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taster is at iiand . and tlie holiday time now commencing affords a fitting opportunity for onr usual " Feast of the Poets ; " two reasons combine in support of this , 1 st . that our poetical feast appears to us to be in accordance with the time , 2 ud . the ] "big talk " having ceased for a few days , we are at libeity to fill our columns with more entertaining matter than that which St . Stephens usually affords . We cannot sav niHch lor most of the original contributions we have received , nevertheless , taking . the will fur the deed , we are disposed to make large allowances . The Mowing pieces are the best furnished bv onr contributors : —
AS ADDRESS TO THE TOILCCG MILLIONS . A « vake ! ye toiling millions , wake , l » o « r long Will ye in slumbers , as of endless night Be lockM . Arouse , cast nff your chains , gird on The shield of justice . Know ye that the right To lire in freedom , is not their ' s alone Ytho now oppress you with o ' erohtlming might : Hue , hurl oppression from its bloud-stained tltroue , And put the tools of tyranny to night , "Wltf is it , millions , ye are seal'd in sleep , And iu that sleep incessantly endure A" catalogue of sufferings , so deep And dark , degrading all that ' s noU y pure Iu lirinp man ? Ah , -wherefore do ye wees
O ' er ills which je alone have power to cure 1 Why toil to death , for that which others reap ? All wealth is jour ' s , ye : ye alone are poor . ' The canting pries ^ the pamper'd lord and king , Are toys , to which ye goaded millions bow In adoration , —they who bear the sting That yields ye poison , till life ' s cup " o ' erflow "With deadly draughts , contented still ye cling To those whose asm it is to over throw Your dearest rights , and from your sinews wring Life ' s rital stream , and plant ye homes ef woe . The vilest weed e ' ercanker'd earth , the drone For whom ye slave unceasingly , and raise Tast stores of wealth , the palace and the dome ; For whom ye starve , to whom ye give the praise "With haughty and contemptuous eves look on
Your illrclad frames , as if 'twere something base To toil for bread . Millions , this truth alone Should rouse you from your apathetic ways . Poor crouching things , ye serve the sycophant And make an id « il cf the very drone Who makrs ve slaves—until cold gnawing want , Reigus with its horrors , and disease doth groan "Within your duugeon hotels , dark and damp . Arouse ! how can ye as if dead sleep on TFhile round your frames huge iron fetters clank , And drag ye down to an untimely tomb I Greenock . Jonx Psacock . ^ Ve fancy the following lines are an imitation of a piece with which at some time or other we have been familiar , we are nearly sure that the first line is not original , nevertheless we make room for them .
MAN SHALL CEASE TO BE A SLAVE . Lo ! the glorious morn ii breaking , Of the slave ' s redemption day , His beclouded forehead streaking , With its renovating ray . Ignorance and superstition , Cease tiieir gloomy wands to wave : And the lord of God ' s creation , Sees he ne ' er was meant a slave . Knowledge o ' er the earth is spreading . Rapid as the light of morn , Hope , and joy , and beauty shedding On the cheerless and forelorn . Knowledge clothed with strength and power , Mightier than the ocean wave . And it cries aloud each hour , " Man shall cease to be a slave . "
The full current that it flowing , From the platform and the pres 3 ; The bright spirits that are growing , The resolve that moves the mass ; The new aids which trnth is gaining , SkiU'd to wield and nerved to brave , Shall ' ere long see justice reigning , In a land without a slave . By that goedness which we cherish ; By the earnestness we feel ; By that truth which ne ' er can perish , Still defying flame and steel ; By that God who tfce oppressor To the overwhelming waters gave , Man shall be bis own possessor , And no longer be a slave . Johs Acshoid , Thornton , near Bradford
The following excellent lines are from the pen of an old and esteemed friend , who has spent at least fifzy yeareof his life in labouring to promote the freedom and happiness of his fellow men . We understand that Mr . Davespoet has recently published an autol > iographicalsketch , entitled "The life and Literary Pwrniiu Allen Davenport '' We have not seen the work , but from what we know of the author , tre have no hesitation in recommending it to our readers . His long services and sufferings demand for him the grateful support of his couutrymen .
THE POET'S HOPE The savage who can dig and plant his field , Ani reap the fruits that his own labours yield ; Tt'idi liberty to wander where he wills , To trudge the valleys , or to climb the hills . Ko law of trespass—no natices— " Beware 1 " No steel traps , nor spring guns are planted there . And though obscure , and to the world unknown , lilt mountain goddess claims him for her own . 3 Tor steward , nor proctor , rent , nor tithes demand , No TTsiST LA 5 DL 0 RD drives Mm from bis land . Ha feels more happy in Us moantaia can , And breathas more free than the poor white-skinned slave "Who like the brute is doomed to bear his load , Ser dares to wander from the common road ;
His law and master claims a right divine , And writes np everywhere— " These jidds art mine ?" And yet , I ss » , or ftnoy that I see , Through the dark vista of futurity , A glimmering light , a sort of " milky way , " A shadowy twilight of a brighter day—A day when every working man shall know , "Who is his truest friend and who his foe—A day of union and of moral might—A day of justice , truth , and huuan right—A day when working men of every state , Shall feel as brothers in their common fate—A day when nations shall join heart and hand . To drive the proud usurpers from the land—A day when Poland ahalj again be free , And plant her fields with tress of liberty !
March 30 , 1816 . Allen Dateo tobt . The following lines by " a cotton operative" might have been better , but the noble feeling which dictated them disarms criticism : —
THE POLISH PATRIOTS . Freedom ' s sons come join our caust , Fight for equal rights and laws , Sow come forth and do not pause , But strike for liberty . Ye who hate oppression's name , For the spark of freedom ' s flame , Blush , oh ! blusli , for Europe ' s shame , And Poland ' s slavery . Tyrants loag have Poland swayed , Freemen ' s rights have prostrate laid , Poland ' s sons must have our aid , To crash foul tyranny . Let us snap the galling chain . Let us break the bond in twain , Let us die or freedom sain ,
And scorn base slavery . Raise ths flag and draw the sword , " Liberty" must be the word , from each vein the blood be pour'd , To gain the victory . If we fall bsueath the blow , If eur dearest blood should flow , O ' er our graves will laurels grow , Chtrished by the nations free . J . K . Smith . Other pieces are under consideration . We must add a few selected pieces from onr treasured stores . Merc is a bt-auciful piece , appropriate to the season , which appeared some time ago in the JExaxtuier . Sure we are it will meet with " the hundrrid thousand welcomes . "
"CEADMILEFAILTE !" THE HUNDRED THOUSAND WELCOMES .
