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Ekatkht o * atx Sides . —A clergyman said to one of his parishioners , You have lived like a knave , and yon will die like a knave . " " Then , " aid tbe poor fellow , " You will bury me like a knave . " SiCECTS . —A secret is like silence—yon cannoi talk about it , ud keep it ; it is like money—when once you know there is any concealed , it is halfdiseovered . " My dear Morphy , said an Irishman to h ' friend , » why did you betray the secret I told yon ? " " Is it betraying you call it ! Sore , when I fonndIwasn't able to keep it myself , dida'i 1 do well to tell it to somebodj that could ? Addisoh asd Sthslb . —A gentleman , who was dining with another , praised very much the meat , and asked who was the butcher . ** Hib name is Addison . " M Addison ! " echoed the guest ; " pray is ha any relation to the poetf " In all probability he is , for he is seldom without bis steil fSleeleJ bv his side . "
Editorial TsorjBLES . —The editor of tbe New York Commercial Advertiser makes the following apology for the non-appearance of its usual commercial remarks and market intelligence : — " During the week many of us were detained from duty by severe indisposition . One who attended to the advertising department was detained at home by this cause ; the person who attends to the marine department was kept away by having three of his family down with the scarlet fever , one of whom died . On Satnrday morning , one of us who attends to the stoeta and money matters was confined to his bed during the day . The one who takes care of the ' . ifSee as usual , at nine o ' clock , was called away to tike leave of his father , who was supposed to be dying . Another , who left his family , as he sapposed , well , early in the morning , was notified at nine o dock that since he h&d left home his infant child had died . In addition to this , four compositors were absent on account of illness "
Qcesn Absludb draws £ 1 W , 000 yearly from the pocket of Jchn Bull , which gave rise to the follurticg parody by Mrs . William V . Sankey : — Old Qneen Adelaide Cut with a sharp blade A slice out of 3 onn Bull ' s pie ; She put in her thumb , And pull'doutaplum * And said , " What a good Queen am I . ™
* A plum signifies £ 100 , 001 . A Legislator . —The Claremoni CN . H . ) Eagle 8 ay 5 . that while the yeas and nays " were calling " in rhe Hoase of Representatives , on WednesJay of last week , on some question , Mr . Brown , of South Hampton , " an odd chiek , " did not answer to his name . When the vote was through , he rose and addressed the Speaker as follows : — " Mr . Speaker , I ri = e to let you know that I did not dodge this ^ ues'ion . I only squatted a litlle , in order to take a beuerriew on the subject , and now I say ' no' to the f ritter . "—Nev York Sun . '
x ffects op wise accocxted for . —When Noah planted the first vine , and retired , Satan approached and -aid— " I will nourish yon , charming plant ! ' ' He quickly fetched three animals—a sheep , a lion , anc a hog , and killed them , one after another , near the vine . The vinaes of the blood of these three animals penetrated it , and are still manifest in its grov > ih . When a man drinks one goblet of wine , he is then agreeable , gentle , friendly—that is the nature of ; ' e lamb . When he drinks two , he is like & lion , and .--ays , " Who is like me ?"—he then ialka of stupersons things . When he drinks more , his senses tor .- jke him ; and , at length , he wallows in the mitfi . Need it be said , that he then resembles the hog ?—Richardson .
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JOSEPH GOULDING AGAIN ! ( From our London Correspondent . ) TvOKSHIP-STBEBr POLICE COUBT , SjLTPBDA V , April 17— Mr . William Drake , a respectable ¦ hoemaker , carrying on business on his own account , in Brick-lane , Spitalfieldfl , appeared to a summons obtained against him by the notorious Goulding , whose participation in tbe memorable Bethnal Green meeting baa been already made known to the readers of the Northern Star . The charge was tins : —On the Sunday evening previous , Goulding was present at a lecture given at tbe Hall of Science , City Road , where he was seated oa the platform , in company with the Reverend Richard Carlile , his son , and the lady who lectured on the occasion , whom Oonlding described as '' Mrs . Cailile . " Tbe defendant was also present , in
the body of tbe meeting ; in the course of the evening , he advanced to the platform , and , addressing the audience said , "Are you aware you have got a Government spy in the room ; the fellow who betrayed the Bethnal Green Chartists , and sold poor Boggis . " When the defendant said this , be was close to Goulding's elbow ; tbe audience arose , and a momentary confusion ensued ; Goulding addressing them , and assured lie was not the character he had been represented to be , by which mean * order was restored , and nothing else transpired till the audience - were separating ; when a young man mot the defendant ) addressing Goulding , said " I should like •" 11 Like what t" inquired Goulding . "To run a hole through such a vagabond as you ; " replied the young man referred to . It . was in consequence of this , that the present defendant was summoned .
The complainant swore that be went in continual bodily fear , and handed in to the Magistrate a letter from the Reveren d Mr . Carlile , denouncing " the mad and mischievous Chartist * , " and wishing Goulding success , as he ( the writer ) " knew him to be engaged in a good cause . " Strange to say , Mr . Broughton read this letter , ( which could not possibly have anything to do with the case , ) while he continually and repeatedly protected the " fellow" ( as defendant ' s solicitor termed him ) Goulding , from giving any answer to questions relative to the Btthnal Green spy job , out of which Mr . Drake ' s denunciation arose .
In reply to Mr . Broughton , as to the complainant ' s credibility on his oath , Goulding swore that he did not believe Jesus Chris : ever existed as a man , though he believed in his T ) imnily , and in a future state of rewards and punishments . He first described himself as a shoemaker , U-ring at 173 , New North-street , CasUe-stxeet , Finsbury ; and afterwards stated that he wa * entitled by law to be called Reverend , as he had taken out a license for preaching as a Protestant Dissenter . He went in fear of personal violence , as he had no doubt that the " low , ignorant fellows among the Chartists , who taiked of burning houses and stabbing policemen , would not mind murdering him . " # Mr . Hunt , a solicitor , appeared on behalf of the defendant . Mid contended that , though Goulding had gone throurh the form of taking an oath , it was plain there was nothing in the Holy Gospels , which had been put iEto his hands , that ^ ould at all be consider *! binding on his conscience . . .
Mr . Bronghton overruled the objection , inasmuch as the complainant had declared his belief in a state of future rewards and punishments , and this was deemed in law sufficiently binding on tie consciences of persons giving evidence en oath . But even if he were an infidel , or an atheist , that was no reason why he should be denounced to a public meeting , and be rendered liable to be torn in pieces ! Mr . Hnnt then proceeded to cross-examine Goulding . Most of the questions , however , which tended to elucidate the share he took in the Bethnal Green affair , were refused to be answered by the witness ; in which Mr . Broughton upheld him , on tbe ground that ,
even it he bad armed the Chartists , and even if he were a spy , he was there under the protection of the law . Gonlding swore positively that he h&d nothing to do with the arrest of Boggis , and that he knew of tbe circumstance otily from reading it in the papers He did not wear a short blue cloak when Boggis was taken , nor was he near the spot that morning . He never advised a person named Spencer , nor any one else that he recollected , to take arms . He had known Mr . Drake , the defendant , about two years ; and had had no dispute with him , te his knowledge ; they might have had words , but he did not believe they ever mtarreUed .
