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Domikax being asked by * wag , How «« ny ' pounds of smoke might be obtained from a hnwired weight of w »© d ! " calmly replied , " Weigh the * sl » es , and wHat is wanting is smoks . " Master— " Sam , where ' s the hoe '! " Sam— " Wid the harrow , massa . " Master— " Well ,, where s the harrow P Sam- Wid the hoe . " Master- -Well , then , where ' s the hoe and harrow both ! bam" Vy , both together , masea . What do yoa want to bodder poor Sam dat way for ! " Master—* Go to the . " Sam— " Arter you , massa . " The People . —The greatest scholars , poeis , orators , philosophers , warriors , statesmen ,. inventors » nd improvers of the arts , arose from the iowest of the people . If we had waited till courtiers had invented the art 0 / printing , clock-making , navigation , and & thousand others , we _ shouH probably have continued in darkness to this hoar .
Sir Richaed Stekle , the celebrated * athor of The Toiler , who represented Borooghbridge , in 1714 , carried his election against a powerful opposition by the laughable expedient of sticking two apples full of guineas , and declaring to the electors , before whom he held them up , that the largest should be the prixs of that man whose wife should be the first to bring forth a boy after that day nine months , and that the other should belong to him who should become the father of a girl within the sarte period . This finesse procured him the interest of the women , who are said to oemmemorate Sir Richard's bounty to this day . They once made a very strenuous effort to procure a resolution that no man should ever be received as a candidate who did not offer himself to their consideration npon the same terms .
The Mjxisteb a * d his Max . — Wei ) , John , said the minister , on being called -upon by his beadle one of the late s : oray evenings , " . vhere hare you been ibis windy night ! " ki Oa , Sir ! ' replied the lacquey , " I was awa , seein' gif" 1 coald catch a stipend . " "Catch a stipend ! " rejoined his reverence in surprise ; " what do you -seas , John ? " ' ""Oh , Sir ! " waa the answer ,, " ye kea our nonintrusion ministers tell U 3 they throw their stipends to the wind , and I was jasJ out to see gif the wind wad blaw ane my "way . ' " Ah ! John , " was the asdvice of the minister—Moderate , we opiae—" don't believe the half you hear in these times ; jou would sooner catch a butterfly in December , than a stipend in the wind . "—Dundee Advertiser .
Japanese Uses of the Fa * . —Neither men nor women wear hats , except as a protection against rain : the fan is deemed a sufficient guard frem the sun ; and perhaps nothing will more strike the newly-arrived European than this fan , which he will behold in the hand or the girdle of every human being . Soldiers and priests are no more to be seen without their fans than fine ladies , who make of theirs the use to which fans are pat in other countries . Amongst the men of Japan it serves a freat Tari « ty of purposes ; visitors receive thejr dainties
offered tnem upon their fans ; the beggar , imploring charity , hoid 3 out his fan for the alms his prayers may have obtained . The fan serves the dandy in lieu of a wholesome switch ; the pedagogue , instead of a ferule for the offending schoolboy ' s knuckles ; and , not to dwell too ] on ^ upon the subject , a fan , p resented upon a peculiar kind of salver to the highborn criminal , is said to be the form of " announcing his death-doom ; his head is struck eff at the same moment as he stretches it towards the fan . —Siebold i Manners and Customs cf the Japanese . "
Population of the L . mted States . —The New York Sun remarks that the total population of the United States , according to the late census , will Btand about as follows : —Whites , 14 . 250 , 000 ; free coloured , 4 r 00 , 0 b 0 ; slaves , 2 , 354 , 0 W ) . Total , 17 , 000 , 001 ) . Caedi >' als . —There kas been a cardinal of every nation , except an Irish one ; perhaps lest he should encroach upon the authority of the Pope in making bulls . —Stcindurn ' s Courts of Europe . We should not care to live if the Court scribe were to die ; our sides would have a sinecure , for he i 3 the most mirth-provoking roj ; ue that ever took pen in hand . Let our readers bu : read the following paragraph from his effusions of Wednesday , and each and every one will li crovr like chanticleer" : — "Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken » n airing , yesterday afternoon , in a carriage and four , with outriders ! !!"—Satirist .
Kktjble s Blu . ndes , ok , the Horse and the Ladt . —A ludicrous circumstance occurred one morning during Keinbie ' s management at Coveu ; Garden . A gentleman was ' shown into the greenroom , whose object was to treai about an engagement for his daughter ; but as about this hour a horse dealer had been appointed to cailjthemanager , whose head ran very much upon his s ' . ud , mistook one for the other , and began by asking the father of Melpomene , " How old is she ?'"'" Sixteen last May , Sir . " " Oh , she's aged , theD , and won ' t do for the hard work ; pray is she quiet ! ' " Perfectly , I never knew a gentler cre 3 ture . ' " Has she been long in wwn V " I only brought her up vrith me a week ago from East Grin = tead . " '' Has &he been
properly handled ] " " Mr . Thel ^ -ail has pivea her some lessons . " " Has she been ever- between the ptiiarzV' " 3 Ir , I don't understand you . ' " Well , well , no matter ; if your term 3 are moderate , I dare say we shall not differ . " " Sir , that I Jeave entirely to yourself ; she 13 below , shall I bring her up to you ? " "Bring her up \ oh no ( smi ) iiii , ' grimiy ) , give her to my groom ; he'll put her into a stall till I como down to look at her . " " Into a stall , Sir ? ' ' " Yes , Sir , into a stall ro be sure ; acdas you ? ay ehe is quite gentle , and , I presume , perfectly sound , I am determined to try her myself . My friend Morion , is writing a mtlo-drama . in which I am to
perform ; and I am determined , Ehould we close the bargaia , to make my entree upon hey back . '" "Upon her back—upon my daughter's back , Sir ! Sir , do you mean to affront me 2 " " Sir , I beaten thousand pardons , but don ' t you come from the Cumberland-mew . - ; ? "' " 2 s " o , I come . from East Grlnstead . " " Wiih a mare ! '' " No with my daugb-er . " " Got by Skyscraper oat of Aridrtmache ? '' " No , she is the first-born of my own and my ever-lamented wife , Mary Muggins's loins . " B Bless my soul , Sir , I have been betrayed into a great mistake ; but I am glad we happened to be alone—do ' emn ! y taking a pinch of snuffj—such meetings should be private . "
A CasisePost-bsarer . —A very interesting scene may be witnessed any day on the road to Derby . It appears that the Derby mail is met , every morning , at ten , by a dog from an extensive iron-work at Worksop , waiting to be the bearer of the letterbag for his master , which is regularly dropped by the guard , without waiting . If , however , the canine messenger is not somewhere about at the hour of ten , the horn is sounded , and the dog is immediately observed in the distance coming along the road with all sp : ed to meet the mail at the lane-end ; but this 13 very seldom the case , a 3 the dog usually seats itself upon the walls adjoining the works ,
listening to tha approach of the mail . When the bag is tr . rown down , the faithful creature , withont delay , invariably takes the nearest way home , through the hedge and over the fields . ' Later on in the day , the empty bag is brought by the dog , to meet the same mail to Derby r but , m consequence of the guard not getting off hi 3 seat , it is necessary to seed a person with the bag , who can throw it npon the mail while it is going . The- dog , feeling its inability to supply this deficiency , denotes his anxiety by barking and howling . With this exception , the animal performs all the dnties of a lettercarrier for his master with " punctuality and despatch . "—Manchciter Guardian .
