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I AN THE PREVENTION, CURE. ANI
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THE PATRIOT'S GRATE . -. « etsta ) os TisrinsG thk tomb tomb aw ) Bbw IW" ™* " SAKMH IS INIEiBlD .
« He « testeI & beaaupenttefapof » ara . A ^ atofortmia and tofemo unknown . ' -GK 4 T . t «* lookjehe ^ ye hlwenly-inuidedfcw , ^* S the cau s % of liberty w dear i . fflilk to infant , or to flower fte dew ; ^ S , ye persecuted ones , loot here-: - ° VE * ni death , your much-lov'd patriot lies , B ^ S sSei moiument of thraldom ' s shame * S . S « , a guileless sacrifice , T Thattyrants singled out to be their game . JiTeJthe iron-hearted despot aw , ifiSdsome free-born soul would , soon or late , rStheir « le oppressive ways to iew , LOW" " . "" , . ! . _ _ , r-nm thpir nmomininn . q seat . hnrl them from their ignominious seat
»;^ , ridiD their ruthless blood-hounds on the scent , ^ th secret charge , if they could jouse no prey , - Inw themselves the seeds of discontent , l 0 ffiure the guUeless to the toils astray ; nXon ! our hero , yearning to be free , A ffis soul , on bearing their gay-rilded tale , S 5 d high to think the star of liberty 8 \ vould shine unclouded yet o er his Wd isle ; inn in the fulness of his youthful joy , Their tile he drank , like heavenly nectar , in , Md swore . enraptur'd by Ins Godenhigh . Ti Freedom ' s c ause Bis dearest bleod to drain ; * * Xm his country ' s sacred rights to sate , ^ SSoTd he ™ sh 'd npont 1 ie foe ; . flntab ! fell treachery ( cruel asthegrareV Which planned his fate now wrought his over
» tid here now lies his once fair stately form , iT fibaneless wreck of what his stature was ; Vat ah ' when thraU doth conquer , like a storm U kills then mangles its dead prey , alas ! Ttat whiie around the recreant tyrant ' s tomb T TohaUow'd clouds eternally snail lower , ! Take to the dark and never-ceasing gloom Env elopes those condemned to Satan s power , ir ound this mound of unassuming earth , Tfliere sleep our hero ' s ' mams , in hallow ed rest , Stall shine the radiance of undying vrortb , like to the light that circles round the West ! J . Lemon .
A Malediction. " My Native Land How Aoes...
A MALEDICTION . " My native land how aoes it fare , Smcalast I saw its shore 1 " " Alas ! alas ! my exiled friere It flileth more and more ; God curse the knaves who yearly steal The produce of its plains ; "Who , for the poor man never feel , Tet gorge on labour ' s gains . " " We both can well recal the time "When Ireland yet was gay ; It needed then no wayside sign To show us where to stay ; A stranger sat by every hearth , At every board he fed ; It was a work of maiden mirth- — To make the wanderer ' s bed !
" "Tis altered times—at every turn A shiftless gang yon meet ; The hatlesa peasants starve and mourn , Camped starkly in the street ; The warm old homes that we have known , "Went down like ships at sea ; The gateless pier—the cold hearth stone , Their sole memorials be . " "We two are old in years and woes—And age has powers to dread ; And now before our eyes we close—Onr malison be said ; The surse of two grey-headed men-Be on the cruel crew ; "Who ' ve made our land a wild beast ' s den—And God ' s curse on them toe !" Feabgail .
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Historic Pages from the French Revolution of February , 1848 . By Lotos Blahc . London : fVeeil y Tribune Office , Wellington-Street , Strand . We have here the first number of an English translation of Louis Blanc ' s most recent -work . 2 fot properly speaking a history of the February Revolution , hut contributions to that history . The author himself says , "Ibring my share of the materials for another to construct the edifice . This is all . I might have written a complete history of the Revolution ,
hut it struck me that these memorable events , in order to lie seen in their true light , should be viewed from a hi gher and more distant point , - Ererything shows that the mist "which now hangs around certain names and events will shortly subside of itself ; the noisy passions of the day will exhaust themselves ; men ' s ideas will be changed , and the broad light of the day will shine forth . Patience yet for awhile . In the final conflictnow approaching , truth must hare on its side the advantage of time and situation during this decisive combat :
its enemies must be driven to have the wind and sun in their faces . " Chapter I . is principally devoted to a review of the reign of Louis Philippe , from which -we gire the following extract : — TOE BHCX OF COBBtPTIOy . The corrnpnoa tbat existed during Louis Philippe ' s reign was scarcely surpassed by the baseness that characterised the times of the Caesars . Nothing like it had ever been seen in all history . The love _ of money became an intense and insatiable passion with minds given up to low and depraved appetites , and society lay engulfed in the slongh of a
degrading materialism , wit , talent , eloquence , genius , nay , even virtue itself , was prostituted to the purposes of amassing wealth . Men made a profit of the fame they had purchased with gold . Every kind of celebrity , literary or scientific , civil or military , had its price , and glory its sliding scale . 0 infamy never to be forgotten , the degradation of France 3 in ancient times the cradle of the greatest knights of chivalry , and in later ages , the birthplace of the most heroic martyrs . Everything was looked upon as an article of commerce : votes were reckoned by the number of francs they would fetch ; vulgar consciences were exposed to sale like goods in a bazaar ; honour was bousht . and law was sold .
