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¦—¦^ M .-i * WlllHTl W 1 lir- » MtMafc »««« ' » t »» 'Ti »» *¦ - ¦ ¦ — . fcj -SREAT ANTI-SLAVEKY MEETING AT LEEDS . On Tuesday evenine last annmerona and respectableMeeting of the infcabitants'of this town vras convened in the Wesleyan CbapeV in Brunswickstjvet . for rie-pTjrpose of -petitioning Parliament for the immediate abolition of the ^ egro ApprentieesMp system . This meeting was called by the Mayor in compliance with the requisition of seventy , two of the most respectable inhabitants of . the town . The major part of the andience wereladies , and the "whole number of persons who attended the meeting wonldjperhaps amount to between 3000 and 4000 Several gentlemen of distinguished talent addressed ., » -ugF- "" - r « n ' , - » ^ . ^ -, . . _ ¦ . ; „„„ ,- . — . rr .
the assembly ; out the mo ^ t striking part of the proceedings was the unexpected manifestation of disapprobation of aad contempt towards the present ministry for the part which they have lately taken in reference to this qnes ion . The resolu tions which were passed were esceedinely strong in their expression of disapprobation ; " but they spoke not hali the strength -of feeling and language which were exhibited and delivered in the addresses * f the several-gifted speakers . Proceedings" commenced at six o ' clock and concluded at ten . The following is a brief sketch of what was said and dovie . Of course the substance only is given , bu ; nothing important is -Tmitted . In the absence of the Mayor . -Yjo was expected to preside ,
Th . Wiu . TAMS 05 was unanimously called to the chair . He commenced the business of the evening in the usual way by leading the advertisement by "which the meeting was convened . He expressed ihe deep and abiding interest which he felt on . this important question , and was proud to see such an assembly congregated together for such a purpose . He entered into a lengthened examination of the ¦ whole question , and took into consideration evenkind of argument used by the planters and those interested with them in tne withholding of the freedom of the Negro , and showed thnt jusace ,-morality and religion , ail demanded that they should immediately be made free . He said they had , found bv sad experience tie truth of the prediction : hat the
interests of the slaves and the planters as they were at present related , were entirely opposed to each other ; . *» nd that there was therefore no middle coarse that could be pursued with any prospect of advantage to the Negro . And further they were all convinced that the only prospect © f real benefit to the NeCTo "was from immediate emancipation . ( Hear , hear . ) That there were some formidable difficulties in the way of this arrangement they would nil readily admit ; but it was not at all to be supposed that the present Ministry would jeopardize their popularity , by the "rejection of any proposition , to terminate this question , "unless it presented difficulties exceedingly formidable , and in their minds totallv insurmountable . It was true they ( the Meeting )
"were doubuefs of opinion that these difficuldes were more imaginary than real , ( hear , hear , and clapping of hands . ) b * ut whether real or imaginary , they were regarded by the govermn ? iit as being real , and for that reason , doubtless , and not from any desire on the part of government to prolong this diabolical system—fur that reason government Tiad refused to accord its sanction to the proposition of Sir G . Strickland , for the immediate emnrjcipatiiin of the apjjrenuce ^ . ( Shame , shantc-. j Much had been said in reference to the measure of 1 S 33 ; and it had even b ^ en sai' 3 , that there was a compact between Parfiament and the slave holders . Such however , wns an erroneous supposition ; and even supposing thai * xaj such Tvnrignteons compact usd
i > een made , tiiere was no reason -why thVy should ^ adhere to die termsufttiat compact , -Both thepeople -sad the government of the counrry had beer , the dnpt . » s of the previous arrangement , by which the planters received a compensation-of twenty niil-HoEs ; and though much ivas said by their " opponents regarding the "unfitness of the slave for freedom , if they would consent to grant the planters a little more compensclioji . they would no longer hear any more of those doubts , or of the propriety of immediately emancipating the negro . ( Hear , hear . ) t ntil however , the slave was actually made fr »» e they would never c .-ase to agitate the question , -and never liag in their perseverance uiiril their freedom had been obtained ( hear , hear ;) for to
desist from their exertions on behalf of the negro , would be to involve themselves in p < irt 4 > f the criminality attached to the continuance of this unrighteous bondage . ( Hear , and applause . ) 'Much had been ssdd abont the part which the Ministry had taken in this question ; bnt it was not to be regarded as a question of political expediency , but as a higher and more important question—one of high morality and religion- They must therefore , go on in their exertions ; and when the government of the country found that they -were -unanimous in their demands on the subject , they would necessarily accede to their wishes ; and he ( Dr . W . ) was satisfied ¦ that they were required thns to accede not only bv a regard " to their own retratation and consistency ^ but also by the regard which they ought ever to have for the reputation of our youthful and Blustrions-Qneen , who amid never be allowed to be crowned the Queen of slaves . ( Much applause . ) H e could not bui hose
that the dictates of a sound policy would exhibit to the _ government the propriety of accepting their petition for immediate emancipation , without which all their attempts at legislation wenld bf > found to be replete with difficulties , and almost certain to end in defeat . ( Hear , hear , and clapping of hands . ) i . he people of Yorkshire had already expressed their sentiments on this question in language not to be misunderstood . ( Hear , hear . ) He regretted , that on the present occasion he should have to advert to the fa ; t that one of the members for the West-Ridius should , by a recent vote , have expressed himself ai opposed to immediate abolition . He referred to Lord ilorpeth . But he hoped that noble Lord would see it ^ proper to alter his determination , and that when lie fully understood the feelings of his constituents , he would uiscover no inconsistency in recants ing lie sentiment expressed in his late vote . { Hear . hear , hear . ) The chairman , having concluded ids preliminary address , callsd upon .
The Rev . Mr . Scales , who then Tose to move the first resolution , which amounted to a vote of censure on tie Melbourne administration , for the opposition they had manifested to the motion for theimmediate emancipation of the apprentices . He said the country felt a high degree of disappointment at the follv of the misnamed slavery abolition act of 1833 , which ought to have been an abolition act , becau .-e it was not only expected to be such , but was bought and paid for as such . It was evident , however , from tiie jrorkmgs of that act , that it had only been beneficial in putting twenty millions of money into the pockets of the planters . ( Hear , haar . ) After deprecating in the strongest terms the bad effects of the bill of 3 S 33-, and after paving a high compliment to Sir .
