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Kihgs . —Some three or fosr years age , Otbo , the $ diot , and his father were pnblidy and mutually declaring each other of unsound mind . Two kines exchanged the lie , and yet for once Eirope believed both ! w Well , Poixt , " exclaimed Prince Albert to the favourite parrot . u Well , Prince ! " rejoined Polly . ** My undo is coming to England , ' continued the Prince . *• Poor England . '" exclaimed the sensible bird , in a tone of strong sympathy . Ws jtEiD in a daily contemporary that at a Conservative dinner given a few day * back , tfw Q , ueen « nd Prince Albert were drunk , " What wkl the profligate Tories sav next , to spite themselves of their Sovereign , in their dissolute hoars of idle merriment ? ~ - As oiteb ovfite thiJIinas in the pound has been made to the creditors of Lady Charlotte Bury . A arotrn for a coronet is liberal indeed !
Asthma Breast Law . —A neat lamp has b * en invented by Charles Henry Ackerly , Esq ., of her il » jes ; y ' s Davy , for the relief of persons afflicted with that most distressing complaint , the asthma : the merely suspending it . against the chest , and the inhaling of the warm air through the nostrils ( the lips are to be dosed ) , is said to afford instantaneous and effectual relief to the snfferer . The light used is wax candle , and on entering a dwelling from the air , where the lamp is no longer required for medicinal purposes , it is available for a lantern to light the bearer abou ; the house , by merely dropping the front slide . It is secured by patent , and will probably be adopted generally by those afflicted with that complaint .
DcaiSG Sib . Astlet Coopeb ' b late serious indisposition , a friend strenuously advised the calling in another practitioner , n » doctor beiieg a medical orade in his own case . u Moeb obJitred , " replied Sir Astley , with a fervent grasp of the hand , "but I can die very comfortably without the doctor . " "What a queer compliment to the profession ! The rsE of the rod is to be prohibited In the Poor Law Unions in future , bat the Globe announces that the Penny Magazine is to be introduced into them . Tnat ' s fair enough , a 3 times go ; but " not preachee and flogijee too , Maasa , " as Sa . rn . bo rays .
The Alphabet . —Tbe 24 letters of the alphabet may be transposed 620 , O 8 , 401 , 733 ^ 39 , 435 , 3 tf 0 , 0 {) 0 times . All the inhabitant * of the globe , on a rough calculation , could not in a thousand million of years 'write out all the transpositions of the H letters , even supposing that each wrose forty pages daily , sach of which pages Domainfd the different iraasppjiuons of the letters . Opposition to Tketotausk . —The lata rpirittd appeals made at Stillington in favour ol total abstinence , have produced a ferment among the principal innkeepers and brewers at that place , so much eo tli »* they have determined not to sapply any more yeast to those who profess to be teetotallers . OairxTAi . Rsfpbct to Pabekts . —Mohammed Ali ,
a remarkably fine little boy of about nine years of age , is the fifth , and youngest , and favourite son of the old Pasha . It is singular to see this little fellow with his father : he is permitted to take all sorts of liberties with hira ; and the contrast of this freedom is very striking compared with ^ the solemn , formal sarure of the interviews of Seid Bey , and even Ibrahim Pasha with his father . The Pasha , amidst all the reforms he has introduced , has thought proper to leave untouched the old habit of exacting the most profound submission from his grown-up children . When Seid Bey , who as yet resides in the palace of the women , or the harem of the Pasha , pays his weekly visii every Friday to his father ; he enters the reception-hall with his eyes downcast , his arms
folded , and dares not walk up straight to bis father * presence , but makes the circuit of the divan slowly acd abashed , and at length stops at a respectful distance before the Pasha , approaches and kisses the hem of his garment , retires modestly , and stands again with foided arms and downcast looks : after ap interval of two or three minutes , the Pasha salutes him , beckons him to hiB side , and then he is permitted to talk to his august father . Strange to say , Ibrahim Pasha , old as he it , and with all his honour * , goes through the same formal soene at every public interview , on each return of his from the army to Ckiro or Alexandria . —Dr . Madden ' * " Mohammed ML '
Tre PSP 0 BTC 3 ATB mechanics of Walsall have asked for cheap bread , and the landowners have , 5 Jren them a Glkd-stone . When Exgliskmek really determine on paying off Albert—it must be in his own coin , and they muss not forget that his estimated value is a sovereign . ' The Yocth op Washington . —From the age of j twelve Washington considered agriculture as his principal business , and thus lived in intimate sym-1 paihy with thoss predominant dispositions , the ' sterling and vigorous habits of his country . To ' travel , to hunt , to explore distant pans of the eouniry , to enter into relations , eo matter whether amicable or hostile , with the Indians of the froatierc ,
were the pleasures of his youth . Ha wa 3 of tha : , active and hardy temperament whi / n delights in : the adventures and peruB that the nature of man , ic ' , its grand , wild , and savage form , incessantly excites . He iad that strength of body , iha : perseverance , and ; presen c * of Blind , by which victories are made . He j himself felt at hi 3 entrance into life a confidence ! omewhat presumptous . " I cau affirm that I pos- j * ess a constitution robust enough to support the ' severest trials , and resolution enough , I flatter my- j self , to face the utmost that man can dare . " To j such a disposition war was still more suited than either the journey or the chase . As soou as the occasion offered itself be carried himself with , that :
ardour which , at the eommsneement of life , does not j always reveal talen ; so much as ze&L In 1-754 , G « orge II . had read to him , according to the com- j mon account , a dispatch that the governor of Yarginia had transmitted to London , and in which ' the young Major Washington finished the narration of hi 3 firit battle , with this phrase— " I have heard bullets whistle ; there is something chirming in the sound . " " He would no ; say so ( said the king ) if he had heard much of it . " Washiegton was of the King ' s opinion ; for when the maj-jr of the Virginian militia became commanderin-chief to the United States , some one having asked him if it were trae that he had used such an expression , he replied , " If I said so , it was because I was verv young . "—Guixot ' s " Washingten . "
~ So iJjsTiKB . —Dr . Kadciiffa being called upon to visit a sick man , asked him , as he entered the room , how he did . " Oh , doctor , " replied the man , in a plaintive tone , I am dead ! " The doctor immediaiely left the room , and reported in the neighbourhood that the man was dead . The report was at first believed and circulated ; but as soon as the mistake was discovered , the doctor was afked why lie had propagated a falsehood . He replied , " I did it on the best authority ; for I had it from the man ' s own mouth . "
Ancestbt . —Dr . Monusey , by way of ridiculing family pride , used to confess , that the first of his ancestors , of any note , was a baker and dealer ia hops , a trade which enabl-d him , tviih some difficulty , to support his family . To procure a present sum , this ancester had robbed his feather beds * of their contents , and supplied their deficiency with unsaleable hops . In a few years , & severe blight universally prevailing , hops became more scarce , and , of course , enormously dear ; the hoarded treasure was ripped our , and a good sum procured for hops which , in a plentiful season , were of no value ; " and thus , " the Doctor used to add , " oui family hopped from obscurity . "
EccExraic Humamtt . —John , Duke of Montague , made two codicils to his will , one in favour of his spirants , and the other of his dogs , cats , &e . Whilst writing the latter , one of his cats jumped on bis knee , " What I" siys he , " have you a mind to be a witness , too ' You can ' t , fcr you are a party concerned . "' Titles op Parliaments . —It is coriou 3 to read of the uUes bestowed upon some of the ancient Parliaments . Thus , we find that in the reign of Henry III ., t ' ae Parliament wa 3 called , on account
of its opposition to tie Kr-i ? , " Parli&rnemum Insascin "—the mad Parliament . Ib tbe time of Edward III ., one was styled " the # > od Parliament . " In Richard tbe Second ' s reign , the people called them the " unmerciful Parliament , " in order to enow their dislike of the proceedings of the Peers against that unhappy Sovereign ; while the senators at a later date were honoured with the cognomen of the " indoctem Parid&memuia "—the illiterate Parliament . The long , " and the rump " Parliaments , uf still more modern times , are well known to all .
