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      . — _" BE AUTIES OF BYRON . SO . XXII , " _CHItDE HABOLD . " / mis can sufficiently express the _homage due ¦ ° - _inftv "earns who could pea the _following jj _ibc 10 it - " ° £ SCS ROME . - roB ' - my country I city of the soul ! _£ , a'ban 3 oi the heart must turn to thee , _fl _* _^ ier of dead empires ! and control _^ _. s _r'liut breasts their petty misery . ir _' _itatc our woes and sufferance ? Come and see _\? _j _mr-ss _, hear the owl , and plod your way _sltps of broken thrones and temples , ye !

      rfb € ise : _'S- 3 n 5 es 5 , re e " ls of a d _° yri a at yoar feet as fragile as yonr clay . _^" _^ _-jaV of nations ! there she stands , Lj & ssand erown _! ess , in her voiceless woe , _i _gBjjy urn within her-wither'a hands , 3 fj t * e hub ; dust was scatttr _' d long ago ; jit 5 c : i'ie _*' i ,, m _^ _eunkn'S no ashes now ; \ _t vtry sepulchres lie _tenantless _i- _^ sirheroic dwellers : dost thou flow * y _-jibcri through a marble wilderness ? „ _£ nidi thy yellow waves aud mantle her distress . _*^ _e Goth , the airistian , Time , War , Plood , and Fire , _j , ve _dtalt npon the seveu-hill'd city ' s pride ; _^ _sawlier glories star by star expire ,

      ifia up the steep oarbarian monarchs side , Trhere _thecarclim'd thecapitol ; far and wide , jfB ! j _3 e and tower , went down , nor left a site : — _rjute of ruins ! who shall trace the -void , O' er the dim fragments cast a lunar light , _^ sav , "here was , or is , " where all is doubly night % fit double night of ages , and of her , _jBgnr _' s daughter , Ignorance , bath wrapt and wrap j _$ round u §; we hut feel our way to err : fie ocean hath his chart , tlie stars their map , ii Jkaowledge spreads them on her ample lap ; _jat Rome is as the desert , where we steer - " - tumbling o ' er recollections ; now we clap _parhand 3 , andcry "Eureka" ? it is clear—< _tea but some false mirage ruin rises near .

      Ate 1 the lofty city ! and alas 1 Ihe trehly-hundred triumphs ! and the day _Viiea Brutus made the dagger ' s edge surpass lie conqueror ' s sword in _bs-ariug fame away ! ilas for Tally ' s voice , and Virgil ' s lay , ina _XityU pictured page !—but these shall be _Jcrresurrection ; all beside—decay . Alas for Earth , for never shall we see { tat brightness in her eye she wore when Rome was frael ( j t hou , whose chariot roll'd on Fortune ' s wheel , _-ffiump kant Svlla ! Thou , who did ' st subdue _•^ . country ' s foes ere thon didst pause to feel TM w _^ * ° * _^ VOWI 1 wrongs , or reap the due

      { fhsan . _' _™ vengeance till thy eagles flew fl Vrprost . -ate Asia;—thoH , who with thy frown _innihilatet _^ senates—Roman , too , _Tritii all thy vices , for thou did _' st lie down _ffs h an atoning - . smile thy more than earthly crown . Tne dictatorial _tfreath _, —could ' st thou divine frit-has would on . e day dwindle that which made lite more than _moi'tal ! and that so supine jr _ocght than Rom 3 . is' Rome should thus be laid I She who was named Ev ernal _, and _array'd Brr warriors but to conQ uer . she who voil'd Iinh with her haughty shadow , and displayM , ran ! tbe o ' er-canopied _horizon fail'd airiasbing wings—Oh ! she w £ _«> was Almighty hail'd

      Ana thou , the tliunder . stncken nurse of Rome ! She-wolf . ' whose brazen-imaged dngs impart The milk of conquest yet within the dome , _THiere as a monument of antiuue art , Ti > oustand ' s ! : —Mother of the mighty heart , Wliich tlie great founder suek'd from thy wild teat , Scardfdby the Roman Jove ' s etherial dart , _is < 3 _t « y limbs black with _lightning dost tlion yet _t-ard tbine immortal cubs , nor thy fond ebarge forget ? * * * * My wis not so eloquent as thou , liou nameless column , with the buried base ! _IHiat are the laurels of the Cesar ' s brow f Crown me with ivy from his dwelling place . _THiose area or pillar meets me in the face , Titus or Trajan ' s ! So— * tis that of Time Triumph arch , pillar , all he doth display Scoffing t and apostolic statues climb _Ismail tue imperial urn , whose ashes slept sublime .

      _fraii-d in air , the deep blue sky of Some , And looking to the stars : they bad contain'd A spirit which with these would find a home , Tae last of those who o ' er the whole earth reiga'd , Ihe lioaiau globe , for after none snstain'd , Bst yielded back his conquests : —he was more T 5 a . ii a mere Alexander , and , uustain'd " Pith household blood and wine , scarcely wore _Sovereign _virtues—stiU we Trajan's name adore . If here is the work of Triumph , the high place fin-re Rome embraced her heroes 1 Where tho steep _Tarpciaurock f fittest goal of Treason ' s race , The promoMotory whence the Traitor ' s Leap Cured all ambition . Did the conqueror ' s heap Tlieir spoil ' s here ? Tcs ; and in yon field below A thousand years of silent factions sleep—The Forum where the immortal accents glow , S 2 S ihe _lioauent air _Tji eatbe 3— --burns -with Cicero 1

      Ice _fic-M of freedom , faction , fame and blood ; Here a proud people ' s passions were exhaled , Irom tlie first hour of empire in the bud To that when further -worlds to conquer fail'd ; Bat long before had Freedom ' s face been _veil'd , And Anarchy assumed her attributes ; 53 H every lawless soldier who _assail'd Trod ou the trembling senate's slavish mutes , feia £ ed the venal voice of baser prostitutes . Tien turn we to her latest tribune ' s name , from her ten thousand tyrant ' s turn to thee , _KtdteaitT of dark ccaturits of shame—Ihe Irk-no * of Petrarch—hope of Italyluenzi' last of Romans ! while the tree t'l freedom ' s witherM trunk puts forth a leaf , _& _en for thy tomb a garland let it _be—Tfitfonna _' s champion , and the people ' s chief , _Eeraew-born _Xunia thou—with reign , alas ! too brief .

