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Ekglwto ' b Aid to h » Aluebs . —Within 4 w « l * e months from the commencement of the war she sent over to the Spanish armies ( besides £ 2 , W 0 J ) 00 ) 150 pieces of field artillery , 42 , 000 rounds of ammunition , 200 , 000 muskets , 61 , 000 swords , 7 J 000 Dikes 23 , 000 000 ball c « triW MOOJDOO > Sn fiKj oSffi * " * * ? 5 un P <> wder , 92 , 000 suits of clothing ] obU , oyo&et 8 of accoutrements and ponches , 310 000 ?^ L 6 ho ^ ' 40 te ^ s , 250 , 009 yards of clothr 10-, 000 « etti of camp equipage , 118 , 000 yards of linen , 50 , © 0 fl great coats , 50 , 000 canteen s 50 , 000 haversfcckB , with a variety of other stores , far too numerous to be recspitulated . —J / o * wir * Life of Wellington . J Good Goverkmett . —Poverty is , after all , the great badge , the nover-failing bad ge of slavery . Bare bones and rags are the true marks of the real slave . What is the object of government ! To cau 3 e men to lire happily , which cannet be without a suf . ° T erto 9 »?? P ?* » rmie « ( besides £ 2 , W 0 J ) 00 ) 150
nciency of food and raiment . Good government means a state of things in which the main body are well fed and well clothed . It is the chief business of a . government to take care that one part of the people do not cause the other part to lead miserable lives , . There can be no morality , no virtue , no sincerity , no honesty , amongst a people continually suffering from want ; and it is cruel in the last degree to punish such people , for almost any sort of crime which is , in fact , not crime of the heart—net crime of the perpetrator , but the crime of hia all-controlling necessities . —Cobbett .
Sergeant Hill ' s Absence . — He married Mi = s Medlycott , of Cottingham , in Northamptonshire , a great heiress . On the morning of the day appointed for the wedding , the Sergeant Went down to his chambers as usual , and becoming immersed in business , forgot entirely the engagement he had formed for that morning . The brido waited for him so long that it was feared the canonical hour would elapse before his arrival . A messenger was accordingly despatched to request his immediate attendance . He obeyed the summons , and having become & husband , returned again to business . About dinnertime , his clerk , suspecting that he had forgotten entirely the proceedings of the morning , ventured to recall them to his recollection : fortu ; ately , the Sergeant had at that moment discovered the case for which he had been hunting , and he returned to his house to spend the evening in , anaver cItrIb . **
aiwwt pfParliameni , Mis 8 . Medljoott was empowered to , use herTnJrtden came after : her marriage ; but the Sergeant did not like her exercising this right . He would not allow her to sign her name otherwise than " Elizabeth Hill , " except on important occasions ; always observing , if she made any objection , " My name is Hill , and my father ' s name was Hill and a very good name is Hill , too ! " He survived his wife : After her death , a friend called on him to to condole with him on her loss . He found the Sergeant sitting , looking very sad and disconsolate . At last he said , " So , poor woman , you find she is gone !" " Yes , Sir , I merely called upon you to condole with you upon the melancholy occasion . " "Ay , she is gone ! a very good woman ; a great loss to me , certainly , S ; r . But I'll tell you one thing , Mr . if I should ever be induced to take another wife ' I would not marry merely for money . "—Law and Layovers .
Tribvtb to Soclt . —None maintained in defeat ( says Maxwell in his spirited " Life of the Duke of « ellington , " alluding to vhe celebrated retreat of the French uuder the Duke of Dalmatia ) , a wellwon celebrity better than the Duke of Dalmatia . fcurproed by an enemy he h * d not yet learned to sufficiently respect , he had nothing to depend upon but ihe discipline of hia troops and the ability of his officers ; and in neither , at that moment , was he warranted in reposing truBt . While every Portuguese face he looked upon was unfriendlywhile a vindictive enemy was gathering in his front , and a force he dared not abide was pressing on his rear—a mouatain country before him , over which he must retire—torrents in quick succession—roads all but impassable—his own troops clamorous for a surrender , Soult ' s indomitable courage brought him through . If ever an army owed its salvation to a Ueneral , that of France was indebted for its deliverance tons leader . Baggage , booty , stores , and
artillery , all were recklessly abandoned ; what could not be replaced was only brought away , and the Marshal reached Orense with " nineteen thousand good soldiers . " He w ho had passed the frontier with twenty-six thousand eSosen troops , and sixty pieees of artillery , retired without a gun , but with * a reputation as a stout and able soldier in no wise diminished .
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THE MAID OF WARSAW . -roi , VV ™ ^™^ o . « ,
The maid of Wshbw wept , bereaVd , Beneath a cypress-tree ; She wept upon her lover ' s grave , For Poland's misery . She song , and wept &e burning tear That down her pale cheeks ran , She song how erne ) war severe Had been her country ' s ban . ¦ " You fell , " she sung , " my love that day , When Poland ' s freedom fled . Alaa ! that 1 Ehould live to say The sons of Poland bled . " Thy heroes' flags no longer ware , Thy troop * no-more I see , No more thy trumpets charm the brave With hope of victory .
" My country's fallen , fallen low , Her heroes in exile ! The conquerer spreads the blaze of woe , For Poland ' s luneral pile . "Toy patriots in a foreign land . From friends and kindred tore And cruelty ' s rspacioas hand - Is reeking with their gore . Bark 2 helpless age and widows' erias , Sound Ioo 4 in anguish wild ; B » dr ! twm the maiden ' s scream , that lies fron Poland's foes , defil'd . ' * ' Bat thou art freed my lover dear , For thou art stnik to rest , 33 » grave I water with a tear , Thai presses on thy breast .