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For us alone ,-poor Exiles ! those words of kindly cheer ShaUfal no more in Irish tougueupon the longtag ear . \ one _ wait for us ! none welcome us ! -Beyond theI pluug . ~ "Sl ' cra T * " ~ tOlal ) OUr i ° ' " d dic-isa 11 «« Exiles Yet tell our friends in Ireland , that we will t . lk of them And to p ra ^ ° * " * tbeUve - * »* nt , and **« « P In sleep we fed the parting clasp of each beloved hand Andwehearthe ferven t ac .-ents of that cordial-spoken ~ i ^ LT ' h them t 0 our chUdreD ' even on *¦» Where " the hundred thousand welcomes ! " shall be said to us no more . For « salone ,-poor Exiles " those words of Id , ^ . , . . .
Oh ! blessed words' the very sound takes back the heart again . Like a glad bird ! a thousand miles across this dreary main ! We hear no more the splashing wave beneath the vessel ' s prow——The dear green fields lie roundU 3—which otters labour now ! The sunny slopes ! the little paths—that wound from door to door ! So worn by friendly steps—that ne ' er shall tread those pathways more * —Dear faces gathered round the hearth ! dear voices in our tyir i
And neighbour hands that clasp our own , —and spread their simple cheer , —That scanty meal , so hardly earned ! yet shared with such good-will ! And" the hundred thousaud welcomes !"—that made it sweeter still ! Is the cabin still left standing ? Had the rich man need of all . ? Is the children ' s birth-place taken now , within the new park wall ! And the little field ! that was to iu—such source of hopes and
cares—An unregarded harvest , to the rich man ' s barns it bears !—Ob ! could he know how much to us , that little field hath been : What heart . warm prayers hare hallowed it !~ what dismal fears between . What hopeless toil hath groaned to God , from that poor plot of ground , Which held our all of painful Life , within its narrow bound ! —* Twould seem no comirton earth to him ! he'd grieve amidst his sterc . That "the hundred thousand welcomes I "—are said to us no more I—
—But tell our friends in Ireland , that in our distant home , Well think of thtm at that glad time , when back the swallows come ! The tine for hopeful labour ! when the dreary winter ' s past , And you see the long , brown furrows—are growing green at last ! —And tell our friends , —we pray them to be patient in their pain . For the dear God knows our sorrows ! and His promise is not vain ! —A little toil—a little care!—and in a world of bliss—We shall forget the poverty that parted us in this ! —How small a thing ' twill seem to us—upon thatblessed shore ! Where " the hundred thousand welcomes ! " shall be ours for evermore '" H . D .
At the presentmoment when the ears of the nation are being stunned with the pealing of cannon announcing the " glorious victories" gained by the British arms on the banks of the Sutlej , the following simple lines maj serve to " point a moral" : —
TIDIXGS OF THE BATTLE . BX JOHN SWAIK . A messenger speeds with the news of the war ; To Britain he comes from a region afar , Dread tidings fall fast from his tongue : — Sire , mother , and sister , and lover , and friend , The steps of the messenger closely attend , While loud peals of triumph are rung , 11 Say , messenger , say , —for my brother was there , " His mauuers are gentle , and noble , and fair , — " My brother—will he come again V I saw when the battle had newly begun , That victory would by Old England be won ; But , maiden—thy brother is slain .
" Oh , messenger , tell—for my lover was there . "The look of the maiden was blanch'd with despair , — " Shall I see him in safety again !" I saw him to glory rush gallantly on , A cannon ball check'dhim—I look'd—he was gone ; - Young lady—thy lover is slain . "Pray , messenger , tell , "—said a mother so pale" Since victory waves on the winds of the gale , " My sen may I shortly regain ?" I saw when the battle was brought to a cloie , That Britons could conquer , whate ' er might oppose But , parent—thy first-born is s } ain . The battle was g ; ain *< i , - ' ^ utittie ^ jprice paid how vast ! Teii thousand fell , bleidi » g before the mad blast ; Thej gasp'd , groan' ^' and ai ' ed on the plain . The youthful , the hoaryj ' tju ? mighty , the brave ; They mingle uncoffin'd in one common grave ,
'Aeath the ground upon which they were slain . Just now , when the Pope is thundering against Polish liberty , and his dear comrogues—those archconspirators agaipst human liberty—the Jesuits , are everywhere plotting against the progress of mankind , it may not be amiss to reprint the following excellent piece from the pen of the glorious Bebasgeb , the deathless poet of France and freedom : —
LA MORT DC DIABLE . I sing to day a lay of lays , A glorious miracle you ' ll see ; Give the great Saint Ignatius praise , Of all small saints the patron he . A dirty trick—if saints can trick , And if the truth may all be said , Has done the business for Old Nick , The Devil ' s dead—the Devil ' s dead . Old Kick went out one day to dine , And pledged the saint to drink his health , Aye ! said the saint—and in the wine Some holy poison dropp'dby stealth ; Gripes seized the devil—cruel-sick—He swears , be storms , and hangs Us head , Then bursts like roasted heretic—TheDevil ' 3 dead—the Devil ' s dead !
Alas ! he ' s dead!—the friars' said , — The devil an Agnus shall we sell ; Alas I the canons cried—he's dead—Not one Ormus shall we tell . The conclave ia in deep despair , — Power and the iron chest are fled—0 , we have lost our father dear . The Devil ' s dead—the Devil ' s dead ; Love is not half so strong as fear , Forfear was constant with its gifts , Intolerance is fading here , Who now her blazing toreh uplifts ! If man from u « f should onee be free . What light may beam upon his head ; 6 od , greater than the Pope shall be—The Devil ' s dead—the Devil ' s dead ! Ignatius came— " Let me but take
" His place , his right , and see ; in brief" lie has made men for ages quake 11 I'll make kings tremble likea leaf . " ¦ Wi th plagues , thefts , massacres , I'll ban " Both north and south;—where ' er 1 tread , " Leave ruins both for God and man " The Devil ' dead—the Devil ' s dead !" " Come , blessed one , " they uttered , " come , " " We hallow thy most saintly gall , " And now his Order sent from Rome , O ' ershadows , darkens , curses all . I beard a choir of angels tell Their sympathies for man , —they laid , " Ignatius is the heir of hell , * "TheDevil ' s dead—the Devil ' s dead !"