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      3 * An extraordinary press of matter has compelled as to _pisstpone the concluding notice of Mr . Cooper ' s _"Par-jatvmof Suicides . "

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      _TaIPS _ErflXBTJRGn _MAGAZINE . _IkcjatMEB . _Ediutatrgh : W . Tait , _Prince's-stret-t . Tiiere are several useful and well written , but _"smew-im _urv articles , in the present number of _«« , -on the * " Rationale of Railway Shares , " the " 1 totoc Crop in Ireland , " " Politics of the Month , " _& . Colonel Jonxsox continues his interesting romance , " Jenny Basket ; " the "Life and _CortsponuVncc of _luebuhr" is continued from the June _oaik-r : and in the " 2 * ew _Novels" we hare dished _tp Mrs . _Trellope's most _l-ecent production , " The

      Auraetive Man . " The present number also _con-& _csanaHe ballad on the " Battle of Hastings ;" a & _lMr De _Qcixckt contributes another article on _Giu-itLAx ' s " Gallery of Literary Portraits . " Mr . _fe _iioyesr "ires a most interesting sketch of baurr , whom he somewhat severely portrays , _conten-ine , however , with the eulomsni of Gilfiixax , tiai "he ( _ibzLm ) was a subtle thinker , an eloquent _* mer , aioverof beauty and poetry , and man and _Irnth , one of the best of critics , and not the worst ol _^ en . " Following the description of Uazuit _, Mr . _& _Qhscct next sketches the character of

      TESCT BI 3 SHB _SREbbliX * There is no writer named amongst men , of whom , so _tsnch as of 1 _' ercv Bysshe _Shehey , it is difficult for a coh-* _twuSous critic to speak with the truth and the respect _fcs to _ij 3 _etajtej powers , and yet Tfithont _oSence to freUa gs the most sacred , which too memorably he _outs _^ r i . The indignation , which this powerful young _^ _ttr provoked , had its root in no personal _feelings—^» _K 6 nilgai have been conciliated ; in no worldly _feel-^ s—fla . se might haveproved transitory ; but in feelings _*** baliest _whicli brood over human life , and which _s _^ d the sanctuary of religious truth . Consenuently ,

      _"^ chisa melancholy thought of any friend of Shelley ' s , _&* inuignation is likelv to be co-extensive and _co-endurtt ? _iiib the writings that provoked it . That bitterness _^ _scern and defiance which siillburns _againsthis name _« _* e most extensive meditative section of English society , _^ the rdi _gioas section , is not of a nature to be _pro-PtiateS : selfish interests , being wounded , might be _com-Psasated ; mtrel y human interests mig ht be soothed ; but h _*! re .-ts , that transcend all human Taluation , being so , esaited , mast mjon principle reject _tdl human ransom or _Editions of human compromise . Lets than penitential _Keasj _atjojj _coajj aot _^ _g accepted : and fiat is now impassible .

      A _. ter describins : the views respecting Jesus Christ Pot forth by the German and other sceptics , Mr . De _VcrxcErsays : _— These v .- _cre afiroats to the founder of Christianity , _tfiired too m uch in tbe temper of malignity . But Shelley ' s was worse ; more bitter , _andjwith less of _countenance , even injshow or shadow , from any fact , or insinuation of a fcet , that Scripture smrgests . In his " Queen _Sab , " he gives a dreadful poitrait of God ; and that no question may arise , of what God f be names him ; it is _Jtfcovah . Be asserts his existence ; he affirms him to be " an almighty GoQ , and vengemlasalmigbtv . " He goes on to describe bim as the " omnipotent fiend , " who found * none but slaves" [ Israelii Egypt , no doubt ] to be " his tools , ' and none but » murderer" [ Moses , I presume ] " io be his accomp lice in crime . " He introduces this dreadful Almighty as speaking , and as speaking thus , — From an _cttraity of idleue 5 s I , God , awoke : in seven days * toil made earth from nothing ; rested j aadcre ? . " t « aiaan .

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      But man he hates ; and he goes on to curse him J till' at theintercession of" the murderer , " who is electrified into pity for the human race b y tbe rcry horror of the divine curses , Godpromiscsto send hisson —oniy , however , for the benefit of a fair . This sou _aj . _^ aars the pott tells us

      thatthe Incarnate came ; humbly he came , Veiling his horrible Godhead in tbe shape Of _in . in , seorn'J by the world , his name unheard Save by the rabble of his native town . The poet pursues this incarnate God as a teacher of men ; teaching , in semblance , " justice , truth , and peace ; but underneath all this , kindling _«• _tpuenihless iijines , " which eventually were destined to satiate , with the blood Of truth and freedom , his malignant soul . He follows him to his crucifixion ; and describes bim , whilst hanging on the cross , as shedding malice upon a xeviler , —malice on the cross ! & . smile of Godlike malice reillumined His fading lineaments :

      and his parting breath is uttered in a memorable curse . This atrocious picture of thel _)* .-ity , in his dealings with man , both pre-Christian and poat-Christian , is certainlyplaced in the mouth ofthe wandering Jew . But the internal evidence , as well as collateral tvideuce from without , make it clear that the Jew , ( whose version of scriptural records nobody in the poem disputes , } hererepreseuts the person of the poet . Shelley had opened his career as an atheist ; and as a proselytizing atheist . But he was then a boy . At the date of " Queen 3 Iab" he was a young man . And we now find bim advanced from the station of an atheist to the more intellectual one of a believer in God and in the mission of Christ ; but of one who funded himself called upon to defy and to bate both , in so far as they had revealed their relations to roan .

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

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

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

      We give the above sketch of Shelley ' s character , more for the sake ofthe subject thereof than for the sketch itself , although it is not void of truth and beauty . We , at all events , must thank Mr . De Quixcky for Ins defence of _Shellet ' s " sincerity , " against the pitiful surmises of Air . "Mi ! k " -sop _Gilfillan . The scorn and bitterness towards poor Shelley , which , Mr . De Quixcey tells us , is yet nourished by that gang of knaves and drivellers , the " religious section" of English society , is , of course , quite consistent with that

      " meek and "forgiving" spirit which they profess their religion inculcates . Far from regretting it , right glad are we that no " penitential recantation " darkens the name ot Shelley . Let us add , if Mr . Djj Q . oiscey imagines Shelley was " crazed , " there are thousands who , as regards his ideas on religion , are equally " crazed , " and , like the poet , prefer perfect ireedom to the halter aud the manger , even though the latter mav he accompanied by the priest ' s " oats" IQy . husks ?] , and " the milky breast of the faith , and * worship ol" sorrow . '"