The . odocz of some persons u said to have been quite a perfume . Plutarch mentions that Alexander the Great Emek , not of carnage like a hero , but most pleasandy . Fragrance proceeded also from Augustus . In lite memoirs of the Queen of Navarre . we read that CatLariie de Medici was a nosegay j and Cujacius the civilian , and Lord Herbert of Cherbury , were equally delighted . Dr . Speranza lately witnessed a strong balsamic fragrance from the inner part of the left fore-arm of a healthy man , which continued , especially in the morning , tor two mouths , and ceaied for good on the supervention of fever . Van Swieten meationg a man whose left armpit smelt strongly of musk ; and Wedel and Gahr-Iies saw each a similar example . —Dr . EllioU ' tn ' t Human Physiology .
Dxath op the You 5 c . —Oh ! it is hard to take to heart the lesson that sueh deaths will teach , bu : let no man reject it , for it is one that all most learn , and is a mighty universal truth . When death strikes down the innocent and young , for every fragile form from which he lets the panting spirit free , a hundred virtues rise , in Bhapes of mercy , eharity , and love , : to mik the world , and bless it . Of every tear that sorrowing mortals shed on sneh ' i jreen graves , " so » e * good is bora , kbs gentler , tature -comes . In the dfisttoytr's steps ihere spring j ap ferigbt er € » fiong that defy his power , and his j < fark path beooaei & way of light to heaven . — ! HmBphrty ' i &oekt
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Fmdat , Feb . 5 th . Lord BaoiJGHAK presented a petition from eight planters and landowners in India , praying for an equalisation of the duties on colonial produce . Monday , Feb . 8 . Tbe Lobd Chancellor brought down a message from her Majesty , requesting that Parliament woald enable her to make provision for Lord Keane and his two next heirs , as a recompense for hit services in India . In reply t » a question from the Earl of Modkt-CAiEEL , relative to the detention and intended trial
of Mr . M'Leod , in New York , as one of tbe party engaged in tbe destruction of the Caroline ¦ team-vessel , Lord Melbotbnk aid a correspondence had taken plac * between Mr . Fox and the Americas Miniiter on tbe subject , in the course of which Mr . Fonyth , tk » American Minister , said it was a matter pertaining entirel y to tbe state of New Tors :, and in which the Federal Government could sot interfere . He could * ot state what course tha Government -would pxuvw , bat the House might rely that British subject * ihonld be protected , and the honour of the British nation maintained . Their Lordships soon after adjourned .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Thtosdat , Feb . 4 . Lori Moepeth rose to move for leave to bring in hit Bill to amend tbe law relating to the qualification and registration of Parliamentary voter * in Ireland . He first stated tbe points on which he was disposed to go along with Lord Stanley . He was ready to abolish certificates as a test for the right of voting , because they afforded facilities for personation , and afforded no check upon the continuance of voters on the registry after they had ceased to be qualified . He was willing al « o to allow of a periodical revision ef the registry , and that that revision should take place once a year , instead of once every tight years , as was now the case He would also allow an appeal both to « bjector » and to claimants ; but before he conserved to these change * , he
mut have the franchise clearly defined . Nor could he agree to deprive the Irish peasant of the facility he now enjoyed , ol a quarterly recourse to the court of the assistant barrister . When once the voter was placed on the registry , he ( Lord MorpelL ) was willing to allow ihe title to the franchise to be annually called in que « - tiun for any matter annulled or altered in the original qualification ; but if no change of that sort had occurred , he would be content to abide by the first searching inquiry exacted by tbe Irish Reform Act , for be could not agree w . th the Xoble Lord"s scheme , to allow a right once recognised to be yearly called into question . He should propose the institution of a new court of appeal , and here he would retain the same provision as had bten introduced last year into the
Bill of the Irish Attorney-General , and the same that would be found in the Bill for England , to be brought in by the Secretary for the Colonies . Th « new Appeal Court wauld cons st of three barristers of a certain standing , to sit at Dublin , and to be appointed by the speaker of the House of Commons . He now eame to the question of the franchise . On this subject the opinioEs of the judges were divided ; the opinions -of the assistant barristers were divided ; the opinions . of the leaders of two great partita were divided ; n » y , from the speeches of tUe Duke * l Richmond , Lord Stanley , Lord ilelbournc , anil th « JJarquis of Lansdovrne , it appeared that the very framers and authors of th « Irish Reform Act were divided in theii opinions respecting the franchise . The Noble Lord then detailed the result * of a careful inquiry that had been made into the state cf tke constituency in a varitty of Poor Law
Unions in Ireland . From the particulars obtained by that inquiry , it will be seen that in several of these uui % n& many individuals were found to be in possession of the franchise without being fairly entitled to it . He showed that , while the population of Ireland was on the increase , the constituency hid been rapidly declining ; and he then went on to say that it was hU intention to make the franchise dependant on the valuation to the poor-rate , according to the New Poor Law , H-e wished to fix the standard of the franchise at the same amonnt at which the Poor Law fixes the liability of the rate-payer . That standard would be a £ i rate ; and he would propose that the franchise should be obtainable for a tenement ratfd to the poor at five pounds a year , previded the poftessor had an interest in the original holding , for a period of not leu than fourteen t < ars .
Lord Sx a met expressed his conviction that it waold be impossible for tbe Noble Lord to pass his Registration Bill in the course of the present Bcssiun , saddled as that Bill was by a species of po « tscript , which comprised a'I the ctaracleiistics of a new Reform Bill . Lord Stanley expressed jreat exultation at the confirmation given to his own statements by the statistical details read by tha Noble Secretary for Ireland . lie app « aJed to the Noble Secretary f ° the Colonits to say -whether Lord Guy ' s Government , when friuiing the Iriih Rsfurro Bill , Lad not based the franchise on property nther than on peculation . It had been thought they had gone far enough when they gave the franchise to £ 10 householders in counties -, but now it waB proposed to deluge the counties with £ 5 householders ! He did not intend , liowtvvr , to tffsr &ny opposition to the introduction of the Nutle Lord ' s Bill , which he would leave to tell its own ule .
