . Tea Hours Bill ; Clarke ' s are _, working fifteen hours and twenty minutes ( Cries of - ¦ shafn _^ , " and " si-steen hours" ) j and if you will disperse yourselves to-night and bring the Clarkes down to ten hours before next Saturday you will have done more good than all the meetings ever held . ( Great cheering . ) Don't you see this , that every day you allow one master to work longer than another you are doing him great in justice ? If you look at your own interest do you

      think you will ever raise the wages till you equalise the time ? ( Cries of " No . " ) Ho you wish to have thewages raised ? ¦• , ( Cries of "Yes . " ) Then I tell you , whether you agree to have ten , eleven , or eight hours , the moment you have equalised the time I will assist you in getting up the wages . ( Loud cheers . ) I moved for leave to bring in . a bill , last week , toget rid ofthe abominable shift system . I asked the consent of the central shift committee hero , and they did not wish me to do so ; and as I did not wish to make mischief , I withdrew the motion , and the . responsibility ' , rests not' with me . You may either contmue to . agitate and have , as I understand you intend to have , yo « r fourteen meetings in Lancashire , and as many in Yorkshire , and

      endeavour to attain your object in that way ; or you may apply to parliament to have the bill altered , and the shift and relay system put down . You may take the o pinion of Mr . Brotherton , or you may adopt the . advice of'Lord Ashley . I tell you candidly ' I am a ten hours man ; but I should wish you to take the a d vice of Lord Ashle y , as your most determined and most devoted friend in parliament—a man capable of judging , and who , I am sure , wou l d not swerve from your interest for one moment . S . FiEiDEN , Esq . ( son of the late Mr . John Fielden ) was received with prolonged cheering , and said —Mr . Hindley has gi ven you f our propos i tions , which you have the option of taking ; the first is to agitate . He recommends you to do that , and I

      recommend you to do it ; and a few such meetings as the present would soon put an end to the necessity for agitation . The next course was . to apply to parliament ; . but I have so . little , confidence in those w h o were our l e ad ers i n t he Hou se of Commons , that I . should be very chary of trusting our cause in that house . Mr . Hindley ' s third proposition is that of Mr . _Brothei'ton ' s , and , as he says , that gentlem a n is very cautious in what he says , for I couldnot make out at all - what he meant by : his letter . ( Laughter . ) The fourth course is that recommended by Lord Ashley . There seems to be some difficulty in getting to know what is Lord Ashley ' s opinion exactly ; therefore I tried to prevail upon Mr . Hindley to come back and state Lord Ashley ' s

      Sentiments more fully , and to hear my answer to thein . Mr , Hindley told _tole that Lord Ashley waa willing to . take , as a settlement of the question , sixty-one hours a week . Now , I recommend you not to take sixty-one hours a week . ( "No , no , " and loud cheers . ) I have been asked for my views , and I state them fearlessly . I am for no compromise , not one , minute ; and that if you go for fiftyei g ht hours and one minute , I will not g o wit h y ou I will never give you one minute . ( Cheers . ) Remem b er that this l a w h a s worked well , th e re f ore there is no ground tor altering it . If you will only be firm , and have a little perseverance and patience , I think you will be enabled to make suchan

      impression upon the Home Secretary , that'he will either enforce the law as laid down at present , or procure such a definition of the law as will meet the . objects you have in view . Until then you had better be quiet . That is my advice to you . ( Loud cheers . ) M . PAXTON _. a working man , moved . "that this meeting , in the ; most solemn and decided terms , express its disapprobation of the conduct of those millowners who are violating the law , a n d cont e mp late with alarm the effect which the conduct of certain magistrates must have upon the public mind , who openly sanction such breaches of the law , in open defiance of the opinions of the law-magistrates and t h o Queen 's Attorney-General and Solicitor-General . ; . " _.- ¦'

      _Ptnxip Knight seconded the motion . . ; _RicnARD Oasii .-br , _Esej ., next came forward , and aft ' _eivexpressihghis gratification at the speech which the chairman had delivered , said—Mr , Hindley , if I mistake not , said we have no Ten Hours Act . Now , ; I maintain we have ; 'and if he will go into the House of Commons , and tell'them there that the act which they assisted in passing as a Ten Hours Act is no longer , . tho law of ; the land , they will call him to account . Mr . Hindley very gravely told you that ho would never be a party to anything but a Ten Hours Bill , and he very coolly left the the platform by advising you to take the ten-anda-half . ( Laughter . ) He positively declared he would never be a party to a Ten Hours Act , and , ' therefore , he must be opposed to you when he advises you to take ten-and-a-half . ( Hear , hear . ) But I

      know you never will . ( Cheers . ) I stand now In no dark insignificant out-of-the-way hole-and-corner place ,. l have not got into a paltry village to-nightbut I am at tbe very . centre and the very focus of the opponents ofthe Ten Hours Bill . I bidthemone and all—to meet nie here , to meet me ,- weak as I am , face to face , and to renew this question . ( Cheers . ) I am ready to answer for the hope that it is in me , that if the Ten Hours Bill be changed , the laws of England are worthless . ( Cheers . ) [ Mr . Oastler proceeded to speak at great length , adverting principally to the course of the past agitation . The motion waB carried . A memorial to her Majesty was adopted , conveying the spirit of the resolutions . I Several votes of thanks were also , agreed to before thei ' proceedingsterminated . ;• ., i

      Admission Of' Strangers To The : House O...

