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      ANALYSIS OF THE HAND-LOOM WEAVERS ' REPORT ? . fO THE BADICA ^ L BBF QB 1 £ ER 8 OP COLNB . Lawaafc * Castle ; October 10 , 1840 . 1 bare now lying Mfertf intf one of those ponderous MtoMT of ehieaa ** to *^ tfflftUity tevenitf by ii agdera philosophising tnatjpfeif . eraadadoiNn . for the -rpose of inta ^ the Tutorial babbler * of the M l state -ye * . «* * o * «* ii . eBodfticm of fee hmfl . 1 MB wesTen of this treat ' ^ workshop of the world . " jt > * # » aiy J »* i **¦« £ «* **»* -wisdom superior to ^ eaisbined tatant of thejige . of < JrW * I ? £ ™ puiowi rohane , pRfMBtwiaiaow ttnUw-imnortant S tate to jeople of this WBatoj-tJan ^^ S gyhOtoe book * to tfce people Of Rome ; Hb'ii ^ easure aos Tamable to tbe eommaarvealth of England than tf the pradwtioas of Q *> goU « & age * Eatftti ¦ _ _ „

      ju i —( j . ] '¦• j - - » - ' ' WMIW ^ WovfeM ^ a ^ tatMaOef jerOMtK , X slwald aot presume to soil its azure becks , or tetaee its fair ages wita margiiafl « j * ea / aad In addition to mv jrtfcm for lifting , if I did not feel the fowe of duty Bgbg » s to my task , * might have suffered tbe jpedeus Tolnme to find its way to the chandler * * shon . I hare discovered a secret—this long-looked--for-ct » neaHast-report « f the labours f ?» and feseobbes tf ) oftbe AMataat G ^ miakmer , of Inqafarteto ; tfcT ejondieoil ef tiw towt'Vwiwup , is -drawn up iayW-ttaar a style , and supported by jneh . strong « M < it ial awnnstU , that eren the honourable Ubbten , obtaaAa feyire tooagbVte be , will toable to arrive at a coT tfctiflo that wnwtfring mart be done for the distzeued " nad-toom weaveta , ..

      -"Whoito th' blood anelatea , aad th-feit beat * , tbeertloife ; and wheartiierTtaifcttier ' B ; hooaaJ ' sak ftsBrfjbla r itTwi . tbehand-lOom weavers 6 t Coin * ^« J TlWpyooiUood ia fctr ^ al » & «^ and jcmr ] i « U totting nnfii the next asardori of Parliament , aonetbin vfflbedceeto restore trade Into iU legitimate diaanS —to raise your wages—to abolish all abatexnenta—to jratdtat Uie truck ijstem ; injafcort , to raise you from your state of slavery to the proad dignity of ' ittdei ** fesi la&ewm . " As to votes , yon vrill bare bushel * of then . - ¦ ¦ " thei r * volumes of report * * poo this subject , now paNiabed , have been laid upon stable af the House cfGeamni ) every member has bad , at least , one copj

      Hat to him to read and jfadfr previous to the next gathering of the faction * , I « annot say whether , ia the zeoea * , tttejr bar « paid nocb-aitnttea | o ttte " bin * bocfe ?* Witt * 1 c » ts » 7 , ttot ' ttie ftoaae b * Te aalfared aererely . P » rtridja aft ^ foodaport 0 ie * aaat « a » fait jroppu » . yachting ij-iay irenlaart t- € betteBham , Bozton , TunbUdge- ^ eUa . a » d BeoUh Spa an fall < rf M , P . " 8 ; fashionable departure * sail © entin ** tbebotdaof BRsa ^ s , Paris , ' Btadanz , Milaa , tjeaetai Florence , aadRwne m filled with iLP / sI BonoS ^ y ^^ K ^ HonoBrablei : , ttwrefo »; joo ^ S jBdjewhat fame they haTedeToted to the fire TpluaS cf&eaiaadaczapa . - ' - . ^

      oi f ' > * li * 5 i ^^ ~ 1 Iall . ^ ? lltedTiBaj <»*« of ItojgHi'oMadoatay- * . yonrafaft , Ioonaider . itmy aalyto lay betonj 70 a sty oplnidw of the report now Matr » e , ' in . the hope ttat ttaoojn my aerrteea the prtBe iageneal nay to made > eouainted with toot utMH MBditioD , and the ^ Hon . Bleaben may aot plead ipwraneerf tfaa real ebnastanew in which the handkmawearesB of England are unfortunately placed . ^*» I " * ffl take the report made by Mr . Magpridge , the Tn ^ ration agent to the Poor Law Com-¦ y ™*™ ' *« wtteli be xeeetrea ^ 4 M p « mnnm o « ef the fauces ^ Le was eatployed fey the « ommi » i ?^ v - ? *^? t 01 rn . town ia the Weat Riding of Teriahinand the

      , eositiea of Lancaster , Cumber land , If * y ** «^« a < i » '" . far the pnrpore of enquiring into Bsatatoof the iaatd-Joom wearers of ttwabore dia-S * ^ "" SgaWge tella w "that the weavera had aw neetasga among themaehttB la antidpaticBtt oif hja eoBdngandhad theraby redaeed to * laboura ,- ITow wbbwu tBe-TtKuIt of these xaeetipgB * Why , to prepare a plain statement of Iteta , aad net a mass of b ^ r-¦ J ^^ dfMfi , nut nf * Wh th * d"ty r-f * tu n ~« - >«» - aionert business would , hare been to pick ostanehM wouHT * web&Tnarten , ant f , le » Te out £ hat which wouldleadto a full disekwase-of the real state of the actual condition «[ tt ^ weaTecs- the absqrdity ot C * onlMioam ? . Rawrta Ja beoomi&g « fary day We . apparent . Then- Mas books at once cflOriBOBt u * that ] a the lanfnme of the

      Bjhu—« aeya « e finger * oCHaa , physician . of do Tata , r EeweTw , Iwffl first take tbe reperts lat hwt sacfa of than as an painted- for Huggetidge tells us , that the »^ id « ee and documenta giren by the operaarea wouM IB wrrerHfo&oToipagt , if printed ) of the weaTera , and preseBt them to yom in a ^* n A *

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      I iff «¦ eSv Number of Families *** TMted . SSg Nvmber of Looms es-: . *** - pb ^ ed by them . : tin Number of indiridnals S a ^ 5 dependent i » pon these " ^ * - Lowns . J- " w k . w ! u J 2 « ft Aggregate aTerage earn- ! w MVH ings per week during M m »^ » «» preceding twelTe i-i cs S Sk tnntifh f » » - »»? Arerage income to each o . # . « & Pawn per week . w Ohh > Rent , fuel , soap , and can-_ dies , to be paid by each * »** f * Person per week . w o » - to r Arerxge to each Person for food and clothing ^ ££ * perweet C Iff | eet Arerage to each Persoa & 2 5 for food and elething 4 ^ 1 ^ JS * P- per day .

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      Ben we hare it recorded upon the simple eridenee at me poor weaTera , that they toil through the week far the miserable pittance of too tMUingt a % d sixpenet , sad wben the cost of the secondary necessaries are fedacttd from their wninga , an aTerage of oke shil-USS aXB TH £ XSFE 5 CS-HAL 7 F £ NS ; is sU tbat is left to pvthase food for the . week , whieh is » fraction ¦ Me than TWOPEJJCE peb piT • The inde-Pe&dest labourers" of Manchester toiling for two-pence l&xjl Lord Jean Russell once said , "Itcannot be ttoWfid that the poor in the Union Workhouse should ** as well off as the independent labourers out of * WKa" Svrely , the Neble Lord does not mean to infer fiat tfee l » a 4-iooni weaTexa are independent . Bat I Mil « hew that they are c * mparateTely so in Mancheft " > r-GOBpared with what they are in the Burnley asd Ctinedistrieta .