An eccentric-looking personage -named Wilbyj who described himself as a schoolmaster , came forward to support the complainant ' s allegations . In reference to the person who propounded the experimental desire to drill a hole in Mr , Goulding's bo . ly , the witness-did cot say be was drunk , but thought be was menially excited . ' He didn't believe then were four Chartists in the room . When the defendant raid , " Are you awaro that you have a Government spy in the room , " every body knew be meant Goulding . John Brett , a cabinet-maker , also supported the complainants charge : in his cross-examination , he saidi when Drake first made the allegation , there was great disturbance and noise , some talking one way and some another ; there was , however , plenty of time to
cool , and they were cool enough afterwards ; for Gi > uliliDg got up and made a speech , but the defendant had left , the meeting then . Mr . Hunt then addressed the magistrate on bthalf of , the defendant . These parties had been connected together in some transactions which involved the com- , plaiiiant in circumstances of more than strong sus- \ picion : from some motive ( perhaps a very subdunlial one , for be was better off now ) , Goulding had separated j from the Chartists , when he bad trepanned them into an illegal meeting , and information had been given lit was believed by Goulding himself ) to the higher powers . But where was this alleged breach of tbe peace , with j which , the defendant was charged , committed ? Accord- i ine to tbe complainant ' s own statement , it was at a ' ,
time and in a place when and wbere no respectable i person would venture to be present They were bearing ] a lecture , on a Sunday evening , from a woman whom j Goulding had sworn was Mrs . Carlile ; but of whom j the less that was said the better . Tbe defendant had . used no threat , even by implication ; he had merely ; asked a question , "Whether the meeting " were aware ' that they had a spy among them . '" True , Goulding had sworn that be went in bodily fear , but his actions contradicted it , for he asserted that he came forward and satisfied the meeting , because he was belter liked than Brake . Were he i the solicitor ) to go into other matters , the fellow Goulding would not look so pleased as he did then . On tbe whole , he contended it was not such a case as called for the interference of the
magistrate . Mr . Broughton said , there could be no doubt that the complainant was entitled to the protection of the law , whatever he might once have been . If be had gone to the Court of Queen ' a Bench , be might have exhibited articles of tie peace on bis own affidavit , ¦ without any inytstigation taking place , as was usual before a magistrate . As to his political or religious fancies—whether he chose to connect himself with the Chanii-ts or ¦ with Mr . Carlile , —whom he i the
magistrate > thought fitted foi another great building in the neighbourhood , ( St . Luke ' s , i than for a Hall of Science — whether be choose to convert the Saviour into a mere spirit , or to take any other fancy , he ( Mr . Broughton ) ha . i nothing to do with it : anyone who held him out to be A SPr was guilty of a serious offence , and answtraWe foi any violence that might ensue . He should therefore require the defendant to find two sureties in £ 30 each , and enter into his own recognizances in £ 40 , to answer any indictment that might be preferred against him at the sessions .
The sureties were instantly entered into , and the defendant was liberated . [ To those readers of the Star who may remember the circumstances which came to light before the committee of the Working Men ' s Association , appointed to inquire into the conduct of Goulding relative to the Bethnal Green spy-concocted meeting , it may not be uninteresting to know , that , since Mr . Goulding borrowed a few pence of Mrs Neesom to pay for a little soup , and represented himself to be in a state of pecuniary destitution , Fortune has been more liberal in her dealings ¦ with that gentleman . He appeared in court , on this occasion , attired in the most fashionable manner , with a cestly watch-equipage ( if not a watcb ) , a massive gold ring on the little finger of his right band , a slap-up cane , and all the paraphernalia of a West-end " swelL" Mr . Dnke was attired as small tradesmen usually are ,
neatly but homely . Altogether , no ene could look at the complainant ( who described himself as a journeyman shoemaker ) and the defendant , ( who was Btated by the poiieeraan that served the summons on him , to be "a respectable master shoemaker , who bad been for seme time in his present house , "; without coming to the conclusion that joumeyjnan-Bnobhing is a much better trade than masier snobbing . " Never judge ot a man by his dress , " is a trite but true axiom . Still , however , great credit is due to such ixdustby as that of Mr . Goulding , by means of which so much has been accomplished in so short a period ; and that , too , without nejlcctlnp his tcife and family ! We wist all hoTiest journeymen Bhoemakers ceuld " cut the pnggy •¦ to the same tune as their brother Crispin does , by minding their own busi&ss , and letting other people ' s alone . (?)!!!}
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Fortitude is Children . —A very alarming accident lately elicited much fortitude in two little girls . One evening last week , Mr . John Neale , the son of the hndlord at the Mitre Tavern , at Portsea , was taking his two young sisters home from school , through the New Forest , in a chaise-cart ; when part of the harness snapped , the horse was frightened , and tlie cart was upset . All were thrown out . Mr . Neale had his hip broken and his ancle dislocated . His sister Agnes , who is ten years of age , was scalped from the forehead to the back of the
head ; and Adeline , tbe other sister , a year younger , had her arm broken . The young man was quite insensible ; and the little girls , in spite of their sufferings , managed to draw their brother to the roadside , and theu set oat in search of assistance . After wandering in the Forest for about an hour , they found tbe house of one of the keepers . Here the eldest sifter remained , being quite exhausted , the other gmded the keeper to the place where Mr . Nt ale lay ; and he was carried to the Crown Inn at Lyndhursr , where he remained in a state of considerable danger .
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THE EASTER RECESS IN THE POLITICAL WORLD . The Easter recess passes away with unequalled quiet in the political world . The closing of Parliament used to entice tbe Members to exchaage the arduous struggles ot either House for tbe lighter oratory of political meetings throughout tbe country , affording an agreeable diversity of excitement , and enabling each party to renew the interest'of its adherents in the provinces . This season there has been nothing of the kind . Members nave not sought their constituents , to commune with them on pending measures ; because there are no measures pending—none expected or intended to passwhich any constituency cares about Members have not run down to their homei , to revive the inttreBt of political questions among their local supporters , because
there is no interest to revive : interest in the party questions of the day is clean gone ; Members feel little themselves , and have no motiva for effort They know that tbe people see through the stale counterfeits , Whig , Tory , Radical ; and they can no longer spur themselves to the bootless office of simulating a zeal which no one feels . It is too much to go * even a mile from the snug country house merely to say that they wish this or that party to draw the salary of office ; and that is all they could say . So they just stay at home , resting after the aimless and irksome labour of walking in and out of the lobbies to divide . In this universal negation , We see the character ef the time ; even professed busy bodies and dealers in public meetings , the most indefatigable of political traders , are -warn out with tbe tedium of carrying on sham contests .
