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STERNAL JTJSTICfc ¦ X CHiXttl lUCBUT theman Is thoughTa kaave or fool , _ Or bigot , plotting crime , ^ Who for the advancement of his kind . If wiser than hi « time . Tor him . the hemlock shall distil ; For *« m the axe be bared ; For him the gibbet shall be built ; ^ For hha the stake prepared ; u' Him shall the scorn and wrath of men Pursue with deadly aim ; -And malice , envy , spite , and lies , Shall desecrate his name . Bat truth shall conquer at the last , For round mad round we run , . And ever the right comes uppermost , And ever is justice done .
Pace through thy cell , old Socrates , Cheerily to and fro ; "Trust to the impulse of thy goal And let the poison flow . They may shatter to earth the lamp ofdfl That holds the light divine , But they cannot quench the fire of thought By any such deadly wine : They cannot Mot thy spokes words Front the memory of man , By all the poison ever was bruised Since time its course began , To-day abhorrM , to-morrow adored , So round and round wo ran And ever the truth comes uppermost . And ever is justice done .
* tod in thy cave , grey anchorite , Be wiser than thy peers ; Augment the range of human power , And trest to coming years . They may call thee wizard and monk accursed , And load the * with dispraise ; Ttran wert . born five handred years too toea For the comfort of thy days . Dot not toe soon for human kind , Time hath reward in store . And the demons of our stories become Tho taints that we adore . The blind can see , the slave is lord ; * So round and round we run ; And ever the wrong is proved to be wrong , And ever is justice done .
Seep , Galileo , to thy thought , And nerve thy soul to bear ; They may gloat o ' er the senseless words they wring From the pangs of thy despair : They may veil their eyes , but they cannot hide The sun ' s meridian glow ; The heel of a priest may tread thee down . And a tyrant work thee woe ; Bat never a truth has been destroyed : They may curie and call it crime ;
Pervert and betray , or slander and slay Its teachers for a time . Bat the sunshine ay » haU light the sky , At round and round we ran ; And truth shall ever come uppermost , And justice shall be done . And lire there now such men as these—With thoughts like the great of old ! If any have died in their misery , And left their thought untold ; And many live , and are ranked at mad ,
And placed in the cold world ' s can , For tending their bright , far-seeing souls Three centuries in the van . They toil in penury and grief , Unknown , if not malign'd ; Forlorn , forlorn , beariag the scorn Of the meanest of mankind . Bnt yet the world goes round and round , And the genial seasons run , And ever the truth comet uppermost . And ever is justice done . Voices froa . the Uountains .
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Ah ! let us he sober , for ghastly ths crimes That dmnkennes * bringetb on man ; It sappeth oar strength , ' tis tbe curse of our times , 'lis industry's , honesty ' s ban . Look , look how the drunkard goes staggering by , How loathsome , degraded , and base ! Qaench'd , qnench'dii theligbt of the soul in Mi eye , And gone is God ' s stamp from bis face . And see the pale woman , who follows his path . With infant unfed and unclad ; She spesketh not now in the accents of wrath , Her rolce is toe hollow and sad .
Ho longer she otters entreaty and prayer , But straining her child to her breast , She follows his track , like a shade of despair , A spirit that knoweth not rest . She taketh her seat on the cold flag-stone , To watch by the ale-house door . Bnt long ere the morning her babe is alone ; The drunkards young wife is no more ; . And whea from the workhouse the children pass by , Watch ye for a countenance mild , Jvni sickly , and old , with a tireless eye , —¦ That girl is tbe drunkard's child . -Oh ! let us be sober , there is not a vice That drunkenness will not let in ; All happiness , honour , and virtue , its price , Ita consequence , sosxow and s » r . . Behold tbe red Indian , how noble was he ,
Whea white men first taught him to drink ; How long was he virtuous , happy , and free ? Ye sons of debauchery , think ! Then let us be sohtr , if prosper we would , Aad wis back our rights in our land . Let us prove to the world they're the rights ot the good , Then , who shall onr power withstand . Oh 1 let us be sober , and we shall succeed ; Remember that he who can gain A conquest o ' ex self is a victor indeed , And never shall straggle in vain .
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HEVELATIONS POLITIQUES . LES TROIS YICTIMES . Pas ia Comte be Wolhrod . [ Political Revelations . The Three Victims . By tfae Count deWillbrod . ] London : Armand , Bathbone-place .
