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Fb ajtce . —There is spme gossip m Paris about a grand - congr ess of representatiTes from European nations fof the settiementof * fcffairs in the East . Another , story is , that Prince Talleyrand has pre-Tailed nptm Louis Philippe , in concert with England and Prussia , to nndertake the suppression of- the Carlist rebellion in Spain . According to late accounts from Algiers , Marshal Tallee vras successfully employed in pacifying the conquered territory a * d establishing stationsforTrench troop 3 in various parts of
it-- Spain . —Heports have been Teeeived of several actions between the Queen of Spain ' s troops and the Carlist insurgents , all ending in the defeat of the latter . It is , however , peculiarly necessary at the present time , to receive these accounts with caution , as the aim of the Spanish government is to raise money hv loan in Paris or London ; and it is remarked that Spanish Stock has not risen in value at Paris , notwithstanding the rumours of victories .
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Her Majesty and the Duchess of Kent visited the Zoological Gardens , Hegest ' s-part , on Saturday . The Duke op Bedford and family have arrived at Bourdeaus from Isiee . " , Kitst . —Hop-tying is now in operation , and the tine loots promising * as do the wheats , ' and vegetation in general , since the lost few warm days . Mb . Hodgxs . — "We are happy to announce the recovery of T . L . Hodge ? , Esq ., the liberal Member for \ Vest Kent , from his late indisposition . The Lord axd Tice Chancellor have adjourned iheir courts until the first dzx of next
term . The Distance from London bridge to Oxford by ¦ water is 116 miles . There are 32 locts , at some of which sixpence , and at others one shilling , is charged for a wherry to jass through . The Ambassador , Upton , from Xew Orleans , was carried into Nassau , after being on shore , 'bound to Liverpool . " - The Exqtisite , Sovereign , from Terceira , missed stavs and went on shore at St . Michaels , 20 th nit ., and filled ; cargo saved . The Speedy , Young , from Cadiz , was tawed into Lisbon with loss of madder , bound to Talt .
The Catheeisi , from Surinam to Amsterdam , was fallen in with 16 th Feb ., in Ion . 17 * , dismasted . The Mttxgo , of St . John ! New Brunswick , was fallen in vriih 3 d nit , in lat . 42 ° , Ion . 62 , abandoned . - The A > rs "Williah , Duck , from Newport to Dordrecht , struck on the Basjarred , April 30 , and sunk ; crew saved . New York , April 11 . —The James , from Nova Scoria to Antigua , was failed in with 14 th ult , in Ion . 63 ° , totally dismasted . Amsterdam , May 10 . —The Edward Kirhy arrived here from Newcastle , is very leaky , having struck on the rocks on entering the TVs-el . ""
The Sovereign , Dunn , from St . Yincentto Halifax , has been condemned at Antigua . City of Dcblix . —The corporation of Dublin have petitioned against the contemplated abandonment of the Eoyal ^ liliiary Hospital at Kilmainham . ¦ . Crops . —During the past week the-crops have every where assumed a most improved appearance , carrying with them a fair promise of abundance . Ax Elderly Yorsc- Lady . —A provincial journal announces the death last week , at Dorchester , of Miss Hodge , at the anti-juvenile age of ninerv-four .
Aristocratic Eloquence . In a recent Bpeech , _ to the Electors of Woodstock , Lord John Churchill said , be was sorry to announce that he " had got a damned bad cold , "" and that his observations must necessarily be brief . Death trox Cold ' and Bttngek . — An aged poor -woman perished of cold and want at Gallowgreen-hill on Monday night , having teen refused a lod ging at different bouses in that ^ neighbourhood . —Limerick Chronicle . Dorchester Laboitbers . — -The funds collected for the use of . the Dorchester Labourers amount to £ 550 . ; but it is hoped that the subscription will reach £ 1 , 200 * , to be laid out in stocking small farms for li the labourers . "
Cht-rch Bates . —Seizures , and sales of property seized , for Church Kates , in different parts of the country , are numerous and increasing . The refusals to pay are becoming general . Lambton Hotnds . —Lord Suffield has become the purchaser of the Lambton hounds , for the sum of 3 , 000 guineas ; and his Lordship intends to transfer that excellent ^ pack to Leicestershire . Sir Matthew "W . Hidley offered £ 2 , 500 for them . Epsom Baces commence on Tuesday , the 29 th . The Derby Stakes will this year , and in future , be run for on the "Wednesday , instead of Thursday , as before ; and lie Oaks on Pridav . as usual .
TEETOTALISH . — "We are extremely happy to perceive from the numerous notices of public journals as well as from personal observation that anrialeoholism is becoming more and more prevalent . Death from Fighting . —George Driver was " committed , on Thursday , for trial on a charge of killing James Abbot in a fi ght , on Saturday last . The combatants were both silk weavers , of "Bttbnal Green , and quarrelled in an alehouse . St . Ites .- — "We have heard , but do not vouch for the rumour , that there is a vaeaacv in the Borough of St . Ires , by the death of Mr . ' Halse . — Sun , Monday .
Ixvitation Cards . —Upwards of a " thousand cardsof invitation hare already been issued from Kensington Palace for the splendid entertainment which is to be given to her Majesty by the Duke of Sussex on the 30 th inst . Macleod , the MrRDERER . —A respite of ten Says has been received for thkunfortnnate man , who was sentenced to be executed here on the 11 th inst—Inverness Taper . Brighton , May 13 . —Information was received here yesterday that at Crawler a father had killed his own son , by running a prong into him ; but whether by accident or desien is not known .
Theke hate been many Bets made upon the arrival on Monday last , of the Sirius steamship , which was advertised to leave New York on the 1 st inst . -It is reported she has arrived off Cork . - An Harmonious Name . —A German journal speaks of a young authoress who has distoEguished herself in the literary world ; she is called the Baroness de Ktapskrakerstoc and Pfekalkrenken . — GtiHgnanTs Messenger . Demisaba . —A Leeward Island mail is arrived with dates to the 23 d March , from Demerara , 31 st 3 Iareh from Barbadoes , and 4 th April from Jamaica ; we nnd nothing of importance from this quarter .
American Stocks . — "When it became known that Mr . Biddle positively refused to resume specie payments with the New York Bank in Mayj the price of the TJnited States Bank Stock fell from 114 to 20 S , bur it subsequently rallied to 110 . Conviction of a Clergyman . —The Dublin EteningJPost avers to a verv curious case at the Skibbereen Petty Sessions , before which the Be v . Mr . Trafl , Yicar of Skull , was fined £ 5 for presenting a pistol at one of Ms Boman Catholic fioek , on the high road , on The return of the rev . gentleman from divine service , on a . Sunday .
