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Ifoinxse io do . Xet the press-writer , the speaker and demagogue , Prate about evils we ought to remove ; "Who cares a straw . for the -wrongs that set them a go & _^ - yothing worth naming is left to improve ; Thoug h , that ta xation is Great , and starvation is Rife in the nation , is Possibly trne ; Hang each sad stor y , boy * , Badical—Tory boys , Think of tiie glory , bo y s ! - KoiBradxoso .
Cobden and Co , m a y go m a d on expenditure , Rave ofthe millions they lavish and throw-Loosely away _ev _^ ry year ; let ' em spend itjou ' re Not to be troubled with matters so low . Bother the window tax ( Light as a tinder tax !) Famine—gaunt skinn'd—attacks , " ' Ireland ' s sad crew ; Still let ' s make light of it—Tryandlosesightofit _^ -- - For there ' s—in spite ofit— ¦ - - _XOTHKG TO DO .
Then drink , a t your leisure , continued prosperity , Joy and bright days to a nation so blest , That its principal organ declared as a verity , All its abuses are fully redressed . Times we the best are in ; Colonies festering , Ignorance pestering , Treat with Pooh ! pooh ! Obsolete these have got , "We at our ease have got , Since the JLP . ' s have got , Xoimxa io do . _Posquin
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SONG OF THE BRITISH SLAYES . "When Adam _delred , and Eve span , "Wbo was then the gentleman t Arise ! arise ! ye British slave ;* , Cast off your yoke and be ye free ; Burl bold defi an c e a t th e kn a ves , And chum your share of Liberty . "Why still in bondage ever toil , Arid wear the slaves * degrading chains Or p ly the loom , or di g the soil , If tyrants onl y share the gains ? Unbounded as the ocean ' s wave , The right of ev _' iy son of earth—We all are equal in the grave _. The same as at our smiling birth . Why still in bondage ever toil , he .
_So more be trodden , like tbe worm , Beneath the t yrants' feet of steel ; But boldly s ho w a m a nly form , And let them know that ye can feel . Why still in bondage ever toil , & c . The force of Nature ' s sacred law , . That stamps one image on mankind ; Whose noble works have not a flaw , -Save that which springs from tyrants' mind Why still in bondage ever toil , & e . Arise ! ye bondmen , to a man , And boldl y dare assert yonr right : And heed not what the despots' p lan , ¥ or yours alone is sov _' reign might . Why still in bondage _erer toil , & c .
It h eeds , but then , that ye should will , And then your bondage is no more ; In spite of your oppressor ' s skill , THio only mocked yonr strength before . Wh y still in bondage ever toil _. And we a r t he slaves' d e g ra ding chains , Or p ly t he loom , or dig the _soD , If tyrants only share the gains ! WiinsoK .
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Richard Oastler ' s Reply to _Richard ColcWs Speech al Leeds , 18 th of December , 1849-London : "W . J . Cleaver , 46 , Rccadilly . Takevg into account Mr . Oastler ' s age , Mb Ion-rand arduous _strugglesas a public man , and the personal and domestic afflictions nnder which he has suffered of la $ e years , it mutt he -acknowled ged that tho energy he still exhibits in support of his favourite principles and the performance of-what he deems his duties , is extraordinary and astonishing . The late decision
of the judges as to ihe intent and meaning ofthe Factoiy Act will , " undoubtedly , "bring onr _venerable friend once more on the stage of action ; and * we should not he at all surprised if his . share in the ag it a ti o n a b o nt to o pen sh o uld seriously abridge the remaining dayB of the «« Old King ; " for to ¦ " die in harness" rather than neglect his dut y , seems to he the settled resolve of the Factory Workers' Champion . May the last day of his earthl y _toflo he far -distant , for tens of thousands will mourn when that day comes .
There is much in this pamphlet -which the -author will not expect ns to accord with , hut there is much also that has our hearty concurrence . His exposure of the inconsistencies of the great captain of Ihe Free Traders is con-• _dosive , and his challenge to that personage , says much for tiie mettle of the good - •' Old King . " The comments on the " new _4 od ge " played off at Ihe Stepney meeting , are exceedingly happy . The following extracts are aU we can find room for : —
AS IRISH usdlobb . I have the . honour to know only one . Et is a pattern of kindness and benevolence . He resides on his estates , beloved by bis tenantry and bis neighbours . He is the Meni of all—Shibiux _Ciiwyoii * That Irish landlord may be , I dare say he is , los i ng property ; but he is one ofa noble class of _patriotSj-Hiravine aU difficulties , —striving to . be a zeal blessing to those around _him—nonruhing- his _tnunts—• _nconnpiB Ms neighbours—and setting a bright example to his brother landlords .
OUR C 0 IO 5 IES . The gravest error we have committed in the management of our colonies , is , ia onr Laving _discouraged then—the _uatite _manufacturing industry , that we might obtain the profit thereof here—in Manchester especially . A most striking and destructive proof thereof is exhibited , in the almost entire destruction of th * _aative spinners and weavers in India J , Th # y have "been superseded b y those of Manchester ! In their " absorption into other branches , " thousands upon thousands of them died of want ! The _GovernortJeneral declared in bis despatches that "their tones whitened the plains f- Thus , the cotton _fflrstem has been
- made to kill at both ends : it kills aeworkfirs , and it kills tho wearers ! _» uly to please the _"Mmchester men , " and f 2 _^* _-w .. u * _* - ***¦ ** aUco- *» > ° ur colonies have _ilSniJSi - _^/ J- _^ anaged ; and , _stiU more to be * mnd . of hypocrisy ! After giving -520 , 000 , 000 to S _^^ _u - ! _** _rainea our own _eman-^^ colomes to encourage and _euS their main who now , instead of 0 _- _cXi free _hfonr _jmdon , sell ns the produce _^ _I _^ _tm _^ mI _" _•^ en umg _- _^ the _wluui to _fete _sUveryi * ' bichabd
oi 3 _rtBB ' 8 _CHuaasoB . I propose to you , that you and I , r _^ habd C omas a nd _Bichakd _Oasheb , ( assisted by one or two fiiends each , if yoa prefer it , ) shall visit every ifiirket Town in the West Riding of Yorkshire , ( also of Lancashire , if you are so disposed , ) and at « _- * % public meeting ** , ( I should prefer them out of apors , that there may be none excluded , ) discuss " _rae whole question of _Fasi Actio !* , or aa you term to , Fbbx Traps : viz . —Its effects on the Internal or - _^™ _** _fo exchanges , on the Colonial exchanges , « nu on the Foreign exchanges , ofthe products of _^ dusfay and skill . Also , its results , as pr actically _^ _Mtratei by the operations of inaehineiy ; and « _i these unth an etpedal reference to iU operation on ™*» u > h 0 H labour and _sldll form their only _ftocl in
W - _S * ° I f _*™** . maintain that their condition SB-Si * ? ColoDi « i and in Foreign countries , will _Jte _&^^& _P _™***! the op eration of Free nJ _? . _^ _^ enge _^ he accepted ? We _ap-TOS * not . _Class-ascendJicy _, w _% the
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general-welfare , is the object of Kichard . Cobden and-his party : ; ah € a discussion on the grounds laid down by Kichard Oastler , would not be very likely to advance the interests of tKe "Manchester School . '' . .
