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      Extract of aletter from Mr . J . H . Alliday , 209 nigh-3 treet , Cheltenham , dated January 22 nd , 1850 . Sm , —My eldest son . when about three years of age , was afflicted with a glandular swelling in the neck , which after a short time broke out into an ulcer . An eminent medical man pronounced it as a very bad case of serofiila , and prescribed for a considerable time without effect . The disease then for years went oh gradually increasing in virulence , when besides the ulcer in the neck , another formed below the left knee , and a third undev the eye , besides seven others on tho left arm , with a tumour between the eyes which ^ as expected to break . During the whole oi the time my suffering boy had received the constant advice of the most celebrated medical gentlemen at Cheltenham , besides beine for several months at the General Hospital

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      AN THE PREVENTION . € URE , AND \ J General character of SYPIIILUS , STRICTURES , Affections of the PROSTRATE GLAND , VENEREAL and SCORBUTIC ERUPTIONS of the face aud body , Mercurial excitement , ic , followed = by amild , successful aud expeditious mode oftreatnient . ¦ . Thirty-first edition . Illustrated by Twenty-Six . Auiitoinicdl Engravini ^ rfe ' n Steel . Nfw and improved Edition , enlarged to 10 i > pages , ust published , prict 2 s . Si ; or by post , direct frot ^ the Establishment , 3 s . fid . in postage stamps . ¦ . : if " THE StLEXT FRIEND , " a Medical . Work on . Venetjal and Syphilitic Diseases . Secondary Spmptoms , Gonurriuea ; 4 c , with : i PRESCRIPTION FOIi THEIR PREVENTION ; physical exhaustion , and decay of the frame , from the effect *

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      TO EMIGRANTS . Ye come from every clime of eartb , EroA many a land which smiles afar , \ fAS 2 ? S"S ^^ sasssssstsr And ocean's pealiDg anthem roars jidSSs thee from beyond the sea . We hail yon from onr Fatherland , From Erin ' s green and sunlit isle * From Scotland with her ware-girt strand , Where tow ' ringly her Highlands smile . And from those vine-clad hills afar , Beneath the azure heavens of France , Where Freedom set one new-formed star To burn beneath the day-beam ' s glance . And from the valley of the Rhine Ye come with honest hearts and brae ; And from stem Sweden ' s chilling clime Yon greet our land of sun and dew . "We hail you , hardy sons of toil , From where the proud Alps mount sublime , Prom Italy ' s rich garden soil And classic scenes of olden time . From Greece , with her majestic scenes , "Where sprang to life the parent arts , "Whose grandeur lives but in the dreams The record of the past imparts . We greet you from old Austria ' s plains , From mid her rich Hungarian mines , Trcm scenes where ye have burst the chains - A tyrant round his children hinds . Te come—it matters not where first The light of Heaven above ye shone—TVhere ye were born—where ye were nursed—We hail and greet you as onr own . Our own to live—our own to die-As Brothers in lov'd Freedom ' s clime , "Wkere stern Oppression ' s with ' ringeye Is never Known by looK or sign . Te come , and welcome to onr shores , Our lands uncultured smile for ye , Where Freedom ' s Eagle proudly soars Above the truly great and free . New York Tribune .

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      Tree ' s on Christian Socialism . Central Office of the Working Men ' s Association , 76 , Charlotte-street , London . Humble and unassuming as these tract 3 appear , they inast be regarded as the indication of a ne- « - and powerful movement . Socialism has , in most of its previous phases , been so closely associated with infidelity , that many persons who approved of the economical and social portion of the system , shrunk from avowing themselves favourable to it , or in any ¦ way identifying themselves with views so much opposed to the current opinions of society . Nor is there any reason to suppose that this was

      the result of a mere time-serving feeling on the part of a great majority of these parties . The religious sentiment is strongly developed in this c-inntry . The prevailing influences lead powerfully to develope it , especially amons the middle and certain influential sections of the upper classes . The sanction and support of these active , influential , and pract ical portions of the community , are indispensable to the success of any large comprehensive constructive movement , but the taint , or even the suspicion jot infidelity , is quite sufficient 10 deter them , even if the enterprise be in everv other respect unexceptionable .

