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THE ? 0 WE 8-LOOM 17 B&YBB . Fur in bis heart , bW madness in hU eye , The weaver view * the rapi * shuttle fly , Amidst the noisy din of wb . iru . ng wheels , As o ' er the dama'd la Pandet&onlu . 'u steals ; Contending bard against mechanic po ^« r , Prim earl ; morn till midni ghts Iate 3 t hour , In heated atmosphere of smoke and fire , He slaves for life to gain a leant ? ten .
"Why doe » he toil ? To Htre in luxury ? Go to his garret—maik his penury ! On pallet laid , mad * op of . rags and shredf The nsnal compound of the poor maa ' a beds lies infant inn .-cenco condemned to tie That' Cotton Lords' may on their velvet lie That daughter * may their gratalationa pay , ' Or at ths ball in diamonds blaze away . In hopes to captivate some lordling twi g . And gain a title from the honoured sprir - ' Or like Dick Cub , to Flar . nce , Franee or Rome DcpattotiO-ltofreetlctradesatloKt ' Whilst d « H friMi Drab is ltft behind to ' smila And blandly talk of freedom ' s faTour ' disle ! Freedom ! alas ; how mitappUed the name » it in
¦ Go , new the wearer ' s blighted frame Mark well his pallid cheek and sunken eye flow oft bunts forth the groan of aeony ' Behold his wretched partner ' s palsud hands As e ' er her dying child she trembling stands Or tumsit to feat breast which shall no more Tidd forth the nnrtnre that oft flowed before : wMe all aronndispesaitnfialair , 'Grim-Tisaged want , and never-ending care . 3 fa thU the daw Who ' d ease the toilers' woes Hu wanU reUere ^ ith « rarfe « , fooa , midoftes , ¦ Or tfcmfe , witt , Sterme , 'that winter ' s ehiUy storm ' Is tempered to thelamb but newly shorn ! How yaia the thought ! they treat yt as their slaves ,
And leave je to your bate ignehle graves : The felon ' s cell , and bastile—these ar « thine ; And racking tortures if ye dare repine . Like worn one garments ye are cast away . Despised , insulted , base bora , useless elay . How long will ye , tbe bees of Britain ' s isle . Support the drones who fatten on your soil ! H * w long permit your native land to ba The grave of freedom—home ef slavery , Without an effort nude of heart and mind ,
In unity with all your fellow kind , To hurl despotic power from its throne , And raise aloft fair freedom's sacred dome . Be firm , finite , assist the glorious cause— , Proclaim aloud your right to nature ' * laws ; Or calmly wear the ehaias of tyranny , And leave yoor children heir * to slavery . Despised live—detested die and rot , : Unmonru'd , nnpitied , hated and forgot ; Aad desolation dire shall make the grave ¦ Of him who lived and died a willing slave . Manchester . Edww Gim .
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A CHARTIST S 6 NG . BTKEIB . F . roSTEB . "Be watchful , be patient , be steadfast and trua ; The goal of our freedom is ever ia view ! As storm wearied mariners anxious to-sea A glimpse of the morning , such watchers are we ; And sare as the son will rise over the wave Shall liberty shins on the good and the brave . Be patient—the seed that is set ia the ground la secret reposeth while seasons go round . So quietly wait we ; and sure as the day ¦ Gireth life to the seedling , will pride melt away , Aad prejudice , like the dark clod * « f the earth , -Fall back and give Freedom her glorious birth .
Be steadfast ;—Ah ! list not the voice that allures The heart that we prize is the heart that endures ; 3 fer heed je the scorouigg , the mockinga of pride ; Those she cannot oppress , she will seek to deride . Be steadfast !—in purpose and beart we unite , Demanding of man but humanity ' s right . Be true , —for the banner of truth is onr flig , "We struggle not now that a puppet may trag ; "We fight not for pageants and shams of thtpatt , Sut into the / ufttr * our vision is cast . Truth , truth is our standard , whose magical word Is mightier than scourges of fire or sword . Os , on—like a current nnruffled and deep , That none dare oppose in its powerful , sweep ; On , on with our cause , and it snail not ba long Ere Right shall destroy the dominion ef Wrong ; Oa , on ! for already dark tyranny cowers . On . on ! and the Charter of Freedem is ours .
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REVELATIONS POLITIQUES . LES TROIS VICTIMES . Pab js Coutb db Whxbeod . { Political Revelations . Tke Three Tictims . By the Count deWUlbrod . ] Louden : Armand , i&athbone-placs . ( Continued from tie Star of September 18 dL ) There were . iheB . at Grenoble , whea Didier arrived there , all the elements of a revolution . On the one fcand there were mea iadined to stretch their power to its utmost limits ; oh the otker , hostility , or at least indifference , to the present government in a large portion of an enlightened population ; raistrustof the new order of things and a perfect readiness on the part of soldiers and officers , to march under the first leader who should wave a tri-coloured banner , or invoke the name of the Emperor . ' '
At Quaix , Did'erhas taken np his quarters with an old officer of iha Empire . Bnm , le dromedaire , ( the dromedary ) , so called because he had had the command of the guides in the Desert during the Egyptian campaign . One evening , preparatory to a wider extension ef his rerelntionary mission , Didier assembled all the troops , and the inhabitants of Quak , whom Bkon tbe Dromedary had enlisted in the service of the conspirators : Didier harangued tiieassembly with vehemence and indignation , on the unhappy eEcta of the rule of priests and nobles in France , and by hiseioquenee made a deep impression -on the minds of his hearers . When tha motives of the insurrection had been discussed , and his own part assigned to each actor in the drama , Didier read , in the midst ef a profound silence , a powerful and energetic addres ? , which concluded in these worth : —
Frenchmen ! all your blood boils in your veins , your indignation is at its height , fear the consequences of its excess : you will fall into the snares laid for you by the common enemies of France . Let not the most just , aad noble , and sacred of causes be injured by rashness ; lei us save France from tyranny and from Jacquerie . ¦ Strength is generous ; onr forces are immense ; let ui -submit the developement to invariable rulB ; indulgence -for the past , a cordial welcome to converts , respect for private rights ana property , death to traitors ; let these fee seized , bat sot punished by the people ; this is a law of honour , justice , and order , which public safety demands , and whick ought to be inflexibly obiarved . And you , who , in the blind fory of its envy , she Holy Alliance would exterminate , as a chastisement of jear valour , jou , soldiers ! shall be avenged . Revive to aid the Army of National Independence ; and let us -merit , by our conduct , that heaven should protect the -most holy of enterprises , « nu that all mankind should give their prayers far its success .
What are jon chattering about V exclaimed the Dromedary , impatiently ; " There is not one word of the Emperor ia your addres 3 . Speak of the Emperor . ' Yes , yea ! replied Didier , * I will arrange all that' He folded np his address and put it in his pocket . They separated , but Bran , who held fast by his own idea , and cculd not conceive of a revolution ¦ whick had not for its aim the placing of the Emperor er his son on the threne , left the hall with him . Two men ware the chiefs of the insurrectional movement in the mountains of Oisans , where Didier bad arrived early in the January before his arrival at Lyons : these were Dassert , one of the old guides of the army of the Alps , a man of a daring and adventarous character ; and Darif , an tx-maire , a man of more cautions disposition than the other .