The following lines on the same subject , recently published , are by a German poet , we believe Ferdinand Freiligrath , with whose beautiful poetry our readers are familiar : —
TO THE DARKL 1 NGS . On tlie throne of sacred justice brutal might again to rear , And to force the whole creation a vile slavish form to wear ; And the sky with clouds to cover , whea the sun is glad and bright , And to bury ev ' ry nation in its old and deadly night;—And the youthful Easter morning , in its majesty sublime , With the impious blade to scratch out from the almanack ol time ; In the very bud to stifle revelations as they rise , Truth to overload with curses—honour to bestow on lies : —
And to shriek throug hout creation , yelling ' Backwards ! —words profane , * And by form and rule to slaughter what the mind ' s extrtionsgain ; And the hand on culture ' s dial to turn back , and check the tone Of the silver bell of freedom , when it scarce has sounded Oue . < And a code of laws to fashion , treating man but as a tiling , Which , as despots , they encompass with oppression ' s iron ring-Yes , a code that makes the freeman a machine and nothing more , And deprives the salt of savour , and forbids the mind to soar .
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'Tis for this the Jesuits labour—yes ! ' tig this the darklings plan , Who an impious gama are playing with the holy mind of man . But , je brave and skilful miners , in your gloomy vaults beware . Lest your own dread mines , exploding , hurl you thund'ring through the air . In another column we have commented at some length on certain doctrines put forth bThomas . ....... ,. -...,.
y Cooper , the Chartist poet ; we have now to introduce to our readers a song trom a German poet hreathin " sentiments the very opposite to those enunciated by Mr . Coorun . Our readers will now have the two extremes before them , the all-forgiTimr prose of Cooper and the tyrant-hating strains of IIkrwkgh , they can choose for themselves ; or , if thev like their draught neither all water nor all whUkey . they may mix the two , and , with the aid of such sweets and acids as we can help them to , make very good punch Here is
THE SONG OF nATE . Ill GEORGE nEUWEOB . Up . up , over mountain and stream , To the line of the rising sun ; One parting kiss to thy faithful wife , Then march to the rolling drum ! Till the sword fall in death from our hand Shall it never in blood be sated . ¦ We ' ve loved our tyrants long enough Now hate them as we were hated 1 na » Love ever riven a chain > Has Love ever wrought salvation ! Then , Hatred , delay not the judgment day
Tis thou who must free our Nation ! And wherever a Despot treads the earth Let him hear that I 113 doom is fated : We ' ve loved our Tyrants long enough—Now hate them as we wore hated ! Through your hearts , with the tide of life , Be the stream of hiite ever flowing ; See around you is piled the lire-wood , To keep the red flume glowiug ! Aad through the streets of your Fatherland Sing ye , with Freedom elated , We ' ve loved our Tyrants long enough—Now hate them as we were hated ! Fight , till the brond earth is free From Oppression and Despot alike ; And holier then will our Ilatnd he
Than the Love that feared to strike ! 'KU the sword falls in death from our Land Let it never in blood be Bated ; "We ' ve loved our Tyrants long enough—Now hats them as we were hated ! We are indebted to a correspondent of the Nation for the above translation , but we must protest against the . barbarous rhyme , or rather no rhyme— " sun " and " drum" in the first verse . The following beautiful piece appeared in one of the early numbers of the Daily News , from the pen of the editor of the Glasgow Argus : —
THE WATCHER ON THE TOWER . What dost thou see , lone wntcher on the tower ? Is the day breaking ?—comes the wished for hour ? Tell us the signs , and stretch abroad thy hand , If the bright morning dawns upon the land . The stars are clear above me , scarcely one Has dimmed its rays in reverence to the sun ; But yet 1 see on the horizon's verge , Some fair , faint streaks , as if the light would surge Look forth again , oh , watcher on the tower—The people wake , and languish fur the hour ; Long have they dwelt in darkness , and they pine , For the full daylight that they knoiv most sbino . I see not well—the morn is cloudy still ; There is a radiance on the distant hill . Even as I natch , the glory seems to grow ; But the stars blink , and the night breezes blow .
And is that all , oh , watcher on the towor ? Look forth agaiu , it must be near the hour . Dost thou not see the snowy mountain copes , And the green woods beneath them on ths slopes ! A mist envelopes them ; I cannot trace Their outline ; but the day comes on apace . The clouds roll up in gold and amber flakes , And all the stars grow dim . The morning breaks We thank th « e , lonely watcher on the tower ; But look again ; and tell us , hour by hour , All thou beholden ; many of us die Ere the day comes ; oh , givo them a reply . I see the hill-tops now ; and chanticleer Crows his prophetic carol on mine ear ;
I see the distant woods and fields of corn , And oeean gleaming in the light of morn . Again—again—oh , watcher on the tower—We thirst for daylight , and we bide the hour , Patient , but longing . Tell us , shall it be A bright , calm , glorious daylight for the free I hope , but cannot tell . I hear a song , Vivid as day itself ; and clear and strong ; As of a lark—younjj prophet of the noon—Pouring in sunlight his seraphic tune . What doth he say , oh , watcher on the tower ! Is he a prophet ? Doth the dawning hour Inspire his music * It his chant sublime "With the full glories of the coming time ?
He prophesies ; his heart is full ; his lay Tells of til e brightness of a peaceful day ! A day not cloudless , nor devoid of storm . But sunny for the most , and clear and warm . "We thank thee , watcher on the lonely tower , For all thou tellest . Sings he of an hour When Error shall decay , and Truth grow strong—When Right shall rule supreme and vanquish Wrong He sings of brotherhood , and joy , and peace ; Of days when jealousies and hate shall cease ; Whea war shall die , and man ' s progressive mind Soar as unfettered as its God designed . Well done ! thou watcher o&-the lonely tower ! Is the day breaking ? dawns the happy hour i We pine to see it . Tell us , yet again , If tbe broad daylight breaks upon the » I « t » ?
It breaks—iteomes—the misty shadows fly—A rosy radiance gleams upon the sky ; The mountain-tops reflect it calm and clear ; The plain is yet in shade ; hut day is near . Caables JUckay
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irrepw . tbto injury of losing life rather than commit upon a fe low-creature the irreparable injury of takmg i / , ! " Mr . Coopkk makes no dUtfiw between ti ie man who willfully and wickedly com " niitea ! nrr ,, i « iruble injury , and the man who unwilluigly and j . b se r-defent-o doe . so . Wi . ac is this bit cuutouiiiiing - right anil wrong ; innocence and crime SroaSf " orJdowrto the dominion of cut-Mr . Cooper testa the patience of his auditors and readers to the unmost extent of human endurance . In rep ly to the query- " Doea not my duty demand thatl aavtfmv wife , my child , by lavin . r tL !„ . •„ . .
