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April 11, 1846. THE NORTHERN STAR. 3
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April 11, 1846. The Northern Star. 3
April 11 , 1846 . THE NORTHERN STAR . 3
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Easter is at hand , and thehobtej toeuow commencing affords a fitting opportunity for our usual " Feast of the Poets ; " two reasons combine in support of this , 1 st . that our poetical feast appearsi to lis to be in accordance with the time , 2 nd . the "big talk " having ceased for a few days , we are at liberty to fill our columns with more entertaining matter than that which St . Stephens usually affords . We cannot sav much for most of the original contributions we have received , nevertheless , taVriugVthc will for the deed , we are disposed to make large allowances . The following pieces are the best furnished bv our contributors : —
JOf ADDRESS TO THE TOILING MILLIONS . Awake ! ye toiling millions , wake , how long 'Will ye in slumbers , as of endless night Be locU'd . Arouse , cast off your chains , gird on The shield of justice . Know ye that the right To live in freedom , is not their ' s alone Who now oppress yoa with o ' erwheltning might : Bise , burl oppression from its blood-stained throne , And put the tools of tyranny to flight . Tfhy is it , millions , ye are seal'd in sleep , And in that sleep incessantly endure A catalogue of sufferings , so deep And dark , degrading all that's nobly pure In Urine man ? Ah , wherefore do ye weep
0 er tus which ye alone have power to cure f Why toil to death , for that which others reap f All wealth is your ' s , yet ye alone are poor . The canting ; priest , the pamper'd lord and king , Are toys , to which ye goaded millions bow In adoration , —they who bear the stin ; That yields ye poison , till life ' s cup o erflow With deadly draughts , contented still ye cling To those whose aim it is to overthrow Your dearest rights , and from your sinews wring Life ' s vital stream , and plant ye hosiesef woe . The vilest treed e ' ercanker'd earth , the drone For whom je slave unceasinflv , and rahe Tast stores of wealth , the palace aud the dime ; For whom ye starve , to whom ye give the praise With haughty and contemptuous eyes look en
Your alidad frames , as if 'twere somethisg base To toil for bread . Jfillions . this truth alone Should rouse yoa from your apathetic wajf . Poor crouching things , ye serve the sycophant And make an idol of the very drone Who makes ye slaves—until cold gnawing wait Seigns with its horrors , and disease doth grian Within jonr dungeon hovels , dark and damp . Arouse 2 how can y « as if dead sleep on While round your frames huge iron fetters elaiK , And drag ye down to an untimely tomb ! Greenock . Johs Peacok . t We fancy the following lines are an imitatitn of a piece with which at some time or other we havs been familiar , we ate nearly sure that the first lineis not original , nevertheless we make room for them .
MAX SBAIL CEASE TO BE A SLATE . Lol the glorious morn is breaking , Of the slave's redemption day , His beclouded forehead streaking , With its renovating ray . Ignorance and superstition , Cease their gloomy wands to wave : And the lord of God ' s creation , Sees he ne er was meant a slave . Knowledge o ' er the earth is spreading , Rapid as the light ef mom , Hope , and joy , and beauty shedding On the cheerless and forelorn . Knowledge domed with strength and pwer , Mightier than the ocean wave , And it cries aloud each hour , " Han shall cease to he a slave .
The foil current that is flowing , From the platform and the press ; The bright spirits that are growing , The resolve that idores the mass ; The new aids which truth is gaining Skill'd to wield and nerved to brae , Shall 'ere long see justice reigning , In a land without a slave . By that goodness which we cherish : By the earnestness we feel ; By that truth which ne ' er can perisl , Still defying flame and xteel ; By that God who the oppressor To the overwhelming waters give , Man shall be his own possessor , And no longer be a slave . Johs Aceboid , Thornton , near Bradford
The following excellent lines are from the pen of an old and esteemed friend , who has spent at least fifty years of his life in labouringto promote the freedom and happiness of his fellow men . We understand that Mr . Davexpobt has recently published an antobiographicalsketch , entitled "The life and Lite rary Pursuits of Allen Davenport . " We hare not seen the work , bat from what we know of the author , we have no hesitation iu recommending it to our readers . His long services and sufferings demand for him the grateful support of his countrymen .
THE POET'S HOPE The savage who can dig and plant his field , And reap the fruits that his own labours yield With liberty to wander where he wills , To trudge the valleys , or to climb the hills . No law of trespass—no notices— " Beware !" Ko steel traps , nor spring guns are planted there . And though obscure , and to the world unknown , Th * mountain goddess claims Mm for her own . Xor steward , nor proctor , rent , nor tithes demand , Ko tsbakt usvlvbb drives him from his land . He feels more happy in his mountain cave , And breathes more free than the poor white-skinaed slave , Who like the brute is doomed to bear Ms load , Ker dares to wander from the common road ; His law and master claims a right divine , And writes up everywhere— " These fields art nine f "
And yet , I sea , or fancy that I see , Through the dark vista of futurity , A glimmering light , a sort of " milky way , " A shadowy twilight of a brighter day—A day when avery working man shall know , Who is his truest friend and who his foe—A day of union and of moral might—A day of justice , truth , and human right—A day when working men of every state , Shall feel as brothers in their common fete—A day when nations shall join heart and hand . To drive the proud usurpers from the land—A day when Poland shall again be free , And plant her fields with trees of liberty . '
llarch 30 , 181 C . AtlEN Davespobt . The following lines by " a cotton operative" might have been better , but the noble feeling which dictated them disarms criticism : —
THE POLISH PATRIOTS . Freedom ' s sons come join our cause , Fight for equal rights and laws , Now come forth and do not pause , Bat strike for liberty . Te who hate oppression ' s name , For the spark of freedom ' s flame , Blush , oh ! blush , for Europe ' s shame , And Poland ' s slavery . Tyrants long have Poland swayed , Freemen ' s rights have prostrate laid , Poland ' s sons must hava our aid , To crash foul tyranny . Let us snap the galling chain . Let us break the bond in twain , Let us die or freedom gain , And scorn base slavery .
TUise the flag and draw the sword , " Liberty" most bo the word , From each vein the blood be pour'd , To gain the victory . If we fall beneath the blow , If our dearest blood should flow , O'er our graves will laurels grow , Charished by the nations free . J . K . Smith . Other pieces are under consideration . We must add a few selected pieces from our treasured stores . Here is a beautiful piece , appropriate to the season , which appeared some time ago in tha £ * z » iiner . Sure we are it will meet with " the hundred thousand welcomes . "
"CEAD MILE FAILTE !" THE DCSDBED THOUSAND WELCOMES . "A flight of swallows passed over our vessel to day . S & me onesaid 'Alayhap those birds will soon be iu Irekad . Oh : if the creatures had but the sense to carry awe of us heme , they'd be the welcome birds in Counaa ght ' . ' I stood and watched them out of sight , and ' j'A knows my heart went with thcin . "—Eztroc ' s from an Irisli Emigrant ' s Letter .
