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      The following testimonial is another proof of . the great efficacy of this mecicine . 157 , New I'oncl-Btreet , London , October 12 th , 1850 . Sia , —In acquainting you with the groat benefit which 1 have experienced hy taking Blair ' * Gout at . d Uheomatic PiLt ' s , I feel that I am but performing a duty to that portion of the public who may be similarly afflicted . About twenty years sinue I was ficst uttacked by Rheumatic Gout in my bands and feet . I had previously been subjected to every variety of climate , having served in Ciina&iin the 19 th Dragoons , and in Spain under Sir John Moore , in the 18 th Hussars . I always procured the best medical aid . but without obtaining any essential relief , « 7 nd my sufferings can he appreciated only by those who know something of this disease . It ivju during one of these paroxysms , between twelve nnd thirteen years go , that I was recommended to try Blaie's Pills . I lost no ti . iie in procuring : i box , and be fore I had taken that quantity the paiu had entirely ceusedi and in ft few days I < vas in perfecr } je ; ilth .

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      BE AUTIFUL HAIR , WHISKERS , EYEBROWS , &c , may be , with certainty , oh alned by using a very small portion of ROSALIE COUPELLE'S PARISIAN POMADE , every morning , instead _ of any oil or other preparation . A fortnight ' s use will , in most instances , show its surprising properties in producing aud curling Whiskers , Hair , 4 c ., at any age , Irum wh : utTC ? cause deficient ; as also chocking groynes : ; , At . For chiltlren it is indispensable , forming the basis of a beautiful hoatl of hair , and rendering the use of the small comb unnecessary , l'ersiins who have been deceived by ridiculously named imitations ofthU Pomade , will do well to make one trial of the genuine preparation , which they will never regret . 1 ' rice 2 s . per pot , sent post free with instructions , &c , on receipt < t twenty . four stamps , by Madame COUPELLE , Ely . place , Holborn , London .

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      nm *— ,, mmm ~ T-r » n-TK —* rwn ^ SUPERFLUOUS HAIR may be removed * - ' in two minutes , bv the application of a small qUMl * % of MADAME COUI'ELLE'S J > E £ foATOKY .-By . thH t > i <; eess tho removal of Imir becomes so simple , rapid , " and jj » e , th > t it ( superseded everything elne of the kind , "iihrrto the tediousncss , tuvertninty , -Hirf above all , thf P'noonous properties of the agents employed a * depilatorieB navegrcitiy limited-heir use ; an eaby and safe method " wemd f U | l 61 > fluoushair win therefore be very accept . rece r int offiJ f l ' ) 0 ttlp ' 8 ent P ost free ' with flreetfeiw , oa nnrt&h / P M P" » ' » ce stamps by Madame CoaMll * . nnd to be ha . 1 through all venders . J * Dr u " r « m" 8 tamp round eRch Package . vir Twills Ill ! V * . " lysed your four preparation !; findTiPnf h J > H ? r Dyfll PomB < l 8 nnd Solvent , and find . n orthern excellentl y adapted for their various ur . Uo not Cut your Corns but Cure them . Soft and hard Corns and BunienB may be instantly «¦ lieved . and permanently cured in three or four daw . bj Madame OcmiE ' g SOLVENT , it ia *«* -port free oi receipt of thirteen postage stamps .

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      DO YOU WANT LUXURIANT ASD BEAUTIFUL , HAIR . WHISKERS , &c . The immense public patronage beatowed upon Miss Ellen Grnham ' n KIOUKUESEiS sufficient evidence » f its amazing properties in reproducing the hB « man hair , whether lust by diaeaseor natw 1 decay , pre . venting the hair falling off , strengthening weak Wr , and cheeking grcyneas . U is guaranteed t » produce Whiskers . MoUStachoiS , 4 c , in three week * , without fail . It : is elegantly Rcented , and sufficient for three months' use , trill be eent free , on receipt of twcoty . four pustitfe stamps , by SI 1 S 8 Ellen Graham , 14 , Hand Ccurt , Holborn , London . Ihvnka all other preparations for the hair , it ia free front artificial colouring and filthy grea 8 iue 86 , well known to b » 8 u injurious to it . At home daily from ten till five . ¦ ADTIIENTIO TESTIMONIALS . ., M y hair is restored ; thanks to jowllverj valuable Nioukrene . ' —Miss Mane , Kennington . ' I tried OTery Other compound advertised , and they aro all impositions ; jour NWukrene has produced the effect beautifully . '_ Mr . James , St . Albans . >

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      CURES FOR THE UNCURED ! H OLLO WAY'S OINTMENT An Extraordinary Care of Scrofula , or lung ' s Evil . Extract of a letter from Mr . J . II . Alliday , 209 High-streeti Cheltenham , dated January 22 nd , 1850 . Sin , —My eldest son . when about three years of age , was afflicted with a glandular swelling in the neclc , which after a short time broke out into un ulcer . An eminent medical man pronounced it as a very bad case of scrofula , and prescribed for a considerable time without effect ; The disease tUen for years w « nt ou gradually increasing in virulence , when besides the ulcer ill tfie * neck , aillltUef formed below the left knee , and a third under the eye , ba « sides seven other * on the left arm , with a tumour between the eyes which was expected to break . During the whole of the time my sulferinij boy hail received the constant advice of the most celebrated medical gentlemen at Cheltenham , besides beinpr for several months at the General Hospital

