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THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1840.
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, ^ cr : ' . rrrij '" -r" '' f ffl- ??))! . ; . ; . ^ ..- ' ^ " __ -a ^ r Urrr ^ WE ^ 6 * ON ; ' ^ ' . " H ^«| iiiMsW' £ 0 * 8 ^ : B « rt k thjr fame , guidc ^ jtatJB ^ tCwrti * iH be thy name . j £ Bca ' lan 4 . * ad w *» W * and many things H « t , thoa e ^' to go *» 4 fc « e ** won Waterloo . Ba £ my Lord CTellinfl&oo * if * pkeae ^ ou grace , you should oonrider that your " pride of . place " , ¦ yfss gain'd by otbera for y © % —many I > eg ff&b esme S'VUJ "without an ana or W . *
y « kept slots , while thousands etrrsr'd the ground i ^ 4 for join honours , c&nnofc ahow one wound , ' AH th ey irho fought for ydu , fought bat t *> die ; Bift you . my Lord , engross'd the victory . The finger of God -was on me , "—said you , Ajri did preserre yon at red Waterloo preserved yon to enjoy the fruits o ' f all , fwirfcic& 7 * tn- dupes did march , and fight , and&H Jinch M jotu prasee and pay ; but rarely none Is to tyrant tools . Great Washington Preed , not ensl&Vd , his country : aye , hia nama Deerres , and Trill receive , immortal feme . J . W .
? A man who fought at Waterloo and had one eye abot out , is now a scavenger in Whitby . I neTei aee iyn at -work , bat I think of the lordly Duke .
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LINES . I siasd on Swarthoase , * on a monntain-graTe , Where freemen sleep ; hut I , —am I 3 Blare * II Ptiish the thought ! no , never be it said" I vill be free , or rest with you , ye dead : Oh , what a throns were this for liberty To sit and srray on , or lie down and die Who sleep beneath ? the Aborigines Whom Borne might slay , not fetter ; and , were these Onr sires ? The Britons died , the Saxons came , Whom >" ormans conquered . Romans COnld not t&me Onr free-born sires , thcse ~ ancient istand ones ! We call tiem fathers , could they call na sons ? We ! are we not slaves ? Yes , the slaves of slaves , Aad , wormHke , crawl upon our fathers' graves . Could they arise , oh ! how degenerate We should appear to them : how vile on fete '
Briions ? No , no ; another race are we : *• The straw of nan ' s bred ont in baboonry . " Ape * , dandies , aonkeys , puppies govern us , Aad we are things , mere tilings . Black tumulus T Thou funeral pile , and grave of glorio us men , Hold fast their dnst—Jet them -not rise again ; For they were free and died so ; but their son * Are slaves and liTe in woe . Oh , shameful ones l Tfcon nameless tomb ! that stand est here alone , 2 f ot often seen , whit geoer&Bons gone Have pass'd without memorial siace thy mound Kose o er the moorland ' s bleak and barren ground . Thou tell ' st a tale of freedom ; but in vain ! Tyrants lord it o ' er us ; sour bigots reign . Tomb , thou art our reproach—the patriot ' s death Laughs ns to scorn as with a trumpet ' s breath . Kise , spirits of the dead . ' arise , and err" ¦ Bri tons , your country calls ; be free , * ox die : " J . W .
• Swarthouse stands on th e moors , near the village ¦ of Aislaby . It commands an extensive prospect of sea « d land . Mulgrave Castle Has not fa ? from it
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A * Elephasts Pclsk—There chanced to be a female elephant and her calf stationed not far from my tent I carried the young one a large basin of iweet tea , arter breakfast one morninsr , into -which ie dipped ins trunk , aid drained the contents in an astaat ; and , peroamng his mamma looking so ¦ wistfully , I procured her one also , which she drank with fflneh gusto . Soon after this introduction we became great friends , and tie mother and her son were rejpdix pensioners of my teapot ; the lady permitting ne to take many liberties with her person , such as tpymg with her delicate ear , scratching her neck 4 c , acd _ giving me now and then a has a . bont th «
waist with her trunk , which in no instance exceeded i fee reasonable bounds of a friendl y embrace . One i morning when ihe was particularly affec ; ionate , I i took a fancy t » feel her palse ; and , when handW her ear , I groped for an artery at the base and i Bt >« ed the number of pulsations m a minnte , which was twenty-four—and I need scarcely add that there I wis no want of strength .-Biography of a Surgeon . Jajoet s Wax-wouk Show . —When the festoons were all put up as iastaj as they might be , the stupeBdoas caUecuottjinw uncovered , and there were topkyed , on a raiaJB platform , some two feet from the floor , running roond the room and parted from v L ^? y a crimB 011 rope breast high , drrars I ^ n ghtly effigies of celebrated characters , singly j « kd 1 a groups , clad in glhterinr dresses of varions i
comes and times , and standing more or less unsteafclv upon their legs , with their eyes very wide open , and tier nostrils very nmch inflated , and the amsdffl of their legs and arms very strongly developed , and all their countenances expressing great surprise . All the gentlemen were very pigeonbreasted , and very blue aboxt the beards , and all ihe j ^ iTT 8 miracalous figures ; and all the ladies aad all tha gentlemen were lwkifig intensely no-• wbere , and staring with extraordinary earnestness ^ nothin g . " That , " said Mrs . Jarley , in her ezbiteioa tone , as ^ ell touched a figure at the beginning < £ theplaiform , han unfortunate Maid of Honour c the time of Queen Elizabeth , who died from irebng her finger , in consequence of working upon Jbanday . Observe the blood which is seen tricking from her finger : also the cold-eyed needle of the
? enod , with which she is at worx . " All this Nell repeaud twice or thrice , pointing to tha finger and toe needle at the right times , and ihen passed on to tee next . " 3 ? hat , ladies and gentleme * , " said Mrs . Janey , "is Jasper Packlemertoa , of atrocious memory , who courted and married fourteen wives , » ad destroyed them all b y tickling the soles of their i £ tt when they was sleeping in the consciousness of iniocence and virtue . Oa being brought to the safibld , and asked if he was sorry for what he had < bne , T 5 e replied , ' Yes , liew&s sorry for having let ' em off so easy , and hoped all Christian husbands would pajc&n hhu the offence . Let this be a warning to aU young ladies to be particular in the character of » e gentlemen of their choice . Observe that his lagers is curled as if in the act of tickling , and ; hit Ms face is represented with a wink , as he appeared * aen committing his b ' arbarous murders . "— Master Humphry ' s Clock .
