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HOME . Tuk"talkik « canarv" died at Brighton on Saturday week . The Pickwick Papers are- bsing translated into Jiuxsian . Bolam ' s Trial cost ilGOO , and the whole expense falls on the town of Newcastle . The Impo rtation op Pictihesfrom the Continent annually is stated to be « 00 iu number ; most of them are the production of German artists . , T * "f sc * ° f £ 30 , 000 has been granted on loan , by tne . Pope s treasury , to erect Catholic chapels in Ireland . There has lately been discovered on the farm of Mr . \ v . Bellow , of Adderbury , a very fine specimen of a" fossil tree , of considerable girth . As Abjstociutic Policeman . —The Hon . Captain Hay , brother to Lord Errol , has been appointed Sub-inspector of Police iu the county of Kilkenny . HOME .
__ A TV' ag once observed that the hop grounds in Kent presented more extensive views thau any other place in the world ; for there your prospe » t extends i ' rom pole to pole . Firnr Tiiovsand Puiwds worth of cold and . silver are said to be annually employed at Birmingham for plating , and , therefore , for ever lost as bullion . -Employment . — "Whatever busies the mind without corrupting it has at least tliis uee ( says Johnson ) that it -rescues the day from idleness ; and he that is never idle will not often be vicious . _ lx "tt orcbstershire , an entire parish experiences disiranchisemeni this year , in consequence of the omission of the overseers to publish the list of qualified electors on the church < l .-.. » r *
As Officer advertised lately , that he " will be happy to execute and adjust personal affairs for a gentleman of a rank not interior to his own . " His address is very appropriately at a < 7 «« -nialcer ' s . The best Thing for stopping a leak in a cask is whiting beaten up with common S'ellow « oap ; if this mixture be well rubbed into tho leak , it will . be found to stop it after everything else has railed . The ExPKvsEjrof the Toor Law Commissioners last year more than trebled those of the year proceeding : in la : ' . ; , they were £ V 2 ^ 3 ? . in 1 « 3 » , tfu-y amounted to fom-one thousand two hundred anil iifiy-pounds . A CmcrLAU ha ** been addressed by the Secretary at V \ ar to the Colonel : ? and t ' -ommantliiig- Officers of regiments of regular infantry , authorial ^ au augmentation' of their re-peclive ree-iineiiis from 73 <> to 5 UU rank and file , A Large Troit . —A trout , weighing forty-fire pounds , and measuring three feet and a-half in length , is « iai ~ J by the Federal of Geneva , to have been ransjht .. n the 7 th inst ., in Lac du Bourj ; et , iie : ir Alx-ltf—Bain-, in Savoy .
Tipi-EiiAUY Election . —There is to bo a moet ' u ^ at Carrick-ou-Suir , to f «> rm an arrangement fur tilt : marn of llr , > Leil , free-i . f csjh-hm- ' . Monday , the 16 th in > tant , is the day fixed for the election . — DiMin Pilot . _ "ft ' s 5 OMEX 1 UES claim t \> be the most moral and rciigious people upon earth ; and , to prove it , wo pfisun our own people with gin , and claim the right to poison the whole Chinese nation with opium . — Argus . Thjj Solitart ExcKi-noN . —i never knew but one unequal marriage turn » ut happily ; and then , perhaps , it owed its success to the short life of the tally , who died before tiie husbaud had time to iiud oiii bis mistake . —Diary of the Times of ( , ' eorae IV .
The Bbitish Queen Comi-. ot are building another steamer , to be called the President , and ' which is to run to New York also . The new vcs .-cl is u > be of somewhat greater dimensions than the JJ-ri / Uh Queen , and Capt . Campbell is to be her coUlUiaildiT United State ? . —In the United States , with a population of about l « i , OW » , \ HJO souls . Nigger . Yankee , and Indian , the annual consumption ol" tobac < -o is about 108 , Ot . Ki , «» oit pounds , which is su the rate of nearly seren pounds fur every mau , woman , and child . Tub Speaker of the Hoise ot Commons ha * bought the bouse , No . 71 , in Eaton-square , for his town re ^ idenc-e . There are a . nmubrr of men employed erecting a dining nmni -uilk-iently large lV-r the Ki ght Hon . Uentkman ' * Parliamentary dinners .
. At the -window of a private house in CleveJandstreeL Fitiroy- ^ uare , is a bill exhibited , from which the following is correctly copied : — " A dav seminarv for children by Jane Maddux . Needel ' work and tooition taugh t on new and improved prjnciipeK Bonets cleaned and alterd to the prevailing fashion . " A Phtsici . cs enjoying an extensive practice in a western county , advertises that he has removed from his old residence to a new house within a few doors of the church yard , and cxpresse . a hupe that his . removal -sriU . prove su accommodation ty m * nv of his patients . ~ --- - - - - ' ' " \ . , " - _" *¦¦ •^" - Gratiftisg Fact . —At a recent annual meeting of the London New Cemetery Company , the chairman "bad gTeat pleasure in announcing to the meeting the gratifying fact , that the buriaL in the cemetery for the last year were double the number of those of the year preceding . "
Geojh ; e ids . ^ ecunu being informed that a printer was to b » punished for ha-ring published a .-pnrioiis King ' s ipeech , replied that he Imped tlie punishment would be of the iniUi- » t » orr , be <* au&e he Jiad read both , and ,-a < far as he understood either of them , he liked th « spurious speech better than his own . Singclar SncJDE . —A lunatic , named Shea , suifocated hiinst-lf in the cell in which ho was confined , in the Ct-rk Lunatic Asylum , on Thursday week , by s ecreting a p iece of lime on his person , which lie carried at night to his cell , and , having placed it in hi * Etraw bed , saturated i ; with water . - Tirs ErnopEiN population of the French posse » - sion * is >\> rtherB Africa , exclusive of the troops , wa ? calculated on the l .-i . f the present » onth at ' 22 ,. V > 7 individuals , of these !' , 7 ' »« were French , 2 r r > 33 English , f " , . <> 51 ) Spaniard ., and 1 , -UU 3 Germans , Kussixns , Greeks , rortupuesc , & . « .
Bt means of the diving-bell a . ereat number of articles belonging to the French frigate Amazone , which was sunk in an « nxa '' ejnent with several English vessels in 3 H ] " 2 , off Barfleur , bare been recentrv recovered . Among them are numerous cannons , maskers , sword * , and what were once barrels of ^ iinpowder . To Kkcoveu Damaged Hat . —Let every i « tack suspected of injury be immediately opened for fn-sh air , and re-stacked with clean agricultural salt , sprinkled regularly over every layer in its progress , at the rate of fruin it-a to tweiity-iiT # ponntlo per ton . JJy thn > means hay is infinitely i ; j < -r .-a . ~ ed in its value- the benefit to the stack - * mplj repaying the expense and trouble .
__ iNDrcEME-vr im Tempeiusck . —Moiialitt of Gis-SelleRs . —^ Many of the proprietors- of gin palaces in London and the suburbs have placed in their ¦ windows immense placards , with the clause which relates to the closiujj of public honi * es on Sundays , Christmas-day , aud Good Friday , until one o ' clock , printed in laf ^ e letters . At the foot of ihe placard appears the following announcement : — " As we are prevented by law from serving until one o ' clock , please to bring your jugs and bottles on Saturday night . "
llovsMBNT is W albs . —We have been fevourcd with the * ii ; ht of z letter frem a gentleman in Wal&j , bj which we find that the p tpuiar rcacuoi , in tuuuK ^ uence of tht prosecutions , has set in with irresistible force . Where there wa » not eue niartist . « ix aonthi ago , there are now a dozen , and the feeling of determination and enthusiasm was never surpassed in any corner of the island . The writer adds his » piniou that vhe peuple will Ii 2 ive their rights , -pr hatever o ^ ctrictieni maj be throwii in their way .
