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TO POLAND Xa ? o > of the brave' -whose valian * Bonn inspired With freedom * i flsme , stood foremost in the cauiB 01 Europe ' s liberties ; by all admired , And though deserting of the world ' s applause , Ko aid received , thy tyrant ' s cause to stay , When lad toy Liberty and Glory ' s ray ! The brave of eTery soil beheld with pride Thy gallant heroes arm in Freedom ' s cause , £ ager to rush to combat aj . their side ; But tyrant-rulers and convenient laws Their ardour cbeck'd j else had a glorious band
O'erwbelmed thy foes , and sacred kept thy land . The despots this foresaw—guilt quick perceives Approaching justice . Trembling at the sound 0 ! Treedom ' s name i and nought their fear relieves 3 ut thy misfortunes . There alone they found One glimpse of hope their tottering thrones to keep , And Virtus o ' er thy fate awhile must weep ! Where is the heart that mourns not o ' er thy fate ? What breast so c—lous not thy woes to feel }—Tyrant * , rrhilafpiae ' d beside tlie helm of state , And minions , who t ^«" T bosoms even ateel 'Qainst ham&n Bufferings , alone behold
Thy wto » £ b unmoved—nnmoVd thy miseries told land of the brave!—thonjgh set awbile thy sun , And bar biro-a hordes pollute thy sacred soil ; Though clouds and darkness now thy skies o ' errun , And tyrants strive thy beauties to despoil ; Yet shall that son in brighter splendour rise , And spread its glories o ' er far-distant skies ! Tea , land renown'd !—the dsy * s beams from on high Shall shine in gorgeous glory o ' er thy soil ; gfriQi chase the clouds c ! darkness from thy sky , And all thy tyraats' demon-hopes shall spoil ; And thy brave sons , dispers'd o'er Europe's plain , Shall Tally round thy eagle once again . < Advershy , the school of wisdom proves ;
And there thy sons have many a lesson read ; Princes and kings their teachers ! And each loves To make apt scholars ; and they well have sped . ' Thy sons will know , in after days , what things Ifo make of princes , emperors , and kings . Can they forget what once Napoleon taught , ¦ When Tie the destinies of Europe sway'd ? How gloriously for Preedom then they fought , And how for their devotednesa were paid ; He who could freedom give to Europe round , That Freedom promised , —bat left Europe bound ! Hell-born ambition , that itself o ' erleaps , And falls on t'other side , his curse became . Be leagued with despots , and poor Freedom weeps Above her early favourite's fallen fame ! By Nature's law , the eternal fixed decree ,
Who justice violates , tis doomed that he , Though Earth and Ocean should obey his call , And as Napoleon great , like him , must fall ! With him compar'd what paUry pigmies all The rulers of the earth 1 Twas his to fly , With eagle genius , above those they call "The mighty of the world . " He tower'd high—As towers the Pyramid on Egypt ' s land ; lying at its base * bove eenunen grains of sand ! Oppression is not evil , all entire ; II ofrimas spreads the germ of freedom far , And lights , midst darkest gloom , a sacred fire , To be to the oppress ed a leading start Liberia ' s wilds shall bear cf Poland ' s fame ; Thy sons shall kindle there the holy flame ! Their bitter woes , though deeply we deplore ,
And tears of anguish oer their wrongs must shed ; Some gleams of brightness Hope yet deigns to pour Into the soul , which round their splendour spread , — ShowiEg fell Tyranny the sooner falls , Where ' er its rft » in with heaviest pressure galls . The goddess , shows the western world" Behold those broken stains ! " aloud she cries ; And shall sot Europe ' s tyrants soon be hnri'd From power ' s pinnacle , and freedom rise In might supreme , to crush Oppression ' s name , And drive her to the hell from whence she came ? Jjnd of the brave 2 their doom is seal'd—the rhairm , Stretch'd to their utmost pitch , are giving way ! The bursting licks now sound o ' er all our plains , And soon shall gswn the bright and glorious day , When tyranny from Europe's plains shall fly , And Freedom reign triumphant * neath the sky 1 Thomas Jx > xixs
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THE ILLUMINATED MAGAZINE , —MAY . * The Chronicles of Clovernook " by the Editor , are connnned with nnabating interest . A brief extract or two i 3 all we can find room for .
A . LESSoK FOB , » IGOTS . At length we reached the end of Telvet Path , which gently winding brought us to the door of the "Gratis , the one hostelry of Clovernook . A few of the villagers were at the door , and greeted the hermit with happy salutation ; ; for , as they declared , he had been seme tjme a stranger to Them . " I should have come to the CfcU to-morrow , " said an old man , whose tuibaned head and trpressive face made us curious to learn his history . * ' Who is he ? " we asked of the hermit , as he turned iiito the Gratis . "Wecallhim Mahomet , " answered the sage . "In the outside world he was s street-dealer in rhubarb . ** *¦ Mahomet i Surely not a Turk ? " we cried . " Why not ?"' asked the Hermit . " We leave the battles of creeds to the noisy , impudent world you comeirom . Here , in Clovernook , no man seeks to thrust himself between his fellow and heaven . "
¦ " And iarre yon a mosqme in Cioveraeok ? if not , W-hfert does your Turk worship ?" *• Did I not , from Gossip Hill point out Hie place f We have no ether- There , all men , in their turn , communicate with the other world . There all , in their torn , give place to one another ; humility teaches them tolerance . >" o man here makes to himself a trading property in human souls ; no man asserts for ? 7 'T" * f >) f exclusive freehold is heaven . " All our readers most iate heard of thai exceedingly venerable personage , " the Oldest Inhabitant . "
compared vnth whom Old Parr is but an infant , and even tbeWandering JesyDcrmDre than aunnbreeebed Juvenile ! Bnt , while all have heard of this ancient character , bnt few " tfb guess" have ever been honoured with his personal acqnaintaiice . Poronr-Belves we have sought him in many lands ; bnt always in vain . We had no difficulty in hearing of him , bnt in our attempts to gain a closer acquaintance we have always lalled . Thanks to the * JJersnil & / Bellyfulle " we have at last teen introduced , as our readtis shall also be , to
THE ODDEST I 5 HABITAST . He locked sa old , and yet so purified from the stain ! and marks of yean , he seemed something more than znoitaX His face was smooth and thin ; pale , too , ai moonlight ; his eyes were of a dear , deep , piercing grey , and his enow-white hair , parted at the forehead , hung massively down his shoulders . His smile was Fsrtfct and guileless as the smile o ! a r-abe . A wreath of amaranth encircled his head . "Who is he ? " we asked of tie Hermit ; and the Sage answered , " He is the Oldest Inhabitant . " At length , then , thought we , he is found ; at length We see in the body that strange , mysterious person , whose experience at times smsies a young and theughtle £ > generation . The Oldest Inhabitant ! How often
do we hear his voice , like the voice of the cuckoo , coming to us from an unseen anatomy 1 What garnered knowledge must be his ! What hard frosts has he chronicled ! What times of scarcity—what days of fetnera ! Xow doth he pass judgment upon gooseberries , declaring Ihtm to he the largest within hiEmtmory , now doth he the like service to hail-stones 2 And sow precisely doth he measnre the height of the floods , and now weigh the weight of spent thnnoer : There is soBElhirg solemn , too ; in the Oldest Inhabitant . He is the lick between the tiesdand the living : in the course cf nature , the next to be called from among us ; his place immediately supplied by a second brother . Generations have gone , passed into the far world , and left him here their solitary spcketman—the one witness of