Of course this moral decomposition was not the work of a day . The individualist proverb "Every one for himself and no interference , " had become from 1830 , the adopted state maxim , the odious and fatal motto of the June , Louis Philippe ; a prince remarkable for moderation , intelligence , and a humane and tolerant spirit , but avaricious and sceptical , without goodness of heart or greatness of BOul , and the most artful corrupter of the humane race that has ever appeared . The result was that for eighteen years the poison of corruption was administered by the practised hand of power , and poured out to us in a slow continuous stream .
ffl £ * ° * saddenly the veil is rent . The disorder , nil then half concealed Ly a treacherous appearance of prosperity , hursts forth in scandals no less shocking than unexpected . In the space of a few months , in quick succession , a thousand frightful sy mptoms come to light . One day a man escapes 3 wmthe Turneries , where he has been thieving ! wis thief is an aide-de-camp ofthe Duke de Xemours the king ' s son . Another is convicted of jo rprr , who is allied to the hi ghest families of the " ? mi , and a prince . One of the king ' s ministers is jnea by the peers and found guilty of peculation , "n another occasion , a certain man figures in a cele brated trial as party to an underhand affair , hy ^ amg Us office for the sale of treasury
appointments ; and this man is President ofthe Council , -there was no possibility of a mistake now ; the veil £ ; : s rent asunder ; ay , from the top to the bottom . J * ut there was something yet -wauling to these revelations—the efiect would not be complete without an exhibitun of the tragical side of xhe picture as well as the shameful one . In the jargon ofthe times corruption must hare its tragedies . It came to pass one day that an immense crowd were assembled " in tho Rue du Faubourg du Boule , in front of asplendid place , over which a terrible mystery seemed to hang . Silence reigned there , similar to the silence tbat reigned in Warsaw when it fell ^ dflr the hands of its oppressors : so much so that
* Y ' lce was heard in the crowd , in fierce and rc-nge-° t allu sion to a sentence of the Poles , " Order * ei £ ns ia the hotel Sebastiani J" A crime had just " ?™ committed ia that hotel , which the shades of ~ e « t had scarcely concealed—a Preach peer had ^ shtated his wife , the daughter of a marshal of * rance . The system was evidently perishing , and ^ hbcal schemers set about attempting to turn " te rising power of the people to their own a - « mnt . The memorable "Banquets" were waugurated by Odillon Barrot , Duvergicr de « auraune , and other Chiefs of the sham libe-*' opposition , who , under the pretence of agi-^ g fo r Elector al Re form , merelv » WmI .- ¦> .
a change 0 f Ministry , They soughtto rouse cSi ^ l e class , bat effected more , —they »? : . tjemassesinto action ; the Oovernment , a ^ med , drew the sword , and the Proletarians
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^ epfed tho challenge . ; . The shams fell hack from the [ Conflict ; hut— . .. . ' . The > people : managed without them . . Vine sight Of a eingie corpse is sufficient to Bet Paris in a flame ; that evening a volley of musketry furnished them with a heap . . Working men bore the dead bodies through the faubourgs by torchlight , and ^ he affair was done . Once let loose , the people did not stop ; the soldiers remembered they were citizens ; the fovernment . fell from utter exhaustion ;• ' . Louis 'hilippe fled , leading his palace empty , and his crown in the dust ; the next day France was a Republic ! This work will be published in weekly penny numbers ; we trust it will have a circulation commensurate with the great and deserved popularity of its gifted , and truly noble author .
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Lyrics on the Hungarian Struggle , SfC . i SfC . By A . B . M . WiiDMAiir . Bradford : Parkinson and Drake , 21 , Market-street . The history of this little volume is soon told . "Li Jul y last , " says the author , " when the whole of England deepl y felt for the cause of the Hungarians , I was asked to contribute my sovereign towards their aid , I told the parties that I had not a sovereign to give , but I would produce them a Song—that I gave as my contribution to aid the cause . A list ofthe donors
appeared in the " Daily News , " and my tribute along -with it . Encouraged by that I sent other Lyrics , which were accepted and published in that journal . " Preceding the Poetry —which the author has republished from the "Sun "—is a notice of the early history of Hungary , followed by . a sketch of the recent struggle , and succeeded by some of Kossuth ' s Letters , & c . The Poetry is—as the Yankee ' s -would say— "pretty considerabl y" faulty ; but , however humble our author ' s pretensions as a poet may be , his efforts being dedicated to Freedom are thereby sanctified , and command onr respect . "We extract
HATNATJS SOLILOQUY * I ' m a bloodhound , deep dyed , made scarlet in riot ; My feelings are strangers to honour and qniet ; I bare my black teeth and stretch forth my claws ; Fm Hungary ' s grim tyrant — my words are my laws . I love to be cruel— 'tis my heart ' s happiest feast—Frem the nature of man , I ' ve sunk to the beast ; Ifo feelings of pity within me shall dwell—I ' m the demon of murder—the agent of Hell . The cries of the widow are music to me ; The tears ofthe orphan with pleasure I see ; The rope and the rack , the bullet and knife , Are playthings which please me—the joys of my life .