      Many of the prominent advocates of Socialisis—so called—distinguished themselves by their constant attacks apon the popular -creed . Judging by the course they pursued , it seeniei less important to reconstruct societarian arrangements in accordance with a fraternal philosophy , than to wage war upon -doctrinal differences and theological subtleties , which for ages had been fruitful sources of -dissension , persecution , malice , hatred , and all uneharitableness . The conseqnence was , the true , the useful , the practical in Socialism , ¦ wa s overlooked , and the whole system was condemned on account of the erroneous

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

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

      , Acting upon that belief , Tract No . 2 gives tne history of the origin and progress of the forking Tailors , Assoc ; ationj 34 Great ™ I * Street > co mmenced in February last . ± he nrst of several similar associations in diferem trades Tv-hich have since been Eeton too ., me principle on which these associations appear to founded is this :-the body called the "Council of Promoters , " supplJ the requite capital to commence the working ? S 3 ocianoH-not as a loan to be repaid with iiwerest , but as a fund , which when returned by gr ^ aasl instalments from the profits is to be applied to the formation of similar associations

      . Since February , it appears tbaL six associations have been thus set at work is the metropolis , including builders Ijakers , printers > and shoemakers . At the preac-ni moment , large premises are about to be opened as a central office for all the associations . , not only in London , but throughout the country . The sli ghtest consideration will show how powerfully such an establishment if prudently managed , will add to the prosperity and successful carrying out of the obests of the promoters ! B y its means the whole of these varied associations may be enabled to exchange , advantageously , their dif-

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      ferent productions , whether of raw material or manufactured articles , and to purchase from the wholesale markets whatever they require , saving thereby all the profits which now pass into the pockets of a host of dealers , who come between the wholesale merchant and the consumer . The third tract is " An Address to the Clergy , by a Clergyman , " showing what Christian Socialism has to do with the question that is now agitating the Church . It is forcibly written , and throws a new light updn the celebrated Gorham controversy . The author tells his clerical brethren Some home truths as to the feelings of the working classes , which are so good that we shall extract a few of them : — ferent prodnctions , whether of raw material

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

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

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

      These are no fanciful words . which 1 have put into the mouth of the workmen . These , or something like these , are to be heard in hundreds of clubs where they congregate . Here , whether we Know it or not , is the well-spring of the infidelity of our times . * * * * You will say " How are we to get at these men ? They do not come to our churches ; they dislike our visits when we go to their houses ; they will not send for us when " they are on their sick-beds ; they are hardened men . We should be throwing pearls before swine , if we spoke to them of God ' s covenant . All we can do , is to get into an argument with them now and then ; to put a tract into their hands . We know very well that they laugh at the argument and throw the tract into the fire ; that we cannot help , we have delivered our souls . " Xo , brethren , we have not delivered our souls bv anv such

      trumpery , worn-out expedients . These men , though they may not come to church because they think we have nothing to tell them there , though they may hate us when we pay them domiciliary visits , though they may cover themselves with their bedclothes rather than speak to us on a death-bed , are not hardened men , I was going to say—and , I hardly dare suppress the words—not so hardened as ourselves . Por oh ! brethren , do we not become very hardened—you and I—to the actual meaning and power of the words which we utter so glibly with our lips ? Do we mean what we say , when we talk of our brethren—our Christian brethren ? Do we attach any very deep signification to our language , when we tell the children in our schools , that they

      are in very deed members of Const . and children of the Most High God ? Are we not hardened into a conventional u » e of these phrases , so that it is only hearing our right to use them questioned which startles us into any very great earnestness about them ? 2 Cow these men hare not this hardening . They are deaf to our evidences , —they do not think much of our logic , —they do not care for mere appeals to their self-interest , for mere exhortation to take care of their souls . But if they see that you do regard them as brothers , whether they regard you as such or not ; that you do claim those very rights for them which they are snatching at for themselves ; that you are not claiming them in some fanciful metaphorical sense , alien from their wants , and feelings , and sufferings ; but that , whatever more you mean , you do mean all that they mean , —

