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" Moreover , I bequeath to my second Great Grandson ye method I employ for preparing ye medicament . Given this day , and in ye 147 th year of my age , " Thomas Pars . " " Winnington , Salop , Januarie 17 th , 1630 . " This singular character was the oldest man , with one exception , that England ever produced : Ms biographer says , " the days of his youth , according to his own account , was a series of long and painful illness , but that by some secret means he cured himself , and was stronger than most men when he married his first wife , which he did at the advanced age of eighty-eight ; he again married at the amazing age of one hundred and twenty ; at one hundred and thirty he used to thresh eorn , and do any laborious work . He had seen ten Kings and Queens of England .
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THE CHAfeTER twrsBS THE CORN LAWS . As -we stated in a paragraph -which we inserted in our last , a discussion took place in the spacious unphitii 3 atre recently erected in Leicester , on Monday , Not . 23 rd , between Mr . Bairstow , the Ch&rtirt missionary , Wd Mr . Finnigan , a lecturer specially appointed by the Anti-Corn Lav League , as to tile benefits likely to result to the -working classes from a repeal of the Corn Laws , Mr . Bairstow contending that their repeal , unaccompanied by other financial and social measures of reform , would be productive of no benefit to the ¦ wealth-producing millions ; while Mr . Finnigan maintained that an immediate and total repeal of these obnoxious laws would place almost every comfort within the reach of the working man . It may be proper to Elate , for the information of our readers , that the discussion in question < of which the following is a condensed report . ) had . its origin in a challenge given by Mr . Blirstow when lectnring at Leicester some weeks ' in m CHAfeTER versus THE COTMf T . A"W < 4
back , that he was open to discuss the question with any one maintaining a contrary opinion to himself , in consequence of which the Committee of the VT&rkmg ) Men ' s Anti-Corn Law Association at Leicester wrote-i to the League in Manchester , requesting that Mr . | Acland might be permitted to accept Mr . Bairstow ' s I challenge , which , after seTeral weeks of correspon- i dence , was agreed to , and the necessary arrangements were consequently entered into between the Commit- i tees of the Working Men's Anti-Corn Law Association j and the National Charter Association , that the dis- ; enssion should come off on the 23 rd ; Mr . Bairstow ! having relinquished several engagemenfs that be had j previou ^ y maae , in order to suit the convenience of the i League . On the Saturday week prior to the day fixed ' ¦ lor the discussion , however , two of the Corn Law ' Committee waited on Mr . Markham , the Chairman of ' the Chartist Committee , to state that Mi . Acknd cnv \<\
come tune appointed , as he had been sent into Irelsnd by order of the League ; they , therefore , I wished-the discussion to be postponed . To thistheChar- ; tists objected , and as the agreement was bindic ? , that i whichever party failed to produce their man—except in 1 case of sickness or death—should pay the whole expences . ' They accordingly issued bills announcing the discussion to take place at the appointed time . This Jed the j repealers to make a fresh application to the League , and it was not till the Sunday afternoon , as the dis- ' cusaion was fixed for the next evening , that they privately distributed hand-bills , announcing Mr . "Finnig&n as their champion , and basely endeavoured to prejudice the public mind by insinuating " that , for acgh ; they knew , Mr . Bairstow and his party m ' ieht ' j , I I ' . j j
t * in the pay of tb « tyrannical aristocrat—the Duke uf Buckingham . " A spirited answer to this slanderous imputation was issued by the Chartist committee on the following morning . A general feeling of inuigriauon ¦ was excited against the traitorous " \ Yhig 3 , an . ] the theatre was consequently crowded to exces 3 in the evening , it being estimated thai there were at least 3 . 0 O 11 persons present at the discussion- It is rumoured , and indeed not without foundation , that the League , living ascertained that the public feeling was against them co-sidered that tee discussion would be injurious to their cause , aai that Mr . Bsdrr . ow would expose their Til = hypocrisy , as he had done at Asktoa ; and , therefore , determined that it should not take place , which would have
twen the case , had not the working men threatened that unless some one was sent to oppose Mr . Bairstow , they would break up their Association It was agreed by the two committees that C ^ ras K . Edmunds , Esq ., head master of the Proprietary School ! Ehould be ths moderator ; that gentleman , however ' , aeclined , and , as ihe par ties could not agree on another , it was left for the meeting to appoint one . Mr . Mark-Lam , on behalf of the Chartists , proposed the Kev . Mr . B ' . oodworth , a dissenting minister , who stated that he a : d so because that gentleman had never shown hacseif a violent partizan , and was unconnected with either agriculture 07 n ^ nnfactures , and therefore most La- , iy U > act impartially . The motion having been seconded ,
Mr . Fiss , a member of the anti-Corn Law Association , then proposed Joseph Whetstone , Esq ., the late mayor , a gentleman whose independence of character and impanialityof . conduct during the time he held the c £ ee of chief migistrate entitle him to the esteem of h : s fellow-townsmen , and whom the Chartists themselves wou'd rsavt ? been the first to ha-rs chosen to arbitraie between tfctm and their opponents , fcut as he is a large manufacturer , it was deemed expedient to reject him , which was done by the meeting by a large majority , Tue Kev . Mr . Bloodtvohth then took the cbair a ; moderator , anr . dst loud cheers -. and . Mr . lUirstow nominated Mr . Ma £ K . H _ O ! as his chairman , .-. ad Mr . Finnigan appyintci 3 Ir . Tiuvisto act in the same capacity on fci » behalf .
