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March 22, 1845. THE NORTHERN STAR. 3
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LEICESTER. The Chartists of the Hampden ...
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March 22, 1845. The Northern Star. 3
March 22 , 1845 . THE NORTHERN STAR . 3
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X STRIKING HEMED 1 ; OEjHntCIFCl . MAXIMS , A l \ OBAN 1 XET BEBKEIXT Off ? guardian , commisioner , clerk , Tour assis tance no farther we nted 5 Too long have you been in the dark , Or too nice have you been in your creed : Talk of poor laws , and acts of " the board , " As strong In dominion and dread ! What service do these things afford When compared with—a punch on tlie head po you think that the " vulgar , brute mind , '' Whose moodings to madness may press Can comfort or cheerfulness find In hearts which can feel its distress * Can words stay the hungry ' s desire , Or crush down his clamour for bread ! O , nol something more you require To be had in—a punch on the head .
Off- ' away with your warnings and cries . Your powers of prison so chill - A !! such bugbears the need y defies SmaU choice ' twixt " the union" or "mUI . " Hand to hand let the injured him meet , ( Tho'justice no sentence has said ) , And the pamperM the perishing greet With an " aptly-plied "—punch on the head . If the outcast your boundary should cross , And , his misery making his claim . Croak of hardship , Blness , and loss , As a poor plea for seeking your game , At once put to silence the wretch , With a mandate that mercy has sped : — " Here , John , go directly and fetch That poor fellow—a punch on the head . " When bumpers are crowning the board , And chairmen are "happy and proud , " When Ciceros hit the right chord ,
And soapings are lavish and loud , StUlnrm to the labourer ' s cause , Call in one to . hftnova" { bespread , " And present him , " midst roars of applause , "With an elegant—punch on the head . So remember , henceforth , as a rule , When paupers are-publishing woe , That to talk is to tamper and fool ; To act right—a word and a Wow ; Striking measures alone are the plan With rascals who want to be fed ;
¦ Put * em down , "like a practical man , " With an Old English—punch on the head . Great G « n
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CHRONICLES OP THE BASTILE-Paris XII ., XIII ., XIV . T . C . Newby , Mortimer-street , Cavendish-square . Nearly every reader , we dare say , has , in the course of his life , read some one book , which , beyond all others , rivetted his attention at the time , and which , though years may have elapsed since that book was handled , its main features arc yet as distinct to the memory as when first read . AVe hioiv this to be the case withmorethan one acquaintance ; with one , the particular book has been Robinson Crusoe ; with another , Banyan ' s JWgrim ' s Progress ; another , Tom Jones ; another , Waverley ; another ,. Don Juan ; and another , Mcholas Nicklcl y . We confess to be no exception to this rule ; and the work now under notice
is just such a work as will not fail to impress its contents nneraseabl y on the memories of those who read it . The Clironides of the Bastile is a book to be read bv day and dreamed of by night : a work in which the characters therein seem to breathe upon the paper , and become real flesh and blood ; beings whose fortunes we look upon with hope or dread , who are to us lovcable or hateful , as their deeds attract or repel us . We know of no similar work of the present time so well calculated to promote the cause of liberty as these " Chronicles . " The workings of tiie hateful despotisms under which Europe for so many centuries groaned , are laid bare with a masterly and unsparing hand ; and the revelations of the frauds and crimes of the tyrants of by-gone days will be read with dismay by their successors of the present , who , though their claws have been pared ,
and their teeth , to a certain extent , drawn , still are not altogether powerless , and still , as far as they dare , practice the arts of their infernal predecessors . The member for Finsbury ' s recent expose of the Government atrocities in connection with the Postroffice , renders the following extracts from part xii . of "tills work most interesting . D'AEGEssos , the lieutenantgeneral of police , and head of the infamous spy-system in fhe . reign of Louis XIV ., was the first , in France , who conceived the idea , and introduced the infamous system , of intercepting and opening individual correspondence . In the following scene D'Argexsox is engaged with a subordinate named Grumeaud , in sorting and examining the letters at the " Rv . reau . dc la Foste , " the former being on the look-out for letters addressed to his victims , or to those who , incurring his hatred or suspicion , he might purpose victimisins : —• '
1 BE " CABMET Xom . " The room itself was very dark , for it had no window and was called the cabinet voir ; less perhaps on account of its obscurity—though it was obscure enough , in all conscience—than of the nature of the business carried on therein ; it was likewise exceedingly bare of furniture , possessing but one chair and the table already mentioned ; long black cobwebs , covered with dust , bung about from the celling-, and in the comers , long since deserted by their noisome occupants—one or two of which still dangled from them by the legs , shrivelled up into skin , and spinning round aud round at the slig htest breath of air that stirred ; in the middle of the chamber stood an iron tripod , upholding a small brazier , filled with live charcoal ; in one corner , near the chimney , was strewn a
number of opened letters , and on a shelf , fixed into the wall , were arranged , ready for immediate service , a variety of seals , of different kinds and devices , with a few sticks of coloured wax , and a box containing a composition of the consistence of putty , a piece of which , an individual who stood behind xVArgenson had just pinched off , and was now kneading in the hollow of his hand . On the table burnt a smaU oil lamp , by the side of which lay a book , in which the lieutenant of police occasionally wrote 3 remark or two , as he set apart for examination certain epistles whose superscription appeared to interest him more particularly than the others . Several of these
had already undergone inspection , the process of breaking open the eeakandre-adjusting them beingperformed with considerable dexterity by the individual in waiting—a tall , lean man , with pinched-np features , sallow complexion , and sandy hair—who , though perfectly aufait to the scandalous business in which he was engaged , did not appear to take especial delight therein ; whilst his superior seemed , on the contrary , beyond measure pleased with the result of their labours , bestowing , every now and then , a look of satisfaction on his subordinate , and chuckling to himself , and rubbing his bony hands together , in the exuberance of his glee , whenever a disclosure of particular moment fell under bis observation .