      Admission of' Strangers to the : House of Commo ns . —The select committee appointed to consider the present practice of this HOuse iri respect to ' the exclusioi of strangers , have considered the matter to them .. referred , and agree to the following report ' . —That the . existing , usage : of excluding strangers during a division , and upon the notice by an individual meriiber" that ' strangers are present , has prevailed from a very early period of Parliamen tary history ; that the instances in which the * power ofan individual member to exolude has been exercised have been very . rare ; and'that itis the unanimous opinion of your committee that there is no

      sufficient ground for ' making-any alteration in thc existing practice with regard to the admission or exclusion of strangers . —July 12 , 1849 . " Which is the _Monket ?" —The late Dr . James Hamilton was once sent for . by a lady of fashion to see her favorite monkey , which had ; gorged itself at breakfast . ' On entering , the room : he observed her ladyship ' s o n ly son most a b _sui'diy .. dressed , and , looking first at the child and . then , " at the monkey , coolly inquired , " My lady , which is the monkey V A PnOSPECT OP A Labge _Famiw . —On the -Uth ull . Mrs . Butterfield , of Hitchen , presented her husband with their _twentyrfourth child , 'about a month ' after the twenty-third anniversary of their wedding day !

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      Names. —While We Possess So Great A Vari...

      Names . —While we possess so great a variety of excellent Christian names , it is _astonishing-that so v _u j . ou ld be in ordinary use . The common _Eng"sh _dictionaries containlists of , about 2 o 0 male and 130 female names ; but out ; of theso not more than about 20 or 30 for each sex can be called at all usual . Nearly a moiety of males may be said tobe either Johns , or W il l iams , or Jameses _. _' or Georges , or Henries , or _Thomases- ' or Richards . * If , in addition to these , we enumerate the Fredericks ,, the Edwards the Josephs , the Charleses , the Matthews , the Nicholases , the : Peters , the Phillips , the Stephens , the Roberts , the Alfreds , a nd the Walters , nine-tenths of our " mankind" will be found

      upon the muster-ro 1 , and only a tithe will remain to answer to the loss usual , but often much more beautiful and euphonious , names . If we examine our female names we arrive at a very similar result . Mary , Anne , Elizabeth , Eliza , Sarah , and Jane , are universal , while in the second rank , Catherin e Emma , Frances , ( or Fanny ) , Hannah , Harriet ' Ellen , Lucy , Maria , Martha , Sophia , " and . two or three others , bear sway . The dread of singularity seems to be the principal motive for thus restricting our personal nomenclature . , But . why should we shrink from the _iiseof such noble appellations as Alexander , Alban , Ambrose , A rthur , Bernar d , Christopher , Clement , Edgar / Ethelbert . Gilbert

      Gregory , Godfrey , Harold , Lawrence , Leonard , Michael , Marmaduke , Oliver , Paul , Ralph , Reginald , Roger , Roland , Sylvester , Theobald , Urban , valentine , a n d V i ncent , whiehhave one or all of the attributes of euphony , ofa good etymology , and of interesting historical associations ? And why , again , should we deny to the gentler sex the , graceful designations of Agnes , Agatha , Arabella , Beatrix , Bertha , Blanche , Cecilia , Dor o th y , Edith , Gertrude , Gunhilda , Gundrada , Isabel , Julia , . Leonora , Maud , Mildred , Philippa , Ursula , and Wini f re d ? Macreadt in a New Character . — Messrs . Bradbury and Evans are about to publish Pope ' s works , edited by Mr . Macready , the celebrated

      trage-Mesmerism . —Earl Ducie has become the president 01 the Mesmeric Institute at Bristol , as he says he is fully convinced of the truth and utility of mesmerism . WHAT heavenly and earthly thing does a rainy day exercise the same influence over 1 Tho sun and your b oots , for ic takes the shine out of both . MEMORy .- _- -When the toils and fatigues ofthe day are over , who does not love , occasionally _^ to indulge in a review of bygone years ? No toils , no perplexity attends it . It is an exercise we reserve for an idle hour . In summer , we may repose beneath the shade of a favourite treeand whilst wo recal

      , the adventures of childhood , enjoy , at the s ? me time , the surrounding scenery . In winter , we ma y seat ourselves beside the blazing hearth , and whilst we recount many apast deed , we can , at the same time , enjoy ; our fireside security and feel alive to the . present : but in this the niind is at ease _; no labour . of the intellect , no perplexity attends it _. Memory . ) is the most independent faculty of the human mind , because its office is simply to reproduce what reason has dictated and habit confirmed —whilst _evej-y other department of' the mind is equally as dependent oh memory for the exercise of its powers .

