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April 11, 1846. The Northern Star. 3
April 11 , 1846 . THE NORTHERN STAR . 3
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_Easterisat hand , and the holiday time _^ ow _commencing affords _afitting _W _**™ _*^™ _- _™™* " F _ _sf ? nf the Poets - " two reasons combine in _suppoX \ £ _^ _« _Ttmit which St Stephens usually affords . _^_«^*" , BBtrf _, * f origi i nil 1 c r ___ _£ « _tevercceived , nevertheless , _takiinj . the S & d , we arc disposed to make large _Srances- The following pieces are the best furnished by our contributors : —
AN ADDRESS TO THE TOILING MILLIONS . Awake ! ye toiling millions , wake , how long WiU ye in slumbers , as of endless night Be lock _ Arouse , cast off yonr chains , gird on The shield of justice . Know ye that the right To live in freedom , is not fheir ' s alone Who now oppress you with o * erwhehning might : Rise , hurl oppression from its blood-stained throne , And put the tools of tyranny to flight . "Why is it , millions , ye are seal'd iu sleep , And in that sleep incessantly endure A catalogue of sufferings , so deep And dark , degrading all that ' s nobly pure In living man i Ah , wherefore do ye weep O ' er ills which ye alone have power to cure ? Why toil to death , for that which others reap f AU wealth is your ' _s , yet ye alone are poor .
The canting priest , the pamper'd lord and king , Are toys , to which ye goaded millions bow In adoration , —they who bear the sting That yields ye poison , till life ' s cup o ' ernow "With deadly draughts , contented still ye cling To those whose aim it is to overthrow Tour dearest rights , and from your sinews wring Life ' s * rital stream , and plant ye homes of woe . The vilest weed e ' er canker'd earth , the drone For whom ye slave unceasingly , and raise Vast stores of wealth , the palace and the dome ; For whom ye starve , to whom ye give the praise "With haughty and contemptuous eyes look on Your _ilirclad flames , _ if 'twere something base To toil for bread . Millions , this truth alone Should rouse yoa from your apathetic ways ,
Poor crouching things , ye serve the sycophant And make an idol uf the very drone Who roxkes ye slaves—until cold gnawing want Reigns with its horrors , and disease doth groan -Within yonr dungeon hovels , dark and damp . Arouse I how can ye as if dead sleep oa "While round jour frames huge iron fetters clank , And drag ye down to an untimely tomb ! Greenock . Jons _Pxacock . * We fancy ihe following lines are an imitation of a piece withwhich at some time or other we have been familiar , we are nearly sure that the first line is not ominal , nevertheless we make room for them .
MAN SHALL CEASE TO BE A SLAVE . Lo ! the glorious morn is breaking , Ofthe slave ' s redemption day , His beclouded forehead streaking , With its renovating ray . Ignorance and superstition , Cease theii gloomy wands to wave : And the lord of God ' s creation , Sees he ne ' er was meant a slave . Knowledge o'er the earth is spreading , Rapid as the light of morn , Hope , and joy , and beauty shedding On the cheerless and forelorn . _Knowledge clothed with strength and power , Mightier than the ocean wave , And it cries aloud each hour , •¦ Man shall cease to be a . slave . - '
The full current that is flowing , From the platform and the press ; The bright spirits that are growing , The resolve that moves the mass ; Tha new aids which truth is gaining , _Skill'd to wield and nerved to brave , Shall 'ere long see justice reigning , In a land without a slave . By that goodness which we cherish ; By the earnestness we feel ; By that truth which ne'er can perish , StiU defying flame and steel ; By that God who tke oppressor To the overwhelming waters gave , Man shall be his own possessor , And no longer be a slave . Johs Acsboid , Thornton , near Bradford
The following excellent lines are from the pen of an old and esteemed friend , who has spent at least fifty years of his life in labouring to promote the freedom and happiness of his fellow men . We understand that Mr . Date-port has recently published an . _autobiographicalsketch , entitled "The life and literary Parswitt of Alien Davenport . " We nave not seen tbe work , but from what we know of the author , ire have no hesitation in recommending it to our reader * . His long services and sufferings demand for him the grateful support of his countrymen .
THE POET'S HOPE Ths savage who can dig and plant his field , And reap the fruits that his own labours yield * With liberty to wander where he wills , To trudge the valley * , or to climb the hills . No law of trespass—no notices— " Beware 1 " No steel traps , nor spring guns are planted there . And though obscure , and to the world unknown , Tin mountain goddess claims him for her own . 3 tor steward , nor proctor , rent , nor tithes demand , No _rrsA . \ r lasdloud drives him from his land . He feels more happy in his mountain cave , And breathes more free than the poor white-skinmed slave , Who like the brute is doomed to bear his load , ~ Ker dares to wander from the common road ; His law and master claims a right divine , And writes up everywhere— " These fields are mine .
And yet , I sea or fanej tbat I see , Through the dark vista of futurity , _ _glimmwing light , a sort of " milky way , " A shadowy twilight of a brighter day—A day when every working man shall know , "Who ia his truest friend and who his foe—A day of union and of moral might—A day of justice , truth , and human right—A day when working men of every state , -Shall feel as brothers in their common fate—_ day when nations shall join heart and hand , To drive the proud usurpers from the land—A day when Poland shaU again be free , And plant her fields with trees of liberty ! March SO , 1 S 46 . Alien _Davehpobx ,
The following lines by " a cotton operative '' might have been better , but the noble feeling which dictated them disarms criticism : —
THE POLISH PATRIOTS . freedom ' s sons come join our cause , Fight for equal rig hts and laws , Now come forth and do not pause , But strike for liberty . Te who hate oppression ' s name , For the spark of freedom ' s flame , Blush , oh ! blush , for Europe's shame , And Poland's slavery . Tyrants long have Poland swayed , Freemen ' s rights have prostrate laid , Poland ' s sons most hav * onr aid _. To crash foul tyranny . Let us snap the galling chain . Lst us break the bond in twain , Let us die or freedom gain ,
Anil scorn base slavery . Raise the flag and draw the sword , ' « Liberty" must be the word _. From each vein the blood be pourM , To gain the victory . If wa fall _baneath the blow _. If our dearest blood should flow , O ' er our graves wiU laurels grow _. Cherished by the nations free . J . K . Smith . Other pieces are under consideration . * We must add a few selected pieces from our treasured stores . Here is a beautiful piece , appropriate to the season , which appeared some time ago in tbe Examiner . Sure we are it will meet with " thc hundred thousand welcomes /'
"CEADMILEFAILTE !" THE _HCSOBED THOESASD WELCOMES . "A flight of swallows passed over our vessel to day . Some onu said * Mayhap those birds will soon be iu Ireland . Oh ! if the creatures had but the sense to carry news of us home , they'd be the welcome birds in Connaugtit ! ' I stood and watched them out of sight , and God knows my heart weut with them . "—Extract from an Irish Euugraut ' t Letter . Oh , happy , happy swallows J the spring is come again , And ye are bound fur your old homes—beyond this weary maiu ' Ply on , fly on ' vour last year nests our roofs may shelter still _. But the poor turf fire is outat last ! sur hearths are black aud dull ! There is no life , there is no sound I—the old man sits
no more "Within the shadow of thc thatch , besides the cottage door , — The child has ceased its playing in tha shaHow brook close by , And no kindly smoke is climbim , - the cold and empty sky ' . lew eyes shall watch _joor cumiug ; few and sad our friends remain , But " the hundred thousand wclcomcsi ' shall he said to yoa again 1
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For us alone , —poor Exiles ! those words of kindly cheer Shall fall no more in Irish tongue upon the longing ear ! None wait for us ! none welcome us !—Beyond the plunging wave —Small space—to labour in , and die—is all the Exiles crave ! Yet tell our friends in Ireland , that we will talk of them by day , And we dream of them the live-long night , and waken up to pray ! In sleep we ieel the parting clasp of each beloved hand , And we hear the fervent accents of that cordial-spoken Land ! —And we'U teach them to our children , even on that alien shore , Where "the hundred thousand welcomes 1 " shall be said to us no more .