tioiial niuflerer dead at my feet ? " he answers" 1 } you be truly filled with the spirit of brotherhood you are to suffer injury rather than inflict on irreparable injury upon another , as the means of preventing it " lie goes on to add , " you ought never to have taught your wife and children , nor ought they ever tu demand from you , that you were to protect them by inflicting an irreparable injury on any one" ' "They outiht to be willing to sutler a little injury , rather than inflict one , &c" Mr . Cooper repudiates that natural iculing which would prompt any man to-strike down ¦ the assailant of his wifo and children ; such feelin << is impulse , " and all impulses should bfr '' subdued and regulated by reason . " That is to any a man seeing Ins wife and children assailed by " pitiless ruflians is to check the impulse" to defend them , and reason himself into a cowardly participation in the guilt ot the villains who outrage the honour ana lives ot those whom he is bound to protect 1
, We will not say that these are "damnable doctrines , . ior it wo did we should <; ive offence to Mr . Coopkk s delicacy , biifc wo will charitably suppose that when Mr . Coorun went the length in ' his argument indicated above , he was trying how far he could humbug his audience . That word " humbu "" is a , - coarse" word , but we must use it . We cannot believe he was in earnest . We cannot believe that Air . Cooper mould really act as he bids others act under the circumstances supposed . Could we so believe , we should regard Mr . Coopeu with horror as something less than man , a thing bloodless , heartless , and destitute of human feeling , an emasculated representative of " the human form divine . " But Mr . Goopkr ia a man , no sham , only a little crotclietty . The fact is , he had a newly-manufactured theory ,
his auoience proved good-natured , and he taxed their swallowing capabilities to tho utmost . Oii the subject of defensive war , Mr . Coopkr says — " I believe my position to be right , that it would be morally wrong tor me or any other Englishman to take the life of a foreigner , making a part of even an invading army . " Ho can see no distinction between serving in the militia , under present circumstances , as slaves fighting for the protection of tlio privileged classes , and serving as free men under free and just institutions , which would give ' England to the English ; " and give all an interest in defending the country , "We will here quote the very different and much more sensible language of VV . J . Fox , recently usud by him in the same place wherein Mr . Cooper ' s " orations" were delivered : —
" 1 do not meau to say that being trained to the use of arms is a thing that should be regarded as in itself criminal , or an occasion for resistance , if it it done in n just and considerate spirit . 1 think that every individual in a c / untrt / should be ( mined to the iia « of arms , and should also be taught the moral lesson ' nuver to use them except to repel invasion from his country ' s shores , '" And again : — " In tbe extreme case , when a band of robbers , callad an array , from some oilier country , stimulated by the thirst of conquest , effects a hndiug on our shores — whendte ha ) id of violence is itretched out over the Und , then I think , resistance , active resistance , personally and by proxy , becoumthsiiutyofall ; and I confess 1 should not be for respecting the consciences of iudividuul members of the itatc who were so regardless o ' f its privileges and of it * duties , us to endeavour to hold aloof on such an occasion * i
Mr . CoorER has next a good word for those melodramatic pets , bandits and pirates . There is no need to repeat his arguments , which all go to show that under any circumstances it is wrong to take away human life . Cannot he see that non-resistance to " a murderer , let him be pirate , bandit , or what you ^ vill , does not prevent the taking of life ? Is it then justice that the innocent should be the victim , and the guilty escape ? Let Mr . Coopkk turn to the report of the trial of the Spanish brigands given in
this day ' s Northern Star , and ask himself did nonresistance prevent blouil-shcdding on the part of those ruffians . True , resistance was not possible , but non-resistance did not save tho victims from insult , toi'tui ' ti , and cruel deaths . Did lion-resiatance save the victims of tliemiscreant Joiinsto . ne ? In thcircaso resistance was possible , and the men were culpable in not resisting . Tho destruction of the life of one scoundrel would have prevented tho destruction oi the livos of several innticent men , and the inhuman cruelties inflicted upon many more .
We pass by several portions of the " Orations" wo had marked for comment , as we are compelled to bri ng our remarks to a conclusion . We trust that by this time Mr . Coopkr will see the false position in which liia theory has placed him . Recently all hearts were moved by the intelligence that the Poles had again risen against their tyrants , and were pouring out their blood for the redemption of their country . Cold , selfish , and ignorant , as too many of the people of this country are with regard to all that concerns their brethren of other lands , there was not wanting masses of Englishmen whose sympathies were keenly excited by the position of their Polish brethren . We will not do Mr . Coopjjb the injustice uf supposing that he was unmoved . We are sure that his ieelln&s
as a man , and hi * hopes as a Chartist , would induce him to sympathise with the Poles , and desire their success . But did he give evidence of this ? Why did he not take part in the Crown and Anchor meeting ? Because his absurd theory stood in the way and prevented him . How could he , consistently with his present opinions , raise his voice in behalf of men who had appealed to the sword for deliverance , who had resisted force by force ? He could nnt do so , and therefore was placed in the pitiable position of abetting despotism by his silence , for he who it not for the Poles is against them . This position is one altogether unworthy of the Chartist Poet , and the sooner he quits that position , by abandoning his theory , the better for himself and for his fellow-men . We shall not as in "the good old times" recommend this book to bo " burnt by the hands of the
common hangman , " we shall not attempt to excite public odium against the author , we shall not implore eur readers not to read these "' Orations "quite the contrary . Tho worst punishment that we can wisli Mr . Coopkr is , to wish that his book may be extensively read . We hope it will be , that the public may see for themselves that we have not misrepresented his doctrine , and that the condemnation we have passed on it is well deserved . Mr . Coopkr is our friend , but no ties of friendship shall prevent us doing our duty . In giving expression to the above sentiments it is not because we love Thomas Coopek less , but because we love truth more . We are sorry that he delivered or published these " Orations , " but , having published them , it is our duty to deneunce the slavish doctrine they are intended to propagate , a doutrine which we heartily repudiate , and which we caimot doubt will bo repudiated by the great mass of thinking men .
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TWO ORATIONS AGAINST TAKING AWAY HUMAN LIFE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES ; AND IN EXPLANATION . AND DEFENCE . OF THE MISREPRESENTED DOCTRINE OF NON-RESISTANCE . By Thomas Coopkr , the Chartist . London : Chapman , Brothers , 121 , New gate-street . We perceive by the notices quoted in Mr . Cooper ' s advertisement , that several of our contemporaries have awarded to these orations their praise—sorry are we that we cannot add our mite of approbation .
