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THE NORTHERN STAE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24. 1840.
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LETTER TO THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.
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4 . SOKNET TO TBKB 0 UB OX 30 HTIOB , Ssq . eg ^ jujVs , of Wtfu-boni patriotic seel , . " Of fearless gait and ineJefctae ^ ortitod ^ Wbo »« iT dto * rti «» * giin » rtyt « t »« n « il > 6 ; lad i « as yet unqueira . ; The gtapaxSMl . v « iordito « xttiyV ) MaB ; b&ti | iJBUtf » U - " ^ o vieldjts seept » freVthe mind whose mood „ " w » e " unyieiaiaf ^ afve vben jujfttoe stood ; And doth , o '« *< o » , al « ktUTpret ^ L , : Vet , tbeug * Nowd , $ y « ussiM *» aim pointed against fraud * * impioas eMadel , ¦ sndeb soon must to ftslceatre tt ^ t ^ iadttu Itt inmates with ttow haggardfears which tell -Rrtut dire inqutetodetbedcepots Jed , .. -ffien Uiey , rtfiwirhMi . Ms . ftgj ^ power farewell . J-Ti _ _ r
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J 3 ONJTBT TO PATHEB If ATHBW > fcvxsix * thy deeds have won , from fairest fame , - ^ ad eJeas wreath . Forearm ' s deedliegt foe , j ^ at « aee tnd trath , hash net ite overthrow , w « vulgar bobohts do watt ttiy sum , La ai tbe cw q uerort car , which mv ^ tou heroes ^* data ; ' Bat thine *» bloodless victories ; and show jme clampioBiliip . To lesson human woe bnly TOtooni , » ndbe * pe « ki a noble aim . . ^ BiA is toy aole design . To unchain tbe Blare , ^^ boMh tehaBtun O ^ mM ^ dtmteoyiBg ^ m ; --¦ L 0 MMM atWom wpettte , andsa-ve , ¦ >> "¦ r g , t ^ filiV ^ Tin pteagB , m twte-HKe mass w Ba ^ ianalians Manttaednuikard's grave , : ^ r * n » besotted niinds to a more Cred-like peas . J . T . - torthmolton , » 8 th Sept , 1840 .
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TO THE LORDS OP THE SOIL . Ys rich , who force u poor to toil , Mow than our ill-fed Bate can bee * ; And pwnfflyeorat you « watbataofl , eTwhkfevesllsbeul&haveathare , Why do you "wring from us our sweat , Then treat us vW ^ eTjatempt and scorn Way nafce « hanyr - a tate rotate , While luxury's pomp year * hafts adorn ? 8 iynotttopoww «» mad « iy God , To be the slaves of tyrants proud , To plnebeoeatit staaVaSu ^ S rod"No ! " reason ' s Teice proclaim * alood-Proclaims aloud— "Tbttins drorsnifh
When you must cease their rights , to barter—Mtut lire by toil yourselves , and be SaMnisaTe-to ti » P 6 oj ) te 8 Cbarter . - T . 6 ow . Dnndee , October , 1 S 4 Q .
THE ABISLNGLOF THE NATIONS . Ths Mtiot o £ the earth . Are arising ia tbetr might ; Tbe star of freedomanises Through their long and dreary night Amazed they gaze on high . At it * fair and lo ¥ e ! y light ; : Tbeir hearts «* etfiov with joy , Enraptured at the sight . £ e loag had tynafe abed Their blacfc gtaesi round tbe world ; . So long we had been stare * , And freedom ' s banner furled—-That liberty bad wepi , Asd bfaabed { or Very shame , 'That nan should bow ao low .
And forget his father ' s fame . > i . ^ y ^ j barn beea tta » tools Of the-gnat aad proad too loag ; yiniAn * have bled for them , And toiled with sinews strong . JBot the nations are arising ; Their deep uiuAuun echo round ; Jranes has raised the war cry ; Spain has "cht ^ >»* v the sound . "Tbe BOB * Of Tjmftmlfl * New percetre their piling chaia , And wait the ^"" fa'j hoar To aTenge their martyr'd slain . ¦ Cireaasia dares the Czar , With his hosts Of cringing glareB Bather than yield , her sons
Wffl dio by their UQ&Cb gmreo . The tyraata of fits East Send like the willow bough ; And the tyrants of the West Will hare soon to crouch aa low .
Snail Britain staad aloof , When all Europe is in arms ; When each man-destroying wretch , Is ailed with dire alarms ? Sbsll Britain be the list , Aianngst the glorians throng , To raise the patriot cry . To sing the patriot ' s song » No , God forbid ! weOl zally ronad Freedom ' s burner raised on high ; Sooner than yield an inch of ground , Beneath that banner wBl we die . T . H . * T ^ " » ancient name of Portugal .
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THE GENTRY OF WHITBT INTEND TO CUKE ' ALL THE SIN AND MISERY THEY CAUSE IN THE TOWN , BY BUILDING A NEW CHURCH . A new Church At Whitby i how i& * rr * liig the news ! A new priest and pulpit , and handsome new pews-How pleasant twill be , on a good Sabbath day , I « go to the new Church , to sing aad to pay . Afoot sinners may the * step the next & > or to Church , Sure no one w 31 stay to be left ia the bneh ; WUa two asTing Chixches , a new asd aa old , The chance wffi be doubled dl sheep to the fold . One scarce can beliere such good news to be true ! Bat I can beliere it , and ao , too , will you , When you hear that the men , who aid the design , Hare a worldly motive , as well as diyin * .
l"here * B one has a jrotrttd-pkirt to sell tot tiie bnTlding Another has freestone , and wood-we * sad gOdmg ; Some hope to gei power the parish to sob , And a lawyer , "tis said , expects a good job . The ladies , so lorely , will dress in the fashion , And look for those things which their wants may occasion . A store in the Church win keep them from cold—Their lore , or derrotian , is chilled is tbe old . ¦ Old whres sod old Tories subscribe to this' Church , In hopes it wffl stand like a eoek on a perch , Aad erow o ' er the chapel which owns for its pastor Tee Saint whom tbe cock made to cry for his master . *
"The Church is in danger , " la now all the cry-Oar Chnreh is ia danger , it stands tip ao highrf A ladder , like Jacob ' s , i > raised from the town—Qui ladies the aageU that go up and down . The rich men of Wfetfby , who plunder the poor , Will grre them a atone—sot a stone of good flour—And cure ail the ills wbisb they force them to bear By Voilding a Cbursh aad pronouncing a prayer 4 ilx . Andrew , oar poison , no longer is merrytit a pity—I'm sorry—indeed I am—Tery ( His Ql-omen'd eurate , the good Mr . Pope , Has got faith aad charity , but gires us no hope .
