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ETERNAL JUSTICE BT CUIUI KACCAT The man is thought a knave or fool , Or bigot , plotting crime , "Who for the advancement ofhis kind . I « wiser than his time . For him the hemlock shall distil ; For him tbe axe be bared ; Por Mm the gibbet shall be _buflt ; For him the stake prepared ; Him shall the scorn and wrath of men Pursue with deadly aim ; Aad malice , envy , spite , and lies , Shall desecrate his name . Bat truth shall conquer at tha last , Por _rsond and round we ran , And aver tha right eanus npperBOSt , And ever is justice done .
Pace through thy cell , old Socrates . Cheerily to and fro ; Trust to the impulse of thy soul And let tho poison flaw . They may shatter to earth the lamp of cla ) That holds the light divine . Bnt they cannot quench the fire of thought By any such deadly wine : They cannot blot thy spoken words From the memory of man , B y all the poison ever was bruised Since time its course began , To-day bhorr ' o " , to-morrow adored . So round and round wo ran And ever the troth comes uppermost , And ever is justice dome .
Hod in thy cave , grey anchorite , Be wiser thaa thy peers ; Augment the range of human power , And trust to coming years . They may call thee wixtrd and monk accursed , And load the « with dispraise ; Thos wert born Are " _no-dred -rears too boom For the eomfort of tby days . Bnt not toe ) soon for human kind , Time hath reward in store , And tho demons of onr stories become The saints that we adore . The blind ean see the slave is lord ; So round and round we run ; And ever tha wrong is proved to be wrong , And ever is justice done .
Keep , Galileo , to thy thought , And nerve thy soul to bear ; They may gloat o'er tke senseless words they wring From tbe pangs of thy despair : They may veil their eye » , bat they cannot hide The sun ' s meridian glow ; The heel oft , priest may tread thee down , And a tyrant work thee woe ; Bnt never a truth has beea destroyed : They may curse and caU it crime ; Pervert snd betray , or _nln-jd-r and slay Its teachers for a time . Bat ths sunshine ay -hall light the sky , As round and round we run ; And truth shall ever come uppermost , And justice shall be done . And live then now such men as
these—With thoughts like the great of old f Many have died in their misery , . And left their thought untold ; And many live , and are ranked as mad _. And placed in the cold world ' s can , For sending their bright , far-seeing souls Three centuries in the van . They toil in penury and grief , Unknown , if not _maliga'd ; Forlorn , forlorn , besriag the scorn Of the meanest of mankind . Bat yet the world goes round sad round , And the genial seasons run , And erer tha truth comes uppermost , And ever is jastice done . _Voioufronike Hevatams . - - - ii i _* a **" s * s ~ s _» i ' i i i in
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LET US BE SOBER . ( Written for the Northern Star . ) ' BY -BS B . F . _FOST £ S . Ah ! let ns be sober , for ghastly tha crimes That _drankenness bringeth on man ; It _sappeth oar strength , 'tis the curse ef onr times , Tis industry ' s , honesty ' s ban . Look , look how the drunkard goes staggering by , How loathsome , degraded , and base ! _Quench'd , qsench'dis the light of tha soul in his eye , And gone is God's stamp from his face . Aod see the pale woman , who follows his path , With _infantonfed and unclad ; She speaketh not aow in the accents of wrath , Her voice is toa hollow and sad .
No longer she otters _entreaty and prayer , Bat straining her child to ker breast , She follows his track , like a shade cf despair , A spirit tbat knoweth not rest . She taketh her seat on the cold _flag-stoae , To watch by the ale-house door . Bat long ere the morning her babe is alone ; The drunkards young wife is no more : And whea from the workhonse the children pass by , Watch ye for a countenance mild , And sickly , and old , witb a _fireless eye , —* That girl is the drunkard ' s child . Oh ! let as he sober , there is not a vies That drankenness will not let in ; All happiness , honour , aad virtue , its price , Its consequence , souow aad sin . Behold the red Indian , bow noble was he ,
When white men first taught him to drink * How long was he virtuous , happy , and free ! Ye sons of debauchery , think !
Then let as he _bobct _, if prosper we would , Aad win back our rights in our land . Let ns prove to the world they ' re the rights of the good _. Then , who shall our power withstand . Oh ! letns be sober , and we shall succeed ; Remember that he who can gain A conquest o ' er self is a victor indeed , And never shall straggle in vain .
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REVELATIONS POLITIQUES . LES TROIS VICTIMES . Fab is Cohte db Whxbbod . _{ Pol _^ _aiSev _^ atms , The Three Victims . By tbe Count deWillbrod . ] London : Annand , ftatb" xme-place . ; { Contin uedfrom the Star ofjktokr 2 nd , ) In hi 3 memorial to the king , General Donnadiea writes that , hearing from the Baton de _Darnas , ( governor of the nineteenth division , ) the presence of "Didier , in the department of Mre , he had several timea communicated the intelligence to the prefect md commissary of police ; bnt that both had replied in the same terms as Decazes , namely , that General Donnadiea was dreaming , and Didier had , long ago , left the coantry . Whilst things were proceeding in this manner , and Donnadiea was endeavouring , alone , to discover in what quarter the storm would first arise , Didier , who lad traversed Savoy , and visited Genera and Milan , to assure himself of their fidelity , returned to _Isere .