" Lord H 0 "wick , amid loud cheers from the Liberal benches , announced his determination to girebis hearty concunence to so much of bis Noble Friend ' s measure as related to the qualification cf voters . * Mr . O'Cox ^ eli . said the House had new an opportunity to shew its friendly feelings towards Ireland , by pawing a Bill which would be received with sst-sfaction by the people of that country . They did not know , in the present state of Europe , how toon they might hJve occasion for Ireland , and it was nuw for taem to make tlieir choice between the curse of Ireland , and the Noble Lord ( Lord Stanley ' s ) Bill on th » one Bide , and the blessings of Ireland and the Noble Lord ( Lord Morpeth ' s > Biil on the other . Mr . Shaw was not snrprised at the satisfaction of the Hon . and Learned Gentleman with the Bill . It was all but Universal Suffrage ; it was certainly Household Suffrage .
Mr . J 0 H 5 CTC 05 NELL , in reply to tome remarks from Lord Howick , sought to justify those who had told the people of IrelaDd that tho House of Commons felt no sympathy with thjt country . Those wrLo had held such language , had done so because th * y believed it to be true . The House had nuw an opportunity of disproving the truth of tbe cbarge , by agreeing to the Bill submitted to them . The BUI did not go quite so far as fee could have wished . He vrciald have had the franchise basrd on the poor-rate mdted , tut without any limitation a ? to amount of tenure ; and in this , he believed , tho Liberal Assignation xif Ulster were prepared to go a great way with him .
- Mr . Hchb , Sergeant Jackson , and several other Irish Members , addressed a few remarks to the House , those on the Tory Side unanimous ) - condemning " the adoption of so low a standard as that proposed by Lord Morpeth for the franchise , and those on the Liberal side , with the sa-ne unanimity , txpressiug their satisfaction with all the leading principles of tbe Bill . Mr . Wiud , as an English Member , expressed his conviction that ihe Bill now proposed would be receiYed by the public with great satisfaction . It was an honeit Bill , and went to settle the question in an honest saanner . The Bill of * . he Noble Lord opposite \ Lord Sanity ) was not an honest Bill , and he said tliis -without any intention to speak discourteously . The motion for 3 eave to bring in the Bill wm then agreed to without a division .
Mr . Laboucuebe obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the better regulation of railways . The sole object of his Bill -would be to increase the safety of railroad travelling ; but though he should demand for Government such power of interference as might ba for the interest of the public , yet he should not , by any minute interfeiecce , take away the responsibility which now rested on the railroad proprietors . On tee whole , there was no mode of conveyance so sa . ' e or 60 free from accident as railrca 1 travailing ; but -when he reflected on the natore of the accidents vrhen they did
occur , however trifiing they might be in comparison with the amount of tr-afie , it -was not to be wondered at that they produced a great and painful excitement . Small , too , as was the number of accident * , it was possible , by judicious regulations , to make tueni less frequent . The Bight Honourable Gentleman explained that it vras bis intention to propose a licensing system . He would propose that no engine-driver be employed , without being licensed ,- that a registry be kept of all engine-drivers ; and thus , he believed , an important check would be obtained against the employment of improper persons .
Lord J . KCSStLL moved for leave to bring in a Bill for t&e Registration of Parliamentary Electors , and , stated , that the enactments of this Bill were nearly the : same as those of the Bill introduced by him laat year . , He proposed that out of a list of forty-five ' barristers , nominated by the Judges , fifteen should I be selected by the Speaker , aad that they should hold tbsir situations pennanenJy , as revising barristers . i The motion was agreed to , after a few -words from Mr . Lidbf . ll and CoL Sibthow .
Lord J . Rcsseli . made a statement of some length , to show the position in which tha colony of South Australia is at present placed , and . expressed an opinion , that it woald be found necessary to alter some of the Acts of Parliament now in force relative to that colony . His Lordsbip concluded bj moving the appointment of a select committee U take those Acts into
; consideration . ' Lord Sxa ^ let hoped tbt question would nit be '¦ thrown loosely before the Committee ; and he dou . tted , ; as a general principle , the policy of delegating to ' a ' Select Comaittea the legitimate duties' of GoTe ^ Ti-{ ment . ! Lord J . Rvssell agreed with tie position ot the ¦ . Nob' . e Lord as & general rnle , but considered the prei sent case one that on ^ ht to form m exception . ( . The motion was agreed tt . t - Sir f . poilocs " obtained leave to bring in a Bill to , amend the law relating to double coats , notices of action , ' I ic ; and a Bill to allow a writ of error in all caiei of j | judgment on a writ of mvniamm . j
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Friday Fthtuatf i . Mr . E . J . St awlbt moved for a new writ for King ' s County , in the room of N . Fitatimoa , Esq ., who baa accepted the stewardship of the Children Hundred * . Mr . Sergeant Taltowbd presented petitions from Mr . T . Hood , tbe editor of tbe Comi $ Annual , from Mr . Cobbett , and others , in favour of the Copyright Bill . Mr . Cobbett in his petition prayed to be heard at tho bar of the House in support of the BilL Lord J . Russell moved the thanks of the House to Admiral Sir R . Stopford , Commodore Sir Charles Napier , Major-General Sir C . F . Smith , Admiral Bandeira , and Admiral Walker , and the otacezM and men serving under their command during the recent events in Syria . Lord Starlet seconded the motion , which was supported by Lord F . Egekton and other Honourable Members .
Sir H , Hardingh , in supporting the m « uon , suggested that , now Sir Sidney Smith was dead , & monument should be erected to his memory . The motion was unanimously agreed to . Mr . Sergeant Talfoujid moved the second reading of the Copyright Bill , which was lost bj a majority of 45 to 38 . Mr . Hawm obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the laws relating to the medical profession . Lord Moepeth Brought in the Qualification and Registration of Voters in Ireland BUI , which , was read a first time , and was ordered to be printed . The House then adjourned .
Monday , Feb . 8 th . A new writ was issmed for the borough of Richmond , Yorkshire , in the r » ora of A . Speirs , Esq ., who has accepted the Cbiltem Hundreds . L » rd Stam-kt having stated the circumstances ¦ which led to the arrest of Mr . M'Leod , in New York , on the charge of being a party engaged in the destruction of the Caroline steam-vessel , proceeded to ask tbe Noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs , whetker , as & correspondence on tbe subject of the loss of the Caroline bad taken place between the Government of the United States and that of Great Britain , aa far back < u 1838 , he had any objection to lay that correspondence on the table ; whether he had received any despatches from Mr . Fox , containing the communications referred to by Mr . Fox in bis letter to Mr . Forsyth , recently published ; and whether any , and if any , what steps had been taken to afford protection to Mr . M'Leod ; and if there was any objection to lay the correspondence upon this subject also on the table of the House ?