sturge ana others , and to Lord Brougham for his able advocacy of the rights of the slave , Le related the proceedings of the meeting t > f the delegates in London , and their interview with Lords Melbourne and RusselL who " told them that Government coald do nothing whatever in the matter . ( Shame , shame . ) He hoped , however , that when their claims for ' the ireedom of the Negro came again before the House of Commons , it would come before that assembly without disguise , and would be met without frau ' d and trick ( hear and applause ); and come it must , and come it should . JHe coulii not forbear saying t-oatin this instance the government had virtually aedared themselves tie advocates of slavery . ( Hear , Kear , and ^ DDlause . ) He then ontprpA intn a r-miJ
^ deration of the justice of the claims of the Negroes who , lie observed , -were as much entitled to be free as ourselves ; and he who wished to retain them in ixmdage was a disgrace to the form of man . and deserved to herd with the "brutes with which he classed the more worthy of his fellow creatures . He said he could not account for the policy of her Majesty ' s ministers , or by what interests they were govemed ' in their opposition to this question ; but in the course tney were now pursuing , they -were departing from ail those great principles by which they professed to be actuated , ( Loud and continued applause . ) It appeared that they had no ear for the cry of the oppressed , and that they were perfectly willing to sacrifice the interests of the many to the gain and t
rrarice of the Dew ( hear , hear , hear ;) that they were wuiing to listen to the perfidious advice of their « i « mies and &e enemies of justice rather than listen to the counsels of the wise and good and virtuous of the . land . ( Hear hear , aad uproarious applause . ) Iu this case he conld perceive no political scheming , and therefore their expression of their disapprobation of government was still to be regarded in a -stronger point Oi view . But they would have more on this sooject . thanprhap s they expected ; and a stronger and bo l der address than ever was presented before would be sent , not in the language of defiance , but in ta * language of constitutional demand ; and if taey dreaded the pressure from without , they shonld uave it still greater ; yes they should hear it until at ^ Swf ^ ffi ?^* ^ 7 were competed ' to say - fl e yield . ( Contained applause . ) He felt periled to hear the prayers of her subjects on this of their wishes ( Hear )
. Her ^ r * & % & ^ her anaable looks must greatly belie her if 4 i ^ ha 3 not a . good and TtindjndS generous heart ( hear , hear , hear , ) asd-Jed's readr disposition to make all her people happy ; and he would that she knew that there were those who felt that there Was nothing by Vluch she conld more highly gratify theirhearts than br oetenniningthat she wbnMnot ' Teignas a Queen of slaves , ( hear , hear , and loud applause , ) hut that file day which sees fcercrtrened ^ hould terminate the bonds of skvery in the West Indies , and give entire areedom toallttieinhabitanLVof allher colonies ( hear ) . Was there no way in which the people of England , jjrejand j ^ and Scotland could make known to her . tfiftrr ^ Wj > % 3 ? He hoped the entire iahabitante . of ¦ me ^ unJTO jEngdpm would commnniEate- to . ief ^^ de ^^ fch eiore her con » nati » n , and that oaiiliat ^ yr ^^ p ^ niqighl descend ; opon . her brow aiiid 'Pie ^ giumSrg bf taonaands , eacclaimmg " Victoriafor ^^^^^^^ ? ° / " ^ f ^ ea rte , ftat gavefieedomto are ts ^ pwetfc'distant isles j atfd it is her will" that ^ . Iraraaaua . the limits - of Her dcanin&na-shoBld
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henceforth be-happy , and henceforth be free . "fLoad applause , and continued clapping of hands . ) _ Mr . West was called upon to second the resolntion . He said he had always been a friend to the slave , but he preferred manifesting his friendship at the desk at midnight , when others were taking their repose , rather than by-showing himself as . a speaker on the platform . ( Hear , hear . ) He was unprepared to address them , "but he had readmnch oa this qupstioH ,-and perhaps so much that he needed no preparation to address that meeting , or at least to declare that there is good ground for the allegations laid in the resolution . He begged to say that the real friends of the Negro had never acceded to the "Abolition Bill , " as it was called : they merely ' . ^ , a ^ a ^ K ^ hpn { Tefnrth hft'Tia-nnv . and 'h (» npi » fr > Tt > i " K « frc ^ "^
^ abmitted to it ; and they submitted to it under protest ; they required nothing short of immediate freedom . But eveu snpposiug that they had agr . ed to the bargain , since the contract had been brokeu on the part of the planters , it must be evident to every man of common sense that such contract was null and void . ( Hear , hear . ) He was not by any means in the habit of proposing or seconding resolutions without considering first what they meant ; but he would say that with every clause of that resolution h . 3 did most coroially agree . He concluded his remarks by appealing to any who might be present , and -who " felt indifferent in the question , to manifest the same zeal in this holy cause which he felt io . seconding the resolution .
The Rev . R . W . Hamilton moved the second resolution which contained the acknowledgements of the meeting to Sir George Strickland and Ihe Members for tne Borough for the part they had acted in voting for the immediate freedom of the apprentices . It also expressed regret that Lord Morpeth who had been principally supported on anti-slavery principles had , in this instance , failed to represent the sentiments of his constituents by voting against a measure which they deem essential not only to the permanent welfare of the negro but also to the peace and prosperity of the commonwealth . He said he had anticipated that the silver trumpet o ! the universal jnbilee would have burst upon their ear long ere now and that the captives
would have been free . But he came not with a strain of apology . He spoke of the bill of 1833 . They were mistaken in that bill , but to err was human ; they had been deceived , but the guilt rested not with them but those who had practised the deceit . ( Loud applause . ) By the act of 1833 , the people of England had determined that their share m the guilt of slavery should be purged away . The people willed it , and tlieir will was done , so far at least as the demands of the plauters were concerned . The country determined it ; and if she conld not have found the means she would have coined her heart for gold and dropped her blood for drachmas . ( l , oud applause . ) " Oh grave of my fathers , " said he , birth place of my children , I am prouder oi
thee for that one lifble act than all others thou hast ever performed . " The condition of the planters at Ihe time of the passiup of the abolition act was that of complete bankruptcy . They were ready to accede to almost any proposal , and " with proper tuct the slaves might have been made perfectly free . But they had got liold of the twenty millions and were now able almost to set both the slaves and his friends at utter defiance . ( Hear , hearj But he came to a part of his resolution which he regretted to mention ; but it was his duty , and he must perform it . It related to the part which Lord Morpeth had recentl y acted . There was not one who had been an auriiirer of that noVleman who would not now mourn ut bis recent fall . How teas it that he Aid
not stand rrae to his constituents when they stood s . i true to him ? ( Hear . hear , hear , and tremendous applause . ) H « iw was it that he who bore the rose oi ' England—he would not uo ^ speak of their orange { lowers , for he was nopartizan—how was it that ' who had borne the rose of England ana had entwined th :-. t rose arouud the shamrock of Erinhow was it that he should have shut his earslruin the groans of the bondsmen and the prisoner ? ' " " True , true 'tis pit } -, pity ' tis ts true . " Would that some one had accosted him in such .-traius as tliese : " My Lord , you may now traverse your spacious domains , you may walk through your noble galleries with fond " delight , and with a . heart conscious of uprightness aud integrity , you may now
expatiate amid those bounties and luxuries which are given you richly to enjoy ; you may hang over your fountains of literature and " your treasures of art " ; no taint is upon your possessions ; they are not like many others ; murder has not cried through your hal ^ sleep no inure ; " but beware le * t you should li under that opprobrium . lUy Lord , great is your power : the Howards have pow " ered their life stream through your vines , why now do you halt ? Here is theatre worthy of your talent and exertions ; redeem , I beseech yon , redeem youi course . " Had snch a counsel been heard , they" wonld perhaps have been spared the sorrow and bitterness of their present retlectii > ns . Howhad tliat nobleman wronged—he would not say the slave , —he w « uld not savhisconstituents
but how had he wronged himself : ! And what was the cause : Was it the love of place ? He could not think that was possible in a breast like his . The love of place ! Had his place been in danger let him have come back to his constituents and they would have gi \ en him a better inheritance . ( Loud and uproarious applause , which continued for some Qrne . ) They -would have armed him with a nobler power . Was it delicacy and a too scrupulous regard to the position of his colleagues ? Thus reinforced in character by his resignation , thvy would have spared him no , not for one hour ; but he would have entered the Cabinet , lost nothing bv his consistency , bnt would have gained upon all the esteem and affection of th ? people . ( Hear , hear , and applause . ) But
the die was cast ; and he ( Mr . Hamilton ) would say to him " Scion of a proud ancestry , reflect , consider , and reverse your course / 7 ( Hear , hear . ) It did not comport with hi < feelings to close with any spirit that might savour of acrimony , but his heart should sicken almost into hopeless dejection at the wrongs of the slave wvre it not for the sure word of prophecy . Heknew not whom to trust amid the continued breaking of engagements ; bu t of this he was glad , and he was not ashamed to say it , that slavery should soon ceane , for in him , at whose nnme every knee should bow , all the nations of the earth should be blessed ; and they could not be blessed so lone as slavery endured . ( Hear , Lear , and loud and continued chering . ) Aid . Musghavje seconded the resolution .
