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It 13 with judgments as with our watches , none go just alike , yet each belieTes his own , ARGiXD LAMP . -Herschelcalculated the difference betwrta the light of an Arjrand lamp and a single cat ale to be as sixteen to one . The Time * beggedthe acceptance of a supplement S ^ " ^ SE - ° f . Thursday , having thu / Wed more superficial mehes" to the spread of Torrim ! fc- " £ V- ? kaown in one day before . This ¦ bo »* . ha . n is very grateful for the patronage it r ecces lrom its Tory patrons ; and a £ the extra Btaet was given gratis-with a profound consciousne ~ of its worth b y-the-way—we must say that the iniKiuerer has done the " handsome thing by its Tea - > ¦>! - < a j
' THE OTTED STATES OF NORTH AMEEICA .. Lnited States , your banner wears Two emblems , one of fame ; Alas ! the Gther that it bears ^ Reminds us of your shame . j he white man ' s liberty in types Stands blazoned by your stars , i ' - -jt what ' s the meaning of the stripes?—They mean your negroes' scars . I ; .. " . as Life . —One half of human life is made up of-wasted consideration . The highways of the world arc 5 - vrewed with the sand of thoughts cast away . The evints over which we bare no control Iffect ¦ our destiny a thousand-fold more than the few that
we caii govern ; and while we ponder over our ¦ d ecisiori , faie decides for us ; and the game is played . The Schoolmates Absoad . —At a neighbouring to'wvi no : many miles from onr city , " the following was lately called through the mirket , the orthography ,: ' % vhieh is rather peculiar : — " Siraid or Stolen -or rode an-sy from Orbtou Rigg—Mare ass , wite conhrd—with the hare of her hip with the stifle- ^ paster joint cut with the hopple—near the side lug ha ? a . ump beeing boord— Whoever return the same to James Orbton Rigg will be paid . "— Country Payer .
J . LLP . oraxE * x Mclgsave . —A friend of mine called ou me to-day , who met Mr . Lambton , Lord Dariiams brother , at dinner yesterday ; and Limbton toKi h ' . m ihat he was dining at the Palace ou Thursday last , and was Jalkinj- with Lord Melbourne over Lord . ' uulgrave ' s " private theatricals , " when , the Royal auention being attracted , her Majesiy wa ? p-ea ^ eil to a = k what sort of an actor LoTd Mulgrave VT ^ i "Oh , very bad , vtry bad indeed , " was the Premier ' s reply . And 4 i so I s-hould think , " was her M *; - ? -: y s gracious rejoinder . —Bunn ' s , Stage . Tp . \ -. vits in the dubs have dubbed poor T ' wis ? the p ^ itical nighiman , from h-.-ariug it reported that he nci conditioned with his Tory master , that , in the - > ven ; of " the faction" coming in , he was to be mai-.- a Prvy Councillor !
A . Miss ' a ape - ' was presented to the Queen on Thursday , ki ? . Norton remarked , "if her face was . ^ her name she must have a tins open countenance . "' . ^ 1 ^ i c s gives it as his final opinion that , in consequence of the balls falling short of their object , they must have been so heavy as to leave no doubt of their v -eing cast from pewter . This is the more prooaMe , when we reflect on the avocation of the po :-boy traitor . Kea > - 3 Sti-dt . —Kean sat up all night in a room oppcr . tv ; the Debtor ' s-doorof the Old Bailey , to catch a foil view of the Cato Street conspirators ; and as he was going on the stage in the evening , he said to me , " 1 mean to die like Thistlewood to-night : I'll inmate- ^ very muscle of that man ' s countenance . "Sum : > Sicce .
v \ ; u ,. v we hear it remarked that Prince Albert has . a . taste for painting , we are not at all surprised , kiowinj ; , as we do , his talent fur drawing , not , be it nrdersicod , the "human face divine , " but his annuity , -which is not permitted to lay one hour in ihe Exc-c ^ uer beyond the period of its falling due !
BEFORE i > D AFTEE MARRIAGE . 1 thought my wife an angel once , but oh ! ' ' iV ' -re she in heaven now , to prove her so ! ! ^ Thl- Whigs say—speakins of the pot-boy affair , j thu : .: wao on the part of the Tories , supposing ' th > . ; ii : •¦ have had a hand in ihe atro . ious conspirac \ , a v = ry earnest way of payii-g off an old score . ' ' l It 1 .=. Strongly ZU 2 p&&l&A , from wkat has rtcensly ; tran ^ uirecL that the pot-boy traitor ' s confederates ¦ are in the Cabinet line . This weihinkvery probable , ; as . L ) rreisdenion 5 tratable proof of his being an under- j tar . - ' -. - I Ihe Chronicle called the pot-boy assassin " a I yo"p ; r 2 nd thin traitor . " If they had calledhim a ihi : k : u ; d thin traitor , they would have been nearer , the maik , as relates to his siout as well as his Tory j association .
It is pronounced by the Tories impossible that the HanDveriaadspot could hare had a hand in the potboy plot—but ine Whigs contend tha ; if he had no ha : ; j in it he ha > d his heart in it , and this opinion , ¦ we thiiik , seems pretty general . Thz Herald speaks of the life and animation " of the scene at the consecration of the " West of London and Westminister Cemetery . " " Life and animation" axe prove subjects for consideration in a place appropriated as a receptacle for the dead ! The Tories , more than ever impressed with the belief iha ; the pot-boy plot is a mere weak invention of ihe enemjj throw out many dark but understandable hints that Oxford will not be executed—that , thfcv a > sert , would be carrying the joke too far !
T-nuM Tears . — "The good King of Hanover actually shed tears when he heard that his niece had been fired at by an assassin . "—Tory Paper . Ernest shed tears when of the shots he heard ; Yes , that succession should be so deferred ! The pot-boy traitor reversed the order of things , when he introduced the pevter into the Barrel ; his practice had previously been to " draw" the contents of the barrel" into the " pewter . " "Wisely , most wisely has it been Baid , that the sport of musing is the waste of life . The happy consciousness of being useful in his generation , the high reward of after-praise , of the cherished memory , and the venerated tomb were never yet granted to thai Tnan who turned aside from the labour of thought , to dally with a dreaming fancy ,
Pki > ck Albert ' s Mopstachios . — " It is no * true , lays a correspondent , " that Prince Albert has shaved off his moustachios ! " Doubtless this will be deliifaifm intelligence w multitudes of young fellows who , ever since Prince Albert ' s arrival in this country , have been sedulously cultivating ti : > s . whiskers , and moustachios , and who were sadly perplexed at the rumour of the last few days , that her Majesty had actually prevailed upon her royal consort to shave his upper lip . Th"s Swell Mob were actively employed on a
late occasion , when a large assemblage of Legislators met in the neighbourhood of Westminster ; Lord Melbourne lost a general invitation to dine at the Palace . Dan . O'Conneil , a promissory note for a borough . Mr . Hume , a black and white cotton handkerchief and a Joey . Prince Albert nearly lost a "Sovereign , " but the thief was detected in the act . Lord Palmerston lost hifl pot of rouge . Mr . Macaulay , bis dictionary of quotations . Lord Nonnanby , h . s back-scratcher . We are afraid they were eareless of their property .