      Hnust not be supposed that the Manchester wearer « a * s fmn bis employer all bis ^ ming ^ more espeeallj the silk-weATer . Oh ! no -, he has to submit to » tjamiical system of abatements , practised often in a ¦ 0 * shameful degree by the employer . £ dward Corran , Secretary to toe Manchester Com-*»«« , states— " I find , from 1826 up to the present J *^> a reduction of the wages of the weaTers has ** a constantly . going en . The great burthen under *« cii the body of the wearers labour is the tuthut abate-** k Many of us oVermaie oar vork , an purpose to f'Wi ffie possibility of iLha- ^ mcTitu , ^ ring , in fact , our * xm lor nothing . " Bn » eTidenee is a fair sample of numbers of others *« eh were grrtn . The Tery natare of ailk contributes »«? to embarrass the -rearer : its fine fibre , delicate

      r « wr , sud tendency to receire damage from the rBoest canses , is against the operatiTe ; and these dif-2 ** He often € ncouiaged by the employer * , la Si ^? > - Hlcl 1 M e * rsnete . *** " »« , and fancy pieces , * te !* t OT thumo mark i * considered by theemployer ^ j" 1 3 > ck-in-office a sufficient ground for an abate-1 ^ ti 3 * ' * ' or more * y " 4 for ^ e " irbole Piece-«|« before me a ease of abatement attempted by an " ¦ P ^ oyer named Broome , in Maedesfieid , ppon a poor ^^ named ( Jent , en a piece of white satin ; the r ™* S » for three weeks amounted to £ 1 0 * . 8 d ^ * nd k hV *? atkmpted 19 s ., learing the weaker only fa w *? ttree ^ w *" * labour , and onTweek lost time UtoTS ! fOT * feBte ; ^» case " was arbitrated under « ea IV . c . 2 « ; the master , Broome , examined * en witnesses , manufactUBers and jacks-in-office ; and , ° Po « iTe , Gent , twenty-three witnesses , all old » 7 PWJeB ced irearer * . * nH t >>« «« . nTf < v > m » *« w » ?> =

      , ^« teMe -sr as , » Tbat tne -weftrer do receire tie am I * n ^ * ' " ^ o * - ^ * ul recite another ease . W . Heywood , of , l tooV ^ ' Btate 8 j J weaTe on «* * > the last warp jj . * m : I had been employed on , and waiting for , Sii . *^ 8 aad t' * ' 0 dayB : ^ y lr" « e » came to U ^ - 6 Ad . ( scweely < s . S } d . p » week ); wben the ^ jg ?* © nt saw my -work , lie said , be iroald fire me j ^^^ . for it ; i £ ha « eight patterns in about ^ vmehes . The prerioua piece was differently 4 * sui ! l " ^ I did n ** inow t ** 1 » I WM ^ ot working ™ ; as be faid nothing to me when ie gare it me

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      ont We had a loBgeontest , wben he abated me 17 s . 3 d . out of 5 * a . 6 d . < j « t one-half , , tearin g ^* nrt to . 2 d . p » w ** . ;\ todif ^ de ** c » i ' 9 d . ^ LSbrtte wear * lor stwptag anl ehftdking ; ft ^ WiF « £ a ^ niMepenceihr ^/ brtk ^ per iS ! ^ ssss ^ s ^ tas ^ i ^ aE g ~ »**** muter * . wbTfVg ^ KSS tyanta , and their patter . . < mt worM , SSfoiS « ke of abating , to order toahowto 5 bV ? S ™ bow great is OeUOflltlii detecting impSontS Jow really naefta fbey an in ^ fc ^ S ^ aaTOTof Ws earnings to add to the nrofita bf Iff J 22 JTJf « -T out We had a h » g contest , » Tum Tm » Lulud mi . 17 * . J d-eok . » 'i ^ 6 d . ;< j « tone-half ) , kavinVX not

      • J ^ SfSSL ^ L ^ " « " «* *• hand-loom ailk ^ wwj ^ a re * tctJen of kt least twenty-fire ^« oent ^ pon the smotist claimed by them ft * work per-2 ^ 25 ^ ' ^ *? £ ? * ^ P « P «>«»^ r iMreaaing There , is aoothar great erfl wkieh the hand-toom 7 ^^ j » c ompelled to suffer , namely , b ^ rmg to t « r 3 iS ^ fcJ ^ **™* * * i «» ti « warp ; thiT tone has SlfjW ° P ^ «*« lT e labour and long da ^ Sifflc ^^ Sl ^ 1101 only ^»» the »« Ter ' s SE " . ^^ Pf ^ enoe , but it promotes gwae e , by robbing him of the time for imprering htaraind , and cnlthratinK thoaa faeniHA . » r « - Ju . ^ the

      ; - which QodIhastnort ben ^ ncentiy endowedhbT ^ ^^ Mjefore I enter into causea-ef the great dia ^ whtefa prewfl , «» baa ^ jooa , ^^ yin , ^ jg . aSS ^ fS ^ f "" ^ . « rter more * uHy into the hSJ ^ * Si * T ** " ««*« te ; . Bolt on , R ^»^_ A * 5 " S ^ - Lyne ' Mi « aiet < m , Burnley Cotoe , Btoekbam , Preston , Oldham , *« . ale ; In the ttS «? S ^ : ^^ f Manchester , we find that were are fifty-two silk wearers , whose famDles amount 8

      u S ^ f *? ° 5 * DA 1 | rno 8 e **«•«• * e *« y earnings , for a fraction ahort of four heads to each fiunily . This SSS 5 S ** ^ 1 Od < P" ^^ P" ^^ Tor ftmpe * cefarlkb ! ffperkead , pcT day , U all that theae " intopendent labourers * reeerre { that is , proriding they hare reoeijBd noithttrwtt . J to keep UwsmaeWes from abso lute atamtion . The abore statement U mite dear of au dtdnetton ^ axespt ahatomenta and lost time , and bean th « name of each wearer to the docnment

      I shall bow lay before yon the state of the eotton wearers of Bolton , thirty-fire of . whom will furnish a fair aTerage statement of the whole . The weekly income of then thirty-fir * persons amount to no more than £ 18 17 a . Id . t » support them and their families , amounting to IB 9 peraona , whleh , mw all deductions ( except abatement and lost time ) , WjTea _ theee poor weaTera and their families only ™* l *~*??* «¦« - ??«*» w ** maee rf tobaeco . Ne wonder the Radicals of Bolton are chiefly of that poor despised

      elass , « aU © d wearers . No wonder tbat they afaoold be m searoas in the oaoae of Radical Reform . Nay , who can marvel when they are driren by soeh wretchedness to spoak in a bold and manly tone , or assume a menacing attitude before the Goremment , who so criminally neglects its duty ae to sufferthem to bear ao soeh wretchedness . I nerer marr *! at what men se reduced do in hope * of effecting aoi&e « haage in their condition of . life , Messrs . M'Connell and Pilling hare done themselTea credit in getting up the report of the state of the wearers of Bolton :

      the operatire band-loom woollen wearers of Roch-S ? " Twy '"^ y P *^ - I * ° d by the report now lying before me , that the number of families risked were 1 twenty-six , consisting of 131 persons , only fortyone of whom were workers , and their arerage weekly wages far twelre months amounted te £ 15 17 a . id . areraging 7 * . » d . for each worker , or for each of the 131 peraons ^ ihe T"iy ^^« mm nf 2 a . 60 . to pay rent for clothing , fuel , candlea ^ aoaf , A * ., and after deducting all the former expenses , learing only one thiUina aid U > pe * a mjpatay per ' *** tar each iwrsonor

      , . tknepemnfarfhing per fe&d , per day , to purchase food , clothing ; and to earn ensn the abore peace , itre-^ pi » d , 00 air arecage , fourteen bouxf labour a day the week round . The Bocbdale flannel wearers hare also to contend against the practices of tome of the Baiters , who gire ont thirty-two reeds , and will only pay far thirty reeds , tkui making the operatire do the work of the extra been for nothing . I shall hare occv sien to apeak of the woollen wearers elsewhere ? and 1 shall show that they are much worse off th » n the eotton wearers .