April was drawing near : on all sides the most fa-• TOirrable assurances were made—the _conspiracy beeame daily mere powerful , and all waa prepared . The Minister of- Police had done his best for the insurrectionists ; Didier mistrasted only Donnadiea and Decares proposed to the Minister of War to remote the general ; but M . de Feltre , seeing no good reason for the singularly urgent appeal of _Decazes , refused to accede to his request . The general remained st his post , but on the 28 th of April was ordered off to Besangon on a conrtmartial , and this order was issued by Decazes I If this was really accidental , itmust be allowed that it was a singular coincidence , and that it was rery _equivecal when taken in conjunction with his earnest request for the removal of Donnadiea . Donnadiea , himself , regarded the order as a deliberate treason ; and considering his duty to his sovereign as
paramount , refused to obey , alleging that the state ot Grenoble imperatively demanded his presence there The triumphal entry of the Duke and Duchess de Berri into France , caused a part of the troops of Grenoble to be ' withdrawn , and Didier took advantage ofthis circumstance for the execution of his plot . We do not enter into the details of the final outbreak . The insurgents were repulsed in all quarters , and Didier , who proved himself a bold and skilful soldier , gained , with great difficulty , the woods of St Martin _d-HSres . Many prisoners were taken ; three of the leaders were condemned to death , —two met their bloody fate with heroic enthusiasm ; the third was reprieved , and manifestoes were issued by the government offering large rewards to those who should betray thc fugitives , and threatening with death those who should grant them even food or shelter in their
dis-It was in the afternoon of the 6 ch of May that the news of the insurrection reached the ministry , and the astonishment of the cabinet was _. proportionate to the reliance it * had placed en M . Decazes assurances . M . de Vaublanc , who had almost daily laid before the government the causes ofthe serious apprehensions he entertained , had endeavoured to think his own alarms ill-grounded , arguing that the Minister of Police could not be deceived . However , high words escaped both ministers in tte violence of their animosity , and M . Vaublanc declared that , ' did \ H possess sufficient influence , he would arraign M . Decazes for hiyh treason ; for he was traitor to both Ung and country . ' This speech was made in council a few days before the insurrection at Grenoble . The unhappy conspirators who had trusted to the ,
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_asronme « of De * fii « _no-r found him theirmost bitter enemy ; since heoonld exculpate himself only bv slw-ragth- * ii _^" _? inr . -fle represented the insurrection to tiie king u the darkest colours ; auarintf him it threatened the monarchy itself { and he knew better than any person ita real danger ) if the most violent measures were not taken to repress it _toiers _weretoransmitted to General Donnad ' ieu and SSl _* _!?! " * a ln _" » _lIaw . _"H-give no quarter . © tke rebels ; and granting to the civil and military au * _™ _^ _° _*™ t * W power ; in direct violation of the sixty . third clause ofthe Charter of 1814 .
A court-martial was hastily summoned-thirty _prisoHerswere arraigned--the crime of insurrection was but too clearly proved , and twenty-one were condemned to death . _Doiraadieu petitioned for a commutaUon of the sentence in some cases , but ¦ _uepMes d ared not show leniency , and peremptory ° ™ er 8 w _-ye sent for theexecutions : the same expresi offered a large reward for tbe _discoreiy of Didier . _Tweutj-feur confrolratora were , in three detach . Bents , led oat for execution-Didier was still undiscovered . He had escaped to the mountains with _Dttssert , Dnrif , and Cousseaux . Overwhelmed with
grief at the failure of the enterprise , he had yet further to endure the reproaches of his companions for having deceived them with regard to the ultimate design . Long he listened in silence , bat rousing him * self at last , he observed' You say , I have deceived yoa ; but the _implseable hatred we alike bear to tbe Bourbons—that race that has exiled and degraded you , and deprived your families of bread—that hatred , is it reaL or but a dream ! I have deceived yon ! but though Napoleon ' s name was aot the rallying sound , is the cause for which we have fought less dear or less sacred ?—the causa of National Independence and hatred of kings . '
B » companions walked on in silence ; bnt the next day _Dossert entreated him to explain his real intentions , if the plot had succeeded . The Duke of Orleans / replied Didier . ' The Daks of Orleans ! France would not havo suffered it ! One Bourbon for another ! Louis XVIII . wa * aa good a * Philippe Egalitc . ' Finding themselves thus deeeived , ! the three conspirators resolved on the denunciation of Didier . -
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On Ascension-day in the same year , Didier was brought as a prisoner to the residence of General Donnadieu . After dinner , tbe General conversed with him upwards of two hours ; Didier entered into a full confession of the whale history of the conspiracy , regarding which , the General observes : — He told me many things which I dare not repeat here . Alter his trial I caw him again , and enquired if , in tbat awful moment , he had no further revelation to make wbich concerned tbe pnblio safety . Much agitated , he tben uttered words , which filled me with profound emotion , taking the Eternal Judge , before whom he was
abont to appear , as a witness of his truth . I sent bis revelations to tiie king by an extraordinary despatch , according to his earnest request : though he expressed a conviction that they would sever he permitted to reaoh the king . Tins despatch ought to be in the archives , but the present laws do not permit me to reveal its contents . On _leaving Didier , General Donnadiea , fall of enthusiastic admiratiaa of the man , before the object of bis severest reprobation , spoke to the officers who had guarded him in terms ef deep admiration of kirn _, and horror at the dangers with which the state had been menaced .
' The king will create me a _mareehol of France , * said he ; ' aod yoa , autre , lieutenant-general , as an inadequate reward for the service we have rendered him . ' This proveked some sarcasm from his companions , when , mack excited , the General exclaimed -. — Do yon know with _whatpersonsge Didier held his hut confidential interview in Paris , before the insurrections of Lyons and Dauphlny . It was with Frince Talleyrand , in whose cabinet he passed the entire evening , previous to leaving Paris / Prince Talleyrand !' cried they , « impossible ! Prince Talleyrand , who restored Louis XVIII !' ' Yes—bnt who is now neither minister , nor ambassador , ner any thing , ' replied the General significantly , * * * _ar-Didier was in prison : none suspected that he was prompted by higher authority , save those who dared neither esquire further , nor even give utterance to thought . But a scrap of paper was found with these words , in his handwriting : —
Mosbeigsidb—Our efforts hare failed , bnt the links are not yet all broken—Tet was he never questioned who was the _ifonseigneur he thus addressed . Silence the most profound was observed ; and he attempted no further revelations . He was calm and heroic throughout the short . remaining portion of his stormy career . He listened to the sentence with perfect serenity , observing—* I have made my sacrifice ; my family are equal to making theirs . I thank my advocate for his generous defence , bnt entreat him aot to impede the course ofjustice . I ask , I desire , no favour of the king . ' His execution was to take place at nine o ' clock on the 10 th of June . General Donnadieu spent an hour with him in sad and serious conversation .
'What can I confess , further , ' exclaimed Didier , mournfully , ' in another hour I shall be no more . However—tell the king to mistrust the men who surround him—men _vhohatxtvio oaths in their mouths . ' He hesitated—reflected for an instant , and added— ' Tell the king , further , that his greatest enemy is of his own TAHTLY ! ' He met death with fortitude , and in the cemetery of Grenoble rest the remains of PAUL DIDIER , the first victim of princely and ministerial craft . Louis-Philippe is king of the French , and by his side and in his councils Bits the arch-traitor , the Duke de Decazes .