I ' m the tigbh to wallow in innocent blood , And slake my foul passion in such a red flood : I lore the death knell ofthe murderer ' s shot , Which pleases me most when a patriot he's got . Destruction and death along with me go ; I ' m sworn to . be liberty ' s deadliest foe ; I gloat on her sons , and lap up her gore , And grieve that my victims are not many more . ' The noble and great—the brave and the free , Are gems I prize most , and the dearest to me ; For naught is so rich , delicious and good , As the nectar of freedom , tke patriot ' s blood . The maiden and lover—the stripping of rights , Who breathe forih their feelings—whose loves are delightsm break the fond charm , and snap the broad link—Their homesteads—their country—in vengeance - rilsink .
The aged divine , grown sacred with years , Whose pious profession and meekness endears , With calling made holy—devotion , how great—I'll hang like a dog , if he speaks ofthe state . Count Batthyaai has fallen—I was hunger'd that day For the blood of that great one , I curs'd the delay : At midnight , whilst eating my daintified food , I gulp'd down the same with Batthyani ' s blood . But a truce to my feelings , my murderous
intends , The escap'd ones , they tell me , have millions of friends ; Old England , that country possess'd of much good , Denies me my luxury—the patriot ' s blood . What care I for those , while the Bear ' s on my side ? I'll laugh at the prowess of Albion ' s prido ; My name shall resound , whilst tongues wag , and tell Of Haynau the Butcher—the Agent of Hell !
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* "' They style me a bloodhound , —a tiger , —a hyena ?—' I am ready to take upon myself the responsibility of my actions f unfolding at the same rime a scroll of parchment which contained his orders . " — Correspondent a Lttter to the Morning Chronicle , front Vienna October 6 tft , 1 S 49 .
O'Connoryille And Co-Operation. To The E...
O'CONNORYILLE AND CO-OPERATION . TO THE EUlTOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir . —In August , 1847 , 1 went with an excursion party to the O'Connorville estate , when it presented but a gloomy aspect , as far as cultivation was concerned . I visited it again the following June , when I could see a marked change , caused by the labour of the allottees . I visited it again last Sunday , and was quite delighted to see the progress made by the allottees during the time expired , as above stated . I could not but admire the exceedingly tasteful manner tbat all the gardens presented to my view ; and , in my heart , I exclaimed , ' Here is a lesson for the Political Economists to learn—here is nature and labour against gold ; and if every son
of Nature had an allotment like these , and endowed with intelligence and the spirit of co-operation , how happy they all mig ht be !'• The base poor law system , the extensive prisons , and criminal expenses would be swept away . By the possession of a two , three , or four-acre allotment , with the same energy and perseverance tbat the O'Connorville allottees can display , there would be none of the misery presented to our view in every town in England—there would be no need for people to emigrate , for those who do will have to perform the same labour that the allottees have done . I think they have done prodigies ia the time ; but , sir , I discovered that they lack one great element of civilisation , that is
co-operation among themselves , and with the men of London ; and in this they are not to be blamed—not having , perhaps , the proper plan laid down for their guidance . But I am happy to inform you , that a few working men have entered iuto -business lor themselves , for the purchasing provisions for their own consumption , and retailing it out to themselves —thus forming the nucleus of an association destined to render permanent assistance to the O'Connorville allottees , by purchasing of them certain portions of the produce best adapted for sale , and creating between the tno parties an intercourse of a commercial nature . This operation will ensure to the allottees a pivot in London , upon which they may
calculate on receiving permanent and growing assistance , profitable it both parties , and it ought to he taken in hand by the members of the Land Company , more particularly than b y any other party . But the great difficulty hitherto , has been tc have a place , and a good-working committee to manage the « irairs . The co-operative company to which I allude , have now been in existence since last December , and the unanimity existing among them is highly creditable . They meet at No . 8 , George-street , Newroad , near the Baths , every Tuesday evening , from seven till ten , to piopose new members , and to retail out the goods required by members only , thus ensuring good order and unanimity ; and I
recommend that the members of the Land Company in the district , not to fail to take advantage of this ruoda of trading . It will effect a good understanding , and constant intercourse with the allottees , thus better enabling them to dispose of their surplus produce , and learn also other information , such as rearing rabbits , poultry , eggs , & c , which can be purchased by the London Association . I am cenain of the success of the plan , if the allottees at O'Connorville will second the wishes of the proposer of this mode of action , and as it is of interest to them
to support such a movement , there is no doubt , in my mind , on the subject ; it gave me great pleasure ta see the exceedingly respectful appearance of the O'Connorville allottees , assembled in the School , room , to listen to me ; and , I assure you , mv bean was t'io full of joy on the one hand , and sadness on the other , to think bow any man could think of breaking up so fine an institution , after . all the labour , lime , and money expended to accomplish it . Faithfully yours London , March 12 th . J . F . L .