Fatal Accident on thb Londos ixn Bibminsiiam Railway . —On Friday morninj , between the hour * of ten and eleren , on the arrival of tlw train at tht Wulverton station , Iiit-pee 4 « r Watto _ was ab » ai ;* step from the parade on to the carriages , when Lis foot . lipped , and he instantly f » ll between the carriages and the wall , tearing his right arm from the shtulder , when the traiu } , aesed over his body , crushing him is a most dreadful" manner . Medical aid was instantly seui for , but death had terminated his sutferings . :
bu . vDAY T : rai > ing . —On Saturdaj most of the tradesmen in the Parish of St . Cktnent Danes , especially those in aud near Clare Market , p osted notices in their uhops , stating that no business would be done on the morrow , or on auv future Sunday . A similar arrangement i * being made in the parishes of Si . Ann , Sohe , and St . Martin-in-the Field .-, and the ehops will be closed on » he 15 th instant . Many other parishes ara folleyring the example . Tub Quakzrs . —Tlie nuxiber of meeting-houses belonging to the Sv « ety of Friends in the United luMgJoms at the prevent time is 415 ; they meot iu 236 of these twice- on i-a .-h Sabbath day for divine worship ; in 141 they assemble only one * on that day ; and in 4 ' 2 of them liist once 5 s occasionally « .. Emted- There are 'Jitil out vi ' ihe .-s 4 lit congregations "dvslitutf of any mini-ti-r , leaving only 1 ' 21 supplied by ministers . There are only " 232 ministers in the connexion .
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FOREIGN . Important Kews krom Spais .- ^ Termixatioj ! op khe War . —^ The Palis papers of Thursday brin ' g the important intelligent of the termination-of the war by 3 treaty of peace entered into between Maroto acd E- ^ pirtcro . The Enmniary of the telegraphi * despatches , comnnmicating the event , go ^ to Riy , lhat the Queen opened the Cortes on tne 1 st inst ., acd that the Spanish authorities had receWed official information of the treaty , which is highly faTonrable to the Carlist troops . 11 J 3 called the treatv of Berg , and concetles the privileges of the provinces of Biscay , Guipnzcoa , and Castile , but makes no mention whatever of Don Carlos , or provides for his safety . The Pretender had retired on the 2 d to Le-Knsbery , after being deserted by 8 , 000 men , and that strong position is -now covered by Elio with six battalions , which , b . oweTer , must , in" thai own defence , speedily surrender . The latest account savs — The Christinos now occupy Andoaln . " The bells xce ringing merrily , and the entire population are in j of- The aspect of tlie ^ couiitry is entirelT changed . "
KRAKCE . CornT op Assizes of the Ais . —Trial or M . Pettel por tite MrRDEB or his T \ ife and Servant . —Our readers will remember our having ¦ taxed at the rime { with many particulars' ) that a horrible mnrder had been comniiited on the 1 st of November , 1833 , on the wife of M . Peytel , a notary of Belley , in the Ain , which was at first believed 1 o hare been done by his servant as they were returning home in the evening , and that the latter was immediately killed bx Ms master in revenge for the assassination . M . " PeTtel was at first arrested , and
afterwards liberated , ' but eircumstsne « 8 « oming to light sx a sabscinent period , to confirm the sn 3 pjcions generally entertained in that part of the country thai he was hiaiBelf the mnrderer , both of Ms wife and his s-3 rvant , he was again arrested . Examinations of the greatest possible minuteness and s&ct .-eity have ever siace been constantly carried on bv the local amhorities , and at hist , on the 26 th nit " , he was brought np for trial on a charge of the double murder before ^ the , Court of Assizes ' at Benrg . After a Tery 3 ong * inverffcaS « iL , tht > nmnber of TTimf ^ StS for thg proseention beinjr eightv-serca , and for the defence tMrtT . The prisoner was found GuiliT .
GREECE . EXTRAORDINART ScENK AT AN E ^ EC \ -noN . —A » cene , which appears to have excited an extraordinary sensation , © ccnired at ' Athens at the cptanftTiramein of last month . The public executioner of Lomia had been seni for expressly to execute two brigands , -trbo had been condemned to death , and * o great is the horror of that functionarv in Atht-as that , although the government had taken the precaution to surround him with ^ wTarwr * - for his s « r < ruritT , he fell a vicum t * as ^ aAoiaatio'a pto"rioady to the intended victim . The government was Jnuch embarrassed for want 'of an executioner , when a person , who pretcnJed to understand the -tvorkin u of \ hc coilloune . whi . h was ou - tliii
occasion to be . used lor the first time in Greece a « a substitute for . decapitation by the sword , made in oSer-of his services . Early in the morning , on the 5 th of Align ?! , the guillotine was set up , with the red 3 a ^ waving over it , snd the two criminals were brought out tounderge their sentence . When tier were xaken froin the carriage in which ihey had bec ' n COB ' » eyed in ilie spot , it W 3 < fouml that no locksmiih or u . ^ l had bee n provided for releasing them frvm their chains , and a considerable time elapsed in breaking the . padlocks with stones , an immense crowd tesiifying iis indignation at the torture of delay which -was thus inflicted upon them . The fir ^ i Tictim having ascended the scaffold , ii was found that tie executioner was not only ignorant of tho mode of using the gralle-tine , but that be was in a Kate of high nervous excitement Mnsterhn ; coiar 3 ! ie ,
atieagth he commenced his operations , but without ' success . The "knife fell before the head waa intro- " duced . The criminal then entreated the troops to fire upon him , and the executioner , finding himself nnaLle to perform the duty which he had undertaken , five it up in despair . No magistrate , or other law w officer , being present to decide the conr *? which iras xo be adopted , an adjutant set off at full gallop to Athens for orders . An hour and 3 half of cruel : suspense occurred , when at length a detachment of horse , preceded by a white flag ,. arrived , and a shout was r&isrd that the Kinghad pardoned the oifenders . This being found true , the criminals kissed the crucifix , ihe women Trho -rrere present irt-pt -with joy , " and ine muliitude rent the sir with « rie-of ' Glory : God and the King ! "' ETery one praised ' this lenninauon of a scene of such rainful " negligence , and the crowds relumed home " blessing tGeir SoTereian .
