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Or sna il ine _»»<»« _*«* - __ opcan _, Of triumph glowing on this freeman ' s cheek , The harbinger of brighter triumphs still , . "When Dembinski sbaU bend each tyrant ' s will ? And ph-enix . like tbe freeman ' s power will rise , And sweep tbe tyrants from beneath the skies ! Remembered long wfll be that _gbasttyday , When Battbyard ' s * butcher gorgedhis prey ! "Waved hig h the scroll , _^ ' thelicence of a king-Did that assassin , Haynaa , ' vilest iking , That crawled upon the brave Hungarian soil , : And noble victims sought for vengeful spoil , Dastard _sraunt ! no -freeman ' s grave awaits _. Awing so Tile , whom all the world now hates ! Waxsbecr . * Baron _H-troau , it appears , complains that his authority _h-sbeendisregarded by those who had presumed to executt Count Batthyani , by shooting th _ t nobleman ,, it being Baron _Haynau ' s express command that the Count should _gieliv the bands ofthe common hangman . __ t When- Haynaa _wasrcmonstrated . _Trith respecting , his crn « 3 __ y . he-replied , thus , holding up the Emperor ' s trar-1 int € _jfn ___ mtedpower : — _"Theysayl am fiend , a tiger , a h yena , but I . care not , and they shall feel the full force of my unlimited power to punish . " _
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THE ~ W _OBKS OF Gv P . R . JAMBS . Parlour Library Edition . Vol . I .: Thc Gipsy ; Vol . II .: One in a Thousand . London : Simms and M'lnt yr _^ Paternoster Bow . v " : Novels and romances heretofore published at the _aristwjratac _pricei bf thirty -hillings , may now he _pnrehased for a single coin of-that denomination / ___* he volumes hefore ns afford another and remarkable proof of the enterprising sp irit of Messrs . Simms and _M'Lsttre .
Thei author , too , is entitled , to the thanks of the public for his share in this laudable underta-ring . Mr . James thus expresses the motives and objects which have induced him to assent to this cheap re-publication of his works : —¦ If works of a good and elevating tendency were as cheap and easily procurable as the debasing trash ¦ which is daily poured forth upon the public , at a very low rate , the poisoned stream at which so many drink would be , if not altogether dried up , at least greatly diminished .. * * /* But if we place a flobdgate to dam up the purer stream , we compel bur fellow-men to have recourse tb ibnl and cofrrupied sources . * * *
. Hie office ofthe art of printing is not only to perpetuate but to . diffuse ; and one-half of its utility is lost if we pnt abarrier against theexercjse of its influence upon _theuhweaTtby classes by immoderate _Tirices _. - , "With such views , it was natural I should hail with p leasure an attempt made by an old-established and respectable firm , to carry out my views to the utmost . possible extent , and that I should see with great satisfaction , rapid and extraordinary success attending- -their " efforts . A . plebian myself , my strongest sympathies are , of course , with my own
class , and it has given me bo ngnc gratification , within the last two years , on entering many a cottage , and many a tradesman ' s dwelling , to find a little range of books calculated to amuse and interest , as well us to . instruct and to elevate . "When an opportunity was afforded me by _^ proposal from the publishers to whom I have alluded , of sending forth my o wn political productions at a price which would place them within the reach of all , I gladly , seized it , in the hope that I mi ght contribute something , however small , to the improvement and to the happiness of my
fellowmen . Mr . James ' s works having been long before the pnMic . it is only _jiecessary to state , that , in ttds marvellously cheap edition they , are given without any curtailment . Of course the sale will be enormous .
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The PuWic GooaV No . I .: _Jasuakt . London : C . Gilpin , 5 , Bishopsgate-street . This is anew monthly publication , _ren- _^ kably cheap , consisting of _-fflurty-twp small bciavo pages , and soldfortwo-pence . In politics-it isof ike Stchge _ md _Viscejtischool;—advocates piarhament-uy reform , direct _taction , the peace principle _^ teetotadism , early closing , & c , & c . lite contents of the first number include essays oh . politics , political economy , history morals , & c , & c . / For extract we select an article from the pen ofthe editor : —
_ekqiu-xd ' s weakxess _ u _ b _zxolasb ' s stkexgik . _ 0 onhtl-S 8 , any one who views the character and condition of England , may see many things which wring his heart , and make it bleed witb pity . He may see thousands in rags and wretchedness—he may see men and-women , who could work and gain an honest livelihood if they conld , but they cannot , as they have no work to , do—he may see young men behind the counter , or the desk , working from early morn till late at night , tired , exhausted ahd prostrated , physically and mentally—he may see women —yes , tender , beautiful women , who deserve
a better destiny / plying the needle for sixteen , eighteen , and twenty hours . a day , and that for the most " paltry pittance-rand he may see , on the other hand , a proud and pampered aristocracy , rolling in riches , and faring sumptuously every dayj and who expend enough m extravagance to feed starving myriads- _^ he may see a huge national debt , which too significantly forebodes national bankruptcy—he may see taxes indirectly wrung from the working and commercial classes , and recklessly appropriated to unwarrantable purpose . —be may see game-laws which exist for the privileged few / and ' to which the
comfort and happiness of innumerable families have been sacrificed—be may see a church , many of whose bishops and dignitaries live-in wealth and splendour , and many of whose hard-working curates almost starve for-the bread that perisheib—he may see immense tracts of unpurchaseable waste land ? , and thousands of famishing men remaining idle—he may see rich and extensive landowners dying , and leaving their entailed estates to their eldest sons , while tiie other members of their families are left almost , wholly unprovided for , and who cannot dig-, _* and to beg ashamed , but , wbo by political influences
_f ™ _wn-raption , are lifted into placesto be maintained m affluence by the public nurse—he may see 2 * _*&?? witt its million palaces , where no other God hut Bacchus is worshipped , and whose worshippers have desolation written ' on their _countenancK Md their homes-he may sm unfold _numbers of England ' s fairest women brought to _sbame flow _-S _^ _Vi ? , I * thron S _Bfe _Packing _SSSmS only _*? ow on fte V _^ bB of iniquity SbSto _^? " _^ ° ? _^ _e-be ma ? see _wa _rf vonft _^ ° i - -, _" the &>* and freshtend the _hSS ot _^ L _^ U 1 _^ the 8 , de 8 « _^ _5 __^ _Wf
77 , ¦ _" - _oKunate , reckless of benevolence and _mZrZ tbe S _^ te of _^ n _?^ jte _^ lo my _-BanHearound . _thesVeK _M-b _S- _^ _^\^^ _«« ahy of _ n . i-iv _ •' ¦ * mcl 1 are observable on tbe surfer . _Ssfe _^ and e _^ at _^ _wSn 1 _ttmmS mg apfaTe tbe _^ _^ dibinds of _Pictli he _& is- » eU _i _^ _aark md e to the ffl _^ _S _^^ - _^^^^ , but _nawS _^ f _^ ¥ ' _^ e Jias always been a _* S « SL _ ° f - _" _^ _W , ¦ benevolence , and sterling _* _n 2 _? _£ ft- _W n *? _^^ _^ we bave organised _tolPnf ' _dlLw _^ _^^ _- _^ _FPnised into societies ¦ _|® _t . _^ _^^ _' i _>] _W have / missionary i « S _^ i /_ f _^ _^ . _^• 4 b _^ ad _^ wb ' l- _ ve * _p-bit-ii _^ _Si _^ _^_?^ _^ _^^ supported Iry _t _, _|^^ tnbuhpn-. ?; We Have _^ _societiw _, S w remove ' war systems Mi the war' spirit
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_^ _-llre _^ _-rd- _^ temp- _^ _mtcm _^ _mae- _^ _ttcafo _^^ _sociatioiis , la _^ urag ; / _pr the ; nolitical ; -leVation bf _^ - . _BeoPle _^ _-sanitary commisaibns' and boards of health "sweeping our _^ streets " , and _MbsingJ reeking l _^ _aveyardsii-benefit- soci eties , = building _^ societies ' insurance companies _-associatione to bmld washing houses ,-, model lodging . houses : ; _, and ? a thousand other associations , for a thousand othbr "purpbses . _iir ° u ° v ™ ean t 0 _^ y that all _theseassbciatibnsfulhl _ all- they promise , and' that associations and the principle of co-operation may -not- be abused : I nave merely . to dealwith the fact ,-that the people " _^ beginning to see the potency and practicability of co-operating together , for the . multiplication of means for" comfort and elevation /' - I see ' in this fact one of' the _trrand characteristics of the are .