: { Continuedfrom iheStarof m < ktoler 2 « d . ) In his memorial to the king-, General Donnadieu writes that , hearing from the Baron de Damas , ( governor of the nineteenth division , J the presence of Didier , in tbe department of Isere , he had several times communicated the intelligence to the prefect and commissary ef police ; but that both had replied in the same terms as Decazes , namely , that General Donnadieu waa dreaming , and Didier had , long ago , left the country . Whilst things were proceeding in this manner , and Donnadieu waa endeavouring , alone , to discover in
what quarter the storm would first arise , Didier , who had traversed Savoy , and visited Geneva and Milan , to assure himself of their fidelity , returned to Isere . April was drawing near : on all sides the most fa-Tonrable assurances were made—the conspiracy became daily more powerful , and all was prepared . The Minister of Police had done his best for the ' . insurrectionists ; Didier mistrusted only Donnadieu ; -andDecaiea proposed to the Minister of War to re-3 nove the general ; but M . de Feltre , seeing no good ¦ reason for the singularly urgent appeal of Decazes , refosed to accede to his request .
The general remained at his post , bat on the 23 th of April was ordered off to Besancon on a courtmartial , and this order was issued by Decazes ! If this was really accidental . it must be allowed that it was a singular coincidence , and that it was very equivocal when taken in conjunction with his earnest request for the removal of Donnadieu . Donnadieu , himself , regarded the order as a deliberate treason ; and considering bis duty to his sovereign as paramount , refused to obey , alleging that the state of drenoble imperatively demanded his presence there . The triumphal entry of the Duke and Duchess de Berri into France , caused a part of the troops of
drenoble to be ' withdrawn , and Didier took advantage of this circumstance for the execution of his plot . We derrot-enter into the details of the final outbreak . The insurgents were repulsed in all quarters , aad Didier , who proved himself a bold and skilful soldier , gained , with great difficulty , the woods of St Martin d'Heres . Many prisoners were taken ; three of the leaders were condemned to deatb ,-rtwo met their bloody fate with heroic enthusiasm ; thetbird was reprieved , and manifestoes were issued by the government ofiering large rewards to those who should oetray the fugitives , and threatening with death those who should grant them even food or shelter in their
diE-It was in the afternoon of the 6 th of May that the news of the insurrection reached the ministry , and the astonishment of the cabinet was proportionate to the reliance it'had placed en M . Decases' assurances M . de Vaublanc , who had almost daily laid before the government the causes of the serious apprehensions he entertained , had endeavoured to think his own alarms ill-grounded , arguing that the Minister of Police conld not be deceived . However , high words escaped both ministers in the violence of their animosity , and M- Vaublanc declared that , ' did the possess sufficient influence , he would arraign M . Decazes for high treason ; for he was traitor to both Jang and country . ' This speech was made in council a few days before the insurrection at Grenoble . Tfae unhappy conspirators who had trested to tfae
assurances of Decazes now found him their most bitter enemy ; sines he could exenlpate himself only by showing ttemngonr . ¦ He represented the insurreel turn to the king in the darkest colours ; assuring him it threatened the monarchy itself ( and he knew better than any person its real danger ) if tbe most violent measures were not taken to repress it . Orders were transmitted to General Donnadieu and others to establish martial law , and give no quarter to the rebels ; and granting to the civil and military authontiesdiscretionary power ; in direct violation of the aixty-thtrd clause of the Charter of 1814 . A conrfcmartial was hastily summoned—thirty prisoners were arraigned—the crime of insurrection was but too clearly proved , and twenty-one were condemned to death . Donnadieu petitioned for a commutation of the sentence in some cases , but JJecazes dared not show leniencyand peremptory
, a . were wnt for theexecutiona : the same express m a Iar £ e rewarf for * faB discovery of Didier . Twentj-four conspirators were , in three detachments , led out for execution—Didier was still undiscovered . He had escaped to the mountains with Dussert , Durii , and Cousseaux . Overwhelmed with grief at the failure of the enterprise , he had yet further to endure the reproaches of his companions for having deceived them with regard to the nltimate design . Long he listened in silence , but rousing himself at last , he observed' Ton say , I have deceived you ; hut tbe implacable hatred we alike bear to tbe Bourbons—that race that has exiled and degraded yon , and deprived your families of bread—tbat hatred , is it real , or but a dream f I otree deceived you ! bnt though Napoleon ' s name was not the rallying sound , is the cause for which we have fought less dear or less sacred f—the causa of National
Independence and hatred of kings . ' Bin companions walked on in silence ; but the next day Dussert entreated him to explain his real intentions , if the plot had succeeded . ' The Duke of Orleans , ' replied Didier ., ' The Duke of Orleans ! Franca would not have snf . fared it ! One Bourbon for another ! Louis XVIII . was as good as Philippe Bgalite . ' Finding themselves thus deceived , ! the three conspirators resolved on the denunciation of Didier *
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On Ascension-day in the tame year , Didier was brought as a prisoner to the residence of General Donnadieu . After dinner , tfae General conversed with him upwards of two hours ; Didier entered into a foil confession of the whole history of the conspiracy , regarding which , tfae General observes : — Be told me many things which I dare not repeat here . After bis trial I saw him again , and enquired if , in that awful moment , he had no further revelation to make which concerned the public safety . Much agitated , he then uttered words , which -filled me with profound emotion , taking the Eternal Judge , before whom he was
about to appear , as a witness of his truth . I sent his revelations to tbe king by an extraordinary despatch , ac cording to hit earnest request : though he expressed a conviction that they would sever be permitted to reach the king . This despatch ought to bs in the archives , bat the present laws do not permit me to reveal its contents . On leaving Didier , General Donnadieu , full of enthusiastic admiration ot the man , before the object of his severest reprobation , snake to the officers who had guarded him in terms ef deep admiration of him . and horror at tfae dangers with which the state bad been menaced .
