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      - " _"" "' _BEAUTIES OF BYRON . KO . 5 XH . " CHItDE HAKOLn . " words can sufficiently express the homage due _^ thc l ofty genius who could pen the following liflt 5 01 , EOME . m > Home . ' J » y country ! city of the soul ! T L orp hans ot the heart must turn to thee , 1 _juoiher of dead empires ! and control i _^ lb eirsliut breasts their petty misery _, t _fbsiare our woes and sufferance ? Come ana see ne _rvpress , hear the owl , and plod yonr xvay of and . '

      ... _j . _^ _eps broken thrones temples , ye ! " vs . es >* ag « aies are trUs of a dayv arid is at your feet as fragUe a 6 your clay , jJ _, c > ~ _ obe of nations ! there she stands , Childless and _crownless , in her voiceless woe , « n « nI ' ? _, Tithin aer _wther'd hands , _| i _* l , i >? e holy dust was scatterM long ago ; - j ) ie Sripios' tomb contains no sishes noxv ; The « ry sepulchres lie tenantless _pj-jheir heroic dwellers : dost thou _floxr Old "fiber ! through a marble wilderness !

      , - _ ej nith thy yeUow waves aud mantle her distress . jiie Colli , the Christian , Time , War , Flood , and Fir * , _jjjve dealt upon the seveu-hiU'd city ' s pride ; 3 , ; saxvher glories star by star expire , tot up tlie steep barbarian monarchs side , _^• _f _tere the car clim'd the capital ; far and wide , Temp le and tower , went down , nor left a site : — _flaos of ruins ! who shall trace the void , 0 _* _er the dim fragments cast a lunar light , _» _-J _& T > "here was , or is , " where all is doubly night !

      Tlie double night of ages , and of lier , _jHsbt ' s daughter , Ignorance _^ hath wrapt and wrap _jll round us ; we hut feel onr xvay to err : jie ocemn hath his chart , the stars their map . ind knowledge spreads them on her ample lap ; But Rome is as the desert , where we steer Stumbling o ' er recollections ; now we clap Onr hands , and cry "Eureka" ? it is clear—When but some false mirage ruin rises near . Alas 1 the lofty city I and alas ! Ike trebly-hundred triumphs ! and the day When Brutus mads tbe dagger ' s edge surpass The conqueror ' s sword in bearing fame axvay ! Alas for Tully ' s voice , and Virgil ' s lay , And Livy _* s pictured page!—but these shall be Her resurrection ; ail beside—decay . Alas for Earth , for never shall we see Jiat brightness in her eye she wore when Home was free !

      0 thon , whose chariot _roll'd on Fortune ' s wheel , Triumphant Sylla ! Thou , who did _' _st subdue Tby country ' s foes ere thon didst pause to feel Tbe wrath of thy own xvrongs , or reap the due X » f hoarded vengeance tiH thy eagles flew O ' fl * prostrate Asia ;—thou , who with thy _firoxvn _ 4 « a ! liilaied senates—Soman , too , ¦ frith aU thy vices , for thou did ' st lie down _yitli au atoning smile thy more than earthly crown . The dictatorial wreath , —could ' st thon divine To xvhat would one day dwindle that which made Thee more than mortal ? and that so supine I * ought than Romans * Kome should thus be laid ? She who was named Eternal , and array'd Her warriors but to conquer , she who veil'd Earth with her haughty shadoxv , and display'd , r _ _j * il the o ' er-canopied horizon fail'd Uo-rushing xvings—Oh * she who was Almighty hail'dl

      And thon , the thunder . stncken nurse of Rome ! She-wolf ! whoFe brazen-imaged _dngs impart The milk of conquest yet within the dome , Where as a monument of antique art , Thou stand ' st : —Mother of thejnighty heart , Which the great founder suek'd from thy wild teat , Scorch'd by the Roman Jove's etherial dart , _An-l thy limbs black with lightning dost thon yet guard thine immortal cabs , nor thy fond ebnrge forget S * * * # Tully was not so eloquent as thou , Thou nameless column , with the buried base ! What are the laurels of the _Ctcaar's brow ? Cwwn me witli ivy from his dwelling place . Whose arch or pillar meets me in the face , Titas or Trajan's ? Xo— 'tis that of Time Triumph arch , pillar , all he doth display Scoffing ; and apostolic statues climb Io trash the imperial urn , whose ashes slept sublime ,

      Kuned in air , the deep blue sky of Rome , And looking to the stars : they had _contain'd A spirit which with these would find a home , The last of those who o ' er the whole earth reign'd _. The Roman globe , for after none sustain'd , Put yielded hack his conquests : —he was more Than a mere Alexander , and , _xmstain'd wan honsehold blood and wine , scarcely wore His sovereign virtues—still we Trajan ' s name adore . Where is the work of Triumph , the high place Where Rome embraced her heroes 1 Where the steep Tarpeian rock I fittest goal of Treason ' s race , The promouotory whence the Traitor ' s Leap

      Cured all ambition . Did tbe conqueror ' s heap Their spoil ' s here ? Yes ; and in yon field below A thousand years of silent factions sleep—Tbe Porum whera the immortal accents glow , Sail the eloquent air breathes—burns with Cicero The field of freedom , fiction , fame and blood : Here a proud people ' passions were exhaled , From the fast hour of empire in the bud To that when further worlds to conquer fail'd ; But long before had Freedom ' s face been veil'd , And Anarchy assumed her attributes ; Till every lawless soldier who _assail'd Trod on the trembling senate ' s slavish mutes , _vrrsised the Tenal voice of baser prostitutes .

      Then turn we to her latest tribune ' s name _^ From her ten thousand tyrant ' s turn to thee , Redeemer of dark centuries of shame—Thc friend of Petrarch—hope of Italy—Itienii ! last of Romans ! while tbe tree Of freedom ' s witheiM trunk puts forth a leaf , Even for thy tomb a garland let it be—The forum ' s champion , and the people ' s chief , Sa new-born Xuma thou—with reign , alas ! too brief ,

      Notice. Poetical Contributions For Our "...

      NOTICE . Poetical Contributions for our " Christmas Gahlaxd " must ba at the Office of this Paper by , or before , December flic 15 th . W An extraordinary press of matter has compelled us to postpone the concluding noticfe of Mr . Cooper ' s " I ' ar-jalory of Suicides . "

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      TUPS EDINBURGH MAGAZINE . December . Edinburgh : W . Tait , _Prince ' _s-street . There arc several useful and well ¦ written , bnt somewhat dry articles , in the present number of _Isit , on the " Rationale of Railway Shares , " the " Potatoe Crop in Ireland , " " Politics of the Month , " & . Coiuuci Johxsox continues his interesting muiance . "Jenny Basket ; " the "Life and Correspondence of Xicbuhr " is continued from the June number ; and in the "New Novels" we bare dished to Mrs . Trollone _' s most recent nroduction . " The

      Attractive Alan . " The present number also contains a noble ballad on the "Battleof Hastings ;" and . Mr . De Quisckt contributes another article on _CanixAx ' s " Gallery of Literary Portraits . " Mr . 1 > e _QmcET gives a most interesting sketch of _Uiiuix , whom he somewhat severely portrays , _conifUTing , however , with the eulogism of Gilfillas _, t-at "Tie ( ILuurr ) was a subtle thinker , an eloquent Titer , a lover of beauty and poetry , and man and truth , one of the best of critics , and riot the worst of men . " Following the description of ILvzun , Mr . Hz _Qriscor next sketches the character of

