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      ^ / JSft ° f aktl : F «* J - J- H . AlSIay , 200 ili sii-atreat Cteltennaw , dated January 22 nd , I 85 o ! ' ¦ ' . J ^ m ^^ f ^ lt ^ Y all 0 Ut * nre 8 years of age . was afflicted with agj « adular swelling : in the neck , which afterariiwttun brokeeut into uW An enS medical joawpronounced ! it as a very b . wl case of serofuia and preawlbedI far a-oonBidorablb time without effect The disease tlen ^ for years wwit on gradually , increasing in virulence , when fcesite the ulcer in th « neck . ano&er ftwmed betovtne left knee ; , and a third under thieve , besides seven otner * o » tlito left arm , with a fcwionr between tfie . eyes wliidl > na « e ^ pectcd'to break . Duriajj tho whole of ttmlme my sniftring boy Dad Teceivea . the constant advioa oraeTnostce * brated ! medtoa ? gentlemen a « Cheltenham besides-being ftp-several mbntlta at the Gem-ral Hosoit » i

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      KAEBODY KENS YE . Are ye dom * ought vreeli—are ye thrivin' my man ? - - ~ -- ; . ' - ¦ - - — Be thankfu' to Fortune for a * that she sen ' s ye ; Ye'll haV plenty o" frien ' s aye to offer their han '; * " " When ye needna their countenance—a' body kens * ye ; .. ... A'body kens ye , A' body kens ye , ' When ye needna their countenance—a' body tens ye !' But wait ye a -nee , till the tide taVs a turn ! An' awa wi' the ebb drifts the favours she sen ' s

      ye , • Caald friendship will then leave ye lanely to mourn ; When ye need a' their friendship , then naebody kens ye ; Kaebody kens ye , &e . The crony wha stuck like a burr to your side , An' vowed wi' Ms heart ' s dearest bluid to befrien ' ye , ' A five guinea note , man , -will part ye as vide As if oceans and deserts were lyin' between ye ! Naebody kens ye , &c . It ' s the siller that does ' t man ! the siller ! the

      sUlerl It ' s the siller that breaks ye , an' mak ' s ye , an men s ye ! When your pockets are toom , an * nae web i the loom , Then tak' ye my word for't there ' s naebody kens ye ; ffaebody kens ye , &c . Hat thinkna I mean that a' mankind are sae—It ' s the butterfly frien ' s that misfortune should fear aye- ^ 'There are those worth the name—gnde sen' there were mae ! "ff ha , the caulder the blast , aye the closer draw nearye ; Naebod y kens ye , < fcc .

      The frien 8 wha can tell us our fau'ts to our face ; But aye fra onr foe 3 in our absence defen ' s ns , Xeeze me on sic hearts ! o' life pack he ' s the ace Wha scorns to disown as when naebody kens us .

      cnomra . Jfaebody kens us , naebody kens ns , Foortith ' s a dry nurse fre folly whilk speans us -She daprives us o' means , just to show us our frien ' s , Wha winna disown ns when naebody kens us . ^ ' —

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      QUEEN'S THEATRE . Mr . Kirkland , a young aspirant for histrionic fame , has teen representing some of Shakspeare ' s best characters for several nights ¦ with great success . The pieces usuall y represented at this theatre are of a melodramatic character , and the company being adapted for such pieces , any artiste in the higher walk of tragedy , most necessarily appear to disadvantage , owing to the want of adequate support from the corps dramatique . Impressed with this idea , we were agreeabl y surprised to find the traged y of Hamlet placed upon the stage in a manner deserving commendation , and ¦ which certainly reflects great credit on the management Mn Kirkland ' s Hamlet is a

      very respectable performance , the soliloquies "were well delivered , and his scenes with the ghost , andalso with O phelia , were excellent ; both his voice and figure are good , his action gracefal , and many of his . points were well made . We are not disposed to be hypercritical , and have no doubt but that a little more practical experience and stud y will realize Mr . Kirkland ' a fondest hopes . The

      personation of the Ghost by Mr . Green , was very good , and the excellent acting of Mrs . C . Boyce as Ophelia , received well merited applause . TVe trust that the playgoers in this quarter , will get a relish for the legitimate drama , and that the management will be well sapporied in catering , net only for the amusement , but the instruction of its numerous patrons .

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      IXAXHADK TO RESEMBLE CoTION . —However much the following method may now admit of simplification , it is very interesting to see how much cotton was esteemed formerly in relative value , and Aow much skill and capital have had to do with its present general development . In the "Swedish ^ ransactiQns » fortheyear 1747 , a method is given of -preparing flax in such a manneras toresemblecotton m whiteness and softness , as well as in coherence . ± or this purpose a little sea water is to be put into an iron pot or an unturned copper kettle , and a mixtire of equal yarfc of birch arches and quick lime strewed uponit ; a gmall bundle of flax is to be opened and sprrad upon the surface , and covered with more o . the mixture , and the stratification continued till feei vessel is sufficientl y filled . The whole is thsn to ^ b oiled with Bea water for ten hours , fresh quantfces of water being occasionally suDDlied in

      nroonrnomotne evaporation , that the matter may never bw ^ dry . ThJbbiled flax i 8 to bTimmeSJ washedintheseabyalittleata time , inabSf With a smooth stick , at first while hot ; mi vhen grown cold enough to be borne by the hand , , it must bJ well robbed , washed with soap , laid to bleach and traced and watered every day . Repetitions of t " : e washings with soap expedite the bleaching after which the flax is to be beat , and again well washed - When dry , it is to be worked and carded in the same manner as common cotton , and pressed between two boards for forty-eight hoars . It is now fully prepired and fit for use . It loses in this process nearly enejialf its weight , which a abundantly compensated ; the improvement made in its qoality , .