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Fractical Suggettions for the Establishment of National Cemeteries . By George Alfred "Walker , Surgeon . London : Longman , & c ,, Paternoster-row . The author of this pamphlet is well known to the public as a -writer and lecturer against the easting system of burials in towns . In the work before us , he proposes that the government should take on itself the charge of organising and administering a general plan for the burial of the dead throughout Great Britain . Itis impossible for us to follow his suggestions from first to last , but we will extract those relating to the erection of
RATIONAL CEMETERIES . A celebrated heathen philosopher would not permit fi e lds fit for tillage to be emp loyed for toe purposes of inhumation ; and it would be difficult , I think , to produce a valid objection to the appropriation of comparatively valueless common lands , in the neighbourhood of London , for such a purpose . More especially as there ave large available tracts of such land in the immediate vicinity of the railways , admirably adapted , . both as to soil and site , a n d s uffi c i e ntl y cap a cious t o rec e ive the dead of t his metropolis for many centuries to come . Tho South Wet-tern Railway runs through a vast tract—Woking Common . "There are other localities which will readily present themselves ; for
example , on the Eastern Counties line , High-beach and Wahstea'd-flats . The Surrey side of the river affords peculiar : advantages for the ' erection of mortuary stations—as the _Jfine-elms , also approachable _^ by the river Thames , and the now unused ( _exempting for goods transit ) South Eastern branch line—the Bricklayer ' s Arms station . '¦ - '' ¦ Let those who may object to the apparent boldness of this scheme reflect that railways offer the readiest , and by far the most economical , mode of conveyance ; that the necessity is urgent—nay , imperative ; thatthe change would effect an incalculable sanitary and moral reformation ; whilst the appropriat ion of land , a s 1 have said , comparatively valueless , would be a wise and prudent measure , in
anticipation of the prospective requirements of a vastly , increasing population . ' These cemeteries should be open to all , without distinction of class or creed . They should he , in the strictest sense of the term , g e neral , or national cemeteries . They might be placed , where practicable , between lines of rail , br a nch lines ,: or sidings , conveying the funeral train into the cemetery itself . Receptionhouses , as I have said , would be _required at both extremities ofthe lino . Under certain circumstanes it mi g ht be necess a ry to remove bodie s to the cemetery some days previous to interment , and accommodation would be required for mourners , _robing-rooms , and other purposes . : . Ithas been proposed to erect a number of
mortuary houses for the temporary reception of the dead previous to burial . The objects bf such arrangements aro , to avoid the danger of premature interment , and to relieve the poorer classes from t h e nec es sit y of retaining t h e cor p se in t he ir crowded habitations for a prolonged period before burial . The latter object is certainly a most desirable one ; bnt it may be questioned how far the advantages may compensate the increased expense of such buildings . As to the danger of p rem a ture interment , it may be obviated by the appointment of special officers , whose duly it shall be to ascertain and _verify the fact of death , and without whose certificate no corpse shall be removed for burial . These officers might be medical men ; and modern science enables
them to ascertain , without a shadow of doubt , whether or not life has become extinct . The office might be conjoined _withthat of " registrar of births and deaths , and in this way a staff of competent officers might be obtained at a moderate cost . For many reasons , I do not think that they shonld interfere with the service of the administration ; nor do I think that the dignity of the medical profession admits of its being mixed up with the calling of an undertaker . It aprears to me that all the expenses of the national system would not only be abundantly covered by t he recei p ts , but th a t a large and an increasing surplus must accrue . Even with a most liberal expenditure , we shall still have an economy of 50 per cent , on the present system .
For further developements of Mr . Walker ' s plan , we must recommend the reader to the pamp hlet itself .
Sketch Of The Life Of Charles Fourier. B...
Sketch of the Life of Charles Fourier . By the Bev . J . B . Morell . London : J . "Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row . "We are too littte acquainted with the works of Fourier to warrant any attempt at criticism on his system and views in general , as set forth in those works ; but whether as a Reformer he was wise or foolish , it is certain as a man , ha combined extraordinary capacity with most generous and disinterested philanthropy . We select from this pamphlet a few
ANECDOTES OF FOURIER . Be in g an ungovernable child , h e h a ppened one day to g ive a correct report concerning the commerci a l tran sa c t ions of his ' parents . He was punished for this , and from that day he regarded trade with hatred and swore to modify it . All bis writings prove how faithful he was to this his first oath ; and the anecdote will not fail to remind tbe reader of a similar event recorded in the life of Hannibal , with this difference , that Fourier swore to exterminate what he considered the bane of humanity , whereas t he Carth a g inian looked not beyond his own country ' s weal or woe .
During many years the future reformer gave away his breakfast to an infirm beggar who used to station himself near his house , and whom he met on his way to college . On the occasion of a temporary absence of his benefactor , this poor man , thinking that he was ill , came to inquire about his health , and thus disclosed his unostentatious charity . * * * Being at M a rseilles , in 1799 , he was commissioned after a long f a mine , to cau s e a cargo of rice to be cast secretly into the sea , which c a rgo the heads of bis firm , who were speculators in corn , had suffered to rot ia their warehouses rather than lower the price by selling it . This last crime of commerce disgusted him . He resolved to modif y a system in which lying is necessary , and i n which the misery of a whole people may be worked npon as a " good spec . " This was the starting point of his theory , to which he consecrated from that day all the force of his intellect .
The widow of an officer , reduced to the last degree of misery , had sold , one after the other , her furniture , the arras and the clothes of her husband , and was at length forced to part with a bust of the Emperor , to whom she was greatl _y attached . Fourier , happening to learn these circumstances by circuitous channels , purchased the bust for seventy francs—a large sum for his limited means—and nnder the pretext of having to change houses ho came to an agreement with this lady that she should keep his new purchase till he should require it . A week having expired , the poor widow thought that she waa bound to restore tne bust to Fourier , who r e fused i t , a nd c ompl a in e d i a stron g terms a bout this breach of the treaty . He thus concealed under an affected _bluntness the exquisite delicacy of his beneficence .