Aid . Claphxm "was called up . n to move the next resolution , which vras to the effect that the approbation of the meeting be given to Lord Brougham for his able advocacy of the rights of the . Negro , and to the Marquis of Sligo and the other West iudia proprietors , who have so magnanimously determined to emancipate all the Negroes on their estates on the first of August next . He had been for nearly forty years engaged in this holy cause , and he felt that it was one that deserved all the energy that could be pressed into its support . He trusted also that by the renewed exertions they were making that they would succeed in obtaining that deliverance for the ' ir sable brethren which they so ardently desired . ( Ilear , hear . ) He would not however trespass longer upon their time , for he should deem it an act of robbery to do so when he considered that Mr . Seoble- ( loud and continued applause ) was present , aud would support this resolution .
The Rev . Mr . Hudswell seconded the resolution . Mr . Scoble was then introduced to the meeting , and was received with several rounds of applause He said he much regretted that the friends of Negro Emancipation had sustained a temporary defeat , and that their eneroies were now enjoying a temporary triumph ; but they would not relax their efforts until they had achieved the full freedom of the Neg , o , ( Loud applause . Various had been the causes assigned by individuals to account for their recent defeat , but amongst all the causes assigned he had never heard mentioned the badness of the cause in which they were engaged . ( Hear . ) If he appealed to the people of England he should find that innumerable petitions had been sent to both houses of
Parliament , praying for the immediate abolition of the apprenticeship system . They had been unanimous in asserting the right of tie Negro and the justice of the present movement . If he appealed to both houses of the legislature , he should find that no question whatever had been raised as to the justice of their cause . Its expediency had been questioned , its justice never . ( Hear , hear . ) Their defeat had not amen from the worthlessness of the Negro , for i-ord Glen « lg himself had admitted that the Negroes were perfectly fit for freedom . But they were told that this course was not expedient , that the colonists were not prepared for freedom . Their defeat , then , had arisen from the fact that the planters were not in a position to relinquish their jrraM , of the Neero :
ana noiwitlistanding the twenty minions they had received for his emancipation , they ( the planters ) were actually not in a position to give wages to the apprentices in return for their labour , for Se petition of the planters stated that they had not a sufficient -amount of money to pay the Negro hi « wages if he was free ( hear , hear ); their cause , then , was admitted to be just ; tue only question was its expediency ( hear , hear ) . They had been told that they had done wrong in committing their petition to the care of Lord Brougham , because he appeared not ' as an advocate for abolition , but as the advocate of a party ( Shame . ) But he had not been selected by the Anti-Slavery Societyin London , though they rejoiced that he had come forward in the manner he had done to advocate their cause ;—( hear , hear . )—and .
while he did so , the people would very properly rally round him , to give him all the support in their power . ( Hear . ) Some said their defeat was attributable to O'ConnelL —( laughter)—the great Irish agitator . As he had said of Lord Brougham , so he said of O'Connell , that he had not been selected as tne representative of their society in the House of Commons . But they would rally round that ma ^ z , or if ? ° ilf ^ HF ^ do justi ce to -their cause ( hear ) . It had been whisperedihat their defeat was attribu--toble to Ireland ; that Ireland had stood in the way ¦ Jif ^ T—? if ?? <* England aud justice , between the Negro and Emanci pation . He was not prepared ^ V 58 f ^ J * . | jW * on that subject ! : but tae AboWstsdid certainty expect eigttySotes froS Ireland , whereas in looking over a ? ParBamentary
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records , they only found twenty-nine irish yntty •» their favour f He regretted , deeply regretted that suc ' i was the fact , but it was no nse . attempting to conceal it , it could not be denied . But perhaps " he might b > permitted to draw the attention of the meeting :-to some points not ... usually touched upon at assemblieti of that kind . The question as it respected Jamaica had b ' Jer i . ' given up ; the government found it impossible to defend that colony any longer , and it had , consequently been abandoned . - But they were told both by . government and the planters , that they could not make out a case against the smaller colonies . The speaker then referred to three colonies ; Mauritius , Barbadoes ' , and Guiana . After referring to the classification of the slaves into predial and ^——^ W >————^—————^ rp r-ordfi . theTOnl V fonnd tWentv-nine Iriiih Vntei " , h
nonpredial , and the results that had arisen from the contoundiflgof this distinction , by which 50 , 000 slayes in that island could , by British law , claim their freedom on the first of August next ,- he said that the punishments in the Mauritius , according to the returns for eleven months had exceeded any thing ever known . One out of every eight persons had been flogged , and one in every four had either been flogged , or imprisoned , or stationed in the' penal gaug . ( Shame , shame . ) The table of returns for that colony shewed an increase in punishments of 100 per cent ; and if in Mauritius the apprenticeship system were permitted to continue , it would be more uiurderous in its ^ operation thau even the slave system had been in its worst forms . ( Shame , shame . ) As
it regarded food , their little allowance had been reduced from twenty one , to six pints of wheat per week , and that was all the poor Negro received for a whole week ' s work , and the lash into the bargain ( Continued cries of shame and groans . ) In Barbadoes the greatest amount of suffering had been endured , and was still likely to be endured . It was contended after the apprenticerhip commenced , that the flogging of women would be entirely put down . Such was not the case , for in the common gaol at Bridgetown he had seen two women on the treadmill ( wlik-h , by the bye , was not constructed for any , nseful purpose , but merely as an instrument of torture , ) and there was the driver with the cat in his han ' t 1 ; These two women who had been stripped of their
clothes , had nothing on but tight ' canvas ' s dresses from the breast to the knees , and , in addition to this ^ all the women who were committed to prison had their heads shaved close so as not to leave a single hair upon them . ( Shame . ) These women , attired as they were , were among thj male gang . They had not been three minutes upon the mill when two of them were in a state of complete exhaustion ^ for tho' in our houses of correction the prisoners are never compelled to take more than forty steps per minute on the mill , they were compelled to take eighty . The cries ot ' oiie of these poor women were dreadful ; and when she could no longer maintain her position on the mill , a negro who was placed above her took hold of her hauds , and there she hunt ?
while the mill battered her legs almost into a jelly ; and the blood had flowed so copiously as to mark the . vteps of the wheel as it turned round . Yetin this et te , unable to put a foot upon the wheel , he saw the driver cut her with the lash , till at last overcome by the extremity of her iuiferiug , her head fell upon hi * r shoulder , and she appeared to be senseless . ( Inde .-cribable emotion . ) J'his was the signal for him to direct bis att ntion to another . A beautiful black girl , eighteen years of age , was upon the mill at the same tiiuo , and , being exhausted , her legs were battered and bruised iu the same manner as the other . The lush was applied to her person ; and she nunble to endure the sufferinp , cr ied to the driver in tones which" he-should-never forget " Massa , sw . vje't
ma > sa , pitv me , pity me oh sweet masssi ; hab mercy , hab mercy , massa , my arm broke raassn , sweet junssa do-pity me . " - The only response , however , which was returned to this simple und-affecting appeal was the repeated application of the lush , ( thame , shame , and groans . ) At length-finding she could make no impression upon the heart of her oppresssor , she turned to him ( " Mr . Scoble ) and with a look in « xpresible exclaimed , > Oh massa , do pity me , pity me sweet rnassa . ;" . and she had scarcely uttered the words when she sunk as it were into perfect insensibility . He did pity her ; truly ho pitied her ; but he could not ' release her . Theso things then he was there to see , and had seen , nnd lie now was present to tell tbem to - that .. meeting .