Fisst Essat 15 5 H 00 II 5 G . —Hard by my native fotiiag is the farm-yard , where , when the winter aow gtorms came on , 1 first began to make war npon to small bird 3 that iiocked thither to seek apitanee asa a shelter from , the bitter blast . There , it migh : fie said , my sporting propensities first showed jhem-*^ es , for the springe , the riddle , and the bird-lime * itre ail at work to capture the > oor hungry chaf-Ksaes , gparrows and yellow . haiimers during the y ^ isiaas houdays . to the utter neglect of & long and Heome task imposed by the stupid village schoole ^ k « , to give the lie as it were to the term holiday , iswjhood advanced , the artful eprage gave place to SioidiowHisg piece , which , at a very early age , I was psasitea—perhaps imprudently—it carry abroad . * 2 Qfitro permiime , while so close to tie very scene , to « eord my first essay in s&ootmg , whech took Dlac = ssg rue that
^ sumner l completed ay tenth Tear . i One day contrived to coax aa indulgnt parent to P ^ ait me to take a gun abroad , after Ehe had cautosed me over ando ver again to be very caref uL an d * 0 « o no harm , for " the gan was loaded . " Good aad « ad soul ! had it not been , loaded the gun might ** fe remained where it was without ny caring a * a » w ibcut it . Xo sooner had 1 got the gun into a SEjtt sock than I sei a » ont extracting Uie load , in ^ £ 1 to drrid a it into two charges , iha . 1 aight have * » Utr chacce of haviDg something to show when I gjynei Having reloaded with naif the original **« > 1 had not proceeded far ere I espied " ispecfcled ^ j ' perched upoa a half-grown birch tree , and
fpnng forth its mellow Bong . Having sneake ~ fcg in xhe regular poachers style in the rear of a ° £ . oask , until I go ; within a few yarcfe of m ^ Q , I levelled my piece , resting h upon the ol ?? nea fence—fired , and down came the lifeies £ * &&- Xa aj , jagjant I snatched up mj gann S * is in my pocket , and set about resadinj « fS > wou ^ I flot have given in the exci ; emei Mai moment for a few more charges of aamun % SL' ^ t ^ iere ' 5 Tas D 0 B ^ P whe re it ww eo ] ^ ao several mfles ; and where , alas ! -Has ti ^ em tnal to buy it !—I was determi ned npc ryg wonders with my second charge ; anc I na 2 i "" ^ oered f&r down a little broken ravine , whe « w another stunted birch tree I espied a larj &e
tef m , was «^« a * owl eaw me t » , t ( « i Wandered along the steep and rugged hank j f Pins ! large Ehining eyes foil npoa me , probably : Jl'i l ° m ca ^ CQl * t ™ g that bo young an Trcci jjT ^ posseised of fire-arms , must be quite iari totvlv ^^ sider able exertion I contrived to g » niaer part of the bank than that where tie tr < £ -5 * oa which the owl was perched , and restiig n } £ ** sgwnst the side of another tree , I took mj ai ] BnTi ^ -j ona ^ J wounded ihe great grey moiett ^» did not immediately fell , for it hung u t ] ifZF ^ . "I its claws for a minnte or two , till ge til -5 ^>^ at length lost its hold , and came tc ti ^ ana with a coasiderable bang . But the birdw U IK 6 ' * 1111 ^ WM ^ ^ Dont some dimcnlty , aj *
« expense of scratching , that I aicceedei CrrK- Mi end to its misery . Never was th « TJ Tf *^ raore elated with his day ' s Nieces * taa : v ^ * ttn mine ; and I wa 3 not long oa iny rn ^ e w dis play the fruits of pas my first adventt £ ? *» Je fates ! instead of being flattered a fj j ** for my achievement , I got aTxearty scold toa ^ bother , and the promise of a sound flogg Ug T ™! lather if I ever touched a gun again ; Jo , ^" ~ fB ^ , ^ - shot a favourite thrush that 1 Jfcj'T ** "nil * in the garden , and for several-ye 5 s & ? f lhe fate < i ^^^ nee from which to p iftv Sr ° ^ S' - ^ d tne olti tarn owi , that . Qi ba * Meenedj had been of more service ai & ( M . i 5 , and farm-yard tharr a score of cats . — ^ to s Magaz ine feriJuh ,.
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TO THE PEOPLE OF KBWPOET , MONMOTJTH-8 HIBE . CotmtjrQaol , Rutland , Sept lift , 1840 . Old Fkibkds , —I addresa you on behalf of sow townsman , William Edward * : who is . » i ^ i ^« tafhagaoL Touwffl rememb er Tthat EdwaHls like myself , has been subject to the vindictive malice of ihe Wh faction , in two distinct pros ^ cntions . I n £ d not detail to you the past sufferings of Edwards . Xbfl pubUc press must have made you acquainted with them . Suffice it to say . that , after ^ during jJuS misery , he is now placed-in a more favourable ' jtositUn s that is , if you , hia fellow-townsmea , enable him to avail himself of tho alteration made by Nunnaaby in hij &vour . To speak p ^ ain , he is allowed to parcW . his own food and clothing . Will you aid him with the tae Heeofal st
n «^? f ^ 5 ** ^ amoD 8 y ° > m readily listened to his speeches ; and I have heard you cheer him loudly . That he is honestly devoted to your cause I have had opportunities of judging . He has msde many if Tere sacrifices on your behalf . His missions over the Welsh hills to explain the principle , of the Charter , and to obtain signatures to the National Petition , were conducted almost exclusively at his own expense He was appointed by the Working Men ' s Association to visit those hills , and the number of signatures he obtained to the Petition may be taken as a
Men of Newport , you hare not done your duty to Edward * . I call upon you to do it now . In times past yoa professed great attachment to ma Prove your attachment by helping Edwards . He needs your aid . Surely you will not desert a man victimised by such fellows as knavish " King Tom" and his co-knave , " Baron Bang . " Working Men—especially the shipwrights—meet together—form a Committee on Edward ' s behalf-and each subscribe your mite towards his maintenance iu this prison . I say nothing about his family . But , Gk > d knows , they have suffered enough . I write to you . because I love the cause—and think none of its honest advocates ought to be sacrificed by the cold neglect of its professing friends . Well remembering your past enthusiasm , I am your , and John Frost ' s friend .