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      MEMOIR OF SIR R . PEEL . The father of Sir R . Peel was , as is well known , one of the enterprising men who helped to lay the foundation of our present enormous and important cotton manufacture . He was born in 1750 , and in 1773 embarked in a cotton factory at Bury , in Lancashire , in partnership with a Mr . Yates , whose daughter he afterwards married . In fourteen years —so rapidly was money made by cotton spinning in those days—he bad amassed enough to purchase a large landed estate in Yorkshire , to which he subsequently added others in Staffordshire and Warwickshire . At Tamworth , then falling inlo decay , hi setup an extenseve factory , and by restoring its business activity , and giving employment to its

      inhabi < ants , gained political influence , which afterwards secured him the seat for that borongh—a s-at subsequently enjoyed by bis son . Whea the fustFrench revolution broke out , Mr . Peel , the father , » a ? inclined to regard the principles of its promoters with favour , but subsequent events changtd his opinions , and be supported Mr . Pitt during the war —so steadily , indeed , that when , in 1797 , voluntary contributions were asked towards the support of the expenses of the campaign , he and his partner gave no less than £ 10 , 000 in one sum . He bad , it is said , at that time in bis employment , and relying on the wages he paid , no less than 15 , 000 persons , towards whom be exercised a benevolent regard , limiting the hours of labour of the young , and

      providing the means of education for such as were willing to avail themselves of such advantages . 'When invasion of the country was spoken of Mr . Peel contributed towards the formation and support of the Lancashire fencibles , and be raised , 'chiefly from among his own workmen , six companies ofvolun . teers—the Buty Loyal Volunteers—of whom he was the lieutenant colonel . These services added to the considerationqf 'his great wealth , gained for him in 1801 a baronetcy . In Parliament he often spoke upon questions of trade and manufactures ; he advocated the union with Ireland , and had strong opinions on the currency—opinions , it may be remarked , opposed to those afterwards put forward and carried into effect by his son .

      . The late Sir Robert Peel , the subject of this notice , was bom on the 5 ih of February , 1788 . In . heriting his father ' s talents and aptitude for business , he bad all the super-added advantages of an early , sound , and complete education . He was first sent to Harrow , where he was form-fellow with Byron . The poet , in a letter since published by Toin Meore , says : " There were , always great hopes of Peel amongst us all , masters " and scholars ,

      and he has not disappointed them . Asa scholar he was greatly my superior ; aB a declaimer and an actor I was reckoned at least his equal ; as a schoolboy , out of school I was always in scrapes and he never , and in school be always knew his lesson and I rarely . '' From Harrow the future Btatesman went to the University of Oxford , where he' entered as a gentleman commoner of Christ Church . The qualities he evinced at his public school went with wm to bit college . He oiipltyed ft * same applies

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      tk » and proficiency thai ba * d ! at ) DgH » bed him » at Harrow , and took a firsUclafa < te « H * eb « th in mathe . matfeS ' aisrd : 4 lBft ] cl ' , ~ - ^" ^ "v ^ ' ^ '"""' Tw " - " " " -r i Ho sooner had-he taken his ( feg « &tba * h » father seeured for him'a sea * in parliameiit ,. autf he ; was returned , in hia 21 s , t year , . foVCash ^ . Vfpo » taking hia seati he adopted the political pasty of hi » father , and spoke and voted with the . Tor ?' party . ; 'jfe at once displayed great capabilities fordebatey ' and made several speeches of great promhei- Iii Jflirji he was chosen to second the address t& the throne on the opening of the session ; and in the same year he was appointed Under-Secretary . of State * for the Colonies . The official career thus ' commenced * . >«* proficient , flu * - f JH , 1 lnii . 1 , l .., 1 l , i „ ii

      ; and fated to lead to the highest offices of the state , did not linger on its early stages . From ar » ¥ nder-Secretaryship in Downing ; 8 treet Mr . Peel was . promoted in 1812 to the onerous post of Chief Secret tary for Ireland during the Viceroyahip of the D * tfce of Richmond . In this position he brought in a bill , subsequently carried , for establishing , the Irish cww stabulary force , popularly known in that country a » " the Peelers . " A similar force was subsequent )* embodied in this country . Haying changed hi * constituency from Cashel to Chippenham , he Bat for a few years for the latter borough , when a vacancy occurring , in 1817 , in the representation of the

      University of Oxford , upon the elevation of Abbot to the peerage , his Alma Mater paid him the great compliment of electing him to fill the vacancy . Having resigned the Irish secretaryship , he had more leisure for taking a prominent part in the discussions of « e Engluh parliament ; and on the 17 th of Jarin . ary , 1822 . Lord Sidmouth having retired on that day , Peel was appointed Secretary of State for the Home Department , a post which he held till the advent ef Canning , in 1827 . When Canning , became premier , Peel and some of bis colleagues resigned , but the death , of that minister occuring in August of the same year , caused another change in the position of parties .