Nevertheless , there must be some show of action when Parliament nieeta again ; and the daily broad sheets , which must be filled in the holidays as in session-time , have been pointing to the future with a make-believe of preparation . Nothing newer promises at present , however , than a return to the great showfights of the past half-session , on tbe Irish Registration Bills and tbe New Poor Law . The party journals occasionally blow a note or two . like minstrels of old , carrying on the battle-song while the combatants are resting : the Ministerial Chronicle sings the wrongs of Irish electors , to brace up the nerves of Lord Morpeth and bis nt-iiners ; the Times chants the tricks of Whig Registration schemes , to flretbe fury of a Stanley , or the iniquities of the Poor Law , to keep up the effervescence of a Wakley . —Spectator .
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AGAIN LORD CARDIGAN . Th ^ . following statement has been addressed to the Editor of the Morning Chronicle , by " An Old Soldier : "" You will , I hope , allow me , through th « medium of your columns , to call attention to the following plain statement : —A private of the 11 th Hussars was drunk on leaving tbe barracks , at Brighton , and was subsequently tried by a district Court-martial , and sentenced to cojfioral punishment . His trial took place on Thursday , and thH approval ot the Court-martial was received , at Hounslow , en the Sunday morning . On Sunday , the 11 th Hussars were marches into the Hiding School , for divine service . Prayers were read , and a Bermon was preached . On the conclusion of divine
service , the trumpet-major was ordered to make things ready for corporal punishment . And in this Riding School , and on a Sunday , where not an hour before the -whole regiment were engaged in prayer , Private Rogers , of the 11 th Hussars , was tied up and flogged , receiving one hundred labhes . I trust , for the credit of the service and the country , the matter will be brought before Parliament , and a full inquiry instituted . The general public , I am sure , will agree with me , without entering into the question of flogging , or whether Private Rogers deserved it or not , that on no account could tbe commanding officer of the 11 th Hussars be justified in carrying the punishment into effect on a Sunday , and in the place appointed that day for . divine worship . "
How tbe character of the man is marked in this proceeding . The approval of the sentence arrived on Sunday morning , and bo eager was the noble Colonel for the execution of it , that he could not wait even till Monday , but the Sabbath must be desecrated by a punishment after prayers ! What a sequence to the voice of prayer the 6 ound of the lash !—the scourge after devout supplication —the groans of the sufferer after the lessons of mercy !
The Bishop of London has counted the boats that have passed under Falham Bridge on a Sunday . Did they profane the holy day more than a hundred lashes ; aud what will the Right Reverend Prelate , who has borne such loud testimony against the sins of green-grocers and pastry -cooks , say of the desecratiou of the Sabbath by the noble Colonel of the Eleventh ? Is keeping open a stall a less scandal than flaying a human back t Is plying the butcher ' s trade less allowable than plying the eat-o ' -nine- tails ?
Lord Cardiga-n ' s defence will probably be that the rich man is as much entitled to his pleasures on the Sunday as the poor man , and that he see ^ no more reason why he should forego one ministration to his enjoyment than another , and that the work of the hands that wield the cat-o ' -nine-tails must be as much at his command as that of his French cook . One appetite , however , can wait , though the other cannot ; and . for the sake of public decency at least , Lord Cardigan must learn to postpone his gratifications in the way of punishments for forty-eight hours , when the approval of the sentence happens to arrive on Sunday morning . ' We have hitherto opposed every bill for the bitter observance of the Sabbath ; but as we are far more hostile to the introduction of bitterness in the
Violation of the Sabbath , than to the introduction of bitterness in the observance of it , we will promise to eire our best aid in support of a bill to prohibit flogging in the army on the Sabbath day . It may be remembered that we lately showed that the severities of Lord Cardigan had first been exercised on the privates of hi ; ) regiment , and that , wheu checked in that direction by Sir C . d'Albiac , they were transferred to the officers . From the present sign we infer that the officers have a respite ; it would be too imprudent to open fresh quarrels with them just now , so the men are to have their " turn again , and to mark the eagerness for the punishment , by suffering or seeing the infliction of it on the Sabbath . —Examiner .
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CHARTIST MEETING IN MANCHESTER . We had a spirited and ovei flowing meeting on Sunday evening last , in the Tib-street Chartist Room , to hear Mr . C . Connor and Mr . C . Doyle , two Irish Chartists . Mr . ' SYiiebleb ., after making a few preparatory remarks on the progress of the cause , introduced Mr . Connor to the meeting . Mr . COSNOR rose and said—He was willing at every opportunity to vindicate the rights and liberties ot men of his own order , and would , he trusted , continue to do till they were possessed , of those rights and immunities which , justice and th « , laws of God and nature entitled himself and them to . ( Cheers . ) He would not have needed to be there if the parsons of this country ( of course he made some few honourable
exceptions ; had followed out the precept and example of tbeir 1 a > t < 1 and Master , anil defended the poor against the rich , and against tyranny of tYeij description . ( Applause . ) He had been taking a walk that afternoon , and he saw a brick-yard with a larg » quanjtity of new-made bricks in it ; and he thought a better way to illustrate the value of labour be could not adopt than the ene which struck him at the time . When he looked at the clay itself from which these bricks had been made be found that it was of no value whatever ; but when men have been employed in digging it out of the earth , it then began to be of service . Why , becauso labour had been applied—and so it was under every operation , the working of it into bricks and burning , aud indeed every additional part of labour gave it additional value
—( hear , hear )—thus proving that labour is the foundation of all wealth . ( Cheers . ) If such is the case , why is not labonr protected ? or why is property protected to the exclusion of labour ? He had seen a notice put en the gable end of a building , to the effect that if any one was caught posting bills against it , he should be prosecuted according to law . Then you see the building is so far protected as to prevent even a single Bill from being posted against it , while the labour , blood , bones , and sinews of the labouring classes are not protected . ( A . voice , " True . " ) For example , a cotton manufacturer , or any other capitalist , can come into the factory . when he pleases and tell his hands that he is about to take a shilling from their wages each , and they , the bands , have not the least power to resist such an unjust aggression , because if tbw did they must be
turned xnto the street to starve , they having no other appeal . Then again the capitalist can any time lock up his factory and turn out fourteen or fifteen hundrejl hands into the street One man has the power to do tbis , and the hands must submit to it , because they have no power to hold him accountable for his conduct . ( Hear , hear , and shame . ) But he , for his part , was independent of these wretches although he was a slave . He neither looked to the Government for sympathy , nor to th © working classes fo * support . He could get his living , such as it was , as well in one town as another ; therefore , he was from under the tyrannical grasp of the
cotton lords . ( Voices— " I wish I-was . " ) The law would protect a pig of an aristocrat , while the working men , politically speaking , were dead : they * had no life : nay , they were no more than a piece of household furniture , at the mercy of the law-makers , liable to be brought , or rather forced , out to fight in the field of battle for Queen Victoria or her Ministers , yet were not protected by the law , because , not having a voice in the making of the law . All they , the working people , had to do with the laws was , according to Whig logic , to obey them j and all they had to do with the taxes was to pay them . { Hear , hear . ) Did they expect , far a single moment , that the present House of Commons would grant them Universal Suffrage ? If they did , he thought they would be very much mistaken . Hia