      Whose _iEST works are most trampled on ?—The shoemakers ' . The -lames of Albany , U . S ., have petitioned the city fathers to enact an ordinance prohibiting smoking in the streets . American Inquisitiveness . —A New Englander was seated by a reserved companion in a railway car . By way of beginning a conversation the former asked , '" Are you a bachelor ? " "No , I ' m not . ""Then you are married ? " . ''No , Im not . "'' Then you must be a widower ? " "No , I ' m not . " Here there was a short pause ; but the undaunted querist returned to the charge , observing , ' -If you are neither a ' bachelor , nor a married i nan , nor a widower , what in the world can you be !"— "If you must know , " said the other , " I ' m a divorced man ! " '

      A BACHELOR'S "SOLILOQUY . " To wed , or notto wed ? That is the question . Whether it is advisable to bear ' . The dull privations of a single life , Or marry , and in wedlock s ee k relief From many woes ? To desperatel y woo Some charming woman , decked with seraph lips , And eyes that speak an ocean stream of love 1- ¦ > ¦ To marry her ! It i s a consummati o n Devoutly to be wished ; but where ' s the chance ? To wed—to set up an establishment , And have " a lot of bairns ? " Ay , there ' s the rub ; For it may be I shall not have the riieans To do my duty to them all and leave My mortal reckoning , bequeathing merit : Hence reasoning makes me' pause , and show respect That dates celibacy a lengthy term : For how could I * ' chief party to a deed

      In which is promised , faithfully and true , A constant , generous and manly aid , Fulfil my trust , -unless I could afford it ? Id like to wed , for who would single be , Or snore in solitude the live long night , But that the fear of curtain lectures , and A yearly levy of " encumbrances " ( As heathen churlish men their offspring call ) , Perplexes me , and makes me rather bear The ills I have , th a n fl y to those unknown . Eastern Counties Herald . R . B . Warrants have been issued by the Southampton magistrates against a number of persons-in the Earl of Guilford's parish for church rates . The churchw a rden app l ie d to the e arl to r ep air th e church himself , and render the enforcement of the distress warrants unnecessary ; but the rev . earl was inexorable , and ordered the churchwarden to enforce the law , declaring that if the latter faltered in the least he would call on the archdeacon to

      prosecute him . ; A Nioger Conundrum . — " Crow , I want to ax you a conundrum . " "Well , Julius , succeed , Ts open for de queshum . " " Can you tell me why de art of self-defence am like a ribber at low tide ?" "No , Julius , I doesn't see no similarity in de two su bj ects , so d er f or , I givs urn up ! " " Well , den , I'll tell you ; It is simply bckaso it developes de muscles ! You i s t h e most i gnumous n i gger I neb b er seed I" " Yah-yah ! I know'd all de timewhatthat was , only I didn ' t want tosay nuffin ; jiss ax mo agin and see if I can't told you . " A Prize tou _AOTiQUAmMis . —A man who was lately ploughing in a field , about a mile south of Northallerton , turned up a silver coin rather larger than a shilling , but somewhat thinner , which proved to be a coin of King Alfred , in a fair state of preservation .

      A Broad Hint . — " Sally , what timo docs your folks dine ? " Soon as you go away '— that ' s Missus' orders . " How to Distinguish the Natives . —Should one ever hesitate as to the place of nativity of one of our f ree an d en li g htened citizens , there ' exists a t e st , which , potent as the spear of Ithuriel , will dispel all clouds of doubt . Let the person in question be requested to give an opinion upon any subject . Should he gues s , write him down a Yankee ; does he reckon , y ou m a y sw ea r h i m a Southern . Tho Yankee guesses , the Southern reckons . Per contra , however , the Yankee calculates , and pretty shrewdly also ,

      while the Southern allows . The one wouldn t wonder if some expected event should take place , while the other , more ardent and careless of assertion , goes his death upon it that it will . To the latter , drawing his comparisons from his idolised rifle , a thing is assure as shooting , while to the former , more pious , or more hypocritical , it is as sartin as preachin . The one will be darned , and the other dirncd , both evading an oath in nearly the same manner . Should this asseveration require additional force , the Northern man will begaul darned , and the Southern dod darned—a , curious perversion of sacred names to : ease the conscience while giving vent to one s temper —North Americam Review .. _ _*