Oh ! blessed words ! the very sound takes back the heart again , Like a glad bird ! a thousand miles across this dreary main l We hear no more the splashing wave beneath the vessel ' s prow——The dear green fields lie round us—which others labour now ! The sunny slopes ! tha little paths—that wound from
door to door ! So worn by friendly steps—that ne ' er shall tread those pathways more * —Dear faces gathered round the hearth ! dear voices in onr ear ! And neighbour hands that clasp our own , —and spread their simple cheer , —That scanty meal , so hardly earned ! yet shared with such good-will ! And "the hundred thousand welcomes !"—that made it
sweeter stiu ! Is tbe cabin stiU left standing ? Had the rich man need offltt ? Is the children ' s bir th-place taken now , within the new park wall ! And the little field ! that was to w—such source of hopes and cares—An unregarded harvest , to the rich man ' s barns itbears!—Oh ! could he know how much to us , that little field hath
been : _TV _ t heart-warm prayers have hallowed it . —what dismal fears between , What hopeless toil hath groaned to God , from that poor plot of ground , Which held our all of painful Life , within its narrow bound ! — 'Twould seem no common earth to him ! he'd grieve amidst his store . That" the hundred thousand welcomes !"—are _aaid to us
no more!——But tell our friends in Ireland , that in our distant home , We'R think of them at that glad time , when back the swallows come ! The time for hopeful labour ! when the dreary winter's past , And you see the long , brown furrows—are growing green at last ! —And tell our friends , —we pray them to be patient in tbeir pain , For the dear God knows our sorrows ! and His promise is not vain ! —A little toil—a little care!—and in a world of bliss—We shall forget the poverty that parted us in this ! —How small a thing ' twill seem tons—upon that blessed shore ! Where " the hundred thousand welcomes ! " shall be ours for evermore ! " H . D .
At the presentmoment when the ears ofthe nation are being stunned with the pealing of cannon announcing the " glorious victories" gained by the British arms on the banks of the Sutlej , tho followingsimple lines may serve to " point a moral" : —
TIDINGS OF THE BATTLE . BV SOUS SWAIN " . A messenger speeds with the news of the war ; To Britain he comes from a region afar , Bread tidings fall fast from his tongue : — Sire , mother , and sister , and lover , aad friend , The steps ofthe messenger closely attend , "While loud peals of triumph are rung . «¦ Say , messenger , say , —for my brother was there , " His manners are gentle , and noble , and fair , — " My brother—will he come again !" I saw when the battle had newly begun , That victory would by Old England be won ; But , maiden—thy brother is slain . "Ob . messenger , tell—for my lover was there . "—
The look ofthe maiden was blanch'd with despair , — " Shall I see him in safety again V I saw him to glory rush gallantly on , A cannon baU check'dhim—I look'd—he was gone ;—Young lady—thy lover is slain . " Pray , messenger , tell , "—said a mother so pale" Since victory waves on the winds ofthe gale , " My sen may I shortly regain ?" I saw when the battle was brought to a close _. That Britons could conquer , whate ' er might oppose ; But , parent—tby first-born is slain . The battle was gain'd , bnt the price paid how vast ! Ten thousand fell bleeding before the mad blast ; They _gasp'd , groan'd _, and died on the plain . The youthful , the hoary , the mighty , the brave ; They mingle uucoffin'd in one common grave ,
' " Neath the ground upon which they were slain . Just now , when the Pope is thundering against Polish liberty , and his dear comrogues—those archconspirators against human liberty—the Jesuits , are everywhere plotting against the prosressof mankind _, it may not be amiss to reprint the following excellent piece from the pen of the glorious Beraxgbb _, the deathless poet of France and freedom : —
LA MORT BV DIABLE . I sing to day a lay of lays , A glorious miracle you'll see ; Give tbe great Saint Ignatius praise _. Of all small saints the patron he . A dirty trick—if saints can trick , And if the truth may all be said , Has done the business for Old Nick , The Deril ' s dead—the Bevil ' s dead . Old Nick went out one day to dine , And pledged the saint to drink his health , Aye ! said the saint—and in the wine Some holy poison dropp'dby stealth ; Gripes seized tbe devil—cruel-sick—He swears , he storms , and hang ; Ms head , Then bursts like roasted heretic—The Devil ' s dead—the Devil ' s dead !
Alas ! he ' sdead—the friars ' said , — The devil an Agnus shall we sell ; Alas ! the canons cried—he ' s dead—Not one Oremus shall we tell . The conclave is in deep despair , — Power and the iron chest are fled—0 , we have lost our father dear _. The Bevil ' s dead—the Devil ' s dead ; Love is not half so strong as fear , For fear was constant with its gifts , Intolerance is fading here , Who now her blazing torch uplifts t If man from us should onee be free , What light may beam upon his head ; 6 od , greater than the Pope shall be—The Devil ' s dead—the Devil ' s dead ! Ignatius came— " Let me but take
" His place , his right , and see ; in brief" He has made men for ages quake " I'll make kings tremble like a leaf . "With plagues , thefts , massacres , I'll ban " Both north and south;—where ' er 1 tread , " Leave ruins both for God and man—«• The Devil's dead—the _Davil ' s dead 1 " " Come , blessed one , " they uttered , " come , " « ' We hallow thy most saintly gall , " And now his Order sent from Rome , O ' _ershadows , darkens , curses all . I heard a choir of angels tell Their sympathies for man , —they said , "Ignatius is the heir of bell , "TheDevil ' s dead—the Devil ' s dead !"
