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TO THE WORKING MEN OF GREAT BRITAIN.
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claim , for myself « ad fellow-jurow , the liberty of speech ; » d , xt I amrefuBedit here , I shall assume it before tfie people at the door of thia Court House , and teg them why I deliver my mind there instead of in this place . ( Here the Bench re-aBsumed complacency . ) I Bay , my Lord , we have nothing to do with your private character—we know you here only m ™*\ 2 f Judge ; an < i M raen we would respect you —you know nothing of » s , but as a jury , and in that situation we should look to you for areciprocal respect , because we know of no man , however bigb . his rides or his rank , in whom the law or the constitution would , warrant the presumption of an unprovoked insult towards that tribunal in whom they have vested the dearest and most valuable privilege thev
possess . I before said , my Lord , that we are here met , not individually , nor do we assume nre-eminenee , tmt , in the sacred character of a Jury , we should be wanting in reverence to the constitution itself if we dia not look for the respect of every man who regards it . We sit here , my Lord , sworn to give a verdict according to our consciences , and the best of our opinions , on the evidenoe before us . We have , in our minds , acquitted onr daty as honest men . If we have erred , we are answerable , not to your Lordship , nor that Bench , nor to the King , who placed you there , but to a higher power , the King of kings . '' The Bench was dumb , the Bar was silent ; but astonishment murmured throughout the crowd—and the poor man yra . B discharged .
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TO WORKING MEN OF ETERY CUHE . BY W . S . THJ . IERB SAJfKKT , K . A . Working men of every dune , Gather still , bat bide your time , Bide your time , and wait a wee , Yours mQ be the victory . Britain ' s sons , whose constant toil Flies tbe loom and tills the soil , Lift a » Toioefor liberty , Touri will be the victory . Toil-worn Bons of Spain advanee , Give tbe hand to those of France , Join ye both witb Italy , Toon -win be tbe victory .
Sens of Poland , gather near , Raise , with Austria ' s sons , the eheer , Echo'd far through Germany , Tours willbt the victory . Itani&b -workmen , near the cry , Scandinavia's quick reply , Workmen , " panting to be free , " YoniB will be tbe victory . ¦ Dutchmen , linger not behind , Working men should be combined , Russian slaves themselves will tea Tours will be the victory . Europe * workmen , one and all , Rouse ye at your brethren ' s call , Shouting loud from sea to sea , Tours -will be the -victory . Kinp an * nobles may conspire , G- * d -will pour on them His ire ; Workmen shout , for ye are free , Yours is now the victory .
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THE IRISH EXILE-S ADDRESS TO HIS COTJNTRT ON HEARING OF THE PROGRESS OF TEMPERANCE . Ob , Erin , my country , long , long have I lov'd thee , And wept o ' er thy sorrows in silence and shame ; While the gloom of intemperance hover ' d above thee , - Enshrouding thy glories sad blighting thy faine . Land of my fathers , now , now I adore thee , My country—my home , thou art blest—thon art free ¦ The riches of temperance soon will restore tbee To all that thy sons can e ' er wish thee to be . Too long has the curae of the drunkard hung round thee , Enslaving thy children and -wrecking thy bloam ; Bat temperance , smiling through tears , hath unbound
And plenty now reigns over misery ' s tomb . " Ibongh exiled a&r , yet in fancy I view thee ; And joy o ' er the deith of thy self-entail'd wo «; And they who long scoff 'd at thy name ere they knew thee , Now join in thy praises with rapturous glow . My Erin 1 no longer thy fairy-lit bo-vrers Shall echo , in sadness , the notes of despair ; > The handmaid of industry plenteously showers The long-treasured hoards overwhelming thy care . -Then surely onr own Irish bard win not slumber Or gs 23 on our triumph in apathy n » w ; Oh , rouse from thy lethargy , Moore ; * nri thy number Shall add to the wreath that encircles thy brow . Joh > - A . Lawson . Sheffield , Nov . 20 , 1840 .
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THE SIN OF DRUNKENNESS . The learned in all ages have concluded that it is * nattering devil , a sweet passion , a voluntary madness , an inTited enemy , the anther of outrages , ¦ quarrels , debates , murders , the nurse of fury , tbe mistress of pride , the fountain office , the origin of disease , and the ruin of the bouL That it is a slow fire , whose name is lust , whose sparks are oaths , and curses , and evil words , whose smoke is pride and infamy , whose ashes are dissipation and poverty , and whose end is hell .
That it is * sin which cracks men ' s credit , consumes their estates , distempers their constitutions , dulls their spirits , infatuates their senses , intoxicates their brains , stupifies and breaks their understanding , perverteth iheir wills , troubleth reason , overthroweth the judgment , enfeebleth the memory , corrnpteth all thfi affections , eiclndeth council , and withont God ' s infinite mercy , and their sound repentance , damns the souL That h is a bewitching sweet in the mouth , which turns to a deadly poison in the heart , the rerealer of secrets , the shipwreck of chastity , the shame of honesty , the rain of good manners , the thief of time .
the disgrace of mankind ; a sin which makes man an abomination to tbe land , odious to the angels , scorned of men , abandoned of all good society , and , aboTe all , makes men subjects and vassals to Satan ; a sin of all others the most spreading , most infectious , most incurable , most inexcusable ; a sin which ia against the laws of God , of grace , of nature , and of all nations , and against sense and reason ; a sin which brings wraih and judgment upon the whole land ; a sin which is a grief to friends , a ruin to families , which separates from tbe society and company of God saints on earth , and excludes and shuts them oat of the kingdom of Heaven .
They go on to tell us that it is of sins the queen , as tbe gout is of disease : even the most prodigal , wasteful , unfruitful , unprofitable , nnnatural , unseemly , insatiable , unreasonable sin ; the most base , brutUh , beastly , foul , filthy , odieus , execrable , detestable , horrible and abominable state ; the mow disturbing , heathenish , infernal , prodigious , damnable , graceless and shameful sin of all others ; in fine , it is a sin odious and loathsome in any but in us who have so much light , so many laws of God and man against it , most insufferable ; but , as it was once observed , that philosophy was taught in Athens , bui practised in Sparta , so now temperance is taught in England , but practised in Spain and Torkev . Renovator .
