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Th * Satagb Stath . —Voltaire having read Rousseao ' i paradoxical eulogy of the savage state , with dry irony remarked , that it was » o seductively wrmen , that it really tempted a man to walk on ill fours after reading it , iliB . cn or Ihtkiaect . —A poor woman , said to be ninety ye * rs of age , was waiting outside the doors of : he Cheltenham theatre two hours before their opeaicg , baring walked eight miles to see Jane Shore . Mia . M'Gibbon , who was to have eo&fcted the heroine , deeming such devotion to the drama madness , asked ber dresser , who narrated the ' cirenmstance , it the poor creature had her intellects . M I don ' t know , ma'am , ' said the girl , " she ' s roiren tummtU tied np in her pocket handkerchief . "
Giucs MaI-A-PBOPOS . —A milliner ' s apprentice , abont u > wait apoa a Duchess , was fearful of eomjoitting some error in her deportment . She therefore consnlted a friend as to the manner in which « he should consult this great personage , and . was told that , on going before the Dacheas , she was to « ay her Grace , and soon . Accordingly , away went Lhe girl , and on being introduced , after a very low « r-, « sy , she said , " Fox what I am going to reoeive , the Lord make me truly thankful" To which the Ducijeaa answered , " Amen !"
A Was , ill the pit of Covent Garden , a few sights ago , when it was excessively crowded , haying no K& ' ., played off an amusing joke on the audience . Lord Cardigan is in a private box , " he exclaimed , I insist that he shall le * Te the house I" The pit loss to see the notorious Peer ; the wag edged himself into a seat , and was comfortable for the remainder of the evening . Lord Cardigan , it is almost unnecessary to add , was nat in the house . A ukbs Mattes of Taste . —It is stated in a recent American paper , that a bill had been passed by 144 to 92 , by the Legislature of Massachusetts , the bj ? ct of which was to repeal that portion of the Bian-iag * act prohibiting the intermarriage between bl&cka and whiles . According to the paper , the ¦ leisure was advocated on the ground that such marriages , when they did occur , were •* matters of t *^ -- * - , as much as the cuoioe of a black or white ribbon for a bonnet . "
A Hopeful Babx . —A fellow had grown so tall that he could not stdQd out of doors , and said to be to ihin in tine face , that there could but one person l * . > k at him at a time . Use is Etbbtthikg . —An elderly gentleman travelling in a stage coach was amused by the constant firs of words kept up by two ladies . One of them % \ last kindly enquired , if their conversation did not m ~ ' Ke hia head ache ! when he answered , with a gr-a .: deal of naivete , "No , madam , I hare been married ttcentg-eighi years , " Thb Post Campbell is stated to hare calculated that a man who shaves himself every day , and lives to the age of threescore and ten , expends during his life as much time in the act of shaving as would have sufficed for learning seven languages .
"Who shall decide when doctors disagree ! In the Lord ' s house the doctrine laid down is , Thou ah a , a do no murder ! " In the House of Lords tha lecommeadation is , " Murder away , and welcom * —the more the merrier . " Truly a perplexing anomaly . Little things amuse weak minds—hence the amusement some people derive from speaking and speculating on . the astonishing precocity of the Anglo-Oerman infant . A . B . C—TO BE SCSG OB SAID IS ALL KAII 05 ALSCHOOLS . AlB—A teas an archer .
A wasP-Biscs Axbebt , U > Britons most dear ; B was a bishop , with thousands a-jear ; C was a courtier , who wanted a place ; 1 ) was a D . D ., and had a red face ; E was an earl , of the high Tory crew ; F was a Sdaier , and rich as a Jew ; G was a gambler * high in the Stale ; H was a horse-jockey , equally great ; I vra 3 an inn-keeper , fat once , now Jean ; J was a jumper , and jumped for ihe Queen ; 3 v was & kmg , with small work and great pay ; L was a lab ' rer , on sixpence a day ; M was a minister , chose for his birth ;
2 s was a nobody , raised for his worth ; O was an officer , plastered with kce ; P was a parson , all goodness and r / race ; Q , was a queen , far renowned for Ler stable ; K was a Jladicil , willing , not abie ; S was a singer , Italian and rich ; T was a tradesman , aad died in a ditch ; U was a . n usher , and carried a suck ;* V wasT ^ n AMBtsGH , tbe joy oi Queen Vic ; W was a Whig , whom we'll leave iu his glory ; X tha ex-Premier , who strove for victory ; Y was a yeoman of the true Tory sort ; Z was a any , attached to the Court .
* For instance , Usher of the Black Rod , Gold St ick , &c Query—Has Lord Hili ' s office any analogy with that indicated by tbe gilded stick adopted as a signby nighimenand chimney-sweepers 5 One of ovb daily contemporaries , speaking of the •* interesting situation" of the Queen , " congratulates the coaatry ou the auspicious event . " What tiiei-e 13 for congratulation , we leave skat multitudinous personage , John Bull , to determine ; for our < rwn parts , we look upon every fre * h Royal charge as a charge that can be ill afforded in ihese limes , aud as an additional abridgment of the comforts of the labouring classes 1 A Fbesch author aptly remarks that the English people boast of their independence at home , but practise it abroad ; and tai * upon the principle of giving freedom to the blacks in the Wast Indies and enslaving the whites in England !