and it tells where England is going , and what she will be , as _significantly as any feature or / circumstance of . the nineteenth century . , England " with her omnipotent public opinion ,. her liberties and hospitalities , stands , like a -beacoi _. _'' amongst ' tbe nations of the earth . i She is-the homebrthe ' refugee and exile ,: and . the centre I to -which men of letters and commercial , princes ¦ resort . . Yes , " England , with , all thy faults , I love the still . " . Glorious has been thy past with all itscrime ' s / and more glorious will he thy future . Thou has shaken the -world-ahd desolated nations with war ' ; ' and thou wilt , in years to come , devote thy matchless strength and , inexhaustible ' resources , to consolidating the peace and promoting the prosperity of all peoples . Though errors _festjs . in / thy , bosom—though injustice and suffering _impait'thy mightiness—thou shalt weather ¦ thes stormi * and gradually grow stronger , holier , and _Bappierr . * * .
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An Earnest Appeal to the Middle Classes , By A Working I _^ _Jf Manchester ' ; J . "ieaj . h , 42 , Turner-street . ""'? •** . ' . "¦"??"' . „ V / I - This is a spirited address to the r _^ idd lepl _asses by one who has _sufibred- in his o _^ raipersoa the wrongs he exposes . The author ' s manner wilt be understood from the following extract :- —! ' If the working classes look for . help _? : to : those whom their labour baa raised to affluence , tbey point to . the number of _iheir children , as proof of their , folly and / imprudence , and . ? to the \ uncultivated wastes ' of Australia or Va . n Siemens Land
as havens of refuge for the destitute ! ' If they look to the _pres-i—that mighty power for evil or for good —it , too , delights to blacken with infamy the ' Virtuous struggles of honest men , and lauds their tyrant rulers as bountiful dispensers of benefits ib ' whom they should gratefully bow in silent subjection , If they turn to the laws of their country- for redress ; they proclaim the son ' s of poverty as vagrants , idlers , and impostors / allied _against that prosperity-thoy are made to protect ; if they turn to the judges and executors ofthe law , tbey are looked upon as a nuisance in society , and * are , therefore , cast away without mercy . ' /
. / We understand that "this _^^ pamphlet may be had of Mr . A . / Heywood _, and . all other Manchester _Wokseljers . .. .
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_i'ZV- ' , ' - _?•' - _PROTECTIO -I . EQR' NATIVE INDUSTRY . . ' On ilbnday night a pu 6 _ Kria _^ e . ingt ? of' tbe working classes ; convened nnder _^ _tBosiiuspfees iof- the National Association for the Organisat-Of _tcaFiTrades , was held in the Hall of the Edinburgh Castle , Stepney , for the purpose ( as stated in , _tbeband-rbill ) of adopting resolutions in favour of legislative protection for native industry , against "the ' present unfair and ruinous system of competition . ';; and certainly it never fell to our lot to attendfa _^ raeeting of a more stormy and clamorous . _chargeter , or one which ended in a more signal . discomfiture of the intentions of its promoters / thab-did _^ e gathering in question . It was announced that Mr . ' George
Frederick Young would take the chair ;' ' Before the hour for commencing the proceedings ( half-past seven ) , tbe hall was filled with _wording . men . : On the platform was Mr . Richard Oastler , Dr . Brookes , Mr . Paul Foskett , and other advocates , for protection ; as well as Mr . Samuel Kydd , Mr . Campbell , Mr / Clark , and other leaders ofthe Chartist party . Mr . Q , F . Young was called to the chair amidst much confusion . There were between ? 2 , 000 and 3 , 000 persons present , and the numbers appeared to be so _eqaally divided , that it was almost impossible to determine whether the ayes or noes for Mr . Young ' s election had it . Mr . Young , however , was duly installed into the presidential chair . - The Chaibma ! ., in opening the proceedings ,
remarked that he had always been the friend of free discussion . At the same time , he was bound to state that tbe present was not a meeting for . discussion , but for the purpose of hearing certain statements from persons who held the principles of protection . , To revert ,- however , to the business of the day , he must say , that from the first moment bis attention bad been directed to the subject , be had been persuaded that the system ' at present adopted was deeply injurious to the working classes . For many years past the labouring classes had been bandied about between the political economists on tbe one band , and on the other hand by the opponents of that system . ( A voice— " Yes , and particularly by the Protectionists . " ) Yes , the labouring- classes had been victimised by all classes of politicians—by "Whigs , Tories , Free-traders , and
Protectionists . ( Hear , hear . ) The time bad now arrived when the working classes must determine for themselves what must be the issue of the present question . The question of protection to _nati-re industry always presented itself to him in this light . Mr . Young proceeded to show that the present system in reference to the claims of labour and capital was deficient . He stated that' a wealthy manufacturer of Norwich had lately died _having accumulated upwards of £ 350 , 000 . That man had been in tbe habit of paying his labourers 10 Jd . per day ; He ( Mr . Young ) would have had an order for two ships , for the labour . connected with which he should have paid within the last few months between £ 5 , 000 and £ 6 , 000 in the neighbourhood of his residence bad it . not beon for the free-trade system . Mr . Kydd exerted his influence to obtain a fair
bearing for both . sides of the question ; and Mr . Alexander Campbell then rose to move the first resolution . ; He said the meeting , having entirely originated with tbe delegates of the London trades , be wished to mention that the Association for the Organisation of Trades' had . been two years in existence , having for its object the social and political improvement ofthe condition of the labouring classes . He said it was by no means an impulse of the present moment which bad originated this meeting , with a view to throwing their influences into the scale against contending parties , for in 1848 , before the breaking out ofthe French Sevolution , the trades delegates who had called that meeting , met then to discuss the very same
principles . Tbey had met tbat night to discuss the ri hts of labour , on which / all other rights depend —( hear , hear , from Mr . - Foskett)—and they were determined not to rest till these rights were vindicated and secured : He _had'therefore to propose te them the following resolution : — " Tbat as Labour is the source of all wealth , it evidently _, follows that the prosperity and independence of Great Britain and her colonies will be best promoted by employing and protecting the greatest number of a healthy , industrious , intelligent , and moral population , which can be educated and comfortably maintained by their own industry ; and , therefore . in the opinion of this meeting , it is the first and most important duty ofthe British Legislature , and
her Majesty s Government , to adopt such measures as will best secure employment to every one of tbe population , and for their labour an abundance ofthe necessaries and comforts of life . " These were , the principles they sought to vindicate . He contended that labour was the source of all wealth , and by consequence that the greatest number of industrious , active , and intelligent labourers which could be supported in any country , was the best guarantee for promoting the prosperity of the country / ( A voice , " Yes , if you do away with machinery . ' ) The latter part of the resolution adverted to the duty of the government . He knew the - political economists , so called , said the government bad nothing to do with labour , tbat the labouring classes
