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Exncs . —Some three or four years ago , Otbo , the idiot , and Ms father were publiclj and mutually declarisg each other of unsound mind . Two kings excluded the lie , and jet for once ' Europe believed both ! " Wlll , Poixt , " exclaimed Prince Albert to the faTcuriieparrot . "Well , Prineei" rejoined Polly . . My uncle is coming to England , " con tinned the Prince . K Poor EngTand ! " exclaimed the sensible bird , in a tone of strong sympathy . - , "W- riEiD in a daily contemporary that at a Con-Ben at i » e dinner given a few days back . the Queen and Prince Albert were drunk . " What will the proHUpite Tories say next , to Epite" themselves of their Sovereign , in their dissolute hoars of idle mer-;» mci-. ? A > " offkb csfice shillings in the pound has been nade : o the creditors of Lady CharJotte Bnry . A « r » ir ?< for a coronet is liberal indeed !
AiiHKA Bans ? Law . —A neat lamp has been invecud by Charles Henry Ackerly , Esq ., of hei Majesty ' s nary , for the relief of persons afflicted with ti * &t most distressing complaint , the asthma : tiie merely suspending it against the chest , and the inhaling of the warm air through the nostrils ( the Kpg are to be closed ) , is said to afford instantaneous and effectual relief to the sufferer . The light used & wax candle , and on entering a dwelling , from the sir , -wi-ere the lamp is bo longer required for medicinal purpose * , it is available for a lantern to light the bearer about the house , by merely dropping the front slide . Itia secured by patent , and will pro-< ab ; y be adopted generally by those afflicted with that . ' japlaink
IkrasG Sis Astlet Coopsb ' s late serious indisposition , a friend strenuously advised the calling in another practitioner , ne doctor being a medical Oracle- in bis own case . " Much obliged ,. " replied Sir Astley , with a ferreni grasp of the hand , " but I cia die Tery comfortably without-the doctor . " What a queer compliment to the profession ! Tk ± : uss of die rod is to be prohibited in the Poor Law U . UOUB in future , but ihe Globe announces that the j- ' i-mtf Magazine is to be introduced into them . Tiu ~ * ' - jar enough , as times go ; but" not prexchee and n ^ ge * too , Maasa , " as S * mbo saya .
The alphabet . —The 24 letters of the alphabet my be transposed 620 , 448 , 401 , 733 , 239 , 439 , 350 , 000 times . All the inhabitants of the globe , on a rough calraiiiion , could not in a thousand million of years writs <> ut all the transpositions of the 24 . letters , even supposing that each wro : e forty pages daily , each oi' ¦ vhich pages contained the different transposiiioni of the letters . d " -vsmos to Teetotalish . —The late spirited appeal .- made at StiMngton in favour oi total abeiiat ; 2 ce , bare produced a ferment among the princ-iial innkeepers and brewers at that place , so mucL . so thai they have determined not to supply any inure yeast to those who profess to be teetotaiier .-.
Oiiii stai . Rbepbct to Pabents . —Mohimmed Ali , a rem ^ -iably fine little boy of about nine years of age , i = ' . ne fifth , and youngest , and favourite sou of the uid Pasha . It is angular to see this little fellow with his father : he is permitted to take all sorts of liberties with him ; and the contrast of this freedom is very striking compared with the- solemn , formal Hattire of the interviews of Seid Bey ,- and even Ibrahim Pasha with hi 3 father . The Pasha , amidst all the reforms he has introduced , has thought proper to leure untouched the old habit of exacting the most profounJ submission from his grown-up children . When Siid Bey , who as yet resides in the palace of tie Tr - -aen , or the harem of the Pasha , pays his wee ! ily visit every Friday to bis father ; he enters the recep-. ioa-hall with his eyes downcast , his arm 3 folded , cjid dares not walk up straight to his father ' s
presenc ., but makes the circuit of the divan slowly and ? -t : .-bed , and at length stops at a respectful distance Lefore the Pasha , approaches and kisses the hem - -: " his garment , retires modestly , and stands again with folded arms and downcast looks : after an icii-rVal of two or three minntes , the Pasha salutes Km , Kxkonshim to his ade , and then he is permitted to talk to his august father . Strapge to say , Ibrahim Pasha , old as he is , and with all his honour ? , goes through the same formal scene at every public inter ¦ iff , on each return of bis from the army to Cairo _ r Alexandria . —Dr . Madden ' s " Mohammed ML " Tee r . vposru ? tATE mechanics of Walsall have asked for cheap bread , and the landowner ? have giverk i ' : cm a
Giad-sione-TTh ^_ y £ . \ 'GiiSHJiEr really determine on paying off AlbcP . —it must be in his own coin , and they must not forget tha-5 his es : ' : mated value is a sovereign ! Tat- Yorrs of Wa £ hi > "gtos . —From the aee of iwei-v Washington coaadered a ^ ricuhure as bis printiiii business , and tbu 3 lived in iatimate sympathy irith those predominant dispositions , . the svexlvug and vigorous habits of his country . To travel , to hunt , to explore distant parts of the oounjry , to emer into relations , no matter whether jkmic&b ' -e or hostile , with the Indians of the frontiers , were vs . * pleasures of his youth . He was of that active and hardy temperament wbish delights in the adventures and perils that the nature of man , in its grizd , wild , andsavagefora , incessitniivexcites .
