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      OH , LISTEN IN TOUR PALACES ! Sons of creation ! from tlie sod Up-lift each noble brow ; Throst down tins mightier than God IJiis gold-fiend worshipped now ! In all these toil-ennobled lands We haveno heritage , ¦ K 11 ?^ &ait from yonflrful ianjs Avri ? S ffftoin wearv age - UAteUthem in their palaces , iru ® ¥ V ** knd and money ! Ihey shall not kill the nnnr like Wo

      Torob them of life's honey . A fhonsand years , in pain and tears , We ve toiled like branded slaves , Till power ' s red hand hath made a land Of paupers , prisons , and graves ! But better times are coming now , Within the souls of men The bursting buds of promise blow And freedom lives again ! ' Oh , listen in your palaces Proud lords of land and money ! Te shall not kill the poor like bees 10 too

      them of life s honey . So more most Xn . bonr ' s nobles kneel Before " exalted rank , " Within our souls the iron we feel , And hea r our fetters clank ; A glorious voice goes throbbing forth , Prom millions stirring now , Who yet Defore these CkkIs of Earth Shall stand with nnblenched brow . Tour day of retribution coines , P ro u d lords of l a n d an d mone y ! Te shall not wreck oar smilin <* homes Sot rob us of life ' s loney . ° T . Ger&d MasseTi

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      ACROSTIC . 32 ntiuisfostie , bold , and hra . re , R esolved his country for to save ; 2 f or daunted by the tyrants' laws , 32 ngaged to plead the people ' s cause , S olely from his own love of right , T hough knaves opposM with all their might . C ourageous he did nobly stand , H eading the Chartist patriot band , A nd urged them on to strike a blow , H esolved to dash the despots low . 1 o , from Ms lips descend in showers , E loqnent words which all o ' erpowers , S farting- the sympathetic tear . J oined with the overwhelming cheer , O ppressora trembled at his speech , I ¥ or shall forgot what he did teach . E ventuallythis " work of love " S hall over all triumphant prove . Newcastle , Staffordshire . James Fhesch .

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      COSMOS : A SKETCH OF A PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OP THE IM"VERSE . By Alexanper You Humboldt . Translated from the German , by E . C . Ores . 2 toIs . London : Henry Gr . Bonn , York-street , Covent-Garden . These two Tolumes most worthil y f o rm pa r t and parcel of Jlr . Bonn ' s "Scientific Library . "' But for that gentleman ' s enterprising spirit , ibis -work -would have been a sealed book to the people of this kingdom . It is true that editions had been previously published by

      Mr . Bailliere , and by the Messrs . Longman and Co ., bufc both were published at a very high price . Of course the price -was no obstacle to the Golden Million becoming possessors of this work ; but , as our readers well laMWj price Is a primary consideration -with the mass of the reading public . These two Tolumes ( containing together nearl y ei g ht hundred pages , ) beautifiilly printed on excellent paper , and neatly bound , may be purchased for three shillings and sixpence each Tolume . We have seen them ticketed at even

      a lower fi gure at more than one Bookseller ' s in this anetropolis . For about one-fourth of the price of Bailliere ' s and Longman ' s editions , the scientific student may become the possessor of a w o rk pronounced by the Chevalier BUSSES ' , " the great -work of the age . " It is true , &at since &ls edition was publi s hed b y Mr . Bohn , the Messrs . Longman have brought out an edition nominally cheaper than the one under notice ; bat only nominally so , as i 3 ie Messrs . Longmans cheap edition IS

      very inferior in appearance to Mr . Bonn ' s ; and , worse still , like the dear edition , it is not a iaiihful translation , several passages . having Ixjen omitted because supposed to be " obnoxious to our national prejudices . " Prom this grievous fault Mr . Bonn ' s edition is perfectly free . Some of the best judges have pronounced Mr . Oxxe ' s translation to be perfectly faithfu l , and admirably executed ; qualities of the first importance in works rendered into English from the languages of other nations .

      The fazneof _ AxEXAXDEiiV 02 f HroiBorDi is world-wide , and this his latest work , and , in all likelihood , his last , for lie is now in theSOth year of his age , will add " a crowning laurel " to the wreath he has so nobly won , a nd so pTOUdly . 'WCajS , In saying this we must add , that to the non-scientific reader there is much in these Tolumes that will be dark and incomprehensible . On the other hand , to the studentof Nature these volumes vdllLe most interesting , and esteemed most valuable . "W e quote from the author ' s " Introduction / 3 the foll o win g rem a rks o n t h e

      OBSTACLES IX THE WAX OF SCIENTIFIC IXQCIUT . The history of science teaches ns the difficulties that have opposed the progress of this active spirit of inquiry . Inaccurate and imperfect observations cave led " by false inductions to the great number of physical-news that have been perpetuated by popular prejudices among all classes of society . Thus Ty the ' side of a solid and scientific knowledge of ' natural phenomena there has boon preserved a system of the pretended results of observations , -which

      is so msch tbe more difficult to shake , as it denies the validity of the facts by which it may berefuted This empiricism , the melancholy heritage transmitted to us from former times , invariably contends for the truth , of its axioms with the arrogance of a narrow-minded spirit . . Physical philosophy , on the Other hand , when based upon science , doubts because it seeks to investigate , distinguishes between that which is certain and that which is merely probable , and sirivesincessantly to perfect theory by extending the circle of observation .

      This assemblage of imperfect dogmas bequeathed by one age to another—this physical philosophy , ¦ which is composed of popular prejudices—is not only injurious because it perpetuates error with the obstiiiacv engendered by the evidence of ill-observed facts , but also because it hinders the mind from attahungto higher views of nature . Instead of seekin ? to discover the mean or medium point , around winch oscillate , in apparent independence of forces , all the phenomena of the external world , this system the lawand

      delights in multiplying exceptions to , seeks , amid phenomena and in organic forms , for something beyond tie marvel of a regular succession and an internal and progressive developemcnt . Ever inclined that the order of nature is disturbed , it refuses to recognise in the present any analogy with the past , and guided by its own varying hypothesis , seeks at hazard , either in the interior OltilC globe or in the regions of space , for the cause 01 these pretended perturbations .