      The Duke of W e llington being called to the counsels of the king in the ensuing January , 1828 Peel was once more in place as home secretary , and held that important post during the troublesome period that preceded the dissolution of the Tory ministry in 1830 . Before he took- office with the Duke of Wellington , he had staunchly opposed Catholic emancipation but he entered upon his official career in 1828 knowing that the duke meant to grant relief to the Catholics . His voice and his

      votebsing used against his old friends of the " no Popery party , " and in favour of political progress , gave mortal offence to many of his supporters . In vain he declared that his feelings on the subject remained as they had been , but that emancipation " could not any longer be safel y withheld . " Oxford would have him no longer ; he was opposed and beaten by Sir Robert Harry . Inglu , and compelled to find his way into parliament through the convenient t > orough of Westbury .

      The memorable three days of Jnly , 1830 , that gave Louis Philippe a throne , lent an impulse to Europe which , amongst other things , turned the Tories once more out of office in England , and let in the Whigs to carry the Reform Bill . Sir Robert served his party during the debates on this measure by . speaking long and frequently and cleverly in favour of rotten boroughs , and against the proposed changes in our representative system . But in vain . The Reform Bill became the law of the land . Whilst these political contests were in progress , bir Robert Peel , the father , died , leaving his son to succeed to the baronetcy , and toan amount of property that rendered him one of the wealthiest commoners in England . On his parent ' s demise he gained also the seat for Tamwortb , which he occupied till his death .

      In 1834 Earl Spencer died , Lord Aithorp resigned , the Melbourne ministry was broken up and the Duke of Wellington was again sent for . % r Robert Peel was at the time in Italy with his family seeking amusement and the improvement of bis health . The duke , by this time , seems to have fully appreciated the value of the absent statesman to the Conservative party , for he despatched , at once , a messenger to offer Sir Robert the Premiership . The crowning point of his official ambition was gained . He returned to England , formed a ministry , and dissolved the parliament . Peel was now to show his quality as a statesman . He had

      his choice of colleagues , and many favourable circumstances for his great experiment . He had secured a reputation for official aptitude , for power in debate , and for services as alaw reformer . He had , moreover , taken very decided steps by his bill of 1819 , and in other ways , for influencing the currency and monetary arrangements of the country . In executive government , in legislatorial conflict , in the modification of our jurisprudential system , he had made his influence felt throughout the country . The country was now more thau ever in his hands , and the people looked on with natural solicitude to know what the new Conservative minister would do . '

      It was on the 9 th of February , 1835 , that the new parliament assembled . In this parliament Sir R . Peel ' s government was beaten on more than one question . On the " 8 th of April , he and his colleagues resigned , and the Whigs returned to power , which they retained until 1839 , but with gradually diminishing majorities , until at length they were virtually defeated on the Jamaica Bill , and retired from office . This was in 1839 . SirK , Peel was once more entrusted with the task of forming a ministry .

      The celebrated bdehamber plot is yet too fresh in the minds of most men to require any detailed notice here . It appeared that Sir Robert fancied that the Queen had given him the moat ample authority to surround her both in her political and domestic capacity , with parties of his choosing , and submitted a list to her Majesty containing the names of an entirely new household . The Queen was surprised at the proposition , and intimated her disinclination to let political changes reach her in her domestic relations . But Sir Robert was inexorable , and insisted upon the proposed changes in the household , not as a domestic but as a political necessity . Not succeeding in bis object , he came down to the House of Commons , and stated that he had

      abandoned the intention of forming a cabinet , on the ground that he had had the misfortune to misunder stand the wishes of her Majesty on a matter of great importance . Sir Robert was again in opposition , having on this occasion abandoned the Treasury bench ere be had scarcely taken possession of it , on grounds which some affected to regard as good , but which others treated as a mere pretext for relinquishing office , at a time when it was inconvenient in a party point of view to accept it . The apologists of his conduct , on this occasion , find it necessary to magnify the political influence of the immediate personal attendants upon her Majesty and excuse Sir Robert for not forming a ministry , on the score that a few whig ladies at court would have been more than a match for the cabinet at Whitehall .

      It was thus that , after a brief succession , the whigs once more resumed their places on the Treasury bench , which , with but few interruption ? , they had enjoyed since 1831 . They carried on the government till 1841 . . They were once more , as a ministry , in the agonies of dissolution , when their unfortunate budget , with its alarming deficit , gave the coup de grace to their administration . They did not on this occasion , however , follow the vulgar precedent of resigning . They dissolved parliament , not the cabinet , and appealed to the country , The general election was contested on a variety of issues . The Whigs were arraigned , in connexion with their whole policy , at the bar of public opinion . But it was their position

      with respect to the corn duties , which raised the chief issue on which the contest turned . Previously to this Sir Robert Peel bad been regarded as the head of the party diaignating itself conservative , as contradistinguished to the progress party , represented by the Whigs , and nicknamed destructives by its opponents ; But , in 1841 , during the electoral contest in question , he appeared iu a new character , as the head of the country party , against the commercial party , which was then : organising , and the principles of which have since culminated in the abstraction known as the Manchester school .. The old political watchwords were forgotten in the conflict which was now . waged on economic grounds . Protection and Free Trade met face , to face on the

      electoral field , and although political considerations were not overlooked , the battle was chiefly fought between these antagonist systems . / In this first pitched " battle between tbem , Free Trade was worsted , and the Whigs , in the autumn of 1841 , met a parliament in which there wa 3 a majority of nearly 100 against them . As soon as they made this discovery , they resigned , and Sir Robert Peel , the incarnation of the victorious principle , the champion of the country party , and the leader of the conservatives , was once more summoned to ¦ form an administration . From the manifestoes which be uttered , and : the speeches which he delivered , as well as from the form in which the issue between the two parties went to the country , it could not be doubted that Sir Robert acceded to power m the avowed enemy