      No man can enter thoroughly into this subject without feeling the greatest indignation against the Parliament for their wanton and wicked treatment of the complaints of the hand-loom wearers . No man can read the history of this unfortunate elass of operatires without deeply sympathising with them , and rendering them erery assistance in his power . Though my means are small , I will denote them , whilst is prison , to proclaim thetr wrong ! from Land ' s End to John-o » - Groafs , that their hard-hearted rulers may become awakened to the serious and abject condition of the degraded countrymen . R . J . Ricbakdson . Oct . 10 th . 1840 .

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      - TO THE XDITOB OF THB JIORTHEBJf 8 TAK . Sib , —Pkase to allow me the following brief reply to Mr . Cargill ' s letter of last week : — Howerer oSensiTe to others , or degrading ;*© myself , my language , in reference to Mr . Urqubart , stay barebeen , Mr . Cargill does not set me the example of great moderation . There was not a Cbartist unwilling to listen to their exposition of the oeaduct of Palmerrton , nor to execrate injustice wherever apparent ; but when the Charter was attacked , and its adTocates considered unworthy the name of T ^ ngiu ^ TPBn ;—that advocacy designated as eridence only of foolish minds ; as an nnmwHitng folly , and an absurd notion , « w »» b'Hpj treason to work its course , and conceal I t * guilt , for such was the language of Mr . Cargill himself , no wonder « 4 hat the Chartists should feei . diasatisfied . Why not grapple with the . subject fairly ; enter honestly into its details , and not confine themselres to mere assertion only ? Why not endearour to prore either that TJnirenal Suffrage is unjust , or that it would not effect the good

      We are told that the working claasei are improring in knowledge ; out of what arall is their knowledge without the pewex to remore « rror wben discorered ? This power is all that is sought by the Chartists . Give the working classes this , and then you enlighten their minds on the duties of GoTernment to some adrantage ; bat without it such enlightenment it but acurte . It Is far better to be without the consciousness of wrong , than knowing it to be unable at the same time to remore it . When we are ail convinced of Palmerston ' s treason , what then ? Are we to rise in rebellion

      just for the sake of ejecting H ™ from office 7 What a Quixotic expedition ! what a windmill attack ! O ! but we should get plenty of trade . And who would run away with . theT-pronte ? Mr CargiU , andhiafellow merchants , to be sure , Crire the prime power to make law as well as the officer , and be will obtain an equal share of the prize-money ; bo let but the working elanes haTe an equal power with yourselves in your future regulations after the struggle , and they will secure a air share of the profits also . But Mr . Cargill says , in effect , No , we cannc-t do teat . You must straggle to get the trade , and leave us to distribute the profits .

      Has Mr . Cargill not seen enough of the effects of a monopoly of power , both at home and abroad , to be conrinced that it will ever be made use of to' private advantage . So soon as the government of Naples granted a monopoly of the sulphur trade to private indiTiduals . it immediately rose from £ 5 to £ 12 , or £ 13 per ton . See Mr . Cargiil ' B own aeconnt thereof in No . 21 of the pamphlet beaded , Diplomacy and Commerce . Now , every article of life is thus monopolised in England , with the exception of water and air . and even

      water in moat of onr manufacturing towns , save that which falls from the sky . The rich , who have it in their power to evade these monopolies , may afford to ridicule the assertion ; bat to the poor , who get hold of noUung Vd&X has not first been in the bands of apiifering , profit-mongering crew , they are a bitter pill . To breik up these monopolies , neither permitting Whig , Tory , or Chartist to enjoy them , is tiie desire of every lorer or equal liberty . Let Mr . Cargill aim thereat , also , and he will deservedly rank amongst the friends of Twa . TiVrr \ fT Yours , 4 c ., Richard Marsdek .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THB SORIHERN STAB . RESPECTED SIS , —Permit me , throngh the medium of your efficient journal , to tender my quantum of eongratalstioa to all and sundry who took part in the Aberdeen demonstration—to the working men , to thtir worthy Chairman ; to Messrs . M'Donald and Mitchell , the poor man ' s advocate and the poor man ' s poet ; and to the accomplished Republican enthusiast , Mr . Harney , the Parliamentary candidate for the representation of be stalwart Aberdonians , for their anti-bypocritical expression of , and declared attachment to , pure Republican prineiple * .

      Though 1 claim no further connectiea with the movement for the suppression of tyranny and the eternal annihilation of all state abuses than that of a mere spectator , yet it is the province of an admirer , and the prerogative- of eren an isolated spectator , to commend what is deserving approval , to laud that which deserves praise , and to stimulate , by concurrent testimony and tfce dne expression of like sentiments , toe patriotism of . men whose words And actions teem with hum We yet sterling honesty . When royal partisans attempted to crush public opinion by incarcerating the bodies of O'Brien , O'Connor , Vincent , M'Doaali , and otters , for saying only ¦ w hat all -good men thought , tbts © royal partisans only erinced the philosophy of imbeciles , and pourtrayed in their natural deformity tbe character , the opinions , and tbe conduct of idiots . Any labouring uian who poEBessed one grain 01 common sense , or one spark of Tulgar . knowledge , would never attempt te prevent a

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      «^»«^« e ftrom . boUinf ora by dosing np all source of rentilaUoni Yei « qiii . witfc « OTmlegtUahw * -HOk g ^ lajfetiwinereaainrjniinbflr « f gajtsnlftild par-SS * ****«• ; * ttartabUat against misrule , in . iwtic ^ . ani tyraany , aad seek a ovtiM through which their poTerty , iiiaery , andwsoqaeat crime , nay tad * channel of nape , by demanding i « tHutk » n of formerly ewjoyed ribandpsMleget ? fan »* di atir repjiaenta aon , , roke la the framing ot iegWaUre enactment they and theircdaims arertceired with nook selewnityf if not with tmtm and ridicule . Fox Maul * says tM P * opte haraaa grieranee * io <» mptaiii of ; tbeiatfleUK tval hVbonraa , ristoalttag , elothing , and ^ Jotarting their familiea and themaelres ob ninepenee a day , and one peek of oabneal per week , are quite comfortable ; and « njey penaet happiness j John Russell asserts , that the people are too poor to be honest ! and too l _ L-lli-i— jlSS ^^ i ^^ S ^ J

      hungry to be entrusted with food I and , t « preserre hir political oomiisteBiey . swears , la tbe same breath , that working bob in this country are too weU off ; tkal ; thougb they can only earn 5 * . M . a week , yet they annually gave £ 75 : for the truth of wMeb statement bs refers y « n to the annual reeeipta of the naUota sarings - banks . Melbourne depoaeth on oath , that the people—erea the Oorn-Law-ibolishlng people—are all mad ! and further deohrea , thai this " madneaa - originates in immoraUtr , dissipatkm , and debaucheryrf Nonnanby and Joha Campbell , to- " crown" all , grant the people ' s prayers , aBd all thefr wrongs , by conai | n . Ing them and their"National Petition" to ¦¦¦ r T- f and aettle oil claims on iustice witti ttata , hnprisonment , baniahment , and legal murder ! I ! 80 much for royal " mercy ; - ao much for " wisdom" in the people ; and so much for that "happy people" who enjoy the incalculable blessing of a - " glorious constitution