Bt-CAPTCKE OF MtJR-RAY . —John Murray , ose of the men who escaped from the Compter ' a «" «¦ weeks sinc-e , was yesterday evening re-captured bj MT . Anderson , tie principal turnkey 6 f that prison , so that all the three fugitives have been agans lod ged in their old apartments . The Good People of Sundeblaxd . — "We ^ Vf aP ? J to find that the " cause of Democracy pro-£ riLT Fd 37 in the town of Sunderland . There SLw l 00 r 1 > emocra ? meetings this week . The eT t tS" - . "becoming more :. enthusiastic than ** Z" ne « ^ S H ^ " & *<* £ demonatra-P ^ Tlnd ^ tJ ^ ^ organizing for tbatpar-Swh 7 noT ^ T PT ° ? rf * " ***> ° hel * out ' Wn sSent lleJ ^ ^ ^ e insnited millions wen silent sleeping , Tfoen unicm ™ iU w : *!
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Cheap Travelling . —Henceferthjio foot passengers will be allowed to travel on th ^ - railway between Stockton and - Middlegborough , but carriages will be attached to trains to carry travefifeHfc at tvxhpence each ! Two-pence for four mileiff There ' s a go I Fatal Effects of Intemperjlncb . —At abont four o'clock on the morning of the 3 rd inst ., as the brig Robinson of Sunderland , was cm her light passage to that port , and -being at the :: ^| aie time a little to the Northward of Seahani , the * a * 8 $ John Ttosewarne , in a paroxysm of deliriuki ^ remens produced by excessive intemperance , leaped tweTboard and was drowned . - ' , .. , . mmtKKamtttmmmmmmmmtKmtH ^ ^ hkap TRAVBtLiNo .-HencefeTt 3 i ^ o * - •¦ j-
Accident . —On Sunday morning , on thearriralof the Wilberforce steam ship from Hnll , Mr . Samuel Barton , groom to Sir Charles Sheffield , of Portlandplace , was engaged in landing two horses belonging to his master from the vessel , when the rope securing one of the animals broke , and the horse , a fine Lincolnshire one , began kicking and plunging . The groom , in endeavouring to quiet the animal , received a tremendous blow on the forehead from the horse ' s fore foot , which inflicted a deep wound , eight inches in width . He was picked up and remoTed by Perry , a policeman , fl , H . On his way to the hospital , Barton fainted- several times from loss of blood . The surgeon ? of the hospital give very little hopes of the *• fellow ' s recovery .
Suicide from Jb . —JamesBedgrave , a tradesman of Sibton , wk aonths ago so affected by the infidelity of his Vi « \ f . he went mad , and was confined in the SuffolkV am , from which he was discharged 3 s enred six wJ ^ ks ago . Saturday he detected his wife in an intrigue with the same man who had raised his former jealousy , on which the unfortunate creature went into his bedroom and hanged himself to the tester . On Monday , at the inquest , the wife was called before the Jury and severely reprimanded for her infamous conduct . — Suffolk Chronicle .
Gretna Green Superseded . —It is not generally known that there is a singular immunity attached to Peak Forest Chapel , near Tideswell , in Derbyshire . At this privileged altar , candidates u for better or worse " may be united , on any day , and at any hoar , by conforming to certain conditions . Perhaps when this privilege is better known , Peak Forest Chapel , may become as famed as the Gretna Green blacksmith , for the joining of nymphs and swains , who fly on the wings of love !
Wide Awake . —A man named Austin , and a female who was with him , both of whom are wellknown ntterers of bad money , were lately brought before the Lord Mayor , charged with having passed a counterfeit shilling . They both laughed upon being put to the bar , ia the confidence that the evidence against them was not conclusive , and they were correct in their opinions . Mr . Powell , of the Mint solicitor ' s office , stated that , although there was " no doubt of the guilt of the prisoners , there would be no chance of a verdict against them , ther had so adroitly contrived the imposition . The Lord Mayor : TTell , prisoners , I must discharge you , but yon will be here again . Austin : "W e shall be happy to ^ see your Lordship here or anywhere else ; we re wide awake , my Lord ; the City an ' t no place to go to sleep in .
Yote Making . —Considerable displeasure is felt by the parishioners of Brighton at the conduct of their vicar in putting bi 3 own son , Master Arthur "Wagner , a boy of fourteen , in the rate book , in order that he might give his vote in favour of the Tories , and support them in their encroachments on the liberties of the people by paying a parish chaplain a hundred a-year , and other measures of a like unpopular and unwarrantable nature .
Inquest . —On Monday last , an inquest was held at the King ' s Anns , Kennington-lane , on Mr . William Thomas Easton , aged 26 , a corn factor , who hung himself at his house in that neighbourhood , on Tuesday , in a fit of despondency , arising out of a love disappointment ; the friends of a young lady whom he was courting , named "Webster , at "Wandsworth , refusing their sanction to his marriage . Yerdict , " Insanity . "
Irisr Humour .. —A few days ago , oae of the Irish labourers on a , railway v ? as very severely hint by a fall of earth . However , he complained not , but desired he might have a whiff of tobacco . He was then laid on a board , and hoisted on four men ' s shoulders for the purpose of being conveyed to the Infirmary . Upon moving , " Arrah , by Jasus , " he exclaimed , with all the characteristic humour of his country , " Little did I expect to live to see my own funeral . "
Death of Dr . "Watson . — "Watson , whose connexion with Thistlewood , &c , 13 unforgotten , expired at New York on the 12 th of February , - aged 72 . He had suffered for some time very severely . He endured many vicissitudes whilst in America , living , at different times , in New Orleans , Louiiiana , Mississipi , Alabama , Florida , Charleston , &c . His widow was at St . Louis , unaware of the death of her husband , who died in the New York Hospital , and was followed to the gra-ve by a few friends on the 14 th of Febrnary . His son , who was suspected of snooting Platt , on Snow-hill , during the riots of 1 S 19 , died two vears since .
The Hon . Graham Kinnmrd . — "With regret we have to announce the death of the Hon . Graham Kinnaird , under the following melancholy circumstances . Mr . Kinnaird was Lieutenant , commanding her Majesty ' s brig Rapid , and the vessel having been driven on some rocks and wrecked off Bona , near Tunis , he attempted to get ashore in his gig , but such was the violence of the sea , that the boat was upset amoDg the breakers , and Mr . Kinnaird
alone failed in reaching the shore . In fact , he was the only person drowned out of the entire crew of the Rapid , and it is but common jnstice to this young and gallant officer , one too of high promise , to add , that to his presence of mind and judicious arrangements in the midst of danger the salvation of his crew is , under Providence , attributable . Mr . Graham Kinnaird was the younger brother of Lord "Kinaaird , and bis death will throw into sincere mourning many noble families .