The following lines on the same subject recently published , are by a German poet , we believe Ferdinand Freiligrath , with whose beautiful poetry our readers are familiar : —
TO THE DARKLINGS . On tlie throne of sacred justice brutal might again to rear , And to force the whole creation a vile slavish form to wear ; And the sky with clouds to cover , when thc sun is glad and bright , . And to bury ev ' ry nation in its old and deadly night ;—And the youthful Easter morning , in its majesty sublime , With tlie impious blade to scratch out from the almanack oltirae ; In the very hud to stifle revelations as they rise , Truth to overload with curses—honour to bestow on
lies;—And to shriek throughout creation , yelling ' Backwards ! —words profane , * And by form and rule to slaughter what the minds exertions gain ; And the hand on culture ' s dial to turn back , and check the tone Of tlie silver bell of freedom , when it scarce has sounded One . And a code of laws to fashion , treating man but as a thing , Whieh , as despots , they encompass with oppression ' s iron ring-Yes , a code that makes the freeman a machine and nothing more , And deprives the salt of savour , and forbids the mind to Suar . * Und das ungeheure ' lViiekvvarts' _hinEukra ' _chztn _dorch die Welt .
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• Tis for this the Jesuits labour—yes ! ' tis this the darklings plan , Who sn impious game are playing with the holy mind of man . But , ye hrare and skilful miners , in your gloomy * aults beware , Lest your own dread mines , exploding , hurl you thuud ' ring _through the air . In another column we hare commented at some length on certain doctrines put forth by Thomas
Coopbb , the Chartist poet ; we have now to introduce to our readers a song from a German poet , breathing sentiments the very opposite to those enunciated by Mr . CoorEH . Our readers will now have the two extremes before them , tho all-forgiving prose of Cooper and tlie tyrant-hating strains of _IJerwugii , they can choose for themselves ; or . if they like their draught neither all water nor all whiskey , they may mix tho two , and , with the aid of such sweets and acids as wc can help them to , make very good punch . Here is
THE SONG OF HATE . BT GEOBGE HERWECU . Up . up , over mountain and stream , To the line of the rising sun ; One parting kiss to thy faithful ' wife , Then march to the rolling drum ! Till tbe sword faff in death from our hand Shall it never in blood be sated . We ' ve loved our tyrants long enough—Now hate them as we were hated ? Has Love ever riven a chain 1
Has Love ever wrought salvation ! Then , Hatred , delay not the judgment day'Tis thou who must free our Nation ! And wherever a Despot treads the earth Let him hear that bis doom is fated : We ' ve loved our Tyrants long enough—Now hate them as we wore hated ! Through your hearts , with the tide of life , Be tbe stream of hate ever flowing ; See around jou is piled the fire-wood , To keep the red flame glowing ! And through the streets of your Fatherland Siug ye , with Freedom elated , We've loved our Tyrants long cuough— . _THow hate them as we were hated ! Fight , till the broad earth is free
From Oppression and Despot alike ; And holier then will our Hatred be Than the Love that feared to strike ! 'Till the sword falli in death from our hand Let it never in blood be sated ; We ' ve loved our Tyrants long enough—Now hate them as we were hated ! We are indebted to a correspondent of the Nation for theabove translation , but we must protest against the barbarous rhyme , or rather no rhyme— " sun " and " drum" in the first Terse . The following beautiful piece appeared in one of the early numbers of the Daily News , from the pen of the editor of the Glasgow Argus : —
THE WATCHER ON THE TOWER . What dost thou see , lone watcher on the tower ? Is the day breaking ?—comes the wishedfor hour ? Tell us the signs , and stretch abroad thy hand _. If the bright morning dawns upon the land . The stars are clear _absre me , scarcely one Has dimmed its rays iu reverence to tbe sun ; But yet I see ou the horizon's verge , Some fair , faint streaks , as if the light would surge Look forth again , oh , watcher ou tbe
tower—The people wake , and languish for the hour ; Long have they dwelt in darkness , and they pine , For the full daylight that they know most shine . I see not well—the morn is cloudy still ; There is a radiance on the distant hill . Even as I watch , the glory seems to grow ; But the stars blink , and the night breezes blow . And is that all , oh , watcher on the tower ? Look forth agaiu , it must be near the hour . Dost thou not see the snowy mountain copes , And the green woods beneath them on the slopes !
A mist envelopes them ; I cannot trace Tbeir outline ; but the day comes on apace . The clouds roll up in gold and amber flakes , And all the stars grow dim . The morning breaks We thank thee , lonely watcher on the tower ; But look again ; and tell us , hour by hour , AH thou beholdest ; many of ns die Ere the day comes ; oh , givo them a reply . I see the hill-tops now ; aud chanticleer Crows his prophetic carol on mine ear ; I sec the distant woods and fields of corn , And ocean gleaming in the light of mom . Again—again—ob , watcher on the tower—We thirst for daylight , and we bide the hour , Patient , but longing . Tell us , shall it be A bright , calm , glorious daylight for the free !
