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THE BAKER'S DOOM . Mart but that pale thin cheek ! 5 lark the eye , hollow and dim ! 3 Jjs life ' s aa eternal week : — There ' s no day of rest for him . jjc labours on deadly ground , From which , the black slave would recoil J His time is a dreary round Of feverish dozing and toil . Then Christians find in your hearts some room , To pity the toil-worn baker ' s doom !
The husbandman welcomes the hour Devoted to -work or rest : Sweet sleep refreshes his power , And giveth his labours a zest . He wakes with the lark in the morn , And he lists to his native hymn ; But the hollow-eyed baker is worn 'Till weary in life and limb . Then Christians find in your hearts some room , To pity the toil-worn baker ' s doom I Do is doom'd by the oven to stay , As long as his nature can ;—And his days—they hurry away , But half the life of man . Oh ! think of the palc-fac ' d slave , — Xor divide his body from soul ; Sor consign a wait to the grave , For the sake of a dainty roll ! Oh ! Christians find in your hearts some room , And pity the toil-worn baker ' s doom I
They breathe not the freshness of air , 5 vor the breezes their pale cheeks fan : They walk—but a loaded basket they bear , 'Mid' the tainted haunts of man . All hope for the future is fled , Unblest by a furtive ray ; And the life that produces your daily bread , So secretly pining away . Then Christians find in your hearts some room , To pity the toil-worn baker ' s doom ! The Sabbath , with sacred chime ,
TVhich holy and honoured we keep , — To them is the same dull time Of hurtful toil and sleep . Up , then , and plead their cause , Xor loiter , ye men of love ; Xbr longer permit man's finite laws To prescribe the laws above : But find in your Christian hearts some room , To ease the toil-worn baker ' s doom J Dofars' Gazette . "W . P .
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THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW OF BRITISH AKD FOREIGN POLITICS , BISTORT , AND LITERATURE . Edited by G . Juuaji Haexey . No . VI . November . London : E . Mackenzie , 5 , "Wine-office Court , Fleet-street No weU-wisher of the good cause tint may rest assured that this number of the DEMOCRATIC limEwnill give universal satisfaction , and < k » Hraca towards adding to the regular circulation of this monthl y champion of Democratic and Social Reform . The Editor ' s
Letterdevoted to an energetic appeal to the Working Classes , in favour of the institution of a Democratic Propaganda—can hardly fail to secure the approbation and cordial response of all true Democrats . Lotjis Bla > "C ' S admirable litter on " Social "Worshops , " setting forth their organisation , & c , & c , is worthy of the j aost deliberate consideration of Trades Union-Ms , and all who desire the social emancipation of the Proletarian Classes . The Editor ' s eut-spoken comments on the recent Austrian murders in Hungary , are followed by some tersonal and interesting particulars of
Kosfiin , General Rem , and General Guton . Of the able contributions which have appeared in Ms Review from the pen of " One of 'the Men of the Future , ' " the article in the present number is decidedly the best . " The Roman Republic defended , and its assassins tnmasked , ' ' is the title of a magnificent manifesto by Joseph Mazzki , in which the virtuous Triumvir most unsparingly exposes the lies and crimes of the assassins who at present govern . France ; and most triumphantly defends the Roman Republic and the Italian cause against the hypocritical and calumnious attacks of Messrs . De Tocqtsetole and
Failocx . This masterly document ( which occupies twelve pages of the Review , ) will be treasured by all who hate falsehood and tyranny , and who admire eloquence , patriotism , and true heroism . In the nest article ( appropriately entitled " Rome enslaved and France dishonoured" , ) the Editor comments on the latest proceedings of the Pope , the President , and the rest of the liberticidc inspirators of France and Italy . " Terrircnous " successfully pursues the thread of his ¦ sposition on the rig ht of all to the Land . A pleudid poetic invective , addressed to Pros L \ ., by Whittieis , the Amerian poet , will also be found in this number of the
Demokatic Review . We can only find room for one extract . We elect from the article entitled
DEMOCRATIC PBOGRESS . The late mi « Wycouvttlsions which have shaken die thrones of despotism throughout Europe , thou S h ihev havefailed in their object for the present , have revealed to us the germs of future success . TVc have seen that the people in all countries are not content with the misgoverninent to which they have so Ion ? been subjected , and have pronounced cmpbnti « illy in favour of a new order of things ; and it i * now clearly demonstrated that they were only foiled through the superior craftiness and . combination of the despotic few . It is also undeniable that htsfor
the people understand then- political rig , m all cases where temporary success crowned their efforts they at once removed the privilege barriers which " had been erected through ages of oppression , a * d remodelled their P !^ al ^ st ! t ^ , 0 ° fJ „ f ^ CS ante with the spirit and advanced ^ owi ^ ge of the £ « c Therefore the recent failures should not so Kncli induce us to despond as to prepare with ^ crsy for the nest straggle . The achievement of leal freedom is now only a question of time . Even In England , dull and apathetic though we seem at l-cseirt , still the desire for amendment in _ our £ <* „„ , nf , r «™ -mnpnt rules supreme over aUothei