He ha a : hat strength of body , that perseverance , and preset . e of miiid , l ) y which victories are made .. He himself felt at his entrance into life a confidence aomewlat presumptous . ** I can afirm that 1 possess a constitution robust enough to support the severest trials , and resolution plough , I flmiw a » ygeif , to face the utmost that man can dare . " To men a disposition war was still more suited than either me journey or the chase . As soon as the occasion offered itself be carried himself with that ardour which , at the commtneement of life , does not always reveal talent so much as zeal . In 1 " ^ > George II . had read to him , according to the
common recount , a dispatch that the governor of YirgiT'V . had transmitted to London , and in which the y juug Major Washington finished the narration " of nis erst battle , with this phrase— " I have heard Lallets whistle ; there is something ciarming 12 the sound . " B He would not say so Csaid tie king ) if he had beard much of it . " Washington was of the lung ' s opinion ; for when the xaajor cf the Virginian militia became commanderin-cb . ei to the United States , some one having asketi Lim if it were true that he had used such an expre ^ iion , he replied , " If I said so , it was because I wa ^ ~ : rvyoung . "—Quizot ' s " Washington "
Isc . Mistake . —Dr . Radcliffe being called upon to viii ; a sick man , a ? ked him , as he entered the room . Low he did . "Oh , doctor , " replied the man , in a plaintive tone , I am dead ! " The doctor ixamediately left the room , and reported in the neighbourhood that the man was dead . The report was at Si ; : believed and circulated ; but as soon as the mistake was discovered , the doctor was aeked why he had propagated a falsehood . He replied , " I did it on - Sue best authority ; for I had it from the man ' s own mouth . "
A >" c ^> tet . —Dr . Mounsey , by way of ridiculing family uride , nsed to confess , that the first of his ancestors , of any note , was a baker and dealer'in hoj > 3 , i trade which enabled him , with some difficulty , to support his family . To procure a present sum , ihos ancester had robbed his feather bed 3 of their contents , and supplied their deficiency with nnsal : able hops . In a few years , a severe blight universally prevailing , hops became more scarce , and , of course , enormously dear ; the hoarded treasure was ripped ou :, and a good sum procured for hop- which , in a plentiful season , were of no ralue " and thus , " the Doctor used to add , our fiuniiv hopped ftom obscurity . "
Eccexxkic Hcmaxitt . —John , Doke of Montague , made two codicils to bis will , one in favour of his aerrants , and the other of his dogs , « ats , &c . Whilst writing the latter , one of his cats jumped on his kuee . ** What S ' says he , " have you a mind to be % witness , too \ You can ' t , for you are a party concerned . ' Titles o ? Pashame > ts , —It is curious to read of the titles bestowed upon some of the ancient Parliaments . TkuB , we find that in the reign of Henry III ., the Parliament was called , on account of its opposition to the Kin ? , " Parliamentum insanum "—the mad Parliament . In the time of Edward III ., one was styled " the good Parliament . " In Richard the Second's reign , the people
called them the w unmerciful Parliament , " in order to Enow their dislike of the proceedings of the Peers against that unhappy Sovereign ; while the ¦ enators at a later date were honoured with " the cognomen of the " indoct « ai Parliamentum "—tee Illrteraie Pwlianient . The " long , " and the " rump " Parliaments , of still more modern times , are well known to all . The odocb of some persons 13 said to have been quite a perfume . Plutarch mentions that Alexander tk * Great smelt , not of carnage like a hero , but Most pleasantly . Fragrance proceeded also from Augustus . In the memoirs of the Queen of Navarre , \ re read that Cathariiie de Medici was a nosegay ; aad Cujaciusthe cinlian , and Lord Herbert of Cherbury , were equally delighted . Dr . Speranza lately witnessed a strong balsamic fragrance from the
inner part of the left fore-arm of a healthy mas , which continued , especially in the morning , for two months , and ceased fot good on the supervention cf fever . Van Swieten mentions a man whose left armpit smelt strongly of musk ; and Wedel and Gahrues saw each a similar example . —Dr . Ellioissn ' s Human Phyaology . Death of tee Yocxg . —Oh ! it is hard to take k > heart the lesson that such deaths will teach , but let no man reject it , for it is one that all muss "learn , aad ib a mighty universal truth . When death ctrikes down the innocent and young , for every ftagile form from which he lets the pan : ing spirit free , a nuairtd virtues rise , in shapes of mercy , darky , md lore , k > walk the world , and bless u . Of every tea * thaj sorrowing mortals shed on such * green , graves , so «» e good is born , some gentler naiaie come % In the destroyer ' 3 steps there aprin >; * p bright creations that defy his power , and his dark path becomes a way of light to ieaven . — Bjmtpbrey 1 * Gbcb .
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HOUSE OP LORDS . —Feidat , Fkb . 5 th . Lord Brougham presented a petition from eight planters and landowners in India , paying tot an equali sation of the duties on colonial produce . Monday , Feb . 8 . The Lobd Chancellob brought down a menage from her Majesty , requesting that Parliament would enable her to make provision for Lord Keane aad bis two next heirs , as a recompense for his Berrices in India . In reply t * a question from the Earl of Motjntcashbi ., relative to the detention and intended trial
of Mr . M'Leod , in New York , as one of the party engaged in the destruction of the Caroline steam-Yesael , Lord Melbov&kb said a correspondence bad taken plac * between Mr . Fox and the American Minister on the subject , in the course of -which Mr . Forsyte , the American Minister , said it was a matter pertaining entirely to the state of New York , and in which the Federal Government could sot interfere . He could not state what course the Government woald pursue , bet the House might rely that British subjects should be protected , and the honour of the British nation maintained . Their Lordships soon after adjourned .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Thursday , Feb . 4 . Lord MOBP £ IH rose to move for leave to bring in his Bill to amend the law relating to the qualification and registration of Parliamentary voters in Ireland . He first stated the points on which he was disposed to go along with Lord Stanley . He waa ready to abolish certificates as a test for the right of Toting , because they afforded facilities for personation , and afforded no check upon the continuance of voters on the registry after they had ceased to be qualified . He was willing also to allow of a periodical revision ef the registry , and that that revision should take place once a year , instead of once every eight years , as was now the cue . He would also allow au appeal both to objectors and to claimants ; but before ho consented to these changes , he
must have the franchise clearly defined . Nor could he agree to deprive the Irish peasant of the facility he now enjoyed , oi & quarterly recourse to the court of the assistant barrister . When once the voter was placed on the registry , he ( Lord Morpeth ) was willing to allow the title to the franchise to be annually called in question for any matter annulled or altered in the original qualification ; but if no change of that sort had occurred , he -would be content to abide by the first searching inquiry exacted by tie Irish Reform Act , for he could not agree with the Koole Lord's scheme , to allow a right once recognised to be yearly called into question . He should propose the institution of a new ccurt of appeal , and here he would retain the same provision as had been introduced l » st year into the
Bill of the Irish Attorney-General , and the same that would be found in the Bill for England , to be brought in by the Secretary for the Colonies . The new Appeal Court would consist of three barristers of a certain standing , to sit at Dublin , and to be appointed by the speaker of the House of Commons . He now e&me to the question of the franchise . On this subject the opinions of the judges -were divided ; the opinions of the assistant barristers were divided ; the opinions of the leaders of two great parties were divided ; nay , from the speeches of the Duke of Richmond , Lord Stanley , Lord Melbourne , and the Marquis of Langdo wne , it appeared that the very framera and authors of the Irish Reform Act were divided in their opinions respecting the franchise . The Koble Lord then detailed
the results of a careful inquiry that bad been made into the ivate of the constituency in a varuty of Poor Law Unions in Ireland . From the particulars obtained by that inquiry , it will be seen that in several of these uniena many individuals were found to be in possession of the franchise -without being fairly entitled to it . He showed that , while the population of Ireland was on the increase , the constituency had been rapidly declining ; and he then went on to say that it was his intention to make the franchise dependant on the valuation to the poor-rate , according to the New Poor Law , He wished to fix the standard of the franchise at the same amount at -which the Poor Law fixes the liability of the rate-payer . That standard would be a £ 0 rate ; and he would propose that the franchise should be obtainable for s tenement rated to the poor at five pounds a year , provided the possessor had an interest in the original holding , for a period of not less than
founeen years . lord Stanley expressed his conviction that it would be impossible for the Noble Lord to pas 3 his Registration Bill iu the course of the present session , saddled as that Bill was by a species of postscript , which comprised ail the characteristics of a new Reform BUL Lord Stanley expressed great exultation at the confirmation given to his own statements by the statistical details read by the Noble Secretary for Ireland . He apptaied to the Noble Secretary for tke Colonies to say whether Lord Grey ' s Government , when framing the Irish Reform Bill , had not based the franchise on property rather fh" - " on population . Jt bad been thought they had gone far enough when they gave the franchise to £ 10 householders in counties ; but now it was proposed to deluge the counties with £ 5 householders ! He did not intend , however , to offer any opposition to the introduction of the Noble Lord's J 3 U 1 , which he would leave to tell its own tale .