I hope , but cannot tell . I hear a song , Vivid as day itself ; and clear and strong ; As of a lark—young prophet of the noon-Pouring in sunlight his seraphic tune , What doth he say , oh , watcher on the tower ! Is he a prophet ? Doth the dawning hour Inspire his music 1 It his chant sublime With the full glories of the coming time % He prophesies ; his heart is full ; his lay Tells of the brightness of a peaceful day ! A day not cloudless , nor devoid of storm , But sunny for the most , and clear and warm . We thank thee , watcher on the lonely tower , For all thou _tellest . Sings he of an hour When Brror shall decay , and Truth grow strong—When Riirht shall rule supreme aud vanquish Wrong
He sings of brotherhood , and joy , and peace ; Of days when jealousies and hate shall cease ; When war shall die , and man's progressive mind Soar as unfettered as its God designed . Well done ! thou watcher on tho lonely tower ! Is the day breaking ? dawns the happy hour ? We pine to see it . TeU us , yet again , If the broad daylight breaks upon the plain ? It breaks—it gomes—the misty shadows fly—A rosy radiance gleams upon the sky ; The mountain-lops reflect it calm and clear ; The plain is yet in shade ; butdayisnear . CaaM . es _IUckA *
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TWO ORATIONS AGAINST TAKING AWAY HUMAN LIFE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES ; AND IN EXPLANATION , AND DEFENCE , OF THE MISREPRESENTED DOCTRINE OF SON - RESISTANCE . By Thomas Cooper , the Chartist . London : Chapman , Brothers , 121 , Newgate-street . We perceive by the notices quoted in Mr . Cooper ' s advertisement , that several of our contemporaries have awarded to these orations their praise- _^ -sorry are we that we cannot add our mite of approbation . Mr . Cooper manfully contends for the right to change his opinions , disdaining to apologise for having once been a " physical force" man , or for now
being a " moral force" man . He is right in saying that it is impossible for a thinking man to remain stagnant in opinion . Consistency , as generally understood , we thoroughly despise ; it is the " virtue " ofthe fool who cannot think , the bigot who will not think , and tho coward who dare not think . Mr . Cooper ' s right to change his opinions we fully recognise , but if we think his new opinions erroneous and absurd , we owe them no respect , nor shall wo pay them any . ., In the limits within which we must necessarily confine these remarks , it is not possible for us to do more than notice a few of the leading points of Mr . Cooper ' s orations . He grounds his argument on the two following propositions : —
1 : That the most perfect idea we can form of civilization , is that of mankind becoming a universal brotherhood , and in that state enjoying the fruits of nature , and the benefits of science . 2 : That for tbis perfect civilisation to be reached , tho principles whieh , only , can create it must bo personally and individually _exemplified iu the lives of its advocates . We adopt these propositions and thereby admitting that eacli individual should exemplify in his own _nemnn the nrincinle of universal brotherhood , we
legitimately infer that it is the duty of each to assist the other . If our brethren are oppressed we must aid them against their oppressors . If the Poles are oppressed hy Nicholas , it is our duty to aid them . But how aid them ? By talking " soft sawder to their tyrant ? By " reasoning" with Nicholas and telling him that he is " doing very wrong V Mighty effectual that " reasoning" would be , no doubtalways provided that t / ietaid " reasoning" was backed by the wmdstakable arguments of an English fleet and a French army .
At page 27 we find Mr . Cooper arguing _tliatno person has aright to take life in self defence , "to do so is to take the side ofthe advocates of capital punishments who defend hanging a murderer as a means of inculcating the _sacredness of human life . " Air . Cooper here makes no distinction between uselessly putting to death a guilty man , and destroying ( in self-defence ) a ruffian who seeks the destruction of a guiltless man . If he can here sco no distinction his mental vision must be shockingly imperfect .
Sir . Cooper argues that if one person is about to take the life of another and thus commit an irreparably iujury upoa his victim , still the intended victim has no right to commit an' * _irrcpara blc injury , " in his own defence , by taking the life of his assailant . "For ( argues he ) how can jou he sure that your assailant will he guilty of doing you an irreparable injury until he lias done it ( ' ) what right , therefore , have you to commit an irreparable injury on the assumption that your assailant intends to commit such injury upon you ? " " Is it not in the highest aud most emphatic de' ree good and holy to gutter thc
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irreparable injury of losing life rather than commit upon a fellow-creature the irreparable injury of taking it ! " Mr . Coophr makes no distinction between the man who willfully and wickedly comnuts an irreparable injury , and the twan who unwillingly and in self-defence does so . What is this but couiouniiing right aud wrong , innocence and crime , ami handing the world over to the dominion ol * cutthroats ? Air . Coopbb tests the patience of his auditors and readers to the unmost extent of human endurance _, in reply to the query— "Docs not my duty demand that I save my wife , my child , hy laying the intentional murderer dead at my feet ? " he
answers" 1 / you be truly filled ivith tho spirit of brotherhood you are to suffer injury rather than inflict on irreparable injury upon another , as the means of preventing it . " He goes on to add , " you ought never to have taught your wife and children , nor ought they ever to demand from you , that you were to protect tliem by inflicting an irreparable injury on any one . " " "They ou <; ht to be willing to suffer a little injury , rather than inflict one , Ac . " Mr . _Coopku repudiates that natural feeling which would prompt any man to sti ike _dowii the assailant of his wife and children ; such feeling is "impulse , " and all impulses should be " subdued and regulated by reason . " Timt is to say a man seeing his wife and children assailed by pitiless ruffians is to check the " impulse" to defend them , and reason himself into a cowardly participation in the guilt ofthe villains who outrage the honour and lives of those whom he is bound to protect !
We will not say that these are "damnable doctrines , " for if we did we should give offence to Mr . Cooper ' s delicacy , but we will charitably suppose that when Mr . Cooper went the length in his argument indicated above , he was trying how far he could humbug liis audience . That word " humbug " is a . " coarse" word , but wc must use it . We cannot believe he was in earnest . We cannot believe that Air . Cooper would really act as he bids others act under the circumstances supposed . Could wo so believe , we should regard Mr . Cooper with horror as something less than man , a thing bloodless , heartless , and destitute of human feeling , an omasculated representative of " the human form divine . " But Mr . Cooper is a man , no sham , only a little crotchetty . The fact is , he had a _neiy ' _y-manuihctural theory , his audience proved good-natured , and he taxed their swallowing capabilities to the utmost .