Ihkkdiatelt on the arrival of " the Royal West Pennard cheese" at Buckingham Palace , the Queen lignififcQ a wM as soon aa she had seen it , to have a "Welsh rabbit mads of a portion of it , in the hope thai it mi&at assist in certain conceived notions relating to a future Prince of Wale 3 ! Kings and Queens have a divine right to indulge in superstition . The Jokk played off upon the Lord Mayor by Melbourne at the Mansion-bouse banqaet , the other day , has been mueh commented upon both east aud west of Temple-bar . Everybody knows that tbe worthy Lord Mayor keeps what is ealied an oil shop , -and deals largely iu every description of ihing usually * old bv tradesmen of the kind , so that when the
Premier called his civic lordship bi 3 " worthy aud exedient friend , " some doubt arose in the minds of many whether the noble Viscount waa not availing , himself of the privileges of free trade , to attempt -an opposition iu the article of soap I It jicst be gratifyingsw know that the extensive alterations now in progress at Cumberland-lodge , for the accommodation of Prince Albert ' s brood marea and hunters , are progressing much to his Royal Higness ' s satisfaction , and that "breeding in all its branches" is likely to go on under the Royal ejemost-projpbrously . The Hon . Col . Anson and Colonel Wemyss have just reported to the Prince , after careful inspection , that ail the Royal mares in the Royal stnd are in an "interesting
atnation- ' A GOOD V 0 JLA 3 called on Dr . B— , one < 3 &t , in a trffit deal of trouble , and complained that her son had swallowed a penny . " Pray madam , " said ihe doctor " was it a counterfeit 1 " * No Sir , certainly not" was the reply . " Then , it will pass , of course , " rejoined the facetious physician . A Fjt . —We yield entire assent to the position , thai no reward can be too great , from either man or woman , for a fit at once close and easy , a boot tha ; satisfies the pride without a pinch . Poor Petrarch , it is well known , lamed himself from his pinchings to look well to Laura . What Homer says of the
well-booted Greeks , it woald be needless to advert to . What Horace &ays about large-looking feet , every scholar knows . It was one of the greatest comforts of Lazarillo de Tonnes to be free from all responsibility as to the look of hia upper leathers . ( How tbe hearty rogue laughed at the incapacity of bootmakers and the vanity of boot-wearers , whom he counselled to have their feet fairlj h pa . red" withom mcctt ado !) Nero ' s solitary f rleild was the shoemaking sl&Te -trho fitted well ; and we never had a -dotibs that it was he who , in return for tbe Emperor ' s grateful kindness , strewed his tomb with ¦ fiowers . Hear what our own Gay says , in lines that are made for this weather :
« let firm , well-hammered aoles , protect thy feet Through fmLing snowas , and rains , and soaking sleet , Shoald the big last extend the shoe too wide , &ch stone will wrench the unwary step aside ; The sudden tnra may stretch tke iwelling vein , The cradriag joint unhinge , or ankle sprain ; And when too short \ h * modest ahoea are -worn , Tonll jndge the seasons by your shooting corn . Truly , an awful method of judging the aeason 3 . On the other hand , old Chaneer paints the reverse of
the picture in these soothing lines ; which may be aaid to carry to their highest point the merits and Advantages of- an accomplished shoemaker . The « od of love iB giving sundry recommendations to the poet , and among the first is a doe attention to the appearance of his feet : « Of Bhoon and bootes new and fiif Look at the least tnoa have a pair And that tney fit so fetoruly [ properly } That these rode menxa * y utterly if arvla , aith that they sit bo plain [ close ] BOW THET COMB OB AliD OFF AGA 13 . "
How perfect the definition of an exquisitely perfect pair of boots i The tortured street-walker of Gay marvels , ae the light-stepping dandy of Chaucer paaseshim , how ever those boots " cone on and off again r in referring to this passage , Mr . Devlin justly chasacterizea it as descriptive of the perfection of the tra&e , and concludes that the art of the old poet ' s time is almost hopeless of achievements in the present , when certainly , notwithstanding all the late naproTemeata , it is only the beat darer why ii the to * we »« r .-. EM - * l-
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FRANCE , AND THE WARLIKE ARRANGE . ME NTS 09 THE CQJSTWEST . It must be a subject of surprise , bs vp « J 1 as regiet , to find that the result of five aid twenty years' peace has been to produce in almost every European state a more military organizitioo than has erer bitbert * taken place in modern tin * es . The -war winds lasted from 1792 to 1815 was so favourable to the FTeneh during ttie greater part of that time , a » d their reverses were owing to causes so easily traced to mismanagement and the personal obstinacy of their chief , that iastesd of deriving from the resiilt of that straggle a conviction that it u unwise and impossible for them to domi&ate over the rest of Europe , or extend their empire beyond the limits filled by their oim race and tongue , the French
remain , on the eootrarr , in the conviction that it requires no gigantic effort , and »» more than a bappy combination of circumstances , to permit their recovering their as cs » dun cy and empire , tt least of 1803 . Another , and an unsuccessful war , con ataae convince the French of the impolicy or hopelessness of these schemes ; and another war is , sooner or later , inevitable . The longer this war it put off , the better , in our opinion . For the true rival and antagonist of Franca is Germany ; and Germany gains more in strength and vreaitb , unity and national spirit , in ten years , than the French can gain in twenty . Daring the last ten yeazs tbe Oermans hiT © made the progress Of hfrlf & ceotury . They hare shot / ar beyond the French in communications between different parts of the country .
In commercial ideas , freedom , and unity , they have also gone beyond the French . The superiority of the German race Is undoubted as to physical strength . In one respect Russia has got the start of all other countries , and set them , it is to be feared , a fatal , at least a most momentous example . Russia , in order to make up for hex exijuity of territory , makes soldiers of her entire population . T » be sure she has manned this so as to interfere as little aa passible with the time that professions , commerce , and other civil avocations require . In some cases one year , in others two years ' actual service in the camp suffices . But out of a population of 14 , 000 , 000 , Russia has . a paid army of 120 , 000 men , which ., at the sound of a trumpet , can be raised to 550 , 000 men .
With toch an example on her frontier , and with such a military organisation possessed by a power which holds the greater part of the proTinces that France desires to recover , it was but nsluial to expect , the moment military ideas Bad & military party came to prevail in Fr ? nce , that something like the Knisian system TFould be introduced there . Accordingly , Marshal Soult his introduced it . A few factB will enable one to appreciate better the advantages and disadvantages of the new military organisation ef France . The thirty-three millions of French gave , about ten years back , about 288 , 000 young men of twenty years of age , and consequently inscribed on the lists of conscription . Of these , in 1831 , about 80 , 000 were rejected as unit , from physical causes and want of height , to make soldiers . Thus , if the portion of the male population , aged twenty , be divided into leven parts , two-ninths are rejected as unfit , two-ninths
taken and made toldiers of , and three-sevenths left to civil occupations Of the 80 , 000 actually levied , not more than 65 , 000 become soldier * j but 5 , 000 are to be added for voluntary enlistments and re-engagements ; and about 3 J per cent- for each succeeding year is to be deducted . The term of service being for eight years , one-half being sent home a * a reserve after four yean , the result will be that France , after eight yean' duration of her new system , will have an active and paid army of 430 , 000 men , with ¦ reserve of 120 , 000 . Marshal Sonlt , indeed , speak * ai if the whole 80 , 000 lived and became soldiers , and as if there were no deductions . This would make 320 , 000 troops receiving pay , and 320 , 000 in reserve ; but with tha deductions that the French statistical account * themselves indicate , their army will not be more than is above indicatednay , it will not be » o mneh , unless the mortality of military in Algiers can be pnt & stop to .
One result of French armaments will doubtless be the extension of the landteehr system to South Germany . The States of Germany , iadependemt of Austria and Prussia , keep up and can furnish a military force eqsal to Russia ; whilst Austria , with its thirtyfive millions of population , could , with facility , as far as noiuben went , triple itt present force of 360 , 000 men . France , therefore , need not , and cannot , claim Europe by the number of bayonet * . She is far more
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formidable » y the flourishing state of her finances , and theaaahe waatet and weakens the mote she extends her army and her military expences . The French are beginning to feel this , and they will feel it mor * and mere each day . Their Ministers have announced to them that railroads , canals , public work * , and improvement * most stop . The greatest difficulty is experienced about a loan . Without the war-cry Franee would have got money from England to complete her railroad * and public work * . Now , the will not get a maravedi , whilst capital of her own abe has comparatively none . She bias ample ravenae , but nothing mote , and she must probably re-establish the odious tax apoa boisxmt , which w *» taken off by popular acclamation in 1830 .
