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      ** -- ' ¦ > ATBKADFORD . V ^ On Tuesday eveningla « £ a ; meeting was convened in the Bradford Temperance Hall , tor fee purpose of reprefentirig to parliament the feeliags of the innstbitantt ^ rthat town on the Fsfctory Bill , How before the House of Commons . At the appointed lod ^ t be : HaH , " wh&SiTs calculated -fo ; hol < £ above Sj ^ XW jjersbnsf w ** ' crowded ' -te \ ^ excess . ~ flL great htoT ^ ^ o / fTesp ^ jasMf ' irMo ^ enrfcangf present , sSaS ^ fiiccssidh TPMexpette ^ trat ^ did Tiot ensBft . ^ : ; Tftfe % ei . W . ' Mokeis , "B . \ Ai , ~ Incmnf > ent of Christ Church , was ' ttnainmdn !« T y caBe ef foihe'chair . ¦ Af& ^ readmk tfieTemSSnotfbywhicS' ffiemeefing » ts « m're ^ e 3 ' , nVsaidQisS& tH ^ iiireinetfci the cdnsd « ratidn' of ^ "ijogt- important subject , ' he doubtedLnot that while the meeting "would % e

      eondnetetfurxthe strictest otder [ it trduW also t > e ' condocierifiii"fcpiri £ of bninanity , "fof-s-great number « f btir fellow-creatures were seriously concerned in ibe factory BiB .- ( Hear ; hear . ) He said-he was -daily concerned with rthe ^ working portion of the <» iBBracitT , and in their welfare he felt the deepest interest ( Hear , hear , hear . ) He hoped aL < o that < herewa « not a person in that large assembly who WQuid . not £ Qnaiderthaiin protootmg the interest of * he factory children , he- was at = the . satne-tunepro-Tnotkigthel good' and prosperity ,-and-happiness of -sodj ^ , 7- ^ bear ) - —a * well -as the iappineas of succeedin g- ¦ gerierfitians , jwho "would exist when the frarehad claimed ihem < the friends of the factory He to

      -riiid ^ asitsinhfciHtaats . then . adverted the importance sf- ^ eamntansck&njt instruction . to tHe = children employed m mills , whith , be ' said , would not only contribute to : their happiness here , but might be the means of mating them , iappy hereafter . -. As there were many Mends around him who woold express iheir-sentiments on the subject on which they were assembled to speak ,. he . would not detain them further than by stating-that he would < to his best to obtain for all parties in impartial tearing , and he trusted-that the xneeting would not be in vain , hut that it would be attended with many good results to the town and its neighbourhooa . { Loud . cheers . )

      The Rev . G . S . Boll was then introduced to the ¦ meeting , and receivedwithloud" cheer 3 . He said the first duty he had to perform was to read three letters which he had that afternoon received from gentlemen who ~ had been invited iq attend the meeting . The first was from Lord Ashley , the second from Mr . fielden , and the third irom Lord Morpeth . Lord . Ashley strongly recommended the inhabitants of X ^ 'd s and-Bradford to g ^ te the question their serious consideration , , and to think whether or not they coold s » ot ? | ffopose-some amendment to the protective clauses of the present bilL Mr . Fielden in nis letter * aid the proposed bill was a novel one , and he could . not understand itj' there was no-preamble to ir , and no reason assigned for the proposed alterations of the the

      law .. Secondiy ^ crepeals former Factory Act , the boasted funcational clauses , and all , and " makes no provision for the education even of young children . Thirdly , had the object of this hill been to secure a better observance of the " provisions of the Factory -Act , the penalties would have been heavier , the uect-saty ior which was obvious from the convictions which werp "daily taking place tmder the present -act . Fourthly , reliability -to informations seems to ^> e intended to be removed from die masters to the servants whTihTie fhougat ' wEs unjust ; and in con--clusion he was satisfied that a Ten Hours' Bill would ¦ ensure more protection to the children and be more satisfactory to all parties than the proposed bill . Lord Morpetb in ins letter said , he regretted his

      want of opportunity to enter at presentintothis subject , cs he observed thai various propositions would be brought lefore Vie Legislature ^ and he should icishlo reserre Ids wtfettered discretion to judge of their respective merits ttt the tzmt they might _ be proposed . Mr . Bull stated that he had-received a note from ^ a friend at fiafif-tx , who represented to him , on good authority , that the bill now proposed was merely a feeler -50 try how the country felt . A resolution had been pot intahis hand which he then read . . "¦ This resolnfcon required him toexplain to the meeting theeharacter of the bfll now brought forward as a substitute for the present factory act . He had no doubt that both masters and men , parents and children , would like a better" act than the present .

      ( Hear , hear . ) But if the present act was mconve-^ aient to any body , let " the framers of it be blamed -and not flie ten h * Hir e' men . Before he entered upon the subject with a view to pointing out die character ¦ of the bill now proposed , he perhaps might be allowed to . say ; that if they were to agitate mS question again it was not the ten hours' men that had begun the agitation . They-were all quite still . -They had been iold that the present act worked xrelk and they were really impressed with the con-Tictibn thai so long as the' right hours' clauses remained in it , it would work well towards the ten ixrors' bill , and therefore they felt no alarm about « n eventual ten tours' bill solon ' g as the right hours ' -rlauses remained in the present act ( bear , hear ) .

      At the same tune ., "however , they would watch with ao fittle jealousy all those nibbhngs at the act which seems to progress nearer and nearer towards arepeal of tie eight honm * clauses . " They were " quite willing to have , a uniform measure , such a one as tbey bad -always p leaded for ; but it was too bad that the ten boars'bill should ever be blamed for the inconreniences of this act which , the short-time committee stud their Mends had opposed to-the utmost of their power . _ But perhaps ne might be ^ allowed to enter a litfleinto the history of this" question . This quessidn ^ then ^ was . first brought before the legislature by Sn- Robert Pee % fhe fether of the present DaroneL He would for the information of those who "h ad not attended to the subject state the feel that" it was Sir

      Robert Peel who first broDght ^ any ME before Par-Sanient to regulate fee tones in this kingdom . The first attempt was made in reference to the apprentices . . Most of the chflden who were first sent to the . mills , were workhouse children called apprentices , after the _ fashion ^ > rthe negro apprentices of Jhe West Indies , i . e . to work hard , to kTe scantily and "be . well flogged for their pains { hear , hear ) .- Such was Jhe Jreatmect &e apprentices received , douhtless « ith some honourable exceptions . gar Robert Fed brought in _ a . hul . to protect the apprentices ' many of hin opponents jeered him for the interest he took in ihar welfere , and . told him he £ u > uld have b ^ jun sooner" before he got so much money by his apprentices . ( Hear . ) He replied that

