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^ Death by Fiiub . —On Thursday fortnight a shocking occurrence took place in MiUs ' s-alley , Thames-street , to a little hoy , named John Undsey , aged ahoutfive years , the son of poor people living ' v e " vil ^ mother wei ^ t oat » leaving him and another child in the room , after requesting two females , who resided mAe bouse , to look after the children in her absence . The two women , however , went out , and in i short time afterwards the poor child rushed into the allpy , screaming and enveloped in Harow .. AHistance was speedily rendered by some neighlonr * , who ^ ex tingnished the flames and sent form ^ dioal ud , bnt such was the extent of the * oot t ^ SHl ^^ A ^ : aft ? : iln Bwteg-fcr « fortn& he e ^ ired ^ n Pnday . morning 'A ; coroner ' t inqnert was Ana . to te ^ M ^ bod roq Sa turday eVening at ; the Town-hall . —Windsor Expreu . ' :
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DEPARTURE OF THE LIVERPOOL STEAMER FOR NEW YORK . Liverpool , Saturday Afternoon . —The splen * did steamer Lhwjbog / , the largest vesselever lannchfid from the shores of the Mersey , started from Liverpo ol this afternoon at one o ' clock for New York . The day was extremely fine , and the great line of pier , running from the south , to the extreme north end of the town ( a apace of some three miles ., ) was covered with persons anxious to witness her departure . The steamers that ply-on the Mersey , for the conveyance of passengers between the Lancashire and . Cheshire coastswere also engaged in cruising
, about , to gratify their visitors with a sight of the huge outgoing steamer . In length the Liverpool exceeds the Ureat Western , and iu the judgment of many experienced person ^ , she is decidedly snperior to the British vessel in her capacity for sailing . This point , however which is at present mere matter of conjecture , a few weeks will set at rest , for no conveyance that ever crossed the Atlantic will have public attention so completely directed to it as will the Ltverpool on her present voyage ; indeed , upon the expedition of her passage may hang the important consideration whether Lord Durham may remain in Canada orireturn to England .
As soon as Government received the tidings ot Lord Durham ' s resignation , they opened a coiiimunication with the directors of the Liverpool , knowing that she wai advertised to sail this day . Gbvernm ut were anxious to have her detained a day or two , for the purpose of completing their arrangements under the circumstances in which they are now placed by the latest advices from Canada ; but * however anxious to accommodate , the directors found it impossible to compl y , as they were under contract to . sail on the day long previously advertised . Under these circumstances Qispatches -were forwarded to hi * Lordship by the Government , the nature oi which has not of course transpired ; but the object of them may be readily inferred—a w ish that Lord Durham may continue his official connection with the North American colonies . The result of this entreaty will afford abundant scope for speculation until the Liverpool arrives out . There is little doubt ,
supposing that her passage averages those of the Great / festerrt , that she may still find Lord Durham in Canada , or , at all events , in the United States . The Liverpool carries out fifty-one passengers , exclusive of servants and children . She has on board Mr . John Van Buren , son of the United States President , and a number 6 f ¦ inuuenrial parties who are visiting America , either on business or pleasure . The letters conveyed by her filled an ordinary waggon , to say nothing of the immense number of newspapers and small packages . Her fuel consists of 469 tons of coals and 49 tons of compressed peat , the introduction ot W . Williams , Esq ., the managing director of the City of Dublin Steam-packet Company . This is considered sufficient to steam ner across ) the Atlantic , allowing 26 cwt . of fuel for every ten miles . It is calculated that « he will have upwards of 140 tons of fuel to spare at the end of the voyage , supposing her passage to be an average
one . A « she sailed down the river she was accompanied by a number of steamer * , the largest of whichcontrasted strikingly with the Herculean proportions of the Liverpool . As she passed the piers the dense population hailed her with hearty cheering . Arrived at the rock , the battery there honoured her with a salute ; mid altogether nothing can be imagined more beautiful or majestic than her . appearauce—nothing can exceed the sanguine hopes she has raised in the
minds ot th ? good people of Liverpool . This fine vessel on Saturday last made an experimental trip to Dublin , with a large party of the shareholders find directors of the compauy to which she belongs , and the result was highly gratifying . In the teeth of a powerful north-we . ** wind , amounting , during the greater part of . the voyage , to a gale ^ she made the run in a few minutes exceeding twelve hours , beating the fine Post-office boat about six hour . . The return trip Irom Dublin was made in ten hours and a half . —London Paper .