From Oi 3 ans , Didier descended to Mure , where tna remembrance of Napoleon ' s triumphal march was yet fresh in the minds of tke people , and where he fouua numbers of old officers and retired soldiers , who needed bat a word to take the lead in an insurtection . Wherever he went , Didier followed very much , the S *""? w « nlisting the sympathies cf the ffin " v £ P « P ? ringthe downfall of the Bourbons . Anrongn theintngues of Mettemich , he received the secret consent of Austria , whilst at the same time he was assured ef theconcurrenceof England , provided ths copswracyshould result in theprofitof theDeke of Orlevs . { This fact is registered in the secret report OiM . Palis , commissary of police at Grenoble . ) Urea * pains were taken to enlist , not only the officers and soldiers on half-pay afr Grenoble , but also we young students at tha Military College . Not WO years am . a man who was one of thpminsniratflrg
ofthe Kestoratioa ef 1816 . revealed the means employed to enlist the youth in the cause of Didier , and J £ 5 ~ * letter from that chief to an old officer ? ' «» e Gendarmerie , in which occurred the follow . «« _ words , evidently pointing to the Duke of Or-A prince who ha « , from earliest youth , given pledges to tne cause of freedom , who has bravely fought under , *™ er V and whose liberal opinions , which he has not betnatie to conceal , h » ve canssd him to be regarded " « I ** " * ij other members of the family rf wiinciuuciut
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Somft nffcn- ' inen at Valence , diera and rffi ^ " ^! 8 achM the r ^ «*• sol-Sotot IL ?? CCr 3 -, on half-Pay fro « Piedmont and ranV » fc the eXlle fr 01 n tbe DiTi 8 " > ° f » "ffieers of £ mnW ^ r < Wnsl < iered M Tiolent Bnoaapartuts , completed the preparalions which , in the estimation eLn fu ^ Commissary of Police , were to ensure the tranquillity of the department .
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Runnynudt ; orMagna Charta . A Historical Tragedy . By Jobs Watkiss . . lnia is a pamphlet containing sixty-four pages of ntmsense , arranged in imitation of blank verse , and called a Hi storical Tragedy . Why it has received tins nicktiamefrom the author , weare at a loss to understand , it being in utter violation of Lord Byron ' s rate , AH tragedies are ended by a death ! ' Indeed , there is no fatal occurrence thr ns ; hout , unless we can so term tho signing of the Mapia Charta ; this h the o » i y event in the play , and as it , moreover , forms the finale to the sixty-four pages , we may fairly coridade that the author looked on it as a very melancholy circumstance , and one that quite justified him in terming his work a tragedy . ¦¦>¦ ¦ ¦• -,
We are certainly , bound to allow him the tnerit jOf originality , ia having placed thai great eventin an entirely ao » el light but Wd must , at thft sama time beg to assure our author , in all friendliness of spirit , that he has entirely misunderstood the intentions of nature , in supposing she ever designed him for a votary of tho reuses . His would-be tragedy has no poetical merits ; he does not auderstand nature , and he is entirely ignorant of history . The only ground on which we can conscientiously commend it is , that itvUl prove a valuable opiate , should any one require artificial aid in courting the embraces of sleep .
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CONSTJELO . —Br Georob Sand . For its intrinsic merits , and as the production of a woman ' s pen , this is a singular and interesting work ; displaying greater power ot reasoning , more knowledge of . life and human character , and far greater baldness of utterance , than often characterise the writers of romance . The plot is not so well constructed as it is brilliant and original ; adorned by thegargeous tinting * of a redundant imagination , and breathing throughout the spirit of troth . / The actors are dr&wnwitk a masterly hand , they , are real in all they say , and do . and think ; and inspiteof the wild and improbable circumstances which surround thesa ; their nndeviating consistency . rivets and sustains our interest . George Sand paints nothing by halves , she deligh ' s in bold outlines and stronjt re-Hefs ; the Tiers she poartrays . would render devils more damnable , white her virtues might' adorn angels . : .
Consuelo . the heroine of this novel , is a vocalist , endowed with talent , which uawearying industry renders wonderful . She is a glorious picture of a woman . Angoleto , the betrothed of her earlj youth , is a Vene-- tian of great genius and personal beauty , bat idle , vacillating , and destitute of principle . The sequel displays rectitnde of heart , and steadfastness of purpose , triumphing over the obstacle of birth snd fortune ; while splendid abilities , unsustained' by principle , sad unimproved by stndy , soon become subservient to the baser passions , and help to their
plunge possessor into vice . Thi 3 wo « -k , though it says little directly on the snbject , inspires an elevated loyo of liberty , and a detestation of tyranny m all its phases ; tke dominion of superstition , the usurpations of kings , and the insidious , but all-engrossing influence of Hiind over mind ; the unperceived tyranny which affection , in its self-indulgence , exerts over its object . George Sand would teach us * tf / -culture and «// -reliance , and the more such sentiments are disseminated , the better . We shall look forward with much pleasure to the continuation of this very brilliant and powerful romance .
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THE LABOURER , A Monthly i % osfe « of PoUtics . Literature , Poetry , < bc . Edited by Feargus O'Connor , M . P ., and Ernest Jones , Esq . London : Northern Star Office , 16 , Great Windmill-atreet , Hay market . While other Bations have t 9 seek the attainment of their righis on the paths of war and bloodshed , it is the happy prerogative of England- to realise its social redemption and political liberty oa the ways of peace . Sincn the Charter passed through its stormy ordeal , all mind 3 have been directed to a more healthy mode of reform , convinced , that though foraia of government may be ameliorated by force of arms , yet , the domestic condition of a nation undergoes an additional blow by tbe derangements and convulsions attending physical revolutions . It was left to tho genius of one man to propound , and to the spirit of the people to embrace , a plan that , while it ameliorated the social condition of the masses at the
same tsme , and be this well remembered , armed tlem with political power , and the means of resisting the onslaught of their enemies ; it has , literally , proved a rampart thrown np around the camp tf the Charter : —such is the Land Plan . , Founded od the requirements of the age—and here is the great secret ofits unparalleled success—it is at once bold in its conception , consistent in its details , and startling in its results . Men were beginning to grow tired of the artificial labour-market , and turned to nature;—hunger ^ in the factory contrasted strangely with plenty in the field ; and the great Reformer of our century wisely caught the tide of re-action , and is guiding it in a prosperous career . The * Labourer ' of this month is devoted to a Treatise oh this great subject from the pen of Mr O'Connor . We will briefly review , Firstly—The data on which his Plan ia
bJseJ : Secondly—The necessity for its existence : and Thirdly—The advantages derivable , the safety and security of the scheme in all its branches , and the mean 3 advocated far rendering it national . m I . Two great elements of prosperity , tke one passive and xhe other active , the Lasd and Laboub , had evidently been long neglected , or abused . Histery points to the fact , not only at home , but abroad as well ; not only in recent times , but in remote ages , that in the saine proportion in which these have been overlooked has national prosperity declined ; or been festered into ahotbed growth , whose unstable vegetation was sure to perish at the first change of . the political atmosphere . This great fact , and the unparalleled misery existing among the working classes of Great Britain and Ireland , led to the establishment of tfee Land Plan , which is based on a just estimation of tke value of the Land , aad of agricultural labour . Thus sars the author : — -
The produce ofthe land is the thing , the only thing , in nature , ? hieh sires value to gold itself , and value t > everj other commeaity that is purchased with gold . The land is the only raw material upon which per ; manent and unchangeable security can be given . No man will lend his money upon mortgage secured upon cotton , upon wool , upon cows , upon horsci , or cloth . The land is the only commodity that sells in the market with something like regularity of price . . ¦ - ¦¦¦ ¦ The land is the only raw material out of which the husbandman can coin that exchangeable medium , which he can : barter for every necessary of life , and every luxury .- ' The land is tha only raw material , by the working of which , ths real value of labour can ba ascertaic « a . ' The land is the onl y source from whence man can draw every article of consumption , and every article in me . .:. •;" . ' . " '
¦ When a man sits dosrn to his breakfast , every thing in the room , everything on the table , the table itself , and the room Itself , is produced from the land . ' When a man rues from his bed ; he should understand thatthe bed , the bedstead , the furniture , sheets , blankets , counterpane , and everything in the room is produced from tbe lasd . . When a man dresses himself , he should understand that every stitch upon his back , and every particle in which he is clothed , is prodncad by tne land : If he reads , he should understand that the paper , ink , and covers , are all produced by the land . If he drinks , he should understand that the glass , the decanter , are all produced from the land . If . fee smokes , ' the pips and tobacco are the produce of the land . So that , In short , everything useful , everything usable , and everything exchangeable , comes from the land ; and , therefore , the land is the MINT OF LABOUR , fiom which the moneyc-r coins his livelihood .
