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    • ON THE ; PREfF.NTION,'CURE, AND General character of SYPHILUS, STRICTU1U2S .
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      THE PATRIOT 'S GRAVE . .. „ _-. „ bere . ye _heaveriy-ounaed few , _^ _SSSm Si of liberty is dear To _-H to infant , or to flower tbe dew ; * _# iS _^ S « rt _* _rf ones , look here-0 h \? Z' in dftath vour much-Iov'd patriot lies , _^ _liSi _^— _" ' _*»» - > A _^ _nnrjae a guileless sacrifice , T _KT _^ _feg _S out tohe their gam ,. » b Wel the irou-Searted despot crew , _Afeidsome free-born soul would , soon or late , t _* their vile oppressive ways to view , Wei _*

      _-m Unfold r _v-c ye s _^ _J-mJninii-- _«••»* : Tndtarl themfrom _theirignominiousseat , __ - ? _" ?;„ their ruthless blood-hounds on the scent , -witb ic tet charge , if they could rouse no prey , rX _™ w " themselves the seeds of discontent , Andlure the guileless to the tods astray ; And oh ! our _*™ o , yearning to he free , His soul , on hearing their gay-gilded tale , S _ffelI'd high to think the star of liberty Would shine unclouded yet o ' er his lov d isle ; And in the fulness of his youthful joy , .

      Their tale he drank , like heavenly nectar , in , tad swore , enraptar'd , by his God on high _. In Freedom ' s cause his dearest blood to drain ; Ana then , his country ' s sacred rights to save , To battle bold he ru sh'd upon the foe ; Bnt , ah I fell treachery ( cruel as the grave ) . Which planned his fate now wrought his _oter throw ; Mid here now lies his once fair stately form , A sha peless wreck of what bis stature was ;

      Tor ah ! when thrall doth conquer , lise a storm It kills , then mangles its dead prey , alas ! Bnt while around the recreant tyrant ' s tomb Tjnuallow'd clouds eternally shall lower , ? Tike to the dark and never-ceasing gloom Envelopes those condemned to Satan _s power , Around this mound of _uiiassnming earth , "Where sleep our hero ' s ' mams , in hallow d rest , Shall shine the radiance of undying worth like to the lig ht that circles round the blest I J . Lemox .

      A Malediction. "My Native Land Bow Does ...

      A _MALEDICTION . "My native land bow does it fare , Since last I saw its shore V 44 Alas ' . alas I my exiled friere It aileth more and more ; God curse the knaves who yearly steal The produce of its plains ; _TNho , for the poor man never feel , Tet gorge on labour ' s gains . " We both can well recal the time "When Ireland yet was gay ; It needed then no wayside sign To show us where to stay ; A stranger sat by every hearth , At every hoard he fed ; It was a work of maiden mirth—To make the wanderer s bed !

      " 'Tis altered times—at every turn A shiftless gang you meet j The _hutless peasants starve and mourn , Camped starkly in the street ; The warm old homes that we have known , Went down like ships at sea ; The gateless p ier—the cold hearth stone , Their sole memorials be . *•* We two are old in years and woes—And age bas powers to dread ; And now before our eyes we close—Our malison he said ; The curse of two grey-headed men-Be on the cruel crew ; _** " ? ho ' ve made our land a wild beast's den-And God's curse on them too !" Feargaix .

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      Historic Pages From The French Revolutio...

      Historic Pages from the French Revolution of February , 1818 . B y Louis Bl & _sc London : Weekl y Tribune Office , "Wellingtonstreet , Strand . We have here the first number of an English translation of Lonis Blanc ' s most recent work . "Not properl y speaking a history of the _February "Revolution , but contributions to that history . Theauthor himself says , *** Ibring my share of the materials for another to construct the edifice . This is all . I mi g ht have written a complete history of the "Revolution ,

      ont it struck me that these memorable events , in order to be seen in their true light , should he viewed from a higher and more distant p int Everything shows that the mist -which now bangs around certain names and events will shortl y subside of itself ; the noisy passions of the day will exhaust themselves ; men s ideas will be changed , and the broad li ght of the day will shine forth . Patience yet for awhile . In the final conflictnow approaching , truth must have on its side the advantage of time and situation during this decisive combat ; its enemies must be driven to have the wind

      and sun in their faces . Chapter I . is principally devoted to a review of ihe reign of Louis Phili ppe , fiom which we g ive the following extract : —

      HIE _REIGS OF COBRCPXIO _** . The corruption that existed during Lonis Philippe ' s _leigu was scarcely surpassed by the baseness that characterised the times of the Caesars . _Nothing like it had ever been seen in all history . The love of money became an intense and insatiable passion wirb minds given np to low and depraved appetites , and society lay engulfed in the slough ofa degrading materialism . Wit , talent , eloquence , genius , nay , even virtue itself , was prostituted to the purposes of amassing wealth . Men made a prefitof the

      feme they had purchased with gold . Every kind of celebrity *! literary or scientific , _civij or military , had its price , and glory its sliding scale . 0 infamy never to he forgotten , the degradation of France ! in ancient times the cradle of the greatest kni ghts of chivalry , and in later ages , tbe birthplace of the most heroic martyrs . Everything was looked upon as an _article of commerce : votes were reckoned by the number of francs they wouid fetch ; vulgar consciences were exposed to sale like goods in a bazaar ; honour was _bought , and law was sold .

