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( Concluded from our sixth page . ) did not then know . For the proper understanding of gfcfeelingfcy Which . I to actuated on different occag&u , it is necessary thai you ? ignoring of the agentI should be as complete as mine . In dne time he-will be introduced to you . On the 19 th of June , Mr . Thomhill -wrote me a Terr odd , n& 7 > under the circumstances , ( for the first time
jjihislifei , & very unmanly—a very unfeeling letter , gome one from Leeds , ( mark , from Leeds—not Calverley __ th * t -was a Wind ) , had informed him , " That there Trafi an idea of building a joint stock company mill ji Calverley , " &C &c At this he was Tery angry . Ibat he "sras in a passion -was evident , from the feet , that he , for the first time in his life , spoke disrespectfully of the best steward man ever had : he actually accused my late father of " gross inattention and
mistake . " I -was ¦ well aware , from the tenour of that letter , that it was the result of a communication from an enemy _ I supposed that foe to be a millo-wner . I -was mistaken in that particular , certainly ; it -was only the mfllo-wnert tool . I felt that another attempt on my situa- j tion -was started— that a spy -was appointed to -watch j my movements—and that Mr . Thornhill had lent his j ear to my foe . I told Mr . Thornhill my mind . The I attack upon my father I conld not pas 3 over unnoticed , i In rrply to that I said"I note -srhat you say about my father . I am sorry that Tor should think it needful to inscribe on his tomb , ' gross inattention and mistake . It is enough that I know he did not deserre that charge from his master and his friend . He -was a good fathtr ; and he was not an 'inattentive and mistaken servant '"
" My father has often told me , that you sacrificed many thousands of pounds for your father ' s -word . I am prepared to sacrifice everything for my father ' s good name . "
It "was too bad—it "was more than I could endure , to £ nd my father -was dishonoured by a man "whom be had served , under circumstances of most peculiar difficulty , with zeal and integrity never surpassed . But , my , friands , -when once a landlord so far forgets himself as to lend an ear to a spy , he loses caste : fciS moment—he forgets that he was bom a gentleman-Mr . Thomhill , who is , when left to himself , a man of feeling and of honour , was touched -with my obser vations , and replied" Ton know the opinion I had of your father ; and you must kasw I could not mean the least hint or imputation against him . Suffice it to say , your father ¦ was a most exeellenfc steward to me ; andl shall al-ways consider him so to my last day . "
And then he added , " My informant is not the Bort of person you suspect , and what little was mentioned about you , was in the highest tarns of praise . " Tea , my friends , the plot would hare been discovered if tie spy had said one word against me . I should hare demanded , and I should hare obtained , the name of my accuser . The object was to establish a footing in the citadel , to earwig Squire Thornhill , and thus to disgust his Steward . That object -was attained . I was however so unsuspecting , after I receiTed Mr . Thornbiffs letter , that I replied in the following terms : —
" Accept my most sincere thanks for yesterday ' s ' f&Toar . I assure you I esteem nothing more v&iuable ! than to deserre and enjoy your friendship . Since poor I Hamerton'B death , I have been so much depressed , that ! all things seamed to make against me . 1 never had such I a shock before—twas so Hidden , so awful , eo melan- i holy ;—and he was such a friend ! and when I thought j l that 7 ou were disposed to be unfriendly , I really could j not bear it : but ! win say no more , except that I tha ^ y j you for yours of yesterday /* I But , my friends , why do I require you to wade with ' . pe through all these minutiae ? I have two reasons . It . i [ | : | 1 11
is necessary that you know under what circumstances I hsv « reaQy appeared before you . Ton have always been given to understand that I was the mere tool of tn aristocrat . Ton supposed that my passage was very smooth wifh my master . It is needful that I showed to you , how the very men who told you so , were sowing tares in that path , and were gn « n « yiT < g "the aristocrat , " whilst they deluded yoa , under the pretence , that I was " hi « tool ! " Ton will thereby discover , that my trials were heavy in your cause , whilst they were representing me as lolling and luxuriating on a bed of roses , made by an aristocrat
Bat , my friends , this is not all—useful , as it may be , to prove that the advocate of the poor was disinterested , it is still more necessary that you should know these facts , in order that you may be able to admire , in every arcamstance of my imngrai career , the evident marks of ihtffoodxess of God . Had Lthen known , who the spy was , it would have been impossible that I could have sustained the shock ! Yoa have seen that my heart -was then distracted , by the awful and sudden removal of one of my dearest frien d *; the friend of all others , -whose fidelity and kindness set me so much at liberty , to advocate the
nghts of Hie poor without neglecting my master's business ; and whilst the attack of my enemies , at such a Sine , left me no doubt that they -were in very deed the emissaries of Satan , yet the fact that , Hen , the nme of the agent was not revealed to me , ' a proof « f tl * great kindness of God . I could not have borne ftoi revelation ike * , sol -was not called to bear it . The spy wss one of my most valued friends . If , hi thisrecita 1 , I do not lead you to adore , a higher power than man , I shall betssy my cause and yours . I could not have tfood a » f ground , if 1 had stood alone . It is my object to lead you to the strong for strength , and to the wise fat wisdom .
1 mast , however , for the present , conclude . I feel that my heart is not made of steel ! I am sometime vay -womanish j Tracing over these letters , and thmkmsk over those scenes , has made my eyes and my heart mat ! My fingers almost refuse to guide my pen . Tnrei ™ fo of yourselves -were waiting for me , that &J > in Bradford . The chaise yon had Bent to Fixby tome , was used to fetch Hamerton ' a bride , toseehim die ! My mind has been at Fixby , as my body »» that day . The dismal sound " Hamerton is shot . ' - baa been ringing in my ear ! 1 have seen his bleeding body—stretched , as I
» w it then—on the cold marbled floor of the great hall atTixby ; We-were both speechless—just as we were at thai i&st interview Bat I We seen his look—Naming with kindness and with love , tho' grim with death ! I have this day lived that day over again ! And the first time I pressed Ms bridal widow ' s lips—M lifeless—and yet so Ml of eloquence— -when neither 1 could articulate a word !—I have realised again ! And the funeral day— -witnessed by tens of thousands of yon to whom 1 write—has this day passed in gloomy I * hadowB'before niy melancholy soul ' . I can no more I Farewell
Richard Oastleb . 106 , Sloane-street , Chelsea , May 4 th , l £ 40 . I hare no mind for a psitniigft .. My heart is £ xed hi Softhead * grave ! R . O .