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      3 » W ^ W ? H protector of the £ » S" »» . ; '&tMng « t ! , » i < h * should so soon after-¦•^ ti kffib'e ^ iJr ^ te > iirptff-iraB 61 KK £ the one , ' and ei'unnngthe permanent triumph of the Otber ; ! oil .: i . \ v- ; ' !• - : ; ' ¦ -. ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' . •! ^ eJ ^ er ; ; tLe ; n ministry ' nor the parliament which caHed ; ^ , nto : , ex . istence was a year old , when the Sf <>! theco « ntr y-P « . ty himself wpposed ' a ' moaiBcatmBoftheold Corn Law . The principle was carefully and ostentatiousl y adhered to , bnt the general scale ol 'duties ; i Vom the highest to * , the lowest wa * . reduced . The p / oposal certainly welted the suspicioiris of the conn-try' gentlemen , ' sjinl some of them went . even so far ' . » te > prognosticate what baa since happened . They v « J however , ' rcasoaedint © yielding , which they did ,- uooter the beJfef that by ' .

      yielding a little to au obvrou * . pressure , they would be all the stronger in their mew- position . Tbis- saved thepreraier from that . odium , whicb h * would otherwise have incurred . He wf » aiaed ! not a Jittfe toor by the pride of ¦ his followers many of whom , a ! though with wry faces , ' went with apparent Aeer . fulnesa ^ lqng with him , lest tosflouloHe for a ' moment supposed that , they , had been- betrayed or even taken by surprise . The agitatioai againrt Corn Lots of all kinds was kept up by the ' . " ILeagut . '' \ About Ma close of the session of 1844 , Sir Robert most positively disclaimed any intention . on > the part of thegovernment to ^ disturb the settlement of 1842 . The squires took him at . his word—his declaration indicating what were at the time , no doubt , the real views of the government . ' .

      Shortly after the opening of the session of 1845 , the government , with Sir Robert as its mouthpiece , proposed one of the most sweeping alterations in the tariff of the country that has ever been effected * The proposal did not touch ; the great question of the corn laws ; but tbe country was nevertheless takenby surprisei at the boldness and comprehensive character of Ms measure . Hundreds of articles were swept from the list of dutiable articles ^ and hundreds of imposts , some of them insignificant , but all of them vexatious , sacrificed . In some cases , the duties were only modified , in others they were totally repealed . 1 The latter was the case with

      respect to glass and auctions : This was a new and a still ruder blow to the confidence of the ' country party in their leader . . They now began to see that they had been duped , and had the mortification of seeing that their opponents were aware that they thought bo . ; : , Sir Robert was freqaently questioned during the session as to his intentions with regard to the corn laws . His answer was invariably that it was riot in contemplation to interfere with them . The country party had now resolved itself into the Protectionist

      party , the main object of which was to keep up the price of all agricultural products , by . exempting them from foreign competition . This party did notilimit its views to corn , and / what confidence , as regards corn , could it be expected to have in a minister who proposed to admit to the disadvantages of compete tibn British cattle , beef , lard ; grease , butter , cheese , &Ci ? Before the famine -of 1845 precipitated the crisis ' which soon afterwards ensued , the breach between Sir Robert Peel and a considerable section of his party was virtually complete . \ • ¦

      The famine , which occurred in the autumn of that year , opened up a very gloomy prospect for the country . The article of food , on which a large part of the United Kingdom almost solely depended , and nearly perished through the ' , influence of an un . known and mysterious disease . The cereal crops were also short , and the prices of the ' necessaries of life were high and still tending heavily iipwards ^ -a state of things , the evils of which were aggravated by partial and precarious employment for the labouring classes . Itwas under these circumstances that the nation was called upon seriously . to contemplate the propriety of keeping its ports any longer almost

      hermetically sealed against the admission of foreign grain . Lord John Russell was spending part of the recess at Edinburgh , from whence he indicted bis celebrated letter to his constituents in London , announcing his adhesion to the League . If ' report speaks truly , Sir Robert Peel had , already been a convert tofree 4 rade doctrines . One morning in December , the country was informed that the Peel cabinet was at an end . The ministers left town for Osborne , and returned as private individuals to London . Lord John Russell , now a declared Free Trader and corn-law Repf aler , was sent for by the Queen on Sir Robert ' s recommendation .

      The point on which the Peel cabinet split was the opening of the ports . Lord Stanley , then secretary for the colonies , headed the opposition , and ministers placed their resi gnation in the hands of her Majesty . The Whi gs did not succeed in forming a government . Personal disputes prevented them from completing tbeir cabinet . After a week spent in vain efforts to reconcile differences , Lord John abandoned the task , and Sir Robert Peel was once more reinstated in the post which , on this occasion , he can scarcely be considered to have quitted .