Lord How ick , amid loud cheers from the Liberal benches , announced his determination to give bis hearty concurrence to so much of his Noble Friend's measure as related to the qualification of voters . iir . O'Cosnell said the House had new an opportunity to shew its friendly feeling fcntrarrfe Ireland , by passing a Bill which would be received with satisfaction by the people of that country . They did not know , in the present state of Europe , how soon they might have occasion for Ireland , and it was now tor them to make their choice between the curse of Ireland , and the Noble Lord ( Lord Stanley ' s ; Bill on tiia one side , and the blessings of Ireland and the Noble Lord ( Lord Morpeth'sj Bill on the other . "Mr . Shaw was not surprised at the satisfaction of the Hon . and Learned Gentleman with the BILL It was all but Universal Suffrage ; it was certainly Household Suffrage .
Mr . Jons O'Cojo . vell , m reply to some remarks from Lord Howick , tought to justify those who had told the people of Ireland that the House of Commons felt no sympathy with that country . Those who had held Eucb . language , had done so because they believed it to b « traa The House had now an opportunity of disproving the truth of the charge , by agreeing to the Bill submitted to them . The Bill did not go quite so far as he could have wished . He would have bad the franchise based on the poor-rate indeed , but without » ny limitation as to amount of tenure ; and in this , he believed , the Liberal Association of "Clater -were prepared to go a great way with
Mr . Hume ; Sergeant Jackson , and several other I Irish . Members , addressed a few remarks to the ¦ : House , those on the Tory side unanimously condemn-1 ing the adoption of so low a standard as that proj posed by Lord Morpeth for the franchise , and those on ' the Liberal side , with the sasie unanimity , expressing j their satisfaction with all the leading principles of the ; BilL I Mr . Wab . d , as an English Member , expressed his , conviction that the Bill now proposed would be rej ceiTed by the public with great satisfaction . It was i an honest Bill , and went to settle the question in an 5 honest manner . The Bill of the Noble Lord oppoj site iLord Stanley ) was not an honest Bill , and he ; said this without any intention to speak discouri teously . ! The motion for leave to bring in the Bill was then ! agreed to without a division .
Mr . Labovcberr obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the better regulation of railways . The sole object of Ms Bill would be to increase the safety of railroad travelling ; but though he should demand for Government Eucb . power of interference as might be for the interest of tke public , yet he should not , by any minute interference , take away the responsibility which now rested on the railroad proprietors . On the whole , there was no mode of conveyance so safe or so free from accident as railroad travelling ; . but when he reflected on the nature of the accidents when they did
occur , however trifling they might be in comparison with the amount of traffic , it was not to be wondered at that they produced a great and painful excitement Small , too , as was the number of accidents , it ¦ was possible , by judicious regulations , to make them lass frequent . The Right Honourable Gentleman explained that it was his intention to propose a licensing system . He would propose that no engine-driver be employed , -without being licensed ; that a registry be kept of all engine-drivers ; and thus , he believed , an important check would be obtained against the employment of improper persons .
Lord J . Rcssell moved for leave to bring in a Bill for tke Registration of Parliamentary Electors , and stated , that the enactments of this Bill were nearly the same as those of the Bill introduced by him last year . He proposed that out of a list of forty-five barristers , nominated by the Jndges , fifteen should be selected by the Speaker , and that they should hold tUeir situations permanenly , as revising barristers . The motion was agreed to , after a few words from Mr . Liddell and CoL Sibthokp . Lord J . Rcssbl ' i made a statement of some length , to £ h « w the position in which the colony of South Australia is at present placed , and expressed an opinion , that it -would be found necessary to alter some of the Acts of Parliament now in force relative to tb . it colony . His Lordship concluded by moving the appointment cf a select committee t « take those Acts into consideration .
Lord StaM-et hoped the question would not be thrown loosely before the Committee ; and he doubted , &s & general principle , the policy of delegating to a Select Committee the legitimate duties of Government . Lord J . Russell agreed with the position of the Noble Lord as a general rule , but considered the present case one that ought to form an exception . The motion was agreed te . Sir F . Pollock obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the law relating to double costs , notices of action , &c . ; and a Bill to allow a writ of error in all cases of judgmeat os a vrrii of maxdamiis .
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Friday February 5 . Mr . E . J . Stanley moved fox a new writ for King's County , in the room of N . Fitnimon , Esq ., wJdo has accepted the stewardship of the Children Hundreds . Mr . Sergeant TalFOUED presented petitions from Mr , T . Hood , the editor of the Comie Annual , from Mr . Cobbett , and others , in favour of the Copyright BUI . Mr . Cobbett in his petition prayed to be neard at the bar of the House in support of the Bill . Lord J . Btjssell moved the thanks of the House to Admiral Sir R . Stopford , Commodore Sir Charles Napier , Major-General Sir C . F . Smith , Admiral Bandeira , and Admiral Walker , and the officers and men serving under their command during the recent events in Syria . Lord Stanley seconded the motion , which was supported by Lord F . Egerton and other Honourable Members . Sir H . Hardinge , in supporting the motion , suggested that , now Sir Sidney Smith was dead , a monument should be erected to his memory . The motion was unanimously agreed to . Mr . Sergeant Talfourd moved the second reading of the Copyright Bill , which was lost by a majority of 45 to 38 . Mr . Hawbb obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the laws relating to the medical profession . Lord Mospeth bronght in the Qualification and Registration of Voters in Ireland Bill , which was read & first time , and was ordered to be printed . The House then adjourned .
Monday , Feb . % th . A new writ was issued for the borough of Richmond , Yorkshire , in the r » om of A . Speira , Esq ., who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds . L » rd Stanley baring stated the circumstances which Jed to the arrest of Mr . M'Leod , in New York , on the charge of being a party engaged in the destruction of the Caroline steam-vessel , proceeded to ask the Noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs , whether , as a correspondence on the subject of the loss of the Caroline had taken place between the Government of the United States and that of Great Britain , as for back as 1 S 38 , he had auy objection to lay that correspondence on the taJ . m ; whether he bad received any despatches from Mr . Vux , containing the communications referred to by Mr . Fox in his letter to Mr . Forsytb , recently published ; and whether any , and if any , what steps had been taken to afford protection to Mr . M'Leod ; and if Ihere was any objection to Jay the correspondence upon this subject also on the table of the House ?
