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_«• It i » opposed to the Laws of Nature . 3 CBr I « B - " * Vh at art the LnnS ° fNatttn to the , man who < tan « 1 s d «* i a ' , BBtI 5 in wonder , « b . contends th , » p « , l vWon ^ * % * £ * icrnicixv , and reads by >* 7 , r , 0 / / i ^/ , ^ ,,, ^ , 6 t i £ m £ JS . s thing , ttat thron ^ che inhnile of Fu . urity ? Or rather , ' ^ i ^* i n ( WP /«^ c" / the LaWS ° f Natare ("" Oftnt tor ; --i . « , < , 0 U 1 rrlTAL MAGNETISM '" " A ' ^ D CL ^ rilVOYA ^ OT ? V GERALD 3 IAS 8 EY Author of "Voicesof ttwdoin nhi Lrflc of Lov ^ Mnkliver Two jroRR Lkctuues on Mbssibbisx anj > " " Claiuvot *™* )• ' ffl . L-ep tics another chance ) in th- Hal ,, Jolm . 5 tm : t j F SovSJ ' n < " ^ ml ! iy evenings of the 18 th-and 25 th tat ,,. ' I 8 quaw » on III V l /¦ = „ » It is opposed to the Laws of Nature .
.- ^ «^ r r a * - » ^* - ^ ^^ . ^ - _ "" .. . SYLLABUS OF LEGTURE . .,-: » :.,. < , " Mc « neri « m too genera lly accepts i 0 demand iu Jmrtyr ^ now . -A , Uf , k fch of i '" History .-lU . various Manifestations .-Its Curative powers- ! i , fl 2 ion of Health a , well as of •»«¦ , * - Different methods 6 f M « S « faf £ _ JJbtiI Somnnmbuhsm .-Instance ., of Spontaneous Clrth-vo ^ nce .-. rji ^ A « f i , , valki « X --So «»>«« nbuU «« Artificially I » ducea \ --Th < v Effects of Auction L d Repulsion- Endeavours to account lor the PhenoniCnon . --Tlie ScenticsnnS » J d Cot P union * ensical . -The Visible and Invisible . ^ ^^ ^ tptica and
The Lecture will be Jllusirated by various interesting and marrellous exnerimPIlts in Phreno-Mesmerism , Catalepsy , and Clairvoyance . The Chun-ova ,, te-) Irs . GeraM Massey—wiH rend any-book ^ oKjmj ^ iprin ^ it , the En Hg , jan ( jiwse , P roduced . ? y any of the a . «« Henw , who can perfectly close the eyes of , 1-eCfairvoyante , and liold them with their own hand * . She will « endeWour ' to , irt « rtoiD and describe any infernal disease from which any one person present jnav tif suffering . The M ^ menzor will al « o answer any questions of the audieBc " c , if directly bearing upon the subject ,. „ ,. . Doors open nt 8 o ' clock , Lecture at Half-past 8 . Admission : Hall and Giiliery ,- 3 d .: - Platform 6 J . , > : , r Tictets may be had at the Institution , and' at 58 , Upper Charlotte-street Fitzroy-square .
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are every day exhibiting greater state and magnificence ; and the poor if not contented are quiescent ,. if : not happy ar , e ^ pathetic ; and by their indifference to politics give countenance . to ithose who , are interested in assuming and proclaiming the reign of general contentment . The Telegraph , reports—and . Mister BuonapJite . can vouch the telegraph never lies!—that " Her Majesty is everywhere received with " general acclamations . " ] ! "R 6 form ' "is at ^ discount , agitation is no more , and professional patriots are . hard up , having « wot no work to do . " Surely the millennium is at ; hand ! !