5 The king will create ma a tnareefcrt of France , ' said he ; ' and you , Vantre , lieutenant-general , as an inadeqnatereward for the service we have rendered him . ' , This provoked some sarcasm from his companions , when , much excited , the General exolaimed : — Do you know with whatpersonage Didier held his last confidential interview in Paris , before theinsurrections of Lyons and Danphiny . It was with Prince Talleyrand , in whose cabinet he passed the entire evening , previous to leaving Paris . ' ' Prince Talleyrand ! ' cried they , « impossible ! Prince Talleyrand , who restored Louis X 7 III >' ' Yes—bnt who it now neither minister , nor ambassador , uer an j thing , 'replied the General significantly , Didier was in prison : none suspected that he was prompted by higher authority , save those who dared neither esquire further , nor even give utterance to thought . But a scrap of paper was found with these words , in his handwriting : —
MoHSEiGsiDB—Onr efforts have failed , but tbe links are not yet all broken—Yet was he never questioned who was the Honseigneur he thus addressed . Silence the most profound was observed ; and he attempted no further re * velations . lie waa calm and heroic throughout the short remaining portion of his stormy career . He listened to the sentence with perfect serenity , observing' I have made my sacrifice ; my family are equal to making theirs . I thank my advocate for his generous defence , bnt entreat him not to impede the course of justice . I ask , I desire , no favour of tbe king . ' His execution was to take place at nine o ' clock on the 10 th of June . General Donnadieu spent an hour with him in sad and serious conversation .
'What can I confess , farther , ' exclaimed Didier , mournfully , ' in another hour I shall be no more . However—tell the king to mistrust the men who surround him—men who tow too oaths in their mouths . ' He hesitated—reflected for an instant , and added— ' Tell the king , further , that his greatest enemy is op his owk family !' He met death with fortitude , and in the cemetery of Grenoble rest the remains of PAUL DIDIER , the first victim of princely and ministerial craft . Louis-Philippe ia king of the French , and by his side aud in his councils sits the arch-traitor , the Duke de Decazes-
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THE LABOURER , A Monthly Magazine of PoU tics , literature . Poetry . & e . Edited by Feaigus O'Connor , M . P ., and Ernest Jones , Esq . London : Northern Star Office , 16 , Great Windmill-street , Haymarket . ( Continuedfrom the Star of October 2 nd . ) III . It now remains to be seen in how far the Land Plan will respond tojthe intentions of its founder , —this 5 s the great object of tbe present treatise ; and , surely , a more convincing and conclusive line
of argument has never been advanced . The author treats firstly , of the means by which he intends rendering the plan national—viz ., by making it a government measure ; and this section falls under two divisions—the benefits derivable by government ; the advantages accruing to the people . Secondly , the author proves the security of the Land Plan in itself , and by itself ; refutes one after another the objections urged against it , from the idlest calumny , down to the painfully idle calculations of cavillers , as to the time it would take to create a section .
This portion of the work is tbe one from which we would most willingly quote ; bnt this is the very part to which we are constrained to refer onr readers for information to the work itself , since the different data are argued with mathematical precision , and we cannot extract a part without reverting to the whole . We will , however , briefly advert to some ef the leading points . Firstly , then , with regard to making the Land Plan a government measure . With reference to this proposition Mr O'Connor says : —
Being not only an advocate of , but a religions believer in , the principle of Universal Suffrage , and feeling convinced of ^ the damage tbat the po p ula r ca use must sustain by the slightest violation of trust or confidence reposed in the most humble of its leaders , I have resolved upon testing the opinions of all , before I venture upon the realisation of this , my primary object , and to that end it is my intention , prior to the meeting of Parliament , to call meetings in the several large towns of England , Scotland and Wales , to which the members shall be invited , with the view to taking into their serious consideration the propriety of making tha Land Plan a National Plan , by the following meant ; but without the concurrence of an overwhelming majority , I shall not have recourse to those means . The plan advocated by Mr O'Connor is ;—To transfer the whole affairs of the jCampiny to tha management of the government , under a special Act of Parliament , The nature of which is then adverted to .