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      The English Republic for September . London : Watson . This number opens with a paper from the pea of Joseph Mazziai , in continuation of the series on the Duties of Man . The specific subject is ' the Law of Life ; ' which Mazzini deduces , not from the unenlightened or perverted conscience of individuals , but the educated and developed intellect of humanityeducated and developed by God , the onl y legislator of the human race . At a time when the influence of the writer , in Italy , is

      coafessedly greater than that of the crowned and mitred tyrants who oppress and cumber that beautiful land , it -will interest deeply all parties , to know the views and sentiments by which the heroic Triumvir is habitually actuated , and the principles by which his course is guarded . No other individual will , if his life be preserved , have so mighty an influence on the future doctrines of Europe ; and at the close of the article before ua he baa given us a glimpse , not only at the source of that power , but the spirit in which he exercises it .

      To acquire the knowledge of God ' s Law you must not only question , your conscience , but also the conscience the agreement , of humanity ; to know your duties you mq | t iuterrogate the actual Wants of humanity . Morality is progressive as the education of mankind or ot yourselves . The morality of Christianity was not that of Paganism ; the morality of our century is not that of eighteeo centuries ago . By separating you from other classes , by prohibiting every kind of association , by a double censure imposed upon the press , your rulers endeavour to conceal from you your duties along with the wants of humanity . And nevertheless , even before the time when the ' nation shall

      gratuitously teach , in schools of universal education , the history of the past of humanity , and its present wants , you can if you will , in part at least , learn the first and diriue the second . The present wants of humanity express themselves , more or less violently , more or less imperfectly , in the facts daily occurring in all countries where immobility and silence are not tlie absolute law . What can prohibit you this knowledge ? What force of suspicious tyranny can for any length of time keep back froai millions of nien , many of them travelling in foreign countries and re-euteriug Laly , the knowledge of European / act * . It public associations are fomddeu 1 U Italy who csrn prohibit you secret

      0 B . 33 , so long as symbols and complicated organisations are avoided , and when they consist merely of a fraternal chain stretching from country to country until it touch some of the iutiaite points of the iruutier ? Can you not at every frontier point of the land or seaboard , find your men , men vihoin your rulers have driven out of tneir country , hecause they wanted to assist you , who would becoaie your apostles of the truth and who would rcjjo : ee to tell you all that the studies and the sad facilities of exile have taught them of i he present Wanwand the traditions of humanity ? Who can prevent you agaasst your will from receiving any of ihs wriuugs your brethren ui exile ave pviwtiog

      for you ? tfead and burn them , so that on the morrow ' s inquiry your master may not fiud them in your hands and use them as an argument of offence a < 'aiuatyour families ; but read them , and repeat all vou cau bear in jour minds to the most faithful of your friends . Aid U 3 with your offerings to extend the sphere of the Apostolato , to compile and print for you manuals of universal and national history . . Aid ns in multiplying ways of diffusing tbem . Convince yourselves , that without instruction you cannut know your duties ; convince your-8 \ .-ii us thut where society withholds from you instruction , the responsibility of every wrong is not yours but society's ; niid that yours will begm from the day when a way of instruction has been opened

      to you and you neglect it , from the day on which a means of changing a society condemning you to ignorance is pointed out to you and you neglect to ns-i it . Tou are not culpable , because you are ignorant ; you are culpable if jou are content to be ignorant , if , while your conscience ] apprises you that Gca has not bestowed upon you faculties wituoac having at the same time ordered you to develope them—you allow ali your faculties of thought to sluuibur in your ^ ouLv-if , while knowing iiiat God could not have given you the love of truth without having given you also tie means of attaining it , youldespairingly renounce the search and accept without examination aa truth , the asiertiuu of Tower or of the priests who are sold te

      i'ower . In the succeeding article Mr . Linton deals some hard blows to ' Socialism , and Communism ; * both ot which we think are misapprehended and undervalued as means for the liee and lofty development of all the faculties of humanity . It is very desirable that ' the sacred fire Jf manhood should be kindled even in the slave's heart , ' and that lie should , « crippled as he is , overcome injustice , and build upon the morrow of his victory , with unshackled hands , not a palace for l » s own appetites , but a temple wherein he may be healed , wherein he may serve God , the True , the Beautiful , theEu-rual . ' But how is all

      this to be effected ? All tbo ecorn aud contempt in the world heaped upon the selfish instincts , the material interests , the p hysical instincts of humanity , will aot eradicate or destroy them . Mere words , however fine , butter no parsnips ; and , though Mr . Linton may ' call spirits from the vasty deep / we very much doubt whether they will come at his calling . Deep and dark are the abysses in which the wmtched victims of a false and irrational system of society ate plunged , vritb ibe greater portion of their faculties inert , or stiffed by the withering and stultifying influences around iliein . Before you can make them men , you must place tbem at least in the condition of ve' 1-Ucatcd brutes . To the

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      building up of a superior roan the development Of all his faculties is requisite ; and the attempt to educe nobleness of spirit , purity of thought , and loftiness of aspiration ; from the down-trodden ; ignorant , brutalised masses , is about as sensible a mode of proceeding as beginning to build a house at tbe chimney-top . The article on * Physical Force' is a forcible one—we mean no pun—and is well deserving of the serious attention of the well-meaning sentimentalists , who , at the present stage of building up of a superior roan the develop-

      the world ' s history , counsel nations to throw away their arrows in the face of tbe disciplined armies of banded despots , against the liberties of tbe world . From rhymes and reviews againstlandlordism we have extracted , under the head of Poetry , a few verses , which will speak for themselves . ' Republican Measures * Religious Worship , ' and the History of tbe MoDth , conclude a very excellent number of this earnest advocate of a Republic in England .