      Of course this moral decomposition was not tho work of a day . The individualist proverb " Every one for himself and no interference , " had become , from 1830 , the adopted state maxim , the odious and fata ! motto of the king , Louis Philippe ; a prince remarkable for moderation , intelligence , and a humane and tolerant spirit , but avaricions and sceptical , without goodness of heart or greatness of soul , and the most artful corrupter ofthe humane race that has ever appeared . The result was that for ei ghteen years the poison of corruption was administered by the practised hand of power , and poured out to ns in a slow continuous stream .

      Bnt lo I suddenly the veil is rent . The disorder , tul then half concealed by a treacherous appearance of prosperity , hursts forth in scandals no less snocEing than unexpected . In the space of a few months , in quick succession , a thousand frightful _"jmptoms come to li g ht . One day a man escapes _*{" - ?""" ¦ * _" _" < - Tuilierics , where he has heen thieving ? "j ™ thief is an aide-de-camp of the Duke de "Nemours the king ' s son . Another is convicted of _™ e" who is allied to the _hishest families of the _f * _?™ . and a prince . One of the king ' s ministers is _meu by tbe peers and found guilty of peculation . a another occasion , a certain man figures in a ce lebrated trial as party to an underhand affair , hy _^ ding hia office for the sale of treasury appoint-5 _* enis ; and this man i 3 President ofthe Council . here was no possibility of a mistake uow : tbe veil

      j * :, s rent asunder ; ay , from the top to the bottom . nut there was something yet wauting to these revelations—tlie effect would not be complete without an _exhibitiin of the tragical side of the picture as "• yell as tbe shameful one . In the jargon ofthe Uaes corruption must have its tragedies . It came to pass one day that an immense crowd were assaulted in the Rue du Faubourg du lloule , in front of a splendid place , over which a terrible mystery * - _" _* mcd to hang . Silence reigned there , similar to t * , t" silence that reigned in Warsaw when it fell " ¦ """ "fer tile hands of its oppressors ; so much so that * i _* ° * ce was heard in the crowd , in fierce aud ven' _-e-*\ _allusion to a sentence of the Poles , " Order J _^ _ms in the hotel Sebastiani 1 " A crime had ju 3 t **"" committed in that hotel , which the shades of Pt Lad scarcely concealed—a French peer had _^ "•"" satiated his wife , the daughter of a marshal of x * "a * jce .

      Tne system was evidently perishing , and ?•? ? " _? schemers set about attempting to turn e 1 _*" _s-n g power of tho people to their own _f _^ ont . The memorable « 'Banquets" were _waugurated by Odillon Barrot , Buvergier de _-Oauranne , and other Chiefs of the sham _libe-^ j opposiiion , who , under the pretence of _agist ing fbr Electoral Reform , merely aimed at _Jciange of Ministry . Thev sought to rouse "J middle class , but effected more , — -they _** aJed the masses into action--the Government , warmed , drew the sword , and tlie Proletarians !

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      acce pted the challenge . . The shams fell back fiom tho conflict ; "but— - . _ , The peop le managed without them . The sight of a sing le corpse is sufficient to set Paris in a flame ; that evening a volley of musketry furnished them with a heap . Working men bore the dead bodies through the faubourgs by torchlight , and _. the affair was clone . Once letloose , the people did not stop ; the soldiers remembered they were citizens . * the government fell from utter exhaustion ; Louis Philippe fled , leaving his palace empty , and his crown in the dust ; the next day France was a Republic ! Thiswork-willbe published in weekly penny numbers ; we trust it will have a circulation commensurate -with the great and deserved I popularity of its gifted , and trul y noble author .

      Lyrics On The Hungarian Struggle, Syc, 8...

      Lyrics on the Hungarian Struggle , _Syc , 8 _, _-c . B y A . B . IL "Wil _-oman . Bradford : Parkinson and Drake , 21 , Market-street . The history of this little volume is soon told . " In July last , " says the author , " when the whole of England deepl y felt for the cause of the Hungarians , I was asked to contribute my sovereign towards their aid , I told the parties that I had not a sovereign to give , but I would produce them a Song—that I gave as my contribution to aid the cause . A list of the donors appeared in the "Daily News , " and my

      tnj bute along with it . Encouraged by that I sent other Lyrics , which were accepted and published in that journal . " Preceding the Poetry —which the author has republished from the "Sun "—is a notice of the early history of Hungary , followed by a sketch of the recent straggle , and succeeded by some of Kossuth B "Letters , & c . The Poetry is—as the Yankee ' s would say—" pretty considerably" faulty ; but , however humble our author ' s pretensions as a poet may be , his efforts being dedicated to Freedom are thereby sanctified , and command our respect . We extract

      _HATXATTS SOLILOQUY * rm a bloodhound , deep dyed , made scarlet in riot ; * My feelings are strangers to honour and quiet ; I bare my black teeth and stretch forth my claws ; Fin Hungary ' s grim tyrant — my words are my laws . I love to he cruel— 'tis my heart ' s happiest feast—From the nature of man , I ' ve sunk to the beast ; No feelings of pity within me shall dwell—I ' m the demon of murder—the agent of Hell . The cries of the widow are music to me ; The tears ofthe orphan with pleasure I see ; The rope and the rack , the bullet and knife , Are playthings which please me—the joys of my life .