On the subject of defensive war , Mr . Cooper says — "I believe my position to be right , that it would be morally wrong for me or any other Englishman to take the life of a foreigner , making a part of even an invading army . " He can see no distinction between serving in the militia , under present circumstances , as slaves fighting for the protection of the privileged classes , and serving as free men under free and just institutions , which would give " England to the English ; " and give all an interest in defending the country . We will here quote the very different and much more sensible _language of VV . J . Fox , recently used by him iu the same place wherein Sir . Cooper ' s " orations" were delivered : —
" I do not mean to say that being trained to the _ubo of arms is a thing that should be _regarded as in itself criminal , or an occasion for resistance , if it is done in a just aud cousiderate spirit . _/ think that every individual in a country should be trained to the use of arms , and should also be taught tho moral lesson ' never to use them except to repel invasion from his country ' s shores . '" And again : — " In the extreme case , when a baud of robbers , called an army , from some other country , stimulated by the thirst of conquest , effects a huding on our shoreswhen the hand of violence is stretched out over the land , then I think , resistance , active resistance , personally and by proxy , becomes the duty of all ; and I confess 1 should not be for respecting the consciences of individual members of the state who were bo regardless of its privileges and of its duties , as to endeavour to hold aloof un sucli aa occasion '<
Mr . Cooper has next a good word for those melodramatic pets , bandits and pirates . There is no need to repeat his arguments , which all go to show that under any circumstances it is wrong to take away human life . Cannot he see that non-resistance to a murderer , let him be pirate , bandit , or what you will , does not prevent the taking ot * life ? Is it then justice that the innocent should he the victim , and the guilty escape ? Let Mr . Cooper turn to the repoit of the trial of the Spanish brigands given in
this day ' s Northern Star , and ask himself did nonresistance prevent blood-shedding on the part of those ruffians . True , resistance was not possible , but non-resistance did not save tho victims from insult , torture , and cruel deaths . Did non-resistance save thevictimsof _tliemiscreant Jours-tone ? Intheircasc resistance was possible , and the men were culpable in not resisting . The destruction of the life of one scoundrel would have prevented the destruction of the livos of several innocent men , and the inhuman cruelties inflicted upon many more .
We pass by several portions of the " Orations we had marked for comment , as wc are compelled to bring our remarks to a conclusion . We trust that by this time Mr . Cooper will see tho false position in which his theory has placed him . Recently all hearts were moved by the intelligence that the Poles had again risen against their tyrants , and were pouring out their blood for the redemption of their country . Cold , selfish , and ignorant , as too many ofthe people of this country are with regard to all that concerns their brethren of other lands , there was not wanting masses of Englishmen whose sympathies were keenly excited by the position of their Polish brethren . We will not do Mr . Cooper the injustice of supposing that he was unmoved . We are sure that his feelings
as a man , and his hopes as a Chartist , would induce him to sympathise with the Poles , and desire their success . But did he give evidence of this ? Why did he not take part in the Crown and Anchor meeting ? Because his absurd theory stood ir the wny and prevented him . How could he , consistently with his present opinions , raise his voice in behalf of men who had appealed to the sword for deliverance , who had resisted force by force ? He could not do so , and therefore was placed iu the pitiable position of abetting despotism by his silence , for he who is not for the roles is against them . This position is one altogether unworthy of the Chartist Poet , and the sooner he quits that position , by abandoning his theory , the better for himself and for his fellow-men . We shall not as in " tho good old times" recommend this book to be "burnt by the hands ofthe common hangman , " we shall not attempt to excite
public odium against the author , we shall not implore eur readers not to read these " Orations "quite the contrary . The worst punishment that wo cau wish Mr . Cooper is , to wish that his book may be extensively read . We hope it will be , that the public may see for themselves that we have not misrepresented his doctrine , and that the condemnation we have passed on it is well deserved . Mr . Cooper is our friend , but no ties of friendship shall prevent us doing our duty . In giving expression to the above sentiments it is not because we love Thomas Oqovzr less , but because we Jove truth more . We are sorry that he delivered or published these " Oratious , " but , having published them , it is our duty to denounce the slavish doctrine they are intended to propagate , a doctrine which we heartily repudiate , and which we cannot doubt will be repudiated by the great mass of thinkiug men _.
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PUNCH . Pari lvh . London : Fundi Office , 85 , Fleet-street . " Too much of a good thing is good for nothing . " Wc wish i ' l'uc / i couid understand this , aud not dose us every week with " _! 'ree Trade . " We should bo sorry to see Punch degenerate to a mere joking pictured edition of the three-penny _ aoiec , and for the last few weeks it has been but little else . In one of the numbers , contained in this part , there is a disgusting caricature of Mr . Febbani _* , which we assure the " conductors of i _' uncA will not add to their popularity amongst the working classes , the great majority of whom regard the meiubor for Knaresborough as their friend , knowing as they do that his statements in tho Ilouse of Commons of the
tyranny , rapacity , and hypocrisy of the millocrats , are true . We think wo know something more ofthe " Lord love you , we're all for ourselves in this world" gentry , tnan the editors of Punch can kuow , and knowing their acts vie know that Mr . Feruasd has not exceeded the truth iu exhibiting them as hypocrites and oppressors . These Leaguers profess to be great" liberals" but a more ruthless sot of tyrants exist not on the face of the earth . Let the writers in Punch louk for a moment at what is now passing in Alanchester and Liverpool , where the building capitalists , the majority of whom are free traders , are combined to reduce thc operatives to a statu of
abject servitude . The free trade _newspapers too aro all arrayed against the working men . No working man will pity the landlords in their fall , but no sensible working man expects justice from tho " liberal" enemies of the landlords . Thc masses are aware that before industry can be emancipated theso capitalists , " leaguers , " and " liberals" must be cornbatted and vanquished . They aro the enemies ot the people , and the people owe them nothing but hatred and war . Let the editors of Punch give us rather less of the glorification of Cobden and Co ., and rather more of such articles as Punch used tohave , one , two , and three years ago . A word to the wise sutficeth
. The best of the contents of this part is tho series of articles entitled " The Snobs of England . " From one of these articles—well worthy of the author of "Jkames _' s Diary , "—who he is Michael Angelo Titmarsh van best tell—we extract the following picture
of—THE SNOB nOYAL . I will not take instances _lloynl from our own country of Koyal Snobs , but refer to a _iiei-flihouring kingdom , that of Urentford—nnd its monarch , the late great and lamented _Corgius IV . \ Vith the same humility with which the footmen at the King ' s Anns _Kiive way before the _l'lusli lioval . the _ai'istoor _.-icy < . f the " Urentford nation bent iluwu and truckled before Gcorgius , and proclaimed him the first gentleman in Europe . And it ' s a wonder to think what is tliu gentlefolk ' s opinion ot a gentleman , when they gave Gcorgius such a title .