The value of the Land is further proved by the effects of its possession on the condition of the possessor , 83 illustrated in France , Belgium and Saxony , where we are reminded of a clever stroke of policy on the part of the kiug , who—Knowing that the pomssion of the land could alone confer security open the throne , and cemfort upon the subj ? ot , issues a coamission to value the ¦ estates in his dominions—the aristocracy imagined that tbe object was to sublet them to a graduated scale of taxation , and the king allowed thea to furnish their ownestimate of th « value , aad at that price he compelled them to sell the amount required for tke employment of the people . • The value oflabsur as applied to the land hasbeen too plentifully illustrated in our times to need a comment , and is admirably summed up in the following passage : — . °
Can any man tell me , then , what there is in the nature of an EnslUhman , in « he character of an Eng . liihman , in the love of independence of an Englishman or iu the quality of the English soil , which > ould render i England and the English Isss valuable for agricultural j pursuits than tbe land or tho people of any other country ! or in poiat of political economy , in wljcli they have bten abundantly instructed by the professors of that ssience of late , have the English people discovered the greater advantage to be derived from capricious labour and from slave labour , than from continuoas labour and free labour * Or , have I again to remind them , that ths laailQil ' s xeats , the parson ' s tithes , the tax .
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Bruketti ' s Model op Ancient Jbkdsalem isr a very pretty , and to some , a most interesting exhibition ; it is beautifully carved and arranged , giving as correct an idea of a city as diminutive wooden houses and churches can passibly convoy . Bvunetti has expended many years of research and labour in bringing his model to its present perfection , and has , certainly , produced an exquisite toy ; but our sympathies being with the present , and our imaginings with the future , we confess our inability , to appreciate the result of his exertions . Wegazo at tho Modal , but we do not' realise * Jerusalem in our n » nd , or bring : it away in our memory . It fails to impress us , save with admiration of the perseverance and mechanical I abilities of its constructor , but there are many who j delight in the study of bygone npo 3 , to whom the j exmbition of this model mayaffrrd considerable Ipleasurc .
A proposal has been published for raising £ 100 , 000 ss a provision for tie family of the late Mr Daniel O'Conaelli
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, The Adjective does tnot . ; alter on any of these accounts . We say a good boy , ' v * good boys , ' ' a good girl ; ' but , as it expresses ; qua 1 tty ; and there are different degree s of quality , ; it . has changes , to correspond with these , degrees ., , For instance , we may say , * My devotion to the cause of tlie people is great ; yours is greater . ' , , ^\ i is greatest ' ' You see that all these people of whom \ ye hava been speaking are marked by , the same quality ? they all are devoted to the cause of tne ' . p ' eople , but this
devotion is in different degrees . In the ' first part of the sentence , 'My devotion is gfeat'" I simply state a fact , Without in' any way alluding to anvthinc ; beyond it . I do not " compare my devotion with any other iperson ' sVmaking it either more or less than theirs . ' But when I observe , ' Tours- is greater , ' 1 cease merely to assert afa ' ct . i I compare it with another fact , and in the concluding clause of the sentence , his- is greatest' I not only compare with two previous degrees of the same quality , but Iassert it to be superior to both .. . ' . . . . "
; These three degrees are terraed the Positive , the Comparative , and the Siiperlative . ' ,. u ? , The Positive states the quality of . one person or thing , without regard to any other . ..... ¦ :: ., The Comparative increases or lessens the Posi-Hve , making . it one degree better or worse ., ' The Superlative compares the , quality of one thing with that of morleinan one other , and makes it as good or as bad , as great or as small , as possible . In order that you may use these degrees of comparison correctly , both in writing and in speaking ,
1 wish to remind you that there can be nothing better than the best—nothing more perfect than perfection ; and , therefore ; when you have occasion to use the Superlative , J it is quite' unnecessary and very absurd to put adverbs to heighten its iffect . Wha * can the landlord of a public-house mean when he' marks his barrels of poison' the best , the very best , ' except to take advantage of your belief in fine . words , to rob you ; ¦ If the first be 'We Vest' there can be ho . better—lie is > -therefore , a liar , or a knave .. ,. - ¦ : ¦ - . ' , ¦ •¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦'¦¦ ¦ ¦ - ' > '¦
: There are three sorts of comparisons : that by which we render things gradually better , as pretty , prettier , prettiest ; which ^ is called : the comparison of superiority . ' ' , ¦; That by which we consider things as gradually worse—as ugly , itglier , uglie $ t ~ called' ihe eompq ~ risoh ' of'inferiority ! \ ' ' ' \ ,: 'That by . which , on comparing , things , we find them , equal , called the comparison of equality ..... . The eomparatives . ot superiority or of inferiority require the word than after them—as , ' He is wiser than his neighbour , ' ' She is uglier Wan her sister . The comparative of equality requires as before and after the adjective — ' He is as unjust' as . his brother . * ' " ? ' ' ' .
I must now tell you tlie way of forming ' the comparative and superlative of adjectives from the positive . : , ; . " . ' . "" ,. ; .., " .. . :. ¦ ; ¦ ' ; : ¦ , ; . , ' . . - ' , ' When the | H > st 7 ? a , or simple adjective has onl ? one or two syllables , we add er for-the comparative , ' and est for the superlative ; as ' great , greater , greatest . ' ' ¦ '¦ ¦ '¦ ' ¦ •'¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦¦¦ ^ '¦ ¦ ' ' '¦ ¦ " ¦ ¦' But when the positive ends '' ' in ewe add only r and st for the compar ativeand superlative , as ' wise , wise-r ^ ' wise-st . ' " , < ,, ¦ .. ' . ' . ' ' : " ,-, ' : > y ' When the positive ends in , y , we , change y mio ' J -before er , and est as 'lovely , lovelieri loveliest . ' ¦'¦¦
When the simple adjective contains , more than two syllables , orwhen it has two long syllables we put the word more . before it for the comparative and niosi for . the , - ' iiperiativej ~ we . . should say , ' , useful , more useful , moti useful ; ,, diligent , morediligent , most diligent . ' . , " , ' . ' ' , !!'¦ ,, ' ¦; '"/ , „ ¦ ;¦ :,. , " ' , ' Wv There , are some adjectives , hbweyer / . tlie comparai tiye and superlative of which are quite 1 different words from the positive and froin each other . ' . Such are— . . ¦ . ' "" , "' . , Good ' Better ' : ; Bc 3 t . ' ' .. Bad ¦ ' Worse ; ' ' " AVorst ' ' ' Little ¦ ' Less ' '"" . '¦ ' Least ' ' ' ' , Much or mativ More ; ' Most
Before I leave this subject I must nritice ' a ridiculous custom , into which some people fall ; of using two or three adjectives , which mean the same thing , to one noun . Such people would say ' a diligent and industrious man , ' and they iwould talk nonsense , for . ' diligent * : and 'industrious' mean the same thing , and , therefore , it is equal to using the same adjective twice over . ;; . . ; ¦ ¦; -:. ; ; ,. . .. Take ; cate . to use such 1 , adjectives as ; are . suited to . the nouns . If we are speaking , of anything that pleases ity eye , we may say 'lovely , beautiful * handsome , elegant '—if it charms the taste , we may use the adjectives ' ! nice , pleasant , delicious , ' but it is at once very ridiculous and very inelegant to talk of
' & lovely dinner , ' ' a Se / icious chat , ' a 'beautiful piece of beef , '' because , though beef is a very agreeable thing to a . hungry man , the p leasure it , affords is addressed to ; the palate not ' the eye * , and achat with a ' long-lost friend is a luxury to the mindj but g , lves no particular gratification to the mwik . To conclude my notice of adjectives , you may- t » e as many as you require to paint the quality of the noun , provided each adjective'describes a different quality ; and your sentence will sound . Kiost pleasantly to tho ear , if you place'the adjectives , accordingito their different lengths , making them - gradually longer . Thus , 'She is ayoung , learned , virtuous , and benevolent woman , ' has a much better sound than . 'She is a benevolent , learned , virtuous , and
young ¦ woman ..- - It is true that tho latter phrase is as ' correct as the former , but it does not please the ear ; and , if in writing os in speaking , we -would gain the hearts of others , we must endeavour to gain the goodwill of that steady sentinel of hearts . John Wesley said , when regretting the inferiority of church music , that he could see no reason why the devil shouldhave all the best tunes to himself ; I certainly cannot see why those whose heads are as sensible , and whose hearts are more true thftn those of most writers and
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sf eake rs , shoui ' d not acquirejthe few technical rules which will enable them to convince the bead ? , and toach the hearts of others . ' ••; ' ; •' I am , your very sincere friend , ' 'M . M . P .