      In reply to those who are in the habit of expressing th e ir fears that Mature may , hy degrees , lose a portion of the charm and magic of her power , a s we le a rn m o re a nd m o r e how to unveil her secrets , the author justly

      observes : — We mast not , confound the disposition of mind in the observer at the time he is pursuing his labours with the ulterior greatness of me views resultm " from investigation and the exercise of thought . The physical philosopher measures jvith admirable sasacity the waves of light of unequal len ^ h which " by interference mutually strengthen or uestrov each other , even with respect to their ' cheinical action : the astronomer , armed-with powerful telescopes , penetrates the regions of space , contemplates , on the exti-emist confines of our solar SSJ- the sateUfes of Unung , « f decomposes bints info double Stars differing

      Sv sparMhTfp bSS . TheTotanist discovers the constancy of the eyratory motion of the cnara in the greater ' ' numler of vegetable cells , and recognises , in . the Sra and natural families of plants the intimate ffltf ^ fef The . vault of tcaven , studded with nebula andsfcirs , and the rich vegetable mantie that covers , the soil m the climax oi pafms , cannot surely fail to . produceon ; the . minds of these laborious observers of nature an . impres j - si 6 n more imposing andmbre wprthy . Tof tie , majesty of creation tlnuVoii those who are- nnacenstomed to LWte tnegreat mutualrebtions of phenomena I canno t , therefore , agree mft Burke when he

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      says , it is our ignorance of natural things that causes all our admiration , and chiefly excites our passions . Persons utterly devoid of scientific acquirement s wi ll fin d m uc h in thi s w or k whic h will excite tiieir admiration , particularl y in the second volume , in which the author exhibits the impressions of Nature entertained by the ancient Greeks , Eomans , Ind i ans , Persians , Hebrews , Arabs , Early Christians , &c . Next he examines the description of Nature contamed in the writings of the earl y Italian poets and in dern

      m o p o et s and prose writers . He next exhibits the influence of Landscape Paintin £ oa the stud y of Nature . In treating of "The Ph ysical Contemplation of the Universe , " the historical branch of the subject cannot fail to interest and delight every reader . From the almost boundless riches of science , historical research , and descrip tive eloquence of this part of "Cosmos , " we turn again to the "introduction" to the first volume , from which we extract the following c harming pass a g e , descriptive of the mental effects arising from the contemplation of

      THE WONDERS AND GRANDEUR OF NATURE . In reflectine upon the different degrees of enjoyment presented tous in the contemplation of nature , we find that the first place must be assigned to a sensation , which is wholly independent of an intimate acquaintance with the physical phenomena presented to our view , or of the peculiar character of the region surrounding us . In the uniform plain bounded only b y a distant horizon , where the lowly heather , the cistus , or waving grasses , deck the SOU ; on the ocean shore , where the waves , softly rippling over the beach , leave a track , green with the weeds of the sea ; every where , the mind is penetrated by the same sense of the grandeur and vast expanse of nature , revealing to the soul , by a

      mysterious inspiration , the existence of laws that regulate the forces of the universe . Mere communion with nature , mere contact with the free air , exercise a soothingyet strengthening influence on the wearied spirit , calm the stormof passion , and soften the heart when shaken by sorrow to itsinmostdepths . Every where , in erery religion of tbe globe , in every stage of intellectual culture , the same sources of enjoyment are alike vouchsafed to man . The earnest and solemn thoughts awakened hy a communion with nature intuitively arise from a presentiment of the order and harmony pervading the whole universe , and from the contrast we draw between the narrow limits of our own existence and the image of infinity revealed on every side , whether we look upwards to the starry vault of heaven , scan the

      farstretching plain before us , or seek to trace the dim horizon across the vast expanse of ocean . The contemplation of the individual characteristics of tbe landscape , and of the conformation of the land in any definitive region of the earth , gives rise to a different source of enjoyment , awakening impressions that are more vivid , better defined , and more congenial to certain phases of the mind , than those of which we have already spoken . Atone time the heart is stirred by a sense of the grandeur of the face of nature , by the strife of the elements , or , as in Northern Asia , by the aspect of the dreary barrenness of the far-stretching steppes : at another time , softer emotions are excited by the contemplation of rich harvests , wrested by the hand of man from the wild fertility of nature , or by the sight of human habitations raised beside some wild and

      foaming torrent . Here I regard less the degree of intensity , than the difference existing in the various sensations that derive their charm and permanence from the peculiar character of the scene . If I might be allowed to abandon myself to the recollections of my own distant travels , I would instance , among the most striking scenes of nature , the calm sublimity of a tropical night , when the stars , not sparkling as in our northern skies , shed their soft and planetary light over the gently-heaving ocean : —or I would recal the deep valleys of the Cordilleras , where the tall and slender palms pierce the leafy veil around them , and waving on high their feathery and arrow > like branches , form , as it were , " a forest above a forest ; " or I would describe the summit of the Peak of Teneriffe , when a horizontal layer of clouds , dazzling in whiteness , has separated the cone of cinders from the plain below , and suddenly the ascending current pierces the cloudy veil ,

      so that the eye of the traveller may range from the brink of the crater , along the vine-clad slopes of Orotava , to the orange-gardens and banana-groves that skirt the shore . In scenes like these , it is not the peaceful charm uniformly spread ovei- the face of nature that moves [ the heart , but rather the peculiar physiognomy and conformation of the land , the features of the landscape , the ever-varying outline of the clouds , and their blending with the horizon of the sea , whether it lies spi-ead before us like a smooth and shining mirror , 01 ' is dimly SCOn through the morning mist . All that the senses can but imperfectly comprehend , all that is most awful in such romantic scenes of nature , may become a source of enjoyment to man , hy opening a wide field to the creative powers of his imagination . Impressions change with the varying movements of the mind , and we are led by a happy illusion to believe that we receive from the external world that with which we have ourselves invested it .

      T o all our rea de r s wh o m a y be desirous of adding to their stock of scientific information , an d t o all f o r whom the w o nd e rs o f Nat u r e , and the learning and eloquence of man , have charms , we cor d ially recommend this edition of Alexander Vox Humbolbt ' s " COSMOS . "

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      The History of Ireland . By T . Wright , Esq . PartXII . London : J . and F . Tallis , 100 , St . John-street . This Part contains an ably-written narrative of a very interesting portion of Irish historythe Tars of Red Hugh O'Donnelx , and the more ce l ebrate d , though less chivalrous , O'Neil , Earl of Tyrone ; the struggles and adv e nt u res o f James Fitzthomas , the " Sugan Earl" of Desmond ; the almost fatal vice-regal mle of t h e fa vo urite Essex , and other events o f th e latter ye a rs of the re ign of Elizabeth . The very beautiful illustration is designed to picture " Ireland ' s Golden Age" in the reign ofBElAxBoKU . The principal figure represeats that fair lad y immortalised in " Moobe ' s Irish Melodies . " The reader will pardon us quoting the lines : — Rich and rare were the gems she wore , And a bright gold ring on her wand she bore But , ok 'her beauty was far beyond Her sparkling gems and snow-white wand . " Lady . ' dost thou not . fear to stray , ' So lone and lovely , through this bleak way ? " Are Erin ' sons so good or so cold " As not to be tempted by woman or gold ?" " Sir Kni ght , I feel not the least alarm , "~ So sou of Erin will offer me harm : " For though they love woman and golden store , " Sir Kni g ht ! they leve honour and virtue more !'