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

      _LYCTCBE THE LA 3 Y . Mrs . Caudle has taken Cold , the Tragedy of Tldn Shoes . I am not going to contradict you , Caudle ; you may say what you like—but I think I ought to know my own feelings better than yon . I don ' t wish to upbraid you neitner ; I'm _too'ill ibr-that ; but it's not getting wet in thin shoes—oh , " no ! it ' s mymind , Caudle , my mind , that's killing me . Oh , yes . ' gruel , indeed—you think gruel will cure a woman of anything ; and you know , too , how I hate it . Grael can't reach what I suffer ; but , of course , nobody is ever ill but yourself . "Well , I—I didn't mean to say that ; but when you talk in that way about thin shoes , a woman says , of course , what she doesn't mean ; she can ' t help it . You ' ve always gone on about my shoes ; when I think I ' m the fittest judge of what becomes me best . I dare say— 'twould be all the same to you if I put on ploughmen ' s boots ; but I ' m aot going to make a figure of my feet , I can till you . I ' ve never got cold with the shoes I ' ve worn yet , and ' . isn't likely I

      should begin now . Jfo , Caudle ; I wouldn't wish to say anything to accuse you : no , goodness knows , I wouldn't make you uncomfortable for the world—but tbe cold I ' got , I got ten years ago . I ' ve never said anything about it—but it has never left me . Tes ; ten years ago the day before yesterday . How can I reeoUeet it ? Ob , very well ; women remember things you never think of ; poor souls ! they ' ve "ood cause to do so . Ten years ago , I was sitting up for you—there now , I ' m not going to say anything to vex you . only do let me speak : ten years ago , I was waiting for you , and I fell asleep , aud the fire went out , and when 1 woke I found I was sitting right iu the draft of the key-hole . That wa _« my death , Candle , though , don't let that make you uneasy , love ; for I don't think you meant to do it .

      Peggy tells me Miss Prettyman called to day . IFSat of it ? Nothing , of course . Yes ; I know she heard I was ill , and that ' s why she came . A little indecent , I think , Mr . Caudle ; she might wait ; I shan ' t be in her way long ; she may soon have the key of the caddy now . I think dear mother would keep house beautifully for vou , when I ' m gone . Well , love , I won't talk iu that way if you desire . it . Still , I know I have a dreadful cold ; though I won't allow it for a minute to be the shoescertainly not . I never would wear ' em thick , and yo _» huow it . aud they never gave me cold yet . No , dearest Caudle , it ' s ten years ago that did it ; not that I'll say a syllable of the matter to hurt you . I'd die first .

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

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      The ijlte JIiuqdis of _Hebtpoiid axd his Valet . — Another suit by the representatives of _Hib . _bite Mar-« _uis of Hertford against Suisse has come ******* oWore the Tribunal de Premiere Instance , the object of which was to recover 191 , 950 f in wptionsand coupons , which it was affirmed by the complainant were surreptitiously obtained possession of bv the defendant , but which he averred were ireely and voluntarily given to him by the marquis . The cirenm . stances of this litigation have already been solully before the public , that we deem it unnecessary _, to « _ive the details of the pleadings ontbisnew tnai . The court took time to consider its judgment , which it delivered yesterday . _ThePresident , after reciting the whole of the prior proceedings , concluded— that ..= _Tinsspssion was vrima facie evidence of right , that

      as Suisse justified his possession by alleging a manual gift , which bore with it no improbability , considering on one part the large fortune of the donor , liis habitual generosity , and the freedom with which he was known ° io give away securities payable to bearer _l and on the other , the nature of the services rendered bv the donee to the donor during the long : period , of _twentv Years ; tbat robbery and wrongful _appro- priation must be proved by positive , or at least pr _^ sump' « ve evidence , of which in tins case there w ,- _^ nonc ; j a „ d upon these considerations the tribunal , dismissed the suit ofthe claimants , with costs . — ( r , dignanu

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      Ratdbk » Susricious . —Whenever you go to bed after having been out to diue , look at the bed-posts ; if they are standing still , conclude that you are sober ; but if they seem to be dancing the polka you may reasonably suspect that you are drunk . Irish _Portkait-paisting . —The Repealers are getting to close quarters with eacli other . For want of a fight with " the Saxon , " thev are _beginning to fijjbt among themselves . The editor of the Pilot-Mr . O'Connell ' spaper—thus speaks of Mr . 'Puffy of the Dublin Nation , and Mr . Lucas of the London Tablet : — " This Lucas is tftc prince of all the unprincipled scoundrels that ever deluded , to betray , _tlio Irish people . Does lie think he can longer delude them—he who has appropriated all Duffy ' s offences and added to them a Sason slock of his own . lie is infinitely a greater rascal than Duffv . Duffy is at least sustaining , through with lies and treachery , the principles of his journal ; Lucas is sustaining a

      journal in antagonism to his professed principles . Duffy is a poor , drivelling , talentless , ill-countenanced , illtempered , sour scoundrel , that ought never to have deceived , and never could , without the aid of the brilliancy which has departed . Lucas is an ill-countenanced unsavoury-looking ruffian , too—but is a dangerous , talented , laborious , unprincipled Saxon , that spares no means , however foul , to remove out of his way any impediment to his purpose of deceiving and plundering the Irish people . " A Notable Discovert !—The Rev . Mr . Fcrrie , of _Anstrutlu-r , attributes the potatoe disease to the Maynooth grant ! He argues thus : — " The bligbt being general over the three kingdoms , points out the rulers of the land as the persons whose sin has secured it ; and the blight being in the potatoe crop , directs attention to their dealings with Ireland as the particular sins which have immediately called it down . "

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

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

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

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

      KEPIECT 10 NS OP A FRENCH JOURNALIST ON ALGIERS AS IT IS . " Humanisce , _civiltscc . " _TVhat a most decided change In the swarthy Moor ' s range Of delights , since our braces made him free ! lie is heard , we understand , Now singing " Iluppy Land , " Now _u song about his " Bugeaud cheri . ' " Where horrid fierce lions Used to roar in defiance , And keep him in constant alarm , Now the happy _Algepine S ees quite another stkne—Bullocks , sheep , milch cows , and a farm , In the sun ( bo hot beforo , Till we cool'd it for the Moor ) ,

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

      Used to strangle his subjects by sccr .-s ; Must it not be better far _. For a race inured to war , To be shot—like soldiers and Moors \ That we promised peace , wc know ; Cut in sending mild Bugeaud , We have given them apiece—of perfection : lie is just the very Dey , So the Algerines say , They would choose if they had free election Then , glory aud command To the civilising land ( And to Perrfides death !) let U 3 sing ! And fatness and increase To the Bonaparte of peace , To Philippe , mysterious King ! Others may more kingly be , When the state ftvra clouds is free ,