* ' It ' s worse than death to be from thee , I cannot bear tbe doom , Alien , ray love , 111 follow thee Into toe silent tomb . " She-g » ve a spring , and sunk below 'The Vistula ' s clew stream ; f ts closing wave contains her woe , " = Beneath its rippling beam . _^ - Sigka . ¦* - ,. ; - - ; . . « r ' ^ - ¦¦ ¦ - ' ¦ / . '• .. "I saw th * wicked ggeuX in power , Spread like >< reea bay tree . "
. - ' Fsala xrtmi .. Sooich rertion ; Xow widt- * ad far tha tyrant ' s power prevails ; , _ Ite . vi&ims share the shameless felon ' s lot ; da air is-pregnant with the piercing wails Of those whose cry for help is heeded not : -UeWTneek-eyed-mercy j ^ j ^ ,. taak forgot , . She cannot flourish iie&th the scorching glare _© f the destroying dsemon , who ; bath smote ~~ And blighted all that ' s beautiful and lair . like a vast u ; as tree of death , it sheds Its with"ring influence o ' er our luckless land , -Jusd dark and broad its baleful shadow spreads As if it might each adverse shock withstand . But it . shall fade and Jail , its doom ' s at hand , A power ' s at work to set the country free ; ' . A Freat they cannot banish , nor command Shall tap the grovih of this destroying tree . W . M'BorALi-
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THE COYENAXTERS . Thsy rais'd the prayer , they sang the hymn , - " Within nor fane , nor hall , Twas by the mountain ' s lonely stream , -- Beneath the forest tall . If o vaalied aisles re-echoed o ' er Tha * heartfelt song of praise , "Twas lengthen'd by the breeze's roar , Form'd by the wild birds" lays . In silken sheen they were not drest , Attird for holy day ; A . shvni-ng corslet mail'd each breast , As if far battle fmv .
. And trusty weapons arm'd each thigh . And firm the steps they trod , ¦ ± & mea prepared to stand or die , Erect before their God . Theymfit » ot at the toll of bell , - From "tower or sainted fane ; Their meeting could no foeman teU , Nor should disturb in vain . Yet , hallow * d places may be found , On Scotland ' s ragged hills , "Where Ml fheee martyi'd baads around . And ^ reanVd their blood in rills .
And when the rocks and hills shall melt , Is earth ' s dissolving hour ; These erimaon'd streams in floods of guilt , Shall on their murd " rers pour—While whining crowns of glory dealt , Be by the martyrs wore . Philip Bevax Kewport , February 4 th , 1840 ,
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f Mfch nr a Najce . —In a parliament appointed to be held at the beginning of this year , but which did tot-meet till the l&h of June , an act was passed , wintlriad b « en suggested more than once ia the eonrsB of thiSxTeign * conferring on Henry and his ¦ weeasoTB tbe title of king of Ireland . This mea-^ re wag adopted in con sequence of a notion said to be prevalent among the natives , that the real dominion « the kingdom of Ireland was rested in the pope ttr the time bezsg ; and that iujto . him the iDUZ of BigUad held the lordship of tha ; realm . It was , jnmlwsjioped that Henry ' s adoption of the royal me would disabuse the Irish chieftains of their f | Kff . and lead them to acknowledge with less
hesi-ICROB his paramount dominion . But there had now cpeued upon ihem a prospect , not merely of mercy , ow of faveurB and honours , at the hands of royalty , Jtich wanted no further inducement to draw them « that direction ; and , throughout the remaining TMn of this reign , little else is left to tb « historian tbu to pass in review the different chiefs who . with * ° JV *? Uvisa generosity , were in the same breath pawonedandKwaid&d . andvine or whose names tali stand memorials of this truly princely policy , - * n ? m g > he most shining and honourable titles of the tosi peerage . In the instance of a wild mountain « tuef , lamed . Tirlogh CTToole , this course of policy «** attended with ^ circumstances not unworthy of &&The
* . sept of the OToolea , whose territories Bordered en the marches of Dublin , had been , to » Beater degree than many even of the more power-Si f ? P . v , SOttr «> of annoyance and terror to the fiBgasn fale . Occupying the mountainous parts of tt » county of W icklow , their only habitations were » ew © od and the morass ; their only for teases , the 2 g > 'f « K «« i mojmuin-pMMs . The reigning *^ however , Tirlogh O'Toole , combined with tht M « o « ty of a border ravager much of that generous ¦ mse of honour by which the rude heroes or chi-* ££ Xf % dlBl ^^ H |; » d , on ne occasion , * hen all the great Insh lords , O'Neill , O'DonneU SSSSfS . "t *? - ^ » P » ed to invade the Mgush Pale , Tirloeh sent word tn th « ) nrA a ~~>~
WttjSeeiBg the principal chiefs were now all wm-• o ^ agamst him , he , Tirlogh , thought it but fair te be on his ade ; but" as soon as the others nade |» ee , then would he alone make war with him . " aha chiTalrooB promise tbe chief faithfully keot-¦ JjMit till ( VDonueU , O'Neill , and oSfffi ¦^ ae ftar submisaou and withdrawn , that Tirioeh ^ ntojn . hol ^ rene wed , fiercely as before , his » M 8 smgmroaa » * u the English borderg . feren to fiaa rode and iKHariesa wmnior , the ooncilUSlrf 211 ^ ^ t he «^ -H > l « 7 *»* dow found f * *** ' Bequesbag a parley- ^ nth the lord denutr & £ & &JP ? & !** t *** 1 EngUad & . bU k
» w «* n , m wiotjb oehjw nearasBsenetoiioaonr and « BWBe to present to him an komble netition fm *** lands to which he laid diiT ^ lS 5 SS £ f Je . krt . deputy acceded to flus requert r « 5 »~ f 101 Y 1 ^ * wentJ ponnds from his own Proe towards hu expenses , and gave him likeww * recommendatorr letter to ibeDuke of Norfolk JSLjT ** * ** " » ily regarded as the warm Stel !^ **! ° , hiah "terests . It waTaJso jested tbit the cast ' e of Powerecourt , which stood 2 ?* a ** £ . of ib * l 2 IldB h 7 ttis chief ; should be gated to him by the king . Tbe Earl of DeSond , » nng * t length confuted to make big subaission SffSt * & l ? P X » d eotmcil that he ^ Si ^ ScSffa ^ taJde
S ^ aidS kLT v ^ P ^ ^ ouldnot fiKf' t ? - ^* bostages whom he sent instead were fesyaanj assails S ? f ?« •* «! pMiiMBem , nor enuring into any ^^ o Orarod respecting the titl e of the earldom J ?« M » nd , it was agreed--aj » t » ? ross-marriage 2 *™^ ke place between th # r jduldren : and each •• tod famself to ih * nthH . W « , f ^ -r ^ '^^ T . !™
Srfe ^ S ! 11160 * ,. P « t «>™ eA Both Sentlefer and ?* SiS ^ ^^ *?»» P « iedDe £ iond to gj ^ had sgfcafoot foi ahondred yean Wore . ^ r « L ^ ^^ - lloeI > i ^ J entertained them . 5 S&' dtirag the few dayg they passed fcTL 5 * . to gpn tadrAle-aad ralnatle counsel for ^ fj « a « tioa of Ireland , at filled these two lords 8 ^ *™ aatjoa ; and , in » letter to the king from Sf ^ WecountiBg ^ transactions just mentioned , *«^^^ ?« 'F < ? '* outlawed Desmond aJgH *! asuad ^ tedly a very wise and discreet nja ^^ A ^ eordingry , without eren waiting the * ^^* S KSSa " * 1 BelBber <^ ^ king ' s
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Coixisg . —Lord Castlereagh made so many new words that Canning called him the luerary coiner . He has got a mint in his mind , " said he . M Mint in Ms mind , " repHed Tierney , " would he had sage in his head I" * Emicbatjo * . —The Sheffield Iris says a large number of weavers are emigrating to Bel gium from iJarnsley , where , it is reperted , they are engaged for a certain period , at good w * £ es . The Queen has agr ^ xf to pay £ 1 , 500 per anron for six years , for the residence of Lord Ingestrie , taken for the Duchess of Kent . w * - ™ * Cost op Railwats . —The total amount of money expended on railways last year , amounts to thi enormous sum of £ 8 , 855 , 4 . 20 .