Lord Pilmeiuton said tkat the Noble Lerd had adverted with great discretion to a subject so delicate in its nature as to rtquire being touched upon , if at all , with great reserve . It was not expedient to lay tbe correspondence on the subject on the table of the House under existing circumstances . Her Majesty ' s Government had received despatches from Mr . Fox within the lost few days , enclosing tbe correspondence which bad taken placo between that gentleman and Mr . Forsytb , and u it had been already published in America he bad no objection to lay copies on the table . It was important to state that , according to the information he had received , Mr . M'Leod was not one of the party engaged in the destruction of the Caroline . With respect to the ground taken by Mr . Forsyth in his letter to Mr . Fox , he would Bay that the American Government had already treated the transaction as a matter to be discussed between the two Governments . Under all the circumstances , however , he thought it desirable to avoid discussion on the subject .
Lord Stanley observed that the Noble Lord had not answered one question—namely , what steps had been taken for the liberation of Mr . M'Leod . Lord Palmekston replied that a somewhat similar case in principle occurred about eighteen months or two years back , in reference to which instructions were sent to Mr . Fox . who had founded upon those instructions the steps he had already taken in the case of Mr . M'Leod . He would only ask tbe House to believe that such further instructions should be sent outaa Government deemed necessary , bat it was not prudent to state what those instructions might be . Mr . Hume asked if no reply bad been returned to the American Government , which had , in 1838 , applied to ascertain if the enterprise was to be considered as mnderuken by the sanction of the British Government t
Lord Palubrstox said he was informed that instructions had been sent by the American Government to Mr . Stevenson , not to press for a reply . He added , that the American Government , having onco admitted that it was a matter of international law , could not now change its ground . Sir K . Peel asked whether some British ( . fficers had not received wounds In the affair of the Caroline , and whether they had not since received pensions as if those wounds had been received in the regular service of her Majesty . Lord JOHN Rvssell said , one officer was wounded , but he could not say -whether he had received a pension .
Mr . O'Con > ell said the House ought to come to some determination , that as Mr . M'Leoxl was acting under a British officer , his life should be saved . They should come to a resolution that they were willing to rssist the Government in any steps it might take to save him . In rt-ply to a question from Sir R . Pekl , Lord PALMEUfcTON said that the differences between the Court of Great Britain and that of Persia had not been adjusted , nor had the relations between the two countries been renewed . Lord Stanley bronght in the Registration of Voters ( Ireland ) Bill , which was read a first time , and ordered for second reading on Wednesday , the 24 th instant . " Lord Jonx Russell moved the second raiding of the Poor Law Amendment Bill .
Mr . D'Iskael , in moving that it be read a second time that day six mouths , condemned the Bill as an outrage on the manners of the petple of England , and no financial consideratien should bu suffered to weigh ags-inst such an evil . By tLe Poor Law Bill the constitution ot England hod been destroyed for sordid considerations , and they had the melancholy reflection that even those sordid considerations had not been realised . Mr . Waklet said that the object of the first part of this Bill was to continue for ten years tho power of the commissioners , and the second part was to give them power to do whatever they pltased . The object of the Poor Law , recognised by the Parliament of England , was that no distinction should be made in the treatment of the poor on the ground of merit . The Noble Lord ( Lord J . Russell ) said the object was that n « parson should be allowed to starve . That was ail that the Liberals , who supported the Noble Lord ,
would do . They would not allow the poor to starvevrhip them twice & fortnight—torture them at pleasure — imprison them always—and clothe them , because poor , in a uniform which degrades them ; and this was what the Liberal side of the House was willing to inflict upon tbe poor . He appealed from them to the great Conservative party in the House , to come forward and rescue the working men of England from the grasp of these political economists . He appealed to them , because the aristocracy of England were the natural leaders of the people . He was aware that what he was saying would be displeasing to those who sought fur the repeal of tho Corn Laws , in order to have bread cheap , though they well knew that wages were ai-ways relative . The Hon . Member proceedett to condemn the Puor Law Bill aa a cold-blooded , mercenary act , ferocious and savage in , principle , calculated to inflict mibery and torture upon the deserving poor of tMs country , and to stimulate the muscle and bone of England to resist the decrees of Parliament .
Mr . G . Kxight feared that the Hon . Member for Finsbury would have no reason to congratulate himself on his appeal to the Conservative side of the House . For his own part , he viewed as asnseless clamour all tbe attacks made on the system of centralisation , and congratulated the Noble Lord on having introduced the Bill before the House . Mr . Buck was of opinion that the Noble Lord would never be able to procure respectable gentlemen to carry out such an obnoxious measure as this , unless he materially altered its clauses in committee . The powers given by this Bill were unconstitutional , but he should reserve his fnrlher observations upon it until it went into committee .
Mr . Jlusiz said his gr . 'at objection to the Poor Law was , that it made no distinction between the industrious man rod tke idle , dissolute beggar . Tli « poor-house , instead of being a place to relieve the poor , was turned into a bugbear to frighlen awiy the very parties who ought to be relieved . Mr . Liddell coademned the intension of the power of the Commissioners for ten years , and said he should oppose the Bill . Sir Rodeut Peel supported the second reading of the BilL There -were two grounds of consideration upon which the question must be viewed . The first -was whether they should adhere to or abandon this great experiment altogether ; the second , -whether they should , or should not have , in the event of the
continuance of tbe law , a central Board for the direction of the Unions throughout the kingdom . For his own part , he had never supported the Poor Law Amendment Bill on the ground of diminution of expenditure , but from the experience of evils -which were eating into the Titals of tbe Constitution , and the remedy for which , he thought , admitted of no delay . In considering this subject people were too apt to forget what was the state of things before the passing of the Poor Law BilL The Right Him . Gentleman then adverted to the evidence taken before the committee of 1834 on tbe state of the poor , in order to shew the state of distress and demoralisation which prevailed amongst the labouring classes of society ,
aad observed that the Hon . Member for Finsborj might , have addressed his inflammatory speech with equal effect in reference to those parties suffering under the old law , as he had that night addressed it ia reference to those suffering under the altered system . He should be very sarry , after a short experiment of five yean , to abandon a great measure like this , and would , therefore , gife hia vote for the second reading , rtstrring his right to judge of the policy of the clauses when in comi littee . He doubted the policy of continuing the power i , fihe commissioaeTB for tea years ; indeed , he thought ti ere -would be a practical advantage in knowing that , at the end of five years , the subject must be again bro ught under the consideration of Parliameat . The Kig . U Hob . Baronet al « o ot-jected to tha clause autho-
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rising burying places adjoining the workhouses , and reminded the Hoist that every outrage to the feelings of the poor gave an additloaal weapon to those who were disposed to attack tbe law itself . He was also of opinion that the principle of extended unions was already carried too far , an evil which gave opportunities of abuse * that might not take place were the onions more limited , and consequently more immediately under the cognisance of the Poor Law Guardians . Mr . T . Duncombe described the bill as an aggravation of every grievance which the people complained of under the existing law . Mr . Fox Maulb supported the bill , and took neatly tbe same view of its objects and reaalta as that taken by Sir R . Peel . Sir E . Knatchbull would vote for the second reading ; but in the expectation that man ; of the clauses would be modified in committee .