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

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

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

      servants of each other . This is indeed a new style of setting forth clerical duties and clerical responsibilities , and apart from the intrinsic value of the passages we have quoted , they are valuable , as exhibiting the spirit in which these Christian Socialists have set about their work . The fourth tract contains a deeply interesting account of the working associations of Paris . Our space will not allow us to quote any portion of the valuable facts narrated by the

      writer , but they are of such importance as to justify a separate article on a future occasion . The whole series of tracts , however , —which is at present closed by an account of the Organisation of the Society for Promoting Working Men ' s Associations—is so cheap , they contain so much that affects the immediate and prospective condition of the labouring classes , that we heartily recom mend our readers to aid in giving them a wide circulation in every district of the empire .

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      voluminous History of Nichols , from its bulk as well as scarcity , being almost inaccessible to the general reader , Mr ; Thompson , in the work before us , has endeavoured . to supply its place , by combining in a continuous narrative the various incidents relating to the borough , with illustrative documents selected from its records , and thus supplying a connected history of Leicester . At the Norman conquest , Leicester , with large tracts of the adjacent country , became the fief of Hugh de Grantmesnil , grand seneschal of England—and it passed from him to voluminous History of Nichols , from its hn \ k

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

      presentation of two securities , insured the member a right to trade within the town , to be under the protection and to claim tho assistance of his fellow-members—in short , to enjoy all those rights which the London livery companies claimed ; only in this case it appears that persons were admitted without any reference to their respective trades . Thus , we find " Walter the mercer , " . " Peter the carpenter , " " Adam the miller , " and " Keginald the scribe , '' among the members . Under the celebrated Simon de Montfort , Leicester obtained numerous additional privileges . The security which it afforded to those who dwelt within its '

      walls attracted numbers every year to the guild-merchant . It had now a common council of twenty-four members , each bound under a penalty of six pennies ( 7 s . Gd . present money ) " to attend upon all summonses of the alderman , and to constitute his posse in performing the business of the town , if they were in it . " Various cases came before the guild for their determination ; and from these we

      find that wool and woollen goods were then , as now , the chief merchandise . Among these cases , we find that one Roger Alditch was charged with making a blanket , " one part of which was a good wool , but elsewhere in many places weak stuff , " and also " that he had made a piece of inferior vermillion cloth to be attached to a good piece "—so earl y were 11 tricks in trade" practised .

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

      guardian of Edward the Third , and who bestowed knighthood on him . Edward and his Queen frequently visited the earl in his castle of Leicester ; and when he was buried in the chapel of the hospital which he had founded , they again visited Leicester to pay the last tribute of respect to his remains . " The succeeding Earl Henry , his son , has a claim on the notice of the reader as the father of the Lady Blanche , so sweetly , and with such earnest devotion , celebrated bv our Chaucer : —i

      I sawe her dance so comely , Carol and sing so swetely , " And laugh and play so womanly , And ioken so debonairely , ' So godely speke , aad so frendely , That certe I trow that never more 3 " ' as sene so blissful a tresore . An illustrious company must Leicester Castle have collected when , as Duke of Lancaster , Henry welcomed around him the Sower of Edward the Third ' s brilliant court ,-and the Black Prince and his brothers , and their companions in arms , set forth hawking or hunting