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What is it to be a _jjenth-inan _« Is it to be honest , to be gentle , to be generous , to be brave , to be wise ; ami , possessing all these qualities , to exercise them in a most graceful outward maimer ? Ought : i gentleman to be a loyal son , a true husband , and honest father V Ought his life to be decent , his hills to he paid , his tastes to be high and elegant , his aims in life lofty nnd noble ? In a word ought not the biography of a First Gentleman in Europe to be of such u nature , that it might be read , in Young Ladles' Schools with advantage , and studied with _^ profit in the Seminaries of Young Gentlemen ? I put this uui / _stion to all instructois of youth—to Mrs . Ellis and the Women of England ; to all schoolmasters , from Doctor Kawtrey down to Mr . Squeers . I conjure up . before me an awful tribunal ofyoutl . und imioi .-eiK .-c , attended by its venerable instructors ( like the ten thousand red-checked charity-children in Saint _1 ' iiul ' sl _, sitting in judgment , and
Georgius pleading his cause in the- ' midst . Out of Court , out of Court , fat old Florizel ! Ueadles turn out that bloated , piniule-fnccd man ! If Georgius mutt have 8 statue in tlie new palace which the Brentford _nution is buildi ng , it ought to be set up in the Flunkies Hall . He should be represented cutting out a coat , in which art he is said to have excelled . He also invented Maraschino punch , » _shoc-buelile ( this was in the vigour of his youth , nnd the prime _fta-ce of his invention , ) and a Chinese pavillion , the most hideous building in thc world . He could drive a four-in-hand very nearly as well as tbe _JBrigbtun coachman , could fence elegantly ; and , it is suid , played the tiddle well . And he smiled with such _ivresistiblu fascination , that persona who were introduced into his presence , became his vie _tims , body and soul , as a rabbit becomes the prey ot" a great big boa-constrictor _.
I would wager tbat if Mr . Widdicomb were , by a revolution placed on the throne of Brentford , people would be equally fascinated by his irresistibly majestic smile , and tremble as they knelt down to kiss his hand . If he wunt to Dublin they would erect an obelisk on the spot where he first landed , as thu 1 _' addylanu . _ei-s did when Georgius visited thero . We have all of us read with delight that story ofthe King ' s voyage to _Iluggisland , where his ; r _« - se . nce inspired sueh a fury of loyalty ; and where the most famous man of thu country—Uie lWon of _liviiiwnrdinecoming on board the royal yatch , and finding a glass out of whieh Georgius had drunk , put itinto his coat pocket as an inestimable relict , and went ashore in his bout again , But _thellaron sut down upon the glass and broke it , and cut his coat-tails Yery much ; und the inestimable relic was lost to the world for ever . 0 noblo Dradwardine ! what old-world superstition could set you on your knees before such an idol as that 1
If you want to moralize on the mutability of human aft _' airs , go aud ae « the figure of Georgius in his ru . l _, iil » n tical robes at the waxwork . Admittance , one shilling Children and flunkies , sixpence . Go and pav sixpence .
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THE ALMANACK OF TIIE _MONTU-Ai-ril . London : Punch Office , So , Fleet-street . As full of fun as an egg's full of meat—but , unlike the eg ? , always fresh and excellent—the Almanack of the Month is enjoyed by us with a zest which no words could describe . There is no use . particularising the contents of this number , when every oue may buy a copy for himself for sixpence , a mode of expending superfluous coin to that amount which we heartily recommend . From an article on " The Railway Committees ofthe Month , " we give the following account of
RAILWAY WITNESSES . A walk in the ' lYesttninstercloisters at present is worth taking ; the place is converted into a labyrinth of committees—the streets , so to call them , tlivonvud by swarms of chattering witnesses . There arc they— English , Irish , and Scotch—the most racy turn-out of provincialism imaginable . The twang of Yorkshire , mingling in the drawl of Somerset , clashes alternately with the " , _lleddershin—more power to jou , " of S < ckville-stre « t , Dublin ; nnd the " Hoo are ye the nuo man" of Highstreet , Old lteekie . By the way , tlie trade of a railw . iy witness , next to the dwarf line , is certainly the best going . We have strong notions of going down to Yorkshire or Wales for an afternoon ; counting the number of pigs which pass over a bridge , or remarking the stowage power of Jan omnibus , and then returning to town to live gloriously at the expense of two competing lines for the season—two guineas it day—we would not object to five : of course all the expenses to be extra . We have
been trying to find out how thc country gentlemen forming the cloud of witnesses who aro now taking London from the Londoners earn their money . They seem to begin tbe day by brandy and water at Fendall ' _sJ ; they then read all the newspapers ; afterwards the lounge for an hour ov so about Westminster Hall ; pass the afternoon at Miss _Liutvood ' s or Madame _Tussaud ' s or some such exciting exhibition . They are then to be seen dining in all manntr of hole-and-corner placeswhich only strangers find out by going lost ; they turn up afterwards in the pits of theatres—and are not nnfrequeutly heard thumping the table in token of vigorous approbation at the comic song which , just as the great bell of St . Paul ' s tells three or four in the morning , is finishing the fun at the _Chlcr Cellars . After three or four months of this sort of thing , they go back to the country—their case not having come on—look awfully bilious , and saying that the air of London has not agreed with them .
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_JST "Notices of Jerrold s Magazine , The Connoisseur , Simmonds ' s Colonial Magazine , and the Family Herald , will be given in our next number . PunLicATioss Received . — The Aristocracy of England , and several parts of the Pictorial Penny Shakespeare , and Pictorial Penny Balladist ,
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Tub Condemnki) Coxvici In Dubiiam Gaol.—...
Tub _Condemnki ) Coxvici in Dubiiam Gaol . —We are happy to learn that Alary Stoker , the womap recently sentenced to death at Durham for child murder ( committed while in a state of _destitution aud misery ) , has hn . 4 the sentence commuted to transportation for fife . Max Traps . —Over the garden fence of a ladies ' seminary , in the neighbourhood of this metropolis , there is painted , in large characters , " Man traps sot on these premises . " A wag who was passing , chalked beneath the notice— " Vir Gins , " whereupon he was taken before a magistrate by a police officer . Being put upon his defence for thus defacing the wall of a respectable establishment , he argued " that Kir was tho Latin for Man , and Gin , the English for Trap : ergo . that Virgin was only another word for Man trap . " Hence he was discharged with a caution .
