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THE AKCIBNT TOMBS . They rise on Isle and ocean shore . They stand by lake and-atresm , And blend with many a ahephard " B tale , And many a poet ' s dream ; When darkly lotos the northern pine , ¦ Where bright the myrtle blooms , And on the desert ' s trackless sands , Arise the ancient tombs . The hands thai raised them , long ago , In death and dost have slept , * And lengths grave h » th sealed the founts Of ayes that o ' er them "Wept ; But smi they stand , like sea-marks left Amid the passing wares Of generations , that go down To their forgotten graves , 3 ? oi many an early nation ' s steps
VHaTe passed from hill and plain ; Their homes are gone , their deeds forgot , Sat still tkeir tombs remain—To teQ , when time hath left no trace Of tower sad storied page , Our ancient earth how glorious iras Her early keritage . They tell cs of tbi lost and moorsed , When earth was new to tears ; The bard that left his tuneful lyre , The chief that left his spears ;
Ah ! "were their lights of lore and fame Os those dark altars shed , To keep undimmed , through time and change , She memory of the dead ? If so / alas for love's bright tears ! And for ambition's dreams ! Pot earth hath kept their monuments , But lost the sleepers' names ; They lire no mere in store ' s scroll , Or song ' s inspiring br * ath ; For altars raised to hnman fame
Hare turned to shrines of death . Bat &osa y » oz silence , glorious graTes , What mystic Toices rise , That thn * > throcgh passing ages speak , Their lessons to the vise ! Behold , bow still the "world rewards Hex brightest , ai of yore ; For then she garre a nameless grave—And now she gins no more . Frances Brown Feb ; 28 , l&i 4 .
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CREEP AFOBE TB GANG . Creep aw& % my bande , creep afore ye gang , Cock ye baith yomr hxgs to yonr anld grannie's sang : Gin ye gang as far . yell think the road lang ; Creep awa . ' , bairnie—creep afore ye gang . Creep aim * , my fesirale , you ' re bwej young to learn To trot xrp and down yet , my boiafie lree baim ; Setter creepin * cannie than fa ^ n ' wi' a bang , Dnntin' » * yonr wee broo;—creep afore ye gang , Te win creep and botch , asd ye'Jl nod to your Blither , "Waiehin" ilka a step o yonr wee dousy brilher j Hest ye on the floor , tin jaax wee lims grow Btrang ; Te -will be * braw chield yet—creep afore ye gang . The wee birdie fa * s when it tries ower boos to flee , 7 olk 8 are sore to tumble when they climb ower hie , They wha canna walk aright are sore to ewme wrong ; Czeep awa * my bairnie—creep afore ye gang .
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THE ILLUMINATED MAGAZINE . —April . ^ Whereall is excellent it is not easy to , select any particular portion of the contents of this Magazine for special notice or commendation . Bat not having before given our readers a taste of the good things so profusely proTided by the Hermit of Bellyfulle , we h » Te determined to take our specimen extract from the * Chronicles of Clovei-nook . " The following affords a fair specimen of Douglas Jen-old ' s ( we never call him Mr ., it spoils his otherwise noble sounding name ) peculiar Tein . Let our readers note well the moral conveyed , and be their lot ever bo humble , be their Bufferings eTer so acute , so long as their hearts are sound , so Ions as they haTe sympathy for fellow-suffering , and lore for human kind , so long as their souls are their own , —so long as despite
*• The oppressor ' s wrong , the proud man ' s contumely They " Dare be men for a that V Let them weary not , faint noi , bnt proudly perse rere , their " Day of triumph will arrire at last " THI TRAGZDT Or THI TILL . There was a man called Isaac Pcgwsah , a dweller in a miserable sloagh of London ; a tqnalid denizen of one ef the foul nooks of that city of Flutus . He kept a hop ; which , though small as a cabin , was -visited as granary and store-house by half the neighbourhood . AH the erestnre-eomf orts of the poor—from bread to that questionable superfluity , small-beer—were sold by Isaac . Btrssge it was , that with such a trade ,
Pog-Trasb grew not rich . He had many bad debts ; and of all shop-keeper * , was most unfortunate in false coin . Certain it is , he had neither eye bot ear / or bad money . Counterfeit semblances of Majesty beguiled him out of bread , and butter , and cheese , and red herring , just as readily as legitimate royalty struck at the Mint . Malice might impute something of this to the . political principles of Pagwash , who , as he had aTowed himself again and again was no lover of a monarchy . Nevertheless , I cannot Sunk Pugwask- had so little regard ior the countenance of majesty , as to . welcome it &s readily when silvered copper as when staling silver . 2 fo , a wild , foolish enthusiast was Pngwasb , but in the household matter of good and bad money he had tery
wholesome prejudices . He had a reasonable wish to grow rich , yet was entirely ignersnt of the by-ways asd ihort-cnta t » wealth . He would hare sauntered through life with his hands in his pockets , and a daisy in his mouth ; and dying with just enough in the house t » * psy the undertaker , would haTe thought himself a fortunate fellow ; he was , in the words of ULn . Pugwssb , such a careless , foolish , dreaming creature . He was cheated erery hour by a customer of seme kind ; and y » t to deny credit to any body , he would as soon haTe denied the wife of bis bosvoi . His easterners knew the weakness , and MLsd not to exercise it To be bum , coir and then , fresh from conjugal counsel , he would refuse to and a single herring to a debtor ' s score ; no , he would sot be sent to the woikbouse by any b * dy . A quarter of an hour after , the denied herring , with an added small loaf , was given to the Tittle girl , sent to the shop by the rejected mother— 'he couldn't bear to seepoor children wanting anything . ' j " Pofwaah had another unprofitable weakness . He ! was fond of what be called nature , though in his dim , j dose shop , he could give her but a stifling weJcomB . j Nevertheless , he had the earliest primroses on his counter — they threw / be said , bucb a nice light about the 1 place . * A sly , knavish customer presented Isaac with ! a pot of polyanthuses , and , won by the flowery gift , ! Fugwash gave the donor ruinous credit ; the man with i wall-flowers regularly atopt at Isaac ' s shop , and rW ¦ only silence , Pugwash would tell his wife be bad made the place a Paradise . If we can't go to nature ,: Sally , isnt ita pleasant thing to be able to bring nafere to us ?* Whereupon Mrs . Pagwash would declare that a man with at least three children to pro-vide for Jtad no seed to talk of nature . Nevertheless , the ¦ fipyfT -- """^ T" *" *»> ~ fti » Wf ^ k ^ T CflH ¦
. It is a common thing , an old familiar cry , " said the Hermit— " to see the poor man ' s florist , to hear bis ltud-roiced inTitation to take his nosegays , his penny-Toots ; and yet is it a call , a oosjaratiOD of the heart of man orer-labonred and desponding—rwalled in by tbe gloom of a town— divorced from the lelda and thtii sweet healthful irflnenoes—almost shut out from the sky that reeks in Tspoar orer him;—it is a call that tells him there are things of the earth beside food sad covering to live for ; and that God is his gnat bounty TtatK made them for all men .