Yes 5 and I intend to promote thee , remarked D'Argen-Min , turning round and speaking in a confidential tone ; which is more than thy late employers did ! But , as I told thee before , seeresy is an indispensable condition of our compact The respited felon bowed . Well , then , continued the lieutenant of police , I purpose to extend my operations , and make thee my chief assistant , at a considerable advance of pay ! The system works well ; its existence is unsuspected , aud ithasproved of infinite service to me ; but I must perfect it ! IwiU have it in any power to know—when it suits my purpose —the business—aye , even the most intimate thoughtsof every individual in the kingdom ! Woe , then , to such as offend me ! There shaUbe nothing hidden from me ;
sang dim > The lover shall not write to his mistress , nor the mistress to her lover , but I wiil be of the party ! I will surprise family secrets and make a market of them ; for of these there is no lack . There shall be no political intrigue afoot , either , that I win not likewise make myself acquainted with , and aid , or mar , as best suits my views ; 110 commercial speculation , but that I wiD , by this means , forestall , and turn to account . " Everybod y ' shaH feel my power ; tonnerre dieas 3 iy very name shall make the innocent tremble like the guilty I I have lived long enough to discover that no one loves me ; but I don't care for that ! I will soon make the proudest of them pay court aud cringe to the man they most hate—even to me—and laugh in my sleeve whilst they do my bidding ! What sayest thou to this , friend Grumeand—is it not a grand , a glorious idea ? '
lis in every respect worthy of Jionseigneur , replied the man . The conversation between these worthies proceeds , but is suddenly interrupted by the arrival in the courtyard of three couriers , one from the south of France , the other two special couriers—one from Madrid and one from Rome . Amongst the letters brought from tie south of France , is one from a servant of the Baron de St . Aunev , who is confined . in the Bastile through the persecution of his enemy D'Abgessox . from this letter D'Arge . vsox gleans some important information , which having done , he next turns to the letters brought by tho two special couriers : the one packet is from the French Envoy to the Papal Court , and the other from the French representative at -vladrid . We proceed with our extracts : —
Apparently , the packet from Tours contained nothing more to hlterestthe speaker , who continued his inspection notwithstanding , muttering to himself the while ; throwi it aside , he took up the secoml—the one brought by ™ e messenger f ^ m p ^ mie—and read the superscription : " was a ddressed to the Secretary of the Archbishop of !^*^ bonndroundwitbpurplesID £ ribbon , and sealed with three large seals . ^ ^' s somethin g for thee fo do , exclaimed he , handing r . ^ iae to Grumeand ; the impression is bold , so it * ° » tbe difficul t : quick ! I ' impatient — tt
m * w . \ J « M » . a * . **» Mup »~—• inenian recei ve the missive , examining it for a mo-~* « J narroTtit he then pinched off a piece of the ^ apoatio ^ about the bigness of a nut , and commenced fadi ng it i „ ^^^ employing the knuckle of his ganger for that purpoge ; hmiag moBided it into , a dlfT fonn » ** fattened one snd of it , and applied it 0116 * " *« seals of the letter , pressing it hard down , in
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order that every interstice mi ght be properly filled ; a few seconds sufficed to take off a perfect facsimile , which he compared with the original . The result proving satis , factory , he took a sharp pen-knife and artistically removed the superfluous edges by parin ? them closely off , taking care to leave thun smooth . This done , he held the new seal over the brasier until it was quite dry and hard—an operation that did not occupy more than five minutes ; and , when it was completed * , handed it to D'Argenson , who , after a minute scrutiny , nodded bis head approvingly , and motioned to Grumeaud to open the letter . This operation required considerable nicety ; but was performed with the same skill as the last . Holding the packet at a convenient distance from the fire ,
Grumeaud began by loosening the ribbon , as soon as the warmth had melted the wax sufficiently to permit of its being done . He then repeated the process of warming , until the seals gave way , leaving the outer envelope intact . The inner ones were removed in a similar manner , and the contents of the packet at length exposed to view . They consisted of a small oblong box—which , on examination , proved to be a rdiguaire—and a couple of letters ; one of them addressed , like the cover , to tlie Archbishop ' s Private Secretary , the second to "Monseigneur the Archbishop of Toledo s" both written in the same hand . The contents of these letters being taken possession of , the packet from Madrid next shares the same fate . Having obtained his ends , D'Argenson next orders Ghumeaud to reseal the letters : —
The operation was simple enough , and performed with much dexterity ; indeed , so neatly as to defy detection ; the letter to the Secretary being re-folded , re-sealed , and laid in precisely the same position upon the reUquaire , the ribbon was attached with scrupulous attention that each fold and each seal fell in its proper place ; the packet was next subjected to the process of warming , until the wax was sufficiently melted to adhere , and to receive the impression of the forged seal : it was then handed to D'Argenson , who having examined it toy minutely , nodded his head in token of his satisfaction . Don't yon think it wants something , Monseigneur ! asked the man casting a very sly glance at his employer . The latter looked again , and observed that he did not think so . There ' s no gloss on the wax , Monseigneur ! remarked Grumeaud , with a cunning smirk . Pardieu ! thou art right ! exclaimed the lieutenant of police ; but surely that trill hot'be observed .
Can't make too certain , resumed Grumeaud ; and taking from the shelf a small phial containing a clear , unctuous liquid , in which the feather-end of a crow-quill was inserted , he drew the latter very lightly over the surface of the new impression , and with an air . of triumph threw the packet upon the table . I told thee thou had ' st genius ! exclaimed D'Argenson , looking at the seals ; thou hast taught me alesson in cunning that I shall not soon forget . "Whilst the reader ' s breast heaves with disgust , and his brain thrills with horror at the contemplation of this accursed system , let him remember that that system exists to this day in this country . The power is not only lodged in the hands of the
Governmentbut , as recent exposures have shown , that power is unscrupulously exercised whenever the interests of foreign brigands or home usurpers arc to be served by its operation . Let it be remembered , too , that the Minister for Foreign Affaire in this country has opened the letters addressed to the ambassadors from foreign nations , as regularly as those letters arrived ; a fact reflecting eternal disgrace upon the English name . The vfllanous doings of a D' Aroensox have been part and parcel of the regular duties (!) of a Russell , and a Palmerson , a Graham , and an Aberdeen . 'Tis surely time the system was changed . 'Tissurely time the people rose in their moral dignity , and to such rulers cried " Get you gone , make way for better men 1 " We have only space to add , that we trust the " Chronicles of the Bastile " will have a circulation equal to its merits ; in which case it will stand second to no current work in the best possible proof of public approbation and support .
Tons Ox The Railways At Newcastle-Kpox-T...
