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Central Co-operative Agency.— Weekly Rep...
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RETIREMENT OF MR. JUSTICE PATTESQN". Me....
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THOMAS CARLYLE ON POOR-LAW REFORM. Mr. A...
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THE STATE OF IRELAND. A meeting of the m...
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IXiaiajiT or Creating.—No wonder God mnd...
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Central Co-Operative Agency.— Weekly Rep...
Central Co-operative Agency . — Weekly Report . Feb . Zrd to Feb . 9 th , 1852 . The Agency transacted business with the following stores-Leeds , Birmingham , Braintree , Banbury , Ullesthorpe , Haworth , Galashiels , Rochdale , Woolwich Colne , Halifax , Derby , Swindon ,: Booking , Bradford , and Burnley . . The Aeencv is still engaged in the preliminary steps for opening a market for the productions of the Associations ; it again takes the opportunity of stating that samples of the following articles can . be obtained through it- —Cloths , ribbons , alpacas , blankets , & c . & c . The conditions of dealing with the public , on behalf of the Productive Associations , have just been thus settled by the Partnership : —The articles ( dry goods ) will be charged to the buyers at the price quoted by the Association , with the addition of carriage , if not included in that price , and 5 per cent , commission for the agency , to be carried to the reserve fund , after deduction of expenses incurred by the Agency . A new stock of wines and brandies has just been received from the best growths of France . The attention of the wealthier classes is especially directed to this branch of the business , which has been introduced for the purpose of making the consumption of the rich a means of increasing the capital devoted to associative purposes . The partners of the Agency are well aware that the working men ' s stores in the country , and especially , in Scotland , have made a point of not selling wines and spirits , and nothing can be more creditable to those establishments ; but the wine trade being carried on by the Agency only as an object of luxury , does not interfere with the most respectable scruples of the above-mentioned stores . There is another kind of scruple for which the Agency would not have quite the same consideration ; it comes from some teetotallers , who withdrew their custom
when the wine trade was introduced . Yielding to such exclusive views , however well intentioned they may be , would have been quite contrary to the spirit of any Institution which undertakes to supply unadulterated articles , but does not assume to regulate morals and manners .
Retirement Of Mr. Justice Pattesqn". Me....
RETIREMENT OF MR . JUSTICE PATTESQN " . Me . Justice - Patteson sat for the last time on Tuesday in the Court of Queen ' s Bench ; and as it was well known he would retire on that day , a crowd of barristers assembled to pay a last tribute to his worth as a judge . About three o ' clock , Mr . Justice Erie came into court , having adjourned for that purpose ; and soon after his arrival the Attorney-General rose , and the whole bar with him . He prayed for leave to address a few words to Mr . Justice Patteson , and this being granted , he spoke as follows : — Mr . Justice Patteson , I am charged by my brethren of the bar to convey to you our common regret and sorrow that we see you for the last time on that bench , which , for nearly 22 years , you have occupied with such infinite honour to yourself , arid such unbounded satisfaction to the profession . And , as we are now about to lose you , it may be neither unbecoming in me to offer , nor wholly unwelcome to yourself to receive , an assurance of the unanimous sense of the entire profession that the high and sacred duties of the judicial office have never been more efficiently , honestly , or ably discharged , than they have been by yourself , during your whole judicial life . Though we lose you , the memory of you will yet live , associated with' those revered names which dignify this court—not more for that vast and varied learning by which we were able to
profit , and which was universally admired , than for your untiring love of justice and truth , your hatred of oppression and wrong , that unflinching integrity of purpose , and singleness of heart , and that kindness of nature , which left us in doubt whether we should more revere the judge , or love the man . Your lordship will carry with you into your retirement the enduring attachment of every member of the profession . Wo rejoice to think that , though the sense of infirmity and the apprehension that it would interfere with the due discharge of your duties have led to your retirement , you withdraw in the vigour of unimpaired health . We hope nnd ]) ray thnt in that honourable retirement , which you have so well earned , you will still enjoy long yenra of happiness , and with full hearts we bid you an affectionate and respectful farewell .
