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THE BETTER LAND. BT HESRT. LESTAR iUBBIS...
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FATAL ACCIffEWF^O SIR EGBERT PEEL
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MEMOIR OF SIR R. PEEL. The father of Sir...
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• CURES FOR THE USCUllED' - HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT, An Extraordinary Cure of Scrofula, or Kino's
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Saeboby Kens . Ye. Are Ye Doin' Bnght We...
SAEBOBY KENS . YE . Are ye doin' bnght weel ?—are ye thrivin' my man ? Be thankftf to Fortune for a * thatshe sen ' s ye ; Te'll ha ' e plenty o' frien ' a aye to offer their han ' : ,.. » When ye needna tbeir . countenance—a body liens' ye ; A' body kens ye , A' body kens ye , . When ye needna their countenance—a body kensye ! But wait ye a wee , till the tide tak ' s a torn ! An . ' awa wi' the ebb drifts the favours she sen s Cauld ' friendship will then leave ye lanely to
mourn ; . When ye need a' their friendship , then naebody kensye ; t - " Saebody tens ye , & c . The crony wha stuck like a burr to your side , An * vowed wi' his heart ' s dearest bluid to 1 befrien ' ye , " A five guinea note , man , will part ye as wide As if oceans and deserts were lyin' bet ween ye ! Naebody kens ye , & c . It's the siller that does't man 1 the sttter I the sillfii * - ' It ' s the siller that breaks ye , an' mat ' s ye , an ' men ' s ye ! . ., , When your pockets are toom , an nae webi mo loom , . - . Then tak * ye my word for ' t there ' s naebody kens
To Saehody kens ye , & c . But thinkna I mean that a' mankind are sae—It ' s the butterfly frien ' s that misfortune should fnAM **|* FA ^ ^ There are those worth the name—gude sen' there -were mae ! , Wha , the caulder the blast , aye the closer draw near ye ; "Saebody kens ye , & c . The frien ' s wha can tell us our fau'ts to our But aye fra our foea in our absence defen ' s ns , leeze me on sic hearts ! o' life pack he ' s the ace Wha scorns to disown us when naebody kens
ns . CHORDS . Tfaehody tens ns , naebody kens us , Poortith ' s a dry mirsafre folly whilk speans ns . -She daprives ns o' means , just to show ns our frien ' s ,- . Wha winna disown ns when naehody kens us .
The Better Land. Bt Hesrt. Lestar Iubbis...
THE BETTER LAND . BT HESRT . LESTAR iUBBISOS . Oh , my Brothers 1 seldom see we , Hale old men with bright grey hair Calm as Time ! Ah , soon ye wither , Dying young , for peace is rare 1 "Wait no longer , there are other , Brighter skies at your command ;—Bid defiance to oppression , — Onward to the Better Land ! Bread enough there is , and wasting , While the little children moan , And in piteous anguish see it , Mocking , till it seems but stone ; Poverty with clay-cold finger
, Galleth more than feudal brand ;—Wake , on wake *! burst off your fetters , Onward to the Better Land ! "Many hearts of nohle nature Still will find tbeir duty here ; Te who yearn for other missions , Trust your impulse , never fear ; Launch'd upon . the bounding waters , Leaving England ' s haughty strand , Tii & your flag of Hope rejoicing , — Onward to the Better Land ! -Riding o ' er the broad Atlantic , Learning Freedom on the deep , Sowing seeds of aspiration , dren shall
Which your chil yet reap , Where the Western prairies , swelling , Roll their music soft or grand , Hesonant with life and freedom ;—Onward to the Better Land I There the air is pure and glad ' mng , Earth is free as are the waves , Free from lordlings , free from despots' . 'Britons never jfiII be slaves . " Rise then , be ye slaves no longer-Join as Brothers , heart and hand-Swell your song of Hope triumphant , — Onward to the Better Land I The National Instructor
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Queen's Theatre. Mr. Kirkland, A Young A...
QUEEN ' S THEATRE . Mr . Kirkland , a young aspirant for his"iaionic fame , has reen representing some of "Shakspeare ' s best characters for several nights -with great success . The pieces usually represented at this theatre are of a melo-dramatic ¦ character , and the company being adapted for snch pieces , any artiste in the higher walk of tragedy , must necessarily appear to disadvantage , owing to the want of adequate support from the corps dramatique . Impressed with
tiiis idea , we were agreeably surprised to find the tragedy of Hamlet placed upon the stage in a manner deserving commendation , and which certainl y reflects great credit on the management . Mr . Kirkland ' s Hamlet is a very respectable performance ^ the soliloquies were weU delivered , and his scenes with the ghost , and also with Ophelia , were excellent ; both his voice and figure are good , his action . graceful , and many of his points were well made . We are not disposed to be
hypercritical , and have no doubt but that a little more practical experience and study -will realize Mr . Kirkland's fondest hopes . The personation of the Ghost by Mr . Green , was very good , and the excellent acting of Mrs . 0 . Boyce as Ophelia , received well merited applause . We trust that the playgoers in this quarter , will get a relish for the legitimate drama , and that the management will be well supported in catering , not only for the amusement , bnt the instruction of its numerous patrons .
Adelphi Theater Miss Woolgar Took Her Be...
ADELPHI THEATER Miss Woolgar took her benefit on Wednesday night , and the crowded state of the house , and the long string of carriages in the Strand , showed the favour in which this young and rising actress is held by the public . The production of Mr . Knowles * Hunchback afforded her an opportunity of displaying her talents in a higher class of character than that to which she has hitherto been accustomed . Her acting of Helen was marked by an easy
and ladylike deportment , an unaffected gaiety , and a diligent study of the points of the character . It is quite possible to vulgarise this part exceedingly , bnt Miss Woolgar , while she conquered the frigidity of her victim Modus , gained her victory , not b y rude assaults , bnt by irresistible insinuations . It was altogether an excellent performance , and will , we hope , ie a prelude to the advance of Miss Woolgar ibeyond the ordinary precincts of farce and melodrama .