      On she went , and her maiden smile In safety lighted her round the Green Isle ; And blessed for ever is she who relied - Upon Erin ' s honour and Erin's pride ! , The illustration , in which the artist has so faithfully expressed the tradition sung by the poet * is alone worth more than the price charged for this " Part" of Mr . Weight ' s excellent « History . "

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      Destructive Storm at the Isle op Wight . — OsEonxu House struck by Lightsixo . —An awful thunder-storm took place in the neighbourhood of Cowes , on Friday , the Sth inst . The first flash of nVhtnin < r struck the foretopmast head of a new barque in the building yard of Mr . Joseph White , at East Cowes , and which was just ready for hauling ; the effects of it were that the Lead of the top and mast were shivered to splinters , and the truck and mast head hurled to some distance ; the lightning , in its descent , broke the lower .. mast , head short off , and shivered off several pieces of the mast , passed over the spider-hoop , and , attracted probably by the metal cleats above the partners , sDlit the mast below , tore up several planks of the

      deck in the neighbourhood of the partners , and split the combings . Providentially though the shipwrights "were at work at the time , no injury was sustained by them . In the meantime an ex--press arrived from . her-Majesty ' s marine-palace" of Osborne , at 25 r . Hoffmeister ' s , requiring his immediate assistance , as in the words of the message , 11 Osbornc-housc had been struck by the electric fluid , and several persons were injured . " Messrs . lloffmeister and Gass were speedily on their way through the fearful storm , and on arrival at the palace it was found that the li ghtning had struck the clock tower ,. knocked off a piece of the cornice , of

      the an n-le of the tower , and broke several windows in the corridor . Three men were struck by . the shock . The Ciip of one man , named Corney , was burnt . He was struck at the back of the head , and rendered insensible , and it is reported be has since died ., The other two were not materially injured . The lightning also struck the masc pf the Hebe yacht "( cutter , sixty-eight tons , the property of A . W . Gorbett , Esq .. ) . oa Mr < K ? tsev * repairing slip , strikin" the mast head , and in its 1 descent rendering , the mast " like a bundle , of laths . " The fluid dispersed , itself , on reaching , the spider-Loop , or . the jnast , just above the'deck . The value of the beer brewed in France last year was -59 , 410 , 009 francs ,

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      SUNSHINE AND SHADOW ; A TALE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY . BY THOMAS MARTIN WHEELER , Late Secretary to the National Charter Association and National Land Company . ' - ¦¦ ' Odapieb XI . Boldly I venture . on a naval scene " Nor fear the critic ' s frown—the pedant ' s spleen . # * * * Thus the rich vessel moves in trim array Like some fair virgin on her bridal day : Thus like a swan she cleaves the watery plain The pride and wonder of the iEgean main . r * * % * The sea-breached vessel can no longer bear The floods that o ' er her burst in dread career . ! - The labouring hull already seems half-filled - With water , through an hundred leaks distilled : Thus , drenched by every wave her riven deck , ' Stript and defenceless floats a naked wreck . Falconer .

      With mingled feelings did Arthur view the vessel ' s , progress up the Mersey to its parent : Ocean , all hi 6 bright hopes were dimmed ana clouded , and be was compelled to seek in other lands that home which Britain denied him . Still he felt joyous at his fortunate escape , and the novelty of being on shipboard helped to amuse his thoughts ; but no sooner did they clear the Mersey , and the wide expanse of ocean spread before them , than all other thoughts were buried in the contemplation of the grandeur of the scene . Tbe sun was slowly setting , tinging the clouds and the sails of the vessels in the distance with its jjolden hues , whilst tli « crested waves shone sparkling in their emerald slieen , as their falling or rising billows caught its lingering

      rays , whilst the moon , rising in the opposite horizon , shed . a . flood . of gentle light on all around . Breathing the spirit of calm and meditation , forgetting aught but the scene before him , Arthur thus gave audible utterance to his feelings" Oh ! thou sublime , majestic ocean ! thou mighty world of waters—which encompasses , beautifies , and fertilises tho earth ! who can view thee in thy grandeur and have no joy in thy magnificence ? Earth has her gorgeous towns and castellated mansions , but the earth-encircling sea has spires and mansions more amazing still omen ' s volant homesthat measure liquid space on wheel or wing—that circumscribe the earth , and make it tde highway of nations , and the grand agent of human

      civilisation ! Oh ! he who hath not gazed on thee hath not seen the sublimer portion of nature ' s kingdom , and can form no adequate notion of intensity or space !" With a mind calmed and elevated by these thoughts , he sought his cabin , and pondered over the events of his short but stormy career , since entering into manhood . Disappointed hopes had not yet deprived the glass of life of its silver plate , though its surface was beclouded and disfigured , his musings were still on his country ' s welfare . Harsh stepmother as she had proved to him , he still loved her with unimpaired devotion , and though he would correct her faults , and reform her abuses , yet harm from his hand would never fall on her . Type was he of his class . Our novelists—even the most liberal—can never draw a democrat save in warpaint . "Sincere , but stern and hard-hearted "" honest , but blustering and insolent "— " ignorant , dogmatic , and fierce , but a lover of principle : "

      such are the characters they present to their readers , when they condescend to introduce so vulgar a being . They profess to paint from life ; but they give us a daubed copy . Experience has . never furnished them with an original ; they cannot describe what- they do not comprehend . Shades of the martyred democrats of all time ! ye noble , but calumniated band ! though dead , ye yet speak t * tbe world , and attest that ye fell victims to youilove of mercy—to your nobility of heart—in sparing those who never spared their fellow-man . If the aphorism be true—and of its truth there can bo but little doubt— " that a political error is worse than a crime "—worse in its consequences—more enduring in its effects , of all the erimos . that can be laid to tho charge of Democracy , that of sparing its enemies when in its power is the most fatal to human progression . The last French revolution and its accompanying events afford a complete realisation of this fact .