the wonders that jiad birth nmcng them . He remains here to check the vanity of the present , by his testimony to the past . Where would be all human experience Without the Oldest Inhabitant ? Ytt , surdy , we thought—in no way disccuraged in ovi belief by the pl&cid , gentle locks of theTentrable p > an Btthe table surely , the Oldest Inhabitant loves row and then to pass ( . ft a joke upon his ignorant juniors . Tes -, antiquity likes a hoax , and often , by its ifEcer , the Oldest Inhabitant , puts off » flan upon the unconscious and too confiding present . Sach was ourthooghtj and , in truth , it was , after , well justified hy the practice of the white-haired sage at the board . Ko little boy ever loved apples better than the Oldest Inhabitant loved a ioka In bis time , he had written much for the
newspapers . " The Superstitions of Sailors" contains some curious particulars of the peculiar notions entertained by our gallant and danger-defying , tut uneducated seamen . The article would have been more interefiiiije had its author made it the vehicle forwme of those Etarifing " jams" which so oiten beguile the wearj hours of the middle watch , and tanseeven the boldest to quail while treading the deck of the Bei-bennd ship . The" Levy Papers " are continued , bnt are not particularly interesting . * life behind the Counter ^ Is a namby-pamby tale , the obiecl of which is good .-taV-v ? bich-object is
Bpoiled by the sickly sentimentality ; pervading the rafire paper . There is no doubt that the class of Linen Draper Assistants suffer much from the pro * Beit system of . long hours , and the grinding rules and plundering exactiocs of too many of their emplojeri ; bat really the coxcombry , ihe puppyism , of the class is bo disgusting as to cause people to evince So veiy ardent . sympathy in their behalf . There are few occupations more contemptible than that of a counter-jumper . " We doubt if even a gentlettau ' s . valei ^ i "lady ' s footman" is more ridieulons . lV is high MmB some ^ more manly occupation was found for the scented dolls who form the great mass 91 Urn class . Ike « Sketches , of Parisian Life" axe
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continued with & spirited and life-like manner highly creditable to the authoress , Mrs . Posians . These "Sketches" form one of the most attractive features of this Magazine . We give the following extracts ( all we can find room for ) illustrative of the life of
THE BOYS OP PAB 1 S . The Parisian Boy commonly owns as his birthplace the eigkth stage ( just under the tiles ) of an obscure bouse , in one of those dim , dark , old streets about Notre Dame . The room itself has little furniture , but a lit d ' occasion , as it is called , with a straw mattress and an eld coverlid ; the broken stool , and the hottle that r holds the candle , being its sole luxuries . The bright , clear , bine sky that the boy aeea through the evsr open window ,, gives to him bis first Ideas of liberty ; and the cries of the itinerant artichoke merchants , with the general hum ef men which rises from the far down street , aeem to him like an universal challenge to live , and laugh , and work amongst them ; and it is not long ere the boy accepts It . The education of the child is entirely one of circumstance ; and time , with the world he lives in , is bis central seheoL The Parisian Boy , like a young bird , tries his wings only to be free , and escaping from maternal control ,
he seeks his own resources for life and pleasure ; and bis mother , perhaps herself scarcely able to obtain a liTing by the sale of lemonade and coffee , rejoices when her son , aliding down the banister of the house , and humming a gay re t rain he has learnt from the student of the cinquitxne , launches at once from the . deor of the crabbed old concierge into Parisian life . From bis cradle the Parisian boy has heard of nothing but the Boulevard do Temple ; and as be has listened with closed eyes to the talk of the good gossips , of its gaieties , candied fruits , cbesnuts and jewellery , ever to be found among the itinerant merchants ; of the National Guard , with its magnificent Tambour Major , to be seen there every day ; and of the theatrical representations at the " Folies dramatiques , " and " Funambles , 'in the evening ; our hero imagines he hears a fairy tale—and desiring , with all the enthusiasm of young life , to realise as much as may be of this brilliant dream , he betakes himself at one te the Boulevard dn Temple .
Bent on sharing this golden existence , be now becomes the " Gamin , " attaches himself to the vender of return tickets at the " Folies , " and earns food and lodgings as he ran . His character now forms . With a profound contempt for academies , books , and systems , he yet makes great advance in knowledge ; learning to read from the large yellow bills of the theatre , to draw and write with a large nail on the dost of the Champs Elysees , to think as he leans against the corners of the streets , and to have a contempt for all authority from the independent chesnut roaster who casts his rotten fruit under the very feet of the Municipal Guard .
The Gamin is particular about his costume , and it every where distinguishes him . His trowsers are of coarse brown cloth , having huge pockets , in which he stows galettes , tops , turnips , marbles , a knife , a ball of string ; a copy of old songs , and a file ; over it is a blouse of dark blue cotton , which has cost him , in the market-place , near St Snip ice , two francs ; it is girded round the waist with a pocket handkerchief , or a bit of cord ; and on his kead is an old doth cap , or " cas-^ uete , " sometimes with a peak , sometimes with a -iasstl , which he has bought at a fair for ten sous , and beneath which his hair falls in long curls upon bis shoulders , tangled , £ u * ty , and uncombed . Such is the outward seeming of the Gamin , and his costume is all that can be desired ; for its excellence to the wearer consists in its allowing him to roll in the dust , U climb trees , to ride on walls , and with his own young arms to defend ths weak against the strong , —which duty the Gamin performs as earnestly as did ever belted knight in the olden time .
It is at this period of his existence that the Parisian bey does little but enjoy his games and pastimes ; but under the trees of the Palais Royale , or on tbe Btones of tbe Carousel , he acquires his earliest ideas of commerce . The grocer of whom he buys his marbles , teaches him the advantages of " wholesale" over " - retail , " even in the two sous that he may have to lay out in his boutique . ' and in disposing of them to a less knowing urchin , 'tis hard but the vender makes a centime profit . Thus the Parisian boy acquires a love for gain , and as tbe result , he quits the qniet shelter of th « trees , that long shaded the scene of his morning pleasures , for those active employments which promise him decided remuneration : he thus becomes the errand boy of Paris ; and for the artist , the student , or the author , runs half over tbe capital for a sous ; and having once gained the wages of his labour , tbe child " returns to his little room under the tiles , with a fixed idea of the value of industry , and a determination to . make . his fortune .