      u was better todo ^ ood late than never— ( hear ;)—ami that he was determined to endeavour to protect the factory children . . He Ihenhrought in another Bill to protect tilbei ^ t&iHlren , whether" apprentices < a not ; for the . people connected with the London workhQD&e , ana toe workhouses of other places , £ rew tired of sending their children far the mills , ' they died to fest ; andm consequence-of machinery supplanting human labour , and taking the spinning -on t of the cottages , where it was originally performed , -and bringing ^ i into iarge buildih « ^ necessity com-, gelled parer ts-in the rural distnets to ^ send their children to the &ctories . It-wa * flien flat Sir Robert determined to hare a Bfllrtethe arotection of all children . There-was then Airjnrnide from interested parties . that there-oagh ^ to be , an inquiry into * the matter , which was ^ " accordingly- made . Committees , both of the House 01 Commons and the House , of Lords , ' - were anDomtea ?' witn « kaft « Wi » rA

      g-i ? nnrrt&J | jpersons ¦' eff ^ every cTawbf-Wbrking ' people •; some : of the apprentice «^ &eatte 1 *«*? 5 nfeaiealmen ^ d aer gymeni-andii » e ~ gen < SRft 1 and amd ^ erit ' tes ^ Tamony of these was against ta » -WertriBg » : bl the Sunfettered sysiem . 'Cwhifca w *» Ma , e "bem tola -was an ex ^ BartsygteiB ^ iui ettSi' general test ^ o ^ was » fcvour ^» ifgia 0 ti » e « Bkctm «* 'Tte'Very first Sill , thfere&nr ^ tbat w « &et Iwdnght befdre ^ Parlia-^ f ' ^ ty ^ te ^ ^ P ^ bimrtiewM a ^ H Hours ' BilL ( Loud cheers . ) With tbJtflte : dia not «« ceed . ' He was ^ enablaJ , however , to : pbta 1 n spmerestricfaons , and . j ^ . fiirt sra fcJiani&if ^ g amonn ^ ^ labour , ; to « eventy-tw () ^^ houw per wee ^ apd a $ erwards to -cxpr-nine V ^' l ^ r ^ l ki : ' W ^ 9 ^ BoBhbuse ^ enuearoured tb t imprqve ltin 5 ' 82 & / "itfi ^ O Mr - Sadler endeavoured , ifi ' thfe plafc £ OT fee wA ~ 6 ? SirJ ^ HofhooMf- V ^^^ ^ ea ^ vm * ' ^ 3 La iie conl solte * Sar J . ' -Bbdhbtae abbw «§• ^ fb » said that he had himself been '» e 2 bealeir *»§ k « ig «*^ 4 hat ~ W wouldjhevjeajiothinfimorpto ^ iJiD- ^ adfltSt pand Mr Sadler was theK ^» 3 e& Jto- « ateai wkS \ b&ujujrf ' ^^ fiPZe ^ -i TStniffE . ttWB "

      Jir ^^ DHt ^^^ iB ^^^^ t - ., * " ^ - £ . ffi ## wfr ^ & $ Sl # « J ^« Hrd 6 idi : in this ben ^ iitteaTcaase woBldreoderhjs name dear to * aBf 3 k JmlSsSk ' ^^ m wa . ? ow no , more : but LoH Ashler undertook

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      thatMry ^ qgafi \ ^ 4 fhemwM , * dcpt thei f schools such an" excellent pobncatidn ^ und if they did not know b from-a-bnll ' s foot , there could be no ddutttHat they ^ rould spajrbeyome eminent philosopheri by » ieanaof , flie horn Book of her Majesty ' s Ministeru . ( Continued laughwr . ) But after all it was no Joke " to iiake awaf the edocadon of little children , - meagre a * wercBiekpresenttjppbrtonities of acquiring-it . XHt ^ T" * ^) 'And-why was it taken Ti-yaj- ?;; Jf , he wereaSlfea w ^ at &e ¦ preamble 8 &tei » , nejSi ^ rered ^ f ^^^^ ' ^ P 1 ^^ ^' Itr . was cu ^ tpmary , to state a ^ the ^ commencement of ap act . the reasons . upon wh ^ cli . ^ was grounqed ^ but there was neither ichy nor teherefote . io ~ Sw * act ; and it begaustnught-forward wjth ^ Be it euacted , " fee . He could sapply . a preamble . He could say "Whereas -the milk ) wnersaad occupiers

      wereexceedingiystapid-andjvery proodjjand would nottakea Ten Hb ^ rre'BiDithou ^ titw were -ieonvinoedit would do them good and ihe ' -peb p letob ^ &c . &c . "MrVBull thei refSrjid . to'ihe repojts of ^' lispectors / which , he ' 8 aia , pTOped ilie value of ^ he eduj ^ tional clauses . He also adverted fo some infonnatioi ^ thai'had been la $ against a'Mr ; HewbUbtBMf ^ enjin ^ JFlintshire , in which it was stated that henaa bees fined in the nmi' of' £ 19 . ' f 6 rsere ^ flag | a ^ t ;^ 4 W 9 n » of toe h » w iu running Iris Jactune * Apn » g w ^ ole nights , and compelling his-workpeople in some instances to work sixteen hours per day . r In conclusion , he wis uorry ( hat there- were not .. on , the platform many of his townsmen , who ' professed to-be -benevolent and philanthropic . * He aid ' not like / that one-eyed benevolence , that oduld' understand s question lying at the end ' of the earth , and / coula' yet fa il to coraprehend one l ying at their " qwb . " doori ; ( Hear , hear , hear . ) They , replied , is-answer to .-. his solicitations to be present and render their assistance on the

      occasion , "Oh , 1 really do not understand the quegtion . " If , however * , he was like them , and did not understand the question , he would imitate Job and say , "Twill search it out . " He concluded by moving . the resolution , and was heartily cheered . Mr . Joseph Brooke seconded the resolution . He said he appeared before the meeting , as a humb ? e operative , who did not obtain his linng by speechmaking , but by hard labour . ( Hear , hear . ) The question before the meeting was one to which he had bestowed some attention ; but he must be allowed to say that the more he knew of the factory

      --ystem , the more he . detested- it . The iron hand o ' f oppression had made hfan submit to that which he coold not otherwise designate than as hateful . He had been obliged to send some of his children to the factory . This he deeply regretted on a variety of accounts ; but particularly because of the immoral lessons they were taught , and of the evil principles they imbibed . Another great objection was that they were virtually excluded from all opportunity of obtaining any education 5 for when a child had been working twelve hours , he was who lly unfit f 6 r all mental exercises . The onl y opportunity worth naming was the Sabbath School ; and that was comparatively nothing , for with excessive labour during the week , children were irequeutiy too wearied

      to enjoy the advantages of that day of rest . He had felt the keenest anguish when he had been obliged to see his children dragged from their beds nt five o clock in the morning , to go and labour so long and sohardforalittlebread . He thought eight hours per day was quite sufficient for any man or child to work . Were there any there who thought differently ? All he could say was , let them go and try it , with the same food and wages , &c , and he thought they would not be long in changing their opinion . ( H ear . hear . ) It was his firm conviction that a Ten Hours ' Bill would be mutnall y beneficial both to masters and men . After a few other observations , the speaker seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously .

      Mr . Chables Walker moved the next resolution . He had no personal vai . ity to gratify , but rather a diffidence to overcome , in occupying so prominent a situation ; but he had been impressed with the conviction that it was the imperative dnty of every one connected with manufacture to assist m ameliorating the condition of the factory children . There was no class of men engaged in either manufacturing or agricultural operations who are regularly subject to so long a continuance of trial as Factory children ' Thirteen hours and a half , with short intermissions

      lor meals were these tender branches of our species compelled , in the best regulated Factories , when work-was plentiful , to labour every day . The pursuance of such a system was disgraceful to the national character . ' A diminution of the time of dail y labonr was regarded by some as a sacrifice of profit ; while it was a fact that many Factories were now running eight or ten hours daily instead of twelve , to avoid the loss which would arise from a larger period . To calculate the gains of fourteen or fifteen hours labour instead of twelve , was about the same thing as to calculate the loss to the country from making the Sabbath a day of rest .

      boma years ago , the great alarm bell of the oppo-8 er 8 of the Ten Hours' Bill , was that the wages of the operative would be rednced by arednction in the hours of labour-time ; however experience had shewn that instead of falling they had risen , and instead ' f hundreds being out of work , Factory workers had become scarce since the passing of the present measure for ieau ? ctb » g the hours of labour to the maximum of twelveijonrs . It was said by some of the smaller ^ manufactory that it would tend to injure thetr interests while it advanced that of large capitalists , \ while the majority of extensive-manufactu rers opposed It because it would deprive capital of its fair advantage and ascendancy . Now if fairly looked at ; the effect 6 f the measure would be just this : all proprietors of factories would be brought to act upon one system—no petty ' ihean advantage could be obtained by one at the unjust expense of another , in

      reference to the age of children , at ' the tim 6 of their daily labour , but the grand sources of legitimate ascendancy would be based upon ' knowledge , integrity ; and industry . Such an arrangement would tend to promote the . interests of , all classes engaged in manufacturing pursuits . But the great gun of the opposing party , the loud roaring of which most seriously' afiected the feartof the nervous was ^ Foreign competition . " Hundreds would . concede , that , as a ' measure of humanity and justicp , they would be glad to see the TenHoars BilVadopted , butthe fear of this country lanted and

      being supp destroyed in her commercial capacity precludes- them , according to . their own averments , from encouragingjsuqh a measure . He might dispose of this objection , on the honest principle that thatjwMch is cruel and nnjust , ought to be abandoned at once without : delay orregardto consequences ; bmhe would meet the ; argument on its own twins of mere finance . It must . be recollected that our foreign trade is altogether a system of exchange . If we export our produce , we import to an equal supposed value , the produce of the fereigner . Butj-it is rejoined , » the foreigner may take our eoldfor his produce , and refuse our manufacture . " Granted ; and then our Dianufactnre must be

      exported , topreas the gold home agam . ( Applause . )^ The planwiBd ample fact is , that other nations are equally interested with ourselves , in exchanging then- anrplni commodities , afrd that importations fromforeign elkned must be paid for by the industry of this nation . It may "be objected , that if the Ten Honr «! Bill were adopted and the same wages paid ** ? ° ' t cost ° f "aannfactorers would be increased , and we could not ghe the foreigner bo many pounds , of . yam , orpicegof < J 6 ffias he now receives for a given quantum of hl £ merchandise . This too ; he ' ^ aight ^ onccdelandhere watt the important position to DB ^ ndetstood . ^ le would suppose ( he foreigner - J ^ iriP ?* * M > wmttodidei , b « cau ^ an aaTanceiiadtfCkenplace'in the'trice of mauufac-, tares : tb ^ wnsequence would > e ^ iat th& incre ased expence of their foreign articles of conaunption would iaUirom-the eomnmnity at large , -and ^ tiie burden would of course be borne by eaek in tn ^ portion- to

      Wfc . ejaenfc ^) l ^» - | HafihaBeer- «> rihftt though kid gloves might be a pennya pair more , or tea a penny apoBndIugner , ^ i ^* ae ani ^ irite a li ttle dearef , the main burd . en ^ Omwjpnid fall on the rich , wj& consume such articles much more extensively rhan the i poor . He wot 3 d Mkiiow is the British mercS of

      ^ T jSfS ^ M" . yhe n . M ,. T 9 ^ n speculation , and othejf cau » 6 s , - an &dvan < jp £ k * 8 pla ^ e ii ^ Jhe price " of I ^ U . \^ y ° » ' ^^? -W- &J ;^ C ' could > J&rfftni'iT ^ a Hour Fsc& ^ BlUT 3 ( gklS , dId tt ; ^^^ W >^^ f 4 ^^ L ^^ Mt bfi ^^^^^^ Aeji ^ asa ^ ' ^ h ^ L ^ foi ^ kn& . ttBShbwn

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      speaker concluded amidst the applause of the wLole meetu 3 g . ' ' " ¦ , ' v . ¦ : .,: '¦ v- ....,.,.- ' .. ¦\ .: ' : ' "J ' :: -.- ¦;¦ ¦<¦ '' 1 " EpwABD . Slii . is seconded- the' resolution , stating ti&i ; s « iuiuch ^^ hid been said by ^ Sir . WiUker , and ttrsuch' gdod purpose , that lie had nothing fuj ' ther , ' to" advance on the question . The resolution Mr ; ' fena- Bww ^^ wa ^~ n ^ ifti ^ ucetf to thfe meetingi ' and was-i » cei \® d'WitJi ^ veiy ' -loud : cheers . He said itf dewlved \ uponJ 4 iiB ' to propose ! that a remonstranceibe . sept t « ihe ? Hoiise of Common * : —

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      He said-when he looked -tojthe establishment of a Q overninett ^ ift . ^ Xj SW ^ tTi . ? P * f ^ a ^^^ t «» to the Buraoses for w ! b ^ &ij lck OovetnTOeut wiC or at lea ? t QugMio be fpr % ed , he c&ne ^ tofliecbnclusio ^¦ ¦ tfiat \ t was Uie' du % 6 t sticadtivernnient to" protect equally all dasses'of Kubic ' pts'fdr -t ilidlii they makeliawsVbut more' esp >( 5 aBy to'p ' totect the' yWtngf ' th ' e ' tenaef , add ' ther afefendeles » -- ( hear ,: hear j ^ -and' ' whfcn e Govehrmtent neglected its duty in these particulars , then'h . ' was neoesgary ob the part of the people , - not only to petition , ' -but » to rfemonatrate with such Governmentagainetsuchprocefedings , ( Hear , heitr . ) The-gubjetft pftwhicliftheF wer $ met wadonfrthat had often been reiterated in . the ears of the working nennlfl of Ynrtuliirfi rtftpn vrfmtTioi-iTnaVhacrTia ^ Tnaf ¦ mm -w ww ¦ ¦• »»«^ y