      Speedily rode the vessel on hov homeward course , bounding o'er the billows as though instinct with life and motion . Much did our hero find to admire —much to learn , on this his first entrance to a largo vessel , all was novel , and entertaining . The weather was delightfully calm , and that most exeruciating torment , sea-sickness , had not yet laid hands on him ; but on the second day of their voyage , just as the loneliness over accompanying to a . landsman tho constant view of the water ' s wide expanse , had begun to supersede the emotion of admiration , the clouds began to look heavy and impending , and the vessel to roll and pitch in the trough of the sea . Arthur , who , in the spirit of curiosity , had been anxious to observe a storm at sea , had

      now the opportunity ; hut , alas ! he , in common with the other passengers , was confined to his hammock in a state which none can imagine but those who have felt the sensation , and which no pvetouded remedies seem to have power to remove . The mighty clement , over whose bosom they have been tranquilly sailing , almost forgetting they were not on the firm set earth , seems to take this gentle method of reminding the novices of her power and potency ; happy are they who encounter her not in her wrath . Towards noon it blew what the seamen called a stiff gale , but to a landsman ' s apprehensions it was a perfect hurricane ; gallantly did the vessel contend against the wrathful wind and waves , and with seaman-like alacrity did the crew perform

      their duty , but the storm increased to such a degree , that the loss of the ship appeared certain , the sea breaking so continually over her as to render incessant labour at the pumps necessary to keep her afloat ; a billon-, more mountainous than the rest , at length swept . oral the deck , an d t h e t ap er i ng masts , and graceful yards , that so adorned the bird-like fabric , were whelmed beneath-the waves , and the dismantled ship , no longer obeying her . helm , was left floating at the mercy of the wild winds and racing waters , and g radually . breaking up beneath their combined and powerful attacks . The passengers confined below , sick and exhausted , were but imperfectly acquainted with their true situation ; nor until every moans of saving the vessel was miormea oi tneir awtui

      despaired ot , were ttiey peril . Oh , who could describe the feeling created in these heretofore almost inanimate beings ! sixty human souls brought face to face with the insatiate monarch , Death , in one of his most terrific forms one powerful emotion subdued all minor feelings , the nausea of sea-sickness was forgotten , all was merged in the one sole idea of escape from present death . Men—bold men , who under other forms would have faced death without shrinking—were to be seen wringing their hands , and making no effort to assis * in their own preservation . Women—delicate , modest women , half dressed—were clinging wildly to the sailors , praying them to save them , whilst they , with almost rudeness , threw off their

      embraces , and coolly but mechanically employed themselves in launching the boats , as their only means of escape . Darkness now added itself to their other evils , though it shrouded from view terrors appalling enough to shako tho stoutest heart . Women and children shrieking loudly for hope , as the waves washed over their prostrate bodies ; men maddened with liquor , flown to when all order wns'lost ; or , * no less . maddencd by fanaticism , calling loudly upen Heaven for help , but neglecting to apply themselves to the human means . Arthur Morton " , naturally brave and self-possessed , though far from being an" assistance to the sailors , ( this his want of nautical experience alone would have pro-« ftii * ofl \ was sufficientlv self-collected to exercise a

      restraining power over his fellow passengers and keep them in something like order , though all his efforts would have been unavailing , had they not been seconded by those of another passenger , a Lancashire fanner , and likewise hy those of the officers of the ship . All the preparatory steps being completed , the passengers , with the exception of one man and two women , who were washed overboard , were safely stowed in the three boats , and the officers and crew , and what provisions and water could be hurriedly-obtained , divided among them . Scarcely were they clear of the wreck when the ill-fated fabric , trembling as if with emotion , burst asunder , and ; p hin « cd beneath the waves . The boats keeping as near each other as the darkness and their violent

      pitching would allow , steered for the nearest port on the Irish coast . As night fell the violence ot the wind somewhat abated , but even the most hopeful had but-a faint idea that they could survive until davii ^ ht , and then . thoir only chance of safety ^ vas falling in with some vessel , as the hope of reaching any port was almost chimerical . In : after ' . me Arthur Morton often recalled , the-. horrors , of that ui"ht , and the dangers then endured and surmounted nei-ved his heart to minor troubles , and caused him to look with philosophical indifference upon the petty but harassing casualties of everyday life . The boat . in which he , with twenty-eight others , including the captain and purser , was stowed , was barely large enough to allow them to sit or Jay , and their limbs were cramped and benumbed with their confined position "; the ; waves and the dark

      kept continually washing over them , - ness and confined sjjaco preventing them from taking any effectual means to bale ; the -water , they were Consequently every moment . 'in , danger-of sinking , and the intense cold added to . their other horrors . As daylight broke and discovered to each other their wretched plight , they saw with dismay that neither , of the other boats was visible , —each looked aghast in his fellow ' s ; face , and anticipated the fate which had doubtless fallen on their companions . Out of iwelye female passengers originally ¦ on ' 'board two 1 had : beeri' . washbd ' ovei * . prior" to- . embarking in tlie boa'tsi eight were ' -in-the lost ; boats , " and' two m -the boat" with 'ouv" hero;—the one , a , fangirl of nbout nineteen , and the other about the middle age , and apparently her mother . In the darkness of the night , and the selfishness which ab-

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      sorbed all their , owri energies in the preservation of their own individuality , the females were forgotten , hut returning daylight , ' whilst giving'thorn frcall hopes , renewed within them the feelings of urbanity towards the weaker sex . Overcome , by cold and fatigue they were nearly insensible , but a little wine being poured down their throats they gradually revived ; but better far had they been left tdi sleep the sleep of death , for the loss of the other boats being abruptly communicated to them , heartrending were the shrieks they uttered . The youngest had lost a husband , to whom she had been but a few weeks united , and a father to whom she was tenderly attached ; the elder had to mourn the loss of an affectionate husbartd , the Lancashire farmer previously , mentioned , who , with his wife

      and youngest daughter and her husband , . wore about to proceed to Texas , and commence life anew in that El Dorado of the New World ; separated from each other in the darkness and confusion , though united in life they were dissevered in death ; the screams of those bereaved ones , though frightful at first , soon subsided into a low moaning ; nature seemed exhausted , and to have imparted her last energies to their convulsive grief , they never again raised their heads from their bosoms , —all efforts to rouse them from their state of bodily and mental torpor were fruitless , they never spoke again . As soon as daylight appeared a signal had been hoisted , but no sail appeared in sight . Hours rolled on in misery and almost despair ; two of the passengers had died from tho effects of fear and cold , —noon was approaching ; the storm had ceased — the

      waters were becoming calm , and a bright sun was i ust beginning to beam upon them , warming their benumbed bodies , and cheering their drooping spirits , when they descried an outward-bound vessel bearing direct upon their course . Oh ! the agony of suspense embodied in the next hour , a whole lifetime of emotion was experienced in those fleeting moments , varying from the intensity of despair to the wildest joy ; as doubt no longer existed that they were descried , and would speedily be rescued , this joy was riot misplaced , as a few hours saw them safely on board the Esmeralda , a vessel bound for the West Indies ; -where they received every attention from the captain and crew which their sad situation demanded ; many hours did the captain delay , in hopes to see something of the other two boats , but in vain—they were never heard of more . ( T& U continued . ) -