Mr . Scoble went on toenumerate avarietyoffactswhich had come under his own observation and within his own knowledge , tending to . prove the system of oppression to which the negroes were subjected . Ho adveted especially to the state of the hospitals , and informed the assembly of the dreadful and heartreiidin ^ hardships to which the negroes were subjected Doth in consequence of ill treatment and neglect . Such was the brutality with which the poor unfortunate negro was treated . And yet this was the system for which Englishmen h ; id paid twenty millions of money—not less than two hundred tons of British gold , or three thousand tons of British > ilver . ( Loud cries of shame , shame . ) Yes so great has been the foll y as well as the liberality of the
people ot bnglnnd , that they have not only giwn the twenty millions , but by " an act subsequent to that of 1833 , the planters are entitled to interest from the time they were in a legal position . to receive their shares of the compensation , to the time when t' ey actually receive it . "More than this we give £ 90 , 000 per annu n for special magistrates to try Negro offences ; £ 30 , 000-to commissioners for distributiuff the twenty millions ; aud £ 30 , 0 u 0 to the planters for valuing their owu slaves . ( Deep and continued groaning , aud cries of shame , shame * . ) Yes , ai . d by sugar and other duties we are adding three and a half millioES to the pockets of the philters , every 3 ear . But let them and the povemm ^ ut understand that if we cannot buy justice for the Negro , we will for ourselves . " ( Uproarious applause . ) After a
fewother observations , the gentleman concluded by saying he hoped that they would nuver cease tLeir exertions till the system of slavery was finally terminated—a system that was accursed both of God and man . ( Loud and continued approbation . ) The Rev . J . Gilksmoved the next resolution and was received with deafening applause . He said the wisest man had once remarked that there-was a time to hear and a time to speak , but he thought that the time to speak had passed over , and he would only read the resolution . Mr . Giles then read the resolution , and was about taking his seat , when n loud cry was set np from every part of the house " go on , go on . go on , followed by a thunder of applause . — Mr . Giles resuming said , that since they were so
determined that he should speak , he ' would-begin by congratulating them on the position in which they stood with regard to their future prospects of success in reference to this important question . They had succeeded in part-at least , in connection with those who had been engaged with them , in rousing the nation from its slumbers ; and notwithstanding the blending of power in the House of Commons , there stood only a paltry majority of 54 persons in that house between them and tbeir wishes . ( Hear , hear . ) But he also congratulated the meetnie on the point of argument which they were now able to maintain . When their statements of the oppression of the apprentices were first made they were not believed . A gentleman of this town
a member of the corporation too , in conversing with him ( Mr . Giles ) on the matter , said it was all humbug ; but to nse that gentleman's polite phrase , he would ask on which side did the humbug appear now ? ( Hear , hear , and applause . ) But now that their statements were more fully corroborated , and the facts could not be denied , other means were had recourse to , in order to avoid complying with the just demand for freedom . Now , after all the exer tion they had made , —after Lord John Russell and Sir Robert Peel had shaken hands across the table in this business , as Herod and Pontius Pilate did , —( tremendousand deafeningapplause , )—when they had a had business to transact , —( continuedclapping ofhands . )—what had they done with all their rak ^
mg and scraping together ? They had put fifty-four interested persons , to arrest the march of freedom , which had now unfurled her banners to the wind , while millions upon millions were treading in her steps . ( Hear , hear . ) They formerly depended only upon their own friends . Dible , Sturges , and others ; hut now they needed not to depend upon them any longer . But though they were not now dependent ¦ upon them , they would not throw them away like a squeezed orange , for there was juice in them yet . ( Hear . ) " We are not dependent upon them , " said he , " we only need turn to the Colonial Secretary in the House of Lords , and Ms man ' Friday , '—( applause and laughter )—his servant of all work in the House of Commons ; and , though he has been
too cunning to let it out in his speech , we will turn to his vote , which he gave to the Ministerial measure , and to the preamble of that very Bill in which every thing is admitted that we say ; and we will , therefore , judge them out of theirownmouths . " ( Hear , hear . ) He wouldnot go over the ground of the bargain again—that mere thing—that ghost which everybody talked about , but which nobody had seen , —that bargain to which there had been no parties save one , —( hear , }—be would not speak of it and the manner in which it had been violated by the planters , who had shown the people of England that they would not even pocket their guineas till they had sprinkled them with the tears and stained them with the blood of the slave . ( Hear hear , and applause . ) There was another point to which he would refer—the patience with which the negroes endured their ^ wrongs . Even this had hepn
turned into an argument why they should * tiU longer wear their chains and submit to their stripes . Her Majesty ' s Ministers in this , wew like the surgeon standing over the soldier tied to ttte halberts , and whom he knew to be tied npnnjustly . He had the power of relievinghim , bnt would not ; he came again and again to feel his pulse and said " lay on , Mr . Drummer , a little longer , he is stiUable tooear it ^ It is true yon have laid on a great number of stripes—that you have beaten his back into ajellTthat yon have beaten , hi * blood into froth—it is trae that he has borne this with the greatest of patiencebathe can still endare more-rhis heart u not ret broken , and so lay on still a little longer Her U&e ttj ' * Ministers say " though fcp can endure suffering to a gre * textent , we art not quite sure thaithe planters would be pleased if we should interfere with their power of cruelty ; we are not quite soret&at
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ctuty would notturn an A rebeL ¦ The negro will not rebel , ! biit , wi , ll he ¦ patient } , and therefore it js- jj ^ ie policy of Government ^ stillto \ et ^ htsse things go ion . ?' Aud would thijycomf . forward : to . talk to the frieSds of the negro about excitement f -The frierids ' ^ of , the negro felt more than'LordJ . Rnssell expected , and they could tellhim that the means ; he ' : bad > employedforthepnrpose ^ Of- ' allaying ; that feeling had been inbst nusuccessfril . ( Hear , nean ) God grant that he might never have ; any greater crime laid to his charge than that of weeping : with those that weep , and ; feelingV wth those that are bound as though he wt ^ re hbuud with them . Ashamed of feeling ? He ; should thiuk his blood were poisoned , that deathwere creeping up his veins , that thevery .-hi » v wmtlH nht tnrn ' Rhii rnfiAl . - ; . -: 'T'hi » Tionrm orill V . AJ-
irost of the colonial office had congealed the stream of life , if he did riot feel on such occasions as this . ( L aid applanse . ) It was true that thousands of miles were between him and the slave ; but every wind brought their shrieks to his eaTs , and while this was the case he would not borrow Lord John Russell ' s philosophy to steel his heart against them ( hear ) ; and until his feelings were more stif iened with aristocratic starch than . they were at present , until they were more deadened ' than ever they had been , he hoped he should never be above that plebian sensei _ of feeling which would enable him to sympathise with his brethren in bonds . The Rev . Gentleman concluded amidst : the most enthusiastic applause . Some : other business at no public moment was then transacted , after which the assembly separated . ' "' . ' .. ¦ ¦ -.:
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ANTI-POOR LAW EHYMES ; Or , Offerings of the Muse , Designed to Aid in the Speedy Over throw of ihe A « a > Pour Lute .
