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November 3, 1849. The Northern Stir, 3
November 3 , 1849 . THE NORTHERN STIR , 3
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THE BAKER'S DOOM . Mark but that pale thin cheek ! Mark the eye , hollow and dim ! Bis life ' s aa eternal week : — There ' s no day of rest for him . He labours on deadly ground , From which the "black slave would recoil ; His time is a dreary round Of feverish dozing and toil . Then Christians find in your hearts some room , "To pity the toil-worn baker ' s doom !
The husbandman welcomes the hour Devoted to work or rest : Sweet sleep refreshes his power , And giveth his labours a zest . _JTe wakes with the lark in the morn , And he lists to his native hymn ; Hut thc hollow-eyed baker is worn 'Till weary in life and limb . Then Christians find in your hearts some room , To pity the toil-worn baker ' s doom I He is doom'd hy the oven to stay , As Ion" as his nature can;—And his days—they harry away , But half the life of man . Oh ! think ofthepale-fac'd slave , — Kor divide his body from soul ; _Xor consign a man to the grave , For the sake of a dainty roll ! Oh ! Christians find in yonr hearts some room , And pity the toil-worn baker ' s doom !
They breathe not the freshness of air , 2 Jor the breezes their pale cheeks fan : They walk—hut a loaded basket they bear , 'Mid' the tainted haunts of man . All hope for the future is fled , _Unblest by a furtive ray ; And the life that produces your daily bread , So secretly pining away . Then Christians find in your hearts some room , To pity the toil-worn baker ' s doom ! The Sabbatb , with sacred chime ,
Which holy and honoured we keep , — To them is the same dull time Of hurtful toil and sleep .. Up , then , and plead their cause , _Xor loiter , ye men of love ; "Sor longer permit man ' s finite laws To prescribe the laws above : Bat find in your Christian hearts some room , To ease thetoil-worn baker ' s doom ! Bakers ' Gazette . "W . P .
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THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW OP BRITISH AND FOREIGN POLITICS , HISTORY , AM ) LITERATURE . Edited "b y U . Julian Harsey . No . VI . November . London : E . Mackenzie , 5 , "Wiue-office Court , Fleet-street . _JSb -well- "VFisher ofthe good cause hut may rest assured that thus number of the Democratic Review will give universal satisfaction , and do much towards adding to the Tegular circulation of this monthly champion of Democratic and Social Reform . The Editor ' s Letterdevoted to an energetic appeal to the "Working
Classes , in favour of the institution of a Democratic Propaganda—can hardly fail to secure the approbation and cordial response of all true Democrats . Louis Blasc's admirable letter on " Social Worshops , " setting forth -their organisation , & c , & c ., is worthy of the most deliberate consideration of Trades Unionists , and all-who desire the social emancipation ofthe Proletarian Classes . The Editor ' s out-spoken comments on the recent Austrian murders in Hungary , are followed by some personal and interesting particulars of Kossuth , General Bem , and General _Guroff . Of
the able contributions which , have appeared in this Review from the pen of "One of 'the "Men ofthe Future , ' " the article in the present number is decidedly the best . "The Roman Republic defended , and its assassins -unmasked , ' ' is the title of a magnificent mani festo by Joseph Mazzesi , in which the _vb > "tuous Triumvir most unsparingly exposes the lies and crimes ofthe assassins who at present govern France ; and most triumphantly defends the Roman Republic and the Italian cause against the hypocritical and calumnious attacks of Messrs . De Tocquevule and _Ealtxarx . This masterly document ( which
occupies twelve pages of the Review , ) will he treasured by all who hate falsehood and -tyranny , and -who admire eloquence , patriotism , aud true heroism . In the nest article ( appropriately entitled " Rome enslaved and France dishonoured " , ) the Editor comments on the latest proceedings ofthe Pope , ihe President , and thc rest of the Hbertuade _consp irators of France and Italy . " Terrigenous " successfully pursues the thread of his exposition on the rig ht of aU to the Land . A splendid poetic invective , addressed to Pips IX , by _Whittier , the Amerian poet , will also be found in this number of the
Democratic Review . We can only find room for one extract . We select from the article entitled
_DEMOCRATIC PROGRESS . The late mighty convulsions which have shaken -the thrones of despotism throughout Europe , though they have failed in their object for the present , have revealed to us the germs of future success . We have seen that the people in all countries are not content with the misgovernment to which they have so long been subjected , and bave pronounced emphatically in favour of a new order of things ; and it is now clearly demonstrated tbafc they were only _fniM _through the superior craftiness and
combination of the despotic few . It is also undeniable that the people understand their political rights , for in all cases where temporary success crowned their efforts . , they at once removed the privilege barriers which had been erected through ages of oppression , and remodelled their political institutions in accordance with thc spirit and advanced knowledge of the age . Therefore the recent failures should not so much induce us to despond as to prepare with energy for the next struggle . The achievement of real freedom is now only a question of time Even at
in England , dull and apathetic though we seem present , still the . desire for amendment in our system of government rules supreme over all other subjects . The masses have repeatedly given proof of thisby their numerous meetings and petitions in 1839 , ' 42 and ' 48 , andthisf act is so well understood by the monied class , that , they are compelled to attach the Suffrage question to any subject which they desire to impress on the public mind . AU this is no longer matter of doubt but a grave historical fact , and proves that the people have made great _pro-<«« in that _deparimeBt of knowledge so essential