Suicide . —A foreigner , who was dressed in an olive brown frock coat , dark striped Valentia waistcoat , Oxford mixture trowsers , high patent leather shoes , and leather gloves , was found dead in Kensington garden * yesterday , having committed suicide ; He had shot himself under the ear . On the lining of the hat , made by Shearman and Briggs , GraeechuTch-street , was written Jones Schmidt . " It appeared from the evidence adduced , on the inquest , that on the twenty-first uk . the deceased had been robbed hy a fellow countryman of 120 Napoleons , and that the loss greatly depressed him . Yerdict— " Temporary insanity . "
, Coach Accident . —A dreadful coach accident occurred yesterday , at "Weedon , Northamptonshire . The Greyhound coach to Birmingham had pulled up at the Bull Inn , to change horses , when the coachman incautiously parted with the reins before the horse-keeper took charge of the horses . , The animals _ immediately started off , turning the corner into the inn-yard , through which they galloped , and made towards Stowe . There seems reason to
believe no serious mischief-would have ensued if the passengers had kept their seats . Unhappily a gentleman threw himself off when the coach was near the bridge , at Stowe , and pitching on his head , was killed on the spot . Several other passipgers were injured more or less , but none seriously . The unfortunate gentleman is supposed , from the papers found upon him , to be an American merchant . The horses proceeded to Foster ' s Booth , where they drew up without further mischief . :
Construction of "Wobx-Hotjses . —As if the work-house system , as established under the New Poor Law , were not in itself bad enough , a cruel ingenuity is had recourse to ia tbe veTy erection of the buildings , with a view to shut out the wretched inmates from the common blessings of nature—light and air . No one can have examined any of these structures , or even passed them on the road ' , without being convinced of this , and that the term " bastile " was never more properly applied to any species of braidings than to these , which assume both within and without , all the characteristics of a prisonhouse . That a workhouse should be " a place of little t
ease" o a person who , from indolence or vice , throw * himself ont of work , and becomes burdensome to his parish , w . e readily admit . But the exception is not the rule ; and to distress and punish the majority of those for whom work-honges are intended , "because a ^ minority , and that a small one , deserve but little in the way of encouragement and comfort , is a refinement in injustice which it was left for the satraps of Somerset House to cany into effect under a colour of law . Are not old age , decrepitude , disease , and poverty , in themselves sufficiently severe afiBetions , but-they must be . enhanced in the very means professed to be intended for their alleviation ? "What are all the bountiful
pronusers at the husfjsigg about , now that they have gained , their seats in Parliament by reprobating ^ the operation of this atrocious law , iibat they eileptly suffer Its operation t 6 take place in these costly permanent buildings , without saving a word to lessen the ! - prison-like appearance and reality ?— Herald .
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m Soda "WATEit .- ? -The artiele ^ oM for ' . soda ' Water is nothing else than pure water impregnated with eartomc acid gas | and does dot contain' a' ? ingle | rainof 3 oda . Thougbsolfl for 6 d . fettle , its ' - owt SMJpwqpjethaii a farthinga-gallrih j -explosive of bppa-^^^ # 9 make Teal soda ayater , putin a bcfttle a Ie 3 ? B , eack ° K carbonate of Soda and tartaric acid , ^' crystals , and' in a sho ' rt time soda Water would beprepared in reality . —Lecture atLiveh )^ , Ma-rch of Bigot rSt : —It is scarcely credible , but it is true , than in this , the nineteenth century , and we believe—but the fact wa are going to relate makes it uncertain—in a town named Kendal , which is said to J ) B in " enlightenedProtestant , . " Mn , ^ , . ' . ¦ - , '¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ' , ' -p-
, England / ' that Dr . Combe ' s ' book on The Physiology of Man was first Voted into 7 the library of the Institution of that town , and the vote was afterwards repealed upon-tie preposterous pretence that it was not sufficiently religious in its scientific developements . - "Wh y -the thick-headed Puritans will presently be for abolishiag all books , treatises , or modes of education in mechanics , unless we can find out how Tuba ! wrought his metals ¦ and N-oah built his ship ! Why don't they bring in : an Act for restoring the practice of leaven in bakers ' s shops , instead of using that heathen invention yeast ? AVe wish Mr . G . W . "Wood joy of the his " independent constituency . Independent they certainly are of
—common sense . —Manchester and Salford Ad vertiser . Alarming Fire . —Shortly before nine o ' clock on Monday night ) a fire wasdiscovered in the extensive stables and store cellars , 19 , Swallow-street , Piccadill y , belonging to Messrs "William Ewart and C ° - >_ ° f Jermyn-street . A policeman of the C division , who was passing the premises , first observed the smoke issuing from the doors and windows , ' and immediately raised an alarm . Superintendent Baker
y with a strong party of police , were instantly on the spot , when , on the door being opened , the centre of the lower part of the premises was found to be inflames . The hor . ses in the front stables were immediately rescued , the flames having by that time threatened the destruction not only of the whole of the premises , but also " of the stables of Lard Dundas on the one side , of Mr . Robert Newman on the other , and the houses in- SackTille-streetin the rear . The parish engine of St . James's , two of the County Fire-office , and several others of the Londoti fire
engine establishment , under the direction of the foremin of the district , were , however , soon got into operation ; and there being a plentiful supply of water , the fire was confined to that portion of the premises in which it commenced . Messrs . Ewart and Co ., are insured in the County Fire-office . Thb Irish Tithe Question . —A numbar of the leading landed proprietors of this county assembled to-day in the County Grand Jury Room , for the purpose of taking measures preliminary to holding a general meeting of the county , to take into consideration the present state " of the tithe question in Ireland , with a view to a final and immediate
settlement of it . Amongst those who took a leading part in a short and desultory conversation which tookplace , were—Sir "W . Chatterton , H . Townsend Esq ., C . O'Grady , Esq ., V . Roche , Esq ., P . Power Esq ., —— Vtare , Esq ., Dr . "Warren , Daniel Leahy , Esq . of "Shanakiel , "W . Coppinger , Esq . Barry ' s Court , Dr . M'Swiney , R . Coppinger , Esq ., F . Leahy , Esq ., T . S . Coppinger , Esq . Midleton , J . Denny , Esq ., &c . All agreed that the various interests of the country called loudly for an adjustment of the measure . " " Tithes had become , " to use Sir "Wm . Chattertoa ' s words , " an incubus on the country . Religion , the public welfareand every
, interest of public moment , demanded a speedy termination of the question . " .. " Tithes , " said Mr . Townsend , had converted the landlords of the country into proctors , had set the tenants in opposition to the landlords , and had endangered the prosperity of Ireland . " Dr . "Warren said the clergy for their own sates had better come into terms withthe friends of the . settlement of the question . If they persevered in opposing themselves . any longer to the spirit of the times , ? perhaps they would lose all . Several gentlemen said that half the clergy of the country '
were favourable to the settlement , if they dared , in the face of their diocesans , speak their real sentiments . After some further conversation , a requisition to the Hi gh Sheriff to call the general public meeting was prepared , and signed by all present . The recent letttrs of Deans Burgh and Hoare , were regarded by Sir"Wm . Chatterton , Mr . O'Grad y , and others , as containing sentiments and suggestions of the last importance , and all present anticipated that the general meeting to be held would lead to results of the most important nature . —Cork Reporter oi Saturdav .