Flax Mads Jo Resemble Coitox.—Eowevcr Lu...
FlAX MADS JO RESEMBLE CoiTOX . —EoweVCr lunch the following method may now admit of simplification , it is very interesting to see how much cotton was esteemed formerly in relative value , and how much skill and capital have had to do with its present general development . In the "Swedish Transactions "for the year 1747 , a method is given of preparing flax in such a aanneras toresemblecotton in whiteness and softness , as well as in coherence . For this purpose a little sea water is to be put into an iron pot or an untuned copper kettle , and a mixtire of equal parts of birch arches and quick lime streweduponit ; asmal l bundle of flax is to be opened and spread upon the surface , and covered with more o ? the mature , and the stratification continued till tbe vessel is sufficiently fi ; ied . The whole is then to
be boiled with sea water for ten hours , fresh quantities of water being occasionally supplied in proportion to the evaporation that the matter may never become dry . Th * boiled flax is to be immediately washed m the sea by a little at a time , hi a basket witha smooth stick , at first while hot ; and when grown cold enough to be borne by the hands , it must P 3 well rubbed , washed with soap , laid to bleach and turned and watered every day . Repetitions of tie washings with soap expedite the bleaching ; af ; er which the flax is to be beat , and again well washed ; when dry , it is to be worked and cardedin the same manner as common cotton , and pressed between two boards for forty-eight hours . It is now fully prepared and fit for use . It loses in this process nearly one-half its weight , which is abundantly compensated by the improvement made in its quality .
Fatal Acciffewf^O Sir Egbert Peel
FATAL ACCIffEWF ^ O SIR EGBERT PEEL
An accident of a fatal ' nature occurred to Sir Robert Feel on Saturday evening last , as ha was proceeding up Constitution-hill on horeseback . . Sir Robert left his residence in Whitehall-gardens shortly before five o ' clock , attended by his , groom , and , passing through the park , had arrived nearly opposite to tbenew entrance in Grosvenor-place , on Constitution-hill , when his horse suddenly shied at something that was passing , and , kicking up its heels threw Sir Robert over its head , on his face , in the road . Although rendered insensible by the fall , Sir Robert for the moment retained hold of the reinsand the horse , being thereby suddenly checked , fell heavily upon Sir Robert , the animal ' s knees striking
him between the shoulders . There were several persons passing near the spot at . the time , and among the rest Sir James Clarlr , her Majesty ' s physician . The first persons to raise Sir . Robert from the ground were two gentlemen named Towll and King . _ The rigtit hon . baroriet ' was their completely insensiblehis features were slightly abrased , and his face perfectly pallid , indeed , so much changed , that it , . was some moments before his identify was discovered . Sir James Clarke , on observing the accident hastened forward to render all tbe assistance in his power , and Commodore Eden , who was the first to recognise Sir Robert , galloped off to give the first information at the right hon . baronet ' s residence , and endeavour to lesson the shock to the family on receiving the
intelligence . Another gentleman gallopped off to h > t . George ' s Hospital , and returned immediately with one of the medical assistants and a cabriolet to remove Sir Robert . Mr . Mackenzie just previously observed an open carriage approaching , in which were two ladies , Mrs . Lucas , of Bryanton-square , and her daughter , had explained to them the serious nature of the accident , upon which Mrs . Lucas at once insisted upon alighting and placing her carriage at Mr . Mackenzie's disposal . Sir Robert had ¦ at this time shown symptoms of returning animation , and Sir James Clarke having expressed his opinion that his removal might be effected , was lifted into the carriage , and supported hy the two gentlemen who' had picked him up , ' and attended by tbe medical officer
from Sir George ' s Hospital , was driven slowly home . On Sir Robert ' s arrival in Whitehall-gardens , he was immediately placed in bed and subjected to a medical pxamination . Sir Benjamin Brodie , Dr . Seymour , Mr . Cfesar Hawkins , Mr . Hudson , and Mr . Jackson , the family , surgeon , were , very ; soon in attendance , and after a careful examiha'ion had been made the following bulletin was issued : —M "Whitehall-gardens , June 29 , seven p . m .: Sir . Robert Peel has met with a severe accident by falling from hishorse . There is severe injury of oneshonlder , with a fracture of tbe left collar-bone . - There is great reason to hope that
there is no internal injury . " ' ' ' j We have the painful duty of announcing the death of Sir Rohert Peel . The right hen . baronet expired on Tuesday night , at a few minutes after eleven o clock . A gleam of hope was raised oh Tuesday mornimr ,. at eight o ' clock , by the appearance of the following bulletin : "After seven o'clock , last evening , Sir Robert Peel's symptoms were considerably aggravated , so as to cause much anxiety respecting him . Early this morning , however , he had some refreshing sleep , and the alarming symptoms have somewhat abated —Whitehall , half-past eight o ' clock a . m . "
During Monday night , when the right hon . baronet ' s symptoms appeared very unfavourable , Viscount Ilardinge , who for many years has lived on the m .-st'afFectionate terms of friendship with Sir Robert , was sent for . The noble viscount answered the summons immediately , and remained with his right hon . friend throughout the night , taking leave for a shon . time only when the more favourable bulletin was issued in the morning . In consequence of the great number of carriages which drove up to the mansion on Tuesday , and the
urgent necessity of preserving the greatest quietude , so as not to interrupt the occasional rest of Sir Robert , the medical gentlemen gave instructions at an early hour that no cirriages should be allowed to enter the court-yard . The- gates were accordingly closed , and as parties arrived they were referred to the bulletin , copies of which were exhibited on the gates . A porter was in attendance to receive cirds , and so great was the anxiety exhibited throughout the day , . tint the number of visitors considerably , exceeded those upon any previous day .