Da . Frasklijc ox Duelling . —In a letter from ' the American philosopher to Dr . Thomas Percival . of this town , dated Passy , near Paris , July 17 , 17 W , occurs the following passage : — " It is astonishing thar _ the murderous pracsice of duelling , which yon so justly condemn , should continue so lorg in Togue . Formerly , when duel 3 were used to dster- ' mine law-suits , from an opinion that Providence would in every instance favour truth and right with "victory , they were more excusable . At present they decide nothing . A man aays something , which another tells him is a lie . . They fi ^ h ; ; but , whichever i 3 killed , the point in dispute remams ' unsettled . To this purpose they have a pleasant Etory here : —A gentleman in a ceffee-house desired another to sit
farther from him . u hy so 1 — ' Because , Sir , you emell offensively . ' — ' That is an affront , and you must fight me . '— ' I will fight you , if you insist upon it ; but I do not see how that will mend the matter ; for if you . kill me , 1 shall smell too ; and if I kill you , you will smell , if possible , worse than you do at present . How can such miserable sinners as we entertain so much pride , as to conceive that every offence against our imagined honour merits death These petty princes , in their own opinion , would call that sovereign a tyrant , who-should put one of them to death for a little uncivil language , though pointed at his facred person ; yet every one of them makes himself judge in his own cause , condemns the offender without a jury , and undertakes himself to be the executioner . "
Peixce Albert's hnnting stud , beagles , and greyhounds , cost the country somewhere about four thousands per annum ! His Royal Highness ha 3 been oat daring the season about fire times , which , calculating two hours each time , gires , on a rough calculation , four hundred pounds for each day ' s sport , and something under four pounds per minute . The four thousands per year is squal to the pay of one hundred poor curates , and the support of two hundred poor families ! Cat o ' xisE-TAiLS Cardigan , when he ordered corporal punishment to be inflicted on the soldier on the Sabbath day , adduced , in defence of the act , the old maxim of " the better day the better deed ; " but the strongest reason of all was , that his own soul had received such a lashing that morning from the pulpit , it would , he thought , operate in effect as a companion picture to order the lash to bo applied to the back of the poor ' . deril singled out for torture of the most degrading kind .
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THE FACTORY QUESTION . If humane-asd reflecting Englishmen could only fee familiarized n 4 Si one half of tker . practical barbarities , which , ens ia ihe best conducted factories , are inseparable from tbe present syste « iK ) f infant labour , we feel pers « ade& that not another month would elapse ere this Monstrous national diag » &ce were sentenced * o complete « ttinction . We are » one of your fancy pirilanthropifits ^ we bare ne taste for overcharged pastures of any -Bert ; nor do we forget that tbene i « hanily a better way of perpetuating an abuse tbam 4 ? y giving its advocates the adrantage of being abte to show that ifca -evils have been greatly exaggerated . Opposed as me are , however , * o the false sensibiiiiy ae well as to Ihe stupid impolicy which would nndaly magnify auyigrievance that really deserves redresa , we are prepared to show , from an infinite Tariety of
authentic . evidence , that tba labours imposed p « n children inthe manufacturing districts ( sanctioned , we blush to sag " , by a British JLegislature ) are generally attended with a systematic sacrifice of human life , compared " * itb ^ 1 iich the carnage of cannibals , or ttoe immolations of Juggernaut , are almost tantamount to mercy . A . part altogether from the testimony of the better clase of factory owners , and factory inspectors , and factory victims , which , though varyuig in its ineulpatory character according to the interests or intelligence of the witnesses , uniformly represent * the © aOon mill as a -dismal instrument of infant torture , we would R « k « oy parent in ciTiliisd Europe to say whether children from nine to twelve years old can be subjected to the confinement and labour of factorte * for lu-elre or t&en ten hours a day , without involving a course of ptiradon aad suffering at which humanity must absokrtely BhuAilerf
Talk of trending twenty millions for the em and papation of the West India slaves—talk of forming juvenile reformation schemes at the Cape of Good Hopetalk of philanthropic devioee for the protection of the aborigines iB British colonies—talk of organizing fine civilisation eocitties for Africa , and jobbing expeditions to the Xigeran a grand enterprise of bentficence—we say it is anatter disgrace to the display gentry who have clamoured for tieae humbug humanities , that , -while mustering in thousands to perform the Bentimental on behalf of doubtful and visionary projects , the wretched condition of the factory children , pining and perishing at their own door , and harried in a frightful ratio to an early tomb , has Dever wrung a tear from their pharisaical eyes , nor quickened one dormant sympathy in their benignant breasts !
As ter as regards the fahameful indifference of dissenting ministers to this object , we cannot say that we are nmch surprised at \\ . Cmsulering their exclusive pnxleliclion for such foreign « r domestic labours as bear more directiy upon their own sectarian aegrandizsnient , we did not expect that any interests apart from those which are strictly denominaiioiud would for a moment receive the i-ligbtest place in their regenerated hearts . But with respect to the Buxton party , -who ar « composed of a sort of Church and Quaker coalition , we certainly dirt anticipate , flutwithstanding the heavy mill-investments of the Darlington and Durham Fritncla , that something like a decent consistency would have impelled them not to confine their philanthropy to mere platform parades
in favour of savage tribes , but to take a prominent lead in extirpating that wholesale system of infant slaughter which demands their interference at home . In this , hewtver , we have been painfully disappointed- The sympathies of the Buxton party are too sublime and generous to be occupied with anything so tamely cohiuion-place as the sufferings of factory children . "What exclusively concerns Item are the hardships of negro eherubs , and the misdemeanours of foreign slavers . Only give them a tale of Guinea abduction ; and , tor all that they cire , the infant population of the manufacturing districts may be handed over t » the tender mercies of demons . We hold up these self-perfuming coxcombs to the contempt of the entire kingdom ; and , by Qjd ' s blessing , the great , work of factory reform shall speedily triumph in spite of tfeem .