Lord Howick was gratified to find that after all that had been said inihe ptes * aad at public dinners respecting the Poor I > aw Amendment BUI , yet not one single Member of that House had ventured to recommend a return to the old system of administering relief to the poor . The Noble Lord defended the existing law , and contended that it w » s sound policy to extend the power of the Commissioners for ten yean , aer should he object to make it permanent . Mr . D arby could not look upon the bill as any improvement whatever . It contained nothing in the shape of amelioration of the severities of the existing law . He thought if a labour test were applied instead of a workhouse test , they would find it a very great improvement , and much more satisfactory" to the people . Captain Pechell objected to the interference which this Bill occasioned with Gilbert ' s UnionB , 200 of which it would destroy .
Mr . W . Attwooc opposed the second readipgof the Bill , seeing that nothing in the shape of amelioration in the existing law was to be expected , but that it was to be carried out with all tbe harshness which characterised ita provisions . The only alternative , therefore , left to him was to oppose the BUI altogether . After a few observations from Mr . Rice and Sir E . FlLMER , Mr . Langdale gare notice that in Committee he should move a clause to prevent the paupers from being confined in the workhouse , so as t » prevent them from attending their respective places of worship on Sundays . Mr . Fi ' elden said ke should not only oppose the Bill in its present stage , but would take every occasion to obstruct , and , if possible , defeat it in its various stages in passing through the House .
Lord J . Rvssell , in reply , said in reference to making hard labour a test instead of tbe workhouse , that it was & matter which could only be Judged of by experience . That was not the time to discuss it , but he would say that , however desirable it might be , he believed experience was against the efficacy of a labour test There was , he contended , a great fallacy in speaking of the present law pressing severely on the poor , for , on the contrary , it had effected a material change for the better in their condition since the abuses of the old law were done away with . With respect to the suggestion of th « Right Hon . Bart . ( Sir R . Peel ) , for limiting the power of the Commissioners to a period of five years , he should be extremely sorry to see it adopted by the Houbo , as while it could confer no practical benefit , it wpuld tend to weaken the power and authority of the Commissioners . On a division , the second reading was carried by a majority of 201 to 64 .
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ROYAL ADDRESSES . Among the numberless ridiculous things that are occasioned by the state and pageantry of a Court , surely nothing can be more exquisitely babyish and nonsensical than the things called addresses . If anything happens in the ordinary way , now-a-days , to tbe Q , ueea or any of her relations , forthwith we see hundreds of old gentlemen putting themselves inU nia « qu « rade , forcing themselves into red clothes stiff with gold lace , inducting their solid heads into cocked hats , and sticking switchy little steel-headed swords between their legs , for no other purpose , that we can see , than in order to throw them down whenever they attempt to
walk . This is getting a public nuisance , and ought to be put down by some new Police Act The Queen cannot go to bed and get up again , she can hardly snotxe , she cannot perform the ordinary functions of a married lady , but eut come these gold-lace-bediaened , red-coated , cocked-batted , small-sword wearing , pompous gentry , and much all through the town in a gingerbread sort of grandeur , intrude themselves into her presence , and there read over to the poor young lady some execrable composition , which is quite unintelligible for any other purpose , except to show the audacity of the addressers in clipping the Queen ' s English ev « n iu the presence of the Queen .
For the last woek tbe neighbourhood of St . James ' s Palace has been quite impassable . The other day we were driving in that neighbourhood , and we ran an imminent danger of life frum our horse taking fright at t !; e Lord Mayor . We could Lardly blame the animal , for a Lord Mayor is at times a curious biped to tie seen west of Temple-bar ; and from the questionable manner in which this Lord Mayor chose to exhibit himself , he was enough to frighten a much less sensitive animal than a spirited horse . First came a gang of shivering footmen , trudging through the snow in their shoes and ik-sh-coloured silk stockings , with quivering calves , unprotected from an atmosphere of about twenty- « ix ; then came a great , lumbering , wooden , gililed , cartlooking machine , all gold and paint .
like a wealthy dowager , uud inside this was mob of people that seemed us though they had just escaped from some two-ond-sixpenny masquerade . Staring through the window , ami sitting sideways in the coach , was a man in a horsehair wig , whs appeared to us to be sitting upun somebody else ' s knee , and behind him was a man with a great square looking fur cap upon his head ; then upon the usual seats which carriages generally contain , there were some human beings singularly disguised in quaint devices ; and , we suppose , because tUe great gilded monstrosity was already so full of civic humanity that it would hold nothing more , there wss part of ft long sword and tho head of a great mace sticking out of one of the wiadowe . •*•••¦
All these people , we learn , were going to St . James ' s in this curious manner , in order to tell the Queen that they wuro very glad that she had got a little girl . Tliia vtas the -worthy purpuso about which all this row ami disturbance was Hindu , und this was the cause which drow all the gilt faltherals out cf tlieir several receptacles , and brought tho worthy Mtvyor and Aldermen from behind their counters , to strut like peacocks in the West eud . * * ? • Curiosity has induced us to inquire what the men of Gosben , the inhabitants of the gilded go-cart , and tho proprietors sf tue silken-cattail siiiverers , did really say . Of course we know that they would vaunt their loyalty very highly upon tue very principle laid down by Giiestertiold , that when a man tells a whopping lie , he generally accompanies it with all sorts of asseverations . The following sentences are exquisite in their way : —
" AnVcttonately attached to your Majesty ' s sacred person , tsacred . ' what , has our good little Queen already obtained her apotheosis ? i and yielding to none of tue sabjucts of your Majesty in devotion to your Majesty ' s illustrious hous « , we most uufeignudly rejoice in the recent interposition of Providence on behalf of your Majesty , and in the event which proinisfB that the Crown eliali ( We trust at a very distant day ) devolve upon one lineally descended from your Majesty . " We fervently pray that your Majesty may long reign over a free , a loyal , and a grateful people , and that the illustrious Princess , on whose birth it is our happiness to felicitate your Majesty , may be spared to be a blessing to your'Majtsty and your illustrious
Cmsort , and to exemplify th « good effects of an education founded en tbe principles of the Protestint religion , so happily established in this highly favoured country , " The " recent interposition of Providence ! " What cant and slavery ! What interference of Providence is there , we hhould like to know , in the natural event of a married woman giving birth to a child ten months after marriage ? It * this intended as a compliment to Prince Albert ? It is but a sorry compliment , we are inclined to think . Why , Lord Mayor Johnson , them is just as much providence about this matter as there would be about your feeing fuddled after drinking a couple of bottles of Mansion-house port . But the Queen must bavo nauseated and despised you for a set of toad-eating reptiles , when you came to toll her that
her having a child was on account of tho interference of Providence ! " Interference !"—interference with what ? Interference with the natural order of things , it was not ; interference with an unnatural onler of things could not have been required . How , then , was it interference—what did Providence interfero with j Go to , ye men of flesh-pots , ye turtle-brained lumps of ambulating ignorance- Yo know not the meaning ot language ; ye have none among you who can read and understand the English dictionary . How dare ye go in painted state to insult thtf Queen to her face , by telling her that having a child was an unnatural event , which required the ¦¦ "interference of Providence ?' What mean ye by going up in grand parade to advertise your besotted ignorance tu the world ? Goto , ye bigotted calves , ye canting ignorant *! Wlu wag it
that drew up this beautiful production ! Was it the knight of the pig-skin , or was it the Lord Mayor's Chaplain ? Verily we believe that ia writing , or speaking , or knowing anything ahout English , they are about upon a par . And then what do you mean by tbe Protestant religion being happily established ? Do you meaji that it is happy for tte Protestant religion that it is established here f—for if you do , you are Tenting an impertinence upon the Protestant religion ; or do yoa mean to use "happily" in its other sense , in which it is synonymous with , haply , and thereby to remind the Queen that the Protestant religion established here was occasioned by the hap of Martin Luther falliug in love with a nun , and Henry tho Eighth falling in love with Anne Boleyu ? Was this what you meant ? Poor souls you don't know—how tlioulvt you !—Satirist .