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CifiitflE or Mbiide * AoiiNST a MANUtf . —Thomas M'Int * iii Davidson , an nged roan of respectable appearance tait evidently of weak intellect , was indicted for tbewilfn . murdur , of Lewis Mountford . —Mr' Farnll appeared o-n the part of the proseeution , ' and Mr Bodkiu for the prisowr .-Mr Bodkin naia it would be usnee ' ei . 9 i » ry to go into-the facts of the ease , as the prisoner was iti « uch a stale of mind , as to De utterly incnpaWb Of ptcadbg or uncf . vstandiDg the . ' charge . The jury was thewawbrn te try the issue whether he was of Bound or uwoond mind , an * Mr Bodkin then called witnesws to tftat fack . _ Mr tSrtfiaJd , a surgeon at TottenhaiBi proved hiring attended ! the prisontr for two : .
years Vvlth the concurrence of his trustees be had him placed with a Mrs Holmes , at Totftni > am , where fee commlttud fteact for which he is now placed at the ba ? , —He was dtcidedly of uniound mind , and from , witness ' s opportunities of observation he thought he was quite uncon . scious of tho present proceedk ? gs ^ -Mr M'Mu ? do ; sun gson of the gaol of Newgate , sstd lie thought the prisoner was in- such a state of mind as to bo incapable of understanding the charge againsfhim . Mr Olding , assistant-sursfeon ; , oir iKTewgate , oorroborated last witness . The jury imineaiBtcly returned a'rtrdict that tho-prl . sontr was of untound mind ; and MrBaron Platt ordered him tobe remanded to safe custody , there to be detained during her Majesty ' s pleasure . , • ¦ ¦
The Mn » BEa HTilAnrLEBowE ;—Naty Anw Hunt , tlie f « tefti « wbo was conticteo last session ef the murder of an ^ old woman named Hary Stowcll , -as reported in tbfB « ow * ffm Star , was plaocd at tho bar ; The Clerk of th » AYrajgH , then asked Her if she had anytStng to say why T * I " " ^• tiaSbrpj . M upoBher for the crime 3 ' ^ > > M > , e ( Wrtete 4 i The ^ i ¦ MW -a « a that aha t < rtibv , ta ., h 6 was wittp chl » a .-Mr » n r ° ' } ^ ¦ ¦' * iW * y * trens mu 5 t *« wapanelled , to see whether , or not she iirpre fmant with a gstelc child .-At half-past one o ' clock- a-. ^ nry of matrousivai . empa-. nefled , and sworn ; and / Mr Baron Platt Jlarlns told them what thsir duties- were ; they retired ; anil , after an absence- of three quarters of an hour , ' retutiied | into court . The Clerk , ef the-Arraigns thoH asked'whether they found that the prisoner } Mary Ann Hunt , was pregnant with aoaick child orTrot- ? To which tba ^ brBwo .
tnan replied , that they bad all ! agreed in the verdict that the-priaoner . wMB not . pregnant wiiiaquick child ^ -rJfr ; 13 aron -Plitt : ' Let h er be remoVed ( ram the bar , and tbe law must ' tike its course . W 5 understand that such ' a proceeding . has net taken place in- this court for the-lasi halfccntary »; . .: ,. ' . ! F 6 aoEBs >; - Seerge HaywarS wa » inaict ^ difor forfffog , and uttering . a . cbequefor £ 85 j'iffr , with , intent to defraud ! Mes 5 rs Jori ' e . oi Lloyd , and Co ., the bankers . ' it ap - pcai « a Wat the cheijae in question Was presented for payment : oa the 22 hd oftMirch , but it was-not proved that the ; p * isoner was the party ^ who presented it . but one of tile
notes given'in pajmeni ;( a ; £ 5 ^!» nk of England ) wa » - traced , to his posieqsion . The jory found him puilty ot . the , ^ rgery , but-iiot of . the utteringi . The prisoner wa * thenimlictediorforging ' acheque for £ 140 on Mcssry GlyoVand C 6 i , the bariktrs , and William Alexander was charged with ' being' an accessory both before nn * after . thefact ,. , Vn this case , the evidence of tbe forgery was ajso complete ; the only . evidence against Alexander was , - . that he changed , a £ 50 ; noto , which waa Riven in payment of tlie cheque . The japy found Hayward guilty , and acquitted Alexahiier ; the-former was sentenced to be transported for life .
Lies ik Egkdoik—Thomas M'Carty and Mary Dohertywere Indicted , for . feloniously-taking and receiving from James Phtrlck Nanglea sovereign , unde » pretence of helping him t ? a watch of'tho valne ' of £ 40 , which had recently been stolun from him . —Mr Prendergast stated tho easo-for the prosecution at considerable length . H ' 8 said tbis wns a peculiar case , and required the attention of tho jiiry . Ho rpad a recont ael of Vmliament , which maktis suck conduct felony ., Mr Nangle had been robbed-of u watch , and he , met the male pri - soner at a public-house , who said he knew the thief and could ' apprehend him . He also knew the Jew to whom the watch was sold . In consequence oMhls represents , tion he gave ths -prisoner a sovereign . Previous to this M'Carty had been given into custody , but discharged , as no proof was adduced against him to warrant a detention . —Mr . Nangle deposed , that ; in the ( latter part , of July he , -w . onfr with some friends to a -public-house in ComptOB-street , and while there he lost his wat * h
Before that time ths prisoner camo in with two men and two women , M'Ghrty . was given in » custodv for tbe theft , but discharged by the magistrate tor want of evidence . When liberated , the prisoner said , 'Now , lean tell SOU something you don ' t know . ' -. He saidhe knew the thief , and would apprehend him . He knew also the manner in which it was disposed of . Tho female was introduced ,, and she made the like and other observations , which , turned ouHalse . Mr O . 'Bfien crossexamined tha witness , when- it appeared that on the night of the robbery- he bad bcoii . on anocturaal stroll with bis friends , to soe a-little of' Life in London . ' Witnesses were calUd , wh « confirmed Mr Kan ^ le as to the pri-Boner ' s representations . —Mr O'Brien addressed the jury , and submitted ,, that the offrnce had not been proved in the terms ' , of theiactl : The jury found both guilty . It appeared that the prisoners were both ' associates of thieves .: The-court sentenced them to seven years ' transportation .