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— **¦ THE LABOURER , A ninthly Ihgasine of Polf ties , literature , Poetry , dee . Edited by Feargus O'Connor , M . P ., and Ernest Jones , Esq . London : Northern Star Office , 16 , Great _Windmill-street , Haymarket . ( Continaedfrom the Star of October 2 nd . J III . It now remains to be seen in how far the Land Plan will respond toithe intentions ofits founder , — . Mb is the greatobject of the present treatise ; and . surely , a more convincing and conclusive line
of argument has never beea advanced . The author treats firstly , of the means by which he intends rendering the plan national—viz ., by making it a government measure ; and this section falls under two divisions—the benefits derivable by government ; the advantages accruing to the people . Secondly _, the author proves the security of the Land Flan in itself , and by itself ; refutes one after another the objections urged against it , from the idlest calumny , down to the painfully-idle calculations of cavillers _, as to the time it wonld take to create a section .
This portion of the work is the one from which we would most willingly quote ; bnt this ia the-very pari to which weare congtr-ined to refer our readers for information to the work itself , eince the different data are _argued with mathematical precision , and we cannot extract a part without reverting to the whole . We will , however , briefly advert to some ef the leading points . Firstly , then , with regard to making the Land Plan a government measure . With reference to this proposition Afr O'Connor says : —
Being not only an advocate of , bnt a religions believer in , the principle of Universal Suffrage , and feeling convinced of ' the damage that the popular cause must sustain by the slightest violation of trust or confidence reposed in the most humble of its leaders , I have resolved upon testing the opinions of all , before I venture upon the realisation of tbis , my primary object , and to that end it is my intention , prior to the meeting of Far * Hament , to call meeting * in tbe several large towns , of England , Scotland aud Wales , to wbich the members shall oe invited , with the view fo taking into their serious consideration tbe propriety of making the Land Plan a National Plan , by the following means - bnt without the concurrence of an overwhelming majority , I shall not have recourse to those means . The plan advocated by Mr O'Connor is : — lo transfer tbe whole affairs of the ' Camp . ny to tho management ofthe government , under a special Act of Parliament , The nature of which i 3 then adverted to .
The author next enters into the particulars ofhis stupendous plan , and expatiates on the advantages to be derived by government from its adoption . ¦ In return for the advance of sixty millions sterling , government would clear , at the end of ten years , a profit of forty-three millions , and pay off the sixty millions by the sale , at twenty-five years * purchage , of the estates bought with the advance . The government would also derive incalculable advantages—In the shape of increased trade , increased consumption , diminished poor rates , and increased tranguillity . And as one of the features of the plan would be , for Parliament To pass a special Act , whereby the members of the Company shall be exempt from all Stamp Acts and Stamp Duties .
And , of course , the non-payment of duty or taxes on those articles employed by government : the author meets the assertion that government would lose in taxes , by stating thefact , that the materials employed would never have been used were it not for the Lapd Plan , while commerce and trade would receive an unparalleled impetus . Government might then set at _nouiht the political handle now made of Drainage and Health of Towns ' Bills , of schools , and sectarian education schemes , as the working classes would wait patiently until tbey could educate their children in their own scbool-houees , and breathe the fresh air in their own well ventilated cottages .
It might say to the foreign despot and domestic _factionist : Behold , I was tbe _slavo of one , and the tool of the oiher , _ruenfuring national honour by the nation ' s alility aud willingness to pay tlte expense ofa war , and domestic policy by tbe expediency of truckling and succumbing to thore whose will or caprice was capable of hurling me from office . But now you see my volunteer legisn capable of defending me against tho tyranny of the one and the _venjeance of the other , Tou now seo my exhausted treasury replenished by domestic industry . Tou now see me independent of your caprice , independent of your will , because I havo realised the purest of all political principleH—that labour is tho _sosree of all wealtb , and ought to be the source of all
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power . I was TOUB TOOL-Iam now the PEOPLE'S MINISTER . ' . '' - .... . . We are : now led to contemplate the immense benefits accruing to the people from the government support ; and brought to a most important consideration , vis ., would the Company be placed under government control , and its democracy thus immersed in . the muddy pool of ministerial patronage ? This supposition is triumphantly refuted;—it is , on the contrary , proved to demonstration , that by the means advocated , government would be placed under the the control of the people , and
It cannot be advanced , that the persons located would be under tbe influence of government , because , upon location , each member should receive his conveyance , for ever conditioned to pay a rent charge at the rate of £ 5 . percent , upon the capital expended and advanced ; aad hence , the occupant , upon receiving posseBBion , would be as wholly independent bf the government as he is now _. With regard to the general , independence . Mr O'Connor states : — Before I would eonsent to invest the Company _s pros _, pects and money in the hands of the government , I would contend for the addition ofa minister of Agriculture and Public _Instrastion tothe Cabinet , and tbat every single benefit guaranteed to tbe members by our rules should be guaranteed by tbe government—tba t is
by Act of Parliament ; and still further , as my object ever has been to make the plan national , and to secure as little delay as possible between full payment ofthe share money and location of the member , I would stipulate that tbe mode of selection by ballot sheuld be alto _, gather done away with ; thst the Company should consist of but one section , and tbat whenever a certain number , three or five thousand , or five hundred , had paid up , that then that number should bo at once located , and npon location , tbat each member should receive a conveyance of his allotment for ever , upon condition to pay the stipulated amount ofrent , and with the power reserved to him , at any time , to redeem bis land in fee by the payment of the stipulated purchase money , or by instalments of not less than £ 10 . to reduce his rent by the itandard of twenty-five years' purchase . In fact . 'he adds : —
