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THE EINGLIEST CROWN , i . -- - . " . ¦ ' . A ' Ho ! je 'who in a noble work ¦ ffljn scorn , as flames draw air , — . " . ¦ ffho , in the . way where lions lurk , God ' s image bravely hear , Thoug h trbnble ^ tried and torture-torn-r-The MngBest crown [ s a crown of thorn ! TKe ' s glory , like'the how in heaven ,
Still springeth from the cloud ; And soul ne er soared the starry seven , But pain ' s fire-chariot rode : They ' ve battlec \ best who ' ve boldliest borne : The kingliest cxqwn ' s a crown of thorn ! As beauty in Death ' s cerement sleeps , And stars hejewel . darkness , . God ' s splendour lies in dim heart-deeps ; And strength in suffering ' s starkness : The mnrkiest hour is mother of morn : The kingliest crown ' s a crown of thorn ! Gerald Masset ,
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A LAY FOR LORD GREY . An antiquated proverb , . We all have heard declare , Our dinners sent from Heaven ,. Our cooks from—all know where . Thus reasoning , —our country May very truly say , One power sends her colonies , Another sends her—Grey J As on fair England's conquests , ( A fact some folks forget , ) So on her suffering children , The son can never set ; And should the cause be questioned , When comes the settling day , " Humanity " wiU surely " Arise , and thunder— Greg ! " The " liberal" politician .
"Who talks of Russia ' s wiles , Tet sends the butcher , Ward , to blast The fair Ionian isles ; " vTho loves Italian liberty , With O'Ferrall in his pay , And teaches , too , Australia To curse the name of Grey . Who winks at Dyak massacres , And Torrington ' s misrule ; 2 Tow blusters like a knave , and 2 fow blunders like a fool ; Who talks about good government , While Elliotts have their sway , And answers calls for justice By sending out a Grey ! o \ o wonder , then , in Canada , That loyal men should grieve ; 3 fo wonder that the Cape declined The convicts to receive ; ~ So wonder in Australia
We find the de'il to pay , For we know who gave us colonies—We guess who gave us Grey ! —Pasquin
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THE DEMOCRATIC BEVIEW OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN POLITICS , HISTOHY AND LITERATURE . Edited by G . Jrai 4 K Haehey . No . X . March . London : J . "Watson , 3 , Queen ' s-head Passage , Paternoster-row . Hating described , and exposed the injustice and evil effects of the taxes on paper and advertisements in the February No . of the Review , the Editor this month takes np the most important of lie Taxes on Knowledgethe Penny Stamp on Newspapers ; and traces the history of that tax from the time of its first imposition in the reign of Queen Anne , down
to the passing of the law of 1836 , by which the exaction was reduced from fourpence to one penny . The next article exposes the wholesale robbery perpetrated by our irresponsible rulers , under cover of what is called "Indirect Taxation . " " The Ten Hours Question " is the title of an article which , is sure to excite great interest , and , possibl y , some discussion . We -venture to predict that , while it will not greatly p lease those who are purely and simp l y Ten Hours Bill men , it will meet with more than the approval of those who are " Ten Hours Bill men , and something more . " It is an article which all classes may
read with advantage , although , most likel y , it will call down on its author ' s head the hot indi gnation of those who live by speculating in ¦ fiie labour , and maldngprofit of the blood and sinews of the wealth-producers . "A Glance at History , part 2 , is chiefly occupied with an examination of Cicero ' s -version of Catiline ' s conspiracy . The author of the "Glance " eloquently and justly lays bare the vices of Cicero ' s character j at the same time denouncing the corruption and mendacity which have distinguished by far the great majority of
public orators , political writers , and historians in all countries , at all times . " Fourier ' s Theory" presents an outline of tbe principles and new social arrangements so laboriously developed by the founder of thePhalansterians . "Anniversary of the Frencb Revolution , " is followed by an article exposing the atrocities committed by "The Bloodthirsty Ordermongers / 5 The " Past and the Present" is a capital specimen of American poetry . The Letters from France and Germany , and " Political Postcript , " conclude the contents of this number .
~ We extract the following from the article headed
£ EGAI , PLUNDER . Otherwise , and according to Act of Parliament , termed " rsranEcr iaxatios . " . The total amount of the taxes is above fifty-seven millions annually . When to this amount we add local rates , tithes , dues , and other payments for the support of the church , the law establishments , & c ., the total of taxation in all shapes , and under all names , cannot fall short of one hundred millions ! Yet from tbe time of Lord Xorth to the present , servile -writers , and venal apologists of public abuses , have affected to wonder at , and condemn , what they have been pleased to term " an ignorant impatience of taxation . " Ignorant impatience ,
indeed ! The ignorance has been allied to the too great patience usually manifested by the people under tbe weight of their grievous burdens . Their impatience is the best proof of their growing intelligence . Were the taxes levied . directly instead of indirectly , the impatience of the . tax-ridden , people -wouWsoon induce a kind of popular action anything but agreeable to , or safe for , the tax-eaters . Xot for one year would the plundered people of this country submit to the rule of their plunderers if the fifty-seven millions were exacted by any other means than indirect taxation . From the day when Wat Tyler ( that glorious hero of the proletarians ) knocked ont the tax-gatherer ' s brains , to the time when Lord John Russell threatened the middle
classes with an addition to the . income-tax , the rulers of the land have found it a dangerous experiment to dip their hands openly and undisguisedly into the pockets of the people . Hence the cunning and fraudulent invention and perpetuation of the system of indirect taxation . Imagine a workipg . man and his wife making their Saturday night ' s marketing—imagine the woman laying down three halfpence for a quarter of a pound of { the cheapest ) tea , and the man laying down tftree / armings for . a Quarter of apound of tobacer>—imagine , further , that on re-erossing tbe tbxeshbold of the tea-dealer ' s and tobacconist ' s they encountered a fellow with red gills and an aldermanic
paunch , with a pen behind his ear and a book in his fist , calling on them in the . name of " our sovereign lady the Queen " , to " stand and deliver , "—the woman sixpence & i 7 / penm / . on ; her three-halfpennyworth of tea , and the man mnepence-halfpcnng ( or threabouts ) on bis three-farthings' worth of tobacco ! " What for . ? '' would be the very natural demand . And when the tax-gatherer rejoined , "For the maintenance of bur glorious institutions ; " the equally natural response would be , "To the devil with the glorious institutions , and yon , and all who live by them !" - ¦ A hundred to one that thesewords would be . accompanied by the significant performance of rolling tbe tax-collector in . the gutter . An attempt to collect ' taxes after any such fashion would infcuiibly raise up a Wat Tyler in every town ;