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THE COURT akd THE PEOPLE , LOOK OH THIS PICTWRB AND OK THIS !!
TheRotalCheistbnikg . —( From , the Obttrvtr . ) —Her Majesty , the Queen of the Belgians , has presented a serie $ of very beautiful robes , composed of Brussels luce , of the most recherche manufacture , for the use of the infant Princess . For nearly a century it has been customary to cause the baptismal
ceremony to be performed within a month of the birth of the Royal Infant , and the last Prince of Wales ( afterwards George IV . ) born August 12 tb , 1762 , was baptised on 8 th the following month ; so it was , we believe , with all the succeeding princes and princesses . The ceremony was less imposing in grandeur than is likely to be tbe cam in the present Instance , but it was probably
attended with greater and mox 0 unnecessary expence . The * Archbishop of Canterbury officiated in the Great Council Chamber of the Palace , the bedchamber of the Queen was thrown open , and the counterpane of Queen Charlotte ' s state bed , on the occasion of the christening of the late Duke of York , which was composed of entire lace of inimitable workmamhip . which
alone c « st £ 3 , 780 , was used on the occasion . Several costly mementos of this interesting ceremony , customary at such events to be presented by the Koyal and distinguished sponsors , are nearly completed by some of the principal goldsmiths . The fashionable and court modisUs at the west end of the town , are busily engaged in completing the several rich costumes to be worn on the
occasion . The Royal Christening . —This interesting ceremony will positively take place on the 10 th instant , being the anniversary of her Majesty ' s marriage . The original intention of preparing the chapel royal of St . James ' s for this event has now been abandoned solely , -we hear , on account of the severity of the weather . It will , however , now
take place , we believe , in tbe private chapel of Buckingham-palace . We are now enabled to communicate that directions have been given by the Lord Steward to prepare the royal picture gallery for a grand banquet tor eighty persons . This splendid gallery , in itself " a feast of reason , " when lighted up , displays to great advantage the countless treasuret of art which enrich its
ivalti , and the three beautiful groups of Canov& ' s sculpture placed at the entrance , contribute , in no small measure , to its general effect . The picture gallery has not been appropriated fora banquet since the time of the coronation : on the present occasion the dinner table will be eighty feet in length , the dimensions allotted by tbe table decker being invariably tv / o feet to each person .
ThoBe -who , like ourselves , have seen tho gorgeous display of gold plate at the court banquets , will havo an adequate conception of the brilliant effect which will be produced on Wednesday , not only by the ornamental table , with its tutn > range of gol-l epcrgnes and vases extending the entire length , and tbe artidcial sideboard , so constructed as to display with studied advantage the
matchleu plate andjeieeltmi cups , but also by the surrounding tableaux and gems of art , in themselves amineoficcaHh ; butwhtn to these are added her Majesty ' s presence , and that of the illustrious aud distinguished princes , decorated with their various stars and orders , and last , not least , tho collective loveliness of the court , it mint , according to our fancy , Lid fair to realiso one of the golden dreams of the Arabian Nights'
Entertainment . It is conjectural that her Majesty ' s nearest relative wilj , at thU splendid banquet , pledge to the health und hnppine . 's of tho royal infant , to which appropriate sentiment we may safely undertake to say a whol e nation will loyally respond . The embroidered velvet hangings were yesterday removed from the altar of the chapel royal , Saint James ' s , together with tho chairs and cushions , and other articles , to Buckingham-palaco . —Court Jouni .
Al » UWFORTCIUTB CBBAturb . —Ann Finch , a poor miserable creature , was charged , at Bow-street Policfc-omce , by Mr . T . Wright , cheese-dealer , with having obtained two pounds and half of bacon , and six eggs , under false pretences . Mr . Wright stated that the prisoner came to his shop inBlackmoorstreet , Clare
Market , on Friday night , and said her master , Mr . Lomas , landlord of the Bell Tavern , in Wellington-street , Strand , had sent h « r for them . Knowing she bad been a servant of bis , be let her have the articles . The shopman saw her quitting the skop , and observed that she took a wrong direction from the house of Mr . fcomaa ; he followed , and brought her back , when she confessed
that she had left the service of Mr . Lomas nine months ; but that poverty and hunger had made her commit the act ! She said , if permitted to go away , she would pawn her shawl , and pay the amount . Mr . John Lomas , her late master , stated that she had lived with him as a cook for three years ; her conduct all that time was very proper ; he had never missed anything , and
always entertained the highest opinion of her honesty . The magistrate ordered her to be imprisoned for fourteen days , and desired the officer to give her a breahfuut before she was taken away . The Law ' s Delat . — On Friday evening , an inquest was held before Mr . Payne , in the Fleet Prison , on the body of Thomas Lloyd , aged 56 , a prisoner for the costs ( £ 328 ) of a
Chancery suit . It appeared that in 1834 deceased bad filed a bill in Chancery , with others , to recover £ 6 , 800 left them by will , and that , having changed his solicitor , the latter attached and imprisoned him for costs to the amount above-mentioned . He had £ l > 66 in the hands of the Court , of which it received the interest . He was obliged to live on the county weekly allowance ,
which was stated to ba only 3 s . 6 ( i . A witness attributed deceased's premature demise to delay in the administration of justice by the Court of Chancery ( the suit having lasted for more than six years , and not being likely to be heard for two years longer ) , to great mental anxiety , and to want of proper and sufficient comfort * mcessary for th * tuppori human lift ! Mr . Cooper , the
prison surgeon , said deceased was admitted in 1838 , and , in his opinion , died of disease of tbe liver and lungs . The Jury returned a verdict— " That deceased died of natural causes , accelerated in some degree by imprisonment ** Lamentable Destitution . —On Monday evening , an inqut'st was held at the Half Moon and Seven Stars public-house , Stanhope-street ,
Drurylane , before Mr . Higgs , Coroner for Westminster , on view of tbe body ot Thomas Vaughan , aged 72 . It appeared , from the evidence wf the various witnesses , that tho deceased had only earned id . all list week , and one of the witnesses had sent out fur a pennyworth of bread , the old m .-tu having had tio food be / ure during Ilia whole day . The landlord of tho house stated that deceased
had ludged with him some months , and owed him fourteen weeks ' rent . What furniture there -was in thn room belonged to deceased . It consisted of a ohalr , table , and bedstead ; but there was nsither bed , sheets , or blankets , the only covering being part oi an old ruii . It was evident that tho deceased had been in the habit of sleeping in his clothes , tho appearance of which bespoke extreme povwrty . When ho died , he bad not even a shirt on !