The Moderator and Chairmen having each expressed their determination to use every endeavour to preserve order , and to give to th » ciiputants a fair and impirtial kfXJXDg , Mr . Bajbstow rose amidst groat cheering to sddre 33 the meeting . He said in spite of the insinuation which hid been thrown out against him in the placard which had been circulated- by the friends of repeal , he was not come to advocate a continuance of the Com Laws ; nor was he in the receipt of pay from the I > uie -of Buckingham ; neither did be ever in his life say that a repeal of the Corn Laws would entail misery on the ¦ working classes . The proposition that he was come to discuss was , that a repeal of the Corn La vs , without other remedial measures , would be of no benefit to the
labouring population of this country . It would be for Mr . Finnig ^ n to prove the negative of this proposition . The question then was , would a repeal he Uncficial or would it not ? iCriea of " Xo , " " no . "; He wished it to be understood that he was quite indifitrent -which gained tie victory , whether him or his opponent It was truth he sought It was the well-being of the millions for whieh he felt anxious , and ever bad done . Cheers . 1 What was the Corn Law ? It was a prohibitive duty on foreign corn , firing on it a certain price for the support of landowner and farmer . On the same principle the manufacturer was protected . All parties who do no : live on labour Ere protected by prohibitiTe duties . ( Hear , bear . ) The question then was , would a repeal
of one of these duties only , while a hundred and fifty Others equally injurious should be left untouched , be of any benefit to the working classes ? It was requisite to glance at the influence and effect of these questions in deteriorating wages . The principle of Corn L-jws had existed for nearly four centuries , during which time there had been alternate seasons of prosperity and adversity ; and if it was asserted that the Corn Laws had been the means of depressing trade , it might also be urged that they had at other times been the means of producing a good one . In order to arrive at a just conclusion , it was necessary to trace the effect thai ¦ would result from repeal to the working classes of o-Jier countries also . The question affected the whole wealdiproducing millions . They must look to all other
countries , and if it could be shews tha * . in those countries were no Corn Laws existed , the labouring classes were as bad off as in this , then he considered he should have proved sniScient for his opining to presume that the proposition lie hid advanced was correct . He "Would shew that so long as the working classes of this or any othsr country were deprived of political power , they would be unable to alter their condition . ( Cheers . ; There was a principle or power in existence which he considered ona of the great causes of the evils which at present afiici the working classes—a power which owed no allegiance to any person or Government . The energies of Tnan , when employed and really directed in promoting his own good and that of others , in constructing machinery for bis use and benefit , ought to be encouraged ;
bnt when it tended to depreciate the wages of the working classes , and monopolised all the productive power , while tha unproductive class reaped the profit , then he maintained that it became the omnipotent cause of eviL ( Lend cheers . ) Man ' s labour and life ought to be identified . God had said unto man " By the sweat of thy face shah thou eat bread . " The same great and just Being had also said— " Those who will not work , neither shall they eat" There were plenty of indi-Tiduals ready to support the axiom , that labour is the Bonrce of all wealth , and that the labouring class are the productive class , and produce to aa extent far beyond their means of consumption , and ought , therefore , to be protected . The rights of labour ought to be held more sacred than property , as it is the basis of everything else . Whatever tends to rednce it ought to be of no consideration in comparison with it The
landowner , the manufacturer , and the capitalist , can fall back upon their own resources . Not so the working man . With him it is labour er death , and therefore it was necessary to him that it should be prelected . As labour was the life-blood of society , and was the means of preserving order in the serial compact , it was not to be touched without committing a sin against Bociety . ( Loud cheers . ) By the agency of machinery this country had become notorious for its commercial greatness , and was renowned above all other nations But the productive power now gluts , or goes a-head of the consumptive power , and tends to cripple the resources of the country . The productive power of the country has , of late years , increased thirty fold , while that of the consumptive has not more than doubled . The world itself is glutted with our productions , and this country having reached the acme of its commercial greatness , must now decline .
