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lifting my feet . I tried to do so , but could not , and then my master always beat me . When I did not get enough to eat I was weak and slow in my work , and whenever I did anything they complained of me for being slow , and beat me on the back with a shoe . I was slow because I ¦ wa s ill . I never went out for errands but once , and then my mistress went with me . I told Mrs . Bell the way in which I was treated , but never any one else . I told her
I had not mentioned it to any one before that . I never attempted to run away , because I did not know where to go to . I have often been awoke from my sleep by all three , Mr . and Mrs . Sloane and the young lady ( Louisa Devaux ) . They used to wake me and ask me if I was cold , and , on my telling them I was , they made me get out of bed in the middle of the night , to go and clean the stairs d <* vn . { Greatsensation . ' ) This was in the winter time ; and they would not let me put all my clothes on , because Mrs Sloane said she could not wait for me to do so .
This occurred more than once . " In the course of the afternoon , the depositions having been signed by those witnesses who were present , the alderman was about formally to commit Mr . Sloane to Newgate , when , in accordance with that gentleman ' s request , he said he would remand him to the Compter , in order that he might be brought up next week , and the case perfected in every respect , as well as to afford the defendant an opportunity of giving bail for his appearance at the trial .
Great difficulty was experienced a 3 to how Mr . Sloane should be removed , in safety , as the mob seemed rather to be encreasing , Various expedients were suggested , and a person was despatched to obtain a cab in some part remote from Guildhall , and to drive round by Moorgate-street and Fore-street into Basinghall-street , and then wait at the church , and in . the mean time it was arranged that several policemen were to guard the magistrates' entrance and keep back the crowd from the hall , while Mr . Sloane made a rush into the hall , and effected his escape by the back way to where the cab
¦ was waiting lor him . An officer was sent down to the Compter with instructions to the governor to have the door open , and everything prepared to afford defendant a ready reception on arriving there , The cab door was opened , and Mr . Sloane ( who had only about three yards to go ) , accompanied by Springate , the gaoler , suddenly rushed out and was endeavouring to force his way into the cab , when the mob closed upon them , and had it not been for the able exertions of Mr . Superintendent Hodgson , Mr . Roe , and about a dozen constables , Mr . Sloane would have been torn to pieces by the
exasperated mob . One old woman , in particular , was making most furious lunges at him with an immense umbrella . With great difficulty Mr . Sloane got into the cab , but the crowd all pressed forward , and with such violence , that both the windows of the vehicle were smashed to atoms , and mud , and all kinds of iilth were showered upon him through both windows . Constables escorted the cab , and the driver lashed his horse to try and escape the rabble , but they impeded his way so much that he was unable to proceed at any but a rapid walking pace . Two the windows b
policemen endeavoured to block up y standing on the steps of the cab , but in spite of their exertions the gaoler received a smart blow on the face intended for Mr . Sloane . Shouts and every imaginable expression of disgust and horror wore reiterated by the crowd on the way from the court to the Compter ; and , even when Sloano was safely inside , they lingered outside , hissing and hooting , and calling upon the turnkeys to turn Sloane out among them , and they would give him what he deserved . Six policemen remained in front of the door for some time , as it was feared that it would not be sate to leave the front door guarded only by the gaoler .
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The election of a member for Aylrsbury took place yesterday . From the commencement it was evident that Ho ugh ton had no clmncc against Culvert . The Protestantism of the latter was too strong for his opponent ' s financial reform . At ; the close of the poll the numbers were : —Culvert , . 199 ; lloughton , 107 : Majority , 302 . The Times of this morning says , with reference to the threatened strike on the London and North-Western
llailway , " It npponrs that , the directors of this company have determined not to jjivc way in any respect to the engine-drivers and firemen on th « line . The recent agitation with regard to the apprehended ' strike' will be suppressed as speedily as possible , by giving notice to those men who are not disposed lo conform to the regulations of the company to quit the service . It is stated on good authority that the directors have hud more than ample aa-istanco offered them from the locomotive departments of several railway companies to carry on the Ira Hie in case the strike should be carried into eflect .
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MERRY CHRISTMAS . There is something bright , joyous , and generous in this season of the year , befitting the commemoration of One who came to bring hope to millions , — a gaiety which by a natural tendency of the mind drags graver thoughts into the light of conscience , and invests the season with a peculiar and solemn significance . We live amidst much misery ; and the thought of it obtrudes even upon our festal gaieties , the contrast heightening our perception of it . Thus , by a law of our nature , the greater our enjoyment , the greater our commiseration .
Contrasts enough abound in this great kingdom at this festal time ! The earth is crisp and rigorous with frost ; a keen and biting wind sweeps down from the north , huddling the snow into heaps in corners , under the hedges , and up our very window frames ; and the fiercer the wind , the higher are logs and coals piled upon the hearth in blazing defiance . Chill , bleak , and drear is all withoutwithin how bright , warm , andjoyous !
Look into that noisy room , where gathered families and stedfast friends interchange amenities and good wishes . The wind roars without , the fire is crackling within . A dinner of fine old Christmas cheer—the richest of beef , the tenderest of turkeys , the most cosmopolite of puddings—has been eaten amidst endless jokes , stories , bright glances , and loving wishes . Every one is supremely happy , and the servants are making merry down below . The night is loud with mirth . Not a grave thought overshadows a single face . The youngsters dance , or play at forfeits ; the elders look on , smiling .