Tons ox the Railways at Newcastle-kpox-Ttxe . —Some degree of interest has arisen as to the liability or non-liability of the North Shields Railwav Company to the payment of tolls to the lessee of the corporation of Newcastle-upon-Tyne . We shall not , on the present occasion , go minutely into the matter ( perhaps we may revert to it more fully hereafter ) , but merely observe that , according to the Act of Parliament herein , certain descriptions of merchandise , on being brought into the town of Newcastleupon-Tyne , are liable to the payment of certain tolls to the corporation . That body , as is well known , have been in the habit of letting the tolls , for a limited period , to the highest bidder . During the period that Mr . John Hopper was the lessee , from 1 S 39 to 1841 , the North Shields Railway was constructed , crossing the ancient circumvaUation of the town on which the tolls are demandable , and , of course , conveying a considerable portion of payable merchandise into the town of Newcastle , which otherwise would have been brought on the common roads as heretofore ; thus has the lessee sustained considerable damage , and in consequence of this diversion of the traffic Mr . Hopper has been a
considerable loser , and consequently unable to pay the amount at which the tolls were leased to him . Had he received what was covenanted and guaranteed to him by the lease , namely , a toll on all roads coming into Jtfewcastle , there would not have been this deficiency , but ,. on the contrary , he would have been many hundred pounds ! into pocket . It would seem that the matter stands simply thus : —The corporation have leased the tolls ,-agreeably to the Act of Parliament , to Mr . Hopper , for a definite time , and for a specific sum , guaranteeing to Mm all the rights , profits , and immunities thereunto belonging and secured by the said Act . On the other hand , the Railway Company may perhaps contend that the railway is their private property , and that thev
"have a right to do as they will on their own . " However , between the two , it is quite certain that the lessee has been materially injured ; and there is no doubt but that he may avail himself of a legal remedy . We believe the directors of the Carlisle Railway have , under the advice of their judicious solicitor , wisely avoided even the chance of expensive litigation on this head , b y having made a timely arrangement and compromise with " the finance com mittee of the corporation of Newcastle ; whether the proprietors of the Jforfch Shields Railway will follow their example , or otherwise , remains to be seen . We shall not go further into the subject at present , beyond giving the following letter , which was presented by Mr . Hopper to the Finance Committee on'the 7 th
inst .: —To the Finance Committee of the Corporation of the borough of Newcastle-upon-Tyne . —Gentlemen , — 1 beg leave most respectfully to acknowledge your claim upon me , for . the sum of one . hundred pounds , as lessee of a portion of the tolls payable to your body ; and I trust you will give credit to me when I state , not only my willingness , but my strong desire to do that which is right in the matter , so soon as I can obtain the means of doing so . . Many members of the corporation have known me along period of time . Itis with peculiar : satisfaction that I am enabled ( now that I an drawing to the close of life ) , to refer you to the whole of my conduct throughout my career , as to my honesty and integrity . The reason why , at this time , I am unable to discharge the claim
you have upon me , is my not having received £ 700 whichlam entitled to receive from the North Shields Railway Company , for their traffic across that portion of the line of circumvaUation of the borough which you leased to me . I have made many applications , in various ways , to that body for compensation ; I have never received a directrefusaltopay from them : at the same time I have not received any satisfaction of their intention to pay me . Hnder these circumstances I have caused a true and impartial statement of the case to be laid before counsel , together with true copies of various documents , showing the authority of the corporation of Newcastle to lease thesaid tolls , and the position I stand in with respect to that body . The result is , the Learned Counsel's opinion is
favourable'to my claim . The next point I beg to invite your attention to , and solicit most humbly your advice upon , is what steps yon would recommend the adoption of , to induce the proprietors of the North Shields Railway to entertain my claim , with a view to ( its adjustment , if need be , or ) a settlement of the same , without going to the extremity of instituting legal measures to enforce its recognition and settlement , and thus enable me to obtain the means of honourably paying the claims of the corporation upon myself , which I am most anxious to do . Trusting the subject is worthy the consideration of the Finance Committee , I beg leave , in conclusion , to subscribe myself , gentlemen , your much obliged and very humble servant , Jons HopPEn , Jackson ' s Chare , Gateshead , 7 th March , 1845 .
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Leicester. The Chartists Of The Hampden ...
LEICESTER . The Chartists of the Hampden locality wish to inform their friends that they have engaged a room of Mr . Warwick , Printer , Union-street , which will be their future place of meeting . They have also opened a school for the instruction of adults and children ( open on Sundays , and on Tuesday and Thursday evenings ) , in the above-named room , which will be carried on without any charge whatever . Mr . Cooper ' s Coxnmox . —To the Chartist Body . — Friends , —In the Star of the 8 th inst . you have laid before yon a brief statement of Mr . Cooper ' s condition , from his own pen ; and we may also learn what his position will be at the time of his liberation , if steps
are not immediately taken to provide him with suitable clothing . The following was told to our friend Peplow , by one of the gaol officers , only a few days since : —That Mr . Cooper is completely lost for want of clothes . ' His coat ( he observed ) had more colours than "Joseph ' s ?¦ and as for his trousers , arestige ot the original cannot now be" recognised ! Tins being the case , I ask . you , as men seeking justice , will you allow Mr . Cooper , who has- been imprisoned ^ more than two years for . advoeating yoivr rights—for advising working men to cease labour till the Feoples Charter became the law of iheland—ynxl yoU . allow him to go forth from his dungeon on the 3 rd of May next , pemyless ! . homeless ! and in rags I Inimeaiate
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subscriptions are necessary in order that Mr . Cooper may have clothes ready to come out in . We have no funds in hand . All localities who have received printed lists are particularly requested to transmit what cash they have in hand by the 1 st of April , and afterwards , to return the lists with further monies they may have received by the 1 st of May next . Donations received by Mr . Peplow , Browning-street , Stafford , and myself—address as under . Printed lists will be forwarded , per post , to any person desirous of rendering assistance , on application to "William Tatlow , secretary to the " Cooper Testimonial Committee , " Weltbrd-road , Leicester . [ Surely this urgent and pressing appeal will be responded to . The Chartist name will be dishonoured if no efforts arc made to' relieve Mr . Cooper from his most painful situation .
HALIFAX . Lecture . —Mr . Doyle , on Sunday last , lectured in the Working Man ' s Hall , Halifax , on " Self-government . " He spoke of its tendency to bring comfort to every Individual . He showed how class legislation , through its ramifications , took advantage , of the supincness or apathy of the people to gain unlimited power , and then used that power for individual aggrandisement , and to crush the liberties of the people by appointing soldiers and policemen to coerce the people into submission . He entered into a detail of taxation , theproduction of labour , the new Poor Law , & c . Mr . Doyle addressed a very numerous and attentive audience for an hour and a half in a most eloquent and impressive manner , with great effect .
TUNBRLDGE WELLS . At a Public Meeting of the members of this locality the following resolution was unanimously agreed to : — "That we , the Chartists of Tunbridge Wells , in full meeting assembled , do hereby express out confidence in the integrity of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., and heartily thank him for his great services in the people ' s cause . "
NORTH LANCASHIRE . Delegate Meeting . — . This meeting took place according to announcement , on Sunday the 16 th inst ., at Bradshaw ' s Temperance Coffee-house , Burnley . The following places where represented , viz .: —Burnfey , Colne , Ilaslingdeh , Haggate , Wheatley-lane , Bacup , and Oswaldtwistle . The next delegate meeting will be held at the same place , on Sunday , April 6 th , to which ; each locality in the district are requested to send their opinions , either by delegate or letter , relative to the questions in the "Star" of February 22 nd . To those localities who have not attended to the business of the district this notice is especially applied , for without their co-operation and support it is impossible to organise' the district , and supply it with efficient lecturers , to arouse North Lancashire to its former state of energetic action in the struggle for those glorious principles which we profess to admire .