Subjects . The masses have repeatedly given prom If this bv their numerous meetings and petitions in isjg ' 43 and * 48 , and thisfact is so well understood l . v ihemonied class , tbat they are compelled to attach the Suflrage question toanysuhject which they Kcsirc to impress on the public mind . All this is no longer matter of doubt but a grave historical fact , Wnroves that the people have made great pro-S m tlat department of knowledge so essentia 1 ; their welfare . The failures of the past cannot HL h * recalled , but must famish a guide for the futurtaMmuchanddeeplythoush we ^ lameni ; tke E of the devoted men who kayc sealed their faith with their blood , kt us not dishonour their memories bv futile regrets , but press on m the glorious
path which their heroism has ranrncu vm . wu u , u * S-ovc that they have not died m tain . 2 he future ££ before us , and our watchword must be " foe-£ akd '" We must take lessons from the past , and £ et earnestly to work to repair the damage sustained chv the onslaught of earth ' s tyrants , who , even now feel a foretaste of the retribution that awaits their deeds of blood ; and the murders , banishments , and Srisonments , which they inflict , is the standard It which we may know the extent of their gloomy fears and forebodings . Nations cannot be annihilated , and a day of reckoning will assuredly arrive , ^ a wvfew of the Democratic campaign of 1843-49 , reveals to us our deficiency in organisation , con-£ S « .. and that oseness of purpose so essential roucii
' £ cHceess added to this , there asheen too . re-& p ffced inApoliticalintegrity- ofthe middle tfcUcs The Proletarians should , for the future , fSown as a fund amental maxim that , to s „ cl £ dtlevmust possess wiv'dn ikemtfva the ele-^ o 7 sSi asall extraneous aid * £ te * J fikc brought with it the elements of drwmawi latitude , andledto ultimate win . The . Lnow Kdgc of this fact Jhould impress ^ clf . ^™ J h ? & indsofalltrne democrats . Neglecting tbfc , K shall remain for ever the slaves and serfs ot Srinied and landed aristocrats , and be everlastingly fife shuttlecocks and dupes of hypocrites and pre-EL ? . ™ "What then is our present duty , and what
tide of action should be adopted , wider existing ^ Lctince " , bv the Democrats and Social Ite-SSrfGwat Britain ? The position of political S « In anomalous and disjointed , that we can-? £ * £ « Z 75 * dW . H * lords of the till and * £ ^ S £ arVina miserable minority in the iTBltm ^ WiEe , are vn a ^ haSf } , jetraTal ?^ p tpkTwho " & **» J ^ . " * * 7 ifS « up for recruits to strengthen their ^ ite Keftrni Bill is admitted by & author ^ wfaUure . seeing tliat it has . net preserved a ^ IroVv bigots are looking with assumed com , Mcv on the monster of farmer *«•» - «» « - Suffice . We are well aware that , amidst £ nS » poM « A each party is only act *
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ated by a calculation of the probable amount of political strength they may obtain for themselves , without conferring any benefit on the people ; and , like the quarrel concerning National Education , each faction will endeavour to establish the plan which , they consider the most capable of uphbldin " their several interests . In this juncture the people —the workers—must be prepared to put fourth their whole strength , that they he not again deluded by thenameinstead of the reality , they should maintain their own organisations , and associations intact , and not suffer themselves to be confounded with the mere professing Reformers as they did at the time of the Reform Bill mania . If the experience of former years does not teach us , we richly , merit our fate , aswe'have abundant proof of what we may expect from the much vaunted liberals .
Proletarians can have no interest in common with usurers or profitmongers . Our only hope then consists in Self-keuaxce . "We have the power , if we will use it , to emancipate ourselves . Let us then stand erect , turn up our sleeves , and commence our work , manfully , vigorously , judiciously , and hopefully , and not fawn and crouch to the puppets and gew-gaws of our own creation . We are men \ Labour is ours . Almighty labour , which produces all
things from the beggar ' s potatoe to the crown which encircles the brow of royalty . "What then lack wc , but union and knowledge to apply it , and that knowledge and union must be spread from and created by ourselves . Strange , that the producers of all wealth should apply for aid to those who produce nothing , but who are in reality our greatest grievance , inasmuch as they waste in riot and extravagance the honey which the industrious bees have accumulated . From such inconsistent and
unnatural alliances , no good can proceed . May we see the speedy realisation of the aspirations so ferventl y breathed in every page of this publication for the downfall of tyrants . —To quote two stanzas of Whittier ' s soul-stirring poem : — " Earth wearies of them , and the long , Meek sufferance of the heavens' doth fail ; Woe for weak tyrants , when the strong Wake , struggle , and prevail . Sot vainly Roman hearts have bled
To feed the crozicr and the crown , If roused therehy , the world shall tread The IwjQ-uomvamwiies down !"