      _PEBCr BX 33 HE SHELLS ! . There is no writer named amongst men , of whom , so ouch as of Percy Bysshe Shelley , it is difficult for a cobsdemions critic to speak with the truth and the respect due to bis exalted powers , and yet without offence to feelings thc most sacred , which too memorably he out" _^ sed . The indignation , which this powerful young writer _provoked , had its root in no personal feelingsthose _mi gbt have been conciliated ; in no worldly feelhi _js—those might _haveprovedtransitO-7 ; but in feelings _fte holiest which brood over human life , and wliich guard the sanctuary of religious truth . Consequently ,

      _tiliith isa _melancholythousht of any friend of Shelley ' s , _^¦ e indignation is likely to be co-extensive and _co-endures _v-idi the writings that provoked it . That bitterness _* f scorn and defiance which still burns against his name * n _tliemost extensive meditative section of English society , * >** . the religious section , is not of a nature to be propitiated : selnsh interests , beingwounded , might be _com-I-Msated ; merel y human interests mig ht be soothed ; but _isterertg _. that transcend all human valuation , being so msulted , must upon principle reject sill human ransom or _Mnditions of human compromise . Less than penitential recantation could not be aceepted : _andttaJis now impossible .

      Alter describing the views respecting Jesus Christ Pet forth by the German and other sceptics , ilr . De vnsc _£ isayS : _ These were affronts to the founder of Christianity , efitred too much in the temper of malignity . But _-heliev ' _s was worse ; more bitter , snd _£ with less of _coun"tenauce , even in | show or shadow , from any fact , _orinsinuation of a fcctj tJlat Scriptar (| 8 aggests . In his " Qu « en _Aab , he gives a dreadful portrait of God ; and that no question may arise , of « : lai God ? he names him ; itis _Jehovah . uc asseits lis _fesiitene *; he affirms him to be" an - . _dmi l _, t y G od , and Tengeful as almighty . " He goes oil to describe him as the " omnipotent fiend , " who found nene but slaves" [ _Israelin Egypt , no doubt ] to be " his „ ' ¦"' 5 BOM but " a murderer" [ Moses , I presume to be his accomplice In crime . * He introduces this oreafiml Almi ght y as speaking , and as speaking thus , — _rromanttereifyofialel . 1 , * .. _<*¦>! , awo _v . _^ _seTen _days . ton mi . ae csrtb i ; ,- . _^ . . rfetea aaa creaIid _ujaa _.

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      But man he hates ; and he goes on to curse him ; till' at theintercession of" the murderer , " who is electrified into pity for tjie human race by the very horror of the divine curses , God promises to send hisson —only , however , for the benefit of a few . This son appears ; the poet Sells us that—•> the Incarnate came ; humbly he came , Veiling his horrible Godhead in tha _elmpe Of man , _scorn'd by the world , his name unheard Save by the rabble of his native town . The poet pursues this incarnate God as a teacher of men ; teaching-, " in semblance , " justice , truth , and peace ; Out _undcrn-.-ath all tbis , kindling " _quenchless flames , " which eventually were destined to satiate , with the blood Of truth and freedom , his malignant soul . He follows him to his crucifixion ; and describes him , Whilst hanging on the _cross , as shedding malice upon a reviler . —malice oa the cross '

      A smile of Godlike malice reillumined His fading lineaments : and his parting breath is uttered in a memorable curse . This atrocious picture of _theD-.-ity , in his dealings with man , both pre-Christian and post-Christian , is certainl y placed in the mouth of the wandering Jew . But the internal evidence , as well as collateral evidence from without , make it clear that the Jew , ( whose version of scriptural records nobody in the poem disputes , ) here represents the person ofthe poet . Shelley had opened his career as an atheist ; and as _aproselytizing atheist . But he was then a boy . At the date of " Queen ]_ Iab" he was & young man . And we now find him _advanced from the station of an atheist to the more intellectual one of a believer in God and in the mission of Christ ; but of one who fancied himself called upon to defy and to hate both , in So far as they had revealed their relations to man .

      Mr . Gilfillan thinks that" Shelley , was far too harshly treated in his speculative boyhood : " and it strikes him " that , had pity and kind-hearted expulsion been tried , instead of reproach and abrupt expulsion , they might have weaned him from the dry dugs of atheism , to the milky breast of the faith and ' worship of sorrow ;' and the touching spectacle had been renewed , of the demoniac sitting ' clothed and in his right mind / atthe feet of Jesus . " I am not of tbat opinion : and it is an opinion which seems to question the soiosrity of Shelley , —that quality which in him was deepest , so as to form the basis ofhis nature , if we allow ourselves to think that , by _persoaal irritation , he had been piqued into infidelity , or that by flattering conciliation he could have been bribed back into a profession of Christianity . Like a wild horse

      of the Pampas , he would have thrown up his heels , and ich' umicd his disdain of any man coming to catch him with abribeof oats . Hehadthe constant vision ofa manger and a halter in the rear of all such caressing tempters , once having sceuted the gales of what he thought perfect freedom , from the lawless desert . His feud with Christianity was a craze derived from some early wrench of his understanding , and made obstinate to the degree in which we nhd it , from having rooted itself iu certain combinations of ideas that , once coalescing- , could not be shaken loose ; such as , that Christianity underpropped the corruptions of the earth , in the shape of wicked governments that might else have been overthrown , or of wicked priesthoods that , but for tbe shelter of shadowy and spiritual terrors , must have trembled before those whom they overawed . Kings that wereclothed iu bloody robes ; dark hierarchies that scowled upon the poor

      children ofthe sou ; these objects took up a permanent station inthe background of Shelley ' s imagination , not to be dispossessed more than the phantom of Ban quo from the festival of . Macbeth , and comnposed a towering Babylon of mystery tbat , to his belief , could not have flourished , under any umbrage less vast than that of Christianity . Such was the inextricable association of images that domineered over Shelley ' s mind : such was the hatred which he built upon that association , —an association casual and capricious , yet fixed and petrified as if by frost . Can we imagine tbe case of an angel touched by lunacy S HaTe we ever seen the spectacle of a human intellect , exquisite by its funs tions of creation , yet in one chamber of its shadowy house already ruined before the light of manhood had cleansed its darkness ? Such an angel , such a man—if ever such there were , — such a lunatic angel , such a ruined man , was Shelley , whilst yet standing on the earliest threshold of life .

      We _giye the above sketch of _Sheiiet ' s character , more for the sake of the subject thereof than tor the sketch itself , _although it is not void of truth and beauty . We , at all events , must thank Mr . Ds _Quincet for his defence of Shelley ' s " sincerity , " against the pitiful surmises of Air . "Miik " _-sop _Gilfillas . The scorn and bitterness towards poor Shelley , which , Mr . Djs Quincby tells us , is yet nourished by that gang of knaves and drivellers , the " religious section" of English society , is , of course , quite consistent with that

      "meek" and "forgiving" spirit which tliey profess their religion inculcates . Far from regretting it , right glad are we that no " penitential recantation " darkens the name of Shp . llet , Let us add , if Mr . I ) b _Quixcet imagines _Shelltct was " crazed , " there are thousands who , as regards his ideas on religion , are equally " crazed , " and , like the poet , prefer perfect freedom to the halter and tha manger , even though the latter may be accompanied by the priest ' s "oats" | Qy . husks ?] , and " the milky breast of the faith and * worship of sorrow . '"

      Punch. The Present Monthly Part Of This ...