Election Bribery . —On Friday last , Messrs . Y > m . Thompson and Benjamin Doyle , appeared at the petty sessions to answer summonses charging them with bribery at the last eleotion . The magistrates were , Aldermen Keynett , Evelyn , Carew , and S . Newport , Sir B . Morris , A . Sherlock , Esq . and Dr . Jones . Mr . Hayes having opened the subject by applying to have information taken against the parties , Mr . Harris proceeded to contend that they could not be taken until the lapse ' of-tw-o years after the alleged bribery , such being the period allowed for the commencement of aytti ta ? n action ,
to recover the penalty of £ 500 awarded by the 49 Geo . III ., c . 118 . Mr . Hayes argued against this view on the ground that the statute should not be held to limit the powers of the common law . After some consultation in chamber Alderman Evelyn announced that the majority of the bench was against receiving the informations . Alderjnan Newport said that the majority was five to two . Dr . Jones remarked that Mr . Hayes had furnished them with no precedents to show that such jurisdiction had been exercised by magistrates ; if such precedents existed , he could not help thinking that they would have been adduced . —Waterford Mirror .
Ferocious Savages . — On Friday morning , a duel was fought at Newton Park , between a Mt . Pigot , and , as we are informed , a Mr . Carroll . At the sixth shot Mr . Pigot received his a dversary's ball in the leg . At four or five of the previous shots the parties drove the balls through various parts of each other's clothes ; but they were determined to shoot on until either would be hit . It was said that Mr . Pigot called for another shot whilst the blood was pouring from his leg . His request , as a matter of course , was not granted . The dispute arose at a billiard table . —Dublhi Register .
Coronership . —Mr . Robson has resigned the coronership of the Newmarket district of Cambridge . - Destruction of Sir C . Price ' s Distillery at Limehouse . —Oh Monday evening last , at an early hour these works , situated at Mill "Wall , Limehouse , were totally destroyed by fire . They were the most extensive in the metropolis , and occupied seven or eight acres of ground . Intelligence of the calamity reached the head station of the fire establishment in "Watling-street , about ten minutes before five . Mr . Braidwood , the superintendent , proceeded with , all possible speed to the spot with the engines of that station , which were quickly followed
by those of > TC ellclose-square , - Schoolhouse-lane , Jeffery-3 quare , WlritetToss-gtreer , ; Famngdon-street , Southwark-bridge-road , and numerous others . On their arrival the distillery ( a building of upwards of seventy feet in length" and-fifty , in breadth ) was enveloped in one . sheet of fire . It contained six boiler ^ all of which were full , also four large stills which were full of liquor ready to be boiled off ; on ihe stage of the distillery were two . hundred and fifty barrels of turpentine ready to be . removed to the store-houses . The calamity was soon known in the neighbourhoodj and thousands of persons Were in a very short time seen exerting themselves , to
subdue the names , but their efforts at . the-powerful engines had ' not the slightest effect on ; the fixe . ! The master ^ at the West India Dock , ' bjf receiving ; :-i . iiformation of the fire , dispatched the dock engines tothe spot , and they were instantly got into operation . The distillery is divided from the premises by a narrow road , known as the Ferry-walk , but they are connected together by a tunnel under the road ; on each side of this passage were barrels / of turpentine piled in heaps , and about half-past five the outsides were , scorched by . the flames , which were completely blown on tiein by a strong wind from the N . E . The firemeij and woriinen in the service ; of Sir Charles Price on seeing the danger commenced digging us . the earth , and before ^ the turpentine m the barrels had ignited in the tunnel ,
completely blocked it ti p , formifig a barricade . Some difficulty was experienced : in obtaining a supply of water at . first / hut subsequently ; by the machines , being . taken to ; the banks of , tUe Gity canal , which is about 350 feet , fibnt the premises , a bountiful supply was obtained . ? The fire continued to burn till seven , o ' clock after ^ wbjqir thei flames gradually sunk within tie pile of ruin ^ . ^ Tfle distillery and outhouses adjoining ; are tbtaljy destroyjed , nothing remaining but . the blackened " walls and chimneys . _ In the Tear of the distillery . and outhouses was a . beautiful garden , which ; contained several valuable . ' trees ,, plants ,, aiul ; 'ip ^ e i ? ' ; it ? is entirely-destroyed b y ; tfie 'falling pf flie ' W ^ lls , and the trampling of the firemen and the inhabitants The cause of the calamity is at present unknown . The piemises . are said to be insured in the Imperial and Phcenix Fire-offices , to an extent sufficient to cover the loss .
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MlKSf *« OI * ! FbRSrHB ; i *> O * < LAW pOMV ^ ionws ^ Flat Rebellion ; ^ -At a vestry S »( ^ P ^ shofLimhethVhelduat the jvS seS aT ^ 1 ^ '¦ ** &'&& ' 8 « a » fceibre ; they ^ Pawted / he ^ nshed to know from the ' new board oY SuaroW whether they intended to carry out { he roiesand regulationaof thepoor law commissioners , by compelling allthe applicants fir parochial relief to come into the workhouse ? / One of ; the guardians said they certainly , should make use of the building , ior they had na other house ; , besides ^ in common fionesty ., they were bound to pay for it , and , there-^ re , the poor might as well haTe the benefit of the puilding . A pplicanfc-. Tnen . fhe board of guardians intead to carry out the obnoxious Poor Law ! Act . ^^
mr . if all--We do not intend to do any such thing ; it is the intention as Well as the determination of the board , at least the majority of them , to admit the poor into it , but not to lock them up ; they will be allowed , to ^ o in and out . and , endeavour to procure StS ^ ir 4 ^ e 7 -ma 7 te ^ enabled to support themselves . ^ Thereia ^ lso another measure which the ^ intend to adopt , ; that of not separating , husfSr ^ ™ fe-Ccheers . ) Those who ^ have nasaed ^^ . Me together in , ; . their day 8 of youtf and health , will remain together in the same room in tie S ^ S ^ 6 V ?? ^ ^ be d ™* into WpHh W ^ Ahouseaacomfortable as possible . Wedo notintend to consult the poor law commissioners on the subject , neither / do we intend that they shall interfere with our arran ™™^ . Th . 0
ageclpoor wiH be together preciselythe same as wben ^ th ey were at home . ( This statement waft , rewSag ^" - >» . ' . « -i .. »—; pV . Maidstonb Petition . —Mr . John Smith , whose name appears to the petition to theHouseof Commons against Mr Fector ' s . return for Maidstohe , has declared the signature bearing his name to be a forgery , he never having signed the petition , nor given permission to any other person to do so for him . —Maidstone Journal .