      in tne neighbouring forest . But under his sonin-law , John of Gaunt , the Castle of Leicester became almost the seat of royalty . There is little doubt , Are think , but that this castle was the scene of the " Book of the Duchess ; " and here probably Chaucer married Catharine Swinford ' s sister , Piiillippa . The Duchess Constance , John of Gaunt ' s second wife , also chiefly resided here ; and from hence she fled when the popular rising under Jack Straw aud Wat Tyler threatened the destruction of the regal pile . John of Gaunt was , however , a great favourite with the Leicester burgesses , and

      thus—While the followers of Jack Straw were burnto * the Duke ' s palace of the Savoy , in the year 1381 ~ rumours were extending all over the country of their proceedings in and about London . They reached Leicester . A messenger arrived in the town one evening , and infonneiTthe mayor that the rioter 3 were on their way to Leicester—that , indeed , they were at Market Harborough , and by one o ' clock next day would be at the town gates , as they intended to plunder and destroy the castle . The mayor and his brethren called a meeting , without delay , that evening . They summoned the principal inhabitants together to take counsei with them . Ifc

      was agreed at this meeting that a proclamation should be made in the king ' s came , at the Hi «» h Cross and the gates of the town , that very niglit , calling upon all the townsmen , who were able , to arm themselves for the common defence , and to muster on the Gallowtree Hill , on the road to Market Harborougb , early nest morning . When the morrow dawned , not less than twelve hundred men were present at the appointed place , ready and willing to obey the mayor ' s commands . They remained on the spot all day , rather increasing than diminishing in numbers , in expectation of the arrival of the enemy . The day passed over and no party appeared . " N " ext morning the townsmen gathered together again , determined to protect themselves and

      the duke ' s property from the attacks of the insurgents . Messengers were sent to gather information , but cone returned . In the course of the day , however , the duke' 3 wardrobe keeper arrived in the town , anxious to remove the valuables from the castle to the abbey . With this intention ho had loaded several carts and vehicles with property , and was proceeding along the Abbey-gate * when he met the abbot and some of his community , who refused to allow the articles to be deposited i " n their house . They feared , it seems , that " Jack Straw" might be tempted to plunder the abbey , too , if the Duke's valuables were placed in their cus tody ; and probably they entertained a secret aversion ' for an heretical nobleman who favoured the cause of "Wickliffe . It is certain that the rioters had vowed

      vengeance against the Duke of Lancaster , and would undoubtedly have destroyed his porperty had they come to Leicester . It was therefore taken to St . Mary ' s Church , that being considered a more secure place , from its religious character , than the castle . The townsmen's fears were unfounded : the malcontents never reached Leicester . Yes the apprehended attack served its purpose in bringing forth and exhibiting the attachment of the people of this localitv to the Duko of Lancaster .

      The doctrines of Wicklifle appear to have made much progress in Leicester . Though their promulgators were put down , their teaching grew and prevailed . With John of Gaunt the history of the Castle of Leicester ends . " Aspiriug Lancaster" had attained the crown , and the seat of his ancient sp lendours was suffered to fall into ruin . The town , however , does not appear to have sunk in importance for in 1414 a parliament was held here—and two others in 1425 and 1450 . During the War of the Eoses , the inhabitants , strangely enough , scorned the coguisanco of then ; anhe banner

      cient protectors , and foug ht under t of the White Rose . At thetimeof the Reformation , we find the burgesses of Leicester heartily joining in it ,, and dismantling the wealthy abbey and the churchea of " all monuments of superstition . " The chamberlain ' s accounts duringthis century are often amusing . At " "the rejoicings for Prince Edward ' s birth , " several companies of players appear to have been present ; for we find 5 s . paid to the Earl of Derby ' s players , 5 s . to " the Secretary ' s players , and 5 s . to the Prince ' s players . " In 1586 Mary Queen of Scots stayed a day or two in Leicester , in the custody of Sir Amia 3 Paulett , on her way to Fotheringay Castle ; and