Sat then there ' s tbe sew one , the dear Mr . Mayo , Hvil show &Ho « r fedtea and gentry the way , OHell prore thai aH knowledge of good is an eril , And freedom is neither religious nor driLf J . W
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The new Church is . to orarlook the Ca&olle tfcapeL i It is the ambition of churchmen that endangers their Church . I The remedy proposed by churchmen for Chartism * Ni Popery , is to build new Churches . § See the high Church doctrine * .
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THE HULL TEMPERANCE PIONEER AND RECHABITE JOUKNAI . Edited by R . FrRTH . October Number . Mr . Krth kaa , in ibis number , made another * t ° * & £ at on tbe camp of the Ecdeaiaetical winew > DerB . His weapons of argumentation are almost " « Vim aad simple , thoogh , perhaps , not quite 00 «|» otb , as the fire stones of Band ' s armoury " when going oat to meet the Philistine \ and he really bm with as moeh . eertamty , and with as fearful ' an «» et , ** the Tery ferehead © f the pant . God help * $ * £ »* 2 ™**** ^ ^« J had not the eore * 0 ! fl ^ T ^ behind which te creep for Bhelter S ** ted oj the prejadiees of a large portion of iHf » jT £ *» £ - * nsiiig mainly oat of a aeprared appetite . *«» P . thus continues his argumentation frost the last aQBUWrp
^^ ^ B on ? last number It was shown , that fermented 7 »* wae not used during the PsaaoYer ; and , eonae-£ ** y , as alcohol is the product 0 / fermenlolimi , no {• j *« a «* y wine . To invalidate this argument and ?*** & their consistency , the adTocates © f fermented T ™* sn bouBd to proTe , that the command "toput "T" * « B leaves ,- was eosfmed to bread alone . U they ^~ adduce Scripture eridenee to fix this limitatioH , ** 3 rii [ Bst prodoee tbat wbieh staods next to * It in **» : aimd y . the practice of tbe Jews . Bat tfcje-prac ^** has been shown , is against the use of fermented "WO ; aad , therefore , in the absence of Sctp . tuaal
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eridenee t * Uie * eontran , it muak be AmUm w « ckfnn butjhe - •*^^ S !^ bfJSad ^ appetite aajrittatand , the fowe of sieheSenS Ctace admit prejudice , Ignorance , and appetite Into CKe sacred precmcts oTGwr Itaehartst . and ^ Sty ig SMI flSSl * * bee ? x ' tapeweptibjj . borne apon H »» a |^ enstom . ^ ern ^ t ed >* tnA ^» 7 ibironWa « f « fflJtty-i and , hence , , wioterep bat been : cart into ?*¦ ^ l ^ &y *^ ' *»» n ^ nfaeW oTwSs has been deenied suitable tor the HolfsacraS Tedtay this U irtpoaslble . iFaets prot « S *^* W &ri&fiSsiiiS ? « % **>***> -. m" 5 SfflnS - J 5 ?~ MWtntion . Heaee , as . ahdwn' fa tbe last wmb » , Upmost abomiBaBle . udi in ?*« vZJ ^ Z eridenee t * the * contrary , it musk be decisive . Ko&mff * 1 ^ -J !*** £ ^^^
of socoe wine mereha * ita . ' diabolinaland « t acfaaraaBeompoTOd trash ,, k foisted npo * the pobuTandtte ^^ ^* * W *** V *** £° t the ^ - Httilu not . desecration rf the holy ordinance , we donot % * 9 S * P » rta » ifc is eonsidered , that thepoS % ? ± 2 ?^ l * * fa '««• ^« . WSfeTupS ttfjtoes * peesible obserramc * of ererything M SS * ted by the Lord tdmsalf . Can it . tteVb ?*^ , ^ , of raprise ^ that so strong objections should be felt , Mr ^ JiSaS ^ r ^^ 0111 * " **<>*> * ° S » n «« ftte pwsent misnamered wines ? A eb&nte , «> S «» rate , is necessary ; utd , until thi * eBSBffbkTe been e ^ e ^ . ^ htChureh . - wilL in tiM . ami la * , guage of su yaul ^ continue to use the " cup of W "i ^ tTe ll ? to *' 0 *™*** ^ dted precedents rt ^^^^ fS ^ * dmfti <* « o » but those « the Bedsemet cf she woridi and entail . upon itself to " wrest ing of Scripture to its own damnation
ueipre tbe present practice can be justified , its adroeates must show , that no other than intoxicatint : vines , existed in the time « f « ur Lo *; aad that ^ w «« such wines was consistent with the institution of the PaspoTW . u they cannot demonstrate this two-fold position , they fan in that upon which the trhoJe question rests . ' To prore-that thfrwine , osed by our Lord , was in-Seating , in a public debate , whi ch we once bad with a wine drinker , he asserted that then is only one term •^ d ** - in the Greek language , expressiTe of wine . In reply we . quoted sereral iastanter ; and , that t ills point may be for erer settled , we adduce the following names for Yarioua ju , ^ o { ^^ xbxakiog thai though they " may be perfectly familiar to the learned reader , they may not be uninteresting te some of our friends .