Accident . —On Wednesday , a dreadful accident occurred to two of the labourers employed 0 % the works at the new Houses of Parliament . A number of men were employed in raising an immense block of stone by a crane , when the tackle suddenly gave way , and the block fell on two of the men . One of them was found to be literally crushed to death ; every bone in his bpdy ' appeared tohe broken . 1 he other poor fellow had one of his thighs broken , besides being otherwise severely injured .
Is arrow Escape . —Wednesday , Mr . W . Dhcon , jun ,, a commercial traveller belonging to Liverpool had a narrow escape from destruction whilst on his way irom Ulyerston to this town . Fearing he would be a little too late for crossing Duddon Sands , Mr . Dixon obtained a horse , which he harnessed in front of bis own , and got a lad to ride it , who said he was . acquainted with the . dangerous passage of the Duddon estuary . Mr . Dixon set off with speed , but had not adTanced more than half a mile across the Sands until he \ found himself placed in imminent danger . He was surrounded by the watersthe tide was rolling up breast high—presently loth
nor ^ eswere taken off their feet and began to swim and the leader plunged violently ; the lad crept back into the gig beside Mr . Dixon , and the unfortunate animal which he quitted was . speedily drravvned , ' and being fastened b y the ^ trappin gs to the horse m the shafts , the travellers were brought to a stand , and must have inevitabl y perished , had not some men < who were discharging a vessel at some distance , come to their assistance in a boat and rescued them and the horse from their perilous position . Mr . Dixon ' s escape may be viewed as miraculous , and we trust will operate as a caution to others not to place themselves in jeopardy in crossing those sands for the sake of gaining a few hours time . — Whitehaven Herald .
An "Odious Adorer . "—Queen ' s-square London . —Charles Gibbins , a genuine cockneyite , with a mest unpoetical visage j was charged with assaulting Clementina Osborne , a pretty little darkeyed brunette . . The complainant , previous to stating the circumstances of the assault , informed the bench that the defendant had for some time past bad the impudence to pay his addresses to her , and though she always treated them with " affable
disdain , " yet he continued to annoy her . On Tuesday evening last , she went by " spicial inwitation" to a " merry-making" at a friend ' s house in Malay Gardens , Chelsea , and upon entering the room where the company were assembled , the first object that presented itself to her si ght and notice , was her " odious adorer . " He , however , very : \ . '' " , perlitely" handed her a seat , and then placing himself by her side , began talking of a " burning brand in
his bosom , and such like nonsense , when she told him she bated the si ght of him , and to go away from her . The defendant rose from his seat , called her " a faUhkss Phillis , " and left the room . She then saw no more of him until she was putting on her bonnet and shawl , when he presented himself again , called her " ' . a faithless RhUlis , " smacked her face , tore her bonnet and shawl off , and said she shouldn ' t stir a peg from that place till sE ' e promised to make him happy . A policeman , however , was called in , who took th 8 mam of tender passion to the station-house , where bis o'erwrought feelings soon subsided . Mr . White ( to the
defendant)—What have you to say in excuse for your foolish conduct ? Defendant ( crying and looking imploringly upon the complainant )~ She nivyer luyed me nivvei ; , though I luves her , and vould'die for her yes , that 1 vould , your ; worship ; I tempted to romance with her last night , ven she called me a — - — . Here the defendant made a dead pause . — Mt . White—What'did she call you ? Defendant ( blubbering aloud)—A " miciimpoop" ( roars of laughter in which the bench joined ) . Mr . White—You had better p&y your addtesses i » a more
favourable quarter ; it is evident the young woman does not like you . Complainant— Like him ! I detest him ; I'd as soon have a . kangaroo for my husband ( loud laughter ) , Defendant—Itangaroo , indeed ! -Vy you knows , Clementina , 1 g « ts two shillings more a week than that ere fellow wot you pretends to like betterer than me . Mr . White—You must not show , " striking" proofs of your affection ; if you must make love , do it without smacking the lady's face or tearing her bonnet . You must pay 10 s . Defehdant- ^ -I a ' nt got it . The knightof the tender passion ; was then removed .
The Poor Law Commissioners and Public Morals . —On * Saturday , Phillis Wood , a protector of " unfortunate , girls , " and ' , who resides in Griffith ' s Rents ,, Kent-street , London , was charged with unlawfull y detaining the clothes of Maria PovejY Several similar cases had during the week been proved before Alderman FareWother , of so flagrant a nature , that he was induced to direct the parochial authorities to prefer bills of indictment against the parties concerned . The poor girl in the present instance , it seems , had been duped in the manner which Hogarth has ably depicted in ithe scene of the country girl coming tp town . By her statement it appears that she had been seduced by a nobleman , arid then thrownilike a blasted flower to be trodden on by the worthless and the base .
Having fallen from hetflfrarity she became the organ of profit to Mrs . Wood ; but now having an opportunity to go to a situation whereby she inight regain a character ^ Mrs . Wood reused to give up her clothes . —Alderman Farebrother , having heard the evidence ; said she ought to be indicted .- ^ Inspect or Corstorphon said the parish would not prosecute . —Alderman Farebrother : What parish is this house in?—Officer : In S ( . John ' s , sir . — -Alderman Farebrotber : Then if it is in my district I will sets into the case , and try whethei ' t the ; law is not etirong enough to suppress brothels , although it would appear , they are tolerated by the poor law commissioners . If it is within the borough , 1 shall order thecity solicitor to prosecute , who vrjlKtry the question whether the poor law commissioners are not . ^^ bound to allow the expenses . —Alderman Fafebrother : You hear what
you are charged with- ^ detainmg this' poor girl ' s clothes ?~ Defendant : > Yery good . — Alderman Farebrother : It } s , not v Tery . good it is infamousi--Defendant : Just as ; you please ,, your worship . ' All 1 know is , Pm a perfect mother to themi— . Alderman Farebrother : And all I know is you are the xnostimpudent woman , even of your class , that ever appeared before : me . . ¦ M other ^ indeed ! Vou profane the name . What do you ask of this pdor girl .- ^ Defendanti : £ 3 . 18 s . 5 d . ' T aTays turn 'cm out j « speotabie , —Alderman' Fartibrother : T dbl ' t doubt it . ;; Nowij . as a lesson to those in touf
infamousealMng , I shall hold . you tq , ; bail ; for ;< keeping such a house and to suppress such iniquitous deds , I shall order indictniente tb be laid ; aiid , if the pc of law commigsibners / aftei ^ this examination ^ r ' efiiselto pay the . expenses , ^ arliajnen ^ niuat tbipetitioned bn the sub ject—The . defendMthenofferea to give bp ¦* f- Property if ^ Mana ' ' wpwld " go with - her .--Alderman Farebrbtheri I willhave bail for ycur appearance ; ancla ? to trostrag that poor girl in ydut tangs agaan , J W jilL not consent , to it ; - An officer shall go vnthjou ;—Bail w . aa tendered , but , on dxamination j-th 6 Aiakrmattrejected ^ if : ' m irresponsible . The defenaanjb , * ha w-asi defended ; by ' p . ti ' . attorney' '; - who vmefhes at sthis -office , aeiin
offered to give up the clothes . —the Alderman directed an officer to go with her and get them , and the defendant and her legal adviser left in company . .