Amidst continual cares and labours the health of Fourier declined . His disciples began to remark this as early as 1835 . In 1336 he became worse , _ani in 1837 he was obliged to keep to hia room and bed . But his lucidity of mind , and his incredible energy never abandoned him a single instant . His anxious friends begged him to suffer them to watch by liis bedside , but lie wonld never allow it . " I don't wish , " he said , " that the people should put themselves out about me . " The only thing that could be w rung f r om him wa s , that th e wif e of the porter where he lodged shonld go every hour , during the night , to see how he wan , and attend to Ms
wants , " when she entered his room at five a . m ., on the 8 th of November , Fourier was no more . He was found dre s sed , and kneeling by the side of his bed , which he bad been unable to reach , being overcome by death . Madame Clarissa Yi goureux and M . Considerant being informed with all speed ofthe event , came to perform the last offices to him , and two d a ys a f t er , his bod y having been previously embalmed , was interred in the cemetry of Montmartre , where an humble stone covers his remains , until the monument is completed that his disciples ( perchance humanity ) will one day raise hima smihng world . '
"Thus , writes the author of this sketch , "lived and died one of the best men and thinkers the world ever saw . He lived before his age ; this was the misfortune of his whole life—his crime in tiie eyes of Borne people . It will , possibly , be his glory with posterity . " This Sketch has been-written as an introduction to Fourier ' s Treatise on the Human Soul , which , translated by Mr . Morell , is at present in the press , and will very soon be published by subscription . Aware that the doctrines of Fourier have made considerable ' progress on the continent , and in the United States , - we cannot but regard tbe publication of bu works ,
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in . _theyEnglish language , as . an , important eTent : in . the . hi 8 tory . of philosophical " literature and'social progress . ;_ C ! prdia _% '' _- _ff _^ conciir w 1 th Mr . Morell , when he ; says , " . Let the writings and / system ; of Fourier ; be -wei ghed , iri a-just balance , and if their fallacy is proved , let them serve as a caution ; if their , truth is . estab _« lished , let us rejoice and be exceeding glad , for then the night is far spent , and tiie day is at hand . "
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THB CONDITION OF ENGLAND QUESTION . ( _Condensed from the JUrning ChronUU . )
HOMES" OF THE LABOURERS IN THE _COUITY OF DORSET . An open ditch , which served as a sluggish drain for the meadow , after touching one oT the back corne r s of t he house , which waB a thatched mud hut , turned at . a right angle , and extended along th e b a ck of it , ri ght under the wall . The character of this ditch . was indicated by the vegetation which thickly incrusted its stagnant contenst . A little in front was a noth e r di tc h , fil t h y in the extreme , thoug h not quite so bad as the other . In front of the house was a ash-heap , where it would remain until the farmer chose to carry it away . The pig-Stye was behind , leaning against the wall of the fuel-house , which formed part , of the building . So
l ow w a s t he hovel situ a ted , that whenever it rained he a vil y it waB completely inundated . Sometime ago ; after a heavy thunder-storm , the intrusive waters took possession of the whole floor , invaded the cupboard of the dresser , and rose , in an inner room , "half way up the legs , of the bed . " It was a longtime afterwards ere the house got dry—indeed , it was not thoroughly ' . so ere it was again flooded . It was about three years since the family had entered the house .- They had all had ague shortly after doing so . The youngest :. daughter , the one then at . home , had never been rid of it . Her sunken cheek ; languid motions , arid jaundiced complexion , all but too well attested the presence of the disease . The smells , I was further told , were
sometimes ver y b a d , but _thejrt were , thankful that they were neither so numerous nor so _bffehsive-as those to which they h a d b e en ac customed to at Newton , some miles off , where they formerly lived , There they had occupied a house from which the ague was never absent . Such was the domicile which' they got rent-free , instead of an extra shilling in the shape of money-wages . But had the ; had two extra shillings , the poor creatures knew not where to get a better house > for there was none vacant in the district ... ... " .. " _, ' My next visit was to , a hut but a few yards removed from that' just described . It was one of a row consisting of four , _being all thatched , arid the crumbling walls constructed of mud and brick . In front of the door was a small close porch entered from the side . From thi s porch I stepped into th e hut , in doing which I had to descend a step . The situation is as low and damp as that of the other
cottage , nor was the house improved in this respect by the step down which had to be taken . to gain the floor . There were but two rooms , one below and one above , which , as usual ,, served aa the sleeping apartment . The lower room was dingy in the extreme , its dimensions scarcely ' exceeding , twelve feet by ten . The floor was composed of small , rough , a nd irregul a r flags , and so close , were the two floor s t oge t h e r , that I h a d b a rely room to stand erect , without my hat . between the beams supporting the upper one . The tenant ' s name was Stockley , a common hamo in these parts . lie was six feet two inches high , and had never stood erect in his own house . There was not a corn e r of it in -which he could' do bo . All' the woodwork was blackened with smoke , and clammy with moisture . The wall was bulging in on all sides , and seemed scarcely capable oi supporting the crazy roo _£ , : ,. . .
They all slept in the apartment upstairs . It contained two bedsteads , in addition to which a bed was made on the floor . One corner ofthe sleepingroom had to be avoided , on account of the floor having given way ; it hung partly down into the l ow e r room , so that the weight of a child almost would have brought it down altogether . About the middle ofthe floor the rents were so large , that 1 could see almost the whole of the sleeping-room through them . But the most extraordinary feature connected with this house was the provision made b y the inmates for b al i n g the wa t e r out , when the hut h ap pened to b e flooded b y it . For this purpose , / three of the flags were kept movable . 1 desired them to be lifted , and on their being so ,
discovered under each a large hole scooped out in th e clay , each hole capable of containing about a gallon . When the water began to rise on the floor , which was not "infrequently the caBe , to a height which threatened tb extinguish the fire , these flags were raised and the intrusive flood was drained into the holes in question . From these it was easily baled eut by means of a tin dish . But for this device , the floor would be frequently several inches und e r w a t e r . "When tha-water subsided the- flags were rep l a ced , not te be removed again until the next heavy rain should be followed by a tide within the dwelling . One of the three holes , which was under the only table in the house , was deeper than the othe ? 3 , and had always more or less water in it .