must do the best tbey conld for themselves , and that the government had only to make laws for the protection of property and capital . He maintained that tbe greatest capital in the kingdom was : the labour of the people , but as their power of production bad increased , and as wealth had been accumulated ,, the ; condition of- the labouring people had been deteriorated in proportion . ' , They , had ; been SHpplarited by scientific inventions , and' by superabundance of labour in the market ; and they 'had been put into competition one with : another , ahd ' compelled to undersell each other in the market . That was " the system of the political . economists . ( "No / no , " V hear , hear , " arid disorder . ) He proceeded to remind them that the I p- _ i _ ciple of freetrade was to buy in the cheapest market possible . He said the working of this princip le ; in the ; Eaanu- factoring districts was attended with " the most \
horrible consequences .: ( "Oh , oh . " ) ... In the _-factories male labour had been ' successively . superseded by female and child _^ _^ labour ; merely _becauie the ' one was cheaper than the _olher . ( "Was that the effect of free trade ! " ) . The speaker . then pointed to the destitution of Ireland as ad illustration of ? the same principle '( but a voice in the meeting told bim , . " That's the landlords' doing . " ) . t He continued to argue that no country could be independent which depended on another for its food ; but- he was' interrupted frequently _^ with . hisses and groans and cheers throughout the . remainder . of his address . , * The Chaiema-. said he had ' to ask their attention , _foHheir _' _qwnsakeSito ' . .. / u ,.. •/ Mr _/^ ' ni > _ite - » o ; a ' Sj _> it _ l _ eldS silk weaver . He said : ' Various- ' piarties sire nbw ' offering'themselves _fotbeworking-classes ofthisr'country . * - Yonhave the Parliamentary and . Financial Reformers —( loud cheers)—the Free-traders of tbe Manchester school ,
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_Snli-whara ___ te __^ and cries of " Order . _- _^) The trades have not leagued _ttemXelveswith ' tlieTb _ y : Prote- _ i _^^^ as to . the ; Manchester ,. School / . _tWe _. co ' nceive . their commercial _prinpiples are wrong ?;! and we ; khow full w « 31 J , J that their . 'labour ; ' ' principles , " ' _ai-e'i wrong . _( p } 1 _^ jf _? ° _v ha . T _& iio power ' to _^ regalateyourown prices of labour ,-freedom of labour has ho existence —it is rather freedom of rbbber ' y . " /( Cbeers . ) " The regulation ofthe wages of labour by the law of sup . ply and demand , does not secure us a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work . ( «• Shut up ; " laugb-*?*"•) . _Thereforethe _workintj mpn * _9 fjnnot _Wly upon the Mahohester School ; TBut ? if we are to havo protection again , the mere restoration of the corn bill of SirRobert Peelwillnot do . -It must be wide and
comprehensive , arid the home market must ; be secured- to home - _industry . ; ' . The monetary laws mustbe altered , too , and otlier changes effeoted ; The , old protective system , not the tariff of 1846 . gave ! prosperity _vtbithe Spitalfields . silk : weavers ; but Mr . ' Huskisson ' s measures in 1826 throw out of _workTiOOO looms . - : The export trade of silk goods in 1836 and 1837 . amounted . inrvalue to -2900 . 000 ; and in 1843 it amounted onlyto £ 630 , 000 ., Sp that we exported only half a million , whilst we imported two _mUtions ... Here is the good of the reciprocity system : you bave a loss of something like a million and a half in your exchanges in the article of silk goods alone . . ( Interruption . ) I ask , ; then , has free trade operated beneficially for tho : silk / trade ?
( . * ¦ Certainly . " ) . ' Under the-old protective system the Spitalfields weaver earned his 14 s . a week ; . at present he got no more than 6 s . They are suffering , with their families / a lingering execution—they are being ? slowlymurdered by . the cold-blooded 7 philosophy of the , Manchester . School . ( Cheers , hisses , and confusion . ) 1 will tell you one more fact—( "You h ' av _' nt given us any yet—sit down" )—during the late visitation of cholera , the disease notoriously prbved ' _most fatal where the' destitution was _greatest / _- / _l ( Higses . ) ? .. ?¦ / , I : ¦ _¦ :. ' _< Mri . ThomasCmbk said ho stood , for ward : to ¦ move a 'direct amendment on the resolution before the _. ne ' eting _,-because be found that , with all its talk about protection , it took no . notice of : what was the greatest of" all protection—the protection of the
vote . . ( Loud cheers . ) .. Jie discovered in these _resolutions , submitted by the trades delegates of London , an endeavour to seduce the intelligent working class of London into lending themselves to a wild attempt to resuscitate prptection . The last resolution in the list had a tail to it , which had been cut offsinee'the meeting assembled . He alluded to the words " praying her Majesty to dissolve Parliament , and thereby give an opportunity to those who bold the elective franchise in trust for the whole people to elect such representatives who will insure protection to every class of ; her Majesty ' s subjects throughout the British empire . " - So that he was correct in stating that the promoters ofthis meeting wished to mislead the workipe . classes into a
movement which would bind them hand and foot to those exclusive" holders of the franchise who refused the people a right'to vote for themselves . If Parliament were dissolved _^ -the present unjustly limited constituency ! would doubtless return such men as Mr . Busbfeild Ferrand , ex-member for Unaresborongh _, who , in a late speech in Scotland , lauded the conduct ofthe _Emgeror of Austria / ( Groans . ) That / he maintained / was _not-a fair representation of _'tbe ' _- _'intelligeftce-of ' the' working classes . The amendment he had to propose ran in the same words as the resolution itself , " excluding , however , all reference to Protection ; and it finished with the following addition : " And this can be done , ? notby any further legislative interference , but by the removal of all the remaining impediments to the free
exercise of industry , " and by the reduction of the amount and an alteration , in the present unjust system of taxation—( hear , hear)—b y the repeal of . the laws of primogeniture and entail —( chee ' _rsj-r-tbgether with a system"bf piiiLimentary reform , embracing a suffrage which shall enfranchise the whole adult , male population of the country . " ( Loud and general cheering . ) He did not wish to throw discredit upon those behind him on tbe platform ; but he must say . the protection which they wanted was not for working men ; it was no protection at all . Mr . Campbell , in speaking of Manchester , only told half the truth , and it therefore fell to his lot to tell the rest . He asked who they were that composed the manufacturing " population at that -moment ? Were they not persons who had been driven by the
tyranny ofthe landlords from the rural districts into tbe manufacturing towns ? Protection never could be re-imposed , and if it were ,, it could not advantage the Spitalfields weaver , who , for the last twenty . years , under the influence of protection , had been suffering evils that had been daily increasing . ' Protection was never intended but to increase the price of the working men _' sfood— - ¦ , The Chairman : No , no . ( Cries of " yes , yes ; go onCIark . " ) ... : , _ 'Mr . Clark z It was intended to get them a higher price for the farmers' corn , and to add to the amount ofthe landlords' rent , and there their patriotism : ended . -Why do they not reduce their rents to meet the low prices ? ( Cheers . ) Did any one present imagine the corn-law could ever be reimposed ? ' Mr . P . r Foskett Oh , no !