"Tans considered , the Ipnff-lunfed citybawler of roots and lowers becomes a high ^ benevolence , a peripatetio priest of nature . Adown dark Isdcs and miry alleys he lakes sweet remembraooM—touching records of the loveliness ; of earth , that with their bright looks « nd balmy odours cheer and " uplift the dumpish heart of man ; that make his sonl stir within him , and acknowledge the beautiful . ; The penny , the ill-spared penny—for it would buy a wheaten roll—that the poor hcusevife pays for root « f primroee , is her offering to the hopeful loTeliness of Bature ; is her testiaomy of the bouI struggling with the blighting , crushing dream * stance of sordid earth , and sometimes yearning towards earth ' s sweetest aspects . Amdrt-tne violence , the « oarseDeas , and ths suffering that may surround and < k&e ih * TroU&ed , ttiBre mar t fee xnomtntB when 4 h *
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Jieart escapes , craving for the innocent and lovely ; when the soul raakss for itself even of a flower a comfort and a refuge . * * * * ? With no more sense than a bcxurd , as Mra . Pugwash said , for a good shilling , be was the Tictim of those laborious folks who made their money with a fine independence of the state , rat of their own materials . It seemed the common compact of a host of coiners to put off their base-bom offspring upon Isaac Pugwash ; . who , it must be confesses , bore the loss and theiudignity like a Christian martyr . At lsat however tbe j spirit of the man was stung . A guinea , as Pngw » sh
bettered ef statute gold , was found to be of little less Talue than a brass button . Mrs . Pugwash clsm « nred aid screamed as though a besieging foe was in liet house ; and Pugwash himself felt that further patience would be pusillanimity . Whereupon , air , what think ye Isaac did ? Why he suffered himself to be dri-ren by the voice and vehemence of his wife to a conjure * , who in a neighbouring attic was a sideral go-between to the neighbourhood—a Tender of intelligence from tbe stars to all who sought and duly fee'd him . This magician would declare to Pugwash the whereabout of the felon coiner , and—the thought was an anodyne to the hurt mind of Isaac ' s wife—the knave would be
lawthrottled . Poor Pugwash seeks-the conjurer who professes to believe that Ms visitor's soul is in a very bad state for money-making . To ascertain if this be the case he bids mm to exhibit the interior of his breteheo ' pooktts . ' Turnout yonr breeches pockets / said Lotus—and the tractable Pugwssh immediately displayed the linings . ' Humph !* cried Lotus , looking aaiTowly at tbe brown Holland whereof they were made—• very bad indeed ; very bad ; never knew a soul in a worse state in all my life . ' . "Pogwash looked at hia pockets , and then at the conjuror ; he was about to speak , bnt the fixed , earnest leok of Father Lotos held him in respectful
"' Tes , yes , ' said the wizud , still eyeing the brown Holland , I can see it all ; a vagabond soul ; a soul wandering here and there , like a pauper without a settlement ; a ragamuf&B sou ) . * " Pugwash found confidence and breath . 'V . a « there ever such a joke ? ' he cried : ' know a man ' s soul by the linings of his breeches pockets ! " aud Pagwash laughed , albeit uncomfortably . " ' Peace , ' said the wizard , ' and answer me . You'd have this soul of y out ' s cured ?' " 'If there ' s anything tbe matter with it , ' answered Pugwash . * Though not of any conceit I speak it , yet I think it as sweet and as healthy a soul as the souls of my neighbours . I never did wrong to anybody . ' " Pooh ! ' cried Father Lotus .
" I sever denied credit to the hungry , ' continued < Pugwash . - : " Fiddle-de-dee J' said the wisird , very Derrtmsly . ^ " 1 never laid out a penny in law upon a customer ; : I never refused small-beer to ¦ ¦ \ " Silence 1 ' cried Father Lotus ; don't offend phi- ; losophy by thus boasting cf your weaknesses . Ton i are in a perilous condition ; still you may be saved . ' j " * 2 ? ow , ' said Lotus , ' answer a few questions , and : then I'll proceed to the cure . What to you think of money T 'A very nice thin * , ' said Pagwash , ' though I can do witb as little of it as most folks . ' " Father Lotus shook bis bead . * Well , and the world about von ?'
" A beautiful world , ' said Pugwash ; ' only the worst of it is , I can't leave the shop as often a * I would to enjoy it . I'm shut in all day long , 1 may say , a prisoner to srickdust , herrings , and bacon . Sometimes , when the sun shines , and the cobbler ' s lark over the way sings as if he'd split his pip * , why then , do you know , I do so long to get into tbe fields ; I do hunger for a bit of grass like any cow . ' " The wizard looked almost hopelessly on Pagwash . 'And that ' s your religion and business ? Infidel of the counter ! Saracen of the till ! Howeverpatience , * said Lotus , ' and let us conclude . —And the men and women of the world , what do you think of them ?" " ¦ God bless em , poor souls ! " ssJd PngWash . It ' s a sad scramble some of 'em have , isnt it ?'
" ' Well , ' said tbe conjuror , * for a tradesman , your soul is in & wretched condition . However it is not so hopelessly bad that I may not yet make it profitable to you . I must cure it of its "vagabond desires , and above all make it respectful of money . You will take this book . ' Here Lotus took a little volume from a cupbeard , and placed it in the hands of Pugwash . ' Lay it under your pillow every night for ft week , and on the eighth morning let me see yon * Pugwash takes the book and returns at tbe time appointed . To his surprise he is told that the conjuror lias possession of his souL He laughs at this and jestingly asks the conjurer what colour his Bonl is 1 11 'Green—green as a grasshopper , when it first came into my hands , * said the wizard ; ' but 'tis changing dally . Here ; it was a skipping , chiping , giddy soul : ' tis every hour mending . In a week ' s time I tell you , it will be fit fer the business of tbe world .
" After further talk Pugwash departed—the conjurer promising to bring back his soul at midnight , that night week . It seemed strange to Pngwaeb , as the time passed on , that he never seemed to miss bis soul ; that , in very truth he went through the labours of the day with even better gravity than when his aoul possessed him . And more ; he began to feel himself more at home is his shop : the cobbler ' s lark over tbe way continued to sing , but awoke in Isaac's heart no thought of the lelds : and then for flowers and plants , why Isaac began to think such matters fitter the thoughts of children and foolish girls , than the attention of grown men , witn the world before them . Even Mr * . Pugwash saw an alteration in her husband ; and though to him sbe said nothing , she returned thanks to her own sagacity that made hhn seek tbe corjoror .