The Moderator here intimated to Mr . Bairstow thaV the time allowed for him to address the meeting had expired , on which he immediately sat down , and was loudly cheered by his friends . Mr . Fiksigan then rose to reply , and was also "Warmly applauded by his friends . He said , the question -was whether a repeal of the Corn laws would or would not be beneficial to the working classes ,- but after a deal of high-flown eloquence from Mr . Bairstow , he was unable to draw the conclusion whether he had supported the negative or affirmative of the proposition He had denounced the Corn Laws , and had Bhown
how they had operated to the disadvantage of industry ; it was dear , then , from his own argument , that they were bad ; intact , he had , throughout , shown thata repeal of the Corn LawB only would prove of incalculable benefit to the working classes . ( Cries of " No , no , " from Me . Bairstcnr , and also from hia friends . ) Mr . Pinnigaa said , though a stranger , he would be heard , ¦ ad proeeedttl to say that Mr . Bairstow had told them ti » t tho Com Lure -were passed to benefit the landowner , the farmer , and agricultural labourer . ( Mr . Bairstow said , Not the labourer , " and his friends " amly expressed their disapprobation at the wilful Bug eprt » af > T ) tatiftTi 8 made by Mr . Finnigan . )
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Mr . Travis strongly reflected on the meeting for interrupting Mr . Finnigan , and Baid they were afraid to hear the truth . Mr . MiEKHAM , in equally strong terms , protested against the imputation which Mr . Travis had thought proper to cut on the meeting , and , at the same time , urged them to hear Mr . Finnig&D . Mj . Fissigan then proceeded , and said he would leave out the agricultural labourer ; but it was the first time that he had heard that the labourer formed no part of the agricultural interest- He would show that the Corn La-wa had not even benefitted the farmer , but had driven him to seek employment and subsistence elsewhere . By referring to the census of 1831 , as compared with that of 1821 , it would be seen that there - rpn . « . n _ . , „ , , .. ...
| were , at least , 30 , 000 less employed in agriculture in 1 S 31 than there were in 1821 . Why were the farmers and agrieultural labourers driven into the manufacturing districts , as stated by Mr . Bairstow ? ( Mr . Bairstow denied that he had said so , which was followed by considerable noise from both parties . ) Mr . Bairstow had told them they had had Cora Laws for four centuries psst ; he should have told them too they had had corn imported at the nominal duty of 6 d per qr . for many years together ; and also that during that period they were enjoying- good trade and great prosperity . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Bairstow had said those who would not work should not eat , from which it was to be inferred that he intended those who did not contribute something for the benefit of society Ehould not be fed . Whether Mr .
¦ ¦ Bairstow or himself were then engaged in producing anything towards the support of society he would leave them to judge , iCheers and hisses ) The next point on which Mr . Bairstow had touched , namely , the rights of industry , was one on which he entirely agreed with him . He considered that every man bad a right to sell his labour at the best hand ; and that if labour was not protected the working man must be ruined . He would tell the landowner that , as a working man , he bad no right to prevent bis doing everything he could to obtain protection for his labour . He would yield to none in the love of liberty , but he considered it the duty of the people first to destroy the shackles of industry , and afterwards break the political fetters which bound ' them . Cheers . ) Will the repeal of the Corn Laws— try
des-! uoying the principal shackle that binds industry— ! e of any benefit to the working classes ? He thought if the 1 cause of evil was removed the effect must cease , as the j Corn Law was simply a prohibitive to prevent that ; corn coming into the country of which we stand so ! much in need . The repeal of that law must confer a ! benefit on the working classes . The agricultural labourer : compelled to live on the smallest pittance and t he \ coarsast food , amd therefore any measure that would j tend to increase the supply of the necessaries of j life must prove beneficial . While the Corn Laws , had reduced the wages of the agricultural lai bourer , they had tended also to depress the farmer by ; subjecting him to high rents and rates , while the pro-| fits had gone into the pockets of the landlord . tCheers . i
A repeal would elevate the farmer , and add to the comforts of the labouring poor . For every quarter of com imported into this country the foreigner would receive so much of our manufacture in return . ( Cheers . ) How many quarters of wheat , he would ask , had been thrown into the Thames , through the effect of the Corn Laws ? A repeal would prevent a repetitisn of such a sinful waste of the principal necessary of life . He would now proceed to show the effect the Corn Laws had in reducing wages and deteriorating the foreign i : iaikets . Mr . Bairstow had said that those countries , in which no Cora Laws existed , were as bad off as England . He did not care for that ; a repeal of these laws in England would benefit the foreign labour also . He would refer them to the- fact that , in 1335 ,
provisisns were much lower than at the present time ; but at that period there was no disposition manifested by the manufacturers to reduce the wages of their ¦ workmen . ( Cries of " There was . " ) In 1 S 05 , the quartern loaf was only 4 hd . ; and were wages reduced ? Cries of yes , yes . ) If they were , then they onght to have rises now . 1 Cries of " We know that . ") A repeal of the Corn Laws would be of benefit to the working classes , by enabling the foreigner to import corn into * this country , who would receive our manufactures in exchange , thereby increasing the demand , and , consequently , wages would rise , ( Cries of no , no , and yes , yes-v It was for Mr . Bairstow to show that the Corn T ^ aws had done no harm , and then he would believe that their repeal would confer no benefit .