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Vie Progressionist . London : Watson , Queen ' shead-passage , Paternoster-row . We observe that this periodical , heretofore published monthly , made its first appearance as a weekly publication on Saturday last . We quote from the editor ' s address . The anxiety and disadrantage arising from being nearly two hundred miles from our printer , ( which has been the case hitherto ) is now at an end . We have set up a new Press at home , which we intend to devote to the best interests of society;—a Press , be is- known , on which , we trust no slave-master , no oppressor , no domineering priest , no aristocratic
tyranti will ever lay his hand . Xo , we mean it to be emphatically , and in the best sense of the word , a " Free Press ; " Free ; to enunciate the thoughts which burn in the liberty-loving bosoms of thousands of our countrymen ; Free ; to denounce oppression of every form and wherever found ; Free ; to expose the craft of priests ; the withering influence of which has been for centuries filling the world with superstition , error , immorality , and blasphemy ; Free ; to defend the weak against the usurped power of tyranny ; to advocate " right , " in opposition to the " mighty" reign of terror , which has too long been ruung with its iron sceptre , the subjects of our realm .
A Press so employed will deserve , and , we trust , have , the support of the people . In the number before us , there are several wellwritten articles from democratic and able correspondents . Our friend John Rymill—who writes with a tomahawk—thus prophecies of
THE FOrURE . Ah ! who can draw aside the curtain that veils the future , and behold with certainty what shall follow in the wake of time ? Present appearances are dark , gloomy , and forbidding ; but we believe there is hope . The electricity of the people ' s power is now in a condensing state , and will one day burst in terrible fury , and hurl into annihilation all the monsters of tyranny . The present is a dark season . The political horizon is hung in blackness . Not a streak of light is to be seen ; but the rumblings of distant thunders may be heard ; tbe shaking of the ground beneath our feet may be felt ; the coming earthquake of popular fury will shake the foundations of thrones , and smash every vestige of oppression existing in the wide world . The future is coming ! It will bring us an educated people—a
people too intelligent , holy , pure , and virtuous , to place any dependence on kings . They will utterly loathe , and despise , and abominate , the very name . They will labour for its entire destruction ; for its everlasting overthrow and eternal annihilation . The future shall be glorified in the destruction of all wrongs ; in the annihilation of all frauds ; in the abolition of all monopolies ; in tbe overthrow of all tyrannies ; in the explosion of all shams ; and in the expulsion of all misery , vice , crime , and suffering , from God ' s beautiful world That grand day sliall come / It must come !! God is true . Truth is eternal . Liberty can never perish ! Liberty must reign ! It shall " ascend the mountain summit of the future , and dispense peace and happiness , prosperity and plenty , to all the children of God , in every nation under heaven .
Amen ! We cordially wish this publication success . The friends of progress will but perform their duty by giving their support to the Prooiessionisf .
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Hie Bakers' Gazette , and Trades' Circular . London : R . J . Kennett , 14 , York-street , Covent-garden . We have received the first nine numbers of this publication , devoted to the advocacy of the Rig hts of the labouring classes generally , and those of the Bakers in particular . The editorial articles are ably written , and the selected matter well chosen . In No . 8 . there is a review of Cobden ' s speech on the "Bakers' Question of the abolition of Night Work , " in which tbe Editor convicts the champion of # 0 Kry «? £ s-liberalism of ignorance and injustice . We give the following extract :
" ~^ THE 1 ABOURER NOT FREE . , _ " The Honourable Gentleman stated , 'in answer to Mr . Stafford , " that his principles are perfect freedom of Industry . "' So are ours , but we contend tbat the labourer is not free , and in order to enable him to be so , he requires laws , for the protection of his property , as much as ai » y millowner or landowner does . If any person desires to appropriate to himself any portion of the property of another , and carries that desire into effect , the law immediately steps in , and punishes him for doing it , and admits of no excuse , not even starvation , to mitigate or pardon the offence . Then wliy should not the labourers' property—their time and
healthbe equally protected , to prevent the tyrannical and the avaricious employers of labour from appropriating to themselves so much of the labour of their fellow men as to destroy their health , and deprive them of any time for cultivating and enjoying those mental faculties , physical recreations , and even rest , which God has given to man , and rendered necessary for his comfort and happiness—that they may get " rich at their expense . The man who steals the loaf from a baker's shop to satisfy the cravings of nature , or a pair of shoes from the shoemaker ' s to cover his naked feet from the inclemency of the weather , is punished for his violation of the laws of property ; but the employer who steals from the
labourer sufficient labour to produce T ; wo loaves , or two pairs of shoes , instead of one , without paying him a fair share of what he has produced , is not amenable to any law . Then in what consists the freedom of the labourer , since he has not _ the power to protect his labour from being appropriated by the avaricious , tyrannical , or unprincipled employer ? Is it not against such men as these that has led to the formation of all the laws we possess for the protection of property , and the well-being of the great body of the community ? Why do men
form themselves into societies , if it is riot for their mutual protection ugainst the tyranny and oppression of the few . ? Legislators , or law-givers , were elected from the people to make laws for this purpose : it is , therefore , the duty of these law-givers to pay due respect so the grievances of any class of the community , and to redress them ; to do justice between all men , that tbe bonds of sociejy may not be broken , and anarchy , oppression , and misrule ensue at all times , caused by the destitution of the great body of the peoplo .