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Ojj Tuesdat sight , shortly before ten o ' clock , aether fire broke oat at Fordingten . Dorset , in the « aves of a thatched sbed adjoining toe home of Mr . *« s » p . The fire was fortunately discovered almost B&nteditielj after it commenced , and by the prompt X £ 3 «* praiseworthy efforts on the part of afl the ~*?™<> nrg , it was cot under in a few minutes . Th « « "T fflBoovery of the fire was most providential , as awfive nnmitos more elapsed , it wonld have been «»« amnUe to have saved numerous thickly r ?*» thatched houses surrounding , and the destruc-|» n , < mmg to the time of night , wouldin all proba-!"" l o » Te been equally extensive with that lately 2 k S ^ -J * 8 * 5 ? * °° muclx re * 80 n > Relieve that «* attempt was the wilful act of an incendiary . t »^! p ? L * f ^ EEPE BS > AlWOAL DlKREU-About ^ tondred juvenile sweeps , with their faces and afo ?*"'* ? ™ ush « £ '»* d 0 ™ yesterday , a Kttle , &Eu dm *« Pro ™ ieafcr them by their masters . 1 g * ^ \«* fe P intB . » nd did ample 2 ?*** «> the good things before them . During the r «« r , a band of music was in attendance , but the Hr ?*™ of sweet sounds had no charms to win their T ?™*>» from rout beef . a $ last , however the £££ BOM of « Nix my do lly - brouglrt forttthnn-^ w * P Waase , « id a sunnhanoous chorus ftom all |* « wk- l * aring dinner the boys occasionally indol * S ?« * peculiar vein of humour . One curly-headed ffiLE ? P «^ the ques tion , « Vot vos the greatest S ^ fBws -ffl this vorid ! " to which another ^ plied , Jl «* fl yon couldn ' t see . " When dinner was « . tte boys adjourned to the garden , and there 5 to 7 « , j y 1 m various ways . The cloth was ^ aE ^ i > l ?? 2 ^ . ^ ckens , geese , joints qnj 2 Srp P ° * k > and beef , quickly appeared , and as Were i fiSP ** ^ ' A " dinner , wine and spirits r »» id ^ r . > » nd the toaste that followed in TheIfc * **^ " were ^ e ^ ueen i Prince Albert , ^^ iSsiSssr * Sweeps > ttd *
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TO THE 5 PITOB 0 ? TH 8 50 RTHKKK SIAR , SfR , —Having been persecuted for defending and advocating the causa of ihe labouring poor , in a pamphlet addressed to our " blind guides , " I beg the favour of your inserting the following address in your valuable paper , the Slar of pjlitical light in Great Britain , and may it for ever shine . TO THE SECRETABIES OF THE VASIOCS "WORKING HEX ' S ASSOCIATIONS IN ENGLAND , SCOTLAND , AND WALES .
Friends and Brethren in the common cause cf liberty and JVstice , —Having for a long time past witnessed with regret the apathy and antipathy manifested by our ecclesiastical and dissenting clergy in the sacred cause of the people ' s rights , and knowing the Bible—the volume of inspired truth which they profess to believe—to be tie very focus of righteousness , where all the glorious rays of equity and truth Bhinein one immortal blaze of justice , I have , though but a labouring man , taken the liberty to address them upon the subject through the medium of the public press , shewing from the aforesaid volume of truth , that j as professing ministers—as Christians , and as citizens it was their imperative duty , not only to preach righteousness in the pulpit , but to she-w to all around the I genuine fruits of practical religion , in supporting dei fending , and advocating the rights of the labouring I poor , founded upon the sacred principles of justiee anc
truth ; wherein I shewed to them tho character of our nation , together with the present distress of the labouring classes , with the causes and the remedy . The j remedy I shewed to be the People ' s Charter , upon i the righteousness whereof I have put fire questions , j calling upon our opponents in holy orders to answer j them either from the pulpit or the press . ; Xow , Sirs , though there is not a reverend divine nor j doctor of lore in all Britain that can overturn the matter of my pamphlet , by a " Thus saith the Lord , " ; founded upon the sacred principles of justice and truth , yet will you believe me -when I say , for the publica-¦ tion of this pamphlet I was dismissed from the employment of Mr . John Clark , magistrate of the town , after a servitude of nearly twenty years , without one proper , notice , during which servitude I was never once charged ' with negleei of business , or waste of time through ¦ idleness or drunkenness .
- Therefore , in order to publish this transaction to the < world , and to disseminate the principle of truth through the land , and to give the clergy cf all denominations an ' opportunity of answering the aforesaid qaeationsio | the people , I beg your attention to a perusal of my ! pamphlet , and to recommend the same to your Assoeia-; tions . It contains twenty-four pages of closely-printed ¦ type , and is beautifully illustrated with original poetry , price 2 d ., and may be had of Mr . Sloane , Canton - House , Market Place , Trowbridge , or of the author , . Thomas-street ! Having hitherto , in spite of all opposition , maintained ; and advocated the people ' s rights , founded upon the ; principles of justice and truth , I mean to go forward , fearless of all consequences-, and Bhould imprisonment or death be the result , I will never desert the cause : forj " Should earthly tyrants now prevail , ; To tread my comforts down , ¦ . I know I have within the vail j An everlasting crown . i While those that rob and press the poor , ; And make our land to menm , \ Shall find , though now enriched with store , j Their pride and power come down . " ! j I remain , Youtb , faithfully , In the cause of liberty and justice , Job Rawlings . Thomas Street , Trowbridge , May 1 st , 1 & 40 .
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= TO THE EDITOR O > THB NORTHERN STAR . Dear Sir , —When we turn our attention to the events . of the present day and calmly contemplate the aspect ef public aflairs , we cannot help but think , if we think at all , that these events must be the precursors of great and very important changes ; to enabla the people so to act as to advance their own cause at this juncture , is a matter of supreme importance . When we turn over the pages of British history we never can discover a period in which the destinies of this country were -wielded by a set of more complete imbeciles than those who are at present in power . The WhigBi as a party , had more opportunities of benefiting the people than any set of men have had , and none ever threw them away so completely . Leok at their promises of retrenchment and economy—their promised reformations in Church and State—their foreign and home policy , and every candid man will admit that as a body of men they are unworthy of public confidence .