The time allowed having expired , Mr . Finnigan resumed his seat amidst the cheers of his friends . Mr . Bairstow , in replying , said , Mr . Finnigan " s first sentence was to the effect that he ( Mr . B . j had denounced the Corn Laws , and his last wis a request for him to prove that the Corn Laws had produced no evil ; a species of uncourteous contradiction which he would leave him to reconcile . ^ Cheers . ) He urged also that he iMr . B . ; had shown that the Corn Laws had crippled industry . Such was not the fact He bad shown that where wealth flowed into the pockets of the idle , it could not benefit the working d&s » es . vCheers . ) He again repeated that the Corn Laws were passed to benefit the landowner and farmer . Mr . Finnigan had also said tbat he > Mr . B ) had proved that the Corn
Laws tad driven the farmers into the manufacturing district ? , and thereby reduced the wages of the manufacturing labourer . He did not intend , nor did be think he had stated this to be the case . He would leave Mr . Finnigan to prove that such was the fact , and tbat it did not proceed from class legislation . iLoud cheeri ; Mr . Finnigan asked who brought the fanning labourers into the manufacturing districts ? He'illr . B . ' , would tell him . A great number were introduced into Bolton by a Poor Law Commissioner , who had be = n written to by one of the resident manufacturers , who wanted them in his mill ; but as soon as the demand ceased , they were driven to the bastile . Cries of s-hame . i Mr . Finnigan had referred tbirm to a period when corn was admitted into this country at
the nominal duty of Gd . per quarter ; and he did so perhaps to Bhow that it was a period ef prosperity . Bnt he could point them to a period from 1833 to 1838 , when the Corn Laws were in their height , and wheat was odIv 40 s . per quarter , being much lower than from 1 S 03 to 1815 , when they had no Cern Laws . If , as Mr . Finnigan stated , a repeal of the Cora Laws would have the effect of sending the surplus produce of our manufactures abroad , still he maintained tbat it would not benefit the working population . Whose property was the suipiug produce ? It belonged to the manufacturers , and the middle classes , who would share the profits of exporting it , while there would be no guarantee that the working man would derive any benefit iCheers . ; In order to excite their risible faculties , Mr . F-. nnigan bad asked whether he was producing anytbing
to benefit society while addressing them . He might also hare asked whether those who sat listening to him were of the productive class while thus employed . Cheers .. He would tell Mr . Finnigan there was a great difference between spending a few hours in the manner they were then doing and living idle for years . ( Loud cheers . Mr . Finnigan also charged him with talking about pylitics . It was a political question . What was the reason they were unable to carry the repeal of the Cern Laws last session ? Simply because the people had not political power . tCheers . ) It was said that thousands of quarters of corn had been tl rown into the Thames , and he contented that there Would be no guarantee that it would not be repeated , unless the people have the power to send persons to the House of Commons who will prevent it . ( Loud cheers . )
Mr . Fixxigas said Mr . Bairstow bad referred them to the fact of Mr . Chad wick , the Poor Law Commiasiener , sending a number of a | ricultural labourers to Bolton to work in the mills . Had they not been out of work he would have had no occasion to have sent them ; or it muat be that that they could obtain higher wages . Mr . Finnigan then directed the attention of the meeting to the fact that at the time they had no Corn Laws , this country was blessed with prosperity , and expressed his belief that a repeal of the Corn Laws at the present time would be followed by similar results . ( Cries of " no , no ; there was no steam then . " ) He also referred them to the price of
cern in 1813 , which he stated was 106 s . per quarter , fthile the manufacturer was receiving only 6 s . per yard , for making a certain description of cloth . At the r-eace in 1814 , the price of making the Bame cloth rose to 13 d . per yard , and wheat fell nearly to a third of its former price ; which he said was to be attributed to opening of a foreign market for our goods and receiving oorninexchauge . Directly on the passing of the Corn Laws , in 1 S 15 , wages fell , as an impediment was thus thrown in the way of the free export of our manufactures Cheers . ) He thought this was sufficient to show that the Corn Laws had produced great evil , and again urged that their repeal would afford immediate relief to the working classes .