      I ' m the tiger to wallow in innocent blood , And slake my foul passion in such a red flood : I love the death knell of the murderer ' s shot , Which pleases me most when a patriot he ' s got Destruction and death along with me go ; I ' m sworn to be liberty's deadliest foe ; I float on her sons , and lap up her gore , And grieve that my victims are not many more . The noble and great—the brave and the free ,

      Are gems I prize most , and the dearest to me ; For naught is so rich , delicious and good , As the nectar of freedom , tbe patriot ' s blood . Tlie maiden and lover—the strippling of rights , "Who breathe forth tbeir feelings—whose loves are delights—I'll break the fond charm , and snap the broad link—Their homesteads—their country—in vengeance I'll sink .

      The aged divine , grown sacred with years , Whose pious profession and meekness endears , With calling made holy—devotion , how great- — I'll hang like a dog , if he speaks of the state . Count Batthyani has fallen—I was hungcr'd that day For the blood of that great one , I curs'd the delay : At midnight , whilst eating my daintified food , I gnlp'd down the same with Batthyani ' s blood . But a truce to my feelings , my murderous

      intends , The escap'd ones , they tell me , have millions of friends ; Old England , that country possess'd of much good , Denies me my luxury—the patriot ' s blood . What care I for those , while the Bear s on my side ? I'll laugh at the prowess of Albion ' s pride •' My name shall reseund , whilst tongues wag , and tell Of Haynau the Butcher—the Agent of Hell !

      * " * They Style Me A Bloodhound,—A Tige...

      * " * They style me a bloodhound , —a tiger , —a hyena •'—* I am ready to take upon myself the responsibUity of my actions ; ' unfolding at the same time a scroll of parchment which contained his orders . " — Correspondent ? Letter to the Morning _Chronidc , from Yienna October 6 ft , 1 _SJ 9 .

      -^ O'Connorville Afld Co.Operation. To T...

      - _^ _O'CONNORVILLE _AflD CO . OPERATION . TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir . —In August , _1847 , 1 treat with an excursion party to the 0 _* * CirtmorviHe estate , when it presented but a gloomy aspect , as far as cultivation was concerned . I visited it again the following June , when I could see a marked change , caused by the labour ef the _allottee 3 . I visited it again last Sunday , and was quite delighted to see the progress made by the allottees during tbe time expired , as above stated . I could not but admire the _exceedingly tasteful manner that all the gardens presented to my view ; and , in my heart , I exclaimed , ' Here is a lesson for the Political Economists to learn—here

      is nature and labour aeainst gold ; and if every son of Nature had an allotment like these , and endowed with intelligence and the spirit of co-operation , how happy they ail mi ght be ! ' The base poor law system , the extensive prisons , and criminal expenses wonld be swept away . By the possession of a two , three , or four-acre allotment , with the same _energy and perseverance that the O'Connorville allottees can display , there wonld be none of the misery presented to cur view in every town in England—there _would he no need for people to emigrate , for those wbo do will have to perform the same labour that the allottees have done . I think they have done prodigies ia the rime ; bnt , sir , I discovered that

      they lack one great element of civilisation , that is co-operation among themselves , and with the men of London ; and in this they are not to he blamed—not having , perhaps , the proper p lan laid down for their guidance . But I am happy to inform you , that a few working men have entered into business for themselves , for the purchasing provisions for their own consumption , and retailing it out to themselves —thus forming the nucleus of an association destined to render permanent assistance to the O'Connorville allottees , hy purchasing of them certain portions of the produce best adapted for sale , and creating between the _tso parlies an intercourse of a commercial nature . This operation will ensure to the al

      _lottess a pivot in London , upon which they may calculate on receiving permantnt and growing assistance , profitable to both parties , and it ought to tie taken in band hy the members of the Land Company , more particularly than by any other party . But the great difficulty hitherto , has been to have a place , and a good-working committee to manage the affairs . The co-operative company to which I allude , have now been in existence since last December , and the unanimity existing among them is highly creditable . They meet at No . 8 , George-street , Newroad , near the Baths , every Tuesday evening , from seven til ! ten . to propose new members , and to retail oui thc goods required by members only , thus

      ensuring good order and unanimity ; and I recommend that the members of the Land Company in the district , not to fail to take advantage of this mod-: of trading . It will effect a good _understanding , and constant intercourse with the allottees , thus better enabling tbem to dispose of their surplus produce , and learn also other information , such as rearing rabbits , poultry , eggs , & c ., which can be purchased by the London Association . I am certain of the success of the plan , if the allottees at O'Connorville will second the wishes of the proposer of

      this mode of action , and as it is of interest to them io support such a movement , there is no doubt , in my mind , on the subjf ct ; it gave me great pleasure to see the exceedingly respectful appearance of the O'Connorville allottees , assembled in tbe _Schonl . room , to _listen to me ; and , 1 assure you , my hear ! was t io full of joy on the one hand , and sadness on the oiher , to think how any man could think of breaking np so fine an institution , after all the labour , lime , and money expended to accomplish it . Faithfully yours , London , March 12 th . J . F . L .

      Caution To Ran Public—Messrs. Alonson An...

      Caution to ran Public—Messrs . Alonson and the Society of Hygeists and Medical Iteformers , hereby caution the public that they have no sort of connexion with the ointments , pills , farinaceous powders sold in chemists' and druggists' shops . — British College of Health , New-road , LondoB , 20 th March , 1850 .