      PUNCH . The present monthly part of this excellent publication contains some capital illustrations , amongst others , "Tot ' s a Panic ? " "The Modem Diognes looking for an honest man in Capel Court ; " "The political 'Robin' driven by the severity of the times to seek for grain ; " and " Thelrish Jeremy Diddler . " The famous " Caudle Lectures" are brought to a close ; we give the "last scene of all , which ends this strange eventful history " : —

      LEOTOBE TIB LAST . Mrs . Caudle has taken Cold , the Tragedy of Thin Shoes . I am not going to contradict you , Caudle ; you may say what you like—but I think I ought to know my own feelings better than yon . I don't wish te upbraid you neither ; I ' m too ill for that ; but it ' s not getting wet in thin shoes—oh , " no I it ' s my mind , Caudle , my mind , that ' s killing me . Oh , yes ! gruel , iudeed—you think gruel will cure a woman of anything ; and you know , too , how I hate it . Grael can't reach what I suffer ; but , of course , nobody is ever ill but yoursel £ Well , I—I didn ' t mean to say that ; but when you talk in that way about thin shoes , a woman says , of course , what she doesn't mean ; she can't help it . Tou ' ve always gone on about my shoes ; when I think I ' m the fittest judge of what becomes me best . I dare say— 'twould be all the same to you if I put on ploughmen ' s boots ; hut I'm not going to make a figure of my feet , I can _ttll you . I ' ve never got cold with the shoes I ' ve worn yet , and ' tisn't likely I should begin now .

      If o . Caudle ; I wouldn't wish to say anything to accuse you : no , goodness knows , I wouldn't make you uncomfortable for the world—but the cold I ' ve got , I got ten rears ago . I ' ve never said anything about it—but it has never left me . Tes ; ten years ago the day before yesterday . Sow can I recoUeet lit Ob , very well ; women remember things you never think of ; poor souls ! they ' ve « -ood cause to do so . Ten years ago , I was sitting up for y 0 U there now , I ' m not going to say anything to vex you . only do let me speak : ten years ago , I was waiting for you , and I fell asleep , and the fire went ont , and when 1 woke I found I was sitting right In the draft of the key-hole . That was my death , Caudle , though , don't let that make yon nneasy , love ; for I don't think you meant to do it .

      _pepgy tells me Miss Prettyman called to day . What of it ? _Nothing , of course . Yes ; I know she heard I was ill , and that ' s why she came . A little indecent , I think , Mr . Caudle ; she might wait ; I shan ' t be in her way long ; she may soon have the key of the caddy now . I think dear mother would keep house beautifully for yon , when I ' m gone . Well , love , I won'ttalk in thatway if von de _ drc . it . Still , I know I have a dreadful cold ; though I won't allow it for a minute to be the shoescertainly not . I never would wear ' em thick , and yo » kuow it , and they never gave me cold yet . No , dearest Caudle , it ' s ten years ago that did it ; not that I'll say a syllable of the matter to hurt you . I'd die first .

      Mother , you see , knows all your little ways ; and you wouldn ' t get another wife to study you and pet you np as I ' ve done—a second wife never does ; it Isn ' t likely she should . And , after all , we ' ve been very happy . It hasn ' t been my fault , if we ' ve ever had a word or two , for you couldn ' t help now and then being aggravating ; nobody can help their tempers always—especially men . Still , we ' ve been very happy , haven ' t we , Caudle 1 Good night . Yes , this cold does tear me to pieces ; but for all that It isn't the shoes . God bless you , Caudle ; bo—it ' s not the shoes . I won't say it ' s thc key-hole ; but again I say , it ' s not the shoes . God bless you once more . —but never soy it ' s the shoes .

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      The late Minimis of nEnnronD and his \ - _" _¦ _" — Another suit by the representatives ofthe late Marquis of Hertford against Suisse has come to a hearing before the Tribunal de Premiere Instance , the object of which was to recover 191 , 930 f . in inscriptions and coupons , which it was affirmed by the complainant were surreptitiously obtained possession of by the defendant , but wliich he averred were Ircely and voluntarily given to him by the marquis , lhe circumstances of this litigation have already been so fully before the publie , that we deem it _unnecessair to give the details of the pleadings on this new tna . The court took time to consider its judgment , which it delivered yesterday . The President , after reciting

      the whole of the prior proceedings , concluded—Ihat as possession was prima facie evidence of right , that as Suisse justified his possession by alleging a manual gift , whicli bore with it no improbability , considering on one part the large fortune of tlie donor , his habitual generosity , and the freedom with which hewas known to give away securities payable to bearer ; and , on the other _^ the nature of the services rendered by the donee to the donor during the long .. period of twenty years ; that robbery and wrongful appropriation must be proved by positive , or at least presumptive evidence , of which in this case there was none ; and upon these considerations the tr ibunal dismissed the suit ofthe claimants , with _eost . a _, _( ?< , _% .. an »' .

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      Baihbr _Sospicious . — _-WlieMVe _* _ydil 50 to bed after having been out to dine , look at tlie ' _bea-nosts ; if they are standing still , conclude that you are sober ; but if they seem to be dancing the polka you may reasonably suspect that you are drunk . Lush _Poariuir-PAisnifG . —The Repealers are getting to close quarters with each other . For want of a fight with " the Saxon , " they are beginning to ? 7 ht 0 ns _themselves . The ed itor of the _PHot-Alr . 0 Gonnells paper—thus speaks of Mr . Duffy of the Dublin Mtion , and Mr . Lucas of the London Tablet ;— I his Lucas is the prince of all the unprincipled scoundrels that ever deludedto betraytho

      , , Irish people . Does he think he can longer delude them—he who has appropriated all Duffy ' s offences and added to them a Saxon Block of his own . lie is infinitel y a greater rascal than Duffv . Duffy is at least sustaining , through with lies and treachery , the principles of his journal ; Lucas is sustaining a journal in antagonism to his professed principles . Duffy is a poor , drivelling , talentless , _ill-oountenanced , illtempered , sour scoundrel , that ought never to have deceived , and never could , without the aid of the brilliancv which hasdeparted . Lucas is _anill-countenanend unsavoury-looking ruffian , too—but is a

      dangerous , talented , laborious , unprincipled Saxon , that spares no means , however foul , to remove out of his way any impediment to his purpose of deceiving and plundering the Irish people . " A Notable Discovert !—The Rev . Mr . Ferrie , of Anstruth- r , attributes the potatoe disease to tlie Maynooth grant ! He argues thus : — " The blight being general over the threo kingdoms , points out the rulers of the land as the persons whose sin has secured it ; and the bli g ht being in the potatoe crop , directs attention to their dealings with Ireland as tlie particular sins which have immediately called it down . "

      Adam ' s Fall—A Scotch clergyman , a strict catechisfc , in examining one of his flock a short time since , thus addressed her : — " Janet , can you tell me how Adam fell ? " Janet fell a laughing , and answered , " Oh , my bonnie dear doctor , you ' re nae serious ! " " Very serious , inoeed , " said the doctor . Janet ( whose husband ' s name happened to be Adam , ) then said , " _TVeel , weel , sin' ye will _hae't , doctor , you see Adam just gaed o ' er the tither night to Lucky Liston ' s for half a mutchkin of whisky , when an oar lying on the road took his foot , o ' er Adam fell —and that ' s the hale truth of the matter . " Chascert . —Every animal has its enemies ; the land tortoise has two enemies—man , and the boa constrictor . Man takes him home and roasts him ; and the boa constrictor swallows hira wliolo , shell and all , and consumes him slowly in the interior , as the Court of Chancery does a great estate . —Sidney Smith .