PRESTON . Lecture . —Mr . Clark lectured in the Hall of Science , on Thursday , the 13 th inst ., it being his second visit during his month ' s tour through the North Lancashire district . In his first lecture he took a retrospective view of the various strikes which have taken place within the last thirty years , stating the loss sustained in wages through each strike , and the little good ( as they all but too well felt ) which had resulted therefrom . After pointing out ' what , in his estimation , was the cause of failure , he concluded by nrging upon them the necessity of a union of all the Trades . In the second lecture , he pointed out the way in which all the different classes possessing political power , had proceeded to protect themselves , at the expense of the unenfranchised portion of the community ; and earnestly recommended attention
to the acquirement of like political power on the part of the workers , for the purpose of duly protecting themselves . To this end and for this purpose , principally , he desired a union of all tlie Trades . They might , by such a union , hope to give more effective assistance to each other in case of strikes . This was one just and legitimate end for which a union of this kind might be formed ; whilst , meanwhile , they never lost sight of that political power , without which they never could hope to shield themselves effectually from the tyrant ' s power . The remarkable clearness with which the lecturer expressed his sentiments , the solidity of Ms arguments , and his pleasingly satirical manner of delivery , secured for him the marked attention of his auditory , and their wannest approval of all he uttered . The Chartists of Preston hope that he will long continue to fee the able expounder of their principles , and the honour of their order .
DEWSBURY . Delegate Meeting . —The Dewsbury district delegate meeting was held on Sunday , when delegates were present from the following localities , viz .: — Dewsbury , Wakefield , Littletown , and BirstalL The following resolutions were passed ;— " That the employment of a lecturer , for the district be postponed until after the Convention . " " That we approve of the resolution passed at the West Riding delegate meeting , for the West Hiding to send two delegates to the forthcoming Convention . " ¦' .... : t-
ROCHDALE . Sermons .- —The Rev . W . V . Jackson preached two sermons last Sunday , in the Assembly Rooms , to respectable and attentive congregations . OLDHAM . ' LECTtfltE . —On Sunday last , Mr . J . K . Taylor delivered Ms fourth and last lecture on the Life , Writings , and Genius of Robert Burns . He recited a variety of songs and other poems , and concluded by giving a short narrative of the poet ' s life , which terminated in the 38 th year of his age . A vote of thanks was unanimously passed to the lecturer for the ' satisfactory manner in which he had acquitted himself throughout his course of lectures .
BRADFORD . On Sunday the members of the General Council met in their room , when the following persons were nominated as Council for the ensuing quarter : —John Rogers , William Jackson , Thomas Cole , John Cole , William Clark , John Lcadlcy , sen ., John Leadley , jun ., treasurer , John Smyth , sub-secretary . It was resolved—'' That the Council meet at ten o ' clockin the morning instead of two in the afternoon ; to commence on Sunday ( to-morrow ) . " " That Mr . W . M . Wheeler be nominated as candidate for the West Riding to the Chartist Conference . ; and that Messrs . Cole and Jackson , delegates , be instructed to propose him at the delegate meeting , to be held in Halifax , on Sunday the 23 rd inst . "
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Fiee Bt MANCHESTER-sqcARE . —On Wednesday morning , about half-past nine , afire broke out at the mansion of Lady Lucy North , No . 24 , in Manchestersquare . It originated in her ladyship ' s bed-rooih j a front apartment on the second floor . The domestics adopted excellent measures to prevent the extension of the flames , and they were confined to that part of the house where the fire originated . The damage done was , however , ' considerable , but her lady ship : is insured in the Globe Office .
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Field-Garden Operations, For The Week En...
FIELD-GARDEN OPERATIONS , For the Week ending Monday , March 25 th , 1844 . [ Extracted from a Diary of Actual Operations on five small farms on the estates of Mrs . Da . vi . es Gilbert , near Eastbourne , in Sussex ; and on several model farms on the estates of the Earl of Dartmouth at Slaithwaite , in Yorkshire , published by Mr . Newell , of Farnley Tyas , near Huddersfield , in order to guide other possessors of field gardens , by showing them what labours ought to be undertaken oh their own lands .- The farms selected-as models' are—First . Two school farms at Willingdon and Eastdean , of
five acres each , conducted by G . Cruttenden and John Harris . Second . Two private farms , of five or six acres : one worked by Jesse Piper , the other by John Dumbrell—the former at Eastdean ,: the latter at Jevington—all of them within a few miles of East bourne . Third . An industvialscho ' ol farm at Slaithwaite . Fourth . ' Several p Hvate model farms near the sameplace . Thecqnsecutiveoperationsmtheserepoi'ts will enable the curious reader to compare the climate and agricultural value of the south with the north of England . The Diary is aided by "Notes and Observations" from the pen of Mr . Nowell , calculated for the time and season , which m < 3 subjoin ..
"let us ever remember that , in all our attempts to improve society , we ought to direct our efforts to the young and unsophisticated ; by giving them sound mental and physical training , we may correct the errors and subdue the prejudices of their elders . "— . Anon . .. - Nora . —The school farms are cultivated by boys , who in return for three hours' teaching in the morning , g ive three hours of their labour in the afternoon for the master ' s benefit , which renders the schools selfsupporting . We believe that at Farnhi Tyas
sixseventlts of the produce of the school farm ivill be assigned to ' the boys , and one-seventh to the master , who will receive the usual school fees , help the boys to cultivate ilieir land , and teach them , in addition to reading , writing , & c , to convert their produce into bacon , by attending to pig-keeping , which at Christmas may be divided , after , paying rent and levy , amongst them in proportion to their services , and be made thusindirectly to reach their parents in a way tftc most grateful to &< : >• feelings . ]
. . . - . srssEX . Monday—Willingdon School . Boys digging second time for mangel-wurzel . Eastdean School Twelve boys digging , planting potatoes , carrying manure , and gathering roots and stones .: Fiper . Turning mixen , and making it as fine , as possible . Dumbrell Digging for oats . . . t " ' , ' " Tuesday— Willingdon ' Schools Boys digging same as yesterday . Eastdean School . Boys digging for and sowing oats , planting potatoes , digging . for . barley , aMwllm K . &' . 'Pmer . SowmgcaiTdis . ' Dumbrell s Drilling oats , ' digging . ' ; :-1 < - ' » ¦ r .+.-ni - ¦ . :, Wednesday-- Willingdon School : Boys digging for - skinless , or . Peruvian barley . . Eastdean : School . Boys digging ; sowing oata , carrying tank liquid forthemangerwurMandcarrote . ' ¦ Bper . Hoeing seed carrots , and turnips . Mmbrell : ^ Digging . '
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rHUBSDAY— Willingdon School . Boys digging as he-™' re Eastdean School . Boys digging , sowing oats , thrashing oats , cleaning them for seed , cleaning o . 'i ttbepigs . « fcc . Piper . Hoeingnnions . . Bwnbrell Mending a fence . * Rjoay— Willingdon School . Digging as before . Fastdean School . Boys digging , sowing oats , rolling clover and treading it . well , picking weeds , dtc . liper . Weeding wheat . " Dumbrell . Carrying potatoes home , and dung back , mending afence . Saturday— Willingdon School . Bovs-turning manure ; neap . Eastdean School . Boys emptying ' portable pails , carrying manure to the tares , cleaning out tank and school room . Piper ,- Weeding wheat . Dumbrell . Harrowing fallow with the heifer , digging . " .- ' °
YORKSHIRE . Slaithwaite Tenants . C . Varley , road making . John Bamford , sowing spring tares , harrowing , preparing ground for sowing spring wheat , cleaning ground for oats . C 0 W-FEEDIXO . Willingdon School . Fed tlie same as before . Dumbrell . No variation in the feeding .