Even after the eonsent of the government to accept the management of the Company , a Conference , chosen by all the members of the Company , should sit in London for a month , if necessaiy , to deliberate npon the Act of Parliament , by which government would be bound , and my suggestion would be , thatthe vote of three-fourths of that Conference shonld be required to acquiesce in the proposed plan . . Sorely tben , if tbe advantages to be derived from the farther extension of the plan , from the fact that all timber , bricks , and building materials used for tbe benefit of tbe Company WOULD BE FRBE OF DUTY ; that the protection derived from ActofParlia . ment against the possibility of litigation ; the exemption from all stamp duties ; the cheaper terms upon which government can buy land , and perform all the required
work , and tbe rapidity with which operations would progress ; if all these advantages are taken into consideration , it must he admitted , that the Land Plan would be then national , instead of sectional , the great object which I have always had in view , and above and before all other considerations it must be admitted , that I have discharged my trust faithfully and honestly , especially when it is understood , that setting my face against patronage , I hereby renounce any payment from the Company , or from government , from neither of whom will I ever accept of a place , pension , or emolument , of fee , fa-oar , or reward for labour or service performed for the people , for their social or political redemption _. We refer the reader to the splendidly wrought details o f the plan , the general outline of which may be
partially conceived by the above remarks , but of which we , o f course , do not attempt to give even a passing summary . Such being the aspect ofthe plan under its proposed neworgamsatum _. the author , secondly , adverts to its present position and prospects , without the aid of government support—and a more charming picture , _^ more satisfactory analysis of its working could not be given . The rapidity of location is theigreat point in this section—and here we have _figurea met with figures , and the whole of the magnificent machinery of the plan opened to our view . The Bank , of course , is a prominent point , in achieving speedy location , ' hut' the author observes—Mark the facility with which I can raise a large amount of money , independently of the bank , I will illustrate this bythe nature of tbe five estates I have
purchased . Upon Herringsgate , I might bave allowed a latge portion of the money to remain on mortgage . On Lowbands , for which I gave £ 8 , 100 , there were mortgages to the amount of over £ 7 , 000 . Upon Snig ' _s End tbere is a mortgage of £ 7 , 000 , payment of wbich the mortgagee will notaec . pt of , and at £ 4 per cent , so there is a loan of £ 7 , 000 . Upon Minster Lovel there is a mortgage of £ 5 . 000 , ( which is to stand for seven yearsthere ' s a loan of £ 5 , 000 . On Mathon , there is an annuity payable to an old lady , and by that annuity we become our own insurers and get a loan of nearly £ 3 , 000 ; so that upon those three last purchased estates , there is a loan , without a farthing expense ia raising it , of £ 15 , 000 , precisely the same as if it came through tbe bank , with this exception , indeed , tbat it costs not a farthing expense , requires no trouble , and cannot be called in without due notice of six months .
And then , as to the rapidity with which estates can begotready : — In the first instance cf onr experiment , it took me nearly a year to build thirty-five houses , ln the second instance , I built forty-fire houses in little more tban three months , and now I am engaged in building 100 house-, and which I hope to perfect within a shorter period than three months ; and when onr plant _, sufficiently -understood to enable me to proceed with a thousand houses instead of a hundred , I will find less difficulty and much'greater economy in Building that number tban in building a hundred . The stability of the company iB thuB placed beyond denial- and an entire chapter is devoted to the security of the bank . We extract the following ;—
Messrs _Hibbs and Selsby have asked we what security the Land and Labour Bank gives to depositors ! I ask what security Sir Benjamin Heywood and Co ., or any other private banker give to tbeir depositors , beyond tbe security of confidence , while the National Land and Labour Bank gives the security of £ 5 a year for every £ 4 for which it is liable , and receives itself £ 4 lis 8 d as the interest upon Exchequer Bills , for its unappropriated capital . Tbe security of the Land and Labour Bank is , that it does not issue notes which may be called in wben its capital bas been applied to tbe legitimate purpose for
which it was Intended—tbe purchase of Land . The security of tbe National Land and Labour is , tbat its proprietor would not ; and could not speculate hazardously with the funds . Would not , because the wealth of the world would not compensate him for ihe lots ol that con . fidtnee , which ig indispensable to the success ofhis project . Conld not , because the open mouthed press , and the eaves-droppers upon'Change , would very soon proclaim it to the world—that the demagogue was speculating in railway shares , in stocks , or in _fascina _. linn bubbles .
The National Land and Labour Bank Is secure beyond all other banks , because a fictitious high rate of interest wonld not tempt the proprietor to discount the bills of speculators ia corn , speculators in cotton , or speculators in railway , and thus jeopardise the property of its confiding dupes . The National Land and Labour Bank is secured , be . yond all others banks , against tbe failure of Glasgow firms , Liverpool firms , Belfast firms , Mark-lane firms , London firms , and Dublin firms . The National Land and Labour Bank is secure beyond all other firms , because the property whicb it guarantees to pay interest upon , must be increased , and cannot be diminished in value . The National Land and Labour Bank is more advantageous to tbe small depositor tban any other bank , because it gives a larger permanent amount of interest than any other bank .
The National Land and Labour Bank ia more secure than any other bank , because its _depositors aro not only secured _fa _^ _W of interest upon £ 5 of landed property , but tbey aro further secured by the additional value given to land by labour , by tbe additional value given to the land by additional baildings and improvements made by the occupants themselves , and still more by the amount of money iu the Redemption Fund , wbich tbe occupants cannot withdraw . The National Land and Labour Bank is more secure tban any other bank , because its proprietor ' s name is not affixed to bill , bond , or note , to the amount ofa guinea . The National Land and Labour Bank is more secure tban any other bank , or rather its insecurity maybe more easily detected , inasmuch as its proprietor gratuitously and cheerfully undertakes to submit a statement of its condition , and to publish it annually .
Tbe National Land and Labour Bank is more secure than any other bank , _because its expenses are less , and its profits more certain . The National Land aad Labour Bank is more secure than any other bank , because the depositors cannot capriciously make a run upon it , and maie it bankrupt with a surplus , but not immediately available , capital . The National Ltnd and Labour Bank is more secure than any other bank , because its proprietor repudiates tbe bare notion of making tho banker ' s profit upon the concern , because universal confidence reposed in him is dearer than the world ' s wealth _.