      A Nice Countrt to _Campaign in . —Extract from an American officer ' s letter , dated " 7 th Infantry Camp , Corpus Christi , Texas , Sept . 3 , 1845 . * * * Florida may be the * land of promise , ' but Texas is the land of ' varmints . ' In clearing the ground to pitch my tent , I killed a water moccosin ; about three o ' clock in the morning I was wakened up by the barking of a dog ; he had just run a rattle-snake out of my neighbour ' s tent , when the rattling and barking aroused me—nine rattles captured . I again lay down , and when day broke , a yellow-necked lizard

      was cocking his eye cunningly at me from the ridge pole of my tent . I sprang up , seized my boot to dispatch him , lo . ' out of tbe boot dropped a tarantula Exhausted from fright and fatigue , I sank back into a chair ; but no sooner down than I was compelled rapidly to abandon the position , having been stung in the rear by a scorpion ! " * * * Besides the above mishaps , he lost a valuable dog by a shark . The dog had jumped overboard from a boat , to follow his master to the shore , when the voracious monster caught him .

      In vain to Trt . —The editor of the Bufalonian says he would as soon try to go to sea on a shingle , make a-ladder of fog , chase a streak of lightning through a crab-apple orchard , swim the rapids of Niagara , or set Lake Erie on fire with lucifer matches , as to think of stopping two young people from getting married when tliey take it into their heads to do so .

      REFLECTIONS OF A FREJTCII JOURNALIST ON ALGIERS AS IT IS . " Humanisee , _civilisee . " What a most decided _chango In the swarthy Moor ' s range Of delights , since our braves made him free ! lie is heard , we understand , Now singing " Happy Land , " Now a song about his " _Bugtaitd cheri !" Where horrid fierce lions Used to roar in defiance , And keep him in constant alarm , Now the happy Alge » iiie Sees quite another scene—Bullocks , sheep , milch cows , and a farm . In the sun ( so hot before , Till we cool'd it for the Moor ) ,

      Or reclining the green shade under , He pipes to Amaryllis , Or to pretty brunc Phyllis , Whom he once would havo look'd on as plunder His children ' s happy looks , His fiddle and his books , And tbe smiles of his tidy old woman , Are so many mute appealings To the Moor ' s best feelings , To grant , that the Prench made him human _. And if this charming sight Is not universal quite—If some few exceptions there are—¦ With such ameliorations Are some paltry suffocations And a razzia or two to compare 1 The shocking old Dey We were forced to send away

      Used to strangle his subjects by _scores ; Must it not be better far , For a race inured to war , To be shot—like soldiers and Moors % That we promised peace , we know ; But in sending mild Bugeaud , We hare given them apiece—of perfection He is just the very Pey , So the Algerines say , They would choose if they had free election Thsn , glory and command To thc civilising land ( And to Perrfults death !) let us _giag ! And fatness and increase To the Banaparte of peace , To Philippe , mysterious King ! Others may more kingly be , When the state from clouds is free ,

      And the sun on their pomp shmmg warm ; But the fine fat fellow , Who carries an umbrella , is the King that ' s prepared for a storm . 1 ' . Dublw AnvERTisEUBNT . —An Irish doctor advertises that the deaf may hear of him at a house in Liffey-streefc , where , also , his blind patients may see him from ten till three . A Spkccxatok . — " Come , Bob , tell us how much you have cleared by your speculations 1 " said Bob's quizzical friend to him the other day . " Cleaved !" replied Bob , with a frown , " why , I ' ve cleared my pockets . " Conversation in the Backwooos . — ' * Whose map do vou use ? " " _Moggs . " _•« What is the land ?" " Bogs . " " What tlio atmosphere ? " " Fogs . " " What do you live on ? " " Hogs . " " What is your house built of ? " " Logs . " " Any fish in the ponds ? " "Frogs . "

      A Friend in Need . —A gentleman unaccustomed to public speaking , becoming embarrassed , whispered to his friend , " Quick , quick , give me a word . " Upon which the other replied , " Yes , yes , what word do you want !" _Won-dekfox Fruit in _Gateshead , —The Gateshead Observer states that one of the councillors of that p lace went into his garden last week , and found a pair of fustian breeches hanging in one of his fruit trees , with eight shillings in one of the pockets . By what freak of nature the tree came to bear _suchlruit has not been ascertained .

      A Virtuous Conclusion . —A Yankee paper give 3 the following as the climax in the address of a barrister to a jury in an action for seduction : —Describing his client , he said : —Ere this monster approached to beguile and be-ray her , my client was bloomin ; as the rose , gentlemen of the jury , " quoth Demosthenes , "light of step as the wild gazelle oi the desert ; gay as the lark ; beautiful as the Houris ; and virtuous as—and virtuous as—gentlemen—ascould be expected . " ¦ . Primogeniture . —A rational , sensible , and intelligent law of our blessed country , which entails wealth and estates upon the eldest son , poverty and debts upon the younger ones ; a law completely contrary to nature , common sense , aud revealed religion ( which inculcates equality among men ) , and , _theretore , eagerly adopted and supnorted by the thick-headed English ; a law which , while it permits the first-boni

      to marry and beget children , comfortably and at his ; ease , drives the younger ion into an unnatural state of celibacy , or into vicious and degrading liaisons ; a law which , for the sake of raising up one colossus creates a thousand miserable pigmies—for tlie sake of erecting one palace , gives birth to a thousanu hovels—for the sake of making one man a pamporcd and luxurious Sybarite , makes half-a-dozen others paupers and honourable vagabonds ; a law in which it would be difficult to say whether absurdity or wickedness most prevails ; a law in which the _ongiua' . trainers and present supporters are equally to be detested and despised ; a law that renders us the laughing stock of other countries , and a biirden to our own ; a law which makes the time of birth ( i _' . ot the virtues of the heart , or the wisdom of the h' _^ ad ) "the one thing needful ; '' a law wliich breeds . duns , as corruption breeds maggots . —flints c » _tf ' _-J ' ifatxrc and Management of thc _LHtns ,

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      LONDON . Metropolitan Emo tions fob tub Cosper _^ nce of the OiuiirisT _Co-opurativh Land _Sqciett . — ' _^ 'he _members residing in the West , liast , and _Northern _district ot the Metropolis , on tho Middlesex side ol the T hames , met at the City Chartist Ball , 1 , Turnagain-lane , on Sunday afternoon , November 30 th ; Mr . Gover , _ ? en ., was unanimously called to the chair . The _emendations and alterations sought to be introduced in the rulO . 6 of the society was handed in from the following districts : City of London , Tower Hamlets , _Sciuers Town , and Westminster , which were read to the meeting ; upon which a long discussion ensued , in which many members took part . The following resolution was ultimately adopted on the motion of Messrs . Williams and Laurie : — " That the

      suggestions now handed 111 Irom the several districts be placed in the hands of the delegate , to be by him laid before conference as the instructions of his constituents . " The following persons were then placed iu nomination as candidates : —Mr . Wm . _Cuflav , by Messrs . Ford and Jones ; Mr . Pettit , by Messrs . Laurie and Arnott ; Mr . John Shaw , by Messrs . Bagley and _Letevre ; and Mr . Davis , by Messrs . Bell and Mitchell . The several candidates having addressed thc meeting , and answered the several questions put to them , Mr . Pettit resigned . Messrs . Dunn and _STucker were unanimously appointed tellers . The show of hands was then taken , tlie tellers reported the numbers , and the chairman declared the election to have fallen on Mr . William _CufTay , who thanked the meeting for tlie confidence reposed in him . The chairman handed the several lists of instructions to the delegate . A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman , and the meeting broke up .

