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THE " LAST KICK" OF THE LEAGUE : DEFEAT AT XEEDS . On Tuesday last , a public meeting of the lab abltants of tiiiB borough , coirrened by requisition to the , Mayor , was held in the yoitl of the Coloured Cloth I iall , " to consider the propriety or petitioning PwiiftHH jnt for the repi&l of th * Com Lavrs . " The meeting was one of the most nmrierouB ever assembled within the -rails of the yard „ and could not comprise less than from ten to fifte en thousand persons .
Tha original intention of the " League" - vras to hare had the meeting in the Coart-house , bo . fc finding that ths Chartist * ha-i their eyes open—that th » y ¦ were , in facfc , -wide awake to ail their proceedi jgs , it was determined , at the eleventh hour , to issue a notiee , altering the place of meeting , osder the prudent idea , that in the open air the Chartists -would have no chance , on account of the extra , number of the cheap-labour men which they -would be there able to accommodate , and -with -whom , being market < lay , the town vras literally swarming , not © aly from fee villages r » und Leeds , but from Bradford , Huddcrsfield , Halifax , Dewsbury , Wakefield , Heck » ondw > ke , and all parts of the Hiding , by which means they hoped to swamp any opposition wnica Tairfrt booSeredt © them .
The Cbart »* t » , however , were not behind in tbeir Rrrangements ; they taiew with whom they had to deal ; they remembered all the faithful promises of the middle-class men in former days ; and being now determined to be no longer gulled by a tricky faction , they resolved to eojse boldly out , in imitation of their brethren at Louden * Manchester , Glasgow , Birmingham , aiid otber places , and to carry the war at once hi to the eneray ' s camp . The League issoed a bill on the morning of the meeting , calling on the " working men , " if they wanted " good wages and chrap bread , " to attend the nieetin ? and support the Leaguers . But allthair effurts were of no use : " good waires and chenp bread "—at
I least the promise of these—failed in their interest , and i the working men were deaf to the voice of the charmer i And we-should like to know -what had become of all the requiaitors , on the faith of -whom the Mayor bad ' called tbe meeting . Beyond half a dozen , they were i no where to be found . Had the " cheap bread" cry j lost its h . fluence so suddenly , on them ? or i * it that i the ' ¦ most intense interest , " which the Mercury told its readers hxX been excited by the meeting , had fallen dca ' l at their r . oors , and stopped tlit-in ou the thresh-! hold ? To whatever cause , » ertain it is , that beyond ' Mr . Edwanl Baines , Jan ., and three or fonr other 3 , 1 there ¦ were none of the " 150 of the most respectable ! rtntlemen and firms in tte to-wn" present at the hour I for commencing business .
Ko , no , the " most respectable gentlemen" have found out thst the " fustian jackets , blistered hands , and unshorn chins , " are the real men of business , and may fee " reasonably deemed" cabable of being entrusted -with the management of their own affairs . They are perfectly right in this ; Mr . Baines , Jun ., saw it for himself , and in this day ' s Mercury the fact must be publisted to the -world , except Hr . Biintg is still determined to enjoy the title conferred upon him by his friend Cobbett Honour to tbe honest workies by whom he bas been thes convinced !
It was clear from the first that the League ftit the jtround slipping from them . They knew that all they had to depend upon was to gull the na-lives after the ; r old fashioned easy -way ; ami when they were obHg&d to rub their eyts open , and compelled to acknowledge tbeir own miserable minority , rage took possession of thiiT breasts , and , at some p&iio . ls of the meeting , it was doubtful whether they would not have assarted their rizht to tbe title of " physical-force men "—ev&n the meek Edward B lines seemed almost te-nipted to use his fists . Tbe " ragged regiment" at his right band setmtd inclined to march up the steps , and forcibly eject the Ciartis-ts from th « n . But this move woulO not do . The Chartists were awake again , and met this moTeinent by a counter movement of their own , executed in the most qniet and best tempered manner pos =
ible-But we are runnmr away from the details of the mteting , which it is our object to lay before the intelligent working men of tbe empire in as clear a manuer as the circumstances will admit of ; and then , if they do not Agree with ns that the middle classes have lost all respect for themselves , we shall be very much mistaken . "We proceed , then , to detail the circumstances ts they transpired . About three minuit-s past twelve o ' clock , the time advertised for the coaiL : e ^ ce : afci ; t of proceedings , Mr . Joseph Joses prop' sed " That Mr . Jos > hu& Hobson do take the Chair . " TLis proposition was seconded b } Mr . Roberts , and , whin } -ui to tbe meeting , was carried almost unanimously , only one or two dissentients holding up their hncJs aa-ainst it . Previous to the motion being put , Mr . E . Baines , Jun . said tha : he believed the Mayor was coining , ar . ci would taie the Chair . The Mayor , however , was i-. t pretext ; and Mr . Bair . es mored no amendment , though requested by ilr . Sransfeld anil others of his friends to do so .
Mr . Hobson then adyarsc ^ d tfce front steps , the portion usually ceeupie *' . by tbe Chairmen of me-etir > es held in the Cloth H-ill Yard , and said , that having been elected to the chair by a large number of the iiilial-ifants ot Leeds , ks hail great pJeayure in acceding to their request , and he w . jul . I promise that every speaker who offered himself to their notice , should be heard with attention . iH-.-re tbe Leaguers and their friends broke out into hissas , which were speedily drowned in Chartist cheers . ) That meeting was called for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning for a Repeal of the Corn Laws , and called by tHe M&yor iu pursuance of & w-quisiticn presented to that gentleman . tHere the interruption , accompanied by cries of " Go on , go on , " & . c , were so grt-at we could hear no further . )
The Mat OR came forward , in front of the iron railing on tbe steps , and was received with varicus phrases and noises , expressive of the not very flight disinclination of a large portion of tbe meeting not to hear Uim , and varying in intensity from a . hisstoa grcan . The CHaiemaN ( between whom and the Mayor a roost lively dumb show was going on for some time , ) here said , " Gentlemen , 1 believe the Mayor is going to propose a resolution . " The Matob . —A . s Mayor , I assert my right to preside on the present occasion . Tbe Chairman said that having been proposed and seconded as Chairman , and that resolution having been sanctiened by the meeting , be should insist on holding his office . ( Hisses , accompanied with loud applause from the " Ir . iis" on b .-th sides . )
] Mr . Edward Baines , Jun ., here came forward , ¦ ' and insisted , but quite inefiectuaUy , on being heard . j Mr . Alderman Sta . nsfeld appeared at the iron I railing , and was received with partial cheers , proceedj ing from the " cheap labour" men at tbe lower end of j the ysrd ; bat met with more wide and prolonged ' greetings from tbe " lads , " of " Millocrats , " "Fox j Stansfeld , " &c , &t j The Matok then cime forward again to speak , when
i The Chairman said that tbe Mayor had asserted I that he had a right to preside . ( Cries of " No , be j hasn't . ") He did not think he had . ¦ TLe Mayox—I ' m here by right of—( The confusion I prevented tbe remainder of the sentence being heard . ) > Cries of " Slick to thy place , lad , " were addressed i to i The Chairman , who proceeded—He had bsen ! elected by a majority of the meeting to the chair , and j he should therefore consider himself as fairly in the j chair . Tbe Kayor said that he considered himself in j the chair by right of hU uffioe : he ithe Chairman ) did j net think he was . The Mayor and his party always ' professed themselves to be friends to the' frtei dom of election ; and ( he the Chairman ) considered i ' . ' j I i
himself in the chair by the election of the meeting , ; but the Mayor was net . ( Hear . ) He begged to tell j the Mayor that he had obtained his office by means of I a swindle , and he held it by a Bwindle ; and it was ! rather too much for Mm after that to want to swindle I them ( the meeting ) acain . ( Cheers , mingled with j hisses , and confusion followed . ) He would again call ; spon any speaier wh » had any resolutfon to move , to . Come forward . If any gentleman ffiered himself to j speak , he would endeavour to procure him a fair i hearing . I The Mator here came forward again , but could not : be heard for some time . At last he retired , and we ' , hear . 1 him distinctly say , " I beg to close the business j of the meeting . " ( Cries of " Bobson is Chairman " immediately followed this announcement . ) ! I j ' ¦ i ; ' ¦ , I ' 1 i j
Mr . Edward Baikes , Jun ., again presented himself , and endesvourt ?< r to secure a hearing , by the most strenuous exertion of Tils pulmonary powers , and the most frantic gesticulation . He was received with cries of " Three groans for the Queen , Neddy ; " "The Crown apside down ;" " " Red herring soup , " fcc . What was the purport of his remarks could not be heard an inch bey « nd the steps . : The Rev . Mr . Hill ( EdiUr- of the Xorthem Star ) next appealed to Vie Chairman for a hearing . All that could be heard was , that tbe meeting should hold by their own .