      .•:< The;Ten.Hours Bill. To This Editor ...

      . : < THE ; TEN . HOURS BILL . TO THIS EDITOR OFTHE NORTHERN STAR . ' Sir , —This question ' , which has been the topic of repeated agitation and debate for nearl y thirty years , and which the factory workers had fain hoped would have _ceatsed when the Ten Hours Act came into operation in . May , 1848 , is again the subject of renewed excitement , in consequence of the decision of the judges in favour of the shift or relay system oi working . The patience ana perseverance of the factory _^ ' * * ' ******* '

      workers , as regards this question , is unparalleled in the history of agitation * , and I trust they will return to the ' field with renewed activity and vigour , and petition the legislature over and over again if necessary , and never rest until they obtain a really efficient Ten Hours Act—not only for themselves , but also to place all millowners on an equal footing as to time—a most important point , when me consider the vast _competition wliich exists in the trade , the consequent tendency to low profits , and the advan . tages to be obtained by even the gain of an hour , if ic can be got dail y .

      The operatives employed in those mills where they are working ten hours per day , where they all start at once , and all stop at once—that is , where they start at six o ' clock in a morning , and stop at half-past five at ni ght , with an hour and _a-half off for meals—express themselves contented and happy . The trifling loss of wages is nothing when compared with the interest they find in the improvement ef health , of body , and mind , in social and domestic comfort , and especially in the prolongation by many years of their working life , and their p hysical capacities to ohtain a livelihood .

      That the operatives approve of , and highly value the Ten Hours Bill , the following sequel will show . A few days ago , I accidentally met with a very intelligent operative and his wife , in Manchester . After inquiring as to his employment , and so on , they both expressed their deep sorrow , to inform me that his employer had commenced working his hands by shifts or relays , consequently they were working long hours again . They told me thev had experienced more comfort since the Ten Hours Bill came into operation than they had ever known before , for he had been enabled to reach home every nig ht before six o ' clock therefore he had the pleasure and opportunity of assembling with his young family , at least once every day ; but now he was dep rived ot the pleasure , as it was between eight and nine o ' clock before he could reach home .

      The clause in the act , which empowers the millowners to work their hands-by shifts or relays , is a comp lete mockery of the rig hts of the factory workers . It holds out something which it has not the power to give . That the system is unjust there cannot be a doubt—unjust to the factory workers , and unjust tb the honest millowners , inasmuch as it g ives to some of them an advantage which others cannot possibly procure . This abominable system of workin *; , I believe , bad its origin in Manchester with a few of the class of millowners ( coarse spinners , ) who have distinguished themselves on former occasions , by being seldom satisfied with a fair day ' s work , and who are notorious , not only for their selfish , arbitrary , and

      abominable actions , but also for their opposition to , and hatred of the Ten Hours Bill . The plan of working by shifts is aa follows : —It requires an extra hand for every three hands , consequently four hands comprise one set . Three of the four in each set , begin to work at half past five o ' clock in the morning , and they continue three hours and twenty minutes , viz ., until fifty minutes past eight o ' clock . The mill then stops for breakfast , _half-an-hour . After breakfast the fourth , or extra hand in each set begins lo work , and they continue until twenty minutes past eig ht o ' clock at night , ( except an hour for dinner , ) and they change alternately , with the tbree hands that started at half-past five o ' clock in the rooming , each of whom is sent out of the mill three hours and

      twenty minutes in their turn , during the day : so that they work thirteen hours and twenty minutes per day , whilst the honest millowner is only working ten hours per day . ThHS these poor creatures are tossed about from po-t to pillar , at the beck and call of the millownen . Now- sir , it occurs to me , and it is as clear a 9 two and two make four , thatexcept the statute is altered . and the time of working in mills approximated , the evil spirit of competition will be encouraged , and arrive at such a fearful extent , that the honest millowners will be driven out of the market , or compelled to submit to extremely low profit , or no profit at all . But , in order to illustrate this subject , I will give you an example .

      Suppose there are two millowners , each having a mill containing 24 , 000 mule ar . d throstle spindles , and suppose they each turn off 30 , 000 lbs . of yarn , ( not 18 s . per week ) of fifty-eight hours , rent , taxes , cost of spinning , charges on trade , and so on , being the same in both mills .. One of the two adheres strictly to the Ten Hours , but the other procures a sufficient number of extra hands , and begins to work by ' shifts , ' consequently can work his mill thirteen hours and twenty minutes per day , or seventy-five hours per week , therefore he can turn off very nearly 39 , 000 lbs . of yarn per week , being nearly 9 , 000 lbs , more than the other , which is thirty per cent , extra profit .

      I cannot help thinking , after making the preceding statement , that some of your readers , who are not thoroughly acquainted with factory labour , will prematurely conclude , that it would be profitable to the millowners if all of them were to adopt the mode of working by 'shifts . ' But how is the scheme to he accomplished generally ? Why , sir , to attempt , it would be the very height of absurdity . The idea is a wild speculative notion . It will require one-third more hands , under eighteen years of age ,

      than are now employed ; and if all the millowners in the United Kingdom were to require it , where , I ask , must all the extra hands come from ? In one fine spinning establishment only , in Manchester , there are upwards of 6 G 0 females and young persons , under eig hteen years of age , engaged in the carding and spinning departments ; and , if the masters of the establishment were desirous of adopting the 1 shift' system to the extent above described , they would want 200 hands extra .