On this subject , as on every other , the conduct of the Whigs , too , has been infamous . During their ten years' tenure of effice , and long before they got it , they have incessantly prated about the necessity of emancipating negroes , Papists , Dissenters , parochial ratepayers , hulk convicts , and what not ; but with reference to the crying abominations ef mill-infanticide , as demonstrated by the evidence of their own Factory Inspectors , particularly by Messrs Stuart and Homer , corroborated by the reports of Parliamentary Committees , not one thing Inve they done towards arresting the butcheries of the cotton-sLambles , except indulging in regrets , promises , and evasions , which , till this hour , have been utterly ur . prcduc ' . ive of a single substantial improvement ,
At length , however , we can faintly perceive the dswnings of better days . The factory atrocities which have heretofore Veen winked at by the Whigs and the professed philanthrop ists , seeis likely at last to receive an effective check from ihe manufacturing districts themselves . In tardy unison with the humane and intelligent views which br . ve long been expressed by a few of the more eminent mill-owners , such as the Messrs . Fielden , of Todnurden , and Mr . W . U Gregg hrothtr of the Member for Manchester ) , a large meetiug of manufaeturers has lately been held upon this subject at Bradford . We are not without a sanguine hepe that this Bradford movement will be intensively foliow < xl up throughout the factory districts . The inhabitants of those localities , being best acquainted with the evils
of the present system , must , if they will only unite in denouncing them , possess a resistleES influence in obtaining their speedy extinction . Indeed , it wouid seem in the present day that the country ' s main reliance for the redre = s &f grievances is to be placed chiefly on the very parties who are supposed to have the greatest interest in upholding tbem . This has been € qually exemplified at the Nottingham election , where the rate-payers , who are said to be the greatest profilers by the New Poor Law , have done themselves immortal honour by electing its most distinguished opponent The other manufacturing towns of England , unless we are greatly mistaken , will ,
sooner or later , follow their example . Among such constituencies as those cf Manchester , L'jtda , Huddersfield , Ashton , Rochdale , and Salford , the great questions of factory reform and Poor Law repeal ought to be the testing pjinU in regard to which the pretensions of candidates should be disposed of . We are happy to understand tkat the sentiments of Sir George Murray and Mr . Hardy on the Poor Law controversy comspond very nearly with those of Mr . Walter . 11 is well that it is so . The factory communities should now let their voice be heard . It is a very potential one , which Par ) iair . tuiary candidates must ftel themselves compelled to respect . —Times ,
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The Pigs . —A > Irishman was observed to feed his pig one day to rep ' Ktion , and to starve it the next . On being asked his reason for doing so , he said : — " Och , sure , and isn ' t it I that likes to have bacon with a strake 0 ' fat u > the strako 0 ' lane equally one after another . " Discharges from th ^ Aemt . —The Hon . Col . Cavendish arrived at tie Cavalry Barracks at Windsor , where the life Guards are stationed , a few dayB Kince , preparatory to U « discharge of several of the privates , of extremely b » d character , for disorderly conduct . This mode of proceeding was resorted to in preference to puni ^ ing the men , and then suffering them to remain in the regiment , to hold out bad and dangerous examples to others . Upon several who were dismissed former punishments which they had beeu subjected to had no beneficial effect in inducing them 10 alter then conduct .
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HOUSE G * F LORDS . —Fkidw , April 30 . The report < ra the Drainage Bill was agreed to , and the Bill was ordered to be re * d % 'third time ok Tuesday . The South Australian Bill passed through a Committee , and these 'Lordships adjourned .
Monday , Mag 3 . , TheDufce-of Buckingham presented 120 petitions ngainst any alteration in the Corn lows . In coraequenoe , he-raid , of an announcemest in another place , he had received several communicrrtikma from many of the petitioners , who were exceedingly astonished at the intentions of the Government , mad expressed their regret that the Noble Lord at the 'head of the Government shoild have united with hie -colleagues iniarvour of an alteration of the Cora Laws , thus risking every thing that waa valuable in the -country . For his « wn part be-bad heard with equal regret and astonishment ,
the declaration made elsewhere , tat be hoped that both Howes-of Parliament would express upon the -subject an opinion so decided that the fears of the agricultural population might be dispelled , and that they might be enabled to enjoy their own properbiesia peace , and give employment to the labouring cbuseti , who would be ¦ deprived of the means of existence if those la < ws were repealed . The Noble Duke quoted a former speech of Viscount Melbourne ' s , when opposing any alteration of those Jaws , and said that the Noble Viscount and his colleagues would be answerable fur the results of an attempt so dangerous and alarming .
Tiseount Melbourne Baid that in all'hte former opposition to any change in the Corn Lawe , -he had alway-s rested that opposition upon grounds wholly temporary . He now felt convinced thit the time hail arrived when a change became necessary , in -order to ru * tt the financial difficulties of the country . Tfce Earl of RiPON regretted the course taken by the Noble Viscount for the sake of hie own character , because , if be had no better reasons than those put forward , he would not stand justified in the eyes of the country . He wished to kntw if the measure was to be regarded by Government as one of protection or taxation ?—if the latter , H would be the most cruel act ever forced upon a reluctant ! LegiMature . Vi 6 co-ant Melbourne , amidst laughter and cheers from tbe-. Opposition benches , said he was not prepared to answer the question .
The Earl of Wi . nciiii . sea said , the measure wag one of taxation , and he would give it every opposition in his power . He hoped the people of England would ri » e as one raaa against such a tax . Tte Government was not acting hone * t ! y . The country condemned them on their foreign , domestic , and commercial policy , and they now resorted to the cheap bread cry in the hope of serving their electioneering interests in the event of a dissolution of Parliament The petitions were laid on the table . Lord Dunfermline presented a petition from the seven clergymen of Strathbogie , who had been suspended , praykig that the indictment against them might be laid before their Lordships . A discuision « f some length respecting the difference between the legal and ecclesiastical cuurta of Scotland ensued .
The Earl of Glengall then drew the attention of their Lordships to the case of the falsification of the returns from the Clonmel Union , and moved a resolution to the effect that Mr . Stanley , in making those returns , had been guilty of a gross contempt of the authority of the House . The Earl of Wick low thought the resolution was stronger than the justice of the case required . Mr . Stanley could hardly have been guilty of contempt , for , in his opinion , he had been actuated by no improper motive whatever . Even if he was culpable , be was certainly not the person most culpable , for he was only the secretary to the board . He was of opinion that Government was not warranted in dismissing Mr . Stanley from his situation , or rather in accepting his resignation , until the decision of tbe House of Lords was heard upon the subject .
Lord Ellenboroi Gil said Mr . Stanley was selected , because he wns the only person against whom the House could proceed . The Marquis of NormaNHY said thmt no one could deny that the falsification of the returns was a contempt of tfce House , although it was clear that the only motive which influenced Mr . Stanley was that of concealing a defalcation of duty . The Duke of Wellington was of opinion that the House must agree to the resolution , though tho Poor Law Commissioners were the really culpable parties , for they fchould have prevented such an occurrence . The case should be probed to the bottom , for in several other cases there had been corruption , as well as in this . After somo observations from tho Marquis of Normanij y and the Marquis « f Westmeath , the resolution W 3 S agreed to .