C& old town 3 are rapidly enlarging their bounda ^ es . ^ The . ^ ealtliy Free Trade has achieved that which niariageriB UN s" would denominate " a blaze of triumph . " In the north , additional capital to the extent of some millions sterling- , isin . course of being invested in nils and machinery .. Ne w ^ ns , ^ rf | . _ sprin ^ g . ijito _ e » stence t C& old town 3 are rapidly enlarging their houndarjes . ^ Tble wealthy
Among other signs of " unexampled prosperity" must not be forgotten the growth of this great metropolis , this huge Babel of bricks , daily growing hoth in extent- and' stateliness . " v * Year by year London ' s extremities elongate , north , south , east' and west , absorbing towns , villages , and hamlets ; which but a fe ^ , year s ago were " some milesin-the country . " The " 'improvements ' . ' within keen corresponding pace to the great city ' s outward extension . Not to speak of public buildings such as the Exchange , the Museum , Ac , which , with all their short-comings , do testify to the growth of a better architectural taste than formerly existed ; . there , are
other and not less valuable evidences of .. improvement ,, , / Timehonoured Tookeries are disappearing , and spacious streets-are taking tte places of filthy lanes and courts the once classic ground of crime and pestilence ... ^ TJndoubtedly , much . ^ et . remain ^ to be done . GlerkenweU , Whitechapel , and : other savoury , localities still consist of or contain Augean Stables in presence of which Ubrcdlbs himself might well recoil , but which it may be hoped will ' yet be purified by the besom of Sanitary Reform . - l-: r . < -.. But a painful question ; arises . . What becomes of thepoor who heretofore found shelter inthe rookeries of St . Giles ' s , Southwark ; ay
&c , but who have been ; shoveM : out ^ tom ^ e wfor " improvements ? " Weary on their Railways ! * / . remarked ; a poor > yqman residing in Bermondsey , " hereabouts they ' re ' always pulling- down poor peoples houses for them , arid out you must go . IVe heard people talk about compensation , but poor tenants is never compensated any way . " Imp ? o % em ^ ms ' iioWTommencing or about to be commenced in various districtSi will invpke = the . demolition Qf a number of courts , and alleys , in $ eir , present state an eyesore and a nuisance . . But what is to become of the wretched inhabitants 1
It is plain that over-crowded abodes of misery . must yet become more over-crowded . The removal of the worst'portion of St . Giles ' s has occasioned . the stamping of streets previouslydeceiit , 0 ^ comparatively " respectable , " in the neighbourhood of Drury-lane , Gray ' s Inn Lane , &c . As it was with St . Giles ' s , so it will be with other localities . The poor driven from their prestftt abodes must find shelter somewhere ; and as they have not the means to pay a higher rent , as their lack of the necessary income and want of decent furniture forbids their ascent in the social scale , they
must necessarily crowdinupon the denizens of the already-. [ overcrowded localities ; by their verynumbers chokingaip every , avenue to the diffusion of cleanliness and . the 3 propagation : . vt > f health This comes of erecting fine -shops , i and buildiug . spacipus greets , altogether unfitted for , because oufr ^ f # . 0 r ^ ac . h ; of , , t | iejpoor , ,. Scarcely a day passes . but ^ Lodging JJous ^; keepers ., are brought before the * Metropolitan magistrates , charged wit ^ . pyer-crowdirig * u . * _ i __ t . ^ -j . ? J ^ 4- . l , nYmT ? co innlniimr t . hft TO'ftvisionS of tllC Comtheir habitations and otherwise violating the provisions of t » e
Ummon Lodcrin < r House Act . On Tuesday at the Soutlnvaik Police Office , Joana Adams , James Baxter , Cornelius Bryan , and Catherine Leary , common lodginghouse keepers in thc-Mint , Southwark . were summoned before Mr . A'Beckett . Segeant Wright , inspector of lodginghouscs for the district , stated that , between two and three o'dackroithe morning of the 2 nd instant , he visited Adams house , IMint-street , and in No . 2 , bedroom saw live bedsteads , each containins two men , and for which they paid Is . 61 a-week each s
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There Were 10 men in this room , seven being the number allowed oytiie act . ISo . 3 bed room contained three beds ; the first bed had a man and his wife and a kdin it ; the second bed contained wo smg . e young women ; and the third bed was occupied by a married couple . The sergeant added that there was no partition 1 anykmd m the rooms so as to secure separation of the sexes I he serpnf stated thathe next proceeded-to Baxter ' s house , 31 Mm ^ street , and in one room / in which there were three beds , he iouncl the first bed occupied by a married couple and a boy of 13 of
years age ; in the second bed there was ^ single woman ! and in ie third there , was a . man . No ., 5 room had two , beds ; in it-in e hYst bed a : man and his wife'were sleeping ; the second bed was occupied hy a woman and a boy .-He added that there was no ^ artitum in the room . Similar evicle nee 1 was given against Bryant with the addition that the dfficer ^ scehded to an underground kitchen in , which . directions had been previousl y ; given not to admit lodgers , 'and . he found : Bryan and his wife and . daughter sleeping upwthe floor , with no . covering over them but a rag ; they had no be ^ of any-desc ription . At a littledistanee from themanother