Lord Paluebston said that the Noble Lord had adverted with great discretion to a subject so delicate in its nature as to require being touched upon , if at all , with great reserve . It was not expedient to lay the correspondence on tbe subject on the table of the House under existing circumstances . Her Majesty ' s Government had received despatches from Mr . Fox within the last few days , enclosing the correspondence which had taken place between that gentleman and Mr . Forsyth , and as it had been already published iu America he had no objection to lay copies on tho table , it was important to state that , according to the information he had received , Mr . M'Leod was not one of the party engaged in the destruction of the Caroline . With respect to tbe ground taken by Mr . Forsyth in his letter to Air . Fox , he would say that the American Government had already treated the transaction aa a matter to be discussed between the two Governments . Under all the circumstances , however , he thought it desirable to avoid discussion on the subject .
Lord Stanley observed that the Noble Lord had not answered one question—namely , what steps had been taken for the liberation of Mr . M'Leod . Lord Paluerston replied that a somewhat similar case in principle occurred about eighteen months or two years "back , in reference to which instructions were sect to Mr . Fox , who had founded upon those instructions the steps he had already taken in the case of Mr . M'Leod . He would only ask the House to believe that such further instructions should be sent out as Government deemed necessary , but it was not prudent to state what those instructions might be . Mr . Hume asked if no reply had been returned to the American Government , which had , in 1838 , applied to ascertain if the enterprise was to be considered as undertaken by the sanction of the British Government ?
Lord PalhersT 05 said he was informed that instructions had been sent by tbe American Government to Mr . Stevenson , not to press for a reply . He added , that the American Government , having once admitted that it was a matter of international law , could not now change its ground . Sir R . Peel asked whether some British officers had not received wounds in the affair of the Caroline , and whether they had cot since received pensions as if those wounds had been received in the regular service of her Majesty . Lord Johs Russell said , one officer was wounded , but he could not say whether he had received a pension .
Mr . O'Co . vnell said the House ought to come to some determination , that as Mr . M'Leod was acting UBiiej a British officer , his life should be saved . They should come to a resolution that they were willing to assist the Government in any steps it might take to savs him . In rsply to a question from Sir R . PEEL , Lord Palmekston said that the differences between tho Court of Great Britain and that ot Persia had not been adjusted , nor had the relations between the two countries been renewed . Lord Stanley brought in the Registration of Voters ! Ireland ) Bill , which was read a first time , and ordered for second reading ou Wednesday , the 24 th iastoni . Lord John Russell moved the second reading of the Poor Law Amendment Bill .
Mr . D'Iskael , in moving that it be read ft second time that day six months , condemned the Bill as an outrage on tbe manners of the peaple of England , and no financial consideration should be suffered to weigh against such an evil . By the Poor Law Bill the constitution of England had been destroyed for sordid considerations , and they had the melancholy reflection that even those sordid considerations had not been realised . Mr . Wakley said that the object of the first part of this Bill w * s to continue for ten years tbe power ot the commissioners , and the second part was to give them power to do whatever they pleased . The object of the Poor Law , recognised by the Parliament o ( England , was that no distinction should be made in the treatment of the pour on the ground of merit , The Noble Lord ( Lord J . Russell ) said the object was that no parson should be allowed to starve . That was all that the Liberals , who supported tbe Noble Lord ,
would do . They would not allow the poor to starvewhip them twice a fortnight—torture them at pleasure —imprison them always—and clothe them , because poor , in a uniform which degrades them ; and this was what the Liberal side of tho House was willing to inflict upon the poor . He appealed from them to the great Conservative party in the House , to come forward and rescue the working men of England from the grasp of these political economists . He appealed to then ., because the aristocracy of England were the natural leaders of the people . He was aware that what he was saying would be displeasing to those who sought for the repeal of the Corn Lawi , in order to have bread cheap , though they well knew that wages were always relative . The Hon . Member proceeded to condemn the Poor Law Bill as a cold-blooded , mercenary act , ferocious and savage in principle , calculated to inflict misery and torture upon the deserving poor of tkis country , and to stimulate the muscle and bone of England to resist the dtcrees of Parliament .
Mr . G . K . MGHT feared that the Hon . Member for Finsbury wouid have no reason to congratulate himself on his appeal to the Conservative side of the House . For his own part , he viewed as senseless clamour ail the attacks made on the system of centralisation , and congratulated the Noble Lord on having introduced the Bill before the House . Mr . Buck -was of opinion that the Noble Lord -would never be able to procure respectable gentlemen to carry out such an obnoxi ' . us measure as this , unless lie materially altered its clauses in committee . The powers given by this Bill were unconstitutional , but he should reserve his further observations upon it until it went into committee .
Mr . Mu . ntz said his great objection to the Poor Law waa , that it made no distinction between the industrious man pud tbe idle , dissolute beggar . The poor-house , instead of being a place to relieve the poor , was turned into a bugbear to frighlen away the very parties who ought to be relieved . Mr . Liddell condemned the extension of the power of the Ooinniissioners for ten years , and said he should oppose the BilL Sir Robert Peel supported the second reading of the BilL There were two grounds of consideration upon which the question must be viewed . The first was whether they should adhere to or abandon this great experiment altogether ; the second , whether they should , or should not have , in the event of the
continuance of the law , a central Board for the direction of the Unions throughout the kingdom . For his own part , he had never supported the Poor Law Amendment Bill on the ground of diminution of expenditure , bat from the experience of evils which were eating into the vitals of the Constitution , and the remedy lor -troich , he thought , admitted of no delay . In considering this subject people wera too apt to forget what was the state of things before the passing of the Poor Law BilL The Right Hon . Gentleman then adverted to the evidencs taken before the committee of 1834 on the state of the poor , in order to shew the state of distress and demoralisation which prevailed amongst the labouring classes of society , and observed that
the Hon . Member for Finsbory might have addressed his inflammatory speech with equal effect in reference to those parties suffering under the old law , as he had that night addressed it in reference to those suffering under the altered system . He should be very Borry , after a short experiment of five years , to abandon a great measure like this , and -would , therefore , give Ms-rote for the second reading , reserving his right to judge of the policy of the clauses when in committee . He doubted the policy of continuing the power of the commissioners for ten years ; indeed , he thought there would be ft practical advantage in knowing that , at the end of five years , the subject must l > e again brought under the consideration of Parliament . The Right Hon . Baronet also objected to this clause autho-
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rising burying placet adjoining tbe workhouses , and reminded the , Howe that every outrage to the feelings of the poor gave an additional weapon to those who were disposed to attack the law itself . He wai also of opinion that the principle of extended unions was already carried too far . an evil which gave opportunities of abases that might not take place were the unions more limited , and consequently more immediately under the cognizance of the Poor Law Guardians . Mr . T . Duncombe described the bill as an aggravation of every grievance which the people complained of under the existing law . Mr . Fox Maulb supported the bill , and took neatly the same view of its objects and results as that taken by Sir B . Peel . Sir E . Knatchbull would vote for the second reading ; but in the expectation that many of the clauses would be modified in committee .