NO . 1 . GRADUAL OPPKESSJON OF THE LABODBEK . G ye who weep the hxipless Negro's wrongs , With teaTa of symputby aM monrnfnl songs ; WUd 8 e energies have broke hw heH-tprKed chain , : S » y , why should Britiiiu ' s childi'en cry in vain ? ' ¦ Al ust ye be wafted o'er the Atlantic wave ^ To tind an object worth your care to save ? W hile iniliioiis born to freedom bear the yoke , And mourn the cliuins of slavery , yet nnbroke . Once labour ' s sons with pleriteousness were filled , And ' shiired ( he produce of the soil they till'd ; Increased \< and saw their hardy ofl ' spnng stand , The pride ; ajid glory of their native land ; And , straining to each . heart n blushing bride , Rejoiced ' that nought ( . nave death ) might them divide . These diiys are past , —lirst the cursed Corn Lawa came
Our Uou ' s dis \ idnour , and vur Island ' s shame ; This -was the work of those who claimed the land , Bt-stowed alike on all byCiod ' s command ; But these , the sons of Slnmmon , sorely grieved That labour something like its share received ; By hell's own prince , and deoiyn iniluence led , To increvsu their gains , contrived a tax on bread . Next c ; inie the ineimbr , Capital , array'd In all the ponip and circumstance of trade ; Dragging in chains a heaYen-deceivedform , To rule the el . iaents , and guide the storm . This wus machinery , by heavi ; u designed To lighten , labour , " and to bless rnaukind ; Jiut " Maiiiiuoti o ' er the cherub cast his chain , And made . him minister to woe and pain ; Bid him diffuse iirourid a baneful breath , And dooni . U ' w millions to ah earYy death .
Hark ! from yon factory ' s walls what dismal cries ! What ahrieka of horror , death , despair , arise ' , In those dark dens of bluort and vice , are sold , M ^ r . ils , avid Walthj and Hf . v , and soul , tor gold ; While angels luovirn that nvrtrice anil lust , Should thiM their prostrate victims roll in dust . Tliou came the meek divine , by hell inspired , MuWvus , —whoso subtle bnind dome demon fired , To impugn the wisdom that . tlirough time and space , Commands , t'incroase ami multi ply , our race . He , the yyiu boi ' ister , would invent the plan , And teucli ii . culd sterility tt ) man . <> h , liad heaven pleased , till now , thy life to spare , To hear the groans of -jngnish and despair , Thy false philosophy had taught to sound In peuling thuudKr , Aibion ' s isle around ! _ Methinks thy humble spirit would . have sought To undo the jni .-ichief th ; tt thy pen had wrought ; For charity sugg .-sts , iind wbtTiBveil , That ( how , di'eeiviug , sv . st ttvyself deceived .
iJut thou art gone , beyond the reach of fate , Nor will we curse . -thet ! in thy death-cold state ; No malediction fall upiiii thy hi'ad , We can forgive tUee , peace be with the dead . _ Thus wus the three-told chain of tyrants forged ; Tims w ; is the blood-stained Moloch trelily gorgi-d . And soon it gave an hideous monster birth , Fierce as hell ' s furies , terrible aa deatb . Hear the Kx-Chiincellur in hlo : i ted pride , Kliza ' s long-tried act with scorn deride , And in its steadproduce a famou . i scheme , To check onr population ' s onward stream ; To feed the peasantry oil *• ' coarser fare , " A 11 d drive our ruin'd duughters to desjmir ; To build hiigo prisons pauptTs to cunfiue , And punish honest poverty as crime ; To tear asunder each doui « stic tie , To snatch the infant from the parent ' s eye ; To make lite bitter , and to wing deaths dart , With added anguish to the bursting lu-att .
Such was the cursed device , the child of hell , And public uhuiderers loved the monster well . Tories and Whigs , Lords , Commons , with good will , Grasped at the p . uu , and passed the Poor Law Bill . T . B . SMITH Hull , 1838 .
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iW , — . LEEDS COxNSKRVATlVE FESTIVAL . " Di ' jhum hiwUt rirum mvsa telal mori . ' From L—d M—dst— ne , at Lei-ils , to the E—1 of W—nch—1 » - at li—v—rli—line I'riory . Peare . st Father , —Well knowing the chivalrous z « il That burns ii > your breast for our 1 ' rotfiitant weal , 1 hasten , with great , with excessive delight , The grand K 6 te to describe , that took place yesternight . Kor our Church such a triumph ! such lirart-stirrini ; scene Was by Radical It-at or by Tory ne'er seen ' . Your dinner at hl ^ -: —rd last year y-ntr ^ nous ) Was by Iniidel scribes but too clearl y seen through . T / ieiv , all c ^ uld illsveru , that some scores of our tenants Sat , like Conscripts iii chums , or like l ' -. ipists in penance : But HERE ! how pourtray , the Conservative worth Ofthese thick-and-tliiii Protestant sonsnfthe nortll ! Heart and soul they are ours ! i y en the drugs of the nation , Who , their masteva tv > please , for their own degradation , An ' union have formed ; with their loud lusty cheer .- ) .
barned the dinner they eat , and enoanted our ears . But tmough . of the vulgar nuijora-canainits . In vuin -shall our foemen endeavour to tame us , ¦ Whilst such numbers , wealth , ttilimt , unite in a blind , What fouls term EyiJAL Rir . H'i's to exchuVe from tine land Lvery rank was assembled—the poor and the peer Did lull justice , in truth , to most excellent cheer . Lawyers , pi / sons , and clothiers , in plenty were thee ; With a lord and suiue sijuirvs , as wise as your heir . We'd Wh—rncl—lie , so changeful , in holy alliance VV ith the very same men , he once"snt .-at detiancn . " Whilst B ^ -rd—tt and S—ncl—r , par- noOile Fratrum ( liuw devoutly you used , my dear Father , to hate ' em ) Mid our old Tory spirits of pftived independonce , Just appeared as iliixed on the stool of repentance . Each wasrestless and reckh'ss—yet strove to seem gay , As if tortured with thoughts of his earlier day !
H required spme tact , too , in many a Tory As duty required , to look sweet ou " Old Olory . " I e ' en heard of a few , who , despite all their zeal , With a . convert like him could- ' no fellowship i ' eel , But , entreaty , resisting , kept sternl y away , Nor would join the deserter in battle array : And i' faith , tho' yet young , I remember his jeers : How the Teriea and Whigs he described , many years , As the thiives betwixt whom ( whui an iuipious trope ) Were crucified , Kngland ' s weal , freedom , and hope ! Poor SiriKrancis ! heu qtiantummututvs ! SIR GLORY Transformed to a rabid "No Popety" Tory ' . Yes ; He , who so long clairned uie / ullesl extent Of Reform ; with our sham one noytfftUy content ! But whea lie launched out on the dangerous designs 'Gainst the State and the Church , that till Radical minds , 1 laughed , and 1 thought of LordUrouehum and Vaux
Denouncing all viutencj—in Oastleriirid Co . Hisspeech was a compound of anger and twaddle ; Yet , when ' gainst the Papists he ' . mounted hisi saddle ; He raved and he ranted , go loyal and true , That he turned all my -thoughts , dearest Father , to you Still , e ' n then , an old Tory , by whom I wussat , With surly looks eyed our great Radical Rat , And whispered , " U'Cpnneu has made him a Blue" Spiteand jealousy all ! "' This ' --between meand you . Ofinyself—I'll but say , as i' th' Comihonshefore , I , that scoundrel , O'Connell , laid flat on the floor . Bnt the speaker of speakers , the man who best took With our splendid abSRmbl y , was good Doctor H k . Tisexactly such rnenas the V—c—r % ye waat ; Kor in brazen assertioii , in eloquent cant ,, In concealment of truth under argument specious And most skilful evasions , he's prime , he's egregious !
tUsdoctrine r they tell me , la all very sensible , Tho' part Popish part Luth ' ran , purl incomprehensible . He s orthodox quite , arid , in pure pious hope Of lawn sleeves , owns our charming youngQueen- as hispope " His speech was the speech of the evening : " his lore Has discovered ; what ne ' er Was discovered before ; That Austin THE / MONK ( by each ignorant ass So long deemed a Papist and fond of the mass ) Was a Protestant true as tie best of our band . And the Thirtynine Articles preached through , the land ; That the Normans ( oh , shame on that meddling French nation ) First brought to our pure English Church ( innovation , Which old Harry , young Ned , and the Virgin Queen Bess Brushed awaT j ' una restored her , her primitive , dress : Are-rand 'did it so nicely , saris rapine , and { orce . Thusi his Faith is the Faith of Monk Austin , of course 1 .