The answer to all inquiries , up to mid-day , was that Sir Robert Peel continued much the same as when the bulletin was issued at half-past eight o ' clock . During the afternoon , the crowd increased so much , that additionalofficers were sent to preserve order , and a copy of the bulletin was furnished to a constable stationed at the entrance of Whitehall-gardens , in order to enable him to answer inquiries in Whitehall , and thus lessen the pressure of the crowd near the mansion . At half-past six o ' clock the following bulletin was issued . — " Sir Robert Peel is much exhausted ; and altogether not so well as he was on the early part of the day . —July 2 , 1850 , halfpast six p m . " After this time instructions were given to admit no person within the gates except the Bishop of Gibraltar , that reverend prelate having been sent for shortly previous by Sir Robert ' s desire . The Bishop of Gibraltar arrived shortly before eight o ' clock , and was admitted to the presence of the
right hon . barone * , with whom he remained for nearly an hour . Sir Robert at this time became very much worse , and all the members of his family were introduced to take a last leave of their revered parent . We believe tbat Lady Peel was reduced to snch a state of mind , from excessive grief and watching , that it was not thought advisable to acquaint her ladyship with the approaching dissolution of her husband lest the shock might prove greater than she could bear . "Viscount Hardinge had arrived in Whitehall-gardens some time before , and joined Lord Villiera and Mr . Dawson and all the other members of the family at the bedside of his afflicted friend . Sir J . Graham , the constant political and private friend of Sir Robert , had been sent for , and was also admitted to an interview with the right hon . baronet , who , with the exception of occasional wanderings , retained his sensibility until within a very short period of his death .
_ . At nine minutes after eleven o ' clock , Sir Robert Peel breathed his last , in the presence of nearly all the members of bis family , of whom he had taken an affectionate leave only a short time previonsly . Intelligence of tbe melancholy event was immediately forwarded to Buckingham Palace , and by electric telegraph to several family connexions of the right honourable baronet resident in the country , Sir Robert Peel expired in tbe dining-room of his mansion , from which apartment he has not been re moved since his arrival at home after the accident .
Memoir Of Sir R. Peel. The Father Of Sir...
MEMOIR OF SIR R . PEEL . The father of Sir R . Peel was . as is well known , one of the enterprising men who helped to lay the foundation of our present enormous and important cotton manufacture . He was bora in 1750 , and in 1773 embarked in a cotton factory at Bury , in Lancashire , in partnership with a Mr . Yates , whose daughter he afterwards married . In fourteen years —so rapidly was money made by cotton spinning in those days—he had amassed enough to purchase a large landed estate in Yorkshire , to which he subsequently added others in Staffordshire and Warwickshire . At Tamworth , then falling into decay , ha set up an extenseve factory , and by restoring its
business activity , and giving employment to its inbabi-ants , gained political influence , which afterwards secured him the seat for that borough—a sat subsequently enjoyed by bis con . When the fiist French revolution broke out , Mr . Peel , the father , vi as inclined to regard tbe principles of its promoters with favour , but subsequent events changed his opinions , and he supported Mr . Pitt during the war —so steadily , indeed , tbat when , in 1797 , voluntary contributions were asked towards the support of the expenses of the campaign , he and his partner gave no less than £ 10 , 000 in one sum . He had , it is said , at that time la bis employment , and relying on the wages he paid , no less than 15 , 000 persons , towards whom he exercised a benevolent regard ,
limiting the hours of labour of the young , and previding the means of education for such as were willing to avail themselves ofsuch advantages . When invasion of the country was spoken of Mr . Peel contributed towards the formation and support of the Lancashire fencibles , and be raised , chiefly from among his own workmen ; six companies of volunteers—the Bury Loyal Volunteers—of whom he was the lieutenant colonel ., These services added to the considerationof his great wealth , gained for him in 1801 a baronetcy . In Parliament he often spoke upon questions of trade and manufactures ; he advocated the union with Ireland , and had strong opinions on the currency—opinions , it may he remarked , opposed to those afterwards put forward and carried into effect by his son .