Conciaimsnt cf a Child . —Janet Irish , 33 , was indicted for unlawfully ; concealing ' tho birth of a male child . . The circumstances connected with- the case nre very singular . The occupants of ' the house in which th » prisoner lived stated that they wtre annoyed by an in . tolerable stench at times , for which no onek : oulil account until a box was eponed , in which was found the decomposed remains of an infant ,, which must have been there for a long time , it was supposed thraa years . When ' questioned ,, the prisoner [ said , 'I put it there , ' alleging thkt she had not the means to bury it . The jary found her guilty , ' and she was sentenubd to throe months' imprisonment . ::- : ¦ : ; ' ! ''¦¦;•¦'¦ .
¦ Bio ami . —Daniel . Sinclair , a very respectable-looking man , wa » indicted for feloniously : intesmarryin ? with Jane Wells , his wife , Ann , beine alive » The particulars of this caisa having very recently appeared in our police reports ;' a ' lengthened statement is no * now necessary . B . 'EUlott , ' the ' parish clerk at ; Newcaatle-upon-Tyne , proved that in : 1839 the prisoner was married in that to , wn to one Ann Joyce ; who was now alive . Jane Well ? stated thatshejwaB married to the prisoner en October 25 th , 'i 8 * 5 i ' at "Christ Church , Rotherhithe . She had ka * wa him a considerable time , and had always believed him to have been' as He rsprosent ' ed , ' a single man . ¦ Suspicions , however , . arose , and on being interrogated he admitted tbat ' he had baen married before , and that he had been convicted' of bigamy . ' THe-prisoncr , however ,
obviated the difficulty thus created by assuring wituess that his . coByiction rendored his marriage n nullity , and that he had consulted the proper authorities at Doctors ' - coinmons upon , the point , and that they had assured him that legally ' he was free from his formor marringe . Under this representation witnosa became his wife . Witness , In cross-examination , stated that she was a widow . The certificates' of both marriages were : then put in and proved . ; Mr Prendergast , for the prisoner , said that his client , had , undoubtedly , violated the law , but he had done so without design , as , he was ccting upon the opinion of a ' proctor ia Boctor ' s-commohs up > n his former marriage . He had erred , - ' certainly ,. but it was in ignorance oftho law , . ' The Common Serjeant summed up , and the prisoner wtu immediately declared Guilty . Two
wiinossea were called to speak fotho- ' urisoner'scharacter . Cno of them had known him . from : boyhood , and could testify to the respectability of his reputation . The wit . neae , however , admitted that the' prisoner hnd a third wife at Liverpool , but she hnd [ since died , Tbe witness yras cross-exumtned by Mr BallnnBnefor tho prosecution , with reference to a conviction for felony , for which tho prhpner suffered twelve months" hard labour . The witness very reluctantly said he had heard us much , and that it was very likely to be'trufr . ' ne also admitted that ho was privy to tb ^ ' prisoner having a wife at Liverpool and another at Newcastle ; A document was banded to
the court , which showed . that in 1843 the prisoner was . convicted at Liverpool for bigamy ,. and was sentenced to . a year ' s imprisonment , The Common Serjeant , in pass . , ing sentence , said that a more aggravated ease he hadt never triad . For the protection of . society . from . sucH unprincipled men it was-indispensable that tl&prcseni case should bo puniBhed with severity . Something had been said of an opinion from Doetor ' s-commons , andif such an opinion was ever given , why was it notpromd , and then the court could have belitved that he was act . : ing with sincerity anokhone ' sty « Ho ( ike CoTBmon . Serjeant ) believed that it never was given . ThcbeBtsaca was . that the prisoner be transported for seven year j .
' Stabbinq . THBGLA 2 ZB . — Barnett , and ' Johu- nnd Thomas Rush ( brother *) , wore indkted for , and convicted upon clear evidence of , stealing from , apawnbroker ' s window atray containing Vairsy-six gold rings .. . T-he act was perpetrated in tho mode technically called ! ' starring the glnao , '» , « ., removing a pane in . ' the wiadow by means of a-, diamond . AnalSi was set up . in reply to the case , but it fell to Die ground . —Sentence ea Bariiett t ; u yenro ^ transportation ; T . liash , 13 months and on 3 , Rush six ' months' hard labour . . ¦ A 33 Am , y»—Henry Scable ^ agsd 25 , a person said to bo roapectably connected , was indicted for feloniously cutting , striking , and wounding Louisa Bradford , with intent to . disable and do her grievous bo . % harm . H 9 was alao . charged with a common assault . . Louisa Bradford deposed .. as follows : —I livo in Whcatsbea . V couirtjSt Pancras , Now-road . On tUe night of tho . lGib
, August I met with tb « prisoner . He solicited leave to spend the night with me , ana I consented . Aftwa time , the prisoner- was nbouf to go away . I got up to prevent him , and ha pushed me , I then felt sometbing on the uppsrpnrt uf my thigh , and a sensation Uho a out . I then thought the prisoner , who hold aid-with onehtmd haa nUnife in tho other , and I screamed out 'Murder . He then knocked me down on the floor , mid : when I got up , dow . » he sent me again , and I kept crying ' Murder * all the time , A loflger cams down , and is , quired , what , waa the matter . I told him the prisoser wasiil . using me . -Ho afterwards came with a light , and tha ' prisoner let him in . I was s ttinR on th «> side of tho'bcd . ble oding at that time . Prisoner left thehous ? , I ll © took tho koy of the street tluor away , ' so that I could notget out . I noter saw him mors until Uia'S Gth , when I fouud Mo whore we first »? t . I said , tbftt Uthe rauo
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- . ~~^ - .. ,..-- ^ ra « . i ^ - ¦» ' —"""• jwv ^ rT" ' — _ f . > Kaobed mo , and . carr ^ d nway my ki-y . IIb laughed i W" nnflf 8 aTe ' hira lhchfirgc . I attended my wound * riK e ^> ^ wfl 9 ^ orce ( 1 then t 0 "PP ! t t 0 n " '" 'ffcon , Th Vilot- * 11 * k ° * ' *' P ' soner illt 0 custody dc . nosed-tb ** - » lheir Wily t 0 tha Btnt ; " - l ! 0 U 9 e » n « con , versed wi | 4 M-im . b ° ! , ^ he cUar S e . when ^ Bald , 'Iuld H andrddb i ' ' a ?" - n - " Tho Goranion S ^ S « a « t summed up tlie evidence ' iri * " ««* particularity . The Learned Judge said that t * ^ f ^ tonntaBnto , * cbarter and atforded them ' ^™™^*^^^^^^? ' ^^^^^\^^^^^ T ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^™* 'BMBBMMBbI
a person of imrao ^ ^ tlie same redress as th . * 1 hi 8 nc - Thj / ury consulted nearly half an hour , a then returned a verdict of Guilt ? of a common a 48 '«» lt ° ; th <» 8 Bcond ratmt . The Common Sergeant ' quite c . worred in the propriety of the v « rdict , for . the Jury . ! . ' " taken a , most merciful view . of tke case , which tho l / onrt was . bound to consider a bad one , and aggravated * I 'he prisoner lockiDg t . liq yoaag woman' Jn so as to pro \ tnt hvr , obtaining assistancB . The sentence of the Con * ' was , that he ba kept ts hard labour in the Houm of " vmction for njinff calendar . months . . ' . ' . ' " . ' ,.. ¦
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The first . 3 tesmer thai crossed tbe AUanSc ' BeK tvr ten the fieiv and old vorld was the Savannah , Captain Roger * - , bnilt at JSew . York ; she was 3 & 0 [" tons burtnernyship rigged ; her engine was 70 or 89 horsa . power , low pressure . She proceeded front New Sorfc to Savannah , whence she failed in 1819 for Liverpool , waking the pa » sage in 22 d . iys . Iivpassing : the Irish con » t , the sm&ke and steam from * herchrmrifejs' R affb ^ her : the appeivranco < ofaship on ' fire , and 5 vessels wer « despatched from the Cove of Cork to her relief . She subsequently made tha voyage t < rG 6 nst&ntifcople and baek , being the fired steamer" tfrat travertii d the Mci > iterranfcanSca , as well as tha AtlanticOi ' iran .