The result is , that the Gamin now ceases to be a " Commissionare" on a small scale , and determines to . become a merchant . He so longer lounges on the Boulevards , nor jostles among the crowd that surround the windows of tbe printshops , pnshing people hither and thither with his bands in his pockets , and his cap cast far back upon his bead , or clears tbe way by means of the peculiar trumpet sound , which on tbe lips of the Gamin make every worthy citisen shrink back from a dread of mischief—but he ingeniously selects some means of commerce in harmony with his amount of capital , and usually commences by the sale of phosphorous matches and German tinder .
Bnt the Parisian toy throws his wit as well as his industry into the business , and instead of presenting tbe pitiable aspect that we encounter in the great thoroughfares of rich and populous London , —the aspect ef a poor , starving , houseless child , with bare arms and feet , clothed in a tattertd waistcoat , pinched by want , and half idiotic with misery , that real misery that none can question , the misery of sleeping on the bare , damp , cold ground , under a leg ness tree , through the long nights of England ' s winter , and supporting an existence on inch tffal as our domestic yniwmin won'd turn aside from , appealing to the passenger with trembling voice and tearful eyes to buy , " for the love of God , " the sisglB box which may procure him a bit of bread , —tbe Gamin , in comfortable garb , with cheerful face , having finished his cup of milk and coffee , slicgs , singing as be does so , a tray of matches round his neck , and recommends them in a strain of huanonr far better worth the sous than the wares he recommend * by it
Another passion of Parisians is for elegant and expensive canes and walking sticks , one of tbe chief adornments of the attractive shops of the numerous passages , and on his » aste in the selection ef which the •* Lion" particularly prides himself . Now , although every Parisian cannot cbtain chrfce bamboos wjth high varnish , and tipped with amber , turquoite , or topsi , still the inferior article finds favour among the fregnenters of the BeulevaJQS and ? ' Vsrietes ; " snd the -Gamin , knowing thiB , purchases & cane of questionable quality for a few centimes , and then pushing among the crowds st the entrance of the Passsge Panorama , offers it as Mb " last' for ene franc , cord and tassel included , a ruse which accompanied by perseverence , wit , and earnestness , usually succeeds ; snd the Gamin hurries away to purchase a second , at the same rate , and dispose of it in the same manner .
In the career of commerce nothing bnt finds value in tbe eyes of the Gamin ; fee sells waistcoats on the Boulevards in the morning , sticks of candied sugar at the theatres in tbe evening , and when even nature deserts him , and be has no voice left him with which to eulogise his wares , he signifies tbe price with his fingersbut be never abandons his post . When all Paris works , the Gamin is idle , bnt when all Paiis seeks amusement he labours hard in his vocations . "When the Champ Elysets are crowded with groups intent upon recreatien , when the wide alleys are lined with tbe rooms of the fortune-tellers , with the stalls of tbe lottery makers , with the marks for sportsmen , who at a sous each take their sue aim with the unerring air-gun , with the canopied chairs where each bourgeois may learn bis weight , with the sellers
of new songs , with tbe letters ef swings and roundabouts , and with the owners of the beautiful goat carriages for tbe Parisian childTen , ^—then tbe intelligence and activity of our boy is at its height , and right skil / ol is his deportment . Sometimes standing in front of an itinerant theatre , he offers bis place for one sous picSt to any one rt quiring tbe best seat , or occasionally he is himself an actor , taking the part of chief , clows , doctor of medicine , or even the heroine o ! a melodrame , as the case m&y be . Yet tbe fete over , ho returns to his humbler occupations , triumphing a little , however , in the knowledge he has acquired of building up-Rianta , and manufacturing calves with three heads . Would you dismount from your horse , to waik thrrugb a fine avenue of lowering orange trees ? tbe Parisian boy is there also , in waiting to hold your rein .
Would you engage a sleek , gay-looking dockey to amble about tbe park ? it is the Parisian boy who demands from you his feire . It is he who points to the nearest restaurateur for tbe hungry , the nearest fiacre for the weary , who has tbe sweetest violets arranged in tke prettiest bouquets , the most blooming boughs of May and lilacs , and tbe rosiest cherries piled in little baskets of the most ingenious forms . The Gamin conforms to all times and all places , —always original , light-hearted , and ingenious , he adapts himself to the world in which be moves , and is buoyed upon its surface , equally unconscious ol present want , and unmindful for future provision .
Like all the rest of bis fellow citiens , the Paristen boy takes a share in the enjoyment afforded by the fine arts , and there is net an exhibition of paintings nor a concert at which be does not attend ; but at tbe latter he can proceed no farther than the door . Still be listens to , and sometimes even applauds , tbe musician ' s , while be disposes of fans at fonx sous , or an -ailr ' aelt at two ; and having persuaded three or four dandies , who have only looked in for an hour , to bestow on him their " contre marque , " he becomes a vender oi tickets , and perhaps resizes three or four franca on them , aa dear profit *
He feels intense interest in tke success ol his favourite theatre , and will applaud a piece most vehemently throBgh five acts and sine tableaux , more particularly if he has fifty centimes and a ticket as his hire . For music , his taste it greater than for painting , and if he has . reallidd sufficient means , the Gamin buys an old guitar , and drawing near tbe groups , who , seated on the chairs of tee Tuileries Gardens , or the Boulevards , enjoy their ices on a summer ' s evening , he singB ihb airs of the last French opera , with a voice good enough to draw many bous from the well-pleased listeners .
The revolution of July made great alterations in the condition of . our heroes , fox the equality system cf la J&uce France permit a . right of entrance to the blouse
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which the legitimists never permitted . The Gamin may now strt »; U in the gardens of the Louvr « , and present himself oV a fete day in the park of St . Cloud ; the driver of a * - * cuckoo" allows him an inside place from the Barrier . to St Denis , and he appears recognised as a French subject , where he was once considered as only an unavoidable evil ; the result has been , to make every boy in Paris an imaginary patriot . Thus the Gamins of the Boulevards , with the students of the tbe Polytechnic , swoll the insane cries of popular tumult , believing that independence and superiority are best shown by contempt of authority in whatever
shape it may appear ; and as the Gaming cannot join tbe war party in the Chamber . of Depnties , nor write political squibs against M . Guizot in the " Charivari , " be does the most he can , by annoying the Municipal Guard , and is the first in any moment of excitement to shout the Marseillaise and break into the shops of the armourers . The boy of twelve will shriek for electoral reform ; and a child still younger will borrow the apron of the grocer who has sold him bis marbles , and fixing it to a branch torn from a tree in the Palais Royale , will shout Vive la liberte I through every street in Paris .