Mr . Ciiabk : Ah ! that touched the sore . ( Laughter . ) The speaker proceeded to state that wages had decreased in the manufacturing districts ; and he thought the expenditure : of government ought to be reduced in proportion , and the burdens shifted to the proper shoulders—to the shoulders of the landlords . As for Protection , the best , protection they could have would be the non-interference of government with trade . ; The people knew their own business best , and could attend to it . The speaker concluded amid cheers , and cries of Bravo ! " * '
Mr . Taylor seconded tho amendment . The protection that he wished for was to be protected in his cheap loaf . ( Cheers . ) Government had no right to interfere with commerce or religion : it ought to confine itself to the administration of justice . Did ( be asked ) that movement originate from the working classes desiring protection ? ( "No , no ! " and "Yes , yes !") Surely the chairman must havo Badly misunderstood the sentiments ofthe working men of that district , for if it had been them who had called the meeting , one would think they would have certainly supported him . Mr . Hatdon , a working man , next stood forward to support the amendment . Tbey all knew that labour was the source of all wealth ; but the poorworking man , who was the chief instrument in
accumulating it , received none of it—it was all absorbed by the Protectionists and millionaires . ! If a gentleman had a horse , and worked it onl y half of the year , he must provide it with food for the rest of the twelve months ; but the moment the labouring man s work ceased , that moment his jaws ceased also . , ( A laugh . ) . Let them secure to themselves a voice in the _legislature , and then tbey could afterwards talk about adjusting the question of capital and labour . ( Cheers . ) As to what the chairman had said about the competition of foreign shipbuilders , a Gateshead paper of last week stated that
tbe ship-builders of , the north had fifty ships ordered . That did not look as if the repeal of the Navigation Laws would ruin them . He would ask , was the country , on the whole , ever in a better state than it was now ? ( A voice from the platform , ' . _' . Ob , yes , it was nover in a worse state . " ) "Well , then , admitting the bad state of the , country ' to . bens that gentleman represented , what was it all owing to but to protection ? for free trade had hot had a breathing yet fit was scarcely christened yet —( a laugh)—and they should wait till it attained to manhood before they condemned it . ( Cheers . )
-Mr . Richard _Oastibe having been introduced to the meeting by the chairman ; rose to address it amidst great confusion ., _Asisoon as bis voice was audible , we heard him saying that he was now too old and feeble to be heard above many voices ,, and h _« trusted they wouldgrant him their _patience and silence . ¦ He had come there by the invitation of Mr . Delaforce , the secretary to the association for the organisation of trades , from _Broadstairs to discuss the question of protection to labour before tbe wbrkingmen of London . And first he would advertise them that the question of labour and capital could not be disposed of in anger , or amidst clamour ; it required _great mildness , good temper and calmness to handle it iudiciovsly . It was , indeed ,
the great question that had yet to be solved m tho civilised ' world —( _hearj hear)—and whatever form of fovernnient they might obtain , and whatever might e the reduction of taxation , although they might abolish entail and primogeniture , still , unless / the government understood and applied the principle regulating the industrial increases of _sobiety—the increase of wealth—the rich capitalist would still continue to cnish . thelabourer . He would not discuBsiabout the beBl ' form of government or representation , because the beat mode of regulating the industrial pursuits of the country , so as to bring the largest proportion bf the fruits of labour within the reach ot the working man , was entirely independent of all these considerations and was _always the primary duty of any ' government . ' ' ( " Cut it J 8 _hoi't , " , and confusion . ) Ob , clamour bad no more before
effect upon him than as is if tbey passed a fly his face ; and if they would not hear bim speak he would sit down . This question had never been truly discussed yet . "When he was in the Fleot pri 8 on-- ( alaug h ) _-i-it was thought to havo ' been settled . ' They mig ht laugh ; . but he had been three years and four months in prison—and he was glad , of it , because it had made him acquainted with a great many wise and good men , that he would hot ? otherwise have known .. When the Corn-law ¦ Parliament was" sitting in London bah sent to-. Mr . Stansfield , one of the delegates , and toldhim . to tell Mr . Cobden ,: as he ( Mr .. Oastler ) could not ? cpme ? out of prison , he chalkhgedhlm t ' pmeethimhi a large room , where _the _' _-gentleinen- of the press could be present , and where 1 they might discuss free trade ; and that he ( Mr . * Oa 8 tler ) was prepared with no other authority in bis hand but Adam Smith ' s work , to prove out of
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__ ha _ ? _that" _? ree _^ rad _^ ( _Hisses _/ _icheers _; _ahdrettewed _oonfusiop . ) _V . 'Ah •! they did , no ? tlike ; thattr _* hoknew . ;! _'heyjdidinQt : } ike it . \ \ Tfa onlytwanted / toiconvinceithei--that hehad reason for say ingthat the question had not been fairly d is . cussed .- ' . _TVell / Mr . Cobden-Sent-him' no answer —• none at all ; but next day ; _'lhi' _<^ ? dolegates / callad upon him frorii the Anti-Corn Law League , ; and they togethcr , ? discussed the . _questiQn . ... Those ge » _r tlemen ; werervery much _struok withfwhat he _showed them . _bu . ' of / Adam / Smith / 'directly ! opposed s tb ; the principles of free trade / directly proving that mutual internal e ' xohangb'of prbductious was twic e as productive to the country as external commerce ''' After that the _free-tfadeiheaBures were i nassed _. ' and ! Sir
Robert Peel stated in the House of Commons that it washot to _himseltdr'to'tbo : noble . lord tbat the honour of having p _ _s _ ed these measures ought to be given , _vbutth-it . it ought to be . given to-Mr . Cobdeni whose eloquence and whose appeals to reason had convinced the _countiy of "ihe . truth of free trade . Very _, well ; he ( Mr . Oastler ) turned how to Mr . Cobden , and asserted that Mr . Cobden had not 'attempted to demonstrate the truth >' 6 f' _freetralde . ( Oh , oh . ) , THo m-hed _togivo ' no Offence to any man living ; buttr , uth waB " ti . utb ; and as long as'he was able to speak in defence ofthe rights of industry , ' he would defend thenrby the principles of truth . Now he had shown' them that the great question had been settled avowedly by Sir iRobert Peel upon tho
'demonstrative arguments of Mr . Cobden . But what did Mr . Cobden himself say ? They would perhaps listen to him while bo read his words , and be _sur- prised to learn tbathe deprecated discussion , stating that , it bad been , already demonstrated by . Adam Smith , ; Ricardo , and others . They , would find -the passage be allude . l to in his first manifesto issued upon _thequestionof the establishment of the Anti : Corn-law League , No . 1 , Ariti-Co ' rn-law League Circular , and it was the following : —• 'At length , however , the ' obvious . truth . which Adam Smith , Ricardo , and others had so cloavlj _* ' demonstrated , that these restrictions and prohibitions upoh _^ trade tend , in ninety-nine cases out of a / hundred ; to divert the national industry . from ? natural and
remunerative pursuits into artificial and less productive channels , was recognised by the statesmen of this country ; from this time the justice or injustice of the corn laws assumes a new shape . It is no longer one of doubt to the honest inquirer , ? but presents itself simplified and divested pi every difficulty . ; and all attempts'to carry us back- in the discussion of the . subjecfclieyohd the period when the principle of free trade ; was applied to commerce / shipping , and manufactures of this country and the colonies , . ball be avoided as : supererogatory , and tending , 'to mistifywhat has been from that time to this a plain