Oh , iappv , haj > j > y swaUows * the spring is come again , And 5 « a * bound , fur j „ -, ir 0 ; d homes—bejoud this weary muiu * Fly on , fly on i your last year nests enr roofs may shelter stUi , But the poor turf fire is out at last ! eur hearths ara black andciill ! Ihereis no life , there is no sound!—the old man lits
no more Xitbin the shadow of the - .. batch , besides the . cottage door , — Th « child has ceased its playing in ito shallow brooi close by , And u . j kindly smoke is cliuibiu ? the cold and em ;» tj shy 1 sw cytT . iL-ai -.-. iiich your nnaiug ; few aud sad our friends remain , Jin ! ' * tin himdrvd Ih-iiKaad . weiM—csV feiiall be aaid to youagun !
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For us alone , —poor Exiles ! those words of kindly cheer Shall fall no more in Irish tongue upon the longing ear ! Sone wait for as ! none welcome us!—Beyond the plunging wave Small space—to labour in , and die—is all the Exiles craw 3 Yet tell our friends in Ireland , that wo will talk of them by day , And we dream of them the live-long night , and waken up to pray ! In sleep we feel the parting clasp of each beloved hand , And we hear the fervent accents of that cordial-spoken Land ! Awl we' ] i teach them to our children , even on that alien shore , 1 Where " the hundred thousand welcomes !¦ " shall be said to us ho more .
Oh ! blessed words ! the very sound takes back the heart a 8 aio » .. ., j Like a fc lad bird ! a thousand miles across tins dreary main ! We hear no more the splashing ware beneath the vessel s prow——The dear green fields lie round us—which oOicrs labour now ! The sunnv slopes ! the little paths—that wound from
door to door ! So worn by friendly steps—that ne ' er shaH tread those pathways more ' —Dear faces gathered round the hearth ! dear voices in our ear ! And neig hbour hands that clasp our own , —and spread their simple cheer , —That scanty meal , sohard / y earned . ' yet shared inth such good-will ! And "the hundred thousand welcomes !"—that made it
sweeter still ! Is the cabin still left standing ! Had the rich man need otaU ? . . .. .. Is the children's birth-place taken now , withm the new park wall ! ,, And the little field ! that was to w-sucb source of hopes and caves— . iu >«~ i An unregarded harvest , to the rich man s barns it wars . — Oh ! could he know how much to us , that little held latli been : What heart-warm prayers have hallowed it!—what dismal fears between , What hopeless ton hath groaned to God , from that poor plot of ground , Which held our all of painful Life , within its narrow bound ! — 'Twould seem no common earth to him ! he'd grieve amidst his store . That "the hundred thousand wricomes !"—are said to us no more J—
—But tell our friends in Ireland , that in our distant home , Well think of them at that glad time , when back the swallows come ! The time for hopeful labour ! when the dreary winter ' s past And you see the long , brown furrows—are growing green atlast ! —And tell our friends , —we pray them to be patient in their pain , For the dear God knows our sorrows ! and His promise is not vain ! —A little toil—a little care!—and in a world of Miss—We shall forget the poverty that parted us in this 1 —How small a thing 'twill seem to us—upon that blessed shore ! Where " the hundred thousand welcomes ! " shall be ours for evermore ! " H . D .
At the presentmoment when the ears of the nation are being stunned with the pealing - of cannon announcing the " glorious victories" gained by the British arms on the banks of the Sutlej , the following simple lines may serve to " point a moral"
TID 1 SGS OP THE BATTLE . BT JOBS SWAIN . A messenger speeds with the news of the war ; Te Britain he comes from a region afar , Dread tidings fall fast from his tongue : — Sire , mother , and sister , and lover , aad friend , The steps of the messenger closely attend , While loud peals of triumph are rang . " Say , messenger , say , —for my brother was there , — "His manners are gentle , and noble , and fair , —
" My brother—will he come again I " I saw when the battle had newly begun , That victory would by Old England be won ; But , maiden—thy brother is slain . " Oh , messenger , tell—for my lover was there "The look of the maiden was blanch'd with despair , — " Shall I see him in safety again f " I saw him to glory rush gallantly on , A cannon ball eheck'dhim—Ilook'd—he was gone;—Young lady—thy lover is slain .
" Pray , messenger , telL "—said a mother so pale" Since victory waves on the winds of the gale , "ITy son may I shortly regain !" I saw when the battle was brought to a close , That Britons could conquer , whate ' er might oppose ; Bu ^ parent—thy first-born is slain . The battle was gaia' 4 , but the pr ice paid how vast ! Ten thousand fell bleeding before the mad blast ; They gasp'd , groan'd , and died on the plain . Theyouthful , the hoary , the mighty , the brave ; They miagle uncoftin'd ia one common grave , ' . Neath the ground upon which they were slain .
Just now , when the Pope is thundering against Palish liberty , and Ms dear eomrogues—those archconspirators against human liberty—the Jesuits , are everywhere plotting against the progress of mankind , it may not beamiss to reprint the following excellent piece fnm the pen of the glorious Bebaxghh , the deathless wet of France and freedom : —
LA MOBT DTJ DIABLE . I sing to day a lay of lays , A glorious miracle you'll see ; Give the great Saint Ignatius praise , Of all small saints the patron he . A dirty trick—if saints ean trick , And if the truth may all be said , Has done the business for Old Jfick , The Devil ' s dead—the Devil ' s dead . Old Mck went out one day to dine , And pledged the saint to drink his health , Aye ! said the saint—and in the wine Some holy poison dropp'd by stealth ; Gripes seized the devil—cruel-sick He swears , he storms , andhangs his head , Then bursts like roasted heretic—The Devil's dead—the DevU ' s dead !