Mr . Bairstcvt again rose amidst loud cheers , and said that had Mr . Finnigan attempted to controvert the position that he , Mr . Bairstow , had laid down , that the evils which oppressed the country proceeded from class legislat ion , swing to the people being deprived of their polit ical rights , and not from any effects produced by the Corn XawB , he should have thought it necessary to reply more at length , but he was spared the trouble . He denied that the Cern Bill of 1815 was the cause of reducing the wages of the manufacturing labourer ; the real cause being the principle of unlimited machinery , to which he had before referred . Mr . Bairstow then quoted a variety of statistical returns , showing the peat increase in tlie productive power of the country ; and also that the reduction in wages was not to be
attributed to a decrease in the exports of our manufactures , as they had increased three-fold within the last thirty years . He then contrasted the wages cf the labouring class in thia country , with those of France , Switzerland , &c , and showed that while the latter were receiving only 3 s . or 48 . per week , the average wages in England were from 12 s . to 14 s . He said it wae absurd , therefore , to talk of competing with the foreign manufacturer , with such a disparity in the price of labour , and the enormous amount of taxation , which oppressed the country . So long as the landowner and the manufacturer monopolised the franchise , no benefit would result to tie working man from a Repeal of the Com Laws . Give the people the power of protecting themselves , and they will soon improve their condition . ( Loud cheere . )
Mr . FisxiGAX replied , but with less effect than before , reiterating the assertion that Mr . BairstoWB whole argument went to prove the negative of hiB own proposition , which of course led to frequent interruptions from the friends of Mr . Bairstow , who felt incensed at such barefaced effrontery and misrepresentation . The interruption caused him to remark that he bad before met . Mx . Bairstow at Aehton , where
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he received much worse treatment at his hands than he had done on the present occasion , and accused him of sending a garbled report of the proceedings to the Northern Star . Mr . Baiestow replied in a -ray able address , stating that he had only to referthem to the report which appeared in the Corn Late Circular of the proceedings which took place at Ashton , as compared with that in the Northern Star , to convince any one who was present which had given a garbled report .- He then urged that the real object of the mannfectnrers and millocracy of the country in their outcry for repeal was merely to reduce the wages of their workmen _
with the view of enabling them the better to compete with the foreign manufacturer . He concluded with an eloquent appeal in favour of the People ' s Charter , urging that as the people were the lion qfpower , as stated by Mr . Finnigan in the fable to which he had referred , they ought immediately to be invested with freedom , which would be best ensared by the passing of the Charter into a law , as it would lead not only to a repeal of the Corn Laws , but to the redress of all other grievances ; and as it would destroy all invidious distinctions it would produce peace , order , and happiness in the country . At the conclusion of his address , which was listened to with great attention by all parties , he was greeted with loud and long-continued cheering .
Mr . Swaix then moved a resolution to the effect " That it was the opinion of the meeting that a Repeal of the Corn Laws , unaccompanied by other remedial measures , would confer no benefit on the working classes , " which was seconded by Mr . Mansfield , and earned by a majority ef ten to one in opposition to a motion in favour of the Corn Lawa , Thanks wore then voted to the Moderator and the Chairman , and three cheers having been given for the Charter—for the incarcerated Chartists—and also for Mr . Baines , who has recently been committed to Leicester Gaol for non-payment of church-rates , when the meeting quietly dispersed , the decision having , unquestionably , given a death blow to the Corn Law agitation in question .