Ill-paid , over-worked , and the slaves of a life-killing system of night toil , the Bakers have strong claims on public sympathy ; and this periodical , by g iving publicity to their wrongs , will , doubfle * e , effect much iu that direetioov T % Bakers in particular , and all friends to the etnaHcinatiori of Labour in general will do well to promote the sale of this publication .
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ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . This most excellent establishment , which may be truly called the home for many sciences , is indeed a theatre wherein are displayed numerous ingenious contrivances which from time to time have arisen as the offspring of the inventive ingenuity of man . Popular lecture ? arc delivered on various subjects by Doctor Bachhofther and Mr . Ashley . The lectures on Chemistry continue , as usual , a point of considerable interest and attraction ; tbe various beauties of this elaborate branch of science are being discussed by Mr . Ashley , who , in his course of lectures , embraces all the most interesting topics of affinity , and the explanation of many facts which in common life are hardly observed , much less investigated , because of their frequency and familiarity . These facts , as the lecturer observed ,
were those of all others which in the hands of the observant philosopher assumed important features , tracing in the wondrous works of the Great Creator the undivided dependence in which all things arc created . We cannot help reverting to the well known adage , " knowledge is power 1 " and at no time do we more forcibly become impressed with the truth contained in these words , than when observing the continuous link in the one great chain comprising this beautiful creation , when the reflective miad of man is led from the contemplation of Nature ' s works to ponder upon Nature's God . Doctor Bachhofiher has commenced a highly scientific , and at the same time , popular lecture on Electricity , admirably calculated for this establishment , which has become so attractive to the rising generation , as well as the adult . The experiments exhibited during tho lecture by the learned Professor are very beautiful , and are well calculated for instruction of the youthful mind .
COLOSSEUM AND CYCLORAMA . This interesting establishment continues to attract numerous visitors from its varied and , in its kind , unrivalled attractions . The reality of the scene in the panorama of Paris by night , and the fidelity of the views of Lisbon and the earthquake , are the admiration of every one ; and , altogether , it forms one of th » most interesting and pleasant lounges in the metropolis . We may add , that as the two pictures are exhibited by artificial light , it is seen to equal advantage in the most glQQmyj as in the finest weather .
STANDARD THEATRE . A new drama was produced at this theatre on Monday night , called Ihe North Pok ; or , a Voyage to the Frozen Segions . This piece is neatly got up , and is well worthy the attention of our readers . The scenery is excellent , and the novel effect of a ship water-logged is very effective . Natty Nol , boatswain of the Victory , is ably represented by Mr . J . Douglass , who personates the sailor to the life . Tie Anchor ' s Weighed , which has been already performed thirty nights , still continues to attract crowded audiences .
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THE ALFRED JUBILEE , Thursday , the 2 oth day of October , 1849 , was a grand day for the folk of Wantage . It may not be generally remembered that that town is the birth place of our good old Saxon King Alfred ; or , that the day above written is the 1 , 000 th anniversary of the birth day of that Monarch , who , according to antiquarian calculation , was born in 8 i 9 . This , however , being the case , it was resolved by a body of gentlemen , cultivators of Anglo-Saxon literature , and proud of their Anglo-Saxon race , to celebrate the auspicious occasion by a festival or jubilee . Accordingly , a committee was formed and the . nccessary steps taken . Placards were issued , addressed to the good men and true of Wantage and its neighbourhood , announcing that this great and
unprecedented honour was about to be thrust upon them , and proceeding thus : — " From all parts of England your countrymen , together with some foreigners and American kinsmen , are expected to flock to this patriotic celebration ; and you need not be reminded how kindly , or how warmly you will welcome the guests who seek out Wantage on so happy an occasion .- - King Alfred is known to all the world as , perhaps , the greatest man—certainly the best king—that ever lived ; and in his institutions , character , and fame , is still and , ever immortal amongst us . Let us all now endeavour to do him , and our country , due honour on this thousandth anniversary ; commencing , as we ought , by the solemn and grateful service of God , after these thousand
years of mercies and prosperities ; and thence proceeding , as we gladly may , to the cheerful festivities of our jubilee . Common sense and good feeling are never wanting to Englishmen ; let these keep order and good humour better than special constables and police . It is recommended to the inhabitants of Wantage , that , in honour of their illustrious townsman , they decorate their streets and houses with flags , oak boughs , and such , other tokens of patriotic feeling as they can muster ; also that they wear their holiday apparel and the Alfred medal ; quantities of which , at a very cheap cost , will he in the town on Wednesday . Right spirit , good humour , and energy are everything I
Men of BetksUive , of all grades 1 you will not be wanting to yourselves on so glorious an occasion . The committee appointed to manage the arrangements of the jubilee , respectfully beg attention to the following recommendation , viz . —that all persons in business , in Wantage , close their shops , and give those in their employ a holiday on this occasion . An ox will be roasted near the town , by tho aid of Mr . Charles Hart ' s steam engine , in order that those engaged may afterwards participate in the festivities . In addition to the distribution of meat , some bread will be also given , particularly tothoseindigentpoorofWantageinthe receipt of relief . "