Turning our attention to what they have done , we see equal cause of dissatisfaction ; the Irish Coercion Bill , New Poor Law Amendment Bill , their Canadian Policy , their cowardly submission to national insults , and their inattention to the -wants and wishes of the people render them at once the objects of their country " 3 contempt They have covered the country with police to suppress , if possible , the spirit of freedom , and they have wantonly invaded those rights which the people hare been taught to respect as
inviolate ; and the greatest part of which were either anterior to , or coeval with the existence of the Monarchy itself ; ihese are the right of petition , of public meeting , of Trial by Jury , and of Habeas Corpus , and the right to possess arms , if he thinks proper , for selfdefence ; these are privileges spoken of as the birthright of every Englishman in the writings of Coke , Hale , Blaekstone , Somers , Abingdon , Jones , and some of the most Constitutional Judges that ever sat upon the Bench of Justice , yet all these our present rulers have made a complete nonentity .
The position taken up by the present Ministry is one of the most ridiculous of which we can form a coneeption . ' Known by the cognomen of Liberal , they have endeavoured to occupy a tort of middle plact between' the aristocracy and the people ; they could in the nature of things have no fellowship with either . Like a solitary rock in the midst of the ocean , they could hold communion with no party ; it is -true they pretended to represent the people of this country in the same wsy as the Tories did the landed aristocracy , but tbelr pretensions were fudge , the parallel utterly false ; the Tories did represent the landed interest , but the Whigs never did represent the people of thiMountry . Several partisans of the present Government have churned credit by adverting to
improvements in our criminal code ; this is quite true , -but still oHier parties , as well as the Whigs , contributed towards it ; and . besides , ameliorations of this kind are owing as much to the advance of popular intelligence as legislative enactments . There is something in the progress of public opinion to which even bad men are obliged to . do homage . A Government ought to exist , not so much for the improvement of criminal codes as to prevent crime altogether . What have the "Wnigs dene to accomplish this ; supposing ignorance to produce crime , what have they done to educate the people ? Prince Albert gets as much in one year as they offered to educate twenty-fonr millions of people . Seventy-two thousand pounds was offered to build her Majesty ' s
stables , and near £ *© O , eoo goes yearly among a set of men , the abortions of our species , under the head of secret-service meney . Or admitting , as is often the ease , that poverty produces crime ,, have they lessened the public burdens , given an impetus to industry , and furnished the people with the means of subsistence '' Nothing of the sort After eight halcyon years of reform , vrehave an increased outlay and a decaying trade ; we are on the eve of war with the United States , engaged with China , the Neapolitans , and perhaps , in a little time , Kussia ; with a discontented population , thousands , without the means of subsistence , the sworn enemies of our bad laws , and with no confidence in those time-hallowed institutions , which have been for years the safeguards of British liberty .
And now the middle classes , finding this Parliament of their own ereation is powerless , again turn to the people , and ask their support in repealing the Corn Laws . But a nation race betrayed can never more have confidence ; and what did the middle classes do without the people ? The Corn Law petition appears to have been scarcely treated with becoming respect by the Honourable House filled at present with the mil representatives of the nation . The Whigs , on t&e admission of their own friends , hold office only by ' sufferance-, because , say they , the have
people not a better Ministry to put in their placeso said the Weekly CHnmide . It must be remembered ! however , tHat the people have always had better measures when the Whigs were in opposition than when in office . The Tories carried the abolition of the Test and Corporation Acts , the Catholic Emancipation Bill ; and , although the Reform Bill was a Whig measure , all its best elaases were given up to conciliate the supporters of the boroughmongeriog system -, to the people it was useless ; hence the policy of the masses must be to let her Majesty know that in her present advisers they have no confidence .
Finding themselves powerless , the middle class make another advance , and that is , Household Sufirsge , Triennial "Parliaments , and the Ballot There was a ereation of Peers to carry the Reform Bill through the Lords . One would imagine they were determined to create a new House of Commons to cany the Corn X-wa . This is indeed the consummation of humbug . The people know better-, they are vren aware that if one point of the Charter be given up , all their agitation is lost Hence the Charter is their only ancoorage . Prom this we will not , cannot shift To this we look as the lever , by which we obtain our redemption . One concession made , and we are ruined ; but , keeping steady to our purpose , as sure as there is a God in Heaven , ow righteous demands will be granted , our long withheld rights conceded .
Let the people of England again combine for this object Lancashire , Yorkshire , Wales , and the South of England , and Scotland , as well as Northumberland , can still show their devoted thousands , all pledged to the Charter . Be it our business to unite directly . Such a . step is necessary at this juncture , when our prisons are filled with Chartists , and it is but justice to those men who , relying upon the people ' s steadiness of pur-
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pose , staked their all on the cause of freedom . It is a debt due to Frost , Williams , and Jones , who , although separated from their families , expect the Radicals of England to be the guardians of their reputation , and the protectors of their fiunilies . We owe it to posterity to combine our intelligence for the purpose of transmitting to after times a better heritage tban we received from the age preceding . Let us organise to obtain justice—not that justice , which gives the few power to legislate for the many , and makes one class the proprietors of another—not that justice which , to
use a figure , reposes , like the deity of some heathen Pagoda , in sullen majesty , only to make helpless thousands feel how much they are within its power but for that justice which , like a celestial intelligence , moves and communes with mankind , and clad in the robes of Heaven , may be looked upon as the prototype and embodiment of all that is fascinating and transcendent in the form of humanity . As I may take other opportunities of communicating my views on passing occurrences , I must conclude by subscribing myseff yours in the cause of universal freedom , William Thomason . Newcastle , May 3 rd ., 1840 . ^^
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . SIR , —Had the opinion I expressed in a former communication regarding the proposal to raise the price of your paper , been confined to myself , I -would certainly never kave presumed to trouble yon further on the subject ; but , as I find that notwithstanding so » e encouragement for , there is no inconsiderable opposition against , the proposed augmentation , I beg leave to state a few objections , at least , to its immediate adoption : — First—It would greatly inconvenience , and , I have no doubt , fall heavy upon those agents whs have many jearly , half-yearly , and quarterly subscribers ; such as have received a discharge for any of the above periods , are entitled to their paper , and the payment of the additional halfpenny -would be , on their part , optional . Second—Raising the price now would be breaking faith with such as have recently subscribed , merely from the inducements lately held out to them .