and prosperity are massed on one side , while so much poverty and misery thin the myriad ranks of the other . He hopes the disparity will some day cease . Yet this very man will redden with indignation if you propose any scheme for the cessation of that disparity , and fling the word Socialism at you as an anathema . Contrasts enough ! Perhaps the one we have chosen is a violent and exceptional one ; but it will the better illustrate our meaning . We have not drawn the picture from any killjoy malice . We know how much benevolence and charity the season
brings into play . Angels , if they look down upon this earth , must rejoice to see the amount of genuine kindliness which warms human bosoms . It is one of the incalculable blessings of seasons like the present that they necessarily tend to fetch out latent goodness , and awaken men to sympathetic duties often neglected in the turmoil and routine of ordinary life . But why should this benevolence be fugitive in its operation , and restricted to the charity of a day ? If Christmas tend to make us sympathize with the poor , why should not advantage be taken of that sympathy to press
upon the attention of men the cause of the poorso that charity may not content itself with eleemosynary soup , and superfluous shillings , but strive rather to give the poor the charity of Justice ? This will be done . Society is hourly advancing in that direction ; and honest men of every shade of opinion are resolutely assisting it while quarrelling over methods . It is beginning to be more and more of a general conviction that , although Industry be a great thing Humanity is a greater , and that the " arrangements" of the former must yield somewhat of their severity to the requisition of the latter .
Therefore we say let there be a merry Christmas Let eyes sparkle with delight . The more happy countenances we behold the more pitying hearts we shall count . Let there be joyousness and geniality to defeat the rigour of inclement winds , and to defeat the far greater rigour of social selfishness !
Jones stands recumbent against the mantelpiece , portly , bald , and benignant , gazing at the youngsters , while memory , reaching back into the dim past , recals faint grateful images of his childhood and its joys . The recollection makes him happy and not sad . He jingles the loose silver in his capacious pocket quite abstractedly , and forgets his own importance on 'Change . A country dance begins , and he is so far now from sneering at it as frivolous , that he leads Mrs . Smith down the middle and back again with a vigour which elicits unanimous applause .
Music , lights , warmth , happy thoughts , pleasant memories , and genial talk , welcome in the merry Christmas . Now come without ; leave the warm room and its joyousness . Cowering on the stony steps of that very house shivers an outcast with her fretting child—sick with hunger , numbed with cold , reckless with despair , the miserable mother would gladly die were it not for her puling child . What is Christinas to her ? If she has ever heard the name of One who came to preach Good Tidings to the poor , what must she think of that universal Brotherhood preached in his name for eighteen
centuries by men more anxious to glorify themselves with his name than to realize his teachings ? If we say that shivering woman has heard of Christ , what must her thoughts be , as she rocks to and fro upon the icy stones , without food , without friends , without work ? What does she think of those who see her perishing and yet will not interfere with " industry" and its " arrangements , " so as to let her have employment and food ? She sits there till the opening door forces her to rise , and loud leave-takings resound in the passage . Jones passes by to step into his carriage , which rolls
away" And leaves tho world to darkness nncl to her . " Perhaps the benevolent gentleman lias caught a glimpse of her in passing , anil throws her a shilling , with a kind and pitying word , for he would fain see the whole world happy . Me , too , the worthy man , with all his respect for his own position , would gladly see every one else comfortable , and has twinges of cunsntince v / hen he reflects how wealth
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NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY STRIKE . " Strikes" are said to recoil upon the workmen that resort to them ; but we are far from convinced that they are not a necessary resort for the protection of the working classes . We know that public spirit survives in that class more than in any other —that working men often sacrifice their self-interest to the enduring interest of their order ; and , although the employing class may more frequently conquer in each particular dispute , it is yet to be proved that the apprehension of a strike does not
operate as a salutary check upon that "higgling of the market" which is cheapening human labour below the level of subsistence . Thermopylae was fatal to Leonidas and his men , but the Greek nation was saved from the splendid capitalist Xerxes . Very generally siding with the employing class , the press hastens to condemn the threatened strike on the North-Western Railway ; enlarging on the merits of the company as a master liberal in payments and generous in attentions to the moral and material wants of the men , and on the interruption which the strike will afford to the communication ,
public and private , with the north . The company is presumed to be quite reasonable in its demands : — " The requisitions of the men , " says the Times , " as sot forth in their memorial , are reducible to a single demand . The directors of the company have recently substituted for their old contracts with their engincnien a form of engagement which makes a threo months ' notice necessary before quitting the service of the line . The avowed object of this change is to preclude , as far as possible , the contingency of a general strike ; but so considerately was the alteration introduced , that tho new terms were exacted , not from the men already engaged , but only from those coming on service from time to time . In order to obviate all chances of
misconception , the directors distinctly denied any intention of reducing the present rate of wages , and even qualified their terms by a proviso which stipulated that for any bond fide purpose of changing service , unconnected with a combination against the company , the ordinary notice of a fortnight should be deemed sufficient . " But this representation is too favourable to the company . It appears that the company has already
enforced the new agreement on persons already engaged : since men have been " reduced " for refusing to . sign it . The company expressly disclaims any ulterior purpose of lowering wages ; but the terms of the disclaimer are not satisfactory . It is not to be denied that the company is expressly operating against the combination , and under the existing laws which so generally protect and strengthen the capitalists , while they bind and
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The latest advices from Frankfort are of the 2-lth instant , Violent measures of compulsion are Mill being executed in llcssi-. It is . stated that General l ' tuckcr , tho Prussian Commissioner , has protested against these measures . From Munich wo . learn that the Austrian troops are preparing lo evacuate the lJavariun territories . Advices from llerlin , of the »> th instnnt , state that the Cabinets of Prussia and Austria have agreed to propose n . permanent < x < eutive power for the ConfVrter . Hion . Austria and Prussia will jointly undertake the functions of thin oilioo . No mention has been made of territorial changes .
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SATURDAY , DECEMBER 28 , 1850 .
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There is nothing so revolutionary , "because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keep things fixed when all the world is by the very law of its creation in eternal progress . —Dr . Arnold .
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 28, 1850, page 946, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1863/page/10/
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