But for this , the floor would never be dry . It was very damp when I saw it , but Mrs . Stockley called it dry . For this wretched den no less than £ 3 a year is paid as rent to Mr . Denis Brown , of Wareham . There is much , however , which mig ht be done to it to render it more comfortable than itis . As i t no w stand s , th e whole fabri c i s sc arcely wor t h one year ' s rent paid for it . I inquired why the family stayed in such a hole , and was informed that they had no alternative but to do so , as it was the only house they could get " convenient to their work . " The ague was seldom out of it . Both father and mother had it on first taking the house , and not a year passed without some of the children being for a time stricken down by it . The _vounsest
was iust recovering from a severe attack ofthe smallpox . The mo t her was still annu a lly a ttacked by premonitory symptoms of ague , but she was now accustomed to the disease , and stifled it at once by the hse of active remedies . Theother three houses of the row were somewhat larger and drier than this ; but they , too , were damp , dark , filthy , and unwholesome . The whole row was not much more than fifty feet long—it contained in all eight rooms , a nd ac commodat e d twent y-three people . They all slept ih the roof of their repeetive domiciles / so that if the whole roof were thrown into one elongated chamb e r , and the occupants of the four houses lay side by Bide across the floor , each would have a strip of little more than two feet wide ; in other words ,
they could scarcely so lie without touching each other . Distributed as they were , each sleeping-room averaged about six occupants . At the village of Stoborough to do justice to the filthy aggregate of human dwellings passing nnder that name , is scarcely possible . There are hardly half a dozen houses in it fit to be inhabited , and yet almost every hovel swarms with more than its proper complement of inmates . Here , too , ' you have the farm labourer , the bargeman , and the dayman together . Here , too , you have different scales of wages giving rise to but slight differences ih condition . The street , on either side , is one line of dung and ash-heaps . The cottages , which seem to be centuries old . hare a dangerous and tumble-down
look about them ; and , i ndeed , most of them would b y t his time have been a mong t he th ing s t h a t wer e , but for the stout brick buttresses , which have recently been built against the walls for their support . There is a sink , with a light iron grating over it , before most ofthe doors , from which odours ascend , in hot or moist w ea ther , of no very desirable kind . Notwithstanding this , there is-much stagnant surface-water generally . in tbe street . At the upper end of the village the houses seem actually rotten with age . Before one is a filthy duck-pond full of slime and garbage . A little way further up is a horsepond , in which turnips are sometimes washed before being given to the cattle . "When I was passing , a boy was paddling in the water in search of the turnin-tons . which he was to take home to be
cooked and eaten . , . This scarcity of cottages is a complicated evil . It sometimes drives families to the workhouse who would otherwise not be there , and , at others , serves to keep them perpetually on the parish , after distress has once thrown them upon it . In the Wareham workhouse , for instance , was a woman with her six children , her husband being at the time at work , and in the receipt of wages , but staying with his mother because he could not procure a cottage for himself nnd family . The woman herself evidently felt her situation very much . She and the whole family would leave the workhouse if a . c 6 ttage could be procured . Again , take the case of a man whose family is thrown into distress from a temporary suspension of his employment . On applying for relief , he is told by the guardiansthat they can do nothing for him unless he comes into the house . ' To this he has many . " objections , , one of lurniiure
which is , thathe has his cottage and his _--poor and scanty though it be , itis his own ; and if he _"oes into the house his little establishment will be broken up , without the least chance of his _re-, covering it when he comes out again . But the guardians are inflexible , and he must either starve or comply with the requirements of the law . At last he enters tbe house , and his little establishment is broken up . Some time afterwards he hears of employment , _and-leaves . But his cottage is now-Occupied by others , or it has in the meantime disappear e d . He cannot find another m which to shelter his family , and has to . retum to the workhouse : lie is thus converted into what he never- meant to become- _^ a pauper ; . and bemgsorhe ; makes up _^ ms mind to make the ; -most , of his paupei _* ism . « The chances are that he _. nev e r , makes , another ; . enort _. to retrieve Iu _^ elf , but renuuns with his family a permwwat charge upon the rotes . Ibis j » aw _**
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iniaginary sketch of _thVpauper'sprogress _. ibut one drawn to m _^ as true in but too . many , instances-- , by onij ' who had for yearsi beenthe _^ relieving ' ofiSccr ofa district not far from . Warehami : , ;¦ - ' _^ ' -. . . ' - -One house _linspected was occupied by ' afamily or the name " of Brett . - 'It had four rooms , two below arid two above . It was very low , and the upper rooms were wholly inthe roof . One / of tho lower roomsiwould _^' _as : regards Bize , have afforded tolerable accommodation : to a small family . The other was a mere closet , the floor of which ' was almost wh ' oll ycovered' by the bed which occupied it . A child lay sick in the _miserable and mouldy chamber . I _ascendeij / . tb ; the ' ; ' upper chambers : ihey had been plasteredLarid _^ whitewashed many
years ago , but were'then -wholly out' of ropair . fi _T * * S ° " i SB on either side from the very ; floor , so that , the only perpendicular-walls were at ! the two ends , lrwalls can ' , be '" called : so whioh _have- not Known the perpendicular foi * years . . Had the two ro been thrown into one ; they , would not have afforded available room 'more than sixteen feet long and ten wide ; In . ther centre of the i room I could stand erect , but nowhere else . Indeed , they virtually'formed but ohe room , the thin deal partition between them not rising to the roof , and the door through it being too small , to fill the doorway . I n sever a l places ! whole yards of the lath and E laster seemed to be hanging to the rafters only by airs . ' At the farthest end '" . ' of "' 'the '' inn er . ' room I
touched the plaster thus situated with my stick . Down instantly came a large quantity of black dust , which formed a tolerably sized heap upon the floor . I touohed it ih another place with a similar result , the rotten thatch and clay falling ; inthis instance , on one of the beds . I was . told that when the wind blew very hard and _shpok the house they could sometimes pick up " ne ar a b a rrow full" of this debris in the room . When it was wet , ' too , for any length of time , the rain percolated through the rotten thatch and yawning plaster . In these two rooms , or rather in this one room , were four beds , which were occupied by twelve people . The whole number inhabiting this wretched tenement was fourteen . There were two families ih the
housetwo sisters , with their husbands and children _, xffese made thirteen ; the fourteenth being the brother , of the two . sisters , a man tolerably ; advanced in life . One of the sisters occupied , with her husband ,. the . small room below . The other , with her husband and six . c hildr e n , together with the five children of her sister and her brother—that _istosay , the uncle * of all the children—occupied the u pp er room , o r rooms , if th e y could be c al l e d so . Several of the children were grown up , and one , who , was then in the h o u se , was a ! g irl o f seventeen . __ Iri winter , notwithstanding the number occupying it , the upper room : was often bitterly cold , and no . wonder , for one of the end walls seemed to have parted _comnanv with the rhof . nnd
leant outwards considerably . In summer , again , it was perfectl y stifling , the small windows not sufficing 16 ventilate the room . Had the walls been per p endicular on all sides , they thought that they mig ht get on , but the s p a ce b e i n g con rac t ed , from beiM * entirel y in the , roof , they were sometimes nearly choked " , with our own breaths , " as they said . The rent paid for this'hovel was Is . a week . In one house a family bf eight had but two small rooms—the bed-room being off the common room . It contained ; but two . beds . The father , mother , and three children , slept in one bed—the children being put at the foot j theother thvee , all girls , occup ied the other bed . The eldest girl was sixteen , the eldest boy at home eight . The family had
occupied the house for sixteen years . The mother had never been well since she entered it . No wonder , for the house was cold _, to ; a , degree , There was a cellar below , which had formerly been occupied , but which was now nailed up ; ' There was no ceiling below , and the wind came up through thefloor . The window was almost half gone . It had originally consisted oftwenty-four small panes , ten of which were broken—both glass and casement . It had been in that condition . for more than five years , and was covered with brown paper or stuffed with rags . In the - bed-room there was no casement at all . The hole i Which served as a window was nig htl y covered by a p iece of bagging " to keep out the wet _andcold ; " The rent charged is £ 3 per annum . _" " . _* : ' ! | : _- - _(' . ' . ' ' ' —1 . . _- . ¦ - ¦ _THlE _^ EMALE SLOP-WORKERS OF LONDON .