to their welfare . The failures of the past _^ cannot _nowberecaued , hutmust _fimnsh _agmde for the future , and much and deeply though we lament the loss ofthe devoted men who have sealed their faith with their blood , let us not dishonour their memories by futile regrets , but press on in the glorious _prth 4 ich their heroism has marked out and thus provethattheyhaveuotdied m Tarn . Thefuture Res before us , and our watchword must be " ron-• _wjibd '" We must take lessons from the past , and set earnestly to work to repair the damage sustained hr the onslaught of earth ' s tyrants , who , eyeniiow feela foretaste ofthe _retiibutton that awaits thendeeds of blood ; and the murders , banishments , and i _^« = nntnPnts . which tbev inflict , is the standard
hv which we mavknow the extent of their gloomy fears and forebodings . _Nations cannot be annihilated , and a day of reckoning will assuredly arrive , M A _rSew of the Democratic campaign of 1 S 4 S 49 , reveals to u our deficiency in organisation , _con-SX , aud that oneness of purpose so essential to success , added tothis , there as been too much _regSepSced in _Apolitical _integrity of ihe middle _E _« Tbe Proletarians should , for the future , . classes . _"" _* j . «» _= i »» " *~ - .. „ , „ classes , _uc -u _«>^ . _~ _.. ~ - fundamental maxim thatto suc
. lay it down as a , - ceed they must possess _xvithin _themselves the elements of success , as all extraneous aid has heretofore brought with it the elements of division and incertitude , and led to ultimate ruin . The _knowledofe of this fact should impress itself indelibly on the minds of all true democrats . _Neg lecting this , we shall remain for ever the slaves and serfs of monied and landed aristocrats , and be everlasting ly the shuttlecocks and dupes of hypocrites and pretenders . What then is our present duty , and what mod e of action should he adopted , under existing circumst ances , by . the Democrats and Social Reformers of Great Britain ? The position of political •• _vn-fies is so anomalous and disjointed , that we canlores oi
* 1 _vlfir from a change , _lue mc _^ " --Mt a «! in a miserable minority mthe _f _^ _fS * caused by their base betrayal Eou of _ymou , _^^ _^ _^ of the _^^ _% for _reiruits to strengthen the * _^^ tSrSu BuI is admitted by its author ranks . _The « _eiffl _^ _^^ ser teJa to * f _^ _KoSlo the base Whig party , and mono poly of . powerto _m _^^ com even Tory bigots _^ _lf" ' _^ % Tme j . rs—an ex-J lacency _^ the numrferof _^ fom _^ ry amidst tended sufirage . _]^^* L _fo is only actuifcese Tarious professions , eacn _wj *
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ated by a calculation of the probable amount of political strength they may obtain for themselves , without conferring any benefit on the people ; and , like the quarrel concerning _National Education , each faction wiil endeavour to establish the plan which they consider the most capable of upholding their several interests . In this juncture the people —the workers—must be prepared to put fourth their whole strength , that they be not again deluded by the nameinstead of the reality , they should maintain their own organisations , and associations intact , and not suffer themselves to be confounded with the mere professing Reformers as they did at the time of the Reform Bill mania . If the experience of former years does not teach us , we richly merit our fate , as we have abundant proof of what we may expect from the much vaunted Liberals ,
Proletarians can have no interest in common with usurers or profitmongers . Our only hope then consists iu _Self-keuaxce . We have the power , if we will use it , to emancipate ourselves . Let us then stand erect , turn up our sleeves , and commence our work , manfully , vigorously , judiciously , and hopefully , and not fawn and crouch to the puppets and gew-gaws of our own creation . We are men ! Labour is ours . Almighty labour , which produces all things from the _hegsar ' s uotatoe to the crown which
encircles the brow of royalty . What then lack we , but union and knowledge to apply it , and that knowledge and union must be spread from and created by ourselves . Strange , that the producers of all wealth should apply for aid to those who produce nothing , hut who are iu reality our greatest grievance , inasmuch as they waste in riot and extravagance the honey which the industrious bee 3 have accumulated . From such-inconsistent and unnatural alliances , no good can proceed .
May we see the speedy realisation of the aspirations so ferventl y breathed in every page of this publication for the downfall of tyrants . —To quote two stanzas of Whittieb _' s soul-stirring poem : — " Earth wearies of them , and the long , Meek sufferance of the heavens' doth fail ; Woe for weak tyrants , when the strong Wake , struggle , and prevail . 2 fot vajnly Roman hearts have bled To feed the crorier and the crown , If roused thereby , the world shall tread The twin-born vampires down !"
The Progressionist. London: Watson, Quee...
The Progressionist . London : Watson , Queen ' shead-passage , Paternoster-row . We observe that this periodical , heretofore published monthly , made its first appearance as a weekly publication ou Saturday last . We quote from the smtob ' s _ajh > bess . The anxiety and disadvantage arising from being nearly two hundred miles from our printer , ( which has been the case hitherto ) is now at du end . "We have set up a new ; Press at home , which wo intend to devote to the best interests of society;—a Press , bo it known , on which , we trust bo slave-master ,
no oppressor , no domineering priest , no aristooratic tyrant , will ever lay his hand . No , we mean it to be emphatically , and in the best sense ofthe word , a " Free Press ; " Free ; to enunciate the thoughts which burn in the liberty-loving bosoms of thousands of our countrymen ; Free ; to denounce oppression of every form and wherever found ; Free ; to expose the craft of priests ; the _viithering influence of which has been for centuries filling the world with superstition , error , immorality , and blasphemy ; Free ; to defend the weak against the usurped power of tyranny ; to advocate " right , " in opposition to the " mighty" reign of terror , which has too long been ruling with its iron sceptre , the subjects of our realm .