      And the sun on their pomp shining warm ; But the fine fat fellow , Who carries an umbrella , is the King that ' s prepared for a storm . F . Dublin Advertisement . —An Irish doctor advertises that the deaf may hear of him at a house in Liffcy-street , where , also , his blind patients may see him from ten till three . A Speculator . — " Come , Bob , tell us how much you have cleared by your speculations ? " said 13 ob ' s quizzical friend to him the other day . " Cleared !" replied Bob , with a frown , " why , I ' ve cleared my pockets . " Co . WEUSATtox is me Backwoods . — " Whose map do vou use ? " «• Moggs . " " What is the land ?" " B " _ogs . " " What the atmosphere ? " " Fogs . " " What do you live on ? " " Hogs . " " What is your house built of ? " " Logs . " " Any fish in the ponds ? " "Frogs . "

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

      A » irtuous CoxcLrsio . v . —A Yankee paper gives the following as the climax in the address of a barrister to a jury in an action for seduction : —Describing his client , he said : —Ere this monster approached to beguile and be : ray her , my client was _blooming as the rose , gentlemen of the jury , " quoth Demosthenes , " light of step as the wild gazelle ol * the desert ; gay as the lark ; beautiful as the Houris _; and virtuous as—and virtuous as—gentlemen—as— - could be expected . " Primogeniture . —A rational , sensible , and intelligent law of our blessed country , which entails wealth and estates upon the eldest son , poverty and debts upon the younger ones ; a law completely contrary to nature , common sense , and revealed religion ( which inculcates equality among men ) , and , therefore , eagerly adopted and supported by the thick-headed English ; a law which , while it permits the first-born

      to marry and beget children , comfortably and at his case , drives the younger son into an unnatural state of celibacy , or into vicious and degrading liaisons ; a law which , for the sake of raising up one colossus creates a thousand miserable pigmies—for tlie sake of erecting one palace , gives birth to a thousand hovels—for the sake of making one man a pampered and luxurious Sybarite , makes half-a-dozen others paupers and honourable vagabonds ; a law in which it would be difficult to say whether absurdity or wickedness most prevails ; a law in which the original trainers and present supporters are equally to be detested and despised ; a law that renders us the laug hing stoek of other countries , and a burden to our own ; a law which makes the time of birth { not the virtues of the heart , or the wisdom of the head ) 'the one thing nccdiul ; '' a law which breeds duns , as corruption breeds maggots . —Hints on the _Nature and Management of the Buns .

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      Metropolitan Elkcmoks for the' Conference of the Chartist _Co-opkkative Land So . " "" . —Tho members residing in the West , East , anu Northern districts of the Metropolis , on tho Middlesex' side ol the Thames , met at the City Chartist Hall , 1 , l _umagain-lane , on Sunday afternoon , _JSbvember 8 Ui * b ; Mr . Gover , sen ., was unanimously called to the cliai . " ' The emendations and alterations sought to be introduced in the rules of the society was handed in from the following districts : City of London , Tower Hamlets , Somers Town , and Westminster , which were read to the ' meeting ; upon whicli a lung discussion ensued , in whicli many members took part . The following resolution was ultimately adopted on the motion of Messrs . Williams and _Laurie : — " That the suggestions now handed in from the several districts be _olaccd in the hands of the _delegate , to be bv him i

      laid before conference as the instructions of his constituents . " The following persons were then placed in nomination as candidates : —Mr . Wm . Cull ' av , bv Messrs . Ford and Jones ; Mr . Pettit , by Messrs . Laurie and Araott ; Mr . John Shaw , by Messrs . Bagley and Lefeyre ; and Mr . Davis , by Messrs . Bell and Mitchell The several candidates having addressed the meeting , and answered the several questions put to them , Mr . Pettit resigned . Messrs . Dunn and Tucker were unanimously _apnointed tellers . The show of hands was then taken " , tho tellers reported the numbers , and ' the chairman declared tlie election to have fallen on Mr . William Cuffay , who thanked tbe meeting for the confidence reposed in him . The chairman handed the several lists of instructions to the delegate . A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman , and the meeting broke up .

      The members residing in Lambeth , Southwark , Greenwich , and the South , or Surrey side of the Thames , with those of Mr . Wheeler ' s list , met at the South London Chartist Ball , 113 , Blacld ' _riars-road , on Sunday evening , Nov . 30 th . Shortly after seven o'clock , Mr . J . Morgan , of Greenwich , was unanimously called to the chair . Mr . Gathard , the Lambeth district secretary , read the several lists of instructions handed in ; and the following resolution was adopted ;— " That the several candidates having been present , and heard tlie oft repeated sentiments of their brother members , the delegate be left otherwise untrammelled . " Mr . D . W . Kuify then came forward and said , he regretted to inform the meeting that , in consequence of severe indisposition , he was under the painful necessity of withdrawing the name of his friend , Mr . J . G . Dion , from the list of

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

      National Victim Committee . —This committee met at the Hall , Turnagain-lane , Farringdon-street , on Sunday , Nov , 30 , Mr . Mills was called to the chair . Mr . Stallwood laid before the committee the 1 . 0 . U . for the balance of money remaining in Mr . Clcave ' s hands , together with tho note explanatory of the same , which was ordered to be kept secure by the secretary , Mr . P . M . Wheeler . Deputations from the Westminster and Somers Town localities appeared to lay before the committee the case of Mr . John Llewellyn . After tlie deputies had stated their case , the committee duly considered tlie same ; each _member having given his opinion , they came to the conclusion , that Mr . Llewellyn never having been convicted , was not a victim within the meaning of the rule laid down for tlieir guidance ; and , secondly , from lapse of time , any claim that might have arisen was barred ; and that if Mr . Llewellyn ' s claim waa ever valid , it should have been submitted to a committee that had ceased to exist for some vcars .

      City Locality . —At a meeting of the members of this kcality it was unanimously agreed , — " That we call on the Chartists throughout London to come forward and organise themselves , so as to bring their united energies to bear on the question of the Corn Law 3 ; and that we consider the Chartists ought to attend the meetings , and watch over the proceedings of the League .