If yon think , says a lover of liberty , the men and the cause worthy , I implore you to * assist them—if there be a single Chartist , possessing the means , so grovelling as to shut up his bowels of compassion sgainBtthe incarcerated friends of liberty , instead of being emancipated , he most assuredly deserves , during the ten » ur of his existence , to crawl on her belly . Why , I ask , so loath to leave it to the spontaneous liberality of the friends of liberty ? Why so illiberal as doubt their attachment to the cause , before you put their sincerity to the test ? Put , then , the better plau into immediate execution , and let all those who have the means to spare , and the nobleness of soul to bestow , enjoy the blessedness of the man who wisely doth the poor man ' s case consider . „ v The Pooe Man ' s Friend . Edinburgh , May 2 nd , 1840 .
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v TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —I am very much gratified to observe , in the people ' s paper , the " Slar , " of the 2 nd instant , a notice I' To the Chartists of every Town , Village , and Hamlet in South Lancashire , " to send a delegate to a meeting in Manchester on Sunday next This is as it should be ; already are the enemies of liberty hugging themselves in the fond belief that the progress of freedom is at least considerably retarded , if not totally impeded by the late prosecution , and present vindictive treatment of the most active friends of our " dear little Charter . " Already do the " base and brutal factions" congratulate themselves on their success in gagging and imprisoning the bold and uncompromising advocates of equal rights and equal jnstice for all , and by that means putting down ias they think ) the voice of the people for ever ; or , at least , by deprivfcg them of their leaders , leave them as " sheep without a shepherd , " at the mercy of
the truculent Tories , and the equally wolfish and deceitful Whigs ; to be dragooned by the one , cajoled by the other , and be taxed , starved , slaved , bastiled , and trampled on by both . But thanks to the diffusion of real useful knoteUdge , and the spirit of the enlightened masses , these fellows have reckoned without their host ; they will soon learn that their bloodthirsty " Special Commission , " and transportation of our much respected friend , John Frost , and his co-patriots , have failed to convince the masses they were created to be the slaves of their " brother worms ; " and their imprisoning the numerous friends of the unfranchised millions has not made them think they are more free , or less worked , or better paid for their labour , or more virtuous and happy , than before . No , persecution has not removed one evil of which we complain ; therefore , agitation must and will go on .
Lancashire will , I hope , Bend delegates from each and every town , village , and hamlet , on Sunday next , and I doubt not they will do their duty . Now is tho time to try men's souls . " The factions will , no doubt , gape with astonishment to see the firmness of the people : they may writhe with agony and disappointment to behold all their efforts to subdue the unquenchable fire of liberty , by persecution and prosecution on the one hand , and cajolery , Ballot , and practicable extension of the suffrage on the other , equally ineffective ; but
depend upon it , they will never relinquish their ill-gotten power without a desperate struggle . . Therefore , come on , bretber Chartists r Send men o ? courage and prudence—men who fear nothing is a ju » t cause , but determined to da wrong to no © ne . Let the Chartists throughout Great Britain unite together , as one man , to support their leaders and advocates in demanding equal justice for all ; and above all , let them not neglect the wives and families of their incarcerated champions , and their energetic perseverance ere long must , trill , and shall establish " our dear little Charter " as the law of the land
That you , Sir , and all other sincere Chartists , may shortly enjoy this much-desired blessing , is the fervent prayer of Your humble servant , And constant reader , W . Smith . Manchester , May 3 rd , 1840 .
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? TO THB EDITOR OF THB NORTHERN STAR , ORGANIZATION v . CONVENTION . Sir , —As a working man , and one who has watched with the most intense anxiety , from the beginning of the present agitation up to this moment , the proceedings of every public character who has pretended to be an advocate of the working classes , I now come forward to state to you my views regarding the existing prospects of the people ; and Bhould you think them worthy « f bemg laid before the public , through the medium of your valuable journal , I shall feel conscious of having done my duty—and whether the plan which I will , with . your permission , lay open in the following remarks be adopted or not—1 trust no man will accuse me of any desire to lead my fellow-workmen astray , when I solemnly aver , that although I have suffered much in the cause , I am still prepared to act in any way , or under any one ' s direction , to forward the great principle of universal liberty .
During the last three years I have observed , and that too with regret , that many well meaning persons have laid down an almost infinite variety of proposals for the purpose of organizing the people , so that they might be enabled uuitedly and simultaneously to press on the attention of the Government the necessity of considering how to amend the condition of the working classes ; or , in other words , to make the Charter the law , but notwithstanding that we have had laid before us O'Connor ' s plan , O'Brien ' s plan , Richardson's plan , the Northern Union , and a variety of Scotch plans , Working Meri ' s Bemocratic and Radical Associations , the great mass of the people are just as far from being organized ax they ever were ; ami tins alone constitutes their weakness .
Any of these plans or arrangements would , I have no doubt , have answered the purpose were they carried out ; but the question now arises , why were they not acted on ? My simple reply is , for the want of a centralised power ! This may , perhaps , appear alarming to many persons at the first view of the thing ; but let us consider the question in all its bearings , and all those vague fears will quickly vanish . In the first place , then , the Convention was intended and'designed by its projectors to be that centralised power from which pur political regeneration was to flow ,
but every man knows , -who is acquainted with their proceedings , that the attempts of the Convention to organise the people was a decided failure . I will not presume to say that the whole of their proceedings were futile , or unproductive of any benefit to Mis public weal ; but I intend to attempt to show , that any body of men of so heterogeneous a cast—so numerous , and constituted as they were—were wholly unsuited in their very nature to the object they hod in view , and inca pable of carrying out any great project , whether emanatine from themselves or not
Let us first , then , ask ourselves what are the necessary requisites that ought to be possessed by any body of men , great or small , who undertake to work out the political salvation of a nation . I think the first consideration ought to be—do they possess a sufficiency » f that incorruptible integrity , that , above all other persons , ought to characterise the patriot and the legislator ? Have they a sufficient knowledge of the British constitution , and of the task they engage to perform , when they undertake to remodel the destinies » f twenty-aix millions of people ? Are they sincere in their intentions to suffer with the people any misery they may have to endure , arising from the operation of the measures by which they try to effect the desired change ?