"At length the sight arrived when Loins bad promised to bring home tbe soul cfPngwash . He sent bis wife to bed , and sat with his eyes upon the Dutch clock , anxiously awaiting the conjuror . Twelve o ' clock struck , and at the same moment Father Lotus smote the doorpost of Isaac Pagwash . ThB conjurer deposits the soul of Pagwash in the till , and takes his departure . " For some minutes Pugwash felt himself afraid to Btir . For the first time in Ms life he felt himself ill at ease—left as he was with no other company save his ownsouL He at length took heart and went behind tbe counter that he might see If his soul was really in the till . With trembling hand he drew the coffer , and there , to his amazement , tmuatted like a tailor upon a
crown-piece , did Pagwash behold his own soul , which cried out to Hm in notes no louder than a cricket's — 'How are you ? I am comfortable . It was a strange yet pleasing sight to Pagwash to behold what he felt to be his own soul embodied in a figure no bigger than tbe top joint of his thumb . There it was , a stark naked thing with tbe precise features of Pngwasb ; albeit the complexion was of a yellower hue . * The conjurer said it was green , ' cried Pogwash ; as I live , if that be my soul—and I begin te ttel a strange , odd love for it—it is as yellow as a guinea . Ha ! ha ! Pretty , precious , darling soul * ' cried Pugwash , as the creature took up every piece of coin in the till , and rang it with such a look of rascally cunning , that sure I am Pagwash would in past times have hated the creature for the trick . Bnt every day Pngwasb became fonder and fonder of tbe creature in the till ; it
was to him such a counseller , and sueh a blessing Whenever the old fLwtr-man came to the door , the soul of Pngwash hem the till would bid him puck with his rubbish ; if a poor woman—an old customer it might be—begged for the credit of a loaf , the Spirit of tbe Till , calling through tbe slit in the counter , would command Pngwash to deny her . More ; Pagwash sever again took a bad shilling . If o sooner did be throw the pocket-piece upon -the counter , than the -voice frem the till would denonnee its worthltsBness . And tbe soul of Pugwssb never quitted the U 1 L There it lived , feediBg upon tbe colour of the money , and capering , and rubbing its small scoundrel hands in glee as the coin dropt—dropt in . Is time , the soul of Pugwash grew too big for so small & habitation , and then Pngwash moved his soul into an iron box ; and some time after , he sent bis soul to his banker ' s—the thing had waxed bo bis and strong on gold and silver .
" And so , " ¦*• observed , " the man flourished , and the conjuror tcok no wages for all he did to the soul of Pugwash I " " Hear the end said the Hermit . " For some time , it was s growing pleasure to Pugwash to look at his soul , busy as it always was with the world-buying metals . At length he grew old—very old ; and every day his soul grew uglier . Then be hated to look upon it ; and then his soul would come to hhn ,-and grin ita deformity at him . Pngwasb died , almost rich as an Indian king—bnt he died , shrieking in his madness , to be saved from the terrors of his own souL " "And such the end , " wo said ; such tbe Tragedy of the Till . A strange romance . " " Romance , " said tbe Sage of Bellyfulle ; " Si ? , tis a story true t * life . For at this very moment how many thousands , blind and deaf to the sweet looks and voice of nature , live and die with their Souls in a Till ?"
The remaining principal contents of the present number are , " The Orphan Milliners , " by Camilla Toulmin ; a beautiful and interesting tale . "The Iievy Papers , * ' a startling expose of the atrocities of gcoandrel attorneys and Jew bailifis . We rise from the perusal of these papers with our cosmopolitan feelings of respect for all mankind Badly Bhaken . and detect something like an itching of the palm to he active in ' executing summary justice upon a few score of those vagabonds , a 1 * iantemef . The " Leiy Papers" strongly incline ns to the . faith as it was -in
Cobbett , that the ** chosen race" are pests , to wnom toleration is hardly < rnc " The Belles of England present us with sketches of Queen Elizabeth , and the Dntchess of Marlborongh . What claim the royal tigress has to this distinction , either on the 6 eore of beauty , wit , or fashion , we ire at -a-loss to imagine . "Sketches of Parisian life " , introduces us to the Dandy ; , the jast and honourable sentiments contained in the latter portion of this article is highly creditable to the anthoreffi—Mrs . PostsBS . ** The PoorGirl and the Angels" is an old pnperetition worked up . in the
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form of a legend . We agree with the author , that , " The only thing that makes us sad in this simple and beautiful legend is , that the age of such like miracles should have passed away . " There _ are several other pieces , including a smart hit entitled 41 A night with the Industrious Fleas . " Altogether the literary contents of the present Number are excellent , and worth ; . of the high character long since achieved by its whole-hearted , high-minded editor .
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Why ? Twos all proved , not a fact was dehfed , he nod- ' - ' absented himself ttoia his said master ' s said « ervice at the parish aforesaid , in . tbe county aforesaid , " and Mr . Marshall had shown the very identical clause in the very Identfcal act , pure as pitch and sweet as corruption . Why didn't . he go to . gaol , the Yillain ? ? > ¦ ' * Rwanda young putter" ! what has that to do wiln it ? ¦ Why didn't he go . Why ? There's a law above tne lAW ; ana Bzxils tremble at it—writhing in it . J » if they were in brimstone ted hot / What saved mm I What deprived tho viewers of their chuckle , and kept the fetters from Teasdale ' a arm 1 . v ^ T " ^ - ' ' 01 ho * the hand glories In the work , that sntvers with passion while writing it )—this ! !—The fbab op Exposi / be—the QtrjEENS Bench ; DuNC 0 M 3 K—aad the House of Commons ! Netbing else . But for these , teasdale ' s wife would have been dead : —and in gaol—on the mill—Teasdale would have heard of her burial .
Now quitting our tale , we return , to pur argnment The colliers say they don't like this iort of bond ; they think that so long as their servitude continues they ought to be guaranteed sufficient for subsistence The-owners require the service without being bound to , find any work at all . Which of the two la in the right ? ' , Taer tis another difference between the two bonds . The men require that their wages be calculated by " weight" alone : the owners wish i (; to be left to their option , to pay . either by wtighl or measure . The propriety and justice of the weigbtsystem will be explained in a separate article in a future number : wepaas it by therefore for the present .
The men alse require that the weight be ascertained by a Beak and Scales , and Weights to be'inspected and stamped by the Distrlot Inspector : Tfie owners prefer a "machine "—they do not tfcquire- ^{ not theyrwby should they?;—the assistance of the "District Inspector . " They consider & * ' machine" a more scientific thing—illustrating the lever principle—4 he viewer can tell when it goes wrong—and "the man at Newcastle that made it" can set it right again . The reason why the men request tbe " Beam , Sesles , and Weights , " in also their jastiflcatlon for doing so . Every engmeer admits—though it requires a rather dever cross examination to iquetze the fact out of him —that they ; ar ^ more true—less likely to get out of order—more ,. easily pat right again—and are more sadsfdctorp than any others . Tea dealers and cheesemongers use them ; and they tell to a nicety whether a sovereign is light or not . Why do the owners refuse this ?
The next point of difference is the calculation of a •' day ' s work . " The owners say " eight nburs . " Tbe men agree to this , bat they also add , as a fair criterion of their having worked well , tbe " having earned 3 s . " Why do they do this ? Several eases have occurred before the magistrates , in which the principal question was— "How much can a man earn by a fair day ' s work . " It has , for Instance , been agreed In tbe old bond , that the men should be found work enough to produce to each man twenty-six shillings a fortnight . Well : -perhaps five days' work iu each fortnight has been provided , aud the men earn about 14 s . ; they summons for the odd 12 s . ; and the question is brought before the magistrates tot their decision .