      The members residing in Lambeth , Southwark , Greenwich , and the South , or Surrey side ofthe Thames , with those of Mr . Wheeler ' s list , met at the South London Chartist Hall , 115 , Blackfriars-road , on Sunday evening , Nov . SOlh . Shortly after seven o ' clock , Ml * . J . Morgan , of Greenwich , was unanimously called to tlie chair . Mr . Gathard , the Lambeth district secretary , read the several lists of instructions handed in ; and the following resolution was adopted : — " That the several candidates having been present , and heard the oft repeated sentiments of their brother members , the delegate be left otherwise- untrammelled . " Mr . D . W . Ruffy then came forward nnd said , he regretted to inform tho meeting that , in consequence of severe indisposition , he was under the painful necessity of withdrawing the name of his friend , Mr , J , G . Dron , from the list of

      candidates , as the present state of his health quite precluded his acceptance ofthe honour intended to have been conferred on him . The following persons were then duly nominated : —Mr . Knight , by Messrs , Sidney and G . H . Tucker ; and Mr . W . Hewitt , by Messrs . Cummings and Gathard . The friends of the candidates having addressed the meeting , and Messrs . Andrews and Moy having been appointed scrutineers , the ballot proceeded , and terminated in favour ol Mr . Knight , who suitably acknowledged the honour ; after which the following resolution was adopted : — "That in order to defray the local expenses of this district , each shareholder do pay the sum of one shilling per share ; such sum to be paid by installments at the convenience of the shareholder . " A considerable sum was _received as deposits on shares , and six new shares taken up . A vote of thanli 6 was given to the chairman , and the meeting separated .

      National Victim Committee . —This committee met at the Hall , Turnagain-lane , Farringdon-street , on Sunday , Nov . SO , Mr . Hills was called to the chair . Mr . Stallwood laid before the committee the I . 0 . U . for the balance of money remaining in Mr . Cleave _' s hands , together with the note explanatory of the same , which was ordered to bo kept secure by the secretary , Mr . P . M . Wheeler . Deputations from the Westminster and Somers Town localities appeared to lay before the committee the case of Mr . John Llewellyn . After the deputies had stated their ease , the committee duly considered tlie same ; each _member having given his opinion , they came to the conclusion , that Mr . Llewellyn never having been convicted , was not a victim within the meaning of the rule laid down for their guidance ; and , secondly , from lapse of time , any claim that might have arisen was barred ; and that if Mr . Llewellyn ' s claim was ever valid , it should have been submitted to a committee that had ceased to exist for some years .

      * Cur Locality . —At a meeting of the members ot this keality it was unanimously agreed , — " That we call on the Chartists throughout London to come forward and organise themselves , so as to bring their united energies to bear on the question of the Corn Laws ; and that we consider the Chartists ought to attend tbe meetings , and watch over the proceedings of the League .

      HOLBECK . The _Lasd . —At a meeting of the members of the Chartist Co-operative Land _Society , held November 30 th , the following resolutions was agreed to : — " That it is of vital importance for the better security of the society , that the society be duly enrolled under the Land and Building Society Act . "— " Tliat there be a clause in tho deeds to allow each occupant the privilege of purchasing his allotment at the original value . "— " That no member ofthe society be allowed the privilege of holding more than four aeres of land , and that there be a clause in the rules to allow two acre allotments and four in one

      community . "— "That each occupant holding lour acres be allowed the privilege of having the surplus of money over and above expenses oif one allotment , with two acres , either in money or in extra . buihiing . " — " That the board of directors have not the power of taking any money from the land fund for any other purpose than the purchase of land aud erections of buildings , & c „ but that we coincide with the board of _directors taking the surplus of money arising from rules and cards for defraying the expenses of the board of directors , and if insufficient to lay a levy on each member . "— " That the present society close taking any more members after tbe 31 st day of December , 1 S 45 . "

      REDDITCIT . At a meeting of the Co-operative Land Society , held atthe O'Connor Arms , Redditch , on Monday , Dee . 1 st , 1845 , a vote of confidence in the present board of directors was agreed to , and it was also resolved that the delegates representing this district be instructed to support the re-election of the present board ; after whicli a resolution was passed to hold a public meeting in the largo room at Mr . Prcscot _' s , O'Connor Arms , Redditch , on Tuesday , Dec . 9 th , _18-1-5 , to memorialise her Majesty , through the House of Commons , for tho return of Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis .

      YORK . The Land . —A branch of the Chartist Land Cooperative Society was opened on Sunday last when seven shares was taken up . Any one desirous of _joinins this society in York are informed that meetings will be holdcn every Sunday morning at Mr . Joseph Hall ' s , the Blue Bell , Fosgate . HAMILTON . On Monday evening Mr . M'Grath addressed a very good audience in the Secession Church , on the subject of the laud , aud the efficiency of tlie means proposed by the Chartist Co-operative Land Society to obtain it . A very good feeling was _indicated , and several copies of the rules were disposed of . On votes of thanks being passed to the chairman and lecturer , the meeting separated .

      BRIDGTON . The Chartist Hall in this district was filled , on Tuesday , with a most attentive audience , to hear a lecture from Mr . M'Grath , on the Charter and the land . Mr . Duncan Sherrington was voted to the chair . Having stated the object which convened them together , he introduced Mr . ' M'Grath , who in the course of his lecturo vividly portrayed the grievous wrongs which aristocrats , priests , and profitmongers inflicted on the working population , and argued strongly in support of the position that , until the people had the land as their inheritance , and the Charter to protect it , the tendency of their condition on the social scale would be downwards . At the conclusion of the lecture an amicable discussion took place , in which Messrs . Graham , Murphy , Colqulioun , the chairman , and lecturer , took part . The thanks of tho meeting were unanimously given to Mr . Sherrington , as chairman , and to Mr . M'Grath , for his lecture .

      KILMARNOCK . On Wednesday evening we were favoured with a visit from Mr . M'Grath , who addressed a good meeting in the Oddfellow ' s Hall , upon the land and its capabilities . At the conclusion of Mr . M'Grath's discourse , Mr . Brown , as chairman , spoke eloquently in favour of tlie land project . Several copies of the rules were taken by thc audience , the result of which will , doubtless , be the formation of a branch of the society .

