The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-06-27 00:00:00

LECTURE BY M. LOUIS BLANC.

On Monday evening a lecture was delivered in the
Free-trade Hall, Manchester, by M. Louis Blanc, e'
the "Popular Delusicns and Superstitions in Frefic;
#?,-
during the Eighteenth Century." The lecture iese 1/
very numerously attended, but the lecturer was ;
ceived in the most enthusiastic manner, and listened-
throughout with the most patient attention. Inv"
mencing, he observed, as it might seem rather presur/S W
tuous on the part of a Frenchman to address in
m..'
an English audience, he felt it incumbent upon hire
explain at once how he came to venture on
tu" seehAi
step. He thought no one in the country we'
consider he was capable of winning his beam ,
by compliments, but what he took to be true h;
ue
he had no hesitation in publicly declaring. 111 ,
present state of Europe, owing to the ascendancy of
tt-t,
imperial star on the continent, England was more 0,,
a safe place to political exiles, it was, together with 0'
United States—the last great sanctuary open to the
human mind—it was the land of unfettered? tholigl:c
Let emperors and kings collect all their treasures, Lea
them gather all their armies, so long as Bagt
remained unassailable and unconquerable, all tec;g.
treasures and armies were of no avail against th
relentless enemy of despotism—free speech. (Cheer/;
And this was the reason why every freeman,
whatever country he might belong, was bound to surd
to speak English, as, be it said to the measly"
honour of England, the English language had becetee?
in the nineteenth century, the vernacular of libel.
(Cheers.) Besides, when he made np his mind obe
lectures in this country, he knew that the English Ire:
generously kind, and any foreigner who did his best'
address them in their own tongue—and it was big 1/21;
pression, which ever since the first attempt had bee,
completely justified—that he might confidently an'
himself upon their hospitable indulgence. He prope;
to recur to what an extent the love of the marvelle
was prevalent in France towards the end of the 18,"b
century, that was, strange to say, in an age whose be/it
4
it was to have brought everything with the best "
sober sense. In France, during the greater Pertse
of the 18th century, the only belief which 1r
cousidcred to be worthy of man WAS Totionaliseli
There was not a statement, however accredited, bu
was submitted to the scrutinising test, not a creed but
which was tried by the ordinary maxims of philosoPm.
The French philosophers, carrying along with them tbe
rich and poor, the learned and ignorant, brought °1..,
lamp of intellect into the dimmest corners, into e eu`;
corner, and stared every belief boldly in the face. 1;1
watchword was, "Let us rend the veil." All that Ow
not be explained was overthrown. But the moment care
when reason halted, and a change a's rapid as ;muleels
took place, when the love, of the marvellous succeeded,
Examples were very appropriately introduced,
dencing the truth of the fact that a belief in nothwe
inclines all minds to believe in everything, th st
and --
sometimes absolute scepticism was the very next aplitte
to extreme credulity. The introduction of Mesmer, "m,
delusions of Count St. Germaine and Cagliostre, Weof
then detailed at length, interspersed with incidents
their lives, and anecdotes of the times in which that
lived. The lecturer closed a very powerful and cies:lee-a
address—delivered with much appaient ease and Efe.:ll
pronunciation--by a reference to this revolution
he said convulsed France, shook Europe to its fourvio
tions, let loose every passion, and would for ever rel/a
an object of wonder, pity, and terror. He was 10
cheered on leaving the platform.