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A WfcNEKABLE CduptB . —An aged couple , mauTand wi ^ e , named W » lton , are now residing in a cottage at iktJ por . JStouea , in Wierdle and Wardle , near Rochdale . UiiftJ '*™ P aupers , receiving latterly 4 s . a week > Widy , with tbe ^ J ° duce of their own labour , they iontriV ^ to get on ^ omfcrtablT ; i He wefeTes * 48 retd flannel i at about 12 s . 6 a ; a piece ; which he earns in three wesks ; the old woman gpina Jff ^ f heis 86 , she is 75 ; How tmich better thi 8 j than the werkapuse system . ., Th ^ ScoIb ' s , Bridlb K ^ rivEDw—At the Mayor s Office Stafford , last week , Mary , wife of 1 . Careless , of the Broad Eye ,, aperfect terma « nfc ' _
was ordered to pay one shilling penalty , and 7 a 6 d costs , for an unprovoked assault on Mary , the wife of Lemg Bromley . During the investi gation her garrulify was so incessant , that the mayor was under the necessity of sending for the " scold ' s bri-. » an ' ron instrument of very antique construction , which in olden times was occasionall y called into use . It is formed of an elliptical bow of iron , enclosing the head from the lower extremity of one ear to the other , with a traverse piece of iron extending from the nape of the neck to the mouth , from which projects a flat bit ; which enters the mouth , and completely covers the tongue , preventing its movement , and the whole machinery when adjusted is locked at the back of the head . This bridle is to-be put in thorough repair , and hung in terrorem in the mayor ' s office , and used as occasion may call it forth .
Th ? Bi ^ jiingham Depotation to Sgot ^ Land . ^ The deputation mean to set out on Thursday . They . purpose reaching Hamilton on bunday ; they will proceed from Hamilton to Glasgow on Monday morning . The arrangements in Glasgow are these—the great demonstration will take place on the green on Monday afternoon ; and in the evening there will be a soiree , at which the deputation will be present , and where their views can be more fully developed than they possibly could be , in an open air meeting of two hundred thousand
persons . On Wednesday there is to be a great meeting at Kilmarnoek , which the depatatibn have been earnestl y pressed to attend . It is still unknown to U 8 , though very probably by the time we write it will have been arranged , when a meeting will be held in Edinburgh , or if any meeting is to be held which the-deputation , whose leisure is very limited can attend . The determination of the various towns around Glasgow to imitate its metropolitan example has been strongly pronounced , in meetings held at Paisley , Parkhead , Leith , KilbirniejHouston , and Lochwinnock , at all of which i ^ Ir . Collins has been present . The Paisley meeting is fixed for the twenty-second . Fro m Dundee we have as yet no intelligence . —Bmningham Journal .
Shakspharh ' s Autograph . —This great literary ^ curiosity was brought to the hammer on Tuesday , by Mr . Evans , of Pall-malU and sold to Mr . Pickering , of Chancery-lane , for £ 100 , ' It consists only of the name of the poet , wr itten upon the fly-leaf of a copy of . Florio ' s translation of Montaigne ' s essays , 1603 , but it is his only autograph , with the exception of that to his will and some mortgage-deeds , now unaccountably lost or mislaid . Mr . Evans did the curiosity the utmost justice , and , although we consider the relic cheap at £ 100 , perhaps nobody in London could have o btained more for it .
Witchcraft in the Nineteenth Century . —It will scarcely be believed that a poor youth in the employ of a stable-keeper at Handcross , near Brighton , a village on the London road , having been rejected in his love-suit by a female servant in the village , and driven by disappointment into a fit of frenzy , was gravely pronounce ' d by the neighbours to have been bewitched by the young person in question , and that an old woman undertook his disenchantment for the fee of half-a-crown ! Rows of pins , needles , knives , &c , Were accordingly stuck around the bed-clothes for the purpose of impaling the fair enchantress on their elfin spears should she venture to approach his couch , and the fa rce was carried on until some persons possessed of common sense interfered , and had the poor fellow conveyed to a fit destination—the Lunatic Asylum . '
Horrible Murders . —A few days since , at Ilomilly , in the Aube , a frightful crime was perpetrated by a man who having been imprisoned for a year , through the instrumentalily of his wife ' sbrother , as he supposed , took occasion , on being liberated and after having had a discussion with him , his wife , and his own sister , to murder the whole three , with a sharp knife , as they were sitting together in the ovening . Almost immediately afterwards he put an end to his own existence by cutting his throat .
Dr . Chalmers' Lectures . —The Edinlui-gh Chronicle states that Dr . Chalmers receives from the Christian Influence Society , at whose invitation he came to England , the sum of £ 50 per lecture .