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS . _ Potatoes . —In planting potatoes let your potatoc ridges be nearly three feet apart ; your sets nine inches distant , and placed down whole , and your manure as fine as possible . Turnip Seed Beds . —[ Seed sown , three-quarters of a pound on beds , wul furnish plants for one acre of land . ] Provide stores of Swede plants at the earliest possible period , for transplanting . Begin early in April to sow successions of the best seed you can procure , and do not care for a small failure on account of frosty weather . Use the steep before described for leguminious and other seeds ; pass the liquid through the seed many times ; then mixup the moistened seed , right well , with afew handsful of home made guano , in its driest state . Sow the mixture upon a four feet wide seed-bed , in a warm corner of your turnip field , and for protection cover it with thorn boughs ; repeat this till you find your crop of plants out o ? 'danger .
Top Dressing Wheat with Humcs Compost ; No . 2 . . —[ Where weeds grow , better things mi ght grow ; and we never hear of weeds paying rent . ] —Where . you observe your wheat pinched , poor , and half starved , give it a top-dressing ^ now with' fine earthy manure compost ' . Letit remain a week' before yoii hoe , - and you will find that this : small dressing , and the hoc after it , will pay double for . theJabour bestowed . You cannot hoe your crops overmuch , whether there are weeds or not ; for it will prevent the growth of them , and let the air into the soUi without whose influence there can be no vegetation .
[ The farming reader will remember that last week we inserted from Mr . Nowell , the author of the Manual from which we make our weekly extracts , a note , in which he ' recommended that we Should insert , immediately ; certain parts of his book , because calculated to impart valuable information to cottier farmere how to make , preserve , and prepare the manure which they have constantly within their reach at home on their own "stead . " That suggestion we now act on , and give below the familiar and understandable processes of chemistry detaUed by Mr . Nowell ; with the suggestions he makes for . theencononiising of every atom of fertilising substance that falls in'the . fanner ' s way . Mr . NowelFs plans for this purpose are plain , simple , easy , and inexpensive ; and the adoption of them , to the wise and judicious
using of the manures we have at home , will be far more sensible than allowing these to waste ; and then sending ships'to the other end of the world to fetch Guano to supply the place of those far better ' manures which ignorance or carelessness have suffered to perish . To all engaged in tilling the soil , who do not file the ASif « r , we would recommend that they cut out of the paper the following directions for dissolving bones and preparing other chemical tillages , and paste them neatly on a piece of board , or book-back , so that they may be easily and constantly referred to , until the processes recommended become perfectly familiar to the operator . To them should be added the directions for preparing the peat , the potash , and the humus composts , which we have before given from Mr . Nowell ' s work ; and the steep for leguminious seeds . !
The Field-Gardener Compelled to Economise ms Manure . —[ ' ? In the moral government of this world , it is most wisely ordered that whatever we wilfully waste at present , we are sure to feel the want of in future . " ]— - His operations being confined to a small area , seldom more than four or five acres of land , hois obliged , in a space so confined andwith limited means , topractiee this necessary economy . He is early taught to value bis cow or pig , as not ' merely yielding for him so much milk or so much animal food , but also as Ere ducing him . the manure absolutely , necessary for is future operations . The cow , the pig , are his machines for the manufacture of manure , and if its supply be deficient , he goes not elsewhere to obtain it , but sets up a new machine for its production , in the
shape , of an additional cow or a pig . Hence he will husband every particle of it with the greatest care . Manuring as he does every crop ,. ' neeessity compels him to do so . He knows his labours , without this economy , would be in vain .. Hence also , forthe most part , arises , the superiority of small ; over large farms , in regard to their relative amount of produce . A most ingenious method of collecting the whole excrementitioiis matter voided in . the privies , is-followed by . the Eastbourne tenants . An ale cask , with one end knocked but , or .. a- large butter , fir-kin is provided . About ' half way down its' sides , two iron ears or handles are strongly-fixed , for the convenience of removing it . . Two of these portable pails are placed under the privy seats , apd removed , when filled : by
two persons each taking hold of a handle . , ' These tubs' being turned upside down , "the contents are ! received upon mould , and immediately composted with more mould , ; coal-ashes ; or other refuse . A most potent ' compost ,, probably not inferior to guano Itself , may be madb ' by mixing the contents of one of these privy tiibs with about six times its bulk of well-sifted dry . coal ashes , and 81 bs ,. or , 301 bs . ofgypsum ; beating it up , tp tlie _ consistency , of masons . ' aime , with as much tank liquid as it will retain . This mixture , thrown under a shed , will dry spontaneously , and prove a most valuable top dressing for wheat , upon whichit may be sown by hand : for all offensive smell
quickly disappears , being speedily removed by the action of the gypsum , and theretentive nature of the mould or ashes ; Of the importance of this simple contrivance ,, the . observation of an eminent philosopher . ( Boussmgault ) , will afford a striking proof ; : — " If we admit , says he , " that the liquid and solid excrement of man amount oh ah' average to 1 $ lbs . daily ( IJ . Hv urine , and i lb . foeces ) ,- and-thafc'both taken together contain 3 per cent , . of nitrogen , then in one year they amount to 547 lbs .,, which , contain 16 . 41 lbs . of nitrogen , a quantity sufficient to yield the nitrogen of 800 lbs . of wheat , rye , oats ';' or of 900 lbs . ofbarley . ' - ?¦' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ : -v . ' ¦< : ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : '•¦¦ ¦¦ ' :.