The Bishop of Norwich has refused orditia'iion to a clergyman in de acon ' s orders , for refusing to bury a child baptised by a Wesleyan Minister , notwithstanding bis advice to the contrary . " I am afraid of the lightning , " mtmnured a pretty woman during a storm . " Well you may , " Bighed her despairing adorer , " when your heart is steel . ' " The latest Barbadoes dates are to tke 11 th ultimo . Ihe small pox continued to spread in Barbadoes , and there had been Beveral fires in plantations , whether wilful or accidental seemed uncertain . The Barbadoes Liberal , a paper friendly to the negroes , intimates a suspicion that they were not accidental . Sir John South has discovered a new comet in the constellation Serpens ; it has very considerable lustre ?• I 6 / 7 9 °° *?™? ° ™ twl f and in the absence of moonlight will be visible to the naked eye .
S ^ aiJtS ^" mih lJ ? 5 ' ' agriculturists , and 15 , 000 , 000 acres of soil , feeds 17 . 0 * 0 , 000 inhabit ^ ; rt / rance ™ th 22 . 000 . 000 cultivators and 40 , 000 , 000 acres of eoU , only feeds double the number , and the quality of French produce ia much inferior to that of England . Ak ApnvB Man . —Lord Brougham arrived at Fans atone o ' clock in the morning , went to bed , got up » t nine , went out at ten , and paid visits till dinner time , dined at the Rocher de Cancale , attended the Opera , thence wtnt to the ball at the Hotel de Ville after which he proceeded to the baJ masque at the ' Opera , and started at five in the moraine for Frejue . Defects 15 Oratory . —Voltaire , speaking of the generality of modern oratnrs , " what they want in depth , they give us in length . "
Lchact . —It has been found , that the encouraging the exercise ef the mental and bodily powers it is the most important of the curative measures which have yet been tried in the treatment of the insane . The World a Mabhocbe . —Delusive ideas are the motives of the greatest part of mankind , and a heated imagination the power by which their actions are incited , the world , in the eye of a philosopher , may be said to be a large madhouse!—Mackenzie .
Geobge the Third ok thb Ekajtcipatiojj Bill . — 1 ahall count any man my personal en « my who proposes asy such measure , the most Jacobinical thing I ever Wd of . » -Z , / , of WilberMoe . Ihpobtajtt to QtfARRiKRs . -Lieiit . Vavnaghen , a German , in the Brazils , has made an important discovery . vu . that sawdast ( articuIarl y of softwood ZXLSS ^ P ™^' , k «*»! Par ts , has thriS np ^ Scks P ° wdex » tane , when used in blowing ar ^^ H ^ T ^ f 0 Uses m ° f ancient origin : they SSf ti £ » R ; i Kpli' j 5 S ^ &T £ ^ ~ Jh ^ - »> , Iegl 4 ar aewsPapeM are published , «** 'P ^* P ttJ extensive circulation f and pe-ThSS i J ^ T ^> ^^ £ to o ^ ratiol . it . fLT ?™ ^ kselling and publishing houses in Athens , alone ; from whence various new works lSSU&a
temin » tioii of Batching the eggs of all the rare teds by means of the Iccaleofion , instead of intrusong them to the caprice of the parent , as in the latter case they hare generally failed / t . J , ^ f Ti ?^ *' V ** 0 * who accnsed tie Irish nation with being the most unpolished in the world , was answered mildly by an Irish gentleman , " that it ought to be otherwise , for the Irish met hard rubs enough to polish any nation on the face of theearth . " ¦^ . } ) mz : a W * onoe bronRht up before the mafl ! £ fk- I . m * Ijyin « si * wives . The magistrate asked him " how he eonld be so hardened a vfllain !" tfiZtSSEP * ' " " Paddy >" 2 TO tr ^
Powkb op Steam . —The greatest load lifted by any . en gine new at work in this country , was by one a * o-consohdated mines , which raised a l o ad of 9 , 00 Oibs . every double stroke it made , and did this ninetimes a minute , amounting to 567 , 0-22 tons , lifted 7 it . « in . in twenty-four hours ; and this astonishing machine eould be started , stopped , or regulated , by a little ho j .-Mechanic' Mag ^ dne , «««««> , Pobis . —There are five tbonsand and twentythwe poets in the United States . Of these , ninetyfour are in the state priEona , five hundred and eleven in tho lunatie asylums , and two hundred and eight m the debtors' prisow . —Nob TvkMernv > 3 Hmld . -
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_ MIDDLESEX COURT OF REQUESTS ^ Law and Eqcttt . —Some persons there are—and they alwayB take care to Batisfy their own consciences in such little matters—who are extremely careful to have " tbe law on their sides . " These are persons who never , not even by accident , travel oat of their favourite province into humanity ; like Shylock , all they care about is " eatching you upon the hip , " not that they have " any grudge to feed fat upon . It is their " humour" to be sharp and legal , and if you were to talk to them with more moving eloquence than ever yet flowed from mortal lips , tbe only response you would get would be , " I shall abide by the law . " Thev are the pikes and Bharks of human nature , with this difference—not in their favour—they prey upon their own kind , whether they be " a hungered" or not ; it ia their vocation rlsl I . Lawamd EQcrrr .-Some persons there are-mnd
One of this " exact" class , a linen draper , was summoned before Mr . Commissioner Dubois , by an assistant , " who , however , very hone » tly called himself the defendant ' s servant , for £ 1 19 s . lid ., under the following circumstances : — The plaintiff stated that he entered into the defendant ' s service as shopman on Monday , the 9 th January , and the agreement was that he should have £ 30 per annum . On the Wednesday following ( the 8 th ) the defendant called him into the countinghouse , and said it was necessary that he ( plaintiff ) should conform to the rules of the " house , the said rules requiring neither more or Ie 33 than he should sign an agreement that he should neither give nor have warning . This agreement he signed , and , in half an hour after , the defendant told him he
could dispense with his services—that he might go . A Juror—And , of course , he gave you a month ' s wsges ! Plaintiff—Oh , no , Sir ; he offered me only two days and a half . Mr . Commissioner Dubois—This was sharp practice , indeed ; but , ho doubt ( addressing tbe defenddant ) , you felt yourself fully justified in the coutse you took ! Defendant ( confidently)—Oh , of course . I had a legal right to turn him away at a minute , at a moment ' s notice . He had ( tossing up hishfad ) signed an agreement to that effect . Plaintiff—Certainly I did , but it waBmthehofcfr that I should keep my situation . - ' -vDeftadSnTTWHsing h » hands )—It was Vottroi »» act ; yocfte old enough to judge for yourself , I shoula think .