      It-- Stall , though these glaring , erery-dayftcU art stating us broadly in the face , H Is out misfortune to nfar men , aye , working men , continually searching forjn excuse for tyranny ; to hear men boasting of the ^ benefits " derired from monarchical rule ; to bear aen blasphemi » g the Moat High by applying the titles of Dimity to worthless mortals ; to hear men assert that God hath sent creatures into the 'world to be miserable hew , and damned hereafter : tb hear men assert that our Create * hath etdained one portion of the human raeetorerelinlnxnry . whJle the other is starring ; to hear men earamniato the character of the Deity by declaring that one liortal shall receire , tjy Dirine commandi je <« o , o » o yearly for doing literally nothing , but

      a « mng to national misery and iadiridnal crime ; whCe another being , guiltless of crime , adding to the prosperity and comfort of the eomnfon wAd , shall labour t * n , twelTe , or fourteen hours a day , air daya hi tbe week , for an annual income of £ 80 ; and to bear men slandering , maltreating , and attempting to destroy that man who dares to stem the torrent of demon legislation , royal goremment , and s system of fiendish rule that blasts tbe energies , of a nation , that » nf « g wpetual priration on nnoaaaing indBrtry , that pays rice to trample on rirtue , annihilates erery good , taunWes on wisdom , truth , justice , and libeAy , and , in Outti , robs humanity of tke feelings , quatttfes , and attrfbutea that pertain to the immortal , undying nature of MAN

      . Again permit me to thank the mfa of Aberdeen for this testimony , on their part , of determinattoii to banish for erer Ike tyrant and tbe stlre . . r Tarn , respected Sir > In the cause of truth , justice , liberty , and benevolence ! yours , Aegxjs .

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      * •/" torn with a vengeance . Sit six months on one par-™ SS * " * < rfon * Parti «»>»» f « wB , wiihWaface in ^ ne ajwotion ^ and persons looking him in the face to wat cbnu erery motion , and report thereon to the Goremor of tbe prison * 'ttitw loitiome of mybestfrienda in eonsequenoe of what the newspapen hare said ab&ut ^ JBut I and ram going beyond what any newspaper «*» find room tor , and I intend yon to get this eepiedi £ & *? *!**<* & °° « tott » JvW «« m « ar , aiMlthe * £ ? ** ' * "J ? Xercury , with a reqnert that they ™ & *** £ & * ° # T * tt P lace «* «»; tbefrnext " MBber ^ iLbifc * ould they wftMe ; - deslw that they t ^ am the eopies . I intend , to show to the world what * i » Te done , and ataowhyi hare done it , and then it « ill appear who is the tralter . I nerex wrote to the Secretary of State UU I came nere . .. .. ' ...-. . - ••¦¦ _ . . . . . ¦ . ^^ S !^^^ . ***** *** " vengeance . Sit rfx months on one W

      - I remain , / TOUT loving and affecUonate husband , Joseph CBABTiEK .

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      TO THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY WITH ' £ 19 , 182 A-YEAR . MT LOBD , —In performance of the promise in my last , I shall begin with the wilful perveraion of Holy Writ . . My Lord , when the clergy in our day comment upon the former part of the 13 ft chapter of Paul ' a EpiaUe to th * Romans , they ( the clergy ) » y , " that such Scripture was originaBy intended to be applied to aU goremmenta . " . ; But , my Lwd , l beg leare to state , that such gentlemen are rery much mistaken ; . far , if such was the intended import of the above text , how could Paul be justified in his manner of preaching against all

      existing Governments thai came in his way . See Ephesiana , chap . ri . verse 12 . And , whaterer might be tte consequtnoes , Paul was determined never to depart from such manner of preaching . Romans , chap . UL r . 8 , because be was not ashamed ot such preaching . See chap . L , 16 . And wbat was hia preaobing ? Read his own words— "Masters , gire unto your serranta that which is just and equal ; knowing that ye also hare a master in bearenj for he that doeth wrong shall reosire for the wrong which he hath done : there is no respect of . persons . " Such manner of preaching , my Lard , we eaald wisk for now-o-dars . But to the " ofM Of fOTemm « ito . i ) r »« powen , " my Lord , is my subject in band * - .

      And first , my lord , what abrt of government was that to which Pan ] require * obedience t and from what quarter did such government emanate ? and what were its duties T And , lastly , what are said to bethe coHaequencee of dtaobedienoe to loch sort of goternmeato ? And , to the first place , my Lord , Panl-a government was » body of faithM , virtuoua , honest laymen , notelergymen . 80 you see , ray Lord , that yon have no business in the bouse of law-makera , poUtlcally ape&king . Read Acts , chap . vL -nne 2 : — " Then the twelve called the wUUtudt , " ( not a Me property-monger *) of the discipkNi nate then , " and add , > " it ia not maon that we should leave the word of God and serve tables . " ' : .: ' • a ¦ : . ¦¦ '< ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . •• ¦ .

      So yon see , my Lord , the whole twelre bad a slap at yo > for being in the boose of law-making Lords : rene 3— " Brethren , look ye oat among yon , " you operatives , " s « v « a mea of honest report , " not lazy drones , " full of the Holy Ohort and wied 6 nf , ~ ( not ail manner of falsehood and ignorance ) " whom we m » y « ppoint over this business . " ' Now , my Lord , you necessarily see tbe kind of goTemment to which St Paulrequlres obedience . But , again , from what quarter « id this kind of government emanate ? I answer , or at ^ leaat the Scripture does , which ia better than either you or I . Verso 2 , see " multitude , "" it is not reason that toe /" " brethren ! , ' per " among you seven men , " rer . 5 . Well might " the saying please thew hole multitude . " Such an election , my Lord , would please us well : we could then prevent a reduction of about twelve and a half per cent per annum in pur wages ; and not only » o , we would cause , them to advance . .

      Again , my Lord , what were : the duties of this go-Teroment ? - . to distribut * waaltti to whom T To all . How ? EqoaUy . Se » ob » pir ^ 3 » , » They ( the Whole ) had , aU thing * common , " and the first pair who broke the common equal tow were sent to hell without a moment ' s warning . See chap r ., l—li . - Take heed ? my ^ Lord , hbwyou actlUrtbts world , for , as you well' know , to-morrow Is not . your own Next my LbHi ' are the ooMequence « of disobedience to such a ( oreriaNnt ; which are ; ' " they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation , " Romans , cuap xU , v . 8 ., for Tulen « n a terror to eVil doew , " r . 3 . Sometimes driving nails into their heads , while asleep after doing what they " should not have done ; " see Judges , chap , iv , r . 21 . At otber times sending Judith with a basket t * j « arry the KingHi Dead in ; sometimes dogs licking up the blood of tyrants : 1 Klnra . chan .