And yet I did not , and would not undertake to establish the Bank on my own responsibility , until I had received the clearest and most explicit opinion of the ablest counsel , that the Bank could only be eafely established in tbe name of one inditidaal , whereby the trustees could assign the landed property of the Company as security for thefun . _* slentby the Bank to them , for the purpose of purchasing land . , Added to this ., Mr O'Connor makes the unparalleled offer of annually publishing astatement ol the _anaira ofhis Bank . , _, , „„ Thc benefits resulting from this colossal plan are greater tban even the author could enumerate in the limited space of his treatise ; we must remember that —
The English occupant ia in _tbevcry market tuatotbrrs send their produco three thousand miles to j but above and before all , the English occupant ' s spare labour , at tie periods ofthe year when its sale is most profitab le , commands ahigker price in England than in auy other country . For instance , as I havo frequently a . sertcdi a _mun an ! bis family may receive for hired labour a "
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much , during hay . _tlmeand harvest _^ will pay the whole rent ofa _foiir-acre allotment , leaving him about forty _, two weeks in the year , allowing ten weeks for _hsy-tirae and harvest , to eulHyate hisownlaad _, and the _wheleof the produce for his own consumption . Aad the trades man shoald understand , that there is a shorter appren . ticesbip required for agricultural labour , . ban any otter craft , and that , according to an old Irish saying , Every woman _. _is a good mania harvest , ' when farmers want men and men , women , and children can make hay .
Again , let this simple factbebome in mind . Let us take even a less average of wages than that stated by Johu Bright to be earned by operatives , and let us pre . some that those operatives would now be but too happy to be insured four full days' work in the week . If we estimate the slaves earnings , then , at 2 s . 6 d . a day , out of which is stopped a large portion for 'batings , ' uiages , ' and * fines ; ' and if hs is idle two days in the week he is defrauded of ave . hillings a week , and has to pay rent for the w « ek , and to live for the week , and to clothe his family , and buy fuel forthe week out of the four days' earnings , and then let the landman refleet upon this startling foot , upon this Irrefutable fact , tbat 5 s . a week is £ 13 a year , and that the rent of fonr acres of a house , with convenient rooms and splendid outbuildings , and interest upon £ 30 . capital , will not altogether amount to as much as the loss of tbe two days' labour to the artificial slave . And would not those
of Lancashire and Yorkshire of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire , be now rejoiced , ay , to madness , atthe announcement tbat tbey should be insured four full days ' work In the week f Would not tailors , would notsboe . makers and _patters , leap for very joy at such an an . _noBHcement ? _Thefour-acre allotments here , at Minster Lovel , will average less than £ 12 . a year with interest of capital and all ; and now let this arithmetical fact , this indisputable fact , be engraved upon every operative ' s memory , that , the occupant _, of ths Land Company pay , less rent for four acres of good land , a beautiful cottage and out . building " , and £ 80 . capital , than tbe operative pays for the loss of two days' labour in the week . Now will not every man impress that fact upon the mind of his simple neighbour , and will it not force itself upon tlie consider * ation ofthe farmer and the shopkeeper , who , as aeonsequence , will be compelled to pay an additional amount of poor latest
Then there are advantages which cannot be at all estimated , and whieh , if taken iu the Aggregate , would secure another saving of five shillings a week , of which the artificial labourer cannot avail himself ; for in . stance , last week , tbe occupants at Lowbands co-operated and bought forty tons of coals , aad had them delivered at six shillings a ton under tbe price that I was In the habit of paying for a single ton . They bought a laige quantity of flour at eight shillings and sixpence a bushel , for wbich retail , and of awdrse quality and poorer weight , thsy sbould have paid twelve shillings a bushel , and so they will co-operate for everything else ; for taking them for all in all , there never was a better er more industrious Eet of fellows .
Such are some few of the benefits to be conferred _—bub never fora moment , did tbe founder ofthis plan , in his desire for the social redemption ofthe people , forget his great POLITICAL MISSION . To the allottee—In a political point of view , his holding confers the franchise , as well as parochial and local rights , which it would not in any other country . And though last , not least , it places him within view of tbat school-house where his children aTe te receive an education that will teaoh them how to defend their rights tbat tbeir father purchased for them ,
If I had not intended to make tbis plan a stepping stone to the achievement of political as well as social rights . I could have located a hundred thousand people with as great facility , as I could now locate one thousand , thus—I could take a long lease of farms tbat were to be let to any extent , improve those farms by the addi . tion of a cottage to every two , three and fonr acres , and then raise money by way of mortgage on tbe improvements : but then such holdings , for however long a term , would ' not confer tke franchise , and although tbey might extend over a , period of ninety-nine years , yet tbe father aud the mother , teo , would calculate upon the sad day of reckoning , wben the idle capitalist would absorb the fruits of their industry , of their children ' s industry , aad of their grand children ' s industry , and the holding would lose that charm wbich ever belongs to MT OWN FOB . EVER .
In conclusion , Mr O'Connor lashes the mean envy of the press—whose prior calumnies he calmly and convincingly refutes , —and whose motives are justly summed up thus : — What is a remarkable feature in the history of the presB , is the fact that previous to the establishment of the Land Flan , tbe hirelings were loud in praise of tbe allotment system , wbich meant the gilded link of slavery by which tbe serf was bound to tbe loved spot for which he dearly paid , and affection for which induced " aim to starve in quiescence , rather tban risk its loss by an appeal to charity . Then half a rood , the eighth of an acre , was a principality—now four acres is perfect starvation .
If this land speculation had been adopted by money mongers in the city , and the certainty of four per cent _, secured upon land , instead of five per cent upon land and labour , tbe waters of tbe Stock Exchange would bave been convulsed by the diving of tbe sharks , each contending for thefirst plunge ; and long ere tbis , the shares would have been at a premium of 200 per cent . ; but tbe solution of tbe riddle will be fonnd in this fact—THIS IS THE SPECULATION OP THE PEOPLE . ¦ With a proud consciousness of victory , he points out tho mighty results of his plan;—with the true modesty of merit ; he adds , alluding io his proposition , relative to government : I bave ever thought , and still think , that the selfish _, ness of leaders is the one great barrier that stands be . tween tbe people and their rights ; and I trust that I shall be acquitted of this crying sin , when I thus offer to surrender an amount of power which no man in the world ever before possessed .
Tet no man is to suppose tbat I would relinquish my own control ol its economy , er my own honourable situation of unpaid bailiff . Government patronage I sball ' protest * against , the unnecessary expenditure ef a fraction of the funds 1 shall contend against ; nor would I rote for any measure of transfer which , " after being deliberately drawn up , nnd after deliberate consideration , was not acquiesced in by a majority of the members , nor would I acquiesce in any measure wbich would deprive me , under the most rigid government control , from carrying out the plan in faithful obedience to those principles on wbich it was established , and in compliance with those rules , under whose faith the several members Joined . In short , I would , as now , receive the monies each week , and within the same week , pay them over to the credit of the Chancellor of the Exchequer .