      £ - — -- ^ " ; — " — . *• w » p— ^ [ w * r ~* Ym » T **** « IHIV ^ t < 1 *****^ * uppn . rthw subject ; to ' present , their petitipustp the Le ^ ature : . ftnd why was it ftey wejre obliged s ^ nl to'riitjet , still I ? iSray ^ still to remoxistMe ? U wag » bfcaiise of Hhe oVerwtieMng innuehbebf wealtti ov « r poverty ; ( Loud cBeer * : ) . Had the poverty of thWpeoJjle A ) ) £ r&rf ah influence over 'flie minds' of th-ostewho ' iatat the heltn of ^ affairs as wealth , thdy wbold * receive- tbe same protection as the wealthy , and : & smiling eonatenahoes nf the Legislature woold be continually « pbn them . But they ( the meeting ) were operatives , and were ground-down almost , to the last state -of amtnal existence . ( Hear , hear . ) He was glad ihe frieiidg who had con vene 4 . that meeting _ had laid aside the idea of petitioninij and had adopted : the more rational course of remonstrance . He mamtained they had a ri ght to reinonstrate whenever they' suffered an evil in consequence Of an Act of Parliament ; Hear ,

      hear . ) Mr . Busxey then adverted to the New Factory Bill and complained bitterly of the want of a preamble to it . - He said had it been a bill for the protection of the rich-instead of the oppression of the poor , it would not have been without a preanible , but the most ample means would have been furnished whereby to comprehend Us meaning . ( Hear , hear . ) This , however , was nothing more than a bill to prevent the poor from being educated . He described the bill as being a tyrannical measure which was highly calculated to irritate the feelings , and to be productive of ' serious consequences . He entered at considerable length into the general question of the factory system and Hhewed its workings in the fearful ravages it had made .: He showed

      tne importance of having an entire change , such a change as the Ten Hours Bill proposes to effect ; and then-the operatives might perhaps be said to have some little protection . He adverted , in coucluding , to the practise of some few parents of living on thelabour of their children , while they were immured in these nulls , aud condemned the practice in the strongest terms , in which he was warmly and enthueiaracally supported by the audience . Mr . CptTHunsr seconded the resolution . The Rev . W . Hill having been observed on the platform , was here loudly called for by the meetings He came forward to the tront , and was received with cheers . After the cheering had subsided Mr . H . proceeded to address the meeting . He gave his

      friends credit for having known him long enough and well enough to be aware that where suffering humanity , and especi all y in this , its most helpless * and defenceless form , was the subject of consideration , he did not generally feel disposed to be a mere p assive auditor ; and hence he attributed the kindly feeling they displayed towards him , to recollections of not distant days when in this and other holy causes of benevolence , ' of j ustice , and of mercy ^ he had fought , long and often , frorit and rear , and side by side , ' with many , both of those who now surrounded him , and of those be had the happiness to see before him , in the battles of the weak against the strong ; And though be might not . now be a residentpf Bradford , he yefcqlaimed the riijbt of fellowship and

      brotherhood with his compeers in this holy warfare , and so long as it might be their opinion that the uplifting et his voice or his arm , could be of service to the cause of suffering infancy , he hoped never to be accounted by them as a' strauger . Indeed that was a title which he disowned in any place . The world was his country , and every man his brdtner . He had been grieved and gratified beyond all possibility of expression while sitting upon that platform , and during the p roceedings of the meeting ; grieved , sorely grieved , that human nature should be made to bear the stigma , that now , in the 19 th century , after men had beentaught to do justice , and to lovemercy , there should be creatures bearing the . form of men and arrogatiug to . themselves the names of Christ

      nans , whose callous hearts would prompt them to amass riches at the price of sacrificing , without pity or remorse , the social comforts , the domestic joys , the intellectual delights , the religious hopes , the present happiness and eternal welfare of unnumbered myriads of their fellow-men . Was he accused of violating Christian charity , in fulminating charges of a nature sachas this against any of his fellow-trie u ? Was hereminded , as hw fhend and bio ther had been reminded , that the accuser of his brethren > UaM come vreuaredjwith propta ; that be should ascertain whether or no his charges were well founded before making them ? He admitted the position to be just and grieved he was to fiud that , damniijg proofs had been . afforded by the conduct of tiie monev

      getters in , fliis controverey—proofs which admitted of no question , and which no sophistry could gainsay ^ or refute . Had they not held with villain grasb their hold on restricted . Iabour till they could hold no longer ? Did UQt the crippled limbs of maimed victims , the mangled corpses of murdered ones—the pale countenance of gradual declinei the hectic Bush that told consumption ' s deathlike story —did not all-theae cry but in fearful accents against the demoniac system , and tfere they not answered with the fiendish laugh of exulting tyranny , until the lion form of public indignation upresred bis awful crest , and shook his mane , and roared forth thundera in the niomter ear that shook hw coward heart with terrorand compelled him to

      , relax his gripe . ¦ Had not since that period the cunning of the fox been added to the rapacity of the wolf , and had they not constantly «> ught to approximatebystratagtaBtbejposdtion they had not been abieto maintain by forcer Wa * notflieprejtentFacfory Act the o&prinf <) f th * ir fijaidful disposition ? Was it necessary for him again to recount it « history to them who knew itso weU ? ¦ Were not the many attempts which had been insidiously made to further its inconveniences upon the advocates of th ^ - Ten Hour » ' Btfl » o many seferal confirmatory evidences of character in those who made them . And did not their « ver . foiled and . now repeated attempt at th « nibbling ^ J 8 teui « f . biti-by-bit repeal prove fully dehe had

      servingol , ^ ne unuutation cast upon them . Let him then not w . accused of : ottering charges of which U 4 ere was no pruot He was indeed grieved wh # n he contemplated mich a , character as this , and when he p lacedbfiride it the subjectiof his thoughts . ^ he heartless parent described by Mr . Bossey , ( and of whom personal'observation had afforded him ah opportunity of recogniriug too many instances , ) he blushed and was ashamed to own- himaell * man : H » washowever gratified to know that though the Factory system had produced this demoniac character in many , it had not . thus inhumahized all ; ; He yet » aw around Mm &a 4 beforehinj a goodly dumber whpae hearts wece- stout -an they ¦ were . Juraest f who , thrpBghgood renort and « vil r « no » f . , K ! u 1 ti » nt ! nn «

      object sjead * ly in vie . w ,-and were determined t 6 Ebld . fast theadvantage . they , already-had until tbeyshould complete > h ; e good work tthey had began . ' He ex- ' hordedttem , toj perwi » erauce and tmiaon , 'and had nofeapfortfeiresTilt JEnough lmdbeenuaidoiithe detaSccaimected « ith > the hmness of their present ' meeting , by preceding jspeakvrs , « nd ha would not ' waste , eitherlkiaAsenstrength'or their time byrepeat-^^ rhB ^ hat . hee i ^ already i » ett smd ^ . After . some fur * e * obsertatKau Mr . 'H . satdowaloudlToheeredj The miffinstJBnce < maf ) then unanimouslyaSop' ted . A ShQrt .. T « nei , Conwnitteo wan Mmitiated ^ aki ^ ote ^ .,, V © twof ^ hankAwere given to . th « chairman , Mr .-iWalkpr , , imdM ) lh « w , after which the meeting Be . para . tedatelevenoUjlock . ; ,, : ' - " - "' ¦* . ¦ ' 7 ••¦ ' -- ¦ ' ¦ - '' tit ' . 'I . ' ¦ > . ¦ ¦ rl ¦ . ' . ¦' .