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The Lono-lit ' ioated Question as to the liability of the owners of the Nwv Terrace Pier at Gravesend . to pay the penny toll upon all passengers landing either upon the pier or within the parishes of Gravesend and Milton , was decided on Thursday at the Maidstone Quarter Sessions , in favour of such payment being made . MEtANCHOtY ACCIDENT . —^ ThREB MEN Killed . —On Saturday afternoob , about five o ' clock , the following distressing occurrence took place at the New Polmadie cplliery , belonging to Mr . Dixon , of Govanhill . Five men employed in the coal pit , when leaving off work , entered a bucket at the bottom of the shaft , for the purpose of being towed to
the top . "When the bucket began to ascend it was discovered that one end of the orosH bar to which it was attached had loosened from the chain , and thatt the bar was thus thrown up only by one side—on the discovery of which two of the men leaped out , before they had ri » en far from the bottom . The other three , however , kept their places , and were towed up to within a few feet of the surface . Her * the only remaining , rivet which kept the bar fastened to the chain , was driven out , as is supposed , by the action of the former on the sides of the pit , when the bar , and the bucket containing the three men , were of course precipitated to the bottom , a depth of about 100 fathoms . It is needless to say that the
unfortunate men were frightfull y mangled , and deprived instantaneously of life . The names of the sufferers are Daniel Donald , John Morgan , and John M'llwear , the first a collier , and the two latter drainers . Donald has been upwards of twenty years employed in the works , and was , we understand , much respected by his employer , being a steady welI behaved workman . He has left a wife and seven children , three qf who m are employed in the colliery . On entering the bucket for the purpose'of ascending , he asked two of bis sons to accompany him , but most provideutiaUy they proposed waiting till another opportunity . The otiier two sufferers were unmarried , and comparatively strangers
in the place . Morgan resided in Bridgegate , and M'llwear , who lived in the vicinity , came not long ago from Belshill . All three were natives of Ireland . At the time of the accident , other three buckets were ascending , one containing workmen , and tbe two other filled with coals ; but as they were held by distinct fastehingijj they reached the top without any mishap ; "We may mention that there is a passage to the surface by means of a stair , whichvit is directed , the workmen should always avail Inenigelveg . pr . on . coming up i , hut as it > s a dilatory and cjrcuitbua ! j-onte ; they generally adopt , the more tapid went ; by •« the towJ ' - ^ Ayfshire Examiner • . / * . ** v * r r ' ; ' - : '" . ' ' '¦' ¦ ' ¦ •'¦ ' ' ¦ ;¦ : ' ¦"
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¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ MBWM*^——OM ^—BiMg—IBBBirmingham Railroad . —Two unprotected females , Miss Agnes Fearsall and MrsVL , Butcher , took their places on Monday by the railroad from Birmingham to Bliswbrth . On their , arrivalithey asked for their luggage , which was refused to Them , and carried on to London , and the complaints of ihe females replied to by the officers with much inselence .- ± Northan > pton Herald . : ; v V Teetotal Pensioners . —The Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital have issued ordera that * those pensioners who have joined the Teetotal Society are to have their pint and a half of porter stopped that they were allowed each day , as many of them , although they refused drinking it themselves , sold it to others . : . , , M | , ^ : - RiiiuTNmr . if ¦ ^ nr D « ^ liw ' .. ^^ .. iJ' ^
A Boiled Tooth . —A boy of the name of Havard , living atCrickhowell , had a tooth extracted he returned home , boiled it in a quarter of an hour and replaced it . It is now as useful as ever . A recipe to that effect appeared in anewspaper sometime ago . —Merthyr Guardian . Fatal Accidekt . —A bout half-past six o ' clock on Wednesday evening , as a man named Thomas Holmes was driving a waggon belonging to Mr Merson * of Biggleswade , Bedfordshire , along the Liverpool-road , Islington , a hoy came behind and whilst in the act of swinging on the tail ladder , his legs became entangled in the wheel , which drew him between it and the bod y of the waggen . His body was dreadfully crushed , his bowels protruded , and one of his arms was torn from his body , which caused his death .
