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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY , MAT 12, 1838.
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: jfoBTtiKBOifK . —ItTs expe ' eted thata strong & > o 1 sst will take place at the election ^ Test | raito t tii * parish . Mr . HaU , one-of Osf-isfeabersfor ^ kr a ^ haa xerf w » riy wntten > 4 i- d » i * e » eral psrtfrt prrooeieg the baa , requesting that his Tjame may be ^ Httwirffedj On ^ e gromid of his ine&gibiliry fortteoffiee . ' . " - IaffDTBNiinr O * * iBEHXp . —The Lord Lieu tenantsof Ireland has appointed Captain J . "Wln-« toi Barron one of Ids gentlemen , at large , vice H . fit 2 roy , E ^ . ^^^^^^^^^^^^ iMgBMB ^^ MBMli ^ WBBBMBBMBBWMBWWWBMWBWWI -:-.- « . ^ ,, « VBA «^ . ^ ItTsexrogrtedtliat ^« trons
Attokxby-Generai .. —The Attorney-General will give a grand dinner to . the leading members of the to on the 17 & instant , a * the TnafcchecL House , in celebration offer Majesty ' s-birthday . Bailwiy . —The Shrewsbury and Birmingham Bail way is now attractingattentiori among the inhibitanto of the surrounding , towns and in Montgomeryshire , . - '__ $ 3 FIW& TBOW Toli .. —A clergyman is . only « e » tBT *« l 6 «« i toll when traTelliDg to or returning fctKB jitffing any sick parisiaaner , or on other ij * roehial duty * itiai » bis parish . - -
Bailwats t . Cju » als . —The proprietors of gte Grand * Junction Baflway nave made offers to ¦ tbe manufacturers and others , te carry goods between Birmingham and Liverpool at Is . 6 d . a ewt , being exactly the sum charged by the canal , the trade of wbieh must be superseded if the tonnage does are not immediately lowered . — Worcester Journal , East India Company—The East India Gompany havevot * d a sword Qf 200 guineas Talue , to Captain Chads , for his exertions in suppressingipracy in the Indian seas .
" Mausujs of Hertford's Yilla . The Marquis of Hertford ' * ^ villa in the Regent's . Park , has been , it is said , offered for the use of the iliastrioos foreigners expected to vish London at the ensu ing Coronation .
BiBMiKOHAM A ? fD Liverpool . ——A correspondent has sent « s the following statement of distaooes : —Bj the canals , via Chester , the . distance is 93 miles ; by the turnpike-road , -r ia "Walsall , 95 miles ^ by tie railway , 97 miles . - JOHAKKA ScHOPBKHATJER .- Johanna Scbopenhaor , * & authoress , who baa long -ecjoyed , great pojtalaabyajSeaMUsy , fiei « t Jena , on the J 6 th ulti ^ iniE 6 % 58 tb year of ber age . Her complaint appears to hare been a sodden defection of the lungs . . - " ' ¦ ¦
Dock-Yabb , Pembkokb . —Three of the principal officers of her Majesty ' s Pock-yard , Pembroke , were on Friday , the 4 th instant , suspended by order of the Admiralty , namely , the Master Shipwright , the Clerk of the Cheque ^ and the Store Receiver . Glasgow Theatre . —Mr . Charles Kean opened at the Glasgow Theatre on Monday last . This spacious hou-e was crowded to the ceiling . He will perform Hamlet , Richard , Sir Giles , aDd Othello , prior to his return to Drary Lane ' on Wednesday next .
Letter to Mb . Sharman Cra-wford . —Mr . Hughes of Kewport Pratt , has published a long letter to Mr . Sharman Crawford . He makes a beginning by quoting a speech attributed to Mr . O'Connell , and published in the Freeman ' s Journal of the 21 st ult .: — " That there is a determination on the part of the people of ^ England not to do us justice is perfectly manifest . "
Great Preparations are making at Coventgarden for the new play by Knowles . The scene is laid ia England , dated about 1658 , so memorable for the " glorious revolution , ' of which it was -a witness . The manuscript is in the manager ' s hands . Amox-. » the claihakts upon Covent-garden Theatrit-al Fund , who received their allowances last week , was oxe lady ninety-six years of age ; she has been upon the fond forty years , and had , until last winter , attended in person for her quarterly stipend . "I hate e-scottstered fraudulent debtors , " said the great Lord . Mansfield , " but where I "have encountered one fraudulent debtor , I hare met nine hundred fraudulent creditors . *'
As EMIKEKT Frekch wkiteb tells us that the History of France is to be read in its songs ; the reason of which , is ( says the Quarterly reviewer ) that 11 there being no real liberty of the press , truth can only be told in a soag . " The Council , of Kikg ' s College , London , have made arrangements for establishing a Class for « ml engineering and mining . The tax laid on theatrical representations and places of public amusement , &c , for the support of eharitable establishments in Paris , amounted in 1837 to 822 , 106 £ , or £ 32 , 885 . To Rehote Paxes ot Glass . —Put soft soap on the putty for a few hours , the putty becomes as soft as if it had been put on a minute before , though the patty was before as hard as a stone .
Americas Hotjse of Representatives . — The American House of Representatives have voted 100 , 000 dollars ( £ 24 , 000 ) to the heirs of Fulton , thf original founder of steam navigation . "Ulster Casal . —It is proposed to extend the Ulster Canal to the Shannon , and by such extension to ibnn a continued line of inland navigation from Lough Neagh to Limerick . - Measles . —The measles haTe caused frightful mortality at Brussels , having carried off nearlv 1 , 600 persons . Spirits or Kitrj . — A few drops of sweet spirite of nitre will effectually banish the Cimea species ( Anglice , bugs ) from your couch . —Rob * .
Committed to York Castle . — Charles Greenwood , charged with having , on the 28 th of April last , zt Bailey , stolen a . mare , the property of Jame * BoUand . . ' Railway . —The Chester and Birkenhead Railway was commenced on Thursday week , and is expected to be completed within two years . ^ Halifax Literary anb Philosophical i > oci £ Ty . —At the monthly meeting of the Halifax Literary and Philosophical Society , on Monday evening , a paper on the Roman Coin Moulds found ia the neighbourhood of Wakefield , and embracing explanatory remarks by the Rct . J . B . Reade , vrill bt read .