SWEDEN . Th / ough the kindness of a . friend , we aie supplied ' ¦ with gome interesting ^ information concerning Sweden ; & eonntry whose affiiurs attract lhtle- atteaotion ; in England at present , but which , on-tlie deaffi of its present sovereign Trill probably become the -theatre of important events . Bc-raadotte , at the age of seven ty-fiVe , with wonderful vigour of mind and body for such an ^» ge , is still ruling the country almost absolntely according to his own whims . He has hitherto maaagexi the Ilepre- ^ ntative AssemblT , such r »« it i * , with little ^ ifnculty ; and when atlifferencw has arisen , he has . disregarded iheir opinions . He has gradually formed a ministry of most insijmificant versons
and ,. being really the elerere .-t man in hit council , be pays not the slightest attention to their opinion or advice . The nation ii becoming very mucn dig- ; satisfied -rrith the manas ^ ment of affairs i but , on . account of Bernadotte ' s military fame , the extreme ! tin < lness of M = manners in private , aa well a * his , old age , the Swedes will probablv , as l ^ ng as he 1 lives , refrain from taking any violent measures to I ¦ obtain greatly-needed reforms in the representation i in trrmunaJ and civil legislation , in edncarion , and i in trade , lor a ynarter of a eenturr no ? v . ~ iem ha « , been iVJowed—notMng but patching up and getting ! rid "f iliS-akies for the noment ; in w-hich rtspect : Swedish legislation and government very much re- > -semt-le our own . Disturbances broke out la > -t rear at " i
Stockholm , in consequence chiefly of some ministerial j tampering with the admini ^ rati on of justice ; and I the result was so far good , that it is likely to ' deier ' . men in power from again meddling -with ; juries and judges . Th » Prince Royal , v > o , from ' lhai litne , Sf--ni 3 to have taken his pnrli . Tili then Prince Uscar was known only a /> a go ?» d husband , a vemoians laan of pleasing manner * , aud a « compli > hod ' in l : * -ira . fare and the aril . Few had any idea of hi ? ; public principles . He avoided political discussions , i and hatl = nrrormde < l him < elf with persons a ? insigui- ' fieani as his father ' s ministers ; so the nation could not tell witai to expect . Serions alarm arose among ; the friends of the Bernadott * dynasty ; for it trasevi'leiiithat the Swedei would not endure from a ] VGuug man the misgovernmemt which thfj tolerate ' in the present King . Prince Oscar j however , is now : known as ^ the author of two Tcry hberal articles in :
the Goveriimeat paper—the only liberal ones which ; cwii'l have been insertetl ihere . One relates to natioual education , the other to a ^ municipal law for ; -he wiiole coantry . "When the King was absent list ¦ winter for ^ : x man ib * Iu Norway , Oscar , at the head ; ¦> f the Govj -rnment , exhibited " much a =.-5 duity and -, > j . I principle . He declare *! himself strongly against iJl eicepti » nal laws , the punishment of death , cor- Ujral j > nui > hment , and restrictions oh commerce ..: : le has discarded most of Ms insignificant courtiers , and replaced them by men of good reputatiea and i infineace in society . Th » t-rro last ChamberlioBa -are : 3 an . n TVrede and Count Sparre , men of great learning and unblemished-character . " Sweden , therefore . ni-lslEes in pleasing anticipation of benefit Trosa tbe Teign from Bernadotte ' s successor ; a « d the only fear arises from- the knowledge that the fair pruiiii ^ 'i of a prince heir-appareM are seldom fulSiied bv a iing . —Spectator .
Thieves . —The thieve * of the metropolis staa of ¦ late to have chosen the Faubourg du Roule and the ' quarter of the Chanssee d"Antin as the theatre of : their exploits . During the lasi aonih , as oir readers \ are aware , they have strippe < l numerous kitchens of their titenpiis ; -withioii * one of them Leiug < Je » eeted ., Eiii-onrased bT this sneates , some rogue * in tb » night \ of the " 25 th made an attempt at No . ii , Hue de h . \ Pepiniere ; but tho porter , aroused by the noise , ; fired at them , and frightened them ofi ^ but without j wounding anybody . In the night of the 3 lst they j renewed the attack , but with no better success . ln tLe cotrse of the same nig ht a similar attempt was ; m&de ^ i tie hotel of the IhwrhesB de Ro-rigo , in the ; Hue VjiromeniL , but itiailed . The Terr sane night . E"jme thieves attempting to strip the lead from a house in the Hue Keuve des Jlathurinsj were dis- , tiirbfslby the patrol . Thej effected their escape , ; bat > ft behind them all jheir tools and a hand-emt . ;
—Paris Paper . j Asotheb Boitvdabt Was . —The liissonrians and Iovraians are just now engaged in a most sansmnary ¦ war upon paj > tr . about tlie boundary line between ! those two powerful empires . It seems that there is ; a small portion of territory over which the authorities , of both claim jurisdiction , aud it is very evident that list portion of the world is jik » lv for a time to be governed f *> much . The tax-gstlserer from iiissoan ^ has made his appearauee i : pon iu and the intimation is very plainly g iven , that if he a » an : conies , qtarter = -ivill be found for him in ? vme gaol m . Iowa .
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Progress of Joi . vt-Stqck Banking . —There are now twenty-one joint-stock banks in the county of York , and fifteen old private eirtaulishmenis have within a short period become incorporated with them . Reading Aloud . —One of . the " accomplishments whuh we wish t « see cultivated among females , and which is greatly neglected # r wholly overlooked , is the art of reading aloud . It is a most healthy employment when used discreetly , since exercise is as advantageous to the lungs as to all other parts of the human frame . Tho ability to read aloud agreeably is also a truly domestic acquirement ; it Mill be another link in the chain which binds men to then ¦ hearths ; it will amuse the yoinig , cheer the old , and instruct the igiipraut . —Journal of Edu ^ cation . r >™ ,., »~ .., «» t « ..-o ™_ .. t . ¦ „ ¦ -1 ' m
Engraving ox Marble . —A discovery of some importance to the statuary has recently been made by ifr . C . Page , of Pimlico , by means of which engraving on marble is greatly improved . In cutting letters in marble in the ordinary method , the edges chip off , and the defects are covered by painting them over ; but Mr . Page obviates this difficulty by covering the surface of the polished marble with a coat of cement before the . chisel is used . The cement effectually preventstho marble from chipping , aud when the coating is removed the letters remain as perfect as if cut In copper . - Eartiiquakb . —A very smart shock of an
earthquake was fch in this city and neighbourhood about one o clock on Monday morning . The sensation was more particularl y observed about Kingsdown , and we have been told of several parties who felt their beds rock under them , and doors were thrown open , crockery displaced , and unusual noist * heard . The shock was also felt on the other side : of the water , In Js ewport . Cardiff , and other places in South Wulcs . On IMesday night , bet ween eleven aud twelve o ' clock , the heavens wero illuminated with the rivid audbrilliant corruscatione of the . Aurora Borealis , or Korthern Lights , which continued for a considerable time . —Hristul Gazelle .
Mit . John Brixdlv . y Te / igned his situation on Wednesday last as Head blaster of the Oldswinford Hospital ; and Mr . Dixon , an assistant master in the Corporation ijcbool , Coventry , lias been appointod H 3 Mr . Brindlcy ' s sucoessor . A pnrse , containing twenty guineas , subscribed by the clergy and other inhabitants of Dudley , was presented to Mr . Brindl «> y a few days since , in avknuwledguipnt of their gratitude "for the noble and sncces .-ful stand he has Itmg made , and eontimies to be making , ap inst the wicked and b ] a * -p l ' u > m < Mis doctrines of Robert Owen and liio emissaries . "— Herniiv ' s Worcei-Ur JvitrnaJ .