nian and woman were ^ sO i yingori the « ln the same condition . Jhere was no . partition . The , Hkejcamplaint was ' made ; against . Cathenne . Leary . The magistrate delivered , himself . of a homily on the -. " great credit '? due to the police for their exertions in carrying out the Act , &c . " He then inflicted miti gated fines of 5 s ., together with 2 s . " cbsts ; on two bf the defendants , and adjourned the ° cases of the other two for a week , to allow them an opportunity of complying with the regulations . " * '
-It may be that the strict enforcement of . the Act of Parliament will compel the proprietors of the low lod ging houses to adopt such regulations as will conduce to a show of decency if not of comfort in their establishments . But af the best the " evil will be only sli | htly . jnitigated ; and thesefcs of ; Squal 6 r will be ] Dut little the better , for theiawVMer : { erence / . That ;; Sinchis needed is house
accommodation of a ; kind fitted fe r humah beings ,,. and to ' be had on terms within the reach of the humblest ... The local improvements always going on are for the most part executed under Act of Parliament authority ; ' and Parliament in sanctioning the ¦ destruction , of old streets and laying out of n | w , fails in its duty wlien it neglects to provide that either on the site of the old houses . 01 it neglects 10 provide mat eitiier on the site of the , old housesor
,, elsewhere , habitations shall be erected pC $ kind creditable to society and suitable to the requirements of the general public .. , ., ; The " Metropolitan Building ' s" in tje parish of St . Paricras , present _ an . example of what might ' be done for those who must live in the interior of large cities . These buildings , calculated to lodge several hundred persons , consist of sets of- rooms , two
rooms , three , and four , with the addition of a scullery , oven and boiler , and a number of domestic conveniences , including a cistern hoidng ninety gallons of water daily , atthe service of each tenant . There are washing houses , drying-grounds , and a playing ground for the , children ; rents moderate . ^ Tlie health " of the occupants has been very superior an d presents a marked contrast" to tlie ' unhealthy state of localities m the , immediate neifjlibourhood- ^ -tlio
narrow , and dirty streets , in Somers ; Town . The construGtinsr of a number of habitations in one- compaGt inass , ' s but- / stiil :-, adn ) il | aTig every needful separation , - though only just commenced in London is no novelty in Glasgow . The last named city has a most . unenviable reputation as regards its wynds and vennels exceeding in abominations of every , description , anything to be found eslewhere in . Great Britain . But as the old city , disappears ' and new streets arise , Glasgow presents an example of utility and . stateliness combined , in the construction of its new houses , which the great
metropolis would do well to imitate . There is no good reason why New Oxford Street instead of being filled with shops should not have had some two or three . piles of building devoted to private residences . The said buildings mig ht , have , combined , all the architectural embellishments of the existing "Shops with the snug compactness of private dwellings , each , ., separate tliough massed under one roof . And such buildings , palaces in convenience , comfort , and architectural beauty , might and should , take the place of the mean and filthy streets where now congregate so many thousands of the
metropolitan poor . j- If our government existed for . the pnrpose of guarding the public interests and promoting the public-welfare , if the parliament represented the people and cared for I ' tnat people ' s happiness , there would be no great difficulty in afes once providing comfortable hoiises'lor all . But the immense Tevenue at the command of the ( Toverhmerit , is recklessly squandered , and the national resources foully misused . As an example , strictly to the point ,-may be noted the shameful project of erecting ' a hew palace for the Queen at-Balmoral
' 'Yi ' ciQRiA is already possessed of Windsor . Castle , Buckingham Palace , ( recently enlarged at a great Expense ) , . St . James ' s Palace , Osborne House , and the existing house . ' or palace at Balmoral ; Not to speak of , the palaces . at Kensington , Kl e ^ , ' and Brighton , which she . may . occupy if so disposed ,,. The public , money : squari'dered from first to last on 'these palaces a mounts to an enormous sum , which it is now -proposed in increase , by eighty or- a hundred thpiisand pounds ^ the estirhated cost of erecting ; the ^ proposed new palace ' at Balmaral . But when' did arcliitebts ; ; ind buildeVs ' libide
by . their estimates ? tho sum for building , fitting up and subsequent alterations and-embellishments , will most likely range from a quarter to half a million sterling . -Contrast -this abominable extravagance with the scenes ¦ described'by Sergeant Wright to Magistrate AT > tCK--: TT . it is monstrous , it is imp ious , that one family not content with -hnll-a-dozen palaces the abode of every possible luxury and refinement , should have yet another erected , at a cost of hundreds of thousands , of pounds ; while other families , though ignorant and wretched , composed of the like flesh and
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blood , are absolutely houseless , or finding only such shelter aspigs might loathe ,, were they gifted with reason . If anything could justify the taunt of "Swinish Multitude , " it would be that popular foll y which permits the disgraceful anomaly of Piggeries and Palaces , the loathsomo dens of Mint-street , * and the new palace at Balmoral ¦ « looming in the ( not distant ) fnintre . " The selfishness of our rulers commands censure ; the slavi&h apathy of the ruled provokes indignation and contempt .