Fre just learnt with regret , that the CalvinISTS here To nis doctrine aad history turn a deaf ear ; And with anger maintain , the true creed of his church . By this half Popish . Doctor L ) left in the lurch ; And , her Homily ; too , that " eight hundred long years E ' er our blest Reformation was preached to their ears , The whole vorld ^ -oye , allranJct and each sex—to their cost JTereip dqmntibfo hopeless WOLJi'TRY lost !" It so ( for the V—c-f i > bqUiid toRelieve ' em ) He takesL— -rds men lor nt > odles , and tries to deceive ' em . rhen the Papists insist , that before " DEFORMATION " Laid ^ waste their pure Church , ia this thea happy nation , ¦ S , ! ? - ^ f aurch-rate or poor-rate , their Clergy of yore A * henr tithe * repaired churches and nourished the poor ! £ «— » they tauntingly s ny , « can have never received The HAUsoiSs
" LEGACY TO " oUCohVett Wqiieathel ! V For the BIRTH OF HIS CHUitCH tney advise him to look From thetenth to the fiftieth page of the book . How then could the V ^ -e—r . mt& KIRKS * AIX so near , Assert what he did , without trembling and fear ? Oh , how bold , yet how richt ! whataBne ^ fa Fravs , ' ' To make people in love with hiB Chureh and her laws ! And all niust confess , when onr great hol y Tudors Deigned to make themselves Popes and . divinity tutors , It was jurt , if vile Papists withheld theirapplause , To oust them , and hang them by mfW penal lawa . B 7 the , by » , aW f rhi _ tli 6 ughtliM just tfaihedoV » yW » ia : Since Mi truth m so solid , uudouitedBnd plain , Let adhesion to i ' i be , in future , the test . . Of electors . - ; and then all in safet y vrfll rest .
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- We shall then hear no more of harsh intim ! 3 ation , "" / '"" , Cbrrnption nVm ' oreTwllWfiJuhdixi tit 4 n * tii > tif ' But the AVTAR AND , THRONE wiU repose on thela * s -. . .-thatestablish , in ^ rjumph our ^^; PROTKstANaf , CAOSB ; j : , ,... \ . Kor , the . ^ resent , ' adienf fii a ghdwet of hailstone ; For Salford we ' re oflf . ' . Your most dutiful ' : ¦ ¦ ; " ¦ :. • ¦ i "; : : ; '"¦' : " -- . '• ¦ ; ' . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' // ' ¦ ' ;¦ •/ .: ' .. ' , " ¦ - ¦ .- Mt-DST—NE . / : . ' ¦ ' " . ? Thw probably allndes to a scene" in the Castle Yard of York , a few days after his Lordship ' s elevation to the Peerage . [ Eos . ] : ' . :,., - ' : " . ' . ' . '¦ . . . * ¦ ¦ .: ' : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ " . ' .. •' Wo uJmll * V > ot . h ««» nn innrm nt Knrik 5 niiwiCK »! S . "~ ^ " ~ " " "
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Acquisitiveness ; its uses and abuses ; by D . G . Goyper , Member of the Glasgow Phrenological Society ; Glasgow John Reid ; Edinburgh , John Anderson , Jun , & Co . ; . London , J . S . Hodson ; Leeds , Joshua Hobson , Star Office . This is a very spirited and meritorious treatise on the vice of covetousness , treated in the peculiar style of Mr . GoyDEU , which appears Vto view all things phrenologieaUy . Of his " E ^ iiome of Phrenology , " and " Chart of Phrenology . " we have already recorded our opiniou ; and if , in . those work a he has manifested an intimate and practical acquaintance with the rudiments of his science , so as to be able to simplify tbem to the understand ' ng of the learner , and the student , he has certainly in the present work evinced no less skill , in following out iu workings as developed in the actual affections and practices of the human heart and character . The Essay was one amongst many others which
were written tor the prize of 100 Guineas , offered some ago by Dr . Conoue&t , for the best Essay on the subject on which it treats . It exhibits the odious vice which it condemns in a novel , and } frequently , a very striking light of contemplation , while its character is drawn out still more forcibly by being placed in contrast with vivid pictures , arid illustrations , of the opposite virtues of philanthropy and benevolence ^ There is an abundance of matter in this volume to gratify in a very high degree the reader of almost every character j its merit beifig .. ' of the first order , whether considered in a moral religious , literary , or scientific point of view . " . It is illustrated by several beautiful Etchings ; among which are representations of King Henry , in a fury with his Lords in the Koyal Gallery , ' and Christ driving out the Usurers from the Temple . Its style is chaste and elegant , bat simple and perspicuous The following , extract , taken , at randommay convey
, some idea of it : — - There are two modes by which money may be abused negatively and positively . " The miser , who hoards his wealth lrow day to day without any other objict than the pleasure of accumulation , a an instance of negative abuse . The spendthrilt , who seeks only the gratification of his appetites and passions , and spends all that he has in riotous living , is an instance of positive abuse . 'I"he miser , by lucking Up hia money in a strong box , neglects justice , mercy , and the love oJ his fellow creatures ; but he at the same time punisheshim-» elf that he may gratify the inordinate cTaving which he feels for money . The spendthrii ' t nev .-. r thinks of the miseries and wants ol others , by being engrossed wholly in seltisE gratificatiou *; Uu time is taken up in d « vising new pleasures for himseli ; there is , however , more hope ot" the spandthrilt than the miser . The former scatters his wealth and wont brim'
, s him to repehtance , while at the same time the circulation- tf . the money u productive or good ; but it is not so with the miser- he neither serves others nor himself , but starves armust a profusion of ftold , and bolts alike the entrance to his h a bitation und to his heart , so that the suflerine and » the miserable may knock or call in vain . But there is yet another clas * ot men who abuse their wealth , aud these are perhaps the most selfish of all : ay , even more sillish than the miser Jor the miser never leads one to buppoie that benevolence or generosity iormrf part of his nature , and we therefore expect nothing trom him . But this cl . iss hide the cold selfishnessof their nature under the mask of prudence : and wh le they will not deny themselves a single luxury , nor retrench the smallest minecessary expense , will exclaim with the traitor Judas ' 1 o what puTpuan is -all this waste ? " They talk loudly of the danger ot indiscriminate charitv , of the imnositions nnf .