Mr . Commissioner Dubois—But not old enough ftrf you , it would appear . Defendant Cooking about him royther pompously ) —Oh , I ' ve nothing to say to any such remarks— -mo character ' s we ll known , and I dare say as good as other people ' b . Mr . Commissioner Dubois—No doubt , and this legal ingenuity of yours cannot fail to give fresh lustre to your notoriety . But I ' m afraid it will hardly add to your professional character . The defendant stared impudently at the good-tempered Commissioner , and exclaimed " Indeed ! How will the plaintiff get over this ! " exhibiting the agreement , signed by the plaintiff . a This would carry the case against him in any court of law in the country I should think . "
" Perhaps you are right , " said Mr . Commissioner Dubois , smiling . " And I ' ve not only law in my favour , " proceeded the defendant , " but I ' ve custom too . " " That may also be true , " said Mr . Commissioner Dubois ; "but there is something else necessary here " " Indeed 1 " said the defendant , " Pray what may * A a / be , Sir ! " Equity , Sir , " answered the Commissioner . Defendant—I know nothing about equity . I come here to « et law .
Mr . Commissioner Dubois—But well five you what you did not come here to get . A Juror said the conduct of the defendant was an evident juggle . Defendant ( insolently)—As to juggling , I don't know what you mean . He might have refused to sign the agreement . Mr . Commissioner Dubois—And you would have instantly turned him away . Why did you not propose such an agreement the first day he came to you . Defendant—Oh 5 I forgot it . Mr . Commissioner Dubois—And you thought of it just as you wished to turn him away . Defendant—No , I didn ' t . I hadn't the least idea of giving him warning when he signed the agree ment .
Mr . Commissioner—No ; yon thought of it only about half an-hour after . Defendant—But it ' s my custom neither to give nor take notice . Mr . Commissioner—Then well depart from such a custom for ouce . We'll make a new custom for you . The Jury , after strongly animadverting upon the defendant ' s conduct , found a verdict for the plaintiff , to the amount claimed . Defendant { passionately)—You ' ve decified against &H law ' -. JDepotid upon . it ,. Si tlf ^ ixes ^ D ^ a ^ GA missioner ) I'll appeal . :. ~ 5 * 7 Mr . Commissioner Dubois—No , that yoa wiUftof : Def «« 4 ant ( in " a greater passion)—I'll appeal , itt spend £ 50 . ^ , . - ' Mr . Commissioner" DiiBofs—T " tell youi ^ at ^^ tftj will not . Defendaufrrr-I will ; if I don't 111 be !
Mr . Cemmissioner Dubois—I tell you , once more that- Defendant ( who had now got in a rage)—Why , Sir ! Why , Sir ! Why , Sir , won't I appeal ! Mr . Commissioner Dubois—SeeauBe you cannot \ there is no appeal from this Court . Defendant—Then I'll go to prison . A Juror—Upon my word I wish you may keep your word . The defendant then left the Court in a towering rage , declaring by all that was good that the worthy Commissioner had decided contrary to law , and that he would take counsel ' s opinion .
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vij ^ M ^ Commieaioner i having patiently if ^ -. S 00116 ! ' * * said he wai Borrf he & 5 ld *?» ° * lu forhim . Mrs . RulIedgehad » per-X ^ * ° Iet ^ apwtmenta to anybody she Slooney—But how can I work agin a man as pays W' - M . a-week , whilel pays 4 s . 3 d t Tve / hoffered to give up theftont parlour , if bo be aB he'll let me have tbe cellar * * : - Mrs . Rulledge said she could ' nt think of such a tiling . . ,- ¦ ¦ , *' 4 ^ £ . *»»<* the unfortunate defendant , onoe mare jhakinghiB head , "it ' s werry dear to me as you mterduced that there feller into the cellar to take a hard bit o' bread out o' my mouth . It ' s all over the street , your wordahip ( addressing the commissioner ) , as she b a going to have him ( marry him . ) I see now it is . " "SK ?' jffli °° J * . ^ . J ** & >_ . ™ » *> rry he
Mrs . Rolledge blushed up to the eyea , and , by her silence , evidently owned the soft impeachment . Peter was ordered to pay the £ 1 193 . at 4 s . per month . " Never ! " said Peter ! " not if I dies in pri ? on . No wagg erbun in a cellar shan ' t have no money out o ' me . " ¦
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Friday , Feb . 14 . The ilarqulsbf Lanudowne presented a petition ( similatto olMrpiwnnteft oa a former evening to the House ^ jpqrthij ^ hij rtfcg ?^^ % 3 * jm& # * &&& «* I * 4 i » , ^ aariag tt » adopte «| C « eis *« a . JO ^ iedy the eemnwrciar disuDlli ^ tiea WflA afltotTO * H > 0 ptil 6 ttai . These disabilities ffl ^ t- in the present state » f tiw- sugar duUea , and in tha duties oti * spirit * . Th » petition likewise praye ? for a protecting duty to encourage the cultivation 6 t Assam tea . Lord Lansdowne observed , that , though he was not prepared witk any proposition on the part of the Government , he considered the representations of the petition deserving of tho most serious consideration . - The petition , at the request of his Loriebip , was read at length by the clerk at the table .