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      . Surrey Theatre . — We recently visited this house , to witness tho representation of Sheridan Knowles ' s play of The Hunchback . Mr . Ores wick was the " Master Walter , " and his performance was really a fine conception of softened misanthropy and genuine kindness of heart . Mr . Creswick was highly successful , exhibiting as ho did a great degree of fervour , and great propriety of style and elocution , blended with much pathos . Mr . Shepherd's " Modus" was decidedly good . Mr . Mead was passable as " Sir Thomas Clifford , " and Mr . Widdicomb was decidedly and richly quaint as " Fathom . " To speak in praise of that exouisite , ever charming

      actress , Mrs . A ' isbett as " Helen , would be but to " paint the lily and perfume the violet j" suflice it to say , she was herself again . The great feature of the evening ' s performance was Miss Jane Mordaiint's " Julia . This lady has decidedly improved since wo last saw her at the Haymarket . To our mind she is superior in this character to Miss Helen Faucit—she is loss noisy but more impressive , because more ladylike and more in keeping with the gentle " Julia , " whoso feelings are worked up with tho contending emotions of love and pride ; Her first scene with " Helen , " after her arrival in the great metropolis , was true to nature ; her scene with Clifford , as the " secretary of my lord , " was a great and impressive piece of acting , and deeply

      affected the audience . Her appeal to the " Hunchback , " to save her from " these hated nuptials , " was a piece of intense acting that' drew down the applause of the whole house ; Miss Jane Mordaunt , it she but take care , taking nature as hoi * guide , with the careful tuition of her experienced sister , is destined to hold a high position on the boards . At the conclusion of the play , Miss Mordaunt , Mrs . Mshelt , and Messrs . Creswick , Shepherd , Widdicomb , and Mead , were called before the curtain , and curtsied and bowed their acknowledgments amidst the loud applause of the audience . The other performances wore a Dead Shot and Jane Lomax , Mi $ . Nisbett playing " Louisa Lovetrick , " and Madame Ponisi " Jane Lomax . " We regret to hear that Mrs . Nisbett is so much indisposed as to have been unable to perform during the current week , but it is hoped she will be enabled to resume her engagement on Mondciy the ISth instant .

      AsrLEv's . —A now spectacle , called Mooltan and Goojerat , produced for tho Whitsuntide holidays , promises fair to have a long and successful run . The piece of course relates to the recent victories gained by the British arms over the Sikhs , and although we have entered our protest against the injustice of this invasion , still we are not so fastidious on that account as to refuse to do justice to the enterprising manager for the splendid spectacle set befol'C us , This theatre is peculiarly adapted for such subjects , in order to produce the mammoth resources of the establishment , and both p lot anil language , which must be adapted to the subject , arc a secondary consideration : still , however , wo have on many occasions , when the author has taken tbe part of the invaded or oppressed , given him our meed of approbation . On the present occasion the splendid scenery and the gorgeous groupings of several hundreds of auxiliaries and actors—not the

      subject or tho language—received the most rapturous plaudits . Indeed , this was manifest , when the commander-in-chicf ( we presume tho representative of Lord Gough ) gave his insulting and brutal answer to tho Sikh ambassador , by the stifled murmur that ran through the house : the delivery of this speech , had it contained more noble sentiments , would have rewarded both the author and actor with applause . It is , however , a'good sign of the times , that the people are beginning rightly to appreciate the , glories of conquest and the horrors of war , and to those of our readers who have not yet seen the Siege of Mooltan , we strongly recommend this spectacle , as one offering a lesson Avhich cannot be too well learned bv tho working classes . The

      embarkation of troops for India from Gravescnd , is on the most grand and extensive scale , and the stage being too small tp accommodate such an overwhelming force , the troops arc marched across the circle—cavalry , artillery with their cannon , pioneers , infantry , ' and raw recruits . Those latter arc on foot , some apparently fatigued , with a , wife or lover loaning on their arms , some of the fair carrying baskets containing fruitj tape , < fec , to turn the ready penny , and support them on their journey ; while the officers and their ladies , in gay attire , arc riding splendid coursers . The massing together of the conflicting parties in the storming of Mooltan , is cleverly contrived , and the difficulty

      of conveying the notion of a vast multitude is solved with more than usual success . In the scene representing the battle of Gooj& ' at , tllOSO who thirst for glory will see that the greatest quantity of shot and blows fall where the least pay is received , the privates forming a hollow square , and presenting with their bodies an impenetrable wall for the protection of well-paid officers safety onseoncod in the centre . The piece concludes with a gorgeous grouping occupying the whole stage , with Britannia at . the top , and the whole establishment , biped and quadruped , picturesquely arranged below . This is one of the most splendid spectacles ire ever witnessed .