A Press so employed will deserve , and , vre trust , have , the support of the people . In the number before us , there are several wellwritten articles from democratic and able correspondents . Oar friend Jobs _Ryuill —who writes with a tomahawk— -thus prophecies of
THE FCIUHE . Ah ! who can draw aside the curtain that veils the future , and behold with certainty what shall follow in the wake of timel Present appearances are dark , gloomy , and forbidding ; but we believe there is hope . The electricity of the people ' s power is now in a condensing state , and will one day burst in terrible fury , and hurl into annihilation all the monsters of tyranny . The present is a dark season , The political horizon is hung in blackness . 2 v ot a streak of light is to he seen ; but the rumblings of distant thunders may be heard ; the shaking of the ground beneath our feet may be felt ; the coming earthquake of popular fury will shake the foundations of thrones , and smash every vestige of oppression existing in the wide world . The future is coming ! It wiU bring us an educated people—a
people too intelligent , holy , pure , and virtuous , to place any dependence on kings . They will utterly loathe , and despise , and abominate , the very name . They will labour for its entire destruction ; for its everlasting overthrow and eternal annihilation . The future shall be glorified in the destruction of all wrongs ; in the annihilation of all frauds ; in the abolition of all monopolies ; in the overthrow of all tyrannies ; iu the explosion of all shams ; and in the expulsion of all misery , vice , crime , and suffering , from God ' s beautiful world That grand day shall come ! It must come !! God is true . Truth is eternal . liberty can never perish ! Liberty must reign ! It shall ascend the mountain summit of the future , and dispense peace and happiness , prosperity and plenty , to all the children of God , in every nation under heaven .
Amen ! We cordially "wish this publication success . The friends of progress will but perform their duty by giving their support to the Progressionist .
The Bakers' Gazette, And Trades' Circula...
The Bakers' Gazette , and Trades' Circular . London : H . J . Kennett , 14 , York-street , Covent-garden . We have received the first nine numbers of this publication , devoted to the advocacy of the Eig hts of the labouring classes generally , and those of the Bakers in particular . The editorial articles are ably written , and the selected matter well chosen . In "No . 8 . there is a review of Cobden _' s speech on the "Bakers' Question , of the abolition of Night Work , " in which the Editor convicts the champion of ooaraeots-liberalism of ignorance and injustice . We give the following extract
_~^~~ Z THE LABOURER K 0 T FREE . * The Honourable Gentleman stated , in answer to Mr . Stafford , "that his principles are perfect freedom of Industry . ' So are ours , tut we contend that the labourer is not free , and in order to enable him to be so , he requires laws , for the protection of his property , as much as any millowner or landowner does . If any person desires to appropriate to himself any portion of the property of another , and carries that desire into effect , the law immediately steps in , and punishes him for doing it , and admits of no excuse , not even starvation , to mitigate or pardon the offence . _^ Then why should not the labourers' property—their tame and
healthbe equally protected , to prevent the tyrannical and tbe avaricious employers of labour from appropriating to themselves so much of the labour of their fellow men as to destroy their health , and deprive them of anytime for cultivating and enjoying those mental faculties , physical recreations , and even rest , which God has given toman , and rendered necessary for his comfort and happiness—that they may get rich at their expense . The man who steals the loaf from a baker's shop to satisfy the cravings of nature , or a pair of shoes from the shoemaker ' s to cover his naked feet from the inclemency of the weather , is punished for his violation of the laws of _nroDertv ; but tbe employer who steals from the
labourer sufficient labour to produce 'two loaves , or two pairs of shoes , instead of one , without paying him a fair share of what he has produced , is not amenable to any law . Then in what _conusts the freedom of the labourer , since be has not the power to protect his labour from being appropriated by the avaricious , tyrannical , or unprincipled employer ? Is it not against such men as these that has led to the formation of all the laws we _possess for the protection of property , and the well-being of the great body ofthe community ! Why do men form themselves iute societies , if it is not for their mutual protection ugainst the tyranny and oppression of the few . ? Legislators , or law-givers , were elected from the people to make laws for this
purpose : it is , therefore , the duty of these law-givers to pay due respect so the grievances of any class of the communUv , and to redress them ; to do justice between all men , that the bonds of society may not be broken , and anarchy , oppression , and misrule ensue , at all times caused by the destitution of the great body of the people . Ill-paid , over-worked , and the slaves of a life-killing system of night toil , the Bakers have strong claims on public sympathy ; and this periodical , by giving publicity to their wrongs , will , doubtless , effect much ia that direction . The Bakers in particular , and aU friends to the emancipation of Labour in general will do well to promote the sale of this publication .
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Stbasge Dicium . — A scientific humourist , de " _seribin" one of the busy-bodies at tbe Birmingham meeting , said , " He _toows something about Nothing and _noltting about Something . " _—JKtera _^ - Gai tttt .
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Royal Polytechnic Institution. This Most...