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      The Second Reformation , or Christianity Developed . By A . Alison , Esq . London ; Simpkin , Marshal ! , and Co . This is , in many respects , a very remarkable book , full of suggestions and matter for graie and earnest thought . Applying a great fundamental principle to all the phases of human society , and to the mental operations of which these are the objective results , the author constructs a new . scheme of civilisation in accordance with tbe inimitable laws of nature , and the dictates of cultivated reason in man . The principle from which he starts is—that' all events are natural / that God governs man by general , and not particular laws ; and , therefore , whatever acts upon

      external things , or on mental operations , has a natural origin . While the establishment of this fundamental principle does not , in the slightest degree , interfere with the belief in the sovereignty of God , the author shows , in a very lucid manner , that it Btrikesat the very root of the Romish Church ; and ,, instead of grappling with details , in which the victory must be ,, in most cases , on the side of the Roman Catholic , because the premises from which he argues are conceded , this bold and logical course must , inevitably , lead to the development and the establishment of truth , and to the decay and final extinction of all the baneful superstitions that rest upon the supernatural and miraculous theory .

      In developing his views on inis sweeping ' Second Reformation , ' Mr . Alison makes rather short work with the doctrines which lie at the foundation of orthodox theology , both Papal and Protestant ; and , we fear , that in the so-called ' religious , world' his work will find small acceptance , oa account of the manin which he entirely throws overboard dogmas equally dear to the Roman Catholic priest and the Dissenting Minister . The author is a thorough and uncompromising Rationalist , and we need not tell our readers that

      Rationalism and theology are , at present , diametrically opposed to each other . Mr . Alison aims atreconcilingphilosopby with religion , and propounds a mode of interpreting the Scriptures , by which , in his opinion , 'Faith is convertible into knowledge , and theology is a science with all the certainty of the other sciences . ' That this is not the case now is no reason with him why it should not he so in future . On this point Mr , Alison says : — The doctrines of Protestantism were fixed at the Reformation , -when Europe was just ^ merging from the darkness of tbe Middle Ag 63 . These doctrines were embodied in the Articles of Faith of the

      various Prote 8 tantoburche 3 ; thus theology became stereotyped , and it has ever since effectually resisted improvement . The centuries that have Bince elapsed have increased knowledg e tenfold ; hence while science has gone on advancing , theology has been left behind : and the longer this false position of the church is permitted to stand , the greater will the separation become . If man is a progressive being , knowledge , both sacred and secular , must progress ; for what is man apart from knowledge ? Theology , like nature , is unchangeably true , but man ' s . knowledge ef both is progressive . The saored record does not change , but tbe knowledge we are able to draw from that volume does change . During the dark ages the laws of nature were unkuown ; every event narrated in Scripture was ascribed to a , miracle , and that simply because thty

      had no other means of accounting for events . The best proof that this was the position of the early church is , that tbey applied the same rules to every event that happened in the affaira of life . Our position is very different ; vie take up the very same Bible as they did , but we draw very different results from it . Nothing is more clear than that our knowledge of religion roust be progressive like everything else ; and it is because we have raised up artificial barriers to this natural progression , that we find ourselres met by increasing difficulties and inconsistencies . Could we arrest the march of intellect and of science , then we might stop the progress of religion . Progress may be impeded , of which the unalterable creeds of our churches is a notable example ; but , thanks to God , it cannot be stopped . _ _ ...

      When all checks to religious progress are removed , improvement will obtain in the church , m proportion aa Becular Knowledge increases ; and the gulf which now so widely separates knowledge from faith will gradually close . Theology and science will then be reconciled and go on hand in hand , and science will enlighten and enforce religion . After drawing an . elaborate comparison between the Churches , and testing each of them by the standard he has set np , the author proceeds to discuss the late Bull of the Pope , appointing a regular hierarchy in this country , with territorial titles and power . In his opinion , the only way in which that so-called aggression can be effectually met is to revise our own creed in conformity with the

      fundamental principles he lays down , and fix and define the principles of Protestantism . Such a reform of the Church , he avers , muat be effected in self-defence , and as the first Refovmation deprived the Pope of half his dominion , tbe second must take the other half . It must free Protestantism from the remaining leaven of Popery . The first Reformation protested against Transubstantiation and Intolerance ; the second must protest against miracles and Intolerance . Having done that , it has prepared the path for the introduction of a new civilisation , of which Church Reform constitutes the first , but by no means the most important , of a series of national measures outlined by tbe author . Here is the sketch of his Church Reform Aet : —

      I The tithes and church revenues should be the propertv of the nation , and transferred to the Consolidated Fund . This would for ever settle all questions about vested rights , and remove wntsition between payers and receivers . Disputes between a clergyman and his flock-as to money matterswould thus be avoided , a reason alone sufficient for adopting sucuasQuWC , .,-,., - ?» , „ ,. 2 . Private patronage must be abolished , either by a voluntary sacrifice on the part of the anstocracv or by a scheme of compensation . . 3 . The incomes of the bishops and clergy might he valued , and a revised scale of income a ttachoJ to eacn living . Ko clergyman need be removed from his office , nor would a new scale of income come into operation until after tbe death of each incumbent .