The Parisian boy has not more morality , perhaps , than a London boy , and yet he seems less disposed to evil . He 1 b laughter-loving and ingenious , but he does not use bad language , nor steal the handkerchiefs , of careless strollers . The reason probably is , tbatnecesfilty does not press so hardly on him . The climate of Paris is better than that of London ; and the Gamin can live on & galette , a handful of chesnuts , and a glass of lemonade , while the English boy requires substantial food . It is easy for the rich , those who sit in " easy chairs" by the warm fire , after a good dinner , chatting on the condition of their country , to talk of tbe demoralization of tbe lower classes , and the difficulty of detecting imposition in tha objects of their charity ; but what if the poor shivering creature , who
accosted them with pinched features and tearful eyes , bad a penny loaf in his wallet , at the moment when he claimed their pity as starving t He was but providing against the chance famine of to-morrow , that gaunt and fearful figure that has been glaring upon him for days , and shaken his bony hand at him , as at morning's light he has left the damp cold ground of the park , to beg about tha streets of tbe richest capital of the world , during the long weary hours , fatigue in his limbs , and misery at his heart But he should work , observes the rich man . Aye , and so he should ; for he is of that class of human nature who are born but to labour and to die , and willingly would be folfil his part Bat listen to bis tale . He was poor and honest ; a shoemaker by trade ; his master turned him adrift with
many others , when , to defend bis own custom , the trader half filled his shop with Parisian goods . The journeymen applied elsewhere , but reduction was the general system : his young wife , a good needlewoman , and well brought up for her rank in life , sought to gain work . For a while she succeeded : day by Jay , night by night , grudging the three hours rest that nature peremptorily demanded , as the work fell from her wearied hand , tbe poor woman laboured to earn bread for her husband and her boys . But others must be served as well as she ; the warehouseman , her employer , refuses a continuance of the work . The hapless woman weeps and prays , then pines , and sinks away ; sorrow , hunger , and diser . se fulfil their worst ; and when the faithful wife and tender mother sinks into the
panper ' s grave , her boys go forth with their widowed lather to beg for the daily bread which strangers and foreigner * seek to snateh from them ; while the rich man , scowling on the miserable group , as they prefer their earnest prayer , jostlesby , and bids them work ! The very character of London life forbids to the boys of the English capita ] the same means for the acquirement of money by the assistance of mere industry , without interest or capital , that is eDJoyed by the boys of Paris . We have so idle , lounging , light-hearted , frivolous crowd , possessing an equal proportion of good humour and centimes , to bestow on the goods of the
young merchant , whose wit is their chief recommendation , nor on the Gamin , ever ready to afford some trifling service . The London boy may steal or beg , 'tis true ; but he cannot by his own quick wit and unaided efforts , enjoy a bright existence , full of song and laughter , which enables him to bear , even to middle age , that kindliness of nature , common to youth when not hardered by the werld , or vitiated by the habitual contact of evil things . Necessity is the great demoraliver of the boy as of tbe man : for tbe shrewd , active ehild , would work or play rather than be help ' essJy idle , but instinct prompts him not to starve , and even nature teaches him to sin for bread !
It is aa well to speak to the boy , as to the man , of moral influences , but not ns be sits half naked and shivering on a door-step . It were better then to feed and clothe him , to elevate him from tbe mere animal , and to give him sympathies with his his kind . There would be less crime , and lets crime-inducing punishments ; and under merciful treatment tbe boys of London , though never perhaps so witty or so gay as their continential neighbours , might become , as a body , as happy , intelligent , and honeBt , as our friends , the G-imins of Paris . " A Night among the Islatas of the Rio Grande " is a tale graphicly told , specimens of which we would gladly lay before our readers , but for the present , space forbids . After the lengthy extracts given above we cannot possibly do more than renew out former recommendation of this Magazine , wishing it , as we do , every success .
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crease wages are Illegal , in a recent publication , the owners tesuine a sort of horror at th . i idea of " recognizing' the «• Pitmen ' s Union . " It wih' not be necessary to oppose this assumption : the comUnation of the pitmen is a legal one—it requires no " vecognising . " The idea of a set of men netting themselves above the law—refasing to " recognise" a right , for the dtflnition and enforcement of which a special Aot has been passed —is indeed more than sufficiently absurd . It will die , however , a natural death . They might a ? well ta » K of ¦• recognising ' the Grey Statue , or the North of England Railway . The only " recognising" required is tbe " recognising" of the men : when they " recoRnise" it , no other *• recognising" win ba required . Fancy Mr . Jobling addressing Atkinson thus : —•• Atkinsonthe
, law ^ recognises your right to send a letter to your mother for » peony ; but mind you , I don't recognise that law—bad for poer men- —makes them idle—so you'll pay ninepence—that is to say , you'll give me the odd eightpence : the law allows vie to sends letter to my mother also for a penny- ^ cbeap enough—that part of the law iB very good—remarkably bo—that I do recognise . '" Is this one atom more abBurdjtnan for the said Jobling to address the said Atkinson—or for a multitude of Jobiings to address a multitnde of Atkin . sons thus : — « The law recognises your right to combine together ; a law , indeed has been specially passed in order that there may be no mistake about it—but
, mind you , / don't recognise that law-r-so ; Atkinson yon most not combine—no Union for you . True , indeed , the same law which allows you to combine allows the masters also to combine— thvt part of it w d& 'recognise ; ' yes , indeed , we recognise the Masters Union—• because we belong to it ' j " Combination , than , is lawful—Union is lawfal : as lawful for the men as for the masters . But violence is unlawful . Let this be thoroughly understood—laugh to&coxn the fat fool , who tells you that fee—tbe large beast—will not " recognise" your Union ; regard as a traitor to the cause of labour the man who by violence brings that Union into disrepute .
We must conclude for this week with the following notice . It will be found important to Poetical Miners , for whose benefit , and that of the good cause , we give it insertion .
PRIZB POETRY . The present time is idle and hungry , and therefore well BUited , in the opinion of those who understand these things , to the growth of poetical fancy . Now we want a good Song for the Pitmeu—suitable to existing circumstances—and we want the Song to be written by a Pitman , or his wife , or daughter , or son . la our last page are a capital set of rhymes—when well sung they make the walls ring again—sound are they in sentiment , and hearty and joyous in their syllables and tune .
We " now offer a prize of Two Guineas for the best Parodx on The Brave Old Oak "; the subject to be " The Strike . " We have expressed the same wish before , and two or three sets have been sent to us ; but they are not " finished" enough for music . One jolly fellow rhymes after this fashion : — "A Song for the Strike— 'tis better than pike'Tis the power of Labour ' * throng I Here ' s health and renown to bis brow so brown , And his Union arm so strong ! There is fear in his frown when the heap goes down , And the fire in the small fades out . And the grass grows rank on the black pit bank , And the engine forgets to shout . "
After that our poet goes on rbyming about " The stone and the flint , and the prey and the splint ; and threepence a quart for font . " Hie ideas are good enough , and bis verse on the" Guarantee" ia really splendid ; but he lugs in the beam and scales rather lamely : he can try again if he likes . However , we want something first-rate ; eo let all who love their country and seek for Immortality and two guineas set to work immediately . The lines sent must be worthy of publication or the money will not be given . Ten shillings will be given as a premium for the " second best" ' .. We must receive all communicatieiia by the 1 st of June , as the Committee , to decide on tbe versea entitled to the premium , will sit at twelve o ' clock on that night ! _ MISS FRANCES WRIGHT .