Awoman who bears an ' excellent character gave the following melanchol y account of her calling : — She makes various kinds of garments . Scarcely a garment that Js to' be . made but what she makes ; works for various slop-sellers ; makes shirts , drawers , ' _trowsers , blouses , duck frocks , sou - wester s , and oilskin waterproof coats , some in a rou gh- state in the calico before they ' re oil'd . Works first band . For shirts she gets 2 s . to 6 s . a dozen , that ' s the highest ; there are some lower than that , but she generally refuses those . The lowest are Is . a doz e n , or onl y a penny each . Of the 2 s . a dozen she can make about three in the day—the day being from eight in the morning to ten in the evening _. She usually' makes' eighteen in the week .
Shirtmaking is generally considered the worst workhas to find all her own trimmings , all the thre a d and c o tton , everything , excepting t he butto n s , out ofthe 2 s . a dozen . This price is paid for rowing shirts , called " rowers , " with full bosom , put _. in , just the same as the 6 s . a dozen ones , ' ' onl y the wo r k is not so good . Of the ; 6 s . a dozen she can't-make more than one in the day . They ' ve white collars and wristbands . Has to find her own trimmings . Is forced to g ive security for about £ B . Those who cannot get security must ' work for ¦" sweaters . " Flannel drawers are some 2 s . 6 d . a dozen , a nd some 3 s . Some are coloured and some are white flannel ; the white are 3 s ., the coloured 2 s . Cd . lias to find her own thread . Can do three pair in a daymaking 9 d . at best . work , or 73 d . at worst , out of which there is to be deducted Hd . for one ounce of
thread . Moleskin trowsers , and beaverteen , like the other articles , vary in p rice . The lowest price for moleskin trowsers is 6 s . a dozen pair—the hi ghest 10 s . The beaverteen the same . Can ' t make more than one pair of either the hig h or low priced ones in the day . The trimmings for each dozen pair come to Is . 6 d . The highest priced ones are all double stitched . Blouses are from 5 s . to . Ts . a dozen . Can't make two of the lowest price in the day . Might make one of the highest . Trimming for a dozen comes to about 6 d ., because it ' s chiefly cotton that is used in blouses , Puck frocks are 2 s . to 2 s . Od . a dozen . May make about a dozen and a half of those in a week if she sits very close to it . " During the course of ye a r s , " she said , "that I h a v e worked a t the bu s ine ss , I find it ' s all alike . You can 't earn much more at one kind of work than
you can at another . " Sou-westers are lOd . a dozen ; from that to 3 s . Can make one in a day of those at 3 s ., and of those at lOd . she makes half a dozen in the day . Oilskin waterproof coats , ready dressed ,: are Is . fid . each ; and the others , undr e ssed , from 4 s . to 6 s . per dozen . She has to find all her trimmings out or that . Can make one of those that are dressed in two days , and of t h ose th a t a re in the undr e ssed state , a dozen in th e w eek . "Upon the average , " she s a ys , "at all kinds of work , excepting the shirts , that I make , I canno t earn more than 4 s . 6 d . to 5 s . a week — let me sit
from eight in the morning till ten every ni g ht ; and out of that I shall have to pay Is . 6 d . for trimmings , and 6 d . candles every ; week ; so-that altogether I earn about 3 s . in the six days . But I don't earn that , for there ' s tho firing that you mutt have to press the work ,. and that will be . 9 d . a week , for you'll have to ' use half a hundred weight of coals So that my clear earnings are a little bit more than 2 s ., say 2 s , 3 d ; to 2 s . 6 a . every week . I consider the trowsers the best work .. At the hig h e st p rice , which is 10 s . a dozen , I should make no more than eight of them in a week ; that would give me 6 s . 8 d . The trimmings of that eight pair would cost me Is ., the candle Od ,, and the coals Od ., for pressing , leaving 4 s . 5 d . clear— -arid that is thevery best kind
of work that can be got in tho slop . trade . Shirt work is the , worst work , the ; very worst , that can be got . You cannot make more of those at 6 s . a dozen thau one a day , yielding 3 s . a week . The trimmings would be about 3 d . for the shirts , and tbe candle 6 di , as before , " making 9 d . to be _dedutted , arid so leaving 2 s . 3 d . per week clear . I have known the prices much better when I first began to work at the business , some nineteen years ago . The shirts that they now give 6 d . for were then Is . ; and those now at 2 d ., were 8 d . The trowsers were Is 4 d . and Is 6 d . a pair , the best—now they give only lOd . for the best . The other articles are : down equally low . " "I cannot say , " she added , " what the cause
maybe . . I think there are so many to work at it that one will underwork the other . I have seen it so ati the _ahopi The sweaters screw the people down as low as they possibly can , a nd the masters hear how little they can get their work done for , and cut down the sweaters , and so the workpeople have to suffer again _.,: _Eveiy shop has a great number of sweaters . Sometimes the _aWektcts will- get as much as 2 d . or 3 d . ; ' indeed , I ' ve known 'erii take as much as 4 d . out of each garment . I should suppose one that has a good many peop le to work for her—say about a dozen—I suppose ; that she'll clear from £ 1 to £ 1 5 s . per , week , out of their labour . The workpeople are very , dissatisfied _'^ and very poor _lndeed-i-yes , _wro poor . There is a'great deal of want , and there is a great deal of suffering amongst
them . ' I hear it at the-shop when : I go in with my work ; , They have generally been brought up regularl y to the trade ... It requires an apprenticeship . Iri _" a bout three months a , person may learnit , ' , if they ' re quick ; arid persons . pay froiri 10 s . to £ l to _betaughtifci bad as the trade is . A mother baa got two or three daug ht e rs , and she don't wish them to go to . service , and she puts th e m to ' this : poor needlework ; and that , in my opinion j , is the cause of the " destitution arid * _^^ heprostitution iabout the streets in these pajrts . S 6 that in a greiiimei ' sure I think the slop trade _iB'the-ruin of- theyqiijpg g irls that take to ; it—the prices are not-sufficient to . keep them ,- and the consequence is , 'they , fly . to the ' _p tree ts to , make oiit their iliving ..,. Most . of tne _workers'iiite yburi g ' girtB _tfho ' have riothirig ' else' to depend upon , aad $ 3 $ u scarcely one of them _TirtuQUs , " _lYkn
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_^? . ° . _£ _f _^ t the y , are very meefe and modest in thoir deportment , but after , a little time they set conneoted with the others and led awav Ther _« n _™ between 200 : arid : 300 of one class " and _anther work at my : shop .. ilvdare say of females altogether there are upwards of 200 . - Yesterday niorning there were seventy-five in the shop with me , and that was at " eight in-the morniug , land ' what' there may be throughout the day it ' s impossible to form an idea . The age of the females in general is about fourteen to twenty . ¦' ¦ ' ¦ '" ¦¦ '¦ '" ¦ . " - ' ¦' " _-. ' ¦ ' "My daughter is a - most _escp ' erit _, waistcoat hand . I can give you an , account ; of her work , arid then , of course , ? you can form an opinion of what everybody else gets . The lowest' price waistcoat is 3 s . per dozen , and the highest 9 s . ; [ 'They are satin