Hesht Vincest . ^ 7 ~ l , P eciaI 1 y c * Pra my respected friends , and late feLow-priBoners , William Anselm Townsend , and John Dickinson , of Newport , to aid in this work H . Y .
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MR . HENRY VINCENT . The following admirab ] e letter from Henry Vincent to Charle 3 Bolwell , 0 young friend of his , aged 18 , convicted at Bath Sessions , to six months imprisonment , for sedition , will be read with interest by our readers : — Oakham Gaol , Rutlandshire , 3 rd August , 1840 . IPr dexr Charles , —I have received your letter of the 3 uth July . Nothing can afford me more pi-jasure than to communicate with you . You are a young man and I am , by sympathy , wedded to the young—more especially when I find youth associated with virtue and praiseworthy efforts of improvement . Circumstances have thrown yon at an early period of life into a prominent position . You are identified with a
po-srerful and growing party—the party of the peopleand as I know yon to be sincerely attached to the principles of that party , I cannot let any opportunity pass without impressing upon you the only mode by which you may hope to make yourself parmanently useful You must have knowledge , and you will acquire knowledge enly by patience and labour . You See , my dear Charles , the aristocracy and the wealthy classes have long held themselves above the useful classes of society by their superior knowledge , or cunning . We must not deceive ourselves—our ignorance is our weakness . Hence it is that those who possess power dread mothing more than the growing intelligence of those beneath them . The mere passion of the multitude—the wild outburst * of popular phreasy
—are easily dealt with—but wisdom steadily advances , laying bare the tricks of the political juggler , breaking do-wn popular prejudices , and annihilating those servile pwpsasitiea trliich alone constitute the tyrant ' s power . There is a truth , Charles , connected with the philosophy of nations and governments which you must never lose si ^ ht of . It is this— ¦• Whenever a community is fit for freedom , it cannot long continue in slavery . - Britain is hourly growing in fitness—the events of the last few years have greatly accelerated its growth ; and it remain * for young men , like yourself , to cultivate your minds , and to acquire habits of virtue and sobriety , so that you may not merely be the
advocate * of a great political change , but glorious examples for the young men or your country to follow ! I hope much of you , and expect much from yen . God has blessed you with good natural abilities , and you are responsible for the right exercise of those abilities . I know not whether you have any books in gaol ; but when you leave it , I trust you will devote a portion of time each day after your labour is over to the acquisition of knowJedge . If it ever please God to restore me to liberty , I shall publish » plan , and deliver a course of lectures in Bath , and other towns , to the young men and women , pointing out what I conceive to be a proper course of study , and a pleasant and sure mode of proceeding therein .
I am much pleased with the sentiment * expressed in your letters ; and it must have been as gratifying to you , S 3 it was mortifying to their woxslapB , the " Barrows , " that you were enabled to appear in Court with such an excellent moral character . And I can assure you I am gratified to think such \ raa the case . Since 1 last wrote , George , I obtained permission to receive newspapers—bo that I am now chin- < leep in news . I appear launched in another world—but memory tells me it is the old world . I perceive by the papers that a very good delegate meeting was held in Manchester a fortnight ago . One pleasing feature in the meeting -was the absence of all idle boBtbast ; common tense appears to be fast laying hold of oui leaders .
v > ith kindest love , and hoping I shall live to see you what I -wish you to be , a wise and virtuous man , I am , my dear Charles , Very affectionately , your friend , Hexby Yi > "CE > 't . Ur . Charles BolwelL
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TO THE EDITOS OF THB SOHXHSBJi STAS . Sip ., —1 ara requested to inform you that an adjourned meeting , to congratulate Dr . M'i > ouall on his release from Whigcontroul , was held at Johnson ' s lecture room , Cjerkenwell Green , on Wednesday evening last The meeting iras well attended , and of a spirited nature . Mr . Cohen -was in the chair . The following resolution was moved by myself—seconded by a gentleman in the meeting , and carried : — " That th << meeting again congratulate Dt . M'Donall on the moral and physical vict < iry fce has gained over the Whigs . " The next resolution was moved by ilr . Balls , and seconded by a gentleman in the meeting . It was unanimously carried . " Thai the meeting have heard with much gratification that is the intention of Dr . M'Douall to visit the Metropolis on his return from Scotland- " I am , Sir , Your obedient servant , Jajces Culyebbocsb , 10 , Compton-street , Clertenwell , 11 th September , 1840 .
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TO THE EDITOR OP THB SORTHEKK STAK . 146 , Kingsland Road , London , September 13 , 1 S 40 . Sir , —Your London Correspondent has givena correct , . rheugli very brief atsir ^ ct of the proceedings at the Peacock Tavern , Cambridge Heath , iwhere a iecture on Com La-w Repeal was delivered by a Mr . V / igham , and a disfussien earned between the Repealers and the Chartists > except in the statement of the relative numbers present . As the party appointed by the Chartists to discuss the matter with iha lecturer , allow me to state that towards tha termination of the proceedings , the mbrits of the question having bet . n fully argued and understood by all present , I proposed the following resolution : —
" That it is the opinion of this meeting , that the producing classes of this country should stand aloof froni all political agitation , not the principles of the People ' s Charter ior its object . " Three persons only , and not half the meeting , as anticipated by your correspondent , voted against this resolution , the lecturer declaring himself , in the most emphatic manner , to be a sincere Chaitist ; that he bad been so all his life , and had carried his principles to the poll , regaroless of consequences , which had been most disastrous to him , and frem the effects of which ha was at present severely suffering . It is a damning cii en m stance for the success of the Repealers , and evidences the inattention of the middle classes to their X'Oliiical duties , that had it not been for the presence cf the Chartists , the meeting could scarcely have mnstered half a dozen .
Trusting you will insert this as a necessary correction of the report in last week ' s Star , I am , Six , Yonrs , respectfully , A . DTSOS .