Tbe effect of the present idle war-ery in France will thu * be to fling the country back some twenty years in every path by which nations progress . Fortunate , indeed , it is , that as-nations adrance in wealth , Civilimtion , and real power , military efforts become ' more irksome , more encrous , and more intolerable . To the Russian serf , or the Bohemian peasant , the conscription is no great evil . To the Norman peasant it is death . The mortality amongst French conscripts from mere nestalffre is enormous , and that tax on man ' s life and time has been doubled in France by late events . The French , too , must feed and pay their army better , If they intend to keep one . The mortality of French soldiers in peaceful garrisons is double tbe mortality of civilians . They talk of employing soldiers on public works ; but a French soldier is not able to do half the work of a French peasant , because he 1 * underfed . Such a . system cannot endure ; and th « French will find even the keeping mp of their present army a much
more expensive thing than they have hitherto found it In the smaller states of Europe , the mania of directing all attention and effort to military preparations is even more conspicuous than in the larger ones . The King of Piedmont , for example , baa doubled his army , and h&a shoved a great deal of spirit . When Austria proposed to occupy the passes of the Alps , Charles Albert declared he would oppose by arms the entrance of the Austrian army , and be spoke in defiance to France . In Spain , also , tho great question is tbe army . The revenue uf that conntry is about 550 millions of rial » ; the army alone requires 466 millions of rials to support it ; yet the Government gives little hope of being able to reduce the force . Tbe press of Madrid has taken up the question , and one writer seriously proposes settling a portion of tbe army on some of the waste Government lands , and forming military colonies , as Sweden did with such success , and a * Russia is doing . —Correspondent of Ike Em ^ miner .
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r i ii r , mr r j « ^ 0 J )^ w ^ w . ^ a » wvia ^^ - DISSOLUTION OF THE HUDDERSF 1 ELD POOR LAW UNION . The following report was communicated to us last week , but , hi consequence of the many demands on our ¦ pace , we were compelled to delay its insertion until this week , and we call the attention of our reader * to the facts adverted to . In tbe Bastile Room , at Huddersfleld , at a recent meeting , Mr . Pitkethly deemed it his duty to call tbe attention ot the Board to certain circumstaaees connected with tbe present method of doing the businee * of tbe Union , both as it affects tbe ratepayers , and also the victims of the system . He said , at the urgent desire of a numerous body of ratepaying inhabitants , I hAVe oftem beeu urged to bring forward the motion
which has just been read from the notice book . I bring this motion before you with greater confidence , because the subject which has just occupied the attention of the Board , must have impressed you all present with a firm conviction that even so far as you have gone , yon have involved yourselves in the greatest difficulties , added to the ruinous additional expenditure which you find it impossible to meet , while some townships owe large amounts to the Union of Haddersfield . They had , in order to get money , been driven to the alternative of signing cheques , or things called cheques , at twenty-eight days' date , thus breaking tbe law , and defrauting the revenue ; and surely that was a strong reason why we should desist , and revert to
that good old law , the forty-third of Elizabeth , ¦ which could be carried out with justice to the rich as well as to the poor . He brought forward that motion with the greatest pleasure , because he knew that ninety-nine out of every one hundred of the inhabitants of this place were niejt anxious for 1 he consummation of tbe subject of this motion , and that tbe ratepayer * of the different townships might have the management of their own money and their own poor ; because tbe poor were in a state of alarm . Knowing , «» they did , tbe cruelties which were inflicted on the poor in Bostiles , they , feeling that the pressure of the times was drawing them Hearer to a state of pauperism daily , kbd with the prospect of a Bwtile before their eyes , bad a jos 4 alarm .
Because those abode * of misery and woe were & constant terror to the-halt , the lante , the bliml , and the impotent , aud horrify » g to evtry one poMeseing one particle of mercy or benevolence ; Because where the law is in fall foree , if a » y starving family dare to apply for relief they have no alternative , but must submit to go into tbe house , and . b » torn asunder from every family Ma ; and their littl » furniture is either taken by the landlord for rent , ors « td by the Union , and p&ced to the general fund , led whe % if they are able and fortunate enough to g » t work » ut , thuy bave no home to which to- return , aad ao becMBd houseless waaderers , houseless vagrants , liable at any moment to be sent to the trts&dsull , and tiiua the poor arti 3 ass of Esgland are-4 riven to madness , desperation , and despair . Because we have before us th&tose of tha- Eion
workhouse , where a R « v . iientletnati , to his honour , Uad taieB up Che defence of the poor , and exposed and punished the perpetrators of craelties not so great a * hud b # en scu « ted when brought before this Board . Because the gates of tbe poos-houses are shut against the rate-payers , and the same houses trklob fornwly ¦ were houses of refuge ace turned by the naw and httlltah scheme into the wont of prisoas . By referring to , evident * takes before a committee of tbe Peers of £ nglaid , it -would be s *« n that the inmates of a B&stile after the surgeon of the honee had renu > nstrate& with t& « Guardians , that they ( the Guardian *) had told , him ithe surgeoB ) that be had no sight to interfere ¦ with the dietary , that bis doty was to attend to those that
-were sick only ; and in this eeurse did those Gtuadians go forward , until disease arrived at suah . a height that they themselves dared sot to enter tfa » house , tor fear of infection , until they had gruelled them , cealrary to the remonstrances ot the surgeon , a ad , crainaed them together , -with five and even seven ia one bed , and the gruel ran through them as they walked across the floor , and -while they stood at their meals ; and . in bed tha evacuation ? -were to the extent of ») ght and tea in on * night , -while there was no one to clean them , and they lay in an indescribable puddle , aad died cdf like rottwi sheep : so that , by this -wholesaleaew system of murdsi , they rid themselves of numerous paupers , andredueed the expenditure by more than £ 4 , iuo , and this -was clearly the intention of the trainers of the Bill .