The anthor nest enters into the particulars of his stupendous plan , and expatiates on the advantages to ba derived by government from its adoption . In return for the advance of sixty millions sterling , government would clear , at the end of ten years , a profit of forty-three millions , and pay off the sixty millions by tbe sale , at twenty-five years' purchase , of the estates bought with the advance . The government would also derive incalculable advantages—In the shape of increased trade , increased consumption , diminished poor rates , and increased tranquillity . And as one ef the features of the plan would be , for Parliament
To pass a special Act , whereby the members of the Company shall be exempt from all Stamp Acts and Stamp Duties . And , of course , the non-payment of duty or taxes on those articles employed by government : the author meets the assertion that government would lose in taxes , by stating the fact , that thematerialsemployed would never have been used were it not for the Land Plan , while commerce and trade would receive an unparalleled impetus . Government might then set at nought the political handle now made of Drainage and Health of Townt ' Bills , of schools , and sectarian education schemes , as the working classes would wait patientl y until they could educate their children in their own school-houses , and breathe the fresh air in their own well ventilated cottages .
It might say to the foreign despot and domestic fac _ tionist : Behold , I was tbe slave of one , and the tool of the osher , measuring national honour by the nation ' s aHHty and willingness to pay the expense of a war , and domestic policy by the expediency of trucking and succumbing to those whose will or caprice was tapable of hurling me from office . Bnt now you see ' jjy volunteer legion capable of defending me against che tyranny of the one and the vengeance of the other , You now see my exhausted treasury replenished by domestic industry . You now see me independent of your caprice , independent of yonr will , because I have realised the purest of all political principles—that labour is the source of all wealth , and ought to be the source of all
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power . I was YOUR TOOL—l ' « " ¦ now the PEOPLE'S MINISTER We are now led to contempt the * immense benefits accruing to the people from the government support ; and brought to a most important consideration , via ., would the Company bo placed under government control , and its democracy thus immersed in the muddy pool of ministerial patronage ? This supposition is triumphantly refuted;—it is , on ' the contrary , proved to demonstration , that by the means advocated , government would be placed under the the control of the people , and j would
It cannot be advanced , tbat tfae persons located be under the influence of government , because , upon location , each member should receive his conveyance , for ever conditioned to pay a rent charge at the rate of £ 5 . percent , upon the capital expended and advanced ; and hence the occupant , upon receiving possession , would be as wholly independent oi the government as he is now . With regard to the genera ^ independence , Mr O'Connor states : — Before I would consent to invest the Company ' s prospects and money in the hands of the government , ! would contend for the addition of a minister of Agriculture and Public Instruetion to the Cabinet , aai that every single benefit guaranteed to the member ! by our rules should be guaranteed by the government—that is
by Act of Parliament ; and still further , as my object ever has been to make the plan national , and to secure at little delay as possible between full payment of the share money and location of the member , I would stipulate that tbe mode of selection by ballot should be alto , gothsrdone away with ; tbat the Company should consist of but one section , and that whenever a certain number , three or five thousand , or five hundred , bad paid up , that then that number should be atonee located , and upon location , that each member should receive a conveyance of hit allotment for ever , upon condition to pay the stipulated amount of rent , and with the power reserved te him , at any time , to redeem his land in fee by the payment of the stipulated purchase money , er by instalments of not less than £ 10 . to reduce his rent by the standard of twenty-five years ' purchase . 'In fact , * he adds : —
Even after the consent of the government to accept the management of the Company , a Conference chosen by all tbe members of the Company , should sit in London for a month , if necessaiy , to deliberate upon tbe Act of Parliament , by which government would be bound , and my suggestion would be , that the rots of three-fourths of that Conference should bs required to acquiesce in the proposed plan . Surely then , if the advantages to be derived from the further extension of the plan , from tbe fact that all timber , bricks , and building materials used for the benefit of tfae Company WOULD BE FREE OP DUTT ; that the protection derived from Act of Parlia . meat against the possibility of litigation ; the exemption from all stamp duties ; tbe cbeapsr terms upon which government can bny land , and perform all the required
work , and tbe rapidity with which operations would progress ; if all these advantages are taken into consideration , it mutt be admitted , thatthe Land Plan would be then national , instead of sectional , the great ebjeet which I have always bad in view , and above and before all other considerations it must be admitted , that I have discharged my trait faithfully and honestly , especially when It ia understood , that setting my face against patronage , I hereby renounce any payment from tbe Company , or from government , from niither of whom will I ever accept of a place , pension , or emolument , of fee , faiour , or reward for labour or service performed for the people , for their social or political redemption . We refer the reader to the splendidly wrought de « tails of the plan , the general outline of which may be
partially conceived by the above remarks , but of which we , of course , do not attempt te give even a passing summary . Such being the aspect of the plan under its proposed neworgamsation . the author , secondly , adverts to its present position and prospects , wit hout tbe aid of government support—aad a more charming picture , * a more satisfactory analysis of its working could not be given . The rapidity of location is the great point in this section—and here we have figures met with figures , and the whole of the magnificent machinery of the plan opened to our view . The Bank , of course , is a prominent point , in achieving speedy location , ' bnt' the author observes—Mark the facility with which I can raise a large amount of money , independently of the bank . I will illustrate this by the nature of the five estates I have
purchased . Upon Herringsgate , I might have allowed & large portion of the money to remain on mortgage . On Lowbands , for which I gave £ 8 , 100 , there were mortgages to the amount of over £ 7 , C 00 . Upon Snig ' s End there it a mortgage of £ 7 , 000 , payment of which the mortgagee will not accept of , and at £ 4 per cent , so there is a loan of £ 7 , 000 . Upon Minster Lovel there it a mortgage of £ 5 OOO . Jwhich is to stand for seven yearsthere ' s a loan of £ 5 , 000 . On Mathon , there is an annuity payable to an old lady , and by that annuity we become our own insurers and get a loan of nearly £ 3 , 000 ; so that upon those three last purchased estates , there is a loan , without a farthing expense in raising it , of £ 15 , 000 , precisely the same as if it came through tbe bank , with thia exception , indeed , tbat it costs not a farthing expense , requires no trouble , and cannot be called in without dae notice of six months .