An attempt at a di-rision followed , the object of which cou'd not be fl . uned , except that the Iead « r * of the League beckoned to their adherents to _ . separate , and go to tbe lower en d or the yard ; the Chairman calliag upon tbe meeting to tUnd still . Mr . J » n . N Goodhan e . usyed to address the meeting . 3 Ir . Edward Baines ' i Mr . Hobson , and the MaTOR held a parley toge ther , which lasted for sosie time , and which was a con 'ptete dumb show . Cheers and counter eheere foil * ived . ^ rom the Chartista and the Leaguers . , " Mr . EDWAKD BiTKES , JuB . , then did iiis best , by
" physical force , " to thmst the CHaIBIU }; aside , and by the most pertinacious and ob »* inate continuance in this gentlemanly line of argumen t » drew upon himself the jeers and laughter of tha m ectingt until he had completely exhausted himself by h > ' ¦ indulgence in this unusual , but ineffective muscular exereisB . Various speakers in the crowd strenuously i Vightened up Mr . Baines ' s recollection of his ptoposinfe * three groans for the Queen , and of his very economic * 1 xeeipe for a dinner in the shipe of a earoury dish c ^^ " red herring soup , " above BOticed . Others , is t- Terence to his unsuccessful attempt to push the Chairraa « aside , eaid " You can't do it , Neddy ; you can't doit" " Put thy :
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bat on , Neddy ; go home and get thy dinner , Neddy . " [ Hero the meeting seemed animated by universal consent to nuke all manner of imaginable and unimaginable noise * , cat-calls , whistlings , growings , hissings , Ac . &c Every Individual seemed to feel himself called upon to do liis best in hi § . particular line to excel tea neighbour in vocal music ] The Chairman ( to Mr . Baines )—This ia my place , Sir , and I aball keep it . The MAYOR tried bis hand at a " spoke" again , but it was of no use . Mr . John Goodman made a similar attempt , with the same result , The Chairman—Does any gentleman offer himself to speak ? Mr . Alderman Stansfeld again presented himself , and continued to vociferate most energetically to the moating for some time , but we heard not a syllable of what he said .
An attempt was now made to thrust the Chairman and his friends fr # tn tbe railing , when the former said tho Chartists had been accused of attempting to use physical force , but what would they call VuU—pointing to the parties who were lushing up the steps en the side nearest the Leaguers . A brief colloquy next ensued between Mr . Hobson and the Leaguers , after which Mr . Hill moved the following resolutions , which he put in tbe Chairman ' s hands : — " That this meeting , looking to the manner in which former petitions and motions , upon the subject of the Corn Laws , and upon other subjects involving the interests of the working elasses , have been dealt with by the presaut House of Commons , deems it inexpedient to petition that body for a repaal of ths Corn Laws . "
" Tbat , in tho © pimon of this meeting , no partial measure of legislation can permanently benefit the people ; snd that , therefore , this meeting disclaims all participation inai-. y movement or agitation of a political cuaracttr , which does no ; recognise tho right of Suffrage by the people , to ot least the full extent of tho principle contained in the People's Charter . " Mr . Aid . Stansfeld tvUo put come papers in Mr . Goodman ' s hands , as the resolutions of the Leaguers , which have been furnished to us . The following ia a copy : — " 1 . That the Corn Laws , being based on tbe iminoral principle of benentiiug the landowners , at the expence of all the other classts of the community , tend to dissolve the bonds of society , and endanger the peace and safety of the empire .
" 2 . That the most severe and extensive distress bas been produced by these laws during tho last three years in this country , involving an immense destruction of mercintile and manufacturing capital , cruel privations to the working classes , and a derangement of the CUTrtflcy , which has endangered both public and private credit That the Corn Laws ore yearly giving new extension and stability to rival manufactures in other countries—are confirming the comiuereial hostility of the GoTernnients of those countries , and are likely to lead to the -rery early establishment of still more unfriendly tariffs on the part of our two best customers , Germany and tbe United States of America ; and th : i \ thus the commercial ascendxney , and even the maritime superiority , of this country will be put to hazird . 3 . " That this meeting believes perfect freedom of trade and industry to be the most conducive to the prosperity of nations , and it seeks the abolition of all restrictions , miscailed protections , on manufactures , as well as on the produce of agriculture . "
4 . " That a petition , founded on the foregoing resolutions , be prepared and signed by the inhabitants , and that it be forvrar . ' ed to tea Right Honourable Earl FitzwiiHam , for presentation t « the Houso of Peers , and to Eiward Baines , Esq ., and Sir William Molesworth , Bart , for presentation to tho Hou 3 e of Commons . " 5 . " That a deputation be sent to London , to watch tbe proceedings when the question comes bofore Parliament , and that the following gentlemen fro requested to afford thmr sen-ices , v " . z . Mr . J . G . Marshall , Mr . Alderman Stansfeld , Mr . E . Baines , jun ., Mr . John Goodman , Mr . John Waddineham , Mr . Peter Faubairn , Mr . Joseph Bateson , and Air . Tiiomas Piiut . " Mr . Punt followed , but the meeting could not distinguish any thing he said . Various voices shouted out " Whiggery is falling , " " Down with him , " " Dawn with him , " &c . Ice .
Mr . Goodman then caned fir a show of hands for the motion ha held in his band . The Chaiuman put ti-ts Chartist resolutions at tho same moment , when , . " -s a matter of course alt kamls were hsld up , and he declared that they were carried nnamn . ously . A vote of thanks having bc ^ n passed to tho Chairman , on the motion of Mr . Bainks . secondt-d by lUr . West , and carried by the whole of tho meeting , Mr . Iiorsos acknowledged tho couipliiuont in a few remarks , polite : y tendering his personal obligations to Mr . Banes , remarking that he did not expect as much from him . T-ree chters were then given for the Charter , and for Fearpus O Connor ami t ! ie incarceraUd victims . Mr . Goodman , Mr . Bainhs , and the Ciiaiuma . n , at this time , declared the meeting dissolved , aud tbe Leaguers at onco left tbe steps , followed in a short time i .-y thu Chairman , and one or two friends .