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SCRIPTURAL CHARTISM . —NO . 2 . In the preceding article on this subject , I ought more particularly to have dwelt on the care which Pharaoh cad of his people—it was for their sake , rather than his own , that he was jealous of the Israelites . He advised with them—he acted with their concurrence He was a good king to hia own people . Suppose that the refugees , who fled into England frem the French Revolution , had had the county of York assigned them to dwell in , and tha-t they had increased so as to "fill the iand , " cur qneen might reasonably feel jealous of them ; but it "WGUld be bad policy to prevent them returning to their own country , or to other countries when they desired to do so ; and very unjust it would be to set cruel taskmasters over them-te The Marcuses of those
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dav » Wer « only Ittlf , bo bloody as tfiofce of wtrs . Moses )*¦» wougut up HtB aflopted ehHil ol the princess , and Tttii , accordingly , exempt from the enflferingB of his Drethjen , * yet he sympathised with tftftm , * nd was drtYtapinto exile on tfceir Account Hi * thoughts reverted to the past prosperity < rf the children of Israel antoAteaham and Isaac , and he resolved tibat they should again be free , and come and woiahip on tbp mountain where he then ineditated their teleas ' s , while his flock fed . They had been broken to the yok « Vbich they bor ? , attd debasement and despair had rendered themiHcjfedtioBs of deliverance . Moses saw that there was mort likeKfatSoa to aof ten the tyrant ' s hard heart than to raise the sunken spirits of his slaves . His zeal supplied all deficiencies , and he succeeded at last , after : plague , pestilence , and famine , both among man aad * east ( such aa are now raging in England ) had manifested , that God ' s hand -seas in the-work . Tee people of Israel were afraid to fight enemies so completely armed as were Pharaoh and his host ; but there was no I r » a-r . — . w . __!_ i :.. - .. v . "T 7 . - -
needof physical force . Moral force prevailed , or , rather , God fought for them . Their day of deliverance was ever after kept holy ; and what a holiday ours will be ! Shall not temples of liberty be built in every electoral district , where the people may meet to cheose their representatives every ye « , and to celebrate the day by a solemn festival . We all know the story of King Nebuchadneissar and the golden im 3 ge which he set np . How that " the princes , the governors and captains , the judges , the treasurers , the counsellors , the sheriff * , and all the rulers of the people , " -were commanded to fall dotra
and worship it ; for such idolatry was to be a proof of their loyalty ; and how that certain spies fave information that three men refused to perform this sinful homage . Thpse three men were men in office too ; " rulers of provinces , " ami , therefore , there is all the more credit due to tbsm for being willing to sacrifice their livings and their live * , rather than turn aside from ¦ wowhipping the true God , which worship kings will not pewnit , nalesa it be under some form , or image ; such as that set up in the plains of Dura , or that which is established by Act of Parliament in England . They were brought before the king , and they plainly told him , that they would abide the utmost extremity of his ¦ wrath , rather than purchase bis favour at tho expense of their consciences . Had the king been worthy to reign , he would have honoured these honest men above
all the crew of flatterers who had ( submitted to his abominable injunction -y but Nebuchadnezzar was a tyrant , and he commanded tho burning fiery furnace to be heated seven times more thaoi it was wont to be heated . " It was so hot that the flames came out and slew the mighty men" who had bound and cast in Shadrach , lleshach , and Abednego ; but these three ¦ sralked in the niidat unhurt , and a fourth , like the Angel of God , was with them . The king , who saw all this , was struck with astonishment and admiration j he commanded them to come forth ; he promoted them to higher dignities ; he even made a decree that their God should alone be worshipped , and that any one , who said ought amiss of him , should be cast into tho furnace ; thus reversing his former decree respecting tho golden image .
There i 3 a golden image set up in England ; not in tangible shape and substance ; but mammon , or "the system , " is that image . AU who worship mammon thrive by the " curssd system ; " all who refuse to do this , and openly resist it , are made martyrs , like Thorogood . The worshippers of the system are looked on as loyal men ; they get forward ia the world ; they become favourites at court , and receive royal patronage . The people refuse to worship the system ; but , among all the rulers of the people , all our men in hi ^ h office , where shall we find three such conscientious and devoted individuals as Shadrach , Meshach , and Abednego . So far from falling down before the system , the people have appointed and maintained spokesmen to denounce it , those spokesmen are watcaetl and accused by spies ; and the
furnaces of nfflictlon , I mean tke prisons , are heated for them Beven times more than ever they were heated formerly for political offenders . One of our petty Xobuchadnezzars visited the prison , and witnessed the sufferings , I should rather say , the rejoicings , of a noble-minded victim ; but this tyrant possessed not a spark » f the humanity and justice that flamed up in the King of Babylon ' s bosom . Normanby saw Vincent self-sustained in the ' hell where he had plunged him , " and cowered before hia indignant glance ; saw him attended by a goo * conscience , as by the angel of the Lord . ; but did NoTmanV > y catch fire from the heroic magnanimity of hia victim ? No !—he did not instantly release him , and honour him , and grant him full power to carry his virtuous and patriotic wishes into effect This soulless bear , who could open the prison door of felons—closed it again on Yinctnt . He crouched before the superior virtue of his victim , and beslubbered him
with a few unmeaning good wishes—then came away ; and Vincent yet remains in the furnace of ptsrsecution ; here he is punished for his piety . The tyrant lias not put his accusers into his place , and prosecuted all who persecute the Chartists . He falls far short of the magnanimity of NebuchadneKzat ; yet Nebuchadnezzar was afterwards turned out tograsa in the fields , because , in his pride , ho forgot religion and humanity . Vincent suffers all the wrongs and woes which he sought to remove from others ; he suffers with a noble constancy , "for an excellent spirit is in him . " In the meanwhile his gaoler , the hangman of the kingdom , is still the Most Noble the ilarquis of Normanby . and ia surronnded by that most vicious kind of flatterers , who give the loudest applause to the vilest vices . But a day will come , a day of reckoning , when our insulted God will redress his injured peop : e , and pour vengeance on the heads of their oppressors .
J . W . Aislaby , Sept . 14 , 1840 . P . S . The scene in the dungeon , as described by Vinoent , when the Marquis visited him , would make a good subject for a pieture , I hope some Cliartist artist will take it in hand . J . W .
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AN APPEAL OF THE il ANCHESTER AND SALFORD LOCAL VICTIM COMMITTEE , TO THEIR FELLOW-TOWNSMEN AND TOWNSWOMEX . Men asd Women op Manchester and Salford , —To you we appeal , in full confidence that our appeal will be mt « t heartily responded to by you , when made in behalf vf suffering humanity in the cause of right against might—of innocence atainst guilt—of virtue against vice—of dignified manliness against cowardly barbarism , in behalf of the wives and families of our
suffering brethren who are now in the damp dungeon ' s dayless gloom—doomed to the felon ' s heritage , punishment , and vile debasement , subjected to all the iaiUgnitiea that a base and brutal Government and vindictive magistracy can invent , tethered like beasts and fed worse , no friendly eye to look upon them—no woman ' s tenderness to sooth their desolation—eo little ones to gladden their dull souls—no social converse , save that of horrid imprecations , dead to all that is passing amongst the people , whom they so much loved , and bo zealously laboured to serve , and for which they haTe sacrificed all but life .