Mr . P . then gave other extraets from the evidwjee , of the most appalling nature , during- the readiBg of which be was interrupted by tbe Chairman , who begged him to desist ; bowever , he continued for some tim » longer to give the friends of the system some specimens ol its working , when he ooceluded by saying , "This is what you are bringing upon us—this ia vrhat the people are alarmed -will be thtir fate—this is what they deplore as toe fate -which their fellow cruatUNS Bf 6 now enduring j and , therefore , l feel it tny dttVJ to bring those eases before yon in order that you may not plead ignorance , and that you may have an opportunity to refute myarguments . Another , and a lecal reason is , that constant complaints are being made that justice is not equally me ted nut in this union ; that one township
bears the burden of another township j that we appoint most unfit persons to fill various efijoes , aud in one instance , you appointed an officer -without any credentials , or the production of any , or withont any proper reeoin * mendation ; -without even seeing him , and when he came to perform the duties of his office , it was discovered that be was actually insane , and had not been in his office many days -when he Ml down in a fit , to which he h&d beeu subject , and had to be wrapped in blankets and packed off to his mother at Sheffield . I state this in order to show more clearly that you are in a worse position than we ever were under the good old law , for under it I defy you to show one single instance ¦ w here a lunatic was placed over the sane inmates of a workhouse ; under tbe old system there never -was any
difficulty to find sane and active officers to place in such situations ; but now the thing had changed , and such individuals scouted the officers and tLe system also . The inconvenience to the paupers , who were really able , and the misery to those who were unable to come from the distant parts of the union , to have these casea heard before the board;—in some instances eight and as much as twelve miles to be buffetted by the understrappers , and sent back again with empty bellies , and without even being permitted to go bBfore the Hoard . The guardians too had complained heavily of the great individual expence and inconvenience of attending every week at so great a distance , and the great additional expence incurred by what was generally called establishment charges , namely , rents , lalariea ,
and other burdens which were making those who were the Bt&unchest supporters of the bastile scheme wince , aud many had been converted by the impositions effected by the triune kings of Somerset House ; and this , too . while they were compelling old peraoni from seventy to eighty years ef age , all bat blind , and bodies diseased , to labour on the highways for the mere pittance they received for breaking stone * on tbe highway * . Mr . P . implored them to desist from their ninona coarse , and save themselves from the ruin , which , if they did not retreat , must come npon them . He then moved " That the so-called Hudderfield Poor Lav Union be divided into thirty-four unions , and be named according to the designations of the thirty-four towu * hij » i which form the Haddersfleld Union . "
Mr . Batley moved as an amendment , " That it be taken into consideration that day six months , " which being seconded by Mr . Bull Brigga , en a show of hands being called for by tbe Chairman , there appeared for the amendment , seven ; for the motion , eight The Malthusian crew looked unutterable things , and Batley moved that the votes be taken down , and told the Chairman that if he would vote and give his casting vote , it would just torn it the other way . The Chairman declined to vote , but would take the votes down , but the confusion was such , that he left tbe chair , saying thai he could not
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do boainen in such a state . He was stopped on hia way , and pressed into it again . Mr . P . said the Chairman not having voted la the first instance , and having given hi > decision , could not Tote on the question at all j the votes were taken down as follow * : — For ( he motion . For the amendment . Neutral . Mr . Pitkethley Mr . CocHU * Mr . Maxfleld Mr . Wbitworth Mr . Bull Briggi Mr . Little wood Mr . Peppletott Mr . Bottomley Mr . R . Wrigley . Mr . Pogson Mr . W . Batley Mr . Clarke Mr . J . Batley Mr . Stevenson Mr . Tinker Mr . Senior . Mr . Sykes .
It was then moved that the votes be added to the resolution , and that both be transmitted to the Commissioners forthwith . Air . Joseph Batley had a notice on the book * for ihe giving np of Burley workhouse , and for the enlargement of A Imonbury workhouse . Ho said he would postpone his motion , aa he understood that the people of Aldmonbtiry would not lay out the money , and he did not think tbe state of their finances would justify them in any extra outlay . Truly that is the case , when they cannot have their cheques discounted without breaking the law , and defrauding the owners by drawing » bill at twenty-eight days' date , and falsely calling them cheques .
* When the names were to be taken down , be wanted to vote for the motion ; this was not allowed ! ' Vl
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XiEKDS . Election of Auditors , &c—On Monday last , the annual election of Auditors , Revising Assessors , and Ward Assessors , for this borough , for the ensuing year , took place , when the following were elected : — Auditors . —Mr . Matthew Jehnson , Woodhouae-! ane , merchant ; Mr . John Beckwitb , Hanoverplace , short-hand writer . Revising Assessors . —Mr . John Hope Shaw , Albion-street , solicitor ; Mr . Edward Bond , Springfield place , solicitor .
WARD ASSESSORS . Mill Hill . —Mr . James Gilston , Merrion-street , woollen-draper ; Mr . Thompson Clarkson , Briggate , tallow-chandler . West . —Mr . Thomas Tennant , Little Woodhouse , gentleman ; Mr . Thomas Tilney , Wellington-street , stonemason . North West . —Mr . Edward King , Grove-terrace , wool merchant ; Mr . John Leadman , Queen-square , gentleman . North . —Mr . Thomas Simpson , North-street , painter ; Mr . William Mawson , C&mp-road , stationer . North East—I / It . John Mawson , Burmantofts , manufacturing chemist ; Mr . Edward Walker , Burmantoits , maltster . Eutl . —Mr . Horatio Wood , Hill-house place , solicitor ; Mr . William . Hey wood , Wheeler-street , pawnbroker .
Kirkffute . —Mr , William Kettlewell , Kingstonplace , uraper ; Mr . William Middieton , St . George ' sterrace , solicitor . South . —Mr . Hutchinson Gresham , Hunsletlane , pawnbroker ; Mr . Thomas Robinson , Chapei-allerton , solicitor . Hunilet . —yir . Samuel Walker , jun ., Chapel-atreetj maltster ; Mr . Stephen Cbappeil , Leeds-pottery , Hunalet ; earthenware manufacturer . Holbeck . —Mr . Roger Siiackleton , Holbeck-lane , oorn miller ; Mr . William Greaves , Holbeck-lane , chemist . Bromley . —Mr , John Waite , Bramiey , gentleman ; Mr . John Walker , Armley-moor , cloth' manufacturer . Headinulcy . —Mr . Edward John Teale , Queensquare , Leeds , solicitor ; Mr . George Howtson , Headingley , gentleman .