Alas ! he ' s dead—the friars ' said— - The devil an Agnus shall we sell ; Alas ! the canons cried—he ' s dead—Sot one Oremus shall we tell . The conclave is in deep despair , — Power and the iron chest are fled—0 , we have lost our father dear , The Devil ' s dead—the Devil ' s dead ; Love is not half so strong as fear , For fear was constant with its gifts , Intolerance is fading here , Who now her blazing torch uplifts ? If man from us should once be free , What light may beam upon his head ; 6 od , greater than the Pope shall be—The Devil ' s dead—the Devil's dead ! Ignatius came— " Let me hut take
" Ilis place , his right , and see ; in brief" He has made men for ages quake " I'll make kings tremble like * leaf . "With plagues , thefts , massacres , I'll ban "Bothnorth and south;—where ' er 1 tread , "Leave ruins both for God and man" The Devil ' s dead—the Devil ' s dead I " " Come , blessed one , " they uttered , " come , " * ' We hallow thy most saintly gall , " And now his Order sent from Home , O'ershadows , darkens , curses all , I heard a choir of angels tell Their sympathies for man , —they said , "Ignatius is the heir of hell , "TheDevil's dead—the Devil ' s dead ! 1 *
The following lines on the same subject , recently published , are by a German poet , we believe Ferdinand Freiligrath , with whose beautiful poetry our readers are familiar ;—
TO THE DABKLISGS . On the throne of sacred justice brutal might again to rear , And to force the whole creation a vile slavish form to wear ; And the eky with clouds to cover , when the sun is glad and bright , And to bury ev ' ry nation in its old and deadly night;—And the youthful Easter morning , in its majesty sublime , With the impious blade to scratch out from the almanack of time ; In the very bud to stifle revelations as they rise , Truth to overload with curses—honour to bestow on
lies;—And to shriek throughout creation , yelling ' Backwards !' —words profane , * And by form and rule to slaughter what the mind ' s cstrtionsgain ; And the hand on culture ' s dial to turn back , and cluck the tone Of the silver bell of freedom , when it scarce has soundsd One . And a code of laws to fashion , treating man hut as a tt « ii & Whirfi , as despots , they encompass with oppression ' s iron ring-Yes , a code that makes the freeman a machine and nothing more , And deprives the salt of savour , and forbids the mind to Soar . * TJii . I d . is uugeluur-c- 'HUAwarts * huizukraebztn durch die Veil .
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'Tis for this the Jesuits labour-yes ! 'tis this the darklings plan , ' WhO mp ! 0 US game We plaji " with thc , 10 , y mind ° But btwMr and s' ! iifiii ininws ' ir' 3 ° ur e ] °° Tauits Lest your own dread mines , exploding , hurl you thund ' rwg through the air . len rih nrI I ?" J We . ll ! lV e «»—*>« * * ° ™ SSmtt ^ f" ? - d 0 Ctl , neS PUfc forth b ? TH 0 MAS Kur r ' o w ? art , 8 c ? - *« luwe now to introduce iS £ S ^^" s ^ rr poct - W m * p ™ ,.,, „ A * ° PP ° site to those enunciated by rw ^ n tlr * tl , e , n ' ^ -forgiving prose of lirl il ^^^^ , ^ « ««&» Of IIWeOU , Xffir ^^ thems elves ; or , if they like their draught ^ either all water nor all whiskey , they may ^ , 9 h « t . ? . with the aid of such sweets an * acids as we can help the m to , make very good punch .
THE SONG OF HATE . » r GEOEGE HEBWEGH . Up . up , over mountain and stream , To the line of the rising sun ; One parting kiss to thy faithful wife , Then march to the rolling drum ! Till the sword fall in death from our hand Shall it never in blood be sated . We ' ve loved our tyrants long enough—Now bate them as we were hated ? Ha * Love ever riven a chain t
Has Love ever wrought salvation ? Then , Hatred , delay not the judgment day—« 'Tis thou who must free our Nation ! And wherever a Despot treads the earth Let him hear that his doom is fated : We ' re loved our Tyrants long enough—Now hate them as we were hated ! Through your hearts , with the tide of life , Be the stream of hate ever flowing ; See around you is piled the fire-WOOd , To keep the red flame glowing ! And through the streets of your Fatherland Sing ye , with Freedom elated , We ' ve loved our Tyrants long enough—Kow hate them as we were hated ! Fight , till the broad earth is free
Prom Oppression and Despot ahke ; And holier than will our Hatred be Than the Love that feared to strike ! 'Till the sword falls in death from our hand Let it never in blood be sated ; We ' re loved our Tyrants long enough—Sow hate them as we were hated . ' We are indebted to a correspondent of the ivafton for theabove translation , but we must protest against the barbarous rhyme , or rather no rhyme— " sun " and " drum" in the first verse . The following beautiful piece appeared in one of the early numbers of thc Daily News , from the pen of the editor of the Glasgow Argus : —
THE WATCHER ON THE TOWER . What dost thou see , lone watcher on the tower 1 Is the day breaking !—comes the wished-for hour t Tell us the signs , and stretch abroad thy hand , If the bright morning dawns upon the land . The stars are clear above me , scarcely one Has dimmed its rays in reverence to the sun ; But yet I see ou the horizon ' s verge , Some fair , faint streaks , < u if the light would surge Look forth again , oh , watcher on the tower—The people wake , and languish for the hour ; Long have they dwelt in darkness , and they pine , Por the full daylight that they know must shine . I see not well—the morn is cloudy still ; There is a radiance on the distant hill . Even as I watch , the glory seems to grow ; But the stars blink , and the night breezes blow .
And is that all , ob , watcher on the tower % Look forth agaiu , it must be near the hour . Dost thou not see the snowy mountain eopes , And the green woods beneath them on the slopes A mist envelopes them ; I cannot trace Their outline ; but the day comes on apace . The clouds roll up in gold and amber flakes , And all the stars grow dim . The morning breaks We thank thee , lonely watcher on the tower ; But look again ; and tell us , hour by hour , All thou beholdoit ; many of us die Ere the day comes ; oh , give them a reply . I see the hill-tops now ; and chanticleer Crows his prophetic carol on mint ear ; I see the distant woods and fields of corn , And ocean gleaming in the light of mora .
Again—again—oh , watcher on the tower—We thirst for daylight , and we bide the hour , Patient , but longing . Tell us , shall it be A bright , calm , glorious daylight for the free ? I hope , but cannot tell . I hear a song , Vivid as day itself ; and clear and strong ; As of a lark—young prophet of the noon —• Pouring in sunlight his seraphic tune , What doth he say , oh , watcher on the tower ? is he a prophet ! Doth the dawning hour Inspire his music ? Is bis chant sublime With the full glories of the coming time ?
He prophesies ; his heart is full ; his lay Tells of the brightness of a peaceful day ! A day not cloudless , nor devoid of storm , But sunny for the most , and clear and warm . We thank thee , watcher on the lonely tower , For all thou tellest . Sings he of an hour When Error shall decay , and Truth grow strong—When Right shall rule supreme and vanquish Wrong ! He sings of brotherhood , and joy , and peace ; Of days when jealousies and hate shall cease ; When war shall die , and man's progressive mind Soar as unfettered as its God designed .