A British Seaxa * . —You have been a prisoner but a month , " he resumed , " and I have been so for thirty-three years . Yes , my friend , I am a prisoner to the Bea ; it confines me on every side ; wares notLing but waves ; I see nothing else , I hear nothing else . My hair ha 3 grown grey amidst their foam , and my back become somewhat bent already under their spray . I have spent so little time m Eadand that I know it only by the map . My country is an ideal being , which I have merely had a glimpse of , but which 1 serve like a Blare , and which treats me with ihe mure severity the more need it has of me . "—Napier ' s Military Life .
U > p aralleled PRicociTT . — " Isn ' t he a fine child ! "' said a young mother to a visitor , as she proudly exhibited her first-born . " Th « handsomest boy as 1 ever saw , " was , of conrse , the instant reply of Voe old bachelor to vraom ihe appeal was made . u Yes ; bless his little hean ! " exclaimed tbe betterhail author of the little battling ; " and so very fortrard of his age , don ' t you think ? " " Very forward , ' said the echo . And , as the young matron removed the e&p from her babby ' s head , the inexperienced bachelor continued , in evident amazement , "Bless me , he is forward ! I never before saw a person
baJdheadedto soon ! TfiK pot-boy prisoner , Oxford , seems to have exhibited a demeanour something between tragedy and comedy , when he appeared at the bar of the Old Bailey .. He ia described as "constantly nulling , and occasionally picking and tasting the rue placed in front of the dock . " His chaosing the * rue" most be 'liewed as a kind otfoib-tatte of what he may expect in . the way of punishment for bis murderous attempt on the life of the Queen . Whether be liked the flavour or not is uncertain , bat -it is not likely to be a herb of grace" in his
There is no Taluable rank among men but that which real merit assigns . The princes of the earth may give names , ' and institute ceremonies , and exact the observance of them , their imbecility and their wickedness , stay prompt them to clothe fools aud knzTes with , tobee of honour , and emblems of wisdom and vir tue ; bat no man will in troth be superior to another , without superior worth ; and that rank can no more be taken from us , than the merit which
establishes ' & . —Boiingbroke . Marriage . —Of all actions of a man ' s life marriage least concerns other people ; yet of all actions of our life , it is most meddled with by " other people . Marriage is nothing but a civil contract : It is true it is an ordinance of God ; so is every contract . God command * us to keep it when we have made it . Marriage is a desperate thing . The frogs in Esop ' jrar * extremely wise ; they had a great mind to jjnpo > water , bat they would not leap into the well , % eo » iKL they eoald not get oat of it .
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HOUSE OF LORDS .-Prtday , June 25 . The Settled Estates Drainage BUI , after some desultory conversation , was read the second time . The Colonial Passengers' Bill , the Timber Duties Bill , and the Enclosure Acts Amendment Bill , severally went through committee , on the motion of Ijord Ihmcaimoa , and the reports , respectively , were ordered to be received on Monday . Their Lordships then adjourned .
Monday , June 29 . The Marquis of Nornianby , adverting to the inquiry of a former evening of the Earl of Charleville , said that he hid taken the opinions of the law officers of the Grown , and their opinion was that a Sheriff did not vacate his office by subsequently becoming a Peer . On the motion of the Archbishop of Canterbury , the Protestant Episcopal Church ( Scotland ) Bill was read the third time and passed . The Marquis of Breadalbane having presented petitions on the subject of non-intrusion , Scotland ,
The Earl of Aberdeen took occasien to remark that , great as had been , in modern times , the improvements in domestic manufactures , perhaps the greatest improvement had occurred in the manufacture of petitions ; and his Lordship went on to intimate that the petitions just presented were a signal example of the perfection to which that manufacture had been brought On the question that the House resolve into committee on the Municipal Corporations ( Ireland ) Bill , The MaTquis of Londonderry moved its adjournment ; bnt that proposition the Noble Marquis withdrew . Their Lordships then resolved into committea on the Bill , and Lord Lyndhurst proceeded to move his amendments .
Many of the clauses , as amended , were carried ; others were deferred . The remainder of their Lordships sitting was occupied with proceeding with the amendments to the clauses .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . —JVWat / , June 26 . The report of the Weaver Churches Hill occasioned an extraordinary muster ; and Mr . E . J . Stanley moved as an amendment , that the report be deftrred till ibis day three months : but . on a division , the bill > ras earried by 227 to 157 , bting a majoriiy of seventy in its favour . Lord Stanley moved that ths Hou 3 e aqain resolve into committee en the Registration of Voters iIreland ) Bill . Mr . O'Connell bad threatened to move an instruction to the committee to define the franchise , but he witb-. Irew the notice , stating tba : he should avail himself of another opportunity to make that motion . The House being in Committee , the second , or interpretation clause , was agreed to , after a show of opposition from Mr . O'CoDnell .