Mr . Cooper manfully contends for the right to change his opinions , disdaining to apologise for haying once been a " physical force" man , or for now being a " moral force" man . He is right iu saying that it is impossible for a thinking man to remain stagnant in opinion . Consistency , as generally understood , we thoroughly despise ; it is the " virtue " of the fool who cannot think , the bigot who will not think , and the coward who dare not think . Mr . Cooper's right to change his opinions we fully reeognisc , but if we think his new opinions erroneous and absurd , we owe them no respect , nor shall we pay them any . In the limits within which we must necessarily confine these remarks , it is not possible for us to do more than notice a few of the leading points of Mr . Cooper's orations . lie grounds his argument on the two following propositions : —
1 : That the most perfect idea we can form of civilization , is that of mankind becoming a universal brotherhood , and in that state enjoying the fruits of nature , and the benefits of science . 2 : That for this perfect civilisation to be reached , the principles which , only , can create it must be personally and individually ezeuiplitiud in the lives of its advocates . We adopt these propositions and thereby admitting that each individual should exemplify in his own person the principle of universal brotherhood , we
legitimately infer that it is the duty ot each to assist the other . If our brethren are oppressed we must aid them against their oppressors . If the Poles are oppressed by Nicholas , it is our duty to aid them . But how aid them ? By talking " soft sawder" to their tyrant ? By " reasoning" with Nicholas and telling him that he is " doing very wrong ? " Mighty effectual that " reasoning" would be , no doubtalwayiprovided that thetaid " reasoning" was backed by theunmistakoble arguments of an English fleet and a French army .
At page 27 we find Mr . Cooper arguing that no person has aright to take life in self defence , " to do so is to take the side of the advocates of capital punishments who defend hanging a murderer as a means of inculcating the sauredncss of human iife . " Air . Coopeii here rahkes no distinction between uselessly putting to death a guilty wan , and destroying ( in self-defence ) a ruffian who seeks the destruction of a guiltless man . If he can here sep no distinction his mental Tision must be shockingly imperfect .
Mr . Cooper argues that if one person is about to take the life of another and thus commit an irreparably injury ujiom his victim , still the intended victim lias no right to commit an " inopaiMble injury , " in his own defence , by taking the life of his assailant . " For ( argues he ) how can jmi be sure that your assailant will be guilty of doing you an irreparable injury until he has done it (!) what right , therefore , have you to commit an irmianvlilc injury on this assumption that your assailant intends to commit such injury upon you ? " " Is it not in the highest aud Miostesnpiiuuc deurcegoud and holy to sulfur ; he
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PUNCH . Part lvii . London : Punch Office , 85 , Fleet-street . " Too much of a good thing is good for nothing . " We wish Punch could understand this , and not dose us every week with " breo Trade . " We should bo sorry to see Punch degenerate to a mere joking pictured edition of the three-penny League , and fur the last few weeks it has been but little else . In one of the numbers , contained in this part , there is a disgusting . caricature of Mr . Fbrrand , which we assure the conductors ot Punch will not add to their popularity amongst the working classes , the great majority of whom regard the member for Knaresborough as their friend , knowing as they do that his statements in the House of Commons of the
tyranny , rapacity , and hypocrisy of the millocrats , are tru » . We think we know something more of the " Lord love you , we ' re all for ourselves in this world" gentry , than the editors of Punch can know , and knowing their acts we know that Mr . Fkkkand has not exceeded the truth in exhibiting them as hypocrites and oppressors . These Leaguers profess to be great" liberals" but a more ruthless set of tyrants exist not on the face of the earth . Let the writers in Punch look for a moment at what is now passing in Manchester and Liverpool , where the building capitalists , the majority of whom are free traders , are combined to reduce the operatives to a state ol
abject servitude . The free trade newspapers too aro all arrayed against the working men . No working man will pity _ the landlords in their fall , but no sensible working man expects justicu from the "liberal" enemies of the landlords . The masses are aware that before industry can be emancipated these capitalists , '" leaguers , " and " liberals" must be conibattcd and vanquished . They are tins enemies of the people , and the people owe them nothing but hatred and war . Let the editors oi' Punch give us rather less of the glorification of Comes and Co ., and rather more of such articles as Punch used to have , one , two , and three years ago . A word to the wise suliiccth .
The best of the contents of this part is the series of articles entitled "The Snobs oi ' England . " From one of these articles—well worthy of the author of "Jeames ' s Diary , " - -who ho i 3 Michael Ange'o Titmarshuux best tell--we extract the following picture
otthe snob royal . I will not tak ' instances Royal from our own country of fuival Suol ' . s , hut refer to a neighbouring kingdom , tliat ot Urcn ' ifijrd—and its monarch , the late great and lamented Get ¦ , r ^ ius IV . With the fame humility with v . iik-h the fr ivtmen ; it the King ' s Anns save way before the Vi \ x 4 \ l ' . oyal , tliu : m . « tm : r : icv of the Brentford nation belli liown and trucklsil bifore OtovgiuS i and proclaimed him the ii nt gentleman in Europe . And it ' s a ivonder to think WlUt ; s t ) l ( , j-nntMulU ' s opinion af a gentleman , whin 0 jit-v gave Ocor ( jiu 3 sudi a title ,
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What is it to be a gentleman ? Is it to be honust , to bigentle , to be generous , to be brave , to be wise ; and , possessing all these qualities , to e . tm-isc them in a most Kraeeful outwaril manner ? Oujjht : i suntleniaii to be a loyal son , a true Jmsliand , ami honest father ? Ought hi . < life to be decent , Ills liill < to bo paid , bis ta > ii ? s to be higli and elegant , his aim j in lift lofty ami noble ; ? In a word ought not the biography of a First Geutieuwu in Europe to be of such a nature " , that it might be read in Young Ladies' Schools with advantage , and studied with ^ profit in tbe Seminaries of Young Gentlemen ? I put this quMtiou to all instructor of youth—to Mrs . Ellis and the Women of England ; to all schoolmasters , from Doctor Ilawtruv down to Mr . Sqneers . I conjure up before me an awful tribunal of yout ) . and innocence , attended by its venerable instructors ( like tbe ten thousand reo-diecked charity-childTeii in Suiut PaulV ) , bitting in ju'igmciitanil
, Gconjius pleading his cause in the midst . Out of Court , out of Court , fat old Floim-l ! Beadles turn out that bloated , pimplc-faced man ! If Georgius w « rt have a statue in the new paliice which the Brentford iihtion is building , it ought to be set up in the i'lunkies Hall . Hu should bo represented cutthi " out a coat , in which art he is said to ha vis excelled . He also invented Marasuh ino punch , a skoe-ouelsle ( this was in the vigour of his youth , and the prime force of his invention , ) and u Chinese pavillion , the must hideous building in tbe world . He could drivu a four-in-hand very nearly an well as the Brighton coachman , could fenc « elegantly ; and , it is said , played the liddle well . And be smiled with such irresistible fnscin .-ition , that persons who were introduced into his presen « e , bucaiae his victims , body and soul , us a rabbit becomes the prey of a great big bou-eonstrietor .