      IIOLBECK . The Land . —At a meeting of the members of the Chartist Co-operative Land So _.-iety , hold November 80 th , tlie following resolutions was agreed to : — " That it Is of vital Importance for the better security of the society , that the society be duly enrolled under the Land and Building Society Act . "— " That there be a clause in the deeds to allow each occupant the privilege of purchasing his allotment at the original value . "— " That no member of the society be allowed the privilege of holding more than four acres of land , and that there be a clause in the rules to allow two acre allotments and four in one

      community . '— "That each occupant holding lour acres be allowed the privilege of having the surplus of money over and above expenses of one allotment , with two acres , either in money or in extra . buil . ding . " — " That the board of directors havo not the power of taking any money from the land fund for any other purpose than the purchase of land and erections of buildings , ifec , but that we coincide with tlie board ofdiroctors talcing the surplus of money arising from rules and cards for defraying the expenses ot the board of directors , and if insufficient to Jay a levy on each member . "— " That the present society close taking any more members after the 31 st day of December , 1 S 15 . "

      REDDITCH . At a _meeting of Clio Co-operative Land . Society , held at the O'Connor Anns , Redditch , on Monday , Dec . 1 st , 1815 , a vote of confidence in the present board of directors was agreed to , and it was also resolved that the delegates representing this district be instructed to support the re-election of the present board ; after whicli a resolution was passed to hold a public meeting in the large room at Mr . l ' rescot ' _s _, O'Connor Arms , Redditch , on Tuesday , Bee . 9 th , 1 S 4 . J , to memorialise her Majesty , through the House of Commons , for the return of Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis .

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

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

      KILMARNOCK . On Wednesday evening we were favoured with a visit from Mr . M'Grath , who addressed ' a go *> _il meeting in the OdtU _' _cKWa- Hall , upon the lansl and its capabilities . At the conclusion of Mr . M'Gratli ' s discourse , Mr . Brown , as chairman , spoke _eloquently in favour of the land project . Several espies of the rules ware taken by the audience , the resnlt of which will , doubtless , be the formation of a branch of the society .

      NEWMILLNS . It having been announced by the _beJlman . that Mr . M'Grath would address the _inhabitaats of this little town on Thursday evening , Mr . Brown ' s school-room was filled at the appointed hour with a most attentive audience . Mr . Baillie Brown was appointed to preside , who , in an excellent speech , introduced the subject of the land . The chairman was followed by Mr . M'Grath , whose lecture gave unmixed satisfaction . Ten persons enrolled their names as members . We expect that Newmillns , though late in the liold , will , nevertheless , become a _pawerful branch of the glorious Land Societv .

      GLASGOW . Mr . Duncan Sherrington iias been elected delegate to the forthcoming conference , by the unanimous voice of the following places , viz ., Glasgow , Greenock , GampsiC _, _Hamilton , Alva , Vale of Lcven , and Arbroath , being all the places classed within this district , with tile exception of West Linton , from which no returns , have been received . Mr . M'Grath delivered his second lecture here on Friday evening . Tho meeting was well attended , anl the lecture gave the greatest satisfaction throughout . His two lectures have added to om numbers nearly 50 shareholders . We have now nearly 1-30 shares taken out ,

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      1 « -ir . r _* i _, •* _CABRINGTON . A public mcetinjr of the shareholders of the Chartist _Co-opcrntire Land Society wns held on Sunday , A ov . 30 _lh , at the New Ilill , _Carrington ; members were present from the _foUowln { j places : _—Cai-t-liigtun , _Xot ' _tiiiRliain , Radford , Isongreen , ami Uasford . The _following _resolutions were agreed to : — " That none hut _meiiilici-s _f-e allowed to sit as _delegates at the forthcoming conference . ''— _"ThutJIr-. James Saunders , of Itadford bc nominated as delegate for the forthcoming conference . "— " That a vote of thanks is due , and hereb y given , to the board of _dirci'fors . "" Th . it tbe 00 .-1 H of directors be chosen by conference . "

      . — " 1 hat the present board of directors be re-elected . "—« That it be au instruction to the delegate to propose or supp _' 01 ' _* - suitable provision for the directors . "— "That none _UUt working men _beadmitiedasmerabersoftiie ' board of _directors excej . tlu" JP . O'Connor , Esq . "— " Tliatii conference be held every year , at such time and place as shall be agreed tc by the directors , to elcet a board of directors and other liec ' _eSjary _business belonging this association . ' — " TJiat the i 'ulcs , when revised , be enrolled as recommended by coun sel . "— " That this society be closed on the 31 st of Deceml'cr , 1615 . "— "That any person placed Oil the allotment of . 1 » y _original holder shall have twelve , instead of six months notice to quit such allotment , « tiu a fair valuation , "—" _'I'liat the number of _trusivus be three , and they be selected from tlie _following gentlemen ,

      viz ., F . O'Connor , T . S . _Dnjirombe , S . Crawford , _Ginenil Johnson , J . _Fieldinjp , lluv . J . Scholciield , J . Linton , II . Oastler , Win . P . Uoberts , _IVib . _B-. _Faireuds , and L . Pitketliley . "— " That no _membsr be allowed more than four acres . "— " That a » y member gaining his _allotment shall have the first refusal of purchasing is at twenty years' purchase , and such member s & dl be allowed to pay for it by instalments , and his rent to be reduced in proportion to such payments , "— " That as the allotments are made , and cottages are built thereon , the trustees and board of directors shall fix tlie amount of rent to be paid by the _occupier of snsh allotment ; such occupier shall receive a loan from the fund 3 of this society , { say £ 15 lCs . 8 d , for one _sfcare , £ 31 X 3 s . -Id . for two shares ) , which shall be repaid to _trustee for the Wse of this

      society , and such _occupior to pay three per cent , per annum until such loan shall be repaid , and the trustees shall withhold his title deed , or have some other security for such loan until it is repaid . Sueh occupier to be allowed to repay it to the trustees by instalments , and liis interest reduced accordingly . "—* ' That any member gaining his allotment , and not wishing to cuter upon it , may let it to whom he pleases , tat , if such person be not a _nu-mbar of this society , such member or other person shall not receive any loan from this society ; but if such member wishing to let another member have it and receive his chance in exchange , _tl-ien the number entering upen it shall have the loan allowed % the rules . " — " All

      members having paid up their sham sbiill receive three per cent , per annum until their allotments after the first allocation . "— "That balloting of districts be recommended as per plan of Dcwsbury , 3 rd and 4-th rules . "" That any members entering for two shares when he has paid up one share , he shall have om ticket put in tilt * balloting box if he choose , and if such ticket be drawn , lie shall have his two acres ; but any member not _claiming such privilege , when such member having paid up his two shares , one ticket shall be put in the balloting box , and if sueli ticket be drawn , such member shall be entitled to his four acres . "— "That a vote of _thanhs be given to the proprietor and editors of the Norlhmi Star . "

      _IIBM .. A public meeting of the members in the Hull branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society was held on Sunday last , at the Painters' A . ri » _s =, _Sykcs-streer _, to ballot for the delegate to the conference , when Jlr . John Vinton , of Selby , received the unanimous votes of the members of this branch . A vote of thanks was aiso given to the present board of directors , for _thtsiv steady _pa-severance in the direction of the society ' s affairs . It was also resolved , "That the conference ought to re-elect tlitm for the nest year . "