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . This most excellent establishment , which may be truly called the home for many sciences , is indeed a theatre wherein are displayed numerous ingenious contrivances which from time to time have arisen as the offspring ofthe inventive ingenuity of man . Popular lecture ? arc delivered on various subjects by Doctor Bacbhofmer and Mr . Ashley . The lectures on Chemistry continue , as usual , a point of considerable interest aud attraction ; the various beauties of this elaborate branch of science are being discussed by Mr . Ashley , who , in his course oflectures , embraces all the most interesting topics of affinity , and the explanation of many facts which in common life are hardl y observed , much less investigated , because of their frequency and familiarity . These facts , as the lecturer observed , were those of all others which in the hands of the
observant philosopher assumed important features , tracing in the wondrous works of the Great Creator the undivided dependence in which all things are created . We cannot help reverting to the well known adage , " knowledge is power ! " and at no time do we more forcibly become impressed with the truth contained in these words , than when observing the continuous link in the one great chain comprising this beautiful creation , when the reflective mmd of man is led from the contemplation of Nature ' s works to ponder upon Nature's Uod . Doctor Bachhofmer has commenced a highly scientific , and at the same time , popular lecture on Electricity , admirably calculated for this establishment , which has become so attractive to tbe rising generation , as well as the adult . The experiments exhibited _during the lecture by the learned Professor are very beautiful , and are well calculated for instruction of the youthful mind .
COLOSSEUM AND CYCLORAMA . This interesting establishment continues to attract numerous visitors from its varied and , in its kind , unrivalled attractions . Thc reality ofthe scene in the panorama of Paris by night , and the fidelity of ihe views of Lisbon and the earthquake , are the admiration of every one ; and , altogether , it forms one of th « most interesting and pleasant lounges in the metropolis . We may add , that as the two pictures arc exhibited by artificial light , it is seen to equal advantage in the most gloomy , as in the finest weather .
STANDARD THEATRE . A new drama was produced at this theatre on Monday night , called The North Pole ; or , a Voyage to the Frozen Regions . This piece is neatly got up , and is well worthy tke attention of our readers , The scenery is excellent , and the novel effect of a ship water-logged is very effective . Natty No , boatswain of the Victory , is ably represented by Mr . J . Douglass , who personates the sailor to tbe life . The Anchor ' s Weighed , which has been already performed thirty nights , still continues to attract crowded audiences .
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— _i _^ _B _^^ _ii _^— _¦¦ - THE ALFRED JUBILEE . Thursday , the 25 th day of October , 1 S 49 , was a grand day for the folk of Wantage . It may not be generally remembered that that town is the birth place of our good old Saxon King Alfred ; or , that the day above written is tho l _. OOuth anniversary of the birth-day of that Monarch , who , according to antiquarian calculation , was born in 849 . This , however , being the case , it was resolved by a body of gentlemen , cultivators of Anglo-Saxon literature , and proud of their Anglo-Saxon race , to celebrate the auspicious occasion by a festival or jubilee . Accordingly , a committee was formed and the necessary steps taken . Placards were issued , addressed to the good men and true of Wantage and its neighbourhood , announcing that this great and
unprecedented honour was about to be thrust upon them , aud proceeding thus : — '' From all parts of England your countrymen , together with some foreigners and American kinsmen , are expected to flock to this patriotic celebration ; and you need not be reminded how kiudly , or how warmly you will welcome the guests who seek out Wantage on so happy au occasion . King Alfred is known to all tho world as , perhaps , the greatest man—certainly the best king—that ever lived ; and in his institutions , character , and fame , is still and , ever immortal amongst us . Let us all now endeavour to do him , aud our country , due honour on this thousandth anniversary ; commencing , as we ought , by the solemn aud grateful service of God , after these thousand
years of mercies and prosperities ; and thence proceeding , as we gladly may , to the cheerful festivities of our jubilee . Common sense and good feeling are never wanting to Englishmen ; let these keep order and good humour better than special constables and police . It is recommended to the inhabitants of _Wantage , that , in honour of their illustrious townsman , they decorate their streets and houses with flags , oak boughs , and such other tokens of patriotic feeling as they can muster ; also that they wear their holiday apparel and the Alfred medal ; quantities of which , at a very cheap cost , will be in the town on Wednesday . Right
spirit , _cood humour , and energy are everything ! Men of Berkshire , of all grades . ' you will not be wanting to yourselves on so glorious an occasion . The committee appointed to manage the arrangements of the jubilee , respectfully beg attention to the following recommendation , viz . —that all persons in business , in Wantage , close their shops , and give those in their employ a holiday on this occasion . An ox will be roasted near the town , by the aid of Mr . Charles Hart ' s steam engine , in order that those engaged may afterwards participate in the festivities . In addition to the distribution of meat , some bread will be also given , particularly to those indigent poor of Wantage in the receipt of relief . "