So much for those cavillers who doubted the security ofthe funds , or attributed interested motives to that founder—Who daily ties his own hands more and more , and renounces even the legitimate advantages he ought to derive ; who , through good and bad report , adhered to the same steady course ; and who , with an invisible power , was guiding the destinies of the peoplej for , to use his own words : If I bad confined myself to tbe mere exulting shout of the Charter and Liberty for ever , tbe public mind would not by tbis time have reached the exalted position it now occupies , and therefore , while the idle gentlemen who
are too proud to work , and too poor to live without labour , were boasting of their herolcdevotlon to the glorious cause of liberty , I was silently and unnoticed sapping the walls of corruption . Although tbe people were unconscious of it , I was leading them from madness to sanity ; whereas , it I bad , coward-like , refused to take my full share ef that medicine , administered by the government to tbe insane of tbat day , I might have been justly looked upon as a qaaok , creatine delirium that I might trafflo In the malady ; bnt I thank God I have received copious droughts ofjthe _governmentjelfctir , which haB given the people an amount of confidence ih me tbat no government , no torture , no persecution , can now destroy .
We cannot , m our admirationof the plan , overlook its Founder ; this great and good man , who has displayed his own character in the words , that—¦ Virtue , unalloyed virtue , is the natural characteristic of man ; while cunning , hypocrisy and vice , are the evils engendered , fostered , propagated and encouraged by a corrupt , a selfish , unjust and monopolising system . It is but the good who believe in the world ' s goodness , and brighten the darkness ef life with the light of their own hearts ! We are no man worshipperswe eschew talking oI ' men , even while weare analysing their measures but in tin s instance , while we write , the cold reserve of thocritie melts away , and we cannet forbear paying our tribute of admiration to the great political and sooial Reformer of the ninetenth century .
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Ilowitt ' s Journal . Edited by Willliam and Mary Howitt . Parts 8—9 . London : W . Lovett , 171 , Strand . It , our second _page our readers will find a lengthy but ably written article by Mr Howitt , exposing the enormities of' Delegated Taxation , ' which we re _» commend to the serious attention of all earnest reformers . . We have extracted the said article from the ninth part ol ' Hewitt ' s Journal , ' in which will be found several ether interesting contributions from the pens of tbe editors and tlieir clover assistants .
-ap ' The Famf . y Herald . Part 52 . ' Published by George B ' ms , 421 , Strand . This periodical steadily continues its unexceptionable career ; and increasing in merit , as well as in the reward of merit , popularity . We wish that some periodicals of hklior _ pretensions would evince Mm same good tnste , especially in the pelection of _postry , which is rarely of inferior quality . We have _bem especially pleased with the lines , by Charles Mackay , on 'Eternal Justice , ' whioh we have transferred to our ' Poet ' s corner .
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_Incrbasb Of PitfiSTO _* - Poon-llATES . —Tho Black _, bum Standard says : — ' Such is the pressure upon the offico for relief , in consequence of tho abort time or no time at many of the mills , that tho next six months' poor rate is _oxpeeled to ba 2 s . in the pound . This is a great increase from Cd . to 8 d . as formerly . '
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LETTERS ON GRAMMAR . No . 7 . TO THE WORKING CLASSES . Mt Dear _Fanisns , I have yet a few observations' to make vfith regard to -Adjectives before I proceed to the cbnsideration of the next part of _speech-the Pronoun . I wish to point out to you the right use of Adverbs with Adjectives . Adverbs are of great service in pointing out the degree in which one thing is better or worse , larger or smaller , than another . Thus , if we say , 'The sun is brighter than the moon , ' we state , indeed , the fact ; but we do not mark with sufficient distinctness the vast superiority of the one to the other . For
; his purpose we must use adverbs , and say , 'The sun is infinitely brighter , or incomparably brighter than the moon . ' 'Rather , ' ' very , ' and many other adverbs , are also used to mark the degree in which a quality is possessed : ' he is rather clever , ' « she is very pretty , ' are quite accurate . Remember , when comparing Adjectives , not to use the Superlative when comparing only two things . If you have but two children , you must not say , ' John 8 the eldest '— -it is quite sufficient to observe , ' John is the elder . ' In this , as in all other cases H . is . foolish to waste emphasis on subjects that do not require them . To use powerful language about
trifles is like throwing yourself into a passion , and beating your child for breaking a cup or a glass-You can ao no more to express your displeasure at his committing a theft , or uttering a lie , and he loses all sense of the gradations of evil . Just so , if you use great words on ordinary occasions , you exhaust the powers that should be reserved for seasons of intense thought and passion . People will not estimate the power of the feelings that prompt you ; they will say , 'It is only his way of talking—he means nothing ; ' whereas , their observations of those whose ordinary language is more guarded , would be , ' He must feel deeply wounded ( or greatly delighted ) when be speaks with so much emohasis . '
But there is another and a better reason for using guarded language , and suiting our words to our meaning ; It engenders a truthful habit of thought and speech , and , although few people would endure to be termed liars , there are really very few indeed wbo do not deserve the title . If we accustom ourselves to use words _dispropprtioned to the occasion , we acquire habits of exaggeration , which invariably lead to deliberate falsehood . The child who is permitted to say , * Oh ! father , I saw sueh hundreds of sheep in the road , ' when , in fact , there were not more than fifty , will not hesitate to tell a
real lie , if it suits him to do so . Never , therefore let your children , for whose future welfare you _Belabouring so hard , acquire habits which will frustrate all your designs . Teach them to examine facts , even in small matters , and to state those facts exactly . Punish severely anything which you are sure is a deliberate falsehood , but be very very ready to pardon an accidental error ; and take my assurance that you will be blessed with truth-loving , truthspeaking children . More liars are made by carelessness than even by terror : and terror , the argument
of tyrants , creates thieving and lying , the vices of slaves . I need scarcely repeat to you the old adage , _< Example draws where precept fails . ' If you would have noble , truthful children , you must be manly and exact in all your own words—never exaggerating wilfully , nor from want of reflection . There is an anecdote recorded of the early days of that great and good man , Washington , which sufficiently shows that even his childhood was marked by the integrity which so pre-eminently distinguished him in after life .