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THE ROYAL LYING-IN . ( From the Satirist . ) This great national event—which will in its happy consequences most probably consign that gracious and exemplary sovereign the King of Hanover to hia foreign dourinisus for the rest of his natural life " came off , " to use a sporting phrase , on Saturday , last , at ten minutes before two in the afternoon . Our popular journal is proverbial both for the peculiarly interesting nature of its intelligence , and the remarkable accuracy of all its details , and we have in this instance spared neither trouble nor expense in ascertaining many minute and extraordinary particulars nut yet communicated to the anxious public by any contemporary Couit newsman , which we haBten to lay before our readers .
Our informant states that , at a very early hour on Saturday morning , her Majesty gave his " Royal Highness" to understand that she was not very well , and that , as it was absolutely necessary she must be worse to be better , she requested him to see that eveiything was kept particularly quiet . Albert , like a dutiful hubby , having pulled off his ni ght-cap , and put on his dressing-gown , started off first of all to the nursery on the second floor , where he put a stop to the hammering , sawing , and screw-driving . He next took a strict survey of the Royal cot and its appendages , placing with his own hands every vase and useful utensil belonging to the nursing-chamber ia its proper place . He then ascertained that the brace of baths were sufficiently polished to receive the national bantling , and having brought himself down stairs , he summoned all the domestics round him , every one of whom he forbade to cough , blow tLe nose , sneeze , or even wbeez 9 , during the next twenty-four hours , en pain of instant dismissal .
But a few hours elapsed when her Majesty ' s " grumblings" were " given tongue" to in a key or two louder , and while she proceeded " grumbling" on in a manner most satisfactory to the Countess of Sandwich and the other Ladies of the Bedchamber-in-Waiting , who fully understood her Royal complaint , Lord Byron , the Lord-in-Waiting , Colonel Cavesdish , the Equerry-in-Waiting , and Sir Frederick Stoyix , the Groom-in-Waiting , who were pacing up and down the floor of the apartment adjoining , found it impossible any longer to restrain the impetuosity of their feelings , and in a fine phrenzy of excitement , with Colontl Wvlde , Prince Albert ' s Equerry , and Captain Seymour , Prince Albert ' s Groom-in-Waiting , bringing up the rear , tfeey burst into the room tenanted by the Ladies-in-Waiting , and very appropriately addressed those titled personages in the following energetic song : —
AlR— " Run , neighbours , run . " Bun , ladies , run , cut about , and flurry , scurry , now , Just as you all did when Albert lost his pin ; Be off to every doctor in a devil of a hurry , now , And tell them Vic is waiting to begin her lying-in , Then fly to the Lord Chancellor , and then across the water , Tell Lambeth ' s sly Archbishop there'll be a Bon or daughter , And with the other Ministers we wish his Grace to handle The new-born bit of Royalty we pop within his dandle . Run , ladies , run . Go fetch Kent ' s Duchess quick , pray see that she's in readiness ; Put a ladle full of brandy in Nurse Lilly ' s tea cup , To arm the old girl ' s nerves with firmness and with steadiness
When before the -Privy Council the brat ' a to be shown up . See that every flannel ' s hot , and air'd is every napkin , Which this little Royal bantling is snugly to be wrapp'd in , While for Prelate old and thirsty , and ministerial daudle , Let there be mix'd a " jolly lot" of strong and smoking caudle . Run , ladies , run . The Ladies of the Bedchamber took the hint , and flew off like so many sky-rockets in every direction . All the Cabinet Ministers arrived , with the exception of the Marquis of Xormanby , the Home Secretary , who , deeming this affair a sufficient demonstration that ths duties of the Home Department had been well and duly performed , thought his presence might be dispensed with .
Everything now proceeded as regularly as the sheUi / y-out of a sinecurist ' s salary on quarter-day . In due course of time , Sir James Clark , Dr . Locock , Dr . R , Ferguson , and Mr . R . Blagden , all the doctors learned in the obstetric art destined to be concerned in the introduction of royalty into existence , arriving at Buckingham Palace , and visiting the little Queen , they all very coolly comforted her by tolling her to " go on never minding . " These sagacious instructions her Majesty obeyed to the letter , and soon afterwards presented the expectant and impatient nation with a plump and perfect Princess , which Nurse Lilly immediately snatched up , and , precede * by the gratified German hubby , whose manheod now was substantially demonstrated , rushed breathless into the ante-chamber , and placed the chubby morsel of regality , like a centre dish , right in the middle of the Council table .