I would wager that if Mr .. Widdieomb were , by a revolution placed on Hie throne of Brentford , people would be equally fascinated by hi * ivrcsistibly majestic smile , and tremble aa they knelt down to-kiss his hand . If he want to Dublin they would erect an obelisk on ti . e spot where he first landed , as the Paddylanders did whou Gci . rgius visited them . We have all of us read with delight thai story of the King ' s voyage to Haggisland , where his . resenee inspired such a fury of loyalty ; and where the mu » t famous man o ( the country—Hie 13 i , jv , n of iira ^ wardiiiecoming on board this royal yalch , and tiuding a glass out ot which Gttorgms had drunk , put itiuto liis coat pocket as an inestimable relict , and went ashore in his bout again , But the Baron sat down upon tbe glass and broke it , and cut his coat-tails very much ; and the iuestimnblu relic was lost to the world lor ever . 0 noble Bradwar . dine ! what old-world superstition could set you on your knees before such an idol us that ?
If you want to morali / . u on tliu mutability of human affairs , go and SB * the % ur » oi ' G « or ius in his r « , l , i . lcn tical robes at the waxwork . Admittance one shilling Children and flunkies , sixpence . Go and pay sixpence .
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THE ALMANACK OF THE MONTH—Ai-kil . London : Punch Office , 85 , Fleet-street . As full of fun as an esg ' s full of meat—but . unlike the ez « , always fresh ami excellent—die Almanack of the Month is enjojei ! by us wish a z-st wh ' uno words could describe . There is no u . < c particularising the contents of this number , when av .-rv oue may buy a copy for him > clf for sixpenuu ^ a-mode of expending superfluous coin to that amount which we heartily recommend . From an article on "The Railway Committees of the Month , " we give the following account of
RAILWAY WITNESSES . A walk in the Westminster cloisters at present is worth takiag ; tbe place is converted into a labyrinth of Committees—the streets , so to call them , thronged by swarms of chattering witnesses . There are they—English , Irish , and Scotch—the most racy turn-out of provincialism imaginable . The twang oi Yorkshire , mingling in the drawl of Somerset , clashes alternately with the "; Ueddershin—more poiver to you , " of Sackrille-streec , Dublin ; anil the " Hoo are ye the noo man" of Iligti-Strcet , Old lttekio . B y the way , the trmle of a railw . iy witness , m-xt to the dwarf line , is certainly the htstgoiua . We have strong notions of going down to Yorkshire or Wales for an afternoon ; counting the numbir of pigs which pass over a bridge , or remarking the stowage power of | an omnibus , and then returning to town to live gloriously at the expense of two competing lines for the season—two guineas a day—we would not object to five : of course all the expenses to be extra . We have
been trying to find out how tins country gentlemen forming the cloud of witnesses who are now taking London from the Londoners earn their money . They seem to begin the day by brandy and ivater at Pendall ' sJ ; they then read all the newspapers ; sil ' terwards the lounge for an hour or ao about Westminster Hull ; pass the afternoon at Miss LinwQod ' s or Madame Tussstud ' s or some such exciting exhibition . They are then to be seen dining in all manm-r of hole-and-corner placeswhich only strangurs find out by going lost ; they turn up afterwards in the pits of theatres—and are not un-I ' requently heard thumping the tabls in token of vigorous approbation at the comic song which , just as the great bull of St . Paul ' s tells three or four in the morning , is fiuishittg the fun at the Cider Cellars . After three or four months of this sort uf thing , they go back to the country—their case not having come on—look awfully bilious , and saying that the air ot'London has not agreed with thein .
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% 3 ~ Notices ofJerrold ' sMvgasine , The Connoisseur , Simmonds ' s Colonial Mugtizine , and the Family Herald , will be given in our next number . ^ Pl'ulications Rkckivkd . The Aristocraty of England , and several parts of the Pictorial Penny Shakespeare , and Pictorial Penny BalladnU
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The Condkmnkd Co . nvict in Duruam Gaol . —We are happy to learn that Mary Stoker , tho woman recently sentenced to death at Durham for child murder ( committed while in a state of destitution and misery ) , has had the sentence commuted to transportation for life . AIan Tisaps . —Over the garden fence of a ladies ' seminary , in the neighbourhood of this metropolis , there is painted , in large characters , " Man traps set on these premises . " A wag who was passing , chalked beneath the notice— " Vir Gins , " whereupon he was taken before a magistrate by a police officer . Being put upon his defence for thus defacing the wall of a respectable establishment , he argued "that Fir was the Latin for . Van , and Gin the English for Trap : ergo . that Virgin whs unly another word for il / cm trap . " lleneu he was discharged with a caution .
SiiAKsmiB ' s BiimiDAT . —The anniversary of Shakspere ' s natal day ( April 28 ) will be celebrated this year with nmre than usual eclat at Stratford-on-Avon . In the morning an oratorio will be performed in _ the parish church , and the day will close with a dinner in the Town-hall . DisTiiiiss at Ska . —On Thursday a stout round glass bottle was picked up on the beach at Society , near llopetuun-huuse , Linlithogshire , by James Anderson , resident there . The bottle was sealed , aud contained the following notice : — " Monday , March 10 . —Elizabeth , of Liverpool , bound to New castle , in great distress , off the Bell Rock . We expcet never to see land again , for we are driving fast to the northward . —John Wilson , Liverpool . "
Railway Luxuries . —We lately gave currency to a report , that on some of the long lines it is in contemplation to establish locomotive divans . Another proposition , and one of more general utiliiy , has been madu during the past fortnight , namely , the establishment of travelling restaurants . A * bill of fare showing what the refectory contains , is to be po-ted in each carriage . Bolls are to be ar the command of the passengers to announce their wants to the waiter , who will travel to them along a narrow passage alongside the interior of the carriages constructed for the puvpo . se . —The Builder .