The Earl of Glengall then moved that Mr . Stanley be ordered to attend atihe Bar of the House on Friday , the 14-. hofM 3 y . The Marquis of Normanby thought the dignity of the House had been sufficiently consulted in the resignation of Mr . Stanley , and hoped that in his present state of health he would not be called upon to atttml at the Bar . Lord ELLENBOROUGH suggested that it would answer tho purpose if it was entered upon tho jour : i : » is tbat . owing to Mr . Stanley ' s state of health , their Lordships would not press his attendance at the Bar .
This suggestion was acceded to , and the Earl of Glengall accordingly withdrew his niotiou . TLeir Lordships then adjourned .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Fridat , April 30 . The Chairman of the Committee on the King ' s County Election reported that Mr . Armstrong kad been duly ekcUid as member for that county . Lord J . Ki'SSELL gave notice that , on the first order day after the 31 st of May , he would move that the House should resolve Itself into a Committee of the whole House to consider the laws relating to tha trade in corn . Immense cheering from the Ministerial benches , with counter-cheering from the Opposition , fullowed this announcement . The House having resolved itself into a Committee of ways and means ,
The Chancellor of the Exchequer brought forward his financial statement for the year . He , in the first instance , drew the attention of the House to the expectations he had formed last year of the expenditure and income of tbe country . Tke expenditure he had estimated at £ 49 , 499 , 000—the income at £ 4 S . , 000 , leaving an estimated deficiency of £ o 58 , 060 , which he had proposed to meet by a vote of credit Tbe actual results , however , proved to be that tue expenditure amounted to £ 49 , 285 , 0 ( j 0 , and the income to £ 47 , 443 , ouo , leaving a deficiency larger than he had estimated by the sum ef nearly £ l , b 00 , 000 . By comparing the estimated with the actual income there appeared to be a deficiency of £ 1 , 188 , 000 . This deficiency arose , not from any unfavourable result of the additional taxation which had been imposed , but
from a falling off in the revenue , which , under any circumstances , would have taken place . The produce of the five per cent duty on customs and excise had been calculated from the returns of the- year 1839 , which year gave a great increase on the year before ; and , as that increase did not continue , the additional duties were on many articles unproductive . The articles upon which there had beeu an increase , both in quantity and duties , were butter , cheese , coffee , olive oil , pepper , silks ( raw and thrown ) , timber , and cotton wool . The articles upon which there had been a decrease ia quantity but an increase in duty were raisins , tallow , tobacco , tea , and American deals ; aud the articlta upon which there had been a decrease , both in quantity aud duty , were currants , molasses , spirits , sugar , wine , wool , and European deals . The falling off in the duty on spirits in Ireland amounted to £ 354 , 000 , which was
no proof , he felt pleasure ia stating , of the decreased resources of the country , for it was entirely owing to the increased habits of temperance in the people of that country . On the other hand the payments into the Irish exchequer showed an increase in the amount of duties on tea and coffee . There had been also in Ireland an increase in the auction duty , and an increase in the duties on bricks , glass , ground glass , soap , soft soap , malt , vinegar , and in the post-horse duty . The stamps and taxes exhibited an increase beyond the estimate of £ 60 , 000 . With respect to the decrease in the poetoffice , it was not the result of a decrease in the number of letters , but was entirely owing to the increased expenditure which it was found ntctsiary to incur in that department The Hight Hon . Gentleman then proceeded to give the following statement of his expectations of the revenue , aud of the expenditure for the eneuing year : —
ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE . Interest of the National Debt ... £ 29 , 420 , 000 Other charges on the Conso . idattd Fund 2 , 400 , 000 Theancy 6 , 587 , 000 The navy 6 , 805 000 The ordnance 2 , 075 0 ( 0 Miscellaneous 2 , 935 , 000 Canada 108 , 000 Cnina 475 , 000 With respect to China , there were some charges in the account sent in by the East India Company which would be to be paid by the Company itself , and he wouU therefore put that item down at only £ 400 000 and this Jeduction would give a total amount of expendit of £ 50731
ure ,, 776 . In estimating the comiag revenue , he had endeavoured to take a very sober view of the subject The customs last year which was rather an nnfavourable one , produced £ 21 , 700 , 000 . He estimated them to produce the ensuin- year £ 22 , 000 , 000 . The exciso produced last year £ 13 , 673 , « OO . He estimated the result thi » year to be £ 14 , 000 , 000 . Stamps produced last year £ 7 , 183 . 900 . He teok them at £ 7 , 000 , 000 for this year . Tae assessed taxes produced last year £ : i , 989 , 432 but , as the increased 10 per cent had not come ' into operation for a considerable period of tho year , he thought himself justified in e ^ imating them to prod ' £ 4 , 360 , 000 . The Post-effije he estimated to produce £ 45 O , O # O , the Crown Iauds £ l 80 , 000 , and miscellaneous £ 250 , 600 , making a total of £ 48 . 310 , 000 . This gave a deficiency of income to meet the expenditure of no lee . than £ 2 , i 21 , 0 Q 9 . From this deficitney he should
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1 ¦ deduct the charge for China of £ 400 , 040 and the navy debt of £ 191 , 000 , aa not being permanent annual charges « n the revecue , and for which it would not be radvisable to make . permanent provision . ThU -would leave the deficiency to be provided for £ l , 8 « 0 , 000 . Under tbe circumstance ! he had stated , he deemed it necessary to increase tbe revenue « f the country to £ 50 , 000 , » 0 » , which wo \ ild leave £ l , 70 « i 000 to be provided . In order to raise this amount it would be necessary either to fall back on book of the taxes they had repealed , such as the house tax , « r ( the tax on coals ; or they must bring in those parties who had hitherto been exempted from taxation by imposing a legacy duty upon real prcperty , or they moat 'take away those exemptions by which certain < juases were now
benefltted , such as tbe exemption on horses used for agricultural purposes . If they adapted none of these , they must tax those new articles gas and steam , or lastly , they must resort to a tax wfcich had now become popular—an « xtecsive property tax . If they resorted to taxation at all , they must adopt one or other of these COUTS 8 S , and it wae their duty to torn to those which wauld throw additional burdens on tbe people . In order to increase tbe revenue be prqposed to alter tbe duties on timber and sugar . Colonial timber now paid a duty of 19 a . a lo ^ d , while Baltic timber paid 55 a , being a protecting duty of 450 per cent . He proposed to adopt a suggestion formerly proposed by Lord Altborp , of raising the duty on colonial timber to 20 s . and reducing the duty on Baltic timber to 50 s . By this alteration the consumer would be greatly benefitted , and tbe revenue would be increased probably to the extent of £ 720 , 000 ; but he would be content to
take it at £ C « 0 , < KK ) . With respect to sugar , which , if not an absolute necessary , at all events might be esteemed tbe poor man ' s cheapest luxury , he proposed to leave to colonial produce a protecting duty of only 50 per cent . The present duty on foreign sugar was 63 . and on colonhl 24 , and he proposed to reduce the former to 36 . Tliis he believed would produce a revenue of £ 900 , 0 ««; but he would take it at £ 700 , iOO ., which , with the produco from timber , would give a result upon which they might rely to the amount of £ 1 . 300 , 000 , leaving still a deficiency of £ 400 , 000 . This £ 400 , 009 ho did not propose to make any provision for at present , because of the motion respecting the Corn Laws , of which his Noble Friend bad given notice , and which if carried would amply snpply the deficiency . On the other hand , if the proposition of his Noble Friend should not be agreed to , he mast make provision for the £ 400 , 009 by direct taxation .