And then , as to the rapidity with which estates can be got ready : — In the first instance cf our experiment , it took use nearly a year to build thirty-five houses . In the second instance , I built forty . five houses in little more than three months , and now I am engaged in building 100 houses , and which I hope to perfect within a shorter period than three months ; and when onr plan is sufil . cieotly understood to enable ma to proceed with a thousand houses instead of a hundred , I will find leas difficulty and much ' greater economy in building that number than in building a hundred . The stability of the company is thus placed beyond denial- and an entire chapter is devoted to the security of the bank . We extract the following : —
Messrs Hibbs and Selsby have asked we what security the Land and Labour Bank gives to depositors ! I ask what security Sir Benjamin Heywood and Co ., or any other private banker give to their depositors , beyond the security of confidence , while the National Land and Labour Bank givet the security of £ 5 a year for every £ 1 for which it is liable , and receives itself £ 4 lis 3 d as the interest upon Exchequer Bills , for its unappropriated capital . The security of the Land and Labour Bank is , that it does not issue notes which may be called in wben its capital has been applied to the legitimate purpose for
which it was intended—tbe purchase of Land . ' The security of the National Land and Labour is , that its proprietor would not , and could not speculate hazardously with tbe fund * . Would not , because the wealth of the world would not compensate him for the loss of tbat confidence , which is indispensable' to the success of his project . Could not , because the open mouthed press , and the . eaves-droppers upon 'Change , would very soon proclaim it to the world — tbat the demagogue was speculating in railway shares , in stocks , or in fascinating bnbbles .
The National Land and Labonr Bank is secure beyond all other banks , because a fictitious high rate of interest would not tempt the proprietor to discount the bills of speculators in corn , speculators in cotton , or speculators in railway , and thus jeopardise the property of its confiding dupes . The National Land and Labonr Bank is sscured , beyond all others banks , against the failure of Glasgow firms , Liverpool firms , Belfast firms , Mark . Iane firms , London firms , and Dublin firms . The National Land and Labour Bank is secure beyend all other firms , because the property which it guarantees to pay Interest upon , must be increased , and cannot be diminished in value . The National Land and Labour Bank is more advantageous to the small depositor than' any other bank , because it gives a larger permanent amount of interest than any other bank .
The Nationnl Land and Labour Bank is more secure than any other bank , because its depositors are not only secured in £ 4 of interest upon £ 5 of landed property , but they are " Anther secured by the additional value given to land by labour , by the additional value given to the land by additional bandings and improvements made by tbe occupants themselves , and still more by the amount of money in the Redemption Fund , which the occupants cannot withdraw . The National Land and labour Bank is more secore than any other bank , because its proprietor's name is not affixed to bill , bond , or note , to the amount : of a guinea . The National Land and Labour Bank is more secure than any other bank , or ratherits insecurity mayibe more easily detected , inasmuch as its proprietor gratuitous !; and cheerfully undertakes to submit a statement of its condition , and to publish it annually .
The National Land and Labonr Bank istaore secure than any other bank , because its expenses , are less , and its profits more certain . The National Land and Labour Bank is more secure than any other bask , because the depositors cannot capriciously make a run upon it , a » d make it bask , rupt with a surplus , but not immediately available , capital . The National Lend and Labour Bank is mora secure than any other bank , because ita proprietor radiates the bate notion of making the banker ' s profit upon the concern , because universal confidence reposed'in him is dearer than tbe world ' s wealth .