Tkmny Post ARnA-XGKM . KXTs . —Tlie Lord * of the . Iri-a . -ury have offered a premium of £ ' $ m for the best mt-thod -suggested to them of carrying into elfect the penny . 'letter stamp . The points to bo secured bo- ing- -1 . The conveniemc , as regards the public u .. e ; I . The swurity from forgery ; ? , . The facility of being rhocked and -distiiij- ' uishi'il in the : exaiuiiiatiou at the l * i « t-c < tfi . -i ' ,. whicll . must" of lle-< . V » Hv be rapid ; 4 . The cx ' pc ; i .- > c (> f till' prodnvtio-H and vir .- ulation of tlie stamps . tlDl ) will be also ffiyon lor the .-econd ln st ]> roj > . vsnl . Artists , in on of Science and the public generally are requested to sonimuiiuute on the f-ulijctt , addressing " The Lords cf the Treasury , Whitehall ; marked ' Fost-OHice otamn . "
Ixtcxse Bom-hast . —" . Hones . ; " Tom Stcelc , wlio plays the part of f « .. l to the Kerry kir . g , triumphs over tl : e CJmrti ^ ts in a Ivtti-r , which he concludes in t ; ie following vein : - " } l ,, vv glorious was t he triumph over the emissaries of the incendiaries -iu the capital of Ir .-Iaud ! lk » w gloriousl y docs it shew our country rolling on in hersnbliuie " suid radiant eour .-e ot" ethical and politi . - al regeueraiioii -a model to tho i :: iti » ns uf the world , unvk-rtlu' inspiration of the fpmt of the Newton of political science . * ' Tom is inti-n . se enough for . the part he has to ]> lay ; but too dull . Kv « u Daniel uiu .-i hv ashamed ol hiin .
Tui ; Macshf . n" au . ux . —During the last week , u tradesman of Kij > on , in Yorkshire , has been " vicliiuised "bv tome " niagsim-n" in this citv to the tune of £ -2-20 . It is almost incredible , after " the manner in which the system of " magging" has been exposed iu the public papers , that anv person should be found "' green" enough to be dupi'if , and Mirprise iiit-rcases *'"• ¦ " . we . find that the t-uff .-rer is "from York . " liie circum .-taur . e « aro as follow : —The victim , a draper and mercer , left Uipuii on Mt . iiday mornin » for t 5 iepurpose ofj > roceti ! ing to Dcvnport at whit-S place he had to / Jftv a h- ^ acv of . i-J ( M ) . When the coach upon whjp he was arrived at Birmingham , it was joined by a respectably-dressed man , who entered into familiar conversation with him * and having eliciied from him tlie busiiicss upon which
hewa-s going , said lie was a commercial traveller for a Manchester house , and was proceeding to Bristol for the purpose of collecting money and orders . When they arrived in this city , the " madman" took h « victim to the Angel Inn , in High-street , where , after a bed had been engaged , he left him for the night . The next morning , after breakfast , he again called « j » nJiija ; jBui they went out together fox ( he purpose of Ukinif » walk * SS ~ i 6 ira 4 the city . In < iueen-squarc they were met by another well-dressed man , who introduced himself as a" gentleman of independent property ; " ami the trio having strolled to the \ Y \ rlls , and through Clifton , returned into town , and , at the invitation of the commercial traveller , '
adjLurned to the Hummer Hotel , where they had dinner . " After dinner came wine , " and wine intro-• liiced conversation , which , of course , turned upon the amount of money possessed hv each . The gentleman ' ¦< " iudejieudcnt property " ' produced a roll of note ; , as ui . l tlie representative of the MuiU'licster house . ; and the York draper , not to be out-done b y his companions lugged the whole of his money ( a Bank of England note for i . '* Ji . ) 0 , and one for i" 20 ) from his jMJi-ket . Tpon his exhibiting to them , his "friendB" expressed surpriit ; at the careless -manner in which he carried it , aud having prevailed upon kim to allow them to pack it away for him , they wrapped up the notes , and placed " in his fob what he believed to be his monev , but which on a
subt-c-quent examination turned out to be a piece of waste paper . "We need scarcel y add that the " greenhorn" ' suffered tV . i- " majjsuian " to g .-t dear off before he discovered the fraud of which he had been the victim . —lirislol Gazc / lc . A C ' o . NsciKNTiors Enemy to Teetotausm . — -Mr . iibby , the owner of a public-liousc , to which he is himself a most-liberal customer , was brought before the Lord Mayor , for haviu ' ^ ki cked up a row because his car was 'bitten . oil" by a tremendous Newfoundland doe . The dog also appeared in the justice-room with a line little boy on his back . The publican , it was :-tated , having " di'termined to yield obedience to " the uew law affecting the oppressed body of which-he is a mtinber , kept-bis house cloned from . Saturday ni-ht till one o ' clock 011 Sunday , but thinking that it would be to break too
wrong suddenly through the good old custom of serving gin ' at a prohibited time , sat down aud gave himself eutiwly up to ' blue ruin and backy . " Being in the habit of larking whun lumpy , Mr . Gibby fixed his cyesn ] H ) n a brother publican ' s dog as a fit subject lor a little fun , and going up to him , began to shake him by the jowl . The animal patiently bore the m .- -uh for . some time , but Mr . Uibby , calculating too much upon hia forbearance , Khook him with greater violfjice , when the dog , without any more ceremony , shoved a couple of his teeth into , the ear of his tormentor , left it dangling from his head , and then again quietly lay down to repose on the pavement . It would be supposed that such a salutation wohW end the interview , but there is no knowing thu extent of the opuralion of a wise law made to put
afat&i termination to publicans and to dogs . Mr . <; ibby « anger at losing his ear was aggravated by the recollection of the clause of the New Act , aud he attacked the dog ; the dog , on the other hand , no doubt having before his eyes the clause which is to put an end to his career attacked ' the ' publican , and the police , armed with their new authority , took-the two transgressors into custody . The Lord Mayor—( to the pnblicau whose head was tied up)—You unfortunate man , I am sorry to see that you have been punished so severely . Yon have lojit your ear entirely , I suppose ! Air .-Uibby—No , my Lord , 1 think it will grow again—( A laugh . ) The Lord -Wayor— Grow again ! You mean that it Was not 45 ritirely separated , a » d will probably , reunite ? Mr . Gibby—lfcs . mv Lord . The dontor fixed it on
again , and stitched it to my head with a needle and thread . I dare say it will be all right if he didn ' t put it upside down . The 0 Ayi > er of the dog " said that a quieter eharacter than the dog did not breathe , and that he mnii't liavejbeen pulled about most unmercifully before lie retaliated . The animal was completely under die dominion of the child on his back . A person who knew Mr . Uibby said it was true the dog had been roughly treated . Ho ( witness ) looked on , and ho was struck with one peculiarity , the dog did not at all seem to like the mouthful he had got , but dropped it with apparent distaste . Witness was in the habit of stopping to-draw-inferences from the conduct of the brute creation , and the conclusion he came to was , that . as the publican was in the habit of drinking a great deal , the ear had a disagreeable flavour from being too near the mouth . —( Laughter . ) Tlie Lord Mayor thought it muet be a consolation to the publican that lie was not a teetotaller , for if the do « £ happened to relish
the ear he might not have left oft" till he had made a hearty meal . —{ -Laughter . ) You shall go without being fiued notwithstanding the Act , toy you tvvu bitterly punished , added his Lordshi p , bnt 1 beseech you to avoid excess . Mr . Gibby said it was evident 1 st- was not dr :: uk , for he had a stand-up iight with ihc- < i- > g , and never was undermost in the conflict . He thanked his Lord .-hip , but he--knew that if lie iurnod teetotaller , he isevtr slu > uld 1 ? able to -fight iviih man or dug- ajrain . —(¦ A lajimli . ) The poor " do ^ - fighter tlu-n retired . A claimant for the do --a-f ' t-evward .-j n . ppeared , and stated ti-at V . s hid lost the animal in July last : but inspecior lirakc haying , in : ) . ;¦ ! -.. i ! ii-l . i i " L-- di ' t ; v . =, . obs-- ^ - .-i ;> n * : tilG littlo : y ; f . ' . ' . r . ^ Iar ^ :- !! , wa ,, " -d ^ t ho i : ; v . ; "• : • - ;! :.- i ! . \ -. % > v :.. co ! i > t % ; i-lf ^^ him f * cr V t ' -. t-e ii--. i : 'J- - the claiiii v . ^ jf uii ^ tHvJ by h- 1 . , iw . lil ] i . ' * . ' .::-. ¦""¦'¦' .