Sudden Death . —Mr . Edward Edwards , of Dalej near Rbydpene a respectable blacksmith having occasion to go to Machynynllaetb , on Monday last , and being rather too late for the Gallopede coach , ran a considerable distance after it , and such was his strength and speed , that he overtook it at Talybout , whilst they were changing horses at the house of Mr . Morgan Morgan . The poor fellow had not been many minuces on the coach , before the two passengers between whom he was seated found him a corpse , without a sigh or a groan , or any sign whatever being given of his awful de parture . —Scots Time * .
A Mad Bullock . —Between four and five o ' clock on Tuesday afternoon , a mad bullock proceeded . it a furious rate over Blaekfriars ' -hridge , and turning down Holland-street , and through Bankside , gored a woman dreadfully . The animal then ran into the yard of Barclay ' s hrewhouse , where coming into contact with one of the labourers named Jones he fixed his horn into the lower part of the poor fellow ' s le . tr , and tore it up to the knee . Assistance being immediately at hand , Jones was forth ; with carried to the hospital in a most pitiable condition , whither the poor woman above alluded to had preceded him . A gun was then procurtd , and the contents fired at the bullock . The shot entered hi <
cheek , close to the mouth ; he staggered , but did not fall . A more deliberate aim was then taken and the animal was shot in the knee , which gave toe men in tbe yard an opportunity of dispatching him with bludgeons Murder of a Mother by her Daughter . —A shocking murder was committed on Monday last , on the lands of Cainlin , within a mile and a half of Eoscrea , on an old woman named Delaney , about ninety years of age by her own daughter . It appears that the poor creature and her daughter , who is about forty-five years old , lived together , and that the old woman went into her garden to dig ebme potatoes . After she returned
into the house , the daughter immediatel y felled her to the grouud with the spade , and so chopped her face and side of her head as to cause the brains to protrude . The body presented an appearance too shocking to look upon . A son of the old womin who lives within a few perches , went down to the house about mid-day , but finding the door locked on the outside he supposed them to be out , and returned home , ( at this time nothing was known ol the murder ) . He went down again in the evening , and finding the door locked his suspicions began to arise and he burst open the door : when the first thinu
he laid hold of was his mother ' s leg . He gave the alarm , and search was made for the unlortunate girl , who it appears was partially suffering from an aberration of intellect for some time before , and was at last found lying in the field and when questioned as to the criim ? , she replied , that it was " the devil made her do it . " An inquest whs held on the body the next day , and the following verdict returned : — "That the deceased , Elizabeth Delaney , came by her death in consequence of wounds inflicted oh her head by Magaret Delaney , who appears to be insane . — Tipperary Constitution .