Pa the trial—after proof by the men of tbe days when the pit : was in work and the amount earned—tbe case of the owners is opened : in support of that case tbe viewers swear—and this happens in every instance without exception—that if they ' bad been so minded " the men might have earned £ he 28 a . in the five daya—5 b . 2 Jd . per day—and he produces a paper , which another viewer has copied out for him , to prove the troth of what he swears to—showing bow some men earned more than that several years ago ; and then tbe magistrates , decide that " if the men bad earned 6 a . 3 d . a day It would have amounted to 3 d . more than they were entitled to "—and the case is dismissed : —the men pay the costs— 'and . master and magistrate dine together—the viewer having a jug of ale " all to bis own self " In the kitchen .
It seems that the men don't like this—they call It ( idle dogs J « cheating "— and they have little love ( the villains J tot the law of Durham and Castle Eden . They have therefore determined—and . their determination on this point Is unyielding—that , "what is a fair day ' s work" shall be settled before they enter into a fresh agreement Are they not right in thus removing an Irritating source of constant litigation from a tribunal for which they have not the slightest respect ? ' In tbe bond prepared for the men , there is also introduced a proviso that they shall not be "fined ;* Tot attending publio meetings , provided they give previous notice of their intention to the owners . By the masters' bond , the men are liable to a fine of two shillings and sixpence for such absence , and some " very pretty pickings" have been obtained under this system . Absence from Idleness the men are willing to pay for , but not for an exercise of their constitutional rights .
Now tbe men conceive that what they ask for , liberty to attend the very few meetings which occur , is just snd reasonable . It is not requisite , however , to waste many words upon this matter . The men are determined to have tbe privilege referred to , and they will sot be easily defeated . Tbere are Beveral other most important differences between tbe bonds of the respective parties—the owners and the men . We shall however postpone considering them for tbe present ; for this article , at least the prlnter tells as bo , is rather lengthy . We coald out It shorter by leaving out Teasdale ' s "Journey to Lanchester , " but this would not suit oar ideas of propriety . Oar dissection therefore of the two bonds must be deferred ( orfuture number .
The above extract is so lengthy aa to have fairly shut us out from any further comment . Suffice it to say that both numbers are filled with matter of the highest interest to that class for whose benefit aud advocacy it is more particularly intended . No Miner should be without a copy where its purchase is at all possible ; at any rate , one or more copies should be in the hands or ? the men of every colliery in the kingdom . Let us add , that the trades and working classes generally will find much in this Magazine to interest and advise them for their welfare . " 'Tis not for mortals te command success ; Bat then they may do mere—they may deserve it . " Tried by this test , tbe Miners' Magauine is undoubtedly on the high road to popularity , and its talented and : patriotic editor full on the heels of that success he is so wall entitled to .
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The newly- ^ pointed Chief BaTon the Exche ^ aer , Sir Frederick Pollack , is ia his 62 ad year . Hia Lordship ia the brother of Mr . Commissioner Pollock of the Insolvents'Debtors Court , and of General Pollock . He | was . called to the bar in 1807 , and after twenty years' practice was appointed a King ' s cousel . : Mr . T . Baring , the unsuccessful opponent of Mr . Pattison in the recent City of London contest , ia the Government ] candidate for Huntingdonshire . - i Striking Metaphor . —A down-east editor , ia & leader on the momentous subject of civilisation , writes : — The march of ; civilisation is onwardonward like the slow hut intrepid tread of a jackass towards a peok of oats I" On which the New Orleans editor exclaims , " Oh ! Heavings . "—Literary Gaxette . ¦ . j
Origin of Bustles—Bustles were originally invented by a female organ-grinder , to accommodate her monkey with a place to ride on . Singular Predicament . '—Considerable sensation was created in Bristol from the fact that the Great Britain steam-ship , of 3 , 600 tons burthen , so long building by the Great Western Steam Ship Company , could not be removed out of the dock , being in the situation of the fatted rat , that , whilst feeding in a farmer's granary , grew ] too big for the hole by which it gained admission . ! The dock in which it was built is so small that no expedient has yet been discovered by which it can be floated i
Adulteration of Covppe . —It is stated , in a circular recently issued by one of the London commercial houses , quite as an affair of mercantile information , that "dandelion roots , to the amount of two thousand tons annually , are now nsed aa a substitute for chicory in the adulteration of coffee . " Is not this a relishing reflection ? j Chabitable Pawn Scc'eiies . —A . Bill "toprovide far the establishment ; and regulation of Charitable Pawn Societies , " has been drawn up and introduced into the Legislature by Mr . Cowper and Mr . Hurt , the Members for Hertford and Gateshead . It contains twenty clauses , ' and enacts that Societies may be formed for raising among the members thereof a stock , or fund , for the purpose of advanoing money on property taken in pledge or pawn , the rate of interest not to exceed five per cent , per annum . The operation of the Bill is extended to Great Britain , Berwiek . and the islands of Guernsey , Jersey , and Man . i
Anti-Maltudsianisk—The " better-half" of William Flitoroft , weaver , Bolton Moor , on the 24 th ult ., introduced to "her Lord" three children at a birth , and within a few , hours his sow produced eleven pigs / his cat four kittens , and his bitch four pups . What would Malthus say to this extraordinary feenndity ? j The -Vatican is a magnificent palace of the Pope at Rome , said to contain 7 , 000 rooms . In , this palace the library , founded a . d . 1418 , is so beautiful a fabric , that it is said it will admit of no improvement ; and it is also the richest in the world , both in printed books and manuscripts . The phrase thundets of the Vatican was first used by Voltaire m 1748 . (
Awpul Visitation !—Our Paris letters state positively that the Emperor of Russia and the King of the French will respectively , but not at the same time , visit London this summer . Against '' positive '' assurances nothing ! can , of course , be said ; we shall , however , ba much surprised if they do . — Times , ! Anti-Malthosian . —Thire were no fewer than 113 couples appeared at the altar of Hymen , on Sunday , Monday , and Tuesday last , at the Collegiate Church , Manchester , and who , on those occasions , took each other for ' better and for worse . " The Polka . —It is reported in " wheel about " circles , that Lord Brougham has visited Paris , in order to ascertain whether the new and fashionable dance , "La Polka , " contains any steps that might lead to the Chief Barony ; i It can be danced either with or without garters , [ the great object being to bend the knee . —Morning Chronicle .
Atmospheric Chang as—Although changes in the temperature are more prevalent in the temperate zone than in other latitudes , there is scarcely a 6 pot to be found where such great differences exist as in Great Britain , varying in a few hours some twenty degrees or more . The effect of such rapid changes on the bodily health is very afflicting to many thousands of persons , especially those in tho middle and more advanced ages of life , causing attacks of those painful j disorders , Sciatica , Gout , and Rheumatism . Happily for those who are afflicted with those painful diseases , chemical science has produced that . excellent medicine , Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills .
Dkath op the Last i of the Stpaets . —Old James Stuart , commonly known by the name of Jemmy Strength , died on Thursday morning , the 11 th hist ., aged 116 . His death was caused by an Injury which he received from a fall on Thursday last . j Indian Rubber Paveiient at the Admibaxtt . — That portion of the Indian rubber pavement which has been laid down in tho forecourt of the Admiralty , at Whitehall , has been tested in a very effectual manner : three heavily loaded coal waggons , each carrying seven ; tons , were driven over it , when the pavement became considerably depressed , but from tbe elasticity of its nature immediately resumed its former appearance as soon as the wheels had passed . j
Thqrwaldsen . —He was the greatest sculptor in Europe , aud nobody oould compete with him but the Italian genius Canova , and his supremacy arose out of the immense wealth which flowed in upon him from aristocratic patronage . Thorwaldsen , for a long time , was in obscurity , until his immense talents attracted the admiration of Lord Byron , whose bust he took ^ and it is said to be the finest of his works . This bust was rejected from Westminster Abbey , on account of Lord Byron's liberal opinions . This disgraceful conduct was attributed to Dr . Ireland , the Dean of Westminster , who was one of the most sour , acrimonious , and atrabtlous members of our Church , j It was thought that the present Dean of Westminster , who was boasted of
as a liberal by Sir Robert Peel , would have admitted this bust . It is a very fine work of art , and it gives us a resemblance ] of the greatest genius of our age . Our Cathedrals are not exclusively religious edifices ; they contain the monuments of great men of all religious opinions , and they become mere national than religious edifices . If they were not so , they ought to be [ destroyed . In Westminster . Abbey there is a most pompons tomb , expensive and elaborate , of a rich Peer , and on this tomb is inscribed a declaration most contemptuous of Christianity , After the subserviency of the Cathedral of Westminster in admitting a sort of flareup denunciation of Christianity by a Peer , it is most ridiculously fastidious to refuse admission to
the busts of such illustrious men as Pope , Byron and Shelley . Thorwaldsen never * got on" in life . He was a bold free-thinker , and never hesitated to express his dissent from any versions or interpretations of Christianity ; but he was an amiable , frank , kind , and charitable friend . This great sculptor is dead , and ho has been < buried in almost royal pomp , the nobility and the priests in profusion attending the funeral ceremony . In England , tho boasted laud of freedom , such a funeral ceremony could not have taken place . The clergy would hare opposed it ; but England is a land of only imaginary freedom . We revert to our point—why is not tbe bust of so glorious a genius as Lord Byron placed prominently in Westminster Abbey ?
Lots of Bairns atEyemouth . —If the man be happy whose " quiver is liberally filled , " the ladies of Eyemouth must have qualified their liege lords to talk boldly with ' * the enemy in the gate . " I never saw such swarms of children as the door of every domicile presented . They were crawling ia and out of boats , or creeping on the quay or jetty , and as I foolishly imagined , in momentary ! risk of drowning . ** Do children frequently drop in ? " I inquired , in a paroxysm of alarm , of the jolly hostess . " Aye , aye , the fata things the ; often fa oweryon pier , " she answered coolly . * ' God bless me ! --Lpst of course ! " " Na , na , " returned the landlady ;" nooand then , to be sure , a bairn ' s drooped ; but th&re ' s maistly some idle body in the wav to fish them oot , the deevils ! " Though
the worthy hostess spokeso coolly on the subject , I thought it rather a risk ^ to allow two-year-olds , to tumble into twenty feet water , depending on their being maistly Borne idle body in the way to fish them oof—Maxwell ' s Wqnderings . Irish DisPRANCHisEHfiNT . Bill . —The change will be disadvantageous to the farmer . Previously the farmer was compelled to cast his conscience into the rent , but ho received some recompense for the loss He held his farm , perhaps , slightly under a rackrent , that his name might be placed on the elective roll ; while by this Bill he will be equally enslaved , but his land will be screwed up to the highest rent . We assert that no money J can justify a man voting for a person whose principles he disapproves , it is abroach of trust—a crime of magnitude and bitter consequence . It is a crime for which . there are apologies ia the dependent condition of many who are addressed as independent and intelligent electors but we should greatly rejoice if the temptation was
removed . Let Lord Eliot propose to' give this Mar-Suis font hundred votes in one county , andsix hunred in . another—that Duke eight hundred votes in Munster ; elections , and two hundred in thoaa of Leinflter-rlet him not send barristers , surveyor . 8 and valuators , to mete off the constituency—it will be * candid course , in which be shall be supported ; bat we beseech him not ! to introduce amongst us thia tenant-at-will class of electors , thus exposing men to the sin , of voting against their cherished opinions ;^»» itii probability of bringing ruin upon themselves and their families- There is yet time for the parties most iotimatejy interested in this matter togeek redress . They . can petition theLegia lature not to mock them With a nominal light that dbesnot caMy ' with it freedom' © f-aotvon ; and to Seek the postponement of thia ; measure , untila Bill of the character proposed invlast session by Mr . Sharman Crawford , securing remuneration for improvements on the expulsion ofibo tenant , bs passed —Bantier of Ulster . . !
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Thb Knight of INbtherby . —Rumours of Sir James Graham ' s early retirement from the Home Office are prevalent in well-informed circles , in which they are also credited . Such an event is by no means improbable . As Secretary of State for the Home Department , the right hon . baronet has been singularly unfortunate . The fate of the measures it became bis duty to introduce to Parliament has embarassed the ministry , and diminished the confidence of the country in its efficiency . This haa probably induced Sir Robert Peel to determine on placing in that office one who may be more successful in the preparation of measures , and in conducting them through the House of Commons . The
appointment of Sir James Graham to India , as successor to Lord Ellenborough , is revived in connection with the report alluded to . Others refer the right hononrable baronet's reported early retirement from the Home Office to chagrin—partly because of the difficulty in which the government has been placed by his unfortunate factory bills ; bat principally to tbe refusal of Sir R . Peel to recommend him to her Majesty for the lord-lieutenancy of Cumberland , which has been conferred on Lord Lonsdale , in conjunction with that of Westmoreland . It is affirmed that Sir J . Graham was so confident of obtaining the lord-lieutenancy of Cumberland as to have spoken of his appintment as a matter all but determined on . —Globe .
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Fnrn the London Gazette of Friday , April 12 . BANKRUPTS . Charles Claek , of 40 , Bsech-street , Barbicau , haberdasher . —Susan Saunders , « f $ , Golden-square , Westminster , lodging-house keeper . —Frederick William Palmer , of 38 , Mincing-lane , City , colonial broker . —
DITIBENDS DKCLAEKP . James Whltfield . second dividend of Is lid in the ponad , payable at 72 , BasingbaU-strefet , City , on April 17 , or any subsequent Wednesday . Rebecca Crane , first dividend of 7 s in the pound , payable at 72 , Baainghall-atreet , City , on April 17 , or any subsequent Wednesday . William Nettleton , final dividend of 2 ± 1 in tbe pound , payable at 72 , Bwsinghall-street , City , on April 17 , or any subsequent Wednesday . William Cock ,, of Bungay , final dividend of Id ia tbe pound , payable at 72 , Basinghall-street , City , on April 17 , or any subsequent Wednesday . William Smith , of Watford , third dividend of 3 gd in tbe pound , payable at 73 , BasiflgnaU-street , City , on April 17 , er any subsequent Wednesday .