Lord Howick was gratified to find that after all that had been said in the press and at public dinners respecting the Poor Law Amendment BUI , yet not one single Member' of that House had ventured to recommend a return to the old system of administering relief to the poor . The Noble Lord defended the existing law , and contended that it was sound policy to extend the power of the Commissioners for ten yean , ner should he object to make it permanent Mr . Dabby conld not look upon the bill as any improvement whatever . It contained nothing in the shape of amelioration of the severities of the existing law . He thought if a labour test were applied instead of a workhouse test , they would find it a very great improvement , and much more satisfactory to the . peop le . , ¦ ¦¦¦• , . ¦ ¦ " Captain Pechell objected to the interference which this Bill occasioned with Gilbert ' s Unions , 200 of which it would destroy .
Mr . W . Atxwood opposed the second reading of the Bill , seeing that nothing in the shape of amelioration in the existing law was to be expected , but that it was to be carried out with all the harshness which characterised its provisions . The only alternative , therefore , left to him was to oppose the Bill altogether . After a few observations from Mr . Bice and Sir E . FtLMEE , Mr . Langdale gave notice that in Committee he should move a clause to prevent the paupers from being confined in the workhouse , so as te prevent them from attending their respective places of worship on Sundays . Mr . Fielden said he should not only oppose tbe Bill in its present stage , but would tote evoiy occasion to obstruct , and , if possible , defeat it in its various stages in passing through the House .
Lord J . Russell , in reply , said in reference to making hard labour a test instead of the workhouse , that it was a matter which could only be judged of by experience . That was not the time to discuss it , but he would say that , however desirable it might be , he believed experience was against the efficacy of a labour test . There was , he contended , a great fallacy in speaking of the present law pressing severely on the poor , for , on the contrary , it had effected a material change for the bettor in their condition since the abuses of the old law were done away with . With respect to the suggestion of the Right Hon . Bart . ^ Sir R . Peel ) , for limiting tho power of the Commissioners to aperiod of five years , he should be extremely sorry to see it adopted by the House , as while it could confer no practical benefit , it would tend to weaken the power and authority of the Commissioners . On a division , the second reading was carried by a majority of 201 to 54 .
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ROYAL ADDRESSES . Among the numberless ridiculous things that are occasioned by the state and pageantry of a Court , surely nothing can be more exquisitely babyish and nonsensical than the things called addresses . If anything happens in the ordinary way , now-a-days , to the Queen or any of her relations , forthwith We see hundreds of old gentlemen putting themselves intu masquerade , forcing themselves iuto red clothes stiff with gold lace , inducting their solid heads into cocked hats , and sticking switcby little steel-headed swords between their legs , for no other purpose , that we can see , than in order to throw them down whenever they attempt to
walk . This is getting a public nuisance , and ought to be put down by Bume new Police Act The Queen cannot go to bed and get up again , she can hardly sneeae , she cannot perform the ordinary functions of a married l&dy , but eut come these gold-lace-bediaened , red-coated , cocked-batted , small-sword-wearing , pompous gentry , and inarch all through the town in a gingerbread sort of grandeur , intrude themselves into her presence , and there read over to the poor young lady some execrable composition , which is qaite unintelligible for any other purpose , except to show the audacity of the addressers iu clipping the Queen ' s English even in the presence of the Queen .
For the last : week the neighbourhood of St . James ' s Palace has heejn quite impassable . The other day we were driving'in that neighbourhood , and we ran an imminent danger of life from our horse taking fright at the Lord Mayor . We could hardly blame the animal , for a Lord Mayor is at times a curious biped to be seen west of Temple-bar ; and from the questionable manner in which this Lord Mayor chose to exhibit himself , he was enough to frighten a much less sensitive animal than a spirited horse . Firot came a gang ot shivering footmen , trudging through the snow in their shoes and flesh-coloured silk stockings , with quivering calves , unprotected from an atmosphere of about twenty-six ; then came a great , lumbering , wooden , gilded , cartlooking machine , all gold and paint ,
like a wealthy dowager , and inside this was a mob of people that seemed as though they had just escaped from some two-and-sixpenny masquerade . Staring through the window , and sitting sideways in the coach , was a man in a horsehair wig , wh « appeared to us to be Bitting upon somebody else ' s knee , and behind him was a wan with a great square- leoking fur cap upon bis head ; then upon the usual seats which carriages generally contain , there were some human feeinga singularly disguised in quaint devices ; and , we suppose , because tbe great gilded monstrosity was already so full of civic humanity that it would bold nothing more , there was part of a long sword and the head of a great mace sticking out of one of the windows . 1 * * * ? *
All these people , we learn , were going to St . James ' s in this curious manner , in order to tell the Queen that they were very glad that she had got a little girl . This was the worthy purpose about which all this row and disturbance was ntade , and this was the cause which drew all the gilt faitoerals out of their several receptacles , and brought the worthy Mayor and Aldermea from bekind thoir counters , to strut like peacocks in the West end . * * * * * Curiosity has induced us to inquire what the men of Goshen , the inhabitants of the gilded go-cart , and the proprietors « f the uilken-calfed shiverers , did roally say . Of course we know that they would vaunt their loyalty very highly upon the very principle laid down by Chesterfield , that when a man tells a whopping lie , he generally accompanies it with all sorts of asseverations . The following sentences are exquisite in their way : —•
"Affectionately attached to your Majesty's sacred person , ( sacred ! what , has our good little Queen already obtained her apotheosis ? I and yielding to none of the subjects of your Majesty in devotion to your Majesty's illustrious house , we most unfeignedly rejoice in the recent interposition of Providence on behalf of your Majesty , and In the event which promises that the Crown shall twe truat at a very distant day ) devolve upon one lineally descended from your Majesty . " We fervently pray that your Majesty may long reign over b > Tree , a loyal , and a grateful people , and that the illustrious Princess , on whose birth it is our happiness to felicitate your Majesty , may be spared to be a blessing to yoar Majesty and your illustrious
Consort , and to exemplify the good enects of an education founded on the principles of the Protestant religion , ho happily established in this highly favoured country . " The " recent interposition of Providence ! " What cant and tlavery 1 What interference of Providence is there , we should like to know , in the natural event of a married woman giving birth to a child ten months after marriage ? Is this intended as a compliment to Prinse Albert ? It is but a sorry compliment , we are inclined to think . Why , Lord Mayor Johnson , there is just as much providence about this matter as there would be about your fooling fuddled after drinking a conple of bottles of Mansion-house port . But the Queen must have nauseated and despised you for a set of toad-eating reptiles , when you came to tell he * that
her harwga child waa oa account of the interference ot Providence ! " Interference /"—interference with what f Interference with the natural order of things , it was not ; interference with an unnatural order of things could not have been required . How , then , was it interference—what did Providence interfere with . Go to , ye men of flesh-pots , ye turtle-brained lumps of ambulating ignorance . Ye know not tie meaning ot language ; ye have none among you who can read and understand the English dictionary . How dare ye go in painted state to insult the Queen to her face , by telling her that having a child waa an unnatural event , which required the "interference of Providence !" What mean ye by going up In grand parade to . advertise your besotted ignorance to the world ? Go to , ye bigotted calves , ye canting ignorants ! Who was it
that drew up this beautiful production ! Was it the knight of the pig-skin , or was it the Lord Mayor ' s Chaplain ? Verily we believe that in writing , or speaking , or knowing anything ahout English , they ace about upon a par .. And then what do you mean by the Protestant religion being happily established ? Bo you mean that it isAappy for the Protestant religion that it is established here ?—for if you do , you are venting an impertinence upon the Protestant religion ; or do you mean to use happily" in its other sense , in which it is synonymous with haply , and thereby to remind the Queen that the Protestant religion established here wafl occasioned by the hap of Martin Luther falling in love with a nun , and Henry the Eighth falling in loveirith Anne Boleynt Was this what you m # ant ? Poor souls you don't know—how should you ' . —Satirist .