• Keep it s * p 6 BBTftl » PiOPLB . —The United Statea ' Government sold at puW . , c auction , for 530 dollar ? , in the district of Coliim bia , on the 13 th of Jaly , ia the year of our Lord 184 V > . at ten o ' uioek , i ir . ^ two women , and put tha mor tey in the Treasury cf the United StateW , '' . ' ; ' . " .. \ . " A . Nkw / SsipftASO . . —Av young Gorman singer Ways the Qazcf ( e MtiUt $ e ) t > of a family of hinhrank it f ; Berlin , Mademoiselle Crnwell . 13 nt " pre ?« nt obtaining grea {( and legitiiTfiate success in Italy The journals cda&paire her ib J > eniiy Lind and Madaiae Pasta . .. ' . ' ¦ ' ' ¦
" $ M Forcb . wA ExAjmmr-A hawker ofBahi regidih-pin the Bfe ( ne"Ville > attiyon 3 , a few days * baeitaathis wife ' asthroat . ' ¦ ¦ TS&ag arrested shortly after ,. h * AY . owed h * r 53 uilt ,. 4 c « Ja » jag .. t . ! iaidukes acte * 111 the same way ; a 3 he"had dotei A fbital . duel tools ' pirice at 9 b « Augustine , Texan , on the- '' 14 th of J 3 ly , " between Messrs Russell and Kendall the rivaleiito s of two- T * xan papers , whe had beBwabuBingeBrf » - 'Other for mne time , and at ; length took to pistol ^ They firedi tiree ' ishots each when'BusKJI foil inortsli ' y woundod . CABRKaJBS ExkMvc ^ m-wTis ^ Ig may be useful to those who drive camag es , witli t ^« i * i ) ames , &e . f attachedito . know thai-. the ' ; ' natne ' , occupation , and residence of tlie . owner ; inrASt be pRintea- 'in separate and disianfcfc words , -. witl 1 a proportionate distance between each word ; aa— . otherwnse- such carriages , however strictly in oibar respsets they be in accordance with the act forta empliori ' : ke liable to the duty . - - - - '
¦ BswKLSvop MERCT , ' .-TSi > % . eyicimn ; of tenantry in Ireland is-now being . carried to an extent truly hor « rible . A writer ,-dating © an . 'ic ! soR > 3 ha !) non , says- ! 'At'least one-third of'the entire odiibty 13 under ejectment .. Now that the en > p is rice the landlord steps in , takes thecrop ^ tu ' rns thoteiant en tha world , and ; levelsthe houses « ithout tlie ' usualtima orchance ot ' redemption " At ^ ' ne-place in the county Caveo , as many as-nil lety-niae houses hava been ra 3 ed , and their unfottRi tate ceonpants turned adriftupnn fcbeworld . Itie-- countyresbiinds ever * rri » ht with'fche shouts and shote < of tke . hired marau . ders . by . whose-relentloEsferosil-ythe wor k ' ofexpul cidnis :, carried onf The . diy . must sooner orlatet avrive whoa . ' , theory of thfrpoo .. r , ' . 'lou < P ;» 'it has long ) uen and is , will be redressed .. ¦ ..-- ' .
v Siiip . FEVBRiiN Casada . —MaJ-iy hundreds of emigrants , annually leave ,-Hull , for Canada , actl the following statements , taken from ,, the QsteotnMercury the Toronto Globs , and the SumSavftU , cannot but 69 mournfully interesting .. to many of onr readers During nth © pment . year -rnpwajrda- of" 7 &J 900 emigrants have already arrived , at tlio ports of Quebec and Montreal , and few , if any , of the Teasels-in which they crossed ; the . Atlantic were free from'the ravages of fever-to a most awful extent . . Tie Montreal Board .- of Health , in their report ; ateted- I 2 th ult , stato-that the Black Ilole of'Caleuttaj . was a . mercy
compared to . the holds of many of tbe vessels front the British . Islands , instancing , oases-where , entof 496 pasBengera , 158 died . on- tho p asRngo . and 18 ( 5 more were sick on the arrival ; where , in Ifl'vessels , sailing with & , W [ passengers , ' . the ^ o- - , were SOdsdtaths and 347 ; . Bick . ^ The sick iu Gi'Oiise Isle fa ? q « anmtine rendevouz ^ estalilish ' ed by the- colonial oiliciaU . } , ou the 6 th ult ., 2 ^ 148 were sick ,, and the tWatha-in the previous week were 19 T , having ia ^ ne « iay amounted to 48 i- This is an-awfurstate of things ,- arnkreauire 3 an immediate and judicious investi gation from the home authorities .
' UotDi O . n V— beveral instances -: of the follv , to say nothing else , of . holding , on' ' duriag the " late scarcity of provisions , have been told us » One we will mention , i - A farmer of OkJvedon had a large stock of wheat , and was offered , l-k , a bi !* hs ! ft > r 409 bushels . This heTe ! used , ash ' o-: wantfjis ! 3 i ., but he would-nbir-be glad to sell the same at 6 * . abushe ! . Raiotati Accidents piJR . is 5 ..-. Six ; : Mo 33 ' $ s;—A return has j sat' been printed , by order .. of thWl / ouso of . Lordsi . oi ' the . number andaainie of tlie ' . aooidents and of the > injuries to life And- . limb wbich « have occurred on-tlie railways in Great Brilak ) Rnd « Irflnnd from the-lst of January to the SOMi of ' JSae , llS ! t 7 , a 3 reported--by the various railway coiupaaies ' to the comraiasioiiers of railways ; . The totarnunibep of passengers carried during the half-year , as : returned by the companies , was 28 , 119 ^ 12 , ra mnafcea' nearly equal to four-fifths of the population of ©* eat'Britaia and Ireland ; Of this number . lOl-. porsohs J iave been killed , and 100 injured . ' ' " ,
Wasei-Ssiso . —Immediately after tM- stin ^ press the hollow-or tube part of any . key tightly < over tha part stung ; tho poison may ^ ba seen : at thfi-moath of the wnun * , and should be wpodolf .:, : ¦¦ ' Ar Italian paper states that , tho eelsbrntccl composer Rossini holds the rank of , , captain , in . fcjje Natimial Ghnrd cf Bologna , and displays ' extraordinary activity inithe discharge of his militapjMluties . i Tho emigrants who arrived ot Raltiraore ,. r 8 cently from Germany , deposited sixty thousand dollars ia gold with the Baltimore baak an . haur ortvfo alter their , arrival .. ' . - Edwin- Forrest , tho actoivoffers a , priza-ofo . OOf ) dollars for the best nrigipal traged . Ti . in 8 $ e acts , to bo written by an \ American -citizany nndiEttbmitted before the 23 rd of June next .