AeJgleuces , Anthosmias , Autoeraton , Chalybee , De « - tenoa , . « Epsema ,, 01 igophoH > i , Polnphoroi , Prodromos , Protropos or Prochuma , Siraion , Taalassites , Thamna , CHeuees , Oinos . ¦ - Thetem " ofeoj- among the Greeks , was / lie the " rvt » " of the Hebrews , a generic word ; and to argue that aH the wines were therefore intoxicating , prores tbe height of infatuation , imbecUity , and ignorance . As absurd andfalse would it be to contend , that all wines are intoxicating , because the -word ' wine & the English language , designates wines in general . In TOrteut times , localities , quality of the graps , position of the Tineyards , &c , were frequently the occasion of fresh names for wises . Tbe same circumstances create fresh names in modern times . That yayin became a term to designate wines in general , appears to result from the nature of things . Paucity of terms is a characteristic of all languages in their infancy . Circumstances and errant * , as they arise in the experience and necessities of
mankind , -gall forth appropriate Baaea . Instead of being a defect , sucii an accession of terms eoatrib&te * to the perspicuity , precision and compass of a language , by defining accurately speeffle differences . Besides the term yayin , denoting tbe action of pressing or squeezing the grape , the joiee would , while in its simple form , retain its name . The ancients cannot be supposed to hare been acquainted with , or to hare watched ererr momeBiary e&a&ge of the juice of the grape , when exposed t » th « action of tae atmosphere ; and . hence , they would naturally designate the juice by its ewn name , whether an hour , a month , or a year old . From this Tiewxrf the term yayin , H is erident how it acquired its general application to the expressed jaiee , both in its uaiermeBted and Its fermented state . As the juiee of the grape began to be perrerted , changed and medicated , othertenns would be required ,- and hence , Tery probably , sprang the Tarioua terms now found in the Scrit * uraa >
L » t us bsw show , thatiaandent as weD as modem times , unfermented wines . were , and hare always been in use . This being prored , it wfll inralidate the position which the adtocates for alcohol in the wine , must necessarily maintain , to preserve even the Tery shadow of consistency . That unfermented wine has been in use from the most remote ages , is trident ; as appears frem tbe r < jot of yayin , which signifies simply to press or squeeze . In the early stages of language , the attributes of rerbs frequently become the names of the objects . Thus yayin , from yanah , became tae name of tbe juicefrsm the
, mode of the action to obtain it from the grape . Tbe alcohol , subsequently erolTed by fermentatien , is no part of the juice , but an <""* 4 hwW condition induced by the death of its healthy state . To contemplate , therefore , the juice of the grape in a state ef decompose tien , and represent and use it as when come immediately from the hands of the Almighty , is inTerting tbe physical laws of order , and perTerting the fact of the case . If it * simple state is any argument in its favour , it is quite evident , that the yayin , as originally used , the simple expressed juice of the grape , claims oar supreme attention .
•¦ Modern Turks ,- says Sir Edward Barry , { en wines AJ > . 1775 ) " carry this inspissated wine along with them on long journeys . " Capt Charles Stuart , of the Madras army , who spent fourteen yean in Hindoostan , and has travelled extensively throughout the eastern world , says that in India , Persia , and Palestine , and all over the East , the unfermented juice of the grape , and sap of the palm tree , are common and delightful beverages . Ths enterprising Landers also inform as that tbe native Afrkans drink great quantities of unfermented sap of the . palm tree . Both the uafemented juiee of the grape , aad sap of the palm tree , are in the common language of the country called wine . That the unfermented juice of the grape , and the sap « f the palm tree , are used daily in the Bast , is confirmed by S . Buckingham , Esq . and other traveUecs . Sa that both in ancient and modem times , unfermented wine has been a common beverage .
We have thus demonstrated two most important points , viz , that no leaven either of bread 0 * liquor , was allowed at the Passover ; and that the unfermented wine was a common beverage . Yet , in the face of these facts , the sticklers for alcohol in the wine , still persist in the nae of an ^^ tIfitting liquor in the Sacrament , without one substantial reason . Again : the whole weight of argument to support the present usage , rests not upon what kind of wines comport with the institution of the Passover , but upon the assumption , that none hut those , which were intoxicating , formed the common beverage of the country . To say the most of this kind of proof , it caa be accounted only a subordinate species of evidence , even in the aemnee of superior . Were this false assumption founded apon even dooktfa } ground , supposing no
argument could be drawn from the requiremeats of the Passover , we should Jtill tenaciously cling to " the fruit of the vine , " Tn * int *< niwg that <*<« expression is sufficient to decide the question , as to which kind of wine ought to claim our preference . We have , however , demonstrated the fallacy « f tbe assumption , and stripped the arguments for alcoholic wines of eTery vestige of proof , except what may be supposed to be derived from tbe case of the Corinthian church , and the presumption that , of two wines , the fermented and the unfermented , the Lord preferred the former , notwithstanding his knowledge of the evils resulting frem its use , and which are denounced La such awful language in his Holy Word . This arrogant and blasphe mous presumption is too palpably gross and absurd , to require refutation . *'
Out space has compelled us to abridge the article in several places ; but we have endeavoured to give the main arguments contained in it . It closes with a promise from the author of another drubbing for the wine-bibbers in his next number .
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Betbobt . —It stands on a rising ground close to the sea shore , and originally Bamed Berytus . It is enclosed with walls , and supplied with water by rivulets from the neighbouring hills . Taken from tbe Saracens by Baldwin , 1111 , and recaptured in 1317 . Ten years afterwards the Christians took it , and it was frequently ravaged during the crusades , when it was a large fortified town , and depot for the costly merchandise of Damascus , It was distinguished by an institution for tbe sindy of jurisprudence , and had the honour of calling into public life many distinguished civilians , whence it was named the mother and nurse of the laws . It fell into the hands of the Druses , from vrhom it was captured by the Turks , and bow under the dominion of the
Reeensrator of Egypt . At one period the country was 100 miles in extent , and divided into seven districts . The Druses , a most extraordinary class among the families of mankind , an calculated at 160 , 000 , their language pure Arabic , and they keep close together about Mount Lebanon , No Mahometan is permitted to reside in their district . I saw several walking about here . In the dress of females , many are distinguished with a large tantoura or horn , placed in an upright position and fixed on a cushion to their forehead , with a scarf thrown over it to veil their faces , affording a striking commentary on many passages of the inspired volume . The * are involved hi
the grossest idolatry , and it is a fact there exists among them a relic of the ancient mythology of Egypt ; for the representation of a ealfofwood , covered with gilding , "the work of man ' s hands , " is derated in their temples , before which they prostrate themselves , and offer up Bolema acts of adoration , thns changing the Glory of God into an image hke to four-footed beasts , and robbing him of that homage due from his dependant cmttares . At a 8 mall distance from Beyroot the field a > wanted out where St . George , it u fabled , fou « h * & dragon ; and this Saint « hero is famous ia thr Holy Land ! and represented on horseback tilting a dragon at his feet ,-7 Vowif m the Holy Lund , bZ W . Roe Wiixm .