Deceased never complained , and until bis death no o ; : e knew that he was sulfVring from actual want The Jury , after a longtnve&tigatiuii , returned a verdict of " Natural death , accelerated by want and the state of the weftther . " TiinEE labouring men have been found near Dumfries , who were frozen to death during the latesevere stotin . The pour fellows who discovered tugotlier , in a sitting position , by tho road side .
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• yes along the road to see if any one is eomlng . j . last he sees a priest , oh , joyful sight ! his hopes revlw he wilt bow receive both spiritual and bodily comfort * but no , the holy man , after seeing him , passes »? o » tbe other side . This was a priest , one calling himsS a minister of God ; probably his mind was occupied aiU waited along , with the pleasing thoughts of tith « J other offerings , and he wtuld not disturb his devout roedL tattons by considering the forlorn state of a wretch win could not give him anything , but needed someUnW from him ; yet he could not have helped consi dering ^ it , ifbe saw it clearly , and , therefore , he would 1 )* seo it . He avoided those claims upon his companion which the cries of the sufferer , concurring with his «« conscience , would have enforced . It is not unlik » 2 that the wounded man had paid towards the suppS mis
or same priest , ana yes , now , nu hour of need how cruelly he is neglected by him . Such a disappoint ' ment would aggravate his distress . It was like tSk which sometimes ( but for the honour of human nah Z not often is experienced by mariners when in dUtreit at sea—their ship waterlogged , and floating on W broadside—no provisions to be had , no shelter ^ prospect but of death by cold , or hunger , or from to * insatiate wave . At length they see a sail—they W » he sight with joy , for they anticipate a speedy aj » liverance— -it comes nearer and nearer—they make whs signal they are able , bat tbe ship passes by , wiihort taking any notice of their distress , and is soon oat J sight Instead of being relieved , they are sunk int . deeper despair—the iadlfference of their fellow-creatmi seems more cruel than the rigour of fate—thsy mlw exclaim— ' " Oh , ye are more inhuman , more inexorable , Oh , ten times more , than storms and raging seas !*
And certainly the heart of the priest who passed by Qm the wounded man , was more callous than the hearts of the robbers who had wounded him . If not one of tho » j robbers , he sanctioned their conduct , thoug h he bound , by his holy office , to denounce it , and help u » victim of it * *• But the priest that passed by the poor sufferer in tin parable was but one—he might be an exception to Uk rest—a solitary disgrace to his order—not another brt would have acted differently . Not se — oBe VonM think it was to show tbat all state-piiesta are alike , that Jesus Christ , who was , certainly , not a priest 4 the established religion , said , another priest came bj chance tbat way , a Levite , who , when he s aw the m » a lying on the ground , came up to him , examined his de . plorable condition , and yet , after all , passed by on tht other side . This priest was worse than the other—be saw the man ' s bleeding wounds , he heard his groans , in particularly observed his pitiable condition , and yet hi
left him to perish miserably . Probably as hw wen ) along he would say to himself—poor wretch , he seena inadying state—I doubt he will die , he cannot Utk long , it is of no use me doing anything for him . I shall only be put to trouble and expence to no purpose , I will leave him alone . I will let him take his chariot some one else may find him and help him—I trust in God they may . With this piece of pious hypocrisy , h » would save his priestly conscience . Had the wounded nun not been a mere working man , had he borne the appearance of being a rich man , how zealously tb » L « vite would hare assisted him ; he would hav « don » all bo could for him , in the hope of being rewarded for it ; but , as he saw he was but a poor man , he left him to perish , and he would have perished , had it not baa for the compassion of a working man like himself , that , as providence ordered it , came next that way , for most of the charities that are done in this world are not don * by the rich , but by the poor , who alone have a fellowfeeling for the poor .
Tha conduct of those two priests resembles that of state priests in all ages , that of the paid priests of ttw pres « nt day , the majority of whom think they hvn gona through the prescribed forms of religion ; at lea st this is all . the duty we see them do . They know -what the people are suffering , they know who make them suffer , and they are bound by their religion , as well as humanity , to assist the people and denounce their op . pressors , but do they ? No ; they join the oppressors , they preach in their favour , they mock tho hopes and insult the expectations of the people—they would exaspent * the people into rebellion that they might afi ' ord a pi > text for their tyrants more effectually to crush them and
grind them to earth . The priests of the Chorea of England are almost all Whigs and Tories—tell me of an honest Radical among them . Nor they alone ; bat the dissenting ministers . The Methodists passed aa edict that all Chartists were to be turned out of the connexion . Tbat was worse conduct than tho LeviUt were guilty cf—it was as if those Levltes bad stopped near tbe wounded man , and , when they saw his friend coming to his succour , bad gone to him and prevented him , had' punished him , for his humane parpen . Why do they , working men , sit under such priests f Will they wait till they are discharged for befriending one another ? But to return .