Caxjtiox to Publicans . —At the Bolton sessions , a quantity of spirituous liquors , which bad been taken from various public houses in Bolton , for being more than 17 per eent . under proof , was condemned by the magistrates . Bares . —In consequence of the great mischief committed by these animals during the winter , in the plantations and gardtns belonging to Thomas " Wtntwortb Beaumont , Esq ., of Bretton Park , that gentleman has ordered the whole of that race to be destroyed . Hundreds have been sold to tee game dealers at Barnsley , as low as Is . 6 d . per head .
A Geologist Out .- —The inhabitants of Long Melford were a few days since expecting a treat « the Bull Inn—bills having been circulated that a lecturer on geology would be given ; but at the same specified the lecturer way non esl inventus . Inquiries were made , when it was found that he bad decamped from his lodgings , taking with him two folio works , but not on geology . Immediate pursuit was made , and he was captured at Alpheton , and seat to lecture to the prisoners in Bury gaol . Jt is Ten likely he will stand a fair chance of acquiring further and extensive knowledge in the science of geology in another latitude . —Essex Herald .
Sttjt < jax . d . —The only convent of nuns existing among as will be shortly broken up . It is the consent of Rothminster , near Botbweil . On a journey which the King made to that place some years ago , we nuns obtained his Majesty's special favour to ™ . ^ enjoy their pensions together in their old wbitation , and according to their old rules , under a abLess » for We ' ? ol ^^ remain , «« those are so rery aged , that in a few year * the etmrent will be without inmates . The buildings *» U then be employed for the use of the saltworks * t iiothminster . . ¦ ¦ " ORsvnaoLOGicAL Society . —At the meeting * pi ? T veei ) 5 t was a nno ° Q « d that the Woods *?* f « w »» oe about to make tome new ponds in t o * wlanA m St . James ' s Park . < ot tV * «« p of tW
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^ ^ —^ mam ^ ^ i ^^ iBi Tsa YTeatheb , —Monday last Ae fell ^ f snow * asTO heafy in the Peak of Derbyshire , especially at MaUock , Barley , &c ^ as to impede the progress of traveller * for some time . —Doncaster Gaxttte . \ The River ot ; Death . —From a calculatioii made of lie quantity of spirituous ft ^ pors consumed in Gttat Britafo and Ireland , tt-itppears it would form a river sixty feet broad , three feet deep , and eighty miles long . Add to this calculation the number-it drives to the mad-bouse , the jail , tbe workboose , Botany Bay , and the gallows ; the nnmber of JsWldren who go hungry and bare , the 1 ^ BMMi ^^^ MMWW ^ MIi ^^^ i ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ i ^ ^ i ^^^^ M ^^ ; Thx Weatheb . —Monday last&efell « f snow
number < rif wives who sob away the night , ' the number who lose both soul and body in this modern Styx . —' Birmingham . Journal . Ikcenbiarism . —On Monday evening , part of a hay mow , in the marshes near Merrifield , the property of Mr . Vosper , of Merrifield Farm , was discovered to be on fire . A lad "named Riehard TJnierbjll , wno was seen near te spot , was apprehended , and rally committed for trial . ' He admitted setting the bay-mow on fire , for " a spree . " He also stated his having set a hay-mow on . fire , belonging to Mr . Vosper , which was destroyed nearly two years since . —Plymouth Journal .
Perpetual Motion . — "We are informed " that John Richards , a blind man from the neighbourhood of Castlebellingham , has invented a machine , which be terms the perpetual mriion . He intends to submit it to the inspection of Government . "We hope fliat his discovery may equal his expectations . —Drogheda Argus . A Hoax . — -Some one has nearly frightened the City of Dublin " from its propriety , " by circulating that an earthquake was to take place on the 10 th instant . Several persons actually abandoned house and borne , in order to avoid this awful calamity " We are glad , however , to learn that the worthy citizens are returning to their homes , having found out that the report was merely tbe idle , although we must say , mischievous production of a wag—Dragheda Argus .
Dreadful Coach Accident . —This morning about a quarter after ten o ' clock , a very distressing accident occurred to an elderly man , named Charles Barnes , who resided in Russell-street , Berm ' ondsey . It appears that tbe unfortunate man was crossing the Westminster Bridge-road , when one of "Wbeattey's Greenwich coaches , No . 706 , was driven along at a Teckiess rate , and on the wrong side of the road . Barnes endeavoured to get out of the way , and on being run against by the horses he duns to the
traces , and the horses having become ungovernable , he was dragged some distance , when his strength failed him and he fell . On picking him up , it was found that he had his right leg and thigh fractured , and received ether severe injuries . Surgical assistance was instantly procured , but it was deemed necessary to convey him to St . Thomas ' s Hospital , on Teaching which place the surgeons giving but slight hojes of his recovery in consequence of his advanced age ( seventy ) , the coach and coachman
were stopped by the police . " Wexfof . d Anti-tithe Meetixg . —An immense meeting , consisting of landholders and fanners , of twenty parishes of the county of "Wexford , was held on Tuesday at Bolev-hill . The Wejcford Independent states that 40 , 000 persons were present . The following were amongst the resolutions adopted on the occasion : —*• That we will never cease our constitutional agitation until tithes are utterly extinguished in name and in reality ; and that we now proclaim to the nation our fixed determination to refuse our support b every future candidate for the representation of this
county , who shall not freely take the following pledges ; namely , the complete abolition of tithe ? , vote by ballot , an honest revision of the law regarding £ 10 freeholders , the extension of the franchise to all occupiers of houses and lands , including tenants-at-will , whose yearly rents shall amount to £ 10 , and a firm opposition to every administration opposed to these very salutary and very necessary measures . " " That latterly , and more especially at the present moment , our peace of mind is banished and our industry interrupted ; that our goods are under seizure , and , ih many instances our
persons incarcerated ; that , in short , we are suffering the most terrible persecution that the hatred of bad men and the ingenuity of scorpion lawyers could devise and carry into effect against us , under the authority of wicked intolerant statute laws , notoriously at variance with natural , divine , and social law ; and that it is our deliberate opinion , if the country be not speedily relieved from this species of martyrdom , the Irish people will be driven to the extreme alternative of denying themselves the use of all manner of taxed articles . " Mr . J . Power , . father of the member" for the county , attended the meeting .