The suggestions of the committee were heartily met , and tfcf tOTfll presented , as if by magic , all the appearance ti a holiday . The shops were closed , except hoto * and refreshment houses . The streets were decorated with banners , bearing appropriate inscriptions ; over the approaches were spanned triumphal _areh < _"i of boughs and flowers ; and at an early hour en . wxfc , of all ranks thronged towards the market-place by every sort of conveyance , natural and artificial . £ _* ivine service was performed at eleveno ' clock in the church , and shortly afterwards at the to _^ n-hall an address or lecture was delivered byj Major BelJ , upon the history and traditions of King Alfred , with an eulogy upon his character . The Rev . C . L . Richmond , who had come from
America to attend this Anglo-Saxon jubilee , also made an eloquent speech to the crowd assembled outside , and in which he dwelt upon the identity of race between Englishmen and Americans , and expressed hope for the union ofthe Anglo-Saxon race all over the world , wheresoever they dwelt . The sentiments he expressed were heartily responded to and loudly cheered by his auditors . After this a procession , consisting of the clubs and the guests , visited King Alfred ' s well , about a quarter of a mile off , aud supposed to be ou the site of the ancient stronghold or castle of the West Saxon Kings , Here an address was delivered by the Rev . F . Reyroux upon the life and character of King Alfred . Meanwhile , on the common , a little outside the
town , a magnificent ox was slowly and majestically turning upon an iron crate , worked by a steam enfine before a huge fire , contained in a convenient rick receptacle built for tlie purpose . Another old English custom was _revised in the greased Maypole , which , surmounted by a leg of mutton , the prize ofthe adventurous climber , towered high in the centre of the Market-place . At two o'clock a distribution of meat was made in the Market-house to the poor : and half an hour afterwards , one hundred impressions ofthe medal which had been struck upon the occasion were thrown among the people . The appearance of the town during all these proceedings was most lively and exhilarating , and it was as fair a specimen as we ever saw of hearty
English merriment and joyous excitement , without license or outrage . At three o ' clock the guests assembled to dinner in the large room of the _Alfred _' _s-hcad Inn , C . Eyston , Esq ., of Hendred House , occupying the chair . Among the company present we observed P . Pusey , Esq ., M . P . ; Sir Robert Throckmorton , of Buckland Park ; Temple Bowdoin , Esq ., Farringdon House ; E . M . Atkins , Esq . ; W . Goodwin , Esq ., of Lettcombe Regis ; Rev . Dr . Whittingham , of Childrey ; John Britton , Esq ., the celebrated antiquary ; Dr . Waddilove ; W . J . Evelyn , Esq ., M . P . for Surrey ; Martin J . Tupper , Esq ., the popular author « f " Proverbial Philosophy . " Several members of tbe Pulford , the Brereton , the Tufnell , and
the Whittaker families were present , aud the Rev . C . L . Richmond , from the United States , sat opposite the chairman . The room was handsomely decorated with streamers and banners , amongst which were conspicuous the stars and stripes of America in friendly union with our own national emblems . The demand for dinner tickets was very great , and bad the apartment been much larger it could not have accommodated all who were desirous of being guests . A great number of ladies dined , which of course greatly added to the attraction , and as it was many gentlemen who had tickets were obliged to take their refreshment in another room .
Dr . Giles , the secretary , by whose exertions , coupled with those of Mr . Martin Tupper , the jubilee was mainly got up , proposed the following resolutions or report , which were unanimously adopted : — " That the old grammar school of Wantage be revived and enlarged , under the name of King Alfred ' s College , aud tbat a mechanics' institute be opened with it in this town . " " That for the purjose of accomplishing this good work , a general subscription list be opened immediately , to which all the Anglo-Saxon race trim reverence the name and memory of Alfred , are invited to contribute . "
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" That for the purpose of aiding the subscription and at the same time of furnishing subscribers with a record ofthe Great Alfred _,. and of this his jubilee ye f > f" edition of his _works ,. m one volume folio , splendidly illustrated , be immediately undertaken % competent Anglo-Saxon scholars , to be called / ho Jubilee edition of tho Works of King Alfred tho Great . '" " That every subscriber of three guineas and upwards be presented with a copy of tho abovenamed work . "
" That the governors of the town-lands being , by virtue of their office , guardian * of the old Wantage Grammar School , be requested to become members of this committee , and that the committee be empowered io add to their numbers /' ., <* Chairman , in putting tho question , eulogised the character of King Alfred as a scholar as well as a monarch ; and after briefly adverting to his lite-™ . 'forks , and thc translations he had made , observed , that in no more appropriate way could
tney uo honour to tho memory of Alfred than by P romoMng tho cause of education and knowledge . Mr . _TurntR _, m proposing the toast , " The Anglo-Saxon Race ailover the World , " observed that the feeling which had' dictated this movement was rapidly spreading , not only in this country , but in tama and America , and wherever Anglo-Saxons ll ere t 0 b ? _j found - In _Liverpool , and London , there would shortly be meetings with the same views and objects ..-Tho Rev , C . L . 'Richmond also addressed the company , assuring the m of the fraternal sympathies of his countrymen .
Count" Louis Batthyant. The Following St...