Tbe late Sir Robert Peel , tbe subject of this notice , was born on the 5 ih of February , 1788 . Inheriting his father ' s talenls and aptitude for business , he had all the super-added advantages of an early , sound , and complete education . He was first sent to Harrow , where he was form-fellow with Byron . The poetj in a letter since published by Tom Moore , says : " There were always great hopes of Peel amongst us all , masters and scholars ,
and he has not disappointed them . As a scholar he was greatly my superior ; as a declaimer and an actor I was reckoned at least his equal ; as a schoolboy , out of school I was always in scrapes and he never , and in school he always knew his lesson and I rarely . ' ' From . Harrow the future statesman went to the University of Oxford , where he entered as a gentleman commoner of Christ Church . -. The qualities he evinced at his public school went ;' with him to his college . He displayed fog 83018 ap nl lW «
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lion and proficiency that had distinguished'him tt Harrow , and took a first-lass degree both inmathie-! matics ' ahdola ' 88 ic 8 V' ; - ^ V ';' :: ^' : : . ' :: 'i } ;<> . ' ¦ - ;• ¦ No sooner had he taken bis degree than his father secured for him a seat in parliament , and he was returned , in his 21 st year , ; for Cashel . Upon , taking his seat , he adopted the political party of his father , and spoke and voted . with the Tory party . " He ' at ones displayed great capabilities ' for debate , - and made several speeches of great promise ; In 1810 he was chosen to second the address to the throne on the opening of the session ; and in the same year he was appointed Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies . The official career thus commenced ,
and fated to lead to tbe highest offices of the state , did not linger on its early stages . From an Under-Secretaryship in Downihg-street Mr . Peel ' was promoted in 1812 to the onerous post of Chief Secre . tary for Ireland during the Viceroyship of the Duke of Richmond . In this position he brought in a bill , subsequently carried , for establishing the Irish constabulary force , popularly known in that country as ' the Peelers . " A similar force was . subsequently embodied in this country . Having changed his constituency from Cashel to Chippenham , he sat for a few years for the latter borough , when a vacancy occurring , in 1817 , in the representation of the
University of Oxford , upon the elevation of Abbot , to the peerage , his Alma Mater pahfhim the great compliment of electing him to fill the vacancy . Having resigned the Irish secretaryship , he had more leisure for taking a prominent part in the discussions of the English parliament ; and on the 17 th of January , 1822 . Lord Sidmouth having retired on ( hat day , Peel was appointed Secretary , of State for the Home Department , a post which he held till the advent o ! Canning , in 1827 . When Canning became premier , Peel and some of , bis colleagues resigned , but the deatfi ' of that minister occuring in August of the same year , caused another change in the position of parties .
.. The Duke of Wellington being called to the counsels of the king in the ensuing January , 1828 Peel was once more in place as home secretary , and held that important post during the troublesome period that preceded the dissolution of the Tory ministry in 1830 . Before he took office with the Duke of Wellington , he had staunchly opposed Catholic emancipation , but he entered upon hia official career in 1828 knowing that the duke meant to grant relief to tbe Catholics . His voice and his
rote being used against his old friends of tbe " no Popery party , " and in favour of political progress , gave mortal offence to many of his supporters . In vain he declared that his feelings on . the subject remained as they had been , but that emancipation " coold not any longer be safely withheld . " Oxford would have him ho longer ; he was opposed : and beaten by Sir Robert Harry Inglis , and compelled to find his way into parliament through the convenient borough of Westbury . ... j .
' The memorable three days of July , 1830 , ' that gave Louis Philippe a throne , lent an impulse to Europe which , amongst other things , turned the Tories once more out of office in ; England , and let in the Whigs to carry the Reform Bill . Sir Robert servedliis party during , tbe debates on this measure by speaking , long and frequently and cleverly in favour of rotten boroughs , and against the proposed change | in our representative system . Rutin vain . The Reform Bill became the law of tbe land . Whilst these political contests were in progress , Sir Robert Peel , the father , died , leaving his son to succeed to the baronetcy , and to an amount of property that rendered him one of the wealthiest commoners in England , On his parent's , demise he gained also the seat for Tamworth , which he occupied till his death .
In 1834 Earl Spencer died , Lord Althorp resigned , the Melbourne ministry was broken up , and the Duke of Wellington was again sent for . Sir Robert Peel was at the time in Italy with his family seeking amusement and the improvement . of bis health . The duke , by this time , seems to have fully appreciated the value of the absent statesman to the Conservative party , for be despatched , at once , a messenger to offer Sir Robert the Premier , ship . The crowning point of his official ambition was gained . He returned to England , formed a ministry , and dissolved tbe parliament . Peel was now to show his quality as a statesman . He had
his choice of colleagues , and many favourable circumstances for his great experiment . He had secured a reputation for official aptitude , for power in debate , and for services as a law reformer . He had , moreover , taken very decided steps by his bill of 1819 , and in other ways , for influencing the currency and monetary arrangements of tbe country , in executive government , in legislatorial conflict , in the modification of our jurisprudential system , he bad made bis influence felt throughout the conntry . The country was now more than ever in his hands , and tbe people looked on with natural solicitude to know what the new Conservative minister would do .
It was on the 9 th of February , 1835 , that the new parliament assembled . In this parliament Sir R . Peel ' s government was beaten on more than one question . On the 8 th of April , he and his colleagues resigned , and the Whigs returned to power , which they teA &\ n « d ' \ hA \ 1 1 SS 9 , bnt with gradually diminishing majorities , until at length they were virtually defeated on the Jamaica Bill , and retired from office . This was in 1839 . " Sir li , Peel was once more entrusted with the task of forming a ministry . '
The celebrated b dchamber plot is yet too fresh in the minds of most men to require any detailed notice here . It appeared that Sir Robert fancied that the Queen had given him the most ample authority to surround her both in her political and domestic capacity , with parties of his choosing , and submitted a list to her Majesty containing the names of an entirely new household . The Queen was surprised at the proposition , aid intimated her disinclination to let political changes reach her in her domestic relations . But Sir Robert was inexorable , and insisted npon the proposed changes in the house ; hold , not as a domestic but as a political necessity . Not succeeding in his object , he came down to the House of Commons , and stated that he had
abandoned the intention of forming a cabinet , on the ground that he had had the misfortune to misunder stand the . wishes other Majesty on a matter of great importance . Sir Rohert was again in opposition , having on this occasion abandoned the Treasury bench ere he had scarcely taken possession of it , on grounds which some affected to regard as good , but which others treated as a mere pretext for relinquishing office , at a time when it was inconvenient in a party point of view to accept it . The apologiVs o ( his conduct , on this occasion , find it necessary to magnify the political influence of tbe immediate personal attendants upon her Majesty and excuse Sir Robert for not forming a ministry , on the score that a few whig ladies at court would have been more than a match for the cabinet at Whitehall .