Lord Ellenborongh thought that the petition being so important , ought to be referred to a select cpmmiUe * India , not being represented in Parliament , is entirely at the mercy of the British Legislature . Lord Melbourne , without any introductory speech , as he did not anticipate any opposition , moved an address to the Queen , congratulating liei Majesty on ihe happy event of her nuptials . The Earl of Aberdeen seeoB 4 pd the motion . The Marquis of Londonderry warmly supported the address . The address having been adopted .
Lord Melbourne then moved , " That a message be sent fromthi 8 House to congratulate his Royal Highness Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotha on the solemnisaj ^ on of bis marriage . ' Lord Melbourne also moved , " That a message be sent to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent , congratulating her upon an event so deeply interesting to her , and . of so much importance to her Majesty ' s subjeirts . " Tha Lord President ( the Marquis of Lansdowne ) and the Marquis of Anglesea were directed to deliver the necessary messages .
The Prisons' Act Amendment Bill having passed through committee , their Lordships adjourned till Monday .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS—Friday , Feb . U . After the presentation « f many petitions on a great variety of subjects , Mr . Leader stated that on Tuesday he sheuld bring forward , his motion , previously deferred , regarding Frost , ic . Mr . Hume said that on Monday ht should put a question regarding the dethronement of tbe Rajah of Satara . He then . inquired whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer could name the day pa which be oeuld name the day on which he would bring forward his motion for the select committee oh banking , dec
Tbe Chancellor of the Exchequer answered , that he could not now name th * day , but he hoped t « be able to do soinext 5 ^ eelt ;; Mr- Pakintgtoaaaied whether there waa likely to be iBteafei ^ S ^ jffiW ^ e ^ ' union" of theCauadas ; and whether there wmanJJruih in the rumoured resignation of ( JovemdrXrthur 1 Lord J . Russell « id that a bill on the subject wai expected—that it would be considered by the Government , and that he . expected then to have to present the _ biU to thathoose . Am .. to Oevernor Arthur ' s resignation , he bad not ' received any intimation that it bad taken place , or that there was any intention to resign ; but as that officer h > d not good heath he did not know what might be contemplated .
Lord J . Russell moved an address so the Queen , and message * to Prince" Albert and the Duchess of Kent , similar to tho proceedings in the House of Lords . 8 lr & ?•») seconded the address , after which tbe motions were agreed to . Lord Morpeth moved the second reading ef tbe Municipal Corporations , Ireland , Bill . S | r B . Inglil oppoied it , and proposed as an amendment , which wa » seconded by Mr . Litton , that it be read a second ttm * . ' / this day six months . " tet . Shaw and Ifr . Sergeant Jackson , however , were for the btyl going inW committee , considering that this queitton eught to be set at rest , and that in the cemndtlea there could be introduced into the bill such safeguards-ss aie absolutely requisite for the protection ofTrotestantintewBtBia Ireland . The House eTeittually divided , and the second reading waa carried by ayes , 140 inoe * , It , Die of
Mr . Labouohere rn ^ ved second readlne tb « FJetnr Importation ( Iitotand ) BilL Mr . Emerson T « waent opposed it , and moved as an amendmeat t&al tfo secwd reading U teat day six month * . Considerable dls « MBjon th * re » pon arofle . Tbe House ^ ventaally divided ; tbe numbers were for tbe second nadiag B » w , 154 ; againat it , lo »—majority , 52 . Tbe bin *( a » aosordlnglj read ttie second time . .., r ; .: ; , ' ¦ ¦¦'¦''¦ . ¦ The Tithe CommutatiMt Act Amendment Bill went through committee ; ( and the Transfer « f Aid * BUI was read the third time « nd passed .
, Mr . Alderman Thomson moved n neolutiea deekratory that " tbe autberi ^^ f the Heuse having been vindicated , it was tbe opteioiL •* the Houm that ite dignity and privilege would be best maintained by the immediate di * ccarg » at William Evans , Esq ., oat of the custody of tbe j » Mgonnt- » t-A » ma . " He thought that sufficient bad btca d »» U r ^ Hmt * tU privSegei ftbeUooBe .
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Lord J . Rossell opposed the motion ; «¦* after some discussion the House divided on it The numbers were , ayes 76 , noes 149—majority against it , 73 . Sir EL Sugden then moved , but without intending to take the sens * of the House on it , that the erder of the House , directing the sheriff to repay the sum of £ 640 to Messrs . Hansard , be rescinded ; and it was negatived without a division . Mr . Law deferred till Monday his motion for calling the attention of the Hoase to the petition of the Lord Mayor , Aldermen , and Commeas of the city of London , " for Uberation of the Sheriff of Middlesex . " Mr . Godson gave notice that , on Monday , be should move the liberation of such sheriff . A new writ was ordered for Morpoth , in the room of Lord Leveson , who had accepted the stewardship of the ( Jhiltern Hundreds , after which the House adjourned tiU Monday . ^ some discussion the House divided on it . ^ h «
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m ---- ———» LmERAUTT op thk LiBBRAts . —Mr . Tnffnell has commenced a system of persecution in this borough well worthy of himself , and illHstrative of the Bystem of which he is the supporter . Because Mr . Colman , printer of this town , than whom a more respectable and honourable tradesman there is not m the borough , voted for Mr . Dawson , in opposition to the Government nominee , all the work of the ordnance department , which he has executed for a senes of years , has been taken from him and transferred to an obscure tradesman , whose only recommendation is his Radicalism . We understand , also , that the highly respectable firm of Foot aad Sou , solicitors , have paid the price for the possession of conscientious feelings . For upwards of half a century the legal business of the ordnance has been
intrusted to that firm , and it is freely acknowledged that it has been transacted in a manner perfectly satisfactory to the country . Messrs . Foot have now , it is said , been deprived ef it because they entertain Conservative principles , stad it has been eonterred on Mr . Richard B . Oram , f h » , boing merely a conveyancer , and not a Bolicitdr , cannot himself legally perform it , and will be obliged to do it by deputy . Let us hear no more of the profligacy of Toryism : the Tories in their most palmy days never perpetrated a job so corrupt . Such «» act is » complete jn « tinca . tion to the charge of exclusive dealing which has Seen : brought against the Conservative * of this borough by . certain parties whose pleasure and toil it ia to throw filth at their honest neighbours . — West of England Conservative .