a Jack Cade in every village ; and , very probably , a Washington to lead the whole , and work a wondrous hange in our " glorious institutions . " , ; : ' ¦ r : * A word to the wise . .. When once the people see iurongh the vilkny of indirect taxation , the . days of our " glorious institutions" wilL be numbered . When once the masses understand that . they ; pay a tax on their tea equal to four times its value ; a tax ° a their tobacco equal , to twelve , times . lis ; value | and taxes more or less iniquitous on nearly all other articles ; when , too , . their eyes . are opened to the monstrous fact that the rich pay no more bn . firs ' r ^ rate articles of consumption than " the poor pay oh the commonest articles , and that in many taxes the ' rich are even . still more unjustly favoured ; when ' , too , - the ' proletarians begin to reflection the still
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more important fact , that in reality the wealth-pro duwr pay 8 ; the , rich mau s'texes as weU as his own ^ inasrnrich as rents and profits are directly or indirectly furnished from the * wealth ^ produced by the toilers ; . When a cheap and honest press shall have foll y enli ghtened the millions as to ; these matters , it will be time for those who fatten on the public spoil to set their . houses in order , and retire decently while Ihey may yet do so with impunity as regards past crimes . John BuU ' a & patient animal , and notwithstanding all that has been said of his " lgno ^ rant impatience of ; taxation j" has hitherto done nothing more terrible than grumble . But he may not—he will . nbt-always content himself with so harmless a protest against misgovernment and robbery ^ Byron has written— -. , I ' ve seen some nationslike o erloaded asses ,
, Ecb : off their burthens—meaning the high classes . It is true that hitherto those classes have contrived to regain their burdensome position , but there wu yet , and ere long , too , be another kicking ott . in that day will the "high classes" of this country who have so long rode roug h-shod over the people , be able to maintain themselves in the saddle * JMOT if the people have the sense to comprehend ^ their wrongs , and the courage to assert their ngnts . 10 prepare them for both , the friends of pWgWMI will § 0 well to lend their efforts to the promotion ^ of an enlightened " impatience of taxation ,. - . andMaw creation of a national demand for a radical reform of tbe government through the enactment of the Charter—and something more 1
We should add that the Letters from France and Germany contain important revelations of the designs of the Hol y Alliance , and their tool , President Buonaparte , These letters form , perhaps , the most valuable feature of the Democratic Eeyiew . Every man should read them—at least , every man who desires to be informed of the truth with regard to the peoples and the tyrants of the Continent . The Letters in the present number snow that great events are-at hand .
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Reynolds s Political Instructor . Edited " by G . W . M . Reynolds . Part IV . London : J . Dicks , 7 , "Wellington-street North , Strand . This part contains portraits of Mr . W . P . Roberts , the "Miners' Attorney-General "G . Julian Harney—Mr . - Williams , ea ? -M . P ., and Armand Barbes . In addition to the usual articles on the "Aristocracy , " " Slavery , " " English History , " the " Letters of Gracchus , " & c , we notice some ably-written contributions from the pen of Mr . "W , J , Vernon on " Prison Discipline ; " in which the author reveals his experience of the miseries under the operation of which Ernest Jones and Fussell are still suffering , and to which "Williams and Sharp fell martyrs . "We extract the following from the
1 IK 5 IOIR OF BAKBES . Armand Barbes was born at Guadaloupe in the year 1809 : his father was a medical praotitioner . in that island . The person of Barbes is remarkable for its natural beauty and gracefulness : his stature is tall and formed with singular elegance and perfection ; his features are pure and regular , combining an expression of great mildness and generosity with one of determined energy ; his gait and attitudes arealike noble and prepossessing . The education of Barbes was perfected attke college of Sorreze , and upon his arrival in Paris ; during the year 1833 , for the purpose of pursuing the study of the law , he went and presented himself to Etienne Arago , then a perfect stranger to him , with the exception of having been formerl y a student at the
college of Sorreze . He thus addressed M . Arago , —Sir , I have not the honour of being personally known to you : my name is Barbes ; I nave finished my studies at the same college as yourself ; I am rich , and am now come to offer you my fortune in service of the republican cause , as likewise my arm and my life ! " All the world is acquainted in what a noble manner Barbes has kept his word . In 1835 , Barbes , being himself free , assisted with all the natural ardonr of his character to favour tbe escape of his friends imprisoned by the Court of Peers in St . Pelagic . Condemned in 1836 for the clandestine manufacture of gunpowder , he was restored to liberty the following year by the general amnesty granted upon the Duke of Orleans '
marriage . In 1839 , on the evenin g of the 13 th of May , he was arrested , wounded and bleeding , and banded over to the tender mercies of the ; Chamber of Peers , charged with having killed a lieutenant whilst in the execution of his duty , suppressing the insurrection promoted by Barbes . When npon his trial he boldly assumed the whole responsibility of the movement , nobly exerting himself to save his associates . " It is I , " he exclaimed , " who placed arms in their "hands ; a species of moral violence calculated to induce them to follow me and take a share in the fight . J , therefore , am the only guilty one , and upon me alone should your revengeful hatred justly fall . " When President Pasquier , the Judge Jeffries of Louis Philippe , asked Barbes what he could say in his defence , " Nothing , ' ) replied he . " When the Indian , a native of the country in which I was born , falls into
his adversary ' s power , he disdains to defend himself , but simply offers his head to the scalpingknife of his enemy : I imitate the Indian ' s example , and offer you my head . "— "You are right , " brutally replied the president , " in comparing yourself to a savage . — "The greater , savage , " answered Barbes , "is not the one . who presents his head to the knife , but he who cuts it off . " Barbes was condemned to death ; notwithstanding it was proven that b y the nature and situation of the wounds on Lieutenant'Prouineau ' s body , that from the position of the accused it was utterly impossible his hand could have been * the cause of death to that officer . " If , " replied Barbes , ' to a remark of the president ' s , " I bad wished to fi g ht with Drouineau I would have done so loyally , and as becomes a man of honourable sentiments , in offering bun a fair field and an equal combat . " ¦ ¦