ahd unembarrassed question . " ' [ As , the meeting washy this time _becoming impatient / the reading of tbis _^ extract , was followed by disorder thvoughont the hall . ] Mr . _Oastlbb : Do you wish to hear me ? ( "No , no ; " and great confusion , during which the honourable gentleman continued to occupy his place iri front of the platform ; voices throughout the meet . ing shouting out " Put the amendment . " ) ; Mr . _Oastleh contrasted their opinion of what was fair dealing with : that which he obtained in Yorkshire , and was proceeding again to _andress them , * but 'he was met by increased shouts of " Put the amendment . " < ¦ ¦ ¦ > ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ; .: •' , ; . ... ,
The . CHAiBMAN : No : I will do no ; such thing till every individual has . been heard ., ( Shouts , noise , and disorder again rose throughout the hall , and continued for a timei while all on the platform , Mr . Oastler still wanted to address ? tbem , continited _. to look oh with every possible appearance of calm indifferen ce . ) " \ ... ., , , ? Dr . Brooks in vain appealed to their veneration for the old man who stood ready to address their chairman ; meanwhile declaring that it was the first meeting he had'attended in which the chairman was not listened to . ' The Chairman : "Will you hear me ? ( Shoutsof ''No ,, no , " and laughter . ) Then I will put the amendment . "Again , the storm rose and again it fell , till for about ten minutes at a time / both part ies in the singular scone had contemplated each other almost in solemn silence .
Mr . Clark then came forward and was received with cheers . * He appealed to the chairman and Mr . Oastler , on account of the lateness of the hour , and the necessity . for . the gentlemen connected with the press leaving ; with the decision of the meeting on the _question-aj ; .. issue ,- that the chairman ought to put the question . . « . ' — _ThfrCtoAiBMAN- ' _.-Noj-no . _•••¦ -- _—¦ ¦ - Here followed . " a-scene which it is impossible to describe 4 : _opponents were engaged in wordy warfare across tho chairman ' s table , and oventhe chairman was / for a time ; drawn into < tbe strife , Mr . Oastler meanwbilelooking , on with grave stolidity , and the meeting , almost hushed into forgetfulness of their importance by the scene presented on the platform . ofa
But sundry gesticulations , mysterious meaning , across the chairman ' - table , electrified the meeting into new . signs of life , shouts , and cheering , and cries of "vote , vote . " This startled , the " combatants on the platform for a moment into something like decorum , but the next minute the chairman ' s table was again the centre of verbal conflict and thebarrierof'Contending parties . Again , at the solicitation of Mr . Kydd for a fair hearing , the meeting was so far quieted that Mr . Oastler was able to enunciate half a sentence in ' the way of gathering up tho thread of his argument ; but an immense shout arose -throughout the hall which it was quite hopeless to contend with . Both parties , therefore—Mr . Oastler and his audience—at length surveyed each other in silence for at least a quarter of an hour . ' , '' .
A Voice : Put the . amendment . The Chairman : Not till every one who wishes to address . you has been heard . I have sanctioned that which" I perhaps ought not to have done , the discussion ofthis question here by those opposed to it in a meeting convened to support it . You may clamour , but that shall not keep me from doing my duty . ( The occupants of the platform again divided into parties , and engaged in vehement argument . ) Tbe CnAiRMAN - What do you wish , gentlemen ? Voices in the meeting : Put the amendment . The Chairman : Respectfully , I will not do that till every one is heard . ( Another interval ensued , during which Mr . Oastler remained in statu quo , iii front of tbe table , the rest grouped at random . Mr .
Paul Foskett thoughtfully with his back to the wall on the rig ht of the chair , and the meeting intensely engaged in giving three enthusiastic , ' cheers for something which none ofthe gentlemen connected with the press knew anything about . ) The Chairman : Gentlemen , will you please to recollect that you have heard three speeches for tbe amendment ; Mr . Oastler ' _s is the first speech _againstit . But if you have come here to refuso bearing what does not suit you , that is not a kind of fair discussion which I will consent to preside over . ( Cheers and laughter , and roars , which continued for a time . ) Mr . Oastler again essayed to address the meeting , but his first words were the , signal for the
renewal once more of interrupting yells and hisses , rendering it utterly impossible for him to proceed . At length a brief lull took place , and ho seized the opportunity to continue his remarks . He held tbat guilds ought to be established to regulate every trade , and protect the boor man from the rapacity and oppression of tho capitalists . ( Cries of _« _- ¦ time , time , " , and confusion . ) He thought an export trade advantageous alone to the few , so long as the workmen were not adequately provided with supplies of the article they made . Mr . Oastler was next proceeding to descant on the evils of infant labour in tbe factories , when a person on the platform reminded him that ho had promised to _. occupy no more than five minutes longer . Approaching
the person who interrupted him , Mr . Oastler exclaimed with great indignation , " I never agreed to five minutes—not 11 " This led to another outburst of yells and hisses , which arrested the speaker for some time , but after it had subsided , he continued with vehemence , " I was observing , and I intend to be heard yet "—( Groans ) . Mr . Clark interposed to entreat the meeting to listen patiently to Mr . Oastler ' s remarks ; at the same time , however , administering a gentle rebuke to the resolute and pertinacious veteran , by recommending him to consult tbe convenience of the meeting by being as briof as possible . Mr . Oastler replied : I think I have consulted its ' convenience , and I insist upon being hoard yet . I will give you another illustration . ( Renewed uproar . ) Mr . Cobden stated at Leeds ( here he was interrupted again by a person in the body ofthe meeting proposing three cheers for Mr . Cobden ,
which were heartily given ; upon which Mr . A . Campbell got up a counter manifestation on behalf of Mr . . Oastler , which , however , seemed to be concurrediin by the occupants of tho right side ofthe platform atone . ) ? _^ ere Mr . Kydd took the opportunity to explain some remarks affecting himself , made by Mr . Clark in the course of his speech , and threw down the gauntlet to the latter gentleman on the question of Free / Trade and Protection . Mr . Clark . apologised , and , accepted the challenge ; and this episode terminated . ¦ _¦'¦¦ ¦ Mr . Oastler again made as if he would speak from the place he had never quitted , but he was received with deafening cheers , amid which Dr . Brooks , if we might judge from the altenate opening and shutting of his mouth , was making great efforts to be heard , and theohairman sat gesticulating ominously with head and stick , for his walking cane by this time had become his wand of office ,
, ; Dr .. BB 00 Ks ; You see itis ; too late . I think so too ; and therefore beg leave to move tho adjournment- of . this _meetings (" Ah , ah _^ and groans from the meeting , with cries of " never , never . ) The Chairman , / moved by the obstinacy of those he had to deal with , rushed from his seat and planted himself in front of the table on the verge pf the ; platform / , Mr . Paul Foskett at , the . same / time bustling frbm the position ' at the ? wall , and placing his manly bulk in a line with Mr . Young . ¦ _.