Mr . Goulburn would not give any opinion upon the plans proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer for supplying the deficiency in the revenue , bnt would reserve his sentiments until each measure should come before the House for discussion . The Right Honourable Gentleman reviewed the conduct of the Government since the year 1835 , showing that they have been every year adding to the expenditure of the country , while its income had been constantly diminishing , until they at length crowned its embarrassments , by the delusive institutions of the Penny Postage .
Mr . Hume regretted that not one word had been said that could lead him to hope that there was to be any reduction in the heavy expenditure which bad led to this great deficiency . He had always warned the Government of tbe result of keeping up the enormous expenditure of the country , and he had a right to taunt them when the difficulties he predicted arose , a right which gentlemen on the ether side of the House did not possess , fur they had been always urging the Government to increased expenditure . Tue Hon . Member then contended at considerable length for the necessity of an alteration of tho Corn Laws , and defended the Penny Postage , though no system could work well when not governed by a man of business instead of by a peer , who , from bis habits and station in society , must be unfit for such a situation as that of Post-Master-General .
Several Hon . Members on the Ministerial side expressed their concurrence in the views of tbe Chancellor of the Exchequer respecting the duties on corn ; after which Lord FiiancisEgerton expressed his astonishment , not that the Noble Lord ( J . Russell ) after the strong expression he had used on a former occasion upon the subject of the Corn Laws should have dow proposed the subject for discussion , but tbat he should have postponed t ' . ia subject for five weeks to come , instead of at once enabling the House to re-assure the agricultural interest by a single vote upon the subject . Lord J . Russell , in reply to a question from Lord Sandon , said that the proposition he intended to bring forward upon the subject of the Com Laws would embody the principle of a moderate fixed duty , and the question would be brought forward by the Government ai one upon which the Cabinet was united .
Sir H . Peel was surprised that the Noble Lord should have postponed his motien on the subject of the Corn Laws for five weeks , more particularly as he had connected the subject with the financial circumstances of the country . The Right' Hon . Baronet defended his sido of the House for the course they had pursued in supporting the foreign policy of the Government , although it necessarily led to very considerable expeiiee . Lord J . KisSELL said that , owing te the important measures before tbe House , be did not see any possibility of bringing the question of the Corn Laws before the House sooner . than the period he had named . Mr . Waiclet hoped that the proposed alteration in protective duties would not be confined to the Corn Laws alone , but would be extended to every branch of manufacture and commerce .
Lord Howick advocated the proposal of a fixed duty , and would give his support to the Government whtn the question came for discussion . Aft * r a few observations , from Mr . M . Philips and Mr . Chapman , Mr . Ladouchere advocated the principles of free trade , and siid he could lay his hand npon his heart and declare tbat if he could be satisfied that these principles , which he hud been endeavouring all his life to promote , would be taken up by Gentlemen on the other side of the House , on their coming into office , he Would most willingly and cordially support them ; becuuBa thoso principles were essentially national , and had been advocated before him by deputations from ail classes of manufacturers and mercantile men from all parts of England , and of all political persuasions .
Mr . Merries said that the deficiency appeared to be about £ 2 , 400 , « 00 , and the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed to provide for £ 1 , 700 , # 00 only , leaving a deficiency of £ 700 , 000 . This alarmed him , for he feared it might be the intention to meet it by enlarging the sinking fund through the medium of the Savings' Hank Act This was a dangerous and most unconstitutional step , and if there was any such intention he should most certainly oppose it The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that such a power was one which no Minister ought to possess , but so long as h « did possess the power of funding Exchequer Biils through the medium of the Savings Bauks Act , he should not hesitate , if necessary , to exercise it .
Mr . Villiehs expressed his gratification that the question of tbe Corn Laws was at last taken out of bis h . inda by the Government , and pledged himself to give them every support upon the question when it was brought furtvard . Mr . Alderman Thompson contended that the shipping interest of London were not favourable to the removal of the restrictive duties on timber and sugar . After some further discussion , the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , which was one of mere form , was agreed to , and the House resumed . The other orders of the day were then disposed of , aud the House adjourned .
Monday , May 8 . A now writ was moved for the borough of Sand vricu , in the room of the late Major-General Sir K Donkin . Lord Stanley , in reply to a question from Mr
W . S . O Brien , said he did not intend to proceed with the Registration of Voters Ireland Bill on Wednesday . Mr . Handley complained of an inaccurate rtpoTt of his speech , on Friday night , in the Morning Chronicle of Saturday . He wvs made to say that he weuld support Ministers in their measure respecting the Corn Laws , whereas he had really said directly the reverse . He could scarcely believe sujh a misrepresentation to have originated in mistake , and be therefore moved that the printer should be directed to appear at tbe bar of the House . Mr . Hume hoped the Hon . Member would be satisfied with the explanation he had given . Sir DE Lacy Evans said it was absurd to sup . pose that the mistake of the reporter could have been intentional . Mr . Handlet , believing his object , that of correcting the mistake , to have been obtained , withdrew his motion .
Lord J . RUSSELL announced that , on Friday next , he would state the amount of duty which he should propose to lay upon foreign corn imported into this country . Lord Sandon said he would on the same day give the House an opportunity of pronouncing an opinion upon the contemplated change in tho sugar duties . The House then resolved itself into a committee upon the Punishment of Death Bill . The second clause was opposed by Lord J . Russell , Lord Dungannon , and Sir R . Inglis ; and supported by Mr . Hume , Mr . O'Connell , and Mr . Sergeant Talfourd ; and on a division it was defeated by a majority of 122 to 110 .