The treat bulk of the mttung , however , remained fixed to tiiespoC , seemingly ttetontaneil not to leave the place , until they were assured that the Leaguers would not return and attempt a " finui'gery" of their own . The a'usenca of tbe obstructives had produced a calm , and the assembled multitude called out for tbe appointment of another chairman , and they would huld a Chr . rf : st meeting ; observing that it was not of ttn they had a chance of doing so in tbe Cioth Hali Yard ; the liberal trustees of the proper ty exhibiting their partiality for every thing like fair dealing by rtfusing its use fur any purpose with which tbey are not politically connected . Accordingly , Mr . Joseph Jokes was then almost unanimously called to the chair , when
Mr . T . B . Smith came forward to address the meeting . If he had never seen enough bofore , wiiao he lud Sf en that ( lay had convinced him of tbe necessity for Universal Suffrase . He Lad seen the people insulted by the middle classea of thig town . He would only refer them to that , which it w « s notorious to them all was an understood thing , that the people of EuglanU possessed the liberty , if such a thiug existed mom tliau in name , of choosing their own president at public meetings . That had been done to-day . The Chief Magistrate , however , had bt > i-n so ill-advised as to think that he had iv right to preside at all their meetings . He had a right to preside at the Court House at the trial of prisoners , and in tfce Council Chamber , but when they met to discuss public grievances , or to enter into the consideration of public questions , then their
Chief Magistrate was present only as an inhabitant of Leeds ; and unless they pleased to put him in the chair , he had no right to bo there . ( Chttr ? . ) It vri \ 8 not Lis ( Mr . Smith's ; intention to appear that day in borrowed plumage . He was a most inveterate opponent of the Corn Laws , ( partial applause , ) and was prepared to support a motion that they eught ta bo abolished , but that tbe House of Commons must fir . 't be reformed . Ho had , however , seen enough today to satisfy him the repealers loved the Corn Laws . ( Crius of " No , no , " and repeated hisses . ) They were determined to do nothing for the working men unless they could make it subservient for their own purpose * What was their pretence , however ? They said that unless the employer could give good wages the poor man would star re . He bad watched them for two
yeuvs , and they had convuici-d him there was no truth in tha pretensions they put torth . It was an attempt on the part of the millowner . s raid middle class men to drag tbe people into their net , that tktir machinery and their capital might bring profit out of the blood and bones of tha working classes . ( Loud cheers , with slight interruption . Some person having bhouted to the speaker , he said , If there was anybody present who would not bear reason , let them ( the meeting ) mark them and placard them through the town . ) They had already seen enough of that that day . If those who had advocated the repeal of the Corn Laws had been sincere in thoir endeavours , tli « y would know that there was no hope of obtaining rt-lief for the poor famiiies who ¦ were starving for want , in the present
House of Incurables—they would be -well - B&tUfled they would not fiive tbe remedy . ( Loud applause . ) They had petitioned the House cf Commons on this subject In 1839 , again in 1840 , and again in 1841 , without success . Had they Hot had sufficient evidence in the last two yeais that it was useless looking for a remedy from the House of Commons , as at present constituted ? What was the House of Commons composed of ? Landed aristocrats , chosen by cupitalibta , and middle men . There xv&s either an understanding amongst them that the Curn Laws should not be repealed , or . there was not . If they ( the capitalists ) were fairly represented , and there was au understanding with the House that the Corn Laws should not be repealed , their cry for the npeal of the Corn Laws , waa
humbug , for they had the power t » gain their object , but did not choose to effect it through their representatives . If there was a pnynte understanding that the law -would not be repeated , tben , tbty were men entirely unworthy of confidence or credit * He believed , whilst they were praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws , they were privately instructing the Members of the House not to repeal them . < Crie » © f- u No ,- no , " and slight interruption . ) Supposing that they ( the millo . wners ) wen * represented , and that the House accorded with their sentiments , what had they ( the meeting ) or he to do with the House of Commons ? They had nothing to do with it—they were mere nonentities—they were nothing . They had no voice , in tbeir election , and therefore they
were mere ciphers . ( Loud applause . ) What had they ( the Chartists ) End to the Corn Law RepaJers—what did they ask them ? WLy , "Help us . to get tho Suffrage and we will help you to get the Corn Laws repealed . We helped you in 1831 and 1832 to get the House of Commons reformed , when we were promised that we should hare what we aro now seeking for ; and we only ask now what was then promised . " One argument was , that they could not get tbe Com Laws repealed by a Berougbmongtring Parliament , and therefor © Parliament rou 6 t bu reformed . He would take the Whigs on that ground . They well kcew that the question of the Corn Laws was still further off the point of success than it was before the House of Commons was reformed . They must therefore turn them outagain , —( loud cheers ) : —there was no chance bat
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that now . If they had needed » ny evidence upon the subject , they bod bad plenty that day , that they must have an extension of the franchise—that they must not only have the power to make a bread loaf , but a key to look it up with . Let no one imagine that he ( the speaker ) was in favour of the Corn Laws , because he advocated Universal Suffr * g& It-was , because ha knew that if the present House of Commons repealed the Com Lawato day , they could , if they thought fit , as the House-was n « vr constituted , put them on again tomorrow . ( Loud cheers , and cries of " hear , hear , " ' Thee ' s right , lad . " ) Let them first get Universal Suffrage , and then the Ballot , to secure themselves , and then th « y w « uld not only get a cheap loaf , but good wages too . It might be asked him " How do you know that you would be better off with the Suffrage ? " He would answer because he saw the Whigs were better off . Let them get these things and take
care for themselves . ( Here an interruption from behind the speaker took place . ) A friend there had said he was pouring poison into their minds . If it were poison , he hoped the " poison"he had been giving them would sink deep into their mindf . He was not the enemy of any man , and he could assure them he wished the powers those gentlemen had exercised to day for evil might be exercised for good . Ho had been at many scores of public meetings In his life before , but never saw a meeting bullied as it had been that day by the middle classes . It showed-that they only wanted to treat the working classes like ciphers , and just get their names for their own purposes . Let any of the anti-Corn Law Leaguers meet him in any room in Let ds , and ; he would prove to them that instead of a Repealof the Corn Laws doing any good , under the existing state of things , it would only prove subversive of the remaining liberties of the people . ( Cheers . )
Mr . Jeb . vis Craik here made an ineffectual attempt to be heard . Mr . SMITH concluded in a few more remarks , and by moving a resolution strongly condemnatory of the New Poor Law , which he said would test the sincerity of the middle classes in all thoir asseverations of desire for the increased comforts of the poor ; affirming , at the same time , that the Poor Law , infamous as it was , would never be repealed any more than the Corn Law , until the people had the Suffrage . Dr . S . miles , having appealed to the Chairman for a hearing , next presented himself , and , in the course of his observations , called upon the meeting to unite for a
repeal of the Corn Lawu , as they were all agreed that they ought to be abolished , whatever opinions they might hold on other questions . He moved an amendment ou the motion , to the effect that the Poor Law , unless accompanied with a repeal of the Corn Laws , was an inhuman and unjust law . He was of opinion that the man who refused to petition for a repeal of the C » rn Laws , because lie could not get the Suffrage , was liko a mall who would not eat his supper , because hu could not get his breakfast next morning . He appealed to them as rational honest men to petition against the Corn Laws . ( Considerable confusion prevailed throughout the speaker's address )
Mr . Wm . Hick was next introduced to the meeting by the Chairman , and said that he had nothing to do with the Corn Laws ou the present occasion . They had already shown that they had no confidence in the partits vrho had come forward to procure their repeal—nor had they any right to put confidence in tfjem . He would ask them what had Edward Baines , juu . done for them f And what had Edward B . uuea , senior , dono for them , with all his talk , since he came to Leeds ? And now they were to have a second edition in tLe shape of Edward Brines , junior . ( Laughter and loud cheering . ) They ( tho meeting ) could have no confidence in their agitation for the abolition of