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Caetjox to TltE Public . —Messrs . Morison and tho Society of ' Hygeists and Medical Reformers , hereby caution the public that they have no sort of connexion with the ointments , pills , farinaceous , powders sold in chemists' and druggists' shops . — British College of Health , Xew-road , London , 20 th March , 1850 .,
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THE ; TEN HOURS , BILL , , .,,., , _ , , ., : : TOTHExmroa'dPTn ^ NonTHBRNsrARV ;> Sir , —This questioH j which has been the topic of repeated agitation and debate for nearly thirty years , and which the factory workers had fain hoped" would have ceased . when the Ten Hours Act came into operation in May ,. 1848 , it again the subject of renewed excitement , in consequence of the decision of the judges in favour of the shift or relay system of wdrking . The patience and perseverance of the factory workers , as regards this question , is unparalleled in
the history of agitation ; and I trust ' they will return to the field with renewed . activity and vigour , and petition this legislature over and over again if necessary , and never rest until they obtain a really efficient Ten Hours Act—not only for themselves , but also to place all miilowners on an equal footing as to time—a most important point , when we consider the vast competition which exists in the trade , the consequent tendency to low profits , and the advantages to be obtained by even the gain of an hour , if it can be got daily .
The operatives employed in those mills where they are working ten hours per day , where they all start at once , and all stop at once—that is , where they start at six o ' clock in a morning , and stop at half-past five at night , with aa hour and a-balf off for meals—express themselves contented and happy . The trifling loss of wages is nothing when compared with the interest they find in the improvement of health , of body , and mind , in social and domestic comfort , and especiall y in the prolongation by many years of their working life , and their physical capacities to obtain a livelihood .
That the operatives approve of , and highly value the Ten Hours Bill , the following sequel will show . A few days ago , I accidentally met with a very intelligent operative and bis wife , in Manches . ten After inquiring as to his employment , and so on , they both expressed their deep sorrow , to inform me that his employer had commenced working bis hands by shifts or relays , consequently they were working long hours again . They told me they had experienced more comfort since the Ten Hours Bill came into operation than they had ever known before , for he had been enabled to reach home every night before six o ' clock ' therefore he had the plea , sure and opportunity of assembling with his young family , at least once every day ; but now he was deprived of the pleasure , as it was between eight and nine o'clock before he could reach home .
The clause in the act , which empowers the millowners to work their hands by shifts or relays , is a complete mockery of the rights of the factory workers . It holds out something which it has not the power to give . That the system is unjust there cannot be a doubt—unjust to the factory workers , and unjust to the honest miilowners , inasmuch as it gives to some of them an advantage which others cannot possibly procure . This abominable system of working , I believe , had its origin in Manchester with a few of tite class of miilowners ( coarse spinners , ) who have distinguished themselves on former occasions , by being seldom satisfied with a fair day ' s work , and who are
nolorious , not only for their selfish , arbitrary , and abominable actions , but also for their opposition to , and hatred of the Ten Hours Bill . The plan of working by shifts is as follows : —It requires an extra hand for every three hands , consequently four hands comprise one set . Three of the four in each set , begin to work at half past five o ' clock in the morning , and they continue three hours and twenty minutes , viz ., until fifty minutes past eight o'clock . The mill then stops for breakfast , half-an-hour . After breakfast the fourth , or extra hand in each set begins to work ,
and they continue until twenty minutes past eight o ' clock at night , ( except an hour for dinner , ) and they change alternately , with the three hands that started at half-past five o ' clock in the morning , each of whom is sent out of the mill three hours and twenty minutes in their turn , during the day : so that they work thirteen hours and twenty minutes per day , whilst the honest millowner is only work , ing fen ftours per day . Thus these poor creatures are tossed about from post to pillar , at the beck and call of the millo ^ nerB .
Now , sir , it occurs to me , and it is as clear as two and two make four , that except the statute is altered , and the time of working in mills approximated , the evil spirit of competition will be encouraged , and arrive at snch a fearful extent , that the honest millowners will be driven out of the market , or compelled to submit to extremely low profit , or no profit at all . But , in order to illustrate this subject , I will g ive you an example . ¦ ¦ Suppose there are two miilowners , each having a mill containing 24 , 000 mule and throstle spindles ,
and suppose . they each turn off 30 , 000 lbs . of yam , ( not 18 s , per week ) of fifty-eight hours , rent , taxes , cost of spinning , charges on trade , and so on , being the same in both mills . One of the two adheres » tricily to the Ten Hours , but the other procures a sufficient number of extra hands , and begins to work by shifts , ' consequently can work his mill thirteen hours and twenty minutes per day , or seventy-five hours per week , therefore he can turn off very nearly 39 , 000 lbs . of yarn per week , being nearly 9 , 000 lbs . more than the other , which is thirty per cent , extra profit .