ones . She can make one satin per day , and three of tbe 3 s . ones . She earns , upon an average , about 4 s . - per week : deduct ! from this , ' trimmings about Od . for the lowest , and about is ' per : week ; for the highest price . As we both sit to work together , one candle ; does ; _fof- the : two of ; us , so that she earns about 3 s . per week clear , which is not sufficient to keep her even 'in food . My husband is a Beafaring man , or I don't know what I should do . He is a particularly steady man , a teetotaller , arid so indeed are the whole-family , or else we could not live . Recentl y my daughter has resigned the work and g one to servi ce , as the prices are not sufficienti ' for food and clothing . I never knew a rise , but continual reductions . I know a woman who ! has six children , and she has to support them whollv on slopwork . Her husband drinks , and does a day ' s work only now and then , spending more than he brings home . None of her children are able to
work . I don't know how on earth she lives , orher little ones either . Poor creature , she looked the picture of distress and povert y when I last s a w her . "' .-. . ; , _., :. •> : - : •? -.. •'!• • This woman I had seen away from her home , so I requested mjr friend . to lead me to the dwelling of one of the shirt workers , one that he knew to be a hard-working , sober person , so . that I might judge ofthe condition ofthe class . ' _- , The . woman lived oyer a coal and potato _shedj occupying a small close room , on the " _* ' second floor back . " It did riot require a second glance either at the room or the occupant to tell that the poor creature w a s steeped in poverty to the very li ps . In one corner ofthe apartment was rolled up the bed on the'floor' - Beside the window was an oyster tub set upon a ohair . At this she was busy washing , while on the table a small brown nan was filled with the newly-washed clothes ; beside it were the remains ofthe d i nner , a piece of dry coarse bread , and half a cup of coffee .
In answer to my inquiries she made the following statement : — - ' " I make the ' row e rs , ' that is the ro w ing shirts . I ' m onl y in the shirt line .- Do nothing else , The rowers is my own work . These ( she said , taking a doth off a bundle of checked shirts on a Bide table ) is 2 d . a piece . " I have had some at 2 _* fd .,- and even 3 d ., bu t t h em have full linen fronts and linen wristbands . These are full-fronted shirts—the collars , wristbands , and shoulder-straps are all stitched , and there are seven button-holes in each shirt . It takes full five hours tb do one . 1 have to find my own cotton and thread . I get two skeins of cotton for Id ., because I am obliged to have it fine for " them ; and two skeins will make about three to four shirts . Two skeins won't quite
make three-and-a-half ,, bo that it don ' t leave above seven farthings for making each of the' shirt 3 . If I was to begin very early here , a bout sixin the mornin g , arid work till nine at night , I c a n 't make above three in theday at them hours . I often work in the summer timo from four in the morning to nine or ten at night—as long as I can see . My usual timo of work is from five in the morning till nine at night , winter and summer ; that is about the average time throughout the year . But when there ' s a press of business , I work earlier and later . I often gets up at two and three in the morning , arid carries on till the . evening ef the following day ; merel y l y in g down in my clothes to t a ke a n ap o f five or ten minutes . The agitation of mind never
lets one lie longer . Atthe rowers work I don't reokon I -makes 5 b . a week at the best of times , e ven working at . the early a nd l a te hours , and working at the other hours I won't make abere 3 s . Cd . Average all the year round I can't make more than 4 s . a week , a nd then there ' s cotton and candles to buy out of that . Wh y , the candles will cost about lOd . or Is . a week in the depth bf winter , and the cotton about 3 d . or 4 d . a week , so that I clears about 2 s . 6 d . a week—yes , I reckon that ' s about it ! I know it ' s so : little I can't get a rag to my back . I reckon nobody in the trade can make more , than I do—they can'tand there ' s very few makes so much , I ' m sure . It ' s only lately that I found a friend to be security
for the rowing shirts or else before that I only received lid . for the same shirts as I now have 2 d . for , because I was forced to work for a sweater . These prices are not so good as those usually paid in the trade ; some houses pays 3 s . a dozen for what I have 2 s . for . A few weeks—that is , about six weeks ago—the price was 2 s . 6 d . a dozen ; but they always lower the prices towards winter . Never knew them to raise the prices . I have worked at the business about eight years , and when I first beg a n the ' rowers' w ere at 3 s . 6 d . a dozen—the very same article that I am now making for 2 s . They in general keep the sweaters employed in wintersome c a ll them the 'double hands , ' and they turn off the sin g le ha n ds firs t , bec a u s e i t s the leas t
trouble to them . The sweaters , y ou see , t ak e out a great quantity of work at a time . The sweaters , many of them , give security to £ 20 . I ' ve known some of them take out as much as a chaise-cart full of various sorts of work , according to the hands they ' ve got employed . One that I knOws keeps a hor s e and cart , and does nothing himself—that he don't . I suppose he ' s got near upon a hundred hands , and gives about £ 50 security . He was a pot-boy at a public house , arid married a shirtmaker . The foremen at the . large shops generally marry a shirt-maker , or s ome o ne in t he line o f business , and then take a quantity of work home to their wives , who give it out to poor people . They take one-fourth part out ofthe price , le t i t be what it will . "
, She can 't say why they get so little—supposes it ' s owing to the times . But one cause is the Jews going to those in the trade arid making their brags how little they can get the shirts done for . The original cause of the reduction was their being sent to the unions and the prisons to be made . This is now discontinued . " I find it very hard times , " she said , " oh , very hard indeed . If I get a bit of meat once a week I may think myself well off . " ( She drew a bag from under the table . ) "I live mostl y upon coff e e , a nd don ' t t a _st a cup of tea not once in a month , though I am up early and late ; and the coffee I drink without sugar . Look here , this is what I have . You see this is the bloom of the coffee that falls off while it's being sifted after roasting ; and I pays 6 d . for a bagfull nolding about half a bushel . " ( To be Continued . ) .