      XXiL , ' r . 38 . Other times shying King * * sons , and carrying tDeir heads in baskets " see 2 Klnga , « hap . ., r . 7 . "Such beads to be fit for nothing but to belaid in heaps j- v . 8 . ' Sometimes dogs eating tyrant ' s flesh , leaving nothing behind but fractured skulls 5 scattered fragments of broken limbs , soles of feet , and palms of hands ; chap , te , r . So . to the end . ' Other times manufacturing plum pudding-fed , and wine ^ pampend beaies of absolute monarchsinto stinking stuff for worms to feed upon ? after which , sending their seuls headlong to the devil , for their squeezing , oppressive deeds , there to be tormented with damnation ' s pain for ever and ever , for disobedience' to God ' s lawT" The Bible , the Charter , ' the" slaves' friend , ' Acts , chap , xii v . 32 . ; Luke , chap , xrl ., t . 23 . My Lord , I must How conclude , by wishing you erery good luck , both " in this world and that whfch Is to come , besides a speedy success to "Universal Suffrage , and no Surrender . "

      ^ . ' Peter Riobt . Chortey , Lancashire , Oct 4 th , 1840 . P . 8 . MyLer'd , the next time any of our country women died througb want , or otherwiaeoppresalve usage , we will cut their bodies up into Lerite-like quarters , and send them to the people for them to consider , take advice , and speak their minds ; see Judges , chap . xix . V- 30 , for you know " there is nothing new under the sun . " P . R .

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      THE SABBATH , Being an iKQt / rilT tNtcripe ' cause op the ap-POINTXENT OP A SEVEMTrt DAT OF REST , AND into the manser in which it > vill bb most profitably Employed in accordance with the Word of God . . TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . LBTTEltmi . " It ia lawful to do good on the Sabbath-day , " Christ says , and yet the priests of almost every sect would hare you attend three times a day—yea , four times , some of them , to hear discourses on what can neither do you nor your fellow-creatures very little good * which I unhesitatingly say . a great majority of their sermons are calculated to do . What are they about ? What are they composed bf ? Mere matters of speoulation . which can neither inform the judgment nor imprere the htart .

      » How few do you find exhorting men to " love and togoodworVs . " How few do you find teaching men the love of God ,, through Christ , and then , after anewing the wondrous leve . of Jehovah , teaching thetr hearers to love their brethren—i . & , all mankind because God hath thus loved them . How few do you find standing up , and in the name of God , and by the authority of his Word , declaring the rights of the people , and the . vengeance of the Almighty against oppression , as well as the right of every human being to libetty of opinion . .

      But ought not our preachers to advocate these'things' ? They will answer " No , that ' s going to politics " which we ought not to interfere with . " Of they don't ought ! and yet they call themselves the ministers ' of God , and are-sworn to'dedare the whole Of his counsel contained i » the Bible , which Is full of politics ! If they are to declare the whole , why leave out a part ? If they intended to declare only a part , why forswear themselves ? But , perhaps , like many others , their wisdom is wiser than that of the omniscient Jehovah no doubt they think it improper for Qod ever to have piacej politics in Ms Word . Of course , they will say they dont tnink so ; but actions speak ' louder than words , and the whele tenour of their conduct makes good my assertion . ¦ - . ¦ -.. -r ¦ ,

      Hath not God told us , by the apostla Paul , that " all Scripture is given by inspiration of God , and is profitable for doctrine , for reproof , for correction , for instruction in righteousntta j that the man of G 9 d-. a 1 ay . be perfect ; thoroughly furnished unto all godd works " 2 It is all useful , then , and y et there , ia a part these men scarcely ever use . Are they not convicted ? Must they not acknowledge—yea , they shall acknowledgethat tkey have kept back , part of what they ought to have declared , if they confess God to be true .

      But how weak are theargnmenteof those who ground their opinions on falsehood { the advocates of truth may frequently gain mueh instruction from their peeches and writings , and will frequently find them confessing that to be « ood , which the whole tenour of theU walk and conversation have declared -to be false . In confirmation ef this , I beg to direct your attention to a passage in the organ of the Methodists , wbeareso well known for the disgusting slavishness of their political principles , and for their fanatioal observance of tiie " saqred-Sabbath . .

      In the Magarine for the year 1821 , the question la proposed , "Whether there are any political duties enjoined in * he New Testament ? " And it will surprise no one who is not Ignorant of their principles , to find this question answered in the affirmative by a long quotation of Scripture passages ; enjoining submission as if reflistauoe to unjust authority was not of ten man ' s highest doty to God an * to his feUow-creatures . But I can pity their one-sided application , whilst I approve the principle which declares the lawfulness and absolute necessity of teaching men their social as well as their private duties . The passage , which I should

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      have quoted at length , had 1 not feared that 1 should have already intraded ' tooTar on the valuable oolumns of the Star , ttus concludes : "It follows , ttietefore that if it be the duty of every minister to enforce all the behead of Christian morality , be is bound to dwell on this branch of It « often as upon any other of the r elative an * social duties . " Thus the MetlHxHst Maffcutoe tfonfinns the proprietarof Introducing polities iato ¦ hav- annt-1 1 Wi . ^ , ^ . »„> ^^ ..

      sermons . - ¦ - .- ; : . ¦ - . - ¦ - .. - " . - ¦ ' . ¦• . : . - - ¦' . That blind prejudice ; > hWi many truly Ifteral persona manifest against political' sermons , arises " almost exclusively from the abate which nave been made of that Word ; they have been something like the deists in their opposition t 6 CnristianiV—they have abased the principle because a set of reprobate men assumed its profession as a disguise for theft wicked purposes , and tamed that which was intended to be a soothing balm to . the human race into a scourge dripping with human gore . But any reasoning person may perceive that our Heavenly Father it shown U > be the giver of every good and perfect gift equally aa much by the introduction of polities into his Word , as by any of bis bountiful gifto to men . What are politics ? The

      joere question- whether the" nation shaU be plundered and oppressed by a party of robbers calling themselves Tories , or Conaerratires , or by a Mrty of hypocrites calling themselves Whigs or Uberals ? ?* % » *^ olW * f' " - : * ' 1 b » Poached on the ¦ ^• s ^' ! ^ *' ' * * ' * «» i you all know that " party is the madness of many for the gain of a few . " The factions I have mentioned are bo « i oppressors , and bo ^; therefore , , under the male-- $ l ? X -L *??^ ^ w ^ eoOy . any thing connected wlth the exaltation ef either is unlawful to be done en tbe Sabbath , or . Indeed , on any other day . Such are not the politics preachew are commanded to declare in the ears of the people . The politics they ought to preach " accommodate themselves to iK

      realities of thlngg , to the dictates of the judgment and . conscience ; to ftuth , tove , and humanity ; to all those glorious ends for which our Father ,, who is in Heaven ereated this beautiful world , and gave It to his ehu ! dren to enjoy , whilst undergoing that discipline of love , which best prepares them for the fulness of joy in the future perfected exercise of all the fticulties of their nature . Politics , in aword , & the science which teaebeir men to Uve together in society according to God's wilL" And yet this portion of '' God ' s willthose , who profeasto be , par txedlenee , the fountain of all spiritual wisdom and' knowledge , bare either totally neglected , or grossly misrepresented J Di > they , when they see the ricK lordfeg it over the poor , and when they have flocks and herds of their owntaklna