It was thus that , after a brief succession , the whigs once more resumed their , places on the Treasury bench , . which , with but few interruptions the ; bad enjoyed since 1831 . They carried on the government till 1841 . They were once more , as a ministry , in the agonies of dissolution , when their unfortunate budget , with its alarming deficit , gave the coup de grace , to their administration . They did not on this occasion , however , follow the vulgar precedent of resigning . They dissolved parliament , not the cabinet , and appealed to the country . The general election was contested on a variety of issues . The Whigs were arraigned , in connexion with their whole policy , at the bar of public opinion . But it was tbeir position
with respect to , the corn duties , which raispd the chief issue on which the contest turned . Previously to this Sir Robert Peel bad been ! regarded as the head of the party designating itself conservative , as contradistinguished to tbe progress party , represented by the Whigs , and nicknamed destructives by its opponents . But , in 1841 , during the electoral contest in question , he appeared in a new character , as the head of the country party , against the commercial party , which was then organising , and the principles of which have since culminated in the abstraction known as the Manchester school . The old political watchwords were forgotten in the conflict which was now waged on . economic grounds . Protection and Free Trade met face to face on the
electoral field , and although political considerations were not overlooked , the battle was chiefly fought between these antagonist systems . \ In this first pitched battle between them , Free Trade was worsted , and the Whigs , in the autumn of 1841 , met a parliament in which there was a majority of nearly 100 against them . As soon as they made this discovery , they resigned , and Sir Robert Peel , the incarnation of the victorious principle , the champion of the country party , and the leader of the conservatives , was once more summoned to form an administration . From the manifestoes which he uttered , and the speeches which he delivered , as , well as . from , the form in which the issue between the two patties went to the . country' it ' oquld not be doubted that Sir Sober ! acceded' to wwer as the avowed ene » y
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of Free ; Trade and , the 7 dec . !« f ? d ( protector of . the Corn Laws ,.,- Strange that h > v , sbonia ? ao soon afterwards take tbe-moslj prominei , ^ i » rt in abolishing the one , 'and . ensuring the . perm , aueni triumph of the . Neither the .. ministry , northe , / pariKement which called it , into . existence ; was ay 'ear 0 fcV whenthe leader of the country party hinise If proposed : a modification of the old Corn Law . 'She principle was carefully and ostentatiously adhered to , buv the general scale of duties from the highest to Huff lowest was reduced . The proposal certaim ' y . essited , the suspicions of , the country gentlemen , and some of them went even so far as to prognosticate what has since happened ; They were , however , reasorajd'intoi
yieldingiwhich they did , trader , tbe belief tint by yielding a little to an obvious , pressure , they would beall the stronger in-their new position . This saved the preraier ; from that odium which he would Otherwise have incurred . ' He was aided not a little , tao > by the pride , of , his followers , many of whom , ah though with wry , faces , ' went with apparent cheerfulness along with himVlest it should be for a moment supposed that they had been betrayed or even taken by surprise . The agitation against CornLaws of all kinds was kept up by the ' / League . " About the close of the session of 1844 , -Sir Robert most positively disclaimed any intentisn-ori the part of ; the government to disturb the settlement of 1842 . , The squires took him at his word—his declaration
indicating what were at the time , ; no doubt , the real views of the government . , . Shortly after the opening of the session of 1845 , the government , with Sir , Robert as its mouthpiece , proposed one of the most sweeping alterations in the tariff of the country that has . ever'been effected . The proposal did not touch the great , question Of tbe com laws , but the country was nevertheless taken by surprise at the boldness and comprehensive character of his measure . Hundreds of articles
were swept from the list of dutiable articles , and hundreds ofimposts , someofthem insignificant , but all of them vexatious , ; sacrificed . In some cases , the duties'were only modified , in others they , were totally repealed . The latter was the case with respect to glass and auctions . This was a . new and a still ruder blow to . the confidence of the country party . jn their , leader ., Thiey novv began to see that they had been duped , and ! had the mortification of seeing thaUheh opponents were aware that they thought no . "' . / ' , "''' ; " '
' Sir Robert was frequently questioned during tbe session as to his intentions with regard to the corn laws . His answer was invariably that it was not in contemplation to interfere with them . The country party had now resolved itself into the Protectionist party , the main object of which was to keep up the price of all agricultural products , by exempting them from foreign competition . ( This parly did not . limit its views to corn , ' and what , confidence , as , regards corn , couid'it be expected to have in aminister . who proposed to admiUo : the disadvantages of competition British , cattle , beef , lard , grease , butter , cheese , & c . ? -Before the famine ,, of . 1845 " , precipitated the crisis which soon afterwards . ensued ,- the breach between Sir Robert Peel and a considerable section of his party was virtually complete . ' " : ¦
The famine , " which occurred in the autumn of that year / opened up a very gloomy prospect for the country ; . The . article of food , ; On which a large part of the United Kingdom almost solely depended , and nearly perished through the influence of . an ua known and mysterious disease . The cereal crops were also short , and the prices of the necessaries of life were high and still tending heavily upwards—a state of things , the evils of which were aggravated by partial and precarious employment for the labouring , classes . It was under these circumstances that the nation was called noon seriously to contemplate the propriety of keeping its ports any . longer almost
hermetically sealed against the admission of foreign grain .: , Lord John Russell , was spending part of the recess at Edinburgh , from whence be indicted his celebrated letter to his . constituents in London , announcing his adhesion to the League . If report speaks truly , Sir Robert Peel had already been a convert to free-trade doctrines ; One morning in December the country was informed tbat tbe Peel cabinet was at an end . Tbe ministers lelt town for Osborne , and returned as private individuals to London . Lord John Russell , now a declared Free Trader and corn-law Repialer , was sent for by the Queen on Sir Robert ' s recommendation .