RSMiRKABLB PnECAUHWS rOU ., IiOWSsEilIUPPB ' * Pbo-tectios—One , of the . saddest * cife-imstances whieh , oxistin this country is the . extraordinary procaution which it > is considered , necessavyrto take for the safety of tha'KingU < rThere are , tor t-xomplc , five largo barracksi . lach * qccnpiec | by regimants of elite , in . the immediate"jyi < Snity jof the Toiiferirs , and eighteen ptia ' rd ^ onsear-each of wiich . iscontinually ocoupied day and nigbt by a troop of- aeady-armeel men ,. surrounding , the , palace . . Tho polace ' itself is ocoupied by 250 natiobal guards : ' of-tho Jafantr ; battalions , and by 25 .-. men oftha . regim « itof horse . There are . besides , 350 soldier * . otHhe line , and a tronp of 50 men of a cavalry , ragimant . At niue o ' . clock at nighta'datach ' mrnt , eoiajiosetl
offourcoaipaniea , takes itsstatien in the ceati »* t tho palace ants remains all nigjit with-loadedoriBB j SO sentinels , wifeh loaded arms * keep watch in . and areoridthe pakce during tlioaight ; besides , wh&h , patpa ' s and detachments visii-every pavfc , of tbapalace- mi ! the gardens every half-hour ; 55-pftho sitcricia-nlis in tho gardens , arid of ihe domestics of thsroyn ! household , Rjountguard in . the royal ap ^ rtmsats danifig every sight , armed wlku double-Isarrelicsl ! auns » In addition to allthis aaultitude , there is . annm&Qr-of policeagents , aides-ie-eamp , adj ^ taftJs , &s . y continually oh d'lty . A sacretpassaee lends , from the valace to one of the newest barrasks ,, anal soineofthe cuavdhouses are providod . with lsd ^ ers to enable tha soldiers to enter tho palace and gardens at anv
moment . Nkapoujsjj . BRun Kt ^^ b * Nfapoliian police are said takavc subjeoteAse * aft \ l psinters to the tortur , o of th % tav » mb 3 « reif , \ n oiKto tofovcB-them to reveal the names of tha-anthoas of some placards * ttacking tie conduct ofrUifcgoveramenk , which hava been piKiied at Naples . ¦ An IftisM Brigad e , liOftftcME . —In consequonce of the aHusions made in CDuciliation , Hall , Dublin , and eiaewhero , roapcetirig the proprietvoftlwlrishform » iagabrigailQ . to . def « idthe Pope from Austricia nggMSsions , a las < ge auabtr of lrislmen , resident ia Union , have . espvfisseil their wilBngness to enlist iwv that purpwo ^ a tsiU they cos ^ ruplate holding a meeting , ta . petition tlie Qiuwn to jillow theia io . Ooso .
1 pm Tnujw ' F-ceitoe . —Tor * Thumb ' s sccratary has furnished one of ihe Syracns * papers with a statei » enfc of his receipts in Europe , which are ssii ) to bo as follows iUvllis' receipts in Siirope were £ ISO ,. 00 ft sterling , oa "PJ ^ SOO dollars i rcpkonin ? fifty-six sovereigns So tho pound avoirdupois , 3 , G 7 S . pounds ot gqld . on&hundvcd and seventy-eight times his toya weight . Jasilwi thowe'ght would be 4 C , « iV . P oun ( Is « Calculating that an orrtisary horse would ijrawSSft pounds , it would requirs-fifty-Hve horses todrew the preclenaload . As tha general only w-i ^ hs fif ! ecu pounds , the silver woaW make 3 , 125 statues ut Jus OWll weight . Cnlcujating that each col'ar weasuve-0 5 jB-and « a . halfinclj , it would reach ia a strniaht iii e I abouUwonty-fivo wiles ; and snpposinc ciichtbV . at I i 3 one-eisshtli cf an inch in thickness piled or . e upon ' tho other it would reach over a mile and u V . alfic heiath .
Visit of father M \ isew to t $ j 7 . U . \ : Trt States . —Father Mathcw . is to proceed , curly i . fxi sprinc . to America , ap . - ; l tbe ' twr . ors of l ! : e j-ackv : ship Mnry Anno havo already given iiwtructions t < have tho private ytato cabiw "Jccsd . at his disno . a 0 : toll purpose ,
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... Betters ^ on grammar . > ¦ ¦¦ ' - ¦ ¦ - ¦•' ,. ifo . e . ,..- ' ¦ . ^ : TO ; The Forking classes . Jhe third change of which the Noun is snseep . « Die » with regard { 6 , Case . Case means the po-^ on or relation of things With regard to each flT ' , I ' in the 8 entence ,.. ' Richard iavehia »*«« book to John , ' have four different nou ' na "f ^ Jtand in entirely , different mw to each other , . «* ta ^ * represented as « f //^_ he h giving the S > ? % ! #% *'¦ h >* r >™^ u posZsing ^ l * <¦ * * ' ^'" tbeihing given , and' » is the person receiving it . . ...
Now ihese different Case * of the Noon * are very necessary Uru understood . They are W ' ^ ' ' lhe Abmmtftof , or acting cuse .- ¦ ' The Possessive , or mss ' ng case :- ., ; , ^ ? Dative , or reiving me . f ' The Objective , ^ ' object of the verbi- '¦"'"' serrtenTe ^ S ?^ haVe different & ** *•¦ thimr' ami T P * ¦ j- — * be W doing- ihe £ ? ' ^^ . con ^«^ ntiy / i 8 ; t ^ m . ^ ^ Objecttie case- usuall y ' follows iHe - verbi ^» . I wntealetter ; ; buf it also follows prwMtt ^ as , rwent with htm tfl . Eondon . V It 4 fe * fiUbS the preposition To ^ which is tBe peculiar mark of the' mm case . ' •« . [ , nh the above ¦ sentence , is , therefore . tlie nominative ) ' firm' tlie objective , London * the dative case . . •' . "'' " :, ' ¦ i ' 1 . / .
The'P (» jessi » e case implied poBses ' sionj and ! we have this peculiarity witli regard to it ; that wepnt the letter * with the little ' marfrcalledto apostrophe ( ' ) before it , after the hpun : TMs implies the second nonn belongs to the jfirst ; as-, 'the people ' s me * reigniy , '' tli * tyrant ' s payer ? , In ancient tfrnesi when few people could write or read , words ? rere very differently used to the mnriner in which they now are used ; and we shouldi . then lhave written ,
the tyrant ht » power ;' 'hat now we usesiraply the letter »¦ and the apostrophe . This is the case-in the singular ; bat when tW plural endsins , we do not add another » for the possessive" . case"j we wrfte the apostrophe . onVo / iir the ^ "j fbvi : ' . ' . . Iii the same way , when the singular ends ' inwi'sreiiige only the apostrophe .. Thus , we should write ,. « . / Ae ; tyrants ! power , ' . when . we mean the . power of more tyrant * thanone- ^ - 'for goodness' sate . ' -. ' ¦ ' . - ; Ui-t ;
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¦ gata « Kr g-- ^ enWu 1 i ^ htf'f ( K * | P wnte » ~ tltr ' MacIt * « nith > prbfii 87 tiie : » h « elwrJght- !« profltg ,, the tradesman ' s profit ^ and the shopkeeper' ^ ' V » & % are one and a U dsrived from } ho profit made opp » . l « bour ! J 'The value i pf tfais labour is , hwe w , not ^ qyed by th ? labourer , and here is the secret of the misery existingf throughout the United Kingdom ; hence arises the necessity , lor tha Land Plan . , - . ' ' ¦ ' lL ~ UBderthe present system by Mhict Great Britain iagoreraed— , . : ; ; ; A considerable part of her population la wholly employed in maaufactariag for the other nations of Burope ; according to the natural order of things , ' this part sboald reside in those countfJe * prhieh gireif employmwit ; for it is onthose tountrie * that thii part of the popuiation of ; Great . Britain is dependent for Us provision * 5 by which meacs sht it exposed , sot only ^ eqaea ^ J to suffer the evils of dearth , but to be menaced with the horrors of famine ! ' .