COUNT" LOUIS BATTHYANT . The following statement by Count Tel 6 ki , respecting thc execution of Count Louis Batthyany , is translated from the Presse ;— , " The Count Louis Batthyani , late Premier of Hungary , has just been executed . " It appears from the sentence which has been pronounced against him that the Count Batthyany was not convicted of being au accessory to the murder ofthe Count Latour , for no mention whatever is mado of this in tho sentence . " The Count Batthyany has been condemnedfirst , for- having , in his office as prime minister , taken . and executed , or caused the execution of , sundry measures , * surpassing the administrative power of Hungary , such as it was established by
the laws ot the month of March , 1 S 4 S ; for having by these measures weakened the legal bond between Hungary and the hereditary states " ot the empire as established by the Pragmatic Sanction ; and for having placed the constitution of the country in a state of great _precariousness and danger . " We may well ask what has , up to the present , constituted the legal bond between Hungary and the hereditary states of the ompiro as established by th » Pragmatic Sanction , the person of the sovereign , and his rights ? The Count Batthyany has consequently been condemned for having weakened the royal authority in Hungary , for having opposed the interest and the rights of the sovereign . But in what manner could the Count Batthyany possibly
oppose his Sovereign . He was made a minister by the Emperor and King . He remained a minister so long as the Emperor and King willed it . He carried on the administration with the consent of his Sovereign . He resigned his place to his successor as soon as the latter was appointed . Thc Emperor and King is consequently an accessory to whatever the Minister Batthy any may have _^ done . The impeachment of the Minister is also the impeachment ofthe Sovereign . " The Count Batthyany was condemned , secondly , for having , after his dismissal from office , entered into the ranks ofthe insurgent army , thereby making a public appeal to armed resistance . ' « But against Whom did ho fight ? Against whom
was his appeal , to armed resistance directed ? Against the Croatian army of Jellachich , but not against the imperial armyofWndischgratz , The only combat in which he took part after his dismissal was tho battle which , in October last , was fought against the Croatian army under General Theodoric , whom the Hungarian ! defeated , near Oedcnbuvg and Nemesker . After this battle Count Batthyany re > _treatad to his _castlo of Tkerver , in the county of Eisenburg , where he was confined to his bed for above six weeks , iu consequence of having broken his arm by a fall from his horse , "This , then , is the whole of Count Batthyany ' s armed resistance . A few months previous to his invasion of _Hungary Jellachich had been declared
to be a rebel and a traitor . lie had been dismissed from all his offices and deprived of all his honours by no less a person than his Majesty Ferdinand , thc Emperor ana King , and by means of a royal decree , which was signed and dated from Innspruck the 10 th of June . It was , therefore , to say the least , allowable to doubt whether this rebel had by his armed resistance to the orders of his sovereign acquired tho right of invading Hungary , or whether faghting against him made a man guilty of high treason . Do these facts furnish any pretext for an impeachment against the Count Batthyany ? " That nobleman was condemned , thirdly , for having beena . m _' ember ' of the Hungarian parliament after his Majesty had dissolved the said parliament .
This is true . After having resigned his seat in order to oppose thc committee of defence which tho parliament had appointed , the Count Batthyany was re-elected by his constituents and he again took his seat at the end of December . " I will not here discuss the question of this dissolution , which was proclaimed by a decree which wanted the counter-signature of the Hungarian minister , and I will merely remark that if thc mere fact of the Count Batthyany having re-entered the parliament in December last is a crime of high treason , it is evident that all the deputies and magnates who were at Pesth , and who attended the sittings of the parliament after its so-called
dissolution in October , are equally guilty , and thus GOO persons ought to be sentenced to capital punishment . ' Nay , more , the Count Batthyany had not asked to be re-elected , he was simply nominated and desired to take his place in the parliament . Now , since it is a legal maxim that he who induces another man to commit a crime is at tho least equally guilty , it is evident that if the Count Batthyany was worthy of capital punishment merely for having joined tlie parliament , tho whole body of his constituents is equally damnable for having forced him to take that step . Nay , more , all the electors of all counties aud boroughs of Hungary ought to he executed .
" The Count Batthyany has been condemned , fourthly , for having after joining the dissolved parliament sided with and backed the revolutionary party . But it is , nevertheless , true that the Count Batthyany did but once , and only once take part in the debates o this dissolved parliament , and the single instance upon record happened to be two days before thc arrival of Prince Windischgr ' atz at Pesth , when he consented to go to the AuEtrian camp , and , if possible , to negotiate between Austria and Hungary . Tims did Count Batthyany side with and fortify the revolutionary party . After the entry of Prince _Windischgratz into Pesth , the Count
Batthyany was at _liberty to leave that city and go to De ' brcczin . He relied upon his innocence , and he thought himself safe from danger because lie felt himself without reproach . This is his only fault . Two days later he was a prisoner . I have analy sed the sentence which was pronounced against tho Couut Batthyany . I have analysed it from an Austrian point of view , and I defy Austria to reply to my argument . There is no possible pretence for Count Batthyany ' s condemnation . What name , then , does this condemnation deserve ? I leave it to others to term tho act—as for me , I will but establish the facts .
" The Count Batthyany was condemned for having violated the Pragmatic Sanction , and thc Hungarian Constitution , of which the Pragmatic Sanction forms a part . Who were his judges ? A courtmartial of Austrian officers , who were profoundly ignorant of our laws and our constitution , and these men have found the Count guilty of having violated certain laws , of which they knew nothing whatever . " And if a man is to be punished for having violated the laws , it is , I should think , necessary that his judges and executioners ought not to violate the laws—at least , not in the pleadings and the practice of the court .