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HATMARKET _THEATRI . On Monday night Charles XII . was played at this house , most of tne principal characters being sustained by the same actors as at Windsor . The Adam Brock of Mr . J . Wallack is a reading of . the part different from that whieh has been generally adopted . The hearty honesty of the worthy farmer is p lainly broug ht forward , but the comic side of the ch a racter , originated by Mr . Liston , is kept down . Mr . Webster ' s . Charles , which ia carefully dressed and noted , is based on the version of Mr . W . Farren . Miss K . Fitzwillian is apretty _, un a ff e ct e d Endi ga , and ' she sang ' Rise , gentle moon , " very nicely , though it loses somewhat of its character by its transposition from the contralto . The pompous officiou 8 ness of Mr . Tilbury as the Burgomaster created some amusement .
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_•**» SADLER'S "WELLS THEATRE . Mr . George Bennett , an old favourite of the public as an actor , has also essayed his talents as a dramatist , and a five-act p l a y , w ritte n by him , is now being played with sucoess at this theatre . It is called Retribution , and it claims the merit of enforcing in its action a moral which may be inferred from its title . The action occurs during' the great civil war . Sir Robert Raby , a Cavalier , has resolved to marry his daughter Alice to a young gentleman ( Philip ) whom ne has from infancy , anil when left at his gate on his wedding-day , ado p ted as his _forster-son . Sir Baldwin _Briarly , ia profess .-ing Roundhead , but in reality a traitor to both parties , has a young son , who is pining with love for
Alice , but who she only regards as a brother . Tint son he resolves to induce or compel her to marry , and theaotionof the play consists in his _plottings to effect this object , even to the extent of compassing the death of , Kaby and his adopted son by false evidence of treason . The mystery surrounding the latter serves . to introduce another character , one Blackbourn , the seeriiing agent of Brialy ' s villany , but , in fact , _orib whom he had deeply wronged twenty-years'before , arid who , bv frustrating _lis plans , becomes the _instrumeat ofthe " retribution . " At the moment when Briarly ' _s son dies of a broken heart at his final reiection by Alice , Blackbourn
reveales his real name " and character , andclaims Phili p as his ' own son . This is but the ' bare skeleton of a p lot which is in th e dramatic o volvem e nt so overlaid with incident and so needlessly complicated , that nothing but the practised stage-taet of Mr . Bennett , arid the precision with whioh he defines from scbrie to . ' sceney could have , _praientod its being cumbrous arid uniri _$ etfigib _^ _dramatioscmes _^ ' ted ; tb _. ' tho . death' as" . a- ; Bupposed mi _^ _deteKbyPhilip discovers he _^ is his . iiori - '/ another _^ _^ whe _^ lackbourn in _adtingeori'tritim _^ Briarly ; and a third where _tbis last is pmasWtUwl de-
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nounced by , ; Alice ., ; In the latter scene Miss Glyn _dispiayedgreat energy , and- he _^ . acting throughout _was'digriified ' arid well discriminated . ' The character of Blackbourn , -who- . effects , aisort , of blunt humour in- _HiS ' assuriied villariy _" but is'torn'b y th e dee p est pas & ion ,: is exactly siiited to Mr . Phelps , who played it with intense powerand effeot . Briarly is a Villala somewhat of the old melo-drariiatic type ; but withal a powerfull y dr a wn ch a rac t er , of which Mr . Georga Bennett made the most . The other , characters ara well drawn j and were well acted-by some of tha favourite : iriembers of the comphny . We are glad to corigratiilate . Mr .: Bennett bri . th \ . deserved success of this piece . The language is in rnany . parts powerful ,,. and . the illustrations—though homely—bold , and in good keeping . ' " _X'y / i _,--. * ,
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_.--. /;¦ .. ASTLEY'S . / ' . . On Monday evening was presented , for . the first lime , a grand equestrian and romantic spectacle , entitled . Corse de Letmi or the Brigand of Savoy . Ihe principal characters , wore sustained by Messrs . Hicks , Crowther , Barry , and Johnson . ; _Missea _Leyed a y n n d Lane , and Mrs . Moreton Brookes . Tha piece is full of interest and romantic adventure , _in- _> tersnersed with gorgeous processions' and terrifSc combats of horse and foot , and embellished with the appropriate and grand scenery of Savoy . The last scene , the tournament is brilliant in the extreme . The spectacle was well received by a' crowded house . The Artistes of the arena gave general satisfaction , and were severally recalled to receive the justly-merit p laudits of the audience . " Theen « tertaininent concluded with the Christmas Pantomime , being the last week of its performance .
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Monarchy . —If systems of government can be introduced , less expensive , nnd more productive of gener a l h a ppiness , than those which have existed , all attempts to oppose their progress will in tha end be fruitless . Reason , like t im e , will make its own way , and prejudice will fall in a combat with _intereBt . If universal peace , civilisation , and com « merce , are ever to be the happy lot of map , it cannot be accomplished but by a revolution in the system of governments . All the monarchial governments are military . War is their , trade , plunder and revenue their objects . While such governments
continue , * peace has not the absolute security of a day . What is the history of all moiiarchiai governments but a disgustful picture bf human wretchedness , and the accid e n ta l r espite of a few years * r e pose ? W earied wi t h war , and tired with human butchery , the y a a t down to res t , and called it peace . This certainly is not the condition that heaven intended for man ; and if this be monarchy , w e ll mi ght monarchy be reckoned among the sins of tha Jews . —Paine ' s Rights of Man . The following advertisement appeared lately in an Irish newspaper : — " This is to notify to Patrick O'Plaherty , who l a t e l y l e ft hi s l o d gings , t h a t if ha does not return seon , and pay for the same , he shall be advertised . " ' i
" Wat does father call mother honey 2 " said a small boy to his brother . " S p o ' se it ' s cos she ' s got sich a large como in her head , " was the rejoinder . _^ A _petuiant old lady having refused a suitor to hor niece , he expostulated with her , and requested her pl a i n l y to communicate her reasons . " I se < j the villain in your face , " said she . "That is a person a l reflection , madam , " answered the lover . The most luxurious smoker I ever knew ( says M . Paget *! "fas a young Transylvanian , , wbo told me that his servant always inserted a lighted : pipe into his mouth the first thing in th e morn i ng , and that he smoked it out bofore he awoke . "It is so pleasant , " he observed , "to have the proper taste restored to one ' s mouth before one is sensible even of its wants . "
_Pohbion Intkllio-sncb . —The latest advices received from California are , to get there as soon as possible . - .. ' . ; When you are in at a neighbour ' s in the evening , and a man asks his wife bow long before she is foing to bed , you may saf e l y con c lude th at yo u h a d etter le a v e . Gastronomy and astronomy are different , although both aro illustrated by a series of plates ; yet persons who have been indulging in tbe pleasures of the t a ble are very apt to s e e st a r s , and examine intently revolutions both of celestial and terrene bodies .