The third clause was the subject of a protracted debate . It required from the claimant of the franchise possession of the property on which he made his claim , for twelve calendar months previous to the 20 th of July ; but Lord Stanley agreed to substitute six months for twelve months . Lord Morpeth then moved to insert " his registry " in the place of " 20 th of July . " This motion raised the qutstion of annual or quarterly registration : and Lord Stanley distinctly declared , that if the amendment -were carried , he should consider that the Committee decided against annual registration , which was the basis of his bill—the principle on which its entire machinery was framed ; and be would in that case proceed no further with iL
On this understanding the Members went to the division ; when there appeared—For the original clause 275 For Lord Morpeth ' s amendment 271 Majority against Ministers 4 Lord Stanley wished to proceed with the next clause ; but Mr . Hume objected ; and the Committee rose , to sit again on Thursday next Colonel Sibthorp , being looaly called for to give the Ministry his customary map de prace , said , after what ha 4 taken place he hoped the IS ' oble Lord would think it most prudent and most decent to the country to resign at once . ( Loud iheera and laughtef . ) The
© overnment had been defeated over aud over again , aud could have no hope of holding out much longer , and , tLertfore , if the Xoble Lord had any political virtoe , he hoped that , for once ia his life , he would show it , and trouble the House and the country no longer 'Loud laughter . ) When the Noble L-. rd saw how he had betn defeated , acd how he must be defeated , —i « heer .- <) —he trusted he would exhibits little camion deeency , and no longer waste the public time in doing nothing . 1 Loud cheers . 1 However , the Government » lid not posstss decency enough for this , he hoped thay woHld at least have sufficient to show a disposition to d » something before a prorogation , or the payment of their salaries . , Cheers . )
Mr . Aglionby presented a petition from the Chakman of the Manchester Univer-al Suffrage Association , praying that a copy of any Examinations , Reports , or other papers received from aay 1 ns > ector » f Prisons , or other person , with rtgard to the treatment of Mr . F . O'Connor in York Castle , might be laid before the House . He gave the XJDder Sccntary of State notice a few days since of his inWntion to uiore tor those papers , but as the Hon . Under Secretary was- aot now in his place , and he had received no answer frsm him , he would give notice that he should mo-v © for the papers on Monday . —Adjourned . Monday , June 29 . Mr . Hume gave notiee that he should persevere in his amendment to Sir R . Inglb ' a motion , the following evening , regarding " Church Extension . "
Mr . Maclean asked the Secretary for Foreign Affairs , ¦ whether it was the intention , of Government to take any steps with regard to the certificates asd tails of ex- I change delivered to the British merchants on account of opium surrendered ? It appeared by the report of the Committee that they declined to interfere ; and he wished to know whether the Noble Lord intended to bring forward any motion for the purpose of granting compensation to these merchants . Lord Palmerston answered that he had seen nothing to alter the views already Taken on the subject , and stated te the Committee of British merchants . Mr . Maclean then asked , whether the Government repudiated the acts of Captain Ellitt , or wkether they intended to continue him in the situation of superintendent ? Lord Palmerston replied that it was not the intention to recall Captain Elliot
Lord Ingestre inquired whether there was any probability of an arrangement being speedily made with regard to letters being posted at a later hour than at present ? The Chancellor of the Exchequer answered that , considering the persona employed in the Post-office had double the amount of business to transact , it was not his intention te recommead cuch a step at present Mr . Hume , on the question that the Sugar Duties Bill be read a third time , said it would be recollected that the House had refused to reduce the duty on foreign Sugar , and on the preceding evening , the House refused to permit the passage of free labourers fr « m Bengal , and other parts of the East Indies , to the Mauritius ; since that time the price of sugar had risen very considerably , and it was likely to rise higher still , in consequence of the deficient supply . He , therefore , wished to kuow whether it was the intention of the Noble Lord to take anf steps to insure free labour in the colonea on which the supply depended .
Lord J . Russell answered , that the proposition made was the a 4 mission of free labour from the East Indies to the Mauritius . The House decided against that proposition , but , as he understood , on the ground th&t it had not tufficient information , and not on the ground that it ought to be the wish of the House , he certainly should not think himself justified in allowing the importation of free labour into the Mauritius until that further information were received . When that wa » received , it woold be for Parliament to say whether it would sanction such a plan . The bill was eventually tea * the third time , and passed . Tha Chimney-fiweepeB' Bill was read the third tima , and passed . The question of resolving into committee on the Ecck siastical Dutiei and Revenues Bill was preceded by the moving of an address ; and the discussion thereon occupied the main portion of the evening .
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Destbccttve Fire at Ceotdon . —On Friday morning , between four and five o ' clock , a fire broke out at the Swan and Sugar-loaf public noose , Croydon ; and there being a good supply of water the fire was got under in about three hoars , but not until the whole of the stabling and the back parlours of three houses at the rear were entirely consumed . The damage is estimated at between four and five hundred pounds , bnt it is understood the property is insured . Attempt at Self- CRrcmxioic . —This d » y the medical officers at the dispensary in Hanover-street were presented with one of the most extraordinary oases that had erer come before them . Upon a car , brought to the door of the institution , was laid a stoat bale man ; about thirty years of age ; he was tied down , and it was with difficulty the persons in charge could restrain him . Upon being brought
into the consulting room it was found that his feet and hands had been perforated apparently with large nails . It appeared from the statement of those by whom he was brought to the dispensary , that his name is Bartholomew Donovan—that he is a labouring man , has resided several years at Carrignavan had frequently betrayed symptoms of insanty , and was yesterday morning found in an outhouse contiguous to his own dwelling , bleeding profusely at the feet and hands , having in each a large nail—with a view , he stated , of " crucifying" himself . He was taken home , and , this day , his wounds being first dressed , the unhappy creature was sent to the Lunatio Asjlnm . —Cork Southern Reporter .
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TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE AND . HONOUR . ABLE THE LORDS SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL OF THE UNITED KIKQDOM , IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED . . The humble Petition of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., Barrister-at-Law , and now a prisoner at ihe felon ? side of York Castle , Sheweth , That y » ur petitioner received judgment of the Court of Queen ' s Bench , on the llth of May , fora verdict had against him at the last York Assizes , for the publication of a seditious political libel , whiclTwas printed in a newspaper called the Northern Star , and of which petitioner is the sole proprietor . That upon the same day your petitioner was committed to the custody of the Marshal of the Marshalsea , previously to being removed to York Castle , according to the judgment of the Court TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE AND ^ HONOUR .
That between the 14 th and the 18 th of May , your petitioner laid two affidavits of medical gentlemen , together with two medical certificates , before the Marquis of Normanby . That the affidavits were dictated by Anthony Todd Thomson , M . D ., and concurred in by Mr . Jago , surgeon , of Hammersmith , both of whom bad attended petitioner in a dangerous illness , and from which he had not then recovered . That the affidavits most positively stated that the removal of petitioner to any gaol subject to the usual prison discipline , and the loss of exercise , would lay the foundation of disease which would ultimately prove fatal to the petitioner .
That such affidavit was delivered to Lord Normauby on Thursday , May 14 th . That Lord Nownanby , Laving replied to those affidavits , as also to an affidavit and memorial of your petitioner , by an order for his removal to York Castle , on Saturday the 16 th , and your petitioner ' s illness having increased , Dr . Thomson sent a medical certificate , according to the request of Mr . Fox Maule , who required an authenticated medical certificate , to warrant petitioner ' s detention in the Queen ' s Bench . That on Friday , the 15 th of May , Dr . Thomson made such certificate , declaring that petitioner ' s removal to York Castle would be attended with great risk and danger . That such certificate was authenticated by affidavit of Mr . Macnamara ,
and was on Friday returned , together with the affidavit , to Lord Normanby . That , notwithstanding , Lord Xornianby still ordered your petitioner to remove to York . That on Sunday , the 17 th , petitioner was visited by Mr . Cooper , surgeon to the Queen ' g Bench Prison ; and on Sunday evening , the 17 th , at five o ' ch .-ck , Mr . Cooper drew up a certificate precisely similar to tbat of Dr . Thomson , although your petitioner is not aware that Mr . Cooper ever heard of the Crrt . ficate of Dr . Thomson ; that such certificate was eliverod to Mr . Fox Maule , aud was answered to petitioner by letter , stating that Lord Normanby saw no reason fur countermanding the order for petitioner's removal . That in fourteen hours after , your petitioner W . 13 taken from the Queen ' s Bench Prison , with an order
that your petitioner was to be lodged in York Castle that night , after a journey of near two hundred miles . That your petitioner hail not prevailed upon the Deputy Marshal to divide the journey until your petitioner arrived at the rail-way station ; when the Marshal took petitioner he had prevailed upon the offieer in the Government transport office , or some such person whose duty it is to transmit prisoners , to allow your petitioner to be taken only one hundred miles that day . That when your petitioner arrived in York , he requested to be allowed t » sleep ai an hotel that night , in custody of the two officers who accompanied petitioner , as
petitioner was anxious to have the whole day before him , when he was first lodged in prison ; bat that the (¦ fficers declared they dare not do so . That your petitioner then requested the Deputy Marshal te inquire of the Governor of York Castle whether any instructions had been giveu aa to petitioner ' s treatment or any notice of his state of health . That upon his return , the Deputy Marshal informed your petitioner , that he was sorry to say , that no difference wa » to be made between the treatments of petitioner and the other prisonew in York Castle , with the exeeption , that prisoner being a misdemeanant , would be allowed to wear his owi clothes .