Aprottxcial actor , performing the part of Augustas in the tragedy of Cinna , during the late severe winter , evinced hl » delicate sensibility to cold by the very un-Roman-like action of rubbing his hands together . A few middle hisses from some classic spectators in the pit , reminded tbe performer of his want of noble bearing . Nothing disconcerted , the actor exclaimed , " Idiots' a Roman knows jest as well as a Christian , when the thermometer mark * . fifteen degrees below zero . "
; A Grand Announcement . —Some time since a person in the neighbourhood of Keswick , having several hives of bees to dispose of , and desirous to attract purchasers , caused a placard to . be printed announcing the sale , with the following extraordinary head lines : — "Extensive sale of live ? toek comprising not less than one hundred and forty thousand head , with an unlimited right of pasturage ' . " ' The trick succeeded to admiration . Board of "Woods and Forests . —A county meeting of the landowners of Flintshire was held at Mold on Tuesday week , to take into consideration the be » t means of resisting the aggressions now making on the property of the landowners and
cottagers of tne principality by the agents of the Commii-sioners of "Woods and Forests . Several noblemen and gentlemen addressed the meeting in terms of just condemnation of the vexatious and unjust conduct pursued ' , amongst others , Lord Moslyn said that he had paid one thousand pounds to prevent lands that had been held by bis ancestors for centuries from being wrested from him , and to save the expenses he should be put to in recovering them back . A series of resolutions condemnatory of the proceedings of the commissioners , and pledging the meeting to form a committee , and raise subscriptions to oppose the encroachments , were unanimously passed . —Salopian Journal .
Expeditions Travelling . — A commercial traveller arrived in this city at tea on Thursday evening , who had left Dumfries in Scotland on the previous morning at ten . He arrived at Liverpool by a steamer from Dumfries in time to get a good night ' s rest , and start next morning by half-past six to Birmingham by the Grand Junction Railway , which occupied four hours and a half ; from thence he was in time for a coach to Bristol ; so thathe had a night ' s rest , and performed his journey upwards of 300 miles , in 36 hours . —Bristol Journal .
Troops for Canada . —Among ? t the arrivals at Cove this morning was the Marquis of Huntley transport , from London , to take troops to Canada . Her destination is Quebec . The 1 st and 7 th Dragoon Guards proceed in this and other transports . The Barrosa transport was preparing to sail this morning when our accounts left Cove . She had on board the last division of the 7 lst Hi ghland Light Infantry , 366 officers and men of the 83 d , and a large draught from the 66 th depot at Feraoy . — Cork Reporter of Thursday .
Short " Work at Law . —Oh Friday morning week , at ten o ' clock " , Mr . Justice Vaughan attended at the- Common Pleas Court , Guildhall , London , where five cases were mi down for trial . "When the four first causes were called on seriatim , no attorn « y answered , and a verdict was taken for the plaintiff ^ v \ hen the last case waa called on , no person answered , and the learned judge remarked upon the singularity of a court being unattended by attornies , told-thejury that the sum of £ 400 was demanded by the plaintiffs , and as no cause was shown , they must return a verdict accordingly . The verdict was so recorded , and the court broke up after being occupied about twenty minutes .
A . E ^ el . —It is related to ns that a duel < came off' in West Troy , on the twenty-ninth , between two loafers . They fired muskets at e- « ich other at tie distance of fifty yards , loaded with onions—but what is truly to be regretted , both have " lived to fight again . "—Troy Mail The Exterminating System . —Mr . Cooper ha * commenced the war of extermination ; one hundred and fifty souls are to be thrown out upon the wide vrr-ild , like unfledged birds , helpless and
powerless . And for what ?—We know not , if it is not that the doomed , creatures are guilty of the benions crime of being Papists . Mr . Cooper would , if he bad the ability , which be has Dot . get up in his place in the House of Commons , and prate about the intolerance of Roman Cathalics , and prate about the ^ liberality of not allowing to men tbe right of private judgment ; yet this very Cooper denies to his Catholic tenants that very privilege which he admires . —Seigo Champion . *
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POOR LAW ATROCITIES . The following case , respecting the treatment of a poor girl of unsound intellect , by William Gibbous , master of the Thimbleby Workhouse , was brought before the Horncustle Magistrates , at lbeir office , on hatnrday , the 31 st of March , by order of the Board of Guardians : — The Clerk to tbe Board appeared on behalf of the the girl , and Mr . Wulesby , ( a barrister ) for the defendant . Tbe first witness , a man of the name of Johnson , stated , that about a month ago he was in his garden .
near nil out-building in the Workhouse y ; ir . i . formerly used as a stable , but at present occupied by pigs and straw , from whence he heard tliH cries of a ciiilcl , who also called out " murder ! " He went to the building , and looked through a hole in ihv wall , where he saw some women flogging the pirl wry severe . ) ' , but could not say with whnt ; and lu-nnher say , that " that if they would t ' or-ive tar tii . s time , s-e would not do so any more . " lit * also heard Mrs . Gibbons say they had done enough at her now .
Mr . Walesby . —How do you know it was this girl that cried out ? ° Johusou . —I know her voice perfectly well . Magistrates . —Have you heard her cry le ' . ore ? Johnson . —Yes . Alter this they put her amongst the pigs , and kept her there as long as they thought good . They then took her out , and put Iht into a sack , and tied her up in i , and left her in the building all night . Three witnesses foT tbe defendant stated that sinwas a very dirty girl , and , from ber habits , not tit to sleep in a bed ; they admitted tbat she was amimjist the pigs , but wad not kepT there more than tiw minute . * , and denied that she was Hugged ; tbt « y also siateJ that she was stripped to her slritr , and unt into a sack , which was tW round her waist , aud her clothes taken away . Ouh of these witnesses - ' said , that she was allowed a blanket ; it was as good a one as need-be laid on a bed ; she saw a person carry itbut could not
, tell the magistrates when they asked her whom it was carried by , whether a mail or a woman , but she thought a woman . Another said that she had both a rug and a blanket carrit-U to her in the building , and that she lay on sonustraw iu another part , apart from the piga , and was locked up and kept there all night . This witness also staled that her clothes were taken , to her , in the morning , but she refused to put them on there , aim acknowled ged that the girl went Ironi the building to the workhouse in her shift . . Mr . Kemp , one o ] tbe visiting committee of that workhouse , was next called , who said thathe and Mr . Hobsou , another ol the committee , were ordered by the Board of Guard ans to go and inquire into tbe ' case . Thev examined the girl , but could not seu auy marks o ! violence upon her . He wasa-ikt-d by tbe . inagistiates how it was _ that the case had not been brought on gaoner , a » it had been stated to have occurred ou die 9 th . He said he diu not know .