DIVIDENDS TO BE DECLARED IK THB CODNTHf . William Heslewood , Robert Healewood , and John Skitt , of Kingston-upon-Hull , and of Red Lion-wharf , Thames-street , City , white lead manufacturers , May 10 , at eleven , at the Court of Banfernptcy , Leeds . certificates to be grantsd , unless cause be shows to the contrary on the day of meeting . John Hughes , of Liverpool , painter , May 3—James Watkinson , of Maghull , Lancashire , saddler , May 3 . certificates to be granted by the Court of Review , aaless cause be shown to the contrary , on or before May 3 .
William Webb , of Leamington , Warwickshire , hotel keeper—William Carpenter , of Southampton , stationer —Thomas Redsbaw , of Bourn , Lincolnshire , saddler—Gregory Secombe and Samuel Seecombe , of" Taviatock , Devonshire , and of Bade , Cornwall , tailors—John Kuahton , jar . ; of Nottingham , livery aUblekeeper—John William Dyer , of Colchester , Essex , plumber—Thomas Hancock , of Canterbury , coach smith—Thomas Megarey , of Love-lane , Billingsgate , coal merchant
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . . John Lee Smith , Edmond Smith , and Richard Mwkinfleld Kirkby , of Kingstou-npon-Hull , grocers ( so far as regards E . Smith ) . John Brigga and Ellis Brook , of Huddersfleld , dealers in pelts—William Burgin and James Bnrgln , of Sheffield , tailors .
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From the Gazette »/ Tuesday , April 9 . BANKRUFTS . Thomas Watson , victualler , Camemil « -street , Bishopsgate-itreet . —Richard Cross , saddler , Jermln-street , Westminster . —Henry Thorpe , linen draper , Kensington ^—J ohn NalJ , grocer , Chesterfield , Derbyshire . — James Quinn , painter , Liverpool—James Metcalf , grocer , Liverpool .
NOTICES OF IHSOIVBNCY . T . Nixon , plumber , Kettering , Northamptonshire . — W . K . Thnrlow , licensed victualler , Chingford-green , E « ex . — E Newman , dealer in hay , Weatbory , Wiltshire . * -J . Jewers , Catberifle-bntldiogs , Pimlico , groom of her Majesty ' b plate department . —P . M'Nolty , currier , Cheniea-street , Bedford-square . —J . R . Brooks , printer , Rochester . —O- Rhodes , cutler , Sheffield . —C Cbylliner , blacksmith , Rotherbam , Yorkshire . —J . Wall , jun ., carpenter , Bristol—H . C . Carter , carpenter .
Hammersmith . —C . Chard , sen ., miller , West Lydford , Somersetshire . —W . Gh S'adden , farmer , Herne , Kent —H . I . Sladden , farmer , Herne , Kent—T . Johnston , travelling draper , Wellington , Shropshire . —E . DjDey , manufacturing perfumer , Meaidp-atreet , Soho . —J , Mathews , tallow-chandler . Hammersmith . —W . Fletcher , farmer , Amcatts , Lincolnshire . —E . Wilkinson , innkeeper , Bawtry , Yorkshire . —T . Thompson , chemist , Harwich , Eisex—T . Shaw , bookseller , ' Ta / porley , Cheshire .
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CPLEED 3 FORTNIQHTLT CaTTIE MaBKET , APRIt 17 th , — We have had a very small supply of stock at market to-day , which , being of superior quality met with ready sale at an advance in the prices of this day fortnight . Mutton 6 d to 6 £ d per lb . Beef 7 a to 7 * 3 d per stone . Number of Castle at Market : Sheep 2 , 600 ; Beasts 300 . Liverpool Cattle Mabket , Monday , April 15 . — We have had a good supply of Cattle at market to-day for the time of the year , with an advance in price . Beef 5 gd to 6 d ; Mutton 6 | d to 5 | d .
Manchester Corn Market , bATURDAr , April 13 . —The trade during the week has been of an extremely inactive character , tbe slight symptoms of amendment noticed in our paper this day week , having completely disappeared on the receipt of the report of Monday ' s market at Mark-lane . The transactions'in Floor have consequently been on the mosf limited scale , but without any material variation from the previous currency . A moderate consumptive demand continued to be experienced for Oats and Oatmeal , at fully late prices . There was very little business passing in Wheat at our market this morning , but no alteration in value can be quoted . Flour continued to meet a slow Bale at about former prides . The inquiry for both Oate and Oatmeal was very languid , but holders did not appear disposed to accept lower terms for these articles .
Liverpool Cobn Market , Monday , April 15 . — With the exception of about 10 , 200 loads of Oatmeal from Ireland , we have this week had very moderate arrivals of grain , < fec , either thence or coastwise About 6 , 000 qrs of . Wheat , and 2 , 400 qrs of Beans ; have arrived from the Mediterranean and Alexandria . The duty on Wheat remains at 16 a ; that on Oats has declined to 6 s per qr . With a steady firmness on the part of holders , and a moderate sale for consumption , last week ' s prices for Wheat have been maintained . Flour has sold rather more freely , without change as to value . Best runs of mealing Oats have brought 2 i 8 d to 2 s 8 | d per 451 ba , at which rate a few lots have been taken for the country The additional supply of Oatmeal has given the buyer the advantage of any change as to price ; prime marks , however , have not been sold under 21 s 9 d per 240 lbs . There is no alteration to report aa regards Barley , Beans or Peas .
Richmond Corn Market , Saturday , April 15 ; —We only had a thin supply of grain in onr market to-day . Wheat from 7 s to 8 a . Oats 2 a lOd U 3 s 6 d . Barley 4 a to 4 s 3 d . Beans ia 9 d to 5 i pei bushel . . London Corn-Exchanob , Monday . —Fine parcels of . English Wheat were taken off steadily , at prices quite equal to those obtained on thj ^ day se'naighb In all other kinds not much business was doing , yet previous rates were supported . Fine Foreign Wheat at barely stationary prices . For Corn under lock the rates were almost nominal . Malting qualities o (
Barley supported their last value ; but grinding and distilling sorts had a downward tendency . Malt without alteration . For Oats last week's prices were Supported in every instance . In Beans , Peas , and Flour , no alteration . LotSDON SHnHFiELD Cattlk MiBKET . —The Beef trade waa somewhat active , at an advance on last M 6 h < Jay ' fli quotations , of 2 d per 81 bs rthe best Scota and homebreds producing 4 s per 81 bs . ' The Mutton trade was comparatively steady , at ; 4 a 4 d per 81 ba for the best old Downs in the wool , and 3 s 8 dj > ex 81 b 3 for the half-bred . Lamb at late rates . Veal without any alteration in p'ice . , Figs at full
currencies . ,. ; , Borough and Spitalfields . —Dnring the past week the arrivals of potatoes at the TJaterside have been but moderate . The best samples command a steady sale , at fully the ^( eiadv ^ Wiu prices : but otherwise the trade ia inactive ^ ' ^ ¦ Borough ; Hop Alj ^ ra .- ^ Fo ^ ltt kin'ls of Hops both in pockets and bags , the deinand has become very inactive , ^ » nd ^ ] tftat ytfi ^ B quotationa are witt diflfcultjf ^ suppofWd ; , - ' ' > :: \ ¦ y ^ - M «« i ^ ttit »«^ -ijSlei ^ - of about sm
packagesofColonaal and Foreign Wools ftreappoin ' te < ta take ; plaoe : op the 17 th , lfi ^ h ; and 19 th instant Thia annoancement has caused the demand by privaU contract to : rale heavy ; ahrfvpreviouB rat ^ " * w barely supported . ^ w-. Tj ^^ . - ^ 'There is hot the leiual alteration notice in this market busin ^ es both ' oh the spot auc fpr ^ utumn ; deUvery ; u very dull , For the lattei period there are sellera ^ at 4 W 3 d . By letters re ceived from St . Petereburgh ^ this mqtaiog , we Jean that pxi (^ Ul € J : e wer e a UiUe easier ; : Town Tailoii ia pleaUfnlat 40 s 6 d uet cash .: "'" ;
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TO THE 24 EMORY OF BYB . 0 N . Tune— " t « A » o Garr . " Softly xepoee in the bed of thy slumbers , " And bright be the place -where thy spirit is gone ; ° Ko more vilt thoa strike the -wild lyre to thy numbers , Th « 7 * re hnih'd , and the son ! that airaxed them is flo"wn . O , calm be thy . sleep on the coach vere so morrow E " er davns to renew the sad Bcene of thy woes : Onever again , trilt thou "snien to sorrow ; Tis pass'd— 'twDl nolonyef disturb fty repose . Thon art gone to the dead , and long Greece Till deplore ttee , — Era poet , her patriot , her champion , and friend ; Thou art gone ' mongst her heroes , that still live in atory . And thy name ' monst their * " ^ Tnp « »^ i » b to -ageB - descend . Thoa art gone—bnt thy lays after ages -will chtrish , And hallow the spot where thy asses are laid ; O , Byron' thy laorels for ever will nourish , And thy same be rrrver * d whena ^ es have sped 2 Sanderlind . John Fergussoh .