Well done ! thou watcher on the lonely tower ! Is the day breaking ! dawns the happy hour ? We pine to see it . Tell us , yet again , If the broad daylight breaks upon the plain ? It breaks—it eomes—the misty shadows fly—A rosy radiance gleams upon the sky ; The mountain-tops reflect it calm and clear ; Theplain is yet in shade ; bulday is near . C . UKLES JfACEAV
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TWO ORATIONS AGAINST TAKING AWAI HUMAN LIFE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES ; AND IN EXPLANATION , AND DEFENCE , OF THE MISREPRESENTED DOCTRINE OF NON-RESISTANCE . By Thomas Coomb , tlte Chartist . London : Chapman , Brothers , 121 , Newgate-street . We perceive by the notices quoted in Mr . Cooper ' s advertisement , that several of our contemporaries have awarded to these orations their praise—sorry are we that we cannot add our mite of approbation . Mr . Cooper manfully contends tor the right to change his opinions , disdaining to apologise for having once been a " physical force" man , or for now being a " moral force" man . He is right in saying that it is impossible for a thinking man to remain stagnant in opinion . Consistency , as generally
understood , we thoroughly despise ; it is the " virtue of the fool who cannot think , the bigot who will not think , and the coward who dare not think . Mr . Cooper ' s right to change his opinions we fully recognise , but if we think his new opinions erroneous and absurd , we owe them no respect , nor shall we pay them any . In the limits within which we must necessarily confine these remarks , it is not possible for us to do more than notice a few of the leading points of Mr . Coopeh's orations . lie grounds his argument on the two following propositions : —
1 : That the most perfect idea we can form of civilisation , is that of mankind becoming a universal brotherhood , and in that state enjoying the fruits of nature , and the benefits of science . 2 : That for this perfect civilisation to be reached , the principles whish , only , can create it must be personally and individually exetnpliudd in the lives of its advocates . We adopt these propositions and thereby admitting that each individual should exemplify in his own person the principle of universal brotherhood , wc
legitimately infer that it is the duty of each to assist the other . If our brethren are oppressed we must aid them against their oppressors . If tlte Poles are oppressed by Niciioxjs , it is our duty to aid them . But how aid them ? By talking " soft sawder" to their tyrant ? By "reasoning" with Nicuolas and telling him that he is " doing very wrong ? " Mighty effectual that " reasoning" would be , no doubtalways provided lhal thctaid " reasoning" was laehid lytftcwimistakaMe arguments of an English fleet and a French army .
At page 27 vre find Mr . Cooper arguing that no person has avigivt to take life in self-defence , "to do so is to take tbc side of the advocates of capital punishments who defend hanging a murderer as a means of incolcatHijf the sacrednoss of human life " Mr . C ' oopiiR here makes no distinction between uselessly putting to death a guilty roan , and destroying ( in self-defence ) a ruiiian who seeks the destruction of a guiltless man . If lie can lure see no distinction his mental vision must be shockingly imperfect .
Mr . Cooi'KK argues that if ono person is about to take the life of another and thus commit an irreparably injury upox his victim , still thc intended victim has no right to commit an " irreparable injury , " in his own defence , by taking the life of his assailant . " For ( argues he ) ltovv can you be sure that your assailant will be guilty of doing you an irreparable ] njUrv until he has done it (!) what right , therelbro , have yon to commit an irrcjiiirablc injury on tho asiiuinptfon that your assailant intends to commit web injury Ui-on ymr ? " " Is it not in tiic highest and most emphatic decree good ami holy to suffer thc
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irreparable injury of losing life rather than commit upon a fellow-creature the irreparable injury of taking it ! " Mr . Cowkr makes no distinction between Oie man w ) io willfully and wickedly commits an irreparable injury , and the raan who unwillingly and in self-defence does so . What is this hu t coutouuuing right and wrong , innocence and crime , and handing the world over to the dominion of cutthroats ? Mr . Coopeii tests Ihe patience of his auditors and readers to the unmost extent of human endurance . In reply to the query— "Dots not tny duty demand that 1 save my wife , my child , by laying the intentional murderer dead at my feet ? " he answers" If you be truly filled with tfte spirit of brotherhood you
arc to suffer mjury rather than inflict on irreparable injury upon another as the means of preventing it . " lie goes on to add , " you ought never to have taught your wit ' tf awl children , nor ought they ever to demand from you , that you were to protect them by inflicting an irreparable injury on any ont . " * "They ought to be willing to suffer a little injurv , rather than inflict one , & c . " Mr . Coopjhi repudiates that natural ieelrog which would prompt any man to strike down the assailant of his wife and children ; such feeling is impulse , " and all impulses should be " subdued and regulated by reason . " That is to say a man fieetng his wife and children assailed hy pitiless rulhana is to check the ' impulse" to defend them , and reason himself into a cowardly nsrticiDation
in the guilt of the villains who outrage the honour and lives of those whom he is bound to protect ! We will not say that these are "damnable doctrines , " for if we did we should give offence to Mr . Cooper ' s delicacy , but we will charitably suppose that when Mr . Cooper went the length in ' his argument indicated above , he was trying how far he could humbug his audience . That word " humbug " is a " coarse" word , but wc must use it . Wc cannot believe he was in earnest . N « cannot believe that Mr . Cooper would really act . is ho bids others act under the circumstances supposed . Could we so believe , we should regard Mr . Cooper with horror aa something lm than man , a rAinp bloodless , heartless , and destitute of human feeling , an emasculated
representative oi" the human form divine . " But Mr . Cooper is a man , no sham , only a little crotchet ty . The tact is , he had a newly-manufactured theory , his audience proved good-natured , and he taxed their swallowing capabilities to the utmost . On the subject of defensive war , Mr . Cooper says — "I believe my position to be right , that it would be morally wrwng for me or any other Englishman to take the life of a foreigner , making a part of even an invading army . " lie can sec no distinction between serving in the militia , under present circumstances , as slaves fighting for the protection of thc privileged classes , and serving as lice men under
free and just institutions , which would give " England to the English ; " and give all an interest in defending the country . We will here quote the very dittercntand much more sensible language of W . J . Fox , recently used by him in the same place wherein Mr , Cooper's " orations" were delivered : — " I do not mean to say that being trained to the use of arms is a thing that should be regarded as in it & elf criminal , or an occasion for resistance , it ' it is done inn just aad considerate spirit . / think that every individual in a country should be trained to Ihe me of arms , and should also be taught tho moral lesson ' nover to use them except to repel invasion from his country ' s shores . '"