SHEFFIXXD . —Payment of Wages in Stuff . —At the Town Hall , Sheffield , a ievr days ago , Mr . Thos . Gatley , of that place , file manufacturer , appeared to answer to three informations preferred against him by his workmen , for paying their wages in goods instead of money . The first case called upon was that of Win . Rhodes , who deposed that he was obliged to set up ttven shillings out of every pound he earned to pay for stun . On the 4 th of Nwember last , he was obliged to take three and a half yards of woollen cloth , for which Gatley asked 40 s . per yard , but agreed to take 253 . per yard . Rhodes afterward * hold the whole piece for < & * ., which it was sworn was its fiill worth . A solicitor attended for Gatley , but he could not shake the compiaiHaat ' s evidence . Mr . Luke Palfreyman , 8 olicitor , for the ooBapiainaut , said he stauid press fox a convictkxi m each of the three c& 9 « s in which
informations had been laid ; ke could bring forward similar infwmatioiiB from every man in Mr . G&tley ' a employ , but , if he would pronaise to relinquish the practice , no further informations should be laid . Mr . Gatley said he was act so old a manufacturer as many ethers , but he had bis eyes and ears abMt him , aud he had been led intothid course by the example of others . It w * 9 not bis own inclination , for he had always detested the system . When his workmen coaaented to past payment ) in stuff , h « made three propositions to them ; lirst , that they should set up to the debts they owed him one-third of their wages ; or that ho shovel stint them ; , or that part of them sbcold be discharged . He had erred through a feeling of compassion for his meat , not desiiiog to throw them
out ef employment and he was- sorry he had rendered himself amenable to a law that he was not awsc « of . —Mr . BagEhawet The illegality of the paymeat of wages in goods could scarcely be unknown to a man with his eyes and ear * open , and it is an extnaordinaay circumstance that the cloth you charged 3 £ & . a yard should be worth only lls . 6 d . — Mi . Gatley said he was not a dealer in these things , and charged according to the price they cost him . Me Palfrey man said he could nave proved , ia one of the other easea , a conversation with the defendant , shewing that he was- not ignorant . — Mr . Bagaliawe said the plea of ignorance could not be entertained . They could not suppos * that any master could be ignorant « n this sabject . —Mr . Alderson concurred
in this . —Mr . Bagsh&we said , if the defendant would shew them his invoices from the manufacturers of Leeds he thought they would not justify the out * rageous price he kad charged . —Mr . Gatley Baid he did not buy from , manufacturers . He made exchanges with hawkers . —Mr . Bagsh&we : Don ' t you get it from regular houses I—Mj \ Gatley : Never . —M * B&gsbawe : Then , for anything you can tell , you man be buying stolen goods , and may get them cheaper still . —Mr . Gatlej wished to speak again . —Mr . Bagshawe said , I think you had better not . — Mr . Gatley said he had understood that when workmen had agreed to take goods , it was not contrary to law . —Mjr . Palfreyman—If you s& ; that you made a contract with them to . take goods * you ^ are liable to another penalty . —Mr . Bagshawe said , Mr . Aldor-Bon concurred with him in thinking that their
decision in this case was one of importance , and as Mr . Gatley might not have understood the law , they felt bound , in justice to all parties , to impose such a penaUy as should tuark their opinion of the offenee . In the case they bad heard , they imposed a penalty of £ 10 and costs , and in each of the others of £ B . Mr . Gatley would understand the law now , and he hoped would not again transgres , for if another conviction took place , the minimum penalty would bo £ 20 . After the evidence that the cloth charged to the man £ 6 2 $ . 6 d ., was only sold far S 3 s ., ( Mr . Aiderson : And was worth no more , ) they felt called upon thus to deal with the case . —Mr . Palfreyman requested the Bench to say how the penalties should be disposed of .- —Mr . Bsgshavre : Considering it as a public offence , the whole must go to the treasurer of the countv .
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Fatal Effects of a Fugue . —In the evening of Wednesday the 24 th , a party was drinking together at the public-house ^ at Old Komney , when a bet was laid about running 20 rods . Two of the party , named Randall and Huggett , accepted the bet , and proceeded to execute their task . The goal was a lighted candle in a laatero , whioh ia a frolic had been first placed , or afterwards removed , to the opposite side of » pond . Both Randall and Huggett ran into the pond , when the former unfortunately found a watery grave and the latter was extricated with some difficulty . On the following day aa inquest was held on the body , aud a verdict of " Accidental Death" recorded .
Successful Insuekection in a Wokkhousb . — Last week eleven men , who had been previously convicted of iusubordination in the Cambridge Union , were brought up to the Petty Sessions for judgment . A man , who was considered to be the ringleader , having been previously sentenced to twenty-one days ' imprisoment , the Yico-Chairman of the Guardians , a Mr . Livett , begged to say , that " though the Guardians were determined to suppress any thing like a spirit of insubordination with promptness and vigour , they were at all times ready to hear any just cause of complaint , if made in a proper manner ; as a proof of which he would state , that now the complaint had been bo made , the Guardians had petitioned the Commissioners ( without whose sanction they had no power to make alterations ) for au increase of four ounces of riee-pudding for their dinners , and also one unoe of bread and one ounce of cheese . The men , after being cautioned by Captain . Purchas in a very able and feeling manner , were discharged !! !* ' — Weekly Dispatch .
Attehpt to Rob the Dublik Bank . —Very considerable excitement was ereated on Thursday , the 2 Sth ult ., in consequence of a ruiaour whioh gained general , credence , that the Bank of Ireland had been robbed the night before . It appears that a daring attempt to do so was made . The strong doors of one of the iron safes were found broken open by some person , who , it is supposed , managed to secret himself in the office during the day , but there were inner doors which resisted the efforts to force them . An investigation has been held , but no light was thrown upon this affair , whieh i » iavolvod in aajBtery ,
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It h * bbbr rumoured in Paris that the French Cabinet w * disposed to offer its meditation to arrange the" 5 £ 'Jj © o < 1 dispute with the United States . Ok Am > insH "Monday , the 1 st of March , the foot toll at Waterlog Bridge will be one halfpenny only . " . ; ; , ¦ . ¦ . ¦'¦' ¦¦ .: ¦¦ ¦' . Ths Goldsmiths' Compaky h » vO sent a donation of ten pounds to the poor box of ere > 7 police office ia the metropolis . Ma . Whittle HA » yinr . —It is reported that Mr . Whittle Harvey has intimated his intention of retiring from the office of City Commissioner of Police . The Right Hon . Sir Joseph Ltttledale , Knight , has beea sworn of her Majesty ' s most honourable privy council . .
The Chamber of Pekbs has again gone over the law regulating the labour of children in manufactories , which was discussed and almost passed last session . ' .. ' . ' . The general committee of elections have appointed . March the 18 th , for choosing ' . from panel No . 1 , the select committee to try the Sudbury election petitions . The Colossal Likrhess of the Duke of Wellington , for the equestrian statue to be erected opposite the entrance to Hyde Park , is said to be cast from a gun taken at Waterloo . A Petition to the Court of Common Council , praying for aid to the widows and orphans of Captain Hewitt and the crew of the Fairy , was referred to the finance committee amidst acclamations .
Thb Pbovost of Eton vetoed the permission given by the head master to the two sens of Count Sathyany to study at Eton College , on the ground that they are Roman Catholics . 'Military deaths in France are represented as 22 in 1 , 000 , while civilian deaths were only 13 £ in 1 , 000 . The mortality of soldiers in Africa is spoken of as 75 in 1 , 000 , but this must be incorrect , for it is known to be infinitely greater .
The Hertfordshire magistrates met to appoint a chief officer of the rural police , pursuant to their former resolution for its adoption . An adjournment sine die was , however , carried by 51 to 41 , which virtually rescinds the whole proceedings . Robbery bt a Servant . —A young man named Miles , has been committed to trial for robbing his employer , Mr . Richard Dunn , tailor , Golden-square , London . He had taken goods to the amount in value of forty or fifty pounds .
A plan of thb Emperor Nicholas baa been mentioned for modifying the Russian system of making nobility and rank depend on official place ; aud ot creating a highernoo / este , with entails , &c , founded on landed property . A hint has been thrown out to some independent member of the House of Commons to move in Parliament for a return of the expense to the public of the performance of the farce enacted in the trial of Lord Cardigan . From the establishment of the Apothecaries ' Company in 1815 , to the month ot August , 1849 , the sum of £ 67 , 980 has been received by it as fees for licences to practise , being at the rate of £ 2 , 600 a year .