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> . STATBttRt , official * ay the sinking fond tornmissioners , announces ihat then . will be . - ¦» , aooios XI 2 kJP& F **»> wWifl * faction of j&W' ^? 1 «** mwk-arto the year ending by ^ ef ^ ijfaiS !^!!? * ^ ttoeedBd ** " > ™ ° »^ ^^ Thb Sabbath QirisTioi » 4--Enn ^ OpiOBWi IB . — Th Sabbath question was debated In our Town Cpnnefl yestteday , when the JPhkriseerifrho support % bftter observance of that hqlfday of rest ud relaxafionyrert signally defeated . A steam-boat has recent iTtome to the : cit y , a Ions ; } rou-boat which draws but little wafer i and is wellcalBolated to ply on the river , and . through the canal up ta the , city . As aMeam-boat ait Exeter Quay was a noreity whioh the old schooler * never dreamed of , its appearance excited quite a sensation ; sad the boat plying on * Sandaji **«? ng RaaBenww down to Exmonta for
a shilling , a little hustle and excitement was the natural oonseduence at " the quay . This emboldened the " saints * to attempt to stop the passage of the boat on a , S » nday ; and at the CeuneU yesterday Mr . J . C Seroombe , a wealthy merchant , ( a Wealeyan ) introduced the subject to the meeting , objecting to the canal being opened on a Sunday , on account of the desecration of tbe Sabbath to which it led . Joseph Barnes Sanders , Esq ., a banker , -who keeps a carnage and horses to go out of town any day in the week he pleaBes ; and Samuel Barnes , Eeq ^ surgeon , were the chief supporters of the ahuttiDgup principle . Mr . Alderman Osborn , Mr . Alderman Sayell , and Messrs . Daw , Drake , and Hoopers , all stoutly maintained the right of the poor te a cheap mode of getting out of town ; and the exclusive * were beaten by a considerable majority .
PoBTS * tOOTH , Ocr . 17 . —The Britannia , 120 , Ca |> t . Drake , bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir John Ommaney , K . CJB ., went out of harbour on Monday . It it customary , at all times , for maoy persons to congregate on the Platform whea a thrae-deoker leaves the harbour , for such an occurrence is somewhat rare ; but the events connected with thenecesstty ofreinforoingout ; squadron in the Mediterranean , and the contemplation that this noble ship may b » called upon to take part in those measures already so gallantly begun , imparted additional interest to the Britannia tearing the harbour ; and on this occaaioB , therefore , the Platform and ramparts were crowded with spectators . TWhen the Britannia came abreast of the . Platform , at eleren o ' clock , the hour at whioh the troops appointed for the dav ' s
duty are inspected prior te their marching off to their respective guards , the commanding officer ordered ue troops to pile their , arms and mount the nunparte . With alacrity the order was obeyed . They Tsshed to the ramparts , followed by the splendid hand of the J 2 ad Regiment ; and waving their caps * snoBtaaeously , me three hearty cheers , in which they were joined by the concourse assembled . This was repeated several times , the band continuing to play "Rule Britannia . " The effect of the seene attogether was very . eiiuliraiinK . The Britanmatoki UrcZfoioc have been busy all the week in completing iheir stores and equipments , and both ships are
no * r aearly in a sea-going state . The ffovt yesterday received from Woolwich a schooner foil of ordnance stores , towed . round by the Fearleu steamer , consistiag of 400 barrels of ball-cartridges of 500 each , an % ' 250 boxes of muskets with bayonets , Ac , making in all 5 , 000 for distribution among the Syrians ..,.. The Britmnnia ' s . crew was augmented yesterda / by a draft of eighty men from the Queen , and the Hotee received an addition of 130 from the Victory . There are still some hundreds of good disposable men ia the port , and these were added to yesterday by the VtUcan bringing several prime hands from Weymouth ; and the Pantaloon brigia gone to the eastward for ethers .--London Paper .
Committal to th « ThbId mill of a Man of Pnop sawr . —At Lambeth-street Polioe Court , on TbnrB . day week , Mr . William Lawrence , a middle-aged ma * of respectable appearance , was placed at the bar on a charge of stealing a piece of wood , the property of Mr . Barker , a gentleman residing at Bromley , Middlesex , Mr . Barker stated that for some time past large pieces of wood , which formed a part of a fence round his grounds , were constantly carried off , and efforts had been made , but in vain , to detect the thief . On tbe evening before the pieee of wood produced was . found removed from the paling and placed in a ditch , and some time after dusk the prisoner came , and netting the wood UDon
his shoulder , was walking away , when he was Becured by the . policeman . The prisoner , in defence , said that he bad mtrely removed the piece ef wood out of the pathway . Mr . Norton observed that he would be wanting in his duty if he did not treat the prisoner in the same manner that he was in tbe habit of treating the poor people who were daily brought before him for similar offences , and he sen * tenced him to be committed to the Hoase of Correction for two months . The prisoner , who is a shoemaker in a large way of business , in Mary-street , Bromley , and a man of considerable property , seemed much surprised at his sentence , and was removed to the strong room , preparatory to his being taken in the van to the House of * Correction .
Iuior Missing . —We insert the following distressing case at the request of a correspondent , in hopes that it may prove of service to the suffering parties . Jonas Stocks , son of Reuben Stocks , of Clifton , near Halifax , an insane person about 35 years of age , kft . his home three years ago , and was then absent three weeks to tbe very great grief of his parents . Jonas , who cannot speak so as to be understood , was found near Pateiey Bridge , a distance of thirty miles from bis home . The poor fellow bad been ill used by some unkind and inconsiderate persoas , and was nearly starved to death , havingalept out of doors during the nights ; some kinder hearted person , hoping to befriendhim , had given him some copper , but having no sense to
Durchase anything with the money , it was of no service to him . He has no idea that bread can be got for money ; be can tell neither hiflnamo nor the place of his residence , but will reply , when addressed ^ Jbny , Aye . " The unfortunate man again left home on Sunday , the 27 th September last , and has not been heard of since , except that he had been seen going to and in Trinity Church , Halifax , and another place of worship in Halifax on that day . He had on when he left home , an old snuff-coloured coat , blue and yellow-striped waistcoat , and plaid trowsera . He is about five feet six inches high , of a swarthy , rough , haggard appearance : he has a clumsy , shumine ana awkward rait : he is fond of
children and often associates with them ; he is ra&utod for his quiet and inoffensive habits . When asked his name or any question , be says something like u Nab . " He is fond of going to a place of worship ; when asked which chapel he likes best , he answers by motions of his fingers , as if playing an organ . His father has been a member of the Moravian church in Lower W yke for a quarter of a century , and is assisted by the township of Shelf to support his son . He has no means to seek the wandering idiot ; any information , therefore , which can be furnished to him will be thankfully received . Address , Reuben Stocks , Clifton , Brighouse . near Halifax .