_SHAKsr-Btii- ' s BntTHDAY . —The anniversary of Shaksperc ' s natal day ( April 23 ) will be celebrated this year with more than usual eclat at _Stratford-on-Avon . In the morning an oratorio will be performed in the parish church , and the day will close with a dinner in the Town-hall .. Disntiss at Ska . —On Thursday a stout round glass bottle was picked up on thc beach at Society , near iiopetoun-house , Liniithogshirc , by James Anderson , resident there . The bottle was sealed , and contained the following notice : — " Monday , March 10 . —Elizabeth , of Liverpool , bound to Newcastle , in great distress , off the Bell Rock . We expeet never to see land again , for we are driving fast to the northward . —John Wilson , Liverpool . " Railway Luxukies . —We lately gave currency to a report , that on some of thc long lines it is in contemplation to establish locomotive divans . Another proposition , and one of move _j ; _eiiei-al utility , has been
made during the past fortnight , namely , the establishment of travelling restaurants . A bill of fare showing what the refectory contains , is to be _ported in each carriage . Bells are to be at tho command ol the passengers to aiiuoiu . ee their wants to the waiter , who will travel to them along a narrow passage alongside the interior of the carriages constructed for the purpose . —The Builder . Tun Old Laov i . v TuitEAn . vKEDtK Stkket . —We have never , in fact , like other aspirants to her acquaintance , been personally introduced to the elderly lady , for she U truly an " Invisible ( old ) Girl ; " yet we know that she is iu very comfortable circumstances , always sitting in that envied " parlour , " which is lined with Bank paper . Her cellars are filled with " cole , " which is constantly being posted , or shovelled across the counters of her outer offices , of which she has a great many— Our Own Times , Illustrated bit George Cruikshank .
Avkksiox or tub Russians to Wail—A remarkable feature of the Russian people is an aversion to war , nor can all the efforts of the government conquer it indeed , it rather grows by the endeavours made to root it out . — " Eastern Europe und the Emperor Nicholas . " Vkuy Probable !—A musician , in giving notice of an intended concert ac Cleveland , Ohio , said , * A variety of songs may be expected , too tedious to mention . ' What will bkcomk of the _Lauiks ?—In Naples , out ofa population of llW _. OOO , nearly 7 _, DuO individuals have taken vows of celibacy ; while S _. Ouu are Government employes , and 12 , 000 pensioners . Wanton Outr . _' . _gi-. —On Friday night the Grand St : ind on Sutton Park race-course , near Birmingham , was burnt down . No doubt exists but that the building was set on fire by some malicious scoundrel iu the neighbourhood . A reward of ' 251 . has been offered .
Waoes in _Fiiasce . —Ihe present average rate of wages in Paris is 3 f . 50 c . ( or 2 m . lid . ) a-day , and 2 f . ( or Is . 8 d . ) in the provinces . In 11193 the average rate of wages throughout France was 12 suus ( Oil . ) a day ; in 1788 , 16 sous ; in 17 SS _, 19 sous ; in IS 19 _, 25 sous ; in 18-32 , 20 sous . Wages have greatly increased ; but the prices of all articles of consumption , house-rent , apparel , agricultural and mechanical implements , & c , have augmented also . " Wages are very high in France , " says M . Miehelct , "in comparison with Switzerland and Germany ; but in the former , wants are much more keenly felt . "
Ihb "Battlk op Aliwal . —A letter received from an officer engaged in the Aliwal affair observes that it was a superb si _^ ht tu see the 10 th Laucers with the Native Cavalry breaking through the Khalsa square , the former cutting up like _Uu-y . Shawls and gold bracelets withou _^ _cttd fell into the hands ol the victors , —Bombay Times ,
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_Shh'Whkck in _WiiiTi-liAT . —The American bark Winipac , hound for Uavannuh , on beating outof Cork harbour , missed stays , and went on shore in Whitebay , where she became a total wreck . The . Tea ¦ Trams , April 6 . —The deliveries of tea , last week were 417 , 7821 b . There has been more activity , in the market within the fast few days , and the deliveries have decidedly increased . One firm on Friday cleared 13 , 0471 b ., and another on Saturday upwards- of 11 , 0001 b . The financial quarter having turned , more activity may be expected .
_AcuiDs-ti to Rigby Wason , Esq . —We learn with regret that Itigby Wason , Esq ., of Corwar , Kite M . P . for IpswiVb _, while out inspecting soi . ie improvements on his estate on Tuesday last , met with a severe ' accident by falling from his horse on some rough stones . J ) r . _Wilsen and another medical _j-entlenmn were speedily in attendance when he was discovered to be much injuredjabout the head . We are happy to learn , however , that the wounds , though severe , are not considered dangerous . O ' STKESSk'n _Iskedlewohen . —A Grand 13 all will take p lace at Almack ' s on the 24 th instant , in aid of the Oistrsssed _Needlewoman Society , undermost _distinguished patronage . Amongst thc list of . stewards on the occasion are the names of sixteen noble lords and several mem hern ofthe Ilouse of Commons .
_FniGHWUL Accident . —One day last week , in the Rue do In _Taeherie , a man between forty and fifty years of age , who had been drinking freely , lost his footing , as he was standing on the Irame of his window , which was open , driving in a nail , and f alling in the street was killed on the _j'poi . Eitkcts or the English Tariff . —A letter fr » tn Hamburg of the 27 th of March , says— " The modifications in the English tariff , _peimittin-.- the importation of cattle and of all kinds of meat into Great Britain free of duty , have had an effect on our market . Thc prices of meat have risen in Hamburg and its environs in such a dejjrce , that the middle chia es feel the effects , and the poor can scarcely make ' any purchases . Merchants enanged in tho transatlantic trade also experience the _consequences of this rise , for the price of salt meat is thirty per cent , higher than last year . "
Mr . HeiiAPATH , of Bristol , the analytical chemist , met with a serious accident on Wednesday . While _operating upon some fulminating silver , it suddenly exploded , and burnt his face so severely that for a time it was feared he would be dipriveii _' of ihe sight of the left eye at least . lie is _progressing favourably . The New Two- * . —Mr . Col burn has beeu authorised and requested to contradict the report which ascribes ' The New Timon ' to the pen of Sir Edward Bufwer Lytton . Fkek _Tkadj-. —Farm Lkttlvc—Notwithstanding the _certain prospect of the passim : of Sir Robert ; Peel ' s measure , we know of three lame farms in the district of Auchterardcr , which have heeu let within these few week" nt an advance of from 10 to 30 per cent , on the old rents , which _demoibirak-s pretty clearly that our farmers are not > o very chit-kenhearted as some would have iw believe . —Perth Advertiser .