CHEMICAL TILLAGES AT HOME . ——« " Let no presuming impious railer tax Creative Wisdom , as if aught was form'd In vain , or not for admirable ends !"— Thomson . It is a remarkable thing , that all the investigations of chemists and the experiments of practical farmers , and some , of them have been trulyjngenious , would sceni to point to . " home " as the source of the most valuable manures . - A | reat variety of substances have beeti tried as fertilisers ; but the best amongst them are found , to be those that may be said to be ready at hand amongst our ,, ' household stuff . " . Thus , you have rape dust as home produce ; you have common salt in continual use ; you have salts ' of ammonia , of potash and of'soda ; as well as phosphates of lime , ana magnesia in the ; urinary and other excretions , and in a form , too , best fitted for vegetation . ,
Sulphate and muriate of ammonia ( sal ammoniac J are found in'the soot fromi coal fires ; while potash or its salts are found , in the ashes of wood fires , as ; well as in the water ejected after purifying the body , or its covefihg , bv washing with soap , ' or other detergents . ; You have abundance of ' phosphate of lime fbone ash ) , & ci i inthe'hair ,: flesh ,: andDonesofanimals . Nitre ( or saltpetre ) forms spontaneousl y around you , in the . soil ; its' grand element ; . ' nitrogen , being derived from' the'atmosphere ; ' or front the transformation of the ammonia of decaying bodies ; which element ,, nitrogen , is , so . essential .. to . vegetable life , that it has been termed the " -moving agent , " which , acting under the ' living principle . of the plant ; moulds into shape the other elements ; nay more , you have a substance that contains all these things , a complete type of guano , in the dung of your domestic fowls . ' ^— + — " Serene Philosophy ! Effusive source of evidence and truth , Without thee , what were unassisted man ; A savage , roaming through the woods and wilds Rough clad ; devoid of every ; liheral-art , And elegance of life . "—Thomson . . Sticli are the principal fertilisers as established by chemical theory ^ and the nicest experiment ; and such facts are most significant and demonstrative that , in nature ; there are very admirable provisions for our preservation . _ . They seem to declare to us : that wherever there is- life , at the same . time most of the elements necessary for its . existence are . forming in its vicinity . And'especially '' would it seem to be pointed : out'tb us , that cultivation , oh ' any space ; mustdeviveiraore support from the animal existence , upon that ' . space , and the labours of man , properly directed , ' than from " any' other source . " This ' constitution of things wis might exbeet -to find 'in a-world where there are so many arid such beautiful adaptations . . Map require * contmuaLand uninterrupted supplies of food ; and it uoes . nQVMinear ' . ' to have been desigh ' ed that he ' should go far from •' nome for the things to aid himih its production , 'but rather that . his life should be made to depend upon that ; of the animals near hisdwelling , coupled mthhK own fore . ; thought arid industry . In ' thV . wilderhes ' s ; by calling ' around fciih , ' bj '' allying himself with / and prbmoting ¦ the existence f of the domestic animals , he would live aflia . / ciyU « jed beingr-wbile rwithout them he , must " penah , " or sinking into the sarage state , exist .- aa a savage / by'the 'chasfe . "' 'So thafthe domestic anurials may properly be / said to be the pioneers of civilisation
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"M . Liebig is inclined to measure the civilisation of any country by the quantity of sulphuric acid ( oil of vitriol ) consumed therein . " Utility ' of / Science—Science may not have been fortunate in offering to the agriculturist an enlarged list of fertilisers ; but it has done much in teaching us how . to elaborate into composts the natural manures , and j artificially to imitate these things . We have been instructed by it how to fix their volatility ; to reduce , them , to a finer state—to the increase of their energy upon vegetation , and hovf to apply thein—with something like precision—to the requirements of-the different species of vegetables . We reduce , bones , mechanically , to , dust , m order that they may act upon our crops with ' greater
energy ; but the chemist , b y employing solvents , can reduce them to a state of division , greater by thousands of degrees . It was M . Licbig who first directed bones to be decomposed , by sulphuric acid , oil of vitriol ; and the suggestion lias been so practically useful , that I may safely bring before your notice , and recommend atrial of his process . Be it understood , however , that I wisli all attempts of an experimental nature to be effected , in the first instance , upon a small scale , for an application of a particular substance may be beneficial upon one soil , and have no effect whatever upon another . In general , however , the good ' effacts of the "bone solution" has been so decided , its efficacy so great , in various places , that a trial may be undertaken with some confidence .
"The solution of hones has ueen applied to crops , in many instances , with great effect , and the results wonderfully accord with the predictions of science . —See Mr . Pusey ' s Report . " Bones Dissolved in Oil of Vitriol . —Provide a wooden vessel to hold forty gallons , which place in a corner of your shed . Four into it eight gallons of water . Then add 241 bs . of oil of vitriol ; and afterwards one bushel of bones , finely ground . Stir all well together , and frequently . After a few hours you will find the earthy parkof the bones completely dissolved , and nothing remaining but the cartilage , or glue of the bones , in the fluid , and the fat swimming upon the surfaeeof it , ; in theform of animal oil . The solution
presents a milky appearance , like gruel , and il applied alone to the crop , may be further diluted With plenty of water . This quantity will be sufficient for a rood of turnips . The method of applying it will , be afterwards adverted to . It may be composted also into the solid : form , and its application in that state ydll , in certain seasons , be far more convenient . "Bbnesmay be rOughly stated to consist of fat , jelly , and : an earthy , matter called phosphate of lime , This earthy part may he withdrawn , or fetched out ,. by the action : of pa . of vitriol ., The fat , the jelly , and a substance called phosphoric acid are set free , the latter having grand fertilising properties . —See Mr . Pusey ' s Report . "
. Sounng Vessel . —I adopt this name from the dyer , and apply it to the tub or vessel above-mentioned , which Xwould have you to consider as a fixture in the corner of your shed . Supply it occasionally with a portion of . oil of vitriol and water , and therein keep up a gradual dissolution of bones , by regularly feeding the fluid with them . To this end let not a bone of tiny kind depart from your premises . Gather your own for this purpose , or procure a supply elsewhere . Pound them with a mallet , into rough fragments , and throw them into the souring tub . The acid will penetrate their substance , dissolve their earthy part , if even moderately large , and leave the animal matter behind in soft masses . Thus you will have a continual supply of bone solution , wherewith to iced tbegiianoconipost > a description of which follows . " Guano , or the dung of birds generally , possesses the united virtues of both the liquid and solid excretions of animals . "
Home-made Guano . —Mix the contents of the privypails above described , with six times their bulk of finely sifted coal-ashes , along with a few pounds of gypsum . , Beat the mixture up with as much of the "bone solution" as it will retain . Leave the heap flattened down to dry ( spontaneously in a corner of the shed . As it does so , add from time to time , and diffuse equally over the heap , as much chamber-lye as it will hold . As the mixture still continues to dry , water it with the bone solution , and chamber-lye alternately , but keep the latter in excess . Thus you may enrich the mess to any degree . When there is a further supply of soil in the privy-pails , you may compound it afresh with the heap already formed , or proceed as before to make a new one . I need not describe the rationale of the process ; but may remark that such a compost , after a sixth part of its weight of common salt has been added , must be a close imitation of the natural guano .