On the proposal of the fourth clause , abolishing the punishment of death in cases of violation . Sir C Douglas moved an amendment making exceptions in certain cases . The amendment was withdrawn after some discussion , and the clause itself was negatived by a majority of 123 to Cl ; Sir R . Peel declaring , that in coses of murder , attempts t » murder , and violation , he could not consent to abolish capital punishments . The next clause , which proposed to abolish tbe punihhment of death in cases of attempts to murder , led to some discussion , but was ultimately negatived by a majority of 83 to 75 . The sixth clause was also negatived by a majority of 100 to 73 .
Mr . Kelly said that he could not press hU Bill further that evening , opposed as he was by the Government , nor would he press it further that session if the Noble Lord { J . Russell ) would proceed
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with the Government measure vgen the subject without delay . Lord J . Riwsbli . said he we * 1 d certainly proceel with the Government measure with the least possible delay . The House then resumed , and tbe Chairman obtained leave to sit on the 17 th of May . The House then resolved itself into Committee on the Criminal Justice Bill . . Mr . W . Patten proposed fcww clauses , one to confirm , in some particulars , the Charter of Manchester , and the « ther to provide compensation for certain officers . ' - Mr . M . Philips thought ti » e proposal an insult to the people of Manchester . la fact , they were now asked to buy off the opposition to tho Charter by giving some thousands of tbe money of the' ratepayers to those who had so loag persisted in opposing it
The Attorney -General and Mr . C . Buller opposed the clauses , which were supported by Mr . Cresswell . After some discussion the first clause was withdrawn , and the Committee divided apon the second clause , which was negatived by a majority of 128 to 73 . Lord F . Egertox moved a clause to exempt Bolton from the operation of the Bill . After some discussion the Committee divided , and the clause was negatived by a majority of 75 to 31 . The House then resumed , the other orders of the day were disposed of , and the House adjourned .
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" Prove all things , hold fast that which is good . " Fellow-Cowntrymen , —The above motto ought to be ever kept in view , in order that wo may come to right conclusions . 1 deem it my duty to address the following observations to you , in order that you may judge respecting my name being appended to Lovett and Collins ' s plan of organization . 1 consider the plan will be calculated to establish a system which all men who wish to see a great and beneficial change will apptove of . I do not call it a perfect plan , but the best I have yet seen , according to my judgment . 1 ¦ will not attempt at present to enter into its merits ; and as to its practicability , that must entirely dopend on the will of the people , as all the efforts of the few to better the condition of the many have been , and will continue unavailing until the people see the necessity of
giving those intended benefits their due consideration . I feel certain that until we can bring the above plan , or some part of it , or something similar , into operation , we never can obtain or enjoy our political rights . Those being my views , I have signed the address ; and so convinced am I of its goodness as a plan , that I would , if needful , add my name to it again and again ; and I beg distinctly to state that I have acted entirely from my own views in this matter , and without consulting with any person , or holding any conversation with any one on the subject previous to my name being attached thereto . I an . neither an O'Connor ' s man nor a Lovetfs man ; I am -what I wish you all to be , namely , a man of the people , alias a citizan of the world . It is not my business to condemn of justify
the conduct of other men at tho present . It is stated this plan has been brought out in opposition to the plan now in operation—that it is done for the purpose of destroying ths Star , and to bring about Household instead of Universal Suffrage , &c . &c Now , if- Mr . O'Connor , or any other person will prove to me that suah is the fact , and that the enemy of the working classes , Daniel O'Connell , is at all concerned in this affair , then I will withdraw my name immediately . I believe that Household Suffrage would ( if given ) keep us in the back grounds full fifty years ; as such I never will , directly or otherwise , give my support to anything short of the principles of the People ' s
Charter . As I have been as long in the field as most who are at present engaged iu the great struggle for liberty , I have just cause to know that assertions are one thing and proof is another—that it is easy to denounce men and measures—and I am sorry to add that recent events have shown that it is still more easy to get a number of people to act oa the bare word of another . It may be said what proof do you want beyond what you have respecting D . in being one of the clique ? Has he not spoken in favourjof Lovetfs plan ? He may or may not , for ought I kuow ; and if so I think he must have done so to injure rather than , forward the design , as his praise is calculated to damn any man or measure , be it ever so gead .
You will say , why bring this " New Plan" out at prisent , as it has caused disunion ? No one regrets more than I do that there is so much disuuion in the Chartist ranks j I should have been glad to have seen the plan earlier in the field , and though it may be ill-timed , yet it does not follow that the planners had a bad design in so doing , and if it is not approved of by the Chartists generally , it might be safely left to its own fate . I contend that any person has a right to bring forth a " New Pian" every day , and any person may add their names to it who think proper— motiver is everything . Shall a man be assailed on every side for acting according to the best of his judgment ? Is it Democracy or Chartism to say a inauis a spy , a traitor
one who has sold himself to the Government , because he appends his name lo a document which have for its object the obtalnment of the People ' s Charter ? As regards the base insinuations which has been made against myself , I cast them back with Scorn and contempt , as I know the parties making tUem are unworthy of notice . If Chartism consists in abuse , in denunciations , in intolerance , and their despotism , coupled with the aid the base faction are receiving at this time at the hands of some of its advocates , in order to turn out the other equally base faction , then , indeed , is the cause in a very prosperous state—but if Chartism consists in brotherly feeling , sober" $ houghtfulness , and a . desire to come to just conclusions , then I regret to say , I am afraid it is at a very low ebb .