I believe it may be safely asserted that less is known with respect to the personal history , origin , and family connections of Miss Frances Wright , or Madam D'Aursmont , than of any other character of existing notoriety . This has doubtlesss been caused by the fact , . that when not impelled by the hope of achieving some great public good , she has lived in retirement , bordering on absolute seclusion . Many and various surmises hare consequently ran current relative to the life and character of that distinguished and eloquent lady ; and singular to relate , few , if any of these surmiseB have had any foundation in fact .
As the reader may be curious to know by what means I arrived at that knowledge which her nutne * rous admirers in this country seem altogether destitute of , I may briefly state that Madam D'Aursmont lately visited Dundee for the settlement of important business connected with property she has inherited from a cousin of her father—the last of the name . The news of her arrival Boon spread through the town . Feeling anxious to see a woman whose eloquence has gone so far to effect a revolution in the mind of America , I embraced the earliest opportunity of soliciting an interview ; I was received with tbe greatest of kindness .
Madame D'Aursmont is amongst the tallest of women ; being about 5 ft . 5 inches high ; she walks erect , and is remarkably handsome . Her brow is broad , and , phrenelogieally speaking , magnificent ; her eyes are large ; her face is masculine , but well formed . In the course of our conversation I mentioned to her that certainly little was known of her life , as I bad seen it stated in an Edinburgh Magazine that she belonged to Glasgow . She replied , that was not surprising ; she had seen biographical notices of herself which did not cob tain a single fact . Adding , "The reason is obvious . I have always avoided speaking about myself ; and , of course , no one knows where I belong
to , or anything about me . " After a desultory conversation , and a promise from her to call at my abode ; we separated . After waiting a few days , and finding that Madame D'Aursmont did not call , 1 wrote to her , stating that my views in calling upon her were to obtain from her such facts of her life as she might think proper to favour me with , to be published in some Liberal newspaper or magazine , for the information and gratification of her numerous admirers in this country . On the same day this was posted , Madame D'Aursmont called at my residence , with the following note , remarking that she intended to leave it if she had not found me at home : —
" Dkar Sib—Should I not nod you at home , let this line , which I Bhall leave in that case , in token of ready sympathy with your wishes , satisfy yours , that I did not , that I could not , misinterpret yours only too flatteriBg enthusiasm . So far as this may have been inspired by those principles of truth and liberty which it has ever been the effort of my mind to interpret correctly , and the object of my life to advance—that enthusiasm can only meet with an echo in my own breast . So far again as in the ardour of youthful feeling , you may have
apostrophized the advocate of those principles , instead of purely and entirely those principles themselves , my censure cannot and will not be too severe , since I can recall the time when I was prone to err in the same manner and in equal excess . I beg that you will dismiss all fears of intrusion , and call on me as frequently and freely aa inclination may dictate . 1 look for my hupband and daughter by the next London Steam Packet . Your ' s , dear Sir , with much respect , F . W . D'Adrsmont .
The reader will now perceive that my opportunities of ascertaining the information so much wished for were of the beat description . In my next article , I will endeavour to give a lucid and succinct biography of a woman who ia unquestionably the most intellectual female defender of liberty in the present age . T . Myles . Dundee , May , 1844 .
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THE REWARD OF BACCHUS . A day or two since , one Elias Furmager , private of tbe Grenadier Guards , rushed after a respectable married woman to ber house in New Peter-Btreet , Westminster . The woman locked her room-door , when the said Elias , drunk and furious as any satyr , broke open the door and seized his victim , who screamed from the window for help . - Overpowered , she fainted , and was discovered by a woman , who resides in the same street , "hanging half out of tbe window in an insensible state . " Mr . Jardiue , the Solon of Queen-square , looking awful as Justice at the soldier , asked him what he had to say in his defence ; and Eli&a Furmager answered that " he was very sorry tot whit had occurred , but that he was wv drunk at the time 1 "
Merciful as wise is oft the magisterial mind ; for Mr . Jardine avowedly taking such drunkenness " into consideration , " and ' doubtless believing that" none but the brave deserve the ' f tlr , " inflicted the penalty of ten shillings on tbe son of Mars , flushed as he was with gin and love 1 Beautiful is the charity of Mr . Jardine towards Bacchna ; sweet the compassion at Queen-square for drunkenness , which , taking the benefit ? ' its own wrong , obtains a handsome discount of a magistrate for evil-doing 1 , It is pleasant , top , to record the . gratitude of men towards such , philanthropic intelligence . ' We understand that tbe officers of tbe Grenadier Guards have invited Mr . Jardine to an early banquet , in token of their se&w of bis paternal tenderneu towards a drunken son of glory .
Several publicans , feeling the breeches-pocket value of Mr . Jardioe ' a sentence , have subscribed towards a Bilyer toddy . jujf , which , bearing the appropriate inscription , "Wetoontjo home tiU « or »^ , ' ? , WiU be duly presented to the discriminating magistrate . We arfralsb happy to " state . ;^ at under the immedipJte direction of Mr . Jardine , a painter has orders to exf ^ ute a r . otice in letters : of gold ( with a beautiful v ' . fle-leaf border ) to be placed , above the magistrate o { Queen-Bquare . The notice runs as follows : — "In all cases of assault a liberal allow / ance made for drunkenness , "— - Punch .
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JUSTICES' JUSTICE JUSTIFIED . } Mr . Hoffman having asked itJve Secretary for the Home Department whether he had any information as to tbe case of outrage by a soldier so indulgently dealt with by Mr . Jardroe , up « u which we commented in our last number , Sir James Graham stated"It was true , as bad been stated , that the soldier was intoxicated ; that some signals bod passed between him and the woman ; that she had returned home and locked the door ; that be bad broken down the door and offered violence to her ; . that she had screamed , oi which her neighbours entered and rescned her ; the soldier bad been given into custody , and the charge had been- brought before a police magistrate . The cttarge entered on the sheet was that of ' Mary Brown , it ..... ...... street , Westminster , [ for breaking in her door > value one shilling . ' Tba magistrate , on hearing the case was satisfied that ; tbe man vnn intoxicated , and that he had misunderstood the woman entirely in consequence of what had passed between
them in the street . The deor was an extremely slender one , and the lock was so worn as to offer co resistance . The . magistrate was not satisfied as to the extent of tha violence committed , and therefore Sid not feel justified in dealing with the prisoner as for a gra ^ e- offuace . He might certainly have committed tbe prisoner for an aggravated assanJt , bat under all the-oircumsfcances of the case—especially referring to what bad previously taken place in the street , and that the * actual damage was valued only at Is . —the magistrate considered that the justice of the case would be net by tbe penalty imposed . With respect to the charge , that ihe magistrate bad made drunkenness a plea in extemation of the effjnea , the Hon . Member for Cocfceraoutn ( Mk Hors--man ) , taking his information from the newspapers , had been greatly misled . A statement he held in his hand , r t 0 Ri Mr . Jardine , distinctly denied this , acd asserted , on the contrary , that be ( Mr . j Jardine ) would not allow such a plea to weigh for one momentr with him in the adjudication of punishment .