The Poor Law . —A disgraceful and disgusting exhibition took place at one o ' clock on Friday aftercoon , by order ( we suppo * e ) of the Board of Guardians of the Christchurch Union , Southwark , in one of the most populous thoroughfares of that borough . A cart laden with some very heavy materials was drawn down Union-street by five paupers in the fPorkhouse uniform , who were hound to it and to one another by a harness of ropes . Not one of the men thus converted into mere beasts ol burthen , appeared to be less than 40 years of age , and all of them bad a pale , care-worn , sickly , half-starved , haggard appearance . At the back of the cart were two aged men , also arrayed in the pauper dress , of whom one
must have been 60 , and the other 70 years of age . The former , who was under the middle size , seemed ill able to pu * h himself along , much less the cart ; but the latter was a tall strong man for his years . As they hauled their burthen slowly along the street deep commiseration was expressed for their sufferings by the pas « ei * j-by , while curses , both loud and deep , were heaped upon the heads of those who had had the hardihood to pollute the eyes of the free opulation of this metropolis by a spectacle of human degradation and misery , seldom , if ever openly exhibited even in despotic countries , except by convicted criminals of the worst class . " We ask Englishmen how long they will submit to witness spectacles like this ?
Curious Mistake under the New Hackney-Coach Act . —Mr . George Walter , hackneycoach proprietor , of the Hampstead-road , appeared before Mr . Hoskins , on a charge of having iiltgally detained the license of Thomas Jackson , late , a driver of one of his coaches . The complainant , a droll-looking fellow of very diminutive stature , proceeded to state that he had driven one of the defendant ' s coaches some time , but in consequence of his not bringing home money enough , the defendant , on Saturday night thought proper to discharge him , refusing to give the license , which he had deposited in his hands , and which had been regularly obtained by him from the registrar ' s office . The document
in question was here banded to Mr . Phillips , the clerk , who , after glancing at it , gave it to the ma-, gistrate . —Mr . Hoskins ( inspecting it : ) You do not meaH to say that you are five feet ten , theheight put down here P-r-Complainant : No , your vership ; that ' s a mistake of Sir Wittol Harvey ' s ; I never measured more than four feet ten in my professional wooden clogs . —Mr . Hoskjns : It ' s a mistake of one foot then?—Complainant : Precisely so . —Mr . Phillips ( theclerk ); And that ' s not the onl y error . You are described as having a prominent nose and li ght grey eyes , whereas your nose is very small , and your eyes apparently black—CompUinant
, ( stroking his chin : ) "Wot signifies that ' ere ? I ' the hindiwidual , meant , and no mis ' ake ; and if Sir Wittol has draw'd it wrong on the paper , vy he must halter me , and that ' s all about it , or return the five bob I paid him for doing it . The defendant , in answer to the charge , said that , having advanced the money for the license , he thought he had a right to detain it when the complainant quitted his service . T-Mr . Hoskins having ordered the case to stand over for the amendment of the license , the complainant ( taking the badge from his neck ) exclaimed , «• Here , take this too ; its of no use without a license .
Extraordinary and Unnatural Birth . —On the 7 th instant , a woman of the commune of Prumy sous Ablis , near Rambouillet , was delivered of a twin-offspr ing of the most extraordinary conformation . They form by their junction a twoheaded infant , a monstrosity the most curious and astonishing perhaps that was ever yet seen . The heads are hot side by side , but one at each end of the _ trunk , which , if : placed in a perpendicular position , must rest with one of the heads downwards , while the other wa 9 in a proper position . The faces are both turned in the same direction , two perfect chests are visible , and the usual number of legs and arms projecting from the body , which , however only possesses one abdominal region . Two vertebral columns are also visible , but only one os sacrum , and one umbilical chord . The body and limbs axe