Bythis forced system , wMeh aims at maB&facturlng for Europe , mUHona ot tha people of Cfraa ' t Britain depend on the caprices and changes which takes place in the , sarroundisg nations ; whereby , all »* once , whole classes are deprived , . of employ meat , and , In fall health , reduced to the condition ' of beggars ; by which the poor and tVupoor rates of Britain are greater than thoso- of all the nations of Europe together . Again . the cultivation of celonies b yag « ncy 13 injorious te the labouring classe ? . Mpaopoly prices « aa alone compensate the proprietor , for the wasto and neflectj occasioned by his abssuee , —and thus commodities are placed almost beyond , the reach of the poor consumer at , home , while the home' soil is neglected on account of the very sums expended in colonial and mercantile conquest . This position is beautifully proved by extractsirom a work of General Arthur O'Connor , which , written at a distance of fif'y years ago , foieteUs the present results of British policy . ' . ' -... - : Thra effect is further
heightened—; By tke uojoit and impolitic laws of primogeniture , entail , and settlement , and the equally ruinous law of commonage of land ! . - " - ' ¦ : ¦>¦ ¦ ' : - - Apain , to quote from tho above-named author , by which— ' : ' . ' ' ' . ' , ' . ' ' ' " . " ¦ ¦ ¦ <¦• At least one half of Great Britain is . without culture or produce . ' ¦ By the law of prlmosenitiire , vast tracts of Und are aade the estate of an individual who cannot asll them , or even , lease them , except fora few years . But it can . never be the intorest of . anyman to expend his labour or capital oh uncultivatedi lands , where a considerable part of the produce ii'to be paid te another as rent , and on a term too short to enable him to get back his capital . No man will work thatanothrr shall reap the fruits of bia labour ; jet it is oa this prloeiple that fte advacates for the laws of primogeniture and commonage of land expect that men will expend their labour and capital . - ' ' ¦¦ '¦ -- •¦ > : ' ¦¦¦ ,
A farther cause of the depressed condition of the people is the large farm * y */« n . : i ^ ' It is these farms , ( sayi , Mr O'Connor , ) these unprofi . table farms , that bays led to the slavury Of' the BugUsb people , and there is nothing now . to sscure . * heir redemption , but the subdivision of those farms into such allot : mentsas will secure to the nation the largest amount of produce , and- to all classes , the smaliest possible amount ofpauperrate . ' . - i \ : h . ' . c ¦ , .,, , ¦ : >¦¦ ' :. ¦ ' ¦ '' , • M iirtQ'Gonnor ably illustrates thin position , and , in the coarse , of , his illustrations adverts in the following terms to the waste of food attendant on the present large farm system : — ' ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦
I hate frequently diann the picture'of 3 , 000 acres , cultivated'in a parish by a thousand peasant farmers , as compared with the condition of tbe same parish , cultivated by three-slaves of an autocrat'landlord ; or canldrawapicutre from a better subject than that which Inow daily witness . I have come to a poor parish —poerj because the farms ararage nearly a thousand acres in extent / and because th * whole labour that should be performed by mantis performed by oxen and horses that devour the fruits of the earth , and what Should legitimately belong to man , that is , if man is of paramount importance in the eyes of his Maker . Well , I found this parish poor , eaten up with puor rates , and now I have set-the bee-hive ; and tho busy bees called dronos , vagabonds , and idlers , by the pompous audthe idle swarm—to _ make honty from the blossom of coopsrationi , : ., ; ; . .- . ; . ;; The result of this accumulation ef anomalies are evident ;
tothisisowingthat—Great Britain contains twenty-tiro millions of waste acr «» i ' h ; cbmmonL Would ' it be believtd . ' int was not affirmed by the report of a committee of the legislature , that one . third of thei lands of this nation , of wboes exports and imports there has'been such Taunting , is without culture or produce t . To which mn < t be added several millions of acres , of which the monopoly of land , by the laws of primogeniture , &o . prevents the improvement . . Tbecffict on the working-man is forcibly brought before the reader : — Need I remind the slave labourer , that the employer may measure his wageB by the standard of his own cupiditj , his own avarice and daring , and that with the proceeds of the slave labour he is obliged to go without whaths himself produces , while he is obliged to purchase
the produce of the land , at that capricious retail price which the producer , or monopolist and forestaller may please to demand for it . That he is obliged to porchaee all of the worst quality , at the highest price , and to the greatest disadvantage , being cumpelled to deal at the truck shop of the master , or te pay a tax of twenty . five per cent , for credit to the shopkeeper ; while if ho was even paid in the produce of his own labour , he conld not ex . change it beneficially , because it is upon .. the wholesale principle , aad on the aggregate of the labour of thou . sands , that the capitalist makes his profit . And even beyond that he Is obliged so to demean himself , as to in . sure the toleration ' of the capitalist slave driver ; he has
no house that he can call his own , he has no resting place whereon to lay his addled head aiid aching limbs ; hebas a partnerwhom he calls his wife , bat whose in . terests are too often at variance ; be has children , ay , daughters , ' who become lodgers in hit own house ; he cannot calculate upon any certainty ; he lives fremhand te month , he gains credit upon the presumption that his labour will . continue ; he may rent his . house by the year , and make Ms domestic arrangements upon the calculation ef permanent employment , and upoa Saturday night the will of his employer may constitute him unwillingly a defaulting tenant and a debtor , ' unable to meet the demands of the shopkeeper ; < '
Still , though unemployed , the rent goes on , and if be is to live food must be provided ; and if , in his unwilling idleness , he ia ready to confederate with bis fellows to reiist or overthrow ttriB unnatural state , be is tried a « a conspirator , bludgeoned as a rioter , or shot as a rebel . Such is the real picture of the condition of an artificial slave . ... ¦ , \ ' - . To remedy such evih the Land Plan has been propounded—it will ; says Mr O'Connor : — - Very- speedily thia tha' overstocked labour ranks of thousands and tens of thousands of competitors , which , bear in miiidj has ever been , the primary importance that I attached to the undertaking , and it viill thus destroythat competitive reserve , upon which capitalists may fall back to reduce the wages of tho comparativel y satisfied . : ? ' . ' '• • ¦¦ ; - ' ' :
For will any man deny—can any man doubt—that the wages standard of . Britain is now tyrannically and ungenerously measured by ; the standard cf insult and degradation that the femily-Uviup , liberty-loving , and kind-hearted peasant will endure , rather than be subjected to the slave-brand—tke pauper ' s fare , or pauper ' s dress , and a pompous overseer ' s haaghty contumely and dominion ; and ' can the greatest sticklers for the new ( angled principle of political economy , taught by a new race , of speculators in low wages , contend for a system , which ' simultaneously renders barren and sterile nineteen twentieths of oar had , while a tenth of those hardy peasants , who : would cheerfully eultlvate it , are consigned to beggary and degradation , to pauperism and starvation ,. lest their , generous , natural , rightful , and legitimate employment should tend to the more equitable distribution of ( he national iticomo , secured by the bstter cultivation of the national resunrcea . '
Therefore has . the Land Plan been founded , and thisplan Will— ' •; ::, : : •• : Teach the minister that in these days' of sudden transition , and of doubtful ministerial ascendancy , the working classes , the industrious classes , the honourably apeculatiag classes , and the justly regulated trading classes , are the rock upon which ha must henceforth build-his title to govern ; and , as sure as water will find its level , 89 surely will power find its level ; and that power , which alone can constitute miniittrial security , is to bu found ia' ths just and equitable government of tho working classes . Question has succeeded question , and the rapid
rolling , of antagonist interests have rerolved in such quick succession , as wave succeeds wave in a stormy that the minister , sitting upon the billow of the day , if asked what principle or policy he represented , should point to the moat recent swell of discontent riling in the distance ; His station must be uacertain ; bis principles must be equivocal ; his policy must . be capricious , until he can sic firmly upou the levelled breakers , waves , and billows , which will constitute the safe harbour for ministerial integrity , landlocked by the [ affection , the strength , the confi 4 ence , and the inteiest . of that wall of British hearts , which may defy the indigaites of the foreign despot , or the assault of domestic factions . - ¦
Pres 3 of matter has prevented our completing our notice of this invaluable treatise in this number , and we are , therefore , forced to postpone tho most important points brought under our consideration until the « nsuin 2 . week . .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 2, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1438/page/3/
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