AN HONEST JURY AND INTREPID FOREMAN . A Jndge , who travelled the North-Wegt Circuit , in Ireland , in 17 & 5 , came to the trial of a cause in which much of the local consequence of certain demagogues in the neighbourhood were concerned . It was the case of a landlord ' s prosecution against a poor man , his tenant , for assault and battery , committed on the person of the prosecutor by the defendant , in the defence of his only cliild , an innocent and beautiful girl , from ravishment . Not only the Bench , but the whole Bar , dined with the prosecutor's father the day before tbe trial .
When the poor man was brought into court , and put to the bar , the prosecutor appeared , and swore most manfully to every tittle of the indictment . He waa cross-examined by the Jurors , who "were composed of honest tradesmen and reputable farmers . The poor man had no lawyers to tell his story : he pleaded bis own cause ; and pleaded , not to the fancy , bnt to the judgment and the heart . The Jury found him not guilty . The Court waa enraged ; DBt the surrounding spectators , gladdened to exultation , uttered a shout of applause- The Judga told the Jury they must go back to the jury-room , and reconsider the matter , adding , " He was astonished they could presume to return so infamous averdici . " The Jury bowed , went back , and in a quarter of an
hour returned , when the foreman , a venerable old man , thus addressed the Bench : — "My Lord , in compliance with your desire , we went backlo our jury-room ; but , as we find no reason to alter our opinions or our verdict , we return it to you in tbe Bame words as before—not guilty . We heard yonr Lordship ' s extraordinary language of leproof ; but we do not accept it as properly or warrantably applying to us . It iB true , my Lord , that we ourselves , individually , considered in our private capacities , may be poor insignificant men , therefore , in that light , we claim nothing ont of this box above the commen regards of our humble but honest stations ; but , my Lord , assembled here as a Jury , we cannot be " insensible to the great and constitutional
importance of the department we now fill ; we feel , my Lord , that we are appointed , as you are , by the law and Constitution—not only as an impartial tribunal to jndge between the King and his subjects—the offended and the offenders ; but that , by the favour of that Constitution , we act in the situation of a still greater confidence ; far we form , as a Jury , the barrier of the people against the possible influence , prejudice , passion , or corruption of the bench 1 To you , my Lord , meeting you within these walla , I , for my own part , might possibly measure my respect by your private virtues—in this place your private character iB invisible ; for it is in my eyes veiled in your official one . and to open conduct in that only can we look . This Jury , my Lord , does not , in this business , presume to offer that bench the smallest degree of disrespect , mncb less of insult j we pay it the respect one tribunal should pay to another , for
the common honour of both . This Jury , my Lord , did not arraign that bench with partiality , prejudice , infamous decision , nor yet with influence , passion , corruption , oppression , or tyranny ; no , we looked to it as the merey-sett of royalty , M the sanctuary of troth and justice ; still , my Lord , we cannot blot from our minds the records of our school books , nor Rase the early inscriptions written on the first pages of onr intellects , memories . Hence we mnst be mindful , that monarchs and jndgee * re bnt fallible mortals , that tyrants have sat on thrones , and that the merey-eeat of royalty , and the sanctuary of JOBtice , have been pollnted by a Tressilian , a Scraggs , and a Jefferies . ( Here a frown from the BencE ) Nay , my Lord , I am but a poor man , but I wn a free born subject of the kingdom of Ireland , a fceaber of the eanstitniion—n * y , Iam ° . ^? CTj ftr I ia the repreeenwuTe iberwf . I therefore
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A Lvnx-eted Inspector . —We have heard of a pink-eyed showman , of Belton , who could see best in owl-ligbt ; but it was reserve d to those later times to exhibit an Inspector I who can , like a cat , see beat in tbe dark . Determined on testing his own capabilities , he extinguished the lights in a large clnb room , during Castle Donington statutes , in which were placed a company of females , from Derby , -who had taken a trip on speculation , with the hopes of obtaining sweethearts . And sweet they were indeed on the enamoured ooliceman .
whose gallantry would not suffer impeachment for refusing to return their blandishments . Bat , al&s ! his boasted sagacity was eadly at fault , for he soon lad the mortification to find his pockets picked , and himself left pennyless by the superior adroitness of the accomplished females , his toving companions . There is nothing surprising in a " country bumpkin being plundered by these conveyancers ; whilst they , like the daring little birds which pick the crocodiles teeth , Jeave a sergeant policeman , who does not think small beer of himself , a victim to their wily and insinuating fingers !—Nottingham Review .
Destruction of Baixthkiguk Castle by Fire . —The Kerry Examiner contains the following account of the destruction , by fire , of this splendid mansion : — " With feelings of very sincere regret we have to announce the almostSotal destruction of this beautiful edifice , the seat of Major Crosbie , by fire , on Sunday last . On Saturday evening a maidservant in tbe caatle had lit a fire in the Major ' s bed-room , for the purpose of having it warmed on his expected arrival , as both himself and family had been absent from home . The fire was left burning during the night , and must have in some manner Tsommunicated with the floor , as on the following morning about six o ' clock the flames were Been to burst through the window . The alarm being riven
the . people of the neighbourhood immediately hastened to the spot to give every assistance , and the intelligence of the occurrence having soon reached the more distant parts , thousands of the country people hastened to the castle with the most laudable anxiety , and thus the combined exertions of all were brought to bear on the fury of the raging element . The whole of the interior of the grand front was consumed from the roof to the ground , but the outer walls , from the great size of the stone of which they were composed , and their extraordinary solidity and strength , successfully resisted the advance of the flames , and escaped uninjured . With the exception of the contents of the bed-room in which the fire originated , and of a wardrobe in
the adjoining closet , all the furniture of the castle was saved , but in the efforts to accomplish this object , the beautiful mahogany doors were necessarily torn off their hinges , and unavoidable injuries done to many of the splendid materials that enriched and beautified the interior of the building . We understand that a young English gentleman of the name of Kempthorne slept that night in the castle , in a room not far from the one already mentioned , and being roused ont of bed by & sense of suffocation , opened the bed-room door , when a vast body ot smoke ra * hed in . Seeing all hopes of egress prevented in that quarter he slung a blanket from the
window , and succeeded in reaching the ground with--ont receiving any injury . The untiring labour and exertions of the poor country people are beyond all praise , but for whom it is probable that at this moment , despite of the great strength of the edifice , one stone would not be found upon another where Ballybeigne Castle had stood . Bnt ths secret spring to these exertions , independent of the people ' s own natural kindness , lies in this fact , as we have been informed— Major Crosbie , although of tbe Conservative order of politicians , is a kind landlord , beloved by bis immediate tenants , and the people of the whole surrounding country . "