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      TO THE TRADES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . ( From-No . 1 of the Democratic Review . June , 1849 . ) Fkllow Men , —As the great fundamental principles of truth and justice upon which political and social institutions ought to be based , _ are becoming daily better understood among the na -ions of the continent , it is of the highest importance that every working man in this cuntry should clearly understand the measures necessary to secure the rights of labour , and permanently establish a new and better order of things in this country . Whatever be the future destinies of Great Britain , the onward course of her people must be through the legislature , and 1 presume the great mass are agreed that' their universal enfranchisement must be accomplished before any

      good can be effected in that quarter . Id the meantime it is" our duty to Create an enlightened public opinion—to concentrate our energies and husband our strength in order that we may be' able to make the most of acrisis —when such a period shall arrive , as arrive it must , whether the working men will it or no . The middle classes are about to commence a vigorous agitation , which they will turn to their own account , -unless the men of the Trades , and the working classes generally , become united and clearly understand the measvires necessary to ensure " a fair day s wage for a fair day's work . "/ The first and most important step to be taken -is ; -- that we should become thoroughly united . We may behold in that taHsnianic word—Union ! the lever by .-which the sons of labour may acquire that ¦ gigantic strength

      which will raise them to their legitimate position in the social scale . Let it hot , however , be forgotten that if '" Unionia strength , " "Knowledge is power . " We-behold . the most spirited-steed directed ' at the will of "the rider by ( he mere check- of . the rein . -In that we may observe the ruling power pf mind ! And thus it "is'that oppressive rulers throw themselves astride' the shoulders' of a careless'and unthinking people whom they make use of as mere beasts of burthen .- What then is necessary tobe done in order to put an end . to this terrible oppression ? First to unite ; , arid , secondly , to acquire knowledge . Ihe Trades of London have commenced an organisation which is- already being '' extended to the provinces ; and the increased facilities which are l . kely to be opened for acquiring a thorough knowledge el the equisite measures for tlie emancipation of laoour ,

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      ought to be eagerly embraced b y every vrorkine man All periodicals or newspapers advocating sound prin l ciples , and conducted by men of experience and independent minds , ought to receive our support . It is only br having intercourse with minds better informed than our own , that we can obtain ths information necessary to accomplish the industrial , s-icial , and political emancipation of labour . Wherever such public instructors are found , we ought to build a wall of brass around them . If men had not been found to speak boldly tho truth in spite of fines and imprisonment , through the medium of the press in France , and had not ken well supported by the people , the old rigime would again have been established ere this , and the burthen which that brave nation threw off last year re-imposed .

      In this letter I shall not go into any of the eight fundamental principles propounded by the London Trades'Delegates . If , however , 1 should have an opportunity afforded me , I shall be glad to devote a series of articles to explain the principles set forth hy the London trades , which all the trades'in the provinces ought to at once adopt as the only means of securing that protection to their labour which Trades Unions have yet failed to accomplish . If the last address which the Delegates published to the country be acted upon , an organisation will shortly be created which will render the trades and working classes generally all-powerful . Without union there is hope of anything being done , and great care m ustbe ta kenthat u he a-union of minds more than

      of mere nu mberSl * convinced that until we can find men to step out from the ranks of labour who are above mercenary considerations , and who clearly understand the " causes by which l < bour is enslaved , and are prepared to make some degree of self-sacrifice , there is no hope for our deliverance , as we may look in vain for our emancipation from the upper or middle classes . The working classes must be the instruments of their own regeneration . The two questions , employment and the suffrage are the leiding features recommended to the attention of the trades in the address already alluded to . I look upon the suffrage as the means to the end . See

      what sacrifices the men of France , Germany , Italv , and [ Tungary , have nwde to obtain their enfranchisement ! Are Britons , who boast they " never shall ba slaves , " to remain alone in political bondage ? Surely not . Let us then unite and demand to be no longer treated as outlaws by the constitution of nut * country . Let therebe no bombastieal speechmaking , but strong : in the justice of our cause and tin rectitude of our conduct , let us pursue an energetic and undeviating course until we have accomplished the industrial , social , and political emancipation of labour . To you , men of the trades , the accomplishment of this great work chiefly belongs . Alfred A . Walton .

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      DESTRUCTIVE FIRES . Oxford-Street . -- On Sunday night , about eleven o'clock , a very destructive fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr . \ V . Leaver , a- hat manufacturer , No . 5 , Oxford-street , adjoining the -Boar and Castle hotel and coach-office . The discovery was made by the police-constable . An unusual glare of light shining through the fanlight convinced him that the building was in flames . The officer instantly sent for the escape and engines . Before , however , any assistance had time to arrive , the flames shot forth from the back of the premises with such fury that the destruction of the house , at least , appeared certain , and strong fears ircre

      entertained for the safety of the Boar and Castle . Three fire-escapes of the Royal Society , together with numerous engines arrived in rapid succession , when tho firemen found altnoBt every portion of the premises enveloped in flames . Fortunately there was an abundant supply of water , from which tho engines were quickly set to work ; but , in spite of the vast torrents of water scattered over the property , it was deemed advisable to have one of the brigade engines taken down the Boar and Castle yard in order to prevent the flames from communicating with the hotel and coach-houses . The reflection of the fire in the ah 1 caused so many thousands of spectators to assemble in the road that the services of a strong body of police , under Mr . Superintendent Foxall of the E division , were required to keep tho populace out Of the way of the firemen . The cnnnes were all kept in full operation until past

      twelve o clock , when the firemen succeeded in extinguishing the flames , but not until the whole of Mr . Leaver ' s stock-in-trade was reduced to aslies , find every room in the building burnt out . For some time it was supposed , owing to no one making his appearance after the alarm was given , that the occupants had been burned to death ; but from the examination of the premises since made by the firemen there is good . ground for supposing that at tlie time of the outbreak no person was in the house . The Boar and Castle , although it escaped destruction by fire , has received serious damage by water , the cellars and several of the rooms being so flooded that an engine was obliged to be employed to pump the water out . -The premises of Mi * . J . Ewing , upholsterer , Nos . 3 and 4 , Oxford-street , are also seriously damaged by water . The origin of the fire is at the present time enveloped in obscurity .

      Barer-street . — On Sunday afternoon a fire broke out on the premises belonging to Messrs . J . J . Griffin and Co ., chemical apparatus manufacturers , at 53 , Baker-street , Portman-squaro . The flames were first discovered in the ground-floor back , and their origin has been traced to some bond timbers behind tlie stove having become ignited . Tho engines of the parish , London brigade , ami West of England Company were soon on tho spot ; but the firemen were unable to extinguish the fire before two rooms were burned out , and a quantity of books and other valuable property consumed . Tho occupiers of the premises were out of town when the five occurred , and it was impossible to tell whether they wore insured or not .

      Limmeb ' s Hotet ,, Haxover-square . —On Monday morning , at an eavly horn , considerable alarm was caused in Goorge-stroet , Hanover-squaro , in censcq \ ience of afire breaking out in the extensive pile of premises belonging to Mr . Charles Renaud , termed " Limmev ' s Hotel . " The flames commenced in the SCCOnd floor front , occupied as a sleeping apartment . The escapes of the ltoyal Society were quickly on the spot , and three engines of the London Brigade , with that of the parish . The firemen succeeded in confining the flames to that portion of tlie property in which they originated , but not until nearly the whole of the bedding and furniture in the room were destroyed , and the window glass demolished . The party who was sleeping in the room had a very narrow escape , but fortunately no ono was injured . The outbreak was caused from a spark flying out of a lighted candle and falling upon the betl curtains . Mr . Renaud was insured in the Sun Fire-office .