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InCRBASE 15 THtlpAT OT THB OPPICHRfl AUD Co 5-staih . es of the MfiROPoLiTAM Polich FoncB . —The Commissionera .-. j » f ; jtha ^ Mctrepolitan P « Hc » F » rpe have issued orders ' intbrjnihg " tb « fficcrs ' and n * n under them , that Government had betn pleawd to mcr . pa 5 p ^ Uioiif MSp ^ tiTtt ..-8 » larie 3 \ iu .. tl » . fonb ' w : ini' manner , viz .: —The superintendent of the A iitiaion to have £ 300 . per winum , in lieu ef £ 250 a year ; the superintendents of the othef diTisions of the force lo have £ ' 250 instead of i' 200 per annum . Each inspector to have his salary increased / fmn £ \ W to ¦ jfc"l' 18 Gs . a year . Sergeautu to hav « its . Gd . per week , being an increase of 2 tj . a weak in their wages . First « las 8 of conatableB , 21 fl . > week in lieu of 19 . There arc to be a second and ¦' -. » ikhird « la 88 of wnstabk ) s at 19 s . and ljd . a week , and htriafter all persons joining the force will bp attached to the lat-¦ ' ¦ . ' ¦' : ¦ .-: V : /' .: « -L , " •'¦ ..- ¦ " ' " . ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ "
ter class , who ; jirill byilength of fierritudei and good conduct be entitfettto increased pay of tlu first cI ^ sh . Aver ^ oe Valve op the ANNtAl Mineral Pronuer ok CoRNwAtiL an » I ) KTo ^ .- ^ -If wo estimate tho value of the n ^ etala annually raided in Great Britain and Ireland * t about , £ l () ,. 597 , 60 () , and consider that of this sum tliq iron amounts to £ 8 , oOO , 000 , the value of the remaining motalu would be £ 2 ,. 5 !) 7 , 0 OO , of which Cornwall and Devon would furnish about * £ 1 , 34 ( 1 , 300 , or more than oiio-lialf , leaf ing ; £ 1 , 275 , 000 for tho value of all the metals , with * he exception of iron , ; raised in other parta of tht United Kingdom . The two great metallic products of the district are copper and tin ; of the former it yie ! dn pno-third , and of tho latter aine-te ' iitlw , # f tlio whole supply of copper and tin furnished b y . the British islands ' and all the countries of the Gontinont of Europe . —O'eolomcal Report . ) 8 3 i ^
T qwEi * "HaJHjlkts . —TiunKs' Hxt . i .. —On Tn ^^ dnv evening last , iv numerous luecting was held at this place , ou-. thD ^ ji ^ yesejty : of oi-ganising tho district in . support of i ^| Jharier ; Mr . Drake in the chair . Tho incetingciwia addressed b y Bronterrc O Brioil , Feavgus O'C ^ hnc ^ i aud John 1 rost , Msq ., the chairman of the Convention . Thp greatest enthusi ' a . < im prevailed , and the various speeches made a 'deep impression on tho pcrjsons asrieiabled . Mr . O'Brien announced his intention 1 of lecturing at this place on Monday evening next *——Women s Mkkti . \ g . , —On TliursUay e ^ cnirtg ^ pn > guaiit to a public notic e , isa-uoJ . bv ty * . Har ^ treW , the delesate ^ fop this dixtrief , t £ Ja ' rgc inectiiir of females took place in the large ropih of tho TradcH Hall .: The place -was 'P . t ^ V \ t ** lrt # lli" k C \ ¦ ia 41 . TTV \ O '* i k \ f \>\ nii 1 ml \ AHri ' Kni ' d / a n-n . « _ _ 11 ... . t \» i
w * v » v . « . ( fcy myiiwuuilVJr j llllil | UC . lO . / U * iJg VWliJJ / l'lKjU to go away , unable to obtain admittance . Females only were admitted , excepting those '; jiffenbcr * 81 of the CoiiYentiou wlio' attendefly , At eight o ' clock , Mrs . Necaom was called to tlifl clmir , who opened . the bnsines ? in a neat and Spirited address , aiid concluded by calling on MA . ISecsoni to address the meeting . ; - Mr ; ^ eesom Kpqke at great length npon tho iiec'CHsity of women iindersta . nding political science ; detailedfthe progresf of female asBociatioim in the country ; . commontod irpon tlie vicious education of women ; and concluded a Ions ' ahdinterestiiijj speech amidst great applaiise , . Mr . Hart well t-heii rose , and iii ; i speech which petupiod about one hour , improved « j > 6 n hi .- ? audience tqe necessity of ' their becoming acquainted with the sciuiice of imlitic . Si
He spoke of tho pleasing feature of the . prctvent agitatioii , in . seeing the fair sox engaged in the holy struggle . lie called ou those present to imitate the women of Birmingham , Hull , Batft , &c , and - ' then went on to , describe tho moral eUe& a * d influence which woman has upon society at large , giving Kt . uiiU illustrations from history in support of his svjsmi ' oiiH ; their mtlueiics 1 upon the education of childrcu ; the necessity of political freedom to the happinees of woman j showing that her happinesB depended upon the siiuation ol ' her husband . IU ombatted the assertion that the mind of woman was ; inferior . t » that of man , bringing forward instances of females who had .-distinguished . themselves in literature , science and politics ; lie . detailed the horrible Sect ' s ot tho factory system , by which females wore the
greatest sutterers ; explained tho principles of the 1 ' e . iplc ' a Charter ; aii < i"concluded .. by urging upon ' tin ; meeting tho nocessity and importance of at once enrolliug Uieir names hi aii '' association ^ lie sat down amidst loud cheers . Mr . Sidwelt then addressed the vncetittg in a speech replete with argument and humour . He completely destroyed tlie sophistry of those who say women havo riothing * o do with politics ; arid stated ebmo very iriteroBtihg facts relativo to taxation . His speech afforded both delight . and satisfaction to all present . About'fifty of tlie females present eivrollcd their namea a * niombers , and the meeting then adjourned until Monday evening , when Mr . llartweil , Mr . Neesom , and others , will attend . The moetiigj both ill spirit And numbers , far . exceeded tho most sanguine © xpeetation . ¦¦ ' ¦
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E G J . IN T O UN PAT ENT EM A SCU L ATE D MUP-STICK MIDDLE AGE RECOVERY SOCIETY ; " * 1 k **' % * Kf - ''• ' " '' \'" ; ' ¦•¦'¦¦ - ¦'¦'¦ ' ¦ ¦ - Tt « i ., TburtM ^ h t" has proved irach * oniic » l m well aeunftn ?^ rp 5 c p of buwie ^ lwteoaso ^ Jrla at , and so cj r « ined ou—so pitituiiy handled by gods aiid men , that , wecan hardly find it in ourheart * te subjoin anything provoking about it ; ? Th # account given of the cavalcado going to tlie lists on Wednesday , the first day of the proeeodingi , will loug remain one of the most . heart-rending narratives in the 'English-language . ' They went by u'ater . " Sliowvr sucveudetl shower , " says n rtvjpocUble and soaked witness , ' eacli heavier ami of longer continuance than Its predecessor ; and the boundless ' ' expansedi boa . ds at length permanently disappeared Under A \ coextowiTo canopy of umbrellus . " ¦