      As a practical man , I can speak from experience , having been employed upwards of thirty years in the preparing and spinning of both fine and course cotton ( particularly the former _;) therefore I contend that the ' shift' system cannot be adopted to advantage in the fine spinning mills . It requires extraordinary skill , activity , attention , and care , and the less the hands change their situation the better the work is performed . Those only who are trained to the work from their youth , are the most expert and efficient bands ; therefore an attempt to establish the system in the fine spinning mills , to the extent it is carried on in the coarse , where there are considerably fewer hands employed , would be an act of the greatest absurdity .

      The subject is one of which it is difficult to convey clear views to those unacquainted with the nature of it . However , in my attempt to do this , I have stated most important facts , which go to show the lamentable condition bath of masters and workmen ; facts which cannot be too strongly impressed on the minds of all who have any anxiety for the comfort and happiness of the labouring people , and for the peace and security of their employers ; and , it is my opinion , that nnless the clause in ths Factory Act—which sanctions the system of working females and young persons by relays—be entirely abolished , competition will increase to such an extent , that the millowners who

      adhere strictly to ten hours per day will bj driven out of the market altogether , and the relay workers be compelled to remain in worse than Egyp tian bondage . I will venture to express my conviction , tbat ten hours' labour per day—whether in or out < _-f a cotton mill—is quite as much as ought to he imposed on any man or woman ; and I am inclined to think , if it were generally adopted throug hout the United Kingdom , the masters , as well as the operatives , would ultimately partake in the benefit . Let the operatives , ihen , be up and be working . Whatever others do , their course is plain . Ihey

      want time for health , recreation , and improvement , and it is their duty to exert themselves now , to obtain it . Tbey want time—as immortal beingsto _raad and study . the word of God , to ask themselves what tbey are doing ' , and whither they are _noing . Let petitions be sent to both Houses of Parliament from every spinning district , in favour of a bill lo limit the hours of working to ten hours per day for five days in the week , and eig ht hours on the Saturday ; and that the said hours of working shall he between six o ' clock in the morning , to six o ' clock at ni ght , in a regular series—except one hour and a-half for meals . I am , your obedient servan t , One who has Whistled at the Wheel .

      Is The Villa Doria , At Albano, A Fine; ...

      Is the Villa Doria , at Albano , a fine ; statue of a centaur has just been brought to light , ' after , being buried for ages iii the ground . ' ' ' ' ' "

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      _" poTTER _^ niLE ;;;; ; ' _^ 7 [ '' / [ We bavo received * a very lengthy letter , in reply to one published in this journal a few ' weeks ago , from which we give the following extraots , bearing , most _particularl y upon , the subject . ] _ .. T <> J ""*** editor of the northern , star . . . - , Bbar . _^ ir , — * * * * Amongst the signs bf coming changes , ; the Potters' Society presented itself as being ostensibl y instituted for the purpose of _P'aoing the most useful—yet , I believe , the most neglected—portion of our fellow-working men , ip . more oongenial circumstances than they at present occupy in this _reBpcct , it nieritB the attention and support of tho philanthropist . ' From an examination of the laws of this society

      , T n ft * _tr- _**» r \ t _\ # -l _* i . 1 * 1 . 4 . xi *_ -. _l __» _.-i . _-. . » . ¦ - * . * I have no doubt that / with disinterestedness , talent , energy , and twit , on the part of its directors and managers _y and a considerate and kindly forbearance on the part of the members , the objects contemplated , by the institueion may he realised to a considerable extent- and , through its instrumentality , hundreds : f the _> sons of toil and care may live to be so positioned that all their reasonable physical wants may be supplied at a comparatively small amount of labour . * * * * These feelings and convictions lead me to the consideration of a letter which appeared in your valuable iournal addressed to you , and entitled " AYisit to Pottersville , Wisconsin territory , United States . " I have been connected with the Potters' Society upwards

      of eighteen months . I have attended a good many delegate meetings , which havo been * convened for the purpose of inquiring into the correctness or incorrectness of a vast number of statements which have been made respecting the above society ; so that I know , partl y , tbe particulars connected with i _?" i _ J i _TV thnt w 0 _wc blessed with some delightful and honourable allottees on our National Land Company ' s estates at home , and I will assure you , that the potters are equall y as well blessed in that respect . It would appear , from the letter addressed to yon , that Twi gg , and his party , are everything that is _. bad ; whilst the other party are everything that is good—so it would ' appear from the letters of some of the allottees that are on the

      Company ' s estates , that our friend , Mr . O'Connor , and his party are everything that is bad and unjust , whilst they are everything that is good and just . Why , Mr . Twigg and his party stand just in the same position as Mr . O'Connor and his party do . There are a number of them who will not pay their rent , nor tho store credit they havo had . They want the land and provisions free ; and because they cannot get it so arranged , they are conspiring together for the purpose of upsetting the society , if possible ; hut they will fail—truth and justice will be too strong for them . Thero is one allotteo of the name of Enoch Pickering , who is a preacher . He went from the Potteries , and cost the societies no less a sum than - £ 70 , for travelling expenses

      alone . He has had £ U in store credit ; has heen put in possesion of twenty acres of land and a house ; has been there two years , and has not paid one penny towards liquidating the above-mentioned just debts . Mi . Twigg serred him with an ejectment . He would not come to terms , but left ; and hence his opposition to the society . I could cite particulars about the other allottees who are trying to break up the society , but I will not trouble you with them . I have now beforo me a letter from an allottee , from Emancipation Ferry , on the same subject as the one addressed to you . I here cite It , that the working classes may judge for themselves , and not be deluded b y reading ono side of the point at issue . It is as follows : —