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THE COURT aito THE PEOPLE , 10 GK OK THIS PICTURE AN * OW THIS 11 TSEROTAXOHRISTEM- AN TJHFOHTBSATE CREAing . — [ From Ihe Obterver . ) twbe—Ann Findi , ft poor —Her Majesty , the Queen miserable creature , was of the Belgians , has pro- charged , at Bow-streetPosented a series of very beau- lice-offlcei by Mr . T . Wright , tiful robes , composed of cheese-dealer , with having Brtutels lace , of tho most obtained two pounds and recherche manufacture , for a half of bacon , and six the use of the infant Prin- eggs , under false pretences , cess . For nearly a oen- Mr . Wright stated that the tury It has been customary prisoner came to his shop to cause the baptismal cere- in Blaekmoer-etreet , Clare
mony to be performed Market , on Friday night , within a month of the and said her master , Mr . birth of the Royal infant , Lomas , landlord of the and the last Prince of Bell Tavern , in Welling-Wales ( afterwards George ton-street , Strand , had sent IV . ) bom August 12 th , h « r for them . Knowing 1762 , was baptised on 8 th she had been a servant of the following month ; so it bis , he lflt her bate the was , we believe , with all articles . The shopman saw the succeeding princes and her quitting tbe shop , and princesses . The ceremony observed that she took a was less imposing in gran- wrong direction from the dear than is likely to be bouse of Mr . Eomas ; he the csm in tbe present in- followed , and brought her stance , but it was probably back , when she confessed
attended with greater and that she had left the sermon unnecessary expence . vice of Mr . Lomas nine The Archbishop of Can- months ; but thai poverty terbury officiated in the and hunger had made her Great Council Chamber of commit the act ! She said , the Palace , the bedcham- if permitted to go away , ber of the Queen was she would pawn her shawl , thrown open , and the and pay the amount Mr " counterpane of Queen John Lotnaa , her late mas-Charlotte's state bed , on ter , stated that she bad the occasion of the chrls- lived with him as a cook tenlng of the late Duke of for three years ; her con-York , which was com- duct all that time was very posed of entire lace of ini- proper ; he bad never mitable workmanship , * vhich missed anything , and air
alone ctst £ 3 , 780 , was used ways entertained the highon the occasion . Several est opinion of her honesty . coallp mtmentoiot this in- The magistrate ordered ber teresting ceremony , cus- to be imprisoned for fourtomary &t such events to teen days , and desired the be presented by the Royal officer to give her a breakand distinguished spon- fast before she was token sors , are nearly completed away , by some of the principal Thb Law's Delay . — goldsmiths . The fashion- On Friday evening , an inable and court modisUttA quest was held before Mr . the west end of the town , Payne , in the Fleet Prison , are busily engaged in com- on the body of Thomas pleting the teteral rich Ll « yd , aged 56 , a prisoner costumes to be worn on the for the costs ( £ 328 ) of a
occasion . Chancery suit It appeared The Hoyal Christen- that In 1834 deceased had INS . —This interesting ce- filed a bill in Chancery , remony will positively with others , to recover take place on the loth in- £ 6 , 800 left them by will , stunt , being the anniver- and that , having changed sary of her Majesty's mar- his solicitor , the latter rlage . The original inten- attached and imprisoned tion of preparing the cha- him for costs to the amount pel royal of St . James's above-mentioned . He had for this event has now j £ 9 G 0 in the hands of the been abandoned solely , we Court , of which it received hear , on account of the the interest . Ha was severity of the weather , obliged to live on the It will , however , now county weekly allowance .
take place , we believe , in which was stated to be tbe private chapel of Buck- only 3 s . 6 d . A witness ingbam-palace . We are attributed deceased's prenow enabled to communi- mature demise to delay in cate that directions have the administration of jusbeen given by the Lord tlce by the Court of Chan-Steward to prepare the eery ( the suit having lasted royal picture gallery for a for more than six years , grand banquet for eighty and not being likely to be persons . This splendid beard for two years langer ) , gallery , in itself " a feast to great mental anxiety , of reason / ' when lighted and to want of proper and up , displays to great ad- mfficienl comforts necessary vantage the countless trea- for the support of human tures of art tchich enrich its life ! " bit . Cooper , the
walls , and the three beau- prison surgeon , said detiful groups of Canova ' s ceased was admitted in sculpture placed at the 1638 , and , in his opinion , entrance , contribute , in no died of disease of the liver small measure , to Us ge- and lungs . The Jury reneral effect . The picture turned a verdict— "That gallery has not been appro- deceased died of natural priatod for a banquet since causes , accelerated in some the time of the coronation : degree by imprisonment " on the present occasion the LamenTaule Desutudinner table will be eighty tion . —On Monday evenfeet in length , the dimen- ing , an inquest was held sions allotted by the table at tbe Half Moon and decker being invariably Seven Stars public-house , tv / o feet to each person . Stauhopc-street ,
Drury-Those who , like ourselves , lane , before Mr . Biggs , have seen the gorgeous Coroner for Westminster , display of gold plate at the on view of the body of court banquets , will have Thomas Vaughan , aged 72 . an adequate conception of It appeared , from the evitbe brilliant effect which dence of the various witwill be produced on Wed- nesses , that the deceased nosday , not only by the had only earned id . all list ornamental table , with its teeek , and one of tho witlong range of gold epergnes nesses had sent out for a and vases extending the pennyworth of bread , the entire length , and tbe ar- old man having had no tiflcial sideboard , so cop- food before during the whola structed as to display-with day . The landlord of the studied advantage the house stated that deceased
matchless plate and jewelltd had lodged with him some cups , but also by the aur- months , and owed him rounding tableaux and fourteen weeks'rent . What gems of art , in themselves faruiture there waa in the a mine of wealth ; but when room belonged to deceased , to these ore added her Ma- It consisted of a chair , jesty's presence , and that table , and bedstead ; but of the illustrious and dis- there was neither bed , tinguished princes , deco- sheets , or blankets , the rated with their various only covering being part of stars and orders , and last , an old r * y . It was evident not least , the collective that the deceased had been loveliness of the court , it in the habit of sleeping in must , according to our his clothes , the appearance fancy , bid fair to realise of which bespoke extreme one of the golden dreams poverty . When he died , of the Arabian Nights' En- he had not even a shirt on !