The suggestions of the committee wore heartily met , and the town presented , as if by magic , all the appearance of a holiday . The shops were closed , except hotels and refreshment houses . The streets weredecorated with banners , bearing appropriate inscriptions ; over the approaches . were spanned triumphal arches of boughs and flowers ; and at an early hour crowds of all ranks thronged towards the market-place by every sort of conveyance , natural and artificial . Divine service was performed at eleven o ' clock in the church , and shortly afterwards at the town-hall an address or lecture was delivered by Major Bell , upon the history and traditions of King Alfred , with an eulogy upon his character . The Rev . 0 . L . Richmond , who had come from
America to attend this Anglo-Saxon jubilee , also made an eloquent speech to the crowd assembled outside , and in which he dwelt upon the identity of race between Englishmen and Americans , and expressed hope for the union of the Anglo-Saxon race all over the world , wheresoever they dwelt . The sentiments he expressed were heartily responded to and loudly cheered by his auditors . After this a procession , consisting of the clubs and the guests , visited King Alfred ' s well , about a quarter of a mile off , and supposed to be on the site of the ancient stronghold or castle of the West Saxon Kings . Here an address was delivered by tbe Rev . F . Itcy-F 0 UX upon the life and character of King Alfred . Meanwhile , on the common , a little outside the
town , a magnificent ox was slowly and majestically turning upon an iron crate , worked by a steam engine before a huge fire , contained in a convenient brick receptacle built for the purpose . Another old English custom was revived in the greased Maypole , which , surmounted by a leg of mutton , the prize of the adventurous climber , towered high in the centre of the Market-place . At two o'clock a distribution of meat was made in the Market-houso to the poor : and half an hour afterwards , one hundred impressions of the medal which had been struck upon the occasion were thrown among the people . The appearance of the town during all these proceedings was most lively and exhilarating , aud it was as fair a specimen as we ever saw of hearty
English merriment and joyous excitement , without license or outrage . At three o ' clock the guests assembled to dinner in the large room of the Alfred's-head Inn , C . Eyston , Esq ., of Ilendrcd House , occupying tbe chair Among the company present we observed P . Pusoy , Esq ., M . P . ; Sir Robert Throckmorton , of Buckland Park ; Temple Bowdoin , Esq ., Farringdon House ; E . M . Atkins , Esq . ; W . Goodwin , Esq ., of Lettcombe Regis ; Rev . Dr . Whittingbam , of Childrey ; John Britton , Esq ., the celebrated antiquary ; Br . lvadditove ; W . J . Evelyn , Esq ., M . P . for Surrey , Martin J . Tuppcr , Esq ., tho popular author ef " Proverbial Philosophy . " Several members of the Pulford , the Brereton , the Tufnell , and
the Whittaker families were present , and the Rev . C . L . Richmond , from the United States , sat opposite the chairman . Tho room was handsomely decorated with streamers and banners , amongst which were conspicuous the stars and stripes of America in friendly ' union with bur own national emblems . The demand for dinner tickets was very great , and had the apartment been much larger it could not have accommodated all who were desirous of being guests . A great number of ladies dined , which of course greatly added to tho attraction , and as it was many gentlemen who had tickets were obliged to take their refreshment in another room .
Dr . GitEs , the secretary , by njuoso exertions , coupled with those of Mr . Martin Tuppcr , the jubilee was mainly got up , proposed the following resolutions or report , which were unanimously adopted ;—" Tbat the old grammar school of Wantage be revived and enlarged ,, under the name of King Alfred ' s College , and that a mechanics ' institute he opened with ttTin this town . " " That for the purpose of accomplishing this good work , a general subscription list be opened immediately , to which all the Anglo-Saxon race who reverence the name and memory of Alfred , are invited to contribute . "
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" That for the purpose of aiding the subscription and at the same time of furnishing subscribers with a record of the Great Alfred , and of this his jubilee year , an edition of his works , in one volume folio , splendidly illustrated , be immediately undertaken by competent Anglo-Saxon scholars , to be called ' Tho Jubilee edition of the Works of King Alfred the Great . ' " " That every subscriber of three guineas and upwards he presented with a copy of tho abovenamed work . " " That the governors of the town-lands being , by virtue of their office , guardians of the old Wantage Grammar School , ho requested to become members of this committee , and that tho committee be empowered to add to their numbers . "
The Oiuibmas , in putting the question , eulogised the character of lung Alfred as a scholar as well as a monarch ; and after briefly adverting to his literary works , and the translations he had made , observed , that in no more appropriate way could they do honour to tho memory of Alfred than by promoting the cause of education and knowledge . Mr . TurrER . m proposing tho toast , "The Anglo-Saxon Race nil over the World , " observed that the feeling which had dictated this movement was rapidly spreading , not only in this country , but in India and America , and wherever Anglo-Saxons were to bo found . In Liverpool , and London , there would ^ shortly bo meetings with the same views and objects . The Eev . C . _ L . Richmond also addressed tho company , assuring them of the fraternal sympathies of his countrymen .
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COUNT LOUIS BATTHYANY . The following statement by Count TeMki , respecting the execution of Count Louis Batthyany , is translated from the Presse : — " The Count Louis Batthyani , late Premier of Hungary , has just been executed . " It appears from tho sentence which has been pronounced against him that the Count Batthyany was not convicted of being an accessory to the murder of- the'Count Latour , for no ' mention whatever is made of this in the sentence .