      Speculation was now rife as to the policy which the restored minister would pursue . That he meditated nothing short of the proposal which broke up his cabinet was evident from the reconstruction which it underwent . Lord Stanley kept aloof , and Mr . Gladstone was elevated to the head of the colonial department . People were perplexed , however , when they saw the Duke of Wellington once more supporting the cabinet , seeing that it was well known that he had sided with Lord Stanley before the dissolution of the previous administration . This was afterwards explainedin a characteristic manner by the Duke . For a time , however , it seemed to enshroud the intentions of the minister in consider .

      able mystery ; and it was not until shortly after the opening of the Session of 1846 , that the country was made fully aware of the principles on which he had reconstructed his cabinet . He then formally announced his intention , not of modifying , but of en * tirely repealing , the Com Laws . From that moment he became the object of unceasing attack , unsparing invective , and bitter reproach from those who complained that he had abused their confidence and betrayed them . The opposition was strong , bitter , and not ill-conducted , but after a protracted discussion , the policy of the Premier triumphed in both Houses of Parliament . The Corn Laws were abolished ; and although the instrumentality of one who , but five years before , had been elevated to

      power to maintain them . Sir Robert was for but a brief time in office after thid . A coalition of Whigs and Protectionists drove him from . power on the Irish Coercion Bill . Lord John Russell was again sent for . From that time down to the occurrence of the fatal accident ; which has just terminated in h a death , Sir Rebert Peel , although not in power , could scarcely be said to be in opposition . Througb all their difficulties he has given a constant support to the Whigs , even when their measures were of a nature akin to the very measure on which , in league with the Protectionists , they had expelled him from power . He , however , delivered , his last speech , and gave his last vote against the foreign policy of the government , on Friday evening , June 28 th .

      Sir Robert Peel has expired at the age of sixtytwo . He occupied a seat in Parliament for fortybrie years . He was the master spirit of the honsf » thoroughly acquainted with all its springs of action * and knowing when and how to touch them . Without being less of a debater , he was more of the orator than Lord John Russell—his speeches always evincing a comprehensive grasp ef his subject , and a wonderful command of details . Sir R . Peel was married on the" 8 th of June , 1820 , to Julia , the . youngest daughter of General Sir John Floyd , and bad issue five sons and two daughters . One son has enjoyed diplomatic employment , a second is in the navy , a third in the Scots Fusilier Guards , a fourth occupies a place in parliament . One of Si r Robert ' s daughters was married in July , 1841 , to Viscount Villiers , eldest son of the Earl of Jersey ,

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      The Commercial Marine of tiie United States . —The extraordinary commercial progress of our country is shown in the following tablo of the sum total of our tonnage , with the increase per cent , for four decimal periods - .-1818 , 1 , 225 , 284 tons ; 1828 , 1 , 741 , 201 tons , 42 per cent . ; 1888 , 1 , 995 , 089 tons , 15 per cent . ; 1848 , 8 , 154 , 011 tons , 58 nor cont .-In thirty years the tonnage of tho United States lms increased 150 por cent ., upon what it was in 1818 . The first six States , in point of ship building , are presented in tbeir order , as follows : —Mnine , 80 , 074 tons ; New York , 08 , 434 tons ; Massachusetts , 39 , 306 tons ; Pennsylvania , 20 , 033 tons ; Maryland , 17 , 4 S 0 ; ' Ohio , 13 , 670 tonB . One-third of the

      shipbuilding of Pennsylvania is in the West—8 , 000 tons of New York shipbuilding is on the Lakes . The State of Ohio , an entire inland Stato , is the sixth in point of ship-building . The Stato of Ohio builds as muoh tonnago in vessels as all the States and ports from Cheasepoake Bay to the Rio Grande . " A lady inNowport , " says the Swansea Herald , " was expecting , a few mornings since , tho . appearance of a now servant , whom she had engaged frorh tho country , but in her . stead came the following note :- ^ ' Mrs . ' M——• , I am very story to Tell you that some of the latter day sents has Ben here this Morning looking for Marry and she is gone ? to service to them She i ^ gone again my and her fathers will . wh . at . wiUbegumAti '' - . .

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      ' " 'pwiM « o » b / !' JB 8 SH » Ssir . — ?"? BoBrTmy dear " ? . w ^ ftnyi ' wit ^ B ^ lerenttal *«• of a scholar , "Robert , what daB Jfy . Carrawarsmean when he said he hated dog-dogmatism . ? V Tor os . was puzzled .- w Bobort-my ^ ar /^ Jenny OTgetf , » ffhatwhat in : tbe . world is aVgtmrtism ? " HW'ifc . was the weakness © f . Topps neve * : ; to confess ignorance of SBtftongBperertohis wifij : , "A man » bould never * ' * ' / W hadbeenkapwiiina convivial moment todeela re / " Itmakes- ' em } conceited / 1 " Whereupon Topps prepared himself air was his wont , to hSfJ ! i aolen >» . eati 8 fying answer . Taking- off his S - ? fST t ! ™» of- )» bro £ , Tbpps th s orS ? : * * !!* * togwatiiBffl ? Why , iTis fu erlJS >»• ' *« ^ » ? "PPyiam come touts

      euSSivthiSi ! 1611 ' - ^ M » LtoWool -B my , tnat anything transpires oFHioextraordinttw addresses whidh > oeowidnally fiJSwS otH-post-offcer ; . but m think th ^ fiK which was forwarded to , its destination Ww 3 J 2 cham the vot sbadeof Wordswortl-hinSf ^! JJWw . thu > to ^ lon ^ ellyott knwthe placo-Fa , braw JofoSriswe' -vreK jou ken-his-fece ^ i » from his broth er-brother by tbo-lftw- ' And suoh a chdolt the eye » of man ne ^ ePsaw ! Sfe * ' ° *> an T"iy troth , ya'llsvfear That mortal eyeB ne ' er life on such a pain-From this here world hbrb ; to thattliore world TIES JyR . ' -, (_ , '

      It w said ithat tto-ftrtune- » f the RotbrohiMs is ajajsff lc " *" fon ?? s ^ r » t £ s . * rse through the : woods at -BMteraMni . he acoidenaf trod upon a large viper r which , raa ' up hisbacfeand diffioalty m shaking it off . It the * wcollefaod . sprang at him "gam and hissed most furiously , la avoid Us Mge , Mr . Rotbeiry wa » obliged to % ml down a precipice of twenty feet , adt m alightiR received great personal ii > jury , and was obliged Z nneSitor inaCOnVeya ^ A queer genius being asked why he did not go to thefuneral of his wife , replied that he coullnot leave his shop , andihat' it was always better to attend to business before pleasure .