The government , fearful of carrying the sentence into effect , and alarmed by . the energetic demonstrations made by the circles , and by the workmen of Paris , commuted the judgment , after two days-deliberation ,- into one of ' transportation , with hard labour , for life . The g lorious Bevolution of February kicked Louis Philippe from his throne , and drove the servile , sycophantic , miserable old peers from their den of tyranny at the Luxembourg , into a merited insignificance , from which not one of them should ever after have been permitted to escape . Barbes was restored to liberty , and upon his arrival in Paris , was named Governor of that very Luxembourg Palace , within the walls of which he had a short time oreviouslv been sentenced to death ; but
he refused the offered post . The twelfth legion of the National Guard . afterwards named him : its colonel , ; and he was likewise selected to sit . in the Constituent Assembly as a representative for his own department . On the loth of May , eighty days after obtaining his liberation , Barbes , who had used his utmost efforts to oppose tbatpopular manifestation which had invaded the palace occupied by . a National Assembl y , and witnessing the cowardl y abdication of their p laces by the royalists when the order for . dissolving the Assembly was pronounced byHuber . Barbes , believing in the extinction of all authorised power , devoting himself to save tho Republic from royalist machinations , and other insidious proceedings of its enemies , repaired to the
Hotel de Yille . for that generous purpose . There also he was destined as in 1839 , to become a sacrifice to his disinterested patriotism , and the Supreme Court of Bourges , a tribunal which sentenced him to transportation for life , could not forbear commenting npon the nobleness and grandeur of his character . Barbes is now a prisoner in the dnnfeons of Doullens , waiting for the . deliverance of is country from the oppressive yoke of those ambitions men that are daily , hourly , and momentarily , trampling npon tbe liberties of France . Armand Barbes is the possessor of a , very handsome forture , and likewise of a country seat in tbe department represented by him in the Constituent Assembly . ' It is almost needless to state that in the
neighbourhood of his residence he was beloved by the humble for tbe nobleness of his sentiments and the generosity of his soul , whilst by the rich he was detested as an enemy and as . a traitor to their order ! Sympathy with the poor is in France the same as in England , incompatible with tbe favour of the wealth y . The best years of Barbes' life have been passed in political dungeons ; the beauty of his person has faded within the walls of prisons . When tyranny was overthrown and a Republic proclaimed in France , brighter days seemed in store for the former victim of royal oppression ; but , alas ! the poison of monarch y had not been entirely eradicated from his country , and he again became a martyr when struggling in the cause of freedom . -.:
From an eloquently written letter by the Editor , we g ive the following extracts ; --; :- . XiOTEHNMEST AXD THE rfiOtOB . - . Surely the true character of : the Whi" gbvernipentmust now be known to the nation ? ° ifid ever a statesman condescend to more paltry , beggarly despicable subterfuges than . those which are greedily caught up ' and adopted 'by -Iiord John Russell ? I will ; ' suppose that a deputation oT working men " visits him at the iTrejtsuiy , torepresent the condition of . the } industrious population and ; point ouVithe necessity- for . reform .. - According to . -the present tactics of the government , ' . the following would be the sum . and ' total of the- Prime Minister ' sreply r ^ - •* Fcannot tisten to you as- a " - mere- quiet and peaceable . ilepntation . 'Such : » Jow / murmuring cannot'pQSsibly : producejahy effect upon my official ears . ' . The comparative silence . ; of the nationals ,-a
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Proof of satisfaction with regard , to . existmg [ instu tutiona ; ' If you reauy wi 8 h me to believe that , there is a- desire mthe hatibhal breast ' for . reform , you must agitate' until - the present murmuring-shall have swollen . lnto a deafening clamour . "— " Very good ;; my lord , " answers the deputation : " we will go away and ' commence bur . ag itation at once . "" Yes , but take care what you areabout , " instantaneously exclaims Lord John Russell ' " for if you do go and ; agitate with energy , I' shall set tbe Attorney General at you . " -r- "; Then how are we to get reform , my , lord V demands the : deputation ;; quite aghast at this , moat unexpected announcement .: ' " you will not believe that we need reform , because we are too quiet : and you threaten ^ to
punish us ; if we become noisy . " But instead of vouchsafing any rejoinder , ' Lord John shrugs his shoulders , ; rings , the bell , and bows out the deputation . Such are ; Whig tactics . But in spite of that shuffling system beneath which so much treachery lnrks ,- —in spite of that doublefaced dealing which says , "Agitate to show your sincerity , and then immolates rthe agitators , —in spite of the marvellous tenacity with which an arrogant Aristocracy , a bloated Church , a dishonest Legislature , arid a . tyrannical Ministry , cling to old-established feudalisms and long-standing abuses , —in spite of all this , the people shall and will ; and must continue to agitate for the Charter ! They will agitate ,, because they have undertaken a
struggle of truth and justice against falsehood and despotismi—and they have become not only interested ; as mere workers' and tailors , but their honour is compromised as patriots , in establishing the triumph of the former upon tho ruins : of tho latter ! . ' . . .-= ;?¦ ; My Chartist friends , ye must now address yourselves with a renewed energy and a more fervid enthusiasm to the great moral struggle which is at hand . ¦ Europe stands upon the verge of a crisis : its condition will shortly be such , that the English Minister , alarmed by the something more than " low murmurings " from across the sea , will not dare refuse timely concessions to your demands . For on the notions of the Continent such a storm is
about to burst as the world never v . saw before , —a storm that will sweep ' away the relics of feudalism and the elements of serfdom , like : chaff upon the wing of the hurricane . Arid , oh I will it not be a g lorious—a blessed—and a thrilling spectacle , to behold the People triumphant at last , and their accursed tyrants all stripped of their ; gaud and grandeur , andwrithing in the chains which thenceforth must be their doom ? God grant that when the nations shall rise again , the true Social and Democratic Republic may be proclaimed from the Seine to the Danube—from the Baltic to the Mediterranean ; — and then—and then only— -will there be hope for the Proletarians of the European Continent !