' ' . ' At three o ' clock ^ ' . ' we le&rn-ftem the Mm * dripping iiutliorityv * ' & ¦ perfect delugo of ndu was UeBccuding ¦;" and the procession about thistiinu" Was seen adTonclng tofheastoiiishiiwiitofcitrybodi ) . '' : It is highly interesting , by tho wbt , h rernwk Hie ilifttrence between tho English and tho Scpt « U reporters in the tone of their remarks on this nffsir of the wet , While the former , born to drier circuinstances , fr «* and chafe th 6 ii )« elve . s into all manner of horrid fnnnw of mind , diking every \ wmuto sivvnger t ' iow * of tilings iii conseq . ncnce , tiie latter—wet from childhood— ar * able to maintain tbeir habitu&i equanimity , suffering no adhering nankeens to--disturt tlio judgment , no saturated
umler-linens to betray them into haatjr remarks , Thus the reporter for the London . Chruiiiclc , who has no doubt caught his death of cold , instead of taking Jwuee ' s powders , puts hinisulf into almost aa good a nerspiration by . the vehemenco . with which he fnlla out with the whole of his expedition ; and the Post ' s correspondent , who seems .. rather of the sarcastic order » f writers , takes'tue . same t revenge in another shape , when he ( lrowniugly remarks- , ' - It . does , not always rain ia Ayrshire , they say , for sometimes it snoirs . Murphy could hardly fiiil to niako out an ncciinvte programme of the wcathur for this part of tlie country , iiud '\ rguld only be puzzled in fixing tlie seven fine days which it is reckonetl occur iu the courso of the year . "
But the ? Scotchmen , -equally wet in tholr flannels , ore cahnur in their minds , and recelTe the cententa of their native skiee iii their laps meekly . One , with a mixture of . religious seriousness aud habitual enduraace of water , alike characteristic Of his country ; , illipreYC 3 his cold into a text for pious retlwrticmB . " ¦ : Tlie- ' resiiit , "« i"ya ' thu" nieist nioralist , " showed that causes "to - which all hunmn intentions aud actions sink into abject insigniticjinco , hod .-aio . ne , fora time , '' clouded [ welllea-id ] thu expectations of the hiass . " "This , " as J > ir Hugh Kvuus says . - ' is .. i fery discretion answer ; save , tho faiil' i ,- » in tho' ort to , " ' . ' irhlch sins aa » iust syntux . " Him nieaningH is goot . " .
-Many hard Words and cutting retteetions b . a * e been applied to the kni ghts and tlioir perfonhancos ; morp , we think tliaii were fairly proporiioued to their deserts , considering , the severity of the punishinent alrea < l 7 sustained . The biisTn
To see some dozen people bftaak emasculated mopsticks , there came ponderers from Ameriaa , doiibtera from Germany , speculatorsi from Franot—no * uninvited . In -what humour tho nations have ! got ftome i ^ ain , TCO can scarce trust ourselves to inquire , ' it tber stir up no wars against us for this , we may be thaiAfuL Only conceive ! people coming three thouaand mil ' ea across the seas to see they know not what—but omeibing they are asgured , the iiioatepical * inept heroitBl . iuost Tearful yet beautiful ever seen 6 r em to be Seen in-this lsfe ! There may be occasions in Which money « e « Bea to be an objectp—in which eren the riiost regular man of business , even a Yankee merchant , maybe justified in discarding tke usual rules of prudence and ecohciny , to seize on delights that con nerer again irocur . Tliia was such an occasion—an occasion " to draw three souls out of one vrea-rer , " and eren mere tlian three ( say throe hundred ) rix-dolliwra out of th © pocket of one cotton-broker . Tlicy come . ' From all parte , ¦' " the cry is gtill they come !"
Wwlnesday i too , comes ; Wediioa day —< U 7 of days , evCTtobenieinorabloin their after liven as that on whidi all their previous notions of tlie sublime ftud beiiutiful , of the terrors of mortal combat , and the limit * of human bravery , were exceeded , and a new . and nobler standard established , in their stead—a diiy due to poetry , adminitiou , and enjoyment .- " ' Heiglio , for the sequel ! " Kluqunr , an .-tac ' eiuii ' v- ' With Wednesday cornea Wednesday !) ' sky , that doelares against cliivalry . "TUo . windows of heaven aro opened . " Down come the indiscriminate divine slopg- ^ up goes the " lying of the . Tournaiiiunt ' s" bnnvH silk uiubrella —into n . co .-wii . "r .-fflo . < " tlie y . u-. ' en of LoVe ami i ' eailty . " Chop-fuIlAjn is thivalvy . . Plu-. iu-s . i \ -fu .-.- u , ¦ ' sj . \ m -o . ' ' baiimrs won - . ' ,-, v \ V ; " It : ,. < s u : v f . va-iu :, ; the ; - ' . ¦ •' : i .-. iu > giitJ-ringuf hcjiiu'is ¦ no . - " ; - -nJs-.-iii . - ^; i ' i tt ; t" : aui , " luj _ y < -v-¦ fiuadin ^ -barti' * . i " \ aw 4 Uvfl til Si UiMU" ty-uUV ¦' ; nu ton )}'
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glaftators "biting the inst - —m » dus » t © Vte ! Alas , ftlas ! Harpers are mute , jesters are a » d . '"? « f « els leok wi * e , and knights look foolish . " Mx . M'lam " « f < jie I ^ iifloM stage" sixjrts i ' n ' Viun his eay- ' an * bclla ,- ke has ¦ humour in hiur , but m « ot kumMtf . The middle ages wen t return-. tbjrt is « eareed . "Vthat should : thoy-ieturn . for ; To urn tbeiaaelTea burlesqued ' ToseothiBsort of historical ' * hi ^ h life below sbirsJ " T « aee the desecration of their old iro » ? To sm Vic collision of emasculated mopsticks Besides , my Lord Iiglintoun . lay good lord of the mopstioks , and my most noble and much splashed master , \ yaterproof Waterford , it \» y it , pieaae your ig - norances , there is another jtroceuion , W precession " as it is called , besides yours- ^ witi tit * " precession of the equinoxes , ' * ( call at Birmingham , coming , home and - - - - - -
ask the doctors what it means . ) Now by this other procession , or precession , it cornea to pass , that while ' your Middle-age England had middle-age suns to walk and tilt in , we—in tliis eear and yellow time ef the world ' s life—have unfortunately got a shoto ¦' t » the North—a cruel poke upwards , not tvith a pole , but to a ' polis-which leaves us only-tH . * ' aaiii& ' . ' of England , but Biiddles us with the -natural ' debts of Norway , payablo in lengthened winters and dwindled summers , ^ nd ail the liabilities of a bleaker latitude . Eren this , please your ignorances , is not to go for nothing , and the Boused chivalry of the 2 Sthult . should inoko a not * of it ' :. "¦ it inay tend , with other tliinga , to do away with much Of
tue inyiitincation which , no doubt , at present hangs over their minds , When they try to no -purpose to satiKfy tlieniselves how it is that , do what , they willthough they furbish up the old armour , and emasculate ever sucli mopsticks—still aomohbw theydo not and cannot . ' get bock the middle agee . -. This is how it is . Tliin at leiwt is one physical reason ; - ^ of moral resigns , inuEii- . feas of political reasons , of course we say nothing to tiltiivg hereditary legi .-ilatota ; « r elBe We bulieVC We could tell them soitiething to the . purpose about tlie incompatible nature of middle ages and middle ' classes , with other .. edifying matter of the same kind . But astronomy is hard enough for them ^ -phllosophy , we are sure , would be quite- out of the question .