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      THE ' ^ MbE&'EtL ^ © BATH ^ BED . ¦ - : i- : ' ^ -V'Bl f ^ GbVKi ^' ' 1 ' : " - ¦ Ohlyex hiu soul np . fayre with mortal words ! Let fcuman breath diitmt him botaffain ! Butifft hiii ^ aiii ^ B p&f&i forlife atfordrf N » b «> inbBr t ) i ^ hUujBair « dlieartftom p ^ OWi h « ^ Jjve ^ iW s ^ fftp jnuch ia , f aih , : Wffl , brfi& ^ i ^ yM 6 ttS « J hWe . n 9 ti 0 ri 8 free , He ^ ter ^ ffWPtfi& *» n « gWf&S ^ ain , - . Which itetmaJnbHwpirifcBteWto-hw clay , vvv ^ P ^ Pt ^ W ' iet on ! taa pasnijig ; spirit So not stay , Though tHfe ripS fx ( tm > t \ &hiffeveriah eye , Thou « oTiS ' » tTni&ldtooiia itspipaageby : WluitBosOn vrill bftTtme ^ ifpfible- torch-light dim , And this woiW 9 d ? r ^ ne « visible tq huB ?

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      THE MAGAZINES . We received ' . the Magazmeij ^ ^ -bo near our time of publishingVthaiyre ' h ' iiv ^ oniy been able to glance sli g htiy at some of ifheir dontenta . r COtBTJRN ' S NEW MONTHLY . , The 0 urney Papers are continued . There is an ea : i 3 eUeh ' t article on Duelling , caljed the W Conflict , '' a portioii of which ¦; wei ^ shall hereafter transfer to our columns . Re ^ reatfoiis in N ^ ral ^ istoryis very interesting . My ' first visit fe Brussels ; Ancient Days ; Managers' INfote Bopk ; and Papers of a Gentleman at Arms , ^ are all excellent papers ; but we pats by th , em to the following pungent and racy extracts from " Xhepecencies . ''

      "If we desire to call an _ 'honourable member' any imaginable ieriesof hard names , reflecting on his honesty or veracity , there are appointed certain'decent phrases , sunt certapiacufu , which shut out all the usual uttpleasant consequences . Thus , instead of 'lie , ' decency sugRests ' miatake , ' and when you lay . it on thick on other breaches ot moral propriety , decency , slijis ih , as 'your only peace-inaker , ' the word political ; it bfinp a part ° f her code , that a man * may be the greatest pblitical scoundrel ; ¦ past , present , or to come , without any derogation to hia worth as a private gentie . man . This saves Mr . Speaker a deal of trouble , spares a delicate ear | the unpleasant jarring click of the pistol , and enables mothers and daughters to sleep in security , while their husbands are detained away ¦

      Irom tnem in debate . lJaeix ~ , ; i > gwu ,-itisunparliaineutary and indecent to apostrophise a member by hi * name ; while you may rail against him , usque addeliciaswlorum , as * the gallant member for . Guzzledowu , ' or . ' the nobble lud on the crpsabeniihes . ' The reason ia . plain : to call a man by his name in a large assembly' draws ;' all the blood into ^ is face , and provokes all Ins latcnHraseibilitiea : whereas he can ,: pr ought , to listen to the evil doingacharged against his Parliamentary nickname , With becoming composure . Observe thaV nothing is lost by these dectthcies ; a lie conveved in orderly phrase is as inttlhgible toaUthe world , J >? if it were giveii in express terms ; and a crimihatioti der iyes no increase of intensity from calling up six- ' members to order , and awakening all the interference of the Sneaker and hia serjeant-at-arms , • ? •¦

      " With an equal disregard to the 'truth of nature , ' society has banished a n iimber of inoffensive vocables that have given Kreit offence . ; lt is not-very long ago since vve'heard Chirks Kemble read an _ adt of ShakspeareB Henry the Fourth to a rather select audience of the very best , company in London ; and we were not a little surprised at finding tT&at he could scarcehr get . through 'half a dozen -sentences , withpiit being obKged to bolt sbme p fthejfc discarded serving-men of the dictionary , —• words which wueRaleighi' ay ^ and chaste Elizabeth , freely-uged ; but which , are now condemned , from our tender regard for decency , to keep company with the predecessor of inexpressibles , thefehiiiiine of varlet , and diver ^ other

      antiquated , Out healthy proprieties too tedious to mention . It i * by this species of ostracism that ' stomach' has been enabled to usurp the whole domain of the front of the mink ; that ' legs' have been raised in the world to stand for the entire lower extremity ; and that ladies are ^ fo rced to ivslle through society like the painted cherubims of altar-piecea iind pulpits , . without anything to sit oh ! Thus it happehs t top , that though a well-brefffemale may continuall y make a shift , she mnst not wear one ; and that , while every chicken niay have a breast without loss of caste , a woman . is obliged to go about the world with a neck that reaches from her chin to her stomacher . " • • •

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      The Life and Adventures of NICHOLAS NICKLEBY . No . 2 . Edited by Boz , with illustrations by Phiz . This work still preserves the interest excited by the last number . —In the present part , young Nicholas is brought on his journey from London to the hovel of the rascally schoolmaster , alias Dotheboys Hall . An upset of the coach on the road , afFords an opportunity of introducing two little episodes by way of stories told by the passengers , to enliven the time while waiting for a new coach . In these stories , considerable versatility of talent in manifested in the way of graphic delineations of character . We select the following extract ,, rather because it is short than because we esteem it as better than any other part : for when the whole is so , selection is difficult .

      THE PEDAGOGUE AND HIS PUPILS AT BREAKFAST . Regarding With no small enriosity and interest all the busy preparations for the coming day whichuyery street and almost every hoiiiie displayed ; and thinking now and then that it seemed rather hard that so uiany people of all ranks and stations could earn a livelihood in London , and that he should be compelled to journey so far in search of one , Nicholas speedily arnyed at the Saracen ' s Head , Show Hill . Having dismissed his attendant , and seen the box safely deposited in the coacn-onice , he look ** i » t » \ k » «« nv > o «« , ii , „ «» vrch of Mr . SqueeM . : ,

      He found tliit learned gentleman sitting at breakfast , with the three little boys before noticed , and two others who had tufnedUp By some lucky chan e flince the interview of the previous day , ranged in a row on the opposite Seat . Mr Squetini had before him a small measure of coflee , a plate of hot toast , and a cold round of beef ; but he was at that moment intent ort ' preparing breakfast for the little boys . "TbwM twopenn ' oith of milk is it , waiter ? " said Mr . Squeers , looking down into a large blue mag , and slanting it gentl y § 0 as to get an accurate view of the quantity of liquid contained in it . ¦ . " T . ^ ' 8 twopenn ' orth , Sir , " replied the waiter ,