" Crimes of hi g h treason and of violation of the Pragmatie Sanction belong to the jurisdiction ofthe King ' s Court . But in thc present instance the case has been brought before a court-martial . Where is the law which authorises such proceedings ? And on the strength of which law was Count Batthyany condemned to be hanged ? I defy the whole world to quote a law in support of the present sentence . Perhaps a decree may be quoted—a simple expression of the Sovereign's will . But if so , what name , does this condemnation deserve ? " The Count Batthyany , late Premier of Hungary , was executed on the Gth of October , on the anniversary ofthe tragical end ofthe Austrian
Minister , Count Latour . An Austrian Minister and Count was muvdMwl and hanged by the frantic population of Vienna . Nothing more natural than on the same day of the following year an Hungarian Minister and Count should be gibbeted by the government at Pesth . To make up for Latour it was indispensable that the victims should be a minister and a count . " What , then , was this execution ? Was it a measure which was necessary for the public welfare ?—such a measure as Baron Haynau is wont to take for the especial benefit of an insurgent district ? Was it necessary to terrorize the Hungarian rebellion into submission ? The war was ended , all resistance was over . " How , thenare we to judge of this measure •"
, "While tho war continued , and while part of the Hungarians resisted , tho Austrian government spread a rumour of Count Batthyany's acquittal . His friends and relations were amused with a vain hope ; his liberation was talked of as certain so soon as the war was ended . Such was the language ofthe Austrian government so long as there were
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enemies . But now , when Hungary is subjectednow that an _advantageous capitulation has been _Sf anted to those who waged war to the knife , they kill the man who had given , himself unarmed inSo their power . ! ' are we to judge of this measure ? io resume . This condemnation without proofs —this judgment without a court—this scntenc * without a law—this execution on the Oth of Oct . — this measure , which they dared not take when Hungary had a sword-this measure , which was taken alter sparing thoso who prolonged their resistanco to the last
extremity—how are we- to call it ? I leave it to the friends of order among all parties to find a name for this measure . I have done my duty . I have done it calmly aud deliberately , while my heart is breaking . J had but to auslyse a deathwarrant of Batthyany . I need not speak—he is well known . His name was great—Ins soul was mi ghty . He was always noble and generous . His dying hour was sublime . Thou heroic martyr of a great and beautiful cause , thou gavest thy soul up to God , but thy memory will be green in our hearts —it will live for ever , and dye with the last sigh of the last Magyar . _Lamslas _Txieki . "
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Sam Sly ( Africa , * after complaining of the minuteness with which English newspapers afflict their readers in recording the occurrences of thc day , apprises us thai ; the Rev . J . Spyker has christened Mr . Johan Godfried Barn ' s baby Johanna Jacoba ! JacobaBaml What if tho young lady should one day marry Mr . Boozle ? She may then be _knovm as Mrs . Bam Boozle . Omnibuses . —Few things in modern times have been such influential agencies as the omnibus . Their history is one of more dignity than shows on the surface . Those social conveniences have revolutionised all tho chief _ca-oitals of Eurone . In .
vented' in 1827 , tbey ruined the elder branch of the Bourbons in 1830 . The accidental upset of an omnibus suggested the fivst idea of a bavricade—and for a long timo was an essentinl part of tho structure which changed the whole science of revolutions . Thc overturn ofthe carriage was converted to the overturn of a monarchy . Since that time the omnibus , as we have said , has made the tour of Europe . Among _9 urselve 3 it is a peaceful and health-giving instrument . By its help all the world is able to live out of town . Barristers , merchants , artists , and men of letters , who formerly crowded the narrow courts and passages of Fleet-street and _Cheapsidc _, live now , by its permission , in snug suburban cottages in Norwood , Hampstead _, Putney , or Black * _hesAus- _'Athmaium .
Notuino iike success in this world—what dirty bread it will butter ! Nothing so miserable as failure—what heroism it will blacken . " Impossible . "—Brothers , I answer , if for you it be impossible , what is to become of you ? It is impossible for us to believe it to be impossible . * * We pray you let this word impossible disappear from your vocabulary in this matter . It is of awful omen . * * Every noble work is at first impossible : the possibilities lie diffused through immensity—inarticulate , undiscoverable except to faith . * . * * It is only difficult , it is not impossible . It is , with whatever difficulty , very clearly inevitable . Impossible!—Of a certain two-legged
animal with leathers it is said , if you draw a distinct chalk circle around him , he sits imprisoned , as if girt with the iron ring of fate , and will dio there , though within sight of victuals , or sit in sick misery there , and bo fatted to death . The name of this poor two-legged animal is—Goose . —Tliamas Carlylt . The _tollowmo horrible announcement recently appeared in awindowin Wolverhampton . " Baking every day , N . B . —People ' s vitals cooked . " During ihe joint stock mania of 1842 , a wag advertised a company for draining the Red Sea , and _recovering the valuables dropt therein by the children of Israel in their passage , and by the Egyptians in their pursuit .
The multitude are awakening from the slumbers of ignorance which have for ages paralysed their intellectual faculties , and rendered them the slaves of thos 9 who have been placed in authority over them . How to Make a Good Cur of Tea * —M . Soyer recommends that , before pouring in any water , the teapot , with the tea in it , shall be placed in the oven till hot , or heated by means of a spirit lamp , or in front of the fire ( not too close , of course ) , and the pot then filled with boiling water ; the result , he says , will be , in about a minute , a most delicious cup of tea , much superior to that made in the ordinary way .