PROSPECTS FOR THE 12TH ACM:ST.—The Banf/Illsl
Joicrna/ says :—On the fine and very extensive inae-,,,
in the more inland districts of this county, we 1e3,,1,
,01a
from a correspondent that the prospects for the lath
August have been particularly good, and are" likely `r,
continue so, unless it should prove that some of to
young broods may have received injury from thei, ce„
rains, and particularly by the flood of Tuesday vree'
The young birds appear to be very numerous. Shell;
herds, in going their rounds among the hills, have seti‘e
a great many nests. One has been met with in t
Braes of Glenlivat with no fewer than sixteen eggs'
tradesman, also, in the same district, who occuPielio
croft of land, got a nest within twenty yards of 'll,
garden with four eggs, which he watched nntil
number was increased to eleven. Others have bon se'
with ten eggs, and such like numbers. The young bird,
generally, however, have left the nests a fortnight Ago'
and seem to be all quite " sale and sound."
POISONING BY A " DOCTOR'S" WIPE.--A c--ai
tp o r
poisoning by sulphate of zinc, carelessly dispensed
Epsom salts, has just occurred in Dudley. On Thurs-
day evening last, Mrs. Skinner, the wife of a labourer,:
residing in George-street, went to the shop of "Doctor
Miller (who lately officiated as colliers' secretarl)t
and asked for some Epsom salts. Mr. Miller I'M
from home at the time, but his wife waited upon the
customer, and, reaching down a bottle from one of the
top shelves, which was labelled, we believe, "sulphate
of zinc," she supplied the woman with a quantitY
of the poison, commonly known as white vitriol,
instead of the cooling purgative asked for. The woman,
went home, mixed the poison with some " senna tea,''
and drank off a large quantity of the mixture. In
very short time, as might naturally be expected, she
was seized with all those pains which aro symptomatic
of poisoning by sulphate of zinc. She then complained to
her husband, but he at first laughed at her. Subsequently,
however, in reply to her request, he drank a small quantity
of the mixture, and almost immediately began to vomit.
relief.
He, consequently, became alarmed also, and ran off V;
the surgery of Messrs. Johnson and Horton, when on
was initnediately
wßoOmWatOnn,s)
Mr. ROwt°s
pofatethheedastsoisttahnets
p(ol‘ofrr.
found her suffering from the effect of the poison, Vritli
burning pain in the throat, and severe pains in the
abdominal region. She was cold, exhausted, and almost
pulseless. He administered milk and duce
water to pro
vomiting, and also the approved antidetes, to
treating her with stimulants to revive her. 111.14,1131`°--
tutiate woman was thus removed from-ininifeen."eti°,,e
and was taken to bed. She is, however, still verS ill.
and suffering severely from gastritis, or inflammation °f
the mucous membrane of the stomach. Vine much
comes of careless dispensing.
HOLLOWAY'S PILLS f•l should be irithont ho
r
Pills. Their long 't.ried eftlaemaclyy remoCing
stimulating the bowels, and purifying the blood, hay.giate,er
them imperishable praise throughout the globe. "_,,tortn's
the disease, a few doses will relieve the more urgent spa"' „re
action, r
and thereafter completely control all disordered oe ths
the torpid liver, empty the engorged spleen, clean wood,
obstructed kidnes, assimilate the fod, improYa the
11!_.altbftll
and thereby confer on the brain ando every function
vigour, natural activity, and wholesome regularity.hveieal
of indigestion, dimness of sight, headache, mentarall
lassitude, these restorative Pills act as a charm; f;•".feniale
rheumatism and gout, while they infallibly COrr
complaints in young and old, delicate and roblilltl__A greaterhe
Ninv INVENTION.—TNE NEW FOUNTAIN With---
annoyance than a bad steel pen can hardly be et
recent improve-
difficulty is to get a good one. Amongst tll..eed by Rudhall
ments the new " fountain pen," just introfr
simple but effec-_
and Co. is the best we have ever Peen. Brol ntain, by means ar.
live contrivance the ink is retained in a .13 anethis barrel
a second inverted barrel, above the Irritio,' 'libs! kept perfectl.:
Pe call
can be taken out at any time, Re the
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clean without any chance of being C 0 111 last for five minsle_6,
in this pen is, that one dir in the Inekt; finest description,
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quick writing. The pen itself i 5 4?" din every Ow,
in merchants' offices, banks, and mciee
up to this time. `V
be' found to fill a want felt blr_ ev--;
d„d oneus br Mk T. ",,17;
have tried this splendid pen, net,i,;:° it peifect, and Iv.
South John-street, and °ix t in its favour.
sure all who use it WilrgiVf 3 full verdict

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