I cannot help thinking , after making the preceding statement , that some of your readers , who are not thoroughly acquainted with factory labour , will prematurely conclude , that it would be profitable to the miilowners if all of them were to adopt the mode of working by ' shifts . ' But how is the scheme to be accomplished generally ? Why , sir , to attempt it would be the very height of absurdity . The idea is a wild speculative notion . It will require one-tbird more hands , under ei ghteen years of age ,
than are now employed ; and if all the miilowners in the United Kingdom were to require it , where , I ask , mast all the extra bands come from ? In one fine spinning establishment only , in Manchester , there are upwards of 600 females and young persons , under eighteen years of age , engaged in the carding and spinning departments ; and , if the masters of the establishment were desirous of adopting the < shift' system to the extent above described , they would want 200 hands extra .
As a practical man , I can speak from experience , having been employed upwards of thirty years in the preparing and spinning of both fine and course cotton ( particularly the former ;) therefore I contend that the' shift' system cannot be adopted to advantage in the fine spinning mills . It requires extraordinary skill , activity , attention , and care , and the less the hands change their situation the better the work is performed . Those only who are trained to the work from their youth , are the most expert and efficient bands ; therefore an attempt to establish the system ia the fine spinning mills , to the extent it is carried on in the coarse , where there are consider , ably fewer hands employed , would be an act of the greatest absurdity .
The subject is one of which it is difficult to convey clear views to those unacquainted with the nature of it . However , in my attempt to do this , I have stated most important facts , which go to show the lamentable condition belli of masters and workmen j facts which cannot be loo strongly impressed on the minds of all who have any anxiety for the comfort and happiness of the labouring people , and for the peace and security of their employers ; and , it is my opinion , that nnless the clause in the . Factory Act—which sanctions the system of working females and young persons by relajs—be tntirely abolished , competition will increase to such an extent , that the miilowners who
adhere strictly to ten hours per day will b 3 driven out of the market altogether , and the relay workers be compelled to remain in worse than Egyptian bondage . I will venture to express my conviction , that ten hours' labour per day—whether in or out of a cotton mill—is quite as much as ought to be imposed on any man or woman ; and 1 am inclined to think , if it were generally adopted throughout the United Kingdom , the masters , ; as well as the operatives , w » uld ultimately partake iu the b snefit . Let the operatives , then , be up and be working . Whatever others do , their course is p lain . Ihey want time for health , recreation , and improvement ,
and it is their duty to exert themselves now , to obtain it . They want time—as immortal beingsto read and study the word of God , to ask themselves what they are doing , and whither they are goin / r . . Let petitions be sent to both Houses of Parliament from every spinning district , in favour of a bill to limit the hours of working to ten hours p ? r day for five days in the week , and eight hours on tlse Saturday ; and that the said hours of working shall be between six o ' clock in the morning , to six o ' clock at night , in a regular series—except one hour aad a-hal f for meals . I am , your obedient semflt , One who has Whistled at the Wheel .
In Inn Villa Doria , At Albano, A Fine '...
In inn Villa Doria , at Albano , a fine ' , statue of a centaur hasjust been brought to light , after toing buried for ag « s in the ground . .
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: > . - ;¦ ; : ¦ ¦ ^ y ^^ pTmR ^ yiLLE , ^ v : ... ; , i I ™* have received ' a very lengthy / . letter , in reply ^ tobno puhlished in this journal afow / weeks ago , from . which we-. give the following extracts , bearing most particularly upon the subject ] to thk editor o * thb northbbn btab . ,:, -UiUB Sib , — ., * .. * . * * Amongst the signs of v t ? t ? nSCB > the Potters' Society presented itselt as being ostensibly instituted for the purpose of placing the most useful-yet , I believe , the most ne 16 oted —portion of our fellow-working men , in more congenial circumstances than they at present occupy . In this respect , it merits the attention and support of the philanthropist . From an examination of the laws of this society , l nave no doubt that , with riiRintomstAiinnaa . ' falnnt .
energy , and truth , on the part of its directors and managers ; and a considerate and kindly forbearance ° . Jho part of the members , the objects contemplated by the institueion may be realised to a considerable extent ; and , through its instrumentality , hundreds of the sons of toil ' and care may live to be ao positioned that all their : reasonable physical wants may be supplied at a comparatively small amount of labour . * * . * . * Those feelings and convictions lead me to the consideration of a letter which appeared in your valuable journal addressed to you , and entitled " A Visit to Pottersville , Wisconsin territory , United States . " I have been connected with the Potters' Society upwards of eighteen months . I have attended a good many
delegate meetings , which have been convened for the purpose of inquiring into the correctness or incorrectness of a vast number of statements which ? i ? 7 tl n made respecting the above society ; so that I know , partly , the particulars connected with r v * i inowthatwe are blessed with somede-^ g """ 1 an honourable allottees on our National Land Company ' s estates at' home , and I will assure you , that the potters are equally as well blessed in that respect . It would appear , from the letter addressed toyou , that Twigg , and his party , are everything that is bad ; whilst the other party are everything that is good—so it would appear from the letters of some of the allottees that are on the Company ' s estates , that our friend . Mr . O'Connor .