A Pig-shootikg Parson . —To give the key to the following correspondence , which has been forwarded to us , we must state some weeks ago a poor woman —and we believe she was a widow—attended at tbe Bench at Steyning to ask whether she could there obtain redress for the injury done to her by the Rev . John Hurst , who had shot two of her pigs that had trespassed into his garden . The applicant was referred to the Sessions , which were then about to be held at Chichester . Nothing public BeemB to have been done in the matter ; but the complaint of the poor woman has been the theme of serious conversation both far and near . The reader will now comprehend , and , we have ne doubt , appreciate the following correspondence : —
PBOM THE REV . W . BARLZE TO THE EEV . JOHN HUR 5 T . West Chiltington , Nov . 3 , 1840 . Six , —As I think that eTerj thing between gentle " men and neighbours should be open and "without disguise , 1 think it right to give you the following information upon a subject ¦ which you must remember -was voluntarily commenced by yourself : —After the conversation which I had with you the other day , I took occasion to contradict the report -which was prevalent against yon ; but I am Bony t « say that your contradic tten met -with no credit , as young Buke , the thatcher , had , immediately after the occurrence , openly declared in our village that he was on a rick in the yard at the time the gun was fired , that he heard , though he did not see it fired ; that he called out to yon , " Did yoa hit him in the ear ? " that you yourself answered , " No , I hit him in the back , and made him cock his
tail , " and that yon added , " Now they may have some lead with their pork . " This was his version directly after the occurrence ; but that now , fearing the loss of your employment , he is silent Besides this , 1 have heard , from undoubted authority , that there is a man who saw you go for your gun , and actually shoot the pig . What am I to believe after this ? or what am I to think of your denial of shooting the other pig ? I can assure you , Sir , that the indignation of the gentry and respectable inhabitants of the neighbourhood is completely roused , and that I am of opinion that the matter -will not be allowed to rest as it is . There cannot be , there never has been , any prejudice excited against you unconnected with your own conduct ; but I ¦ will frankly tell you that both as to your clerical offieial conduct , and other circumstances of the kind I now mention , the eyes of the whole neighbourhood are upon you . W . Bablee .
FBOH THE BEV . J 0 H 5 HITBST TO THE REV . W . BABLEE . Thakeham , Nov . 4 , 1840 . Nothing but tbe fact of my not reading the composition you sent me yesterday till 1 came home to dinner , after dark , and my desire not to annoy the female part of your family , prevented my coming to inflict a stout personal chastisement on your Reverence for the most intrusive , insolent , impertinent , vulgar , and lying letter eTer penned from one stranger to another . I have always understood you wereameddling , officious , open-mouthed , gossipping s « rt of village ' prentice ; and when you wrote to me last year , offering my house to a curate , I found I had not been misinformed . You wrote then upon " undoubted authority" ,
about as good as your own , when yon told me seventeen lies last week about an » ld luggage-van mare yon bestrode , which you said had trotted you eighteen miles an hour , together with your having Bold a chesnut plough horse to a young man for ninety guineas , under the preU-nce of its being a hunter . These things establish your character as a screw Jew parson horsedealer . My ricks were thatched in August ; ergo , young Duke ' s being on a rick in my yard iB a lie you nave put into hi * mouth . Your " undoubted authority " is also a liar , but not a greater than be who prop ^ ates and spreads it . I should think yon would bt much better employed in the honest endeavour to provide something to pot your twelve children oat to get their own living , instead of cackling about the country , and when yon die bequeathing them to the parish . From this day forth I wQl thank you not to take the liberty
of writing or sending any message , or speaking to me on any subject or matter of any kind or degree whatever , but confine yourself , as far as I am concerned , to your friend and associate , tbe miller farmer . I always have avtiied you aegnainfaHMKy because nothing ia ao odious and hateful to me as a Tillage gossip ; and I heartily rejoice that I have done so . With regard to the last part of your letter , touching my clerical duties and conduct , " who made you a judge over me , presumptuous pedlar ? Look to yonr own business . Are you my eoeleeiastieal superior ? You , a person dropped from gome distant part of the country , an incubus upon the landowners of Chiltingten , have Bet yourself up for a judge over me ? You are , undoubtedly , a very great man ; bnt , I am afraid , only in your own opinion . ( Signed ) J . Htjsst .
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Thb skall-pox is prevalent in Gainsbro '; the yoao K "id aged are being attacked by it . Three ehildren were lying dead of it in one house last week , and several have since died . -Ths Borai . Huhbugobbt . —Already are the onief constables of the various hundreds in this county collecting of the parishes the " police rate . " Rayther quick work this : but John Bull deserves not only pinching , but punishing , for not protesting against this measure in the House of Commons . — Nottingham Review . _ Ax a meeting of the tradesmen of Darlington , on Thursday evening week , it was unanimously resolved to curtail the retail credit from twelve to six months .
Accident on thk Swannington Ra . ii . wat . —A donkey , on Wednesday , having strolled upon the line between Ratby and Desford , when a train waa approaching , wa 3 knocked down and killed before the eondnctor could stop the engine . —Leicester Chronicle . Fame . —When I was very young , and in the height of the opposition to my father , my mother wanting a large parcel of bugles ; for what use I forget . As they were then out of fashion , Bhe couid get none . At last , she was told of a quantity m a little shop in an obscure alley in the citv . We drove thither , found a great stock , she bought it , and bade the proprietor send it koine . He said , " Whitnerr "To Sir Robert Walpole ' s . " He asked coolly , " Who is Sir Robert Walpole !"Horace Walpole s Letters .
Louth . —Bankers' Parcel . —No tidings have yet been heard of the bankers' parcel taken to the Louth Post-office on the 1 st instant , by Mr . Kiddall , jun ., clerk to Messrs . Garfit and Allison , and containing notes and bills of exchange to the amount of nearly £ 4 , 000 . The receipt of the parcel at the post-office is acknowledged by the son of Mr . Simons , the postmaster . It was to have been forwarded to the Spilsby bank . —Lincoln Mercury . Ingenious Swindling—A fellow contrived to
raise the wind on Saturday , at Chesterfield , by the following trick : —He went round to different persons , offering for sale what purported to be rose trees , of a rare sort , of which he sold several . On examination , they all proved to be neither more nor less than pieces of briar , tied to roots of some kind or other , which were covered with earth . It is likely he will be attempting to cheat the good folks in the surrounding towns as well , and they ought to keep a keen look-out after such a deoeiver .