SmouLAB Attempt to Mubdeb a Ladt . —At the Kensington petty sessions , on Saturday , considerable interest was excited to hear the examination of a gentleman named Arthur Pearoe , possessed of a large property , and residing at Kensington Gravel-pits , who had been taken into custody on the previous evening on a charge of having attempted the murder of his wife , by shooting her with a pistol . After the disposal of some cases of minor importance , Mr . Pearce , a gentleman of military appearance , was placed at the bar , and , appearing to be labouring under considerable excitement , he was accommodated with a chair . A gentleman of foreign appearance , named Rhodes , then deposed that , on the previous afternoon , about three oVlock . he was at
Mr . Pearce ' s heuse , and was sitting at the- table with that gentleman , Mrs . Pearce , and one of the children . They were iust going to dinner , and Mr . Pearoe sat opposite his wife . He appeared very much agitated , and suddenly rose from the table , and wowing up the window violently behind Mrs . Paarce , eomplaned of the heat of the room . Almost at the same moment witness heard an explosion as of a pistol , and saw Mrs . Pearce fall to the ground . She immediately crept along the floor , and got out of the room , and witness fearing Mr . Pearce would lay violent hands on himself , at first turned his attention to him , after which he followed Mrs . Pearce into the Btrfiet , where he found her with her clothes burning . She was surrounded bv thrae or four of
the neighbours , and the fire having been put out , she was taken to the house of Mr . Tayler , a surgeon . The prisoner afterwards accompanied witness to Mr . Taylor ' s , to see if his wife wasdaagerously wounded , when Mr . Taylor desired he might be given into custody , whioh wan done . Mr . Taylor , tbe surgeon , was examined , and deposed that on Mrs . Pearce being brought to Mb surgery , she told himshehadbeen wounded , and-pointed under her arm , on which he immediately had her removed up-staire to a bedroom and undressed , when on examining her he found a wound immediately behind tbe left breast , which appeared to him to jhave been caused by the effect of the force of combustion , and her arm was alae Tery much bruised . By the Bench—** Could not say whether the wound was from a ball or not
Had tried to probe it , but could not . The part was swollen very much , and Mrs . Pearce was suffering very considerably from pain . " The bench then said , they thought sufficient had been proved to justify them in remanding the nrisoser until Wednesday next . The solicitor said thai would afford him sufficient time to procure coaasel , and to consult with the friends of the prisoner as to what course shouldbe adopted . The prisoner was then remanded until Wednesday next . W » understand that Mr . Pearce , whose wife , in addition fce-hie own property , has also considerable property m her own right , has had for some time eccentric haaitey ud has laboured under delusions that his wife , Sf whom he has four children , had been unfaithful to him , and also that she had for a fortnight been saiminiatering poison to
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na £ Ln Ilm 5 i ' . N M 0 P * 0 /?™ 8 * to Bapetsede the necessity of using horse-hair for fituOng chairs ewaav&o . The substitute ( for which ^ a ^ etant is takeB out ) is twrk , cat into toe minutest partides , whitJiM found wn . ^^ be ^ perjwte Ww * sir LhfvSL " *** ' * ° *^ eavjiig i « amsidetti /* t about 209 < per cent . An ' extensive factorri ^ fast TOgrwoBg * and a large fortune appears liafely to ' JhS t Miu « ,-JUpori «¦ Mills and Factories , ordered to be printed , 13 th ApriL 1840 .-HU page 5 K K . V . Saundert , Esq ., eays , * The usual hours of workarei about Notdngnate , twenty hours ' sVdayi \* ™ I ?' ' niP * PM *«« W * The « bJld «! i u * up at all hours ot the ni « ht , when * he lace jnaohineo we at work . ; They 4 w « ne ^ rat ^ Stw « U hours a d ^^ T ^ eTinaWJfr ^ age , are obliged to fee ia the mills dnrine the whoW An i ^ t , on M W ^ w
wgnt , and the Hay loo * , Tiw v * ry seldom get out till ten or eleven o ' clock , aad where the lace-mills are at work twenty-four hours a day , the children must be , during the whole of that twenty-four hours , either on the premises , or where th « y can be « aUed out of bed , wherever they ate wwitedlil " Chwstun FoRBftAiuHcit . n-When Spenser used to be describing tbe dress ef our anoestors as ** an apte cloake for athieffe , " and themselves as * savages , and men of Inde , " it was a small offence to shoot the * meere Irish , " and he who , could pay five merks to the Lord Deputy need have but little compunction in popping at an O Byrne or 0 * Toole when opportunity offered . That this praiseworthy practice might still be indulged in seems to be the opinion of Lord Ebrington , if the following announcement be correct , which we take from our military contemporary , the Limerick Chronicle . — '
"Sub-Inspector Blake has received from the Lord Lieutenant £ 20 , as a reward for his forbearance in not aring on the mob at the last fair of Castle Otway . " Now , had Sub-Inspector Blake , instead of being a functionary in a very unpopular civil force , been a Tn ^ ustachfod warrior in the train of the courtly Devereux , when he rode out—much more slowly than he returned—to meet Hugh O'Neale , he might not exactly have been- rewarded for bis " forbearance . " But as the Whigs cannot with a good face jast let loose sl&rth'hoands to hunt down the populace , nor yet embrace Dean Swift ' s facetious recommendation to . * ' eat a few children , " by way of diminishing Repealers , they find it politic to encourage a little lenity ; and we suppose , as the Grecian sages rewarded virtue ht proportion to the amount of temptation which had been overcome in it » exercise , so has our anti-Repeal Pasha acknowledged Mr . Blake 8 magnanimity by the nunifieent donation of £ 20 . —WW «( Dub ! mpper . ) ; " ^ p ^
Melancholy Aoeibktrr .. —Fivk Miit Drowned . — On Monday morning , a fiahing boat belonging to the vUlsge of iiotwman , waaiipset in ; t « e Moray Firth by a sudden squall , while the crear , ( six in number ) were engaged in shotting their nets , and when about three miles from the shore . The aeeident was observed by some fishermen in boats not far distant , and all ha ^ te . was made by them to render assistance to their unfortunate neighbours ; but before they reached the spot , five of the orew had disappeared , and they were only successful in saving one man , ( John Ralph ) who was taken from the' wreck in a very exhausted state . The others bad also dung ,
some to the bottom of the boat , and some to the oars and the floating spsrs , but Were unable to retain their held for any length of time . Every exertion was made by the nwhwrmen to : reeover , as speedily aa poaeible , the bodies of the unfortunate sufferere ; but it was not till several hours had elapsed that they raceeeded in recovering three of the bodies ; the other two have not yet been found . The names of the ill-fated individuals who were drowned were James Ralph , William Macpherson , James Macpherson , John Main , and Daniel Macpherson . They were all unmarried except the first , who has left a widow and several children , —/ StfmfowA Obierver .