And yet I did not , and would not undertake to esta-Wish the Bank on my own responsibility ^ until I had received the clearest and most explicit opinion of the ablest counsel , that the Bank could only be safely esta . Wished in the name of one individual , whereby the trustees could assign fhelandedproperty of tho Company * b security for the funds lent by tha Bank to them , for the purpose of purchasing land . . . Added to this , Mr 0 'Connwmakesthe « nparallel « l offer of annually publishing a statement of the attaira of his Bank . , , The benefits resulting from this colossal plan arc greater than even tbe author conld enumerate in the limited space of his treatise ; we must reiaem * ber that t—
TheBngliskoccupantis inthevery market tbatothors send their produce three thousand miles to ; but above and before all , the English occupant ' s spare labour , at t' -: e periods of the year when its sale is most profitable , commands a higher psloe in England than in any other country . Por iustaaoo , as I have frequently asserted , a man and his family may receive for hired labour as
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niueh , during hay . tlmeandharvestjas wlllpay the whole » nt of a four-aere allotftWht , leaving hh » about forty . a iT eek 8 , n * " •" ar ¦ Howiag tea ffMto fo * hay-time and harvest , to cultivate his Own land , and th'C whole of the produce for hla own consumption . And the tradesman shonld nnderstani , thattbe / eis a shorter appren . ttcesbip required for agricultural labour , than any otnsr eraft , and that , according to- ari old Irish saying , ivery wom » n > a good man in harvest , ' when farmers wane men , and men , women , and children can make
Again , let this simple fact be borne Iff mind . Let us takeeyen a less average of . wages than that stated by John Bright to he earned by operatives , add let us presumetflVt those operatives would now be huttoo happy to be rewired four full days * work in the week . Ifwe estimate the slave * earnings , then , at 2 s . 66 \ a * day , out of whic & is stopped a large portion for 'bating ! , ' mages , ' and ) , ' fine *; ' and if he is idle two dawin the week he is defrauded of five shillings a week , and hat to pay rent for the week , and to live for the werijj and to clothe his family , and' boy fuel for the week out of the four days' earnings , and then let the landman refleet upon this startling faet , upon this irrefutable fact that 5 s . a week is £ 13 a year , and that the rent of four
acres , ofahouee , with convenient rooms and splendid outbuildings ; and interest upon £ 80 . capital , will not altogether amount to as much at the loss of the two days labour to the artificial slave . And would netthos . of Lancashire andYorkshir . , © f Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire , be now rejoiced , ay , tomadnee ., 0 tthe an . nounceraenttbat they should be ineured four full days ' work in the week » Would net tailors , would not shoeJ makers and hatters , leap for very joy at such an an ; noaaoementf The four-acre allotments here , atMlnster Lovel , will average less than £ w . a year with interest of capital and all ; and now let this arithmetical fact , this indisputable fact , be engraved upon every operative ' s memory , that the occupants of the Land Company pay less rent for four
acres of good land , a beautiful cottage and out . buildings , and £ 80 . capital , than the operative pays for the loss of two days' labour in tbe week . Now will not every man imprest that fact upon the mind of his simple neighbour , and will it not force itse'f upon tbe consideration of the faimer and the shopkeeper , who , as a consequence , will be compelled to pay an additional amount of poor rates ! # ¦ '•¦» # * # Then there are advantages which cannot be at all estimated , and whloh , if taken in tbe aggregate , would secure another saving of fire ( hillings a week , of which
the artificial labourer cannot avail himself ; for in . Stance , last week , tho occupants at Lowbands co-operated and bought forty tons of coals , and had them de . livered at six shillings a ton under tbe price that I was in the habit of pay ing for a tingle ton . They bought a laige quantity of flour at eight shillings and sixpence a buihel , for which retail , and of a worse quality and poorer weight , they should have paid twelve shillings a bushel , and so they will co-operate for everything else ; for taking them for all ia all , there never was a better er more industrious set of fellows .
Such are some few of the benefits to . be conferred —boti never for a moment , did the founder of this plan , in his desire for the social redemption of the people , forget his great POLITICAL MISSION . To the allottee—In a political point of view , his holding confess the franchise , as well as parochial and local rights , which it would not in any other country . And though last , not least , it places him within view of that schoel-house where bis children are te receive an education that will teach them how to defend their rights that their father purchased for them ,
If I had not intended to make this plana stepping stone to tbe achievement of political as well as social lights . I could have located a hundred thousand people with at great facility , as I eould now locate one thousand , thus—I could take a long lease of farms that were to be let to any extent , improve those farms by the addi . tion of a cottage to every two , three and four acres , and then raise money by way of mortgage on the improve * ments : but then such holdings , for however long a term , would not confer the franchise , and although they might extend over a period of ninety-nine years , yet tbe father and the mother , teo , would calculate upon the sad day of reckoning , wben the idle capitalist would absorb the fruits of their industry , of their children's industry , and of their grand children ' s industry , and the holding would lose that charm which ever belongs to MY OWN POR EVBB .