meagre , but the bust is well developed . That this extraordinary production of nature possesses two separate existences there is no manner of doubt ; separate sensations and separate faculties . Separate wills , and desires are already manifest . The two heads frequently cry at the same time , but it is not uncommon to see one fast asleep while the other ia taking sustenance ; and one will be quiet and conifortable while the other appears pained and cries , The length of this double infant is twenty inches . Each head has been separately baptized ; to one is given the name of Marie Louise , and to the other that of Hortense Honoree . The mother of this phenomenon is of good constitution , and enjoys good health . ' She has had a child before , which was perfectly formed . —French paper ' . ' " J ¦ ' ' -. ;¦ . ' ¦ •>¦ ¦¦ V ? i-r ' . - ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦^ - ' ¦ ' - < - ; V ; i , V
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Gn reviving , which was not till after several hounj ^ l be found they had robbed ; him of all hia moneril amounting to £ 13 . '¦; ''; . ¦ ¦' .. " - ¦ ..:. ' : . : ' ; - •' , ¦ \ - * m . Curious Vebdict . — -At Wigan on Mondaj ? afternoon , an inqaest was held on a child nam ^ i Ann Moss , whose grandmoib «? r , ; Mrj . Moss , whiltS notquite sober , upset a cauldron of boning wattfi upon her , which scalded her to death ; The juryt ! returned a verdict of ¦ " Accidenul Death ; : " but u " they could not exonerate the old woman from blam < they dtwired that a severe remonstrance should lp conveyed to her through her spiritual director , -lk % Middlehurst , the Roman ; GatboUc priest . —WigS P * pcr- ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ .- ' . - ¦ ; Vv '¦ . ¦ ' ; . - ; ::- "¦ ¦ - ¦ ' ' :.: : ••¦ ¦ ¦ . - . - ¦ ¦ . -t
New Prisons . —In consequence of a represeiK tation to . the Horse Guards on the subject of tl » corruption of the men ' s morals by / being sent to i criminal gaol , where they mix with all grades o f vicious characters , the Government has ordered t prison to be erected in all the garrison towns / One * is now being built-at Chatham , to which atreadmill : will be attached . ^ Tj ^ Melancholy Accident . —A melancholy ao-i cvdent happened on Monday , at Groford , neai ? . Wivelmeombe , to Mr . Hill , jun ., arespectable yountf 1 farmer of that place . Having placed hi » hand oVeri the muzzle of his loaded gun , he was in the act of resting the but-end , on the ground . In dbini ? this
nis loot caught the trigger , when the gun exploded , and the shot , after passing through hia hand , penetrated bis chest , which occasioned his death within threehours . v ' ¦ Incendiarism . —On Thursday night ( the 11 th instant , ) pome wretch set fire to the barns and other outbuildings of Mr . James Hunty of Orchard , near Shaftesbury . The fire raged with such fury that no portion of the property could be saved except th » dwelling-house . Several pigs and a large quari . tity of poultry were burnt ' to death . A fellow wh » was observed lurking about the premises , is sns . pected of having perpetrated the act ; The property is insured . —Dorset- County Chronicle .
A Mistake . —On Wednesday , the Newark and Rugby Railway coach was driven by a new whip , who , not knowing the road , drove the ' coach to Molton , sixteen miles out of the way . PosUhorseg were put to the coach at Cheetham Inn , and all dispatch was used to reach Rugby , but it did not arrive until the train had started ^ greatly to the annoyance of the passengers , amongst whom wa « Lord W . Bentinck ' . —Lincoln Chronicle . ~ Extraordinary Speed . —A friend in
Kirkcudbright informs us that he saw a gentleman land from the Countess of ' Galloway at Kirkcudbright , who had started from London at eight o ' clock on the day of the opening of the London , Birminghani , and Liverpool railway , and after whirling down to Liverpool by that excellent railway , he went bn board the Countess and landed at Kirkcudbright to breakfa 3 i , all within twenty-six hours . Thug , breakfasting in London one day , and in Kirkcubright the next ;—Dumfries Times ;