Mr . Elvhi . —1 am a guardian of the Horncastle Union , and beg to state , on behalf of the . board , that this case was ordewsd to be inquired into by the committee of the Thimbleby Workhouse , and reported to tbe next Board , which was done , and the case ordered to be brought before the magistrates on the Saturday following . Mr . Smith , one of the medical officers , said he examined the girl at the workhouse two day a ' -after it was reported that she had been ill-treated , aud ttierv ¦ were not any marks of violence on her then . He also gave Mr . Gibbons a very excellent character for his kindness and attention to tbe poor in that house ; as also did the Rev . Mr . Hotchkins , who also said that he knew nothing about this c-t * e ' . I The magistrates retired for gome time into their private oftice , and on tueir retnrn fintid the defenda .. t £ 2 10 s ., and 17 s . 6 d . costs .
Great credit is due iu this case to the Rev . Mr . Fendall , Guardian of the parish of Buckuall , to which parish the poor girl belonged ; who , as soou as he heard of the ill-treatment towards the girl , rode over to Thimbleby to make inquiries ou tile subject . Ha \ iug met with the witness Johnson , who made the same statement to him as hu did to the magistrates now , therefore as sooi > as the committee , who were ordered to examine into the case , had reported to the Board that the girl ' had received no injury , but that it had done her good , ' the Rev . Gentleman stood np and stated what he had heard from Johnson ; wlicn Mr . Gulson observed , tliaithe committee had neglected their duty in not making a proper inquiry , and hoped tuat the Board would not let the matter drop here , and recommended that tbe case should be turned over to the magi ; trates , as had been suggested by the Rev . Mr . Pierce and Mr . Elvin , which was finally agreed to .
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MR . OWEN . During a journey in the West Riding of Yorkshire , in the present week , we had the high gratificatiou to meet with our valued and respected friend , Mr . Owen . We had not seen him since his last tour on the Continent . He is in excellent health and spirits , and has lost none of his faith , a faith of the highest kind—that of the redemption of the human race from their present gtate ot poverty , and misery , and crime , and rendering them happy in their present existence ; nor does be , though lar advanced in life , lack those twe essentials to carry out any great work —zeal and perseverance . He nas been delivering lectures in Edinburgh ,. Glasgow , Sunderland , and Newcastle , and be states that the reception which
his doctrines and principles meet with , are highly encouraging , and anew a marked and remarkable change in the public feeling . After lecturing , at various places , idx days in the week , in Newcastle he had delivered two lectures on Sunday , in one of the large public buildingg of the town , to an assembly of many hundred persons . On Monday he had arisen at three o'clock in tbe morning , and after travelling the whole day , and arriving at Leeds in the :-evening , though iiearly seventy years of age , he went through the delivery of a lecture in the Music Saloon , where we bad the pleasure to meet him and to hear him lecture . We spent the greater part of Tuesday in his society , and heard his second lecture in the evening of that day .
How strangely does this . devotion to the welfare of his fellow creatures contrast with that of the Chriirtian (?) Ministers of the present day . As a specimen of the latter , let our readers Tei ' er to the conduct of ten dignitaries of the Church of England , who , appointed by law to the important and responsible office of Guardians of the Poor ; and , though receiving splendid- incomes from the parislies to which the poor belong , wiD pot devote a little of their time to confer religious instruction to the poor in the Workhonse , but require some paltry allowance of £ 30 or £ 50 to stimulate and reward " them for the extra work-of instructing the . poor .
Mr . Owen will not accept a tangle shilling for bis time and services . When mon « y is charged for "admission , if more ig received than discharges tne rent of tbe "building , be immediately orders tbesnrplns to be paid over to some public institution in the towii where lhe lecture was delivered . Yet- Mr . O ' weii ' -u denounced as au Infidel , '' whilst these most pious , most exctHeat Guardians of the Poor , are Chnirtiaa Ministers !! If the founder of Christianity « r hi * Apostles , were to re-visit tbe earth , afid to fiajl 54 t . Owen engaged inhis great wort , traversing England , Scotland , and Ireland in his labour of love ; now crossing the Atlantic , and promulgating his views to the inhabitants of America : now crossing tbe
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t ^ S ^ -x ^ ^ visiting Jprance , Austria / SS ^ v ^ J JP f asna , Ito preach ^ peace ^ v ear ^ £ f m ^ nwii r t&nctfc ^^ ciple £ * £ Kw ^ ch ? wara iniglrtiortwer-spoyBrty b 4 bamshedfrom the world , an ! crime onfeuV K they were toiind K « n soLgaged ^ to ^ i $ the ten ^ mercenary iiriestsretttfflHgw : instrri < dF the ifci n a . ^ iS . V ^ orkhouse , \ tfthout aa ^ dainentatidti orthen- income r can any ; qnprejudic « d ; pe | son doubt wmch-wuold be recognistid ' as the true Cjntiatiails f ' v !» < r . ^ , rst of Mr - Owen's two lectures , which we bad fh ^ pleasure to hear him deliver in Leeds , he K ^ tne evils of the existuig state « f societyi that which he calls tbe old world : and in Ms rtsfionrf nrrmm ' n - " " - ' - - ^
lecture presented a new classification of societr to form What he term * the tfew World . The new state or things he depicts as a state of ekistencfeas far superior in riviliz : itiorif refinement , aud enjoyment totfcat wmoka jtjresnitexinto , even in those : tarw S ^ # f ^^^» feed , asjdees the mode ^ i ^ *^^^ ° L % ^^^^ f ^^ ttced * exceed tnatiof ^ 4 he , mo « t b ^ rhlpcroui . - ; ' ¦ AV "? T * £ ?* & ^ W ^ 'Wj » &i *< & for those who them ^ s ^ es : naye don ^ nothing ; , have practised notbinirl ^ r wliose prachce has Wm a limited ^ paWofScu ! pafaon ^ er whfee mind ^ afe Hthid toSSatil A . ^ hot