We beg to remind you of the time when these brave men , who » e hearts panted for the welfare of their species , laid aside all fear of consequences and boldly attempted to stay the mad career of a Government whose every act proves tiieni incapable of managing the affairs of a great nation , or directing the moral and physical energies of a people whose aim and determinatien is to uproot the system which has made it a crime to be Trirtuous , and that system which ha 3 reduced yonx children to the condition of breathing automatons . Suns shine and flo-wers bloom , and forests wave , and straiins run glittering in the light in vain for tens of thousands of British infants condemned to the incessant labours of the factory . The glorious God of Nature is almost shut ont from the imaginations of these poor martyrs to avarice , and man ' s puny arts alone fill their minds ; gas and steam are the only elements of light and power with which thty are acquainted ; potatoes and the like
the only viands with which they are familiar ; broken rest , severe punishment , and excessive toil , the only usage to which they are accustomed . Can it be wondered at , then , that these brave men who have witnessed , each morning by five o ' clock , the streets bedewed with the tears of innocent victims at the accursed shine of avarice ; the pallid looks and broken hearts of your beloved wives—the slavish and degrading condition of yourselves , and who , prompted by your cheers and solemn -pledges of support , Bhuuld have resolved at all hazards to rescue their beloved country from the iron grasp of the basest faction that ever disgraced or ruined a nation , for which they are now doomed to gaze for six , nine , twelve , eighteen , and twenty-four long and dreary months , through the irongratings of a felon ' s cell , or fall back upon their iron beds to ruminate upon the misery of their widowed wives and orphan babes , left to the mercy of a pitiless world .
Brethren , in the good and holy causa , ye can never repay them for what they have done and suffered , but can sooth their distresses . Ye can raise their droopin * , bat not broken , spirits . Ye can raise their families above distress—ye can make the tyrants tremble by pouring in your pence to the committee , who now meet at their capacious room j adjoining the Sherwood Inn , Tib-street , every Wednesday evening at eight o ' clock ; yes , by assisting the committee to place these men out of the reach ef the tyrants , they will again come forth , when their prison doora «>») . ii open , and take their station at your head more determined and better qualified to lead you on to the goal of freedom and happiness . We , therefore , call upon you who love your Charter , to come forward promptly in support of its best advocates , as the best means of accomplishing
your long-wished for object ; we . also solicit the assistance of the Christians , whose duty it is to keep the poor and needy , and as far as possible , banish from the land oppression , the main-spring of crime and immorality . We also crave the powerful aid of the pbilantropist and tho patriot , and last , not least , we most earnestly implore the assistance of the women , and would ask those who are married and have families , to picture to themselves the distressed condition of the wemen , in whose behaif we plead , when lying on their sleepless pillows , gazing upon their helpless children , thinfcing of the iron beds and dreary damp cells in which their beloved husbands are wasting life away , and pondering over things and times gone by , until the whole cankers into misery . We would also impress upon these who are not yet Wfiedt the necessity of thinking deeply aa to > bat are tbeir future prospects .
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ST Ulti IMomin «* «»«» to ¦ pura from tfieir pre-^ f ^"" . ' ^ boldly resolve to have the Charter as ill ^ ^^ tfvW mwpt restoring them to tnelr domestic duties and consequent bappiiwa .
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M ^ K $ J P eS ¥ ! THE HIGH SHERIFF OF CHESHIRE'S GAMEKEEPERS . J&Si ^ of Thnred a y » cotter murder , the third ^ r £ Sl ^ **?*? ° ^ <> " « month , w « perpetrated in Cheshire , the victim in this instance beiMTaomas vSf ^ ' tl'W' ^ oIlit WPloy of JToiu-Tollemache , ^ sq-, the high sheriff of the county * Handle Wilbranam , Esq ., the brother of the member , and J . H . Garton , Esq ., gentleman residing in the city-of Cheater , loe deceased occupied a very neat cottage in Uxleylane , about four miles from Tarporley , an . i two from Beeston Castle . He had charge of the Uxl ' ey covers , and looked after the game on the Stapleford manor . He was a married man , and has lefta wife far ;\ dyanced m pregnancy , and six children to mourn h ! s I > ss . On Thursday he left home early to attend Mr . Gart on on a
shooting excursion over Stapleford . He left him in the evening , and not returning home all night , hia w Ve , on Friday morning , went inaearch after him , and , sho eking to state , found him within three fields of his own home , s cold and lifeleaa corpse . He had been « hot under the left arm , and there is every reasoa to bali eve that the murderer or murderers , be they who they Ul . » y , afterwards rifled his pocketa of £ 2 9 s . In money , t be sum he had that evening received on account of wage b . . On the forenoon of Saturday , a hlghly-Tespectabl e ury met at the house of Mr . Williamson , a neighbouring farmer , in Uxley-lane , to inquire touching the manner in which the deceased came to his death . 1 FAITHFUL THOMAS , Esq ., of Chester , was the coroner ; Col . Tomkinson and R , B . Orton * Esct ., of Tattenhall , two county magistrates , also attended to watch the proceedings .
Sarah Henshall , the widow of th « deceased , deposed that her husband was employed to look after the game at Uxley and Stapleford . On Thursday morning he went out at half-past six o ' clock . He was not home all day—in fact he never returned . Witness went out at seven o ' clock on Friday morning to look for her husband . She found him in the third field from the house . He was lying on the cop ( the hedge-row ) with hia head towards the field . He laid on his left side . Witness took hold of his hand ; she then found he was dead . She screamed out , and Hr , Walton , a farmer , came to her nnd took her home . He said the body must be got home , and promised to get assistance for that purpose . When ho left home h « had no money . The way he came was no road , but the way her husband generally came when he went to Stapleford .
W :-. Thomas Walton , farmer , of Brassie-green , Tiverton , said he was taking his cows out on Friday morning , whoa he saw Mrs . Henshall going down to the field screaming violently . Witness weat to her . She was comiug from where the body lay , and told witness that her husband was dead . Witness went with Mrs . Henshall to her home , and afterwards procured a door from Mr . Crookson's , and . with ' some other persons , carried the body home . The deceased was lying across the hedge-cop . Before removing the body they lifted up his left arm , and found that he was shot The blood ran down hia coat sleeve . He waa quite dead and cold .