Thp Peivilegb QirEsnoN . —The writ of inquiry in the new action of Stockdale against Hansard , to prevent the singing and sealing of which a motion waa made in the House ef Commons on Thursday night by Sir Matthew Wood , was issued on Friday . Thursday is , we understand , the day appointed for the execution of the writ at the office of the Sheriff of Middlesex . Mr . Stockdale has laid his damages at £ 50 , 000 . A writ of summons ( the commencement of an action ) was also issued on Friday morning from the Court of Queen ' s Bench against Ralph Allen Gossett , son of the Sergeant-at-Arms , Charles Stein , William Be llamy , and John Leach , messengers of the House of Commons , at the suit of Burton Howard , gentleman ( Mr . Stockdale ' a attorney ) , for entering the plaintiff ' s house on the 4 th instant , under the authority of a search warrant , signed by the speaker , and remaining there from half-past six unt il one o ' clock .
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In the year of our Lord 1840 , the generally peaceful town of Killaway , in the West of England , was thrown into a state of feverish excitement , on account of a most important trial , which had been removed to that quarter in order to obtain a fair and impartial decision . The Government , zealous in the preservation of peace , had long had their eye on the offender , and at length had pounced upon him , catching him in the very act .
A Special Commission , issued and Justice Shallow accompanied by Baron Bottlenose , entered the town in great pomp and glory . They took their Baatsthe Counsel bustled about and took theirs—the crowded Court was hushed , and the prisoner was placed at the bar . He was a genteel looking young man , with a flat nose , and a villainous squint ; his hair waa brushed back from his forehead with what is called a Brutus wave ; he was dressed in whitebaker ' s-clotheB , and had a frank , i ngenuous air about him that fascinated the ladies , and even moved the more hardened sex .
After silence had been proclaimed , the indictment was read , wherein was set forth how the prisoner , instigated by the Devil , and not having the fear of otker things before his eyes , had * a one fine fmffan gr cried . - out .. " isaked tatnra all not , " ajiat u baked potatoes quite heated , " contrary lo ^ tho- * fce » © f ^ M » lieg . Lady ihe Queen , and against the statute . 2 nd of Victoria , commonly known aa the New Police Act , and thewfow thaihe was guilty of High treason ! The prisoner , with a hoarse voice , as if he had caught cold , pleaded " Not Guilty . "
Sir Jack Neclc-or-Notbing—the Attorney-General , rose and said—" May it please your Lordship and ' Gentlemen of the Jury , many a trial as 1 have been engaged in—many a time as I have had the pleasure of addressing you , I may say , and I do say with pure sincerity of heart , that never did I rise nnder feelings of greater anxiety—of more poignant auspenBe , than oh this present momentous occasion . When I consider the Vast—the boundless importance of the case before us—when I regard its causes and its -results , I feellost in the immensity of my view—bewildered in the limitless space of crime
and misery nearly inflicted by that man . Gentlemen , let me remind you that this is no eommon case of assault , no puny charge of larceny , no trifling accusation by one subject against another ; but it is the majesty of these realms arrayed against one who has broken the peace and hU allegiance—who has violated every duty , natural , human , and divine . In one werd , he is a traitor ! a traitor ! Gentlemen ! In one word , he has committed treason!—and what is treason ! Gentlemen , treason is—is—in fact , it is treason . " Baron Bottlenoee bowed assent . M The prisoner has for
some time disturbed the peace of this kingdom by crying out « baked taturs , aU hot , ' and carrying about a tin instrument , steaming away , in order to frighten the people of this country . He sold the aforesaid potatoes in and about Somersetshire—all which I shiUbe able to prove most indisputably , most , surely , most unanswerably . First , he violated the New Police Act—for by section 54 , clause 14 , of that glorious second Magna Charta , 'No person shall blow any horn , or nse any other noisy instrw mnt : ' i Now what do these word * mean ! If they mean akything , ib , ey mean the tongue!—the most
noisy of » U instrument * ,. which the prisoner has applied to the , basest of purposes , and to the most ruffianly of deeds . Of this aforesaid tongue it has been truly observed that' it is a little member , and boasteth great things—that it is a fire—a world of iniquity ! ' Thus , then , he broke the peace . frightened two old women into fits , and scalded a baby ' s face with the steam . Now , what says Oat infallible authority , Lord Brougham 1 'If any one commit an offence against social peace and order—this is treason V Ergo , the prisoner has committed treason . What says that respected
and revered oraele of truth , the Timet journal : — "All acts in any way against tbe Tories and the Church are treasonable . " Now , I can shew that one old lady frightened into fits was of Tory principles , and also that one man having e ^ en of the prisoner ' s potatoes , was seized with so dreadful an attack of indigestion , aB not to be able to attend church the next Sunday . Thus , then , again he is guilty of treason 1 But tbe prisoner , may insist en ray proving an overt or open act 1 Gentlemen , this ia a foolish old doctrine , quiteworn out new-a-days ; but I cariahowplainlythat heopenmihistineanwhen
ever he sold ft potatoe , that the purchaser eperudhia mouth whene ver he . ate it , and that the prisoner had an opmti ingenuous way with him . If this be not a sufficient open or overt act , I don't know what isthat ' s all . Gentlemen , see Humbug ' s Reports , vol . 666 , page 5 , 899 , for a more particular account of vert acts . If any more proofs are reqnired , Gentlemen , allow metodirectyonr attention to the drtumstaaHaJ evidence , which is of the strongest nature . In the first place , observe , the prisoner sold potatoes , and these roots grew most plentifully in that rebellious country , Ireland ! Secondly . —His hair has the Brohu ware , and what eould b « more conclusive of his
treasonable intentions ! . Gentlemen , I shall now for the present eoaekde , tot hrtetd , tm uj reply , to address ye « at tm « k
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greater lengffi . I * eg-I fiaplow of you , as jtii value the saewd iwtitotion * of ibis wnnfry-as yoa reyere «* ial peace and domestic order } I de beSeed | of yon , let not this intn escape the sword of justioii but doom him to that death , which our law awards to a traitor and a villain , who has breten his aDogiance , and struck at the dearest iaterestsofhi * country and his countrymen . " Tho Henourable and Learned Gentleman reeumfid ^ TV" ^ - } . ***~ l ** Plo « of you , w ytfa
bis seat with great self-complaeency , and was about to call witnesses , wh « n the prisoner , who not having a thousand pounds at hand , was compelled to defeM himself , objected that the list of witnesses had not been delivered to him according to the words of the statute " at least ten days before the trial , " bu » after some discussion , the learned Judges decided thai the plain interpretation of these words was " at least twenty dayB before trial . " The criminal next
objected that the New Police Act extended only "fifteen miles" round London ; but on reference *© Joe Miller ' s Reports , vol . lx . p . 999 , it was decided that these words might be construed into " one ) hundred and fifty miles ; " because , as the Learned Judges shrewdly remarked , " we are bound to add nothing to the words of a penal statute . We , therefore , take the number 15 and add nought ( 0 ) to it , which makes 150 . " Thus the prisoner ' s de > murrers were ably over-ruled , and witnesses w ^ f called , who proved , beyond a doubt , that he soli potatoes , that he eried out "baked UturriU hot , ' * ( thus murdering the Queen ' s English , as well asf in ^ - tending to murder her subjects ) , that he . had disturbed social peace , and , in short , committed : whftt
is generally supposed to be , treason . The prisoner made an eloquent appeal to the jury , showing thai potatoes enter into the composition of bread , whichit " th ^ steffoflife' ^ 'thattheyformaKweablecompaniwii to » Ba . t , * e . ; * nd wfiether maBbed , boiled , ^ r baked , that they iajure no one . He admitted tbj # he had exercised his lungs , but not half so tediously or so uselessly as the Attorney-General ; and concluded with a noble peroration . " If , Gentlemen , ' * he cried , "to sell the nourishment of life be treason , I am ft traitor , and I glory in my title : if men are thus to be destroyed by a mockery to justice sjad an insult to reason , why then—then even the ^« jp K eyes of a potato will be lit up with indignatidi ^ and its spreading greon top will fadeaway for rerf shame . " .