      4 . The act would of course include the ratification of the constitution of the church , previously arr .-uiged by the clergy . This done , it would " become the duty of parliament to devise some plan for providing for the increase of churches and clergy according' to the wants of an increasing population . A Itoyal Commission might bv appointed to appropriate an annual grant for this purpose . This ought to be an after affair , as it is not desirable to encumber a difficult- measure of reform with any new schemes in the first

      instance . Such appear ? to us to be a fnir and equitable adjustment of the question , and the result would he a vast increase of usefulness and haimony . Tiy giving a more popular basis to the church , the sympathies of the peoplo would be restored to the " Establish ed Church , and new vigour would be imp arted to a worn-out machine . The benefits of the other concurrent measures proposed are thus summed up : — Bv gallon il Education the benefits of the church will be extended to all classes of the community , and a permanent bulwark of liberty set up . By means of education , and imj-roved legislation , tbe burden of poor laws , which at all times weighs so heavily on the J . md , and at times threatens its confiscation , will be removed .

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      By National Saving ? Bank new sources mil bo opened , by which the labouring class may rlso to independence , and by encouraging the means of . investing and depositing their savinsrs , the condition Of the people will be made more comfortable . ; ' By repeal of the Laws of Entail and Primogeniture the resources of the soil will be completely developed , and a natural field for the energy of an enterprising tenantry and proprietary will be opened . . . - By a complete system of Free Trade , and Direct Taxation , all monopolies will be abolished , and the almost impossible duties of parliament will become simple . . " ' : By National Saving ? fianknew sources will bo

      Were these reforms carried into effect , we cannot doubt that England would literally become a free , happy , and religious nation . Its progress would be steady and satisfactory ; for then the interests of one would bo the interest of all . Without professing our concurrence in all the views expressed by Mr , Alison—on the contrary , feeling sincerely that some of them are open to veryseciousobjeetiou—we yet commend his thoughtful work to the calm ' and impartial consideration of all who wish to ; see important questions discussed in a truthloving , impartial , and enlightened spirit .

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      MISERS' AND SEAMENS * UNITED ASSOCIATION .

      Large and enthusiastic meetings of miners ant ) seamen have lately been held at Newcastle-upon-Tyne , North Shields , Sunderland , South Shield . " , Seabam Harbour , Hartlepool , Middlesbro ' , Stocktoo , Great Hetton , Helemore , South Hetton , Salton , Haswel ) , Blyth , Cowpen , Netherton , Bedlington , Seaton . burn , Beaton Delavel , &o . These meetings have been addressed by Messrs . Daniellsand King , missionaries of the above-named Association . At present the new organisation of these two most useful bodies of men looks well , and . great good 18 likely to fc > lW to both parties from the conjoint Association . National Conference of Seamen and Miners . — At a . conference recently held at Sunderland , the following resolutions , among others , were adopted : — '

      That this Conference agrees tostandbythe bond of union between the Miners and Seamen , aslaidabwn at the last Conference , at Sheffield , their several constituents having given them instructions to that purport . That this Conference strongly advise * adherence to the principles laia down by the Manchester Conference for the rule and guidance of tbe associations . That the representatives of each Port , now represented at this Conference pledge themselves to start ai soon as possible a benevolent society , in strict accordance with tbe Friendly Sock-ties' Aet of 1850 , to be under the entire controlof their members , with the recommendation that if it be found desirable at a future period they be turned into a national institution . That this Conference invest the Executive Committee with discretionary power to relieve the servants of the united bodies of Seamen and Miners , in case of accident or of becoming victims to the courts of law , beit . g at the time employed in advancing the interests of the united bodies : Such relief only to extend to the next delegate or COnfe . ' rence meeting .

      That having considered tbe danger te which seamen are exposed by vesaele being sent to sea without being properly manned , it is resolved , that no member of tni » union sail as mate in any vessel , aWe six keels and under ten keels , without an able-bodied seaman be en . gaged before the mast , nor in any vessel of ten keels , and under fifteen keels , without two able-bodied seamen be employed ; nor in any vessel of fifteen keels , and under seventeen and half keels , without three abUHsodied swmen beemployed ; nor in any vessel of seventeen and half , and under twenty keels , without four nb ' e-bodied seamen be employed in the vessel in which he is engaged . That the ' Miners and Seamen ' s Advocate' be brought out as soon as possible , and that each Port and District ascertain and send in to the Executive Council the amount and support they will give to such paper , —as this Conference are of decided opinion that the conjoint Association of Seamen and Miners will never be permanent'y snecessful until a newspaper be brought out to expose the wrongs and defend the rights of those two most useful bodies of men , and that the same be finally settled , at next Conference .

      This Conference recommend that each association enter into a subscription in order to asBist the Woiverhampton Tin-plate Woikers in procuring the best counsel to plead their cause , at the ensuing trial of might against right . The pecuniary matters were then taken up and settled , when a vote of thanks were given to the Chairman and Secretary ; after which the Conference broke up .