      NEWMILLNS . It having been announced by the bellman that Mr , M'Grath would address thc inhabitants of this little town on Thursday evening , Mr . Brown ' s school-room was filled at the appointed hour with a mostatteniive audience . Mr . Baillie Brown was appointed to preside , who , in an excellent speech , introduced the subject of thc land . The _c-hairmau was followed by Mr . M'Grath , whose lecture gave unmixed satisfaction . Ten persons enrolled their names as members . We expect tliat Newmillns , though late in tlie lield , will , nevertheless , become a powerful branch of the glorious Land Society .

      GLASGOW . Mr . Duncan Sherrington has been elected delegate to the forthcoming conference , by the unanimous voice of thc following places , viz ., Glasgow , Greciio _* k , _Campsio , Hamilton , Alva , Vale of Lovon , and Arbroath , being all the places classed within this district , with the exception of WcBt Linton , from which no returns have been received . Mr . M'Grath delivered his second lecture here on Friday evening . The meeting was well attended , and the lecture gave the greatest satisfaction throughout . His two lectures have added to our numbers nearly 50 shareholders . We have bow nearly ' L 50 shares taken out .

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      CARRIKGT 0 N . A public mooting of the shareholders ofthe Chartist Co-operative Lund Society was held on Sunday _. Nor . 30 . li , at the New Inn , Carrington ; members were present from the following places . —Carrington , Nottingham , Radford , Isongroen , and Uasford . Tbe _follotviiiK resolutions were agreed to : — " That 110110 but members be allowed to sii as _delegates at the forthcoming conference . "— " That Jlr . James Saunders , of Radford , be nominated as delegate for' the forthcoming conference . " — " That a Tote of thanks is di . ' c . » nd hereby given , to the board of directors . ""Tbat'the hoar * of directors be chosen by conference . "

      — " Tim _t the present board of directors bc re-elected . "" That it _*> e ua instruction to the delegate to propose or _supporta s , * dtable provision for tlie directors . "— "Thllt none but _worN _^ smenbe admitted _asmembersoft . iojboaro of directors _ext- _'ei'tbig _? . O'Connor , Esq . " —* ' Tbat a conference be held _e very year , at such time and place as shall be agreed to by tlu > directors , to _clact a board of director * and other necessary business belonging this association . ' ' — " That the rules , \ vhen revised , bc enrolled as recommended by counsel . " — . "That this society be closed on the 31 st of December , l . * M 3 . " — "That any person place * on the allotment of any _original holder shall have tivelve , instead of six months _notice to quit such allotment , and a f . iir valuation . "—" That the number of trusrees bo .

      three , and they be selected from the _following gentlemen , viz ., P . O'Connor , T . S . Duncoimbe , S . Crawford , Gtncra ) Johnson , J . Fielding , Rev . J . Scholefleld , J . Linton , R . Oastler , Wm . P . ltoberts , Win . R . Farrcnds , and L . Pitkethloy . " — "That no member be allowed more than four acres . "—" Tbat any member gaining his allotment shall have the first refusal of purchasing is at twenty years ' purchase , nnd sueh member shall ba allowed to pay for it by instalments , and his rent to be reduced in proportion to such payments . "— "That as the allotments ore made , and cottages are built thereon , the trustees and board of directors shall fix _the-amount of rent to be paid by the occupier of such allotment ; such occupier shall receive . 1 loan from the funds of this society , ( say £ 15 IBs . Sd . for one share , £ 3113 s . 4 d . for two shares ) , which shall be repaid to trustees for the use of this

      society , and such occupior t © pay three per cent , per annum until such loan shall be repaid , and tlio trusteus shall withhold his title deed , or have some other security for such loan until it is repaid . Such occupier to be allowed to repay it to the trustees by instalments , nnd his interest reduced accordingly . " — " Tbat uny member gaining his allotment , and not wishing to enter upon it , may let it to whom he pleases , but , if such person be not a nu-mb » r of this society , such member or other person shall not receive any loan from this society ; but if such ¦ number wishing to let another member have it and receive his chance in exchange , then the member entering upen it shall have the loan allowed bythe rules . "— "All

      members having paid up their shaies shall receive three per cent , per annum until their allotments after tlic first allocation . "— " That _balloting 0 / districts bo recommended as per plan of Deivsbury _, 3 rd and 4 th rules . "" Tliat any members entering for two shares when ho has paid up oue share , ho shall have one ticket put in thv balloting box if he choose , and if such ticket be drawn , he shall have his tyro acres ; but any member not _claiming such privilege , when sueh member having paid tu > his two shares , one ticket shall be put in the bnllotinj , ' box , and if such tick ) , t be drawn , such member shall be entitled to his four aeres . " — " That a vote of thanks be given to the proprietor nnd editors of the Northern Star . "

      HULL . A public meeting of the members in the Hull branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society was held on Sunday last , at the Painters' Arms , Sykes-street , to ballot for the delegate to the conference , when Mr . John Linton , of Selby , received the unanimous votes of the member ! of this branch . A vote of thanks was also g iven to the present board of directors , for their steady perseverance in the direction of the society ' s nitidis . It was also resolved , " Tbat the conference ought to rs-clect them for the next year . "

      WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE . At a meeting of the _shareholders of the Chartist Laud Association in this town , on the 30 ih ult ., tho following resolutions were unanimously agreed to , and the delegate for the district desired to support them . — "That the society be enrolled . " "The mortgage in _preference to sale , and th » right of purchase to the occupier . " "No shareholder to hold more than two shares , or four acres . " " That the directors be elected by the members . " " That no _inomber , when in possession of his allotment , shall let it to any person not being asbareholder , nor to a shareholder who has not paid the full amount of hi * share , and that such occupant shall remain in possession until he obtains possession of bis own allotment . " " That no occupant shall traffic in intoxicating liquors . " "That the members be located on the principle of priority . " ** That thc first section close when tlie num . bers amount to five thousand . " " That the thanks of the society are due to the directors for their perseverance and ufficiMit management of the society , "

      BIRMINGHAM . At our mooting on Tuesday evening , after a very lengthy discussion upon the necessity of holding a public \ meeting for the restoratbn of Frost and others , thu following resolutions wero unanimously passed : — " That a _publiclmeeting b » held in the people ' s hall , for the purpose of memorialising her Majesty , through the liouse of Commons , for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Joues ( of Wales ) , Roberts , Howell , and Jones ( of Birmingham ) , and William Eilis ( of the Staffordshire Potteries . " " That the secretary write to 1 . _aurgus O'Connor , Esq ., to ascertain if that gentleman can make it convenient to attend the suid meeting . " " That a sub-committee of five be appointed to get up the meeting , and to apply to Mr . J . Stuvge for the affidavits of _savcral _respectiiblu men , respecting the Birmingham exiles . " " That the resolutions be sent to the Northern Star . " The meeting then adjourned to Sunday next , the chair to be taken at seven o ' clock .

      ROCHDALE . The discussion on the rules of the Chartist Land Society was resumed on Sunday , in thu Association Room , Mill-street ; Charles llatelitl ' e in the chair . When sueh alterations as the members considered neressarj _, with additional suggestions , were embodied in thc credentials of the district reproseututive . On Sunday , thc 7 th inst ., tiie delegates of the various localities will meet the rcprc . scntative of this district at ten o ' clock in thc forenoon , iu the Working Man ' s Ilall , Oldham , to give him his instructions . Wc had seven new members joined , three of whom paid up their full shares . On Sunday evening Tbomas Tattersal _, of Burnley , gave a soul-stirring lee ture on " the laud , government , and tlie people , " wliich gave universal satisfaction to tlie largest audience that wc have bad for a long while . BRIGHTON * .