That your petitioner was ther al ten o " clock at Bight , locked up in a felon ' s dungeon , after being deprived of every thiDg in his possession , and being examined , according to the rules of the prU-m , by a surgeon for the pnrpoae of ascertaining th . it J = » ux petitioner bad not any infectious dLaordty . Your petitioner complains that he has been , most illegally , inhumanly , disgracefully ., and barbarously treated . That no notice of your petitioner ' s health , was sent , either to the Governor or Magistrates , together with his commitmeut . That your petitioner was removed in fourteen hours after , the strongest medical certificates , and while dangerously ill , weak and exhausted , he was thrown like a dog or a felon , iato a cold damp stone cell .
That on the 24 ta May , your petitioner forwarded a petition to be presented by Mr . Sergeant Talford to the House of Commons , complaining of some of petitioner ' s grievances , treatment , and state of health . That the said petition was-engrossed by the Under-Goverawrand waa in his possession for more than two days . That , the Governor read the petition and never-remarked upon or contradicted a > skigl » allegation , furtlie » tbau ^ requesting your petitioner to add , that during bis illness , the rules of the prison exonerated petitioner from menial service , and from the rules of the prison , which addition your petitioner made in the presence off the-Governor , and though not printed in the petition , by order of the House of Conimeas , will be found in your petitioner ' s own hand writing . In his petition sent to Mr . Sergeant Talfourd . That Mr . Hague , Chaanow of the Visiting Magistrates ,, was furnished , at his own request , with a copy of the petition .
Your petitioner most solemnly declares that every word in the said petition was strictly true * while it did not contaia oae-half of the insulting treatment to which your petitioner was subjected . Your petitioner complains that his petition was withheld for a week after its content * were made known at the Home Office ; and that , duaing the interval , a correspondence took place between the Home Office and the Visiting Magistrates , the result of which was a trifling—scarcely any—difference in the treatment of the petitioner ; and tbat bubo trifling alterations , made subsequently to your petitioner ' s statement , were then brought forward , for the purpose of contradicting the allegations set forth in your petitioner's petition , written ten days previously .
You petitioner now asserts , without fear of contradiction , that no relaxation of the rule was made , even from the 25 th of May to the 1 st of June , other than a murderer would have beea entitled to , in favour of petitioner . Your petitioner complains tbat discredit was thrown upon his petition by Mr . Fox Maule , stating that he held petitioner ' s petition in his hand , and that it was therein asserted that petitioner hod applied for other medical advice than the prison furnished and was refused , while your petitioner refers your Honourable House to his petition , and confidently assert * that such an assertion is not even hinted at . Your petitioner complains tbat » secret , a partial , and an unfair Inquiry has taken place . Your petitioner complains that Mr . Inspector Crawford refused to go into proof of the allegations contained in bis petition , although petitioaei tendered proof in aid of every fact therein stated .
\ our petitioner also undertook to disprove , by the evidence of Mr . Hague and the Oaveraor , every sentence contained in each and every one of Mr . Hague ' s letters to the Home Office , but the Inspector refused . Yeur petitioner requests to direct the atteatloa of your Honourable House to the following passages ia & letter of Mr . Hague ' s , dated June 1 st , and also to your petitioner ' s reply : — " Mr . Feargus O'Connor is not subject to any imdignities of the person . He does not take hia chamber uteniil op stain , or bring it down to clean it out . He
does not scour his room . Ha does not perform any menial office . He has had sheets offered him to sleep in , and he refused them- He has tea and tmgut without restriction as to quantity twice a day . He has animal foed for dinner , and two glasses of wine . He Is shaved daily , and has clean linen and towels when he wishes . There are no beds but those of iron stocks and flock beds , of whieh flock beds he has foar . He has a pillow , chair , and table ; he eats and has eaten his meals in the ward by himself , the first day eicepted . He has a large yard to excersiee in . He has a bed-TOom and large hospital to himself . He wean his own clothes .
Your petitioner respectfully gives the following answers to the foregoing communications : — If your petitioner was not subjected to any indignities of the person on the 1 st of June , why do the Tisiting Magistrates , in their letter , of the same date , addressed to the Home Secretary , request tbat your petitioner should be relieved from grievous indignities , which the rules impose , the last request being tbat your petitioner should be allowed the same privileges as felons , as respects seeing friends and relations . Your petitioner was subjected to every indignity
whieh the rules impose , even up to the first , and is still subjected to many of the most galling . Had any portion of youx petitioner ' s furniture , or his utensils been brought frem petitioner's room , your petitioner must have done it He did not bring down his chamberpot latterly , because he would not use it j but from the 19 th of May , till June 1 st , no persen ever did one hand ' s torn for your petitioner in his © dl , either directly or indirectly , with the exception of one act of kindness by a fellow-prisoner , when your petitioner was loo ill and weak io do It for himself : That no one was ever ordered , told , or asked to do so .
The rules impose upon you petitioner the duty of scouring out his room ; they were never relaxed in his favour . A . fellow prisoner did it for petitioner , who was informed that he was only exempt during illness . Tour petitioner baa performed many menial offices , and continued to do so up to the date of Mr . Hague ' s letter , June 1 st . Your petitioner refused sheets , observing , that he had always understood , that in so damp a place , blankets were better . Your petitioner never , to his knowledge , slept withoat sheets till the 19 th of May last .