" The Count Batthyany has been condemnedfirst , for having , in his office as prime minister , taken and executed , or caused the execution of , sundry measures , surpassing the administrative power of Hungary , such as it was established by tho laws of tho month of March , 1848 ; for having by these measures weakened the legal bond between Hungary and the hereditary states ot the empire as established by the Pragmatic Sanction ; and for having placed the constitution of the country in a state of great precariousness and danger . " We may well ask what has , up to the present , constituted the legal bond between Hungary and the hereditary states of the empire as established by the Pragmatic Sanction , the person of tho sovereign ,
and his rights ? The Count Batthyany has consequently been condemned for having weakened the royal authority in Hungary , for having opposed the interest and the rights of the sovereign . But in what manner could the Count Batthyany possibly oppose his Sovereign . He was made a minister by the Emperor and King . He remained a minister so long as the Emperor and King willed it . He carried on the administration with the consent of his Sovereign . He resigned his place to his successor as soon as tho latter was appointed . The Emperor and King is consequently an accessory to whatever tho Minister Batthyany may have ^ done . The impeachment of the Minister is also the impeachment of the Sovereign .
" The Count Batthyany wascondemned , secondly , for having , after his dismissal from office , entered into the ranks of tho insurgent army , thereby making a public appeal to armed resistance . " But against whom did ho fight ? Against whom was his appeal to armed resistance directed ? Against the Croatian army of Jellachich , but not against the imperial army of Windischgriitz . The only combat in which he took part after his dismissal was the battle which , in October last , was fought against the Croatian army under General Theodoric , whom the Hungarians defeated , near Ocdenburg and Nemesker . After this battle Count Batthyany retreated to his castle of Tkerver , in tho county of Eisenburg , where he was confined to his bed for
above six weeks , in consequence of having broken his arm by a fall from his horse . " This , then , is the whole of Count Batthyany ' s armed resistance . A few months previous to his invasion of Hungary Jellachich had been declared to be a rebel and a traitor . He had been dismissed from all his offices and deprived of all his honours by no less a person than his Majesty Ferdinand , the Emperor and King , and by means of a royal decree , which was signed and dated from Innspruck the 10 th of June . It was , therefore , to say the least , allowable to doubt whether this rebel had by his armed resistance to the orders of his sovereign acquired the right of invading Hungary , or whether fighting against him made a man guilty of high
treason . Do these facts furnish any pretext for an impeachment against tho Count Batthyany ? " That nobleman was condemned , thirdly , for having been a member of the Hungarian parliament after his Majesty had dissolved the said parliament . This is true . After having resigned his seat in order to oppose the committee of defence which tho parliament had appointed , the Count Batthyany was re-elected by his constituents and he again took his seat at the end of December . " 1 will ' not hero discuss the question of this dissolution , which was proclaimed by a decree which wanted the counter-signature of tho Hungarian minister , and I will merely remark that if the mere fact of the Count Batthyany having re-entered the parliament in December last is a crime of high
treason , it is evident that all the deputies and magnates who wcro at Pesth , and who attended the sittings of tho parliament after its so-called dissolution in October , are equally guilty , and thus GOO persons ought to be sentenced to capital punishment , Nay , more , tho Count Batthyany had not asked to be re-elected , he was simply nominated and desired to take his place in the parliament . Now , since it is a legal maxim that he who induces another man to commit a crime is at tho least equally guilty , it is evident that if the Count Batthyany was worthy ' of capital punishment merely for having joined the parliament , the whole body of his constituents is equally damnable for having forced him to take that step . Kay , more , all the electors of all counties and boroughs of Hungary ought to bo executed .
" The Count Batthyany has been condemned , fourthly , for having after joining the dissolved parliament sided with and backed the revolutionary party . But it is , nevertheless , true that the Count Batthyany did but onco , and only onco take part in the debates of this dissolved parliament , aud the single instance upon record happened to be two days before tho arrival of Prince Windischgriitz at Pesth , when he consented to go to the Austrian camp , and , if possible , to negotiate between Austria and Hungary . Thus did Count Batthyany side with and fortify the revolutionary part ) -. After the entry of Prince Windischgriitz into Pesth , the Count
Batthyany was at liberty to leave that city and go to Dcbreczin . He relied upon his innocence , and he thought himself safe from danger because he felt himself without reproach . This is his only fruit . Two days later he was a prisoner . I have analy sod tho sentence which was pronounced against the Count Batthyany . I have analysed it from an Austrian point of view , and I defy Austria to reply to my argument . There is no possible pretence for Count Batthyany's condemnation . What name , then , docs this condemnation deserve ? I leave it to others to term the act—as for me , I will but establish the facts .
" Tho Count Batthyany was condemned for having violated the Pragmatic Sanction , and tho Hungarian Constitution , of which the Pragmatic Sanction forms a part . Who were his judges ? A courtmartial of Austrian officers , who were profoundly ignorant of our laws and our constitution , and these men have found the Count guilty of having violated certain laws , of which they Knew nothing whatever . " And if a manis to be punished for having violated the laws , it is , I slipuld think , necessary that his judges and executioners ought not to violate the ' laws—at least , not in tho pleadings- and tho practice of the court . " Crimes of hi gh treason and of violation of tho Pragmatic Sanction belong to tho jurisdiction of tho King ' s Court . But in the present instance the case has been brought before a court-martial .