      , theonly •< little lamb" of the poor man to minister to their appetites—when this takes place , do these men declare God ' s rengeanoe against them ? But how did Nathan act under tbe sane cireumstances with David though the latter was a king ? Did he not boldly tell him , when be committed sich iniquity , Thou art the maa" ? How did Esalas » ct when King Ahab fraudulentiy took away Nadab'rVineyard ? JMd he riot boldly declare the curse of God against him for that act though he was honW 4 for his life for ao doing ? Multitudes of examples , were I upon this subject , might be brought to prove Uiat all tbe prophets and men of God have been the poUtlelans I have described . But one

      more example . Did not our Saviour reprove the canting , hypocritical Pharisees , for " derouring widow ' s houses" ? Did he not tell them how hardly they that had riches snoutd enter the Kingdom of Hearen ? ' Arid did he not beautifully illustrate the eternal consequences of sumptuous wealth and abject poverty in the parable of Dives and Lazarus ? The answer -to all these questions must be in the affirmative . And after the shameful neglect of these vital subjects , our preachers declare themselves the followers of Christ , his prophets and apostles ! But are they so ? Ko ; if they had been Christ ' s they would , as he told us , have kept his commandment . ¦

      I now leave those men and proceed to shew you the lawfulness of engaging on the . Sabbath in every study whether political or moral , in which the happiness of mankind is involved . I shall now bring before you a few mstanee * in which the effects of modern misgovernmerit must , if you feat , God , rouse" you to the assertion andprocural , not only of your own rights , but of the rights of the whole human : race ; and I shall then leave yon to say whether your Sabbaths can bo devoted to a more hdly subject , or the hours of those' days more usefully employed than in obtaining those just and un-Flrst , I shall point yoa to " unhappy" Ireland , for the effects of aristocrat ical misgorernment ; one of the finestcbuntrieson the face of the earth , endowed with every bounty of nature , calculated to make its

      inhabitants happy , and yet , through misgorernment , the most miserable I It is well known to you , that the people Of Ireland are " almost entirely Roman Catholics ; they have been * o for centuries . When the Roman Catholic Church in England was spoiled by the avaricious aristocracy and clergy of Episcopacy , they also attempted to carry the change into Ireland ; and , alas ! for that unhappy country , succeeded . When the Rel formation laid ite merciless hand on Ireland , that country , blessed with a soil atad climate as good as any In the world , bad 469 monasteries , arid other foundations of that nature ; tt bad a church in every parish , Instead of having , as now , one church on an avenge to seven parishes ; it had then a priest in every parish , whorelUred the poor aud ' repaired the ehurcb ont of the tithes ; it had , in the monasteries arid bishops' palaces , so many points whence the poor , the widow , the orphan , and the stranger might receire'relief ,- and it had unity

      of faith , glory to God with one voice ; peace on earth , and good will amongst men . This blessed state of things was swept away by the introduction of the Protestant hierarchy , which baa in its grasping , grinding oppression of the great body of the . people , shown itself incalculably worse than ite Papist sister , who , If she exceeded the Protestant establishment in the excessive tyranny ef ber dogmatical uontrines . loevtaialy also exceeded it in the delightful characteristic of meny and charily to the temporal wants ttf the poor . It is not for me now to enter into the history of ibis Protestant scourge of Ireland , which has for about 300 years deso ^ lated our fellow-su ^ jecta in that country ; suffice it to say . that this church has been " tbe cause of shedding rivers of foreign and domestic blood . It ' has been the cause of more murders , robberies , peculation , heartburnings , and contentions , dissimulation , strife , family quarrels , and affliction , than all the other plagues which Infest society . " ¦ ' '¦'

      You will not think this sketch orer-coloured , when I tell you that in the last census the population of Ireland was within a fraction of 8 , oe 6 £ oo , who in religioua opillona are thus divided !—TheRi are 6 , 427 , 712 oman Catholics ; 642 , 356 Presbyterians ; and 21 , 808 otber Protestant Dissenters ; whilst the sett which rides rough-shod over all the others , amounts to only 852 , 064 . Thus you perceive 860 , 000 Episcopalians are placed over 6 , 509 , 000 Catholics , and 660 , 000 Protestants Every year this sect draws the tenth of the produce of the country for services which nine-tenth of the people hate . , ' : . ' -

      Can we wonder after this at the poverty of Ireland , wben such an enormous amount is drained every year from its soil ? I say drained , for so it is—the great majority of the tithe-owners are lounging away their time in foreign courts and cities , cuates with miserable 1 stipends being placed in their pariabes , whilst they are devouring the substance of the country , far away , with riotouB living . Think of the 3 , 403 parishes- ef Ireland being moulded into 615 livings ; think again of theae 510 livings being divided amongst less than S 50 persons 1 think yet again tff you are not

      lost in thoughtful wonder ) of the 3 , 403 parishes containing only 13 D parsonage houses 1 so that there is now remaining only one parsonage house in every 24 parishes ; and that only 461 of these livings have any churches , or only-one church to seven parishes . ' ! Must not every well-regulated Blind detest this monstrons system , by"Which seven millions of people are robbed of the tenth part of their yearly produce for services which , eren if they were performed , they abhor ; but -which , as you see , there is bo means of performing , for bOW Can there be services when six' parishes out of seven are entirely destitute of churches .

      1 remember reading in a newspaper , not long ago , an account of one * of those legal robbers going into a parish aud standing on the crumblingmins of the parish church , where he preached a Bermon to the wind . Why ? Because he could not claim the tithes without preachi ng one sermon In the year , and as you have heard be did declare the glad tidings of salvation , pocketed hia one of Wo / thousand pounds , and was no more seen till the year agaitTPTOlved !! Need you Wonder , when such scenes as these . are enacted , tnaf Ireland is one of the poorest and most miserable countries on the face of the earth ? Can you wonder that the people have fled with abhorrence from the doctrines . of & church which , lias shewn by its fruits ihat it isriet-of God ? As I told you before , I am not

      now entering into the history of this bloody withering ehurcb ' , which the devil planted tn Ireland , aud which has sprung up , like the 1 jpas tree ia the desert , destroying all that cornea -within its withering blasting influence . " No . ! I hare -but' just skimmed the BUffaCC lightly . Were » person of powerful talents to d ^ ve into this deep ef corruption , he would unfold a tale , which , if you have not hearts of stone , would narrow up your souls , and niake your Hair stand on end , ««¦ like quills ripon the fretful porcupina . " No ! I have but just skimmed the surface to shew you , as briefly as possible , one of-those abuses which it would be well foryou to . 1 " hallow" your Sabbath in removing . Listen to the > elo ^ usat harangues of that man against popery . Who is he ? A supporter of tbe Irish

      Eatablished Church . Can it be that be who Is now declaring popery to be the road to hell , is a' supporter of that very ehurch , which , if papists do go to hell , has driven millions there ; for can the most uncultivated , weak , understanding be so simple as to suppose that the Irish would turn to "' a church -which was robbing them of their dally bread , and turning their beautiful country into a barren wilderness ? No one could , without sinning against the light of conscience , suppose this ; and therefore the advocates of such an opinion ought to be reprobated by all good men . But as I nave told you before , sol tell you again : ¦—Be not moved : by the Priests ; set your shoulder to this good work ; and employ your Sabbaths in determining that the places which now know these abominations shall know them no more for aver !

      Chartists , I remain , Tour faithful friend , A Bible Chartisi Harieston , Norfolk , October 2 . 1 st , 1840 .

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      Industry . —Honest industry is , after aU , man ' s only Bore dependence for the doable blessing of a contented mind and a comfortable livelihood .