, __ r - . . y . n , au , , Asueij not me luture alWavx n « n takejnore or less * f : | fe ^ rfoiS ^ ^ 5 n ^ W ^ « 8 eles 8 . itt the fbrtk SPtlSf : $$ sssa 3 & 3 the Jess true because it was atheory . If , VnTrS tne tiew world , he bad proceeded to shew some nf a . em <» re distant ftffccts > Suppo < fbrSSb 5 ^ a ^ ttiat nianyof t ) , e wJr ' en Jhall beS&iJ textHres-mnde ' . frftm the fnntofatree-gSSS thousand nnlesofi- beyond the « eaS ( thecbttolS and concerted i ,, to a « oft , pliable , warmSS Sinn
mar oracrs be arrayed in a texture stiiTmore beautiful , made fronr a web fine as that oftnSt Her s , and produced b y a tiny insect ( the uilkworm ) m another part of the world ; that these substances shall be mad der every hue which the raiiibow ^ pro ducesrand all the combinaboiia of th » so colbuwl that both tneri and women slmll dwell in habitations hunt of inaterin s extracted from the boweff ^ f thJ earth , —part oftbesides Of fliese habitafions abul ' lK * co ^ trootftd Of tnat ^ rial , ^ aJfeJSEISS jwt may be seen frpm the outside as distinctlra . thoiigh no substance intervened , and yet so h ' rrt as to b <* impervions to both wind aud rain ; Hadthi ^ r ? rnll that 1 - Pr ? 1 ee ' ? e ( 110 « tatethe 1 e , and i u-rv small proportion of the infinite number of Hi * wnicn
uo ^ enes nave smce been made for the dailv nse of men aHd wpmvn , of course be w . uld havP heen set down as ^ n visionary , if not a madman . And vlZ with , all our advances in the arts and sciencv ? S the thousand and one inventions for abriaS hnmn-lnhftnrwe now possess , is it s 0 very c 5 S cal to nnticip « it « n time , when wealth of every kind TY . ^ ° J ICt >( 1 in a bu » 1 ancHbr all , _ when poverty shnll , henjfore , cease , and consequently crime be .. tmilulate , ,-vrhe » the best education , moral ? Phy sical , atubi . Ml-ctnai . hall be given to every human £ jot . 5 ? ij . StUt " CXistenC 6 Qf high ^ J ^> e « t , ¦ W liiist -we . are firm belie \ -ers that all which is roally desirn , W m , d valuable in Mr . OwL ' s new vipwh may ultimatel y b- . realistfd , ani thou-h we tbink th « timt- is rapidly hastening for the Ssarv chtu . ^ s , We are not so impractical * . ArWrffffi *
ns . to suppose , that men and woman / wilV thdr p « sent tn . nuug ,, re tft snFyects to be suddenly taWn fpmj fl t f-hnbite , modes , and practices of th « To 1 d ¦ worH into that of the new ; £ e would , th ^ efore caution the-more zealous and enthusiastic of M ? O ' . ven supporters notto he carried away by their j magmntKm too f : ir , in prematur .-ly arrinng ' at results . A Hue mixture of cautiou ; prudence , and f .. rq , ig- ] iture uece ^ vry to be bleuded with decision imd boldness . Whilst we would say to the diS ing munis djvjiot hesitate , or be indecisive , or stawnnry , wehWis « My , do not attempt to hurry or ward pnnciril . . , ! lastei- than circnmstniV , ™ «» m VL t
justiiy . ' rrnpn ^ ep ^ , - and , though it may apparently renuire a longer time .-to anive at the r . Mjuired reinlte , n proceeding by measured pace ? the objects -WI ] l probably , by this mode , be £ cotd . 1 phshed enrlipr than b y bnsty proceedings . Mr ni ?; i (> ll ° ' T BaPtist mimster , attend ^ Mr . Oweiis lectures . It appears that ne had in rr sermon maJe Somo animadversions upon Mr . Owens news , and thnt some iJersons who thought !» * aiiunadv ^ rsiuiw niij . ust . had invited him toattend and d w the sulyect . He came , ian « 833 S c 1 » sm ot- ( he second lecture , and in a . im ^ fi ^
manly , propw , r ^ ectfulmanner , declined to di « - cuss thembeiore that assembly . He saidI there wS laucli wluchbe bad heard itf which he * $$ & $$ nitfreSte , l Bnj fully . concurred ; there waVmuch in which , he ( hdnot concur , but which h £ ™ as \ ot wmpotent to dweusw-he ww no political economist , he wa » liaKtt . esi ^ a ,,, he was no man of businesstkeretorehe » liojiM not enter into those question * - he was a Clmsuau minister , nud it was only with those partifciUars , if such there were , where Mr Owen ' sne-wsjnnp . Wwl Clirisrianity tbat Ue had any tbiuatodo . - Tie - Wt , .. umilo the ' most ampl ^ cS c ™« as to the ri bi of ^^ cn-on , SJri « S .-. iif-Chnbtinn , tounvfi the M and unmolested n Jit nofcronly-torthmV , Imt to express his Opinions ¦ withont persecution of any kind . He stated ; moreover ,, that-he . thought a public assembly , where the Visions woulil ; . be' liable . to be excited bV the Dartop . ns on . . each sf ) p , would not be a uroner olarP in
discuss . questions-requiring calmness and deliberation , but that if Mr . Owen-would-state in writing what his views wctc , } u > would discuss the objectionable parts in the columns of a newspaper , pror vided the Editor Would hold the scales even for both parties . Mi \ Ovron refrrrer ] him to his Writings before the public for a further explanation of his views : if Mr Ciilfcs choose * to take up the coutroversy , the wat'itf open . —Siarik the East . J I In the article from which tbe above is extracted some very severe remarks arc made by our
contemporary on " a young nsnn whose name lie could not learn , " -rrho put somo qiiostifvns to Mr . Owen This " young man ? ' was Mr . ( Jreigr , and we are confident , from what wo kho ; y of tbat gentleman , that the harsh censures of-the-Avar in the Vast must have dririnated in misconception . We were not present at the hrae , but have spoken with Mr . O . ' s principal friends , who hilly concur with us , that the Editor of the&wr has dealt more s-verely With Mr . G . than the circumstance's of tne case warranted . —Ed . N . S . l
The Northern Star. Saturday , Mat 12, 1838.
THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , MAT 12 , 1838 .