and his party are everything that is bad and unjust , whilst they . are everything that is good and just . Why , Mr . Twigg and his party stand just in the same position , as Mr . O'Connor and his party , do . There are a number of them who will not pay their rent , nor the store credit they have had . They want the land , and provisions free ; and because they cannot get it so arranged , they are conspiring together for the purpose of upsetting the society , if possible ; but they will fail—truth and justice will be too strong for therri . There is one allotteo of the name of Enoch Pickering , who is a preacher . He went from the Potteries , and cost the societies no less a sum than £ 70 , for travelling expenses
alone . He has had £ 14 in store credit ; has been put in possesion of twenty acres of land and a house ; has been there two years , and has not paid one penny towards liquidating the above-mentioned just debts . Mr , Twigg served him with an ejectment . Ho would not come to terms , but left ; and hence his opposition to the society . I could cite particulars about the other allottees who are trying to break up the society , but I will not trouble you with them . I have now before me a letter from an allottee , from Emancipation Ferry , on the same subject as the one addressed to you . I here cite It , that the working classes may judge for themselves , and not be deluded by reading one side of the point at issue . It is as follows : —
" to the members op the emigration committee . . M . Twigg ' s Landing , Dec . 6 th , 1849 . " Gentlemen , —You are awaro that Mr . Twigg left onr estate fer England , on the 21 st . of October . The day before he left us we had a full meeting of all the settlers , when a vote of thanks was moved to Mr . Twigg , for his able services and persevering conduct amongst us . This vote was unanimously passed , with great applause and cheering . On Saturday last we had a meeting a different character . A Mr . Ellison , from Lancashire , was chairman , and Mr . Robinson , from Scotland , was secretary . Mr . Turcross , from London , took a great part in the meeting . Mr . James Scott was also there . Mr . Scott came hero on the 30 th November , and began to find fault before he had crossed tho river—first , with the
ferry , which had given satisfaction to every teamster that had crossed it ; secondly , with the store ; thirdly , with the land being too sandy : and , in fact , with everything he met with . Now , gentlemen , it is the opinion of men who have lived in America their whole life , that there is not better land in Wisconsin , nor hotter adapted for a settlement , than this land which Mr . Scott so much deprecates . This man told us of his great labours and travels through England and Scotland—of his disinterested motives—and what wealth he possessed in this country ; yet his conduct on this occasion was altogether unmanly and contradictory—evidently for the purpose of causing division and discontent . . It is my opinion that this man has no such land as he
stated to you ; I will give you my reason for saying so : I never can believe that any person would neglect his own business for tho length of time Mr . Scott says he has done ; lecture and travel at his own expense , for twelve months , come back to this country , and pass his own home , after an absence of eighteen months , with no caro about his own farm or family . The pretended love he has for us poor emigrants , cause him to come to Fort Winnebago ; there to dwell in the crowded room of tho Fort , and travel from the Fort to tho settlement , to find fault with all that Mr . Twigg has done . I know not how to account for this man s independence , his carrying store goods from the store to the Fort , a distance of eight miles . Wo had another meeting
yesterday , December 5 th ; Mr . Scott was again present , with Samuel Fode for a companion . Fode was the first to speak ; he had a text" book—a small paper which Mr . Scott had brought with him from the last delegate meeting . I opposed Fode , and he was voted from themeeting . Mr . Scott ' s party had carried a resolution at tho first meeting for a managing committee , for the purpose of auditing the books , and directing tho affairs ofthe society . This meeting declared the committee useless and powerless ; the chairman resigned his office , and declared he woald no longer join is such a proceeding , and nearly the whole ofthe committee followed his example . The faction was thus broken . Messrs . Scott and Robinson have no committee of
management , the settlers believing that the power to . elect officers . and appoint auditors , rests with the parent society in England . This was the general opinion at last meeting . Gentleman , I am aware that several letters have been sent to England , complaining of the hardships tho colonists endure , and the want of food . Now , I declare , at the prcseRt time , there is , and always has been , plenty of the necessaries of life—such as bread , flour , potatoes ; beef , pork , and coffee , At first , tho store was filled with almost everything you could mention , but supplies not coming , luxuries wero discontinued , and Mr . Twigg wisely confined our diet to the above articles . He also let many of the members have a cow and a cooking stove . With all the complaints certain
parties have made ; I should like to ask the men of England , whether all that are willing to work at homo have sufficient of those things , I must now conclude . Make what use of this letter you please , & C , & a . " 1 remain , yours truly , " George Cooper . " Perhaps , Mr . Editor , you may not approve of the Potter ' s policy , relative to emigration ; but , if so , I know your love of fair play will not allow you to act partiall y in tho abovo mattov ; as you have inserted one side ofthe question , I have no doubt but what you will insert tho other , so that tho 'public might judge for themselves . I remain , Burnley-road , Padiham . John Huix .