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      " Catching ' a TABTAH . "—The following will show the estimation in which the military are held by the "Saint Helena Advocate" : ¦—•• On Friday ovosing , the night of the Lsvenside trial , one of the sentinels at the Main Guard challenged a mysterious stranger walking at a rapid pace and making direct for the door of tbe hotel . The challenged unknown was so deeply absolved in thought , reflecting an the defeats aurt disasters of the day , that he heard not the summons of the sentinel till he was stepping into the hotel ; when he heard at laat tbe awful ' who . goea there V and being a stranger to the nonsense of the place , he answered equally loud , ' What ' s that to you V and immediately entered the hotel to refresh tbe inner man and make himself comfortable for the night . He had not been there long , when—tramp—tramptramp up tbe stairs came the sound of many feet : and at last an officer and a file of soldiers

      stood at the doorway of the room . The officer immediately asked , ' Are yeu the last person who entered the hotel ? ' To which he received the following answer : ' How the devil should I know \ Why do you ask ? ' much to his astonishment . The officer drew himself up to his full height , and snid , I have a good mind to arrest you 1 ' Upon which up sprang the stranger—satifr out , ' You will do what ? Touch meat your peril ! I will sheet you home in a braco of shakes . So mizzle , my man , or downstairs you and your soldiers go , faster than you came up . ' The bint was immediately taken , for ihe luckless officer and his file of guard stood face to face with the facetious and redoubtable sea lawyer , Captain II . A White , who defended the master of the LevensiHe , and pave Mister Q nepn ' s proctor Knipe so nice a drubhinfr , notwithstanding the gallant array of artillery captains ia aid him in the contest . These officers seem to

      have very queer notions of the rights of the subject ; the Artillery gentlemen take it into their heads to seize a captain and put him in chains in his own vessel , while the infantry officer makes no bovw * to leave Ms post , awl take a file of the guard into another man ' s house . It is a pity these men will not take the trouble to muster up as much common sense as would keep them out of these ugly scrapes . We think the colonels of reeiments should see that their officers know something of the principles of civil law , so as to keep them from so frequently and ridiculously infringing it . "

      As Infernal Machikk . —The Univers publishes a letter from Rome of the 14 th , which gives the following particulars concerning the late attempt to commit murder in that city by means of a kind of infernal machine : — " There is " on the Piazza TSavona a largo shop of dnigs and grocery , which forms the covnw between Ihe CWch of St . Agnps and the Strada de la Pace . It bplon ? s to M . Mengacci , son of the person who under Pius VII . stuck up the bull of excommunication against Napoleon , and who has preserved the traditions of attachment to the Holy See left him by his father . M . Mengncci < loes not carry on ibe business himself , but leaves it to the management of his clerks . Every eveninp . however , he comes f om his p : ilace in the Strada Ripetta to the shop to see a little of what

      lias taken place during the day , and to enjoy the conversation of a certain number of friends devoteii like himself to tb <; defence of tho Church and of society . He is usually accompanied by some of his sons . In the evening of the 9 th inst ., M . Mengacci went , according to his cusrom , to the shop , accompanied by ovw of his children . He there found some of the customers , amongst whom were the brave Captain Galanti , some carbineers , "" ami two priests . Tho conversation commenced , and M . Men « acci seated himself at a desk to examine the books . The customers meanwhile continued to make their puvchases , and tbe shop was crowded . All at once shouts and cries of indisn . ition mre tieavd on the outside—two men cavryina a basket had stopped before the shop , which opens on the square , and set it down . After a pause of a few dress

      minutes they went away , leavin g it . Their was not exactly the same as that , of the peasants who display in that spot baskets of vegetables and fruits ; and they accordingly excited the attention of a peace officer on duty . It is probable , however , that he would not have seriously occupied himselt with them , if , fortunately , hfi had not seen a taint lightia the basket , fle advanced to see * wv t rt was , and found himself in presence of an infernal machine , near -which the light was burning . A minute later the flame would have readied the gunpo wder nnd there would have been an eXT'loaion . His cries attracted a considerable crowd . The machine had the form of a cannon , about two leet Ion "; its mouth was directed towards tbe group m which were M . Mengacci , Captnin Ga lanti . an-i niherhahituea . and who could be easily seen through

      the " hiss floor . It was a very soli'l woO'ien cylinoer , hound round with iron , and the interior was two or throe inches in diameter , Ibe charge consul * oi three pounds of gunpowder , t wenty-fivfi ouilets , a great quantity of bits of old iron and broken glaw . There was enough to have killed all the persons marked out for death by the demagogical sect , as well as tho shopman , the customers , mid some oi tho passers-by ; for p ; . rt of the projectiles woulo necessarily have become scattered , aud would not have failed to strike persons who at that hour are in » reat numbers in the square / 'g PgniLS of hie Curative Art . —Five prisoners lying in tbe hosp ital at the bagne of Toulon , lately diedTof poison , in consequence of an error committed by the head apothecary of the establishment , who had placed on ono bottle a direction intended for another . Four of the patients died that night , and the fifty seat morning , "