From one of the letterspf Gracchus , devoted to a consideration of Mr . Baron Parke ' s decision as to the intended meaning of the Ten Hours Bill , we give the following extract —
; THE FACTOBT QUKSTIOS . Men of all parties should unite on this question . We have seen before , and shall see again , Chartists , Socialists , ' Dissenters , and Church of England Clergymen fighting the battle of humanity against Mammon . Richard Oastler , the venerable < and vigorous advocate of what Sir Charles Wood once called " an extravagant humanity , is still able to lead the people , and by perseverance and the aid of good men he will lead and conquer . There must be no delay in this movement ,, no waiting until we have a return of dull trade , and the factory masters , closing their factory doors , turn round to the operatives and say ironically , "Now you have time short enough , " while they , the factory owners will
be prepared on the first return of activity , —or , as Mr . Maudley , of Manchester , calls it , " the ascension of the wheel , "— -to use them up with fifteen hours' out of the twenty-four . There must be no mistake about the next movement : it is for ten hours' work per day for all hands — the moving power to begin and cease at the hour named in the act of parliament . It will be observed that we have ventured freel y to express our opinions on the decisions of : the judges , as pronounced by Mr . Baron Parke . We have done so in no haughty or overbearing spirit ; and if our boldness meet with criticism we express a hope that our reasonings shall be met with argument . Lord Bacon , in his admirable Essay on Judicature , says , wisely , " Cursed ( saith the law ) is he that renioveth the land-mark . " The mislayer of a mere stone is to blame ; but it is the unjusb judge that is the capital remover of land-marks ,
when he denneth amiss land and property . One foul sentence does more hurt than many foul ex am pies , for these do but corrupt the stream , the other corrupteth the fountain . So saith Solomon ; "Fous turbatus , etvena corrupta est Justus cadens in causa sua coram adversario "—The just man failing in his cause before his adversary , . is like a troubled fountain and a corrupted vein . We . do not for a moment hint that Baron Parke and his colleagues are corrupt ; but we unquestionabl y think that when they consulted they forgot that "tho safety of the people is the highest law ; " and to know that law , except they be in order to that end , are but things captious and oracles not well inspired . . _ The decision of the judges on the factory question , will at this time do more to raise a spirit of turbulence and discontent in i the minds of tens of thousands of her Majesty ' s subjects than could possibly have : been brought about by any other
means . We have before witnessed , and may again witness , the Attorney-General pleading' in person at Lancaster , York , and Liverpool against riotous proceedings in the factory districts , and talking about the security of property , the danger of communism , and the fears to be entertained trom . the fiery speeches of Chartist orators and political demagogues ; pious Wesleyans , and timid shopkeepers will convict , of course , and say : those proceedings must be put down ; and , perhaps , Baron Parke himself may
interpret the law and sentence offending crimi nals in all the ' dignity of office . -. Poor . Attorney-General , do not blame the criminals alone , blame also the tendency of those laws that make men criminals . Cast your mind ' s eye back to the jud gment on which we have so freely commented ,, and you will remember one of the chief , causes . of the riots you wish to quell , of the communism of which you speak , but do not understand , of-the mad schemes of physical force revolt you so freel y denounce but fail to prevent .
There is but one course open , one path to be followed : another appeal = to parliament for a veritable " Ten Hours Bill , " about which there can be no mistake . Such a bill will do more to put down discontent , than any other step -that could bo adopted . And if such a bill be not passed , and the principle on which such a measure is based , more generally adopted , those who now talk and write so much about the rights of capital , will , one day , ' have to listen not to the rights of labour , but to the cry of vengeance , and , as we have seen elsewhere , tremble with fear , and listen to . the fatal words . " too Jate . '" Sever were words more profoundl y true-than those of Canning , with which we , for the present , close our remarks :. "¦ For those who have checked improvement , because it is innovation , will ; . one day or other , be compelled to accept innovation when i & has ceased to be improvemerit . - .. * .,.. .- : .. ; - ¦ - ¦ • '
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THE LORDS AND COMMONS . WHAT DO THEY DO ? [ Suggested by Samuel Lover ' s popular 'What would youdo !'] - ¦ What do they do , when wants'distressing , ' ' And wrongs oppressing , Have rent the land ? What do they do , when ills betide us And feuds divide us , On every hand ? 3 Though clouds be low ' ring , Stern want devouring , And wrongs o erpowering , . ¦ The country through , : . Still they waste their time , all conscience stifling , In petty trifling ;—That ' s what they do .
What do they "do , when hearts high burning , " With brig ht hopes yearning , Would overthrow Some ancient strong hold of wrong and sorrow , To glad the morrow .. With freemen ' s glow ? . . ; Though scorn and blame Attach their name , The blackest shame . They'll struggle through , To crush and blight each new bud unclosing , All good opposing;—That's what they do .
What will they do . ' when men , disgusted At having trusted Their native land , . . To guides so blind-njan their feeble dotmgs , And senseless votings , No longer stand ? ; Tlieir foul reign , ending , They'll fall descending , No voice defending ' ¦ " ¦ . : The abject crew . •¦• ' And in hist ' ry s : meanest and : darkest places ;; :-.. They'll hide , their faces ; --., ; : '• - ; ' That ' s what . they'U do . •„ ,
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WRETCHED CONDITION OF THE ! MAKERS OF CLOTHES FOR THE ARMY , NAVY , POLICE , CONVICTS Ac / ' ' - ? ,::. - : A * . - . ± . From the slop-workers of the . eastern parts of London I now cometbcorisider the condition of the male and female operatives employed in ^ making tlitS clothes of the army , navy , police * railway , customs ; and posHffice , servants , , convicts , and such other articles of wearing apparel ' as are made either by contract or in- large quantities . Small as arcJhe earnings of those who depend for their living upon the manufacture of the ready-made ; clothes for' the
wholesale warehouses of . the Minories : and the adjoining places , still the incomings of those who manufacture the clothes of bur soldiers and sailors , Government , railway-police , and custom-house officers , are even less calculated : to support life , briefly as possible the manner in which the clothing for the army is regulated . I deal with the army in particular , becauseitmay be taken as a fairtypeof all the other classes of Government or contract work that appear to be considerabl y underpaid ; For this purpose , I cannot do better than avail myself of the Government Report from the Select Committee on Army and Navy Appointmenis : —
. In the army estimates ' of this year ( 1833 , ) " said the Select Committee in their examination of one of the Government officers . ' " the stira ' required- for clothing , exclusive of the amountrequired for clothing in the East Indies , is £ 255 , 010 . . _ "In what manner is that divided or assigned to the different colonels of regiments ! begin first with the Life Gurirds and Horse Guards : state the " rates generally assigned to each?—The clothing allowances" ( the answer was ) ' . ' are fixed annual rates , by king ' s warrants of the 22 nd and 30 th of July , 1830 , for infantry and cavalry . For the Life . Guards they Were fixed in 1800 at the present rate for the Blues they were fixed in September , 1830 , at the present rate ; and for the Foot Guards the exact off-reckoning istaken . < I believe I have already ; stated- that the act of 1783 did notapply to the Foot Guards , and their pay used to , be voted in gross ,, down to the estimate of 1831 . At that time , by an office
arrangement , sanctioned by the Secretary at war , we took the off-reckoning , the part of the pay off-reckoned for clothing , and put it down as the charge for clothing the regiment , taking the exact sum off-reckoned as the allowance for each rank . In the Cavalry : for the serjeant , £ 5 ljjs . ; corporal , £ Q 10 s . 3 d ;; private , £ 4 0 s . 3 d . ; drummer , or trumpeter , £ 6 ; 10 s , 3 d . ; non-effective man , £ G 10 s . 3 d .: warrant and con * tingentman , £ 40 s . 3 d . In the Infantry : Serjeant , £ 7 9 s . 2 d . 5 corporal , £ 4 19 s . 6 d . ; private , JE 2 6 s .: drummer or trumpeter , M 10 s . 6 d . Life Guards ; Serjeant , £ 9 17 . 8 id . ; corporal , £ 9 17 s . 8 Jd .: private . £ 9 17 s . 8 id . | drummer or trumpeter , £ 9 17 s . 8 £ d . ' Horse Guards : Serjeant , £ 5 19 s . ! corporal , £ 5 19 s . jprivate , £ 5 19 s . ; drummer or trumpeter , £ 5 19 s , Foot . Guards :: Serjeant , £ . 1 9 a . OJd . ; corporal , £ 4 Is . II 13-14 d . ; private , £ 3 17 s . 0 19-18 d . j drummer or . trumpeter £ i Vs . II 13-14 . ; warrant and contingent man , £ 3 17 s . 0 19-84 d .