      " TO THE MEMBBHS OF THE EMIORATION COMMITTEE . " Twigg a Landing , Dec . 6 th , 1840 . " Gentlemen , —You are aware that Mr . Twi gg left our estate for England , on the 21 st of October . The day before ho left us wo had a full meeting of all the settlers , when a vote of thanks was moved to Mr . Tyvi gg , for his able services and persevering conduct amongst us . This vote was unanimously passed , with great applause and cheering . On Saturday last wo hud a meeting a different character . A Mr . Ellison , __ from Lancashire , was chairman , and Mr . Robinson , from Scotland , was secretary . Mr . Turcross , from London , took a great part . in . the . meeting . Mr . James Scott was also there . Mr . Seott came here on the 30 th November , and began to find fault before he had crossed the river—first , with the

      ferry , which had given satisfaction to every teamster that had crossed it j secondly , with the store ; thirdly , with the land being too sandy : and , in fact , with everything he met with . Now , gentlemen , it is thc opinion of men who have lived in America their whole life , that there is not bettor land in Wisconsin , nor better adapted for a settlement , than this land which Mr . Scott so much deprecates . This man told us of his great labours and travels through England and Scotland—of his disinterested motives—and what wealth he possessed in this country ; yefc his conduct on this occasion was altogether unmanly and contradictory—evidently for the purpose of causing division and discontent . It is my

      opinion that this man has no such land as he stated to you ; I will give you my reason for saying so : I never can believe that any person would neglect his own business for the length of time Mr . Scott says he has done ; lecture and travel at his own expense , for twelve months , come back to this Country , and pass his own homo , after an absence of eig hteen months , with no care about his own farm or family . The pretended love he has for us poor emigrants , cause him to come to Fort Winnebago ; there to dwell in tho crowded room of the Fort , and travel from the Fort to the settlement , to find fault with all that Mr . Twigg has done . I know not how to account for this man ' s independence , his carrying store goods from the store to the Fort , a

      distance of eight miles . We had another meeting yesterday , December 5 th ; Mr . Scott was again present , with Samuel _Foi " e for a companion . Fode was the first to speak ; he had a text Look—a small paper which Mr . Scott had brought with him from the last delegate meeting . I opposed Fode , and he was voted from the meeting . Mr . Scott ' s party had carried a resolution at the first meeting for a managing committee , for the purpose of auditing the books , and directing the affairs of the society . This meeting declared tho committee useless and powerless ; the chairman resigned his office , and declared ho would no longer join is such a proceeding , and nearly tho whole of the committee followed his example . The faction was thus broken . Messrs . Scott and Robinson have no committee of management , tho settlers believing that the power to elect officers , and appoint auditors , rests with the parent

      society in England . This was the general opinion nt lust meeting , Gentleman , I am aware that several letters have been sent to England , complaining of the hardships the colonists endure , and the want of food . "Now , I declare , at the present time , there is , and always has boen , plenty of the necessaries of life—such as bread , flour , potatoes , beef , pork , and coffee . At first , tho store was filled with almost everything you could mention , but supplies not coining , luxuries wero discontinued , and Mr . Twigg wisely confined our diet to tho above articles . He also let many of the members have a cow and a cooking stove . With all the complaints certain parties have made , I should like to ask the men of England , whether all that are willing to work at homo have sufficient of these things . I must now conclude . Make what use of this letter you please , & c ., & c . ' * 1 remain , yours truly , " Georoe Coopeii . "

      Perhaps , Mr . Editor , you may not approve of the Potter ' s policy , relative to emigration ; but , if so , I know your love of fair p lay will not allow you to act partial )*? . ' in the above matter ; as you have inserted one side of the question , I have no doubt but what you will insert the other , so that tho public might judge for themselves . I remain , Burnley-road , Padiham . John Hull .

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      Adelphi Theatre. A Drama Iu Two Acts By ...

      ADELPHI THEATRE . A drama iu two acts by Mr . J ) ouglas Jerro'd , which was brought out atthe Ha _*? in < irket some ten or twelve years ago , under the title of The Mother , was revived on Monday night at the Adel phi , ' iis The Mother ' s Dream . The lending _purpuse of the drama is ( o show the _feelings ofa young wife , who ha * given birth to a child _durinu a period of tempo rary insanity , and lias lost it before she hns _recovered her senses . She is made to i elieve that a gipsy child , who has attracted her notice , is the rrsult ot an illicit amour of her husband with ' a frail sister of the tribfi , and _ajf-ulons- * of ara _^ at pecuU _vi v nature is awakened . Under the influence of this paw-ion sh « has a fit ofsomnambulism _. and wanders into the gipsy tent , where she learns from the lips of the dying chief that the child is her own , ami had been stolon

      by a gipsy who has harboured a _gruilijo _as-ains ' . her husband ' s family . The bereaved mother is a character to bring out the pantomimic talent of Madame Celeste , who originally pla . ved it at the _ITaymarkot , and who employs all her power of gesticulation to give it effect . A cunning villain of the tribe , commissioned to inspire the lady with jealousy , is played with finished astuteness b y Mr . Wright ' , who standin contrast with the riulcr villain ofthe tribe , personated by Mr . 0 . Smith .. The chieftian , a well-oneoiyed char-icier , who retains a poetical superstition amid his moro prosaic brethren , is acted by Mr . Hughes , with a groat deal of picturesque feeling , though without enough indication of . old age Taken as a whole the piece is well written , a pretty anecdote being set forth with a pleasi'ig background of gipsy life , but it is of a kind rather , too _simp _' e to furnish the chief entertainment of an Adelphi audience .