Loss of the Hopb STiAM-Tua on thbI " River Tyne . —This vessel , which has seen manji years of service on the river Tyne . having been the I fourth steam-boat which was built , and , from her great age , was commonly called the 'Old' Hope ^ X foundered at sea during the heavy gale of wind on ¦ Thursday . Being used as a towning vessel , she : had proceeded out of ShielBs in the morning on the : 41 look-out ; " and when the gale came on it wag found impossible to regain the harbour . After ! beating about at sea for some hours , an attempt , was made to run her into Sunderland j . but she filleij with water , and went down within ^ a short distance ^ of that port . The crew , we are happy , * to - sajy : were saved in a boat which putoff from Sunderland »;
Ihe Longest Bridge . —The suspension bridge at Frcyburg , the longest in the wor 1 ^ , * was completed and thrown open in 1834 , The engineer who con . structed it is M . Chaley , of Lyons . Ife dijneDsioM , compared with tho > ie of the Menai bridge , -are st follow : — Length . Elevation .: Breaatk . Freyburg .... 905 ft . 174 ft . 28 ft . Menai— ... 580 130 M . ¦ , / It is supported on four cables of iron wire , eack containing 1 , 056 wires , the united etreDgth of which is capable of supr . orting three times the weight of two rows of waggons extending entirely across it
The cables enter the ground on each side obliquely for a considerable distance , and are then carried down vertical shafts cut in the rock , and filled witi masonry , through which they pass , being attached at tbe extremity to enorraous blocks of stone . The materials of which it is composed are almost excln > sively Swiss ; the iron bame from Berne , the limestone masonry from the quarriei of Jura , the wood work from the forest of Freyburg : the workmen were , with the exception of one man , natives who had never seen such a bridge before . It was coopleted in three years , at an expense of abort 600 , 000 t . ( £ 25 , 000 sterling . )—Band Book for Switzerland .
Destructive Fire : in Printing-Houss Square . —About half-past seven o ' clock on Saturday evening the neighbourhood of Blackfriars vm thrown into a state of great excitement , in - .-cpiiMquence of a report that the extensive buildings in ? Printing-house-square , occupied as the printing-office of the Times newspaper , were in flames . Hundruil *' of persons instantly hastened to the irpot , when , oa their arrival , the fire was found to be raging fn thei house No . 2 , situated in the south-eastern aDgle of the square , used as workshops in the occupation of Mr . M'Lauchlan , a carver gilder , and looting-glaJB manufacturer , residing at No . 3 , next door . The
premises in question are very extensive , extending in the rear to the livery-stables of Mr . Smitbj opposite the back of the depository of the British and Foreign Bible Society , in Earl-street , and abutrJDJ on the store-rooms belonging to the Tim ** ofilce , in which was an immense quantity of stamped paper . The fire was first discovered in the back rooms of the upper story , and the flames extended thence witk great rapidity to the floor beneath , and from them * to tbe upper part of the residence of Mr . M'laueh-Ian , which was also used' as a workshop . At that moment the consternation in the area of the gquare was beyond description , persons running in e v er /
direction with their boots , furniture , and other property , the devouring element threatening tbe destruction of the entire buildings . At the Times office the bookt * were immediately removed to a place 4 safetyji and a number of persons instantly set to work in removing the paper into a more distant part of-tte premises , which was by great exertion efFected . The first engine that arrived was a small one belonging to St . Anne , Blackfriars , whichi was closely followed by a similar one from the Famngdon-street statio » of the brigade , and a larger one belonging to the parish . The hose of the two " former were instantly conducted up the staircase of No . 3 , and the enginel
speedily got into j lay , there being no lack of watery while the hose of the latter was eonvsyed over thi leads of the advertisement-office of the Timesj fof the purpose of preserving those premiwi . Owing to the faulty state of the screw * , it wasj howeve ^ not of so much use as by a better arrangement it migM have been , numerous delays occurring from tw lengths separating . The large engines of the brt gade , however , soon arriving , and being judiciouslT plaeed ^ both ih the square and in the laney in the rear of Earl-atreet , under the superintendence of Mn Braidwood , with the assistance of the engine and firemen of the West of England office , an immense stream of water w 4 « kept pouring ; upon the flan 16 *? which having about a quarter-paHV eiKhto'iloicli bees checked by the falUng J 4 of the roofof No . 2 . wa »