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THE MINER'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE , Edited by W . P . Roberts , Esq . Nob . L and II , London : Cleave , Shoe-lane . We have before us the Numbers for March and April of this new bnt welcome champion of the sons of the Mine . Those who only know Mr Roberts as a talented and successful lawyer , or even as a popular political orator , only know half the man . To be . really acquainted with him you must read him as well as listen to him ; then indeed some idea bordering on the correct may be formed of the man who , heart and soul , has thrown himself into tbe thickest of the conflict to save labour's children from the blows intended for their
destruction by murderous capital . At the present time , when the corrupt . hireling press is teeming with filthy falsehoods devised to deprive the Miners of Northumberland and Durham of that sympathy they have a Tight to expect from the pnbnc , when every effort is being made to prevent the community . knowing the truth of the causes whioh have produced the present strike in the North ; we think vre cannot better serve the cause of the Miners than by reprinting the following bold and eloquent article from the No . for April . It places the facts of this strike clearly before the country , and whatever be the issue of the struggle must procure for the " Coal Kings" the nraWersal and lasting execrations of labours'sons of all denominations .
THE BOND PR 0 P 03 KD BY THB MEN t > . THE BOND PROPOSED BT THE OWNERS . Both these documents are now before tbe publio . As records of the wishes of the respective parties , they are deserving of considerable attention ; but as forming , each , tbe position of a body of men whose firmness has been tried and proved , and so tried and proved that the man is a fool who treats the proof lightly—from which a straggle long and peaceful will arise —( a struggle , peaceful indeed , but involving not only tbe preseDt but tbe future coal trade of the two counties )—they Itnperativeiy < leni » nd all the thought , consideration , and anxiety of those who are interested in the result .
The struggle will be long : temporary victories may be obtained by each ; pits will be laid idle for a time , and men will go to work for a time , and bo backwards and forwards ; but the other of the two will not soon be conquered . The owners will not easily yield the power whioh wealth , union , csmmunity of interest and consolidation of thought have given them ; wealth—the powbb of sxandino out—is what they will rely upon , and what they will long last upon ; but they will yield In the fullness of time—yield , too , in cowardice and Ignominy , whimpering and roaring , swearing and
crying , and cursing , to tbe power of poverty—a power which has never yet been fully developed , which is cheerful upon little ; &nd exists upon less , like the dormouse , can roll itself up in comfortable starvation till nature brings the nuts round again , and can starve a week or two longer if need be , that the nuts may be rounder in the shell ; that laughs with a sort of merciful pity at the poor ignorance which expects that in a fair contest—union and thought ' on both sides—a clear stage and no favour—virtue was ever conquered by money , or ever will be .
We have intimated that the contest will Involve the very existence of the coal trade in Darham and Northumberland . So it wilL And the fact is an awkward one for all parties . Some very accurate judges , however , have come to the conclusion that the owners will find it more difficult to move their pita to Yorkshire , than the men will to transport themselves and their tools there ; hot to go into this branch of tbe subject just now would make the present article loo bulky . As to tbe bonds then—those submitted by the men and thaw proposed by tbe masters ; wherein do they differ ? art the differences important ? do they involve any principle of justice ? Let us see . The men ' s bond proposes to be for six months , to tbe 5 th October next ; * that of the owners from month to month , to be terminated by either party giving notice to the other .
At first sight it might appear tbattha one proposition was as fair as the other . The position of the pitmen , however , must be taken into consideration before a fair judgment can be arrived at Habit—what they have been used to—has much to do with it . The bonds hitherto have been for a tear—far too long a period ; too long for men who are bat too reckless In parting witb their liberty . Six months is quite long enough . Bnt a mtnth is too short . The pitman has to make all his little arrangements ; and though small in their nature and amount , they involve considerable trouble . Jk . \ the termination of his servitude he must quit bis residence , travel about , and seek work elsewhere ; with all the trouble , expense , and inconvenience » f what Is em * phsticaUy called Shifting . " They who take this into consideration , will probably consider a month ' s tenure of position hardly long enough .
The bond ot the men proposes that tbe men be paid tceeJdjf and close up ; no " running-on" week . The owners , on the contrary , would have the men paid once a fortnight—on Friday , and only op to the preceding Saturday ; thus always keeping a week ' * wages is hand . They tell yon that the reason for this , what is called " rucnlng-on" week , is that the viewers may "have time to n ^ ake up the accounts , " an assertion too absurd to need a denial There is a reason , however , for this paying bnt once a fortnight and keeping back the wages of the previous six days ; aud this reason is admitted candidly enough by the viewers when they an " merry . " " It keeps" ( say they , snd they say truly ) " it keeps tbe men in euboriinstior ) , more obedient ; they can't get away so easyif vre paid ' em ' close up' they could be off tbe momtnt they got their wages . "
Such is tbe real attempt at justification of this fraudulent rale ; we leave it for tbe public to judge of ita value . The men desire to be peid weekly all that they have-earned , with the exception of the earnings on the day of payment Ia tbe rcf uest a fair one ? The owners refuse it t The next difference between tbe two bonds is this . By both , the men are to remain the servants of tbe owners forthe whole period of hiring ; they are always to be ready to do what they are told to do , aad on no account to seek work elsewhere . If they do they are to go to prison "for six weeks , jost by way of example . " Well , the men think , that fur this servitude they -ought to be guaranteed either a certain amount of work or payment—wages : tbe owners refuse this ; they propose that the men shall remain their servants for the whele time , and only be paid for just so much work as they ( the owners ) may thick fit to give them : sometime * they give them no work at all .