" Mr . Horsman considered the explanation of' tbe right honourable gentleman was perfectly satisfactory , and that , from the Utter portion I of it especially ; , great public good would accrue . " ; We are utterly at a loss to conceive what Mr . Hownan could find satisfactory in this explanation , or what good he could expect to accrue from it The magistrate denies the correctness of the report , which represented him as treating drunkenness as an extenuating circumstanee j but for tbe rest , the statement of the grounds of tbe sentence makes tbe case worse than it before appeared . ¦ Tbe magistrate was satisfied { that tbe soldier was drunk , bnt , nevertheless , be believes tbe drunken felfow ' s representation " that signals had passed in the Btreet , " and makes it a grosad for a mitigated punishment . ' I
Where was there any corroboration of tbe drunken brute ' s story of signals ? The woman fled from him on his approach , and locked herself in . Tbe charge entered at the station-house was , it seems , for breaking down the door , value one shilling . This was the shape in which it was put by some Dogberry of an inspector : for the woman ' s charge before the magistrate was clear enough for an assanlt with a criminal intent , accompanied with threats of murder . The offence , however , in the magistrate's view , was simply and solely the violence to the door , which he informed Sir James Graham was a lery slender door , with a very bad lock . Hence we learn that the offence of breaking into a bouse depends altogether on the strength of the door , and the condition of the lock .
Tee door was only valued at one shilling , and the woman was valued at still less in the eyes of the magistrate and bis worthy champion the Home Secretary . She was poor , and what mattered ; it what violence was offered to her 1 Magistrates cannot condescend to protect tbe virtue of persons of such mean condition . It is perhaps looked upon as a preramptioa ia them to be tenacious of their honour . Tbe damage to their doors is all that is taken cognisance of , and if the ruffian in this case had happened to find : the door open , and committed tbe same outrage , threatening the woman with violation and deatb , and throwing tbe poor creature into a fainting fit with terror , he would , by the showing of tbe magistrate's champion , Sir J . Graham , have escaped punishment altogether . Ruffians now , tbbaks to Mr . Jardine end Sir J . Graham , know dibtinctly on what terms they may commit their ontrages .
They have only to get drank , in which state they are fancy free , and may imagine signs of encouragement , upon the strength of which tbe magistrate will excuse their pursuing their prey ; and j provided they don't break open doors , they may proceed to auy violence short of actutal rape with impunity ; or if they do break doors open , they must take care that they are weak onei , for they will have to pay for them , but at a very moderate valuation to be sure . When rape has actually been committed , as we saw in b recent instance , an indulgent ! jury finds a vardict for a common assault j When an aggravated assault with the criminal intent is committed , the magistrate awards a petty fine for breaking open a door with a weak lock . It is literally only the rape of the lock .
Exasperating to the sense of justice as this case is , the defence of it is still more disgusting and mischievous , for it sanctions other encouragements to brutality of tbe same kind . Tee lesson of Mr . Jardine has already had effect ; for during the lost two days thejplea of intoxication has been set up for an indecent outrage of a very gross nature . The defendant ' s attorney urged the extenuating circumstance as quite sure of reception after the late precedent j It would be well , then , for members of Parliament rather to refrain from adverting to anch miscarriages of justice , than to notice them to no better purpose than to accept with satisfaction the wont possible vindication . '
As for Mr . Jardine he has before signalised himself by a taste for violence . < He was tbe magistrate who complimented Mr . Knight Brace's son on the exploit of breaking a window in which some ribaldry was displayed . This worshipful gentleman is obviously rather jfond of a vigour beyond the law . — Emiminer .
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THE ARCADIA OF THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS . The Ashley agitation has called forth some eloquent descriptions of tha happy lot of a class of operatives hitherto supposed to be rather uncomfortable . As the coal-pit-proprietors last year , so the millowners now , come forward to describe in glowing terms the haloyon lives of workers in the factories—to denounce , the cruelty of those who would separate the spinner or plecer from bis mule-jennies an hour sooner than they are accustomed to cease trotting beside them . According to this new version of the story of the factorylabourers , they are all living in clover . Factories ore the Utopias , the earthly Blystums of the working-man . It is there , and not in any feigned Arcadia , that the
beau ideal of the Industrious labourer ' s lot is to be met with . The pictures they draw of his life are almost enough to tempt a Senior from tun books , or a Chadwick from his desk , and make ; factory-operatives of them . One can fancy the benevolent artists , who paint the life so feelingly , murmuring , like Alexander . " Were we not millowners we would be factory-workmen . " Touched by their genial imagination , tbe factory becomes a fairy dome ; a building like tbe conservatory at Chats worth , in which the labourers enjoy a more genial clime ; or , like Milton's Paradise , a haunt of wise , innocent , and happy beings , who toil no more than is necessary to " aid digestion and sound Bleep o * nights . " ;
In their last manifesto , the Associated Millewners protest that employment in the factories does not " tend to reverse the condition of the sexes . " Perhaps not—that was probably an unwise exaggeration of some of the very unwise alvocatea of a Tea Hours' Bill . Bat what , by the showing of the Associated Millowners themselves , does factory-labour do ? Among 10 , 721 married females employed in 412 factories , the husbands of 5 , 314 were also employed in the factories ; the husbands of 3 , 927 were engaged in other
employments , 821 had no regular employment , and 659 were unaccounted for . Pretty well for inquiries which the Associated Millowners " have taken advantage of the Easter recess to institute . " Oat : of 1 , 480 husbands of ob many female factory-laboureni they now know that 821 are without employment , and they have not been able to discover that the remaining 659 have any employment Then with regard to the remaining 9 , 2 : 41 married couples , the husband being away at work all day , and the wife being away at work all day , what becomes ot their children ? I
The females themselves , soy * ' the manifesto of the Millowners , " prefer mills to most other occupations , and even to domestic servics . "} This declaration is meant to operate out of tbe manufacturing districts . There , the ready cemment would be , " Wh » would receive as a domestic servant a girl bied in the mills t " It may be , that in addition , to the disinclination of all bat the poorest and least respectable families te receive mill-girls into their houses , the slatternly lave of finery , the bold unwomanly dispositions , acquired by these poor creatures in the mill , may reader themselves averse to the restraints of a well-regulated household . It Is these unfortunate creatures wao , xusbiog into premature matrimony—when not to a werse fate—keep up the number of chikUneglectiag mothers , of whom the Associated Millowsers boast , and wbose luckless children are left to grow up to- 8 har «; in turn their mothers ' fate . , i
The Associate * Millawnera ore equally successful in proving Unit faatory-oocapation has not a tendency to shorten life . « lne per centage of persons above forty engaged in najOs ia only 7 2-5 tha per cent : this does not arise aa much from superannuation , as from the number o ( mill-banda who are enabled by their savings to enter into Superior occupations . " Their Inquiries have fjttended to mills employing between 140 , 000 and 160 , 000 operatiVeB , and appear to have gone at least ; as tar as thirteen years . Out of this number , in this time , t ^ ey have traced 197 who have at one time or another worked in factories , and of whom fourteen have become master-spinners and manufacturers , sixty-one aho ^ . keepera , forty-two publicans and beer-retsilers , eleven grocers and tea-dealers , and tbel rest bave . found , other respectable means of obtaining j a livelihood ., it < is assumed that savings made in the mills have enabled these persona to become what they are v tut no proof is offered . From anything that appears , these persons may be flourishing , not because taey once worked , in
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mills , but because they bad the good fortune to changa their employment in time . But , above all , the circam » stance of 197 persons out of nearly 160 , 000 having , in the course of thirteen years , riaeS to comparative affluence , ( it may be by the assistance * cf friends , by unlooked-for inheritances , &c ., ) does nc * " prove that to be a healthy occupation in which the proportion of persons employed above forty years of age is only 7 2-5 ths . "To sum the whole , the close of all " : the AJsociatecT MiHowners state , as the result of their inquiries , that the average wages of persons employed in toills is 1-Os 33 d . per week ; and that this cannot be earned by any shorter labour than eleven-and-a-half houra for six < 3 aya in the week . This they speak of complacently , a » ail that ought to be desired fer working-men and "
their families . Their benevolence goes no farther than to wish that all poor people may have as much work and a ? mucS wages . They say that shorter hour * would" so raise the price of our manufactures as to render them iscapable of competing with those of foreignsrs . They look forward to no improvement ia machinery which * will enable them to pay better wages for less human work . When they speak of the abolition of th « Com Lsrw and tbe general introduction of free trader as likely to give sn impetus to manufactures , they only think of more mills being built , more mulejennies set in motion , and more operatives obliged to walk backwards and forwards along with these untiring iron splnnero *—mothers leaving their children to grow op like weeda- fey the wayside—until nature is incapable ot ought e \ set % * n repose , for IOj . 3 . b 1 . a-week .