Louvain Railroad . —The commencement of the works of the intended railroad from Louvain ( _Belgium ) to the _Sainlire , took place * . on _j-Mundsiy last with the -isual ceremonies . Amonjfst the authorities present on the occasion was M . de _liavay , the Secretary-General , but now Minister of Public Works . Soon after the arrival at Louvain of the train from Brussels , M . de Bavay dug up the first spade-full of earth with a silver spade rich _.-y carved and t _ngravcd , which wns presented to him by the _directors . The Di-. ii . NUEX Dusk Lktti . no Lom'h . _nos . —We _understand time the ( iuecn Oawaser h . _- . s _take'iBimhoim Palace of thc Duke of Marlborough , and intends residing at it . It is said that hi » Grace intends leaving _England for a few years . [ If he never comes back there ' ll be no » reat loss . The '" Queen
Dowager" has already two nr three palaces , would it not be well that some scores of the liuuieless aud houseless should be located at Blenheim , instead uf allowing this royal monopolist to . occupy it , vice the drunken Duke ?] The Distressed Needlewomen . —It having been reported that needlework was sent from London t » the Portsmouth and Portsca . unions , in consequence of the determination of most of the London workhouses not to take in any work except at full prices , the President and the lion . Secretary of the above society went down to Portsmouth , and , wo are glad to say , received written statements from both tha matron and master , setting forth that the guardians ( to their honour be it told ) prohibited any needlework being taken in at those unions , as it might be injurious to the poor who are endeavouring to earn an in * dustrious livelihood .
Child Murder . —The Berkshire Chronicle contains an account ofthe discovery of the dead body ofa child four months old , by a dog , in a wood near Brompton . The body ofthe child was much emaciated , and there was a wound on the head , which the surgeon was of opinion could not have been accidentally occasioned . An inquest was held on the body on Wednesday and Thursday , and a verdict of " Wilful Murder" was returned against Sarah Wickers , the mother of tha
child . Frightful Demu . —A fatal accident occurred % few days ago to Mr . I . Lowis , a respectable farmer , living on Blunderfield Farm , near Kirkoswald , in Cumberland . Mr . Lowis was on his road home from Penrith market , with a horse and cart , and when near the village of Lazonby the animal took fright and ran away . Mr . Lowis was sitting on the fore part ofthe cart , from which he was thrown , and became entangled amongst the harness . In this state he was dragged a considerable distance , and was found dead on the road , presenting a heart-rending spectacle , one of his legs being found sime distance from the other parts of his body , his head was all but cut off . Sib G . Murrat . —• We regret to state that the Master-General of the Ordnance has experienced a third attack , and that he is once more laid on a bed of sickness , with , we fear , only slight hopes of his recovery . — Globe .
Exr-Losiox of a Powdbr Mill . —WalthamAbbkt , April 6 . —Last night about half-past eleven o ' clock , a powder-mill , situated in Town Mead , blew up : fortunately no person was there , it being Sunday night , and the Saturday night ' s charge of'powder taken off . The cause appears to be the following : — There having been much rain fallen on the Saturday and Sunday , occasioning a push or swell of water , th « _tumbling-bay gates not being drawn up , the mill waff set in motion by tne overflowing ofthe water , inundating the lower part ol * the mil ) , and the stones having nothing to resist them were propelled round with such velocity as to eause ignition of what powder was under them , blowing the roof away and causing other damage . The spot where this occurred is about GOO or TOO yards from the back part of the town , and if the other mill had fired uo one can toll what would have beon the consequence .
Suicides in a Iamilv . —On Tuesday evening Mr . Bedford held an _inqueut at the King ' s Head , Knightsbridge on the body of Ann Rooke , aged fortytwo . John Blake , police-constable 103 A said , that while on duty on Saturday evening last in Hyde Park , he heard that a woman had leaped into the Serpentine , near the barracks , on the south side . He ran to the spot , and seeing her bonnet just below the surface ofthe water , thought there was yet time to save her , and ran in for that purpose . Unfortunately just as he caught hold of her , his cape blew over his eyes , and he was compelled to release his
hold . She then sank , and was not taken outof the water for eight minutes . She was then quite dead . Several witnesses _uoruextuuii ed with the view of explaining ihe eiiuseuf _deaMst-u ' :. suicide . It appeared _^ that she was a servant , and recently , nhilu mil of place , had been residing at iNo . 5 , Wm e Lion stives . Lately she had much regretted having lent . £ 8 , _iimuii she hud saved while io service , and on Fnuay lu _* t , having obtained a situation at No . 23 , Ctiester-tur- race , said she was sure she should not keep her place i long . The money she lent preyed greatly on her miud . Her brother drowned himself about three i
years ago , and her mother attempted to destroy her- - self in the same manner . Deceased had recently been i heard to exclaim , that she would follow her brother ' s example . Verdict " Temnorary Insanity . " FkmalesinCoal Minks . —On Monday last , two » cases under Lord Ashley ' s act were tried iu Airdrie , i , before the Justice of Peace Court , in which ' . a coal i master andcoal contractor were severally convicted d and lined , for allowing females to work in their pits , s , iu contravention of the statute . . After trial , Mr . r , GeorgeCowie _, _ironstone contractor , Airdrie , was con * n-
victed of having allowed two young females , vix ., ' .., Isabella Drysdale , aged about twenty , and Elizabeth th Gillespie , aged _Jifteon , to work in one of his pits at at Cairuhill , during the months of February and March , ck hist . They wore pit clothes and lamps , and went : _nt downand up the pit quite openly along with _thehe : other workmen . The penalties were modiiied to £ 5 £ 5 for each female . Mr . John Watt , coal master , Aird- rdrie , was also convicted of having allowed a married icd . woman , Mrs . Elizabeth Weir , or Grant , to work iu ; im No 1 pit , Rawyards , during the month of February . iry .. The penalty m this case was also modified to £ 5 ,
Iiib _( Juartkrlt Rkckipts at the _Livkupoouoou . Custom Housk . —We have again at this port a dr- decreasing quarterly revenue , arising principally fnmirunn the reductions in raw materials aud articles of con-consumption in this district . The gross revenue of tho thoa corresponding quarter of last year , viz ., the _thredireea ™ ° oan , en _* 1 , , , S the Sth April , 18-15 , amounted tal too £ 928 , 973 . To the 4 th April this year , up to whichhichh date tho return is made up , the receipts are _oiiljoiiltj £ 793 , 42 _'i . thus showing a deficit of £ 135 , oi 9 . —Z / _wAiwcrr pool Standard ,
An Unexpected Treasure . —On Tuesday monuorni ing , Mr . Jo / m Hamilton , residing in rark-street ; reett Regent ' s Park , purchased a packet of books at ; at ;; stall in Holborn , amongst them wasa work entitleditleiM Observations upon the United provinces of tint" thai Netherlands , by Sir Win . Temple , Bart , of Shone , me , mi the county of Surrey , Ambassador to the _Ilaguejiguee and at _Aix-hi-Chapello in poiUpoiii closely inspecting the volume guineas of the reign of Geo letter , which , however , nor the reason for placing place , " sewed iu one of the ¦
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