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ADELPHI THEATRE . A drama in two acts by Mr . Douglas Jerrold , which was brought out at the Hayinarket some ten or twelve years ago , under the title , of Tke Mother , was revived on Monday night at the Adeipki , as The Mother ' s Dream . The leoding purpose of the drama is to show the feelings of a young wife , who has given birth to a child during a period of temporary insanity , and has lost it before she has recovered her senses . She is made to believe ' that a gipsy child , who has attracted her notice , is the result of an illicit amour of her husband with a frail sister of the tribe , and a jealousy of amost peculiar nature is awakened . Under the influence of this passion she lias u fit of somnambulism , and wanders into the gipsy tent , where she learns from the lips of the dying chief that the child is her own , and had been stolen
by a gipsy who has harboured a grudge against her huslmnd ] s family . The bereaved mother is a character to bring out the pantomimic talent of Madame Celeste , who originally played it at tho Haymarket , and who employs all ' lier power of eesticulation to give it effect . ^ A cunning villain of tho tribe , comtnisstoned . to inspire the lady with jealousy , is played with finished astuteness by Mr . Wright , who stands in contrast with the ruder villain of the tribe , personated by Mr . O . Smith . The chieftian , a well-conceived character , who retains a poetical superstition amid his more prosaic brethren , is acted by Mr . Hughes ,. with a great , deal of picturesque feeling , though without enough indication of old age . Taken as a whole the piece is well written , a pretty anecdote being set forth with a pleasing background of gipsy life , but it is of a kind rather too simp ' e to furnish the chief entertainment of an Adelphi audience .
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Dn . Maxtell , at a recent meeting of tho Geological Society , London , exhibited remains oftljeoxtincfc colossal birds of New Zealand , the legs and feet of tho 2 >(> ionnts Qi gantcus wevo of the numbera bird wluch stood upwards of three yards high !
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what is becum of your brudder r So , said Cain—• Massa , it aiont none of . my business to look arter him ; ' and den he met him anoder time , and he said jist do same ting . Well , den I tell you he got considerable angry , and said— ' I know what you have been about , as well as yourself ; and I set a mark upon you dat wont cum off so easy . ' Den Cain get frighten'd , and have deoold chills , and when de fever and agy left him , his face was jist as pale as a snow-storm , and he was de fust white man , my bredren , whatever lived . "—Featherstonhaugh ' s Sketches of America .
It is said that there is a general split amongst the Agapemonites , at their abode in Bridgewater . Many , seeing their folly , and disgusted' with their course of life , intend to return to tfeeir homes and families . All men , in good society , are endowed with certain inalienable rights , except poor men . All men who do not pay their honest debts are great scamps , except those who cheat on a large scale . All men are great sinners except those who belong to the church . All men are allowed to think and speak freely , except those who are not orthodox . All men are gentlemen , except those who work for a living . All well-dressed and accomplished women are ladies , except factory and servant girls . On an avbhaoe of ton years the amount of the brick J « u y as >™ annually for England , and £ 13 , 000 for Scotland .
A Sad Altebnative . —In one of the border feuds of the Scottish Lairds , during the reign of James VI ., a young gentleman had the misfortune to be taken prisoner by his hereditary enemy . He was brought into the castle , when tho lady if his conqueror inquired of her husband what ho intended to do with his captive . " Hang him , dame , " said the Laird , " as a robber . " His lady , who was more considerate , though less humane , advised him to compel tho prisoner to marry their youngest daughter , " -withtliemeikle ( large ) mouth , without any tocher" ( t . e „ without any portion ) . The Laird consented , as the daughter was blessed with so unpromising an exterior that there was not the least chance of her finding a husband under any other circumstances ; and , in fact , when the alternative of such a marriage er death by the gallows was proposed to the prisoner , he was for some time disposed to choose the latter , arid no doubt felt strongly tempted to exclaim , in the words of the old
song— " » Oh , no , ' said he , ' I'd rather gib , Than to be tied to a woman ' s crib , Drive on the cart , bold fellows . '" He yielded , at last , to the instinct ef self-preservation . and married tho daughter of his conqueror , and it is said that she proved to be an excellent and affectionate wife ; though the unusual size of her moutb , for which she was distinguished , was supposed to be discernible in her descendants through several generations . PHONooRAPnr . — " Class in spelling , come up and recite . "— "Yeth , thir . "John , spell effects . ""F-X . " "Right . Next spell seedy . "— "C-D . " "Right again . " A rat was killed in a granary , at York , on
Monday week , measuring nineteen inches in length from its nose to its tail-tip , twelve and a half inches from the point of its nose to its Haunches , and nine inches round the body . In a collection of MSS . about to be brought to auction at Paris , is an autograph of Tasso , attached to a written acknowledgment from the poet of a debt of a small sum to a Jew , named Abraham Levi , for which , says Tasso , the Jew took in pledge " the sword of my father , six shirts , four sheets , arid two tablo-cloths . " Marriage . —Is not marriage an open question , when it is alleged , from the beginning of the world , that such as are in the institution wish to get out , and such as are out wish to get in ? And the reply of Socrates to him who asked whether ho should
choose a wife , still remains reasonable , " That whether he should choose one- or not , he would repent it . "—Emerson . A Strong Hint . —A young lady once hinted to a gentleman that her thimble was nearly worn out , and asked what reward she should receive for her industry . He made answer the next day by sending her a new one , with the following lines : — I send a thimble for fingers nimble , Which I hope will fit when you try it ; It will last you long , if it ' s half as strong , As the hint which you gavo mc to buy it . A few DATs ago a marriage was solemnised at Stvomness , and , on the officiating minister demanding that the parties should join hands , it turned out that Lothario had no hands to join , having in his younger days been depiived of them by a shark ! The John 0 ' Groat Journal puts the query , " Is the marriage legal ?"