J . H . Garton , Esq ., of Chester , deposed , that on Thursday ho went with a friend to shoot at Stapleford . The deceased met them at Tarvin , and went with them . In the evening witness paid him £ 2 83 . for wages . There was no suspicious persons about when ho paid the money , as he was aware of . The deceased walked with them back as far as Tarvin , and they left him at half-past seven o ' clock . He was then perfectly sober . He held the horse of witness ' s friend at the door , and received a shilling for so doing . Witness had 6 d . In copper , which be gave to the deceased to buy himself a glass of alo with . He had no ale before witness left Thtit was the last time witness saw him aliva .
Samuel Warbarton , farmer , of Burton , saw the deceased on Thursday night . Witness-met him in the middle of Burton , at eight o ' clock , or a quarter past He waa going to Uxley in the direction from Tarvin . Witness asked him what sport the gentlemen from Chester had had . He replied " Not very good , as the birds got up rather wild . " Deceased was quite BOber . He was about two miles from his own house at that time . Nothing more passed between them . Mrs . Sarah Sheen , the wife of a fnrnver at Tilston , deposed to being presentwhen the body of the deceased was stripped after being brought home . Witness saw
that his left side was bloody , and that the blood had gone through his clothisg . On the removal of the clothes , and tho washing of the body , witness saw a rather large wound , 80 big that she thought she conld have put her hand into it It was just under the left arm , and part of tho arm was wounded also . Witness examined the clothes of the deceased , found three-halfpence in copper in his waistcoat pockets , and a knife and a letter in his left hand small-clothes pocket , which was buttoned up . The right band small-clothes pocket was epen and unbuttoned . Thero waa nothing in it Ho had some bread and butter in his coat pocket
Mr . Briscoe Earl , surgeon , of Tarvin , and Mr . J . H . Rowcliffe , surgeon , of Tarporley , spoke to tho appearance of the body of tho deceased on the post mortem examination , made on Friday evening . A number of shots , some pieces of the deceased ' s coat , and the shirt , were found in the lung , pericardiam , and heart Tho wound was of such a nature as to produce instant death . William Jones , a brickmaker , in the employ of the Chester and Crewo Railway Company , was examined at great length , as to the manner in which he , nnd John Elson , a shoemaker at Brassie-green , spent their time on the evening of the murder . He said he returned from Chester at half-past five o ' clock in the eve » ing ; had his tea at twenty minutes to eight o ' clock , went
along with Elson to carry ' a pair of boots home to Mr . Skellatfs , of Beeston ; they got there at eight o ' clock , stayed half an hour , and then walked back . On getting to Mr . Cookson ' s , Canal-bridgo , ( half a mila from the spot where the body of the deceased was afterwards found ' , they heard a gun fired . Eluou asked whether that was the report ef a gun , and witness said yes . He also inquired about the direction it came from , and they both agreed that the report proceeded from near Elson ' s house . They afterwards turned back te look for Elson ' s cow , and walked along the canal side home . They got home about tweuty minutes to ten by Elson ' s clock , and witness and his wife immediately after went to bed . He afterwards heard Elson lock the house door and como up through his room to hia own bedroom . Next morning they were alarmed by the screams
Of a female , who said , « ' Oh Lord , Oh Lord , " and on going out they met Mr . Walton assisting Mrs . Henshall home . They both assisted in carrying the body of Henshall to his house . Witness afterwards went back to the field in which tho body had been found , and saw a plnce quite fresh where a man had got over the hedge . Witness looked about the gap and saw afoot mark in the ditch below it , and in the upper corner of the field adjoining Mr . Walton's he saw one foot mark quite fresh in the ditch , and some mud on an ash-stub in the hedge . It was quite plain to be seen where the foot had been , but witness could not distinguish an * - nail or other murk on account of the grass . The mavkB were full a hundred yards from the spot where the body was found . Witness also noticed , about four or five yards from the body , some marks on the grass , as if somebody had been sitting down . '
John Elson , the shoemaker alluded to in the last witness ' s testimony , was next brought before the coroner , it seems some degree of suspicion was attached to this individual from the circumstance of his having been the defendant in two informations for poaching or trespassing in pursuit of game , preferred against him by th 9 deceased some two years ago . After being told by tho coroner that he might say anything or nothing as he pleased , and that the jury would give attention to any voluntary Statement he might choose to make , he proceeded to declare that he was quite innocent of any knowledge of the death of the deceased . The coroner reminded him that there was a charge against him of having killed HenshalL
Elson said he was aware of that , but he had nothing to say about it further than that he was innocent He then proceeded to give in nearly the Barae terms as the witness Jones au account of his different occupations on the evening of the murder . The two accounts were so nearly alike as to lead the jury to believe that Elson was , as he declared , innocent of the charge against him . William Brooks , a servant man in the employ of Mr . Walton , deposed to having been called by his master on Friday morning to stand near the body while Mr . Walton took Mrs . Henshall home . Witness saw the stick of the deceased in the hedge , near thebedy , and observed that the flap of the deceased ' right-hand breeches pocket waa unbuttoned . The whole of the witnesses spoke to the circumstance of the deceased not carrying a gun , aad also to no gun being found near the body .
The clothes of the deceased were produced . The hole made with the charge was singed round , so as clearly to show that the muzzle of the gun must have been close to the deceased when it was fired . The jury , after consulting together for a short time , found a verdict of "Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown . " Mr . Hill , the superintendent ef the Chester police force , had the investigation of the case entrusted to him , but by order of the magistrates , Arrowsmith , of Waverham , Turton , of Altringbam , Colborn , of Lymon , three officers of the Cheshire constabulary , have been over to Tarporley te assist ia bringing the offender ot offenders to justice . .
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The Payino of WAGks in Goods , instead of money , is increasing to an alarming decree in tho villages in this county . It is also practised to some extent in the cotton hosiery brancea ip . the town . — Nottingham Journal . The Session of the Reformed Presbyterian Congregation , Greenock , under the min ' istry . of the Rev . Andrew Gilmour , came some time ; ago to the unanimous resolution of using for sacramental purposes the liquid fruit of the vine , orwir leas it ia found in the cluster ( see isatab . lxv . 8 ) 7 i ! his resolution was carried into operation ou the occasion of celebrating the ordinance of the Lord ' s Sup / per on Sabbath week , aad wo understand that the change has given un-: minded satisfaction .