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HUDDERSFIELD BOARD OF GUARDTANS . Copie ^ of letters addressed to the Poor Law Commissioners in pursuance of the order of the Huddersheld Board of Guardians . Huddersfield , May 7 th , 1838 . tt ^ ^ men , —The Board of Guardians of the Huddersneld Union have done me the aonoiir to request me to write you an account of their proceedings at ameeting held this day , at the Court House , Huddersfield , which is as follows : — Entered tbe Court Honse as the clock ceased striking eleven . There might be thirty Guardians present . when I sat down in the board room . Mr Mprehonae ia the chair . After a few minutessome of
, the Guardians declared that Mr . Cook was duly elected chairman at the first meeting ,, and ought to preside ; but that if there was any objection to it , all disputes should cease : and this be regarded as the nrist meeting . Shortly , there was a general call , Cook , e / iair , among the GnaTdiansj and while Mr . Morehoiise was on his feef ^ Mr . Cook was placed in the chair , M r . Morehbuse standing before the chair . While Mr . Morehouse , was reading , a Guardian laid hold of the minute book : a scuffle ensued , in which several Guardians took part . Another Guardian having obtained the book was requested to return it , and to allow business to oroceed . which hn
did . An old chair was broken in the scufile . . Mr . . Morehouse , again having possession of-the book , said , I adjourn this meeting to this day fortriight ; , nnd was turning off with the book , when a Guardian , who had hitherto taken no part in the strife , but quietl y' watched proceedings , said , the majority of the Guardians preseiit , being resolved , to proceed to business , you cannot acb ' ourn the meeting , ana shallnot take oiway the book . So saying , he took the book out of Mr . Morehouse ' s hand , and' gave it to the clerk or to the constable ; eventually , it was given to the constable . Mr . Moreliouse and eight or nine Guardians went out , followed by the clerk ; the remaining Guardians having placed Mr . Cook in the chair , proceeded as follows : —r
The clerk having retired and talc en away the papers , &c , . v Resou-eb , —That Mr . Edward Jackson be appointed clerk to this board pro temp . ¦ _ Guardians present : —Robert Wrigley , South Crossland ; Joseph Chadwick , John Moxon , Thomas Haley , William Cook , Huddersfield ; Charles Senior , Ivirkheaton ; William Varley , Lingard ; Joseph Senior , Leptbn ; William Roebuck , Austonley ; William Wright Bond , Dalton ; John Mellon , Mmondbnry i Hiram Harling , Joseph Matthews , Shepley ; James Hirst , ffirkburton ; Johii Rhodes , Lindley-cum-Quannby . LWilliam Haigh , Shelley ; Henry Littlewood , Honley ; , Jonaflian Senior , Farnley Tyas ; Joseph Hirstj Thurstonland : Thomas Kaye , Hep worth v Charles Stockwell , Whitley Upper . / - . - ¦ > - . - ¦ . - . - ¦ . . ¦¦ ¦ ' . . ,- "¦;• . - . - . - . .. . ¦¦ . .: -. - -, - ¦ : AyiHiani Thornber , Scammonden ; James Parkin , jji nmwaite
, ana James Jirook , Honley , demanded to be admitted as Guardians ; -and haying proved ^ by . satisfactory evidence , , that they were duly elected ^ they were received unanimously . Stephen Dickinson demanded * ° ^ received for Huadersfield , instead of .-Mr ; Schwan . , Evidence was pTesent to prove that George Crossland was not , doiy elected for Lockwood , and thatJamesi Redfearri , Was not duly elected for Melthani ; "but as ' the other interested parties were not present , theBoard i ¦ REsotyt : D ,---That the cases of . Stephen Dickinson , Huddefsfield ; Gedrge Crpssland , Lockwood ; and James JRedfearn , Melttiam ; be referred to a committee , of James Brook , Joseph Hirst , Joseph Senior , John Mbxon , Sidney Morehbuse ^ James Bates , elected Gualrdians ; and Jolui Sptcliffe , Esq ., Ev- ( fflciQ Guardian ; three of whom shall be a ¦
quorum . .. -, ¦ ., „ Resolved . —That this committee shall meet at theKewInn , Huddersfield , on Thursday , the l ^ th instant , atfive o ' clock in the affetpooji , to try the Cfises of Stephen Dickinson , George Crossland i and James Redfeafn ; and report the result to thisiBoard btt the 21 st inst . v . ' _ " "" RtsotvxiD . —That a resolution passed afc a previous meeting of the Board of Guardians ^ appointing the Leeds Mercury , and the Halifax Express , newspapers , as the advertising mediums for the
Huddefs-Jield Union , be rescinded ; and , that the Leeds Intelligencer , tbe Northern Star , and the Leeds Tivies ; newspapers ,: in future , be the mediums of ^ dvert ^ iug between this ; Board aad the public . RESOLVED . — -That the petition to both Houses of Parliament , adopted and signed by . thi f Board , be sent to Earl Stanhope , for presentation to the House of Lords , and to John Fielden , Esq ., M . P ., for presentation , to tbe Herase of Commons ; and that they be requested to support the prayer thereof .
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That this meeting be adjourned te the 21 st inirt ~ at eleven o ' clopk , at the Court House , Hnddenil field . , ¦ ' "¦'¦ ' . - '• ¦• : ¦ - . / . ; " ¦ - 7 ¦ . -: '; : * : - ¦ ¦¦ . ( Signed )^ ¦ ¦ . . ' : .. ¦ ¦ - - ' ..... ' ' . - - . ,. ¦; . ; . - - : j ' WILLIAM COOK , Chairman . ^ . That the thanks of this meetine be given to Mr W , Cook , for his able and impartial conduct in thd chair . ( Signed ) ' JOSEPH CHAD WI 0 K , in the ehair . or ^ W ? Zommse 3 43 or U Guardiaasi viz . 39 GuarSteoQ ? i Tdia ? ' ^ d four acting ex-otkb MS ^ mm 0 Sl ^ r a *» -& ^ * £ 3 * &g * miSS ^ t' peMwi «' 1 « « arfM lo y « I am , Genflemen , Your humble servant
, JOSEPH HIRST . To the Hon . Board , the Poor > Law Commissioners forv England and Wales . j ¦ , :. . . .. Thurstonland , May 8 th , 1838 . GEXTtEMex , —What Would England have thought of the judgment and spirit of 23 freely Elected Guardians , it they had allowed ten to adjourn the meeting and walk oflF with the minute book , while 23 were declaring , as with one voice , proceed 1 » business ; especially , with the following rules of tho tbmmissioners before them . V : r . Ruie 2 nd , page 81 second Annual Reportv—The powers and authorities hereby or by the Act , granted or vested m the Guardians , shall , and may from time to time , be exercised by the major ^ pirt of suck Guardians who shall attend at any meeting .
Adjourned Meetings , page 82 , rule 6 .: The ^ majority of the Guardians present at any wjekly meeting may , if they think necessarr * adjourn the same to the next day of the nekt Weeklr meeting , or to any other day previous to the next weekly meeting .
Duties of Clerk , pages 84 and do . ' 1 . to attend all meetings of the Guardians , to enter punctually in the minute book , the minutes of all the proceedings at every such meeting , < fcc . ¦ 2 . To keep minutes , &c , duly and punctually to submit the Same v &c . - 3 . To conduct the correspondence of theGuardianff , according to their directions . .. " , ¦ 4 . To direct tBe service of notice , < fec . ' Atthe first meeting we were insulted ^ and denied thenghtsof Englishmen . At the second we presented writtea protests against the proceedings o £ the nrst meeting ; and agreed to a ^ memorial to the Commissioners , to which we have receive ( l n » answer . And that the third , we were required to acknowledge the correctness of such proceedings . I am , Gentlemen , , Y 6 ur bumble servant , JOSEPH HIRST .