Washington s father had , in his garden , an English cherry-tree , which he valued very highly . He , himself , had a hatchet which was scarcely less prized . Childlike , he amused himself with chopping everything that came in his way with his new toy , without much thought of the injury he might be doing . One morning his fatherfound the valued cherry tree dying ; the bark was , hacked and hewed , and the life of the tree destroyed . « George , ' said he , ' did
you kill my tree ? ' George hesitated for a moment ; he feared his father ' s just displeasure , but he had been taught to love the truth , and he replied , ' I cannot tell a lie , father , you know I cannot tell a lie ; I did cut it with my hatchet . ' 'Come to my arms , my boy ; ' replied the father . Such a proof of virtue in my sen is more dear to me than a thousand cherry-trees , though their blossoms were silver , and their fruit of gold ! ' .
Who can read this anecdote without seeing , in the training of the father , the future virtue of the son : who can fail to observe the effect such a speech must have had on the boy , in showing him practically that the value put on his honesty , was greater than that of the cherry tree ; that manly truth was of more consideration in the scale of virtue than childish mischief was in that of vice . Were there more such fathers , there would be more such sons 1
I must really apologise ( though , as a woman , it is , perhaps , scarcely necessary to do so ) for allowing my pen to be guided rather by my heart than my head in this letter to you to-day . Let me hope you will consider my observations as prompted by the same sincere regard to your welfare andhappiness , that first actuated me in addressing to you my epistles on Grammar . A futurity lies before you , differing very widely from the dreary past of the working men of England . You have friends in the House and out ofthe House , such as you never had before . But if you would see the realisation of your bright dreams of happiness you must labour for yourselves , you must not rest—you do not rest con- f
tented to improve merely the pecuniary position o your families—to feed and clothe a little more luxuriantly these poor bodies that are but the temporary tenements of the immortal soul . I am sure it & your aim to train that soul itself for the duties of its new position ; to make the rising generation fit to use and appreciate the social and political privileges yon and your friends are toiling to earn for them . I will not , then , fear your misconstruction of any thing I say : I wili only conclude my digression by saying to you , as a poor old lunatic soldier'did , many years ago , to tbe mayor of Tiverton , ' I did not mean to be impertinent , indeed , your worship ; I meant only to be _^ _ertwienr . '
The fourth part of speech is the Pronoun , which is used instead ofa noun , to avoid the unpleasant repetition of one word . There are three kinds of pronouns ; personal , relative , and _adjecittie pronouns . Personal Pronouns relate to persons , and are the simplest substitutes for nouns . Like nouns , they have gender , number , and case : they have also person , which nouns have not . Inconversation we shall find , if we think at all about the matter , that there are three persons and
no more . 1 st . The person speaking . 2 nd . The person to whom we speak , 3 rd . The person of whom we speak . All these may be in the singular or plural ; that is , there may be one person speaking , or more than one—and so of the others , The * _ieriona / pronouns , therefore , are-Singular . Plural . I 1 st . We Thou 2 nd . You He , She , It 3 rd . They
Although thou is correct when we are speaking to one person , we generally use the second person plural , you , except in very familiar and affectionate conversation . Gender belongs only to the third person singular , because it is unnecessary in any other case . The person speaking , and the person spoken to , do not require the gender to be noticed , but in speaking of a tiling it is requisite : we , therefore , say—He for the masculine , Site for the feminine . ftfortheEeuter ; But for the plural of all genders we use the same word , they . I am , your very sincere friend , M . M . P .
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_RBDDCuo-f or _WAoss . -Messrs T . Ainsworth and Co ., ot Preston , have given notice of a reduction of five per cont . in their spinners' wages , and _etheu firms were declared likely to adopt the same course . The strike on account of the ten per cent , reduction at _Mossly continues . Messrs _Swainson , Birley , and Co ., and Mr Riley , of Preston , who had suspended work , have recommenced at four days a week ; and Messrs Gardner and Atkinson at eleven , instead of ten hours a day . In this town , we are sorry to say , that some ofthe best mills are working only three days a week for the present , while several are suspended altogether , for the _purpose of repairs . Novel Strkbt Cab . —On Monday several vehicles ,
named _'SepttbuB Victoria Cabs , 'made their appearance in the thoroughfares of the metropolis , They look very much like an omnibus in miniature , the entrance being at tho back , with _mts and Windows at the side ; they run upon four wheels , aw drawn by one horse , six persons can ride inside ana ono out ; they charge the same fare as the other description of cabs . „ . The Convict EsrABtBHMBNrAr _Wooiwicn . —Upt . _Vouleshas been appointed manager of the eonvicC establishment , Mr John Henry Capper , late superintendent , having retired on a pension . —[ This , wa presume , is the result of the exposure by Mr Duneombe of the disgraceful and shocking mismanagement of the hulks under Mr Copper . ] At AehleyDown , near Bristol , a large asylum Ml being erected ; at a cost of £ 10 , 000 , for a sect known as _Mulleritea .