Obibmiai . Notions or Josticb . —Of oriental notions of justice , says Dr . Bo wring , the following , conversation , which took place Between a Mussulman governor and an English traveller , will give acharacteristio idea : —Gevernor—Is it true that you in England send your thieves and rogues to a distant country ! TraTeller—Yea . Governor—And what may be the cost of Beading each I Traveller—Perhaps one hundred pounds sterling , or ten thousand piastres . Governor—And what is the cost of a ta . brel Traveller—About £ 10 or 1 , 000 piastres . Goreruor—What , is the cost of & hempen roptt TraTeller—Almost nothing . Governor—And you call yourseves a civilised and an instructed people ; you , who can get a aabre for 1 ^) 00 piastres , and a rope for almost nothing . A Babre that would behead many rogues , ' and » rope that would bang , many thieves—and who psy 10 , 000 piastres to get rid of one . This is your ; civilisation 1
The Northern Stae Saturday, October 24. 1840.
THE NORTHERN STAE SATURDAY , OCTOBER 24 . 1840 .
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FOREIGN POOR LAWS . MO . IV . 14 and 15 . —Belgium and Fbance must in a great measure be considered together , for all the Belgian laws are divisible into three heads ; first , those which she received when incorporated with Franoe ; secondly , those which were made during her union with Holland ; and , thirdly , those which have been passed since the Revolution of 1830 . By far the largest portion of the Belgian Poor Lay * is derived from the first of these sources . Three laws , passed in France in 1796 , established / ihe system under
which the principal portion , of relief is now regulated in the moat of countries whioh constituted the French empire . By these the property belonging to the almshouses was restored to them , and their management entrusted to a commission ; all the revenues of the different hospices ( or almshouses ) in one commune were ordered to be employed as one fund for their oommon support ; in , every commune there was to be appointed one or more bureaux de bitnfaisance , each bureau consisting ; of five members to administer out-door relief ; and the funds at the disposition of the bureau were to consist of
enetenth of the receipts from all public exhibitions within its district , and of whatever voluntary contributions it could obtain ; the additional sums necessary were to be raised by the local authorities in the same manner as the Bums necessary for other local expenses ; all rents belonging to the State , of whioh the payment had been interrupted , and all national property usurped by individuals were declared to be the property of the nearest hospitals ; the commissioners were authorised to make public collections in churches , to establish poor boxes in public places , and to acquire property left by testament . . " ¦ ¦ i '
The inmates of the almshouses were to be set to work , and two-thirds of the produce of their work was to belong to the almshouse ; the other third to be given to the poor persons , either periodicall y , or when they quitted their refuge ; all pawhbroking ( on account of its high interest ) was forbidden , and public establishments for that purpose were to be conducted for the benefit of the poor . The law with regard to foundlings and deserted children received nearly its present form in 1811 from an imperial decree . It divided the children , for whom the public became responsible , into three classes : —1 . Enfant trouves ( foundlings ) . 2 . Enfant
abandonntt ( deserted children ) . 8 . Orphelins pauvrea ( poor orphans ) . The first class comprises children of unknown parents , found exposed , or placed in foundling hospitals . For these on almshouse was to be provided in every province , with a tour ( or revolving tlidej for their reception without the detection of the persons bringing them ! All the three classes were to be put out to nurse until six yean old , and then placed with landlords or artisans until twelve . They were then to be apprenticed . The annual sum of £ 160 jm ' wmato be contributed by the state towards these expenses . Begging ia prohibited and severe penalties are dewottneed against all found committing the offenoe .
12 . Belgium we now may ebttelder alone . The above was the stateof the law sit the time of the establishment of the Netherlands , and ' it forms , with little alteration , the existing law < m the subject in France . In 1823 , the Belgian Societl de Btenfmtance was established on the model of tbe Colonies in Holland , which we described in our fest article . Depots de Mendicite * ox poor-houses are established in every department for those who a ** unfit for agrievkuTai labour . They axe there kepi te work at certain wages , and they are enabled to * pitrehase provisiess within this poor-house . In each house of this k-rad- there is a clergyman , and a-sohool also iB establMhee ) ,
In Belgium , there are six DepAts de- Mendioit ^ the hospiees for the old and impotent , aa ^ tbe hospitals for tae siek are very numerous , andaearly every commnnrposaesseB its bureau de bienfafeance for the distribution , ef out-door relieC It ia . alleged by
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some writers on the subject , that foundling hospitals , so fax from having a tendency : to prevent desertion of children or infanticide , have a direct tendency to iPWmote theformer , without in any degree preventing the Jattex . " The real infanticides , " observes a celebrated writer , strange as it may sx > un < l , are jth * founders' and supporters of the foundling , bospital « . TJie average mortality in Europe of ohildren , jduring the first year , does not exceed one in five or jtwenty per pent . In England aad Holland it is . . [ . I , - ; :.. ¦ ¦ : * ¦ , . - .. - ; . ; . -0 ' / .. ; . ' , ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ leasj inBelgium it is 22 ——per cent . But in the ' ¦ ¦ ¦'' : ¦; ¦ '¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ -- 1 ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦
; : : .. '/ : : : ; im . ' .-, ; .-:: . . k .- ¦ - ¦ - ¦ - . _ - » . ¦ ¦ MAJKf - ' .:.-.-bundling hospitakI of . Belgium ( and their -nortaUtjr i « below th ^ average « f such establishments ) it is forty-five per eent . Nor is the late of those , who escape , much preferable to that of thoae ^ he perish there . The ins pector of prisons etfttea that , small aa is their number relative totherestof the population , they form » considerable proportion of the inmates of gaols and prisons , and a still larger proportion of the prostitutes . " In eonsequense of these alleged facts , measures have been taken to suppri » t | iose Institutions .
There are some interesting calculations respecting Montde-PiiU ( or pawnbroking shope ) : —
Average oT nine years from 1822 to 1830 inclusive . Pledgee , Amount J . 2 T 1 . 122 jei 51 , isi S ? Sr f "" " * Plages Amount in 1831 . in 1831 . in 1832 . in 1832 . 1 , 185 , 834 , £ 130 . 124 1 , 129 , 373 . 615 ^ 548 The number of pledges redeemed for 1832 , amounted to 1 , 124 , U 5 , on whioh £ 126 , 495 sterhjig had been left . The pledges are for email sums , amounting on an average to less than half-a-crown perpledge .