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advice was , that they would unite , organise , and a gitato , till such time » a they had a sufficient power behind the law to be stronger than the Jaw , then they would havs the Suffrage ; in short , when they were prepared by moral means to take tbeir rights , the Government would be glad to give them without resorting to physical force . ( Hear , hear , and applause . ) . [ Mr . Connor here read a speech delivered by Oliver Cromwell , when he went to clear the Augean stable , -which he' ( Connor ) sald was very applicable to the present House . ] ( Laughter . )
He continued ; we want such a man at the present day , for the' better part of them were a set of mercenary wretches , who care no more for the sufferings of the people , as fully exemplified in their conduct , than they would fora dead dog . ( Shame , sbanie . ) There were , be was willing to admit , good men in all societies . There were good men among the middle class ; but those men , whoever they may be , who wish to carry their designs into effect , contrary to the expressions , feelings , and wishes of the majority , are no more nor less than traitors to their country . ( Hear , bear , and loud applause . ) He was sorry to Bay this was the case in fearfully numerous instances . There were too many who wanted to carry their own pet measures to serve their own purposes , who , at the same time , would not care what became of them , the working classes . Here
Mr . Connor lashed the press , and denounced it as one of the greatest enemies to liberty , and the labour of many millioned helots of this Queendom . The press , the lawyers , tho parsons , and others who live by the industry of others , had formed a foul conspiracy against the rig hts of the industrious working men ; the parsons teach the people to endure the wrongs and cruelties which they suffer quietly . They must respect tbe Queen , pay the tithes and rates , and come to the churcb . And , above all , they must keep away from those discontented and wicked individuals , the Chartists , or o therwise they would be ruined and be sent to hell , where they would remain for ever . ( Laughter . ) This is the doctrine which is tauqht at the present day , and Vbe very men who are continually preaching , this doctrine , are living upon the fat of the land , enjoying
every luxury , visiting tbe gambling hells , and forsooth would have the deluded to believe that they are the real followers of the meek and lowly Jesus . ( Shame . ) MT . Cob . uor then , drew the attention of his hearers to the laws Of primogeniture . If a nobleman , to use the slang phrase , nod two or three sons , according to this law , the first took the property , and the rest had to be pensioned upon the public . If he hail any daughters he endeavoured to accumulate as much property as he could , in order to set them up with a husband who had plenty of money , and , of course , well provided for . Then , as for the other sons , if tlit-re was one more valiant and cruel than another , if he could shoot rats , kill hares , and such like with pleasure , that was a sure token that he would make a good man butcher , and he must have a commission in the army or navy .
Tbe second perhaps would exhibit symptoms of being subtle , crafty , aud roguish , and would appear likely , By a little training , to make black appear white , &nd vice versa ; he would be sent to be educated for a limb of the law . The third would not be so well calculated for such enterprising and important situations , a dunce , a thick skull , and fit tor none of the ordinary situations in lif « which require any talent or qualities of an extra kind . The father eoncludes that he will make a most excellent Bishop , and he sends him to a College . ( Convulsive laughter . ) He always liked to look after tbo parsons , to seo if they fulfilled their situations , as tbey ought to do as leaders of the public tnind ; they were mere cyphers , and were biassed by the purse of tue capitalists . A short time ago , he ( Connor ) was speaking at Oldham , and be took an opportunity of shewing up
tbe tricks of some of the parsons , and tbe next Sunday two or three of them made it the theme of their sermon to warn the people against Socialism and Chartism . He supposed they would tell their hearers bow wicked it was for them to expect their rights , or how odious it was even to ask for them . I Laughter and cheers . ) Thtfse men declare that crime is on the increase , and the way to stay it is to build more churches , and to carry out which project , ' as a panacea for the stopping of crime , tbey were about to build ten in the town and neighbourhood of Manchester , although those which were already built were not above half filled- He ( Mr , Connor ) would have these men direct tbeir attention to the real cause of the misery and poverty in the land , a prolific source of the crime which class legislation produced . He would net give any
man credit for the professed love he might wish him to imagine he had for his soul : he w * uld not believe that any man wished to save bis soul if he would not do all in his power to make his body comfortable in this world . ( Hear , hear , and " VVvll done , Connor I" ) He could liken the parsons to nothing better than a cow , ¦ which gives an excellent can of milk , and afterwards kicks the can over : these parsons could give good advice , but many of them never practised what they taught . He ( the speaker ) was against all Sorts of monopoly . Tbe suffrage would do them no good unless they could get in possession of the land , in order to make it subservient to the wants and wishes of the people . He wanted to see . that state of society where every man would have hia acre of land to fall back upon , so that he might have his pigs , ard poultry ,
&c . & . c , and where he would enjoy his health , ami keep his body in that state of vigour which God and nature intended it should be . ( Hear . ) He , for his part , prefer , ed living in a state where the linnet would be warbling upon the bush , und the lark fluttering over his head ; whero he could see the driveling streams and the running brooks , tke fertile fields with their blooming flowers ; and where he could see nature . decorated out with all its beauty and splendour . In a state like tbis , we should should see the labourer carry a heurty and healthy constitution . ( Enthusiastic cheering . ) Hove much happier was such a state to the one in the manufacturing districts , where they had to creep out of bed at half-past five o ' clock in the morniug , to go into a cotton factory , to be cennned in that unwholesome , poisonous , and contaminating
atmosphere , till eight at night , which destroyed every faculty bodily and mental , which filled our Btreets with twisted limbs and star-like countenances , every one being under the controul of a horde of petty tyrants , and which made tbe life of the factory hani one of misery , slavery , and drudgery , and just for what was scarcely capable of keeping body and soul together ^ —( a voice " very true , " ;—and , to fill up tbe figure , after he has toiled and sweat till the system has made ' such inroads upon his constitution , that he cannot turn off as much work as one who may be young and in good health , he is turned into tbe street , - where he must starve or be consigned to au infernal boetile . ( Cries of " Shame . " ) He was not going to humbug tbe people with fallacious
statements like those made by the Corn Law lecturers 1 . They impudently asserted that the land of Britain was not capable of maintaining lt « prt sent population . But he would take a sentence of O'Brien ' s and read it for their consideration : — " There are 77 , 000 , 000 of statute acres in the united kingdom , about 47 , 000 , 000 are in a state of seini-cultivation , two or three millions of which consist of parka , pleasure-grounds , shrubberies , &c , &c , for the gratification of the rich , rather tiian the support « f the idlers . There areas many millions more acres allotted for pasture grounds , for idlers ' horses . The remaining 30 , 000 , 000 lie comparatively waste ; although 15 , 000 , 000 of them , at least , are susceptible of cultivation of the highest order . Hero are from eighteen to twenty million acres of land , which are at present useless , are capable of being turned to a