Now , with regard to the first of these propositions , I do not believe that , taken as a body , they either did or could possess the desired qualifications—the fact of many of them resigning plainly proved they were net the men calculated to get through such a mighty task , and their subsequent disagreements , divisions , and cabals was still more satisfactory evidence that , taken as a whole , they neither could claim sufficient soundnew of head , or singleness of heart , to enable them to act together with decision and harmony . And as regards the second , the -very circumstance of their sitting nearly half a year , and then coming to no rational or practical conclusion , save the puerile mani-
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festo , and still more ridiculous National Holiday , ia enough to satisfy any thinking man , that , as a body , "" U ^*™ not qualified to complete what they underwo * , and , as a further proof , even these projects , tl ! + ! % * 7 lren ' eotdd not be cani « i oat or per-ITv ' * I e recent Prosecutions shew , aba , too plainly , now far they were willing to suffer with the people . I ^ l * u may " * told that the prisons are now full all over the country . I know they are to my sorrow , but not with members of the Convention ; it is rather owing to their imbecility than any other thing , that we have -ot , ere now , possession of the Suffrage , and every political victim at home with his family ?
What then , you will ask , would be the most advisaDie movement to make to remedy these evils ? I would say in reply , that the simpler the method we pursue the Detter , and the fewer persons to whem so momentous a work is entrusted , the greater likelihood there is of the measure being carried , and the greater they will feel tue responsibility , and the more cautious they will become how they abuse the authority with which they are invested . Nothing more can be required at the hands of those who take the rems of our aflairs in hand , than to issue such orders and promulgate such plans , as they may , after mature deliberation deem requisite for the organisation of the people , the raising of the necessary funds , and ^ e time , place , and niethoa of acting .
There are a few good men and true still at large , and I would recommend those men to meet , say at Manchester , and if there be but a dozen , let them elect from amongst those present , say three , to form an executive ; who are to sit continually aud take such steps as they may find necessary , for calling a general meeting of delegates , consisting of one from each county , and to ensure a good attendance let a month ' s notice be given to every county , to hold a delegate meeting and elect one person to attend this great congress . When this great national assembly is held let no strangers or repurturs be present under any pretence whatever , and any mau calling himself a delegate not to be allo-weu to sit or be present , unless known to at least three persona in the room , -who -will be bound for
his honesty , as a Chartist—and when such delegates are assembled , let a report of progress be laid before them by the executive of three for their approval . Lvt four more be added to three already elected , making seven in all , aud five to form a . quorum . After this first election , let the executive remain unknown and ikresponBible , and let them have power to change their members , or add to , or diminish their numbers , as they may deem expedient Let them have power also to meet when and where they like , and have all and every oontroul overallfands raised under their direction , but not to be empowered to act unless five bo present . Any member of the executive wishing to appeal from their decision , to have power to call a county meeting , and if the delegates at such meeting consider the
question of sufficient import to call a national meeting , but such county to pay the expense incurred , if tho national meeting decide in favour of the executive . Any county meeting shall be able and empowered to call a national meeting , and the executive whenever their exigencies require it In every county l « t one man be appointed corresponding secretary to the executive , to be paid by such county , out of the general fnnd . Let all mandates received by them , and all instructions from the secret directory , be forwarded to the local agitators , to be acted upon , in every town , township , village , hamlet , and cluster of houses in the land . Let every man pay at least one penny per week to his class leader , to be carried to the president of the association for the time being , and after all expenses are
deducted , to be remitted to the treasurer or president of the executive , and a detailed account of alimonies collected , and all local and county expenses paid to be published at least once a month . Let eytry man ' s name , trade , and residence be enrolled , whether friendly or not , so that we may know what our strength really is , and then we cannot be deceived in the hour of difficulty . Let every order of the directory be obeyed to the letter , and every one who will not declare his opinions , be considered a foe . Let no refractory member , be he officer or not , be permitted to take any part in any business connected with the agitation until he pays due deference to the fiat of the directory . Should any man be arrested let another be appointed
o fill his situation , if an official ,- and let the state and number of his family be transmitted to the directory . It will not be requisite to keep " any part of the proceedings a secret any more than at present , unless deemed expedient by the executive . Aud , now , Sir , this is the system , I think , would be attended with success and benefit to us all . I know therein and will be a multitude of objections to thia plan , should you give it circulation ; but I feel I am amply prepared » answer a great number , and especially those which [ think of the greatest magnitude . I " will not attempt » anticipate objections , although I am well acquainted that Mr . O'Connor , and many other brave and good men are opposed tp secrecy , and I feel that the two following must be the principal objections : —
1 . That Spies would come amongst us , and to lead men into improprieties , and eventually to the gallows . " But there need be no secrecy , except as to who were the moving power—they would surely take care of themselves , as they could easily guard again spies among so few . 2 . People would not like to trust any body of men Invisible and wholly irresponsible . Could they not rely on their own . local officers ? besides they areobliged to croufibJto an . inesponnible •< Jovermnent , who are invisible to all the operatives and who bold secret council * to plot their destruction every day , and can they
not trust their own friends , who seek their real emancipation ? Again , the directory could not act without the co-operation of the county delegates , and the national , assembly could depose them if they did not approve of their propositions . For better security the directory never need to meet twice in the same house , or indeed the game town , and even if the Ministry did get to know who they were , and had them all arrested , they would be no worse off then than they are now , for almost every intellectual character favourable to the movement , is in gaol ; hence they cannot be much worse than at present ; besides the Ministry would dread any invisible power .
I hope then . Sir , you will not throw this communication aside in haste ; and should any . of your numerous readers desire any further information on the subject , 1 am quite willing to enter further into detail ; but I cannot see what objection any man can have to try to screen the executive from the merciless fangs of the " Ba « e , brutal , and bloody Whigs ; " and the still more relentless and sanguinary Tories . Hoping to see this in your next number , and with the most anxious desire to aid ia supporting the Star and the glorious cause on which it sheds its radiant Northern light , I remain yours sincerely , A Republican .