And again : — " In the extreme case , when a baud of robbers , callsd an army , from some other country , stimulated by the thirst of conquest , effects a landing on our shoreswhenthe handof violence is stretched oul over the land , then I think , resistance , active resistance , personally and by proxy , becomes the duty of all ; and 1 confess I should not be for respecting the consciences of individual members of the state who were so regardless of its privileges and of its duties , as to endeavour to hold aloof on such an occasion . ' ' Mr . Cooper has next a good word for those melodramatic pets , bandits and pirates . There is no need to repeat his arguments , which all go to show that under any circumstances it is wrong to take away human life . Cannot he see that non-resistance to a
murderer , let him be pirate , bandit , or what you will , does not prevent the taking of life ? Is it then justice that the innocent should be the victim , and the guilty escape ? Let Mr . Cooper turn to the report of the trial of the Spanish brigands given in this day ' s Northern Star , and ask himself did nonresistance prevent blood-shedding on the part of those ruffians . True , resistance was not possible , but non-resistance did not save the victims from insult , torture , and cruel deaths . Did non-resistance save the victims of the miscreant Johnstone ? In their case resistance was possible , and the men were culpable in not resisting . The destruction of the life of one scoundrel would have prevented the destruction of the lives of several innocent men , and the inhuman
cruelties inflicted upon many more . We pass by several portions of the " Orations" we had marked for comment , as we are compelled to bring our remarks to a conclusion . We trust that by this time Mr . Cooper will see the false position in which his theory has placed him . Recently all hearts wer » moved by the intelligence that the Poles had again risen against their tyrants , and were pouring out their blood for the redemption of their country . Cold , selfish , and ignorant , as too many of the people of this country aro with regard to all that concerns their brethren of other lands , there was not wanting masses of Englishmen whose sympathies were keenly excited by the position of their Polish brethren . We will not do Mr . Cooper the injustice of supposing
that he was unmoved . We are sure that his feelings as a man , and hb hopes as a Chartist , would induce him to sympathise with the Poles , and desire their success . But did he give cvidenco of this ? Why did he not take part in the Crown and Anchor meeting ? Because his absurd theory stood in the way and prevented him . Ilow could he , consistently with his present opinions , raise his voice in behalf of men who had appealed to the sword for deliverance , who had resisted force by force ? He could not do so , and therefore was placed in the pitiable position of abetting despotism by his silence , for he who is not for the Poles is against them . This position is one altogether unworthy of the Chartist Poet , and the sooner he quits that position , by abandoning his theory , the better for himself and for his fellow-men . We shall not as in " thc good old times" recommend this book to be " burnt by the hands of tho
common hangman , " we shall not attempt to excite public odium against the author , we shall not implore our readers not to read these "Orations "quite the contrary . Tho worst punishment that we can wish Mr . Cooper is , to wish that his book may be extensively read . We hope it will be , that the public may see for themselves that we have not misrepresented his doctrine , and that the condemnation we have passed on it is well deserved . Mr . Cooper is our friend , but no ties of friendship shall prevent us doing our dutv . In giving expression te the above sentiments it is not because wo love Tuomas Cooper less , but because we love truth more . We are sorry that he delivered or published these " Orations , " but , having published them , it U our duty to denounce the slavish doctrine they are intended to propagate , a doctrine which we heartily repudiate , and which we cannot doubt will be repudiated by the great mass of thinking men .
Punch. Part Lvii, London: Punch Office, ...
PUNCH . Part lvii , London : Punch Office , 8 b , Fleet-street . " Too much of a good thing is good for nothing . " Wc wish Punch could understand this , and not dose us every week with " Freo Trade . " Wc should be sorry to see Punch degenerate to a mere joking pictured edition of the three-penny League , and for the last few weeks it has been but little eiso . In one of thc numbers , contained in this part , there is a disgusting ' caricature of Mr . Fkrrand , which we assure the " conductors of Punch will not add to their popularity amongst the working classes , the great majority of whom regard the member forKnaresborough as their friend , knowing as they do that his statements in the House of Commons of tho tyranny , rapacity , and hypocrisy of the millocrats ,
are true . Wc think wa know something mora of the " Lord love you , we ' re all for » urselves in this world" gentry , than the editors of Pttncfc can know , and knowing their acts we know that Mr . Furraxd has not exceeded the truth in exhibiting them as hypocrites and oppressors . These Leaguers profess to be great" liberals" but a more ruthless set of tyrants exist not on the face of the earth . Let tho writers in Punch look for a moment at what is now passing iu Manchester and Liverpool , where the building capitalists , the majority of whom are free traders , are combined to reduce thc operatives to a state of
abject servitude . The free trade newspapers too aro all arrayed against the working men . No working man will pity the landlords in their fall , but no sensible working man expects justice from tho "liberal" enemies of the landlords . The masses arc aware that before industry can be emancipated these capitalists , "leaguers , " and " liberals" must he combattcd and vanquished . They arc the enemies of the people , and the people owe them nothing but hatred and war . Let the editors of Punch give us rather less of the glorification of Cobdbn and Co ., and rather more of such articles us i ' uncA used to have , one , two , and three years ago . A word to the wise StlfitCCtll .
"'lie best of the contents of tins part is tlio scries of articles entitled " Thc Snobs of England . " From one of these articles—well worthy of the author of " Jeame-s ' s DLiry , "—who ho is Michael Awjclo Titmarsh can best tell—we extract the following picture
ol—THE SNOB ROYAL . I will not take instances Uayal from our own country of Iloyal Snobs , but refer to a neighbouring kingdom , ttat of lU'culfuvd—tu \ d its monarch , the bite grout and lamented GeorgiusZV . With the same humility with which tivc fuutmen sit thc King ' s Arms gavo way Uvloro the l'lush Royal , the aristocracy of tlnj Brentford nation b"Ut down and inn-kled before Gcorgius , and proclaimed him the first gentleman in Europe . And it ' s a wonder to think whin is thc gentleEolk ' * opinion of a gentleman , when they . gave ( iluor ^ ius sueh a title .
Punch. Part Lvii, London: Punch Office, ...