In conclusion , Mr O'Connor lashes the mean envy of the press—whose poor calumnies he calmly and convincingly refutes , —and whose motives are justly summed up thus : — What is a remarkable feature in the history of the press , is the fact that previous to the establishment of the Land Flan , the hirelings were loud in praise of tbe allotment system , which meant the gilded link of slavery by which tbe serf was bound to the loved spot for which he dtarly paid , and affection for which induced him to starve in quiescence , ra'ther than risk its loss by an appeal to charity . Then half a rood , the eighth of an acre , was e principality—now four acres is perfect starvation .
If this land speculation had been adopted by money mongers in the city , and the certainty of four per cent , secured upon land , instead of five per cent upon land and labour , the waters of the Stock Exchange would have been convulsed by the diving of the sharks , each contending for the first plunge ; and long ere this , the shares would have been at a premium of 200 per cent . ; but tbe solution of the riddle will be found in this fact-THIS IS THE SPECULATION OP THE PEOPLE . With a proud consciousness of victory , he points out the mighty results of his plan ;—with the true modesty of merit , he adds , alluding to his proposition , relative to government : I have ever thought ,. and still think , that the selfish , ness of leaders is the one great barrier that stands between tbe people and their rights ; and I trust that I shall be acquitted of this crying sin , when I thus offer to surrender an amount of power which no man in the world ever before possessed .
Yet no man is to suppose that I would relinquish my own control of its economy , er my own honourable situation of unpaid bailiff . Government patronage I shall ' ¦ protest' against , the unnecessary expenditure ef a fraction of tho funds 1 shall contend against ; nor would I vote for any measure of transfer which , after being deliberately drawn up , and after deliberate consideration , was not acquiesced in by a majority of the members , nor would I acquiesce in any measure which would deprive me , under the most rigid government control , from carrying out the plan in faithful obedience to those principles on which it was established , and In compliance with those rules , under whose faith the several members joined , ' In short , I would , as now , receive the monies each week , and within the same week , pay them over to the credit of the Chancellor of the Exchequer .
So much for those cavillers who doubted the security of the funds , or attributed interested motives to that founder—who daily ties his own bands more and more , and renounces even the legitimate advantages he ought to derive ; who , through good and bad report , adhered to the same steady course ; and who , with an invisible power , was guiding the destinies of the people ; for , to use his own words :. If I bad confined myself to tho mere exulting shout of the Charter and Liberty for . ever the public mind would not by this time have reached the exalted position it now occupies , and therefore , while tbe idle gentlemen vrhoi
are too proud to work , and too poor to live without labour , were boasting of their heroic devotion to the glorious cause of liberty , I was silently and unnoticed sapping the walls of corruption . Although the people were unaonscious of it , I was leading them from madness to sanity . ; whereas , if I had , coward-like , refused to take my full ahare of that medicine ,, administered by the government to the insane of that day , I might have been justly looked upon as a quack , creating delirium that I might traffic in the malady ; but I thank God I have receivedicopious draughts offthe governmentjelixir , which has given the people an amount of confidence ' in me that no government , no torture , no persecution , can now destroy .
We cannot , in our admirattohof the plan , overlook its Founder ; ( this great and good man , who has ffia--played his ovwa character in the words , that—Virtue , unalloyed virtue , is the . natural'eharacteii & tic of man ; white cunning , hypocrisy and vice , are tbe e-aila engendered ^ fostered , propagated and encouraged by a corrupt , e . selfish , unjust aud monopolising system . It is but the good who believe in the world ' s , goodness , aad brighten the darkness eS life with ths light of their own hearts t We are no . man worshipperswe eschew talking ; of men , even while we are analysing their measures but in this instance , while we write , th & eold mem of the critic fiaelts away ,, and we cannot forbear paying our tribute of admiration to the great political and social Reformer of the ninetenth eentury .
Howitis, Journal. Edited By Wilbiam And ...
Howitis , Journal . Edited by WilBiam and Mary Howitt . Parts 8-9 . London ; W . Lovett ,, 1 T 1 , Strand . In our second page our readers will find a lengthy but ably written article by Mr Howitt , exposing the enormities of' Delegated Taxation , ' which we re * commend to tha serious attention of all earnest reformers . We have extracted the said article from the ninth part oi ' Hewitt ' s Journal , ' in which will be found several ether interesting contributions from the pens of tbe editors and their clevor assistants .
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The Family Herald . Part 52 . Published by George Bigss , 421 , Strand . This periodical steadily continues its unexceptionable career ; and increasing in merit , as well as in the reward of merit , popularity . We wish that some periodicals of higher pretensions would ovinca the same good taste , espeoially in the selection of poetry , which is rarely of inferior quality . ' We have been especially pleased with the lines , by Gharles Maokay , on ' Eternal Justice , ' whieh wo have transferred to our * Poet ' s corner .