      _ " What a . tare article milk is , to be sure , in London ! " said ^ Ir . Squeers , with a sigh . " Just lill that mug up with lukewarm water , William , will you ?" ! . ' T <> the wery top , Sir ? " inquired the waiter . " Why , the milk will be drowned . " ¦ •^ Never you mind that , " replied Mr . Squeers . " Serve it right for b ^ mg so dear ; You ordered that thick bread and butter for three , did you ?" "Coming directly , Sir . " ¦ •¦ "Yon -needn ' t hurry yourself , '" said SqueerS ; "there's plentyof time . Conquer your passibns , boys , and don't be eager after vittles . " As he uttered this moral precept , Mr , Squeers took a large bite out of the cold beef , aud recognized NlCnola * . . ' •' : ¦ ¦ _ ¦ .. ; " ¦' . ' '¦¦ / . ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ " " Sitdown , Mr . Nickleby , " said Sqaeers . "Here wearer breakfasting you see . " . . ¦ - . . ¦ . Nicholas did not see that anyhody was breakfasting except ' "" -Bqneew ; but he bowed with all becoming reverence , and looked a * cheerful tut he cohld . < j "Oh ; that ' s the milk and water , is it , William ? " said Squeera . Very good ; don't forget the bread and butter presently . " At this fresh mention of the bread and butter , the five little boys look ed very eager , and followed the waiter out with then- eyes ; meanwhile Mr . Squeers tasted the milk and

      water . _ . / ' .: ¦; . ' . / .: ; ; . ; ; ¦ ' ..- . . _ ¦; "Ah ! " said that gentleman , smacking his lips , "here ' s nchnegg . ! Think of the many beggars and orphans in the streeto that would be glad ot , this Tittle boys . A shocking thinjrhunger is , isn't it Mr . Nickleby ? " ' •^ Ve ry phobking , Sir , " 8 aidJ } icnc 4 s . ^ •¦ When iflay nutobef one , ' ! pursued Mr . Squeera , putting the nmg ¦ before . ^ iechildren , « 'the bbyon the left hand nearest the window way tukea drink . ; wnd when 1 say number two me boy next him will go in , and so ftDLwe' come to number aw iwhichfe the hist boy : Are you ready ? " ; . , " Vea , SW'cried all the boy * witt »> great eagerness . ¦ ¦ .- That ' s . right ; ' ! said Squeei * , cahuly getting on with his preakfast ; >'* e « pr « ad j ; tul I tellyojlto begin . Subdue your jHwtites ,: my deaifs , and you ' ve ' conquered human natur . mcuicaw

      • •;« . « .-mo war we airengia oi tnmd Mr . Nickleby , ¦» ta theiMnoohnaiiter , turning * ot ; NicH 6 laar , ' and . speakini ? with his mouth very * ull of beef « nd toa # t . . . . ' ,:. . . :. ; v Nicholas jnnrmurpd somethjng ^ he knew not what—in reply , 8 na thp ; hUleb 6 y 8 dividing their gaite between the mug , thetjrfeoa and butter , ( which had b y this time arriveil , ) and every mowel which * ir »» iwer 8 took into his mouth , reniained with strained eyes in torment ^ of expectation . " Thank God for a goodbreakfcst / ' saidBqueers when he hadfinwheJ . ^ Nmnb ep one ^ mistake ' . adruiki" ; , ; ¦ N nm }» er-. one ( seaed' the ; mugjr ^ venoualy , and : liad -jnst drunk enough to make him wish fo { more , when Mr . Squeers i are ' tMe » ifiialf » r number two , who gaVe titi ' at the same in " .

      tereiti *** faMMlent to ; nttmb « r three , , » hd " tb * ¦ pfooen was repeated till ttefliilk and water terminated with number ave . " And j . now " : said : the sehoolmaster , dividing ; the bread i and butter for three into " ' as many ' portions as tnere were childreaj '" yoa had better look ¦ shorp with' yom -breakfast , toi the bwn wiH blow in- » minute . or two ^ and-then every bdt * , ) e » ves .. ©^( -. - ' -- . - ' - . - . ' - - : - .: , ¦ ¦ , ¦ ' . .. ¦ .. ¦ '¦;"¦ : ¦ ., .- ¦¦ : ,.: ¦ :.- . ¦ . ¦ - ¦ - .. - , , :: , vi ¦ ¦ . - ¦¦ ' - Perqiission being tkus given to fall to , the boys hegain to ieat -ydraciotBryi * nd fe despe'Wte'faasteV while the schoolmar t « r ( Vdio-Ma * inihigh good homoor after , hk ^ meal ) picked hii teoUi ^ i | i a fork » nd { ookpiiMaUingly on ; In a «* f short timethejbpn ^ washeard . v ..: " . ; ¦ s , . . l k « : Itho ^ I t' i ^ yo uldti't belong /' saidSqueers . ^ umpinKUp Bnd pn ^ i ^ g'WliUle Ifciiet fronvuSder the seat ; » put what youliaven % : hftd time toewt , rinhere , boya ! You' ll want it ' ;* B . U » e . i !^ dl '' (" " : ' ¦ ¦ ' . : ¦ , : ' ^ , -r ¦ '" ; ¦ 'i . - . - . r . V- , ¦ :: ¦¦• ¦ . ¦• ¦ ¦ -. ' .

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      ¦ :: ; , : !^^ mjm : Pimmm ^ :-t . This . i f thflMthird number . which , jha ^ beejttT . ptiq-. lUhed i of ^ feMagwwie ^ nd ^ the ^ f ^ j V ^ h ^\ baVe recei'edi- ¦ ' ^ ' ¦ "iji ' * : i :- ^" - ' : f- " ! .. r : \ rd r ' - ^ ' ^ V ' Its fiwt artio }^ an able expose , of . the . injustice to which Ireland } $ ,. and has ever , ([ sinee the ... srjig' ^ - gation ) been 8 qbjec ] t « dj : and e ^ peciaUy a ? to etfclesi aatipaVvaffipdr ^ . ; - X The 3 ife an 4 wr ^ ngB ; jof ;§ egttiif | a lepgthy-Wticley <> f ^ Jch we ¦ c an ^ -p | fervno ^ oinnipli ^ nothaving ; reai it . ; tn ; a very leng ^ 'lin / l ^ h | y written article , -the ; , iwanning ^ pp ai ^ as , of ' : ¦ ¦ , tk ^ Arnott and of ^^ Mr . Joyce , of whicA . mu ^ h u pa latety been said , are examined and , discussed . Dr ., Arnptt ' s

      claim to originality and inventionvi 8- disputed and disallowed , and . Jdr . Joyce ' s contrivance jg shown to be eminently calculated so to poison tb « atmosphere as to producea . veryinjurious effect on the . hea&h >; while that of the Doctor , is declared toibejnorbetteT , unless means of ventilatien be jrqyidee ( mote certain , regular , ' and abuni | aht , than ^ bse which are contemplated by the Doctor . Zicci ^ . i ^ ihe ' . cp ^ - . elusion from former numbers- of a romantic jjaie of considerable interest . Every pari of this Iffagazine is gobdy ably / written , and ¦ well coriducied ; : i *^ Vf e conclude bur ^ present notice by the following amusing extfact from the Essay on Manners i ^ - ' r )~' "