profitable aceount Out of the whole 47 , 006 , 000 of acres now partly cultivated , not more than five or six are appropriated to the growth of wheat . Is it not manifest , then , that if a larger proportion of these 47 , 090 , 0 u 0 acres were appropriated to tillage , that if the eighteen or twenty millions of uncultivated wastes , of which I have spoken , were cultivated , and if the Wheat lands were made to encroach on tbe parks , pleasure-grounds , and barley lands , ( whose produce goes chiefly to the manufacture of poisonous drinks , under the names of gin , whisky , & « ., < 5 cc . ) the soil of the united kingdom would far more than suffice to maintain its population in abundance , even under its imperfect state of cultivation . Mr . Connor said he Would not assist for a Repeal of the Corn Laws in order to extend a system which
had broken down bo many constitutions , aud produced so many twisted limbs as the Factory system had . ( Cheers . ) He did not agree with these half starved mushroom politicians wUo were perambulating about the country with their swallow-tailed coats—the pretended friends to the working classes—who wished to give them as they said , a large loaf , but who at the same time would not extend the franchise to them to tbrow the mmtle of the law over them , to protect the loaf when they bad got it . ( Applause . ) The present system was fraught with injustice and misrule to the many , which bad been caused by class-legislation— -one party living in the greatest ^ p leudour , whilst the other were starving . He could not believe that God ever intended that one man should live out of the sweat of another . He who is no respecter of persons , has never
declared that one of h \ 8 creatures should uiock , fccourge , aud enslave the other . He did not , never had , ner ever would , lay the charge upon Ood for the wickedness and inconsistencies which existed at the present time . He waa aware that there should be distributions of wealth , and that ttty were useful in their place but he wanted those men to be Sut ject to the majority of the people . He did not approve of a system which either directly or indirectly robbed the working man of eighteen' shillings out of every pound which he earned . The working man had to labour for tbe aristocracy , the mill-ocracy , the army , tho navy , and the pensioners and paupers , and the prosti lutes , and every ther class of persons who consumed but brought nothing back as an equivalent tc society
for the food they eat or for the clothes they wear . The man . wbo was Kept to feed and look after the idler ' s dog was equally as useless as ihe dog itself . ( Laughter . ) Tbore were two contending parties at the present time falling out about which fcheuld have the privilege of plundering the working classes—what he called two thieves failing out which got the greatest Bbare of the booty—he meant the cotton lord and the landlord . Tbe landlord robs the . people of four shillings and sixpence in every pound , and the cotton lord was content to take only seven shillings and sixpence . ( Laughter . ) Mr . Connor said he bad now touched upon the parsons , the cotton lords , and the landlords , likewise the . distributors of wealth ; now ho would tell the people If ( they would only agree and becctne uuiud . they might starve
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these classes Into compliance . None of these could till the laod , make tbeir shoes , or coats , or any thing else towards producing what they consume . ( Hear . ) Here he drew a picture of a savage state of society , and contrasted it with the one under which we live in a free country ; and when put in juxta position to each other , the latter falls into the shades . Tke savage could go out and have access to the fish lathe water , or the fowls or the air ; but man in England was excluded from a look over the hedge ; and what was even worse than that , while the warehouses were full of clothing , and the granaries were full of corn , the working man who bad produced all these had to go only half fed , and half clothed . ( Cheers . ) He wou'd again tell them that he absolved God from any blame on the collective wicked men . ( Cheers )
He was not one of those who would exhort them to be content under all this misery , nor would be lead them astray by persuading them to look to the middle class for tbeir emancipation , ' for lie believed they would see England one vast enamel bouse before they would concede to the people the Charter . Mr . C then referred to what he called a mere remnant of mortality—Daniel O'Conneli , and his conduct iff Ireland towards the Chartists—a cheat and fungus of a politician . ( Hear , hear . ) Here Mr . C told bis hearers that during the last agitation , they began to talk about physical force before they were prepared to carry their threats into execution . He hoped they would not do so sgain , until they were able to do it successfully and effectually ; and then they might go at it hammer and tongs . ( Hear , and cheers . ) He then
remarked that Robert Peel , who had obtained half a million of money from the people's industry , admitted the people ' s right to the Suffrage ; but objected to their possession on the ground of their ignoranca . The speaker then declared that accusation was a false one , and brought emphatic illustrations of men who are now in tbe ranks of the working classes , and men of tbe greatest talents at former periods , . who have risen from the same class , such for instance as Cobbett , Franklin , Burns , &c , See . Mr . C . said he gloried in the present movement , because it was educating the working man , and enabling bin ! to meet the capitalist on the same stage , and combat every argument brought against the rights of labour or the Suffrage . ( H&r . ) He denounced the plan set forth by Lovett and Collins , &c , and said it was calculated to split us up into sects
and parties , and said that Roebuck , Hume , and others were at the bottom of it . He believed—and he boped he should be set right if he was wrong—that each of these men voted for the New Poor Law ; for his , ( the speaker's ) part , he would neither walk up R « peal-ofthe-Union alley , nor follow the Corn Law humbugs , nor blow tbe Russian horn . ( Laughter and cheers . ) He believed that every man that was not with them was against them . He exhorted bis hearers to look well after , and watch every step of pretended friends , assuring them that such characters by once gaining the confidence of tbe people , and then betraying them , did more injury than their most inveterate enemies . ( Hear , bear . ) He felt proud tea * . Chartism was now taking root in Ireland , tbe land of his birtu . * ( Loud cheers . ) Feargus O'Connor's letters to O'Malley had been the
means of opening the eyes of some of bis fellow countrymen , together with sending the Northern Star . ( Cheers . ) He hoped that every sincere Chartist would continue to send the Star to Ireland , and likewise all the cheap publications , and let the land be inundated with them ; and let every one who bad friends there , give them to understand what the people of England and Scotland really wanted—that while they advocate a vote for themselves , they at the same time extend the same privilege to Irishmen . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) He ceuld like Chartism to spread through Ireland , and when , the people of that country saw that the principles were the same as those for which their patriots had shed their blood , and lost their lives , they would be brought to embrace them ; and when he spoke of Irish patriots , he did not mean those who were living now , and were driving through the country with their
livery servants , &c . && ; he meant an Einmett , a Fitzgerald , and an Arthur O'Connor . ( Enthusiastic cheering . * When the Irish fully understood the matter * they would not mince it either for a Daniel O'Conneli , or his tail . ( Hear , hear . ) The speaker was not one of these who wished for a Catholic government , any more than a Protestant one , unless they were under the controul of the people . Catholics were as big tyrants as Protestants , and vice versa ; only instance France and Spain . In conclusion he would observe , that be bad always been , and should be , at their command , and never refused , and he pledged himself never to relax , come weal , come woe , come persecution , prosecution , adversity , or prosperity , even to the forfeiture of hia lifo . He thanked them for the patient attention 'which they hnd given him , and sat down amidst the loudest plaudits of the meeting . '
Mr . Wheeler said that he had great pleasure in introducing his esteemed friend Christopher Doyle . ( Loud cheering . ) ' Mr . Doyle said that it was with a degree of pleasure that he stood there to address them that evening . He had thought of giving a lecture upon the Corn Laws , but as a discussion , was shortly to take place upon that subject , he would say but little about it to them . He was delighted to hear his cmntryman , Air . Connor , expose the laws of primogeniture , and the test of the subjects upon which he had treated . ( Hear , hear . ) He would , however , say a few words in reference to Daniel O'Conneli . He found , by the Star , that be had been making a , speech in Ireland , in which he called upon the police to put down Chartism : he had been denouncing the Chartists ,