In conclusion , let me impress on your minds the necessity of Knowledge Chartism and TeetotarCliartism , as I am quite certain until the working classes are better informed and entirely -weaned front the pothouso , we shall never have them with us . For my . part it shall be my business to show them by my-exampie * to the latest period of my life , that the enemy is not to be overcome but by perseverance , firmness , and union . I remain , fellow-countrymen , Yours , In the cause of nnlversal happiness , C . H . Neesom . We have also a second letter " from Mr . Neesom , as follows : —
TO THE EDITQa OF THE NORTHERN STAR ; London , May 3 rd , 1841 . Sm , —I received a letter dated Leeds , April 28 th , from Mr . Win Rider , informing me that the letter I sent you on last Monday for publication had-come into his hand ? . It appears he has thought proper to prevent its appearance , on account , as he states , that I would reconsider it In looking over tbe copy , I do not see one word I wish to alter ; it does not contain any thing on honest man can object to , and if it had , I should think you , as the editor of the pajer , would have pointed it out in your comments on the same . How Air . Rider has got possession of i »
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it is not for me to say , as it was addressed to Um Rev . Wm . Hill ; aa such it most have passe d throws your hands . This , Sir , looks very much like a " secret move ;" at all events it is an act » f gross injmtice to withhold from the public any thing that w onldtond to make known to them the views and intentions of * person charged with being a traitor , &c . Bad m » letter contained any thing like what you are plF » s « d to call repentance , escape from the Rat Trap ice I doubt not you would gladly have caused its insertion * I ehould not then have been asked to reconsider n » letter . ¦ 7 Sir , I trust I am capable of judging for mystlf r spurn with indignation any attempt made to fett » - my mind , though it be made under the mask nf friendship . ot Trusting to your high sense of justice . I sgaln request that the letter may appear without further delay . I remain , Sir , yours respectfully , Chas . H . Neesok 76 , Hare-street , Bethnal Green . In placing the above letters in our hands , Mr . Rid » - accompanied it by the folowing : — '
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sm , —I hav « now , according to the promise mad * to Mr . Neesom , given his communication into jomhands , yet , as a Chartist , I cannot allow it to go foi-th to the public without remark , however " unpu ' alable * those remarks may be to Mr . Neesom . In an affair which affects the interests of the working man , I neilW reeard friend nor foe , nor shall I hew the rough corne » offiny words to please any individual whatever . Should Mr . Neesom object to the tone of expression , let him do so , as I shall " call a boat a boat , a fish a fish " % tool a tool , and a traitor a traitor . ' First , allow me to say a few words in reply to hk letter to me of yesterday ' s date . - ¦ " »
He stites his surprise to learn that I have canaM the publication of his letter to be delayed , and considm it an " unwarrantable interference" on my part and insinuates , in his letter to you , that there is some ' thin * " secret" about my doing so , as the letter being " addressed to Jir , Hill , must have passed through hit hands . " Now , in answer to this , I ask Mr . Neesom if he snp . poses that the labour attendant on preparing matter for a -weekly paper is only equal to that of a tailor who makes a suit of clothes per week ? . If he does , he i » strangely mistaken . One tailor and one shopboard is quite sufficient for the suit , but it requires more than one pen or one desk to do the work a t the Star office . To assist at this work is a portion of my duty
Mr . Neesom's surprise at the circumstance of his lett « coming into my hands , may be obviated by informing him of the ordinary course of business correspondence at tbe office ; whieh is that all letters addressed to the office , either to the Editor , to the Publisher , to the Clerk ( Mr . ATdill ) , or to Mr . 0 "Connor , go first into the hands of , and are opened by , either Mr . Hobsoa or Mi Ardill , just which may happen to be in the way . Tbe » gentlemen , when they open the letters , pass those addresse < 1 to the Editor , and all sent for publication , si news , &c . into the hands of Mr . Thompson , the Assistant Editor , who locks them through , and prepares such aj are on ordinary business for the compositors , intowh 9 s » hands the " copy" thus prepared frequently passes , without beingseen by the Editor . Such of the correspondence
as needs to be sten by him is reserved for his inspection and decision . I occasionally assist Mr . Thompson in thus preparing " copy , " and in the course cf my so doing , I fell in with the letter of Mr . Neesom ; Mid having a respect for Mr . Neesom for " auld long syne , " and feelingfor his present position , I determined to write to him as a friend , to implore of him to reconsider bis letter before I gave it into your hands , telling him , that if , after such re-consideration , he still felt determined on its publication , it should be handed to you . I acted on this determination ; and this explains the manner how the letter came into my hands , and shews that Mr . Neesom's insinuation of " secret move" 'becauss the letter addressed to you , mnst have passed through your hands , " turns out to be , that Mr . Neesom has rat off his first button .
He says his letter " asks questions which may not be very palatable to Mr . O Connor , if that gentleniin it not prepared to give the answers . " A very sage idea , Mr . Neesom ; " if that gentleman is not prepared to give the answers . " But , suppose , he is prepared to give the answers , will those answers be " palatable ?" Lock at that hole , Mr . Neesom , and see if a patch is not very necessary . His next remark is an echo of the discomfited Ltagutn and sham-Kadicals' cuckoo note—" Many who call themselves Cliartistfe , I am aware , will give abuse , and display a spirit of intolerance and despotism which
none but dishonest men will couutenance . " Then when men turn traitors to their country and propound schemes to stultify and disorganise the people , they must be overshadowed with the mantle , silence . No , Mr . Neesom ; that will nevtr do ; you ware not wont to promulgate or practice any such hetorodox tenets ; and the Chartists will not subscribe to tV . em through fear of being stigmatised with " intolerance" or " despotism . " Error must and will be opposed . Treachery must and shall be exposed , and , depend nrcn it , " honest men" will countenance the crusade against all renegades and impostors .
He tben proceeds thus—" You know well had Hi . O'Connor wrote or spoke in favour of Lovett ' s p !* n , it would have been applauded to the skies by those who now condemn it . " I know no such thing ; neither io I believe it possible for all the political agitators combined , to divert the attention of the people from the pursuit of the full rnessuro ot their rights . Formj own part I shall oppose O'Connor , and shall call npon the people to aid in such opposition , the Very moment he calls upon ua to strike the flig " Universal Suffrage , " and hoist that of a more limited standard . The ass * tion is a libel upon the Chartists—they are not led by men , but by principle ; and I repel the insult thus given .
I shall not dwell much npon his devout prayer— " 0 , for a larger supply of knowledge Chartism ! " I an ) one that would rather fight for the fruits of Chartism than fall down and mule and pule for " a larger supply of knowledge Chartism . " Who would supply the knowledge ? Why , the " New Movers , " when they get hundreds of thousands , of our n . oney ; but they have not got the NEW " tint" yet , and , to the ' a grief , thoy never will . What kind of knowledge would it be ? We have the sample , and , consequently , may judge of the stock yet in the sack .