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_»_ -i- » _fT » _.- * - g _+ _t j _&~ _- * _£ _- _ _-j £ \ F , _ : J _^ _a _ _*_^ - " *''" _- _** _™** _-i _^* ' _^ _^> ' _>*^ ' _* _wW •« The rC- ft _»_* At . , thenrappealing : to their respect said he . had _^ _'eceivedEOthe ? amendments but' he _kneiw _hercpuld not , entertainTmd . e-rthaii bne at a _ ime , 5 , _Hpweyfir , thesamendment ) for ' adjour ' nnient was j one i , whioh _itookii precede ' nCo _^ of ' all . ' others ( Shouts and *' _yells' -frdm -the ¦ iheeting ;* - ' who' Beemed _^ nteiTor that be ' , was ; about _tdJoutmancBuvre tliemo The . CnATBMAs ; ,-: ; Hear nie . -I do not wish-you to adjourn , ;? if you ; do not wish it , then do-not hold up your bands for it . - i ,. n _* :. ,-. • ' _. ; -.. _-. _; ,, -The question-for adjournment was then put and rejected ? -by all'but ' about _' a do ' zeh individuals , with loud cheering . : _;; , ; : i / i ' _., _- . . . ,.. , ,. // /• iThe Chairman _doggedlyreturnedtohis ' chairbehind the table and seating himself with almost dangerousjforce ,. " _Nowi ' .-he said , - _^ youmiist bear Mi * . Oastler . " ( Terrible' disorder and malicious bursts of laughter 'from th ? o body of tb _^ ineetiiig . _)^ , _?] V ¦ // Ml * : ' . _- 'Hlbsi-iH , -a ' v . caret , in . the meantime , below
the platform , reminded M : r . / Oastler iof Bundry promises not _iospeakif they did not _wishito hear him ; and Mr . Clark appealed to the ' . chairman to put it to the meeting whether they ; wished ? . to bear ? Mr . Oastler . _; . .. " _,: '' ' ' , ' , , " : . - " -, ' ' . ' : ¦ , ' . '¦ ' ' ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ . Thb'Chairman once moreimade an effort to quell the rebellious spirit of the audience , and used his most coaxing words , but the effect was indescribable disorder , _vopiferations _/' whistling , cheers / with fchodelib ' _ei-ate introduction of ' " . hip , ; hip , 'h ' urrah , " dogs barking , arid every cpnceivable intonation of human and canine sound . // . / Mr . Clark at . length came to the front ofthe platform , and said : ¦ Gentlemen , I move that the chairman do vacate the chair , •' ¦ as ' ¦ having lost the conndenoe of this meeting . jf This was seconded arid piit / arid carried . by _ a v « _ast display of hands , some five or six being held up to thecontrary , . , ,, - 'Mr / g . F . Young still kept the _important seat . Mr . Clark : I move that Mr . Hickman do take thechair . : ! i ' _. !' . ' _. * _; - _,: > _:.-: -. >; _: ¦ (• \
This was put and carried -without a dissentient . AH eyes were now turned _. to the chair / but there sat Mr . Young , auth ' oratitively grasping his upraised cane , which rested on the table , his lips compressed , and [ his head ; significantly nodding consent to his own internal resolves _, j ; Mr . Hioiuun , a weaver , theii came forward to the front of the chairman ' s table / but Mr . Young baying refused to vaoate ? bis seat / another chair was brought and the rival ? chairmen ; sat . Bide by . side . Mr . Hickman then put the amendment ; ' pro arid con . - , : and declared it carried unanimously ' . - ' He also 8 aid , _. "Ideolar- _thismeeting dissolved ?"
The meeting instantly dispersed , till only about a hundred were left in the roorii . ; Mr . Young then announced that they Bhould be able nowto get on with their business , since the noisy part had left them . - Mr . - Oastler : accordingly resumed his speech , amid a loud trampine noise / which comically kept pace with every syllable as it feH from his lips , and entirely drowned the articulation . - •' He concluded b y telling them he had had is say in spite of them / i Mr . P . Foskett then / taking off bis , hat , gave the company * f Mi * . / Oastler , " and with a ' " hip , hip , hurrah /' . ' led off the select chorus on the platform in three cheers . ; ' . - ¦ : ' -
Mr . A ; Campbell moved , and Mr . Delaforce secondedr the adjournment of the meeting ; ' Tbis . was declared carried , ? and the chairman ( Mr ; Youngj ) with Mr . ' Foskett , Mr . A . Campbell , Mr . Delaforce , and others , descended , and left the hall amidst the hootings of the workmen who had remained : '\/ ' ¦ ¦ ' : . ;?' - /'• ' ?' . ' There was no attempt to put tho first resolution and tbe second and third , . though printed arid distributed to the gentlemen of the press , were not so muoh as read . They were as follows : —
_: " That the unrestricted foreign cheap labour policy which , has been for a- series' / of years encouraged by th * Legislatures of this ' kingdom , and greatl y extended by the present Parliament , is ; in the opinion of this meeting , "theoretically . wrong and practically injurious to the industrious classes , by compelling them to enter into' unfair competition with capital at home' and abroad , destructive to the general prosperity of Great Britain and her colonies , dangerous to the stability of the Empire , and opposed to tbe independence and happiness of the whole British population . "
, " That as the principle of , Protection for Native Industry' is founded on justice to all ,, and ris the acts of the present Legislature have been opposed to these sentiments and injurious to the welfare of the British population , a memorial founded on the foregoing resolutions be presented to her Majesty , praying her Majesty to dissolve the present ? Parliament , and thereby give an opportunity to those who hold ) the elective franchise in trust for _: the whole people to elect such representatives who will insure protection to every class of her Majesty ' s _subieots throughout the British Empire . "
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ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INS _. _TITTJTIOK . We have previously noticed the very excellent lecture delivered by Dr .. Bachhoffner at this Institution ; indeed , so interesting and so entertaining , is this subject of Philosophy of Recreation , that a few remarks will be but justice to its accomplishment . The Doctor treats the subject in quite a new riiode ; first of all introducing ; bis experiments under mystic guise , to the astonishment of all beholders , afterwards , however , explaining their manner of execution , and the laws by which such remarkable changes are governed . The bottle trick was introduced under two distinct _jforms ; first of all sherry , port , milk , water ,, arid champagne , were
poured from a common bottle filled in the first instance with plain water ; the change produced in jouring out the fluid was truly astonishing , and seemed ? certainly to partake of conjuring as much as anything we had ever witnessed ; the Doctor , however , explained the cause of such by charging similar glasses-with certain compounds in small quantities , so small as to escape detection even when closel y observed , and these compounds produced , when brought in contact with tbe fluid in the bottle , the various appearances _ of wine , __ milk , & c . Not only this , wherein appearance only was _iutoduced , but another magic bottle of thc Doctor ' s bund out eau-de-vie , sherry , port , noyeau , and
many other compounds , all drinkable , and of . _firjstrate quality , in this increasing the wonder and surprise no had previously created . By . a variety of conclusive experiments , the Doctor pointed out the laws governing these apparent anomalies , the latter experiment being dependent upon pneumatics ! laws for its production , while the former formed an important fact in chemical science , a knowledge of which , and similar changes , enabled the practical chemist to perform his apparently difficult task bf analysis . In conclusion , the Doctor begged to be understood , that although he . might apparently havo been conjuring , yet he hoped that they would not for so doing consider him a conjurer . The lecture was numerously attended .