and endeaveured to persuade his countrymen , from joining us . ( A voice , " He has I" ) He knew , however , very well , that he was telling a falsehood ; and yet , after raying all this , he came forward and said that the Chartists were asking for the same as himself , only in one instance , nasiely , he was for Triennial Parliaments instead of Annual . Upon this he was very pliable ; "for , " says he , " when we get a Repeal of the Union , we will have Triennial Parliaments . " Mr . Doyle said he wished he bad a Repeal , and he wished the people of Ireland had a Repeal ; but they never would so long us they allowed Dan to traffic—so long as they depended upon a man like him , who would take a penny front the poor man , a halfpenny from the ragged man , and a farthing from the starving man . Point me out ( said he ) what be has given out
of the £ 200 , 000 be bos received from the poor of Ireland . They could not shew , in any one instance , where be hod done one charitable act for the poor , but he put the money into the bank . ( Hear , hear . ) Then , again , he said the Chartists are for Household Suffrage , and so was he . Now . he knew when he said that we , the Chartists , went for Household Suffrage , be was telling a barefaced lie . But that was the way he had always carried on ; he was continually cajoling , cheating , and humbugging the people , and all the while taking money out of their pockets . - ( Hear , bear . 1 He bad been told that he was an enemy to Daniel O'Conneli , but he would take that opportunity of telling them , that if he was an enemy to the conduct of O'Connall , be was not his personal enemy . He was one of the best friends he had in this country ,
until he found hiin out upon the Factory question . Daniel O'Conneli said that was a question of blood and murder , and promised to advocate the cause of 35 , 000 factory children . He professed to be a friend to tbe factory children , but afterwards sold them for one thousand pounds . Then be ( Doyle ) found out he was a dishonest man , and therefore he could put no more trust in him . He voted lor the New Poor Law , which the Waigs brought forwards , those whom he called base , bloody , and brutal , after calling it uunatural and unscriptural . Who was an enemy to Trades Unions ? Daniel O'Conneli . Who got tbe tHasgow Cotton Spinners transported ? — -Daniel O'Conneli . And Feargus O'Connor laboured more than all the other men put together to obtain their freedom . Who was it that offered 500 , 000 men
to put down Chartism in England ?—Daniel O'ConnelJ . Who boasted of Sergeant Daley at Newport , for shooting the Chartists ?—Daniel O'Connel ! . And now he wanted the police to put down Chartism in Ireland , and to stop all correspondence , so that they might still remain in ignorance . Who was it that persecuted Lowery and Murray?—Daniel O'Connel . Mr . Doyle wished the principles of Cuartism to spread through Ireland , and when the people come to have a proper knowledge of the principles , Dan ' s influence would cease . It hod taken a long time for him te rise , and of course it would take some time to remove tbe prejudice of the people . ( Hear , hear . ) Dan was a middle-class
man , and one of tbeir patrons . He had no respect for the working man . Mr . Doyle said he knew he had enemies in Manchester , and some of them had challenged him to fight , but be would not resort to such a blackguard practice , only through compulsion , and then . stand in his own defence —( cheers)—and would continue to speak his mind fearless of consequences . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Doyle made a few mote remarks , and sat down after thanking them for the kind attention which had been paid to him during the time he had addressed them . H « was glad to see the wetting so crowded . He then sat down amid the most vociferous cheering .
A persen rose and said if any thing was calculated to give the He direct to Dan ' s assertions , namely , that the people of England have not ' . sympathy for the people of Ireland , it was the manner in which they the people had sat and heard two Irishmen address them , only interrupted by cheers . . The . Chairman , gave out the regular notices , and votes of thanks were carried by acclamation to the two speakers , and the meeting broke up highly delighted .
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TO THE LEED'S " BRONTERRE O'BRIEN TRIBUTE" COMMITTEE . BROTHER O'BrieniTES , —With pleasure did I read in the Star ot February 20 th , your appeal to the country on behalf of that unflinching patriot , Jamea Bronterte O'Brien ; I feel satistied that , with a little exertion , and a pecuniary sacrifice of quite a small amount , we could place Bronterro in that position that he might laugh to scorn the anathemas of any reprobate govern * mentand their underlings , be they Whig , Tory , or auam Radical . My friends , the " Tribute" is not a n ' -w thing to me ; ten months since 1 sent a plan for the collection of £ 600 for O'Brien to the Northern StarofBk * - { hat pHn I now send to you ; it may be amended , but , as a ground-work , as a foundation , whereon to continence the colkction of a " National Tribute , " for one of the moat talented , most honourable , and virtuous , y * t
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most persecuted , slandered , and -vilified of our leaders that plan is sufficient for all purposes . We want to ' collect the money by the time that O'Brien ' s im prisonment expires ; from the 24 th of the present month he -will bare just six mtnths more to drag on a weary ' and cruel incarceration . Now , I would recommend to you the adoption of my plan ; publish it in the ^ tor—Jet there be a fixed time for- th © dosing of all provincial accounts ; say September 1 st . Then the committee sitting at Leeds will have three weeks to square up their accounts . If the country does not adopt my plan , or one similar , it is not what I take it to ba The plan , as I call it , is as follows : —
PLAN . The following towns and districts to subscribe the sums I have appended to them , and moke if they choose ; and others , that I may . have inadvertently left out , could also subscribe , by recommending to the Central Committee " the appointment of a treasurer " for their town or district : — Brighton ... ... " . * ... 15 . Portsmouth , Portsea , Chichester , &c . ( C . ) 15 ' Isle of Wight ( C . ) is Southampton ( C . ) .... ... ... 10 London ( C . ) ... ... ... go Bath , Trpwbridge , and neighbourhood ... 20 Bristol and neighbourhood ... .., 15 Wotton-under-Edge ... ... 5 Carmarthen , LlaDidloes , Newport , Montgomery , MerthyrTydvil , and Welsh
< , districts , ... go Cheltenham ... ... ... 20 Ipswich ... ... ... ... 5 Plymouth ... ... 5 Stroud ... ... ... ... 5 Birmingham ... .... ... 30 Bradford ... ... ... ... j ^ Carlisle , Cumberland , and districts ( C . ) 15 Coventry ... ... ... ... 10 Derby ... ... ... ... g Durham County ... ... ... j 0 Exeter ... ... ... ... g Halifax ( York ) ... ... . j 0 Hull ... ... ... m now ... ... 10
... ... Liverpool ... ... 15 Leeds and neighbourhood ... ... 40 Manchester and neighbourhood "' 30 Nottingham and neighbourhood ... 10 Newcastle and neighbourhood ... 30 Sheffield ... ¦ ... ... t << 20 Truro and County of Cornwall ... 10 Worcester ... ... ... '" mm 19 York ( City ) ... ... ... 5 Scotland ... ... ... t > # gg Ireland ... ... ... %% i 20 £ 610 Those places marked with a ( C . ) were , I believe represented by Bronterra in the late " Convention " '
I would recommend that public meetings take place iu all the towns I have mentioned above , and others also , for the purpose of appointing treasurers , collectors , < fec ., and that they be confirmed by the " Central Committee" sitting at Leeds . My friends , as I said before , that plan I sent to the Northern Star office , some eight o * nine months since it was rather longer then than now , and owing to its length it was refused insertion in that paper . I do not wish this as a censure on the Star , far from it ; I appreciate much the exertions of that talented and fearless advocate of the rights of Englishmen . My " Tribute" was then to give O'Brien the power of bringing eut " a Southern Star , " for dark indeed is the political atmosphere of the South . You have the Northern Star for the North , we want a Southern Star for the South ; then with the brave O'Connor in the North , and the unflinching O'Brien in the South , wa Hiight soon defy the power of the vilest of the most vile of Governments that ever swayed the destinies of Britain .