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A Sikgolar Fact . —There is a person named John Party , who has been a farm servant at Llymew-yn near Pwllheli , for nearly the space of thirty-seven years and six months , aud during the whole * period has regularly walked , morning and evenings ( excepting three days ) from his dwelling-house to the above farm , a distance of ty ? o and a half miles each way , and on Sundays to chapel , two and a half miles each w » y extra . The reader is left to calculate the number of miles travelled . —Carnarvon Herald . Alarming Fire . —On Sunday forenoon , shortly after 11 o ' clock , just as divine service had commenced a mounted express galloped into the town of Uxbridge , with information that a most alarming fire was raging in the sequostered village of Ycwsley
between two aiid three miles distant , and about a quarter of a mile from the West Dray con station bargoant Biggs , on receiving t he intelligence ! immediately procured post horses from the Whito Horse Inn . with which he proceeded with the large engine of the County Fire-office , followed by l » ge numbers of the inhabitant ? , to the sceue of confljuration . On reaching Yowsley , they found the village in a state of the greatest consternation , the house in which the fire commenced being by that time in flames from top to bottom . The engine was aa speedily as possiblegot into operation from an adjacent mill-stream , but before that could be accomplished the ftemeB had communicated to the adjoining house , and also to ashed , a barn , and a range of stablincin the rear , which were anieklv ni >«
mass of we , the burning flakea being carried by the strong ^ easterly wind which prevailed towards a large barn with a thatched roof Which abutted on other erecMona and dwellinga , the destruction of the whole appearing at that time inevitable . The branch of the engine was accordingly directed to preservation of the latter buildings , which , by the exertions of the police and others , was happily aocomplished , and by two o ' clock ail fears of the fire extending ^ was allayed . The two houses , with the barn , shed , and stables , are totally destroyed . They are the property of Mr . Wingrove , of Yeweley , and are insured in the Atlas Fire-office . It is not known how the fire originated , but there is no doubt , had it not been for the attention of the police , the damage must have been far more extensive .
Capture of an American Thief ,-Plvmouth , kk ^ -Ye ^ darafteraoon , Lieutenant Holman R . N ., the vigilant ^ uporintendant of the Plymouth police , went to the Navy Hotel , and capturedf James Goodwin , c / mw Mr . Seymour , aranaway clerk from the house of Wyeth , C % ps , and Co ., or New York , ffiaportntnteauaoontauwd ax American notes for 1 , 000 dollars each , English gold to the value of £ 1 , 000 , together with French ISapoleona and other coin , amounting altogether to nearlj ^ eoo , all of which has been flecured .. Mr . Seymour was accompanied by his « sister . " Miss Seymour , botterknown at . New York as Marv Moore . bAin * Ann « p * u ^
nymphs of the pave . They came to the Channel in the bark , John , of Bristol , bound to London , and were taken , out of her by a Scilly pilot-boat , and landed at Plymouth , on Thursday night . The attractive Bjyleof ' Miss Seymour ' s" dross first drew attention to the travellers . Very exact descriptions of their persons were contained in the Hue andCrv We understand that £ 30 is all the reward offered for securing the culprit . Mr . Cripps , who came over in the British'Queen , and is now in London , is expected here to pursue further ,, measures against the prisoner .
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TO THE MAGISIBATES WHO COMMITTED ME TO PRISON UNDER THE DARLINGTON CATTLE ACT FOR ADDRESSING A CHAR . TIST MEETING . Oh ! bind your fetters fast as hell Can forge them for your master , I smile to think they ring your knell , I ' LL WEAR THEM FOR XHE CHARTER ! And' ope your dismal dungeons jaws To those who _ will not barter For tinsel rank , a noble cause , I ' LL ENTER FOR THE CHARTER . ' And herd me with the base and bad , Because I'll not surrender Tho rights of England to your nod .
I STILL WILL LOVE THE CHARTER ! Then bind my limbs and lash the dist , My soul you cannot fetter ; Its cliainless wing flies wirh the just , Sound England and her Charter ! The Switzer ' s Tell—the Tyrol ' s pride , The noblest b ' ood of Sparta ; The men who've nobly liv'd and died , Cry onward with thbCharter ! George Binns Bishop-Auckland .
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SONNET DEVOTED TO CHARTISM . Once more I visit theo , srweet rural walk , 'Tis long since last I came this pleasant way , And many a sad event hath had its day In yonder little town since then The talk Of all the empire it hath been . The gay Have laughed—the sober heaved a heartfelt sigh Vhen Newport hath besn named . The tearful eye Hath been its tribute o'er tho grave to pay , Where mothers , "widows , sisters , brothers wept O ' er those who there in death untimely slept , The fallen brave !—falln in a glorious cause , HoWer mistaken in their way ;—to gain Their country ' s liberty they strove ; though slain , Not fruitless was their fight , but worthy our applause . Iota . Newport , Monmouthshire , May , 1840 .
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CHARTISM FROM SHAKSPEARE . No . 3 . "The purest treasure mortal times afford , Is—spotless reputation ; that away , Men are but gilded loam , or painted clay . A jewel inatentimesbarr'dup chest Is—a bold spirit in a loyal breast Mine honour is my life ; both grow in one ; Take honour from me , aud my life is done . " " Put wo our Quarrel to the will of Heaven ; Who , when he sees the hours are ripe on earth , Will rain hot vengeance on offenders' heads . " " That , which in mean men we entitle—patience , Is pale , cold cowardice in noble breasts . "
" Truth hath a quiet breast " " Within my mouth you have engaol'd my tongue Donbly portcullls'd with my teeth and lips ; And dull , unfeeling , barren ignorance , Is made my gaoler , to attend on me . " "K . Richard—Why , uncle , thou hast many years to live ! ' " Gaunt—But not a minute , king , that thou canst give . Shorten my days thou canst -with sullen sorrow .
And pluck nights from me , but not lend a morrow : Thou canst help time to furrow me with age , But stop no wrinkle in his pilgrimage : Thy word is current with him for my death ; ut , dead , thy kingdom cannot buy my breath . " " Gaunt—Will the King come ? that I may breathe my lost In wholesome counsel to his unstain'd youth . " York—Vex not yourself , nor strive not witk your breath , For all in vain comes counsel to his ear .
• ' Gaunt— O , but they say the tongues of djing men Enforce attention like deep harmony : Where words are scarce , they are seldom spent in vain ; For they breathe truth that breathe their words in pain . He that no more must say , is listen'd more Than they , whom youth and ease have taught to gloze , More are men ' s ends wark'd , than their lives before : The setting sun , and music at the close . As the last taste of sweets , is sweetest last ; Writ in remembrance , more than things long past ; Though Richard my life's counsel would not hear My death ' s sad tale may yet undeaf his ear . "Tor *—No ; it is stopp'd with other flattering sounds ,
As praises of his state : then there are found Lascivious metres ; to whose venom sound The open ear of youth doth always listen : Reports of fashion in proud IUly ; Whose manners still our tardy apish nation Limps after , in base imitation . Where doth the world thrust forth a vauity , ( So It be new , there ' s no respect how vile ) , That is not quickly buzztt into his ears ? Then all too late comes counsel to be heard , Where Will doth mutiny with wit ' s regard . Direct not him , whose way himself wi . l choose . 'Tis breath thou lack ' st , and that breath wilt thou loose .