      KixosiiAifn-noAD . — -On Tuesday morning , shortly before two o ' clock , a fire broke out on tho premises belodging to Messrs . J . and E . Longhurst , sheet zinc manufactures , 154 , Kingsland-road . The premises wove of great extent , and at the time of the disaster were stored with goods of considerable value . The police-officer who was on duty in the road perceived a , dense mass of smoke coming from the lower portion of the works . He raised an alarm , and commenced knocking at the houses on either side , in order to apprise the inmates of the danger to which they were exposed . While thus engaged flames burst forth from several parts of the premises . As soon as possible two engines of the parish , six of the London Brigade , with that of tho West of England Company , were on the spot . Tho firomen set their engines to

      work , and by conveying the hose round the adjoining premises they were enabled to prevent the ' flames from extending , but whilst so engaged the roof of the zinc works fell in , At the same time a great portion of one of the walls fell into the premises of Mr . Seton , greengrocer , anil seriously injured the roof orer the back shop . The-engines were kept at work until half-past four o ' clock , when they at length got the five under , but not until Messrs . LonghurstY promises and their valuable contents were destroyed . The roof of the Mail Coach tavern adjoining is also damaged . The origin of the fire cannot he accounted for . Messrs . Longhurst ' s loss will he partially covered by insurances in the Sun and Royal Exchange offices , and Mr . Bird , the landlord of the Mail Coach , was insured in the Licensed Victuallers' office .

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      " •" - ¦¦ rngBTi . i The Tootit-Aciie . — This pain seems designed to call our attention to the decay goiiiff on in the teefli , and warns us to see to their preservation . When teeth are partially decayed to touch them with food often causes intense jrnin . VnwnsticntcH substances are therefore , passed into the ctomadi and indigestion and its attendant pains soon ensM B ^ filHng decayed teeth with Busde ' b Enamel , which hardens shortly after it lias been placed in the cavity the decay may be checked , tbe teeth rendered painloss , and mastication be duly performed with comtort . bId Legs of Fourteen Years' Ddkatiox cijbed ur Hotloway ' s Ointment and Pills . —airs . Piiseilla' Waters , of ' ciitriev near Lynn , liad been a dreadful sufferer for upwards of fourteen years , with bad legs , which several of the faculty had tried to cure , ¦ but without success . . Her di » estioii'Was also much impaired , and at times her health was so bad as to render her quite . incapable of attendingto her household affairs . As the medicines which she had been ' tsilsingaftbrded herns relief , she was recommended to try llolloway ' s pills and . ointment , which ' completely cured her ; since which , 'for more than twelve months past , she has been able to attend to llCV domestic ( llltlCS , and could if necessary , walk ten or twenty miles with ease .

      " "CAt 7 tto . v " TOTiiE Public—No "sooner is a medicine wellestablished in public favour than a liosfc of imitators spring up , who , for the sake of profit not only wrong ; tlie proprietor of the genuine medicine , but inflict a serious' . injury on tlie : unwary purchaser ot their base counterfeit trusli .. These remarks apply to the remedy ' which is sbwellkuown as Abemethy ' s Pile Ointment . " This excellent remedy for piles has been established by undoubted ; proofs of its efficacy . Purchasers may be able to detccftlicse frauds by asking particularly for "Abernethy ' s Pile ointment , " in covered pots , price 4 s . Gd . ( whiell is the lowest ^ nice the proprietor is enabled to sell it , owing to the' ^ great expense of the ingredients ) , and observe the name of 0 . King , is on the government stamp , pasted round each pot . Sufferers from piles will not repent giving the ointment a trial .

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      The Kevt Tlkst . t . —At Naples , on tlie 12 th of April , Signor dc Gasparis discovered the tenth planet but ween the orbits of Mars and Jupiter . 1 ins new member of the ultra-zodiacal group of planets is hardly brighter than the stars of the tenth magnitude . It is not named . The names of the other members of the group are as follows , in the order of discovery—Ceres , Pallas , Juno , Vesta , Astrsoa , Hebe , Iris , Flora , and Metis . Thoy are supposed to be fragments of ono largo planet that has been split asunder by some convulsion . ' On v four had been

      discovered before 1845 . Their most remarkable property is their small size , having diameters supposed to vary from fifty to 250 miles . Their gravity is in proportion ; and hence , as Sir John llcrschol observes , " a man placed on one of them would 3 pring with case sixty feet high , and sustain no greater shock in his descent than he does on the earth from leaping a yard . On such planets g iants might exist ; and those enormous animals which on earth require- the buoyant power of water to counteract there weight , mig ht there be denizens of the land .

      Tho Boston Chronotype announces an important addition to the Washington Museum—a boot made by a sherry cobbler from the Last of the Mohicans . The Pope . — "A curious fact , " says the Glole lately , "is mentioned to us in a letter from Bologna . Although tho Austrian intervention is made in the name of the Pope , his holiness is so little respected by the Austrian soldiers , that in every house in Bologna which they entered , and where they found a bust of tho Pope , they amused themselves by decapitating it with their sabres , Thus , whilst Pius theJfinth is rejected by the Romans as a tyrant , he is hated by the Austria ' ns as having been the first cause of the liberal movement . "

      Woman . —The perception of woman is as quick as lightning , Her penetration i ? intuition , almost instinct . By a glance she will draw a deep and just conclusion . Ask her how she formed it , and she cannot answer the question ; while she trusts her instinct she is scarcely ever deceived ; but she 18 generally lost when sue begins to reason , —^ erlock . .. Confession . —A peasant , being at confession , accusod himself of having stolen some hay ; the father confessor asked him how- many bundles he had taken from the stack ? " That is of no consequence , " replied the peasant , " yon may set it down a waggon load , for my wife and I are going to fetch the remainder very soon . "