Where is the law which authorises such proceedings ? And on tho strength of which law was Count Batthyany condemned to be hanged ? I defy the whole world to quote a law in support of the present sentence . Perhaps a decree may be quoted—a simple expression of the Sovereign ' s will . But if so , what name does this condemnation deserve ? <• The Count Batthyany , late Premier of Hungary , was executed on the 6 th of October , on the anniversary of the tra gical end of the Austrian Minister , Count Latour . An Austrian Minister and Count was murdered and hanged by the frantic population of "Vienna . Nothing more natural than on tho same day of tlio following year an Hungarian Minister and Count should be gibbeted by the government at Pesth . To make up for Latour it was indispensable that the victims should be a minister and a count .
" What , then , was this execution ? Was ita measure which was necessary for the public welfare ?—such a measure as Baron Haynau is wont to take for tiie especwi benefit of an insurgent district ? Was it necessary to terrorize fine Hungarian rebellion into submission ? Tho war ' was ( faded , all resistance was Over . "How , then , are wo to judge of this measure ? . " ^ hi lc thof ) war continued , and while part of the Hungarians" resisted , tBe Austrian government spread a rumour of Count Batthyany ' s acquittal . His friends and relations were amused with a vain hope ; his liberation was talked of as certain so soon as . the war was ended . Such vans the language of tb $ Austrian government so long as there were
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enemies . But now , when Hungary is subjectednow that an advantageous capitulation has been granted to those who waged war to the knife , they full the man who had given himself unarmed into their power . " How are wo to judge ofthis measure ? " To resume . This condemnation without proofs —this judgment without a court—this sentence without a law—this execution on tho ( 5 th of Oct . — this measure , which they dared not take when Hungary had a sword—this measure , which was taken after sparing those who prolonged their resistance
to the last extremity—how are wc to call it ? I leave it to the friends of order among all parties to find a name for this measure . I have done my duty . I have done it calmly and deliberately , while my heart is breaking . I had but to analyse a deathwarrant of Batthyany . I need not speak—ho is well known . His name was great—his soul was mi g hty . He was always noble and generous . His dying hour was sublime . Thou heroic martyr of a great and beautiful cause , thou gavest thy soul up to God , but thy memory will be green in our hearts —it will live for ever , and dye with the last sigh of the last Magyar . Ladislas Telkki . "
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Sam Sly ( Africa , ) after complaining of the minuteness with' which English newspapers afflict tlieir readers in recording the occurrences of the day , apprises us that the Rev . J . Spyker has christened Mr . Johan Godfried Barn ' s baby Johanna Jacoba JacobaBaml What if the young lady should one day marry Mr . Boozle ? She may then be known as Mrs . Bain Boodle .
Omnibuses . —Few things in modern times have been such influential agencies as tho omnibus . Their history is one of more dignity than shows on tho surface . Those social conveniences have revolutionised all the chief capitals of Europe . Invented in 1827 , they ruined the elder branch of tho Bourbons in 1830 . The accidental upset of an omnibus suggested the first idea of a barricade—and for a , long time was an essential part of tho structure which changed the whole science of revolutions . The overturn of the carriage was converted to the overturn of a monarchy . Since that time the omnibus , as we have said , has made tho tour of Europe . Among aursolves it is a peaceful and health-giving instrument . By its help all the world is able to live out of town . Barristers , merchants , artists , and men of letters , who formerly crowded the narrow courts and passages of Fleet-street and Cheapside , live now , by its permission , in snug suburban cottages in Norwood , Hainpstead , Putney , or Blackheath . —Athenaeum .
Notihno like success in this world—what dirtv bread it will butter ! Nothing so miserable a * s failure—what heroism it will blacken . " Impossible . "—Brothers , I answer , if for yon it be impossible , what is to become of you ? It Is impossible for us to believe it to be impossible . * * We pray you let this word impossible disappear from your vocabulary in this matter . It is of awful omen . * * Every noble woi-k is at first impossible : the possibilities lie diffused through immensity—inarticulate , undiscovei-able except to faith . * * * It is only difficult , it is not impossible . It is , with whatever difficulty , very clearly inevitable . Impossible . '—Of a certain two-legged
animal with feathers it is said , if you draw a distinct chalk circle around him , ho sits imprisoned , as if girt with the iron ring of fate , and will die there , though within sight of victuals , or sit in sick misery there , and be fatted to death . The name of this poor two-legged animalis— Goose . —Tlwmas Carlyk , The following horrible announcement recently appeared in a window in Wolverhampton . " Baking every day , N . B . —People ' s vitals cooked . " Duiuxo the joint stock mania of 1843 , a wagadvertised . a company for draining the Red Sea , and recovering the valuables dropt therein by tho children of Israel in their passage , and by the Egyptians in their pursuit .