"State in what manner the different sums voted by parliament for the clothing of the respective regiments are assigned to the ; colonels . —The colonel is required to make an assignment of the whole clothing allowance to some person ; either his agent , or it may be a person empowered by that agent , or to the clothier himself , as a security to the clothier . After the estimates are voted by parliament , tbe Board of General Officers are . apprised by the Secretary at War of the number on the establishment of the regiments of Cavalry ! Infantry , and Foot Guards , for which the colonel has the right tb assign . The Life Guards and Horse Guards are hot so notified . The notification authorises the Clothing Board to pass the assignment . The assignment is presented to the Secretary at War afterwards , and a warrant is
granted by him twice a year , m April and Jul y , for one-half the clothing allowance each time . " Sir R . Donkin , in his examination , made the following observations : — "We have 105 battalions of infantry ; the clothing . of these costs £ 255 , 000 a-year by the army estimates , of which £ 63 , 000 a-year go to the colonels as their emoluments ; that is to say , the public pay these 105 colonels £ 63 , 000 a-year more than the clothing costs , for purposes which are perfectly understood and admitted ; that is , to increase the colonel ' s income ; it . amounts to £ 600 a-year each , that is : the £ 63 , 000 gives £ 600 a-year for each of the 105 colonels ; I am taking thegreatestamount . " It appears , then , that the army clothing in the year above alluded to cost , for 105 battalions of 'infantry , £ 255 , 000 . The supply of this was intrusted to 105 colonels , and they paid £ 192 , 000 for the goods , taking to themselves £ 63 , 000 profit out of the transaction . The evidence of Mr . Pcarce , one of the army clothiers , before the same committee , was as
follows : — " In what manner are your contracts made with the colonels of the regiments you clothe ?—In point of fact we make ho contract with them , it being well known that amongst the variety of clothiers there prevails a competition amongst them to provide clothing as cheap as it is . possibletp be effectually done ; this competition brings the prices to a point at which all'the respectable clothiers from time to time make their charges to the colonels . I request to observe , that if the competition was not so very severe , and no competition prevailed j a higher price would be assuredly charged than at present , as , in point of fact , the price which the clothiers charge is not adequate as compared to the profits of 6 > her branches of business , but there is no risk ' or adventure in it ; therefore I am the more satisfied that the profit may not exceed tbe ordinary interest of money , 5 per cent ., or from 5 to Spercent . for commercial profit ; it is to be observed , that this is a transaction which returns capital only in about sixteen months , as shown by statements delivered : " . ¦ ::
Of the evils of this competitive system , the following extract from the same gentleman ' s evidence may be taken as an apt illustration . Its influence upon the workpeople will be atterwards ' exposed : — " When the contract was opened , Mr . Maberly took it at the sarnie price in December , 1808 ; this statement shows the effect of wild competition . In February following , Esdailes' house , , who were accoutrement makers , and not clothiers , got knowledge of what ' was Mr . Maberly ' s price ; and they tendered at 12 s . 6 Jd . a month afterwards ; it was evidently then a struggle for the price , and how . the quality . the least good ( it we may use such a term ) could pass . Mr . Alaberly did not like to be outbidden by Esdailes : Esdailes stopped subsequently , and Mr . Maberly bid 12 s . 6 d . three months after , and Mr . Dixon bid again , and
got the contract for lis . 3 d . in October , and in December of that year another public tender took place , and Messrs . A . and D . Cock took it at lis , 5 $ d ., and they subsequently broke . It went on in this sort of way of changing hands every two or every three months , by bidding against each other . Presently , though it was calculated that the great coat was to wear four years , it was found that those great coats were so inferior in quality , that they wore only two years , and representations were accordingly made to the ; Commander-in-Chief , when it was found necessary that great care should betaken to go back to the original good quality that had been established by the Duke of York , by which the colonels of . regiments were governed , and which , when supplied by the colonels' clothiers , was ! very strictly attended to . " I wish the reader to understand that the following
are the ordinary cases of the trade ; they have , most assuredly ,, not been selected for the purpose . ' The first person whom I visited was a male hand , and on entering his house I certainl y found more comforts about-hV thanThad been led to expect , lie lived in a back room built over a yard . It was : nicely carpetted ,: and on one side , to my astonishment , stood a grand piano . ' There were several pictures hang ing against tho walls ; and a g bissfull of dahlias on the mantelpiece . I could tell , however , by the " wells" beneath the two large sofas that they were occasiontilly used as bedsteads , and the easy-chair in which I was requested to take a seat was of so extravagant a size that it was evident it was occasionally put to the same purpose . I had been given to understand that tho man was in the habit of taking lodgers , and this in a measure accounted for the double duty assigned to the different articles of furniture in ; the room . :
., "I make the soldiers' trowsers , the Foot Guards principally , " said the , man in answer to my questions , " gets 6 ( 1 . a pair , atid'have to find thread . The thread cost ' s , I should say myself , at the rate I buy it , about | d . for a pair of trowsers . Many have to pay-morc , because if they can't get a quarter of . a pouiid they have to give a greater price for a single ounce . At that rate it will take a full pennyworth to make a pair . This is the usual way in which the workpeople-buy their thread , . because they cannot afford to get a larger quantity at atime . Thetrowsovs , therefore , average about 5 d . each . Of course a fire must , bo kept for ; pressing the trowsers , arid the expense of this has ^ again to be deducted from tho price paid . I can make a pair in five hours , but there isn't one in a hundred can do this , and .-it-Will take a middling worker eight hours to finish one pair . But then I put the
seams out , and if I-did them at home it wouldtake me six hours to do all myself . , Without the seams I can do three pair , a day . In summer I can do four , vovkuig very hard , and not being taken off for anything . I cannot get work always . Now I ' m sitting still , have hadnothing to do this five weeks of any consequence ; "Atthe best of times , when work is very brisk , anil in the summer . timu too ; I never earn more than 8 s . a week " . ' This is ' the ! money I havefor my work , and . from this thereisto . be deducted thread for the sixteen pair , and cotton ' for the felling : 6 f tho same , and this comes to about' 16 di and the : co"st of . fire may , with the wood and all together , lie taken at 8 s . Overand above all this , I have to pay ldl ' per pair for the stitching of the seams , and 9 d . a-week for a ; woman to'fetch and take my workto and f rom tho -warehouse . So that altogether there is 4 s . 6 d . toi . be deducted from the 8 s . ' , and so leaving only 3 s . . 9 d . as my ; earnings per