In Aatvrerp <© f which the population amount to 11 ^ 28 ) 1 udi gent travellers , &o ., are received at an establishment , where they are lodged and boarded for three nights . This hospital yearly receives about one thousand individuals , and is supported by charity . The destitute able-bodied are provided for at their own dwellings . Here is also a work \ onw where * ? F > 9 oome to wbrfc we employed 4 ll day and receive their m ? alfl , besides a salary ^ in cash . // through the effeetaqf a hard winter , the wants of the labouring classes are excessive , private societies ate formed for relief . . The children of the working orders are educated gratuitously . There are twentysix private hospitals for the impotent .
In Belgium every town has its civil hospital for the destitute siek , and medical relief is afforded at their own houses . InOstend , of which theipopulation is about 11 , 328 , theoxUylegalm <) deofl «^ rigthede 8 tituteable-bodied , is to send them to Ithe depot of the Mendicity . The depot for both the Flanders , established a * Bruges , by the mildness of it » administration , has gradually mercome the dread which it inspired at Us origin . The directors hove banished all rigour , not even en-McingworkonthedesHtute ; butasthey are paid according to their industry , that inducement to work is
found sufficient . Thi $ establishment is remakablypros-Peroiu , having already saved £ 5200 , all expenses paid . It isnot found necessaryto have etny armedforceinthe neighbourhood to keep this number of destitute ( 300 j in order , this being attained by gentleness and good usage . Does not this speak volumes in favour of kind and generous measures towards the poor ! Gaesbeck is a small village , abaut nine miles from Brussels , containing about 867 acres , inhabited by 364 persons . The commune possesses property produc ing an annual revenue of £ 23 , managed by its bureau
de bienfaisance . There has been only one illegitimate birth during the last five years . The average age of marriage is 27 for men , and 26 for women ; the average number of births to a marriage 3 J . The above population consists of about 60 families , and of these only eleven are without land . The quantity generally occupied by a day-labourer is about 2 J acres ; With this land they generally keep a cow . a pig , and some poultry . Crime is exceedmglj rare ; for the last twelve years no one has been committed to prison . Offences against the game laws are unknown . The Poor Colonies in Belgium are said not to succeed .
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_ ¦ - ¦ "Let the devil Be sometimes honour'd ; for his burning throne . " Shakspeare . My Lobd , —I respect your office —not yourself indeed , it is the respect which I owe- to your offioe that makes me not respect you ; because your conduct in that office has tended to bring It into disrepute . We are apt to identify the office with the officer . Should a
really good man be your successor , it will require bis utmost efforts to . render your office truly respectable again . What ! then , d » you receive the great emoluments of that important office merely for disgracing it ? Alas I -what better can be expected from one who seeks place for the sake of that power and pay which his pride and extravagance render necessary to him , and who obtains offioe , not In virtue of his talent and honesty , but of his artifices and hereditary honours—in virtue of those disqualifications for which he ought to
forfeititr Yet nothing can be more unfortunate to himself » i * ti for such an one to succeed . " Be Hoes but manifest that incapacity whioh obscurity would have concealed . The veriest goose : that cacklas applause of his " fantastic tricks , " knows , at the . tame time , that he 1 * tat an ape , and is ready to hiss him , as soon as his " little brief authority" shall have expired . But what cares your Lordship so long as you can shuffle on and pocket your pay ? One would think your colleagues had a malicious design upon you , when they gave you your title . It appears as if they intended it to
" Hang loose upon you , like a giant ' s robe Upon a dwarfish thief . " Ton chose the euphonious name of Normanby ; but think not that posterity " will grace you with that robbery , your stolen name . " No , you will be more generally , and more justly , known as the " Marquis Fibs . " * " You have touched the highest point of all your greatness . " Gould you have waited awhile , you might
have been the master of those who have made you their lacquey . They bribed you with the ahowy Uvery of a Marquis . Those who followed you most elosely , because you were ascending the hill of fortune , will let you slide down the opposite side alone , or will follew after , only to precipitate your downfall , and to trample upon you at the bottom . Your fortune , not you , they follow . Tour fortune has reached its meridian , and must now " haste to its Setting . " Those who " spaniel'd you at heels" will fall away .
" Like water from y « u , never found again But where they mean to sink you . " You have befriended flatterers , and neglected to befriend yourself . You have suffered their venal voices to silence the ' . ' still small voice" within , that con * tradictod them , and was your only faithful monitor Such flatterers are more to blame than your Lordship , and , among them , are numbered ministers of the GospeL They have drawn you to follow vice as though it were virtue ; and , if there be a lower deep than that lowest deep to which your depravity will sink you , they deserve to fall into it . But how is this , my Lord ? I once thought you a very different man ; but your flatterers nave judged more truly of you , and , by fostering your vanity , that plague-spot inyeur soul , they have made you all their own .
My LoraV you took a fatal step for your reputation when yMI ce > me from Ireland : your Inconsistency has betrayed y ©» You look best at a distance -. when you came near us , we discerned the varnish on your face and , the tinsel am jam person . Glass glitters afar , like gold . Our respect vaatshed at once with our delusion . It might be that your colleagues in England corrupted you , and that you cwid sot withstand the blandishments of a seductive Cbtsrt ; but , unless you had been more than half turned before , you could not , in so short a time , have been scwholly lost
Your early pleasures anif pursuits have influenced your character through life . 1 once felt agreeably swprised in thinking that you * Bad renounced gladiatorial manstTS , and had suddenly become a philosopher Md a hex * . You . quelled a mutttqp in Jamaica by a stsgfe leols , There breath'd but fe ** wfco could defy The full encounter of jMwwmiilim eye . "
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And when you left Mulgrave CasfJe to go to the reecu of Ireland , you gave away your theatrical apparatus to a poor player , an Irishman ; just as Prinee Hal threw Us botfje toPalstaff , as he rushed into battle . Bat your earliest propensities seem to bare returned in thfsr ¦ SSaTl ^ W ?** ***^ «**»* -W C *^ found In the Circtts—you love the turf better than th » Senate House , and the mon ey which you draw from * cheated nation , you pay to tho swindles who , la like manner , cheat you . . ..-.. ¦; ,
My Lerd , yon mistake your proper line of character when you undertake the part of a senator . Yoocai p lay Shybdt better ; t but , indeed , yetu notodetgp as V Secretary of State is scarcely less than that which yoa have acquired as a herae-joekey , or blackleg . ' You ar » most at home in a helL But though you should bet alt and lose all , we know who must pay aU . Thehoneat people are taxed . to pay your debtsof hanmr—VtmsjxaaA part with necessaries to supply yon with luxurie * they mut starve , that you may feast like Hellofabuhu My Lord , the only monument of your muniflcence 1 »
your own neighbourhood is a race-course . You wen present when it was opened , and bad a horse that ran . So fend were you of the " sport , that when the poor animals were exhausted , and renting and bleeding , you held up a sovereign , snouting , "Another gallop I another gallop ! " , But your attempt , to Institute aa annual scene of cruelty and debauchery at Egton was over-ruled by religion and humanity . Perhaps your Lordship thinks that such sports would amuse thepeople , and prevent them looking too nearly into your public conduct , which answers to your private ) character .