Bhomsgrove . —The unfortunate men recently killed at the railway Btation near this town , were interred on Sunday . Poor Scaife having been an Odd Fellow ( although a perfect stranger ) , was followed by about seventy of the brethren of the order . The mournful scene was characterised by the greatest solemnity and decorum . — Worcester Chronicle . On Wednesday last , a cow , in an infuriated state , came into the streets of Bedford , and , upon reaching Conduit-street , knocked down a little boy , named Henry Trueman Freeman , about four years of age , and inflicted such Berious injuries on the skull that death ensued . Part of the os frontis was torn away , and the brain escaped from the opening . —Bedford Reformer .
Westham . — Three Dead Bodies Wabhr * Ashore . —On Monday last , the bodies of three fine young sailors drifted on shore near Langley , in this parish ( supposed to have belonged to a vessel which was wrecked near Eastbourne a few nights since ) . On the drawers of one man were marked the letters H . C ; and on the right arm of another the letters H . O ., and on the left arm R . R . The other man , who was the tallest of the three , had no initials whatever on his clothes , but had better garments than the others . The constable has the clothes of the poor fellows in his possession , which he will retain in case any of the friends of the deceased should own them . —Sussex Express .
Darixg Burglary . —On Tuesday night , the house of Mr . Thomas Roberts , carpenter and shopkeeper , in thfi South Quarter , in this town , waa broken open , and robbed of about £ 100 in notes , gold , and silver , in three canvass purses with the name of " Roberts" upon them . The premises were entered by the shutter having been drilled with a centre-bit ; and the money was taken from a bureau , which was broken open . Suspicion rested on an apprentice named Johnson , a married man , who was well acquainted with the premises , : and Ball , our superintendent , with Smith , the constable , searched his ltfdgings , and found at his bed-Bide a new centre-bit , exactly corresponding with the holes in the shutter . Johnson was accordingly taken into custody , and committed for further examination on Monday next . —Northampton Mercury .
Accident on the Midland Counties Railway . —On Sunday morning , an accident of rather a serious nature , though unattended with much personal injury , occurred to the first down train . It appeared that the heavy rain during the night had caused the embankment near Thurmaskon to give way , and let down the rails several inches . The engine-driver , though cautioned to go along this part of the line at a slow rate , proceeded at the usual rapid speed , and no sooner got upon the . sunken rails than the engine instantly went off them , and turned almost round upon the embankment , upsetting the tender , and completely breaking the next carriage , a second class , in which there were
a woman and two children , and five other passengers , who , strange to say , escaped without any material injury , except from the shock , though thrown out of the carriage upon the embankmeat , where the upper part or covering of the vehicle was pitched before them , and was the only portion of it not shattered to pieces . The stoker had an equally fortunate escape ; for , when the tender turned over , he was forced under it , and thus escaped with a shock . Slight bruises were received by several passengers , and a female , in a pregnant state , felt the ill effects 3 ome time after , from the concussion of the carriages , but has since nearly recovered . Some of the
carriages , third-class among the number , did not go off the rails , but the passengers of the latter , about fifty persons , were forced against each other With violence by the concussion . The accident caused a delay of several hours to the train , in mending and clearing the line , and the loss from the total destruction of one carriage , and the injury done to the engine and tender , must amount to something considerable . The engine-driver having acted contrary to previous instruction , as respect 8 speed across tbe spot in question , has , we understand , been suspended from his situation for some weeks , and fined £ 5 . —Leicester Chronicle .
The h ewcastle Murder . —It will be recollected by our readers that Fowles , the man now in our county gaol charged with the wilful murder of Martha Kreling , made a statement implicating a travelling fiddler from Manchester in the horrid transaction . The police both of Newcastle and Manchester have since the period of Fowles ' a apprehension been on the look-out , as some other facts connected with the case required clearing up . On Saturday last , Inspector Cockrain , of the C division , Manchester police , apprehended the suspected party , and immediately communicated the fact to the Newcastle police , but unluckily the letter did not come to hand umil ten o ' clock on Monday last . Mr . Co . terill , the chief police officer , under the direction of the mayor and magistrates , proceeded by the one
o cjocK train to Manchester ; but , on his arrival , found that the fiddler had been discharged in consequence of no reply having been sent from Newcastle respecting him , the magistrates acting on the supposition that the letter despatched on Saturday would reach that town on Sunday . From inquiries made in the proper quart « r , it appears that a letter posted at Manchester on the evening of Saturday would till lately be forwarded by the six o ' clock train to Whitmore , but under the present regulations it is forwarded to Stafford , and returns at noon on Sunday . There being , however , no delivery on that day after noon will account for the delay of the letter in question . The present case muBt , we think , completely prove that such a regulation is very inj urious to the public interest , and ought forthwith to be altered . —Stafford Gazette .
A Friejtd ik Need !—An unlucky wight , who lad committed some supposed offence against the laws of decency and order , at Castle Donington , was seized by a policeman , and dragged towards the lock-up ; but his pleadings for mercy were so incessant and affec dng , that they wrought upon the tender feelings of the said policeman so far as to consent to his liberation oa one condition alone , viz ., thai he would hand over a little of her Majesty ' s coin , for the Bole use and behoof of the gentle official . But , alas ! a few pints of the " crathur " had drained the pockets of the poor delinquent these hard times , and he had not even a copper at his disposal . He , therefore , tried promises ; but no , that sort of coin is not current amongst the bluet Luckily , he bethought him of a kind-hearted cooper , to whom he was permitted to make application , who redeemed him from " durance vile ' for the small charge of sixpence in hsnd , paid to the said policeman ! Proving how truly » » friend in need 18 a friend indeed . '
Thb u Intaujblb" Politicai Leaders . —A correspondent from Birmingham writes us that at a recent visit to that town , one of the principal leadere of the foreign policy humbug agitation drank so freely and copiously of the inebriating juioe as to justiry one of the armed bloe-devil force in taking him under hia care , and formally introducing him to the ofiioer on duty , at No . 1 police station , and would have had the unenviable pleasure of a night ' s lodging in prison , had it not been for the kind , though I consider unadvised , interference of one of the class he has bo basely deserted for tha sake of being enabled to live in indolence and ririt in debauchery . This revelling in drunkenness j . roves the inconsistency and unsoundness of his pri ; iciples , as he was a member of the General Convent ion at tbe time the recommendation to abstain fronr i exciseable articles , particularly intoxicating driajr 3 . emanated from thai body .