      "f have herei to note anoiher ( rait of incorrect manners , namely , a lon ^ story . ! Such is ' the quantum of matter stirring in London that London' ¦ will not endure it . Sir Andrew Narrative told oh ' elately at a 'house dinner' at the Atheneeum withl' very good effect . It -was to thefollowing purport or ¦ effect : ? --A decent ypnnr woman entered a Paddiugton omniT bna with an infant in her arms , of whom the other passengers admired the beauty . ^ -Sir Andrew and the voung womanV when the vehicle arrived in Skinner Street , were die only parties left in the carriage . 'Will you have the goodness , sir , " said tie damsel , 'just to hold this child while I step into ; that shop ?' ' Certainly , ' answered Sir Andrew . The living

      burden was accordingly deposited , and away went the proprietor of it ; A few rninuteseiaj > sed-4 she returned not . - The : cad banged to the door , i ejaculating 'All tight , ' , and-the omnibus proceeded on itsjpurney carrying Sir Andrew in the situation of Don John in the Chances . When the driver arrived at-the corner of Ironmonger t » ane , a grave , elderly genflemah was taken up , who , in his turn , expressed his admiration of the infant ' s beauty . 'Will you have thegoodesa , sir , to hold this child for one ; minute ? ' * said sir Andrew ^ in his turn , beckoning the cad to Btop at Bow Church . 'By all mdans , sir , ' ' answered the elderly gentleman . Hereupon Sir Andrew bounded from the carriage , paid the cad hia sixpence , and ran

      down Friday btreet like the innkeeper in Joseph Andrews , ' without any fear of breaking his neck . ' Dick Duplicate was so pleased with ,-his story , that he determined to tell it at a dinner of Americans who were goiug afterwards to Madame Vestris ' s theatre to see Puts in Boots . Here Mr . Duplicate was terribly out in his reckoning for the three . following reasons : —1 st . Americans eat with rail-road velocity ; 2 d . They never laiigh at a joke ; and 3 d . Being engaged to go to the theatre , they mnst see every thing in order to obtain their money ' s worth . The consequence was that Dick was left to tell the conclusion of his story to two empty decanters . The poor fellow came to me for consolation . 'Never

      mind , Dick , said I , ' you are going next Wednesday to York , to visit your two maiden aunts . York is dull and distant , and your aunts have no occupation but a poodle dog . Tell them the story ' : amplify it ad libitum;—you may enlarge upon the utility of omnibuses , speculate upon the condition in lite of the young woman , and the probable motive of her ttms getting rid of her charge , talk of Skinner btreet . Say you remember , when a boy , its nonexistence , and its circuitous predecessor , Snow Hilland after mentioning Bow Church , talk of the dragon on the top of its steeple , with a suitable allusion to Sir Thomas Gresham ' s grasshopper . All this will be good manners at York - for , depend upon it , yourmaidfti aunts will stand all this and a great deal more if you are in the humour to utter if . "

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      TAIT'S MAGAZINE . Tait ' s first article is a tale of considerable merit , by the Author of the O'Hara family . The May Meeting of the Society of . Friends , by William Howitt , contains much information respecting that singular , but respectable people oi a very interesting character . There are several other papers of some merit .

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      fraser's magazine . Fraser schools the refractory , and beats up the awkward squad of the Conservative ranks , this month , in his lessons of Illiberalisna , in the true style of a pedagogue priest . It is a miserably feeble effort to goad on a few lazy Conservative cart horses The anatomy of gaining , dissection 5 , is an exposition of the infamies that are ni ghtly perpetrated in that favourite haunt of our privileged hereditary legislators , the Hell of all Hells , Crbckford ' s . The Yellow plush correspondence is continued , and continues to be amusing . Our club at Paris udmirably sustains its character for stupidity .

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      The works of Dr . BENJAMIN TRANBLLIN , consisting of Essayjf , Humourous , Moral and Literary ; together with his Life written ' by himself . Aked . Keighley . Franklin has obtained so universal a notoriety for the shrewd pithy wisdom of his several essays , that it would be ah insult to the reading- world to attempt a laboured criticism of his productions . They have , as every one knows , . passed an almost endless variety of editions , and appeared before the public in a great variety of forms---Tbe copy before us , however , published b y a spirited bookseller in the small provincial town of Keighley , is the neatest , smallest and cheapest we ^ ver saw . It is printed upon very good paper—the typography might be selected as a model 'of neatness and elegance , and it contains more than 330 pages of closely printed letter-press , besides a ntmber of beautiful wood cuts , handsomel y bound ( in cloth and lettered for eighteen pence .

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      ; >» — ' " . TILER'S NATURAL HISTORY of Birds , Quadrupeds , Fishes , Serpents , Insects ,, &c . containing general descriptions of , the Leading Divisions , Classes , and Order * of the Anfaial Kingdom . ; and Interesting Memoirs , with striking anecdotes and faithful likenesses of the principal individuals of each class . By thte ' Rey . WvTiLERi London , Simpkin and Marsh aHJ Stationers' Hall Court ; and W . Crofts , 1 ^; Ch ancery-Lane ; . Derby , Mozley and Son ; Maaches ' ter , Bancks , and Co . 1837 . ; --m ^ ' .

      This is a most valuable epitome of an immeasurably useful science . Itis calculated to be . eminently useful in families as a substitute for much , larger and more expensive treatises in which the information is yef ' neither so ample nor so ' vaned ., It ' s value to religious families as a tixt bootV on this interesting study , for the y" 6 uthful ; imnd will be matirtally iiivreased by thfe fact that " all the ' ^ rTescriptions of the several members of thV ahiiinai ^ eation : while thiey are vivid and graphic / afe made to receive ' a decidedly religious turn : cony tan tl y ffeferHng } the \ finite to the infinite—and the b ^ utiei-ttf % e ' -ciea-l ture to the source of all beauty" and peffectk'h in

      the creator . Its arrangement is- excellent its jlaii . comprehensive and complete ; it idoes not eopsiit of a few detached and desultory notices of »; f&m-ipt : the , ijrrational tribes ; but it contains g $ ner » Va&oVcorrect descriptions of all the sections and faraii ; el , oT !'< tja animal kingdom , man exeepted , ,, that vr ' mgt the air ^ or tread the ground , or trace the , taigh ty ^ eeit ;^^ - ti < : ular , -jninute , and lengthened memoiw , Vfithjn ^ ny interesting anecdotes that have ) not previosgly | met the pub ] io eye , ate here ^ giyeri : W thenB »»« fc : ^ titigaisbed birds , quaarupedsj fishtjs ^ teptiles ^ rriejnts , and insects , of each class f . spthmtc the < . ifctoter inay be able to obtain from the volumet a general and cp £ reot view rf ; the . whole subject ofTnatural bjrtory so far a ;) the animal and iraintelligent CretftfonViB [¦ wrA ' cernedi All technical , untranslated , wordai anS