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      on this occasion payments are recorded for Gascony wine and sack sugar given to Sir Amias , and 2 s . to three men for " watching of Sir Amias Pollett ' s carriages . " Leicester was often put to serious expenses by the visits of noble or royal persons . Thus , when on James ' s accession to the throne his queen and Prince Henry and Princess Elizabeth passed through Leicester , while the first two had silver-gilt cups and covers presented to them , every attendant received fees ; but such was the rapacity of the Scots that they stole a horse , together with pewter vessels and liuen ! In the following year , when Prince Charles , under the protection of the Lord President of the Session , came there , and was feasted " with wine and other ban-^ T ^ npna ^ ^ ZTZZ ^ T

      quettmg stuff , served up on five Flanders dishes , " some of the articles , together with a bed-bolster , were carried off . We find Cromwell a frequent visitor at Leicester , —and " wine , biskets , sugar , and tobacco , " then provided . There is also a charge for ringing the bells " when the intelligence came that the p'liament araiy had given the greate defeate . " The members for the town appear to have been paid for their services , though how much

      is not stated . Mr . Stanley had " 10 Z . in gold" occasionally forwarded to him . The worthy member lived frugally at Mistress Cressey ' s house , near St . Margaret ' s Westminster , —and thankfully acknowledges the remittances . He constantly sent down letters to his constituents containing Parliamentary news ; which , with the Weekly Intelligencer newspaper , was the only sour " of political information to the townsmen . —iThe " History " ends at the year of the Revolution .

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

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

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      MANUFACTURING OPERATIVES OF ENGLAND .

      A correspondent of ( he Evening Bulletin , American paper , thus records the impression made upon his mind by a visit to our manufacturing districts : — " It is very evident to me , without going much in thi 3 letter into details , that the dispentented , the dangerous part of English society , is among these manufacturing workmen . The various conservative influences , which hold down the agricultural classes , are not found here . The love for . " the old family " —the gratitude for particular kindnesses from their mas ers—the personal influence of the clergy—do not come into place in a crowded town of workmen . All they know of " a great man " over them is , of a

      master , who is pulling down their wages to the lowest notch ; and as for religious influence , they are mostly members of a sect , whose great idea always ha 3 been , that men must think forthemsolves . Then contact with one another has sharpened their minds much more ; that is the fact with the farmers , wbo live for the most part separately , and the consequence is , all abstract discussions which affect human rights , and justice to the poor , are thought over and talked over by them , with an intensity we can hardly imagine . They brood over the wrongs society has done them . Itis the great subject of their talk , when you meet them ; and the books and pamphlets which circulate most among them are , those that picture gloomily these wrongs , or theories on their remedies .

      "And there is no doubt , but that the weight of English polity comes heaviest upon them . Their first experience in childhood 13 , of a country wherelife can only be supported by the most constant labour . When the children of other classes are spending the day in cheerful school studiers , or are playing in the sunny fields , they are shut up in the dark factory room with their monotonous labour . They knowthose who think of it—that all through their lives they scarcely have the chance of bettering their condition ; and it is not to be wondered at if they ask — sometimes with anger — whether this is all right ?

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

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

      A Prolific Sow . —M * . Thackwray , of Low Harrogate , has a Chinese sow that has had fifty-one pigs in fifty-three weeks .

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      A contemporary , mispelling the word " Kissengen , " says : —'' Lord and Lady Normanby are going to Kissagain ! " : Why is a Scotch broth pot like an old ship . '—Because it is often leeky . Of aix the articles consumed by the working classes , potatoes alone are dearer in 1850 than in 1840 . Cork , if sunk two hundred feet in the ocean , will not rise on account of the pressure of the water . A mother having told her little son never to Bay fat at the table , but gravy , the next day he saw a large man going by , and exclaimed , " Mother , there goes a gravy man !" A man in Liverpool electrified humanity , and astonished " the faculty , " by stating that " much of the sickness of the town is occasioned by bad health . "