Tbe Utopia of the Associated Millowners ia not to our taste . Without dissenting from their Free Trade doctrines , we must maintain that something moreia required to make men and women really men and women—something of which , it is clear from tbeir last manifesto , they entertain not even a suspicion—Spectator
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The Rev . Theobald Mathew last week nnmbered 60 , 000 teetotallers in Cork . He preached and administered the pledge at Castiecomer on Sunday , and has deferred his visit to America for next year . War to Warn . —In Persia corrupt judges were flayed 1 alive , and their skins fixed over the tribunal at which they had presided . Diodorus Sicolus informs us that Artaxerxes punished some unjust judges precisely in this manner . Anecdote of Burns . —About the year 1796 , Burn ? , along with the present respected sheriff-clerk of Dumfriesshire , were the first to propose tbe establishment of a town library in that aneient burgh . To form a nucleus , around which other volumes
might be collected , a number of gentlemen agreed each to give a few volumes as donations to the incipient library . Burns ' s contribution was Delolme ' s Sssayon the British Constitution , on tbe boards of which'he wrote— "The British Constitution from . Robert Burns , —and' may we keep it until we get ft better . " About this time , Napoleon was holding oufc threats of invading our island , and it may illustrate the high state of public feeling , as well as Bums ' a 6 ensativenss 9 about the value of his ganger ' s salarj to-his family , to know that next day after giving his donation , he waited on his friend , Mr . Thomson .
and anxiously said— " I have been thinking on my inscription on Delolme . I see it may be misunderstood . Many eyes are upon rae and my opinions , I wish I could have the volume , in order to erase it , for it may injure me and mine . ' * Mr . Thomson had not the volume at haod , but assured the poet that he would open the room used as the library , and carry the wished alteration into effect . The volume , we understand , may to this day be seen , with a leaf of white paper pasted over the inscription , which may still be deciphered beneath the covering that the fears of the poet for his family ' s welfare caused his friend to place over iU—Kilmarnoelt Journal .
Mentai anxiety usually produces a misanthropic selfishness , ia which we wrap ourselves as in a mantle . Thus we become dark , gloomy , and repulsive ; and the amiable self-respect that in oar better days sustains and keeps us far above the reach of sordid thoughts and actions , becomes in the darker hoar of our destiny the source of heavy affliction ; hence result an unhealthy action of the Stomach , Liver , and other Viscera , causingjlndigestion , and its well known consequences . For the correction of these distressing ; complaints , Frampton ' s Pill of Health affords a simple and effective remedy .
Travelling in Spain . —We read in a Madrid journal— " Mail-coaches , with three places for passengers , like those of France , have been established upon all our roads . It is difficult to give an idea of the multiplication of public carriages of all kinds in Spain . They are running in every direction , and there is so much opposition , that the fares are brought extremely low , and travelling has become so greatly increased that the inns and other establishments for their accommodation are as greatly improved . If our highway * were but clear of the brigands who infest them , foreigners would flock to explore our country and its interesting curiosities , hitherto almost unknown to the rest of Europe . "— Galignani ' s Messenger .
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London Smithfield Cattle Market , Monday ,, May 1 &—The Beef trade was unusually dull ; indeed , we scarely ever recollect a worse market for Beef . Notwithstanding the salesmen gave way in prices from 2 d to 4 d per 81 bs , scarcely any progress was made in sales , and the very highest figure obtained for the best Scots did not exceed 3 s 8 i per 81 bs . The numbers of Sheep were again extensive , yet tha primest old Downs sold at prices fully equal to those ) obtained , on this day se'nnight . Tbe middling . and inferior kinds , however , were a shade lower . For Lambs last week ' s prices were supported . Calves at previous currencies . For Pork no alteration : to notice .
London Corn-Exchanoe , Monday , May 13 . — Business in Wheat fresh ap , owing to the factors demanding from Is to 2 s per quarter more money then last week , progressed slowly ; eventually , however , the demand became steady , but not the slightest improvement was noticed on last week ' s rates . The show of fine foreign Wheat was moderately good . Fine Dantzio qualities moved off steadily ; other kinds slowly , at last week ' s currencies . Bonded Grain almost nominal in value . Fine malting parcels of Barley sold at full currencies ; in other kinds very little was doing . Malt at unaltered currencies . FtuL prices were obtained for Oats . Beans and Peas at an advance of from Is to 2 a per quarter . For Floor prices remained about stationary .
Wool Market . —Since this day se ' nnight th imports of foreign and colonial Wool have no exceeded 1 , 200 packages . Privately , the demand is in a sluggish state , yet the factors remain firm at late rates . Tallow . —This market is steady , and prices , both on the spot and for forward delivery , the samew There is very little speculative business , doing . Town Tallow ia abundant , at 39 j . to 39 s . ftLper owt » net cash . Borough and Spitalfields . —The arrivals of
Potatoes at the water side , since oar last import , haw not exceeded 500 tons ; yet , as large supplies are m warehouses , the demand ia very heavy , and prices are with difficulty supported . Borough Hop Market . —The accounts wbioh have reached us from Kent and Sussex , state that aa increase of fly is apparent amongst the growing Hop bines ; yet they appear to have had bat little influence upon the demand here , which , howaver ,. ia certainly firm , at very full prices . As yet no-betting has taken plaoe- upon the duty .