The Attorney-General replied for some hours . The Chief Justice summed np the evidence « ni , sensibly concluded by observing that if the Jury ~ knew the man was innocent , they would acquit him j but if , on tho other hand , they knew he was guilty ' , they would say so at onee . ' -. The Jury consulted among themselves ; one wished to know whether they were trying a eivil action for dtbt , and the others said they believed that to hi the case . One desired to learn what treftsom meant , and the others expressed a similar
yearning for useful knowledge , but all agreed thai they had better say "Guilty" to say * trouble , and in order to see a maa hung . They , therefore , said «• guilty . "—luckily not being obliged to say of what offence—as a division of opinion prevailed on that subject , one thinking tt a debt owing for the purchase of potatoes , another supposing it to befor a trespass on a potato bed , and the rest having some confused notions about potatoes , . police acts , breach of peace , and instigation of tho Devil . The Judge sentenced the prisoner to death
in a very kind and considerate way , telling him thai he was a great ruffian , dnwonhy to live , and therefore had better mend his ways , allowing for ref pentance , mending , and reformation , two days , at the expiration ^ of which time he was to be hun& drawn , and quartered . The Sovereign , howeter ^ mercifully pardoned him ; that is , only hung him , and remitted the agreeable operation of dismembering . Law , Equity , Justiee , and Mercy for erer !
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Mr DiAB FmehdV-I& the Star of last Saturday I fiad . the following flattering announcement : ~ " TBstiHbjfT OP Bbspbct . —The Radicals pf Om * - leon bav * . « afiered . lnto » subscription for the purpose ) of puwhasmg » piece of plate , as a mark of their esti mation of the untiring zeal and almost superhuman exertion * of Mr .- O'Connor in th * case of ihe Wetih patriots . "
Allow me to thank ' yon , sincerely , for your kind consideration ; while , at the same time , I hasten , re > repestfully , but unalterablyj to decline your generous offer . I started in publie life , with a firm dete * r mination that every act of mine should bear the ) strictest ssrutiny . InmyreTiew of public men , I hate diseorered that their errors were rather pror moted by ever indulgence and want of eensorsbipj thaa from any innate baseness , or a desire to da wrong . I feei oonrinoed that no man eter entered upon publie life , with ft more sincere dero ? tiou to the sause of liberty than Daniel
O'ConneU ; and I also feel that the over indulgence of the Irish people , added to the want of proper censorship , rather than any vice in that gentleman * has been the cause . of his folly and ef Ireland ' s debasement . When the first step in Tenality is taken ^ who wi ll , who can , prescribe limits to the polUician * ambition ! When you ask to purchase me , you seem forgetful that any service subsequently rendered would be ascribed to the expectation of further , favours—wonld narrow my sphere of usefulDessand would , without your immediate knowledge ; plant the seeds of the demon , Suspicion , in your /
hearts . When a politician takes the first peony , he > becomes as mere a shopkeeper as the Tender of any other commodity , and is sure U make stock of the most profitable goods . If Whiggery , is more profitable than Rsdioalieaj , he aban ^ dons the latter , and famishes himself with ' the former ; to which he adheres till a mtabi opportunity presents itself for the advocacy of Toryf or any other principles ^ I t old my oonstituents in 1832 , that I ney « would aoeept of place , pension , or emolument from any Govcenment that ruled the destinies of Iftland in a foreign land ; that is , that I of
was not to be ^ wrohased from the advocacy tho Repeal of the Union . That pledge I hare kept . I have boasted th ** I never received a farthing , directly , nor indireofty , for any poor service thai I may have l > een able to render the cause of th ^ Oppressed aad virtuous millions . . I have sworn not to do it . That pledge I hare also kept . I now repeat it . Would you , then , deprive me of tha only consolation which bears me up , and sustains me in my many trials ! Are you dissatisfied with my unpaid , with my unpurchaseable exertions ! and Would you turn unbought devotion into hired adtoeacy ? When ft man
de-- rives his revenue from poverty , his aim must be to preserve that state of things , for the removal of which he merely professes to contend , and from ft eontinuanee of which he draws his resources . So jealous am I of a honest man ' s name , that I have long" since irrevocably made op my mind- to abandon pnblio life for ever , the moment . o » r efforts for freedom «* e crowned with success . Aad when I onoe more return to my plough , the only reward which I . desire in my retirement , is the con-Eoling vefleetioa ihat I had some sbarV in your trans ^ rmsiion foem absolute bondage to rational freedom .
My friends , in eonelusiott , tiien , I thank jo ** but respectfullj decline your offer . If you gave me sA the rkbes of the world * , I eould not be more sin * oerely devoted to your cause ; while the reflection , that my services were hired might subjugate my judgment to my zeal , - thereby making yon an mprofitable return for my wages . I haT * « o pride equal to that of subsexibHi myself Yov&ithful fr iend , And unpaid serrui , FEABGUS O'COKKtR . I *** , FeVtttiLlStt .
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The Advantages op Liviks ik a Cbixab . — Living in a cellar approximates , it must be confessed , to a very primitive mode cf existence . u The most original people in the world , " the Arabs , dig holes in the ground , which they inhabit , provided always that they cannot find a sarcophagus or mummy pit in which conveniently to take up their abode . They are fond of their " mother earth , - " and it must De a gratification lo those who are low in the world , " in this our " artificial state of society , " to be able to cite such ancieDt authority for dwelling on , ot rather in , the ground flour . Such an abode has its advantages too , as the case of Peter Slocney evidences .