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

      Labovr . —There i 3 no real wealth but the labour of man . Were the mountains of gold , and the valleys of silver , the world would not be one grain of corn the richer , nor could one comfort be added to the human mind . A Heatv Bee Hive . —A top swarm of this season , belonging to Mr . Adam Grey , Little Pitinnan , Davoit , was smoked last ' week , and weighed OClbs . It was swarmed on the 25 th or 26 fch of June , and threw off a swarm from itself some eight or ten days after . —Aberdeen Journal . Poison —Dean Swift used to mark his bottles " poison ; " his wine , " rank poison ; " and his brandy , " deadly poison . " An expedient to prevent his servants drinking what he termed their " Lethal contents . "

      The Land . —A . great meeting has juafc been held at Tamanney Hall , in New York , in favour of granting lands in the West to actual settlers , free of charge . The movement is said to be very likely to become popular with the democratic party . A preacher , who had once been a printer , thU 3 concluded a sermon— "Youth may be compared to a comma ; manhood to a semicolon ; and old age to a colon : to which death puts a period . " It was once said in the parliament house at Edinburgh , that a gentleman ( who was known to have a pretty good appetite ) had eaten away his senses . " Pooh ! " replied Henry Erskine , " they would not be a mouthful to him . " An Arabian having brought a blush to a maiden ' s cheek by the earnestness of his gaze , said to her" My eyes have planted roses in your cheeks ; why forbid me to gather them ? The law permits him who sows to reap the harvest . "

      Curious if True . —Thegravediggerin St . Peter ' s churchyard , at Carmarthen , recently dug up the spinal column of a human body , all the bones of which had been strung together by a fibre of the root of a hcrse eheanut , running through the cavity formed by the decay of the spinal marrow . A Cheap Gas . — America boasts of another " grand invention" in gas lighting . Pure and cheap gas is said to be produced by inserting into a red-hot retort a hollow cylinder filled with naphtha , which is instantly changed into permanent gas of tnice the density of coal gas . A Blind Florist . —Mr . R . Welch , of Totnes 3 , who is totally blind , cultivates and rears with his own hands the varieties of flowers in their seasons , distinguishes the most beautiful from the inferior , and points out their qualities to astonished beholders His pinks , tulips . &c , are the admiration of

      connoisseurs . Who's to Smoke It?—A ci ? ar manufacturer in Bath-street , Bristol , is now exhibiting a cigar nearly five feet in length , twentyfuur inches in circumference , and weiahing 35 lbs . Itis stated as intended for the Exhibition of 1851 . In the cellar of Barclay , Perkins , and Co ., are no less than 116 huge vats containing beer in a condition for use , These average 2 , 000 barrels of thirty-six gallons each , and the largest contain ? 3 , 400 barrels ; so that there are actually always 232 , 000 barrels of beer on hand .

      A Giant . — The Cincinnati Gazette gives an account of the thigh bone of a human being having been found containing six times the number of cubic inches that the thigh bone of a man in these degenerate days can furnish ! Also a human collar bone aud other relics to match . Physicians say that the person to whom they belonged must have been thirteen feet high . Jenny Lind .-Two Irishmen were talking together just after the landing of Jenny Lind , at New York , when one of them reiUMketl— "Sure Jemmy Lynn ' s come , did you hear ( Mt ? " 'Deed I did not , " answered tbs other ; " Who is he ?"— "Hear to the like 0 ' that now , " rejoined his companion , "It is not a hb at all , it ' s a siGHT-iugal I" > : The Sweating System . —E . Moses and Son flatter themselves they have succeeded in rendering their West-End Branch the principal mourning warehouse in the Metrouolis .