How to Choose j . vd Boil Egos . —The safest way to try them is to hold tbem to the light , forming a focus with your hand ; should the shell be covered with small dark spots , they are very doubtful , and should be broken separately in a cup , and each egg smelt previous to using them . If , _however , in looking at them , you see no transparency in the shells , you may be sure they are rotten , aud only fit to ho thrown away . The most precise way is to lot » k at them by the light of the candle . If quite fresh there are no spots upon the shells , and they have a brilliant light yellow tint . New-laid eggs should not be used until they have been laid about eight or ton hours , for that part which constitutes the whito is not properly set before that time , and does not obtain its delicate flavour . Three miuutcs
arc sufficient to boil a full-sized egg , but if below the average size , two minutes and a half will suffice . Never boil eggs for salads , sauces , or any other purpose , more than ten minutes , and when done , place them in a basin of cold water to cool . Nothing _^ more indigestible than an egg too hard boiled . —M . Soyer ' _s Modem Zibuscun / e . "Ishall be at home next Sunday night , " tbe young lady remarked as she followed her beau to the door , who seemed to be somewhat wavering in his attachment . " So shall I , " was the reply . _Fkom tub present aspect ov affairs , we might conclude that the multitude are sent into tha world , expressly for kings , princes , dukes , lords , bishops , squires , parsons , and lawyers to prey—to feed upon . _Propeutt . —The laws of property havo never yet conformed to the principles on which the justification of private property rests . They have made
property of things which never ought to be property , and absolute property where only a qualified property ought to exist . —John Mill . Millions of half-starved , mentally and bodily stinted sons and daughters of labour , are viewed as only so much of the raw material of workable humanity , brought into existence for the purpose of upholding , in unhallowed pomp and grandeur , a certain number of factory lords , commercial princes , gentlemen farmers , and railway kings . Organization of Labour . — This that thoy call " organizing of labour , " is , if well understood , the problem of the whole future , for all who will henceforth pretend to govern men . MOSt potont _, effectual for all work whatsoever , is wise planning , firm combining , and commanding among men . ..... All social growths , all human interests in this world , hare , at a certain stage of their developement , required organization , and Work ,
tho grandest of human interests , does now require it You cannot lead a fighting world without having it regimented , chivalried ; nor can you continue any more to lead a working world , unrcgimentod , anarchic A working world , no more than a fighting world , can be led on without a noble chivalry of work , and laws and fixed rules which follow out of that . . . . . 0 Heavens ! if we saw an army ninety thousand strong , maintained and fully equipped , fighting , not against " tho French , " who , poor men , have a hard enough battle of their own in the like kind , but against human starvation , agains chaos , stupidity , aud other real " natural enemies , " —what a business were it . — Thomas Carlyle . A Germax Joukxal announces a young authoress , called Baroness de Clokekrakerstoccae Pickalkveneen . If her works are as crooked as her name , people will want a double set of jaws to read them .
A Home Question ron an _Astrologer . —A person had his fortune told by an astrologer . After having , by the help of ambiguous language , unfolded to the mau the events of his life , past , present , and future , tho soothsayer asked for his usual gratuity . " How is it ( said the inquisitor ) that you pretend to know hidden things , and are ignorant of my not having a penny in my pocket ?" Regenerators . —The young men who have been vexing Bociety for these last years with regenerative methods , 3 eem to have made this mistake ; they all exaggerated somo special means , and all fail to she that the reform of reforms must be accomplished without means . The reforms have their origin in an ideal justice , but they do not retain the purity of an idea . Tliey are quickly organised in some
low , inadequate form , and present no more poetic image to the mind than the evil tradition which they roprobatcd . They mix the fire-of tho moral sentiment with personal and party heat , with measureless exaggerations , and the blindness which prefers somo darling measure to justice and truth They do not rely on precisely that strength which wins one to their cause ; not on love , not on a principle ; but on men , on multitudes , on circumstances , on money , on party , —that is , on fear , on wrath , and pride . —JWrson . Ms . W . J . _Ltsrox has addressed a long letter to the Nation in defence of George Sand , who had been assailed in that paper ; the Nation ' s reviewer replies , and in the course of his reply mentions the works of George Sand were very extensively read in Ireland .
A Shopkkepeb , in Bond-street , Liverpool , advertized during ? tho week for a " sharp boy . " One applicant grounded his qualification of sharpness on the fact of having cut from four places . " Do you know Mr . Brown 1 " " Yes , my dear . " " Is he not a deserving young num . ? " " Yes , he deserves a flogging , and if he ever gallants you home a « ain , i wSl give it to him ! Exii wife , in a fright .
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YOU MAY DE CIMED YET hollowayVointment . _CTOE OF RHEUMATISM AND RHEUMATIC GOUT . Extract ef a Letter from Mr . Thomas BrtHitou , Landlord of the Waterloo Tavern , Coatham , Yorkshire , late of the Life Guards , dated September i . 'Sth , 1 S 48 . Sir , —For a long time I was a martyr to Rheumatism arid Rheumatic Gout , and for ten weeks previous to using your medicines I was so bad as not to be able to wall ? . I had tried doctoring and medicines of every kind , but all to n _» avail , indeed I daily got WOl'SO , and felt that I must sUovtly die , _Vrom seeing your remedies advertised in the paper I take in , I thought I would give them a trial , 1 did so . I rubbed the ointment in as directed , ami kept cabbage leaves to tho parts tliickly spread with it , and took the Pills night and morning . In three weeks I was enabled to walk about for an hour or two in the day with a stick , and in seven weeks I could go anywhere without one . I am bow , hy . _tlic _blessiugof God . ami youv medicines , quite well ,
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_Atmospheric Guanoes . —Although changes in thc temperature are move prevalent in tlie temperate zone than in other latitudes , there is scarcely a spot to _\> c fom \ d where such great differences exist as in Great Britain , varying m a tew hours some twenty _degrocs or more . Tlie effe _' et of such va \ iid changes on the bodily health is very Ktllictiiig to many thousands of persons , especially those in the middlo or wore _adrauced _tiges of life , causin _;; attacks of those painful disorders , sciatica , gout , and rheumatism . Happily fortlioso who are afflicted with those painful diseases , chemical science has produced that excellent medicine , Blair ' s Gout and IUicuuiatie Pills .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 3, 1849, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_03111849/page/3/
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