The Courier Suine asserts that a woman was caugnt up by a hurricane in the canton of Uri , one day / ast month , and carried through the air a space of two leagues . Her body was found some days after with all her bones broken ! These is now pending in the Arches Court a proceeding against the Rev , Mr . Bruder , perpetual curate of Thames Ditton , charging him with intoxication generally , and on specific occasions . The arguments are expeoteu to occupy some daya . We were shown , a few days since , some writing
paper , with maker s name , and dated 1842 . Persons drawing up documents of importance should be careful not to use - any post dated p * per , as it may lead to unpleasant mistakes in future . — Cheltenham paper . Chartism . —It appears from a summary of the number of Chartists now in prison in England and Wales , or who had been from June , 1839 , to June , 1840 , that it amounts to 443 . Among the number there ia one surgeon , one barrister , one schoolmaster , one magistrate , and about half a dozen licensed victuallers .
Thb iatb failure in Dublin . —The Dublin papers slate that the liabilities of Alderman Perrin , the particulars of whose flight have already been allud « d to , are variously estimated at from £ 100 , 000 to £ o 0 , 0 C *—th « latter , it is supposed , being nearer to the mark . —Globe . A gemeiul order has been issued from the Horseguards for supplying bibles and prayer-books to the soldiers io the army . The supply , however , i » to be confined to > those who can read , and who actually apply for * fcen » , and each nan ' s name is to b * distinctly written in the first page at tbe orderly-room , or by the schoolaaBter-serjeant , with the date of issue annexed .
The Thames- frigate , which has been lately convened to a eonviot hulk , a * d fitted up at Deptford , get aground on the "slip" etoee to the wharf , and was laid on her beam ends , with 3 & 0 convicts on board . The old coavict ship , which has for so many years lain ia the same place , has beea lately broken u > Friday md&ht , about twelve o ' clock , a diabolical attempt was . made ia the town of Hammersmith . It appears that some blackguards—supposed to be of " the better sort "—affixed a juaroon to > tbe shop door of a bookseller , which they contrived should explode when they , had left the place . It shattered the d « or , a ad demolished nearly 4 Q squares of glass in the sh « p and other windows .
John- Fbost 9 Cbil . —The Monmouthshire Btaeon states that an inquest has been held on a pensioner , who died in Monoaouth G * a 4 , from fright at being confined > n the cell where John Frost was imprisoned , lie told the cook of the prison he s&ould never see him again , before he was locked up for tho night . Ihe ve ? dict of tie jury was given in accordance with the facts . The German rArfiRS mention a discovery of Professor Dienfeubach , which is exciting general attention at Berlin . He has discovered a method for the cure of stammering , by an incision of the tonguewhich ia said to have been in all the instances in which he has operated , completely successful . According to the Professor , stammering proceeds from the difficulty of applying the tongue to the roof of the mouth , and his remedy of coarse consists in the removal of the impediment .
A Deceiver .- — A cheesemonger , named Luke , of Church-street , Bethnal Green , London , was recently brought up at Worship-street Police-office , for obtaining money and goods to the amount of . £ 13 , from a young woman named Charlotte Eslam , under falee pretences . His pretences were that he would marry her , but he has since married another female . Hia letters to the young woman were read up . He was ordered to repay the young woman the amount
she had advanced to him , by monthly instalments . ExTRAORDiNART Suicide . —On Tuesday , the 26 th ult ., C . C . Lewis , Esq ., the Coroner for Essex , held an inquest at the Swan , Romford , on view of the body of Thomas Brown , aged fifty-eight , late ostler at the above inn , who committed suicide by cutting his throat with a pruning knife a few days before . Nervous depression as t » his prospects in life , it is proved , caused him to commit the melancholy act .
Loss of Life bt Fire . —By returns from the city of Westminster , and the eastern division of Middlesex , it appears that during tha last twelve months no less than two hundred and forty-five children have been burnt to death in those districts , chiefly owing to their parents leaving them alone in a room with a fire in it . The greater number were the offspring of the working and poor classes of society , whose business takes them from tbeir homes . The Standard , following out ita plan of rejecting the " alien" part of the House of Commons , tho Irish Members , find 3 that Ministers have a British majority against them of thirty-two ; while the nominal majority was swelled b y five of " the tribe of Grey , recent deserters" from Lord Stanley ' s side , Lord Listowel , " who occupies a worse than doubtful seat , " and the Tory equivocal , Mr . Baring
Wall . Stabbing with the Knife . —Jane Hedditch , a Frenchwoman , was brought before Mr . Jardine , at Bow-street , ou Friday , for final examination , charged with stabbing , and wounding Ttiomas Day , a waiter , with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm . It appeared that the . waiter bad endeavoured to prevent the prisoner ' s husband from turning his ( prosecutor ' s ) brother ' s wife out of a room at the Red Lion public-house , Houghton-street , Clare-market , when she ( the prisoner ) stepped up to him and stabbed him in the bowels . She has been committed for trial .
Desperate Ruffianism . —At Union Hall Police Office , on Saturday , J « hn Elliott was charged with committing a violent assault on Henry Blawer , under the following circumstances . The complainant stated that about three weeks ago , his wife eloped with the defendant , after selling the ' whole of the furniture to a broker , and abandoning her children . On the following day complainant met his wife and her paramtur together in the street , and immediately went up for the purpose of giving him into custody for beiug concerned in etealiug his furniture . . The
defendant , however , instead of making any reply to the charge , immedately commenced a most violent attack on the complainant , whom he beat about the head and face until befell from exhaustion , his ( complainant ' s ) wife being a silent spectator of the illtreatment to which he had been subjected . Evidence was given , that the complainant ' s head and face were very much cut , owing to the maltreatment inflicted by the defendant , who was fined £ 3 , and in default of payment committed for tweilty- » u 8
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A * a 1 * 7 * meeting m Cork , Mr . KennariL Secretary to the e ? eral Temperance Society , statS that they had el *?* *«» & » . Catholic FrelateTen : rolled , 700 of ihe O ^ ol it clergy , and of the w > tL lation altogether not ie * & *»» 4 , 647 , « 00 . ^^ Distkbss lie a Christian Codhtby so cauko ^ . At Hatton Garden police offl « # , vnthin the last few days , two young men , who were" nt ^ r iy naked , were charged with vagrancy . A police constable , No , Uq N , 6 aid that on Friday morning ihe prisone r ! accosted him on his beat , and implored him to take them into custody . He told . them they had committed no offence which would justify hia in complying with their request , when one of th « defeat *]«* 4 n ¦ aa . * J 6 am t 1 « a * k ««* v m .. » . * a iwitn . m 41 ... _ . . *
. . tbe law , and he and his unfortunate companion 1 m . mediately stopped a lady and gentleman , froa whom they solicited alms . Witness immediately took them to the . station-house , and procured for them some nourishing food , of which they stool greatly in need . They were both in a . very dreadful state of health . In answer to Mr . Combe , one of tha defendants said , that he had been a patient insT Thomas ' s Hospital , and was discharged as incurable : ' i > e had also been In Whitechapei Union Workhouse frvm which he had absconded because he had not enough . to eat . For seven weeks he had been lyi M about the streets , bat was now no longer able to wander about . The other defendant said , that tbree months ago he left Norwich in search of emploj . ment , and he had Bince been in the open air seeking for food Wr . Combe said he really did not know what to dowJth the prisoners—a prison cert * ini .