the 0 > orn Laws . He ( the speaker ) detested the poor man ' s tax , but it niu&t be abolished by tho power of the people , or they would not have any repeal at all . Now for their confidence in the middle classes . Hnuier Stansfeld had told them in his Letters to the Editors of the Leeds Mercury , that when he and his friends the members of the Anti-Corn Law League waited upon Lord Melbourne in London , tears stood iu the eyes of many of thum when speaking about the distresses of the working classes , which proved their sincsro desire * to improve the condition of the working people . There was something sincere in their tears , no doubt Tears were often a teBt of sincerity , for
•• Too oft is a smile But the hypocrite ' s wile To denote detesUUiou or fear ; Give ujq tlw soft sigh When the soul telling eye Is dimmed for a time with a toar . " ( Cheers . ) But he would remind them that all tears were nut sincere . He had heard of tho crocodile sued ( li » g tears , and he had heard of other animals shedding tears ; but when a man came forward who WM living out of the blood and bones wf tbe working classes , who was enriching himself out of their labour , —when fie camo forward and said that their tears and his tears were sincere , he ( the
speaker ) would hurl the lto Lack in his teeth . —( CUi-ors . ) Their sorrow was only manifested because they felt that their trade was departing from thorn , because they feared their own destruction was coming , and I >« caus 9 their ill-gotten gain was about to leave them . Tliey pulled long facts , and , in the name ef religion , they had expressed a good deal of humanity for the btacks , for whom they had voted twenty miliioas ; but who did they get it from ? From tho labour of the working c ' asses , and from the poor factory cbiirirea at home , who were oppressed far more than the bhicks were . They backed up all tbeir proceedings with texts from Scripture , just as Hamer Stansfeld bad done in his letters . It reminded him of King Richard in tho play , who Bays : —
But then l sigh ! and with a piece of Scripture Ttill th ~ m God bids rue do good for evil ; And thus 1 clothe my iuked vijlany , With old odd ends stolen forth of Holy Writ : — I seem a aaint when most 1 pluy the Devil ! ( Luud cheers . } They said they wanted to give tb . o working man a cheap loaf , but they only wanted a little more elbow room to extend tho use of their machinery and to obtain greater profits on their capital . Had not the working turn ' s labour increased ami the fruits of it decreased ?
They wanted to make the working clusses of England do the work of the whole world . He had now said sufficient to show that the working classes should not place any confidence in the League , and he appealed to them to stand by their own order . ( CUeers . ) In Leeds they formed three to one of the other clastes . li they wtru united they were quite able to carry out their principles iu suite of the opposition of all thu other clasws . After stating that illness prevented him from addrtssiug them at greater length , Mr . Hick concluded by seconainif the motion .
Mr . KICHA . UDSON came before the meeting . He had for some time mauifestod morbid symptoms of a desire to unlnulhcn himself of a long speech , which , he had apparently concocted , and which was ready cut and dried for delivery ^ In the course of a rambling , incoherent , and inconclusive address , wherein he introduced a pointless illustration about big cats and little cats , which nobody about him comprehended , he supported the motion of Dr . Smiles , and concluded by seconding it-Mr . Pakker said Mr . Richardson Lad stated a deal about the cats , but he had beard of serpenta which changed thiAr colours , and which uttered a pleasing sound that lured travellers near to their own destruction . They h . id had sufficient experience of tha consequence of listening to those who might be compared to serpents , already . They had been charmed with their colours long ago , and in this yard
too—( cries cf " aye , lad , its tiua , we have , " )—and with their music too , but they had had enough of them . Let them listen to their music no more , lest they bo again made their victims—let them depend no more on those who had already deceived them , aud made them their victims . They had presented the National petition—did the Whigs and middle classes support it ? ( Cries of " no . '') Did they treat it with any ruspeot ? (" No . " ) Did they attempt to redress the grievances of the working classes ? ( " No . ") Look at their conduct only last week , when the question of a property tax was brought forward . What was the consequence ? They turned it neck and crop out of doors . Let them ( the working lasses ) depend upon it , do what they might , their case could not be worse than it was . He concluded , by advising them to do their best to get the purse strings ef the nation , by wishing tkat every man would keep sober , and before long they would all have their own way , and by supporting the motion cf Mr . Smith .
Mr . AN duew Gardner said , his friend Mr . Richardson had talked a good deal about tlio big cats and the little cats , and the big holes and the little holes ; but all they wanted was to open the hole wide enough to % bt themselves in , and as soon as they could do this , they would repeal the Cora Laws , and all tke other bad laws . ( Cheers . ) The Chairman here called to an individual , who was er eat ing a little disturbance , to come forward like a man , and if had anything to say , let him say it This mado the noisy fellow a little more quiet - ¦
Mr . Gardner went on to say that Mr . Kiohftt&ion muBt know th&t they could not repeal tho Coin Laws , until the people obtained the power . He . moved as an amendment upon both the preceding ; motions , that the meeting was < tf opinion it was useless petitioaing Parliament for a Repeal of the tJorn Laws , or ariy other ' bad laws , until the whole people * was fairly and fully represented in the Commons * House < it Parliament . The Editors of the Leeds Mercury satd that ail parties were now fairly represented , but they knew this was fal 3 e . If the people obtained Universal Suffrage , they could afterward * get all they wished . Tha anti-Corn Law league pretended they wanted discussion , but from tbeir conduct that day , it wsw very evident they Tlidn't want it , and that tbeir faying so was all gammon . He concluded by repea ting hia motion .
Mr . George Sheridan Nussbt next presented himself , and wm received with cheers . He said that the Corn Law was a bad , a wicked , and a cruel law—ra law revolting to every speciea of hiunaalty , the organ of immense mischief , diabolical in . eveiv shape and form . Such a . law ought to be repealed—nay , it ought to be torn from the etstute-book ; but a repeal of it would ba entirely useless unlesi accompanied with a very wide extension of the franchise , and otker sweeping reforms—reforms which would make the interests of the representatives identical and coincident with the interest * of a majority of the community . The speaker
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then referred to the manner in which foreign nations hadfiidrea'Jy superseded us in our manufactures , and to the results which must ensue . One thing , howaver , Vbe remarked , ) was certain—namely , that we were at the present moment in a most deplorable condition . The people of Englaud never were in so forlorn a state as at the present moment . A national bankruptcy was in the prospective ; pur trade ttnd commerce were nearly annihilated ; the factories were closed ; the principal part of our manufacturers were insolvent ; the streets were filled with beggars ; and the lamentations of children crying for bread resounded frem one part of the empire to the other . Skilful artisans were unable to find employmant—unable to earn their bread by . the sweat of their brQW , and obliged , by stern necessity , to cross the briny deep , and bid farewell , along farewell , to the green meadows of their native country , or elso consign themselves to all the horrors of abastile The Cora Law ( he said ) was blamed for all the misery , the destitution , and the ruin in which the country
was now involved ; and so the great capitalists said , " Come , and help us to get this mischievous law repealed ; then we snail be able to find you constant work , and you will be again in a flourishing condition . " The Corn Law might be the origin of immense mischief , but it did not produce ono-half of the -eviis which the capitalists said that it did . Class legislation , bad government , » nd uujust taxation , were the cause . ( A voice in the crowd—* ' Aye , that's it ") The speaker went on , at great length , to contend that it was not a monopoly of the article of food , but a monopoly of tho representation , which vras the cause of all the evils the nation was afflicted with . He deprecated the syatem pursued by * the advocates of progressive reform , and would go at onca to the root of the ev . 'l , and pass the Charier , by wiiich alone would ba done away with the humbug of anti-Corn Law agitation , and all other causes of poverty , bad trade , and no food . ' The speaker was repeatedly cheered during the whole of hia lon ^ addxessv which we are obliged to curtail ; Mr . SMIlil haviui ; withdrawn his motion .