      . AffTr ^ ™' t 0 hifl sister- " dffiers" ye 8 7 ° * laT 96 a ! 90 rtment ° "Dp you drink Win Amerioa ? " askedacockthJYankeS 5 mk thmderSiai Kghtning , " , said Awoman , cbarmd with being drunk and disorderly , denied thelatter offence , urging that "she was too drunk to be disorderly . " ,. ?• What a strange thing it is , " remarked a Frenchman , after making , thetpur of Great Britain"that

      , you should have- two hundred different religions , and only one gravy ! . . . •; tnn ! l « f {! n 8 el i . beiD «^ U 63 Honedb J a J « dgeto Know ! " for whom he waa concerned , " replied "I am concerned , my lord , for the plaintiff , but 1 am employed by the defendant . " An Ibishman , seeing a vessel very heavily laden , and- soaroely above the water ' s edgo , exclaimed ^ Uppn . my soul , if tho river was but a bit higher the ship would go to the bottom . "

      Or a rich man it was said— " Poor man 1 he toiled day and night until he was forty , to gain his wealth , and he has been watching it ever since for hia victuals and clothes . " Existence is only really valuable while it is necessary to some one dear to us . The moment we become aware that our death would leave no achinc void wa human heart , the charm of life is gone Xove . —At three years of a « e we love our mothersat six , our . fathers ; at ten , ' holidays ; at sixteen dress ; at twenty , our sweethearts ; at twenty-five our wiv . es ; : at . forty , our children ; at sixty , our ' SOiVOS . ' ' .

      A TrCe Man . —Who is he ? One who will not swerve from the path of duty to gain a mine of wealth or a ^ wovld of honours . lie respects the feelings of all , the rich and the poor , the titled and the humble . He is as careful not to speak an unkind or a harsh word to his servant , as to his lord He is as attentive to the wants of a slave as to a ' prince . Wherever you meet him he is the same kind , accommodating , unobtrusive , humble individual . In him are embodied the elements of pure religmn . Ro step is taken which the law of God condemns—no word is spoken that pains the ear of man . Be you like him ; then you will be prepared to live or die , to serve God on earth or in heaven .

      Craft . —There was in his native village a wealthy Jen ;/ who was seized with a dangerous illness Seeing death approach , despite of his physician ' s skill , he bethought him of vowing avow : so he solemnly promised that , if God would restore him to health , he , on his part , on his recovery , would sell a certain fat beast in his stall , and devote the proceeds-to the Lord . The man recovered , and in due time appeared before the door of the aynascue driving before him a goodly ox ; and several Jewish butchers , after artistically examining the fine fat beast , asked our convalescent what might be the price of the ox . " This ox , " replied the owner , L . _ 7 !* ? . # : !«!? . * * « ' ! ' ( Isubstitute English •¦

      • Honey ;) out tms cock , " he added , ostentatiously exhibiting a chanticleer , "I estimate at tweniu pounds . " The butchers laughed at him ; they tnoughfc he was joking . However , as ho gravely persisted that he was in earnest , one of them taking him at his word , put down two shillings for the ox . " Softly , my good friend , " rejoined the seller , "I have made avow not to sell the oxivhkout the cock ; jou must buy both , or be content with neither . " Great was the surprise of the bystanders , who could not conceive what perversity possessed their wealthy neighbour . But the cock being valued at two shillings , and the ox for twenty pounds , the bargain was concluded , and the money

      paia . uur worcny Jew now walks up to the Rabbi cash in hand . "This , " said he , handing the two shillings , * f I devote to the service of the synago gue being the price of the ox , which I had vowed ; £ nd this , placing tho twenty pounds in his own bosom "is lawfully mine own , for is it not the price of the cock *'— "And what did your neighbours sav of tho transaction ? " Did they not think this rich man an arrant rogue ? " "Rogue ! " said my friend , repeating my last words with some amazement , "they considered him a pious and a clever man . " Sharp enough , thought I ; but delicate about exposing my ignorance , I judiciously held my peace . .,. ¦ . ' A Western editor requests those of his subscribers who owe him for more than six years'

      subscription to send him a lock of their hair , so that he may know they are living . When Milton was blind he married ashrew The Duke of Buckingham called her a rose . " I am no judge of colours , " replied Milton , " but it may be so , for I feel the thorns daily . " . A Pabis letter say a "A cure , aged forty-nine ran away last week with a young girl of a noble fiumly . Another , last week , was Sicked out of an English famil y for making a disgraceful proposition to a young girl . This happened at Kismes . " , There is a man living in the back woods , who being invited to a New Year ' s dinner , ate so much bears meat , that he went home and hugged his ivife

      —n . thing he had never been guilty of before . Boy or Girl . —The following mode was adopted a few years ago in a branch of my family residing in Denbighshire , with the view of discovering the sex of an infant previous to its birth . As I do not remember to have met with it in other localities , it may , perhaps be an interesting addition to your "Polk Lore . " An old woman of the village strongly , attaohed to the family , asked permission to use a harmless charm to learn if the expected infant would be male or female . Accordingly , she joined the servants at their supper , where she assisted in clearing a shoulder of mutton of every particle of meat . She then held tile blade-bone to the fire until it was scorched , so as to permit her to . force her thumbs throueh tho thin nart . Thmuoh

      the holes thus made she passed a string , and having knotted the ends together she drove in a nail over the back door , and left the houso , giving strict instructions to the servants to hang the bone up in ttat place the last thing at night . ' Then they were carefully to observe who should first enter that door on the following morning , exclusive of the members of the household , and the sex of the ohild would be that of the first comer . This rather vexed some of the servants , who wished for a boy , as two or three women came regularly each morning to tho house , and a man waB scaicely ever seea there ; but , to their delight , the first comer on this occasion proved to be a man , and in a few iveeks the old woman ' s reputation was established throw > hout tho neighbourhood by tho birth of a boy . ^ ' ota and Queries .