Rotal Theatricals . —This is a title which may be interpreted into meaning theatrical performances by royal personages . If anything ot the sort is iu contemplation , let us recommend a good cast . What _doeB the public say to King Otho of Greece as Tony Lump kin ; with the song of the Maniac , by way of interlude , sung ( in character , of course ) by the Emperor of Austria ! Old Bavaria would do the elderly lovers and ci-devant jeuhes _hommes to admiration ; and old Louis Philippe ( still royal , by virtue of his cunning and meanness ) might be dragged from his present obscurity to do the heavy business . Probably our friend Louis Napoleon already fancies' himself nearly enough royal to be qualified for an engagement—only that it is less impossible io determine which part he really plays best , _knaveor fool ! - ¦ Our partiality to . _jHolfanaS ( ob , oh !) induces us to recommend the King of
Holland to employment ; while the Queen ' - of Spain ough t certa i n l y t o be taken on th e li s t to p lay soubrettes , intriguantes , and demireps . There is one Prince whose game in life it seems to be to playdummy ! him we can recommend to nothing . Yery Consoling!—A young female upon the verge of Hymen received the other day a communication from her future lord , informing . her—not that he had bought the wedding-ring , ort taken a house , or furnished it . Perhaps he had insured his life ? No ; he had been more considerate still , he had . enrolled his future wife in a burial club . Quite Right Too . —We understand that her Majesty ' s speech is to be sent to the exposition " of arts , as a beautiful specimen of English stereotyping . The dressmakers are the best supporters of newspapers— they pattern-ise every one which falls into their hands .
Dbfinitiow of Tyranny . —I call him a tyrant , who either intrudes himself forcibly into the government of his fellow-citizens , without any legal authority over them , * or , who having a just title to th e government of a peop le , abuses it to the destruction , or tormenting of them . So that all tyrants are at t he s a me t ime usurpers , e it her e f the whole , or at least of apart , of that rower which they assume to themselves ; and no' less are they to be accounted rebels , since no man can usurp authority ov e r other s , but b y reb e lling a ga in st t h e m who had before , or at least against those laws wbich were his superiors . Abraham Dowley . A _Ditcoum concerning the Government of Oliver Cromwell . 1680 .
The Royal Baby-Jumper . —We have heard a great deal about baby- } umpers lately ; but the most astonishing of all baby-jumpers is her Majesty ' s eldest son , who at his birth jumped into the princi p ality of Wales , the Duchies of Cornwall and Roths a y , the Earldom s of Ches t er , C a rrick , and Dublin , the Barony of Renfrew , and tho Great Stewardship of Scotland . Mr . Thomas Rkndei ,, who steered the Victory at Trafalgar , is living on the Strand , at Topsham , Devon , and has lately received a medal for that action . Lord Nelson ' s family had g iven him a medal shortly after the battle . A Nkw Persuasion . — " Of what persuasion is your
intended brother-in-law ? " asked a lady of the younger sister of the bride . " O , ma ' am , " replied the girl , " naething wad persuade him to tak Jeanie , for he just beet to hae her . " -A Jewel e-9 a Wipe . — A wife who , whatever may be t he journey , cop ies the sa ga cious eleph a n t , and travels with a single trunk . —Punch . Thkre ark three companions with whom a man should always keep on good terms—bis wife , his stomaoh , and his conscience . What is the difference between keeping a saddlehorse and wearing a pair of tight walking shoes?—When keeping a saddle-horse , you have to buy your corn ; when wearing a pair of tight walking-shoes ,
you grow your own corns _. Royal Wisdom , —It appears that -616 , 000 has been _Bpent inthe Palace in eggs , bacon , and butter alone . At all events , this shows that there is no occasion to teach the Grand Mother ofthe British people " how to suck eggs ! " ,, . Ants or Guiana . — In the far extending v _$ lds of Guiana , the traveller will be astonished at tbe immense quantity of ants wliich he perceives on tho ground and in the trees . They have nests m the branches four or five times aa large as that of the rook , a nd they h a ve a covered w a y from them to the-ground . In this covered-way , thousands are and if destroy itit
passing and repassing , you , w without loss of time rebuilt . Other species of ants , a g ain , have no covered-way , but travel , e xposed to view , upon the surface of the earth . You will sometimes seea string of these ants a mile long , each carrying in its mouth to its nest a green leaf , the sizo of a sixpence . It is wonderful to observe the order in which they . move , and with what pains and labour they surmount the obstructions of the path * —Waterton . ¦ A _bimiii difference between a wife with a turnu p or pug nose , and a husband with a Roman or d e scen d ing nose , is thus poetised' . — Kate ' s noso was retrousee— her husband ' s was
Roman . One day in a passion he bade her begone ; *• Which way shall I goV— Which way , s illy woman f . ' ¦¦ " . Why , follow your nose , " cried tho , husband ia ¦ ¦
i --- / -scorn . . ; . •¦ :: - _.-.- . -. _:. ; Kate _laugh'd , ' as she ' whiBper _'d i _^ The t aunt is - ¦¦ ; forgiven ,,. ; ' ; . j ;' . ' ., ' , ' . ' < ' . " .. _Xj , " : ; -..., It implies ; _suoh - a . compliment ,, dearest , you ' ' _- "kriow ; _,. " ' -A ¦ -i ' ¦ . _" _- . : ¦ > :- ! _¦ , _' ¦/• ' _ „„ I'll follow my nose , sir , with _pleasured Heaven If _yott'U follow yours—to tho _regic-ia below . -
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 16, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_16021850/page/3/
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