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MACHINERY . CAPITAL AND ITS ACCUMULATION ; THEIR EFFECTS "OPdN LABOUIt : ELECTIVE AND REPRESENTATIVE POWER ; THEIR DIRECT INFLUENCE OVER OUR INSTITUTIONS , JJOTH SOCIAL AND POLITICAL . To Machinery , and its judicious application to man ' s relief , we are mqstfriendly . It should have been man ' s holiday , but it has been made man ' s curse . "We shall first show its unjust influence upon individual labour , and its tendency to prevent the application of moderate capital to manufactures . Under
the old system of human power , a single man ' s labour in the market , formed a component part of the entire producing power of the community . . - If ha had capital , he could work upon his own account ; if he had not capital , be could sell his labour according to an exact marketable scale , establishied upon and regulated by the ascertained demand , and the united producing power of the community . - In those days , ( when the labour market was kept steady by a number of small capitalists , satisfied with afair share of profits , ) a money inducement was used by the
masters , instead of the knout by the overseers , ta eke the work out of apprentices . But as machinery has increased , not only has individual labour ceased to hold its value in the market , but speculation upon smal ^ capital has been destroyed . The natural effect of thus destroying the -standard -of individual labour and small capital , has ^ been to subject the one to the mercy of the large capitalist , while the other has been thrown wholly Out of the market ; The great field ; Which the system opened for speculation , induced the ap ^ « t ^ ok . p ^« r v _? t 6 - )^^; 4 K # tj ^ j | w « bt : ; ' ^ : >^ iBJiEp ..: to'b ^^ made wbl
. ch £ a ^ : j ] ty . ^^ ci iiiwcaused ;;; an ^ oT ^ pro ^ oaJ- ' . ^^" 1 a ^ u |;^ w ) iicn oi ^ htt ^ be the regulator , of coj ^ erce Y has Seeri subjwted ^ rirftnt of to ^ regnlatoVttfe ^ pv ^ vl ^ on machinery ^ to ipdrdcl of ¦ fev ^ ng / s ^ eculatoBi ; who have , glutted . tha % ei ^ n ) v 0 J % V wi ( h ' ' tie ' piocceds of cheap Ub / juTj-tUtmt length i * i $ iiti liv ^ a to sit &e EtgHsli'labouiiFs r $ jtji ^ j > . to ^] % f 0 ™?* ^ mattipa ^ a ^ iffe red ^ the , ^ jua bi ^ at a less Bnc ^^ aJm ' ^; 8 a ^ ^ c | e c ^ ft : ' h ^ fo r ; ^ t borne ; and all this talkej ^ laee wiae ^> i nemployecl ¦ a reeaHed ^ idte ^ : dre * i * dJfc ^ Wn' t * rb i : texistence 8 caTcery prewrT ^^ e ^ lfin < Snbt ) oii 8 t 8 landing
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them over to the Ruffian governor : as a part of ^ over ^ popHlatio ^ of ^ country . ThVe ^ ct of fliii s ^ temmaybeg ^ uaVin ite Operation , but tW ^ shock wcomingVVnd no human power can n 6 ^ ayertit . Creditm ^ st be upheld ; bankers andspecul lators in labour are niutually dependent upon eacli other , and will therefore work together in support ofthesystem , until theprofit oflAelatter so ' diminv ishes as to destroy the securiiy of the iomer ; aitf then wbat becomes of the cwnmuni ^ dependent this ruin
u ^ n ed gambler ?; ^ should not mu ch regret if his avarice merely en&iled misery ipon himself ; butthe misfortune is , that he is sure to have more than enough out of the scramble , while the pwr labourerjbecomes fte deienceless victim ot hi * caUoaa reciaessnesg . Tet these creatures speak of Radicals as apprincipled scramblers /* - wfife they arVthtis preparing to k ^ scramble ion At this moment the masfers '"' vri labouring to keep their heads above water , working their mills just bo long , at reduced * agea , as will save appearances with the creditor , and be
less expensive than keeping the idle machinery in order . But can they go on manufacturing without money , and can they have such a return from overstocked markets as will enable them to meet their engagements ? j Certainiy not , arid what then becomes of the unemployed hands ? Can they starve ? Ought th «^ to » tar » e ? Or will they starve ? Or wiltthelandlord ( now in love with the Poor Law Amendment Act , ) be satisfied to feed the whble uuemyloyed community ? "Will the Shopkeeper be able to pay taxes out of an empty till . ¦ Will the Squire be able to live out of the
refuse of bis estate ? / For let him be assured that ( however the law may now constitute hun legal proprietor jahcj give ^ t | nr ^ ifeuned power , ) a starving community willfeacn' him thatthe labourer must be first fed before the idle owner partakes of Iheprbdnee . Will the Exchequer exnibit the ^ usual proceeds from dissipation tjpon which our educational Government exists ? No , for most probably while we write the Shop-keeper-general , the Chancellor of the
Exchequer , is learning , from the financial returns , that a coercive abstinence and forced morality is the ruin of his system . On Friday night , he will be upon his trial ; and however the expence attendant upon a royal funeral , a coronation , a necessary provision for a Queen Dowager , and the subjugation of Canada may come to his aid , yet he , like the minor shop-keepers of the nation , will find that an unemployed community will leave a scanty Exchequer , while the means of suppressing general and organized discontent must need to be augmented . He will learn that tbe political support of the moneymonger , in return for the Poor Law Amendment
Act , was " purchasing his whistle" at too dear a rate , and that however the saving bank scheme may for a season divide the injured party , the grievance has yet become too general to make the hungry many subservient to the monied few , who are joined to corruption by the golden link of despondency . He will also find that an insulted and
misgoverned people will not tamely allow the pampered and fatted dragoon horse to strengthen upon their produce and their food , to make havock in their lank and ragged ranks . A community fighting for the means of existence , cannot be successfull y resisted by the hireling fighting for the preservation of tyrannical power We return to the question of small capital and labpjar * - The man with a small
capital , and not possessing the confidence of a bank , is now thrown wholly out of the market , while his unavailable canh is lodged in the savings ' bank , —the people paying the interest , and the Government paying the Ministers of tyranny out of the speculation . Thus does the people ' s money go to increase the debt upon the one hand , and stake worth preservinf on the other , while the labourer , who works at a rate of wages regulated by the whim of the gambler , has no guarantee from hour to hoar for license to work , and when he does work
he lacks legal protection for an equitable distribution" of the proflu ,. Thu 3 « oie ganiestei- , wno oit . downat ^ he gambling table with a bank of a million , is sure to gather unto himself at the long run all the small banks at the table , so is the present system s ^ -e to sacrifice ' . both labourer , small capitalist , and shop-keeper to those who can command most money and the largest credit , until at length the whole commercial speculations of the country will be vested in the hands of the most sue cessful gambler . These things are too plain and