      rterms are earer allys ^ voided ; . ? tJar ge Vprpporqiop : even of scientific peraonsj unacjquainttiuwjth | &b Greek and Latin languagesi know nothing of ia ^ r precise meanrag ^ nfl «^ td ^ genera « instead of < : onyeying any definite ideas , suchrwfarS * ana- mm ^ mmfh / m ^ Amfp ^ itiwt r « 5 | ffie ^ iiH aerBaridinr ild 6 o ; mi ^ e ^ iSm ^ vffc !{ M that % nld ^ e 'llainwi ^ nft ^ mi ; ^^ SgffiDm-sa ^ « fl » soincJ ^ ttuVeni ^ -viB ^ siiperiSr woo ^ 'WgSaj aifl MfftainW neati ^ 6 $ : mamn ^ wtmmMi ^ p ^ cr ^^ ^ fis ^ lbn ^^ to point the attention df ou ^ « SgTErKnBS- ' t * * S cheap , bo well executed ; and ' so eWr ^' w ^ afeTira ^ We a ; took as Tilers ^ atuwft ^ hiloWr ? m' I'" *' \ : -. ¦• v ; - ; - » x-- ,- . t- 'v , . . tj-t , ! :. : i > v ! --. ' V :. * r > Q »» ft-: };' . S ' . ! i . « -.. ; ' : ; ' '¦ '"

      THE HUEI ^ l ^ MPEBANCE PIONEEJ ^ "¦ ¦ - ; ' " ; : ;! " ¦; mY % : i ^ ' : ^^ 6 . ^^' - :: V ^ Z " ' - ¦ ri » L ¦ • ¦ ii 'i' 'V *' -i ! fi '' - \ *¦ ' )• i * - ( - . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦• ,- ¦ < ¦ ¦ ' ' * This is by faiijtne moat important number we hav * seen of th ! g , u « ftrtil perioS . Ev ^^ femberK Terop « rMe ^ So ci&f dtigKtiii ^ adit . ' 'SUti ^ i krfe $ &i * an ¦ aWe fextftwiBbn ofj&ig i ^ chievou * ttraitiS fc 6 ntihoany " atteinpfea ty wttf m * taltog feb ^ s ^ r ? sighted ffw-gbnii to mix up , rel ^ iooi »* flp * h « iJM o ^ iogioalopiniunjoAjHi tenete . iiitk' tbe } e ^ 8 d * naujy > 0 f Temperaece fmhci i Bes ^ > This !>^ l ^ -I « j | J ^ » j ^ ^ hflt 4 iffe t ^ oi > a 4 f'pyi | lii 8 fc <^ i ^^ b : jyi ^ but , 80 long & » men conn ^ i ^ ' ^ o- ; th ^ k dffiwqrifly from each other , all who desire the accompltsntnenr 61 afly ^ cXJffliaott object ^ oiiUHreidh »«< ntB gid | T i ^ confine themseKes to aacoramoaYl « n « ir ( fIiter ^ lJasw ing extract from this article phicea the subject ifa its true light . \ ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ :- ¦ ; : ; ¦ " ' ... .- ¦ / -T--- -

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      "Wisdom and Virtue the FouNDArw * of Liberty , —Wisdom alone is the ^^ true potf ., that is ^ capable of checking the progress of oppres . sion ; it is the sword which God ^ gave W inari to drive violence out of the world . Therefore -teach instruct , propagate useful knowledge , vrisdom ' anl virtue ; expel error and superstition and inWstiee will gradually cease of itself to prevail In the Worli The time will and must , come , when Princes tnll deem it their greatest * triumph to protect the laws and to ghow themselves -fathers of generous ani virtuous subjects . Continual . inerease of truth is ' the onlroad that leadstthat

      y , o happy period . We can not , however ^ ac celerate b y dint of force the arrival of those times . Yet they will , and mu ^ t arri ved last , because there is a Providence . SBelieveC liberty cannot spring up from blood , the sword can not prepare the soil where it ti to grow up . Trutlt light and reason alone arc the nurses of liberh Liberty at all times de 61 ined again amon ^ it even nation where it proceeded froni riots , party sm and ambition , and was not supported by troth . % are a few individual wise men sufficient to es ' taHisi liberty ; the whole nation must be wise if it is fc become free from oppression : wise men can bnlt scatter the seeds of liberty . Therefore let us cam light and truth to those that are in darkness aid expel error and superstition from the world .

      Nationai . Literature . —By national liters . tnre we mean the expression of a nation ' s mind in vv « tin g > we mean the prpducti pn , among , a peopt of important works of philosophy , and in the de ! partments of imagination and taste ; we rnean -th contribution of new truths to . the stock of huinas knowledge ; we mean the thoughts of profound a nd original minds , elaborated b y the toil of composition and fixed and made immortal , in books ; we nwan the manifestation of a nation ' s intellect ,- in the odIt . orms b y which it can multiply itself at home and send itself abroad . :.

      Miseries of Indolence . —None so little en J ° Y life , and are such burthens to thems ^ eg jj those who have nothing to do . Me active odIt have the true relish pf life . He whb knows u what it is to labour knows not what it is to enjoy Recreation is . duly ' Valuable' as it unbends us : tie idle know nothing of it . . It is exertion that renders rest delightful , and sleep sweet and ' undisturbed , That the happiness of life depends upon the regblar prosecution of some laudable purpose' or " . laudable calling ,, which engagei , helps , and enlivens -allow powers , let those bear , witness who , after spending years in active usefulness , retire to enjoy theniseha They are a burthen to themselves . - ¦

      Religious JLiberty .--Every person shall enjoy the free profession of his faith , and exercise of worship towards God , in such way as he shall , in his conscience , believe is most acceptable ; -and shall be protected in this liberty by the authority of the civil magistrate . Whoever shall hurt , wrong , or offend any Indian , shall incur the same penalty as if he had offended in like manner against hjsfel . l ow planter .- —Penn ' s Charter . ' Conve RSATION . —The bbstructions to the facalV of conversation ' arise chiefly from negligence or Idirected attention towards children , by , whi 6 haeajis their susceptibility and curiosity tuii to waste 'their power of utterance takes a malevolent dirtctiba ; and their learning ends in disgust . —^ Obsiructiim b Conversation . - -

      Coronation CEREMoNiEs .- ^ -The Lord Gr eat Chamberlain is bound " to carry the King Ms flirt and clothes the morning of the coronation ;" - and for this he claims "forty yards of crimson velvet for a robe ; also the King ' s bed . and bedding , and the furniture of his chamber , where he riept the night before the coronation , with his . ; wearing apparel j and nightgown : also to serve the king ffiti water before and after dinner , and to have > tlie ; lHsons and towels ,: and cup of assay . " This is . darance with a vengeance ! ,- ' The robe , we are : told , e still given in kind v the other perquisites ; are , tornpounded fpr in money , with the exceptioir : of tie cup ,: which is not allovred b y the Court of Claiffi . ' .-ReealUies . ¦ ¦ ' .:. ¦ •¦ : ¦

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 5, 1838, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1004/page/6/