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Thb Progress of Opinion . —The attainment of the people ' s rights are now identified with the people ' s revery actions . Gratitude to imprisoned patriots are ever uppermost in their minds . At a «? J dm k * y' which was held in Brtehton , on Wednesday evening last , three hearty cheew were given for . Feargus O'Connor , the unflinching advobw ^** rt ® ' rights ; three for poor John * ro 8 t ; three forlhe rest of the Chartist victims ; and three groans for big Dan O'Connell . This is just as it ought to be . .
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TREASCEEB > S BA 1 ANCE SHEET . 1840 . Dr . . £ 8 d . Oct . 16 . Money in Mr . Heywood ' s hands as treasurer . „ ,. 79 13 2 19 . From the Chartists of Bury St . i Edmunds ... ... ... 1 in 0 , 20 . From the Co-Operative Society of South Shields ... ... 14 ' 7 24 . From a few friends at bridgewater Foundry , Patricroft , „ „ P » David Morrison ... 1 7 10 " From the Lepton N . C . A ., per John Leech 0 10 0 " the
From N . C . A" , of Marylebone 10 0 Nov . 1 . From Unaworth N . C . A ., per Joseph Eckeraley 0 13 1 From Little Bolton N . C . A . ... 0 10 0 From Ratcliffe , after an address from Mr . Leech 0 8 0 Ship , Sittingbourne , Kent ... 0 5 0 A few friends at Norwich , per aM W - Tillman ... ... 0 6 4 Mr < W \ * ' ditt 0 ° 3 6 From the N . C . A . of Carlisle ... 0 9 7 From Belfield Mills , near Kinross 0 3 6 From the men of Worcester and oi
St . John ' s ... ... f » 11 n . uonn-s ... 0 11 0 2 . From the Chartists of Coldagate , Carlisle , per Thos . Sinclair ... 2 0 0 3 . From Chris . Wood , of Honley ... 0 5 6 From the Chartists of Ditto ... 0 14 6 4- From the N . C . A . of York ... 0 9 6 A From Irvine , per James Munn ... 0 18 0 " 5 . From Yeovil , Somerset ... 0 15 6 6 . From the Working Men ' s Association of Mansfield , Nottinghamshire ... 10 0 8 . From a few friends to the cause at
Newport , Salop 0 3 0 Proceeds of a Raffle of Oastler ' s Portrait , per W . Smith ... 0 9 0 " Proceeda of a Tea Party at a »• p , « hrist /?! n « ° f a young patriot 0 14 10 From Cafakill , Kilwinning , per W . Pritchard ... 0 8 0 £ Mr . GriCe Of Huddock Q 5 n " . bast . London Temperance
Association , collected at the mem-« n u * K * ¥ ly meeting ... 0 5 0 "Do by Mr . A . Hopper oil 0 1 U . JJenton , by twenty-nine sub-„ scriberv 0 14 0 u m ? wer J ? n « e » P er John Taylor 0 7 6 ** Three friends at Mottram , per Mr . Conville ... ... 030 " Wm . Eastwood .. 0 0 6 " Profits of the Star at the Paddock « m Association 2 0 0 Mrs . Vernon 6 3 6 M Watts ... ... 0 0 6 " Mrs . Nicholson ... Z 0 0 6 W P 0 10
^ . «• m Vr 11 . 0 0 6 « Mr 8 . Meethers 0 0 6 « £ £ , ?™! klayers ' Per w - Fox 0 5 0 w A friend ... ... 0 10 " An Enemy to Tyranny ... "' . 0 10 0 " After a Sermon by Mr . Spurr , Mile i End Road ... ... 0 3 0 „ J . and J . Valentine 0 1 0 J . Look 0 0 6 Preston Charter Association ... 10 0 From Friends meeting at the
George-on-Horseback , Nottingham , per J . Sweet ... 10 0 " ^ J-Sweep ' s Shop ... ... 0 3 6 Collected by a Stonemason at Fleetwood ... ... ... O 10 0 Bank Order from Coventry , per D . Buckey ... 1 13 4 " An Irish Chartist ... '" . 0 10 1 From Doura , Ayrshire , per A . Boyle ... ... . ,. 0 16 0 * ' From a few friends at Wrexham ! Northumberland ... ... l 0 0 " From a few friends at Sudbury , « - ** £ J > Wood 0 10 0 From St . Paacras , per Thos . Wall 2 0 0 Vale of Leven , Alexandria , per A . W . Anley ... .. 3 0 0 From a few friends at the General Washington , Nottingham , per Charlea Gates ... ... 0 5 0 Total money received by the Committee ' and by Mr . A . Hey wood since their last Balance ... 106 2 2 bheet appeared October , 16 , 1040 Expenditure ... ... ... 49 12 1
Money in Mr . Heywood ' s hand ... £ 56 10 1 Abel Hey wood , Treasurer . Samuel Chamberlain , President . Petek Shorrocrs , Secretary . Robert Gkeen , ) James Leech , S . Auditors . „ William Tillman , j Money sent to the Star , office , since our last Balance sheet appeared , is not yet remitted to our Treasurer .