None but an aristocrat would think of patronising brutal sports , while so many of his fellow-creaturep . were crying to him in vain from the bottom of the dens into which he had thrown them for their honesty . But you know , my Lord , that the example of tb » higher Classes is Often followed by those beneath tiiem ^ you know the power of worldUness and fashion , and you and your colleagues have indurated the hearts of tbs middle classes , in order that a decay of morals might take place and virtue bo condemned , vice honoured . Yet it is a dangerous experiment ; beware that brutal ized human nature does not revenge Itself upon the soul-hardened schemers that debased it
My Lord , the people have not flattered you ; they have been your only friends , for they have told you truth , though you have tortured them for it Yea ought to be ashamed of your supporters j ignorance and prejudice are your best allies ; they are Inveterate foes to the people , but thalr .. eamlty ia honourable , their friendship disgraceful . What regard must yon hai » far your future fame , ( which , alone , Is worthy of av nobleman ' s regard , ) when you test your popularity upon the malignity of that cringing , fawning , middle tf « w which Loid Brougham so txuly described . You persecute Uie poor to please the rich ; but you pay too dear a price for their support ; you might have persecuted ' the ) rich with more impunity than you do the poor .
Precisely the most virtuous of the -working classes bare been selected for punishment , and the warm expressions , which humanity dictated , were taken as a pretext for punishing them . There ia somethinghorrt te , moat horrible ; in thus treating goodness as crime ; for the very devils in hell do not torment the good . Yob would render patriotism unfashionable and dls * e * f « ctable j those who should be , moat revered are degraded most But will this make them cease their exertions ? No ; it shows that there if all the more need of them ; and , so fat from being deterred by aught that your Lordship can do , a true Chartiat would repudiate hi wife , as Horatlua killed his sister , if she sought to pre vent him from showing his greater love to his country
You have risen a degree in rank , my Lord ; yon were but an Earl , you are now a Marquis ; quell the Chartists , and they will make you a Duke . Pope intended the following lines to be the beau-ideal descrip tion of a statesman . Reverse every idea , and we have your true character : —
" Statesman , yet friend to truth ! of soul sincere , In action faithful , and in honour dear I Who broke no promise , served no private end , Whogain'd ho title , and who lost no friend ; Ennobled by himself ; by all approved , Prai « 'd ,-wept , and honour'd , by the muse he loved . " Methlnks I see this epitaph on your tomb , with a seulptured devil pointing at it and grinning . It is worthy of remark , though not very singular , that your Lordship ' s ancestors can boast but of one man that deserved a title , and he seldom got any other than ,
• Black Jack , " I allude to the Lord who tailed hr search of the North Pole . By a course of simulation and dissimulation , which degraded you beneath the rank of a human being , and assimilated you with the snake , or viper , your Lordship gained the title of "Most Noble . " '' Honour dishonourabler Shame will sit upon your son ' s brow in the shape of your coronet It is no crown of glory ; it brands your forehead . You can never boast of the manner in which it was gained , nor ever wear it with selfwntisfactton though men , without native nebillty , are proud of factitious honours . You are the Marquis Fibs .
Only from the corruption of a state could such a statesman as you arise . You would not be endured in a , sound community . Why do they not give you your companion , the Marquis of Waterford , for an asso ciate ? We have had nothing from yon but the " Inselenee of office , " and the arrogance of title . But do not think that you will long succeed in making vice and immorality fashionable . You may put your fire-new stamp on it ; but it will not pass current , except at Court It is natural for you to wish a relaxed state of morals for the sake of countenance and protection ., au < yon know that , however unfit you are for your office , yet in a demoralised state of society , you wOI meet with honour—you may act with impunity .
" Because authority , though it err like others , Hath yet a kind of medicine in itself That skins the vice o * the top . " Thus , th ? bare fact of being Secretary of State supposes you qualified , and those , who look no further than the surface of things , may deem you so , though nothing is more contrary to fact Are managers of the public business to be chosen from those who have ruined
their private affairs ; or , is a public salary to be given in order to defray private debts I I admit , my Lord , that you are very aooomplished in etiquette , and would make a good master of ceremonies in a ballroom ; bat we must look for men , net monkeys , in such times s these . Or , if we must be cursed with profligate and perfidious rulers , we had rather have the rude '"*> l ? 'm of the ruffian gykes , than the polished courtesy of tb » villain Fagin .
My Lore , you might as well try to put down the spirit of Christianity as the spirit of Chartism ; thes are inseparable—they are one . ' The former withstood the persecution of Nero ; the latter win withstand yours . No true Christian , or Chartist , ever apos tatised , or neglected to visit his brethren In prison You blame the Chartists for the distresses which they seek to cure , as that dancer , singer , ' and play-actor .
Nero , blamed the Christians for burning Rome which he himself set fire to ; and , like bint , you make sport of the tortures which you inflict Tacitus and Pliny could yield to the prejudices of the times against the first Christians , and men , as great and good in our day , have shown this lamentable weakness . But , by suffering , we gain knowledge , and " knowledge ia power . " We also gain sympathy and encourage ment' . : ¦ . ¦ . ¦¦¦¦• ¦ ' . - ¦ . ¦ - ^ ¦¦¦ ..,-.
When yon sought to seduce Vincent from tbe path of honour , you were as culpable as he who neks te seduce a young woman from the path of virtue ; for , honour in a man , is what chastity Is in a woman ; and when either is lost , the character is polluted . Yc « have read " Measure for Measure , " and will recollect the passage where Isabella says , she will proelataa Lord Anfelo ' s devilry , unless he release her brothee . My Lord , I know yours , and , unless you release my brethren , your , shield of office shall not protect yon from the darts of truth . By an act of injustice tethe writer of this letter , you made him your superior ; but it will not be to- revenge himself , but , in justice to others , that he wiU use that superiority . '
My Lord , I am more a countryman than a courtier . one of the people , not of the Parliament , and , as such I subscribe myself Your Lordship s faithful monitor , JDKIU 3 R 08 XICU * . Tillage , Oct . 19 th , 1840 .
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