Richmond Corn Mahket , May 11 . —We only had a thin supply of Gr ain in our market to-day . Wheat sold from 7 s to ? u 3 d . Oats 2 s 3 d to 3 s 8 d . Barley 4 s to 4 s 3 d . Be ana 49 &d to 5 s . Liverpool Cattle 'Market , Monday , May 13 . — We have had a very b eavy show of cattle at market to-day for this time of . the year , which met with dull eale at last week ' a quotations . Beef 5 £ d to 6 d , Mutton 6 H to 7 d per lb . Cattle imported into Liverpool from tha 6 ih to the l&h of May : Cowa 1862 ; Calves 5 ; Sheep 3007 ; Lamba 766 ; Pigs 5000 ; Horses 44 .
Manchester O orn Market , Saturday , May 11 . —Throughout tb / e week ft Bteady demand has been experienced for prime fresh manufactured Flour , which , being scr . rce , readily commanded an improvement on the pr revious currency . Warehoused parcels , of which the stocks are greatly reduced , likewise met a tol erably free sale , but any advance oa such was wit" n difficulty obtained . Both Oats and Oatmeal we re also in fair request , and the turn dearer . At our market this morning a moderrate amount of business wa 3 transacted ia Wheat , and prices advanced from Id . to 2 d . per 701 bs . On ohoioo fresh-mad e Flour wo must note anadvaace of folly Is . per Btick , with a fair Bale ; granaried parcels , ia perfect 'condition , continued to find buyers , and , ia some instances , for ap proved brands , a slight im > improvement in value was realized . Oats were ld » per 451 bsand Oatmeal 6 d . per 2401 bs dearer , with , a moderate consumptive demand . Beans advanced Is * . per quarter . ^
Liverpool Corn Market , Monda y , May 13 . — The imports of British Grain ; Flour and Oatmeal , since this day se ' nnight , are light . Two or : three cargoes of Wheat , Oats , Barley' and Peas , have arrived from the Baltic port J .- With the exception of a slight shower or two the weather has continued dry , giving a greater degree of firmness to the trade generally . A fair quantity of Wheat has been sold , some parcels for the interior at folly Id per bushel above the rates current at the cloae of last week . O ? 4 ts have brought an advance of Id to 2 d per 451 b 3 S 2 j . lid paid for the best Irish mealing ; Oatmeal mast also be quoted 6 d per load dearer . Sack Flour has brought an advance of 6 d to Is per sack , but higher rates have not been obtained for Canadian . 30 s 6 d to 31 s per 4801 bs . has been paid lor Egyptian Beans , duty paid , and ' several have found buyersoa bond at I 83 6 d to 203 T > er 48 Qlbs . Ko flhange-in the value of Barley or Peas ^ , A > oargo . of -Bana £ » Wheat has Changed hands in- bond « fc 5 * 4 « . per 701 bs .
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THE MINERS MAGAZINE , May . —Newcastleupon-Tjne : Benson , Dtan-Blreet , London : Cleave , Shoe-laDe . Manchester : Heywood . We can this week dp little more than notice this , the third , No . of this talented periodical . We are g lad to learn that success has eo far crowned the Jabonrsof the spirited Editor as to induce him to promise an extension of the size of this Magazine from forty-eigbt to sixty pa ^ es , without any addition of price . The present No . contains some most important and ably written articles , most of which are , however , too lengthy to transfer to our columns this week . We give a few extracts . The following , addressed to the pitmen and masters of ^ Northumberland and Durham , will be found well worth the attentive perusal of both parties at the present crisis : —
A WORD TO THE PITMEN . At no time—bnt more especially dnriog your present secession from labour—allow jonifceWes to be thrown eff your customary guard by momentary bursts ot paseioc—bear in mind tbe hosts of hirelings by which ycu are sutiounded , vthot&inlereit it is to canse yon to commit a breach of the jeace ; who are contriving innumerable stratagems to entrap you within the Police grup . However servile this advice may appear , rather brook an insnlt—which at another and less critical time yon would manfully resist—then bave to come into the pretence of tbe magisterial authorities in any
capacity whatever—eitker as plaintiff , defendant , ot witness . Be determined , eacb and every one of you to give an feoliday co-extensive with yonr own , to civil and military " pastors and routers and all who are placed in authority under them . " Best assured it will best answer your purpose strictly to regard and adhere to this advice . Avsid , even , as much as possihle , brii ging your rightful claims Bgainst your employers for monies dishonestly witbbeld fiom you , during this eventful crisis—in one word , do cot come into collision with the powers that be , until the strike has terminated .
A WORD TO THE MASTERS . Do not imagine , tuch of ye as are overbearingly dishonest towards jour late slaves , who have gloriously struck fcr freedom , that because your dastardly acts are alJowed tor expediency ' s sake to pass for the moment , they are either forgotten or forgiven . A very long and bitter list is chronicled against yon . The day of retribution will and shall very foon arrive , when every cne iball be jndgtd by bis works . The knock-down settler to the corrupt hirelings of the "Coal-KiDgs "' pr « s , who have been very busy promulgating the idea that the Miners' Association is an illegal combination , contained in the following , is excellent : —
THB XAWS BBLATIKG TO THE COMBINATION OF THE WORKING CLASSES . In looking largely at the present movement from servility and starvation towards independence and comfort , there are several peculiar and grand features , distin gnishing it from all preceding ones : and each , in Its turn , appears to be an indication of that vitality whicb is destined quietly to survive and peaceably to triumph over all opposing iifluences . The word " triumph , " indeed , does not accurately express onr meaning : the movement of labour is more onward than upward—it pervades rather than cocqnerB : the power , tbe
happiness , the food , the leisure , tbe intellect whicb it wins is not abstracted from any other class , but added to the general stock . If tbe working Collier were happier all society would be lappier . The coal master does not see this—old habits prevent his seeing it—and yet it is so . So far as be is concerned the movement appears to be a " struggle "—and so be blunders on . There ia no donbt whatever , bnt that if the pitsoen ' B wages were three times an high as those proposed by the owners , the owners would themselves be far richer than they now are . This , however , is a long subject , and not t bat which we are now to write upon .
One moat significant feature of the movement is , the determination of tbe "working classes to keep Witbin the law ; not only have they determined not to violate the law , bat to keep far within it— leaving a broad margin—offering no resistance even to illegality when committed by a person in authority , or having the least semblance of authority . The scoffs and foul language of the policeman are met with a smile—and even the staff provokes so further breach el the peace than its own ruffianly blow . . Mr . Boberts proceeds to show the law on combinations , as laid down by Chief Justice Tindal , shewing what working men may do , and what they may not do . We cannot afford room for Judge Tindal ' s charge , but our friends , the Miners , will do well to purchase the Magazine , and read , mark , and learn Judge Tindal ' s law for themselves . Mr . Roberts concludes this valuable article as follows : —
In the editorial articles 6 ! the newspapers—at the meetings and in the resolutions of the coal-owners—it is obsertable that attempts are constantly made to induce the workmen to believe that combinations to in <
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 18, 1844, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1264/page/3/
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