The Chaikmaj ; put that of Mr . Gainer , and the amendment by Dr . Smites to tho meeting , when the former was carried by an immense majority . Three cheers were than given for the Charter ; three for Feargus O'Conuor , Esq ., and the incarcerated victims ; three for Frost , Williams , and Jones ; three dismal groans for the League ; three cheers for the Chairman ; and the meeting then peaceably broke up , at tbrte o ' clock in the afternoon .
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THE " ABUSES" OP THE NE W POOR LAW . Let us take on 9 of tha latest . It is the case of a poor wretch , a female , who had a basUrd child , and who being prevented by this wise law from mildug her seducer pay for . the maintenance of tho offspring , was necessitated to 3 pply to the parish fur relief . The relief she got was to be imprisoned , as a vagrant , in Maidstone gaol . At the expiration of this term , she and her baby were turned forth from the gates "of the prison , \ fhero it would Lave been a charity to hare kept her—turned forth upon the wide world to perish or to live as chance might determine . The miserable wretch shall tell her own story as to what became of her after this : — -
" When I was coming from Ma . utetone I wa 3 taken ill , within eight mites of Cimtbam , and a policciuau employed a person to carry my child to the workhouse ; th . it was on Saturday , aad I slept at the workhouse on Saturday night with an order from tue relieving-oifieer of Chatham , and I was turned out with my child at seven o ' 6 lock on Sunday morning . I was very ill , and unable to proceed on reyjournty , and 1 received another order from Mr . Farreli , and was admitted again , and they kept me there until Wednesday morning , when I camo out and walked as far as Stroud , and then I sat down on the step of a door , when a woman named Smith gave me a night ' s lodging , and in the morning she persuaded me to go to Strcud workhouse , and I went and told thsm what distress I was in , but not that I came from Maidstone gaol , and they gavo
me 2 s ., and I walked part of the way to Gravtsend , when a cab took mo to Gravesend . Tho money was given to pj . y my pasaage to London by steam . At Graveaend , I took the steamer and cauie to London , and arrived on 'fhursJay last , but had only 6 d . in my pocket . It was dusk , and with the money I bought some food for my child , and wandered about the streets all night , and on the next morning ( Friday ) I went to Marylehone workhouse and s . iw the relieving officer , who told me that I should see the t-oard . I stated my ciB 3 to him , but omitted everything about Maidstone gaol . I saw the board , and they searched the b loks to sue if I belonged to that parish or not . whsn they found tho nai : ie of my mother , but not mine . They said I did not belong to them , aud they turned vie out without either mottey or food . "
They turned her out without either money or food ! This is t ! io system undur the New Poor Law . Under the oid they would have taken her in and passed her to her own parish . It ffas shown afterwards that the poor wretch had no milk to give her child—how could she , when she had no nutriment for her own sustenance ? Thus they wera turned Into the streata together , hungry , cold , and almost naked—turned into tho streets to wander aud to die . Tho next account we have of wLat became of Harriet Longley and her infant is derived , as might have been expected , from a coroner's inquert ; but it was an inqu « st not upon the mother , but upon her baby . During her . stay in Maidstono gaol the girl ' s conduct had been irreproachable . She had beeu employed as a nurse , and she had been remarkable for tho attachment which shehad shovra forhcr child—Poortliing ! she had nothing else tbat shv could love ; nothing else that she c « u ! U even hope would ever love her . Hear the sequel from the mouth of the policeman : —
" Thomas Hobbs King , a sergeant , No . 22 , N division , having been £ worn , stated , that on Friday night last , about a quarter past ten o ' clock , he was on duty at Islington station-house , wken the prisoner knocked at the door , and on its being opened , she said that she had come there to give information that the hud murdered her own child . He inquired in what way ? and she replied , •? I have thrown it into the Now River \ it was three weeks old . " Witness accompanied bsr to Owen' 8-row , near Sadler ' s Wells Theatre , and on arriving opposite the house No . 11 , she said , " I had bten sitting doum on that step for half an hour before I threw the eMld into the water opposite . " Witness asked her
how long it was since she committed the act , and she replied , " Just before I called at tbe station-house . " Witness caused the river to be dragged immediately , and the body of the child was discovered . It appeared to be about a month old , and was dressed sis such infants usually are . She informed witness tLafc her name was Harriet Longley , but that the child was registered in the name of Eliza Uarria . in Maidstone gaol , where she had given birth to it After the body had been found , tho prisoner said that her child had been crying for many hows for W 2 nl of food . She was in great distress , and Aad no food nor milk for her child . Her breabt , she said , was dried up for want of nourish ' ment , and that caused her to murder the child . "
The wretched mother was committed , of course . fand will probably be hanged—but who was the murderer ? Was it the poor frenzied creature who eat upon the cold Stones with au empty breast and a foodless body , listening to her baby crying / or hours for food ? . or v ? as £ it the agents of the New Poor Law , who thrust * her forth into the streets , with the moral certainty that she must perish there ? Who was the real murderer , we ask ? tbe men who doomed the child to die of starvation , or the mother who terminated its sufferings a little before they would have been terminated fey the natural operation of the New Poor Law ?
Pho , tuis is a common case ; one of those nnmerous clap-trap stories which those damned newspapers make such a fuss about . Servo ; the b—h right , she shouldn't get bastard children . The Poor Law is an excellent law—it reduced the poor-rates of the parish of Gruelan-the-Wash eighteenpence In Ihe pouad last year . Of course we shall vote for it Very well , gentlemen , vote away , but—the time wiUcome . —Satirist .
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A Fchaxe HiGnwAY Robber , —Elizabeth Loveall , a tali dirty wornau in a ' very ' ragged condition , who has been frequently in custody for theft , was brought beforo Mr . Ballantine , at the Thames Police-office , on Saturday , charged with gtoppinga Polish refugee , named Cassimir Janikowekt , and stealing a bag aud twenty-fives shillings in money from hia person . The Pole , who is an elderly man , and a nobleman of high rank , was on his way home on Friday night , about elevea o ' clock , and was raotia Cornivali-street , Si . George's east , by the prisoner , who took his arm against his ¦ ¦ will , and wanted him to gd home with her . To get rid of her he said he had no money ,
and attempted to getaway , on which she-began pulling him about , and put her hand in hi 8 pocket , from which Bhe took out a bag containing twentyfive shillings ; and to which a valuable ring and twtf keys were attached . The woman then endeavoured to run away , but was prevented by tho Pole , who seized her by the hair of her htad , and twisted it in his handsy The prisoner shook the bag , and some of the money fell out . A-- ecufflo ensued between , the parties , and tho woman screamed out for help "; which brought a policeman , named Cook , 174 K , to the spot , who apprehended her , and caused her to ba tearehed , when part of the property was found upon her . She waa committed for trial .