tr eed on the benevolent , and the absolute necessity offirst caring lor theniselves and families , and then guardiuiraeainBt the fraud of others . They are perpetually abusing the avarice of the miser , they lament most pathetically the folly of . the spendthrift , bnt they -are as guilty of abusing their wealth as both ol them put together;— " for the purpose of veaing their hardness of heart , and want of hunwmity , they affect a va « t abhoirenca 01 vice , and an equal reverence tor virtue . If , for nvrttiince , a poor creature who at one period of his life committed some indiscretion , gets into distress ,. and " applies to them fur rehet , they insUwtlyput him in mind of theunluckr evuut , and thus pretend to justify themselves for withholding any assuiancc . No mutter how much the indiscretion mar have been atoned for ; it has been committed , and that forsooth is enough for the hypocrites ! Detestera of vice Adorers of virtue ! how do they expect that their own ^ errors will be overlooked by the Deity , when they themselves cannot , or rather aflect they cannot , pass bv unpunished the mm )
venial transgrossions ofa tkllen feQow creature . Theassumed cause of their unckintablness is more offensive than the want ot charity itselt . " Thus the really deserving are dismissed with the coldhearted maxim . You should have been more prudent , —while those who have brought themselves into poverty by extravagance , who hare openly spent their substance in what ia termed the gaiety and lashxon of the world , ; and who have not added hypocrisy to their other vices , are shunned as a pestilence , and frequently experience the most harsh , cutting , and bitter hmguage , from the wretch who had perhans feasted at their table and preyed upon their credulity " Whv should we turn away from the wicked-una . the worthless when they . are in distress > we often do far otherwise when thev are in prpspeniy How dare we do so ? what would become " of ns Goddidg ^ to us ? A morsfil of brea d or shelter from the mtensecold would never be thrown away . How can we tell that . they may not repent and reform ? Give the suflerihjr sinner every chance in your power . Th « suu shiaea on the evil and on the good .
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Banks op the Nile , —Look at the Egyptian reposing under the shady trees which spring up spontaneousl y upon the buiks of the refreshing Nile ; see him plunging into its cooling Waters gatuenng the melon which ministers to his health while it delights bis senses . How much must his conformation , bis climate , and his localities , contribute to create for him a character ^ and to constitute for him a social system , unlike that of the Laplander , stinted of nature ' s fair proportion , " sh > yerrag and starving in his sunless and unsenial latitudes?— Vohieu .
Children . -The character of the mother seems to have the chief influence in determining the qualities of the children , particularl y when she has much force of character , and is superior in mental energy to her husband . There is no instance , perhups , of a man of distinguishea vi gour and activity ormind , whose mother did not display a considerable amount of the same qualities ; and the fact of eminent men haying so frequently children far ^ inferior to thfemselvea , is , in most cases , explicablehv the circumstance , that men of talent often iharry women whose mmds are comparativel y weak . When the mother ' s brain is very defectiye , tnfc minds of the children are inevitabl y feeble . --Coombc ori the Constitution of Man .
Aristocratic Amusements . —What is the occasion that . is drawing from every quarter tbe deose multitude of pedestfianls , equestrians , cbinoteers , and splendid equipages to you inland castlecrowned town , from whence the flag s areflauntioc the guns are firing , and the tells ^ are riugin R ? Nobfe biped , savages are there assembling to spend the time and the monej of ihe people , for the ^ u r ^ se o { encouraging the worrying to deattt a kingy iaTace ten times more noble than the best tf tfeem ; W beastemuch less brutal than their owners . These are the schools and the iind of lessons which these highly-paid schoolmasters funiish to the people whtt pay their salaries . Cai we wonder that so manV have profited b y them ? Such ^ withvthe hornjbfe sanctioning by their sabscriptiong ; their lireserice
and their gambling pn the occasion , the brntal and brutalizing practice of siv £ ^ pittrf * g « n « t ^^ cb ° tner for the purpose of : maimiDg and- killing / are among : the amusements , I may say the huainewi jjf pur nobility , and the return they make for tbW princely : ineoinea . -. Front the Peer ^ / fa . JWj / p and the Poor , by a Retired Tradesman ; - •¦' ¦ "»"'"'
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: v ^^^ f ^ f ^ i ^«?^ li ^ -Pn ^ % occasion of tEiginemjpboardiWftie T * f » ^ S-t ^ ^^ ^^ ri gtt-ana . Mff h | g ed hitter behaved with extrabrdihary braver * ^ r caught np a sword with his right hand , whilst % iS bja left he grasped a aonble-headedi shot T ^? angnladf ^ rinedj he rushed amongst -the boarf ^ and dealt destruction around him ; The «*/« £$ ouly us ^ to ward off the blows of his ? anS ^ f whi ^ be jtruck ynth his left hand with the ^ 2 j headed shot , and always with good aim and Sr effect , 'mascieniffic mode ¦ of ^ Sghting wasr at ?^ so ^ novel arid tremendous , that he knocked io ** * I beg pardon , flodred ^ -eight ; of the enemt ^ Z ^ : ; '"^ % SE : iiiib 3 £ lf : 'i'i'i- f : v- « ' /?*^ : ' - ~ -- ! s- ; - > :- ' .- « . i-i ; aiiL-. 5 * . ^^^ SHS
creaxeo a complete panic . -Uuring the whole of S time he was engaged in this extraordinary ' conflv ? h p ^ ^ | f !*¦ : «*?) " Purely for h ? S s&tisfacUon ^ invoking " inverted blessi&es" oi ^ rV bodies ^ souls , eyes , and limbs ofthe ehem'r —^//« i « * tures of a Creole . y uven Married and Singlb . —Among the hii * classes of people , the superior distinctions S marriedUvomen receive , and . the markedin attenS to which single women of advanced age are exrin k » enable many men who are neither agreeable in ; S 3 nor person , and are besides in the waneof life ? choose partners among the young and fair , in ^ S of being confined , as nature seems to dictate t ^ sons of their own ageand accomplishments ifa )
Success . —The sentiment of triumph is the raost exquisite of all terrestrial feelings ; no matter hnl wide or how narrow the sphere of action-no matter how . rich or how vile the prize-the boards of [ theatre or the floor of the senate-a game at cari or speculation for millions—a harlot or . an angel a scuflle m the street or an emp ire-deciding battle success is still success—the nectar pf life ; and a feV drops of this immortal liquor poured into Our cub enables us to endure its bitterness—wins us . in spite of reason to live on , and consoles ua for the long long years of wasted labour and ulcerating d <« aD ' pointment . — Count Cagliastro . - y
Fate and Fortune . —It often amuses me to hear men impute all their misfortunes to fate , luck or destiny , whilst their successes or good fortune Aey ascribe to their own s ^ acity , cleverness , or Tiene , tration , It never occurs to such minds that Ue ^ ' t and darkness are one and the same , emanating from and being part of , the same nature . —Coleridge . : ' Freedom . —None can love freedom heartily bnt good men ; the rest love not freedom , but license which never hath more scope or more induieene / than under tyrants . Hence it is that tyrants are not oft offended by , or stand much in doubt of , bad men as JDeing all naturally serv ile ; butin whom virtue and true worth most is eminent , them they fear in earnest as by right their masters ; against thera lies all their hatred and suspicion . —Milton
Tnv Mists of IGNORANCE .-We are how iD the transition state ; the mists of" ignorance are fast clearing away , and the seeds of knowled ge , exten sively sown are springing up amidst a clearer atmospWe . By and by , we may reasonabl y expect in communities , what we may now observe in individuals , just notions of their own and other people ' s rights ; more accurate perceptions of the conseuuence of pursuing certain lines of conduct , and an-entiehtened preference of the right above the wren ? - William Carpenter .