Frederick Douglass is now assistant editor of the Ram ' s Norn , a spirited weekly newspaper , published in the city of New York , by Thomas Van _Rennselaer * a coloured individual , believed also to have , been & slave . Thb _Firbi Forged Bank Noie . —Sixty-four years after the establishment of the Bank of England , tho first forged note was presented for payment ; and to Richard William Vaughan , a Stafford linendraper , belongs the melancholy celebrity of having led the van in this new phase of crime , in the year _VJG 6 . The records ofhis life do not enow want , beggary , or starvation urging him , but a simp le -desire to seen greater than he was . By one of the artists employed , and there were several engaged on different parts ol tho noteB , the discovery was made . The criminal
had filled up to the number « f twenty , and deposited them in the hands of a young lady to whom he was attached , as a proof ef his wealth . There is no calculating how much longer Bank Notes might have been free from imitation , had this man hot shown with what ease they might hi counterfeited . From this moment forged notes became common . Hia execution did not deter others from the offence , and many a neck was forfeited to the halter before the late abolition of capital punishment for this crime . Gold Fish .-This fcautiful little fish . Called in this country , Gold and Silver . Fish , _are-joriginallj natives of China and Japan , where they- are held ia great estimation , and are called Kinyui From China the English carried some of them ; to tha
Island of St Helena , and from thence the captain of one of our East India ships brought some of them to England in the _. _yoar 1728 . ' _.- . It . is said ¦ by . a learned foreigner ( Dr _Baster ) that having great quantities of them in his ponds , he uaed to regale his friends with them , and had them dresssd with various sauces ; but that egg-sauce , in particular , gave them an excellent relish , even superior to carp * These fish are said to grow no larger in China than an anchovy , but they are to be seen in England of the length of tenor twelve inches ; so that our climate seems to agree with them better than their native ' country . It is in the second year of their age that tbey acquire that splendid appearance for which they _^ are so prized ; and they undergo but little or no change in
the third year ; but there are many oi them that continue always black . An inquest held before Mr Wakley , MP ., at the William the Fourth , Beacham-atreet , Holborn , to investigate the circumstances attending the death of Matilda Clifton , aged thirty-eight , whose death was occasioned by Wm . Joseph Clifton , now a prisoner in _Tothill-fields Prison , having been committed there for re-examination on a charge ot wilful murder , by Mr Tyr whitt of Clerkenwell Police-court . The witnesses examined at the police-oourt were called before the coroner , when they reiterated the evidence which they gave before the magistrate . Mr Pollock , surgeon , Hatton-garden , who was called in after the assault , said that the deceased died from the loss of blood caused by the injuries she received ; The coroner summed up , and the jury after being in consultation about an hour , returned a verdict of' M an *
slaughter against Wm . J . Clifton . Th * New _Insolvenc _* Act . —The new Insolvency Act will come into practical operation on the 18 th instant , when cases will be heard for the first time bythe Insolvent Debtors Court under the jurisdiction transferred from the Court of Bankruptcy . The Insolvent Debtors Court now possesses two systems besides the privilege of hearing applications under the Small Debts Act . By the Act 1 and 2 Vic , cap . 110 , persons in custody can only petition , and may be liberated on bail . On their hearing they oan , on any of the offences set forth in the sections being proved against them , be remanded at the suit of particular creditors , for a period of two years Irom the . vesting order , and for making away with or concealing pro-. perty a remand can be ordered for three years , The _Creditors who detain the parties in prison can liberate them _' without the authority ofthe Court _. bntthe benefit of the Act is not extended to them until the
period of remand has expired . The new system has very different features . A debtor can now , by the new Act , obtain a protection whilst out of custody , to the days appointed for his hearing . The Court has , however , power to dismiss the petition , er to adjourn the case sine die . On the dismissal of the petition , the party ,. on being taken to prison , could apply , under the 1 st . and 2 d . Vic . ; but on a case being adjourned sine die , on which adjournment his protection would cease , he could only apply under the 28 th provision ofthe transferred Act fora '
protecting order , ' which could be given by the Court in a short time , or at at a period to be named . There are various difficulties to surmount in an application under the transferred jurisdiction , and it is very probable , now that the two systems are to he administered by the same Commissioners , that partiek will prefer applying under the old system , getting themselves friendly arrested on bona fide debts , and obtaining their discharge en bail . Under the new systems they must appear on two _occasions ; but under the old system , alter bail , one attendance may suffice .
New Peers . —The _Duo'in Evening Packet announces ' with inexpressible pleasure' that Sir Charles Coote , Bart ., Chief Justice Doherty , and Sir John Cam Hobhouse , Bart ., are to be raised to the peerage . | We expected that the rejected of Not . tinghain would be pitch-forked , he has outlived whatever of usefulness he once possessed , and is most appropriately sent to the' house of incurables . ] IuposruBE . —A Domestic _Tbagbdi . —A curious case has just been brought to light in our own good city . The facts are briefly these , and they ara given upon the most unquestionable authority . A young unmarried woman of this city , a servant , we understand , who had always borne an irreproachable characterwas guilty of an imprudence . She consulted
_, a certain Dr Hornbook of tho city as to how ' she might' hide her shame from every eye . ' The father of the child is a respectable merchant , and was wili * ing to be at any expense to get the thing decently done and save his good rame . Fortunately for the doctor , and all concerned , an acquaintance of his , another lady , was happening to be living on easy terms , at the same time , with a most respectable and extensive grain dealer , and was anxious to have a child as a proof of her affections . She had frequently consulted the doctor on the affair , and it now occurred to him tbat he could put all parties to rights , put money in his pocket at the same time , and , in short , kill two dogs with one stone . The grain dealer had to be absent some three or four
months upon business , and it was during this absence that the plot ripened . The welcome intelligence had beon communicated to him that his fair inamorata was enceinte . The first mentioned female was safely delivered of a fine boy , privately , which under the doctor ' s directions , was conveyed to the house of the former , who had previously assumed all the appearance of a fruitful vine . Fifty uounds was the sum paid ( the skilful [ negotiator and accougheiir for his trouble . Information was immediately forwarded to the grain dealer that ho could now assume the endearing title of father , and every _, thing went * merry as a marriage bell . ' On his re . turn a wet nurse was provided , and all arrangements entered into which such an important event
demanded . An _Englishwoman , a kind of hawker , had been in the course of her vocation , a regular caller on Miss or Mistress— . Sho , too , had a male child about tho same age , nnd the latter thinking it a more promising bay than her own , or the oue she called her own , prevailed upon the former , by sundry arguments , to ruako an exchange , which wag done accordingly , and the hawker returned to England . These things took place about two years ago . and' falsehood , fraud , and wilful imposition' seemed to be triumphant . Bnt' conscience , thou hast raado cowards of us all ! ' The real mother of the child began to feel certain qualms and yearnings , and apbecome of her
plied to the doctor to know what had first-born . A shuffling answer was given , ana she , by advice , applied to the sheriff , who granted a war . _rantfortheapprehension ofthe 6 » _utmrti « . _Ito abominable transaction was partly brought out m exam nation , and the doctor was oniy iberated under a heavy bail , to appear wheu _called upon . Ac offieVwas _flcwntohon to England , who after raueh _sZlS- _needed in restoring the child to ik Stful mother . We refram at present from making liy remarks upon this affair ; but there are somo _Hiinea involved in it on which we sball afterwards have a few words to say . The doctor was indicted for fraud and wilful Imposition ; bnt waa outlawed for nonappearance . _—Clo _*« ow Examiner .
Lord _Eimisk'llen has , within the last month , enabled 700 families on his Irish estate to emU grate _.
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