      W OTT _ON-raPEK-EDKB . At a meeting of the shareholders of She Chartist Land _Atssociation in this town , on the _SDih ult ., the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to ,, and the delegnte for the district desired to support them - — "That the society be enrolled . " " The mortgage in _preftn-eiice to sale , and the right of purchase to the occupier . " "So shareholder to hold _mc / re than two shares , or four acres . " " That the directors be elected by the members . " "That no member , when in possession of his allotment , shall lot it to any person not being ashareholdw , nor to a shareholder who has not paid the full ainosnt of his share , and that sueh occupant shall remain i » possession until he obtains possession of liis ow _.-i allotment . " "That no occupant shall traffic in intoxicating liquors . " "That tlie members be located on the principle of priority . " " That the first section close when the numbers amount to five thousand . " " That the thanks ofthe society are due to the directors for their perseverance and cfiiciwit management of the societv . "

      BIRMINGHAM . At our meoting on Tuesday , evening , after a very lengthy discussion upon the necessity of holding a public meeting for the restoration of Frost and others , tha following resolutions were unanimously passed : — " Shut a publicjnoeting be held in tlie people ' s hall , for the purpose of memorialising her Majesty , through the _llotwe of Commons , for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones ( of Wales ) , Roberts , Howell , and Jones ( of Birmingham ) , and William Ellis ( of the Staffordshire _lotteries . " " That the secretary write to _Fwirgus O'Connor , Esq ., to ascertain if that gentleman can make it convenient to attend tho said meeting . " " That a sub-committee of five bo appointed to get up the _meeting , and to upply to Mr . J . _Sturjje for the affidavits of several respectable men , respecting the _liiruiingham exiles . " " That the resolutions be sent to the Northern Star . " Tlie meeting then _arljuui-ued to Sunday next , the chair _ta be taken at seven o ' clock .

      ROCHDALE . The discussion on the rules of the Chartist Land 3 _a < - oiety was resumed on Sunday , in the Association lloom , Mill-street ; diaries _ltatcliir ' e in the chair . When such alterations as the members considered _nci-ossar ; :, with additional _suggestions , were embodied in the credentials of the district _rcpvcseiittitivc . On Sunday , tlie 7 th inst ., the delegates of the various localities will meet the representative of this district at ton o ' clock in the forenoon , in the _Working Han ' s Hull , Oldham , to _yiiehiui his instructions . We had seven new members joined , three of whom paid up _th-.-ir full _si-. _aves . On Sunday evening Thomas Tattersal , of Burnley , gave a soul-stirring lecture on " the laud , government , and the people , " whieli gave universal satisfaction to the largest audience that we have had for a long while .

      BRIGHTON . Atti'iciroKE Inn _Locality , No . 1 . — At a meeting of shareholders to elect a delegate to the Manchester laud conference , Mr . Laslifonl in the chair , the following resolution was unanimously _agreed to : — "Tha !; tho best thanks of this meeting are due , and hereby given , to Feargus O'Connor , Christopher D . _iyle _, Thomas Clark , Philip M'Grath , and Thomas Mai-tin Wheeler , for the prsiseworthy maimer in which they havo conducted the affairs of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , and having implicit confidence in them , wo therefoae

      reeommend them to the Manchester conference for re-election ; and further think that they are perfectly _justified in . appropriating the profits arising from tlie saie of cards and rules to the _inanagamentof the society ; and also are of an opinion that that is not sufficient for them , knowing , as wo do , the value of lectures ; for , had it not _have-heen for Mr . _M'Gi-ath _' s lectures in Brighton , we _should have had no locality formed ; but through his exertions , and by the advocacy of the cause in the Northern Star , wc now have forty-three shares taken , and have sent £ -10 to tha-general treasurer .

      _LANCASHIRE , The South Lancashire delegate meeting was bald-in the Ante-room , Carpenters'Hall , on Sunday last , Sir . John-Nuttall in the chair . Delegates from the following placeswere present : —Manchester , Mr . Nuttall and Us _Donovan ; Oldham , Mr . Yardley ; Rochdale , Mr . liakc . Tlie ; following resolutions were passed unanimously := — " Th _.- » J > Mr . Leach finish the hymn-book , and add another , hymni to each book , and finish it for the sum of £ 0 . "' " _Thaa the secretary _"s bill be paid . " "That the money in tint treasurer ' s bands be paid over to Mr . Leaeh towards- file bock . " " That the levy for next delegate meeting _be-t \ w >>

      -pence on each member , and : hut each locality _reei-list _* thtir _proportionate share of the hymn-books . " _UhatMta delegate meetings in future be held every Ur- ' eo _liiowivs , instead of monthly , and that _thu-uvxt be on tho last Sunday in February , at Sleywood . " "That thcnB be a . _saramittec of three _appointed to suaeviniend the receiving of tho levy , and distributing tho _hymn-bookis . "' " -That Messrs . J . XuttalL , T . Bavies , and 1 ) . Donovan _b « the _comiMilteo . _" "Tbat each locality send the nailM _* of a caw & _l-Atelfcr the , situation o £ secretary to file- Soutl & Lancaslare deieg . _ite meeting , that situation being vawsmt "by tho-resignation ot the present secretary . " " That we _adjlYlu'U Until the last _SunJay i » _February , _IS-tS . *

      MANCHESTER . On Sunday night last , the editorial remarks on Lord John Russell's letter , was read to the audience by _3 & v Radford , which made the people laugh most heurtily at the " new dodge . " Mr . Thomas Clark thou _couimecsod . bis lecture , which was very instructive . Suldeot— " Hhe laud and its capabilities , " which occupied an tionr a * _nl ahalf 5 n delivering , _buinj _oisc of the most _eloquent and _powurful lectures delivered in this hall for a length of time . Tha lecturer implored lr . 3 audience , if they wanted to save themselves and their country from _falliisg , lilts the empire of Rome , they had better hasten and . Join , tie Chartist Co-operative Land Society , which _was the _cvsd- y society that was capable of bettering the contV _« ion of ; -the toiling millions . A vote of thanks was _give-j . to . _t'ae lecturer aud chairman , and the meeting sopors Aid . A num . ber of shares were taken .