Yeur petitioner asked frequently to be allowed to nuke his own tea , but was refused . It Jias made by a turnkey , and brought to the felon ' s day-room ,
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when , petitioner took it eft" one end of a stone bench , while he sat upon the other end . / Your petitioner was ordered animal food by the smgeon ; he had half-a-pound of mutton chops per day , which , from want of exetrcise / he could not eat Your petitioner never drank a drop of anything from the lflth of May to the 31 st , when , at half-pastsix o ' clock at night , just before petitioner was locked up , the surgeen was sent forspecially to see petitioner , and then ordered him two glasses of wine medicinally , for that time only . , Your petitioner , up to the time Mr . Hague ' s letter was written , was never shaved out of the turn of his ward , and was limited to towels just as any felon . He had his own linen by the rule , as he is a misde-TTIftflTlftnfL when petitionw took it . ff one end of a stone
Your petitioner had four beds , not over each other , but alongside , two deep , as he slept on the flags , and could feel the flags through them ; they are not , when pressed , any protection . Your petitioner did not get a pillow till he fell down in his cell from giddiness , and when he complained to the surgeon that it proceeded from your petitioner ' s head hanging down at nights , the surgeon then ordered the Governor to put a pillow in petitioner ' s cell . Your petitioner did not get a chair till Saturday the 30 th ., when it was ordered by the surgeon , after the surgeon had sat about a minute upon a stone bench opposite petitioner . That your petitioner for eleven days sat upon a cold stone . That your petitioner did not get a table till the 31 st May . Your petitioner has a small yard , with a privy without a door , and three sinks to exercise in .
Your petitioner had never seen the hospital when the letter was written ; the hospital is the bed-room . Your petitioner wears his own clothes—so does Smith , who is in this prison now for the murder of Duke ; both do so , because the rules allow it . Your petitioner most solemnly declares , that from May 18 th to June 1 st , he never took off any part of his dress at night , except his coat , boots , and stock , in censequenco of the damp . Your petitioner did not taste a morsel from five o'clock on Tuesday , the 19 th , till Wednesday , the 20 th of May , at five o ' clock , but water . 'Your petitioner did not get any other dinner on the 21 st of May than that a prisoner in bis ward brought from the felon ' e mess , which petitioner could not eat .
Your petitioner complains that although your Honourable House required a st » iet investigation into petitioner ' s complaints , that Mr . Crawford , the prison inspector , refused to enter at all upon such matter , and confined your petitioner to mero observations upon evidence taken on the 4 th of June , where petitioner was not present . Your petitioner complains that three of his letters were stopped by Mr . Hague—one to Mr . Sergeant Talfourd ; one to the Editor of the Times newspaper ; and oue to a friend . Your petitioner complains that he has been treated as no man before ever has been treated for a similar offence . Your petitioner submits to your Honourable House that hia offence does not justify , the law does not sanction , and the Judge did not intend , such treatment as your petitioner has beea , and is still , subjected to .
Your petitioner refers yeur Honourable House to the evidence of the surgeon of the 10 th of June ; he states that your petitioner is nothing worse than when he arrived at York Castle ; while in Mr . Hague ' s letter of the 28 th of May , he states that petitioner ' s health is much better than when he arrived at York Castle . Your petitioner declares that his constitution has been considerably broken , and that his health is math worse than when he arrived at York Castle . Your petitioner most firmly believes that , had he tamely borne the illegal treatment to which he was subjected , that it was the intention of the Home Secretary to have had every one of the rules enforced in petitioner ' s ease ; and in which belief your petitioner is justified by the vague , evasive , and indistinct character of every reply to the Visitiag Magistrates .
The following , amongst other rales , 13 posted on the door of petitioner ' s day-room : — " No person to be admitted to see the criminal prisoners between the hours of twelve and one any day , but visitowj rand professional advisers may be admitted from nine to twelve in the morning , except duaring the hours of divine service , and from oue to four in the afternoon . " Your petition ** complains that , notwitstanding the above rule , most liberally acted upon to new felons , yet y our petitioner ' s friends were all revised admittance , and aoiue of them most insultingly treated . That Mr . Clarkson , solicitor to your petitioner , came a distance of forty miles to see petitioner and consult relative to another trial of petitioner's , which is to take place at the next Assizes at Li- » jrpo » l . That Mr . CLukson remained at York for the greater part of two days , making almost hourly applications to the proper authorities , and yet was not allowed to see petitioner .
Ywur petitioner claims no relief , if there be one single false sUteiuent in either of your petitioner ' s petitions subnittad to Parliament . Your petitioner , therefore , prays saoh relief as to your Honourable House shall appear just and reasonable ; and your petitionea , as in duty bound , will ever pray . FEARGUS O'CONNOR Toak Castle , June 13 * 1840 .
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TOWER HAMLETS . Bear's Greasb and Lamp Oil ; or rubbing-ik fob Whiskers — An east-end specimen of the genus puppy , named Wilkinson , calling himself a " solicitor ' s clerk , " was summoned by a barber , residing In the Bethnal-Green-road , named Jeremiah Rlggs , for the sum of 6 s ., the value of three pots ef bear ' s grease he had supplied to the defendant Commissioner—I think I have seen yon here before , Mr . Riggs ? Barber—Right as a trivet , my Lord . I ' m the sole lnewntor of the "Albert hare bile , " wofnl turn a pig's bristles into ringlets , and make a donkey ' s toll carl like
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a corkscrew . I ' ve writ some werses on it , vich , mayhap , yur Lordship ud like to read . The batber here dived to the bottom of the pockets of his unmentionables , and lugged out a dirty piece of paper , which he handed to the Commissioner , who read it , amid roars of laughter , as follows : — " Folks travels over many a mile Jlst for to try the « A lbert bile , ' Wot turns the bare from grey to brown You gets three bettles for a crown ; To icarmint proves a gallus choker , ' . And makes it curl stiff as a poker ; And duz wot nuthick ' s done afore—It makes the old " uns young once more ; All you as doubts jist make a trial Of the Albert bile ' a single wial , * And then you'll have no call for wigs , Sole inwentor—Jeremy Riggs . " acorkscrew . lT 8 Wl ^ m .. ™ . ™ . „ . „„ ,, «
Commissioner—Why , yo \ a poetry is even superior to your " Albert hile . " I suppose you are patronised very largely ? ¦ Barber—Werry , my Lord . Vy , all the young swells comes to me to get cut and curled on a Sunday morning , and I rubs ' em up with a little " Albert hile , " and turns em out sich slap-up kiddies that I ' m Mowed if the gals don't fall in love with ' em like vinking , ' cause vy , they carn't help it . Prince Albert hiaself had a bottle afore he went to Hepsom raws . Commissioner—What makes you think that ? Barber—Vy , my Lord , a werry mysterious-looking covey , like a Garman , comes into my shop , and ses to me says he , ¦•• Muster Riggs , I vants a bottle of' Albert hile" for a genleman wots a going to Hepsom . " So , as Prince Albert vos a genleman as vos agoing to Hepsom , thinks I to myself the Garman must be a servant of him . ( Laughter . )
Commissioner—A remarkably shrewd conjecture . But yeu havn't told us anything about the bear ' s grease . Barber—Jist a coming to it , my Lord . That young un ( pointing to defendant ) comes to me to ax vot he'd better be arter to get some vhiskers ? So , my Lord , I adwised him to try my ginooine bear ' s grease , as that ud give a pair o' vhiskera to a turnip , purwiding it wos well rubbed in . So- he tuck my adwice ; but he couldn't cultiwate none , 'cause the seed hadat bin sowed . Now , the pint ' s this here—if a maa manured hia cabbage-garden ever so much , and forgot to sow any seed , he might vait along vile afore he got any plants .