The multitude are awakening from the slumbers of ignorance which have for ages paralysed their intellectual faculties , and rendered them the slaves of those who have been placed in authority over them . How to Make a Good Cup of Tea . —M . Soyer recommends that , before pouring in any water , the teapot , with the tea in it , shall he placed in the oven till hot , or heated by means of a spirit lamp , or in front of the fire ( not to . 0 close , of course ) , and the pot then filled with boiling water ; the result , he says , will be , in about a minute , a most delicious cup of tea , much superior to that made in the ordinary way .
How to Choose and Boii , Eggs . —The safest way to try them is to hold them to the light , forming a focus with your hand ; should tho shell be covered with small dark spots , they are very doubtful , and should be broken separately in a cup , and each egg smelt previous to using them . 11 ' , however , m looking at them , you sec no transparency in the shells , you may be sure they are rotten , and only fit to he thrown away . The most precise way is to look at them by tho light of tho candle . If ' quite fresh there are no spots upon the shells , and they have a brilliant light yellow tint . New-laid oggs should not be used until they have been laid about eight or ten hours , for that part which constitutes the white is not properly set before that time , and does not obtain its delicate flavour . Three minutes
arc sufficient to boil a full-sized egg , but if below tho average size , two minutes and a half will suffice . Never boil eggs for salads , sauces , or any other purpose , more than ton minutes , and when done , place them in a basin of cold water to cool . Nothing is more indigestible than an egg too hard boiled . —J / Soyer ' s Modem Housewife . "Ishall be at HOME next Sunday night , " the young lady remarked as she followed her beau to the door , who seemed to bo somewhat wavering in his attachment . " So shall I , " was the reply . FnOJf WE PBESENT ASPECT OF AFFAIRS , WC mi ght conclude that the multitude are sent into the world , expressly for kings , princes , dukes , lords , bishops , squires , parsons , and lawyers to prey—to feed
upon . PRorEBir . —The laws of property have never yet conformed to the principles on which the justification of private property rests . They have made property of things which never ought to be property , and absolute property where only a qualified property ought to exist . —John Mil . Mimoss of half-starved , mentally and bodily stinted sons and daughters of labour , are viewed as only so much of tho raw material of workable humanity , brought into existence for the purpose of upholding , in unhallowed pomp and grandeur , ; i certain number of factory lords , commercial princes , gentlemen farmers , and railway kings . Ougamzatiox of Labouh . — This that they call " organizing of labour , " is , if well understood ,
the problem of the whole future , for all who will henceforth pretend to govern men . Most potent , effectual for all work whatsoever , is wise planning , firm combining , and commanding among men All social growths , all human interests in this world , have , at a certain stage of their developement , required organization ; and Work , the grandest of human interests , does now require it .... . You cannot lead a fighting world without having it regimented , cbivalrisd ; nor can you continue any more to lead a working world , vmvegimenfed , anarchic A working world , no more than a fighting world , can be led on without a noble chivalry ot work , and laws and fixed rules which follow out of that
0 Heavens ! if wo saw an army ninety thousand strong , maintained and fully equipped , fighting , not against " the French , " who , poor men , have a hard enough battle of their WYH in the _ like kind , but against human starvation , agains chaos , stupidity , and other real " natural enemies , " — what a business were it . — Thomas Carlyk . A German Journal announces a young authoress , called Baroness de Clokekrakerstoccae Pickalkreneen . If her works are as crooked as her name , people will want a double set of jaws to read them .
A Home Question for ax Astrologer , —A person had his fortune told by an astrologer . After having , by the help of ambiguous language , unfolded to the man the events of his life , past , present , and future , tho soothsayer asked for his usual gratuity . " How is it ( said the inquisitor ) that you pretend to know hidden things , and are ignorant of my not having a penny in my pocket ?" Rbgenkimtohs . —The young men who have been vexing society for these last years with regenerative methods , seem to have made this mistake ; they all exaggerated some special means , and all fail to she that tho reform of reforms must be accomplished without means . The reforms have their or igin in an ideal justice , but they do not retain the purity of an idea . They are quickly organised m some
low , inadequate form , and present no more poetic image to the mind than the evil tradition which ihev reprobated . They mix the firo of tho moral sentiment with personal and party heat , with measureless exaggerations , and tbe blindness which prefers some darling measure to justice and truth They do not rely on precisely that strength which wins ono to their cause ; not on love , net on a principle ; but on men , on multitudes , on circumstances , on money , on party , —that is , on fear , on wrath , and pride . —Smerson . Mn . W . J . Lintos has addressed a long letter to tho Nation in defence of George Sand , who had been assailed in that paper ; the Nation's reviewer replies , and in the course of his reply mentions the works of George Sand were very extensively read in Ireland ,
A Shopkeeper , m Bond-street , Liverpool ,, advertized during fthe week for a " sharp boy . " Que applicant grounded his qualification of sharpness on the fact of having cut from four places . " Do vou know Mr . Brown ? " " Yes , my crear . " " Is he not a deserving young man ? " " Yes , ho deserves a flogging , and if he ever gallants you homo again , I will giro it to him ! " Exit wife in a fright .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 3, 1849, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_03111849/page/3/
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