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Central Co-ofebative Agenct . —Weekly Report . fed . 3 rd to Feb . m , lS 52 . The Agency transacted business with the following stores—L « £ Bi 4 inghan ,, Braintree , Banb , u ^ IJllesthorpe , Hworth , Galashiels , Rochdale , Woolwich , Colne , Halifax , Derby , Swindon , Booking , Bradford , and Burnley , . The Agency is still engaged m the preliminary steps for opting a market for . the productions of the ^ Associationsit ^ «« theopportunity of stating that
; aga . ^ _ samples of the following articles can be obtained through it . —Cloths , ribbons , alpacas , blankets , &c . &c Ibe 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 pan be more creditable to those establish- ; ments ; 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 an Institution which undertakes to supply unadulterated articles , but does not assume to regulate morals and manners .
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RETIREMENT OF MR . JUSTICE PATTESOK Me . Justice Patteson sat -for the last time on Tuesday in the Court of Queen ' s Bench jr 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 , and 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 yoursel f , 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 natiring 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 . We 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 . Wo hope and pray that in that honourable retirement , which you have so well earned , you will still enjoy long years of happiness , and with full hearts wo bid you an affectionate and respectful farewell .
I ho speech of the learned Attorney-CJenoral , which was pronounced with intense feeling , was followed by loud applause from the strangers present , which waa immediately checked by the officers of the court . Mr . Justice Pattoson then said , — Mr . Attorney-General nnd gentlemen of the bar , I receive with the highest satisfaction , and with feelings of the deepest gratitude , this ¦ 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 , I will not bo guilty of the affectation of supposing that such praise , coming from such men as you nre , can be wholly undeserved . Mine is one of many cases which show that if a public man without pre-eminent abilities , will but exert such as God has given him honestly and independently , and without ostentation , ho will receive a meed of public approbation
commensurate with and even exceeding whatjie has ; deserved Thank God , if I have been not whoUy deficient ln ^ the jise of those talents with which he has entrusted me 1 It is with great regret , that while still in the possession of much bodily and mental health , I have foundmyself 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 havecontemplated / such astep , 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 wheii my infirmities might make it due to the administration of justicetbat I should retire . I have endeavoured , with the kindest advice of my brethren , and the assistance you hate rendered me , to avoid either extreme . But I am s _ adly afraid that I have deferred nry resignation too long . ( Lotid cries of "No , no , " fromthe strangers in the court . ) I have been obliged to make use of ingenious instruments which assist the hearing , and are so great a comfort both ^ n 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 sup ^ - port of my birethren on the bench , could have gabled me to have continued so long as I have done . I atni aivare that in some instances I have given way t 6 impatient expressions towards the bar and witnesses in court , as if they were to blame , when it was not they , but my owninfirmity , which was tobiame . Ihavebeen , and am , heartily sorry for such a want of command over myself , and have striven against a repetition of it earnestly , but not alwaysi with success . ' My brethren , you and the public have beeb very kind to me , and I shall ever retain a grateful recollection Of that kindness , That will be a great solace to me , arid will remain to me as long as my life shall last . Ibid you nbty ah 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 Vrrtb / 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 bis lordship , was listened to with the deepest attention and interest by the bar , who stood during its delivery . The Court then rose , and his lordship retired .
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THOMAS CARLYLE ON POOR-LAW REFORM . Mb . Archibald Stark , the Secretary of the Poorlaw Association , whose address we lately quoted , lias published a letter on the subject , which he has received from Mr . Carlyle . Our readers are aware that this Association proposes to substitute reproductive pauper labour for compulsory pauper idleness . Mr . Carlyle is not at all undecided on this point . " Chelsea , 6 th Februiucy , 1862 . " 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 inclose you my subscription , and , along with ,, i , t , my heartiest wishes for your success . According to all the notions I can form of our strange time , with its manifold perplexities , its vague , high-flying hopes , and fearful , steadily-advancing perils , this that you have in view is precisely the thing needfuUest 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 is attained , or ; at least , is
zealously endeavoured after by the Government and the community , I can only consider English society as in ia state of slow continual smoke , © very day bringing it nearer the state of flame and utter conflagration , into which we have seen all other European societies already go , in a very tragic manner 1 This is , and has long been , my fixed opinion ; grounded on innumerable considerations , deeper and less deep , on which volumes might bo written , nnd which are of far too extensive compass to be entered upon hero .