Iuk Old Lady in Thkbadnhedle Street . —We have never , in fact , liko other aspirants to her acquaintance , been personally introduced to tiieelderly lady , for she is truly an " Invisible ( old ) Girl ; " yet we know that she is in very comfortable circumstance * , always sitting in that envied " parlour , " which is lined with Bank paper . Her cellars are lilled with " colo , " which is constantly being posted , or shovelled across the counters of her outer offices , of which she has a » roat many—Our Own Times , Illustrated by George Cniikshank . Aykksiok ovtiik Russians io Wah . —A Yenuii'k ' able feature of the Russian people is an aversion to war , nor can all the efforts of the government conquer it ; indeed , it rather grows by the endeavours made to root it out . — " Eastern Europe and the Emveror Nicholas . "
Vkp . y 1 'rouable !—A musician , in giving notice of an intended concert at Cleveland , Ohio , said , 'A variety of songs may be expected , too tedious co mention . ' What wiu , bbcomk ok the Ladiks?— Iu Naples out of a population of 400 , 00 !) . nearly 7 , 000 individuals have taken vows of celibacy ; while S , Dt ) O are Government employes , and 12 , 000 pensioners . AVaston Outrage . —On Friday night the Grand Stand on Sutton Park race-course , near Birmingham , was burnt down . No doubt exists but that the building was set on tire by sume malicious scoundrel in the neighbourhood . A reward of 261 . has beeu otl ' ered .
Wages is France . —The present average rate , of wages in Paris is 3 f . 50 c . ( or 2 . s . Ud . ) a-day , and 2 f ( or Is . Sd . ) in the provinces . In 1008 the average rate of wages throughout France was 12 sous ( Gil . ) ft dav in 17 a 3 , 10 sous ; in 1783 , 19 sous ; in ISl'J , 25 sous ; in 1832 , 20 sous . Wages have greatly iucreased ; but the prices of all articles of consumption , house-rent , apparel , agricultural and mechanical implements , &c , have augmented also . " Wages arc very high in France , " says M . Michelet , "in comparison " with Switzerland and Germany ; but in the former , wants are much mure keenly felt . "
Thk Battle ov Aliwal . —A letter vooeived from an officer engaged in the Aiiwal affair observes thai it was a superb sight to sub tho 10 th Lancers wiih the Native Cavalry breaking through the Khalsa square , the former cutting up like lui-y . Shawls and gold bracelets without cud fell into ' tho hands ol the victors . —Bombay Times ,
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oini'WHKCK in Winii-liAY . — 'Ihe American baric Wini psic , bound for llavannah , on beatiii" but of Cork harbour , missed stays , and went on shore-in VVhitebay . where she became a . total wreck . The Tea Tkadb , April 6 . —The deliveries of tea last week were 417 , 782 lli . There has been more activity in the market within the last few days , and the deliveries have decidedly incivased . One lirm on l ' riday cleared 13 . 0 . 171 b ., and another on Saturday upwards of 11 , 0001 b . The financial quarter having turned , move activity may be expected .
AcoiDBKijro Rioby Wasqk , Esq .-We leant with regret that , Kigby Wason , Esq ., of Uorwar , late M . P . lor Ipswich , while out inspecting dome improvements nn his estate on Tuesday last , met with a severe accident by falling from his horse on some rough stones . Dr . Wilson and another medical gentleman were speedily in attendance when he was discovered to be much injured ; about the head . We are happy to learn , however , that the wounds , though severe , are not considered dangerous . Distrksskd Nkkdlk > tomen . —A Grand Ball will take place at Almauk ' s on the 24 t . h instant , in aid of die Distressed Needlewoman Society , under most distinguished patronage . Amongst lile list of stewards on the occasion are the siames of sixteen noble lords and several members of the House of Common !' .
Fkichtful Accident . —One day last week , in the Rue de la Tacherie , a man between forty and fifty years of age , who had b ( 'en drinking freely , lost hi * footing , as he was standing on the irame of his window , which was open , driving in a nail , and falling in thestiett was killed on the spot . Ekfkcts of thk English Takiff . —A letter frnra Hamburg of the . 27 th of March , says— " The modifications in the English tariff , penaictin . ! : the importation of cattle and of all kinds of meat into Great Britain free of duty , have had an effect on our market . The prices of mwit have risen in Hamburg and its environs in such a degree , that the middle clas-es feel the effects , and the poor can scarcely make any purchases . Merchants engaged iu tho transatlantic trade also experience the consequences of this rise , tor the price of salt meat is thirtv per cent , higher than last year . " '
Mr . Ukiiapath , of Bristol , tke analytical chemist , met with a serious accident on Wednesday . While operating upon some fulminating silver , it suddenly exploded , and burnt his face so severely thai for a time it was feared he would be dipnveu ' of the si » ht of the left eye at least . He is progressing favourably ; Tub Nkw Timox . —Mr . Culburn has been authoriwfriml requeued U > contradict the report which ascribes ' The New Timon' to the pen of Sir Edward Btilwer Lytton . FjtEK Tkadk . —Farm Lmiro . —Notwithstanding the eerwin prospect of the passing of Sir Robert Teel ' s measure , we know of three large farms in the district of Auchteiarder . which have been Jet within these few weeks at an advance ttf' from 1- ) to 30 per cunt , on the old rents , which ( iemonstraJis pretty clearly that onr fanners aro not so very chickenhearted us some would have us believe—Perth . Ad ~ verdier .
Louvm Railroad . —The comnuMiGcmont of the works of ihuitiiumled railroad from Louvain ( Belgium ) lo ihii Sambru . look plate on IMmiday last with the -isuul eeronionii ; s . Amongst the authorities present on the occasion was M . de Laviiy , the Secretnry-General , Imt now Minister of 1 ' iiblic Works . Soon after the arrival at Louvam of die train from . Bi libels , M . de Bavay dug up the first spade-l ' ull of earth with a silver spade richly carved and mgraved , which was presented to him bv tin .- directi'W .
Thk DnuxiiKN J ) ukk liKTiisu Li ) UG : i . \( irS . —fl ' e un . derstand that the Queen l ) owa » er Ims taken Blonheim I ' alaceofthe ' Duke of Abirlboroiiyli , and intends residing at it . It is said that hi . % Grace intends caving Kiijilsiiid for a few years , [ ilf he never cmnes back there'll be no great loss . Th . ; '' Qtieen Itowaijer" has already two or three palaces , would it not be well that some scores of thu hon / eluss and houseless should be located at Blenheim , instead of allowing this royal monopolist to . occupy it , vice the drunken Duko ? 1
The Distkessed Needlewomen . —It having been reported that needlework was sent from London to tho Portsmouth and Portsea , unions-, in consequence of the determination of most of the London workhouses not to take in any work except at full pricey the President and the lion . Secretary of the above society went down to Portsmouth ,, and , w « are glad to say , received written statements from both the matron and master , setting forth that the guardian 3 to their Honour be it told ) prohibited any needlework being taken in at those unions , as it might be injurious to the poor who are endeavouring to earn an industrious livelihood .