The ravenous hurry with which this operation was performed , prevented the old lady from observing a large stand-up pewter ink-stand ; which , coming in contact with the nether-end of infant royalty , produced a liberal assortment of screams and squalls . Of course , various attempts were made to pacify the screeching cherub . The Archbishop of Canterbury proposed repeating one of his sermons , which he knew by experience to produce the most soporific effects ; Viscount Palmerston volunteered reciting his correspondence with the Chinese , and Viscount Melbourne offered to read a passage or two from Mrs , Norton ' s " Undying One" which it was well known he always had about him .
All these obliging offers being politely negatived , the wisdom of the Privy Councillors exhibited itself by requesting Mother Lilly to take back the new importation from baby-land , and when out of earshot , to pacify it in any way most agreeable to herself . The old lady nurse immediately displayed her breeding , by dropping a respectful curtsey to all round and removing the princely squaller ; and having bestowed on it a regular good dip in each bath , to cleanse it from any infection it might have caught by coming in contact with Cabinet Ministers—a precaution she knew by experience to be highly necessary—she huddled on the finery made for jt to somnambulise in , and deposited her diminutive charge in the " nautilus crib" manufactured expressly for its slumbers and snoring . Mrs . L illy then began ventilating her own lungs and getting the baby to sleep at the same time , by vocalising the following exquisite parody in a remarkably harmonious tin-trumpet kind of voice .
" Oh , slumber , my darling . " Oh , dose off , my bantling , upon thy prime bed , In Buckingham Palace reposes thy head ; The hills and the dales that from this door we' 8 © e They all may belong , puling infant , to thee . If no little brother the Fates should disclose , To cut you dean out and to put out your nose . Oh , sneeze off , my bantling , the time it may come When you , like your parent , John Bull may well hum , When a good thumping pension the Commons so free May , noodle-like , vote , puling infant , to thee ; And then you can sing , as the shiners disclose , ' How pleasant I ' ve led Johnky Bull by the nose . "
Albert , having ascertained tbat the regal babe was fast asleep , and having done the dutiful by going on tip-toe to VIC'S bedside , where he squeezed her hand and said a few civil things , he very naturally began to think a little about himself . The excitement attendant on his becoming a parent , having made him feel very dry in the mouth and somewhat peckish , he sidled up to one of the Maids of Honour and asked civilly if he might not be allowed a lump of plumb cake and a jorum of caudle . This delicate request being overheard by the four men-midwives in attendance , they immediately selected a retired " snuggery ; " into which they shut themselves , and having turned the key that nobody should witness the mystery of the process , they proceeded to the manufacturing of a huge saucepan of caudle .
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The patent ingredients stood already , Sir James Clabk . took th « m up , and poured them into the pot , calling oat to his JEsculapi&n coadjutor at his elbow , " Bob Blagden , blow up the fire . " BCagden immediately caught tip a pair » f hand-bellows and blew away for dear life ; Dr . Locock and Dr . R . Ferguson both bestirred themselves vigorously ; when Sir James Clark , tapping on the table with a spoon to insure silence , commenced the following Incantation , in which he was joined by the other " three black Graces ;" and it is bat justice to all four to observe that every part was recited with equal effect : — Sir James Clark . Thrice hath Locock's voice been heard . Bob Blagden . Thrice have Clahk and me conferred . Dr . Locock . Thrice hath Blagden cocked his chin . Dr . Ferguson . Locock cries , •; Begin—begin . " Sir ' James Clark . Round about the saucepan go , In the choice ingredients throw ; ALBERT ' S " Pension Bill , " that ' s bred In his cunning German head , For giving him ef tin a lot . Boil thou first in the caudle-pot . Chorus , led by Sir James Clark . Bubble , bubble , toil and trouble . Blow , Blagden , blow , and caudle bubble . Dr . Locock . Pop we in the saucepan , now , A bit of brass from Albert's brow , An air of that young humbug ' s humming . A fiddle-string used to his strumming , With tunes of that bright lad ' s composing , Enough to set a donkey dosing . Dr . R . Ferguson , I'll cool it with some Gentian blood , Now the caudle ' s rich and good . Sir James Clark . Well done , prime caudle now we gain . And every one shall have " a drain . " Grand chorus by all ( Sir James Clark leading , by . beating time xoith his spoon on the saucepan . ) Now , there ' s an end of all our trouble , Bob Blagden's made the coadie bubble .