What is it to be a gen tleman ? Is it to be honest , to be gentle , to be generous , to be brave , to be wise ; and , possessing all these qualities , to exercise them in a most graceful outward manner ? Oug ht .-i gentleman to be a loyal miu , a true husband , and honest father ? Ought his life to be decent , his l ,: Ili to be paid , his tastes to be high and elegant , his aims in life lofiy and nofe ? In a word ought not the biography of a . First Gentleman in Europe to be of such a nature , that it might be read in Youug Ladies * Sehools with advantage , and studied with , ' proh ' t in the Seminaries of \ ' oung Gentlemen ? I put this question to all instruetois of youth—to Mrs . Ellis aud the Women of England ; to all schoolmasters , from Doctor Haw trey down to Mr . Squcers . I conjure up before me an awful tribunal of youtl aud innocence , attended by Its venerable instructors ( like the ten thousand red-checked charity-children in Saint Paul ' s ) , bitting in judgment , and
Gvorgius pleading his cause in the midst . Out of Court , out of Court , fat old Plorixel . ' Beadles turn out that bloated , pimple-faced man ! If Geurgius must have a statue in the new palaee which the lirentford nation is building , it ought to be setup in the Flunkies Hall , He should bo represented cutting out a coat , in which art he is auid to have excelled . He also invented Maraschino punch , a shoe-buckle ( this was iu the vigour of his youth , and the prime force of his invention , ) and a Chinese pavillion , the most hideous building in the world . He wuM dvivu « , four-in-liand very nearly as well its the Brighton coachman , could f ' eacc elegantly ; und , it is said , played the fiddle well . And he smiled with such irresistible fascination , that persons who were introduced into his presence , became his vietims , body and soul , as a rabbit becomes the prey of a great big boa-constrictor .
I would wager that if Mr . Wiadicomb were , by a revolution placed on the throneof Dreiitford , people would be equally fascinated by hia irresistibl y majestic smile , and tremble as they Unelt down to kiss his hand , lfhe went to Dublin they would erecfUn obelisk on tho spot where he first landed , as the Paddylanders did when Gcorgius visited them . We have all of us r « ad with delight that story of tho King ' s voyage to llaggisland , where his ; rubchcc inspired such a fury of loyalty ; and where tho most famous man of the country—the Baron of Bradwardinecoming on board the royal yatch , and finding a glass out of which Georgius had drunk , put it into his coat pocket as an inestimable relict , and went s , shore in his boat again , But tho Baron sat down upon the glass and broke it , and cut his coat-tails very much ; and the inestimable relic was lost to the world for « ver . 0 noblo Bradwur . dine ! what old-world superstition could set you on your knees before such an idol as that ?
If you want to moralize on tho mutability of human affairs , go and se « the figure of Georgius in ids real , idau tical robes at the waxwork . Admittance one stalling Children and flunkies , sixpence . Go and pay sixpence .
The Almanack Of The Montii-Apkil. London...
THE ALMANACK OF THE MONTII-Apkil . London : Punch Office , 85 , Fleet-street . As full of fun as an egg ' s full of meat—but , unlike the egg , always fresh and excellent—the Almanack of ( he Month is enjoyed by us with a zest which no words could describe . There is no use particularising the contents of this number , when every oae may buy a copy for himself for sixpence , a mode of expending superfluous coin to that amount which we heartily recommend . From an article on " The Railway Committees of the Month , " we give the following account of
RAILWAY WITNESSES . A walk in tHe' ^ VestmiuBter cloisters at present is worth taking ; the place is converted into a labyrinth of com . mittees—the streets , so to call them , thronged by swarms of chattering witnesses . There are they—English , Irish , and Scotch—the most racy turn-out of provincialism imaginable . The twang of Yorkshire , mingling in the drawl of Somerset , clashes alternately with tho " j Beddershin—mora power to you , " of Sackville-street , Dublin ; and the " Hoo are ye thc noo man" of Highstreet , Old lleekie . By the way , the trade of a railway witness , next to the dwarf line , is certainly thebestgoing . We have strong notions of going down to Yorkshire or Wales for an afternoon ; counting the number of pigs which pass over a bridge , or remarking tho stowage power of J an omnibus , and then returning to town to live gloriously at the expense of two competing lines for the season—two guineas a day—we would not object to five , of course all the expenses to be extra . We have
been trying to find out how the country gentlemen forming the cloud of witnesses who are now taking London from the Londoners earn their money . They seem to begin the day by brandy and water at Fendall ' s * ; thay then read all the neivsuauers ; afterwards the lounge for an hour or so about Westminster Hall ; pass the afternoon at Miss Linwsod's or Madame Tussnud ' s or some such exciting exhibition , They are then to be seen dining in all manner of hole-and-corner placeswhich only strangers find out by going lost ; they turn up afterwards in the pits of theatres—iind are not unfrequently heard thumping tbc table in token of vigorous approbation at the comic song which , just as the great bell of St , Paul's tells three or four in the morning , is finishing the fun at the Cider Cellars . After three or four months of this sort of thing , they go back to thc country—their case not having come on—look awfully bilious , and saying that the air of London has not agreed with them .
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% 3 T Notices of Jtrrold ' s Magazine , The Connoisseur , Simmonds ' s Colonial Magazine , and the i ' amihj Herald , will be given in our next number . PtjBucmoss Received . — The , . aristocrat of England , and several parts of the Pictorial Penny Shakespeare , and Pictorial Penny Balladist .
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Tub Condemned Convict is DuRiiAy Gaol . —We are happy to learn that Mary Stoker , the woman recently sentenced to death at Durham for child murder ( committed while in a state of destitution and misery ) , has had the sentence commuted to transportation for life . Mas Traps . —Over the garden fence of a ladies ' seminary , in thc neighbourhood of this metropolis , there is painted , in large characters , " Man traps set on these premises . " A wag who was passing , chalked beneath the notice— " Vir Gins , " whereupon ho was taken before a magistrate by apolice officer , Beingput upon ; kis defence for thus defacing thc wall of a respectable establishment , he argued " that Vir was the Latin for Man , and Gin the English for Trap : ergo . that Virgin was only another word for Man trap . " Hence ho was discharged with a caution .
Shakspbres Biudiday . —The anniversary of Shakspere ' s natal day ( April 23 ) will be celebrated this year with more than usual eclat at Stratfbril-oii-Avon . In the morning an oratorio will be performed iu the parish church , and the day will close with a dinner in the Town-hall . Distress at Sea . —On Thursday a stout round glass bottle was picked up on the beach afc Society , near llopctoun-housc , Linlithogshire , by James Anderson , resident there . The bottle was sealed , and contained the following notice : — " Monday , March 16 , —Elizabeth , of Liverpool , bound to . Newcastle , in great distress , off the , Bell Rock . We
expect never to see land again , for we are driving fa » t to the northward . —John Wilson , Liverpool . " Railway Luxuries . —We lately gave currency to a report , that on some of the long linos it is in contemplation to establish locomotive divans . Another proposition , and ono of more general utility , has been made during the past fortnight , namely , the establishment of travelling restaurants . A bill of fare showing what the refectory contains , is to bo posted in each carriage . Bells are to be at the command of the passengers to announce their wants to the waiter , who will travel toithem along a narrow passage alongside the interior of the carriages constructed for the purpose . —ZVic Builder .