The point on which the Peel cabinet split was the opening of the ports . Lord Stanley , then secretary for the colonies , headed the opposition , and ministers placed their resignation in the hands of her Majesty . The Whigs did not succeed in forming a government . Personal disputes prevented them from completing their cabinet . After a week spent in vain efforts to reconcile differences , Lord John abandoned the task , and Sir Robert Peel was once more reinstated in the post which , on this occasion , he can scarcely be considered to have quitted .
Speculation was now rife as to the policy which the restored minister would pursue . That he meditated nothing short of the proposal which broke up his cabinet was evident from , the reconstruction which it underwent . Lord Stanley kept aloof , and Mr . Gladstone was elevated to the bead of the colonial department . People were perplexed , however , when they ' saw the Duke of Wellington once more supporting the cabinet , seeing that it was well known that he had sided with Lord Stanley before the dissolution of the previous administration . This was afterwards explained in a characteristic manner by the Duke . For a time , however , it . seemed to enshroud the intentions of the minister in
considerable mystery ; and it was not until shortly after the opening of the session of 1846 , that the country was made fully aware of the principles on which he had reconstructed his cabinet . He then formally announced his intention , not of modifying , hut of entirely repealing , the Corn Laws . From that moment he became the object of unceasing attack , unsparing invective , and bitter reproach from those who complained that he had abused their confidence and betrayed them . ' - The opposition was strong , bitter , and not ill-conducted , but after a protracted discussion ^ the policy of the Premier triumphed in both Houses of'Parliament . The ' Corn Laws were abolished ; and although the instrumentality of one who ; but five years before , had been elevated to
power to . maintain them . Sir Robert was for but a brief time in office aftertbis . A coalition of Whigs ' and Protectionists drove him from power on 4 he Irish Coercion Bill . Lord John Russell was again sent for . From that time down to the occurrence of the fatal accident , which has just terminated in hisdeath . vSir Robert Peel , although hot in power , could scarcely be said to be in opposition . Through all their difficulties he has given a constant support to the Whigs , even when their measures were of a nature akin to the very measure on which , in league with the Protectionists , they had expelled him from power . He , however , delivered his last speech , and gave his last . vote against the foreign policy of the government ; on Friday evening , June 28 th .
Sir Robert Peel has expired at the age of sixtytwo . He occupied a seat in Parliament for fortyone years . He was the master spirit of the house * thoroughly acquainted with all its springs of action , and knowing when and how to touch them . Without . dieing less of a debater , he was more of . the orator than Lord John Russell—his . speeches always evincing a comprehensive grasp of his subject , and a wonderful command of details . Sir R . Peel was married on the 8 th of June , 1820 , to Julia , the youngest daughter of General Sir John Floyd , and had issue five sons and two daughters . One son lias enjoyed diplomatic employment , a second is in the navy , a third in the Scots Fusilier Guards , a fourth occupies a place in parliament . One of Sir Robert ' s daughters was married in July , 1841 , to Viscount Villiers , eldest son of the Earl of Jersey ,
The Commercial Marine Of The United Stat...
The Commercial Marine of the United States . —The extraordinary commercial progress of our country is shown in the following table of tho sum total of our tonnage , with the increase per cent , for four decimal periods : —1818 , 1 , 225 , 284 tons ; 1828 , 1 , 741 , 201 tons , 42 por cent . ; 1838 , 1 , 005 , 089 tons , 15 per cent . ; 1848 , 3 , 154 , 011 tons , 56 per cent . — In thirty years tho tonnage of the United States has increased 100 por cent ., u" ° n what it was in 1818 . Tho first six States , in point of ship building , are presented in their order , as follows i—Maine , 89 , 974 tons ; Now York , 08 , 434 tons ; Massachusetts , 39 , 300 tons ; Pennsylvania , 29 , 033 tons ; Maryland , 17 , 480 : Ohio , 13 , 070 tons . One-third of the
shipbuilding of Pennsylvania is in tho West—8 , 000 tons of New York shipbuilding is on the Lakes . The State Of Ohio , an entire inland State ! is tho sixth in point of ship-building . Tho State of Ohio builds as much tonnage in vessels as all tho States and ports from Cheasepeake Bay to the Rio Grande ; "A lady in Newport , " says the Sivansea Herald , " was expecting , a few mornings since , the appearance of a new servant , whom she had engaged from the country , but in her stead came tho toilowing note : — 'Mrs . M—— , lam very story to Tell you that some of the latter day sents has Ben ; hero this Morning looking foi \ MaTry " and she iagone , to service to them She is gone again my and he ? fathers will . ^ Vh » t wm beoum : ' ofhlir , ^ : ;; . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦" ; . ' £
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. DrnjimOH of DooJUrxssf . —" Robert , my dear /' said Jenny , with the deferential air . of a scholar , "Robert , . what ^ did , Mr ^ Carraways mean when ho saidhe : hated dog—dogmatism ?" . Topps was pvii-2 led .- . '; " ; Robert , mydeari'' Jenny urged , ' / whatwhat inthe ^ world isdogmatism ' ?" .: ' Now it was the weakness . bf r . Topps . never to confess ignorance of anything soever to his wife . '' A man should never doit , ' Topps < had-been known in a convivial moment to deeftire ,. " It makes ' em conceited . " Whereupon Tppps prepared himself , as was his wont , to make a solemn' raSisfyihg- answer . ; Taking off bis hat and smooOhing- . ihe wrinkles of his brow , Topps said , "Humph , ! , what is dogmatism ? Why , it is 1 8111
| & ? owtK" ? ^ S ®^ is pup pyism come to its — Ifejskonly nowiand'fet ? n , says , the- Lhmml Mrcuwi-that anythraa transpires of- the extraordinary jadA' 99 SC 8 . which oooasfenally ; rind their way into jounpost-offiee ; but ? wotSinkthe JollOwinw , which iwas-forwarded to , its- destination lust week . would Jcharnv Jho very shadoof Wordsworth himself p—; "fatte this to Upton—welhybu kner the vhnt- > ; Pbir bnaw John Brim & r-weVl j du ken ? his-face ;; ; -: 'Tis-froflihis brothers-brother by the-law—' And such a chick theey es-ofman ne ' ersaw !! , See-Botfibthe chicks , anfj . by niwtroth ,-ye'll swear That mortal eyes ne ' eplifr on-such a pair Ffrorathia . here worFd' here : to that there-world IH'BRE .