tertainment It is conjee- Deceased never comtured that ber Majesty ' s plained , and until his nearest relative will , at death no one knew that he this splendid banquet , was suffering from actual pledge to the health and want The Jury , after a happiness of the royal in- longinvestfgation . returned fant , to which appropriate a verdict of " Natural sentiment we may safely death , accelerated by want undertake to say a whole and the state of the weanation will loyally respond , ther . " Tbe embroidered velvet Three labouring men hangings were yorterday have been found near Dumremoved from tho altar of fries , -who were frozen to the chapel royal , Saint death during the late severe James ' s , together with the storm . The poor fellows chairs and cushions , and were discovered together , other articles , to Bucking- in a sitting position , by the ham-palace . —Court Journ . road side .
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THE COURT OF CHANCERY .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . SIR , —As the subject of Reform of the abuses of th « Court of Chancery now occupies a great deal of tbe attention and consideration of the people , I , as om « the operatives employed in one of the public office 3 « the Court , the Six Clerks office , beg to lay the following ' glaring state of facts before your readers . Tbe Clerk in Court , with whom almost all the proceedinp in a cause are Bled , by his business generally clem about £ 10 , 000 a year . He does his business by gifis to a deputy , or agent , the writing , for which the CleA in Court get * ten-pence for every folio of ninety writ , at three half-pence a folio , by which , and other emoluments , be cle » ra between £ 800 or £ 1 , 000 per year ; W gives it to his deputies at three farthings per folio , w » who generally are persons of no character , and wbo * profits- average between £ 4 and £ 5 per week . H « does not do it himself , but gives it to the copj ' ul »
one half-penny per folio . Thus you see that the operative ; who , in fact , does the work , receives on out halfpenny , where his master and bis deputies , woo do nothing , receive ten-pence , and , even in this case , » most infamous peculation is indulged in by the depoy under the agent , to illustrate which , I cannot do bett « than state the following case :- ~ A deputy under w agent , and , at such , entitled to giva the writi ng to » copyist , has been lately , as be has frequently p ** before , away a week without leave , and during"Men time he contracted expenses which he has , and alw « J » does , make tbe poor copyist pay for in the follows manner . He has a father and two brothers ,. «* depend for their living under him , and who ore of «" most respectable characters ; he gives them the wriu for which he receives one shilling and sixpence P » quire , of twenty-four folios > that is three farthtaPj folio , at one-shilling and three-pence per quit * . *? very little batter than one hnlf-nennv oer toUo , »»»
who , if they had full employment , taking «»• ^ with another , seldom earn more than eighteen ahi' *^ per week . But he , to pay bis expenees of being » w and support him in his debauchery , without l » w £ j gives it to an individual wfao does the work , * " *" his brothers , and any other Writer in the office , P& any character , cannot do under one shilling , and two - pence per quire , for tanpenca per quire . TtuV 1 ""? having no character , gives it to othe » , sttornfl clerks , n&t fully employed , and who rtteive a •«»• and who do it in the time which should be devotai w their masters , * twsiiiess , for eigbtpencs- per quire , « " £ injuring the fair and honest writer . Xbo above cw »" & true statement of the iniquitous system P" *??* without exoeptiou throughout thft office , and f <« * ° * 5 I am ready to vouch . If the abeve true * t » ei *^ should meet with insertion , yoa will oblige a M **^ Ka & *' London , F ^ b , ? , mi .
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The largest merchant-vessel in the French oervice has just been launched at Bordeaux . She is named the Louis XIV ., and intended to sail between Marseilles aad the United States . She is built bo aa to carry a cargo of 2 , 600 bales of cotton .
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SCRIPTURAL CHARTISM . No . IV . 10 TH CHAP . OP LUKE , 30 TH VERSE . " A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho , "—most probably a working man returning home with his earnings . His wife and children would anxiously expect him , for it was the week ' s end , and on him they depended for support and comfort . But behold ! he falls among thieves—say among Tories or Whigs—there is little difference between them , save that the former plunder openly , and the latter hypocritically . The word Tory nveana a tbiuf—bog-trotters in Ireland were called Tories , and answered to the moss-troopers in Scotland . Irish mothers keep their children quiet by telllug them that the Tories will
come and get them . Whig means something sour , and ¦ was applied in Scotland to Puritans , or hypocrites . Cream is Whiggod when it is spoiled . The factions that govern this nation partake of both these characters , and the people aro Radicals , because they would root them out—Chartists , because the only means of doing this Is by the Charter . Our Tory-Whigs , or Whig-Tories plunder the public—they rob us of our rightsthey take care , however , to do this injustice under the form of law—they shield themselves from justice by law—they rob according to law , having made laws for that purpose—they do not rob with a pistol , bob with an Act of Parliament—the law is at once a weapon for them , a shield , and a mask—they commit greater
robberies with Impunity than those that they have hanged men for having committed . Vlor are they content with robbing—tkey murder likewise . Like the thieves in the parable , they strip a man , and wound him , and leave him for dead . They take his clothes , as well as money and food—they take everything he has , even t * his life . Probably they would leave him his life , if he would let them take all the rest quietly ; but he cries out .- " Help , thiuves 1 murder ! " and they kill him , to stop his tongue . All tbi * is done by means of taxes , and cesses , and the policemen , -whom they hire therewith . Suppose a friend were to come forward to the rescue , the robbers would fall foul upon himj for they are determined to ^ rob , and to enjoy their boot * unmolested .