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rS A Jf ^ 7 &? l ™* ' ' 'I ^ r weeks and frebks ^ don ' t get anyth ng . , The work isn't to be had . The year before fast I was standing ' fuU twenfcyweekB-couldn'fcgetwork at all at no ware " house . jLaflt year ; L / had full eieht weeks nr , ^ nothing to 'do . rall the : time ,-and ! hig y ^ r rhive been unemployed a full month at least . Durinfftbfe last week I have only had fifteen pair to make 'It is now sealing time—this is the period when the different estimates are given in—and we are always slack then . I never keep any account of my earnings ' . ' All I know . is , when the money comes in it ' s as much as I can do to pay my way . Taking one week with another , I ' m sure I do not average , - throughout the year , more than 5 s . a week at the very outside ; and out of this there is a iull half to be'paid for expenses . There ' s the thread and the
firing and the candles all to be . paid : for .: ( The seams I do hot put out when I ' m slack . ) All this would come to a good half-crown , so that my clear earnings , taking one week with another , throughout the year , are 2 s . 6 d . per week . "If you were to ask me what I coidd make , quick as I am , and putting my seams out—if I was full employed—I should say 12 s . a week , including Sundays ; and I am obliged to work more of Sundays than any other day . I scarce ever . have a Sunday to niyself , for Saturday is giving-out day , and they want them in on Monday morning . Monday ' s takinjr-in day , ( indeed , every other day is a givingout day , ) and thelday followinga taking-in one . If we didn fc take them in on Monday morninir as directed , there would be no work for us . If I
was not to work on Sundays , I could get 10 s . full work . But from this I should have to pay a penny per pair for the seams , and this would cost 2 s . for tho twenty-four I must make in the week to earn 12 s . '; and Is . 8 d . for the twenty pair I must make to get 10 s . ; and the thread and cotton would be another penny per pair—that is , as much as the seams . Then there ^ s the coals , and wood , and candles : these would come to I 6 d . orl 8 d . at least . This altogether would amount to 5 s . M . to 5 s . 6 d . to be deducted from the 12 s . per week , and 4 s . 6 d . or 4 s . 8 d . from the 10 s . a week . So that if I was full of work , and kept at it from six in the morning till ten at night , and carried on all Sunday as well , I couldn'fcpossibly earn more than 5 s . 6 d . to 5 s . 8 d .
per . week clear—leaving ' out Sundays , I might get 5 s . 6 d . to 5 b . 8 d . por week . This is the most that can be made in the trade . If you were to ask many worl ( menk they would say it is impossible to get as much done ; but I ' m one of the quickest hands at the business . The ordinary hands cannot make more than one pair of trowsers in one day , which , deducting expenses , would leave 5 d ., to say nothing of candles , for fourteen hours' labour , But even at this rate they could not earn , with their seven days , 2 s . lid ., for they would lose at least in fetching the work and taking it home , which would , bringtheir earnings to 2 s . 7 d . ' oi" 2 s . 6 d . a week , at the very outside . But this only at the briskest time ¦ and we are generally upon an average about two months
Unemployed . - One year we were , twenty weeks without work . TVhite ' trowsers we don ' t have so much for—only 5 d . a pair for them—and they take o / iite as much thread ; and without you ' ve a good fire you cannot work at them at all in the winter , they ' re so cold in the hand . If the prices were to be raised , the-poor would have no work at all , for then the tailors would make them . I never had more than 6 d . for the Foot Guards ; For the Artillery , the gunners , I have had as much as 8 d—some are 7 d . ; but I would sooner make the Foot Guards at Cd . tbantheArtillery at higher , prices , because there is so much mare work in them . At those at Cd . there has been a double cord put in within tho last few years , and that has made it a great deal
more trouble . You have to 'take two stitches where you used only to take onl y one ; but the price never was raised . . Never knew the price to be raised since I worked at it , and that ' s seven years ago . I get them from a person who gets them from the warehouse . These intermediate persons are called piece-masters , and they get a penny profit upon each garment , whether it be trowsers , coats , er great coats , and the prices I have stated are those the piece-master pays to me . They won ' t give them to such little hands as me . They give out a great quantity at a time , and . must have them all in at a particular day—very often the » ext taking-in day . I fancy at one time ' they used tb keep a stock by them ; but of lato years there have
been so many alterations that they ' re afraid to do it . The piece-masters have to give security— £ 50 I think it is—very often ; and the single hands , before they can be taken en , must be recommended to the piece-master . Notwithstanding this , a great many of the garments have been pledged . At one time the pawnbrokers used to take them in before they were made up , but now I don ' t think they will . The ones with the red stripes I ' m certain they wont . I have got my security down at the warehouse , but it takes so much time taking and fetching , and waiting while examined , that I prefer to work for a piece-master rather than the warehouse-men . If they are hot properly done , the foreman will cut the seam right up , and send them back , and there'll be
no money till they re finished . The foremen , generally , have no feeling about tho poor—that ' s true . I ' m sure they have ' nt . If the workpeople can treat them with what they like , and that ' s liquor , they'll pass the things quicker . The low prices I believe to arise from the very low prices the contracts are taken at . Well , sir , look here , the soldiers , I hear , give 8 s . a pair for what we get 6 d . for tho making of . The cloth cannot cost them more than half-acrown . If I was to get it I could have it for that ; but they must get it considerably less from taking large quantities , which their money empowers them to do . The , trimmings , including buttons and
pockets , would cost about 6 d ., and the red strip « s 3 d . more , so that 6 d . making , 9 d . trimming nnd stripes , and cloth 2 s . 6 d ., altogether 3 s . 9 d ., and the other 4 s . 3 d . is profit . The piece-master , out cf this , gets 2 d . a pair ; this is their gains for taking them in and running the risk of the people stealing the materials . The remaining 4 s . Id . is the profit of the warehouseman and the other parties connected with the trade . To get 4 s . a week clear by my business the women must slave both night and day j but really the prices are so bad they won t even pay to have a candle to work b y , so that to work at nig ht is only to lose one s time and money . "