Commissioner—Now , as yoa have been so ingerooas in inventing this " Albert hUe , " as you call it , I wonder you don't exercise youi > ability in the inven t tion of " whisier seed . " Depeiad upon it , it would be a profitable- speculation , for there are hundreds of young men whose height of atabition is to obtain whiskers . Barber —( looking very seriously ;—That ' s a werry good hidca , my Lord ; and would gammon the flats werry well . Commissioner—Well , did the defendant , when he found the whiskers wouldn't grow , refiiae to pay you for the bear ' s grease ? Barber—Yes , he did ; and , wot ' s worse , he insiniwated as how it was nuthink butt hog ' s lard and lamp 01 L Commissioner—Wei * , if it was , I suppose it would do the hair as much good' a » if it was real bear ' s greasewould it not ?
Barber—No doubt on < it votsumever ; b&t these people vouldn't buy it if we didn't call it bear ' s grease . The name is every thing . I don't vish the secrets of our purfession to go to the vurld , my Lord , but depend upon it every pot o' bear ' s grease ia London vos some time or other hSnaide a pig . ( Laughter . ) Commissioner—Well , you are certainly very candid , but it appears to me you * deceived the defendant in some measure by assuring-him that the stufB you . sold him would produce whiskera . Barber—My lord , jist hear reason , and I'll oonvince you of your herror . Suppose you vos a barber-, veil , some young pale-faced hinfant , vith a beard a * a kitten eould lick off , comes to you and axes you to eultiwate him s pair o * vhiskers ; if Iitos to tell him it vosno go , and couldn't be done , he'd bolt off to somebody slse , as ud gammon him to do it in » jiffey ; so the best way . is t » gammon the babby . Nobody can do arout a little humbug now-a-days .
Commissioner—Well , there is a good deal of ' logic in yoor arguments . Barber—I never knowed nuthink about logic myself , but my brother Joe , as lives in Duck-lane , Vestoinster , i » a > < lab at i *; I " spose it is ' eause he lives in the-ae , ighbourwood of the parliament-Bouse , where they deals out logic by the bushel . ( Laughter . ) Commissioner ( to the defeadant )—What have you tn allege against the payment of this debt , Mr . Wilkinson ? The defendant , a tall , pale-faced youth , boasting about as much beard and wbisfiers as a kidney potato , stepped forward , and thrusting his fingers through his ringlets , expressed his opinion . that the barber ' s- dlaim waa a " demmed imposition . " Commissioner : Upon what jpround do you pronounce it as imposition ?
Defendant : —Why , sir , he assured me that bis Bear's grease would produce me a pair of whiskers and jy beard like a shoe-brush in a week , but at the end of six week » I am as far off as ever . Commissioner ( laughing ) : Pferbaps you did nots " rub it is" sufficiently . Defendant : Didn't I though ?—why I rubbed and rubbed till I rubbed the skin off my face . ( Laughter . ) Commiseiencr : I am afraid you are blaming' the plaintiff fee that which ought to be attributed to nature . Defendaat : Oh , no , it ' s all through the vile stuff I had of him , which he called Bear ' s grease , when . in fact it was notWng but hog ' s-lardiand palm oil . Baibe *; Now , I say , my . tulip , if anybody vo 3 to ax me- vefther you had an ; brains in your head , I should werry naturally say . no ; so If anybody axes you if you knows how I makes my bear ' s grease , you will josfc say no too .
Commissioner : Well , It ttiink if people are fools enough to use bear ' s grease and trash of that description thay ought to be made to pay for their folly . We shall , therefore , adjudge the defendant to . pay the money ; . The- would-be whiskeraarios ' dubbed up ^ * ery unwillingly , and left the couat . The " inwentor of the Albert hile , " Mat Jeremy Riggs , adjourned with some of his friend * to an adjaeeat public house to celabrate his triumph , a * bumpers ol " heavy wet" :
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TO THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY . LETTER I . " What thou wouldst highly , That 8 AouW «« theu hollly . "—ShaKSPeare . My Lord , —A young man who once entertained a very favourable opinion of your Lordship , and was not slow to express U , even before those who violently differed from him , feels himself now called upon to renounce that opinUn and to entertain a contrary one ; for his ideas of your Lordship h&v » lately been altered by your Lordship ' s change of conduct . I wish to be candid , and to give you all the gratlfica ti » n that truth will afford , I , therefore , tell you , that those who differed from me in opinion respecting yon , do so still ; for " here we go round by the rule of contrary , " You will not beat the trouble togueMthia riddle , so I will at once solve it by informing you * that those persons are anti-Reformers , aud that I am a Chartist or Constitutionalist .
My Lord , I shall endeavour in this letter to . act the part of a friendly monitor to your Lordship . You appear to have forgotten yourself , be it mine to remind you of what you have been , and to shew you what you are ; for it may be of service to you " t » see yourself as others see you . " I hav » had opportunities of knowing much both of your private and your public life—the one enables me better to estimate the other ; and though I mean to confine myself chiefly to a recapitulation of the lattw , I shall not scruple to adduce passages from the former which have swayed , or may serve to illustrate , the tetter . may serve
You were horn the lucky heir of ose of our hereditary Legislators , and after the usual tutelage to fit you for so equivocal an office , yon were nominated by the Tory peer , your father , to represent his rotten borough of Scarborough . I call it Am , for , though it was not 8 » in point of pwperty , yet he had obtained a still more corrupt influence over it , by means of the Treasury . It was the nearest borough to the family estate of Mulgrave . Gratitude , for Ou honour he had done you , prompted yon to declare yourself a-follower of your father , whose gratitude for more substantial favours prompted him to follow William Pitt , " that stainless
man and unrivalled senator . " But , impelled by the generosity of youthful feeling , or acted upon by the liberal knowledge of the age , yon liberated yourself from the political guardianship of your noble parent , discarded those " golden © pinions" upon which his principles were founded , or by which they wore rendered dear to him , and renounced his public patronage . Your father required obedience to him , as he fondly deemed , for your own good—you were willing U sacrifice thai for the good of your country—he would listen to no such democratic reasons and was the less inclined to pardon your conduct , the more just were your motives . Blinded by his selfishness , he did not see that Toryism
would shortly die of old age s butyou , my Lord , had early learned to speculate upon chances , and your political foresight did not deceive yon . Reform struck down Toryism , and Wbigglsm reigns In Ks stead ; hut Radicalism will root out the common stem from which both branches spring . " The greatest is behind . " More lucky than the late member for Ipswich , * ou no sooner resigned your Torrasat In Scarborough , than Lord Fitewilliam offered you a Whig seat inMalton . You accepted it ; but the reward of your conversion could not take place until your adopted party obtained power , and in the meantime , you were dependent upon your indignant fcthe * . CHrcumstances rendered that dependence galling to both . You could not vote in opposition to Ministers while your father was one ; nor could your private allowance be increased to meet your increasing expenses without the addition of a public alary . Thus situated , you were : obliged to enter into a compromise with your disappointed parent , who stipulated that you should retire from Parliament and retreat to the Continent .