Tun Old Ladt in Threadneedlk Street . —We have never , in fact , like other aspirants to her acquaintance , been personally introduced to theeldorJr lady , for she is truly an " Invisible ( old ) Girl ; " yet we know that she is in vory comfortable circumstances , always sitting in that envied " parlour , " which is lined with Bank paper . Her cellars are filled with " cole , " which is constantly being posted , or shovelled across the counters of Iter outer offices , of which she has a great many—Our Own Times , Illustrated by George CmiMank . Aversion of the Rvssuss to War . —A remarkable feature of the Russian people is an aversion to war , nor can all thc ofibrts of the government conquer it ; indeed , it rather grows by tho endeavours made to root it out . — " Eastern Europe and t / te £ mperor Nicholas . "
Very Probaiue !—A musician , in giving notice of an intended concert at Cleveland , Ohio , said , ' . A variety of songs may be expected , too tedious to mention . ' What will become of the Ladies?—In Naples , out of a population of 40 * 3 , 000 , nearly 7 , 01 ) 0 individuals have taken vows of celibacy ; while S , 000 aro Government employes , and 12 , 000 pensioners . Wanton Outrage . —On Friday night the Grand Stand on Sutton 1 ' nrk race-coi ' irse , near Birmingham , was burnt down . No dotibt exists but that tho building was set on fire by some malicious scoundrel in the neighbourhood . A reward of % l . h : w been offered .
Wages in Fiusou . —Tho present average rate of wages in I ' lim is 3 f . 50 c . ( or 2 s . 1 Id . ) a-dav , and 2 f . ( or Is . Sd . ) in tho provinces . In 1093 the average rale oi wages throughout France was 12 sous ( Gd . ) a day ; in 1 , 38 , 16-sous ; in 1788 , 10 sous ; in 1811 ) , 25 sous ; 111 lb 32 , 20 sous . Wages ha ve greutlv increased ; but the prices of all articles of cousumpt / on , house-rent , apparel , agricultural and mechanical implements , * i :., have augmented also , '' Wages are very high in £ ranee , says M . Michclet , "in comparison with Switzerland and Germany ; hut in the former , wants are much more keenly felt . " Tin : Battle op Auwai .. —A letter received from an ollkcr engaged in tho Alitral affair observes that it was a superb siifhl to sco the 10 th Lancers with tho Native Cavalry breaking through tho Khulsn Stiuaro , the former cutting up like tury . Shawls and gold bracelets without end fell into tho hands of tho victors . —Bombay Times .
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SIUF * RKCK l * WHITE . BAT . -Th 0 A . ™ T ' ork Winipac , bound for llavannah , on beating outf t Urfc harbour , missed stays , and went on duns w »« ' * - - bay , where she became a total wreck . . Tub Tea Tkade , Ami . O .-Thc deliveries of tea last week were 417 , 7821 b . There h » B been more activity in the market within the last lew tlay .-t , ana the deliveries have decidedly increased . One linn on Friday cleaved 13 , 0471 b ., and another on Saturday upwards of 11 , 0001 b . Tho financial quarter having turned , more activity may be expected . l with
Accident to Rigbv Wason , Esq .-Wc earn regret that Rigbr Wason , Esq ., of Oonrar , late M . t \ for Ipswich , while out inspecting soi . ie improvements on his estate on Tuesday last , met with a revere accident by falling from his horse on some ioy ; : li stones . Dr . Wilson and another medical gentleman were snecdilv in attendance when he was discovered to oe much injurcdjabout the head . We are happy to learn , however , that the wounds , though severe , are not considered dangerous . Distrbssed Needlewomen . —A Grand ball will take place at Almack ' s on the 21 th instant , in aid of the Distressed Needlewomen Society , under most distinguished patronage . Amongst the list ol stewards on tho occasion are the names of sixteen noble lords and several members of the ilouse of Cummons .
Fkiohtfuij Accident . —One day last week , in the Rue de la Tacherie , a man between forty and nity years of age , who had been drinking freely , lost his footing , as he was standing on the frame of his window , which was open , driving in a nail , and falling in the street was killed on the spot . Effects of tub English Takifs . —A lctfor fram . Hamburg of the 27 th of March , says— " The modifications in the English tariff , permitting the importation of cattle and of nil kinds of meat into Great Britain free of duty , have had an effect on our market . The prices of meat have risen in Hamburg and its environs in such a degree , that the middle clas-es feel thc effects , and the poor can scarcer * make , any purchases . Merchants engaged in the transatlantic trade also experience the cuiiDcquences of this rise , for thc price of salt meat is thirty per cent , higher than last year . "
Mr . Heiui'atii , of Bristol , the analytical chemist , met with a serious accident on Wednesday . While operating upon some fulminating silver , it suddenly exploded , and burnt his face so severely that for a time it was feared iio would be deprived ' of tho sight of the left eye at least . He is progressing favourably . The New Timon . —Mr . Col burn has been authorised and requested to contradict the report which ascribes ' The New Timon' to the pen of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton . Free Trade . —Farm Letiiso . —Notwithstanding tho certain prospect of the passing of Sir Robert Feel's measure , we know of three large farms in the district of Auchterarder , which have been let within these few weeks at an advance of from 10 to 30 per cent , on the old rents , which demonstrates pretty clearly that our farmers are not ^ so very chickenhearted as some would have us believe . —Perth Ad ' vortiser .
Louvaih Railroad . —The commencement of the works of the intended railroad from Louvain ( Belgium ) to the Snmbre , took place ^ on jMenday last with the usual ceremonies . Amongst the authorities present on the occasion was M . de Bavuy , the Secretary-General , but now Minister of Public Works . Soon after the arrival at Louvain of the train from Brussels , M . de Bavay dug up the first spade-full of earth with a silver spade richly carved and engraved , which was presented to him by the directors . The Druskbs Dokk Leiiixo Lodcixgs . —Wo understand that the Queen Dowager has taken Blenheim . Palace of the Duke of Marlborough , and intends residing at it . It is said that his Grace intends leaving England for a few years . [ If he never comes back there'll be no great loss . The " Queen
Dowager has already two or three palaces , would it not be well that some scores of the homeless and house * less should be located at Blenheim , instead of allowing this royal monopolist to , occupy it , via thc drunken Duke ? 1 The Distressed Needlewomen . —It having been reported that needlework was sent from London to the Portsmouth and Portsea unions , in consequence of the determination of most of thc London workhouses not to take in any work except at full prices , thc President and thc Hon . Secretary of the above society went down to Portsmouth , and , wo are glad to say , received written statements from both the matron and master , setting forth that ihe guardians ( to their honour be it told ) prohibited any needlework being taken in at those unions , as it might be injurious to the poor who are endeavouring to earn an industrious livelihood .