It is said that the fortune of the Rothsdiildsis not less than twenty-nrao-millions four hundred thousand pooads sterling . A few days ago , says tho- I & nda $ Mercury , ns-W . C . Rothery , Esq .,, of Greta-halL , was rambling through the woods at Buttermere ; . he accidently trod upon a large viper , which , ran . uptbis back and ' seized him by the hair of his head ^ . and he had great difficulty in shaking it off . " Ki then , necoiled and sprang at him again , and hissed most firoioualy . To avoid its rage , Miy Rothery was obliged to jump down a precipice of twenty feet , and ia sighting he received great personal injury , and was obliged to be brought home in a conveyance . He is still confined tohis room . A queer genius being asked why he did not go to the funeral of his wife , replied that bo could not leave his'shop , and that" it was always better to attend to business before pleasure . . • •
A shopkeeper once wrote to his sister— '' . Our aged father died yesterday of a large assortment of disorders . " : . . , . " Do too drink hale in America ? " asked a cockney . " No ; we drink thunder and lightning , " said the Yankee . i A woman , charged with being drunk and disorderly , denied the latter offence , urging that " she was too drunk to be disorderly . " • j ' ¦ What a strange thing it is , " remarked a Frenchman , after making the tour of Great Britain , "that youi , should have two hundred different religions ,
and . only one gravy 1 " An Iaisn counsel being questioned by a judge to knoiv "/ or whom he was concerned , " replied , . " I ameoncerned , \ ray lord , for the . plaintiff , but lam employed by the defendant . " . ... An Ibishmas , seeing a vessel very heavily laden , and scarcely above the water ' s edge , exclaimed , " Upon my soul , if the river- was but a bit higher , the ship would go to the bottom . " •< Of- a rich man it was said— "Poor man 1 he toiled day and night until he was forty , to gain his wealthy and he has been watching it ever since for his victuals and clothes . "
: Existence is \ only . really valuable while it is ne , cessavy to some one dear to us . The moment we becomo aware that our death would leave no aching void in a human heart ; the charm of life is gone . Love . —At three years of age wo love our mothers ; at six , our . 'fathers ; at ten , holidays ; at sixteen , dress ; at twenty , our sweethearts ; at twenty-five , our wives ; at forty , our children ; at sixty , ourselves . - .. A True Man . —Who is he ? One who . will not swervo from tho path of duty to gain a-mine of wealth or -x world oi honours . He respects the feelings of all , the rich and the poor , the titled and the humble . He is as careful not to speak an unkind or a harsh word to his servant , as to his lord .
He is as attentive to tho wants of a slave as to a prince . Wherever you meet him he is tho same kind , accommodating , unobtrusive , humble individual . In him are embodied the elements of pure religion . No step is taken which the law of God condemns—no word is spoken that pains the oar of man . Be you like him ; then you will bo prepared to live or die , to serve God on earth or in heaven . Cbapi . —There was in his native village a wealthy Jew , who was seized with a dangerous illness . Seeing . death approach , despite of his physician ' s skill , he bethought him of vowing a vow ; so he solemnly promised tbat , if God would restore him to health , he , on his part , on his recovery , would sell a certain fat beast in his stall , and devote the
proceeds to the Lord * . The man recovered , and in due time appeared before the door of the synagogue driving before him a goodly ox ; and several Jewish butchers , after artistically examining the fine fat boast , asked our convalescent what might bo the price of the ox . " This ox , " replied tho owner "lvalue at two shillings , " ( Isubstitute English money ;) " but this cock , " ho added , ostentatiously exhibiting a chanticleer , " I estimate at twenty pounds . " Tho butchers laughed at him ; they thought he was joking . However , as he gravely persisted that he was in earnest , ono of them , taking him at his word , put down two shillings for the ox . " Softly ,- my good friend , " rejoined the seller , " J have made a vow not to sell the ox
ivithout the cock ; you must buy both , or be content with neither . " Great was tho surprise of the bystanders , who could not conceive what perversity possessed their wealthy neighbour . But tho cock being valued at two shillings , and tho ox for twenty pounds , the bargain was concluded and the money paid . Our worthy Jew now walks up to the Rabbi , cash in hand . " This , " said ho , handin « tho two shillings ; " I devote to the service of tho synagogue , being the price of tho ox , which I had vowed ; and this , ' ¦ placing tho twenty-pounds in his own bosom , "is lawfully mine own , for is it not the price of the cock ?"— " And what did your neighbours say of the transaction ? " Did they not think this rich man an arrant rogue ? " " * Rogue ! " said my
friend , repeating my last words with some amazement , " they considered him a pious and a clever man . " Sharp enough , thought I ; but delicate aboqt exposing my ignorance , I judiciously held my peace . A Western editor requests those of his subscribers who owe him for more than six years' subscription to send him a lock of their hair , so that he may know they are living . . When Milton was blind ho married a shrew . The Duke of Buckingham called her a ' rose . " I am no judge of colours , " replied Milton , " but it may be so , for I feel the thorns daily . " A Paris letter says , " A cure , aged forty-nine , ran away last week with a young girl of a noble family . Another , last week , was kicked out of an