V In bones you have not all the substances that exist In wheat , but you have some of them , such as phosphate of lime , & c . Where do the animals get it?—from plants—which draw it out of the soil for their accommodation . It is but ri ght , then , to restore it , when done with , to the ' ground , that plants may feed upon it in their turn . " Fhosphated tank liquid . —Put six gallons of water into your " souring tub , " and 20 lbs . of oil of vitriol . Then add iOlhs . of bones , finely divided , when the earthy part is fetched completely out of the bones , and ; nothing remains biit small cartilaginous masses , pour the semifluid mixture into the tank ; the contents , if about 600 gallons , will bo nearly neutralised , and the alkaline ammonia will be assumed as a
component part of a fixed and highly fertilising substance ^ -ph ' ospliate of ammonia ; the result of the action being , that sulphate : of lime or ojpum phosphate of . lime or bone-ash ,, and phosphate of ammonia , have been severally eliminated or set free , all of them fertilising agents of value , particularly the Iaat , "which , may probably-be : found ,-by . future experiments , to form the most active agent . in guano .. Use this phosphated tank liquid , much . diluted . with water , as a top dressing , ' upon either grass intended for hay , or winter wheat , by scattering it over one third part of an acre of each of them ; and I think the verdure called forth by its agency will surprise you . There is no corrosive quality whatever within it ; a mild saline substance , and insoluble earthy matters having taken the place of the corrosive oil of vitriol that was used .
" The chief art of agriculture depends upon the collection and preservation of those manures which contain ammonia . " Ammotiia or Hartshorn Spirit . — -There is a substance now hawked from house to house , in the manufacturing' districts , under the name of " scouring liq uor , " or hartshorn spirit , well known to' many , from its pungent smell . ; This smell arises from : the exhalation of a peculiar vaporous , or airial substance which it contains . The same substance , in a gaseous , serial , ' or vaporous state , exhales from the common siuelling salts ; from stale urine , or decaying animal substances . It is the ammonia I have spoken of before , and exists
in all urinous fluids . It contains one of the great elements of fertilisation . You will perceive that , being volatile , dt must be continually flying away from the fluids that contain it . This may . be prevented , however , by the employment of certain agents ; oil of vitriol being one of them . This ammonia , under whatever form it may be presented to us , is a material of the greatest importance . Your tank liquid contains abundance of itj ? unjtacJ . however , and ready to volatilise or fly away unless prevented . It becomes , therefore , an object of importance to decrease , this instability ; by causing it to combine with a substance of greater fixity ; ¦
" W 1 KJ 6 VM fails , " says M . SwtiNOEl , " to employ some . neutralising substance to combine with the ammonia , which is produced in so great a degree in summer , suffers a loss of manure which exceeds all belief . It is a gaseous substance , and hot a solid material visible to the naked eye , which thu £ escape ' s arid is lost ; hut for aU that , -, it is of greater importance to the nourishment of plants , than perhaps any other portion of the excrements . " ... ... Vitriolated tank liquid . —Add about 14 lbs . of oil of vitriol , value Is . 0 d ., to about 500 gallons of tank
liquid ; which , after stirring well , pump into the tank barrel , and apply as a top dressing to one-third of an acre . of meadow . grass , intended for , hay , or to the same areaof winter wheat . The effect may probably surprise ' you . By this addition a combination is effected between the oil of vitriol and the ammonia of tlie tank ; sulphate of ammonia or gas salt , a fixed and stable compound , has been formed , worth far more than the oil of vitriol used , The acid has disappeared ; and there will remain nothing of a corrosive nature in the liquid to act deleteriously upon vegetation . .
• KlRKBCBTON ALLOTMENTS . — WC Wish to COlTGCt what we last week stated relative to these allotments . FrederickThynne , Esq ., thc agent of LordDartmouth , has apportioned for this purpose a farm of eleven acres near that , yillage ,. . He has placed one person upon a farm of seyerafacres as a model man , and surrounded him by twenty allotment men , giving them one rood each . Tthe rent charged is the usual farmer ' s vent , with the addition of rates and taxcs ,: whichwill , be paid by the landlord : the model man will . collect tlie rents and pay them at the usual time to his landlord ' s agent . •' This is an example well worthy of imitation , and were it followed by other large proprietors would speedily introduce the smaU tenancy of land through biit the countiy , without' any additional trouble ; to the ' agents , in regard to the" collection : of numerous small sums of money from : a numerous tenantry . . It is . a new principle , ; simple , in itself , ' ,. and ^ ff v . in practice . " ' 7 , V " . ' .-...
, Hunslbt ALidTMBNTs : —We were also misinformed in regard to the collection of money at Leeds / and-its investment in land for allotments . It ought to . have been , at . Hunslet , jiear . Leeds . , A . vestry :. meeting , through : the aetivity of Mr , Richard B ayldon and offierfriehdS' to the cause'there , has voted ! we : believe * £ & 0 , > received from " the directors of . the Manchester and ^ eeds : raUwa y .. ( as a . compensation- Jw Wft propriated by them ) ,, te ; Jk . vested ; , ^ stand the trustdeed is ' J ^ a ^ hput > mg executeu . ISlp 'SkehumaiJ ^ mgyn" of omploy-^ the ^'' 'ihiiier oh' the roadsides , ' breaking stones , feeling the utterhopekss degradation of their condition , ' !
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LADY THIEVES' PROTECTION SOCIETY . A society of light-fingered ladies is said to be , about to be formed , for the purpose of raising a fund . to pay the recognisancesimanyladies arc . bound over in , and thus enable them to avoid the unfashionable ordeal of a criminal court , and the pain of being placed in a dock generally occupied by -thieves of the vulgar class . The following is an absti ; act ; of the prospectUB just issued : — , . ' , ' . ' . ' LADIES ' PROTECTION . SO . CiETY , , formed for the purpose of enabling ladies to pay the bond-money , and thus defeat that vulgar and revengeful feeling that would place . a ladyjn the sam » predicament as a common woman . XONE HUT 1 AMES will be admitted . The subscription will be only two guineas per annum—each lady ocing allowed the privilege of drawing a sum , in case of ' necessity , sufficient to meet two charges
TV , , 1 N 0 SE YEAR - Ladies who arc bound over in more than the usual sum will be expected to contribute five guineas towards the general fund . STANDING COUNSEL WILL BR ENGAGED to conduct the proceedings in the police court . Agents will be employed to engage persons to c / i € flr ladies on their entrance and return from the police courts , as well as to
niss Asn hoot their accusers . Ladies in every district of the metropolis , and even the provinces , ' arc invited to join this ADMIRABLE INSTITUTION . Ladies who do not wish to LOSE CASTE must see the policy of not delaying to enrol themselves . Though some ladies have escaped , JURIES CAN . VOr ALWAYS be depended upon for
GALLANTRY AND GOOD BUEEDING . There is evidently a growing feeling in the vidgar to make no distinction as to station in life . To defeat this barbarous desire is to forfeit the recognisanoemohey , which to real ladies is of no consequence . A number of ladies ' , of distinction , whose names need not to ^ be particularised , have , consented to act on the committee . —Satirist . Whub Slavery . —We would recommend , to the saints of Exeter-hall another and a better subject for their sympathy than that which they exclusively display towards blacks . A well-written letter appeared a few days since in the Times , addressed to the editor
by a female , from which we learn that at a milliner ' s shop where she is employed , an order has been issued that the young ladies should work from seven in the morning till twelve at night during the season : those who are not willing to comply with this order are to leave the establishment . 'Die farce of calling these white slaves " young ladies" would . be laughable , if we did not remember the inhumanity of their employers . We are sorry we cannot expose the name of the person who has acted in this scandalous manner , as , probably , even some of her aristocratic customers would be humane enough to withdraw their pa * tronage . —Ibid .