      A Simple and economical contrivance for excluding draughts of air from rooms has been invented . It 13 an elastic roll of rine wool , to be neatly glued in the angle of the frame of the door jamb in which the door is embedded . It thus presses along the whole edge of the door , and effectually keeps out every bre . ifh of air . Buried out of sight , and stained to * the colour of the wood , it is quite hnperceptibie . A Judoh . — " When I was travelling in Massachusetts , some twenty years ago , " said a traveller , "I had a seat with the driver , who , on stopping at the Post-office , saluted an iil-looking fellow on the step , with , ' Good morning , Judge * Sauuders ; I hope you are well , sir ? ' After leaving the office , I asked the driver if the man he spoke to was really a ju ^ -ge . 1 Certain'y , sir , ' he replied . We had a " cock fight last week , and he was made a judge on that occasion !'"

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

      Chinese Repartee . — -A teacher was in the habit of sleeping in the day time , but would not suffer his pupil to nod for a moment . One day the pupil accosted him after his nap , in a complaining tone , and begged to know why he might not sleep too . " Boy , " says the tutor , " in my sleep I dream of Cheu-kung , and have converse with him . " The next morning the pupil takes pattern by his master . The master , giving him a rap and rousins him , exclaims , " For shame , how can you do so ? " Says the pupil , "I , too . have been seeing Cliue-kuug . " " And what did Chue-kung say to you ?"— " Chue-kung , " replies the jjupil , " tells me that yesterday he had no communication whatever with my revered master . — Anecdotes of Manv Lands .

      The Electric Indicator , —This invention of Mr . Rutters is at once a protection against fire and thieves . Two small mahogany boxes are the visible portions ; one contains a battery , which remains in readiness for many months and requires no looking after , the other contains the bell and alarum . The catch which acts on the striking wheel of the alarum is connected with a lever , which is set in motion by the action of an armature governed by electricity . Three wires only are required , and they may be

      attached to doors , windows , or drawers , by means of a alide-lift ; the instant either is opened , the slide falls on the ends of the wires , which are bent , electricity is established , and the alarm instantly given . For prevention of fire , two wires in connexion with a thormometei- are used , the one terminates in the mercury bulb , the other in the tube at any jsiven temperature , which point , when the mercury reaches , metallic connexion is completed , and any rise of temperature beyond that point is indicated by the ringing of the fire alarm .

      Increase < . f the Population im the Australian Colonies —New South Wales has advanced from a total of 114 , 3 ? 6 souls , in 1839 , to 220 , 4 / 4 in 1848 , being an increase of 93 per cent . In Van Dieraen ' s Lind , the returns for which reach only to 1847 , the increase has been from 44 , 121 to 70 , 164 , or 59 per cent . South Australia , from its mining discoveries , shows the most remarkable result , the numbers having been 10 , 015 in 1 S 39 , while in 1348 they had reached 38 , 666 , the increase amounting to 286 per cent . Western Australia has likewise shown striking progress , the advance having been from 2 , 154 to 4 . 4 C 0 , exhibiting an increase of 107 per

      cent . As regards the entire population of the Austrian group , the progress has been from 170 , 676 souh in 1839 , to 333 , 761 in 1848 , showing an augmentation of 163 , 088 , or at the rate of 95 i per cent . Russia . —The European provinces of Russia cover an area of 99 , 489 square miles ; Transcaucasia , 2 , 825 ; Siberia , 203 , 600 ; the Steppes of Kirgis , 30 , 000 ; the Islands , 1 , 100 ; American Colonies , 17 , 500 ; making a total of 359 , 514 square miles . Rcden , the geographier , calculates that the number of inhabitants amounts to 60 , 600 , 000 , aud a mong them 50 , 000 , 000 Slavonians and 4 , 333 , 000 Poles . Eighty-eight per cent , of the population belong to

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      the Greek religion , 6 , 744 , 145 are Roinan Catholics , 3 , 409 , 330 are Protestants , 1 , 604 , 767 Jews , and 566 , 320 Mahometans . One hundred and fifty-four periodicals are published in Russia—viz ., 103 in Russian , 29 in German , 8 in French , 1 in Italian , 7 " ? the Pi . lish , and 3 in the old Lettish language . — Komer Zeitung .