was not a proper place for them . The unfortunate defendants here , » ' n a heartrending manner , suppti . cated the magistral e to commit them to priso » , Jfr Mould , the clerk , hu / nanely suggested to the worthy magistrate that they cn'Kh t possibly be procured an admittance into GreviL ' e-street Hospital , if applies tion were made to the honorary secretary , the Rer . Mr . Packman , whose ears were always open to tbg wants of the poor , and who was ever ready to all * , viate their sufferings , Mr . CO » ba agreed that that would be the most humane cou . ** * * fld he requested Inspector Jam ' s , of the G division , to accompany them thither , and to supply them'with some clean apparel . The defendants , with tea . "a in their eyes , expressed their gratitude . On arm ing at tb « hospital they were immediately attended to , notwithstanding the institution is crowded , a . id the fundi yetf Ion . It was stated that the house . surgeon wu of opinion that one of the defendants fvould most likely have to remain under his care . for a Ions
time . Charge op Bigamt xar Seduction . —AS Lint beth-Btreet police office , on Saturday , Joseph iMorris , a shoemaker by business , and . a ranting pmchVrbj profession , who has been in custody for weeks p . sat . charged with the twofold offence of seduction ana bigamy , was placed at the bar , before the Hon . < G . C . Norton , for final examination . From the evidence of a young woman , named Green , it appeared thsfr she went to live with the prisoner and his second wife . The prisoner at first expressed a great kindness for her , and taught her to read her Bible ; bat shortly afterwards he began to solicit her favoora , and she consented to his wishes . Same time after the improper connection commenced , he discarded his second wife , and went to live with complainant at lodgings he had taken for her , but he soon got tired of , and deserted , her also . While living with him , she bad learned that he had married the second
wife , though his firBt was living . The prisoner when asked what he had to say to the charge , said that there was one part of the evidence which he wished to contradict . On a former occasion , complainant had stated that she was not aware that hit ( the prisoner ' s ) first wife lived in adultery with » man , named Warner , in Baker ' B-row , Whitschapel . Now , the fact was , that the first place he and Greenwent to was the residence of his first wife and Warner , and they had stopped there for two dam The night they removed there , they all four—namely , his first wife and Warner , and Green and himselfslept upon the same bed ; so that it was ridiculous on the part of the witness Green to swear that she was not aware of tbe terms upon which his former wife lived . Indeed , his first wife was then present , and he felt satisfied that neither she nor Green could deny' this fact !! Mr . Norton committed the prisoner for trial . .
Death through Actual Starvation . —Dbkadot the Bastile . —On Friday an inquest was held before Mr . Wakley , M . P ., at the Three Kingi Tavern , Clerkenwell-close , on view of the body of Elizabeth East , aged 33 , whose dp . th was occasioned through actual starvation . Martha Daniels , a miserable-looking object , dept » ed that she liTedui Cock-yard , Turnmill-street , Cierkenwell ; deceased lived in . the eame house , a » d had been eohabiting witba nan named Holmes . Deceased used to sell lucifeia , and Holmes went about bone-pieking , which ' was also witness ' s occupation . On Moaday afteraeon last , deceased asked witness to go and sell for her a cap and apron , which she did , an « tgo ) 2 dfor them , with which , at deceased ' s request ; she
bought a small quantity of tea , and made a basinful for deceased . On Tuesday morniag witness asked deceased , who was then lying on a mattress , fcofr she was , to which she only replied , "Oh , dear . ' Witness saw hei no more alive , and about thiea hours afterwards was told tbat she was dead , whieh she fownd to be the fact . Witness did not know whether deceased had ever applied for relief from ta » parish ,, but was aware that she reeeived none . Deceased was in great distress , oftentimes went for days together subsisting only on a little dry bread and pump water . She could sever earn mor « than 2 s . a week , and did not complaiaof illness . Edward Holmes stated that he obtained a living as well aa he ceuld . He had known deeeased for the last
four months , during which time she had now and the * lodged with him . About three weeks agoht told her she must shift for herself , and she west away . He saw no more of her till Friday last , when she came back to him . He advised her , as he bad often done before , to apply to the workhouse ; bat she said , "Oh , no , no ! I'll not go the workhousa while I can scrape a few halfpence by selling coagreves . " Deeeased had nothing to eat that day , nor at any time previous to-her death , she having no money , and he not having any thing to give her . The man who rented the roo » , the last witness , and . deceased ( when she was there ) all lived together . Mr . Wakley— " Is it possible ! Than how is it that all you people , being in the same room , could see this poor woman starving ! " Witness— " Why , Sir , ye are obliged to go about our own business , and
forage for ourselves . I did not consider that she had any legal claim upon me . " Mr . Wakley remarked that it was a very melancholy case . As far as they could learn , the deceased nad had but a basin of tea from the Friday till she died . The deceased had been starved to death , without any person being legally accountable . He considered the conduct of the witnesses to be exceedingly disgraceful , and could not discover the meaning of such a frightful state of society . Workhouses , since the passing of the New Poor Law Act , had become as much dreaded as the Inquisition Was in Spain . —The Jury , having expressed tbeir full concurrence in what bad fallen from the Coroner , returned the following verdict ;—" That the deceased died from exhaustion , consequent on starvation , arising from her not having made application to the parish for relief , and from her refusal to go to the workhouse . "
Sheffield Trades' Unions . —A numerous meeting of delegates , "from the various trades of tho town , was held on Wednesday evening , the 24 tb , at Mr . iloseley ' s , the Old London 'Prentice , called by public placard , in consequence of the apprehension that Mr . Q'Connell waB preparing to propose some measure in Parliament to restrict the rights of tbe working classes to combine . Mr . Kirk was called to the chair , and stated that they had two objects in view , namely , to clear themselves from any stigm * that might attach to Trades' Unions , in consequence of tbe recent proceedings at A eh ton , and to vindicate the right of working men to associate for their own protection . Mr . Wardle proposed— " That » was the opinion of the meeting that it wa 8 necessary
for the industrious classes to watch with -ngilance any measures proposed in the Legislature to restrict their right to meet for the protection of their labour , generally their only property ; at the same time they protested against any resort being had to acts of violence , of any kind , for that purpose . " Mr . Harrison suggested that a previous resolution was needed . He thought they should declare their conviction that it was their right to associate . He wonld move— " That the meeting was of opinion that it was the inherent right of the workmen to form and support Trades' Unions , as the only protection for their only property , their labour . " Mr . Makin seconded tho motion . Mr . Harrison did not oppose Mr . Wardle ' s resolution , but thought that his was neces sary prior to it . Mr . Wardle badno objection toth . 6
passing of Mr . Harrison ' s as the first resolution . « was put and carried unanimously . Mr . Whiteley , of the table-blade grinders , moved , and Mr . Tay lor and Mr . Broadhead seconded and supported tne motion read by Mr . Wardle . Mr . Gill supported the resolution . He held the opinion that all classe * identified with production had the same interest . All other classes had a separate interest . If there were lower wages , it . did not benefit the employe ** The competition reduced his profits also . But tn » mere consuming classeflj neither employers nor employed , were benefitted by the competition of tne producers . Mr . O'Connell wa « living on large bap * - ing business . It was a netessarv busineM , ana liable to great losses , but he had the advanta ge ^ issuing worthless paper , while the country must bear
the loBarof the metallic currency . While , tflerefore , the unproductive consumer was benefitted oy the reduction of prices , the producer wa » not benefitted . The resolution was carried unanimously , a committee waa then appointed , and it was resoiveo that a report of the proceedings of the meeting do forwarded to Mr . Ward , M . P ., requestinghim carefully to watch any proceedings which Mr . O'Coonell might adopt respecting Trades' Unions , and to > in form the committee of them . It was also resoiv eo that the report of the meeting be transmitted to we leading journals of the manufacturing districts . a »» the speakers disclaimed any desire to kjep we P *« ceodinga of their respective AJnioBB secret .