English family for making a disgraceful proposition to a young girl . This happened at Nismes . There is a man living in the-back woods , who , being invited to a New Year ' s dinner , ate so much bear ' s meat , that he went home and hugged his wife—a , thing he had never been guilty of beforo . Boy or Girl . —The following mode was adopted a few years ago in a branch of my family residing in Denbighshire , with tho view of discovering the sex of an infant previous to its birth . As I do not remember to have met with it in other localities , it may , perhaps be an interesting addition to your " Folk Lore . " . An old woman of the village , strongly attached to the family , asked permission to use a harmless charm to learn if tho expected infant would be male or female . Accordingly , she joined the servants at their supper , where sho assisted in clearing a shoulder of mutton of every particle of . meat . She then held the blade-bone to
the Mre until it was scorched , so as to permit her to force , her thumbs through the thin part . Through the holes thus made she-passed a string , and , having knotted the ends together she drove in a nail over the back door , and left the house , giving strict instructionsto the servants to hang the bone up in that place tho last thing at night . Then thoy were carefully to observe who should first enter khat'dooron the following morning , exclusive of tho members of tho household , and the sex , of the child would bo that of the first comer . This rather vexed some of the servants , who wished for a boy , as two or three women came regularly oaeh morning to tho house , and a man was scarcely over seen thero ; but , to their delight , tho first comer on this occasion proved to be a man , and in a few / reeks the old woman ' s reputation was established throughout tho neighbourhood by the by . ; th of a boy . —Notes and Queries .
" It is very , cimious , " said an old gentleman to his friend , " that ' a watch should be perfectly dry , when it . has a running spring inside . " , Great works arc performed , nofchy strength , hat by perseverance . —Dr . Johnson . ¦¦ That woman is despicable who , having cliildjtti , ever feels cnn \\\ , - " llichte . Tiik most use . pol sign painters in the worJpVnre publishers of newspapers—advertise your business in tho papers if you would draw custom . Man was neveu intended to bo idle . Inactivity frustrates the very design of bis creation ; whereas an ao tivo ' lifo is the best guardian of virtue , and the greatest preservative of health .
Dkawino an I . ntehencb . —Mr . Ralph Waldo Emerson , lecturing in New York , set his audience agapoby declaring that " we eat gas , drink gas , tread ongas , and are gas I" " Then it ' s a great shame , ' ? cried a , calculating Yankee , "that gas ia so dear !" "You ark rather lato this morning , William , " said good Mr . RiB 8 withthesuntoalaggardappren > . tic ** , who came at a late hour . « ' Yes , : sir ; but better late than never , ' is an old saying , ? replied Williara , - ; V'Bim never , to'f , * ' lM *!» nMt ' Mi ' - 'M
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an axiom of far more worth , though it niay riot bo so old : ' , ! , '' ii , ;' . v . ; .:. . ' . ' ¦ . ¦; , ';" ¦ ,. ; . ' A " vegetarian" coxvB . vrxo . T has been held in . Sew Yor , k . v Dr . Sylvester Graham and Dr . Wieting had an animated . and not very good tempered discussion . Tho Evening ' . Post says it had supposed " that tho effect bf the . vd ' getablo diet was to make men as meek and gentle as lambs , but it would seem , from the proceedings , that there is somo ot the old Adam left even in brown bread and sweet apples . "
• Cures For The Usculled' - Holloway's Ointment, An Extraordinary Cure Of Scrofula, Or Kino's
• CURES FOR THE USCUllED' - HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT , An Extraordinary Cure of Scrofula , or Kino's
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¦ ¦ . ' Evil' ¦ ' : ' ¦' . . ¦ .-Extract of a letter from Mr , J . II . Alliday , 209 IBgli-3 treet , Cheltenham , dated January 22 nd , 1850 . " . Si » , —My eldest sou , when about three years of age , Wtts afflicted with a glandular swelling in the neck , 'which fjftemshortt ' imo ' broKe-out into an ulcer . An eminent medical man pronounced it as a very bad case of scrofula , andi prescribed for a comiekvaMe time without effect . / The disease tires for years went on gradually , increasing in virulence ,. when besides the-ulcer , in the rievk , another formed ! below the left knee , and a third under the eye ; besides aevoiv otftsrs on the left arm , with a tumour lieUveen the eyes which was expected to breals . During the whole of the tiros-roy suffering boy had received the constant advice of the mestcelci ' rated ' medical' gentlemen at . Cheltenliam , besides bainisftrseveral month ? a * 'the General Hospital
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fjN THE PREVENTION , CURE ... AND \ J General character of SYPHILOS , STUICTUKES . Affections of the PROSTRATE GLAND , VENEREAL and SCORBUTIC ERUPTIONS of theface and body , Meviurial excitement , Ac ., followed by a mild , successful aud eipeditious mode of treatment . Thirty-first edition , '*' Illustrated by Twenty-Six Anatomical Engravings on Steel . New and improved Edition , enlarged to 10 fi pages , just published , pries 2 s . fid ; or by post , direct from the Establishment , 3 s . fid . in postage stamps . " THE SILENT FRIEND , " a Medical Work on Venereal and Syphilitic Diseases , Secondary Spmptoms , Gonorrhea . 4 c , witha PRESCRIPTION FOR THEIR PREVENTION ; physical exhaustion , and decay of the frame , from the effect ?
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 6, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06071850/page/3/
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