" Gaunt—Methinks , I am a prophet new inspir'd And thus , expiring , do foretell of him : His rash fierce blaze of riot cannot last ; For violent fires soon hum out themselves : Small showers last long , but sudden storms are short : He tires betimes , that spurs too fast betimes ; With eager feeding , food doth choke the feeder : Light vanity , insatiate cormorant , Consuming means , soon preys upon itself . This royal throne of Kings , this sceptred isle , This earth of majesty , this seat of Mars , This other Eden , denri-paradise ; This fortress , built by nature for herself , Against infection , and the hand of war
This happy breed of men , this little world ; This precious stone set in the silver sea , Which swves it in the office of a wall , Or as a moat defensive to a house , Against the envy of less happier lands ; This blessed spot , thia earth , this realm , this England , This nurse , this teeming womb of royal kings , Fear'd by their breed , and famous by then- birth , Renowned for their . deeds as far from home , ( For Christian . service , an 4 true chivalry ) , As is the sepulchre in stubborn Jewry ,
Of the world ' s ransom , blessed Mary ' s son ; This land of such dear sottls , this dear , dear land , l > e » r for her reputation through the world , Is now leas'd out ( I die pronouncing it ) Like to a tenement , or pelting foam : England , bound in with the triumphant sea , Whose rocky shore beats back the envious siege Of watery Neptune , is now bound in with shame , With inky blots , and rotten parchment bonds ; That England , that was wont-to conquer others , Hath made a shameful conquest of itself . "
" A thousand flatterers sit within thy crown , Whwse comjpass is no bigger than tby head ; And yet , inicaged in so small a verge . The waste is no whit lesser than thy laud . " "But , when he frown'd , it was against the French , And not against his friends . " 1 ' You pluck a thousand dangers on your head , You lose a thousand Well-disposed hearts , And prick my tender patience to those thoughts , Wbich honour and allegiance cannot think . " " The King is not himself , but basely led By flatterers ; and what they will inform , Merely in hate , ' gainst any ot us all ,
That will the King severely prosecute ' Gainst us , our lives , our children , and our heirs . The Commons bath he fill'd with grievous taxes , And lost their hearts : And daily new exactions are deyis'd ; Wars have not wasted it , for warr'd he hath not , But basely yielded upon compromise That , which his ancestors achiev'd with blows : More hath he spent in peace , than they in warp . We see the wind sit sore upon our jails , And yet we strike not , but securely perish . We see the very wreck that we must suffer ; And unavoided is the danger now , For suffering so the causes of our wreck .
" Within the hollow crown , That rounds the mortal temples of a King , Keeps death his court : and there the antic sits , Scoffing his state , and grinning at his pomp : Allowing him a breath , a little scene To monarchize , be feared , and kill with looks ; Infusing him with self and rain conceit , — As if this fleah , that walls about our life , Were brass impregnable , and , humour'd thus , Comes at the last , and with a little pin Bores through his castle wall , and—farewell , King !" " Fear and be slain ; no worse can come , to fight : And fight and die , is death destroying death ; Where fearing dying , pays death servile breath . " " An easy task it is , to win our own . "
" Our sea-wallHi garden , the whole land Is full of weeds ; her fairest flowers chok'd up ,, Her fruit-trees all unprun'd , her hedges ruiu'd , Her knots disorder ed , and her wholesome herbs Swarming with caterpillars . " " Patience » stale , anil I am -weary of it . " King Richard II .
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A Vision op a Perfect HusBAND-Notwithstand-SSte * C ^ u 1 maSlm amon S women " to Please the an iJ ™ ? * £ * ^ ? «>« heart , " yet I am so far ha ^ n M f 0 / pleas [ ngthe eye > that the man I ™ L"tf { ™» Bt have a person graceful and engaging ; the features of his face must be reinrtar and . 8 S 3 & 2 SS' g ™ Me , w >» cb , * llTyetfrnVrdft remember to have seen ; having generally observed that , where nature is most exact , she > is S ? ° : gaging . His eyes must be lively , spark 1 " ^ aud affecting ; and over the whole face , « £ " ttustbea clear complexion , health , cheerfulo '~ > an < * 8 ens > ' bility . His Btatute must be incKr"K to the tall , hi 3 motions easy and genteel , frc * £ *" short , pert trip of the affected bean iC . the haughty , tragic step Hls
of the solemn coxcop ^ - behaviour serious but natural ; neither . " O ° P en m * * reserved . His look , his laiigV' ftis speech , and his whole manner , must be j ^» without affectation , and free without impuaer > se or levity . Thus much for his perpnn . I now ^ ome to the endowments of his mind , without ^ uch grace , beauty , and agrceableness , will avail lim nothing . His genius must be fanciful , hia knowledgo extensive . Men , as well as books , must have been his study . Learning , freedom , and gallantry , must be so blended in him , as to make him always the improving friend , tho gay companion , aud entertaining lover . In conversation , he must say" nothing with study , nor yet any thing at random . His thoughts must flow from him naturally ,
yet not without that-delicacy of expression which is necessary to give them a genteel turn . To tho talents of tb « mind , let me add the qualities of the soul . He . must be generous without prodigality ; humane without weakness ; just without severity ; and fond without folly . To his wife he must be eadearing , to his . children affectionate ; to his friends warm , and to mankind benevolent . Nature and reason must join their powers , and to the openness of the heart add the virtue of economy ; making him careful without avarice , and giving him a kind of unconcernednes 8 without negligence . With lovo he must have respect ; and , by a continued complaisance , always win upon the inclination ; He must take care to ' retain his conquest bv the inaans ha
gained it ; and , eternally , look and speak with the same desires and affections , though with greater freedom . It liaar been observed by experienced people , that the soul contracts a sort of blindness by loving ; but the man I am speaking of , must 4 erive his sentiments front reason , and the passion which , in others , is looked upon as the mark of folly , must be in him the true effect of judgment .. To these qualities I must have that charm which is to be considered before all the rest , though hard to be met with in this libertine age—religion . He must be deveut without superstition , and pious without melancholy ; far from that infirmity which makes men uncharitable bigots , infusing into their hearts a morose contempt of the worldand an antipathy to the
, pleasures of it . He must not be such a lover of society as to mix with the assemblies of kuaves and fools ; nor yet of an opinion that he ought to retire from mankind , to seek God in the horrors of solitude;—on the contrary , he must think that the Almighty is to be found among men , where his providence is most employed , and his goodness most active . There it is that religion mast enlighten , and reason regulate his conduct , both ia the care 3 of salvation , and the duties of life . With such a man , a woman must enjoy those pleasures in marriage , which none but fools would ridicule . Her husband would be always the same , and always pleasing . Other wives . are glad , if they can now and then , with their husbands , find one agreeable hour : but with
this , a disagreeable minute will be impossible . * On whatever occasions we should see , or speak to each each other , "it must be with mutual pleasure , and assured satisfaction . " I thoncht you were reading a book , my dear , " said Mrs . Milman , looking from , her work for the first time , as Miss Aylmer ' s speech concluded . " I really thought you had been reading . But what do you mean ? Those , surely , are not your own sentiments V" There was self-applause in the solemn , bow of assent Rosalind returned to the question . "Well , but if your own sentiments , you certainly never expect to get them realized ! You have drawn a god , my dear ; and if you wish him of any substance , be assured a creature such as this , must certainly be snapped up before you meet with him . "— The Maid ' s Husband .