      Dr. Maxtell, At A Recent Meeting Of The ...

      Dr . Maxtell , at a recent meeting of the Geological Society ,. London , exhibited remains of the extinct colossal birds of New Zealand . Tho legs , and feet of the . Dinormis Qi ' gantcus ' . woro _. pf tho numbera bird which stood upwards Of three yards high' !

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      Obioin Or Wmib Mbn._An Itinerant Preache...

      _Obioin or _WmiB MBN . _ An itinerant preacher in America having expressed aii opinion _thatthe blacks would have been just as white as ourselves , but for the crime of their ancestor Cain —that the penal mark set upon him was his black complexion , & c , a black preacher holding a different doctrine , said— " It was be very curious how peopel wid de samo parent should be sum of dem black , and sura of dem as white as a turnip . Now , de Scripture , my bredren , says dis is de way _dut it kum about . When Cain kill hia brudder Abel , Goddermity met bim one day , and said , 'Cain , what is becum of your brudder ? ' So , said Cain' Massa , it aibnfc none of my business to look artcr

      him ;¦ ' and den he met him anoder time , and lie said jist de same ting . Well , den I tell you ho got considerable angry , and said—* I know what you have been about , as well as yourself ; and I set a mark upon you dat wont cum off 80 eas _** . ' Den Cain get frighten'd , and have de cold chills , and when de fever andagy left him , his face was jist as pale as a snow-storm , and he was de fust white man , my bredren , whatever lived . "—Featherstonhaugh ' _s Sketches of America . Ir is SAin " that there is a general split amongst the Agapemonites , at their abode in Bridgewater . Many , seeing their folly , and disgusted with their course of life , intend to return to their homes and

      families . All men , in good society , are endowed with certain inalienable ri ghts , except poor men . All men who do not pay their honest debts are great scamps , except those who cheat on a large scale . AU men are great sinners except those who belong to the church . All men are allowed to think and speak freely , except those who are not _orthodox . All men are gentlemen , except those who work for a living . AU well-dressed and accomplished women are ladies , except factory and servant girls . On an average of ten years the amount of the brick duty was £ 481 , 319 annually for England , and £ 13 , 000 for Scotland .

      A Sad Alternative . —In one of the border feuds of the Scottish Lairds , during tho reign of James VI ., a young gentleman had tho misfortune to be taken prisoner by his hereditary enemy . He was brought into the castle , when the lady of his conqueror inquired of her husband what he intended to do with his captive . '" Hang him , dame , " said the Laird , " as a robber . " His lady , who was more considerate , though less humane , advised him to compel the prisoner to marry their youngest daughter , " with the moikle ( large ) mouth , without

      _any tocher" (* _' . e „ without any portion ) . The Laird consented , as the daughter was blessed with so unpromising an exterior that there was not tho least chance of her finding a husband under any other circumstances ; and , in fact , when the alternative of such a marriage or death by the gallows was proposed to the prisoner , he was for some time disposed to choose the latter , and no doubt felt strongly tempted to exclaim , in the words of the old song— 44 ' Oh , no , ' said he , ' I'd rather gib ,

      Than to be tied to a woman ' s crib , Drive on the cart , bold fellows . '" He yielded , at last , to the instinct of self-preservation , and married the daughter of his conqueror , and it is said that she proved to be an excellent and affectionate wife ; though the unusual size of her mouth , for which she was distinguished , was supposed to be discernible in her descendants through several generations . PnoNooBAPHT . — " Class in spelling , come np and recite . "— "Yeth , thir . " ''John , spell effects . "—« _ » -- Right . Next spell seedy . "— "C-D . " "Rig ht again . " A rat was killed in a ; granary , at York , on Monday week , measuring nineteen inches in length from its nose to its tail-tip , twelve and a half inches from the pointof its nose to its haunches , and nine inches round the body .

      In a collection of MSS . about to be brought to auction at Paris , is an autograph of Tasso _, attached to a written acknowledgment from the poet of a debt ofa small sum to a Jew , named Abraham Levi , for which , says Tasso , the Jew took in pledge " the sword of my father , six shirts , four sheets , and two table-cloths . " Marriage . —Is not marriage an open question , when it is alleged , from the beginning of the world , that such as are in the institution wish to get out , and such as are out wish to get in " And the reply of Socrates to him who asked whether he should choose a wife , still remains reasonable , " That whether he should choose one or not , he would repent it . "— -Emerson . A Strong Hint . —A young lady once hinted to a gentleman that her thimble was nearly worn out , and asked what reward she should receive for her

      industry . He made answer the next day by sending her a new one , with the following lines : — I send a thimble for fingers nimble , Which I hope will fit when you try it ; It will hist you long , if it ' s half as strong , As the hint which you gave me to buy it . A few days ago a marriage was solemnised at Stromness , and , on the officiating minister demanding that the parties should join hands , it turned nut that Lothario had no hands to join , having in his younger days been deprived of them by a shark ! The John 0 ' Croat Journal , puts the query , " Is the marriage legal ?"