Child Murder . —The Berkshire Chronicle contains an accountofthe discovery oftlie dead body of a child four months old , by a dog , in a wood near Brompton . The body of the child was much emaciated , and there was a wound on the head , which thc surgeon was of opinion could not have been accidentally occasioned . An inquest was held on the body on Wednesday and Thursday , and a verdict of " Wilful Murder" was returned against Sarah Wickers , the mother of the child . FidonTFM / Death . —A fatal accident occurred a few days ago to Mr . 1 . Lowis , a respectable farmer , living ou Blunderfield Farm , near Kirkoswald , ia Cumberland . Mr . Lowis was on his road home from Penrith market , with a horse and cart , and when
near the village of Lazonby the animal took fright and ran away . Mr . Lowis was sitting on the fore part of the cart , from which he was thrown , and became entangled amongst the harness . In this state lie was dragged a considerable distance , and was found dead on the road , presenting a heart-rending spectacle , one of his legs being found smie distance from tho other parts ot his body , his head was all but cutoff . " Sir G . MuniUT . — We regret to state that tb » Master-General of the Ordnance has experienced a third attack , and that he is once more laid on a bed of sickness , with , wo fear , only slight hopes of his recovery . — Globe .
kXFLOSIO . V OF A POWDKH Mill ,. —WaLTIIAM AbBBT , April 6 . —Last night about half-past eleven o ' clock , a powder-mill , situated in Town Mead , blew up : fortunately no person was there , it being Sunday night , and the Saturday night ' s charge ofjpowder taken off . The cause appears to be the following : — There having been much rain fallen on the Saturday aud Sunday , occasioning a push or swell of water , the turnbhng-bay gates not being drawn up , the mill was set in motion by tlte overflowing of the water , inundating tho lower part of the mill , and the stones having nothing to resist them were propelled round . with such velocity as to cause ignition of what powder was under them , blowing ihe roof away and causing i other damage . The snot where this * occurred is i about 600 or 100 yards from the back part of the ; town , and if the other mill had h ' rod ho ono can tell 1 what would have been the consequence .
Suicides ijt a Familt . —On Tuesday evening Mr .... Bedford held an inquest at the King ' s Head , l f ivnightsbridge on tho body of Ann Rooke , aged forty- ¦ - twe . John Blake , police-constable 103 A said , that it while on duty on Saturday evening last in Hyde ie Park , he heard that a woman had leaped into the te Serpentine , near tho barracks , on tho south side . e . He ran to the spot , and seeing her bonnet just below w ~ the surface of the water , thought there was yet time ie to save her , and ran in for that purpose . Unfortu- unately just as ho caught hold of her , his cape blew iw over his eyes , and he was compelled to release his lis
hold . She then sank , and was not taken out of there water for eight minutes . She was then quite dead .. d .. Several witnesses were examined with the view of ex- xplaining tho cause of deceased ' s . suicide . It appeared ed that she was a servant , and recently , while out of of place , had been residingatNo . 5 , White Lion-street . ; t . Lately she had much regretted having lent £$ , asumim she had saved while in service , and on Friday last , st , having obtained a situation at No . 23 , Chester-ter-erraco , said she was sure she should not keep her placeace long . The money she lent preyed greatly on hortuw mind . Her brother drowned himself about threeree
years ago , aud her mothor attempted to destroy hewerself in the same manner . Deceased had recently beeneen heard to exclaim , that she would follow her brolher ' sjr ' s example . Verdict" Temporary Insanity . " Females ik Coal Mines . —On Monday last , to twn cases under Lord Ashley ' s act were tried in Airdriedrie : before the Justice of Pence Court , in which a coacoai master and coal contractor were severally cotivictoicto > aud fined , for allowing females to work in their pitspitsi in contravention of the statute . After trial , Mi Mil George Cowio , ironstone contractor , Airdrie , was con coi
victed of having allowed two young females , viz viz ; Isabella Drysdale , aged about twenty , and Elizabettbett Gillespie , aged fifteen , to work in one of his pits nits it Cairnhil , during the months of February and Marolarc : last , lhcy wore pit clothes and lamps , and wenven down and up the pit quite openly along with tlh til otuor workmen . Tho penalties were modified to i to i i for each temalo . Mr . John Watt , coal master , Air Air no , wits also convicted of having allowed a marriiarrin woman , Mrs . Elizabeth Weir , or Grain , to work ork m , ° ,, lt ' , Ilawy » rd 8 , during the month of Februanruarr i no penalty in this case was also modified to £ 5 . o .
Ihe Quahtkiilv ItEUEirrs at tug Ltveaeoeaeo < i < Ustou Uousb . —Wo have again at this port a trt a co cyeaamg quarterly revenue , arising priucipullv frcv free tho reductions in raw materials and articles of ccof ccc sumption ill this district . The gross vcvoime of t : of tt cwropoiidmg quarter of lust year , viz ., the tlue tlui months ending thc 5 th April , 18-15 , amounted nted . i 0 i , i > , 9 , b . ' 1 . 0 the llli April thisjear , up to who whii dale the return is made up , tho receipts aro oiro om . ti 03 ,-l 2-l . thus showing a delicti of £ 135 , 510 . — Liv—Livipool Standard .
As Uxkxi'ectei ) Tueasurk . —On Tuesday mot- moiii in » , Mr . John Hamilton , residing in l ' ark-strcv-strce Agent ' s Park , purchased a packet of books a > ks ai stall in Holborn , amongst them wnsn work cntitlentitlih Observations upon the United province . * ot t ot " N ' ulberhuub . bv Sir Win . Temple , lfctrl . o Sl . «> e l . « . e the couutv of Surrey , Ambassador to (^ up' u-W am ! at Aix-la-Cliapello in thc year 1 'H ' o . Lp Lpp close ! v in .-iueiitiiiiftlie volume , he discovered lourtiiourtcc ifiiiia-as oflho rea / ii of Gwrtfe tho 1 st , as well awcll as loiter , wbiob . however , did nf-t relcr to the inoffi inoui uortbo reiismu for pbu-iiig it "in its sa-.-ret bidet hidtlt visx ' , " suwud in oae o f the cow : * .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 11, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_11041846/page/3/
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