No waving of niopsticks , then , will charm back the middle age * ,, or prevail on tlie sun to stand rtill—^ to say notjijn / J of the human mind ; and chivalry is only disontoniBcd fora day to be consigned ' imihodijitely to another grqye ^ -a -Avatcry graTu . Tl ) o knights , if they ever try a- second tonrhcy , had better abanclon the idea " of larices , " cyeii mopstick once , and in fritnre ; liko tlie Yankee squad described by Ma thews , charge wnljTiilusl" - Or if they iiisist on niOpsticks , let those be properly furnished , and let the knights turn them to their legitimate use by ntopping' up the rain and keeping the grounds dry for the ladies ; so that at least " thu Queen of Love " need not seek her realms in pattens , nor the "King of the Tournament" come to ^ tlie joust in , as Steknk has it , "all the majesty of mud . " If they do nothing more than this , they shall be held the gentler knights .
It is no mean art , that twirling of the mop ; it is anite a mistake to suppose it was easy . It requires strength of arm , and withal a particular Icnack , not readily acquired . / . We would not disparage the modern chivalry for the world , but , upon our conscience ,-it is not clear but , the servant girls pcrfonn' tne better feat . Their lii . ophticks , ; observe-, are the inasculine sort—made not to break—» tout , strait-grained ,, veritable mopsticks - ^ ami no mistake . These they hare to balance on their bare and beautiful arms—and then fli »* twirl , who shall describe it ? k ' o hands ¦ iaipart "' the stroke , no filler . - * control the action , all is worktnl by the muscle ' ? of those fair : inns ; yet awny goes the inop With the energy of a water-wheel , whizzing round in invisible rovolutioiiB , and casting on every side a showery : . spray that glistens in the morning ' s sun—a mimic rainbow . Pshaw ! there . - * more } mi . try in Mollydusta ' s mop than in a modern tounu-y ; net aside the merit of the UV . ilioUvre .
A few weeks ago we noticed , at one of-the . Policeoffice * , the case of a lunatic , ta young man who laboured under a species of monomania highly fantastical , though k-ss diverting than what we have siuco become acquainua with , lie hnd ' . bucn mod ever since Michael- - mas-day ,--, oil which day he inadyertently failed to eat of a-goose-that - ' was- brought to his father ' s table . This omission occurred t « him afterwards as urduchy .- to eat g * o 0 e on Micliaelmas-d * y , he considered something--operative to human happiness—not to cat goose , a circumstance replete with danger . On"thU hint ho went mad —which was perhaps not far to go ; and his crotchet was , that if he could roll buck the world , he sheuld in
that manner gc-t hold ajain of the S . Rtli of . SepWnbor , and then by iiwitantly ordering a goose arid promptly dining , all'would one * more go well : lastly , it was his belief thiit thus to roll back the world , though difficult , wae not .-impossible , requiring only the assistance of Beyeral strong men , wiiese co-operation he there and then e | irnestiy bespoke . This case , reported at full length in tho papers a few weeks since , is a sufficiently close . poraUeV to Uie one under consideration , to render it unnecessary for us to point out its sereral points of analogy ; eren the go * se , sought to be recdTered , ii > not without its signiflcanee . And no we bid farewell for tho pTeser it to the J % lintoun Patent Emasculated Mpp-atick Middle Ago Recovery Society . —Spectator .
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CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE . CIVIL . "Civil liberty is the notboin ? restrained by any law , but what . conduces in a greater degree to the public welfore . "—PAi , EY , b . e , c . . -. Evert member of a politicitl state is entitled to certain privileges , wliicli aro either the residue of natural rights , wliose surrendor waa not required for
the public good , or those eiVil libertiea , which society provides and guarantees in lieu the natural rights , so given up . On the pfegerration of these blessings , depend the safety and happinesaof mankind ; their defenco ie a duty incumbent upon all ; their infringement is a crime deserving universal condemnation- " and punishment . All hare an absoliitp right to personal seeurity , to personal liberty , and to property .
The first makes it lawful for us in scVf-defenep to slay another , if he either place our persons in peril of death , or break into our dwellings during the night . Life is the immediate gift of tho Creator , and is net to be destroyed with impunity either by themidnight assassin or the regal tyrant . " No freeman , '' says Magna Charta , " shall be destroyed , maimed , or tortured , except by the legal judgment of liia peers , or by the law of the laud , " and itie declared by 5 th Edwaud III , c , fl . that no man shall be forejudged of life or limb contrary to the Groat Charter and * he
law of the land ; and again by 28 th Ebw ^ RD III , e , 3 , that no man ehall b # put to doftth without being brought to auswor by duo process of la \ v . Hithor may be referred the right of the dostitutc to maintenance ; for to take away the means of living , is to take away life itself . The title of the poor to support is ( in the words of Sir M . IIxle ) "interwoven With our Tery constitution . " Thisiwaa . one of the purpos e * for which tithes wero originally paid , a third of them , being set apart for the unfortunate . .
Tiro monasteries afterwards undertook their relief , and ehortly after their dissolution , was enacted the 43 rd Eliz . — -a Btatute founded on tho truo principle of providing a comfortable maintenance for the indigent , liuable to work , and employment for the able , supplying , to both , food and labour at their own homes . It requires but few w « rdi to tell how this charitable institution of our ancestor ! ha * been violated } how existence has been rendered a burden , poverty a crime , and the name of parent a diijfraoe
By 4 th W . IV . —The whole mftnagementpf the poor is placed at the disposal of three Commisaienerfl , who have Boards of Guardians aeting under them in every union of . parishes . Tht applicants are refused assistance unless they will enter the workhouse , and the woman is to rapport her illegitimate oflbprihg . Personal liberty is well protected by our old U > Wt . The language of the Great Charter is that no free ' man shall be taken or imprisoned but by the hiwful judgmont of hjB cqiials , by the petition of right- ^ 3 rd Cin , I , , No freeman shall ho imprisoned without cause shown , to which he may mak « answer according to law . By lGth C . I ,, If any one be restrained of hiB liberty by order of any illegal # ourt or
COBmalid of the King or Privy Council , h » 4 hall hare a writ of Habeas Corpus to bring his body before the King ' s Bench or Common Pleas , who shall " drier-- ' mine whether the cause of his commitmen t bo just and thereupon do , as to justiee shall appertain and by 31 st Car . -2 , commonl y called the Habeas Corpus Act . The method of obtaining this writ and the penalties for its refusal , are ; dearly marked out This bulwark of our safety , has often been attacked and this famous statute suspended b ) that neW ' r if 1 -T ^ , ^' - " ^^ It ia cieclaml I VS the bill of K >^ t ,, 1 st Wh , ^^^^ : ,, ^ ihat e . rcssirc l . ail oi ^ ht « # ^ BHHK tl »;> injui > ot ' i < , ! i has been 't ^ ve ^^ Hj ^ R ^^^ rvowl not W told to theprcsout g ^ leSionfHIH
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Therijlit « f prtpirty is pne of the greatest hni Pfrt » n * e , and » ne which a well-regiilated society will ;« Ter proiest . Laboar is the poor man ' s property , which has * oo ofttnbwwi unjustly and ne « 4 lesaly .. destroyed by | ht statHtes of apprenticeshi ps by Corporation byo-lawg , and by the aSusg of machinery , all tending to deteriorate th « ralue of manual exertion . No Government displays such anxiety for the protection of property , as that which secures to the poor man a good day ' s wage for a good dayi work .