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GREAT NEWS ! Wb learn from oar London contemporaries the interesting intelligence , that a whole wing of Buckingham Palace is being fitted np for a nursery ! If things * are to be conducted on such a large scale as this , the Prince of Wales ( if it be a Prince ) should be a very giant ; a man-of-war should be cleaned out for his cradle ; the National Gallery of pictures , the British Museum , and several large manufactories should bo bis pretty toys ; the Thames must be given up for his little boat . Prince Albert struts about magnanimously , and in imitation of Napoleon , exclaims to the Doctors , " Remember she is a woman , and not a Queen !"
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FOREIGN POOR LAWS-No . I . Under this head wo intend to furnish our readers with a concise , though authentic and intelligible , account Of the various regulations made for the relief of the poor in a considerable portion of America and Europe . We shall omit the statutes and rules prevailing in our own country , as we have so of ten made them the subject of oar remarks , and aa they ore necessarily better known than those of foreign Unds , we presume that a survey like this will be both interesting and instructive . From a knowledgo 01 other Poor Laws , weBhall be enabled to see their
co mparatrve advantages and defects , their mode of wo . rking and their results , their power in elevating or i ) i degrading a people ; and hence not only shall we gather in what respects our own regulations are inferior or superior , but also we shall be capable of learning the elements that should form any new code in * , this difficult branch of legislation . In many oountri ta we find the right of the destitute to relief totally denied ; in many it is narrowed to the smallest extend , while in others tho means of existence are doled out with a liberal hand , and dispense comfort , while 1 they ward off starvation .
In 1833 , i \ he commissioners appointed by ihe King to enquire mto the operation of the then existing Poor Laws in this country , were also authorised to extend the investigation , as far as might be productive of any useful result . At first they obtained many private communications from abroad upon the Bubjeet , and then applied to Lord Palmerston in order to obtain the assistance of the diplomatic body ( our Consuls and Ministers at Foreign Courts ) . The answers from these functionaries were very full and minute , and undoubtedly form an excessively valuable collection .
They were published and amounted to large folio volumes . This is the sourco whence we abridge and extract our description of- Foreign Poor Laws . 1 . Amkrica . —A legal provision is made for paupers in every part ef the United States , excepting Georgia and Louisiana . No such provision exists in Brazil or in Hayti , or , as it appears , in any of the countries originally colonized by Spain .
The system in the United States was , of course derived from England , and was modified according to local circumstances . It therefore exists in substance as our old Poor Law . Each State being looked upon as of independent sovereignty , paupers belonging to one State may not be removed to another ; but such paupers are supported in some of the Northern districts ; not by local assessments , but out of the general income of the State , under the name of State Paupers ! We wonder whether these men wer » bo christened as a satire on our pensioned Lords and Ladies , who live on the people and never work !
Within the last ten years the regulations have been gradually becoming more rigid and severe . In Massachusetts the separation of the sexes frequently takes place , except when local circumstances interfere , and iu many places in this State an exception is made in favour of married cobles . In New York a barbarous cruelty prevails ; for the Commissioners , or Overseers , apprentice out the children , and disperse them to different parts sf the State ; and on no account will inform the parents where they place their children .
Wo see , therefore , that America , with regard to her slaves and her paupera , has yet much to learn . 2 . EukoPE . —A legal claim ( or one capable-of being enforced by the laws ) to relief exists in Norway , Sweden , Russia , Denmark , Mecklenburg , Prussia , Wurtemburg , Bavaria , and the Canton do Berne ; but does not apparently exist ill the
Hanseatio Towns , Holland , Belgium , France , Portugal , the Sardinian States , Frankfort , Venice , Greece , or Turkoy . We have no sufficient data from Saxony , whence we can form a certain opinion in this respect . The great peculiarity of the system in the North of Europe is the custom of affording relief by quartering the paupers on the landholders in the country , and on householders in the towns .
1 . Norway . —The impotent , crippled , and others unable to prooure their subsistence , are , in the country districts , billeted , or quartered , on such house or landholders , as have the means of providing for their wants . By them they are furnished with clothing and food , and are expected , in return , to perform such light services aa they can . If the piuper misconduct himself , he is liable to a slight punishment from the Overseer , and if the householder , &c , does net furnish good and sufficient means of living , he is subject , on conviction , to fine or imprisonment .
we need hardly point out the liberal and humane spirit which pervades regulations like thesek Their obvious effect is to charge tho wealthy with the support of their poorer brethren under their owa roof , as pensioned domestics ; to give one party an opportunity of affording relief , and the other of performing such services as strength will admit of , and gratitude encourage .
2 . Sweden . —Every parish is bound to- support its own poor , and the fund for that purpose arises from voluntary contributions , ( of which legacies and endowments form a large portion ) the- produce of certain fines and penalties , and rates levied in the country , in proportion to the value of estates , and in towns on the property or income of the inhabitants . Settlement depends on residence . In many parts of this couniry the destitute able-bodied are relieved by being billeted on householders or by money .
3 . Russia . —The people in this country being chiefly in a state of slavery , the lords of the soil are induced , by their own interest , to see tbat its cultivators are provided with the means of subsistence . But should they act so foolishly or so cruelly as to neglect their first of duties , the strong arm of the law will recall it to their memory . In all well-regulated propertied , in order to . provide for the contingency of a bad season , the peasants arc obligod to bring to a magazine , established by the proprietor , a certain portion of their crops , to which the ; may have recourse in case of need . In all estates belonging to tie Government , all serfs ,
incapable of working * are supported by their relatious or are taken into poor-houses , built at the expense of the section or parish , which is found to furnish the inmates with fuel , food , and clothing . The parish mast also establish hospitals for the sick , and the clergy are compelled to provide for the poor of their own class . When every other resource is inadequate , a rate is levied , to which the landowners or farmers contribute in proportion to the cultivation and workB they carry on , or to the amount of rent they pay ; and the labourers , according to the wages they reoeive . The overseer is the elder of tho tillage , annually elected by the peasantry ; all public begging is forbidden . In the Polishjyr < mnees incorporated with the empire , the portiorAo £ laftd allotted by the proprietors to the
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jwajsv ^ ry , and the permission , which Ii granted to them , * * cutting wood in the forests for buildingiad fuel , obrik *• thenecewity < rfMh ^ tin ^* e # e& & barbarous Bi ^"" are not so bad after sill - 4 . Denmajul , —The system of poor laws in thfe country has bo ^ af / ° * nwd witf ' gtyii , cm and Bkill ; it is recent , having assumed ili pi »*^ ifomin 1809 * Each market town < of which there are Bixty-flve in Denmark ) constitutesa separate pbordistrfcfc In the coantry « ao& parish forms a poor districts Tb * laws relating to this subject are administered by a body of men , consisting of the curate , erne of the magistrates , the provost , and two or ia © ta of tho most respectable inhabitants . .