A Great Fact , —In the merry month of May wo shall have a legion of canting Mawwonus in- town , holding forth for the benefit ot the " niggers . " We hope and trust that . some independent and fearless fellow will bear iu-mind the fact which the papers record . Itis a " great fact" that the "blacks , " at the great fire at Barbadoes , of which we have just received intelligence , looked at the scene of destruction in perfect apathy , and rendered no assistance , " acting exactly as they did when a similar calamity befel Kingston . " Yet ' for these black gentlemen John Bull has saddled himself with a burden of £ 800 , 000 per annum for ever , —Ibid . Anacreon Moore . —To Moore , who was styled by Bvron "the poet of all circles and the delight of his
own , " the following observations on Metastasio by Sismondi , are admirably appropriate -. — " No writer , perhaps , in any language ; has been ever so completely the poet of the heart , and the poet of the women . The critics reproach him with not having portrayed the world either as it really is , or as it ought to be ; but the women defend him by replying , ' that he has represented it such as they wish it to be . " Kissing . —Dow closes a sermon on kissing with the following quaint advice : — " I want you , my young sinners , to kiss and get married ; and then devote your time to morality and money-making Then' let your homes be well provided with such
comforts and necessaries as piety , pickles , pote aud kettles , brushes , brooms , benevolence , bread , charity , cheese , faith , flour , affection , cider , sincerity , vinegar , virtue , wine , aud wisdom . Have these always on hand , and happiness will be with you . Do not drink anything intoxicating—eat moderately—go about business after breakfast—lounge a little'after dinner—cLat after tea , and kiss after quarrelling ; then all the joy , the peace , iind the bliss the earth can afford shall be yours , until the grave closes over you , and your spirits are bornc to a brighter and a happier world . " . ' What is a Poet Laureate ?—A man that used to receive a pension for writing verses , but now has one lor leaving off . ' ,
A Hero !—The Madrid journals announce tho arrest of a brigand , ' named Jose Sastre , who is charged with having committed one hundred and seventeen murders ! How to Get a Comfortable Warm during' the Cold Weather . —Enter a coffee-room , inquire for a gentleman you are sure Is not there , stand before the nre , read all the newspapers , and-then leave word , if any person should ' inquire for you , that you will call again .- . A Becoming Tribute to Truth . —The following naive statement appears in a leading article in the Standard .- — " We have grown into a habit of accepting the charges of falsehood as a regular paid
tribute to our vigilant and careful veracity . " The'Ambassadors' Box . —We hope it is not too late tb . have a model of . the British hon at the foot of the principal ' staircase of the new houses of Parliament ; so that England , like ancient Venice , ' may have its '' Lion ' s Month , " into which accusations can be dropped with impunity . Charges of conspiracy against English members will then be made easy to tho meanest ambassador , and refugees denounced in the ' handsomest " manner . < A ' s an earnest , however , that the letters would infallibly be opened , perhaps it would be better that tlie head of Sir James Graham should be substituted for that of the British Lion . '—Punch .
The ' laziest Fellow ijj Newfoundland is John Jingles , who employs a nigger to sneeze for him , and pays the coloured gentleman a dollar a day for his exertions . The Favourite Passage with Parliament and Potentates . —There is one passage in the Scriptures to which all the potentates of Europe seem to have given their unanimous assent and approbation , and to have studied so thoroughly as to have it quite at their fingers' ends;— " There went out a decree in the days of Augustus Caisar , that all the world thould be taxed . ' —This Act has never been repealed .
! "The Laird o' CockrEsnx ' s Proud aud ire ' s Great . " —So says the song of the ancient " Laird o ' Cockpen ; " and when we intbmi our readers that the modern laird of that " ilk" is no less a personage than the redoubtable Dalhousie , the President of the Board of Trade—he who by his " reports" knocks railway shares up' here and down there—we have no doubt that at least our railway readers will jump to the conclusion , that the modern laird is as proud and as great as his immortal ancestor to whom Miss Jean said "Na ! " and who consoled himself with the reflection that said ; '' Miss Jean was daft to refuse the laird o Cockpen . "
A Sailor's Belief k Nbisoj ? . —A veteran hero of Trafalgar having lately submitted to the penalty of a broken limb froni having too freely indulged in grog , the clergymanof his parish paid him a visit , to . impart spiritual consolation , and to endeavour to induce Jack to . givc up that habit which had led to his distressed condition . The worthy minister was impressing the scriptural warning that " no drunkard shall inherit the kingdom of heaven , " when the indignant sailor interposed j " Aye , sir ; but Lord Nelson said as how a man who had done 7 iis duty would get to hea ven . " Vainly did the clergyman strive to assure the sailor that what he had quoted was from a far higher authority than Lord Nelson . The disciple of the " Admiral Duke '" declared that'he «; didn't wish for any authority . higher than Lord Nelson I "
The Potted Beef Case—The " prosecutor' of Miss Osborne has evidently made a good thingof it . Let him now be generous and extend the benefit of his " patent ' - ' to the whole of the aristocracy . 'If ere is a notice ' for his shop window : — " Potted ? beef allowed to be stolen here , to'be paid for in the witnesses ' room at the Old Bailey ; N . B . A . boy , wari ranted to watch' and run , wanted . " -The example of this beef-meter-out-of-justice isbeingfollowed by his brothel tradesmen , who are'industriously ¦ baiting their counters with spiced dainties to tempt the : aristocratic fingers * of eccentric lady pilferers . -Potted beef hasriseninconsequence , and : continucssoto do , but riot ' sohigh ua . tovbe out fof the" i reach of future Osbornes ; .: Wc are ; bound totgive the poor missing b 0 vcredit ' for : a rumour : which is prevalent amongst
the lower classes ; it { is , that m his master ' s absence ho . stolfrtheidenticalpott ' of beef winch hadbeiore been taken by Miss Osborne , and , being caught in the fact , is now undergoing two months' hard-labour , tread-mill , ! and a whipping to part with , —Great 6 m , : 'DiffiA » B ^ DESTH that the ' stipend : ' of ' the "; i & h 6 ni ¥ .. of St :. Paul ' sCathedral j to which the Rfey / Mr . : Tyler has been Appointed since the . , death of the , Rey . Sydney Smith , nas been reduced jwow ' tfiowand a year . ' Gracious bowers' ! can this "' be pbssible ?; / A ? thousand ; a ' " year f Miserable pittance ! . ;! Our heart bleeds for the reverend gentleman's priyations ^ IMd . - ' '• Eagle .--A lavge and beautiful eagle of ttiagoUeu tribe , was seen the other day hovering about the i lakes in . Cumberland ,
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