My friends , as Secretary to the " O'Brien Fund" in Brighton , I can answer for the men of Brighton subscribing their quota ; when I say that they have , for the past nine quarters , elected me their acting Secretary to their Political Association , surely I ca n take on myself the duty of answering for their coming forward in so noble an undertaking . * My friends , I mast conclude by subscribing myself your fellow disciple of James Bronterre O'Brien , Nathaniel Morling , Secretary to the Brighton National Charter Associate . March 5 th , 1841 . 22 , Albion-street , Brighton . P . S . Since the foregoing was written , I have heard that Mr . Woodward has received a Utter from your Committee ; I shall see him this evening , and we will con over its contents . N . M .
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Bigamy . —At Hatton Garden Police Office on Saturday last , George Jukes , a gardener , residing at Ball's-pond , Islington , was placed at the bar , charged by Ellen Bansgrove , a pretty-looking young woman , with having intermarried with her whilst his former wife was living . The prosecutrix having been sworn , stated that she resided at Northold * Harrow . The prisoner , about twelve months ago , introduced himself to her as a single man , and paid his addresses to her , and they were married , and the result was the birth of a child . The prisoner deserted her and the infant ; and she was afterwards informed that he was a married man , with a family , and was living with his wife at BalPs-oond .
Islington , when she came to London and gave him into custody . Police-constable , No . 18 , N division , proved having taken the prisoner into custody ; when , prior to being informed of the charge , he said , "t know what you want me for ; I can ' t keep two of them . " The prisoner did not deny the chsrgej but said that the prosecutrix had a husband alive when he married her . Prosecutrts—Yes ; but my husband was transported for life , and I am not aware that he is alive . Mr . Combe told the prisoner that he was not warranted in marrying the prosecutrix , and he should commit him for trial . A nice point of law might be raised upon the subject , but it would be left for . the consideration of the Judge before whom he would be tried .
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From the London Gazette of Friday , April 16 . BANKRUPTS . Ball , W ., Paternoster-row , bookseller , April 28 th , at half-past one , May 28 , at twelve ; at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Attorney , Lewis , Verulam-buildings . Arnold , T ., Paternoster-row , bookseller , April 23 , at two , May 28 , at twelve ; at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Attorney , Lewis , Verulam-tmildings . - Elphick , London-wall , licensed victnler , April 28 , at one , May 21 , at eleven ; at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Attorney , Bow-lane , Cheapside . Wakefield , F . and C . G ., « Old Broad-streefc , brokers , April 28 , May 28 , at eleven ; at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Attorneys , Egan and Co ., Essex-strand .
Bedingueld , Susannah , Needham-market , Suffolk , yarn-manufacturer , April 80 , May 28 , at twelve , at the Crown and Anchor Inn , Ipswich . Attorneys , Marriott Suffolk *; and Jones and Co ., John-street ,
Bedfordrow . , Bedingueld , J ., StowmarMlt , Suffolk , surgeon , April 30 , May 28 , at one , at the Crown and Anchor Inn , Ipswich . Attorneys , Gudgeon , Stowmarket ; and Walter and Pemberton , Symond's Inn , Chancery lane . Price , J . » Purdy , J ., and Price , J ., jun ., Yeovil , Somersetshire , linen-drapers , May 3 , aud 28 , at eleven , at the Bull Inn , Bridport . Attorneys , Batten , jun ., Teovil ; and Clowes and Wedlake , King ' s Bench-walk , Temple . Hepper , C , Liverpool , hotel-keeper , May 7 , 28 , at one , at the Clarendon-rooms , Liverpool . Attorney * , Howard , Drury-lane , Liverpool ; and Baxter , Lincoln ' ainn-nelds . Nicholson , J ., Cheltenham , brewer , April 26 , Msf 28 , at eleven , at tbe Royal Hotel , Cheltenham , Attorneys , Bubb and Longwood , Cheltenham ; and Roy ana Co ., Lotbbury ,
Halliwell , W ., Manchester , cotton-mannfactnre , May 4 , 28 , at eleven , at the Commissioners ' -rooms , Manchester . Attorneys , Hitchcock , Manchester ; and Johnson and Co ., Temple .
DISSOLUTIONS OF PARTNERSHIP . W . and H . Leatham , Liverpool , builders—B . and W . . Giedhill and G . Hepwortb , Hudderfield , wool len cloth-manufacturers—G . K . and W . H . Stagg , Sheffield , cutlers—J . and J . Priestley and J . Smith , ¦ Bradford , Yorkshire , worsted-spinners ; as far a » regards J . Smitn—J . Tompkins and J . Asnton . Xiverpool , printers—H . Moorhouse and S . H . Smith , Shef'" . field , Yorkshire , table-knife cutlers—K . T . Turner and T . Cross , Kingston-upon-Hull , corn-factors .