While this operation was performing , Albert bad been allowed to demolish a huge mass of plum cake in the steward ' s room , and was wending his way up the pipe-clayed well staircase , when he was summoned by the four sons of Galen to take a swig at the caudle ; the thirsty German obeyed the invitation , and having been asked how he had occupied himself while it was being manufactured , he pulled from his pocket a roll of closely written music-paper , and said , If de gentelmans voud give him leaf , he voud sing dem von littel song , vich he had made to de toon of de ' Foodpekker . '"
As all the party thought that even the noise Albert might afflict them with would be far preferable to the squalling of the high-born brat , of which they were heartily tired , they consented to endure his vocality . He therefore , after taking another turn at the caudle , commenced warbling the following , in very pretty broken English : — I knew by de smoke , dat so twisted and twirled Above this prime Palace , dat a good roost vas near , And I said , " if dere is a snug crib in de vorld , For a poor needy Yarnian , \ y dat crib is here . " So ven I vas sent for , I detei mined to pull Long and hard at de purse of dat old fool , JOHN BULL .
Vith VIC at my side , oh , how sweet 'tis to lay—Or at Vinsor on all that ' s delicious to dine—And to know I shall nibble , on each quarter day , A fat sinecure , vich I ne ' er vil resign Vile de people allow me to take a tough pull At de purse of dat greatest of gabies , John Bull . And soon in dis gullible land I intend To import a great gang of my poor Yarman fry ; For as I have got a Princess , dere can be no end Of de cash I shall have , all de crew to supply ; 80 vith starved ragged Yarraans I'll cram dis land full , Who , like leeches , vil stick to de purse of John Bull .
By the time this edifying ballad was concluded , we regret to say that all the party was very nearly fuddled The medical men were dosed copiously with soda water and brandy , to onable them to issue the bulletin , and they were then put into their own carriages , and safely deposited at their respective residences ; while Albert , having -wished his illustrious spouse " good ni ^ ht , " in Bpite of the hiccupping with which he was afflicted , was ordered by his consort to be off to bed immediately , an imperative mandate which he obeyed without the slightest hesitation , crawling up , crest fallen , to the solitary turn-up bedstead which had been prepared expressly for bis repose , in a diminutive attic at the very top of the building .
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PALACE INTELLIGENCE . CFrom the Court Correspondent of the Salirhi . ) Buckingham Palace , Tuesday , Quarter-past Two , P . M . Viscount Melbourne has this moment had the honour of kissing the royal infant . The " Princess Royal " was most graciously pleased to puke immediately after . Tuesday , Half-past Two , p . m . His Lordship is now holding a Council with Mrs . Packer and Mrs . Lilly , the wet aud dry nurses . Three o'Clock , p . m . The Conncil has just broke up . The following minute was agreed to : — " The caudle to be made sweeter . " Melbourne . ( Signed ) Jane Packer . Sarah Lilly . Wednesday Morning , Twelve o'clock .
A Cabinet Council has just broke up , after sitting three hours ; the discussion was rather stormy , and Losd Melbourne , as will be seen by the following minute , was defeated : — " In consequence of the high price of sugar , it would , at the present moment , be a heavy blow and a great discouragement' to economy to make the caudle sweeter . " Palace , Wednesday , Three o'Clock , P . M . Threatened Resignation of the Wet and Dry Nurses . —All is alarm and consternation here this day ; Mesdames Packer and Lilly have threatened to tender their resignations , this afternoon , in consequence of the caudle question being carried against them . Quarter-past Four , p . m .
Mrs . Packer continues as firm as a rock ; she has this moment made the following noble and heroic declaration : — " I can consent to leave a Palace , and retire to my cottage at Reading . I can consent to leave the Throne and all its blandishments . I can consent to lay my head on the block for my heavenly Royal mistress . But I never can consent to make six gallons of caudle with less than six pounds of lump sugar . " Half-past Four , P . M . The excitement here still increases . The Duke of
Wellington has just been privately sent for . It is fervently hoped his Grace will be enabled to prevent th © most fearful and awful consequences which must arise ( to tbe Crown and the country ) , if , at this moment , the nurses resign . Five o ' clock , P . M . The Duke has arrived—he is now closeted with Lord Melbourne and Mesdames Packer and Lilly ; we are all in a state of feverish anxiety . Prince Albert is in a state of great excitement Half-past Five , p . m .
Thanks to the great disposer of events , the Duke has succeeded , and our beloved Queen will not be deserted by her nurses . No ! those illustrious women will not desert their Sovereign ; they have withdrawn their resignations / The Council has permitted the use of fifteen ounces of sugar to one gallon of caudle . We are all going mad with joy . Happy , thrice happy Queen Noble , noble-minded nurses I Devoted , most devoted people !
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 5, 1840, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2713/page/6/
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