      HETWOOD . Lectuue , —The announcement of the . intended lecture , in the Star , drew together a goodly m _aster to hear that unflinching advocate of the penpVs rights , Mr . William Bell , upon the "State of _Trau-j _ar-. _fl the coming Panic . " At six o ' clock the OhnrtUt _Vjtevi-. _a , Mv . J . Hamson , was unanimously called to th ' . chair , who introduced Mr . Bell , The lecturer con _> . mcnosdby taking a review of trade , showing its advnr , ce , its cause being competition in foreign markets , the glutting of those markets , and consequently the derji , . ef trade alroadv felt in _tonie oi the manutacturirijr towns 0 f this countrv , which ranrf ultimately end in ; l p ., „ iC i T ! le j ., „ . _„ ' j ,,.. ] ,,,,., t „ view , and _» ve we- _^ _Iii-ited to rally round the standard of freedom r v jUi „ iiig the Chartist movement . The lecturer gave . , r . i satisfaction .

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      Wiiun _1-jUxn-LooM _VVuavkrs . —On Saturday Just . strike of' the hand-loom weavers of this town _tcohr place , against Mr . W . Ingham , manufacturer , in consequence of his having reduced his weavers' wa . ct _* s ( id . per cut . On the moriihigoi' that day a deputation was appointed by the committee to wait on him , in order that he might be duly informed r . f the we _.-m-rs ' intentions . After hearing * what the men had ; o ; _-ay upon the subject in dispute , he fell into a most violent passion , ordered tho men out . of his warehouse , and told them that he would reduce them another sixpence upon checks , and ons shilling upon ginghams ! With this answer tho deputation Jcft _lilff _warehouae . The committee immediately prewired _.

      in their legal and peaceable , but effective way , to bring this gentleman to a sense of his duty to his fellow man ; and we are happy to statu " that thei ? labours have had the desired elfuet , for about tweive ? o ' _clock he sent for the deputation , settled the matter in a satisfactory way , and told them that he would pay as much as any other manufacturer in Wigan ; and also intimated that he would not he the _iii-st to drop _wnges for the future . There has also been a general and _nuineronslyatiended delegate meeting cf the above body , attended by a deputation ' from Todmordun , who _t-amo for the _pui-po-c ;> f exposing ths ? tyrannical combination of the niaii » iWrturt ! r . s of th . it

      _I'lace . _Itseenisf , aecoming to the statement of the deputation , that the masters there ars gelling their pieces made fromr nine * _8 ten _yards-longer , nnd oniy paying the same- wages that are paid in _WiganV After some discussion , t 5 < e delegates _nisiBiniously agreed that agenert _4 icottfo « _neettKeiine ; c . i _dttle _« atcs from all the weaving _disteicts shouJd be held _int iWancliester _, or some- other central place , in order that there may be / braved into- one consolidated union , of-weavers ! throughout the kingdom . The secretary was then ordered to _wrifo to tiic di'lereht associations * on the subject . After the settling of stfrae lotat business , the meeting _bralce up .

      Tub _Lbu-bu lloitsK-s / iii- Maiu _^ _is . —A- _commnnication has been received a _3 the ofh ' ee of the Association of United Trades for she Protection of Industry _,, to the _ell ' ect , that the _above-named _industrious body of men , after yielding toiua . iy _exactions * on the park of tlieir employers , after _ensuring _oppression _untili endurance became a crime rather than a -virtue , have been driven to the necessity op leaving _t'icir work _. On the day that the workmen deputed two meinbei _*» of their body to represent them in the ¦ recent- ' trades' * conference , the employers _siinu-itaucousiy reduced tlieir wages ten per cent , Tlie man wen ? then com--polled to succumb ; but , " biding their time , '' they

      recently availed themselves of the * opportunity presented by a considerable influx of _tntsle , to solicit * from their employers a return to their former' rate of wages ; but this act of justice being sternly refu .-ed ,. the men immediately assembled , and unanimously * resolve-1 to give their employers an opportunity of " trying whether ot * no tin y could , of themselves , supply tbe _iiiercashii : demands oi their _jmpatient'custoineiswithout the assistance of that labour they had 80 s cruelly oppressed and insulted . Notwithstanding * the men have been already three weeks on strike , they are yet mniiy _rcsnlved that , come what may , they will not return to work until tlie ten per ceuti i * _- restored .

      Strike Of The Journeymen Taylors Atmak01...

      STRIKE OF THE JOURNEYMEN _TAYLORS ATMAK 01 _IESTJSU , A public meeting ofthe _iwhabit-uits of Manchester was held in the Carpenters' 11 all , Garret-road , ore Wednesday _cu-ning , tho 20 _Sh ult ., to take into consideration the tyrannical _conduct of a number ol the master tailors of thia town , who have thrown "pontile streets to starve , at this inclement season of the year , _300-joiirneymeu , because they would not with--draw from the ' Union , ov Tailors' Society . The meeting was most numerous and _cntinuiasiic ; in--dced , wc do not remember having teen so large ameeting on any trades' _questum since the _yieat _* at _^ vregiitu mcetim ; of the ir & n trades . At eight o _' cioclc , all ' . Pariver _, the secrutaiy to tho United : Tailors' Protection Society , entered the hall , _accompanied by several other gentlemen , aiWt was received : with repeated rounds ol cheers , which having subsided , on the motion of Mr . _kindsey , Mr . Gash , operative tailorwas called to the chair . by

      , Mr , ( - lash opened the procce _^ _ags reading the placard convening the * meeting ,, alter which he said the masters who-had acted in _su-rnsh a manner as t _» turn out of work -300 men without ) cav . se had refused to have the question arbitrated . The employers said this was not a question of wages . Directly it was not , b _;; t indirectly it was sa ; ping ami _uniiL-nnining the best interests of ihe fair-trailing employers as well as the work men .- licfchcn _in-tsaducad . \ lr . Little . Mr . Little said the present strike _wa-s not sought by the men . but , had been fcreed upon them by _thw masters . Ijiu before he entered upon the subject- he would read- a resolution : _* — " Tlnu this meeting are of opinion that the conduct of the * _H-. vster tailors of Manchester is highly censurable ,, inasmuch as they have deprived _SU' _-Sworkiiieii of tho ni'tans of existence ,

      not on tho score of _wagosj . but because their workmen _, are desirous of working on the employer ' s premises in preference to- working in _unhe-. _vltliy _neijjihbimrhoods , as a means of preserving their own and the public health . " lie said Ihat _eitiion the masters oi * the men were in the wrong . The men had only resisted aggression-, which they had a < perfect right to _> do . Capital had its-duties as well an-its _rights , anil when it was uses ! - for _tlicpurpose-nPliirthcr & ubjii _.-gating the already oppressed _ujK-ya & ve _, it was not applied to its _logitiinatc use . lie _ivoaid n nv show them the _mannsi- in which this- _ivtriku has been brought about .. One of the masters-told his men ou the Saturday nig ht' that there was- to be no more employment for them unless they _ajiplk-d for work unconnected with ; the _assneint _' nm-. A _-n-ieeting of