Child Murder . —The Berkshire Ghroniele contains an account of the discovery of the dead body of a ehild four months old , by a dog , in * wood near Brompton . I he body o J the child was much emaciated , and therewas a wound on the head , which the surgeon was of opinion could not have been accidentally occasioned . An inquest was held on the body on Wednesday and Thursday , and a verdict of " Wilful Murder" wasreturned against Sarah Wickers , the mother of the child . FnioniFOL Death . —A fatal accident occurred * Few days a « o to Mr . I . Lowisa respectable farmer
, , living on Blunderfield Farm , near Kirkoswald , ia Cumberland . Mr . Lowis was on his road home from , Penrith market , with a horse and cart , and whea near the village of Laaonby the animal took fright and ran away . Mr . Lowis was sitting on the fore part of tho cart , from which he was thrown , and became entangled amongst the harness , In this state lie was dragged a considerable distance , and was found dead on the road , presenting a heart-rending spectacle , one of his legs being found sjme distance trom the other parts othis body , his head was all bub cut on .
« SlB G A MuRR « - - We regret to state that the Alaster-Oreneral of the Ordnance has experienced a third attack , and that ho is onee more laid on a bed ol sickness , with , we fear , only slight hope * of his recovery— Globe . Explosion of a Powder Mill . —Waltium Abbkt , April C—Last night about half . past eleven o ' clock , a powder-mill , situated in Town Mead , blew up ; fortunately no person was there , it being Sunday night , and the Saturday night ' s charge of | powder taken off . The cause appears to be the following : — ihere having been much rain fallen on the Saturday and bunday , occasioning a push or swell of water , tb » turabliug . bay gates not being drawn up , the mill wasset in motion by the overflowim ; of the water ,
inundating the lower part of the mill , and the stoneshaving nothing to resist them were propelled round with such velocity as to cause ignition of what powder was under them , blowing the roof away and causing other damage . The spot where this occurred is about GOO or WO yards from the back part of the town , and if the other mill had fired ho one can tell what would have heon the consequence . Suicides in a Family . —On Tuesday evening Mr . Bedford held au inque « t at the King ' s Head , lvnightsbridsje on the body of Ann Rooke , aged fortytw » . John Blake , police-constable 103 A said , that while on duty on Saturday evening last in Hyde i ark , he heard that a woman had leaped into the Serpentine , near the barracks , on the south , side . lie ran to the spot , and seeing her bonnet just below the surface of the water , thought there was yet time to save her , and ran in for that purpose .
Unfortunately just as he caught hold of her , his c ? 4 > e blew over his eyes , and he was compelled to release his hold . She then sank , and wa » not taken out of tho water for eight minutes . She was then quite-dead . Several witnesses wrr « examined with the v ^ uw of explaining ihe cause of deceased ' s suieidi 1 . h ' appeared that she was a servant , and reronilv , while niit of place , had been residing at No . 5 , Win . l . iim-stnet . Lately she had much regretted havin- ieut £$ , a muiu . she had saved while iu service , and ' on Jk' -rniay last ,, having obtained a situation at No . 23 , < iliesior-terrace , said she was sure she should not keep her .-place long . The money she lent uveyed greatly on her mnid . Her brother drownwi himself about three years ago , and her mother attempted todt-stiuy herselt in tho same manna- . Debased hadrceently . been , heard to exclaim , that she wwild folUnwherbroiWa examplo . Verdict" Temporary Insanity . "
Females is Coal . Minks . —On Monday las !* ,, two cases under Lord Ashk-jt ' saut weretaed in iw-drie , beiore the Justice of Peaw Court ,. in which is . eoal master aud coal eoatractor were sexwrally convicted and hned , fin- allowing females to work in thsir pits , in contravention of the statute . After trial , ' Mr . George Gwviu , irojwtone contractor ,. Airdrie-, was convicted oi having allowed two young Jbinales , vi& ., Isabella Drysdal * ,. aged about tweaty , a | n& Elizabeth . Inllespio , aged fifteen , to work in one oi his pits ac Cairnluil , during the months of February , and Marck last . They wore pit clothes and lamps , and went dowftaad up thu pit quite openly alwig with the other workman . The penalties were EKwlified ' to £ 5 lor each female . Mr . John Watt , coal masteiJiSrdrie , was also convicted of having allowedYa ttSftied woman , M » . Elizabeth Weir , or Gaunt , io work ia i \ j > 1 pit , Uawyards , during the moaihof .. February . ilus penalty m this case was also nwdificd t& . * o .
Ihe Quarterly IIkcwws ax tub . Lmtvroob Ustom llousB .- \ Ve have again at this port a decreasing quarterly revenue , arisiag principally-from the reductions in raw materials , and articles ' of consumption in this district . The- , gross revenue of the corresponding quarter of last year , viz ., the three " ™ s the 6 th April , 18 U , amounted to * Ji 8 , 07 J . lo the 4 th April thisyear , up to which i 5 &T ? i re L i 9 wade up , ths receipts are only £ ilM . 424 , thus showing a deficit of £ 135 , 549 .-ZH / erpool Standard .
• A * L " c ™ Treasure . —On Tuesday morning , Mr John llamiltoa , residing in Park-street , Kegeiu s Tark , purchased a packet of books at a stall in llolborn , amongst them was a work entitled , Observations upon the United provinces of the iSetherlands , by Sir Win . Temple , Bart , of Shene , in the county of Surrey , Ambassador to the Hague , aud at Aix-la-Chapi'lle in tho year 1 CG 3 . Upon "Closely inspecting the volume , he discovered fourteen guineas of the rei » n of George the 1 st , as well as a " letter , which , however , did not refer to the money »\ onbe reason for placing it "in its secret lading place , " sewed in one of the covers .
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"A flight of swallows passed over onr vessel to daj . j Some oue said— "ilajbap those birds nill soon be ic Ire-1 land . Oh ! it' the creatures had but the sense to carry ntws of us home , they'd be the welcome birds in Conmvgntl' I stood and watched them oat of sight , and Gad knows my bean went with tlitm . "—Extracts from en Irish £ , aigranf * Letter .
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Oh . happy , happy swallows ! the spring is come again , Aud ye are buund for jour old koines—btvond this ¦ w eary main ' Ply on , fly on ! your last year nests eur roofs may shelter stiil , But the poor turf fire is out at last ! » ur healths are black audcbill ! There is ao life , there is no sound !—the old man sits mo more "ffitliiu the shadow of the thatch , besides the csttage door , — The child has ceased its playing in the shallow brook close by , Aud uo kindly smoke is cliaibiHg the cold and empty sky ! Ii . tr eyes shall watch jour coniiug ; few aud sad our friends remain , But " the hundred thousand welcomes ! " shall be said to voua" ; tiu ;
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 11, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1362/page/3/
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