      Abticuoke Inn- Locautt , N _' o . 1 . — At a meeting of shareholders to elect a delegate to the Manchester land conference , Mr . Lashford in the chair , the following resolution was unanimously _agreed to : — " That the best banks of this meeting are due , and hereby given , to Feargus O'Connor , Christopher Boyle , Thomas Clark , Philip M'Grath , and Thomas Martin Wheeler , for tho praiseworthy manner in wliich they have conducted thu affairs of the Chartist Co-operative Lan 1 Society , and having implicit confidence in them , we t . creforu recommend them to the Manchester conference for re-election ; and further think that they are perfectly _justified in appropriating the profits arising from the sale of cards and rules to the inanag « mentof the society ; and also are of an opinion that that is not sufficient for them , knowing , as wc do , the value of lectures ; for , had it not have been for Mr . M'Grath ' s lectures in Brighton , we should have had no locality formed ; but through his exertions , and by the advocacy of the cause in the Northern Star , we now have forty-three shares taken , and have sent £ 40 to thc general treasurer .

      _LANCASHIBE . The South Lancashire delegate meeting was held iu the Ante-room , Carpenters' Hall , on Sunday last , Mr . John Nuttall in the chair . Delegates from the following places were present : —Manchester , Mr . Nuttall and 1 ) . Donovan ; Oldham , Mr . Yardley ; Rochdale , Mr . Bake . Tho following resolutions were passed unanimously : — " That Mr . Leach finish the hymn-book , and add another hymn to each book , and finish it for the sum of £ 0 . " " That the secretary ' s bill be paid . " " Tbat the money in the treasurer ' s bauds be paid over to Mr . Leach towards the book . " " That the levy for next delegate meeting ba

      twopence on eaeh member , and : hat each locality receive their proportionate share of the hymn-books . " That the _dvlegattt meetings in future be held every threo months , instead of monthly , and that the next be on tho last Sunday iu February , « t Ileywood . " " That there be a committee of threo appointed to superintend the receiving of the levy , and distributing the hymn-books , " " That Messrs . J , Nuttall , T . Davies , and 1 ) . Donovan ba the committee . " " That each locality send ths _naine of a candidate for the situation of secretary to the South Lancashire delegate meeting , that situation being vacant bj the resignation ot the present secretary . " " Tliat we adjourn until the last Sunday ia February , 1 & 46 . "

      _MANCHESTER . On Sunday night last , the editorial remarks on Lord John Kusstll ' s letter , was read to the audience by Jlr . Radford , which made the peo _;> _le laugh most heartily at the " new _dodyc . " Mr . Thomas Clark then commenced bis lecture , whieh was very instructive . Subject— " Tho Land » nd its capabilities , " which occupied an lionr aud a half in delivering , being one of the most eloquent aud powerful lectures delivered in tbis hall for a length of time . The lecturer implored his audience , if thej wanted to save t ___ _en _ selv » s ami _ibc-ir country from falling , like the empire of Rome , tbey had better hasten and join the Chartist Co-operative Laud Society , which was lite only s . ei ty that was capable of bettering the condition of the toiling millions . A vote of thanks was given to the lecturer and chairman , and the meeting sepa . ated . A number of shares were taken .

      HEYWOOD . Lecture , —lhe announcement of thc intended lecturo , in thc Star , drew together a goodly muster to hear that unflinching _advocate of the people ' s _riithts , Mr . William Boll , upon the " State of Trade and the coming Panic . " At six o ' clock the Chartist veteran , Mr . J . Hanison , was unanimously called to the chuir , who introduced Mr , Bell . The lecturer commenced by taking a review of trade , showing its advance , its cause being competition in foreign markots , thc glutting of those markets , aud consequently the decline cf trade already felt in some < jf tiie manufacturing towns of this country , which ' my *' c ultimately end in a panic , The land was held up to our view , and we were solicited to rally round the F _. ' _taiidard of freedom by joining the Chartist JUOVC'P ' . _etlt . The ecturcr gave general satisfaction ,

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      _VVican Hand-loom W . j _ avj __ _w _ —u n oaiuiuay _» . » strike of the hand-loom weavers of this town took place , against Mr . W . Ingham , manufacturer , in _comequence of his having reduced his weavers' wage * Oil . per cut . On the morning nf that ilny ft deputation _, was appointed by the committee to wait on him , in order that he might be duly _inlbrmoil of the weavers ' intentions . After hearing ' what the mon hail fo « _iy upon the suhjoct in disputo , he fell into a

      mostviolent passion , ordered the men out ofhis warehouse , and told them that he would mince tlicin another sixpence upon checks , am ! ens shiiliinr upon _ging _* hams ! "With this answer tho ( Jejmfafion Jei'fc _tlie > warehouse . T _> e committee immediately prepared , in their legal and peaceable , but effective way , to bring this genclcman to a sense of liis duty to his fellow wan , - an i wc arc happy to state that their labours havo had the desired effect , for about twelve o ' clock he sent for the deputation , settled the matter in a satisfactory way , ami tohi tlicm that he wo'ild pay as uracil as any other manufacturer in Vv'igan ; aud also _intiinnfati that he would not be tiio first to

      drop wages- ior the iutnre . There has also been a general _anc ? numerously attended delegate meeting of the above body , attended by a deputation from Tod * morden , who eame lor the _purpo-e of exposing tho tyrannical combination * of the manufacturers ofth . it ; place . It seeing- , according ' , to the statement of the * deputation , _thaff the masters tliere are getting their pieces made from * nine tc ten yards lonuor , ami only paying thc same * wages that _sro- paid in Wigan . After some discn __ ision , tJ > e delegates unanimously agreed _thatageneraiconitosnee _arreting » f delegatesfrom all the weaving districts _should be held in Manchester , or somo other centraf place , in order that there may be _fonned infe'one consolidated unioir of weavers _tlirouclioii'Si the _kingdom . The secret ary was then ordered to write to the different ? associations ) on the subject . After- the settling o ? some local business , thc meeting Eroke up ,

      The _BsLrKR _IIoitsE-ifAiK MA . ~ iiF . s- —A * _communi--cation has been received at the ofiice of t ? _ie Association of United Trades _fov'thc Protection of Industry ,, to the effect , that the ab _9 _ve-nameti industrious body ofmen , after yielding to laany exactions-on the part ; of their employers , after enduring oppression until endurance became a crime ? ather than a virtue , havebeen driven to the necessity of leaving their work On the day that tlio workmen- deputed two members of their body to represent tlum in the recent trade ** . - " conference , the employers simultaneously reduced their wages ten per cent . The men were then compelled to succumb ; but , " _biiHng their time , "' they

      recently availed themselves of the opportunity presented by a considerable influx of trade , to solicit from their employers a return to their former rate of wages ; but this act of justice beinjr sternly _refused , the men immediately assembled , and unanimously resolve I to give their employers an opportunity of trying whether or no tht y could , of themselves , supply the _increasing demands of tlieir impatient customers without the _llSSmtitncO of that labour they had so cruelly oppressed and insulted . . Notwithstanding the men have been already three weeks on strike , tbey are yet firmly resulvcd that , come what may , the ? wiil not return to work until the ten per cent . i »