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      _ CoN . —Whyts killins bees like a confession ? - Because you unbuzz ' um —¦ ¦ ¦ .. , ^ in ° wKS ^ i 8 hnian ) i 8 ^^ ' ^^ X ^^ g ^**^* " ^*"" wthVa ^^ T ^ '""^ " ^ 1 U 0 teB as io ] hm :-TrnLiR- k hattl ) eRer . JDennis Cahiil is appointed Thk Oo ? ^ " Wte-Fronuhe Pole ' s Eye . restlis 2 t fr h ia a 8 omewbat Angular fact that , onlln ! ' / - theoceaD ' tbe Path ofyourahipiothe only part of , t that is really a mike , : ; :. 6 rstnre 3 v f ^ ill 0 W 8 . ? not that whi <* Iw ravfli « ' r dlsease n 8 S committed extensive 51 win J ™ £ \ ItSs J Ba . ldthat three-fourthB of Flanff . ¦ **""»«» » Alsace and French muZriJlf Veml'haved f"is ' mornfn * , '' said the S ^ . ? ^ " I never shave in bed , " was

      SHnT r ., « D '" ° S down hh beard > aS \ hMfn ^ "PEK s .-Outof 1 , 909 inmates of edirhf . worlth o « se , 1 . 0 « decline to acknow-Srt ^ n „ e ^ C 8 of " ? 7 ! S ious Pwsuasion , and til rteen openly avow that they are of none . whn i ^ . P L u - , " . ~ T ? re i 8 a land'ori 'n Boston vhoig inthe habit of placing an extra fork beside me plate of such boarders as have-not paid promptly —being an intimation to " fork over" likewise . Kival ^ Mountains . —Ben Nevis , whose claim to be the loftiest mountain in Great Britain has long been disputed b y Ben Macdhui , has had its saperwrity established by the ordnance surveyors . It is seyenty-tw <» feet higher than its rival . an » f , i » ? " > - -A gentleman haa made a calculation which shews thac if every , article in we crystal Palace were to be examined for three minutes , it would occupy twenty-six years to

      exa--A frugal Scet , says tne Spectator , entitled to ex . emption from income tax to the amount of sevenpence , pursued his claim with great perseverance , and was rewarded with success . Letters from Grand Cairo , of the 4 th ult , in one of the sporting journals , announce that an English mare h& 9 defeated the "Arab steeds , " of the desert , both in short and long distances . An affable deportment and a complacency of behaviour will disarm the most obstinate ; whereas , if instead of calmly pointing out their mistake , we break out into unseeml y sallies of passion , we cease to have any influence . Machinery at Nottin (? ham . —Great industrial improvements are being made in manufactures , at present , at Nottingham ; tbe bobbin net and stocking-frame machinery now producing anti-macassars , doilies , and bed-quilts , in close imitation of crochet work and fishermen ' s nets .

      Fx , ax Growing on Dartmoor . —We hear that the experiment of growing flax near Dartmoor prison is a complete triumph . The successful culture of this plant is a matter of national importance , and will be of the greatest benefit to toe neighbourhood . Greatit Obliged . —A learned German astro * loiier has ascertained that the earth will be destroyed by a comet in exactly twenty « two million years , the ' cute philosopher deserves the public ' s thanks for postponing tbe event to so distant a day . English Iron Stone . —Mr . Robert Steplienson , M . P ., said the other day , at Bangor , that in England has been produced from Ihe bowels of the earth , m the last twenty yeare , more rude stone than , when converted into railway bars , and laid end to end , would form an iron girdle round the earth itself .

      Sounding the Atlantic . —The officers of the United States navy have accomplished tbe feat of deep sea-sounding across tbe Atlantic , from the Capes of Virginia to Madeira , and lind the ocean ' s depth about : five and a half miles . The Gulf of Mexico , from Tampico to the Straits of Florida , is about a mile in depth . Drought in Spain . —The principal topic of the Spanish journals is still the serious effects produced by the long drought and extraordinary heat . At Madrid i hey had been four months without rain . The

      country is burned up , and fires , extending in some caseB over many leagues , are BO doubt the result of this state of things . Ambrican Bloodhounds . —A pack of bloodhounds , kept" for hunting runaway slaves , " fell in with the children of a neighbouring proprietor , killed them , and devoured them . The conclusion of the tragedy is truly American . The " distressed father , " we are told , " loaded his rifle , and shot "not himself , but— " the owmr of the dogs , " through tbe hears . —limes .

      Derivation of thbkamb "Whig . "—The Boston B'e has lately set up the pretence that the name of ' Whig" was derived from the initials of the motto of the Scotch Covenanters— " We hope in God "W . 11 . 1 . G . Tbe Commonwealth , however , suggest as a tnore probable origin that it was adopted from the Scotch word " whig , " which means " sour milk . " The Chwrch . —Two cardinals found fault with Raphael for having in one of his pictures given too florid a complexion to St . Peter and St . Paul . '' Gentlemen , " replied the artist , ill-pleased with the criticism , "don ' t be surprised : I paint them just as they look in heaven . They are blushing with shame to see the church below so badly governed . *'

      Domestic Peace . —The less of physical force or menacing language we use-the less , to take an expressive word , we scold our children—the more order and quiet we shall commonly secure . I have seen a family where a single word or a look even would allay a rising storm . The gentle , but firm method , ia the best security for domestic peace . — Rev . A . B . Mozzey . A Haiiway Newspaper . —The Great Northern Railway Company , instead of incurring an outlay in the Shape of postages , has registered a newspaper in the Stump Office , called The Oreat Northern Itailway Company ' s Reporter , and , under this title , giv-en in the smallest possible type , it issues all its documents , which pass through the post , whatever be their bulk , a g a newspaper privileged by the penny stamp .