. Greenwich IPolice , SATunrur . —Horrible Attempt to Mubpeb . —A married womau , named Elizabeth Brown , waa chatg 8 d with attempting to murdftr her two children . The husband , e , working-Uiaii being questioned as to the cause of the occurrence , said that dome words took place between him aad Ma wife about her haying pledged some of the things , and after some quarrelling she sei&jd the carving-knifo , declaring that aho would cut thetbroafs of tho children and then her own . They had been married about Bix years . She was a very passsanato-wbain . The prisoner boing asked what shehad to say for iuxselL acknowledged that she had * as stated , threatened the lives of herself and children , but it was in fcer passion , caused by ' the words she had had with her husband . The isagistrate told her that he would take caro she should have ample time to get cool , for i ; o should commit bor to prison , iu cefaaltof bail , ior three months .
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The total value of the monies coined at the m ^ from 1837 to 1840 . both toelueivc , was * e fSb « , 7 * gold coinage , £ 4 , 612 , 762 ; ( in 1840 , howSS ^ fi ^^ i ^ M ^^ - ^ d- whiteTer ); eilver cjfij £ 147 , 981 ; and copper coinage , £ 14 330 * m » t " altogether the sum of £ 5 , 4754079 . *" ' iSd 0 ' ma ^ Re-spect-a-bilitt . —At Bow-street Police-offic shoemaker of the namo of Richard SahdaU * chared with assaulting one of the gak-keekr ?! l St . JamesVPark The gate-keeper % tJ 5 ** Sandall enter the enclosure , as his dress «« £ £ sufficiently respectable , and the latter resisted £ ! no violence was alleged , the point in litiMtf ™ IS
the question of right . Tho Magistrate" Mr . Tw ? ford , thought Sandall ' s coat quite decent fntm 3 k and was persuaded that the Commissioners of W jS and Forests had no wish to exclude persons oft ? description from the enclosure . Neither wasVh any thing in the manner of the defendant arn objectionable . At all events , the law was one » v . i it was difficult for a magistrate to enforce ; » nd M Twyford objected strongly to being called udJT ' decide what was orwa 3 not " respectable" in ti dress of decently-behaved people . Sandall M ? discharged . - " *
APsep into the Temple . —Mother CWcls "* « doubt , gives her children some very salutary adv but , like many more spoiled urchins , tbej ' inJivi that they have a right to chalk out their owa « iiiS and do things in their own way . She tells the to come out from the world , bat some of tie oirf branches of her family think it right to take a Hm of iho world into tbe temple , in order to oruamAm the same , as appears from the following faw . _ . ;? Ash Wednesday , as per custom , tha bell Busnenrfd in tbe Bteeple of Old Washington Church , summon ^ the church-Kdirig parishioners to their detorW exercises . Mr . Amon was awake to the well-knovn call , and liistanter threw aside his lapstone leaZ ? last , and awl , and proceeded to the ' tothftL \ , " ^
disaharge the duties of his more sacr » d cairn But Laving , in the earlier part of thB d »? beea transacting a little business at th shop of a neighbour , who is in the spiritual Ike Z was unable to keep time , or shoot the amen at ' tS word of command . This enraged his reverencBii the upper-tub , who reminded his brother of th " error ofhb way" by giving a few powerful tun by the hair of his head ; this only served to bcwildn the sacerdotal snob the more , and he compleieiv Imi his lesson . The ire of "the other chap" . now m to ungovernable -height , and he commenced an a'tui *
on poer amen ' s head with the Prayer Book « which the devout little man sung out , " You wort do that again , will you ? " This insult and a-asi the raan of mortal sole cou ' . dnot brook ; therein after struggling' through the service , they retird into the vestry , wlwn and where the lutle w demanded satssfactiou , as any other gentkess would do ; this his reverence refused to give . Hem amen brought his antagonist before "his betteri but . the . magistrates having heard the evWas adduced , pro and con , decided that the little n « could have no just cause to compkin , hehavincb « unable to discnarge the duties of his iteporta office , by his having previously come in too cla contact with tlio '' spirits" of his neighbour . If course , the case was dismissed ; their Worships pn nouncing his reverence justified ia opeaiag it attack on " ' tother chap ' s" upper leather .
The Devil ' s Law amain . '—An investigationli recently taken place into the case of the poor wobk named Longley , who drowned her infant , in coi * quence of her destitution . Marylebone workhtia was one of those at which Lon ^ Iey said she wa refused admittance . At a meeting of the Vuii board , on Friday , tho 2 Sth ult ., a letter was read from Mr . Chad-. vick , the Secretary to the Poor Lai Commissioners , requesting information as tothe w > rectness of Longley ' s account . Mr . Messer , ths relieving overse- ^ attended aj the Board , aad ft&tk lhat when Longloy applied she said that she wir born in the parish . On reference to the record however , it appeared that her account was income ; :
aud finding that she had dept , on the previoa ni # ht , in Weat Lane , Smithadd , he referred her fit relief to the West London Union . Mr . Messer mjj that Longlay did not tell him that she was starving ; and had he relieved her , she would hare bccoia chargeable to tho parish . Thomas I { ead , an inspefr tor of out-door poor , who waa by when Lon ^ lej made the application , says that she looked tbj weak , and the chiid seemed dying for want of m rishment . A resolution was moved , and affirmed tj the Board , th . at there was nothing unusual in tk case , as it came before the relieving officer ; a prcp > sition , moved as an amendment , simply to forwaii the explanation to the Commissioners , beingfej-jctei [ There is something tolerably cool and exceeding !!
Jiumane , either iu tho law or the officer . A pw woman is evidently looking very weak , and ij child dying for want of nourishment , wliea tb relieving officer refers her elsewhere , to be banditi about from place to place , because she oid ' nt tell hit she was starving , and she would have become cAory able to the parish , had ho relieved her . So a for lorn , destitute woman , on . the verge of sceto ; her child die of want , is thus to be driven to murda her child , because she does noVtell a . relieviij cfiicer she is starving , and because she vritt becoia chargeable to the parish . No matter about mmda and buicide , so loiig as a relieving officer does u pay a few pence away more than he ought , or a " additional burden 11 is not placed upon the backed the parishioners !]