The Angel Hotel , Oxford , cost , in the year 1829 , £ 22 , 500 ; it is now , owing to railways , valued at £ 5 , 000 . The Star Hotel , Oxford , cost £ 15 , 500 ; its present value figures £ 0 , 000 . A quarter-share of the Queen ' s Hotel , Cheltenham , which was sold for £ 10 , 000 , is now only worth £ 2 , 500 . On the furniture alone £ 16 , 000 has been lost . The Evkry-day Life of Lord Bacon . — During meditation he often had music in . another room , by which his fancy was enlivened . He had many little whims and peculiarities , some of which may excite a smile ; for instance , in the spring he would go out lor a drive in his open coach whilst it rained to receive ( in the quaint language of Aubrey ) "the benefit of irrigation , " which he was wont to say
was very wholesome , " because of the nitre in the air and tho universal spirit of the world . " He had extraordinary notions respecting the virtue of nitre , and conceived it to be of inestimable value in the preservation of health . So great was his faith , that ho swallowed three grains of that drug , either alone or with saffron , in warm broatb , every morning during thirty years ! He seemed to be very fond of quacking himself—once a wcuk he took a dose of tho "water of Mithridate , " diluted with strawberry water . Once a month , at least , he made a point of swallowing a grain andahalf of " castor " in his broath . and breakfast for two successive days . And every sixth and seventh day , he drank an
infusion of rhubard in whito wine and beer immediately before his dinner . He made it a point to take air in some high and open place every morning , the third hour after sunrise , and , if possible , he selected a spot whore ho could onjoy the perfume of musk , roses , and sweet violets . Besides thus breathing the pure air of nature , he was fumigated with the smoke of lign-aloes , with dried bays and rosemary , adding once a week a little tobacco . On leaving his bed he was anointed all over with oil of almonds , mingled with salt and saffron , and this was followed by gentle friction . He ws \ s rather a hearty feeder , and , when young , preferred game and poultry , but , in after life , gave tho choice to butchers' meat , which had been well beaten before roasted . At
every meal his table was strewed with flowers and sweet herbs . Half an hour before supper , he toek a cup of wine or alo , hot and spiced , and once during supper , wino in which gold had been quenched . The first draught which he drank at dinner or supper was always hot , and on retirin g to bed he ate a piece of bread steeped in a mixture of wine , syrup of roses , and amber , and washed it down with a cup of ale to compose his spirits and send him to sleep . In the sprimj , he was fond of a glass of spiced pomosranato wine early in tho morning , and greatly enjoyed water-cresses . Thoso little points may bo unimportant in themselves , but they assist us in drawing a mental portrait ofthe man . " Com > kbl TT : is a fine-looking man , isn ' t he ? " said a friend the other day . " Yes , " replied another , " I was taken for him once . " " You why you ' re as ugly as sin . " "I don ' t care for that , I was takon for him ouce—I endorsed his note , and I was taken for him by the sheriff . "
' An iNTK . vrrva Genius . —We must introduce to tho lovers of tho marvellous a wonder in tho shape of a dog , the property of Mr . Thomas Bennett , of tho Church Side , Macclesfield . This animal , which is kept in tho factory , had boon iu tho habit of killing tho cockroaches with which the factory is infested ^ by putting thorn under the pressure of his right paw . By some accident the paw was disabled , and the animal saw the onomy rapidly increase in number . A few weeks ! ago ho exemplified the old adage , that "necessity is the mother of invention , " by lying down among a whole host of his adversaries and rolling over them , thus effecting afc " ono foil swoop " what had formerly cost him considerable labour . Having made this discovery , he was not tho sort of dog to ncgloct taking advantage of it ; and hc . may now bo seen any morning taking a roll amongst tho cockroaches , and tlwri surveying the slaughtered foes with an appearance of satisfaction . —Macclesfield Courier .
An elector of Cologne ( who was likewise an archbishop ) , ono day swearing profanely , asked a peasant , who seomcd . to wonder , what ho was so surprised at . " To hear an archbishop swear , " answered tho peasant . " I swoar , " rep lied the elector , " not as an archbishop , but as a prince . " "But , my lord , " said the peasant , " when the prince goes to the devil , what will become of tho archbishop i It is said that 10 , 000 pairs of boots : nnd shoos are manufactured uiulv in Bethnal-green , Whiteoluipel , and Spitalflelds . Thousands of ladies ' . French shoe . * , that never saw France , aro madoat that end ot t . ie town , and worn by tho . first ladies in the land ., ¦ p ; material and wages < o ? t under 2 s . per pair , and thoy are sold as goods ' imported , from , irancp , at 'ls .. 6 d . aid Ss . Cd .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 23, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_23031850/page/3/
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