The said Peter was summoned by one Mr « . Rnlledge , his landlady , for £ 1 19 a . Ud . ( reduced from a debt of £ 3 15 s ., ) for the rent of a front parlour . Peter ' s craft and circumstances are set forth accurately in vhe linesu A cobbler there was who lived in a stall That served him for kitchen , " < Scc . " I ' ve teld Mr . Slooney as good as fifty times , " said Mrs . RuHedge , " that he might go , goods and all ; but he will bide in my house . " Slooney shook his head " very wilfully" at his
landlady ; but his grievances , if he had any , seemed to * weighty for him . M Why don ' t you accept this liberal offer , Mr . Slooney ! " said the commissioner ; "the plaintiff can take your goods ; and her wish to let you off without paying you rent is verj kind of her . " " Kind on her ! " exclaimed the little lapstone , thrusting his head fortvard , and staring like an astonished calf . " Tako my goods 1 Why , her peace o' mind would ' nt let her . I ' m » ruinated tradesman , through ihis here wile ooman and that there hundarminine waggerbun as lives in the cellar . "
" Oh you ungrateful villain ! " shrieked Mrs . Rulledge , grinding her teeth at him . ' Don ' t let her come at me , " cried the defendant , shuffling away from his landlady , who was ** tall and straight ; " and , looking imploringly at the officer of the court— " Don ' t , don t , " said he , giving his head a fearful shake , as his Amazonian opponent drew back from an apparent onslaught upon him . " Proceed , Mr . Slooney , " said the Commissioner . Slooney proceeded to unburden himself of his grievances , ever and anon giving a suspicious glance at his formidable landlady . His was certainly a
hard case . About two years since he had fixed upon the house of the plaintiff as one in which he was likely to " get a good bit o' trade , " and after waiting anxiously for two or three months , he was fortunate enough to find tbe front parlour empty . He seized tbe desirable apartment with avidity , and tnsialling himself in it , leather , lapetones , and all , commenced business . In a very short time trade flourished with him ; his connection grew numerous and respectable , and he was thinking of taking an apprentice , when , unfortunate to relate , Mrs . Kulledge let tbe cellar underneath Mister Slooney to another — cobbler . Here was Greek against Greek , and tbe tvg ef war , or rather leather , commenced in
earnest . " " All my working a matter o' three month afore Bustell ( the eellarman ) oobw to live under me warn ' t o' ne use , " said Slooney ; he bunderminded and circumwented me in every job as I tried artflr . " And Mister Slooney went on to . relate the consequences to him of free trade in leather . No sooner did a customer present himself before the domicile
of Slooney , with a pair of boots to heel , sole , or piece , than Buseell , before his rival could open bis window , would pop his head up out of hiB lodging in the ground , tell a long tale in bis own behalf , and to the prejudice of iifl up-stairs neighbour , and then offer to do the work under Slooney . The fellow was a punster , and he contrived to pick from Slooney ' s pocket , that is , he soon drew the whole cobbling trade in the neighbourhood into his cellar , ana Peter wu obliged to tet his rent get in arror .
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TOWER HAMLBT 3 . Thb " Social System . "—Josiah Muggins , a tall lanteragaw d tailor , summoned a little scrubby-faced mechanic ; named Williams , for the sum of 17 s ., the amount of the balance alleged to be due to him for making a-coat . , " F ^ P ^** circumstances was bis debt contracted ! " asked the Commissioner . Defendant ( elevating hia diminutive person to the hjgbest possible pitcLi—Vy , my lord , this here ' s a nmsUtootion inwented to enable a poor man to get decent togs arout much trouble to his self .
; vA very good institution too . Pray explain the system . Vy , it ' s on the social system , like ; veall subscribes for the benefit of each other . Indeedl Is it Mr . Owen ' s system ! Carn ' 4 saT yether it's hia ' en or not ; but there ar ' nt nOBOdy o that ; name belonging to our consarn ; but I ' voc&irtinly heard on him afore , though I carn ' t say a :-fen * j ? H him . - : , jD $ jr <> u know anything sJ » ut tiie iVew Mora |^ J ^^ noth ^' - , 4 * Ottt ^ any other world but tbia M@W ^ W ^ R' «( n |«|» . « f foren trayelUH'i 3 tUpoP'What principle is your society conducted ! Jus * this here , my Lord ; so many working men meets at a public-house once , a week , and pays in eigbteen-pence each to a tailor , an d we draws some arucle out every week . My chance come six weeks 'back , but I gave it up to my cousin Bill , cos he'd lost hisbabby .
When your chance came round again , I suppose you had this coat ! That ' s true , and a very bad bargain I ' ve got . What is the matter with it , didn ' t he make it to fit you ? tfoi by no means , my Lord . The fact is , it fitted me too much ; when 1 got into it , it ' ud a held a truss o' hay arterwards . ( Laughter . ) He measured you before he made it , did he not ! O yes ; but then , I rather thinks , he got into a state o Jicker arterwards , and lost i t ; and measured the water butt instead . But didn ' t he alter it for you 1
Yes , he did , and made it about big enough to button round a lamp post . But the cloth ar ' nt good for npthin ' , anybod y wi' good eyes might see to read through it . ( Laughter . ) Plaintiff—That ' s not true . It ' s made of the very best Saxony broad cloth , double-milled and damped down . It has a D'Orsay cut collar , and the skirts are elegantly tapered off , a la Stultz , upon my honour .
Defendant—Could buy a better for five hog ( 5 s . ) ant day in Rag-fair . Plaintiff-That ' s decidedly false . The fact is , sir , this coat is made of a peculiar and valuable cloth , manufactured in tho neighbourhood of Saxe Gotha > and is patronised by Prince Albert himself . Defendant—Veil , my Lord , purviding that ' s the case , I can only say as . how I shall be happy to sell it to Prince Albert on very reasonable terms , cos it ar nt no use to me whatsumever .
Commissioner—What sum have you received for this coat already , Mr . Muggins ! Plaintiff—Only £ 2 6 s . ; it is well worth four guineas . _ Commissioner—We are of opinion that you have been paid ita utmost value , and shall , therefore , discharge the summons . Tbe tall snip , upon hearing this decision , looked bodkins as he stalked out of the Court , and the defendant expressed his determination of having no more clothes on tho * ' social system . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 22, 1840, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2672/page/7/
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