clear to admit of doubt . And now we come to show the pernicious effect of tbe system upon what is called the Elective Franchise and Representation , and Hkewiseupon our Political and Social Institutions . To those whohavewitnessedcontested elections in manu - facturing towns ho comment is necessary ; they are aware of the machinations ^ used by the masters in support of that man whrfPhaa the ascendancy of capital ; they are acquainted with the power of the overseer , and the dependency of the labourer ; they know what is meant by loosing ^ the men , or keeping them locked up dur ing tbe poll , and the penalty
upon the virtuous refractory ; and yet we hear of the unbiassed votes of the independent electors . The effect upon representation must consequently be the enactment of laws suiting the supposed opinions of the people through the constituent body , and the constituent body being thusjtf / femJ through the master ' s filtering machine ^ the pure remain unrepresented , while the representation of the dregs make laws for all—that is , for all who select the amount of the elective body that they can bribe or intimidate ; and this is l ( Peace , Retrenchment , and Reform . " The effect of such a
( system upon our Social Institutions is to drive every mail from society who will not prostitute himself to tbe ruling passion of the gamblingfaction . The great tyrant is Autocrat in that locality which has been handed over as the price of his political support . He is the fraroer of Municipal laws , and where they operate against his interest , he has the power of correction , by a threat of withholding his political support , till the power of bis Municipal party is complete . In society he is a drunken gormandizer ; at Council meetings he is the
bully of his party ; in -&m House he is the slay e of his passions , and jtto toot of his masters ; and in society he is the ru ^ -offthose upon whom his very existence depends . "Withoot education , he is * full of prejudices ; and without ideas , he blindly follows in the path of those upon whose position he depends for station and respectabilityi Away , then , with the whole system at once } the wound is too-deep to be healed ¦ by partial remedies ; the nation ' s heart ' s blood is flowing too -rapidly id be stopped by ordinary
rtypticka . Talk not to us of your Eleven Hours'Bill , or yoi » Ei ght'Hours' Bill ; the demand will regulate the supply , ; and 5 f we have now two hundred fold the producing power which we recently-bad , either the prodacert must work in proportion * or . else those who talk of over population must create a sufficient population : to t reojairel > the- increased produce . Give usj thenytiie only remedy for all our social and political maladies ;; ihafoj-everf iji-an : in . tiii artiikial state as he might he in his nataral state ^ his own doctorj by l Ac . ci : yg > the restorative ; in hjb . hand , which , is UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE 11 }
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BiU , ? vn * wTttblday night , aft ^ a ^ elaiS ^^ length on the thirdif € ^ flg ; c ^^ ty a majority of 234 tn 59 . J The Bill , as you wilt see , has been greatl yp altered [ in ^^ Gdmrnittee ; s ^ iiacTi'lb ^ that though we may still" iecognise ^ mime ' of lhe harsher features of tKe ]) riginalj it fa robstantJaM ^ a « ew BiU , embodying new- deformities ; p ^ cuHiirte itself r and , th ^^ after a fesifibn altogether dlEEelrent " ftdai iBe WL The Bill , aaf- ' it ongina ^ sfcdd ^ pr tjvi ^ tea ^ erection of 100 ^ WorkJumses / enable'W * && ±
modating ^ pettfens * acli , or ; 80 , 00 & persons altogether . The tJnionii ; ieere to ^ e eac ^ 20 i ^ mfle « square , or to cdntaiii * W )[ g q ^ e nfil ^ # » tor aod m $ ^^< & bep uai 8 hM Wrim ** i any , m ^ R&rt # ; aomr ^ \ M * $¥ ' if&Pi 6 j ^^ above the prescribed nnmberj 80 ^ 00 ^ feuhd ffietiselves in this condition , ( amounting at partienkr seasons > a million and a hy ^) - ^ ^^ ^^ some unheard of fashion ^ which the-Bill ^ ia iiot c « w
descend to explain , and which nothing short of tlivlne interposition could realise . There war t 6 "be no room for them in the worknouses ^ or rather bo workhouses for them j the Bill ; had no provision ^> r emplcying or Reding them out of the workhouse * ; they were not to be at liberty tolielp thems ^ s ^ t their neighbours' expense ;( a ^ privUegfe ^ allowed only ta the « higher orders ; "i and lastly ^ jf found b % lng in
orroannng quest of charity , { their present -o ^ l jmeans of living , ) they were to be committed W rogues and : vagabonds , and dtspofied ^ of the Lori knows how ; for iE would be just as hard to fed gaols enough ^ contain lhem , as ; fo find workhouseg ^ ««» m ^ # ^ eB - aiyto Bill f but ^ Wl as ! tbejr are omitted orfy ^ to ; gHre plic * to fresh ones j which ^ are juii ^ extra ^ ant ^ ustM ^ wn ^ ffi o& ^ ouk ^ Just eluair ^ c ^ rtiiaf ^ to ^ i
in smoke and disappointment ; InsteWof thetyrai nical , but fixed legislation of the original Bill , Ireland receives from the amended one no legislation at a // , other than what an ambulating : triumvirate ^ majhereafter choose to give them ; in other words , tie amended Bill determines nothing for the Irish poor , except that they are to have no out-dobr relief , leaving them in every other essential respect , to flie absolute will of the Poor Law Commissioners , T ) ie latter will , therefore , be at iiberty to erect as many or as few workhouses as they like ; to expend one million or ten millions for that purpose , or only the half of a quarter of a million , if they think proper
to make Unions of any form or extent they please , from 10 square miles to 400 ; to levy whatever monies they please upon the rate-payers , for the annual expenses of the poor ; to say to one portio « of the destitute , " Come hither , ye who hunger ani are naked , that we may feed , clothe , and comfort ye " - to say to another portion , " Get ye away t « Nova Scotia , or the kingdom come , for at Nature-B banquet there is no vacant cover for you . " In short the amended Bill is , in all its essential parts , a Bill of blanks , which the Commissioners are empowered to Jill up , and which they will not fail ( as they \ alue their salaries ) to fill up in the samefashion and
spirit in which they have filled the bellies of the poor of Bridgewater and Cirencester ; they will fill them with bastilization and bellyache—with short-commons and water-gruel . The . only essential improvement in the original Bill is the omission of the vagrancy and other clauses to prevent mendicancy This , is a downright salutary improvement . Ah J " attempt to enforce those clauses in the present state of Ireland , would be an attempt to exterminate two millions of the people ; for two millions / at least , preserve existence b y mendicancy alone . With all