      Rkady Answer . —A few days ago , an English gentleman , a visitor at tbe fashionable wateringplace of Moffat , on passing the Free Church therd a very unecchsiastkal looking building , asked a boy whose factory it was ; the sharp-witted lad , after an involuntary consultation with the crown lawyers , replied "Mr . Kinnear ' s . " "Ay , and what does be manufacture here V " Sinners into Saints , sir I " was tbe ready answer . The Poacher and thb Predate ; or Good Adv : ck . —A poacher was not many years since busily engaged in taking a hare out of a wire in a certain bishop ' s grounds , when that functionary himself accosted him , and ordered him to desist . " Starlight Tom ' s" re-joinder was not strictly

      parliamentary j so the bi » h » p replied— " Don ' t you know who I am ? I m the bishop of I" " Are you ? " was all the reply vouchsafed ; " and a ¦ gi . od place too . Mind you keep it !" Extraordin ary Accident . —A man was lately admitted into the Portsmouth , Portsea , and Gosport Hospital , under the follotviiigsingularcircumstances : - He waatrjing to extract u cork , from a large stone beer-bottle with his teeth , when it was suddenly driven into his gullet by the force of tbe carbonic acid which had been generated in the bottle . Medical assistance was immediately obtained , but unavaiiingly , and the man was taken to the hospital , where oesnph-igotomy , was at once practised , and the cork , which measurt'd about three and a half inches in circumference , was extracted .

      A IIbal Nut to Crack . —Mr . Dtinup ha 3 , jn order to encourage ingenuity , resolved on ottering a very handsumu reward to any one who will pick his pocket so effectually aB to get anything out of it . The learned gentleman states , fairly enough , that he has tried the experiment frequently on his own pocket , and has never yet succeeded ; but , thut if any one else should prove more fortunate , he will bu most happy to share the produce with the lucky individual . The professional pickpockets have , it is understood , long ago abandoned the hopeless task , so that amateurs have now a fair opportunity . — I ' ah .

      Railway Passengers' AsscRiVScis . —The number of tickets issued by this company for six months have been—Periodical tickets , 2 , 420 ; excursion tickets 1 , 838 ; single iourney tickets , first class , 18 , 979 ; uecond class , 40 , 770 ; third class , 58 , 238 Tins receipts for the half-year amounted to ± " 3 , 155 . The claims upon the company for compensation for the sume period , which had been made and adjusted , consisted of Iwo f& ' . al cases , on v » l \ itjUt » e sum of . £ 1 , 000 had been paid , and fifty-three cases of personal injury , oh which sums varying from £ 1 to t' 425 had been paid , making together the sura of £ ' 2 , ( iG 88 j . 6 ^ ., as compensation paid during the last six months .

      His Wau Guy!—A *' stump orator , addressing a meeting in South Carolina , and becoming warmed by his own glowing description of the zeal which should niiimate the bosom of patriots in the possible conflict with the general government , said— " Yes ! fellow citizens , win n the first note of war is heard rebounding over our cotton field , 1 , for one , shall exclai m with General Washington , at the battle of Waterloo , A hovse I a horse ! my kingdom for a horse !'" A Cheap Place to Live in . —• The Literary

      Gazelle , in a notice of Mr . Neale ' s work on Syri » , says : — " People who love to live well and cheap at the same time should go to Antioch . Mr , Neale tried to be extravagant there , but found it to be impossible , ' house rent , servants , horses , board , washing , and wine included , ' to spend more than £ 40 a year . Oh , that Antioch were London ' . Fancy 7 h lb . of good mutton for Is . ! -fat fowls for 2 J . a puce !—70 ib . olfuh for 1 « . land ull possible fruits and vegetables sufficient tor one ' s household for 2 J . a week ! If we remember aright , the garden of Eden was somewhere near this place . "

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      English t Akab IIoRSKS . _ About ei ,, months ago Abba * Pachn , Gowrnor of E- ? p " challenged the . Jocky Club to run their EiHU . ll horses against the Arabs for a sum of from £ o " oon to £ 50 , 000 , optional to either party , allowing aU . a start of 300 yards to the English " horses , tr 7 «> diV tance to be ten miles . This challenge was not accepted by the Jockey Club , nor did they publish u , consequently the Ticeroy concluded that they w .. p afraid to meet him . In consequence of the above challenge of the Governor of % ypt many parties may be anxious to know what an English thorough bred horse can do amongst the Arabs . An Hungarian officer , attached to the staff of General Guyon , writing from Damascus , in Syria , says : — " General Guyon ' s English mare isthoroueh-hred . outof Hindostan , by Lightfoot ; she was brought from England in 1848 , and is now three and a half years old . We have often made excustona , unH frequently com * in . contact with the Bedouins , owners of the finest