      The angel Hotel , Oxford , cost , in the year 1829 , £ 22 , 500 ; it is now , owing to railways , valued at £ 5 , 000 . The Star Hotel , Oxford , cost £ 15 , 500 ; its present value figures £ 6 , 000 . A quarter-share of the Queen ' s Hotel , Cheltenham , whicli was sold for £ 10 , 000 , is now only worth £ 2 , 500 . On the furniture alone £ 16 , 000 has been lost . The Evkry-day . Life of Loud Bacon .- —During meditation he often had music in another room , by which his fancy was enlivened . He had many little whims and peculiarities , some of which may excite a smile ; for instance , in tho spring he would go out lor a drive in his open coach whilst it rained to receive ( inthe quaint language of Aubrey ) "the benefit of irrigation , " whicli he was wont to say

      was very wholesome , "because of . the nitre in the air _jMid the universal spirit of the world . " He had extraordinary notions respecting the virtue of nitre , and conceived it to be of inestimable value in the preservation of health . So great was his faith , that ho swallowed three grains of that drug , either alone or with saffron , in warm broath , every morning during thirty years ! He seemed to be very fond of quacking himself—once a week ho took a dose of the " water of Mithvidate , " diluted with strawberry water . Once a month , at least , he made a point of swallowinga grain and a half of " castor " in his broath and breakfast for two successive days . And every sixth and seventh day , he drank an infusion of rhubard in white wino and beer

      immediately before his dinner . He made it a point to take air in some hi g h and open p lace every morning , the third hour after sunrise , and , if possible , he selected a spot where ho could enjoy the perfume of musk , roses , and sweet violets . Besides thus breathing the _purts air of nature , he waa fumigated with the smoke of lign-aloes , with dried bays and rosemary , adding once a week a little tobacco . On leaving his bed he was anoiuted all over with oil of almonds , mingled with salt and saffron , and this was followed h y gentle friction . He was rather a hearty feeder , and , when young , preferred game and poultry , but , in after life , gave the choice to butchers' meat , which had been well beaten , beforo roasted . At

      every meal his table was strewed with flowers and sweet herbs . Half an hour before supper , he took a cup of wine or ale , hot and spiced , and once during supper , wine in whicli gold had been quenched . The first draught which he drank at dinner or supper was always hot , and on retiring to bed he ate a p iece of bread steeped in a mixture of wine , syrup of roses , and amber , and washed it down with a cup of ale to compose his spirits and send hini to sleep . In the spring , he - " -as fond of a glass of spiced pomegranate wine early in the morning , and greatly on joyed water-crosses . Those little points may be unimportant in themselves , but they assist us iu drawing a mental portrait ofthe man .

      " Colonel W— -- is a fine-looking man , isn't he ? " said a friend the other day . " Yes , " replied another , " I was taken for him once . " " You why you ' re as ugly as sin . " " I don ' t care for that , I was taken for him once—I endorsed his note , and I was taken for him by the sheriff . " An Inventive Genius . —We must introduce to tbe lovers ofthe marvellous a wonder in the _shapo ofa dog , the property of Mr . Thomas Bennett , ofthe Church Side . Macclesfield . This animal , whioh is kept in the factory , had been in the habit of killing the cockroaches with which the factory is infested , by putting them under the pressure of his right

      paw . By some accident the paw was disabled , and the animal saw the enemy rapidly increase in number . A few weeks ago he exemplified the old adage , that " necessity is tho mother of invention , " by lying down among a whole host of his adversaries and rolling over tnem , thus effecting at " one fell swoop" what had formerly cost him considerable labour . Having mado this discovery , he was not the sort of dog to neglect taking advantage ofit ; and-he may now be seen any morning taking . a . roll amongst the cockroaches ,, and then surveying the slaughtered foes with' an appearance of satisfaction . —Macclesfield Courier .

      An klrctoroi Cologne ( who was likewise an archbishop ) , ono day swearing profanely , asked a peasant , who scoined to wonder , what ' ho was so surprised at . "To hear an archbishop swear , " answered the peasant . "I swear , " replied tho elector , " not as an archbishop , but as a prince . " "But , my lord ; '' said the peasant , " when tho princo goes to tho devil , what will become of tho archbishop ?" It is said that 10 , 000 pairs of _boota and shoes are manufactured daily in Botbnal-greeii , Whitechapol , and Spitalfields . Thousands of ladies' French _shoep , that never saw Prance , are mado ai that end ofthe town ; and worn by the first ladies in the land , lb " material and wage 3 < 03 t under 2 s . per pair , and they » _i ; e sold as goods imported _ft-om ; _Ei-ance , at 4 s . Cd . aiid" 5 _s . 6 d . _>•

      On The ; Preff.Ntion,'Cure, And General Character Of Syphilus, Strictu1u2s .

      ON THE PREfF . NTION , ' CURE , AND General character of SYPHILUS , STRICTU 1 U 2 S .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 23, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_23031850/page/3/