      _ni _.-t'iteis was called , when tney entered : utto an agreement to ill * . ! trim that the first master who _sh-mld call upon a society man should forfeit £ 180 . At one establishment in ' _tlw . sip-are , in _eanstmii-iicc of _themaster giving so much out-door work ,. _tnu men in the shop coithl sat- set a living , having to wait for hours together for a job , whilst the _nwstor was sending the work in the hack streets and alIey _.-5-to-ba-ns ; u ! o . The men complained of this to their _ieliow- workmen , and they syiujj . ithhsed . with them , and _eislletl a n . _ee-. ing _, from which six Mien were sent to-meet the master , when the master stated 1 hat tvil .-siiotdd go on as usual _H the men would . _nut interfere with them . The men understood by _this-thnt-the system of out-door work was to ceas « , bus on tho following day a great deal more was given oat than ever- tiiere was before . The men again comc / _lained _to-tSae-sosiety , _aaueeur . g was called , and two- men were Mitt , to see if ti : _* _- _* y _eouitl _siwuiaue iiiattejsi-witli . Mr . _Stubb-.. Lie { 'Air . Little )

      was one of the fcvo . Ilo wwiid- uot-dciaii ) T , _iie mcetisy with the dr _& _vibof what * _to-..-k-pkce j . _bs-iS he _iiiigiifc vj well state _thctt that _geistlcman _( _-amplini-inted the _deputation on the _ellicienti _. maniies in which , they had discussed the _? _usstion with th « u , but if any more . _deputations erne they must tight . Tiiat night a meeting of tha -body , wns -sailed _tu-hcav the _rejmi-fc ot * the deputies , _whwi it _wa-s-agrced-that tlie men should Gwueout . Ojwovcr , _ttay would , wke _iiB-adyaiuaga M ' i Mr . _Stubfes _/ . a . writt _9 n . _not-isewasi-8-nt ! tV « aii that . _- >* 8 eting , _siga & tby the ehain » im , .- ' . mi taken , by him . . ij 4 ubhs thcRi sailed a . meeting of _seauu-tweuty-ibur masters , and said , if fe ' _heywoiild _tura-out-t-litfii-nien , ihat they -v _» uld s tar-fit _the'ii into . ibriivteimis in a . fortnight . _Tiiey-agreed to tarn them out -sides * they ¦ . _vouliflcava-ihe _soeidty . They ,, however-,, _uec-koned - _.-s-itiiout _thsJr _.-host when th'iy thought of : » _aci > _iiij'iish-; i _« g so mwjh in so _sb-rfc _a-tiaie .- TJioy . _hud-now been lout a mo : _iihj and ihcy . had mora momvy . now than they bad \* hen _thc-tconiiiu-necd the struggle .

      The resolution _was-abW sccon-Jeii by . Mr . ( .-. _nihney , and supported by Mr . iiiKsuy _,, after which it was . agreed t ( Mie « _i . co _:-i . Mr . _Si'Gahc laoved the _foilowing . resohition : — "That in . the _camion , of this meeting , the tai . ring trade _retiresspaeial _aatenli _..-t > to _vestilntioa ,: s _tVonx the sedentary-nature _<*«• the woupatiua . _wi- ; health ot " theop _- . _tfitivesai-fcaifi-ued _, diseaseenaendeicd , and tin ? - public ? at ! arg < _i- « ndiiugcred thereby . " * _lls-theu read ; severs ! . oxtrac ' a- _frora-. the _Sanatoay Gominissioaers ' Report , whieli wont io _m- _<«>« tho _iaetbeyoiif' a _lit-ubt that the _tvivaa \> f - . - » _taifos , as a 6 _jivescafc conducted , was most _injurious Is the-. health , of die i . pcrativu .

      _M-. _Tarl-ir the- * rose to _sewnd ; lias moiita ,, ami . _waa-reeoivea . w : i ! _u _*> cv , _ei--il rounds of applause . It ia . _ircgossibic-to _givc-Mv .. I 1 _u-ki ; y _"* spcet < i at _lei'gtLi , but . _thai-e an : some _statesneats w . _hih ho rsad to the _meetixg-relatavu to tlie _sanwory _csiuiititsi of the- tailoring ; _tauto wbicli we _thinfe the- _pblio ought to- oe made . _jcduaicied wifii . Wis _thereloro _gn-e a f < .- « ot 11 em . It won *! , appear th ;\ t the tailors sue acting upon ihe . ¦ same _|» lan _ns _* the . Bradfoad _woe-Jtombws _, in hr . _vmg _S _ce-mitattces ht every towv . „ Tor _tlvs pwnv . se _«* ' visiting * workmen ' s houses , and _repm-fug tke same . _lhc _following is . from . _V-ie Liverpool committee s— " In 2 $ _strcsts-visHedi in TauxlislI an « Scotland wards _t-n the _£ _¦ " ; . & , of NSarch ., 18-15 ,, and th ..- lotto-whig days , they foand . 12 _VItailors , tlicvr familiesaiui workers amount-. ing to . 532 persons , and the persons Jiving in tho

      houses -with theai _avaauntsd to C 4 S , making the total aihabitiug the _dwt-Jlings 1 . 120 . OHhese £ 5 weresiek . from one fortnight up to eighteen weeks , oi " scan-let , typhus , ami oilier fevers , and _diseases of va-rious kinds , commencing since _November , and cuntinuing to the present time . Wo found 12 _i _* uhabiting and working in a single collar , S 3 in one house , _-yb living in courts ami rooms , and only 37 occupying houses . Of this number 01 were lonntl working for sale-shops , within tiic same time , on tho Sabbath-day , mnnv in a most distressed state of want . Mr . ' Parker then exhibited , the sanatory map of London to the audience , and said he was prepared to prove that there were more journeymen tailors .

      working in their own home-, in the humble and unhealthy parts of London , making earments for tho rich and affluent , than were or . _enj-ca upon tne promises of emp !<> _vc-,- ~ . 11 " ait-thing was thus ms-. de iu the vcrv heart of disease , it must oi necessity e transferred to the wearer . Nor was it London a ; . d Liverpool that were the only places where sueli a sate of things _t- > : i _* t . _-d . It also existed in _Manchester and Leeds , and every other large town . Mr . l _\' _s statements _«* cru _tuiiy r * t _<* _-. i 5 : dh : g , mid we _trusfc thev wiii not be ut _. i upon the ] . i : b : _**; oi _^; u ) C ! ie _*> ler . Un ' the motion of Mr . Lindsey , the thanks id Urn meeting were -- ' _tveii to the _chairmtm _, and the _bi-. M _aess tcnamated ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 6, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_06121845/page/3/