If , as you say , your clear earnings throughout the year , taking one week with another , are only 2 s . 6 d . a week , how do you manage to support life upon that sum — " I couldn't do it , but the fact is , I let apart of my place to young men at 2 s . a week . I was a draper' ^ assistant formerly ; lived in the first situationa in London , Bath , and other places ; but , of course , their salaries are small , and ono is obliged to dress well on it . Well , I got a situation in the country , so that I might save something , which I could not . do in town . I remained in my country situation nearly two years , and saved close upon £ 50 in that time . This I allowed to remain in my masters' hands , thinking it would be safe , . so that I might not spend it . He broke , and I lost my
whole . There was not money enough to pay the law espensesj or of course I should have had my money first as a servant . Then I came back to London , I tried to get a situation , and found , as I was getting advanced in years , they preferred young men . Well , L couldn't starve , but I knew nothing that I could get a living at but as a draper ' s assistant , and that I could ' nfc get on account of my ago . I can ' t tell you the distress of mind I was in of . . course , for I was very anxious lest in my old age I should be left to want . Where I was lodging then , a woman made soldiers ' trowsers , and . as my hands were lissome , and I had occasion to use the needle frequently in the drapery trade , to tack the tickets on cloth and such like , wbv I thought I misrht tret a crust bv
them . It was only living that I tried for , unless I'd tailor , I couldn't have done this if it hadn ' t boon from being accustomed tothe needle . Well , I tried ; and the mail I did a few for was very pleased with ' , and gave me some more . They was 3 Jd ., a pair convicts' trowsers . I takes a cellar at Is . 6 d ., buys a little bit of canvass , and some straw ; sleeps on tbe floor , had a chair and table—that was all . Then the man I had done the trowsers for took me to the City , and got me some better work . Then the warehouse gave me as many as fifty pair of Artillery trowsers to make . Then I found I whs living too far from my work ; so I sells off my things for 4 s . 6 d ., comes to Holborn ; there were two
rooms to Jet at 3 s . 6 d „ and I thought I could take a lodger at 2 s . ;; a relation of mine promised kindl y to lend me the beds , which they did , nnd I ' ve paid for ' em little by little since then . I ' ve four lodgers at present , but two of these I get nothing from , as they ' re out of situations , and they owe me a goodish sum now ; hut may bo I shall have it all , or a good part , when they gets into work again . I ain ' t had a clean shirt for this month . I reall y can t afford to pay for the washing . I ' ve never been able to get any uewclothes since I ' ve been at the trade . Fourpence I gave for the very coat I ' ve got on from a gentleman s servanfj and the other things has beeen gave to me by asking , ; which is very painful . " ( To be Continued . )
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A HiiriFOR ; Mr . Babrt . —We can tell Mr . Barry how to finish the Houses of Parliament " on the cheap . ' That ' portion which was first ; built is already said to be in a state of partial ' i ' dilapidation ; so that if Mr . Barry continue his present system of delay , he will be enabled to complete' ^ ho end by means of the ruins of the , beginning . ^ Aftci' this , the Barry of the next generation will of course complete the beginning by means of the ruins of the end , and thus this amusing game may ( at a trifling expense ) be kept up for many agos . .. LiBSRTy .. _ To be a Man is at " all times in all countries , a title to liberty ; and ho who tioth not assert it deserves not the name of a Man ' . —Major Cartwnght . ¦ ¦ ¦
The Position of the Caledonian Ituihvav Company at this moment is without parallel , even in the eccentricities of the disastrous history of public enterprise and individual rashness and ' credulity . It is without dividend , without directs , without credit , and without much hope , upleVs , indeed , it can throw off a load of obligations enough to sink a fleet of homeward-bound Indiamon .- ^& nV , / News A New Reading For an Olo PoRriJsi . The editor of the Westfield Letter , an AmeVs ' cau paper , makes a strong appeal to his nori-paving - up customers , heading his letter tCL . tljem with the motto : —
"Help us ! Cash us ! or w e sink . " . . TheNhat Old Lady in Virginia . —This old lady who scrubbed through the floor and fell into the cellar , is but one among many of the any nice females with which our country abounds . We know a good lady in New Jersey , who ; whitewashed all the wood she burnt ; and another in Connecticut , who used three times a day to scour the nose of her lap dog to keep him from soiling the dish out of which he ate his meals . The same good lady took her own food through a napkin ring to keep it from coming in contact with her lips ; — N . Y . Transylvanian . - ' ; A Sau Character . —The followingA ad vcrtisement appears in the January number of the New Yvrk
Knickerbocker ; " For sale , a poll . parrot , cheap , He say s a remarkable variety of words and phrases , cries 'Fire ! fire ! ' and 'You rascal ! ' and ' Poll y want a cracker ; ' and would not be parted with , but having beon brought up with a sea ^ captjuu , he is profane , and swears too much for . the subscriber , being a pious man , and having children In the family , to whom his example is bad . ' On-this account he will he sold a bargain . " Indisposeo Pooh . —Poor people , when taken ill , very seldom want anything but reviving cordials ; and , afterwards , wholesome kitchen . physic ; and then the wheels of nature being ujicipgged , ( new oiled , as it were ) willgo round agauYwitrt ease and pleasantness , b y aid of that exercise . wfiwh their
inoour gives tnem . Thb American Man-op-War CnApiLiv ^ - Man-ofwar ' s men in general make but . poor , ^ auditors at divine service , and adopt every possible means to elude it . Often the boatswain ' s mateo ^' eie obliged to drive the men to service , violently swearing upon these occasions , as upon every other— " Go to prayers , d n you ? To prayers , you rascals ; to prayers . " 1 . ., " ; The Dewnport Telegraph says : — "jThejlabourerB employed on the foundation of a house , at . Slaughterbridge , near Camelford , dug up abattlo axe , a spear , and a spur , supposed to have lain tliere since
the days of king Arthur . Tradition ; say ' s [ that on that spot a sanguinary battle was fought * between tnO troops of Arthur and those opposed ) to him , and that the nephew of Arthur was killed in the fight . . ¦ -.: ¦ . ;¦' . ¦ : Bold as a Lion . — " How do I look , Pomney ?" said a youn ? dandy to his servant , as lie , finished dressing / " Elegant , massa ! you look as bold as a lion . " " Bold as a lion , Pompey , how do you mean ? You never saw a lion . " " O , yefl ' , massa ; I seed one down to massa Jenks , in his . stable . " " Down to Jenks ' , Pompey ? Why , you great fool , Jenks hasn ' t got a lien . That ' s ajackass !" . "Can't help it , massa , you look just like hinvl" — New York Post . u
A Him to Emerson . —Wo wish the author of Representative Men would publish a series of Representative Old Women , beginning with the roomberi of the present government . - ,, Shakspearb . —Those who deny that Shakspeare was a learned man , should prove thatPlaco was translated into English in the time of Queen Elizabeth , for the celebrated soliloquy , "To be or not to be " is taken almost verbatim from the Philosopher . —Preface to " Langhorne ' s Plutarch . " Wit and Wisdom are different qualities , ; and are rarely seen together .