A-great source of injustice prevails at tho presen * day , which depriveB thousands , of employment via * 1 the turning of lands from tillage into pasturage ' a plan , which saves the landlord much expense and presents the means of gaining an honest livelihood to but a very few . Our ancestors saw the cruelty of this proceeding and consequently the 4 th Heset VII . forbids the throwing of lands into pasturage reciting ¦ that- " Idlenesse which is the ground and beginning of aH . . misch . icfqs . daily doth increase for
where in some townes two hundred person , were occupied and lived together by their lawful labouring , now there are occasionally twp or three heardsmen , and the residuo-falling iuto idlenefise , the huHbandrie is greatly decayed . ''* Thes * words are applicable to the present day ; and as i » docs not appear that the Act has ever been repealedi it may" now be put in force against any who attempt to aggrandiso themselves by the ruin of their poor countrymen . - : . . ¦ ' -. ' .
The . home of an Englishman should in truth b » his castle • but its sanctity is frequently invaded by the revenue searchers and criminal processes . ; Th * Great Charter has declared that no freeman shall bi divested of his freehold , or liberty , or free customs , but by the judgment of his peers , or the lavy of th » land ; and , bjr . a variety of ancient statutes ; if vrtj man ' s lands or goody be seized contrary to the cours * of the law , the injury shall be redressed and holden for nothing . No subject of England can be COI 1 « strained to pay any aids or taxes but such as ar » imposed- by his own consent , or by that of his
representatives in Parliament . By 25 th Ed . I ., o : 5 and ( J , it is- provided that the King shall not take . any aids or tasks but by the common assent of th « realm ; which assent is more fully explained by 34 th En . I ., g . 4 , c . l , which : enacts that no talliage Of aid shall be taken without the approval of th » Archbishops ,. Bishops , Earls , Barons , Knights , Burgesses , and . other Freemen of the land . This fundamental rule of our Constitution has beeni shaiaefullr evaded by depriving millions of their . riglit to TOtfi and thuB entailing the slavish burden of taxatio *
without representation . It is true the C 6 mm 6 » # still hold the strings of the nation ' s purse * but thty can dip into it , without -permission , express or implied , of the unfortunate subject . With respeci to fines , by Magna Charta , a freeman shall be amerced after the manner of Ids fault . Baying to him his conteucment ( that is—his immediate means of gaining a living , aa leaving a woodman his axe , &c ., ) 34 rd EnwAKD I . ordains that fines for trespassers shall bo reasonable ; and 1 st William and AIabt declares excessive fines and cruel punishments to b « illegal . . .. . . '¦ .. .: '
For tho support and defence of these three right * of eecurity—of liberty and of property , certain auxiliary privileges are vested in the people , these are as important as tho former , for each depend upo * the other , and when an attempt is made to depriy * us of our secondary powers , such as arming and meeting , we may be sure that it is hat a prelude to the attack upott our primary liberties , -which thaj guard : — - , 1 . The authority and privilege of Parliament ought to form a'bulwark against the encroachniento of the Crown , and the- aggression of ' -a tyrannical Government , but until the Commons aro constituted
as of old , upon the basis of popular affection and popular interest , the legislature may be regarded , rather as a mask for despotism , than as a shield foe freedom . ¦ -... 2 . Thelimitation of the king's prerogative ; ' by ^ oup aaojowt l » w « - ¦ i * clearly nuucksd oat , 4 ufc ^ at prosont every demand of the already too powerfiil . jg .-. -inr « tantly complied jrith . < c They are ie best laws , ' * observes Bacox , " by which the king ^ ias thejustes prerogative , and the people the best liberty .
3 . The application io courts of justice for redreiw of injuries ' .- ' We cannot too often repeat the c ' tifo * br&ted sentenee of Magna Charta , that justice and remedy for wrong Bhall never be ^ old , denied , or delayed to any one . Would to Heaven that this beef of statutes were enrolled , as other acts of Pariia « - ment are said to be , in the breast of every judge , for then they might pay more regard to the : poor man '* appeal , and display more impartialityj « the dischargt of their duty . In the reign of Henry VII . suits w ; er » given to the poor , suing in forma paupcris , —th&t ia , they were exempt from the payment of duties for the writs , or of any fees to the counsel . No Eng ^ Ii 8 hman " can be condemned : for any offence , unless tried according to the course of the law , by twelve
of his equals , who alone are to determine upon th « facts , assisted by a Judge , whoJs to apply the / atiyaa i * is established , to the facts when found . 25 th Er > - ward I . orders Magna Charta , and Charta d * Foresta , tobe read iii Cathedrals before the people twice every ytat—va . / excellent ^ plan , and on «[ well calculated to xcit « and nourish feelings of honeet independence ^ one to teach men their rights , and t » aaimato them with a determination of supporting them . Befdr * the invention : of printingi eaol » statute was published l > y the : Sheriff of every County proclaiming them at his County Court , where they were kept j so that any one might read and copy them ; whioh « uet 6 m contiuued till the reirn of Hbnkt yil .
4 . Th » riiht . of assombling is indisputably yest # d in all fiMsemea . What can be more reasonable tha * that vaea , ndowtd with fa « ulties of reflection , oinversation , and invention , irrith mouths to speak , with ears to henx , and with hands ? to act , should ineet t * discuss their want * and grieTanoes , and to daviB * the best Mmed y 1 This moBt important duty , hewever , has ^ ared : th e fate } pf its companions , and been redueed to a smare ibr patriots . By ^ 39 , 57 , and 6 < Kk Geo . ILL , UafistratM are mpowored to djsri « rs « almost # T » ry popularmee ^ rij ? by tht readingiof th * RiolAtt , andhy arresting ill who ! remain on * K «
ground on * hour after it has been f « ad . As if thesa reatrainta v # svuoif wffleitntly unjust , th » iuoet absurd do « trin « i hit * laiely beea promulgated , d + elaring that all mwtirign takiilaUd to excite inr , ^ are illegal . : Now old women art easily frightened and any aseembly likely to eiciU their ^ alarm ia uulawful ! ; Thu ., according ^ t . th , » bov «^ definitioa , httle boys , who earry about Gut Faux , and let ¦ & ¦* crwker , * r « j « flty of ftlony fa few urchin , * & „> & . W ^^ Ported , for tlrty mtem > rUu , ua ** T . hake ttwirtrreB * f tome b > d-ridderi old dime , . ^^• f ^ tHioningha . been continually ^ d , Qmfr declared by th . BUI of Righta 2 be thedoe of . Tery Bib ^ t ,
_ 6 . ^ rming U ihe lart auriliary io be used in d ^ ftnoe « f > ur aprnefl , our wim , and our children . O ^ gWl- % ^ ™* Merely add the woris of ^ e st m our constitution , so 'tis > , ry one ^ to defend jt wheif attacked . " ^ Theseare ^ owprunary and our swondaryjighta < the formw-bem ^ the sub stance Itself , the latter th . meouB of preserving that substance ^ We have laid them _ before our countrymen in their plain , unvarnished state , as they will be found defined by our ancient constitution , and declared by succeedi
ng enactments , in conclusion , we : can only comput those ; liberties , so important and so sacred to thecareof our brethren , in the full confidence that they will prizo theni as the rarest treasures , and hold ^ neia 4 e 1 fcm * tiiftp . lifeitself .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 14, 1839, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1074/page/3/
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