      "It is very cuittous , " said an oldgentl «» nn to his friond , "that a watch should be perfectly dry , when it has a running spring inside . " Great works are performed , not by strength , but by perseverance—IV ,. Johwon . That woman is despicable who , having children over feels ennui . —Itichtt . The host useful sign painters in the world , ave publishers of newspapers—advertise your business in tbe papers if you would draw o « stom . Man was never intended to he idle . Inactivity frustrates the very design of his creation ; whereas an active life is tho best guardian of virtue , and tho greatest preservative of health .

      Drawing an INPERSNCB .-Mr . Ealph Waldo Emerson , leoturing in . Ne , w York , set his audience agapo by declaring that we eat gas , drink gas , tread on gas , and mi gas ' . " ' " Then ifs ' a great shame , " cried a calculating Yankee , "that gas is 80 dearl" ; ¦ : ¦ ¦ - • ¦; . - ¦ ¦ ¦ " You akb rather late tbis morning , William , " said good Mr . Itisewiththesun to a laggard apprentice , who came at a late hour . " Yes , sir ; but -better , late than nover , ' is . an old saying , " replied William , V . Btm nw late , " said . tbenHwUr , «< u

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      ADELPHI THEATEE . JEssWool gar took her benefit on TVednesday ni ght , and the crowded state of the house , and the long Btring of carriages in the Strand , showed the favour in which this young and rising actress is held by the public . The production of Mr . Knowles * Hunchback afforded her an opportunity of displaying her talents in a higher class of character than that to which she has hitherto been accustomed . Her acting of Helen was marked by an easy

      and ladylike deportment , an unaffected gaiety , and a diligent study of the points of the character . It is quite possible to vulgarise this part exceedingly , hut Miss "Woolgar ? while she conquered the fri gidity of her victim Modus , gamed her victory , not by rude assaults , but » y irresistible insinuations . It was altogether an excellent per formance , and will , we hope , be a prelude to the advance of Mas Woolgar oeyond the ordinary precincta of farce and melodrama .

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      An accident of" a : fatalnatare-occnrred-to-Sir Robert reel on Saturday evening last , aa ho was . proceeding up Constitution-hill on horesebaclc . Sfr Robert left his resHehce in Whitehall-gardens shor tly before five o ' clock , attendediby his groom , and , passing through tbe park , had arrived nearly opposite to the new entrance in Grosvenor-pjace , on Constitution-hill , when his horse suddenly shied at Bometbing that was passing , and , kickingup its heels threw Sir Robert over its head , on his face , in the road . - Although rendered insensible by the fall , Sir Robert for the moment retained hold of the reinsand the horse ,. being thereby suddenly checked , fell

      FATAL ACCIDENT TO SIR ROBERT PEEIn < FmL AC € EmT T 0 SI * MBERT ™*

      heavily upon Sir Robert , the animal ' s knees striking him between the shoulders . There were several persons passing near'tne spot at the time , and among the rest Sir James Clark , her Majesty ' s physician . The first persona to raise Sir Robert from the ground were two gentlemen named Towll and King . The tight hon . baronet was then completely insensiblehis features were slightly nbrased , and his face perfectly pallid , indeed , so much changed , that it was some moments before bis identity was discovered-Sir James Clarke , on observing the accident hastened forward to render all tbe assistance in his power , and Commodore Eden , who was the first to recognise Sir Robert , galloped off to give the first information at the right'hon . baronet ' s residence , and endeavour

      to lesson the shock to the family on receiving the intelligence . Another gentleman gallopped off to St . George ' s Hospital , and returned immediately with one of the medical assistants and a cabriolet to remove Sir Robert . Mr . Mackenzie just previously observed an open carriage approaching , in which were two ladies , Mrs . Luca ^ of Bryantori-square , and her daughter , had explained to them the serious nature of the accident , upon which Mrs . Lucas at once in * sisted upon alighting and placing her carriage at Mr . Mackenzie ' s disposal . Sir Robert had . at this time shows symptoms of returning animation , and Sir James Clarke having expressed his opinion that his removal might be effected , was lifted into the carriage , and supported by the two gentlemen who had

      picked him up , and attended by the medical officer from Sir George ' s Hospital , was driven slowly home . On Sir Robert ' s arrival in Whitehall , gardens , he was immediately placed in bed and subjected to a medical examination . Sir Benjamin Brodie , Dr . Seymour , Mr . Caesar Hawkins ,-Mr . Hudson , and Mr . Jackson , the family surgeon , were very soon in attendance , and after a careful examination had been made the following bulletin was issued : — " Whitehall-gardens , June 29 , seven p . m .: Sir Robert Peel has met with a severe accident by falling from bis horse . There is severe injury of one shoulder , with a fracture of the left collar-bone . There is great reason to hope that there is no internal injury . " We have the painful duty of announcing the death of Sir Robert Peel . The right hen . baronet expired on Tuesday nizht at a few minutes after