The poor are divided into three classes' . First , the aged and the sick , and all those who , from bodily or mental infirmity , are wholly or partial ! debarred frdm earning the means of Bubsistance . ¦ These are to be supplied with food or money , with the necessary articles of clothing , with lodging and fuel , and with medical attendance , either at their own dwellings , or in placeB owned or rented by the parish .
Secondly—Children , including orphans , foundlings , and thoBe , the health , resources , or morals of whose parents are of a description , which would render it improper to confide the education of the young to their care . These children are lo be placed with a private family , te be there brought up and educated at the expense « f the parish , aotfl they can be apprenticed or provided for in any other manner .
Thirdly—Families or Bingle persons , who from constitutional weakness , a numerous offspring , the approach of old age or similar causasy are nnable to earn a sufficiency for the support of themgelve * or their children . These are to-be relieved , and work is to be provided for themy if possible ; ai the usual rate of wages ; should the amount not prove sufficient for support , they are still to receive food and' clothing from the parish .
The poor relieved are to work , to tiro best of their ability , in order to support themselves * and to reimburse the parish . All begging is prohibited . When a single person is oat of place , and caasot obtain- ; one , he ox she shall apply to the parish beadle , who , on the following Sunday , > t church meeting , will offer the services of the applicant , and inquire among the community for a master . The parochial fund is derived from rates levied on each parish , contributions assessed on th « ground tax , on& quarter percent , of the proceeds-of goodr , &c , sold by aaction , fines and penalties , produce of collections in churches , donations , &c ; The opinions of many of the writers , from whose authority wo Kave this aocount , are greatly in favour of tho Danish system .
5 . Mecklenbubg . —Every one has a legal claim to assistance , and they are to be distinguished into , first , able-bodied persons , for whom work and » dwelling must be provided ; the former at thea «« ji rate , in order not to render them destitate , if » through any knavery , work should be denied to them . Secondly , people , impotent through age ,, are to be provided with as much work as they- ara capable of , and so much muBt be given to them , that they can live upon it , bssides having a dwelling and fael . Rates are levied on all the inhabitants , with the exception of soldiers , studcats , clerks , assistant artisans , and servants .
With this province , we shall conclude for . this week ; and in about two more articles , we shall be enabled to lay before our readers the laws of every country in Europe relating to the poor . We forbear making any remarks on the superiority ^ of one system over another , until we have described them all .
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ODDS AND ENDS . Theab are many oddities in the world , and probably many out of the world . There have been odd things since the creation of the world . Milh ' ons-of men have slaughtered one another in war , as if it were a pleasant jest : BuBKK computes thdfc 36 , # oo , eo 9 , OC& have fallen in thia way by the awowk This is odd , considering that life is not very long , nor the world very happy without these pleasing little incidents .
Kings have amused themselves by employing their subjects , and using their labour , to build immense stone pyramids , which have no earthly use . But then Political Economy was not much studied . in Egypt , and therefore the value of labour did not , much trouble the sapient rulers . Would ta Heavea these were t he only monuments of Royal folly I Tamerlame is said to have built a monument' ef ninety thousand human heads—a fit tomb for a hero , only it is a pity his own thick skull did not form the foundation stone . Nations have been mighty , have declined ,, and fallen . Governments have been Republican , . then . Monarchical , then nothing at all . Kings have been tyrants , and then martyrs .
These and a thousand other like events have been odd enough ; but we doubt much whether they ex » oeed some of the oddities of the present day in OUT * own country . It is odd to see a large nation stalking over ta another large nation , like China , ' and while expressing no malice against it , to insist upoa its swallowing opium , which must destroy it , or upon its being quietly pierced with the sword and shot with the gun , which probably will have no better result . We can only liken the alternative tothat proposed by Queen Eleanob to Fair RosamoiYQ , when she offered her the bowl of poison or the dagger .
It is odd to see a country threaten a- big one , like Russia , merely because it is becoming too prosperous , and is rather large in bulk . All , the little mea might just as well put to death all of great size ,. for fear the latter should do them some harm . It is very odd to behold such a country as this governed by such a set as tho 3 e who form the ^ administration—a set , that have an actual minority in Parliament , and are only kept up at any price by aa Irish humbug , who has blackguarded thenv&nd called them every name his select vocabulary , can furnish .
It is odd to see this same personage taking : up . the question of Repeal for the five thousandth time » and attempting to gull his unfortunate auditors with the oft-told tale . He returns to . this question * , daring the recess , just to keep himself alive aneL to » o 5 brd himself a little excitement ; but , directly Parliament meets again , lo ! he has no need of it , and . it drops out of sight until the next vacation . It is not odd , considering their acts ,. to < eee the clergy falling into disrepute , and to hear , ofrohurchrates being refused throughout the kingdom . One Reverend Gentleman writes a doleful letter to the Time * journal , and takas the opportunity of abusing
hia parishioners , whom he designates 03 , plefly'Radical 3 , Chartist 3 , Soeinians , andQuak £ j 9 , aiidperverts the Scriptures against them . Whilewesee in the same paper an accoani of one Church ,, whose clock ia stopped , and whose bells cease to ring , because the rates are not forthcoming . These are signs 6 ? the times , that are well worth , observing . Thoso ^ good has not suiEered in vain * It is odd to see the Whigs , who , a few yeararinee * had a majority , af 300 , come downto a majority « f nothing , and to Item , that the Befowaers of Edinburgh can scarcely muster sufficient to give Lad John RussKu . ^ tho Great" a dinner . ; :
It i 3 odd to see the Cbartisis , one and aQi proceeding quietly but surely to demolish , the . stronghold of corrupt Whiggism , and rampant Toiyisinf . To see thorn unbroken , resolute , and persevering in their struggle for right , though every power has been opposed to them that wealth or rank could could command , thongb . their patriotic leadera have been torn from them and consigned to a gloomydungeon . It is—no ! it is not—odd to see Chartism gaining strength every day , and adding by degrees to its forces . This is not odd—because 'VU ^^ a : ^ strength" —and " when the swan sinks , poreejer&nce , will fail . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 19, 1840, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2702/page/7/
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