Shameful and Unfeeling Fraud . —A few d » j since an advertisement was sent by post from Loo don , for insertion in the Manchester Guardian , ^ being paid for by uieausof a poat-cffice order , w of coursa inserted on that day . It was to the k lowing effect : — " To engineers , Engravers on Copperplate , Joiiffl and Cabinet-makers . —Wanted , go » d bonds , to pn ceed to New York and Philadelphia . A free pssef and mess , with capital wages . Parties must lormfl age , particulars of family , if any , pTesent rate of ¦ wag * c—Post free , witua stamp , to Washington Perciri 11 , Southampton-street , Euston-square , London , ilj will communicate all particulars . "
In consequence of this advertisement , so tempf « at a time when employment is geaerally scan many persons made application by letter , as airew in the advertisement ; and , in the course of » V ? or two , each applicant received a reply ,-uuormB him thac his services would btj accepted , it aiTjJ handsome rate of wages ; but requiring from e * remittance of £ 1 , " to insure registration , and P vent disappointment . " The general character these answers may be gathered from the f ° j ° ' ™ copy of one addressed to a mechanic , who naamx
application : — ; " 2 , Oxford-street , London , March 16 , 1841 . " Sir , —In reply to yours , I beg to say that yon w 3 be required to enter into an agreement to serve M « w Grafio and Torakins , of New York , for three ye » M the weekly sum of 60 s . English money ; . " *« £ ? hours , including two hours per day for meals .. iw two sons Bhall also be engaged , a » a r £ ceiT 5 S donate wages . Yoar and their passage , vitb bea ^_ and provisions of tLe best kind will b « tree . I * wife will be charged £ 10 , and your youngest son i > W 1 H 5 VT 1 J 1 UO tUUi ^ Ull J ^ XVf W ** v * J w « - ^ - - v ,
the child under two years of age will not be cds ^ You must remit £ l by return of post , to insure ^ tration onboard , and prevent disappointment , w » will be returned t » you on your arrival up here , if ther with £ l 15 s . Ior your expenses . Tfie p «? money for your wife , tec , £ 16 , you will bare to ret by instalments of 10 s . per wet * , on yonrjimyai America- You must be in to » ra on &e -5 tnoiAF As your application has been so late , you raa \» remit tbe registration money to the above aa ( No . 2 , Oxford-street ! by return of post . F"V you make up your mind to go , » s our list "
complete . " am ' ^ WASHINGTON PERClVAi ; " Thomas „ . ., -dj ^ " On receipt of tbe £ 1 , you will bs c . »» - ; . engaged . " 1 f > J Several of the parties who received these ier had the prudence to make a little « £ */ *' Weekly Dispatch office before wiM waw ^ and were advised to have nothing to *> *»»* Washington Pereival . Others , howe ver ,, were bo careful , and we have reason to believe aj number of sums were forwarded as « " »" % ¦ , some of them . no doubt , fell into »• - * »* ' scoundrels who had devised this ntfanouB ^^ of plunder . Amongst others , the party w * , the preceding letter was addressed , *» »» J sometime out of employment , «« iw » . ' ^ circumstances , pledged his watch taj » ^ ^ eary 8 um , and seat i 6 by post as directed , b * also have incurred the further «^ %° l ^ V himself and his family to J *™<* JJ& by * fortunately , had his suspicions awawwa j ^ he heard from another » PP J caDt ' Jr ^^ Ha sending the money required * . tookthe P ™*^ : i ... _ i ^ _ i >_;«_ J : » I / i . i / inn And TBflUBflHv" » T 7 Mi iiu 1
wruuig- » . n « '" - u * 1 £ * WrtWnrton rero make some inquiries about ^ Waelun ^ V g p at the place indicated in his letter . *» £ entrusted with this inquiry fotm f . /^ dloH Oxford-street , was a public . honse . ihe g » j which knew nothing of Mr . P ^' On ftii he oam « there occasionally for letters , wi inquiry , it was found that there ¦ *** $ a * mecbanicB in the honse , who bad wjj w ^ cheater with the view of procuring enffW ^ , third person in waiting at tbe same piac ^ « # to be a policeman in plain . « to ^«?; t £ gri * for Mr . . Washington P «™ >« SS . Vw 3 c ** fia : ftSaB ! T £ 'MBSJ ^« ssy though a number of letters , ^ « i * " w 7 re V % containing money and ™» ° 5 Y ^ JS *"' of these g ¦ for kin . We hope the pabh « % ** § £ oaA will operate as a warning to ^» P ^ d « i 0 aay similar attempts » t ^ "JgStsor A after . No honest « " » . ^ "fdSjn onej ;} men will ever require them to advanw ^^ J whenever any demand of the . kum % ^ applicant may bo quite sure Out & <*<> » ; foot to defraud him .
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Not Gutltt , cpck irr Hoxora . —As a personige , "whose tout-envmbie bore the stamp of aristocracy , ¦ was tbe other day lounging domi B * nd-streetf be was closely followed and be » et by a little ragged urchin . The great man appeared to fancy thissprij ; of canaiile wished to abstract tho cambric from his j pocket , and , tnrain £ to the younff scapegrace , thus j addressed him : — So yon are trying to pick my pocket , you young rasamnffin , are you V " Don ' t know whatVou mean , Sir , " was the boy ' s reply , j w And tell me , before 1 hand you over to the police , " continued he , '' aro you guilty or cot 1 " Here the urchin , laying his hind upon bis breast , and bowing proffeucdiy , eicpbatically pronounced the fallowing words : " Not ^ uilry , upon my honour . " SojrjTHisG is n . — " There is something in that , " &s the gal said to her stocking ven she put her foot in it .
A Caeefcl Scot . —A careful Scot , after takwg his mother's corpse for burial into the Higalan-is , brought 6 « k the hearse well filied witli smuggled whisky 1 Being joked about it by a friend , he replied " Hoot , man , vrhat ' s the harm ? I only took * wa ' the bodt and broaght back the speerit , " Socibtt . —It fcas be « n teld of a iste noblrmaB . « qual y distir ^ gTrished by Iks abilities and absence of mind , that having t *' : ked to himself in hi ? irs *« liinif carriage the whole way from Brighten to London , be ended , % i Hjde Pjj h comer , by inviting himself to dinner , as the p !* a ? aine 5 t companiou he had e ^ pr travelled with . —Cecil ; « er the Adventures cf a Cjsamb . Tukse are nothing tot quadrupedszt Drary Lune , this year , even a Buckc lets the boxes , and a Tabby prims tie bills .
3 k Fl . vcc « : rt * s His'okt of Madagascarr th ? ro is the following -ublime prayer , said t © be n ? ed by vhe peeplftire exit Eavages— " O Eternal ! bxve mercy apon me , because 1 tm Di ? 5 ing iwav-. O Infinite ! because I am weak . O Sovereign of Life ! because I draw b * sj to ib « ^ t * vp . O OmniscieBt ! because I &a in darkcess . O All Sufficient , b « aaso I am nothingf ' CosaciKwrrS a ?* b Beatids . —It is related of Judge Jeffries , thai taking a dislike to an evidence who had i k > r , g beard , he told kirn " that if Me conscience were as long as his beard , he had a swiosen onn : ' 'to which the countryinaa replied— " My Lord , if you rnessure consciences by beards , you have jjone at all . "
The bot Joxis i ? ? nppo ? £ d to have entered the gardecs of Bnekingham Pais-ce by scaling ihe walls . If he should consent to go to sea , he wiil have an opportnniry of practising his ingenuity in other climbs . Theodore Hook declare it ' was an act of perfectly superfluous liberality to bestow upon the lousy GermaDS a l \ c * -cn < x . Thkblk is . sot a kax living who says so many incomprehensible thiafis as Mister Joseph Hume . The other exening-, fer instance , he presented & petUlOU in the House of Cosmons , VHich he said was signed M by every nseuical man residing in the county of Xilkeaay , exceot three , who didu ' t live there !"