      The Mockery of Government . —Why talk to the myriads of houseless and impoverished beings which the present artificial state of things have thrown unfriended on the world , of a government ? There is no government for them ; it is a mockery . Why mention the word constitution in their hearing . Are they not placed beyond its pale ? _ They are born into this world with wants and feelings the same as others , and the means of honourable subsistence is taken from them by absurd and selfish regulations . This part of the question is wilfully overlooked by the political economists , who argue so eloquently about the natural results of supply and demand , as they seldom refer to the cause of a redundancy of labour , which is clearly traceable to the unjust

      monopoly of the soil . What wonder then that wo are poor , when the means of wealth is hermetically sealed against us , and we are left a prey to the selfishness and cunning of greedy speculators . —Chartist Tracts for the Times . Dr . W . ' 13 . Carpenter , in a lecture at the Ipswich Museum , allowed the possession of reason , to a certain extent , in animals . He instanced that the young ladies in a Bristol school used to lunch in the garden at twelve , and crumb-picking sparrows congregated a little before ; but on Sundays , as the girls did not lunch , tbe sparrows never appeared . The CoxJUREn and the Clows ;—On Sunday morning last , " Professor Eagle , " the great wizard , who had a performing booth at Hereford fair oil the

      preceding day , missed some ot Ins norses wliicli had been sent to graze in a lane contiguous to the city , and in his search for them lie encountered a rustic who had chanced to be at his exhibition . The professor asked the rustic if he had seen his horses . Instead of answering the question , John asked another : — "Beyn't you the conjuror as was cutting off the folks' heads and putting um on again isterday V Tho professor answered in the affirmative . " Then , " said the rustic , " if thee be ' st a conjuror , I ' m sure thee dost not want me to tell thee where thy bosses be !" The gallant defex . ck of Rome against the piratical invasion of the French , reflects glory \ ipon the

      Roman people , and corresponding disgrace upon France . That miserable adventurer Buonaparte has pronounced his own doom . The tool—we believe , the houglu tool—of the confederated tyrants Of Europe , he will share the doom of his masters . Bologna has succumbed to the Austrians after a frightful bombardment . Its inhabitants—men , women , and children—fought with desperate courage . But in vain . Their doom was massacre . —Wholesale pitiless murder . The keys of tho city have been sent to the Pope , Those keys stained with tho blood of the virtuous and heroic Bologncse will open for that holy hypocrite the gates of perdition . —Democratic Review .

      Tho General Council of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 1 ms appointed Birmingham for holding the ensuing meeting . A " People's College , " similar to that in Sheffield , is about to be established in JNbrwieh . A gentleman Of fortune , wishing to benefit the working classes of his native city , has supplied the means for commencing the undertaking . The Toad . —Tliis poor , despised , and harmless reptile is admirable in its proportions , and has an eye of such trcinscendant beauty , that when I find one I place it on my hand , to view it more minutely ; its skin , too , so completely adapted to tho subterraneous places into which it goes for shelter , is well worthy the attention of tbe " pliilosoplicr . As this little animal is innocuous , I fee ! sorry when 1 soo it trampled under foot by inconsiderate people , who have learned from their grandmother ihut it is full of venom . —Watcrion ,

      No Ghost of a Bauuain—Dickens , it is calculated , received 2 s . Cd . for every word in his last work , " The Ghost ' s Bargain . " The Past and the Pkbsext . —IW ever hallowed be the mighty spirits of yore , the star of whose lives set in darkness , often in blood , to rise in immortal glory ! Thanks ! eternal thanks to the heaven-born martyrs of liberty , and the patriot friends of man ! who , in mnny a terrible day oi gloom , still held on their way in exile or in deathwho wrote their words and deeds , in letters of flame , upon the world ' s memory , and left their names as watch-words for us to battle by ! They set our hearts yearning with true Promethean fire ; —but , for all this , wo do not like paying a slavish deference to the Past . Tho " wisdom of our

      ancestors" is , after all , but a wretched huirtinig * . Wherefore should we cling to laws which tiio past has established , when they wring the hearts of millions ? The past is not the only Oracle of llevchition—every being sentient with soul , hath an inward revelation , and every soul possesses tho elements of greatness . Away then with this implicit faith in the bygone ! We misrepresent ourselves , and lose our self-reliance , which is the true majesty of men . —Uxbridge Sjiirit of Freedom . STATE OF THE MAIiKKT . JTonoxir—Deav and scarce . The old sto 6 k IlOftl'ly exltaust . ee / , and tiio new crops rather unpromising . Virtue—Few importations , and that of native growtli degenerating . Honesty— None in market . Patriotism , first quality—iVo demand .

      Ditto , second quality—Principally bought tip on speculation , at par . Prudence—All held by old stockholders . Modesty—Xonc but damaged parcels in market . Vice—Large quantities hold ; no sale . Pride—Market glutted . Politeness—Very cheap , but the owners appear indifferent about the disposal of it . Scandal—^ onc offered at wholesale ; the article altogether engrossed by hawkers and pedlars . Religion— "When brought into market it is generally highly adulterated . Sales nominal . Love—None offered except for real estate . Talent—A scarce article . JKo credit allowed .

      Sincerity—Out ot season . . A Touau Job . —A fellow writing from somewhere out west , says ' : " We started for some little town in tho vicinity of Holstciu—I would not undertake to spell or pronounce the name ; but if you would take . Kickapoo- and Ojibbcway , mix them up with Passamaquoddy , and ' pronounce the whole backwards , you will get within , about six miles of tho name . " Wise men learn more hy fools , than fools hy wise men . The former see tbe weakness of tbe latter , and exercise their judgments in avoiding their follies , but fools consider not the virtues of wisu men , and , of course , do not imitate them . —Rochefoiicav . lt ,

      A Chinawoman , to be considered handsome , miut have a long , thin , flat face , high cheek bones , a circular mouth , thin lips , very small , long eyes , arched eyebrows , remarkably narrow , low forfthead , a countenance void of expression ; she must be rather tall , her figure nearly fleshless , ; siiid any development of either hips or bosom would completely mar all'her ' pretensions , to'beauty . The complexion must bo without a vestige of health ' s roseate hue , and the skin of a yellow , tint . A Chinese belle bedaubs her face « nd- 'haiids > with a white ¦ stone , ground to powder , used as . 1 cosmetic ; until her complexion is an agreeable mixture of dirty white and saffron . .

      The cost of the hall and offices at the Euston station of the London and North-Western llailway is understated at £ 125 , 000 ; the interest of which at five Wcent , is £ 0 , 250 per annum . The' ' company niust" therefore e ' ani niore ; , tlian .. £ 17 , , per day for every day in the year , '" incliidirig - Sundays , simply for the use of these new buildings , exclusive W tlie cost of repairs .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 16, 1849, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1526/page/3/