      XT , , WHIG DUST . ^» f J ? hri Bull U so blind , Melbourne erieif , When , he lota the Whigs throw so much dost in his ' ' . ' yea ! . - - .:.. - ' ' ' . ' " . ; . ¦' . " . ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' ., : ' ¦ . - .. . Aot ^ ebful heabt paints the world as U fiBjfeU . hke * sunny bindwape ; the morbid , mind depict * it ^ jwffl ^^ - * N » - w&T&TEBSS & ¦*** " ? ^^ . ^ Mey of tHe shadow of aeath ^ It is the mimr . m short , on which it' is « w | k whica lends to tiie face of nature the aspeoroiRti own turbulence or tranquillity . ¦ . ;¦•' Ths Pbop ^ Timb to Dinb .- ^ saxe was wkedj what vm the best time to « Uri « T He replied , ** For a rich man , when he is hungry ; for a poor man , when he c&a get it . "~ -Asiatic Journal .

      Wb ought to endure ' - ' the 1 insults of the arrogant and mean , with' a calm indifference or scorn . They who aranme to themselves an offensive conseqnenoe , are always hollow and wortbless pretenders ; men of true rank and hig ^ h genius are always simple and conciliatory . The insolent cunning ; man is alWajs a rascal , and generally a fool . Phhknolqgy . —A clinching argument , proving the troth of the Boienoe , is that a profeesor ef Ae art recently fought a dud down south . and had his entire organ of oombativeness shot off . Since then ne has never wanted to fight again . —^ wcririan Paper .

      ASSUHINO that Palmerston has sold England to Russia , the question -is , what U heto have in r « turn ! We believe there is no difference of opinion ae to what he deserves , and if every Minister were paid according to his deserts , there are few indeed who would escape hanging ! -An otfickb had a wooden leg so exceedinglywell made that it could scarcely to distinguished frr > m a real one . A cannon bullet carried it off . A soldier who saw him fall called out , Quick , ran for the surgeon . " <* No , " replied the officer coolly , » it is the joiner I want . "— Table Talk ,

      The Royal itorsert fitting up at Buckingham Palace will be , when finished , one of the moat completeusitiagB tbat has ever been seen . There 18 the day-room arid the-night-room , the pap-room and the pl * y-foom , the toy-room and the tickling-TOoni , the napkin-room and the necessary-room , and a Toom for the privy councillors into the bargain . Htf ' Rotal Highness Prince Albert , we are informed by the Court eoribe , " enjoyed , the other mprmng , several hours' skooting over Flemish-f * rm . " Would to God that the gporting excurBious of this ci-devant German almist were confined to Flemish or German farms . ' But alas ! the stall-fed pensioner is permitted to sport over the fur aud fertile realms of England , and many a covey of John Bull ' s hardearned guineas finds its way into the Saxe Gotha game-bag !

      Good Huuoub . —A grain of pleasantry seasoia oorivers&tion . Great men enjoy humour like other people , but they always give preference to wisdom . Some have drawn themselves from embarrassing affairs by their good humour ; for there are things which naturally excite a smile ,, even when the indlviduaU 8 surejpbeaflaff « rerfromit . Apphofhiatb AlE , —The Newry ExaminerM \\ a us that when the wine men of the No'in drank the health of Prince Albert , at . the Ulster Association dinner ,. the air played was "Beautiful Rhine . * His Royal Highness himself , when he first arrived in this country , if we are to believe the Satirist , ** to the state < of his finances , would have been much more disposed to change the final letter , and sing "Beautiful Rhino . ™ ^

      Albkkt and Victoria returned from an excursion the other day , by the Royal dairy . This is not surprising , as Vic , vdth her civil list , and the ci-devant M German pauper , " with Ms allowance , have long turned poor old Bull into a milch eew . An Old Fareto . —A man , whose first wife was remarkably Beat , married a slut . On one ocoasioa she mustered resolution to rub down the old mahogany table . Her good man cat quietly regarding

      her until she had done , when he burst into tears She desired to know what bad affected him in so unuriual a manner . " The sight of that table , " said he— for I now recognise it as aa old acquaintance , arid it awakenB remiriiscenoes of days that are gone » for it always looked thus Vvhen mypeor wife wa » livine . " it is tmjjecesBary to say that the iflBultei lady bounced out of the room , and declared , as she slammed the door behind her , that she would make herself a slave to no man .

      ANCIENT EPITAPH AT EDMONTON . Erth goyth upon erth , as mold upon mold ; Erth goyth npon erth , al « lysterynge in {{ old , As though erth . to erth ne ' r turn shold : . Aad yet must erth to erth soner than he wold . It is whisfjered in the military dubs that Lord Cardigan may at so distant period retire from hi * present command , arid probably from the army altogether . Perhaps his lordship may find it convenient to imitate the example of the well-bred dog , who seeing preparations on foot for ejecting him into the street , quietly walked down stairs ! ¦

      If life has many evils , it has also many comforts * It is better to bear , and , where we can , to alleviatethose evils , than to whine over them ; nay , in activity , moral arid intellectual , a , remedy may be found for many of those which appeared most formidable ^ if joy be transient ' , inisery is not immortal ; if crime and selfishuesai too often sadden our hopes , some trait of self-devotion , some emanation of that benevolence which makes the whole world akin , ever and anon occurs to revive our confidence , and to remind us that man is not entirely of the earth . Thb humming-top will be the first and principal to ; introduced into the Royal nursery . To render Aum-bugthe more complete , we should have a master of the royal games appointed , a lord of the marblebag , a marshal of the hoops , and a maBter of the kites 1 ' ¦ ¦ : . - ¦ : - ' . ¦¦ - ¦ - .. ¦ ¦<¦ : ¦¦¦ ¦

      The Easi , of Cardigan ' s fire took effect upott the rib of his opponent . This is ^ not the first occasion upon which his lordBbip has injured another man ' s rib . , , Hypocbist . —Hypocrisy is , of all vices , the most hateful to man ; because it combines the maliMof guilt with the meanness of deception . Of all vioesit is the most dangerous ; because its whole machinery is constructed on treachery , through themeans of confidence , on compounding virtue with , vice , on making the noblest qualities of out nature minister to the most profligate purposes of our ruin . It erects a false light where it declares a beacon , and destroys by the very instrument blazoned as ft security . ¦

      A BitE . —Alfonso Bombardi , a celebrated sculptor of the Emperor Charles V ., was a great coxcomb . He got punished one day by ayounglady at Bologna ,, to whom' he took it into his head to make love in a foppish manner . She was ^ is partner at abali , in the midst of which * he turned to her , and , heaving a profound sigh , said , as he looked in her face with what he thought an ineffable softness in his eyes , aad we suppose with 1 eome fantastic- writhing gesture : — " If ' tis not love I feel , pray what is it i * " Perhaps , " said the young lady , " something bites you . " This story got abroad , and Alfonso became the jest of the city .

      Respect for the Dead in Cibcassia . — -There isno trait in the Circassian character more deserving of admiration than their tenderness to the deadthe poor relics of mortality that are unconscious of lu If one of their countrymen fall in battle , numbers ruBh to the spot , that they may carry off the body , and the heroic struggle that ensues , as common an incident in Circassian battles aa in other times on the plains of Troyi involves frequently the most disastrous consequences . —Lengieorth ' s Year among the Circassians .