the omnipotence of Parliament , " ( as Blackstonk terms it , ) it cannot make human beings resign life without . a struggle , —it cannot debar two millions : of them from a privilege which is allowed . to the birds of the air and the beasts of the fieldgr-the privilege of rpaming in quest of food . Indeed / seeing that the country has neither gaols to contain them nor fund * iu s . cc | i tneiu in gttoi , a wouta V »« rby « ' < : 'ally impossible to stop their vagrancy and mendicancy , unless by shooting them , as eportsmen s ^ pot wild animals j but that pastime once commenced , away would go the estates , and down would come the Aristbcracr
and Squirearchy to the level ' of- their merits . OH no . ' there can be no law to suppress Irish mendicityuntil there shall first be a law to prevent Irist destitution ; and laws to prevent destitution in Ireland or anywhere else there never will bey until the destitute masses shall begin to legislate for themselves . Nothing short of Universal Suffrage will give Irelanii the legislation she requires . Nothing 9 hort of suck legislation will rescue her poor from destitution . As long as the destitution continues , no despotism ok earth can prevent them from begging and roving ia . quest of food . The Parliament has , therefore , most wisely abandoned the vagrancy and other clause
against mendicancy , as " utterlyimpracticable for the present . " The Bill , as it standa now , is not legislation , bu t a confession by the Legislature of ita ;" owu ihcapacibr to legislate . It does not simply , like the original Bill , confer on a Board of Commissioners certaiit executive powers to carry into effect the provisions olf an Act , but it actuall y delegates- to those Commia signers its own delegated powers ! It invest !? theni with authority to enact the provisions , in the first
instance , and then to execute : afterwards ; thus constituting the said Cpmmissioners both Legislative and Executive , and arming them with a power over the public purse , and with powers of life and / diatii over the Irish poor , which surpass * in despotism any powers ever known to exist in the feudal ages , or under the most absolute monarchy of the present dayj Should this Bill pass the Lords , and receive the Royal Assent , it will not be an Act of Parliament , ( in the Ordinary sense at least ) but a declaration by
, * . r ... w ... - - 4 * " — — — - . * 0 Parliament that , finding itself incapable of legislating for the poor of Ireland , it has therefore abandoned all legislation on that subject to a triumvirate ; called a Board of Commissioners , whom the natiox j disavows arid repudiates as Legislators—whom th » j electors of the couatry know nothing of , and who ^ J the non-electors aBbor as the I > evil is said in Kom *{ to abhor holy water . Such , men " pf England , * is the boon vouchsafed to your fam ' shing brethren in
Ireland ! Such is the last scene of the last act 6 f the trag ico-farcicai-melodrameyrhichyour ^ " Reformed' Parliament his been playing for tbe last seven year * at your expense . The most harrowing scenes / jo « perceive , are got up in Ireland , because there the soul is , as it were , attuned to tragedy by long familiarity with the horrible . As the first act opened witk
Coercion , the scene was appropriateiy laid in Ireland . Not leVs appropriately does the last act close in the same country with . the terrific ? cene of the t Pk til-King" turning the pockets of the people inside out ^ covering the land with huge unsightly prisons , water-gruelling his incarcerated victims , and dealing di&nhcea and death all around him . A capital scene for Ireland !
The debate on this occasion was in every respect worthy of the finale . Anything to e , qual the ignorance , blundering * , and contempt of public opinion , manifested b y ^ tbe "debaters ? 'M would be difficult to match out of the ^ Housei " of Commoris itself . But as it would occupy too much p ^ your space to analysi the debate bex ^ I will ^ ^ wUt -jwtr permi »« o ) aj ' reee ^ this partbf ¦ & 8 raJ |^^^^« il ; it ^ 'J > ' V , ' - '¦' - . - •' -. - ; -.- -.- ;• v . ^ obM ^ t | | | » . ,. ¦• - ¦ ¦/ .: ¦ ¦ ;¦¦ .- ' » -... -- . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ -: ¦ ¦¦ :- ¦¦ - > . ' ' ¦ l-: vi-: 5 r ^ Mi 0 NTEEEK ^ ' ¦
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; Hull Electiok eoMM ^ TTfiE . i After occii- ! pymg ^ thirty-seven days in an . expensive enquiry * ? ha Comn » tte % - T erWn ^^" oS % 6 nday , in a ven ! exfraordinary manner ^ t * e ' Ust' of objections , on t ? %£$ ^ ng beenakeov e rEd to . be info rmal , Mr . W !^^^ is unseated on the qualification ground , and Messr * . Jamea and Hutt , Tory and Whig , are lobe the sitting . membtfrsi ^ i _ JocKETXNG . -We befieve there has not been a Devwe ^ Green Fair for many jears , but that some oCottrtownsmen and neigbboubTiavebeen regularly jockted . To offer advice to ape& about to buy bt to sell a horse , is to offer . personal insult . Some MiMBMEB ; Hull Election rnMirrr-ri i - i f , - ¦ L
people , indeed , would consider it a serious stain upon their characters not to be thought knowing in ich matters . " Do you see any thing preen here ? " said a yftnng farmer , pointing to \ a * right eye , and looking very contemptuously at his friend , who had merely requested him robe on his guard , v <« Do you * ee « nytiBng > green here ;? " be repeated , with " iil creasea . contempt , « id walked off . Theyoungfarmer had a horse to selly worth about £ 23 . - He took it into thefair , and was not long without a dealer . He very natorail y extolled every point ; and the dealer , to lull suspicion , detracted from every point . After with to
" ^ 5 "^ png regard price , the dealer saw , | YVell , whether I buy or not , at any rate I'll try it ; The young farmer suffered a man , whom he neversawbefore , tomounthishorse : theman rodeotf , and neither man nor horse have been since heard of . The question may then fairly be put— " Do you see anything green here ? " But older and more experienced persons have been equally duped . "Wide awake 1 " said a worthy and excellent friend of ours , who was about to go into a previous fair , to purchase a carriage , horse . " Wide awake ! " that ' s my motto , whenever I deal with a i ickev v and if I wn taken
in , then it ' s my own fault . Well !—wide awakeour friend suffered a horse , which he hud only the jockey ' s word for its having been in harness btforq , to be put to a new carriage . A particular acquaintance mounted the box ; and within five minutes the carnage was upset , the- shafts shattered , other injuries done , and the driver ' s neck endangered . The jockey , of course , swore tbat there was no fault in the horse , and that the accident was solely attributable to the unskilful ness of the driver . Under * uch circumstances , he laughed at the idea of paying a farthing to repair tbe damage done to the carriage . Our friend—really wide awake -thought upon the old saying " sue a beggar , &c . " and putup with the first loss . —Devizes Gazette .
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