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It is not my purpose to detail these private pleasured for which you exchanged public business . Your amuse ! menta werearlstocratical , and , therefore , the expense of them might have been forgiven by a Tory pay master I believe a classical refinement of taste preserved you from the grosser delights of young aristocrats . It Js true you were a gambler ; but it is reported that you did more injury to yonr own heritage , than to that of others—you were an amateur play-actor , and are said to have amused yourself , at least j you were also a novelwriter ; but , although' your fictions were of questionable morality , they can no longer do mischief , for their date is out . ; ~ - , _ : T . .
Your father ' s death made you a peer . The star of Whiggismrose in the ascendant , and , under its auspices , you were appointed Governor of Jamaica . The time was critical—the emancipation of the slaves approached . I well remember the clamour of the retrograding Tories , at your good fortune . The Times ridiculed you and reproached the Government You were nicknamed , Poor "Yes and No , " in allusion to the title of one of your novels ; but your Lordship produced a '' contrast . " Like Prince Hal , when he became King , your " wildness mortified in you . "
The downfal of Toryism denoted the decline of ariatocratical influence , as the rise of Whlggery denoted the increasing power of the middle classes . You read the signs of the times like an astrologer , and set yourself sedulously to court popularity from the Dissenters . Jamaica furnished you with a fair stage to gain their favour . Considering your previous courses , it might have been thought difficult for you to succeed 5 but your Lordship knew how to act , and yon played yonr part so well , that , when you returned from Jamaica , you were appointed Viceroy of Ireland , which was , at that time , violently agitated by the stormy eloquence of O'Connell .
Politeness was your Lordship ' s policy—you got your cue from Chesterfield . You courted the magician of the tempest , and used his art to allay the waters whfeh he Jiad raised . A calm succeeded , and your Lordship ' s polished courtesy was rewarded by the loudly expressed praises of yonr cajoled and cajoling orator . You had deprecated his opposition and conciliated his good-will by submitting to his ' guidance ; and , in return , he puffed you into- popularity . The Irish nation was played between yon , into each other ' s hands . Your Lordship made a vice-regal tour to receive tha
applauses of the people , and signalized your progress by acts of mercy te poor prisoners . The Tories could not forgive you yoar popularity , and feU foul of the arts by which yon had obtained it . They singled out this in particular , and resolved to make it the ground-work of aa impeachment . You were baited in tha House of Lords , and Brougham himself condescended to play the bull-dog . Alas ! for Lord B » ongham f No man has more deserved fame by actingt ea principle—no m-in has betrayed it more by acts of passion H-is Lordship can stand on- true ground ; why s&onld he e ? er desert it for a false position ?
You , my Lord , could not expect that Lord Brougham would join your enemies against you— " this was the unHindest cut of all ; " antf , in imitation of Burke , you disclaimed his friendship . B « t Lord Brougham did not weep , like Fox , and your Lordship ' s imitation Sailed ofefltct . This was the crisis of your political life ; now was the touchstone applied " to fry if you were current ' gold indeedi . " How did you stand the test ? You shewed yourself too sensitive to party attack—you were not
sufficiency fortified with principle . You repented' of the good you had done because-ft had brought evil upon , you . A true patriot rejoices to prove his attachment to his principles by suffering for them ; but you revenged yourself on the very principles that ought tr > have consoled you , and you thereby proved them to have been assumed for a purpose . You seem to havfr said to yourself— " If the good-w 411 of the people gain * me the ill-win of my Peers , let > the people go—if I am ? to be scourged for my clemency ,. E will take care not tobe clement again . "
I candidly confess , my Lord , tfcat I had been duped by your conduct in Jamaica andi ftreland ; I believed ! you to be » sincere Reformer—a miracle among Lords * , and it is with great pain that I now pronounce my con * viction—thafcyou were all the while a political mountebank . Yovrcogged our hearts fronniM , but the illusion ia dispelled . Ton , who blinded us \ have yourself enlightened us . - You have furnishedhw with a key to your own character v we can read you now .
" BeVial in act more gracefnl ' aod humane , For flisiity composed and higk exploit But all was false and hollowi' You have reason , my Lord , to regret that you came to England : ifrjou had gone to Canada when you left Ireland , you . might have returned Birme Minister . But you- have taken off the mask to » soon—you have spoiled your own fortune . The n »* e distant the stage , the more perfect the illusion—stage perspective magnifies . White you acted the pasts of Governor of Jamaica and o * Lord Lieutenant ofe Ireland , we heard nothing of you but through the applauses of your admiring audienaes . Now that you . « have come near us , we see you ; and we find that you-i are only Lord No * - manby , who aoted those parts for i £ » own benefit .
Lord Jobm Bussell , enjoying ypux popularity , the > more so as he-had lost bis own , thaew a line and hook into the Irish ; Channel , baited with the coronet of a . Marquis . "Boar Lordship , like a > gudgeon , greedily seized it , and ) be drew you to English ground . You were appointed Colonial Secretaiyj but it was found convenient that you should exchange places with Lord John Russellr Why this changar was made , Is best known to tftose that . made it . The people flattered themselve 8 > tliat the unpopularityvof Lord John was the .-reason of hia removal from the ^ Home-office , and that your Lordbhip was put in his ^ alace to pursue mor * popular measures . But the people have been wofully disappointed ; and , in proportion to the credit which they had g&en you , is their paioien finding themselveft so cruelly , deceived . Ah ! mjy lord , you had it in your powe » to become as popul »» as no lord has beea since the toys of the " goodiBfcri of Leicester ; " bufc how grievoasly have you falsified , the great expectatioa formed of you !
The prisoners in Ireland was * , doubtless , many off them mora- unfortunate than critoinal ; and , considering that education is withheld from the poor , that justio » is not doae them—considering ^ likewise , that punishment hardens offenders to vengeance—pity softens them to repentance—an act of mer « y in their * favour couM not justly be condemned ; , wore especially as itwas perfonaad on one of those aae&sions which , in former times , were generally celebrated by BUCh acts , for J 01 T Lordship was making a tear through Ireland a& tin representative of Majesty * and " niee customs curtsey to great Kings . " Besides , only those who are g ] ad to entrap , will be reluctant l » release . " Go , and atau > more . "
Taking this view of the case , you need not have wiaeed at the flagellation , the Tories gave you , awl still less need you have sought to mitigate their wrath by unnecessary severity ia future . To play the tgnant to please them , was indeed to give them a triumph over you . You had liberated the worst men in Ireland , and you now refused to liberate the best men ia England . My Lord , this was taking a " poor revenge . " It would have been noble in your Lordship to haw returned the blows of the Tories : it was mean to > vent your vexation on the poor Chartists , who loxed you , and would have laid down their lives to serve you , * Yo « betrayed the senility of a beaten houad . The very Tories now cry out against yonr rigow , as formerly they decried yoaagr clemency . You bav * turned a deaf ear to recommeadations to mercy—to petitions for alle viation of totnMnt , and gone ruthlessly , on , unchecked save by the indignant voice of the nation , which alone could awake an echo in your conscience .