A Coox Sophism . —The Temperance Members of the Admiralty pretend that the crews ofUhe Kew Arctic Expedition ought , above all others , to be deprived of the hitherto usual allowance . of grog , as they are sure to have lots of " cold without . " A Youn g Frenchwoman , coming ovdr from Boulogne last week , and who appeared to , bo in a very interesting situation , was safely delivered , by two female searchers of the customs ; of four gallons of brandy , which was stowed in ' sixteen bladders , and skilfully disposed in her peticoat , which was suspended to her shoulders by braces .
our OP SPIRITS . " Is my wife out of spirits ? '' said John , with a sigh , As her voice of a tempest gave warning ; " Quite out , sir , indeed , " said her maidjin reply , " For she finished the bottle this morning . " ' Recently , in the north , a hawk pounced upon a weasel , and was carrying off his prize in . triumph when he was observed to spread out his wings , and both came graduall y to the earth . The hawk was dead , but the weasel , after turning round ! once or twice , began deliberately to make a meal on the carcass of his enenvj . . ' : > " There is at present , " says the % Umerick Chronicle , " filling the office of alderman at Sidney ,
an ex-convict , who was transported from this city , twenty-six years ago , for the murder of \ a tailor . This elevated personage was sentenced to death , but was reprieved through Sergeant Hill , his counsel , who saved his life on a point of law . " The iasx refuge of battered rakes , and the chief hope of younger brothers , lie in the good nature of widows ; and , sometimes , of forward maids-. Towno by Ballot . —The author of the law , by which votes in the Roman Senate were taken b y ballot , was one Gabinius , a tribune of the people . It $ ave a very considerable blow to the influence of the nobility , as in this way of balloting it could not be discovered on which side the people gave their votes ; and took off that restraint they before lay under , by the fear of offending their superiors . —Mdmoth ' s Plinv .
True Selt-Intebest . —They who have been so wise ia their generation , as to regard only their own supposed interest at the expense and " to the injury of others , shall at last find , that ho who has given up all the advantages of the present world , rather than violate his conscience and the relations of life , has infinitely better provided for himself , and secured his own interest and happiness . — Bishop Butler .
EXTRAORDINARY INSTANCE OF POLITENESS ON THE PART OP AN OMNIBUS CONDUCTOR . - The omnibus is in progress , when the following dialogue takes place . . Passenger . Stop at number two thousand three hundred and thirty-four . Conductor . All right , sir ! ( Omnibus pulls up in the middle of a dirty road ) Conductor . Here you are , sir . Two thousand three hundred and thirty-four ! Passenger . Drive a little closer to the pavement . Conductor . Certainly , sir . ( To the driver , but in a voic 4 loud enough to be heard by every one inside . J You must pull up werry close to the kerb , Bill , as the gentleman , cleans his own boots .
The editor of the Louisville Journal , retorting a charge of personal ug liness against a contemporary , says : — " We are credibly informed that , after the birth of Harvey , none but handsome babies were born for several years ; all tho ug l y material in the universe was used up in his creation . " Potting the Cam before the Horse . —That very useful member , Mr . Ewart , has introduced a very useful bill for tbe purpose of establishing public libraries throughout England . If the measure should be adopted by the government ( which , as it is a good one , will of course not be the case ) it would be a capital idea to propose some system of national education ; after giving the people books it . would certainly be as well to teach them to read them .
" Be careful how you drink , or you'll wash the colour from vour cheeks ! " said a gentleman , at a fashionable party , as he handed a glass of water to a lady , — " There is no danger of your ever taking water enoug h to remove the colour from your face !" was the good natured retort . : - An enormous p ike was lately caught near Kirriemuir and in its stomach were discovered tattered piece ' s of the Morning Pott and Slaciivood ' s ' Jhgizine . Hood gives this graphic picture of ' an irritable man : — "He lies like a hedgehog rolling up the wrong way , tormenting himself with his prickles . " A gentleman hearing of the death of another , " I thought , " said he to a person in ' company , " you tolduio that Tpoi Wilson ' s fever was cone oft' ?"
"Oh , yes , " replied tho other ; " but ! forgot to mention that ho was gone off along with it . " Moral Po \ ver .---As the operations of tbe mind are in all cases much more noble than those of the body , so are the ' " things that we compass by the fiioiiltios of ouiM'eason and understanding of much greater value than those things that we bring to passby ! corporal force . - - Cicero . . : ' Old Institutioks . —^ When ; the reason of old estab - lishments is gonfe , it is absurd to preserve nothing but the burden of them . This is supcrstitiously to embalm a carcase not worth an ounce of tho gums ' that are used to preserve it . It is tb burn precious oil jji . the tomb ; : it is to offer meat and drink to the dead / not so much an honour to the deceased as a disgracei to' the ' survivors . —Bnrke .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 2, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_02031850/page/3/
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