After the priests had passed by and left the poor man tohis fate , a certain Samaritan , as ho journeyed , came where he was , and when he saw him , he had com on . Mon on him . Now this good Samaritan would hare been scorned by the priests—the priests would not har t deigned to notice him , for tl-. e Jews thought the Saih * . titans beneath them and would have no dealings with them . Yet , how superior was his conduct totheinl He did not leave the poor man to perish , but he wtnt to him and bound up his wonnds , pouring in oil and wine—oil into his stiff wounds and wine into his parched throat—and because he couM neither walk nor stand , he lifted him up and placed him upon his beast
and supported him to an inn ; and took tare of him there . And on the morrow , as he was obliged to leave him and go on his own journey , he touk out twopence , which , iu those days , would buy a great deal more than it will now , for provisions were much cheaper then—be lookout twopence , probably all the money he bad with him , and gave it to the landlord , telling him to take care of the poor man—to got him all that he needed—to spare no expense ; and , when b » came next that way , he would pay him . The poor man owed his preservation , not to the priests , who came first / but to the fellow-working man , that came last
Let the warking men of this day not trust to ' awyen and priests . but to themselves and each other . Lnwyeti make a profit of their ruin , therefore they are more likely to ruin than to redress them : they lay grievous burthens on them , sml will not touch them with one of their fingers . Priests , too , have their own profits to think of—profits which they make out of thei > eople , and , therefore , no pood is to be expected from them , Let the people assist each other , and they need not care for lawyers and priests ; they will get their own ncain in spite of both . The Samaritan was well
offhe might have spared himself all the trouble the wounded man gave him—he might have gene on his way rejoicing , and spent the time and money which h » bestowed on the cure of the sufferer on his own pie * , sures and pursuits ; but tie was not so * eltbh . He could not enjoy whllo he saw the other Buff-r : he ass * elated with him as the working men that are well off should with those that are ill off , for it may be their turn next , and we should do unto others as we woald be done by . Let them associate , and say to the unpitying and plundering priests , " Give an account of yoar stewardship , for you may be no longer stewards . " J . W .
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THE COURT OF CHANCERY . TO TUB EDITOR OF TUB NORTHERN STAlt . Sir , —As the subject of Reform of the abuses ot the Court of Chnr . c » ry now occupies a great deal of the attention and consideration of tho people , I , as one of the operatives employed in one of the public offices of the Court , the Six Clerks < fflce , beg to lay tho following glaring Mate of facts before your readers . The Clerk in Court , with whom almost all the pnicciing * in a cause are filed , by his business gemsrjllr clears about £ 10 , 6 ( 10 a year . Ho does his business by giving to a deputy , or agent , tho writing , for which tha C < erk in Court gtts ten-penco for every folio of ninety word * , at three half-penco a folio , by which , and other emoluments , he clears between £$ 00 or £ 1 , 000 per year ; Ii «
gives it to his deputies at three farthings per folio , and who generally are persons of no character , and whose profits average between £ 4 and £ 5 pyr week . He does not do it himself , but gives It ta the copyist at one half-penhy per folio . Thus you 8 « . e that the » perative , who , in fact , does tho work , receives only one halfpenny , where his master and his deputies , who do nothing , receive ten-pence , and , even in this case , a most infamous peculation is Indulged in by the deputy under the agent , to illustrate which , I cannot , do better than - state . the following case : —A deputy under the agent , and , as such , entitled to give the writing to the copyist , has been lately , as he has frequently be en before , away a week without leave , and during which time he contracted expenoes which he has , and always
does , make the poor copyist pay for in the following manner . He has a father and two brothers , who depend for their living under him , and who are of the most respectable characters ; he gives them the writi « g » for which he receives one shilling and sixpence per quire , of twenty-four folios , that is three fartbiflgs » folio , at one shilling and three-pence per quire , ot very little better than one half-penny per folio , ana who , if they had full employment , taking erie weet with another , seldom earn more than eighteen shilling * per week .: But he , to pay his expences of being away , and support him in his debauchery , without labour , giras it to an individual who does the work , whid * bis brothers , and any other writer in the office , having any character , cannot do under one shilline and
threepence per quire , for tenpence per qstre . This man , hating no character , gives it to ethers , attorney * clerks , net fully employed , and who receive a sa ! arj » * nd who do it in the time which should be devoted _ to their masters * busiaess , for eightpence per quire , tfli « injuring theiair and hone&t writ ' : ! . Tho above case « a true statement of the iniquitonv Byrtera . purso « j without exception throughout the office , and for whwn I am ready to Touch . If the ab » Te true statement should meet with insertion , you will obliie a constant - ^¦ V : a * . London , Feb . 7 , 184 . 1 .
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SCRIPTURAL CHARTISM . No . IV . 10 TH CHAP . OF LVKE , 30 TU VEuSE . " A , certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho , "—most probably a working nmii returning homo with bis earnings . His wife and children would anxiously expect him , for it was the week ' s end , and on him they depended for support and comfort . But behold ! he fulls among thieves—say among Tories or Wliigs—tliore is little difference between them , Bavo that the former plunder openly , and tlie latter hypocritically . The word Tory moans a thief—bog-trotters in Ireland were called Tories , and answered to the moss-troopers in Scotland . Irish mothers keep their children quiet by telling them that the Tories will
come and get them . Whig means something sour , and was applied , in Scotland to Puritans , or hypocrites . Cream is Whigged when it is spoiled . The factions that govern this nation partake of both these characters , aad the people are Radicals , because they would root them out—Chartists , because the only means of doing this is by the Charter . Oar Tory . Whigs , or Whig-Tories plunder the public—they rob us of our lightsthey take car . ? , however , to do this injustice under the form of law—they shield theniselves from justice by law—they rob according to law , having made laws for that purpose—they do not rob with a pistol , but with an Act of Parliament—the law ia at onco a weapon for them , a shield , and a mask—they commit greater
robberies with impunity than those that they have hanged men for having committed . Nor are they content with robbing—they murder likewise . Like the thieves in the parable , they strip a man , and wound him , and leave him for dead . Tliey take his clothes , aa well as money and food—they take everything he has , even to his life . Probably they would leave him bis life , if he would let them take all the rest quietly ; but ha cries out "Help , thieves ! murder 1 " and they kill him , to stop his tongue . All this is done by means of taxes , and ceases , and the policemen , whom they hire therewith . Suppose a friend were to come forward to the rescue , the robbers would fall foul upon him ; for they are determined to rob , and to enjoy their booty unmolested . .
The working man ia the parable was left naked and half dead ; he could not help himself , and there was none to help Mm . Ib tain does his wife expect him ; the usual tima is past , aud yet he comes not She looks again and again , but she cannot see him coming ; she grows very anxious—she fears something niu » e hare happened to him—that he has mtt with an accident , and instead of bringing support to her , needs her support . She is distressed at the thought of it , and does not know what to do ; had she known into what cruel baeds he had fallen , how she would have flown to his succour . But he is left alone , the murderous thieves have gone ; he cannot Btir from tbe spot : there is no one in sight , he cannot speak ; be groans and casts his
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Vgf " - ¦• " ¦» Tue largest merchant-vessel in the Frennh service has just been launched at Bordeaux . Sho is named the Louis XIV ., and intended to sail bet wren Marseilles and the United States . She is built bo as to carry a cargo cf 2 )§ C 0 bale a of cotton .
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6 THE NORTHERN STAR .
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