" One thing may bo asserted without risk , and haa the closest reference to this matter . If free bargain in the market , and fuir up-and-down wrestle and battle between employers and employed , bo the rule of labour ( which I am far from believing it capable of being , except fora very limited time , and in v « ry peculiar circumstances ); still more , if new and infinitely mere human arrangements between employers and employed are—as all men begin to surmiseand have foreseen
, us many men long —an indispensable necessity for labour , in England as elsewhere , then , clearly , I say , in cither case , the first condition of fair play is , that all paupers be quite eliminated from the controversy , nnd carried clear away from it , out of the labour market , and its wrestles and its struggles . This , ono would think , needs little demonstration . Alas 1 if the pauper were always supported by the rich , especially by the idle rich , I could esteem it for the moment a small
matter ; but he is supported by the . poor , by fftose ** are not yet quite paupers— -wliom , withfatal invinrik ^ ( and not by his ^ rajtes' * alone , but by his bad 2 i * b y ¦ iis ^ bad exaini ^ > y the th ^ sradfbld ^ fe ^ J"p everyday and hour ); \ he is dragging down intothtiT ! category 1 It f ^ iselable U consider ; The SL" every idle , foolish man , left loose to become a paune coiitinualiy deranging every * honest workman ' s barffn - ~" thehtetfng-shelterm ^ man ' s expense , then * again , bursting out to produce net derangement and cohfusion ^ is like the course 'bf an i cendiary torch among the peaceable possessions of mart kind ; it , is mad aswould be theicoorse of a / w ^ jp ^ w left to run stumbling about the streets in these tunes of ¦ ¦ ¦
ours . .. -, .. , ; . _ . . ; .- ; , .. .,.: . ,. ,. ;• ; ,. 'I do not mean to say tb ^ t the subject has nadiffi . cqlties ; nay , thai ; it is not lfte to be , ; in practice , beset with difficulties and to lead us ; in its nlterior develop , ments , into innovationsweare little prepared for at pre " sent , I perceive well there -is immense ^ wibrlc aheadof ua in that direction ; , and I ^^ thmk withal it isJhigh time we were beginning it ! 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 aid diligent exposition of your awns ,, you will certainly gam the public support , andprobably before long . o _ , , " To an imparjtiarstpanger landing among us ^ as if from another ' planet , it would seem very strange tJUt thei *
could be a doubt about what you propose ! . He would find doubts enough , however , and denial ^ enpeigh , ^ nfl a great quantity of cobwebs to be . removed ^ , before he could get this axiom admitted $ for , indeed , the theories ; men form about this world , aicid their p ^ Kttcal p ^ ilosopnics , and sciences , and dismal sciences , ; make strangeworkwith them ; and truly , 'to a man doubted down , and looking backwards through h'is Icnees , '" says the proverb , 'all things are inverted ; and stand upon their heads V '¦' " ¦ I again wish you every success , and bid-youuje every exertion ; and km , sir , yours sipcerely , ¦ : ' . ' . \ ' . ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦¦ ; . ¦ ' . ' - '" ' . " % CARim . " Archd ; G . Stark , 'Esq ., Secretary . ^
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THE STATE OF IRELAND . A jmeetinjG- . of the magistrates took place in the Armagh Court-house , on Tuesday , convened by the Lord-Lieutenant , and presided over , by Lieutenant-Colpriel Caulfield , M . P . As the door ^ > yere closed , no report has ' appearedj b ^ t , ^ e . fpllowang Memorial to the Home Secretary is given as ' $ h ? nett Result of tho meeting : — , " THE MEMORIAL OV THE , UNDE » 9 I ( HSrEJ > MAGISTRATES OF THE COUNTIES OV ARMAGH , MONAGHAN , AND XOUTH ¦ - ¦ : •¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' : ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ " 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 ngrarian character , and evidently proceeding from the same secret conspiracy . "That this secret association possesses the sympathy of many , nnd has overawed the whole of the population to such' an extent that the evidence of the most atrocious murders , perpetrated in the open day , can hardly be obtaincd ; and jurors , frttrii ' Whatever class impanelled , ore too often cither disaffected or intimidated ; that the audacity of the conspirators has fearfully increased with their impunity ; and that the conspiracy is rapidly extending into the neighbouring districts . "That the sympathy , and 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 , as 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 oi defending agrarian criminals . " That while we give credit to tho Executive for their wishes and endeavours to enforce the law as it stands , we declare our strong conviction of its total inadequacy to meet a state of society never contemplated by British law . " That we are persuaded we express tho feelings oX nu respectable and well-affected persons of all oksscs , m exiling upon Parliament to enact such laws as may protect our lives and properties from an intolerable state of intimidation , and crush that secret conspiracy which is ruinous both to those who suffer from it and to the wtcrcBW of all ranks and classes in tho country at large . '
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TJCA THE LEADER . ESatphday ,
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Dkmqht of CREATipm . —No -wonder God made a world to express his thought . Who , that hae a aoui ior beauty , does not feel the iiccd of creating , and that mj power of creation alone can satisfy tho spirit P wno thus reflect , the artist occms tho only fortunato man- " I but as much creative geniiw as I have apprehen » ivcnca » —Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Oasoli . Socijety . —Some persons are thrown off their balance when in society j others are thrown on to balance ; excitement of company , and the observation of other raotcru , correct their biases . —Memoirs of Margaret £ *»«' Oasoli .
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 14, 1852, page 150, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1922/page/10/
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