Tbe following case has happened under this sortthe " owner" sort of agreemement : such cases are rare since Mr . Roberts came to the north , out previously to that Btrange advent they were of very frequent occurrence . A man—we will call his name Teasdale for want of a better— has been " laid idle" for several weeks ; be has continually applied to his matter for work and been refused : at last , by the advice of bis lawyer , he buoqmonsea bis master for wages—for the time he has been " laid idle" and prevented working elsewhere .
The case is beard—we'll say at lanchester—lawyeu on both sides each talk their hour and leave the merits of the case in the nutshell wbere they found them . Then comes the decision . < ' 'Tis very bard for you poor Teasdale—very—bat we can do nothing for jou ; ' tis all very true about your BtarvlDg- ^ -and your wife and child—and eo on—very Borry—a iree country—envy and admiration , dec . —and glory of surrounding , < kcbnt we can give you nothing—you mast serve your master whether he wants you or oot ; and we cannot compel him to pay yon anything if he does not choose to find you in work . Very sorry—hard—very . "
And so it is " bard—very . But the tale is not done yet . Teasdale rubs on for another month ; then he is 11 laid idle" again ; he asks for bis clearance that he may get work eomewhereelse ; 'tis refused ; bis child is sick ; he asks again for liberty . to work ; again he is refused ; his wife then falls ill and his child gets worse ; and hunger gnaws painfully ; again he asfcs , and is again denied permission to live . The man , however , is not inclined te starve outright—and he bus some regard for the sufferers depending upon him : be goes away , gets a week ' s work at a neighbouring colliery , and then returns with his earnings to bis nearly famished wife and child . : And what then—what next ? He ia taken into custody for leavlDg his work—absenting himself from his said masters said service , at the parish aforesaid , In tbe coonty aforesaid , " Ac .
The case is called on . Now , before we go any farther t , let the reader have the whole case before him ; the same nan , the same master , tbe same magistrates as in tbe first case , all at " Lanchester aforesaid . " And Teasdale stands there as a culprit , ready for gaol—trussed for the treadmill . There he stands , front ' ing his master . Who looked tbe proudest ? And the viewers are there—three of them—waiting for ; the example , " nudging each other , and eating guigerbread imts the while . . - ¦ Tbe lawyers go through their department ; the lawyer for TeaBdsle contending that as tbe servitude was , by
th » -irraglBtrates > previous decision , without vages , . that therefore It was not binding ;; thatiah agreement for servitude nnit bf mutual ; and , that as the master was not bQund to give -wages J the servint / wai not bound to continue ' Tirhen ; w « k was oot ftuiidlorWm . The josUeei , however , decide ; direrwUy ; th # f . « re doseUd tor « a hour or more ; . j--sni £ Otojr then determine that "there it a case against tbe prisoner aV the > bar ; that hols bound to remain in the service « f ; the matter whether be ii frond employment or no ^ t ; and , that * bey { the justices ) must enforce the law , dap how can soeietjexist ? ¦¦ ' " ¦ .- * :. ' ' "
; , . ; . . . , . And so Teasaale ii t » go to gaol for six week * , "just by way , ? ' fcc No ! he Is " guilty "— guilty : of wpiling for hto wife , who but a few daysbefore bod given birth ^ to a ckfld— " guilty - of forking for Mother child jrho was then supposed to be dying ; asd yet-with all this heavy load ef guilt , " heavy enough . to ! have broken through the dome of St . Paul ' s , be didn't go U gaol .
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Father Mathew . —The American papers state that Father Mathew , having been offered a free passage to the United States , is about to proceed thither on a temperance mission in June . TheRtjliko Passion Stron g , &o . —The proverbial good taste of George IV . has even descended to his equestrian statue in Trafalgar-square , for it turns its oacfr upon the National Gallery . —PwncA . Jambs Horrocks , whose Father lived in the time of Oliver Cromwell . — Sinoe we published the singular and interesting particulars connected with the family history of this venerable old man , he has been Visited by gentlemen from all parts of
the country . On the 25 th of March ( allowing for the alteration of style ) , he attained his hundreth year , when about twenty of his grand children dined with him , and the old man was much delighted with the family party He has become much enfeebled within the last six months , but is at times remarkably cheerful , and fond of company . When we visited him the other day , he stated that , since w ^ " put him into the paper , " a great deal of the great folks had been to see him . He said he had lords and squires , and Members of Parliament , and persons of all sorts , and among the rest one of the " everlasting saints . " When told that the sect were called latter-day saints , he laughed heartily at his mistake . —Manchester Guardian .
TH& President and thb Negro . —The life of President Tyler , we learn from the American papers , has been saved by a black man . The President was returning from the Congress Burlalgronnd , Washington , where he bad attended the interment of the victimi killed on board the Princeton , when his horses took fright , and would have precipitated him down a steep , but that they were arrested by the band of a negro . We do not know whether , according to American notions , we can courteously congratulate tbe President on his escape—seeing that it makes him a debtor for bis . life to a black—a mere hnman ebattel—a thing of sale and barter . The accident brought the firtt magistrate of the first republlo into such close dependence on tbe compassion and . sympathy of probably a
black slave , that we know not bow be can well cleanse himself of the humiliating annoyance . Heroes of the olden day have gladly preferred death rather than owe their lives to acts or persons m&m or ' . infamous ; and animated by the like ennobling spirit , we must believe that President Tyler would have earned for himself a higher reputation with bis countrymen ; bad he loudly and sternly rejected the euccour of the black , and suffered himself to be whirled down , the mortal precipice before him . He . would then , like Curtius , taking the leap , have vindicated the nobility of hia soul for the honour and glory of bis country .: H « would by bis last mighty act , have proved to the sneering World that Americans sell black men , like beasts really for tbe reasons that 'Americans give ; that the negro is a creature only a little above tbe ape , 'apiece of mechanism of human seeming , bat in ; no manner * touched by tbe same sympathies , solemnised by the ranje affections , as
the wWteman f Tens conafdered , it would have been a sublime spectacle to behold President Tyler prepared for death , and loudly forbidding the approach of the negrOj a % Hjcreatare witts whom he had nothing in common-ran outcast of ( Jod and man , whose compassfonate help brought odium on the « isfcb ^ . Thus dyinr , tfce President' would nave a »* erted a great principle ; : and left a mi ^ ory aweet arid b ^ cana . - . Aaltl « i the lifeof President Tyler is damnified , soiled , bloated : for he holds It only from the eempassion of a black , who fs probably a slave : However , President Tyler , in the overflow of his gratitude , aay wish to reward his deliverer . May we anggeat thp mode I A white man la to be hanged In Loulalana for aiding and abettirfg the escape of a blaofc woman ; let the negro who has saved the white President nave a place at hii execution ^ that Jbe may Bee the punishmeiit of the white man , who , touched by humanity , would ; aaTe a Wack ^ i « w » V ¦ " ' '¦ ' "" J ^ ' "'^
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Apbil 20 , 1844 . THE N OUT HAJft N S T A B . 3
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 20, 1844, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1260/page/3/
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