The working man in tho parable was left Daked and half dead ; he could not help himself , and there was nose to help |( ui . In vain does his wife expect him ; the usual time Is past , and yet he comes not She looks again and again , but she cannot see him coming i sho grows very anxious—she fears something muse have happened to him—that he has met with au accident , and instead of bringing support to her , needs her support . She is distressed at the thought of it , and does not know what to do ; bad she known into -what cruel hands ha had fallen , bow she would have flown to hia
succour . But be is left alone , the murderous thieves have gone ; he cannot 6 tlr from the ( spot j there is no one in sight , he cannot speak j he groans and oasts his
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eres along the road to see if any one is coming . ., last be sees » priest , oh , joyful sightf his hopesimiZ * he will now receive both spiritual and bodily coinW but no , the holy man , after seeing him , passes sy ^ the other side . This was a priest , one calling bisuS a minister of God ; probably his mind was . occupledsjT walked along , with the pleasing thoughts of tithe »« other offerings , am 4 he would not disturb bis devout m ** * tatlons by considering the forlorn state of a wretch *^ could not give him anything , but needed somettw from him ; yet he otuld not have helped considering it , if he saw it clearly , and , therefore , he woajd ^ ii see it He avoided those claims upon his companj ? which the cries of the sufferer , concurring -with bJsn ! conscience , would have enforced . It is not nnUte that the wonnded man . had naid towards th « « m »_ rf ,
of this same priest , and yet , now , in his hour of at ? how cruelty b « Is neglected by him . Such a disapp ^* ment would aggravate his distress . It waslika tS which sometimes ( but for the honour of human na ^ not often is experienced by mariners when in disbZ at sea—their ship waterlogged , and floating on £ broadside—no . provisions to be bad , no shelter prospect but of death by cold , or hunger , or fron t ? insatiate wave . At length they ase sail— they jS the sight with joy , for they anticipate a speedy T liTwance—it comes nearer and nearer—they make *] m signal they are able , but the ship passes by , witfacM taking any notice of their distress , and is soon onTJ sight Instead of being relieved , they are sunk itj > deeper despair—the indifference of their fellow-creaW seems more cruel , tnan the rigour of fate—they Into ! exclaim— ^^
" Oh , ye are more Inhuman , more inexorable , Oh , ten times more , thau storms and raging seas r And certainly the heart of the priest who passed b ytl the wounded man , was more callous than the heartttf the robbers who bad wounded him . If not one of tho * robbers , he sanctioned their conduct , though be «* bound , by his holy office , to denounce it , andhelnft , victim of it ¦ But the priest that passed by the poor sufferer la tfe parable was but one—he might be an exception to tl * rest—a solitary disgrace to his order—not anoth « Hm would have acted differently . Not se . '—one «<* m think it was to show tbat all state-priests are afib that Jesus Christ , who was , certainly , not apriatg the established religion , said , another priest oanu li * chance that way , a levite , who , when he saw the m »
lying on the ground , came up to him , examined hu fa plorable condition , and yet , after all , passed by on y » other side . This priest was worse than the 0 tb . ej . 4 j saw the man ' s bleeding wounds , he heard hisgroani , ^ particularly observed hia pitiable condition , and yet he left him to perish miserably . Probably as h « » nH along he would say to himself—poor wretch , be seeau In a dying state—I doubt he will die , he cannot lit ) long , it is or no use me doing anything for him . i shall only , be put to trouble and expenca to no purpoa I will leave him alone . I will let him take bis chanci some one else may find him and help him—I trusts
God they may . With this piece of pious bypocruy , J * would save his priertiy conscience . Had the wounjed man not been a mere working man , had he borno Ua appearance of being a rich man , how zealously tb invite would have assisted htm ; be would hava ^ all he could for him , In the hope of being rewarded ( ot It r but , as he am * he was but a poor man , he left hia to perish , and he would have perished , had it not beea for the compassion of a working man like himaelf , tint , as providence ordered it , came next that way , for most of the charities that are done in this world are not don by the rich , but by the poor , who alone have a fellsv . feeling for the poor .
Tha conduct of those two priests resembles that of state priests in all ages , tbat of the paid priests of U » present day , the majority of whom think they hsn gona through the prescribed forms of religion ; at least this is all the duty we see them do . They know vfcg the people are suffering , they know who make Urn suffer , and they are bound by their religion , as nnfl as humanity , to assist the people and denounce their oppressors , but do they ? No ; theyjoin tbe oppressors , they preach in their favour , they mock the hopes and injsli tbe expectations of the people—they would exaspens ) the people into rebellion that they might afford apt * text for their tyrants more effectually to crush them tad
grind them to earth . The priests of the Churcbof England are almost all Whigs and Tories—tell md an honest Radical among them . Nor they alone ; feu the dissenting ministers . The Methodists passed u edict that a > l Chartists were to be turned out of the connexion . Tbat was worse conduct than the Lenta were guilty cf—it was as if those Levites had stopped near the wounded man , and , when they saw his friend coming to his succour , bad gone to him and prevented him , . had punished him , for his humane purpose Why do they , working men , sit under Buchpriesti ! Will they wait till they are discharged for befriendiflj one another ? But to return .
After the priests hod passed by and left the poor mm to his fate , a certain Samaritan , as he journeyed , came where he was , and when be saw him , he had compu-8 ion on him . Now this good Samaritan would hare been , scorned by tbe priests—the priests would not ojtb deigned to notice him , for the Jews thought the Simritans beneath them and would have no dealingtwilh them . Yet , how superior was his conduct to thein ! He did not leave the poor man to perish , bntherai to him and bound up his wounds , pouring in oil and wine—oil into his stiff Wounds and wine into hit parched " throat—and because he could neither walk nor stand , he lifted him up and placed him upon his bait
and supported him to an Inn ; and took eare of him there . * And on the morrow , as he was obliged to leave him and go on his own journey , he took onfc twopence , which , 5 n those days , would buy a great deal more than it will now , for provisions were mach cheaper then—he took out twopence , probably sll the money be had with him , and gave it to the landlord , telling him to take care of the poor man—to get him all tliat he needed—to spare no expense ; and , when he came- next that way , he would pay him . The poo man owed his preservation , not to the priests , who came first , but to tbe fellow-working man , that came last
Let the working men of this day not trust to lawjoi and priests , but to themselves and each other . Lawjan make a profit of their ruin , therefore they are ti < & likely to ruin than to redress them : they lay grievou burthens on them , and will not touch them with ens of their fingera . Priests , too , have their own proflte to think of—profits which they make out of the people , and , therefore , no good is to be expected from them . Let the people assist each other , and they need not care for lawyers and priests ; they will get their own again in spite of both . The Samaritan was well offhe might have spared himself all the trouble the
wounded man gave him—he might have gene on Hi way rejoicing , and spent the time and money which be bestowed on the cure of the sufferer on his own pleasures and pursuits ; but he was not so selfish . Be could not enjoy while he saw the other suffar : beass » - ciated with , him as the working men that are well off should with those that are ill off , for it raaj be ( heir ttnrn next , and we should do unto others as we wwld be done by . Let them associate , and say to the anpitying and plundering priests , " Give an account of jont stewardship , for you may be no longer stewards . " J . W .
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