MONIES PAID BT THE COMMITTEE . @ r ' £ b d Oct . 25 . Mrs . James Duke , of Ashtonunder-Lvne 2 0 0 m Mrs . iimothy Higgins , Ditto 2 0 0 « »} John Broadbent , Ditto 2 0 0 « £ » William Aitken , Ditto 2 0 0 at 1 Mrs . George Johnson , Ditto 2 0 0 Nov . 1 . Mrs . Roberts , of Birmingham 2 0 0 « Mrs . J . Crabtree . ofBarnsley 2 0 0 m Mrs . Ashton , Ditto 3 0 0 ^ " Hoey , Dit to 3 0 0 Mrs . Jenkin Morgan , of
Glau -. morsaaahire 3 0 0 Mrs . George Ballamey , of Leigh .. ... ... ... 10 0 " Mrs . Thomas Hilton , Ditto !!! 1 0 0 « ? T 9- £ eddie » of Edinburgh 1 0 0 « VJ rs - W . ? ht ' of Stockport ... 1 0 0 Mrs . Mitchell , Ditto 1 0 0 Mrs . Armatage , Ditto 1 0 0 S j'if j ; Wtto 1 0 0 « Mrs . Whareham , Ditto 1 0 0 « Mrs . Howarth , Ditto 1 0 0 {} rs . Davis , Ditto 1 0 0 « m ™ " ^ v n 80 n » Ditto 1 0 0 « ^ rs - ^<> b frtsf of Birmingham 1 0 0 « Mrs . Booker , of Sheffield ... 1 0 0 Z Mrs . Clayton Ditto 1 0 0
, J } r . Holbury , Ditto 1 0 0 Mrs . Penthorpe , Ditto 1 0 0 « Mrs-Duffey Dnto l 0 0 Mrs . Marshall , Ditto 1 0 0 « Mrs . Bennison , Ditto 1 0 0 « Mrs . Smithies , of Bradford 1 0 0 « Mrs -Hu"on . Ditto 1 0 0 Mrs . Holdsworth , Ditto 1 0 0 « . Mrs ' , rs , ? ' Ditt 0 1 0 0 Mrs . Crabtree . of Barnsley ... 1 0 0
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FELLOW-CODNTaYMEN , —Impressed with a sincere desire to promote the political freedom and social happiness of our country , and to witness the extirpation of all systems and vices which impede our progress , and beliflvingtbattheignorance and vicesof the peopleare the chief impedimenta in the way of all political and social improvement , and being convinced that no revolution can be permaneatly successful unless achieved by the mind of a nation , we are led to address ourselves to yon , in order to point out what we conceive to be the mainstay of Oppression , and Vie weakness of the oppressed .
You are now engaged in a great struggle for political freedom . You have embodied your claims in a document called " the People ' s Charter "; and you have wisely resolved to discountenance all other political agitation until yon are invested with your share of political power . And are rejoice that we axe able to bear testimony to the integrity and patriotism of many among you , in having stood firm to yout principles during one of the most fiery persecutions ever waged against truth and justice . But , at the same time , we tunre to deplore that , during the whole of these fiery peneeutiens , you have bad to contend with an enemy in your own camp—an insidious and powerful enemyan enemy continuously weakening you , and adding to the siraigih of your profligate oppressors . That enemy ia THB I . OVE QV INTOXICATING DHINttg .
We have long deplored the fact , that In scarcely any other country are the people so infatuated by the love of intoxicating driakB as In Great Britain ; and while . we willingly bear testimony to tbe good already resulting from the exertion « f various Teetotal Societies , confirmed , as this is , by the health and happiness of thousands of reformed drunkards and their once-neglected families , yet are we compelled to I declare that drunkenness is still the prevailing vice of our people ; and that from its source no wi many of tbos * [ alarming crimes which ao fearfully deface our national
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. ^ mm—m ^ mmm character . And though we admit that doss-legislation has inflicted upon us ilia innumerable , and blighted the intellect and broken the heart * of whole generations of the sons of toil , we cannot shut our eyes , to the truth THAT NO STATE OP FREEDOM CAN IMPROVE THB HAS WHO 13 THB SLAVE OF HIS OWN VICES . Look at the unhappy drunkard reeling home to his ragged und starving wife and children . The money expended in the pot-house deprives hia family of the commonest necessaries of life . His own health Undermined—his morals corrupted—his vicious example poisoning the minds and morals of his childrenand he grovelling through a wretched existence a
self-doomed outcast , alien from all the ennobling dignity of manhood . Can such a man be free ? He may in bis lucid intervals of reason attend public meetings , and applaud those who are calling a nation to a sense of its duty ; he may boast of his " Radicalism " s he may rail loudly against the abuses of Government ; bui so long as he dooms the partner of his bosom and the offspring of his loins to rags and hunger by his own vicious extravagance , and drinks " success t » freedom " in that poison from which our -mlers derive a Considerable portion of their revenue , 90 long is he unfit for aught save the reprobation of the wise and the good .
But , you will say we admit all this . Cannot we drink moderately 1 In answer , we tell you that this "moderate drinking" is a pernicious habit All drunkards were once moderate" drinkers . The desire for more drink increases with the habit ; and that which suffices at the commencement of the moderate drinker ' s career is not sufficient when drinking becomes a confirmed habit . We are convinced that all intoxicating drinks are ruinous to the constitution . Our experience has taught us that those who totally abstain enjoy a far better state of health than those who call themselves " moderate" drinkers ; and we have
invariably found their domestic comforts increased . If then the moderate use of intoxicating drinks be an evil—and we fearlessly assert it is—why use them at all ? Look closely into the question . The " moderate" drinker must buy his drink . Suppose a man is earning one pound per week ( and how many are there not averaging six shillings ?) even though he drinks but one pint of beer daily , at threepence a pint his outlay , for himself , upon beer alone , will be one shilling and ninepence per week . Then conies the filthy pipe , which , allowing himself but one ounce of tobacco per week , costs fourpence more . And it is not improbable that the wife , following the husband ' s example ' will also like a " moderate" quantity of beer ; and , supposing she takes but ha' fa pint daily , here is an
additional expence of tenpence halfpenny . Here , then , is a very » moderate" pair , spending two shillings and elevenpence halfpenny weekly upm that which , so far from doing them good , is absolutely injurious ! Nearly three shillings out of twenty worse than thrown away . Then there is the time wasted over the pint and pipe—time which ought to be devoted to selfcui-TUttE or the education op children . We submit that the money and time thus wasted ought to be put to better account We say that this " moderate" drinking will occasionally drive its devotees to THE PAWNBROKERS—for every shilling of a poor man ' s wages is needed in the little republic of homa And we need scarcely mention how the public revenue is augmented even by the " moderate use" of intoxicating drinks .