Funerals in France . —The proceedings of the lower orders of the French people on a death occurring in their families greatly resemble those of the ancient Romans . The Romans had the custom of sticking up a sign , by which the house was known to contain a corpse ; and this was done by fixing branches of the cyprus tree near the entrance . The French merely plait some clean wheaten straw , in the form of a cross , and place it in front of the house . Then again ,, as was the case with the Romans , the funeral song is sung by persons hired for the purpose , as the corpse is being conveyed to the grave ; and as was also tha ancient practice , an oration is occasionally spoken over the grave . But , as was the custom with the Romans , there are no noisy
lamentations , no tearing of the hair , no exclamations against the gods , amongst -ihia chriefcian . people , whose deportment on the occasion is exactly what it ought to be . If , however , a joke can be allowed on such a subject , a , smile could not have been , restrained at an accident that occurred a few weeks back at the grave of a popular character who resided in my neighbourhood . This was a Captain Souviile of the navy , and brother to the leading physician of Calais , whom I am acquainted with and greatiy respect . The captain—as jolly a fellow over a bottle of wine as the country he belonged to could produce—was known amongst his friends only as "Tom Souviile , " his naval honour being merged in the more friendly and heartier appellation . Now
such is the character over whom an oration would surely be pronounced , and such was the case with the captain ., It was written and delivered by a talented person , and no doubt was a just panegyric on the merits of the deceased , as a gallant sailor and a warm friend , and it was Also a pretty specimen of demonstrative eloquence . But the ris oratoris was reserved for the concluding sentence . Clasping together his hands , and looking down upon the coffin , the orator passionately exclaimed , " Adieu , Tom Sumville !! " I have only attended one French funeral , and that was as one of the chief mourners over the son of my landlord , whose request on the occasion I was unwilling to refuse . It was conducted with considerable pomp , twelve priests assisting at the high mass ; and cost , I was informed , at least fifty , pounds . The scene in the church was certainly an imposing one : and if outward
ceremonies have any avail , the soul of the deceased must now be in bliss . Th $ n- another ourious oeremony followed . Almost a fortnight afterwards I received a circular letter , informing me that the deceased had received the saocament previously to his death , and that he had died in the faith of the Catholic Church There is one circumstance touching the burial of the dead in France , whioh I think calls for a reform . I alludei to the anooffijje ^ f soldier who is cast into hi ? grave like a'deg into * -hele , and not ' iraiy uncoffined , but without the ceremonies of religion being performed . One cannot reconcile this with the generally high state of civilisation which exists in la belle France—and in a Christian country too 1 Why , the very idea would have struck terror into the stoutest heart of ancient Rome or warlike Greece , whose people held nothing , except life itself , in greater value than the decent and proper burial of the dead
An Anecdote of General Sib John Moore . — Wo do not find that great . men affected dignity . Cromwell , we are told , was so far from being affected , that he was not only familiar with those under his command , but was so to a degree almost amounting to boyishness . Marlborouzh was also without affectation . Wolfe ( as I was told by a friend of his , who was also a captain , in hia regiment ) used to amuse himself with hia officers aa if he were an ensign Sir Ralph Abercohtbie toor- ^ theie was no affectation in that great soldier . Neither was there ia Lord CornwalliSj a man remarkable for the noble simplicity of his character . Sir John Moore was equally destitute of affected dignity . He entered into the society of those under his command as their equal
confident that his vast , superiority as a man WOUld * at all times , rake him more above them than even hiB high rank conld do : he required no external aid . There was , i among hi ? officers , an awe of him ; but it was not inspired by any reserjve or haughtiness of manner on his part ; though I have seen him put down pert and self-sufficient men by a degree of sarcasm which .-Jew ' could withstand ; those : who could , were not likely to provoke it . Hianunners were extremely polished and agreeable , cheerful , and , at times , even , playful , trecollect once standing in the street at Lisbon , looking at a very pretty woman who was at a window , when someone gently laid hold of both my cars , say in a joking tone— " Ah ! caitiff ! have I caught you ? what right have vou to
look at such an ugly old woman as that ! I will put yon under arrest . Turning round , I saw that it was the commander in chief I " 1 will thank you for the punishment , sir , " said I , " if you will puce the ugly old woman over me as Sentry . " Another time , when going from his quarters in the viUagQof Sandgate to the evening parade , On the heights of Shorndiff , the aacent being steep , Moore laid to six or eight officers who were with him : " Now fjbr a race to the top of the hill ! " and away we all started . Neil Campbell ( afterwards with Napoleon at Elba ) beat us all * and Moore Was second . These are trifling matters , but they mark the unaffected and
social feelings of a great man , and , as such , the reader will , perhaps , pardoin them . Regard , admiration , and , in very many instances , gratitude for the deep interest he took in their Welfare , wexe the feelings which were entertained for Moore by those who served under bis command . There were some characters whom no man liked , and they disliked Moore ; but such men had another feeling , whioh kept them in their proper places—fear . Moore ' s nature was unaffected , kind , gentle , benevolent ; nor was he roased to severity , until provoked by great want of zeal for the public service , or by gnat criminality . —Sketches Military life .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 9, 1840, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2683/page/7/
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