      eleven o clock . A gleam of hope was raised ^ on Tuesday morning , at eight o ' clock , by the appearance of the-following bulletin : "After seven o ' clock ; last evening , Sir Robert Peel ' s symptoms were considerably aggravated , so as to cause muck anxiety respecting him . Early this morning , however , he had seme refreshing sleep , and the alarming symptoms have somewhat abated —Whitehall , half-past eight o ' clock a . m . " . During Monday night , when the right hon . baronet ' s symptoms appeared very unfavourable , Viscount Hardinge , who for many years has lived on the most affectionate terms of friendship with Sir Robert , was sent for . The noble viscount answered the summons immediately , and remained with his right hon . friend throughout the night , taking leave for a short time only when the more favourable bulletin was issued in the mornings

      In consequence of the great number of carriages which drove up to the mansion on Tuesday , and the urgent necessity of preserving the greatest quietude , so as not to interrupt the occasional rest of Sir Robert , the medical gentlemen gave instructions at an early hour that no carriages should be allowed to enter the court-yard . The gates were accordingly closed , and as parties arrived they were referred to the bulletin , copies of which were exhibited on the gates . A porter was in attendance to receive cirds , and so great was the anxiety exhibited throughout the day , that the number of visitors considerably exceeded those upon any previous dav . .

      The answer to all inquiries , up to mid-day , was that Sir Robert Peel continued much the same as when the bulletin wag issued at half-past eight o ' clock . During the afternoon , the crowd increased so much , that additional officers were sent to preserve order , and a copy of the bulletin was furnished to a constable stationed at the entrance of Whitehall-gardens , in order to enable him to answer inquiries in Whitehall , and thus lessen the pressure of the crowd near the mansion . At half-past six o ' clock the following bulletin was issued . — " Sir Robert Peel is much exhausted ; and altogether not so well as he was on the early part of tha day . —July 2 , 1850 , halfpast six pm . 'V After thi 3 time instructions were

      given to admit no person within the gates except the Bishop of Gibraltar , that reverend prelate having been sent for shortly previous by Sir Robert ' s desire . The Bishop of Gibraltar arrived shortly before eight o clock , and was admitted to the presence of the right hon . baronet ,, with whom he remained for nearly an hour . Sir Robert at this time became very much worse , and all the members of his family were introduced to take a last leave of their revered parent . We believe that Lady Peel was reduced to such a state of mind , from excessive grief and watching , that it was not thought advisable to acquaint her ladyship with the approaching dissolution of her husband lest the shock might prove greater than she could bear .

      Viscount Hardinge had arrived in Whitehall-gardens some time before , and joined Lord "Villiers and Mr . Dawson and all the other members of the family at the bedside of his afflicted friend . Sir J . Graham , the constant political and private friend of Sir Robert , had been sent for , and was also admitted to an interview with-the right hon . baronet , who , with the exception of occasional wanderings , retained his sensibility until within a very , short period of his death .

      At nine minutes after eleven © clock , Sir Robert Peel breathed his last , in the presence of nearly all the members of his family , of whom he had taken an affectionate leave only a short time previously . Intelligence of the melancholy event was immediately forwarded to Buckingham Palace , and by electric telegraph to several family connexions of the right honourable baronet resident in the country , Sir Robert Peel expired in the dining-room of his mansion , from which apartment he has cot been re moved since his arrival at home after the accident .

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      THE BETTER LAXD . BY HESRT LESTAB HARBISON . Oh , my Brothers ! seldom see we Hale old men with bright grey hair , Calm as Time ! Ab , soon ye wither , Dying yonng , for peace is rare ! "W ait no longer , there are other , Brighter skies at your command ;—Bid defiance to oppression , — Onward to the Better Land ! Bread enough there U , and wasting , While the little children moan , And in p iteous anguish see it , Mocking , till it seems but stone ; Poverty , with clay-cold finger

      Galleth more than feudal brand ;—TPake , on wake ! burst off your fetters , Onward to the Better Land ! Hany hearts of noble nature Still will find their duty here ; Te who yearn for othsr missions , ' Trnst your impulse , never fear ; Launch'd upon the bounding waters , Leaving England ' s haughty strand , lift your flag of Hope rejoicing , — Onward w the Better Land ! Hiding o ' er the broad Atlantic , Learning Freedom on the deep , Sowing seeds of aspiration ,

      Which your children yet shall reap , Where the Western prairies , swelling , Roll their music soft or grand , Sesonant with life and freedom ;—Onward to the Better Land ! There the air is pure and glad ' mng , Earth is free a 3 arc the waves . Free from lordlings , free from despots"Bri tons never sill be slaves . " Rise then , be ye slaves no longer-Join as Brothers , heart and hand-Swell your song of Hope triumphant , — Onward to the Better Land ! The National Instructor

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      July 6 , 1850 . THE NORTH ERN STAR , ¦^ i .: ' rPTfi ' = JL .

      Cures For ^ The Tjncu1usf!.U0i.L:O Wat's Ointmen T. -** An Extraordinary Cureof Scrofula, Or Kina's Evil. ' ¦ ¦ '' *

      CURES FOR THE TJNCU 1 USF ! . U 0 i . L : O WAT'S OINTMEN T . - ** An Extraordinary Cureof Scrofula , or Kina ' s Evil . ' ¦ ¦ '' *

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 6, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1581/page/3/