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      STRIKE OF THE JOURNEYMEN TAILORS AT MajSCHESTER . A public meeting ofthe inhabitants of Manchester was held in the Carpcnteis' Hall , Garret-road , oi » Wednesday ev _. ning , the 20 th ult ., to take into consideration the tyrannical conduct ofa number of the _inustar tailors of this town , who have thrown upon the streets to starve , at this inclement season of th & year , 800 journeymen , because they would not withdraw from the " Union , or Tailors' Society . Tha meeting ivas most numerous and enthusiastic ' , indeed , wc do not remember having seen so large a meeting on any trades' question since the gieat aggregate _meeting of tho iron trades . At eight o ' clock , Mr . Parker , tlie secretary to the United Tnilovs' Protection Society , entered the hall ,

      nccompaniid by soveial other gentlemen , nml was received with repeated rounds ot cheers , whicli having subsided , on tho motion of Mr . Lindsay , Mr . Gash , operative tailor , was called to the chair . Mr . Gash opened the proceedings by reading the placard convening the meeting , alter wliich he said tiie masters who had acted in so rash a manner as to turn out of work 300 men without cause had refused to have the question arbitrated . The employers said _, this was not a question of wages . Directly it was not , b : > . t indirectly it was sapping aud undcrinuiiag the best _inteivsts of the _fair-trading employers as well ns the workmen . Ik-then introduced Mr . Little . Mr . Little said the present strike was not sought by the men , but had been forced upon them by tlie masters . Hut before he entered upon the subject he

      would read a resolution . — " That this meeting are of opinion that the conduct of the _master tailors of Manchester is highly censurable , inasmuch as they have deprived 30 U workmen ofthe means of existence , not on the score of wages , but because their workmen are desirous of working on the employer ' s liiviuises in prelerenee to working in unbeivlihy _nei-ihbouvlioods , as a means of pre .-erving their own and thepublic health . " lie said that either the masters or the men were in the wrong . The men had only resisted aggression , which they had a perfect ri » hc to do . Capital had its duties as well as its rights , and when it was used for the purpose of further subjugating the already oppressed operative , it was not applied to its _legitimate use . lie would n _; w show them the manner in which this strike has been

      brought about . One of the masters told his men on the Saturday night that there was to be no more employmentfor them unless they app lied for wink unconnected with the iissouiiition , A _incviing ot masters was called , when they entered into an . agreement to the effect that the lirst muster who should call upon a society man should forfeit £ 1 C 0 . Ac one establishment in the square , in consequence of the master giving so much out-door work , tne men in the shop could not get a living , having to wnit i ' or hours together i ' or a job , whilst the master was sending the work in the back streets and alleys to be made . The men complained ot this to their _lellow workmen , and tbey sympathised with them , and called a _n-ec . _iiig , fVoui which six men were sent to meet tho master , when the master stated iliac all should go nil as usual

      if the men would not interfere with them . 1 he men understood by this _th-st the system of _out-duor work was to cease , but on tiie following day a great deal more was given out than ever thero was before . The men again complained to the society , a _ meeting was called , and two men were sent to see if _tiiey could manage matters with Mr . Stubbs . lie ( Mi * . Little ) was one of ihe two , He wmiid imt _deiaiii _t-lic _meeting with the details of what to _;> k place ; but ho might as " well _stat-e that that gentleman compl _' _inn-nitd ihe deputation on the efficient manner in which they had discussed the question with them , but if any move deputations came they must ( ii »' ifc . That night a .

      meeting of tho body '• vas called to hear the report of the deputies , wln _* n it was agreed that the men should come out . however , they would take no advantage of Mv . Stubbs , a written notice was sent from ti . ufe meeting , signed by the chairman , and t _.-iicun by him . Stubbs then called a meeting vf smne _tv'ci _.-ty-four masters , ami said , if they would turn out their men , that they would starve them into their terms in a , _fortnight . Thev _aifived to turn them out unless they wouhflcavo tlic society . Tlicy , however , lvrlioned without their host when they thought otaeconiplishing so much in so short a time . They find now been out a month , and they had more money now than thev had when tliey commenced the su _* uxs _! i * .

      The resolution was ably seconded by . Mr . Uafhney , nnd supported by Mr . Linsty , after which it waa agreed to nem . con . Mr . M'Cabe moved the following _resolution : — "That in the opinion of this meeting the lai ' . _'imj trade rcqnircsspccial attention to ventilation , ; s : 10 m the sedentary nature of the occupation the health of the operntivesare affected , disease engendered , am ! tlio rmblic at large endangered thereby . " lie then read several extracts from the Sanatory _Commissionm ' Report , which went to prove the fact _bcyi-mi a doubt that the trade of a tailor , as at present conducted , was most injurious tu tha health of the _i-perative .

      Mr . Parker then rose to second the motion , and was received with several rounds _>¦! " applause . It ia _impossible to give Mr . Parker ' s speech at lei gth , but thews ave some statements which he _reiwl to the meeting relative-to the sanatory condition of the tailoring trade which we thinh the ' public ought to be mado acquainted with . VYe therefore givo a few of tl em . It would appear that the tailors are acting upon thesame plan ns tho Bradford _wuoleombei-hi , in b .: y . ng committees in evevy town for the purpose of visiting workmen ' s bouses , and reporting the same . The foUowing is from , the _Livevpoal _etminiiUec : — " In 2 G streets visited in "Vauxhall and Scoilasnl wards _t n the _Stth of March , 181 ;\ and thu following days , they found 120 tellers , their fam . _liesand workers ainoimting to 672 persons , and the persons living in the

      houses with them amounted to " 4 S , _nitvkmg the total inhabiting thc dwellings 1 , 120 . Of these 35 were sick , from one fortnight np to eighteen weeks , _« f scarlet , typhus , and other fevers , and _diseases of various kinds , commencing since November , aad continuing to the present time . "We fuiiud 12 : r . « _hfthiling s \ i . < l working in a . s . i _ . g ! e ut-l _' . av , S 3 in one house , 09 living in courts and rooms , and only 2 f occupying houses . Of this number 31 wove lound working for sale-shops , within the same time , on the Sabbath-day , many in a rowst distressed slate of want . Mr . Parker then exhibited the sanatory map of London to thc audience , and said he was prepare a to prove that there were more iournevmen tailors

      wor _. uim in their own homes , in'the humble and unhealthy partK of Louden , making garments for the rich ami _aiiluent , than were en : yi __ ed upon the premises * .. i' omplnvers . If el « thing ivas thus lliai'O in tm ; v ery heart of disease , it miist of necussitv' 6 transf _erred to the wearer . Nor was it London " and _Liverpool that were thc only places where _sitch : i s'Ute of tilings existed . It also _existed in Manchester and Leeds , and every other largo town . Mr . _lYs statements were triilyastoiinding , nnd wc trust they wiil not be lost upon the public of Manchester . _Un the motion of Mr . Lindsey , tho thanks uf tha ir . _c-eliiig war . riven to thc chairman , and the _btiL-i nessteiminnti'd .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 6, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_06121845/page/3/