It has been our misfortune to frequently witness scenes of the most appalling misery produced by the vice of drunkenness . We have seen families of " skilled workmen" in London and other large towns , ragged , hungry , diseased , ignorant , and vicious , at the time these " skilled workmen" were earning from thirty shillings to two pounds per week ; and we have marked these men sulky and brutal in their homestheir knowledge confined to the tap-tub and the gincask—and we have invariably found them the most serflsh of slaves . Our hearts have bled on witnessing this prostration of humanity ! We have known
hundreds of families reduced to want and rags by the insane habits of " moderate" drinking and smoking . We have known these " moderate men" lounging away whole hours over the pot and pipe , at the time their wires and children were craving with hunger at home-We have known these men get Into debt for "moderate quantities" of beer during working hours ; and , on Saturday night , we have found one-third , and , in many cases , half their wages go to pay the beer score We have noted their mortification as they have parted with so much money ; we have wutched them to their destitute homes , and have
observed the wretchedness of the wife when the remaining pittance was thrown into her lap . «< Is this all ?" Then comes the falsehood—the equivocation—a momentary sense that he has wronged her—and , after Laving thus deprived her of the means of providing for the household , he strives to smother her just indignation by excess of kindness and soft words ! He takes his child in his arms-that living monitor of his baseness-and endeavours to make atonement for his crime by kissing its fieshlesa cheeks and calling it his " darling babe ! " Countrymen ! these are no imaginary
pictures . O ! if we have tbe slightest love for our fellow-creatures , let us strive to remove these heartrending scenes from our land ! Have we not oppression enough , without adding to it by our vices ? Are not thousands of people starving for want of sufficient wages to purchase feod ? Have not class-legislation , heavy taxes , monopolies , and national debts sunk us sufficiently low , without sinking ourselves still lower ? Away , then , with OUT own infatuation ! Let us rather stem the fbod of national wrongs than increase its force by our own misdeeds .
Countrymen ! we are not unknown to you . We are anxious to see you happy and free . We are zealously desirous of seeing our aristocratic institutions superseded by those of an enlightened democracy—a system of Government according to which , every member of society shall be considered a man , and nothing more . And believing that the love of intoxicating drinks is the mainstay of aristocracy , tending , as it does , to debase
and still further pauperise a politically oppressed and pauperised people ; and , consequently , to root out of their minds a just sense of their own importance , and of ti \ e duties they owe to themselves and country ; and clearly perceiving the vast amount of good to be derived from a combination of sober , moral , and intelligent men , we feel we should not be doing our duty if we did not call upon you to abandon the use of all intoxicating drinks .
We especially appeal to all leaders of the Chartists to adopt the teetotal pledge , and set the people a proper example . We appeal to the Chartists as a body—we call upon them to give the teetotal question their deepest consideration ; and we trust they will so far overcome all prejudice as to abstain for a time , and give the principle a fair trial . And in the event of their finding—as we are assured they will—that they are better without intoxicating drinks than with them ; and on their further perceiving the various other advantages resulting from their sobriety , to form themselves into Chartist teetotal societies in every eity , town
and village . By adopting this course , the habits of the people will be at once changed . New hopes and new desires will be awakened In the breasts of millionsintellect will start forth to dispute the arrogant pretensions of our corrupt rulers—the poorest man will derive solid benefit—myriads of wive * and children will be better housed , fed , and clad—the people will become too proud to wear the degraded livery of a policeman , or to enlist a& soldiers to murder , at tbe bidding of an aristocrat , their unoffending brothers for a shilling & day—our irulets will be deprived of an immense revenue—and , to crown all , ko government CAN LONG WmiSTAND THE JUST CLAIMS OP A PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE COURAGE TO CONQUER THEIR OWN VICES , Weafd , Fellow-countrymen , Yonr devoted Friends , Henry Vincent , Resident of Oakbam Gaol , Rutlandshire . Wuuak Hill , Editor of the Northern Star , Leeds . John Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street , London . Charles H . Neesom , 76 , Hare-street , Bethnal Green . Hkn&t Hetherinqton , 126 , Strand , London . N . B . Members of the late Convention are invited to sign the above , and to aid in ite circulation . Any •• Political Victim" in prison , or at targe , will confer a favour by attaching his signature , and by making the same known to any of the above .
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Melbourne says her most gracions Majesty will make an excellent mother ; He grounds his opinion , we presume on the experience that she has had in numno John Bull for the last three years . . That Royalty , like other things going out of date ifJXTf " ? *?!?* «* S ri 16 *!** «?« ,- day , ia proved 5 > £ I of * * L ° y al" "toque * beW affixed to Victoria ! " ** ° f monke * 8 latelT P ^ ented ¦ ' ¦ CHAHTW When Philpotts toasts " the ^ r » -the good divine , Always , in- charity , drinks bis richest wine ! ' A Merchant having sustained a considerable loss , desired his eon not to mention it to any body The youth promised silence , but , at the sametimel requested to know wha 6 advantage could attend it If you divulge this loss , " ssaid the father , "we shall have two evils to support instead of one—our own grief , and the joy of our neighbours . "
THE ftUAKER AND RENAHD One day upon the field , enjoying much the ohace , A Quaker hunted Renard , the foremost in the race ; 1 ? w iTvinK - whicl 1 ' a nei S nbour i astonished , outcried , Why , friend , I deemed such pastimes unco vour Beet denied 1 " J " Nay , truly , " says the Quaker , "' tis sure quite orthodox To be , as I have ever been , a follower of Fox V
The FEMALE MIND is naturally credulous , affectionate , and , in its attachments , ardent . If , in her peculiar situation , her assiduities must be deemed in any degree culpable , let us remember that this is but a frail vessel of refined clay . When the awful record of her errors is enrolled , may that sigh which was breathed for the misery of a fellow-mortal waft away the- scroll , and the tears which flowed for the calamities of others float the memorial down the stream of oblivion . On the errors of women let us look with the allowance and humanity of men .
Ready-money 'Customers . — Archdeacon Paley , in one of his familiar table discourses , touching upon the expences brought by original sin upon husbands and fathers in the way of cambrics and satins , says — " I never let my women ( be it understood he spoke of Mrs . Archdeacon Paley and the Misses Paley ) when they go shopping , take credit : I always make them pay ready money , sir ; ready money is such a check upon the imagination . " Why does Muntz , the Brummagem Esau , put you in mind of a man much btmused in porter \—Coz he ' s a beer-dead man .
Prince Albert has given directions for the preservation of the foxes in the Windsor Great Park . We shall not be surprised if , by and bye , should John Bull suffer things to proj > rtss as they do , the whole country is overrun with foxes of the character of those found among the woods and swamps of Germany .