Two sailors were one day fitting on the gunwale of their ship drinking gros , when one said to the otlur , " This is meat and" drink , Jack . " He happened at thai moment to fall overboard , when his facetion ? companion coolly said-, " And now jou ' ve got wasniug and lodging , Tom . " It is csxtrcxATED that at the present time there xre thirty ihcusand Germans in London , and more xhznjifiy thousand domiciled throughout Eocland . Assnciiiig now thai each abstracts but £ 106 per annum frora the pockets of John Bu 1—and we know thai fonr out cf the number receive , in one way or the othfr , some ; hin > j like half a million—we have thas Fivs . Millions Stkeii ^ g yearly taken from tbe industrious clashes of Enjland to teed and fatten a rarcel of loa ; h ? ome fora ^ aers . Let tbe people of En'land poccier on this .
A Liberal Offer . —A Hint to the Cloth . —A clergyman wai presented to aUvisg in the ¦ viemUy ot Glasgow , who had s protuberance becrrcen his shoulders , arising from d : s-: ased spine asd a corresponding prorrusion of the chest . T . , e parishioners were opposed to a person cf such ungainly appearance occupyiug tbeir pulpit . The presecite heard cf the dissatisfict . on , and , being a pirror ^ a ^ e of som ^ humour and tact , convened a ucceiiBg of the malcontents , in rrder to ascertain their objections . " I have ieard , " s :-Ad he , " tha : my EetJcmer-t amoDgst you is not likely to be agreeable . Now , as I am not aware af * ar objscrlon to mj opinions 0 T
practicemy si » nder abilities for sach & charge I & < Jmi!—I should just iik ? , as we are all friends and brethren , and have only one object t-o serve , that you would state vcur objections . " One jrlan ? ed to another , ¦ which was significantly returned almost round the "vetoL-is , and silence previ' . kdfor some tim ? . '" Speak out / 1 sard the pre = cEt = e "doa ' t be afraid ; I am not ready to take offence , " vrhen one stammered ou ; , " Sir , voa see , tfc—you se-3—S j—sin' I ms . un --peak for my tretliten here—ciiana "like tout bodily appearance . " - iseitbcr do I , " vrn iLe re pi v , aud it jcra can gst it repaired , I ' ll be a . * tail ihe expense mvsel ' . " '—Laird of Locatu
The Pri ^ cl ' s HvyrEits . —Oae of the last huau-rs purchased by ; iia Prmce , say the neirspspers , La » oeen called the Pawnbroker . Tht 3 elegsnt appellation has been given , it is understood , iu conip . i ' mtiit to the pledge of sffociion lately brought into the world , ard to trbom there attaches-, of coarse , the greatest interest . 5 l > cs THB ArciDE . VT trhieh occurred to Prince Albert at the duck pond in t ^ e re&r of Buckingham Palace , strict orders have been given by th - Queen that his Royal Highness must not be permitted , ¦ npoii 2 ny seoount , to be alone . Mrs . Norton says if ihe Prince were a loin , there is not the lea ^; apprehens : oa of his beiDg borrowed .
O ? TE OP THS Fl 5 E £ T PlSAXT 3 T IN THE WORLD . — A -pure Fj ^ clmen of the "finest -pisantry in the ¦ world , " who has joined the railroad at IVcon , accoFttd a wa ^ ish friend of ours a few day s ago . whom he had seen r cting down something * in his tablets . I see , tut , " said he , " that yon can write !" Our frierd gave an affirmatory nod . " Wou'd yez h » ve ar . y objections to write a lethcr for me to send toineP Kona were started ; and Pat-was invited to onr friend's iod ^ inss , as scon as bnEiness permitted his attoadsEce . Aecordicgly he came ; and the materials being at hand , the lether was brgun . ** Now , what do 3 on wish to be raid ! ' "Why , " E&ys Pat , ' Eay bad lack to yez , Ballvgawiy , that
ever ycz bred me , er it&T'd me , to have roe come OTer here to rroik like a slave , for a dirty ten shiliin ' a wefk . Tell MoUy Carcachan it ' s dyia' I am on my feet , an' I'm heart-scalded to death , through want of vrork , bekase of the frost . Tell Dory tbat I wouldn ' t be the worse of bavin my ould brogues here for a char . ge . Say to my father ikzi I'll never be home in the worl '; but giye Dory , nry siEter , a hint that 111 be home by midsummer . Your affectiona'e son and brother , Patrick 2 > rClownau . "The Itiher -was folded , seiled , and addressed , " To Owid Joe M ^ CIo-a-nan . at the end of Tim ii'Cabe ' s whUky-shap , Bii ! ygaw ] j-, or Mo ' . iy CaTnachar , whichever of them mo = t convauient . " The above is & true copy , verbatim et literatim . —J " gi Advertiser
Up to S . vtff . —An American editor remarks that hi saw a man the other day with & cose so thin that small prim could be read through it distinctly . It wouid be a goad place to publish a snuff advertise- meat in . Petrabch ' s Opnaes op Mo . tet . — He who ex- pends i ; properly , is its master ; he who lays it up , its keeper ; he who loves it , & fool ; he who fears it , a slave ; and he who adores it , an idolater . GaKE off . — " My gun vretit off last night , " said Tim Trap lately to an old acquaintance . " Were you alarmed V aiked he . " No , but much injured , " replied Trap . " Ah ! how did it go oft , at haif- cock , " " > k ., " said Trap , " it weai off at kalf-pajt eleven , in company with a tarnation 8 C 0 irniir < iI , who begged for sapper , and a night ' s lodging . "
Expbcss of tks Was . Stst ™ . — Give ase the mon = y thit his been paid ia war , and I will purchase every foot of iand upon the globs ; I will clothe « very man , womaa and child in an attire that kings Aad queess would ba proud of 5 I will build a school- house upoa every hili-side , and in every vxlley , over the Tfiole habiisbie earth ; I will build an acidetny ' in every town , and ecdow it ; a college in every state , and £ il n with tble profetsors ; I will erewn every hiil wilh a chureb . eonseerated to the promulgation of the gospel of peace ; I will sopport in its pulpit an able teacher of righteoranesE , so that on ; every Sabbath morning the chime on one bill ehoold answer to a chime on another , round lie earth ' s broad cirenm / erence , and tie voiee of prayer aadj the soag of praise should ascend like a universal . Holocaust to heaven . — . P . Slebbing .
Coixjji acd Bannister were dining « ne day with . Lord ErskiBe , the ex-chaoce 33 pr , who , ia conversa- ' tion on rurai affdirs , boasted " that he kept on his pastnre land nearly a thousand iheep . " I perceive then , " said Caiman , " yonr lordship has gtifl an eye to ibi woolsack . " A UsEPrjL I : < steukext . —A correspondent of the Montpelier Patriot { American paper ) states that Mr . John Demereit , sutler , of that tows , has made a jack-knife for himself , which he uses t » eat ebony , i whalebone , horn , and & £ th&- same tima makes ais j pens and shaves himself with it without finding or / fiontng :
A Yaxkei Editob's Aocouxt of HritsiXF . —I ' m ' a real catastrophe—a Email creation : Mount Yesu- ) vios at tho top , with red-hot Java pouring oat of the « rster , and routing nation 3 below . My flits are roefcy mountains—mv arm ? , liberty poles , withiroa wrings . -Erery stc-p-I take is an earthquake—every blow I Btrike is a clip of thunder—aade ^ ery breath j I breathe is a tornasio . My disposition is Dapont ' s best gunpowder ^ aad goes off at a flash—when 1 ' blast , there'll be nothinff left but a hole t three feet ' deep and so en 1 to it , :
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6 THE yORTHERK STAR .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 3, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct373/page/6/
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