      Calumnt . — "If you would extinguish calumny , " says a writer whor knew human nature well , let your answer to it be brief , plain , aud emphaticbrief , that it may be read ; plain , that it may not be misunderstood ; and emphatic , beeausecalumny must not be scotched but killed—it grows Btronger by chastisement . " ' ' Magnitude of the Sd » . —The surface of the sun contains 2 , 432 , 800 , 000 , 000 square miles , or twelve thousand three hundred and fifty times the quantity of surface on our globe . The solid contents of the sun amount to about three , hnndred and fifty seven billions of cubical mile 3 , which , show that is is fire hundred and forty-fir « times larger than all the planetary bodies taken together- This immense globe is supposed to be flying through the regions of space at the rate of 60 , 000 miles an hour .

      Victoria , addressing Melbourne , the other day , said , " If we have a war , I do not intend Albert to expose himself to the danger of being killed in battle . w O , there is no fear of that » repUed Melbourne . "But there is fear , though k" rejoined Tie , " for yon know he is a Field Marshal and Colonel or a regiment , and might be-caUed upon to take the commatfd : 1 won't hare it ; I never intended him for a fighting soldier , but , like uncle Cambridge , to review troops in fine weather . " Melbourne bowed and bowed , and—bowed again ! Dancing ^—Swift called dancing " voluntary madness . " The Chinese seem to think it useless fatigue ; for when Commodore ' . Arisen . was at Canton , the officers of the Centurion had a ball upon some Court holiday ; while they were dancing , a Chinese , who surveyed the operation , said softly to one of the party , " Why don ' t you let your servants do this fotyon *"

      Cause and Effect . — -Probabl y , there aro no ^ wo words which more distinctly ppinl out cause and consequence than these—gin and bitters 1 Ecursra . —In the year 1841 there will happen six eclipses , viz .: —four of the sun , and two of the moon out ef which number , one only of the latter , will however , be visible at Greenwich . -

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      MR . JOSEPH CRABTREE . A letter has been received , by his wife , from this unfortunate inmate of the HELL-HOLE , from which we give the following extracts . They will be read with interest , because of their reference to the """" la tions that have been thrown oat against Wakefield House of Correction , September 16 , 1840 . Mr dear Wipe , —It was my intention to write a rery different letter from the following : but when 1 read yours of the 10 th , I felt It to b | my duty to make a few observations on what you have there stated . I amawareof what wiU have been said , in oonaequenee of what certain parties win be pleased te call my base conduct ; but I can assure them' thai there is a cause

      for all tUao , a n * i wm fay to fcnow them that there is aaasefarmydolngas IhavedOne . ' I have read tbe history of England , since-1 came here ! With the neatest care , in order , if possible , to find a parallel to my case but in ram ; a parallel cannot be found . Of course I include'Aabton and Hoey in my case . Why , then , am I imprisoned , and placed under tbe merest discipline that was erer Invented ? Is it because the , evidence adduced against me , at my trial , was Worse than that adduced against others tried on a similar charge ? Noon that evidence I was found guilty of laving attended a meeting which -was held in the Market-plaee , at Barnsley . And think you that the Judge gare us two years in Wakefield House of Correction * for that ? He did not ; be told us be did not Then what was the

      cause of our getting two years ? that is , the question ; and I will answer it , to the dishonour of some of those men , who , I have rio doubt , are very loAl in ttieb ? denundationa . I know that those who ought to say the leastwiU be theirst to condemn . Now tbei for the grand secret I will tell them ( I mean the Chartftts ) whether 1 have told anything to tbe Secretary of itate or net and after having done that , I wiUreaso | with them a little on the subject if they can beak Masoning with , but 1 know some of them too treU to expect them to reason with me on this subject This is it Shortly after I came here , ' I was told by sWe of the magistrates that they had been Jed to helfeve that I was an advocate for physical force , and tfcat I had done all I could to cause the people to oemmlt aeta

      of violence , and that when I was away from home before the 12 th of August . I was on a miaritn to get tbe people of other towns ready for action on | he 12 th . and that B&msley would be quiet if I werl taken away . Now , then , do you see where my Hjntenee came from ? When I heard that , I said t » them what I have said to the Chartists a hundred times , viz . that I never was , and never should be , sn advocate for ti ? e deotruction of either person or property ^ and I added , as I bare also stated to tbe Secretary « f State , that the parties who hare done the mischief are still at liberty . Had I not a right to do so , seeing that the Tery men that have been the cause of acW of violence having been committed , hare taken care to

      keep out of the way . I maintain that , with two or three exceptions , there Is not a physical force man . in prison , and was I to hesitate to declare here , what I had so often said outside . No ; 1 am not so fond of " the page" as to wish to occupy a place in it in conse quence of haring suffered for deeds done by other men Poor Frost was betrayed Into the commission of that evBT-to-be-lamented Monmonth act , and those who are anxious to know by whom , must ask tbe great Peter of Bradford . Ah ! ah ! but be is oTer tne water , out of the way ; and , instead of him , we have in this prison , from Bradford , six individuals that absolutely do not know what the word Chartiat means .

      I will now say a few words about my being away from Barnuley before the 12 th of August It was a lucky job for the people of Keodal that'I chanced to be there on the Saturday before the 12 th . I was stopping at tbe house of a friend , and about seven o ' clock in the evening there came into- my friend ' s house a man from Newcastle . He appeared to be In a great hurry , as if some strange event was about to happen . He said he wanted to see the committee—there was rio time te be lost—the people of Kendal must be informed of what they had to do—that Newcastle wonld be in the hands of the Chartists by nine o ' clock on Monday morning ; and , therefore , the Kendal chaps must be at it in good time—get their wo * done , and be ready to receive their friends from Newcastle . I told my friend , and also the committee , that that fellow had come there either to h&Dg himself or some of them . And , fortunately , 1 beat the fsllow down , or the consequences might hare been that both life and property would hare been destroyed .

      I think I hear some of the mad-brained fighting men , with lend execrations , crying , O ! the traitor , the bloody traitor J Tell them to hold their hands a little . That man is a traitor who entices others into the commission of crime and then gives evidence against them Ask any of them if ever I did advise them either to get arms , or to injure either person or property . Nay rather ask them , if I did not , at all times , beg of them like a man begging for bis life , not to attempt to gain what they professed to want by acts of violence . I

      told them a hundred times that if it were even right to do bo , they could have no chance , because they must bear in mind tid&t when the soldier receives the word of conimand , to desert would be « ertaln d * ath ; therefore , he is more safe in remaining to fight than in running away . Net so with one of the Chartists . Each one knows that if he can get away , he may save himself . Under these circumstances , what hope could they have « f erer succeeding by such means ? . None but madmen eTer thought of having recourse to violent measures to obtain what they sought for .

      The fact is , some men are foolish enough to think that because a person happens to belong to a party , he is neTer to mike known anything that may be done wrong by any member of that party , but may find fault with erery body bat themselres . We cannot do an improper act is the opinion el each separate party . I am not of that way of . thinking . 1 can see faults to eendemn in my party . as well as others . I know that while the Chartists see every thing that is wicked and cruel in their rulers ; instead of giving me a fair trial for wh *» they wfll call a mighty crime ; instead of trying me , they would murder me outright , at once , and say they had dene God service .

      where is -that individual who came from Dewsbury the day before that mad prank was played effat Sheffield ? He met me in the street -inji&rnsley , and accosted me in the following manner ' : —I have just come over to see what time you intend to have your men out On my asking him < what he meant , be said , Sheffield and Dawsbury will be ont to night I told the fellow that if be did not leave > me-directly , I would give him in cb&rge of the police . Lafc me ask , is that person in prison ? No . I have found out that we are sold like cattle are sold in the market

      _ Take you a list of all persona now confined for political eflences , and see if you can find one whose sentence bears any resemblance to" ours . We are under the silent

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 24, 1840, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2707/page/7/