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From thtGoMU * of Tuesday , April 2 » . BANKRUPTS . James Francis Etlgley , wine-merchant , Mar k-lane City , to surrender April 30 , at two , and June h « eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Gibson , oB « a » assignee , BasinghaU-street ; Freehflelds , New B anKbuildings . Edward Ledgard , oil-crusher , MirfleW , Yorksbire , April 27 , and June 1 , at two , at the Commissioners Booms , Leeds . Watts , Dewsbury , YorksLire ; JMoes , Battye , and Edwards , Ely-place , Holborn , London . William Freejnan Coe , ironmonger , Cambridge , Apci 26 , at eleven , and June 1 , at ten , at the Bull Inn , W" ** bridge . Hall , Brunswick-row , Queen-squaie , Blooms * bury , London ; Fosters , Cambridge . . . Lawrence Thomas Brown , innkeeper , Newepj Gloucestershire , April 28 and June 1 . at ttn , » - «• George Inn , Newent Wiltons , Glouce ster ; C / jawv Newent Cree and Son , Verulam-buildings , Gray a inr , London . John Berry , banker , Liverpool . Thomas Bumard , merchant , Devon . Ridford VottB , wool-broker , Leeds . Jamea DUkson , draper , Neweastle-upor-Tyne . " John Hicklin , printer , Nottingham . Henry Smith , wine-merctaut , Doncaster .
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THE WANTS OF ADVERTISERS . 1 ' I know of no cure so good for the vapours , Aa reading the wants that appear in thepapers . " So signs John Perry , and with as much truth as wit . The columns of a newspaper axe the outlet for all iie crotchets and whims of individuals in this mo 5 *» crotchety of nations . What a person would not thk : k of communicating in confidence to his most intimate friend he goes aud publishes to all the ¦ world in the newspaper . But then he is hid beneath an impenetrable veil , and has the pleasure of seeing his ¦* -want" fully advertised wilhout being taunted
with the singularity or unreasonableness of it . Men let liieir most violent prejudices have full play in this Open field , and the bigot appears in full blazs of glory as an advertiser- Does the reader want a " exsc 1 " The crammed columns of the . Times furnish cart loads « f them daiiy , but , to savjB the trouble of - reference , we we will take one from last Wi Inesday ^ : — " Winied , as good cook , in a clergyman ' s family , a p-rson irAo values religious privileges . Jio kitcheam&id kept : no dairy . If any tedy can reo mmeud such a persou she will oblige the advertiser . "
A eook who va'ues rehpous privileges ! A cat that can play on the fiddle 1 The religious privileges of a cook are to scold the scullion " , snub the footboy , and sell the dripping ! The former are personal rights flowing from the importance and sanctity of ner occupation—the latter is the tithe which she -.-xacts from all the world—that is , ail the world thai have dinners ! Cu ^ t your eyes a little lower down , and we come to a new want : — " . Nurserymajd . —Wanted , a young woman , about t-wtii-. y-taree years of age , in the above capacity . She must be able to work well at her needle , and be a member of the Established Church . A * o followers aUo . ced . " Here ' s a test of religion and morals ! A member of ihe Established Church , and no followers !
!• s plain these conditions woaldn " t suit themodest yon :: ^ woman hard by , who wants a situation ** as good plain cook , where a footman ti kept . " This is certainly a very wise and necessary provision where no followers are allowed i What would Malthus say of the respectable widow who want 3 " nurse-children !" What will romantic young ladies and gentlemen Eay to this : — " If Louise will return immediately to her friends in L- > adon she will be kindly received , and all that has ps 3 sed will be forgiven . April H . " How full of mystery—perhaps of misery ; and how mat-y tear 3 may have been shed before this dernier resort—a public advertisement , to bring back an trrirg child , or wife , or mother , was resolved on ! > j pang , however , we imagine , accompanied the two following intimations : —
" 11 -Miss Ru : h Hall , of Newcastle-upon-Tjne . doe- , not fetch away her boxes , left at J . Verry ' s , 18 , Kastcheap , City , in fonrteen days from tbis date ( Aprd Hih , l&il ) , they will be sold to defray all expends . " " 1 heraby give notice , that unless John Stratford Be-5 ! , late of Denhaai Mount , in the parish of Deuhani , Bucks , Esq ., pays my demand , and removes , ¦ wit&in fourteen days from the date hereof , three greyhouEd puppies ( one dog and two bitches , > left with me on the 3 rd . day of September last by his servant , George Hencher , they will be sold to defray my demands , and the expenses attending the same . Cooper Elton , Denham , Bucks , April 10 , 1841 . "
\ v hat ontrage against the delicacy of Misi Hnih Hall—what inhumanity toward 3 the puppies of John Stratford Best , Esq . !—Brighton Herald .
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P 0 T 7 ES OV RETURNING- OFFICERS UXDEH THE NEW POOR LAW . The folio-wing questions by the Right Honourable tbe Earl of Glengall were pat te Mz . Erie , Superintendent Assistant Poor Law Commissioner in Ireland , on the 26 ; h of March last The answers speak for themselves . Q . Are not the duties of returning efficer rach as to giTt him great influence in tbe election of Guardians ? A . Tbe powers are Tery great ; and impartiality in the exercise of them is of great importance . Q- Therefore , if : he returning officer acts improperly be has great power to return whom he chooses as Guardians ?
A . Undoubtedly . Q . I believe no one has power to orerloofc the voiine papers ke receives . * A . So one except the Commissioners . I -say ibis however , witkout consideration . Q Does not tke Act of Parliament make the dt-« idcn of the returning officer fin ^ A . It dots . Why , tben , impose a heavj erpence " npon the ratepayers of thia or any other miscalied Union , put a large sum into the pocket of the spy of the Com-Eiissioners , miscalled the clerk to the Guardians , who is by them appointed the iot coarse , as be liTea and moves by tho system ) partial returning officer , and keep the inhabitante excited for weeks together
merejy to fleece , mock ,, and insult iiezn ? They profess to count the votes , but before they produce them to any one , ( and often they do the thing by themselves , ) tb = y hare thsm eooted , and ready for their own ends , and no one can by possibility check tee voting papers ; they are hurried through ; they have bad the voting papers in the hands of their minions to deliver and c > llect ; they can change papers from filled to blank , and from blank to the bastiie candidates ; they csn siuSe tiem like cards , and count them that suits their purpose over and over again , and again . In Hoddersfield and Aldraondbury , as well as in other towns , the majorities were immense , but hocus pocus swindlers did the business , and Mr . Rookery said hia skilly candidates were returned .
Ytt with all toe ruffianly proceedings , there is a rebellion in bis c * mp , for Mr . Ex-draper Msxfleld told tbe Guardians on Friday that if they would stand by him , they would throw the three Devil Kings oTert \ rd , and take thur affairs into their own hands . liifc * hurrah for the good and merciful lav , the 43 rd ot cilzibeta , and down with , the bastilea and the whol * Efcil ? craw . Tie farce which has be « u acted is in the press and « f- * iily will be published , and , probably , wj il have a pi = « in the Star ot nest week .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 24, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct546/page/6/
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