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Tale of a 'f Water Dog . '' —A very extraordinary and unprecedented occurrence took place on board the Ayrshire , a ship belonging to Mr . Warren , of Hounsditch , on ber homeward voyage from Calcutta , in May last . Shortly after tbo ship had crossed the line . Captain Browne , the master , had occasion to pull at a rope , passing through a block , which was badly secured with some rope yarn . Whilst tugging at the rope the block gave way , and his own impetus suddenly carried him over the side . A noble Newfoundland dog / which was a great favourite on board , . with tbo generous instinct natural to its species , jumped in to his master ' s rescue , and , seizing him hythe collar , brought him alongside , when both were hoisted on board . It was
only then that the danger to which the captain and his brave deliverer had been subjected , became fully evident . A huge shark , which had been ? playing for some time about the _ship ,, watcbing for windfalls , bad marked the captain tor its prey , and was making towards bim just as his four-footed deliverer bounded to his assistance . They did not , however , escape altogether unscathed , for just as they were getting up the Bide their voracious . assailant bit off half of the poor dog ' s tail . The gratitude of the captain for his double escape willbehetter felt than _described , effected as it was in so providential a manner . The poor dog , who was , of course , muoh caressed , suffered a good deal from the injury , but was ultimately cured . A Protectionist ' s Consistency . —Mr . Disraeli
nAs Raised his . Rents . —B . Disraeli , - Esq ., M . P ., is at this moment receiving an advance of about 6 s . per acre upon his farm land . Two of his tenants nave loft their farms . ? Ho will not , however , abate one single farthing of this 6 s . per acre advance . Sir Robert Peel may , if ho ; chooseB , come down twenty per cent ., and the agricultural interest may be , in such a fix that land is becoming useless lumber , but it is _,, nevertheless , a broad , fact tbat the mighty alarmist himself recently purchased land from tbe exeoutorsof the late John Nbrris , Esq ., of
Hughenden House , upon which he is now receiving the advance , we have , stated . The rental of the farm occupied by Mr . Abraham _. Gillett has been raised no leas than * 50 _, and Mr , Redrup _, the present occii " _- pier , is required to . pay down the _increased amount . If this is false , Mr . _ ) israeli will be pleased , / perhaps , to come to the County _JHall on Wednesday night , and contradict it , face to face , with Mr . Cobden , If it is true , then farmers may judge of the sincerity , patriotism , and eloquence , of tbeBradenham hero . —Bucks Adv ertiser . '' ' / . / ' ';
Ren t of Houses . —A correspondent of the M _>& cester Herald says "A Housekeeper" writes on this subject : — " Whilst there is so muoh said about vent on land coming down , not aword is heard ; about , tho rent on houses . I am sure that in this borough the rent and local rates , on houses ocoupied by .. tradesmen is aB _uiireasonably-. high as . tberent and . county rates on any farm , whilst the expenditure' of the landlords must be greatly diminished , not . only in domestic butlay , but in everytbingnece 88 aiy ; f 6 r , the repairs of their property . . I hbpethat _. _i ere long a House-rent Reform ; _Associatipri ; will spring !? up , ; it being , like the ' good time coming , not before it iB wanted . '' - .: ¦ ¦ ¦ , _^ _- _- :: _J-V : _^ : - _. 'v- ¦ ¦¦'• ¦ . ¦ - ¦ ¦ I .
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Bishops _DjiscpiBRb . _TrMbst ' certain it is ( as all our stories bearwitricss )/ 'that / ever ., since , their ( the prelates ) coming . to . the see _of- 'CantCTbury ; for-iearly 1 , 200 years—to . peakibflHem iti _^ eil _6 ral , " tbey * have been in England / to our souls—a sad a nd doleful succession of illiterateland blind guides , to . Your / purses and goods _^ a , wasteful band of robbers—a , perpetual havpc _. and rapine / to our state , a continual , hydra of mischief and molestation—tho forge of discord-and _Rebellion : * this 19 » h __ _i-6 i __ v of * their _antiouity ' and
boasted succession through so many ag-53 : and for these _prelate-raart yrs they glory of , they ? are to be judged what tbey , were by the gospel , and not tbe gospel by , them .- John . Milton , Of Reformation in England . 1641 . ¦ _;; : * ¦ ... •; - : ¦ ¦ ' Snow . —Wintev ' s _di-essm g gown . , Ice . —The sheet of the riyer ' s bed . / ' Icicles .- Nature ' s pendants , manufactured from gems of the _purestwater . Dew . —A bill drawn by Night and Co ., taken up and accepted bv the Sun . - . Fog . -The clouds' embrace . _\ ' ;
Burning -Water instead of Lamp . _OiL _.-rThe New York Sun- has _-abetter from Worcester , Massachusetts , in which the writer claims to have invented and put in use ,-an apparatus which-separates the oxygen of which water is composed , and produces gasesfor lights . . This it does at ho other expense than that of machinery—as no material but water is U 3 ed . The . water is decomposed by a current of electricity , evolved by the apparatus . Thelaboiir of five minutes , once in two-hours in the day , in winding up the machine , is all that is required to profltlCe 258 cubic feet _? of gas . ' . The expense of the machine is 300 dollars ,, and it can be carried by a man under his arm . Such is the description of it . Time , will determine whether it is even ss . of
_vyoMAX . _^ The morning star our youth ; the day star of oiir manhood j the evening star of our age . ? God bless our stars !• • / Old and Rotten . —There was much sound * palpable argument in the reply of a country lad to an aristocrat , who boasted bis ancieBt . family : — " So much the worse for ' you , " said the peasant •? " as we ploughmen say . ' The older the seed , the worse the crop . '" . . .- .:. Accoo _* _-ts fwom Tuscany state , tbat the priests have _commencedprosecutions against two printers of Florence , for having , under the republic , printed c translation of the New Testament in Latin . / It is stated , on the authority of Sir F . Kelly , that since the _commrncemput of the present eentury ,
upwards offorty persons—male and female-have been hung , < vho were entirely innocent of the crimes laid to their charge . / ¦ . ' . / Man ' _sIw . stice to _Wombn . —The fact is , that men have increased woman ' s inferiority , till they are almost sunk below the standard of rational creatines . Let their faculties have room to unfold , and their virtues to gain strength , and then determine where the whole sex roust stand in the intellectual scale . It is difficult for uk purblind mortals to say to what height human discoveries and improvements may arrive when the gloom of despotism subsides / but we may safely predict that when morality shall be settled on a more solid basis , women will be either the friends or the slaves of manand notas at