JLho speech of the learned Attornoy-Generni , which was pronounced with intense feeling , was followed by loud applause from the strangers present , which was immediately checked by the officers of the court . Mr . Justico Pattcson then Htiid , Mr . Attorney-General and gentlemen of the bar , I receive with the highest satisfaction , nnd with feelings of the deepest gratitude , tins very kind expression of your feelings . Of the entire sincerity of what you have said I
have not the shadow of a doubt . And / though painfully conscious that the sentiments you have expressed are far beyond what I have deserved , 1 will not be guilty of the affectation of supposing that such praise , coming from such men ns you are , can be wholly undeserved . Mine is one of many cases which show that if n public mnn , without pre-eminent abilities , will but exert such ns God hua given him honestly and independently , aud without ostontation , he will receive a meed of public approbation
commensurate with and even exceeding what he has deserved . Thank God , if 1 have been not wholly deficient in the use of those talents with which he has entrusted me ! It is with great regret , that while still in the possession of much bodily and mental health , I have found myself compelled to retire from a profession in which I have always taken and shall still continue to take the greatest delight . It is not now for the first time I have contemplated such a step . 1 have had to avoid , on the one hand , the premature surrender of my office while I found myself able to perform its duties , and on the other , the danger of clinging to it when my infirmities * might make it due to the administration of
justice that I should retire . I have endeavoured , with the kindest advice of my brethren , and the assistance you have rendered me , to avoid either extreme . But I am sadly afraid that I have deferred my resignation too long . ( Loud cries of " No , no , " from the strangers in the court . ) I have been obliged to make use of ingenious instruments which assist the heaving , and are so great a comfort both ia public and private life . But they cannot prevent the increase of the infirmity . Of this I am confident and sure , that nothing but the unceasing kindness of the bar , and considerable exertions on my behalf , sometimes painful and sometimes distressing , and the ready and affectionate
support of my brethren on the bench , could have enabled me to have continued so long as I have done . I am aware that in some instances I have given way to impatient expressions towards the bar and witnesses in court , as if they Were to blame , when it was not they , but my own infirmity , which was to blame . I have been , and am , heartily sorry for such a want of command over myself , and have striven against a repetition of it earnestly , but not always with success . My brethren , you and the public have been very kind to me , and I shall ever retain a grateful recollection of that kindness .
That will be a great solace to me , and will remain to me as long as my life shall last . I bid you now an affectionate farewell . I wish you many years of health and happiness , as well as success and honour in a liberal profession , the duties of which have been and are discharged not only with the greatest zeal , learning , and ability , but with'high honour and integrity , and a deep sense of responsibility to God and to man ; and which being so performed , in my humble judgment , are eminently conducive , with the blessing of God , not only to maintain the just prerogatives
of the ' Crown , but the rights and liberties of the subject . The above address , delivered in that style of unaffected simplicity characteristic of his lordship , was listened to with tlie deepest attention and interest "by the bar , who . stood jluring its delivery . The Court then rose , and his lordship retired .
Thomas Carlyle On Poor-Law Reform. Mr. A...
THOMAS CARLYLE ON POOR-LAW REFORM . Mr . Archibald Staek , the Secretary of the Poorlaw Association , whose address we lately quoted , has published a letter on the subject , which he has received from Mr . Carlylc . Our readers are aware that this Association proposes to substitute reproductive pauper labour for compulsory pauper idleness . Mr . Carlyle ia not at all undecided on this point . " Chelsea , 5 th February , 1852 . " Sir , —It gives me great pleasure to understand that the Poor-law Association has actually got in motion , and determines to proceed strenuously towards the grand object of having all the paupers of Great Britain set to employment . I iuclosu you my subscription , aud ^ alonp \ yit h jt . my heartiest wishes for your success . According to all the notions I can form of our strange time , with its manifold perplexities , its vnguo , high-flying hopes , and fearful , steadily-advancing perils , this that you have in view is precisely the thing nccdfullest to be done , the first of all real steps towards safety and improvement for English society , as matters now stand . Till some veritably wise and human mode of dealing with that frightful , everincreasing class called paupers ia attained , or , at least , is
zealously endeavoured after by the Government and the community , 1 can only consider . English society as in a state of slow continual smoke , every day bringing it nearer the state of flame and utter conflagration , into which we have seen nil other European societies already go , in a very trngic manner 1 This ia , and has long been , my fixed opinion ; grounded on innumerable considerations , deeper and less deep , on which volumes might bo written , and which arc of far too extensive compass to bo entered upon hero .