      Arab horses . Frequently races have been got up when the English mare has been successful . T- < Belonins insist upon her being an Arab marP , though they are rather puaaled at her * ize , as > be stands sixteen hands one inch . From what I have saeii of her performances , I think a well-train *! English horso would beat any Arab whutever , and in any wny . General Guyon ' s mare , when only ft year and a half old , went through the campaign in Hungary in 1849 , so she has been well worked , though , of course , not trained for racing . " Thus the Jockey Club may regret , in son . e degree , not having accepted tho offer of Abbas Pacha , as since that he has imported several -English horses into his country , whioh , though not of the best breeds , will no doubt answer his purpose for makim * a trial with his own horses . — North British Daily Mail

      . * " i ! 1 tl tun S * Yw «> . * ... \ t , ... _ " m . t 'Cab and Omnibus Managem ^ n ^— Some «• propositions for an improved System of Management for Hackney and Metropolitan Stage C « rriaoeB " bave been circulated recently , and will aid , we hope , in leading public attention to a subject that greatly requires freah legislation . Corisiderin& the enormous number of these vehicles , the extent to which they are now used , and the amount of annoyance and vexation that is experienced on ' all hands it is surprising that people should remain quiet under the infliction . By association , tho omnibus proprietors at this moment are in a position to impose on the public in any way they please , and could ran down almost any opposition that might be set up in consequence . Their recent arbitrary increase of the fares throughout the metropolis affords an instance . —JJuiWer .

      Cur or ¦ VVbstminstbh ItKGiarjiArioN . — . Mr . John Macqueen the barrister , sat on the 19 th inafc . at the Vice-Chancellor ' s Court , Westminster Hall , for the purpose of revising the lists of votes for the city and liberty of Westminster . Neither the Liberals nor the Conservatives had made any objections : bat Mr . Iluggett attended on the part of the former to watch the revision . Ttve wvme of Mr . Henry Beitt , of No . 3 , Cowley-street , had been omitted in consequence of his not having paid his assessed taxes . Mr . Hugectt said he bad been requested to represent Mr . Bftitt , but he was afraid he could not overcome the objection made to his vote . The faot was , that there prevailed an opinion on the parf . of the householders generally , that they were not under any obligation to nay their assessed

      axes at any other period than that it was the custom of the collectors to demand tbem , But this was a mistake . Tho law made the payment of the taxes legally due quarterly , although it waa the custom of the government to collect the taxes halfyearly . Now , 3 B the Reform Act required every person claiming to be on the register to pay up all the taxes that were due from him on or before the 5 th of January , It was clear that the quarter ' s rs « sessod taxes due on Christmns Day ought to be paid before the 5 th of January , although the collectors did not demand the payment of such taxes until Lady Say . Tho method to be pursued therefore was , that when the half-year ' s taxes payable by custom at Lady-day were demanded , the householder Bhould tender the payment of the quarter ' s taxes due up to Christmas . This would secure to him his vote . In the present instance Mr . Beitt hud not adopted tbia course , and his claim CQUlli not , therefore , be sustained . The barrister thought it very desirable th . it the public should be made aware of the distinction , between the legal and the customary periods for paying the assessed taxes . It was quite obvious that many persons were deprived of their franchise solely in consequence of this variance of the practice from the strict letter of the law . The claim was disallowed . BEssr Brdlam . —This once ceh brated race-horse is Btill living , and may now bo seen spending tbe evening of her life in calm enjoyment , in the first field east of Baggsholme-lane . The mare is twenty-seven years old . —Lincolnshire Chronicle .

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      * THE MECIIAXIC . "Weaving "Will may starve at work : What doth Goldlord care ? "W ho calls Goldlord worse than Burke , Landlord worse than Hare ? Cold says— ' Done with , let him die !' Landlord says the same : Yet one * damns' monoply , One preserves his game , "Weaving-Will works day and night , Ha : h his weekly wage ; Lives at best in sorry plight , Starvetb m old age . Will ' s five-children may not thieve , Though Will ' s master may Stop the mill , and give them leave To die on the hi ghway . Bread for-work , —and work 18 not ! Let them die at once ! Idle Jem may be a sot , Steady Tom a dunce . Bread is scarce when land ' s untill'd , — TrAue has cheaper slaves Throng the town with toil unskill'd And peatilential graves . "Will may starve before his loom , Faint for lack of bread ; Seven are cramm'd ia one closo room , — fever makes their bed . Yet the seven are England ' s heirs , England ' s children horn , — Fourteen goodly acres theirs , Growing golden corn . What ia tbat to Weaving Will ? What to Tom or Jem ; Wanting means and strength and skill , What ' s the land to them ? Wherefore—let the land lie waste ; Overcrowd the town ; And farming Suva and Bob make baste To pull OUf wages down . ^ Fourteen acres Will should own , Yet he waoteth food : Though he hath nor tilVd nor sown . Weaver-work is good . "What if Sam should hold tbe land , Paying rent to Will ? Sam ooald work it br . ively , and The weaver eat his fill . Why not ? Ask of noble-Greed ; Ask of them who hold England's fields while English Need Is Famiee-bought and sold . Ask the thirty-thousand lords Who bar you from the land ; But manly daring forge your words , And when you ask , command ! Starved Mechanic out on strike ! When thy breadless pine , Think how landlords and the like Murder tbee and thine . lay your babes , in pauper graves—England ' s wronged heirs ; And know that Famine kili'd his slaves White harvest land was theirs . From the " English RepvJblio "

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 27, 1851, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1645/page/3/