I did think , Sir , of making s » me few remarks on hifl letter to his fellow countrymen ; " but 1 leave it untouched and open to others , though , as a Chartist , I claim a right to give utterance to my views ; bnt , p « ihsps it would be " an unwarrantable interference on my part " Yours , truly , WM . RiPEB- ' Leeds , May 4 th , 1841 .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sir , —Having sent the Star to Ireland . for some time past , I thought it my duty , when Dan O'Conueil made use of the base assertions that he did respecting Chartism in Ireland , to test the principles of the parties to whom I sent it , when I received a letter , of which the following is a copy . By your giving the same a place 10 the people ' s paper , you will greatly oblige
Yours , a constant reader , And one of the oppressed , JQHS Pl'LLENS , Secretary to the Manchester Petition Committee . Manchester , May 2 rf , 1 S 41 . Sir , —I received your letter of the 19 th , a day or two since , and feel grateful for your kindness in sending tw Star to one , who , though a stranger personally , a no * so I hope in principle . qkf As to your question concerning my receiving tnew regularly , I beg to say , it is sometimes datamed «» three or four weeks after its publication ; but , » eversoold . it is read with eagerness by all into wm " hands it may falL As to your other question , *™ regard to Dan driving Chartism from Ireland , 1 . ' one am not the least uneasy on that point ; ^ m " here a growing spirit of democracy , thai will » very distant period , baffle the deceiving cant ot v » and Co ., or the power and tyranny of those who ass authority , though backed by th « gibbet , the dum *
ami the bayonet *** t . ^ When we Irish are one © convinced that we " * been humbugged , we dont withhold our Lama the readiest means of settling accounts with those have deceived ns ; and surely we have been dece . by as base a crew of cut throat and pretending V * JW as ever this earth suffered on its groaning boso ms . ^ Again , in answer to your question , whither w a Chartist Association formed here or no , I c « i « * say that in such an aristocratic town as Lisourn , ^ formation of one would be attended with P ^* ^ ficulty , as most of the working people are teD ''! L will to the Marquis of Hertford , and if any r alloweda meeting to be held in his house , it wu followed by immediate ejeciment ; for I can as » ^ that tyranny exists here to a great extent , ** ? ££ to « t fhia nroQ . nf tiina rnnkinff USB Of their P <\
drive me from my present abode , and if poMlD the town . . _^ tit Again , the publicans and the sh » p «« p «"„ , either Whigs er Tories , and are only waUinis the opportunity to vent their spleen as jurymen <¦ fint Chartist victim that may have the 5 ° f ° nnder & pearing before 0 judge at the assize ; out , "" ^ be disadvantages , a society could , acd I ^* ! foen ied , formed , whenever a place of meeting can ^ K ^ g ^ without endangering any person who has toe m to be at the the disposal of tyrannical ^^^ M In conclusion , their every-day doings aw * % their ewn foundations , and lending the "fT , ^ helping hand to pull the fabric of corrupt' 1 " 1 their ears . Yours , in the cause * * £% „ , *«>* Lisburn , April 25 tb , 1811 .
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PRESIDENT HARRISON . Old President Harrison—we beg pardon , that is not quite it—we should , perhaps , say young President and old Harrison , has hopped off his perch . Twas a pity , that With all his exquisite knowledge about the Greeks and Romans , he should not have been allowed to shew us what he meant by that unmerciful long yarn that he spun us a ¦ week 01 two before he took his departure . "Tis a thousand pities that so very soon after he had set up business in the President . liDe , he should be obliged to hand all his customers over to his jour neyman .
What could the free and enlightened citiaens mean by choosing a man -who had not f- - ur years of life in him ? Positively , it is a great impugnment of the ¦ wisdom of the great unwashed on tbe other side of the Atlantic , and vre think that some free and enlightened Member of Congress ought to make some motion about it . Every future President ought , we think , before he is elected , to give fvur surgeons as his bail that he is able to live out at least three of his four years of office . It is really excessively , we may say outrageously , disgusting , that after takiDg all the trouble of speechifying , canvassing , bribing , and electing , and all in order to get a man who is thought to be a capable man , that at the end of a month or two they should find that they have enly got a Boit of under deputy , whom nobody knows anything about , and nobody would give a fig for .
Who is this Mr . Tyler who notr comes out with his declaration and calls himself Piesident Tyler ? Dv > es his Christian name happen to bo Teddy ? Because , if it dees , perhaps he might be useful to give us some information rs to the fat « of the other President , whose present situation is at this time so doubtful . Of all the lives on board that boat , we confess we should most like to hear of the safety of poor Power ; and if Teddy U < e Tiler could just tell us "what has become of him , it would only be returning many a good turn which poor Power has done for him .
We realiy are sad about President Harrison ( although net half so sad as we are anxious about our own countryman in the other President ) because Harrison did setm to be a steady , honc-t , hearty old fellow , and more of a gentleman than American Presidents generally are . We promised ourselves a great deal of amusement in the old boy's future lucubrations about the Greeks and Romans , and we thought we might possibly get on pretty well with him without coming to blows . As to this Tyler -we don't much like him at first sight Ten to one but what he will want to show " his independence of his predwessor , by undoing the very little be has done ; and , ptrhaps , he may hang M'Leod , and invade our boundary , just for the sake of distinguishing him aelL—SmiiriiL
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MR . NEESOM ; HIS ADDRESS TO THE EDITOR AND WILLIAM RIDER . :
It will be recollected by our readers that the name of Charles H . Noesom was appended to the document issued by Lovett and Co . relative to the " New Move , " and , as will appear from the following , Mr . Neesom sent us a letter in justification of his conduct , which , along with a mass of other correspondence , was given into the bands of Wm . Rider for examination , previous to being placed in the hands of the compositors . Sir . Rider , it seems , believing that his friend bad not sufficiently reflected upon the steps he had taken ,, immediately wrote to Mr . Neesom , conjuring him to reconsider the subject , and if . after such consideration , he was still anxious to have his letter published , Ue would give it into our bands for a decision . After a lapse of five days , Mr . Neesom sends the subjoined reply to Mr . Rider : — London , May 3 d , 184 , 1 .
Friend Rider , —I am much surprised to learn you have caused the publication of my letter to be delayed . I consider it an unwarrantable interference on your part My letter requires no reconsideration ; in looking over the copy , I don't see anything that can be fairly objected to . It asks questions which may not be very palatable to Mr . O'Connor , if that gentleman is not prepared to give the answers . You say the Chartists will give me no quarter . Many who call themselves Chartists I am aware will give abuse and display a spirit of Intolerance and
despotism , which none but dishonest men will countenance . You know well that bod Mr . O Connor written or spoken in favour of Lovett ' s plan it would have been applauded to the skies by those who now condemn it , many of whom , no doubt , have not examined any part of the views and objects set forth therein . O , for a large supply of knowledge Clmtism ! Again , I request ; that my letter may appear in tho Star witheut delay , as I am not to be diverted from my purpose by tho threats or coaxing of any man or set of men . I never have nor never -will act intentionally wrong in the causa I have so long espoused . "
" An honest man is the noblest work of God . " In conclusion , I am compelled to view this iiiterference aa a very unfriendly act on your part , and altogether at variance with strict justice , leaving out anything of " Auld Lang Syne . " Yours respectfully , Chas . H . Neesom , 76 , Hare-street , Bethnal Green , The following is the communication alluded to : —
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR , Lundon , April 25 th , 1841 . SIR , —As there ara strango reports abroad respecting my conduct in relation to my name being appended to what is called the " secret move , " or Lovett ' s plan , I beg the insertion of the following letter in the forthcoming Slur , as it will be an answer to the many letters and inquiries that I have received , and also an act of justice towards me , which 1 feel confident you will not ieny . I am , Sir , your ' s respectfully , Chas . H . Neesom , 7 ( 5 , Hare-street , Bethnal Green .
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The Judge before whom Alderman . P ^ ^ Dublin , was brought on his arrival in « ew * . irea charge of having defrauded his ^^" jife ieiifc land , has discharged him from custody , » da . evidence had not been made out to J ^ su'J ten tion .
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