Language . —That some men have a greater facility than others for verbally communicating their ideas , must be obvious to persons of even common penetration ; and this difference may be observed in written as well as in oral composition . A . strong verbal memory should not be regarded as the onlf characteristic of talent , for not unfrequentl y the most verbose speakers are the most shallow thinkers and often , profound men have the greatest diffiedtr to find words rapidly enough to express the vivid and rich succession of their thoughts . It is true , ako that an individual having a powerful memory ' of words , will sometimes mistake his retentive faculty for real knowledge ; and he is more charmed with the varied sounds of a language ,. that instructed with
the ideas which the words represent . Besides , such as have that easy address , and that uninterrupted flow of words which gives them a faculty in retailing the things said or written by others frequently fall into the error of doing this so often and so parrotlike , that they ultimately conceive that they Have a right of property in the mental commodities of others , and they are apt to commit plagiarisms which can only be detected by one . acquainted with the authors thus pillaged . —Mental Culture , or the means of developing the human faculties , by Mr . J . Levisoii .
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Sweet Mouthful . — A few years since , an aged clergyman , in the western part of this countf , speaking of , the solemnity attached to the ministerial bfflee i said that during the whole term of forty or fifty years that he had officiated therein , his gravitr had never but once been disturbed in the pulpit . On that occasion , while engaged in his discourse , he noticed a man directly in front of him , leaning over the railing of the gallery , with something in hii hand , which he soon discovered to be a hu ge quid oi tobacco , just taken from his mouth . Directly below sat a man who was in the constant habit of sleeping at
meeting , with his head leaned baekj and hu mouth wide open . The man in the gallery was intently engaged , raising and lowering his . hand , and taking an exact observation , till , at length , having got it right , he let fall the quid of tobacco , and it fell plump into the mouth of the sleeper ; The whole scene was so indescribably ludicrous , that , for the first and last time in the pulpit , an involuntary smile forced itself upon the countenance of the preacher . The unexpected intrusion of so unpalatable a mouthful awoke the sleeper , and he was never known to indulge in that practice afterwards .-Mossanhussets Spy .
The Dentist and his Patient . — Amongst the original . papers in the first number of the Court Qrazetie , there is a very amusin g one entitled 'Anecdotes from the Scrap Book of a Modern Traveller , from which we extract the foUbwing :-r Amoag bis ( the Dentist ' s ) ciientelle was a lady of rather equivocal position in society , as he afterwards " learnt , whose vanity and desire to patch up her dilapidated charms . were very inadequately recorded by her failing resources , and who , under a temporary want of means , was allowed to remain in his debt for the
amount of a set of artificial teeth ^ viz ., fifty guineas . Many years , however , passed oh , and he heard nothing of his fair debtor , and had begun to consider it a bad debt , when one day he received a packet with a letter , stating , that finding she had -noticing to live , and feeling her conscience sorely burtnened by the fraud she had practised on him , she felt herself called upon , for the good of her soul , and as an a ' ct of retributive justice , to present him with the contents of the accompanying box ; this he proceeded to ope ^ in . the ftll expectation of finding some
valuable piece of jewellery or watch , as the form of the packet indicated . ( Jreat was his surprise , however , on getting at the contents of the very carefully packed box , to find that the fair penitent ' s sense of retributive justice was much more . exact than he had had any thought of ; for thVre he found the identical piece of false teeth which he had made for her five years before , and which she had worn during all that time—preseBting to his view a most delicate specimen of the fruits of a gcrupulous conscience and a death-bed repentance .
• Dinner . — " It is a very easy thing to direct people to ' eat a djnner , ' butitisno such easy matter to instruct them how to get one . We would , hoffeyer , recommend the sponging ^ sy stem— sponging fa a dinner is much practised in genteel society ; by making yourself' useful , by playing the flute , by singing a good song , by . telUng a ywecr story , by detailing the scandal of the day , or by inventing a malicious tale against any rival of your patr on—by getting .. on his blind side—by feeding his Tanity- -or by playing the fool in any pleasant way , ypxx ^ J ensure ; a dinner most days in the week ; in sh ort , if ypii have nothing to live upon , you alpBt * live upon your wits . ' Dining with Duke Humphrey is but a sorry entertainment ; it is better to dine on ' . tick ; to dine by counting the trees in ; the Park , only
proqaces an enormoua ; appetite for ' supper , and many a poorifellovr .-is compelled , with ' Ah ! how do you do ? to angle : for . ; .. a ' : mjB aL- ''' v ' -yo a ; iia ^ ' with an observing eye , easily perceive fcpw the thertnometei' of rocb » person's hope ; is lowered ia its temperature -be started for the Park in good timie , mth the ' fnll notion of soup and flesh ; hedeseenda g ^ aduaUy , as thesan declines to « tnuttftn-chop and potato , till at last all the invitaiioU 9 wa ) k % way one after anbfter , and the 'taste-tny-soopMiords , and * ent-xny-thiutton' ge ? 7 and the f : take-my ^ pot-luek' plebeians , are * at last « 1 departed , and you plainly see by the twitching of bi « olfactory he ^ ejrfhat ^ liseefit ^ f a dinner is entirely losti He tutns on his * heet in despair , and , as be Bfalfe aldng , ^ oes through thebrbad-sword exercise with his cane , cutting ' six , in inimagination of earring a smoking jowt / H-More Hints ^ EHfuetie .
^ Loirn Brouohajt . —( pdhtetton ^ eompar ^ j interejft excited by watchirig' ^ « x . fchanceilor » career , to thit which iff felt oti ^ ntoeWng a dnclc-* Bnt ;; ; the prftcipal jmvi < fa J ^ ft $ * & > ^ the duck diT ^ wfef t wfll c ® e ^> % ^
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• ' . ' •¦ . -. ' " ¦ - ¦ ' . . . . ' I . '' -. ' ' . - ' , . . . - THE dinner campaign is now over , my boys , That made « uch a terrible clatter , and noise ; The day is our own , we ' re with victory crowned , Under Arthur the brave , the bold , the renowned . ¦ -. .. . Chorus—Sing folderol , dp rol , derol , folde rol , derol , derol , fpl de rol , fol de rol , fol de rol , de rol . •" ' .. ; ' ¦ ., '¦ ' . - 11 . ' . - ' .. ; ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ " Why talk offear , whilst our regiment is full - Of men who want nothing bnt brains in their skull ; The old maxim ' s true , and we care not who knows ; ifc" ] Uenihiltimet , qtiiniJtilnosci ( . " , , Sing fol derol , de roh de rol .
III . Attention , my lads , hear the word of command , . Aim at Labour , Dissent , and the Radical band ; Conatitntibn ' s the pass , Queen and : Earliament , . . More plundst , my Boys , fol the old regiment . Sing fol de rol , de rol , de rol - . . - ' ¦ ; ' iv . '; . ' ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ ' . ' . . ' . " : ¦ Let Johnny , the pigmy , and Dan , the great O , . And a thousand such mad-caps whose names we don ' t know j Gopamper , like Don Ballyehrjg of Greece , ' The Irish poor Catholic devila to fleece . Sing fol de rol , de rol , de rol . v . . ; ' ¦ ¦ " Methinks that such gabies should go back to school , ¦ Who go to the goat ' s house to look after wool ; It u Wiser to leave naked Paddies alone , While we bully and plunder the rich ones at home . ' Sing fol de rol , de rol , de rol .
VI . When we ' ve eat up the meat and picked the bones bare , ' Let the Radicals come the "day after the lair ;" How they'll i ' ret and they'll fume , how they'll damn and they ' 11 enpw , ¦ ¦ ' ; .. - " ¦ ' ¦ ' . "'¦ ¦ Instead of their gold , to find nothing but paper . Sing fol de ToVdfi rol , de rol .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 28, 1838, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1003/page/6/
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