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      « - an-FXOWERS ! FRESH FLOWERS ! BY MRS . J . H . LEWIS . FIowcm adorn the mountain ' s side Flowers in cool and shady dells , Rowers upon the running tide , Flowers upon the meadows wide , Flowers upon the upland swells . Flowers adorn the bridal train , Floirers upon the altar rest , Or with gentle hands are lain On the conch of mortal pain , Where their ministry is blest . Flowers we scatter o'er the dead , Giving all of light we may To the gloom around us spread When the spirit homeward sped , Leaving nonght bnt lifeless clay . riant we flowers above the dead . Where the Summer wind and rain Can their genial influence shed On the cold and narrow bed , Where the weary ne ' er complain . Flowers , the very smiles of God , Almost as the sunlight free ! Blooa . they where no foot hath trod ! With them , He hath decked the sod Xor denied them to the sea ! Tor the flowers let ioyfal praise Crown the Summer ' s golden prime ; In the city's dusty ways , 3 n the woodland ' s twilight baze , Still prolong the grateful chime .

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

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      NEW STRAND THEATRE . Mr . Butler Wentworth , a gentleman who duving a period of some years has made several laudable attempts to rise in his profession , appeared on Wednesday night in the arduous character of Othello . He brings with him good natural requisites in the shape of figure , face , and voice , and when he is not carried away by the hurricane of passion , his bearing is dignified and gentlemnnlike . He has also bestowed some pains on his declamation , and his concluding speech was not without evidence of care and taste .

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      October 12 , 1850 . THE NORTH ERN STAR ^^—¦ ' ^¦^^^^¦^¦^ J ^ ' ^™^ ' ^—^^ M ^—*'''^^^^^^ ^—————n——— ¦ ra »^^^^ —^ i— -e- ^»~—_¦! . || , , | , _ — ¦ ' . ' . ' ... * D ainn uL ^ .. .. " " -i = a "

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      The Hiitory of Leicester , from the Time of the Romans to the End of the Seventeenth Century . By James Ti ^ jmps on . Leicester , Oosstey . Leicester , though neither the seat of an episcopal see , nor distinguished as one of the marts of our early commerce , occupies a rather important position in onr middle-age history . As the city founded by the apocryphal King Lear , as an important Koman station , as one of the Danish burghs , as the chief place of residence

      of the powerful Earls of Leicister , and subsequently of the more powerful Dukes of Lancaster , " Leicester comes before us with many a picturesque association of those wild and stirring times . Nor is her later history devoid of interest . Wolsey died in her abbey ; the geutle Lady Jane Grey more than once visited there , and received from " the mayoress a'jd her sisters" a treat of wine and confectione ry ; while during the Parliamentary war Lei < v ester dwtmguiBhed herself on the side of fre edom , and sustained one of the severest of sie- , from the royaliBt ajmy under Prince Rup er t , The

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      *» Public Good Tracts . Series Nos . 1 and 2 . C . Gilpin , Bishopsgate-street . Less direct aud practical than the preceding , these tracts yet range over a great variety of topics , and present , in a popular and condensed shape , much information of a very valuable description . An enumeration of a few of the titles will suffice to indicate their scope

      and object . Freehold Land Societies ; Cure for Intemperance ; Parliamentary Reform ; Anti-State Churchisnr ; Life Assurance ; Financial Reform ; Moral Power and Physical Force ; Murder b y Law ; and Ocean Penny Postage . The extensive diffusion of sound opinions and correct information upon these aud cognate subjects , cannot fail to promote the "Public Good . "

      Cures For The Unoured! Tjollowat's Ointment. I-*- An Extraordinary Cure Of Scrofula, Or King's Evil.

      CURES FOR THE UNOURED ! TJOLLOWAT'S OINTMENT . i- * - An Extraordinary Cure of Scrofula , or King ' s Evil .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 12, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1595/page/3/