THE PETTICOAT-COLOSSUS OP ROYALTY . "Who rule great nations should themselves be great . " How enviable , then , is Britain ' s state ; Victoria in height stands four feet eight , Her mental stature who can calculate i Take good cake not to repeat in one company what you hear in another . Things Beemingly indifferent , may , by circulation , have much graver consequences than you would imagine : besides , there
19 a general . tacit trust in conversation , by which a person is obliged not to repeat any thing out of it , though not immediately enjoined to secrecy . A retailer of this kind is euro to draw himself into a thousand scrapes and discussions , and to be shyly and uncomfortably received wherever he goes . Persons who are always innocently cheerful and good humoured , are very useful in the world ; they maintain peace and happiness , and spread a thankful temper amongst all who live around them .
When genius is united with true feeling our lalenta multiply our woes . In such creatures the heart ' s uru of tears is exhaustless , and the more we think the more we feel it flow . ACCURATE DEFINITION OF A " RELIEVING OFFICER . " ( Dedicated to the Kensington Union . ) In one sole point does not the Poor-law err—Its title of ' relieving officer ;" For with philanthropy and prudence rife , All , to whom fate makes harsh the gift of breath , He soon relieves from the fatigues of life , By mercifully starving them to death . ' ¦
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" Why is the letter D like a ring V said a young lady to her accepted one day . The gentleman , like the generality of his sex in such a situation , was as dull as a hammer . " Because , " added the lady , with a very modest look at the picture at the other end of the room , " because we can ' t be toed without it . " The most wonderful feat performed bv the " learned horse , " before Royalty , was his ' being commanded to deal the honours , once round , of a pack of cards , giving to each person present the card most conforming to his or her rank . The King was ( by courtesy , of course ) , dealt to Mr . King , the owner of the noble animal—the Queen to Victoria , and the Knave to the Prince ! the horse with singular tact reserving the ace for himself !
What action was ever so good or so completely done as to be well taken of all hands 1 It concerns every wise man to settle his heart in a resolved confidence of his just grounds , and then to go on in a coustant course-of his well-warranted judgment and practice , with a careless disregard of those fool-bolts which will be sure to be shot at him which way soever he goes . Too much wealth is very frequently the occasion of poverty . He whom the wantonness of abundance has once softened , easily sinks into negleot of his
attairs ; and he that thinks he can afford to be negligent , is not far from being poor . He will soon be involved in perplexities , which his inexperience will render insurmountable ; he will fly for help to those whoso interest it is that he should be more dis ^ tressed , and will be at last torn to pieces by the vultures that ' alway . s hover over fortunes in decay . Romps . —There is seldom much love in a romp . If there be any at all , it is not of a very profound or passionate description . Romps have too much miBchief in their pates to be capable of thinking or feeling very deeply on any subject .
A youth , who has spent his life among books , — new to the world , and unacquainted with man , bat by philosophic information , —may be considered as a being whose mind is filled with the vulgar errors of the wise ; utterly unqualified for a journey through life ; yet confident of his own skill in the direction , he sets out with confidence , blunders on with vanity , and finds himself at last undone . Learning and Gastronomy . —There is one of my tenants' sons , of whom the father is anxious to cultivate the abilities , by sending him as a sizar to Cambridge . Now if there were a gastronomic college in existence , I would not hear of such a thing . As a curate or private tutor ( the object of bis classical education ) the poor fellow will sain fifty pounds a year ; whereas a good cook would be Bore of his three or four hundred . —TA « Dowager .
Luxuries of Bagdad . —The walls are inlaid with mirrors , and fancifully decorated with mother-o ' - pearl . The ceilings are also covered with a quantity of carvea wood-work , exhibiting much taste . In the houses of the wealthy , velvet of the finest crimson covers tha cushions , which are also worked in gold thread , and fringed with lace of gold or silver . Carpets of the richest pattern and manufacture cover the floors , on which the slaves move with a noiseless step . lit every corner are robes of fur or sable , in which the guest is invited , in cold weather , to envelops himself , — Welkted ' s City of the Caliphs . When George the First imported a mistreBs from Hanover , who was hissed by the populace , she called out from her carriage window , Guot people , ve come for your goods " " Yes , d you and chattels too , " was John Bull ' s reply .
Story-Trllbrs . —It iB a curious circumstance , that blockheads are generally far better story-tellers than clever men . This , indeed , so often holds true , chat when I hear of a person being great at storytelling , I am apt to place him in the catalogue of asses . —Macnish . Dying Consolation . — "I shall die happy , " said the expiring husband to the wife , who was weeping most dutifully by the bed-side , " if you will promise not to many that object of my unceasing jealousy , your cousin John . " •* Make yourself quite easy , love , " said the expectant widow , "I am engaged to his brother . "
Onb of Job ' s Comforters . —In the spring of 1826 , during the depression of business in Glasgow , a friend of Henderson , of proverb celebrity , who had got married , advised Mr . H . to follow his example . u , na , " said he , saf 1 ' a vour horn , my frien ' , " as the man said when he took hand o' an ass ' s lug , instead o' a cow ' s born in the dark ; Bingla blessedness is the thing ; they hae a stout heart that wad marry in thae times ; I eao pat oa my bat , and thank my Maker that it covers my hail family . —Laird of Logan . '; ¦ ¦ . ¦'¦ ' ¦ - ¦¦ ¦ - . ¦ _ .. . .. ' - : Fashion is a superfine germ of idiocy ; it ean only be tolerated by rational beings , ont of pure Compaq sum for the frailty of fools 1 We do not mean nealneu when we repudiate ' - ¦ ¦ ** fashion . " To be neat and cleanly in oar garb , attentive to out neighbour , and kind / via oar general commerce with mankind , ara only the dictates of common Bense .
Grac * mal a-Propos . —A milliner's apprentice about to wait upon a duchess , was fearful of committing some error in her deportment . She therefore consulted a friend as to the manner in which she should address this great personage , and was told that on going before the duchess , she mast say her grace , and so on . Accordingly , away went the girl , and , on being introduced , after a TOTT low curtsey , Bhe said , * For what I am going to receive , the Lord make , me truly thankfuV To which , tilt duchess answered , "Amen . "
The Victim Fund.
THE VICTIM FUND .
Vavtetie*.
Vavtetie * .
To The Working Men Of Great Britain.
TO THE WORKING MEN OF GREAT BRITAIN .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 28, 1840, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2712/page/3/
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