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BEMOB 3 ELE 33 OPPRESSION : INFANT LABOUR IN FACTORIES . We have long deplored the fate of the unfortunate children doomed to tbe toil and tortures of the factory ayrtem . Tbe evidenoe taken before the Select Committee , in 1832 , for regulating infant labour in factories , choirs thst Mr . Sadler's statements in the House of Commons relative to the pernicious effects ot the factory system upon the health and habits of the children of the poor , were not only exaggerated , but fell far « hort of the melancholy truth . Jt will appear Incredible , hereafter , that facha system , notwithstanding the boasted civilization and morality of England , could ever have exiated in tbe very heart of this Christian land , and that the sufiVings which ic inflicted upon so
many thousands of the most helpless of our fellow-creaturea should have been so long unnoticed , while British philanthropy flew to all quarters « f the globe—travers- ; ing oceans and deserts—braving the hurricane and the pestilence to release the captive from his chains , to Btrike ihe scourge from the hand of remorseless oppression , aod vindicate tbe insulted rights of bamanity . When the children of Israel were oppressed the taskmasters were strangers to the lineage and religion of tbeir victim ; but in Christian England tbe oppressors and the oppre ? sod are of the one rsoe—tbe one nationof the same colour and tbe same creed—both the subjtcts of a free state—both believers in & religion of mercy ! But cupidity creates tyrants as poverty makes slave * . The wars whica ambition causes produce dre&dfal c&l&arities to mankind . The sordid spirit of accumulation does not destroy mankind indeed by tbe bayonet and grape shot , bat it has its exterminating
-weapons , and , though less speedy , is no less ssre ia its destructive process . The infiicti « a of physical iaflrmity and moral debasement upon myriads of tbe infant poor of England , is among the deplorable resslts for which the country has to thank the upholders of tbat system , who would sacrifice tbe contorts , ihe health , the morals of a wboie people , to erubJe a f « w individuals to become possessed of riches which they will not diffuse nnd cannot enjoy . Possibly the very persons "who annually destroy in this country a number of children by tbe preniatue and unwbolts # « e labomra ot our factories , would shade ! er oh reading an account of a Carthaginian sacrifice of children to Moloch ; yet in what do oar infant offerings to Vamnioa difltr from tbe Pagan oblations of tbe yousg and inaocent » pon the altars of an angry deity ?—in what , sa * e the mode and instrumentality by which tbe sacrifice is perTomed , and tbe more protracted satire of tbe su&nag ?—Weekly Ditpotch .
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THE FIRST FACTION-FIGHT OF THE 8 ESSIOW : " IN FOR ANOTHER YEAR . " The fifth w » ek of the session is over : what hat been done ? The first four weeks were characteri **! by listless idlenoas . In the course of that time the House of Commons held fifteen meetings , averaging somewhat less than six hours each , counting from , four o ' clock , the nominal hour of meeting . Tbe Committee sittings bare Nsrcely begun yet Pairing has been frequent , and the unannounced absence of Members still more frequent . Tha slovenly manner Lot which the routine
business of the House ia conducted renders it impossible for even Members to s&y what progress has been made in the indispensible work of th « session . One or two Committees have been named , one or two bills have been introduced , one or two have been allowed to be Introduced . Four weeks have been watted by our Representatives since their meeting , much in the same way that boys waste the first hoar or two on returning to school after the bolydays , listlessly fingering their dictionaries , maps , and copy-books , nnable to muster courage to resume their tasks . Oar overgrown schoolboys of the Legislature have evidently no very hard taskmaster over them : the public is but an indifferent
pedagogue . On Monday last the scene changed . " Oh , then and there was mustering in hot baste . " For four successive evenings early and crowded sittings were protracted till far in tbe night Speeches of immeasurable length vrere delivered . Members of both parties gathered within tbe House to cheer their friends and hoot their opponents ; and out of the House—in the daytimelooked as suspicious as blacklegs calculating the longodds . Tho most unenlightened might see that tbe business of tbe session bad begun at last The business of the session?—true , the business of tbe partisans irithln tbe House .- bat the business of the people , hat it begun yet ? or when begun , will it receive the same attention ? * * * The business of the people
has not begun yet This anxious week has been , after all , nothing more than tbe first faction-fight of the Session . Tbe speeches during the debate on the Irish Registration Bill do not seem to indicate any nearer approximation of parties . The J consist chiefly of tbe staple material— " you , who now say ihu , formerly said thai . " But they were little more than ebullitions of personal spleen . Sbeil pecked at Graham , and Peel at Russell , after this fashion ; bnt these were single combats . There vas nothing of tbe hurling of a personality by a whole party against a whole party , which used in 1830 and 1835 to be effected by the cheers * n masse which accompauied a homejirust The prevailing
tone on both sides was more guarded than formerly . The Ministerialists seemed to have an awkward consciousnMj tbat they hold their seats on and around tbe Treasary-beneh on saffer&nce , and tbe Opposition tbat a premature storming of that citadel might be dangerous . Meanwhile , the Whigs are in bigb feather . While the debate lasted they were anxious and gloomy , bnt now they are smirking and shaking hands at every corner— " We are in for another year . " When tbat year in &t end , perhaps tbe chapter ot accidents may again befriend them : why damp the joy of the present by gloomy conjectures as to tbe future ! For one day the disnial word " dissolution" has not been pronounced .
But the people ' s business hat yet to begin : when will it begin ?—Spectator .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 6, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct539/page/6/
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