      . __ Arms and _Bafiism at Montenegro . —Each male Wore arms , the waist beltj like that of an Albanian , showing a bundle of . pistols and dirks , which brought to mind the . old heraldic motto , " Aye ready " so predominant , in d eed , is the idea of the soldier over that of the citizen , that ,, even , when a child is baptised , ; pistols are . put . to tho infant ' s mouth to ki ss , and then l a id in the cra d le be s id e him ; and one of the favourite toasts drunk on the " occ a sion is , "May he never die ; in his bed . —High nds and Islands of the Adriatic .. A New Orleans paper advertises for sale one " undivided half of a negro . " - A divided half of . a . poor blackey , we suppose , would only be useful to the

      surgeons . . _„ ¦ * ¦ ¦¦ Abbreviations of Names . —Some parents exercise their ingenuity in selecting for their children a Christian name urisusoeptible of -the nicking or abbreviating _procees , thinking with Doctor Dove that fit is not a good thing to be . Tom'dor _Bob'd-Jack'd or Jim'd , ¦ Sam'd or Ben 'd , Natty ' d or Batty'd , Nedde'd or * _Teddy'd , Will'd or Bill'd , Dick'doi * Nick'd , Joe'd or Jerry ' . d , as ; you go through the world . " By tho way , that _, eminent worthy entertained no such repugnance to . the feminine alias ; tor "he always used either , the baptismal name or its substitute as it happened _. to suit his fancy , careless of what' others might ' do . Thus he never called any woman Mary , though Mare ,, he

      said , being , the , sea , was in many respects too _emble- ; matic ofthe sex . . It . was better to use a _synonyme of better , omen , and Molly , was therefore preferred as being soft . If he accosted a vixen of that name i n her worst temper , he Mollyfied her ! On the contrary , he never could be induced to substitute Sally for Savah . Sally , he' said , had j a sallacious sound , and moreover . it reminded him of rovers , which women ought not to be . Martha he called Patty , because , it came pat to the tongue . Dorothy remained Dorothy , because it wiis neither fittine that women should be made * Dolls ' nor _I-dols ! Siisan with him was always Sue , bec a use women were to be & tc-ed , and . Winifted , _Wimy , because they were to be won . "

      On ^ Physicali Dis(Iualifications, Generative Incapacity , Akd Impediments To Marriage . Twenty-Fifth Edition, Illustrated -With Twonty-Six Anatomi-S Al / ,-5 N ^ A* Rf Ng*- On Steej, Enlarged To Aw.Page», Price Zs, 6d; By Post, Dh'qct Fi-Om The Establishment, '30. Fid., M Postage Stamps. - ¦••¦--¦ ¦ '

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      ' 1 VJ _± : . B SILENT FRIEND ; X . a medical work on the exhaustion and physical decay ofthe system , produced by excessive indulgence , tho oonse . quences of mfectoon , or the abuse of mercury , With _OOfier vations . on the inarmed state , and the disqualificationfl which prevent it ; dlustrated by _twenty-gix coloured enRravmgs , and by tlie detail of cases . ' " By B . and L . rjSIUtr and Co ., 19 , Berners-street , Oxford-street , London . Published by the autliors , and sold by Strange , 31 , _Tat « _rnostcr-vow ; Ilannay , CS , and Sanger , 160 , Oxford-street-Starie , 28 , _Tidiborna-stroet _, _Haymari-et ; and Gordon , 146 * _LeadenhftU-stvcet , London ; J . and It . Rahnea and Co . ' , Leithwalk , Edinburgh ; D . Campbell , _AiToll-street , Gdssgow ; J .- " Priestly , Lovd-stveet , and T . "Key-ton , _Ch-urchstreet , Liverpool ; R . _Injn'am , Markct-plaee , M . inchoster .

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      TIIE POPULAR REMEDY . DARR _' S LIFE PILLS . J . Which are acknowleged to be all tbat is required to conquer " Disease and Prolong Life . introduced to diaries ( "Life and _Times

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      MEi . _ANcnoi . r Pate op an ¦ AekOSAOT . —C ( msidGrable anxiety prevailed in the ; viemity of _Cai'ditt and Swansea last week _reffai'diiiff the fate of an aeronaut named Green ( not Mr . Charles Green , Oi Vauxhall celebrity ) , " who , it is feared , -perished by falling into the sea after an ascent he had made m a balloon from the former town ( Cardiff ) on Monday week last . The balloon -was thc property of Mr . Wadman , of Bristol , who had been announced to make the ascent , but through illness was prevented . Mr . Green undertook the trip , and departed from terr & firma a b out s i x o 'clock in the evening , a vast _coneoui'so of persons witnessing . therascont . . Tno m a chin e , which was of large dimensions , containing 790 . squareyards . of silk ,. an d requir i ng 7 0 , 000 gallons of " gas to inflate it , ' was perfectly sound and before

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 21, 1849, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_21071849/page/3/