Hardened aa you are against justiee and humanity , you are notorious to fear ; and thfemakes the people suppose that , in Jamaica and in Ireland , you assumed a virtue which you have not in jeality—that you made yourself popular in those excite * countries , in order to preserve yourself . The cowardice that made you gracious then , makes you cruel now . But why should you think it less necessary to eourt the good-will of thai English , than of the megnaft and the Irish ? Do yoa trust to the forbearance offfkog-suffering people ? My Lord , you may trust too tut . The people are not yet sseh spiritless slaves , although trodden down by soldiers and police , and weak with want , wretched with woe , that you may safely crow over them , like , a cook
on its own midden . Alas ! England is indeed a dunghill—it is no longer a country . The people ( I mean the bouest working classes ) are slaves , sad slaves have no country— -they are no longer men . Their rights an usurped ; th « re is nothing but wrongs tor them . So far from redrawing their grievances , Government wlO not hear them—will not suffer them to be spoken Poor victims ! they are not allowed to complain ; their friends are punished for pitying them . They mart brood silently over their many miseries . Hope sinki into despair ; but despair is dangerous , and a sneer mtj cause their suffen and surcharged bosoms to vent tb * lightning of condensed fury in a thunderclap that will make all tyrants tremble .
Your Lordship has lost the love of the people , ana not conciliated the hatred of your Peers . Weak m * nl You have frequently been obliged ignominlously to forego the harsh measures which you had ignoniiniowly adopted . You have been the ready tool of religion ! persecution for the Bishops , and of political persecution for Lord John , who , monkey-like , makes yoar Lordship his cat ' s-paw . You are nattered by your e * leagues , and by those dilettanti societies who solid ! your presence to grace their anniversaries ; but tbi voice of truth is the people's voice , and it will concfe " you * name tatho execration * of posterity . ¦ Contempt and clamour will be yout knelL " You have condemned yourself ; and , as you eaiBM atone , so neither can you be forgiven . " You have smb * need at the shrine of » most vulgar vanity all the popularity you had previously acquired . Yo » might ha * shone as one of the stars of heaven ; but yon J ** ferred the tinsel star of ignoble power and of fleeting
My Lord , I Bhall write another letter to yw . r J * which I intend to come closer to your Lordship- » the meant ime , My Lord , lam , , Your lordship ' s true and sorrowful servant , JOHN WATKIK 8 . Aialaby Hall , near Whitby , June 15 th , 1840 .
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WESTMINSTER . COURT OF REQUESTS y A " VERT PART 1 CBLAJI" YOUNG MAN . — " M » Ketteiidge , " said a little tailor , threading his way through the crowded ceurt to the witness box , " wont pay . mefor this waistcoat , " drawing ona of . a flambeau pattern from bis pocket and spreading ii on the commissioners' table . " Certainly not , " sal * Mr . Ketteridge ^ "What objection have you , "—inquired a eoumff sioner , who appeared to admire the blazing waistcoat , whieh , in fact , looked like a bonfire well stilted . " What objection have you to the walsteoat ? " repeated the commissioner , taking it from the table , holding it at arms length , and looking very aflfe « tioaately at the btuuliful colours . "Its not my cu ^ -said Mr . Kettetkige * " Oh ! " exclaimed the coinmissioaer , " Then you don't object to the pattern ?"
Mr . Ketteridge—Not at all ; oh no , the pattern was my own choice . The Conimissisner ( seriously , aad nodding hia noddle)—And a very splendid pattern it is . Another Commissioner—What is your objection , then . Mr . Ketteridge ? Mr . Ketteridge—Why , as I Bald before , It ' s not my cut ; and I ' m very particular . The Cemmisaioner—Not your cut ? I don't understand you . Mr . Ketteridge—That Is , I—I—I ' ve a particular cut for my waistcoats . I ' m very particular . I told Mr . Gunnldge so when I left him my pattern . The Commissioner—Have the goodness to let the court know wherein the plaintiff has failed to give you your particular out
" Not the slightest objection , " said the defendant , whipping off his coat " Look at this waistcoat —( the one he had on , sky-blue with scarlet spots ); you see the collar has an elegant roll—full-breasted , and does not girt the neck ; plenty of room in the armholes ( stretching and working his arms ) , and comes naturally , and very atylton too , you perceive , over the hips . Tight round , but not too tight round the waiat—what I call a good fit , and fit for a gentleman . Now , have the goodness to give me the waistcoat Mr . Gunnidge has made if you please . " The flambeau waistcoat was handed to the defendant by the aforesaid commissioner , who had so admired it , and who had been fldgetting it about from the moment it was laid on the table . It had evidently struck the Commissioner ' s fancy .
" Be pleased , gentlemen , " resumed Mr . Ketteridge , unbuttoning and pulling off his blue waistcoat , and putting on and buttoning the flambeau one— " be pleased , gentlemen , to look at the cut of this . The collar comes dose round the neck as if it was plastered to my itock—( Mr . Ketteridge here pulled up his stock—a sea-green one "dotted with gold "—and felt that the tie was all right)—and lies quite flat on the chest , like the plaits of a shirt And then just observe how it comes over the hips . It hangs about one like a Newmarket or TagllonL " Here the court indulged in a laugh , wh . loh . the " very particular" defendant imagined was at bis expense . d , the waistcoat I" said he , unbuttoning it at ene " rip . " The tailor looked aghast at such an unbottoning .
" Here , take your hspsack of a waistcoat , " said Mr . Ketteridge , flinging it contemptuously at the little tailor , " and for God ' s sake never attempt to make another for a gentleman . " " wne ' s so very particular , " said the Commissioner , who had all along been admiring the flaming garment _^ The Tailor—Good Heavens , gentlemen ! will you sit there , and suffer a tradesman to be insulted and treated itt-l—— ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ ' ¦ . . ¦ .- ¦ The admiring Commissioner—Pray be quiet , Mr . Gunnidge . What ' s the price of the waistcoat ? Mr . Gunnidge—Seven and twenty shillings . " I'll buy it myself , " said the Commissioner . " You will * ' exclaimed the little tailor . " I will , " said the Commissioner , majestically . " Money down ? " said Gunnidge . " Money down , " affirmed the Commissioner , who took the 27 s . from his pocket ,- held the "flambeau " garment once more before his admiring eyes , clapped it in his hat , and went home immediately .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 4, 1840, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2691/page/6/
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