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AUSTRIA'S NEW CAT'S-PAW . We have had to rei-ord within the last feir months so many instances of baseness and cowardice on the part of our government , that , whatever may be our indignation , we cannot feel surprised upon learning the occurrence . of yet another insult to the British
name . . ., ; n Were we a thirdM-ate power such aa Belgium-although meanness or cowardice can never be excused under any circumstances —pocketing : an insult in presence of a pressing danger to our nationality , would , at all events , have the appearance or prudence , and . be lesa shameful by , reason of our inability to cope with the toe . The state that has-dared to insult us-to use mean and cowardly
violence towards our subjects , is , so far from being ; our superior in p . 'int of strength , only a miserable , patched up , and bankrupt power , which a single blow struck by Ui could convert into a thing that has been . The national insults which we have lately received have invariabl y proceeded , directly or indirectly from Austria . And how -long could that tottering despo ^ &m hope to exist , if it had brought against it the military and naval force of Britain ?
¦ ,., It may be urged that Russia backs up Austria in these escapades , but . if it really , be so , what is the different * to us ? We know ,-and Nicholas of Russia knows also , that it would I * madness for him to bring his Cossack hordes to be slain or " contaminated" by , their introduction among the enii ghtened and revolutionary nations of western Europe . For it would assuradl y be the nations of western Eurnne he wn ' nM im ™ fn , v .. » . u . ^ It be . the nations o ^ western Europe hewould have to combatif
; . , England but knew and did her duty . Strike a blow at the Austrian despotism , and at once a number of liberated nalionalities shall rall y arounil our banner . Then what fear we ? If aught , it is peace alone we have to dread , as that will enable the Czjlr to creep graduall y » . ver Europe , the subordinate despotisms preparing a path for him by disarming and brutalising the peoples beneath their rule .
The case tf the treatment of Mr . Pa » et in Saxony , that has ju 3 t turned up , serves to show the progress of despotism b y the latter means . No doubt theVziia secretly applauds the iSaxon outrage on Mr . Pagkt , committed at the instigation of Austria . And it is equally uiuJoublable that the C / . au is highly satisfied by the manner in- which Britain hasneeived the additional insult . lt , w , ould seem that no great opposition to the advance of despotism iS ' -to be - apprehended from-Britain , when she ha 3 not spirit enough bredress-the wrongs inflicted by thaf'dwpotisni upon her own subjects ;
, Mr . Pagkt , the latest victim pf Austrian spite , is the author of an excellent wo . k cm Hungary and Transylvania lie resided several years in Hungary , previous to the revolution , having married a lady , a native of that country . lie adhered to the national cause in 1348 ; but he never had any verv lively sympathy with the real defenders of the people ' s rights . In fact * h « never concealed his dislike of Kossuth and the more democratic party in Hungarv .
This very fact of his " moderation , " which , by obstructing th * only measures which could ensure victory to the Hungarians , contributed in no small measure to the unhappy issue of the struggle , and which could not but be well known to the Austrian « overnment hikI police , shows only , the mure clearlv that the late outrase UDon Mr . Pa > get was flinfntpH \™ t ' at >\\ , \ tr * v . r i , «^» : i : * .. < . _ rage upon Mr . Paget was dictated bfeelings of hostility to
y England , and not as alleged , from suspicions of his being concerned in a revolutionary plot . It was on the 2 nd of September last that the outrage was committed . Five policemen entered Mr . Paqut ' s house , and ordered him to , deliver . uptd thVm . the ke > s of-his writing desk , &c , threatening to force them open if the keys were refuaed . They then proceeded to examine every hole and corner of the house
carrying off every particle of writing they could find , the whole of Mr . Paget ' s correspondence , and a number of printed books . Mr . Pagkt immediatel y communicated the whole of the circumstances to Mr . Forbes the British Minister to the Court of Saxony , who entered , into communication with M . dl Beust Minister for Foreign Aflhirs , on the subject . This pcreoiwe pretended to know
nothing at all about the matter , but said he would V enquire . " , A similar request for an explanation was made bv Mr . -Fobbss to . the Minister lor the Home Department , and met w « th the same response . It was only-after" numerous applications that he was informed b y M . de BruM . that Mr Pag it was suspected of . being the channel of communicator , between Kos . sum and . the revolutionis ts of llun « arv
... ahe . absurd of this suspicion , if he vra 8 so tusprcted , is demonstrated by the whole . public- , life of Pagkt . and bv his well known sentiments , which have ever been utterly opposed to Kossuth , to ins opinions ami his p ]; . . Whether or n-. t any such suspicion had existence , it is certain that a few hour * would have been sufficient to prove that it vas unfounded , for a perusal of the letter * that had been seized by the police were convincing enough , on that head . Nevertheles s , it was not until the 25 th that Mr . Paglt-was summon * d before the police , and his papers and books returned . And it ay as not for some time afterwards that he received any reply to his re-
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SATURDA Yi- OCTOBER 16 , 1852 ^ , PIGGERIES AND PALACES . ¦ i < 1
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 16, 1852, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1700/page/9/
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