" One thing may bo asserted without risk , nnd has the closest reference to this matter . If froo bargain in the market , and fair up-and-down wrestle and battle between employers and employed , be tho rule of labour ( which I am far from believing it capable of being , except for a very limited timo , hud in very peculiar circumstances ); still more , if new and infinitely mere human arrangements between employers and employed arc—aa all men bogrh to surmise , and us many men have long foreseen * —an mdispcnsnblo necessity for labour , in England as elsewhere , then , clearly , I say , in cither enso , tho first condition of fair play is , that all pauperB bo quite eliminated from tho controversy , nnd curried clear away from it , out of the , labour market , and its wrestles and its struggles . This , one would think , needs little domoriBtrntion . Alas I if tho pauper wore always supported by the rich , especially by tho idle rich , I could esteem it for tho moment \ small
matter ; but he is supported by the poor , by those wh are not yet quite paupers—whomj with fetal invhrtibilih ! ( and not by his " rates" alone , but hyJdis bad conduct by his bad example , by the thousandfold . infection of hi every day and hour ) , he is dragging down jnt p that sad category 1 It is miserable to consider . The course of every idle , foolish man , left loose to become a pauher-icontinually deranging every" honest workman ' s bargain " then taking shelter in the poor-hojase at the honest work ^ man's expense , then ; again , bursting out to produce new derangement and confusion—is like the course of an in . cendiary torch among the peaceable possessions of mankind ; it is mad as would he the course of a fever ' patient left to run stumbling about the streets in these times of
ours . " I do not mean to say thai the subject has no difficulties ;; nay , that it is not like to he , in practice , beset with , difficulties ^ and to lead us , ih its ulterior developments , into innovations we are little prepared for at present . 1 perceive well there is immense work : ahead' of us in that direction ; and I think withal it is Jhigh ' tiine we were beginning it I As for you , ' who stand yet in the first stage of the affair , I conceive your ground to be already very clear , and that by temperate and dili gent exposition of your aims , you will certainly gain the public support , and probably before long .
" To an impartial stranger landing among as , as if from another planet , it would seem very strange that there could be a doubt about what you propose ! He would find doubts enough , however , and denials enough , and a great quantity of cobwebs to be rejhoyed , before he could get this axiom admitted ; for , indeed , the theories men form about this world , and their political philosophies , and sciences , and dismal sciences , make strange work with them ; and truly , 'to a" man doubled down , and looking backwards through his knees , ' says the proverb , 'all things are inverted , and stand upon their heads !' "I again wish you every success , and bid you use every exertion ; and am , sir , yours sincerely , "T . Carlyle . " Archd . Gr . Stark . Esq ., Secretary . "
The State Of Ireland. A Meeting Of The M...
THE STATE OF IRELAND . A meeting of the magistrates took place hi the Arinagh Court-house , on Tuesday , convened by the Lord-Lieutenant , and presided over by Lieutenant-Colonel Caulneld , M . P . As the doors were closed , no report has appeared ; but the following Memorial to the Home Secretary is given as the nett result of the meeting : — " THE MEMORIAL OF THE ^ UNDERSIGNED MAGISTRATES OF THE COUNTIES OF ARMAGH , MONAGHAN , AND
IiOUTH , " Showeth , —That a district containing portions of the above-mentioned counties has for some time pr . st been in a disturbed and lawless state . " That a succession of murders , ; attempts to murder , assaults , burning of houses , acts of intimidation , & c , have taken place within it , all marked with the same agrarian character , and evidently proceeding from the same secret conspiracy . of
' * That this secret association possesses the sympathy many , nnd has overawed the whole of the population to such ' an extent thnt the evidence of the most atrocious murders , perpetrated in the open day , can hardly . be obtained ; and jurors , from whutovsr flaaa imptirtttllcd ; rtro too oft en ' cither disaffected or intimidated ; that the audacity of tire conspirators has fearfully increased with their impunity ; and that the conspiracy is rapidly extending into the neighbouring districts .
"That the sympathy , nnd yet more , the terror" of the population , is proved by facts which come under our notice daily , and are well known to the authorities—such , for instance , ns an unwillingness to render the common offices of humanity to the victim of assassination or outrage , and . the levy of forced contributions- for the purposes of defehtting ngrnrian criminals . "That while ; we give credit to tho Executive for their
wishes nnd endeavours to enforce , the law ns it stands , wo dcclnre our strong conviction of its total inadequacy to meet a state of society never contemplated b y British law . " Thnt wo arc persuaded wo express the feelings of nil respectable and well-affected persons of nil clnsscs , in calling upon Parliament to enact such laws as may protect our lives and properties from nu intolerable state of intimidation , nnd crush that secret conspiracy which is ruinous both to those who suffer from it nnd to tho interests of all ranks and classes in tho country at large . "
Ixiaiajit Or Creating.—No Wonder God Mnd...
IXiaiajiT or Creating . —No wonder God mndc ft world to express his thought . Who , that has o soul for beauty , ( loos not feel tho need of creating , and that , the power of creation alone can satisfy tho spirit ? When 1 thus reflect , the artist seems tho only fortunate man . Ila < 1 but as much creative , genius ns I have approhonmciioss 1 —Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli . Socikty . —Somo persons are thrown off their balance wlum in eociety ; others are thrown on to balance- ; t » ° excitement of company , and the observation of other ohnrnctcrfl , correct their binaeu . —Memoirs of Margaret lttU cr Ossoli .
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 14, 1852, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_14021852/page/10/
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