oy nine o ' clock so Jar subauea as to aHay all fear of their extending further . ThiefrengineiB were , however , kept in play upon ; tie ruins until a late bonr » Nos . 2 and 3 were nearljvtolall jr jd esfrbyedi and the house of Mr . RusseU , Bchoplmaster , No . I f jna * damaged , by water and reiabval ; ' The Times offiw , on the other side , |» ag fortunately- <» caped any seriouf damage . The ^ bWiof Hn SmUti fr om which thr horses were immediatel y reinoved , iljaye also ^ escspei damage except trim watbry as also his residence , whichis in ^ the rj fear ^^ ofMrilltiseil's premises . ^ Frbai we confwiqn vriM printed we were unable : J 5 r "certain in wM ^ w iJK H ^ aucluM p ot we learned tfiat fcau ^ tt is iecured by W insu rance in tte . S ^ Tlr ^ 6 ffice ,- and tf » Jtwi * office jn tte YTttt orEngUa ^ . ^ ¦ ¦ %
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Earth is the common mother ; it is the bosom froih which every living being has to draw nourishineht . Land L | the public domain . Its administration regards the citizen creditors of the common wealth or therclainflants ( by virtue of » : and in proportion ^^ to their services ) upoa the public stores and capital ' There isV public ^ property ; and individual salary ! " common property" is nonsense . Every healthy individual ba * : hi 8 capacities . Open wide the door of "competition" for their exertion . The highest to the best
prize racer , or , without metaphor , to the best worker ! "Wh it" no praise ? no blame ? " " no competition ? " "We say all praise , alH > lame : the one lor the idler , and the other for the industrious citizen j and we say moreover , let the praise and the blame be felt ; the oneinthe title of the citizen to wealth andhonor ; the othw in the ahsence of all title to either . We all know the words ot the farce " . No song ao supper . " Let us see the play enacted of no work no supper ; and we may soon see work in abundance and of the best .
As to the assertion of Mr . Haslem given in a preceding Laborer—that all governments went upon theposition jhat " thechafacteris made for andtiot by the inaividual , " it is an apparent error , and just about as specious as that of ?' Common Property . " No goyerament ever proceeded upon such a pogitioa . Witness all the theological framework , all the political framework , all the judicial framework , all the educational frameworfc of society See every thing organised ao as best to keep the masse * in ignorance ; the few in luxury and allm bondage—yes ; all—all fastened to the great
Juggernaut of Monarch y which runa its car . even to this hour , over the whole earth , breaking the necks of all useful and honest men . No no governments have also known well enough that power could mould the individual man ; ay ! and when systematicall y and continuousl y applied in any one given mode—the species . And gee . ' see ! what the power of bad government—that is of injusticehaxmade of man individually and collectivel y | Has it not made him fool , knave and slave—one and all together ?
In conclusion : 'let our people learn to take nothing for granted ; to receive nothing upon trust . Let them weigh and understand ; it is always time afterwards to receive and to believe . Many are the humbugs now afloat ; and a new one is launched every hour . Unjust government now lives by humbug and by nothing ; else . Kiags and Queens live by humbug ; the British Empire lives b y humbug ; oar Banks live by humbug ; Mr . Biddle lives by humbug ; Federalism lives , moves and has its being by humbug . —And the People . How long are they to be led or driven by humbug of every color and description ! Itig time that they open their eyes and use their understanding .
^^^ From The National Larorlfr M^Mmmm Lmmmmmmkmalmmmmmkammmmmmmmiiii From The Jstatipnal Laborer (American Paper) Or Sept. 22, 1838;
^^^ FROM THE NATIONAL LARORlfR m ^ mmmm lmmmmmmKmalmmmmmKammmmmmmmiiii FROM THE JSTATIpNAL LABORER ( American paper ) or sept . 22 , 1838 ;
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 27, 1838, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1029/page/2/
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