pre-, , sent , be mocked with empty praise , or have their improvement impeded to gratify his sensual appetites . _•' _ Surely there can be but one rule of right , if morality has ah eternal"foundation ; and whoever saenfies virtue , strictly so called , to present inconvenience ) or whose duty it is to act in such a manner , lives only for the passing day , and cannot be an accountable creature . If women be really capable of acting like rational creatures / let them not be treated like slave s , or like the brutes who ar-. ( _' epeudent on the reason of man , when they associate with him ; on the contrary , cultivate their mind * , give them tbe salutary and sublime curb of princi ple , and let them attain conscious dignity by feeling themselves
only dependent on God . Teach them / in common with man , to submit with necessity , instead of giving to render them more pleasing , a sex to morals . — Mary WolUtonecraft . ¦¦¦ - A Littl- boy hearing his father say that "there was a time for all things , " elimbed up behind . his mother ' s chair , and whispering in her ear , asked , " When was the proper time for hooking sugar out of the s _. gar basin . " : ¦ ¦ ¦• ' ' ¦' : ' ¦ _¦ •' te a . girl has pretty teeth she laughs often , if she ' s got a pretty foot , she'll wear a short dress ; and if she s got a neat hand , she ' s fond ofa game of whist , * and if the reverse , she dislikes all these small affairs . ... _ ...
Aw Expatriated confederate thus _(" epictS '" - 'the position of the Irish in the United States : _^ - _i * Riey are shunned and despised . The name of Irish p / dlitics is anathema , and Ireland is as much a subject of contempt as of pity . 'Mymasier is a great tyrant , ' said a negro , lately , 'he treats me as badly , as it ' I was a common Irishman ' . '" The Province of ABmster , _'¦*¦ from information of the most authentic sort , " corroborates Mr . B . ' _s statement . ' A Wise Landlord . —One night a judge , a-military officer , and a priest , all applied for lodging at
anion where there was but one spare bed , and . the landlord was called upon to decide which had "the best clavth of the three . * 'I have lain fifteen years in the garrison at B . _** ' said the officer . "I have / sat as judge twenty years , in R ., " / said the judge . " With your leave , gentlemen , I have stood in . . the ministry twenty-five _years-at-N _., _¦ said the priest . '' That Bottles the dispute , " said the landlord . " You , Mr . Captain , " , have lain fifteen years— -you , Mr . Judge ; have sat twenty year ' s—but the aged pastor has stood five-and-twenty years , so he certainly has the best right to the bed . " .
Why is every teacher of music necessarily a good teacher ?—Because he is a sound instructor . " Ma , do you know why horses don't wear hats ? " " — "No , Johnny . " ' * 'Cause it would give them a hoss-tile appearance . " EUCTBICITT AND THP HOLY TjEMPLK . —The Temple of Jerusalem stood untouched by a single stroke of lightning for 1 , 000 years , in a region of thunder . This glorious edifice was studded : or bristled over with gilded iron spikes . Their object was to prevent the roofs being made resting-places for birds , flies , or insects ; but another and
unexpected purpose was fulfilled by these bristled roofs—the gilding prevented the spikes from oxidating , and rendered them at all times admirably adapted to ward away irregular quantities'of electrioity . If that fluid prevailed above , it was silently and effectually carried down by the points and gilded pillars , quoins and columns , to the earth . If excessive below , the current was conveyed up by the same golden channels , and flowed away into the air from the millions of points which studded the glittering roofs .- Sir J . Murray ' s Electricity a Cause of Cholera . ¦
The _Strono made Weak . —At the police-court of thishity ( Boston , ) a week or two since , a man was charged with being a common drunkard , who was once a publisher and editor of a leading political paper in this city . He had sat at the private boards of Webster and Clay , and sipped their wine . At the inauguration of Harrison be might have been seen standing in the east front of the Capitol at Washington with the strongest men of the nation ; He mingled in fashionable life , drank deep of pleasures , and fell a victim to tbem , Reduced in circumstances , he wandered from his home , leaving bis family to look out for themselves . Becoming destitute , and frequently frantic with delirium tremens ,
he was at last arraigned on a charge of being a common drunkard , to which he pleaded guilty . —New England Washingtonian . : . - Numeer of Miles that a Printer ' s ; : Hand Travels . —Although a printer may be setting jail day , yet-in his own way he is a great traveller , or at least his hand is , as we shall prove . A good printer will set . 8000 eras a day , or about 24 , 000 letters . The distance travelled over by his hand will average one foot per letter , going to the boxes in which tbey are contained and of course returning , making two feet every letter he sets . This would make a distance each day of 48 , 000 feet ,. or a little more than nine miles ; and in the course ofa year , leaving out Sundays , that member travels about 3000 miles !
Robinson _Crusoe ' s _Island . —A contemporary says , that the island of Juan Fernandez at present contains sixteen inhabitants . Among them are two Americans , one a sailor , and the other a shrewd , enterprising Yankee , named Pierce , from Maine , who is fast accumulating a fortune , by trading with paBsiug vessels . —Boston Chronotype . ¦ _- . ' ¦ ¦• Animal and Vegetable Diet . —England is the most flesh-consuming country in Europe , while its mortality is the smallest ; the duration of life being about a third longer than in Italy , where roaccarom and other farinaceous substances form the staple diet , and where milk , partly from deficiency of pasture _, and partly from prejudice , is little used . . '
Servants in America . Complaints were often made to us of the difficulty of finding , Or of keeping , when fotmd , > good servants in the States j and amuBing anecdotes were told of tbe independence ; of American helps- in this " landof liberty . " * - Thus , " a green mountain boy" of Vermont ; engaged himself tola family in town ; there was an evening party at the house , and he came' in with a tray ; seeing some ladies sitting talking in a , corner which / he could not reach , he called out , " Hullo ,.. g irls ! how are you off : there for cream and _sweetimn ?" ¦ Being directed to light a fire in the morning in the parlour for the children , when the mistress came down she found the servant . sitting in a chair , with his feet up , nnd reading the newspaper / without rising , , he cried pointing to the fire , " Isn' _tthqta roarer ? " • _- ••'
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 12, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_12011850/page/3/
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