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' -mum — "SHALLOW POLITICIANS . " . To'Statesmen of enlarged views , much experience m aOairs , and superior ability—persons of Lord Bacon 8 stamp—nothing appears so cbntemptiBle as thenetty cavilhngs and impatient censoriousn ^ ss of shallow . pokticians . For example , Mr . Baine ^ the-Whig Member for Leeds , and its Bacon ; has perfect scorn for that section of the Liberals Who are Wind to the wisdom of the Whig-Radical policy of ieeping put the Tories . " He knows " the diflerence o £ having men in oflice who supported Liberalmeasures because they liked them , and those who adopted Liberal measures because they were forced upon them : whereas the " shallow poUticians , " whoia Mr . Barnes has seen through , would rather have th » measureg , even although wrung from Tories by fore * of their official necessities , than mere proposals * made without the means of carrying them , from . Whigs .
In other ways , the . politicians whom Mr . Baines so becomingly rebukes , exhibit their deficiehcT of depth . ¦/ ' ¦¦ ' - . They quarrel with * Ministers for combining with . Tones to defeat motions supported by large majorities of Liberal Members ^—not discerning the sage policy which prompts such a course of action ; t hou ^ h , ydonbtless , Mr . Baines couW deinonatrate its wisdom , would he condescend to the task . Y Measures , at the best confessedly inadequate , are pared down to please the Peers , -who contemptubuslr reject them ; theirrejection e xcites no anger , because ot their little worth : and the " shallow politicians " say that it would be better to fail in an attempt to perform something popular , useful , and great ; thaa . something insignificant , and for whose loss nobody cares . But the simpletons comprehend not theforce of , th 6 Ministerial apology— -that if they-cannot succeed m small , it is useless to aim at laree things . . ' , 6
Some Whi ff measures passed the Commons by lar ^ e majorities—the Irish Corporation Bill by a majority of eighty . Hold fast to your Bill—fight the Tory Peers -on this your vantage-ground—fair play and free Engh ' sh institutions for the " aliensV' exclaimed the " shallow politicians . " But they underrated the magnanimity of the Whigs ; who , satisfied with the possession of place , mercifully abstained from forcing their measures on the xinwillihg adversary . Herein the Whig placemen exhibited ' prudence , as well as a due consideration for the feehng * of others ., They gave a guarantee to their retainers that they would not put their tenure of office in the slightest jeopardy , and that even the possession of a supenpr force should not tempt them into a ^ oinflict . which could possibl y terminate in letting in the Tories , were it only lor half a quarter . '•
ihe mam Polk 01 the AyhigsupporteTsin EHgland being Dissenters , " shallow nbliticians . ' . ' . wouldiaTe advised thatffie aboUtion of Church-rates Bhould be put fprward j if at all , among-the firstmeasnres of the session : Ministers , on the contrary ^ let two-thirds of the session elapse , and then only proposed a Committee to make preliminary inqiiiries , Which , cannot be completed before the prorogation . Had the done more , would there hot have been risk of sUch a defeat as must have compelled a surrender ef place to the Tories ? No , no ! the Ministers . and * Mn Baines were too deep for that . The Church-rate question is shelved . ; and the Church party are compelling payment of rates from all and sundry , by distress and legal proceedings : but what then ? is not Melbourne in " power , and Peel on the Wrong side of the chair ? .. .
The " shallow politicians " thought that the , measures which Ministers , even by unworthy comph ' anceg have not been able to carry , would have been dearly purchased by the debasement of public spirit ^ the discqura gement of a high tone of moral and political feeling in the country— the main security for good government and progressive social improvement under any Administration . But these men are oldfashioned theorists , deriving their notions of virtue from their exercises and obsolete books . Ministers and their supporters are practical persons , -who have substantial , reasons for the course they pursue : What need ; they care , having solid : puddingy for the airy nothing called ; public opinion ? - - ^ . Whig , influence and popularity nave 'been in a
state ot progressive decline m England since the meeting of the first Parliament under the Reform Act . Ministers have used , their power in suen away as to reduce a Parliamentary majority of hundred * to one of units—a bare half-dozen out of 658 Votes ; and this in . spite of the recent exertion of Court influence in their favour . The " shallow politicians " thereupon fancy , that the uolicy , pursued has been wrong , and suggest , as aflordjng the last and only chance of recovery , a leaning in a populair direction ; the ^ profound Whigs go further the other way ^ proclaim their resolution to maintain the supremacy of
the landed inleresty and their desu ' e to be ndbf Radical support . But though , they do side with the landed aristocracy , and c& insult the Radicals , shall hot the latter keep them in office to keep the . Tories out ? ' Certainly . Such is Mr . Baines ' s advice . To be sure , as Mr . Baines himself tells us , " his friends generally imagined that he ; -was ridden by ^ Ministers : it was their honest opinion . " Bot it . was manifest that Mr . Bainea numbers among bis friends not a fe % of the " shallow politicians / ' whose opinions he justly despises , thouefhy iu consideration ' of its honesty , he bears with advice he is too-knowing to fbUow . ; . _ 1 :. : : ¦' : ¦'" : ; ' ; . '•" : ;¦ ' . /¦ - , " - ¦ : ''¦ - ¦' ¦
The chiefend and aim : of , ' a Liberal ' s existence ought to be the exclusioii of Tories from , oiBce Lamentable therefore is it to perceive , that the Tories never were so elbse uponit ^ uireshh pl d as at the time when most sacrifices have been made to keep them off . It does so happen ~ — the fact is undeniablethat the popular resistance to the ^^ Tories , h&s been gradnally becoming more and ^ more languid , and that when public indignatien . is excited it-w rather against Whigs than Toiies . One obstacle after another to the- dreadful event--the Tory returndiBappears . The thin veil of separation is all but torn asunder . The policy of Ministers w considered so advantaeeous to the Oppo ' sition , whose leaders
aim atpermanent , not a bner possession 01 office , that nothing : would be so much disliked as aBudden interruptiohof it , This , the actaalstate of things , is too painful to contemp late . Absolutel y ^ tmie seems near when thepower to keep put the Tows v ^ rbe non-existent—when there will be no choice SSn issioB . This is what tfc ^ shailowipoli ticians '' have : been constantly foretelbjig as the jesnlt of efforts having a precisely contrary aim . ; If the Tory-Radical simpletons should be : righ . t after all , another ^ striKiiig proof ^^ wb . uld-, then be . afford ^ d , that the wisdom of thjs world is . little better thanfollv , and that Mae Leeds "; : Bacon , Mr . Baines . himself , might with advantage haye tekeii a lesson from , the politicians whom he somewhat prematurely ridiculed as . " shallow . "—Spectator-* Mr * Baines ' s Church Rate Abolitioa Speech at the Cit of London Tavern on the 8 th instant .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 19, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1006/page/3/
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