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Isorbasb of Prkston Poor-Rates . —The Black , hum Standard says : — 'Such is . tha pressure upon the office for relief , iu consequence of the short time or no time at many of the mills , that tho next six months' poor rate is expected to be 2 a . in the pound . This is a great increase from fjd , ft 8 rf . as formerly . '
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LETTERS ON GRAMMAR . No . 7 . TO T ? IB WORKING CLASSES . Ms Dbar Fi Wsnw , I have yet a . far observations to make with regard to Adjectives before I proceed to the consideration of the next pwt of speech-the Pronoun . I wish to point out to yo . 'i the right use of Adverbs with Adjectives . Adverhs are of great service in pointing out the degree in which one thing is beSter or worse , larger
or smaller , than another . Thusyif we say , 'The sun is brighter than the moon , ' we jtatte , indeed , the fact ? bnt we do not mark with sufficient distinctness tbe vast snperio > rityof the one to tBe-other . For rhis purpose we must use adverbs , and jay / Thesuw f is nfnitely brighter , or incomparabl y Mghter tftaw j the moon , ' ' Bather , ' ' very , ' and many other a * j verbs , are also nsed to mark the degree in-which ja quality is possessed : 'he is rather clever /' sne is i ' aery ' pretty / ar & naite accurate .
BememBer wheD comparing Adjectives , notfouse tHe Sup . rMvcwhencomparing only two things ; . If yaa'Have but twe > children , you must ' not say , ? ifohh s the eldest '—ft is quite sufficient 1 to observe ,-JbUn-ifr thefjfer' in this , as in all other camit ^ fooli sh to waste emphasis on subjects that db ' not require them . To use powerful knguage about ' tnfles-iVliket & rowmg yourself into ^ passion , and beating your ehiTif for breaking a cap or'a glass-You can do no moreto express your displeasure at hi * committing a theft , or uttering a lie , aneMeloses all sense of Hie gradatfoos of evil . Just soj if- yon use great words on ordinary occasions , you exhaust the powers tbat should be reserved for seasons < of intense
thought an * passion . People will not estimate the power of the feelings that prompt you ; th ' eywill say , 'it is- only his way of talking— he means nothing ; ' whereas , theirohservations of those-whose ordinary language is more guarded , would bey- ' 'He must feel deeply wounded ( or greatly delighted ) when he speaks with so much emphasis . ' But . there rs another and a better reason-- for using guarded Jangnage , and suiting our wordHo bur meaning . It engenders ' a truthful habit of thought and speech , and , although few people would endure to be termed liars , there are really very few
indeed who do not deserve the title . If we accustom ourselves to use words disproportioned to tHe occasion , we acqnire habits of exaggeration , whicH ' invariably lead to deliberate falsehood . The child 1 who is permitted to say , * Oh ! father , I saw such- , hundreds of sheep m the road , ' when , in fact , therewere not more than fiftyj will not hesitate to tell a real lie , if it suits him to do so . Never , therefore let your children , for whose future welfare you aretes bouring so hard , acquire habits which will frustrate all your designs . Teach them to examine facts , even in small matters , and to state those facts exactly . Punish severely anything which you are sure is a deliberate falsehood , bnt be very very ready to
pardon an accidental error ; and take my assurance that you will be Messed with truth-loving , truthspeaking children . Wore liars are made by carelessness than even by terror ; and terror , the argument of tyrants , creates thieving and lying , the vices of slaves . I need scarcely repeat to you the old adage , ' Example draws where precept fails . ' If you would have noble , truthful children , yea must be manly and exact in all your own words—never exaggerating wilfully , nor from want of reflection . There is an anecdote recorded of the early days of that great and good man , Washington , which sufficiently shows that even his childhood was marked by the integrity which so pre-eminently distinguished him in after life .
"Washington ' s father had , in his garden , an English cherry-tree , which he valued very highly . He , himself , had a hatchet which was scarcely less prized . Childlike , he amused himself with chopping everything that came ia his way with his new toy , without much thought of the injury he might be doing . One morning his father found the valued chfirry tree dying ; the bark was hacked and hewed , and the life of the tree destroyed . ' George , ' said he , ' did
you kill my tree ? George hesitated for a moment ; he feared his father ' s just displeasure , but he had been taught to lave the truth , and he replied , 'I cannot tell a lie , father , you know I cannot tell a lie ; I did cut it with my hatchet . ' 'Come to my arms , my boy ; ' replied the father . ' Such a proof of virtue in my sen is more dear to me than a thousand cherry-trees , though their blossoms were silver , ami their fruit of gold !'
Who can read this anecdote without seeing , in the training of the father , the future-virtue of the son : who can fail to observe the effect such a speech must have had on the boy , in , showing him practically tbat the value put on his . honesty , wa » greater than that of the cherry tree-- ; that manly truth wa & of more consideration in < the scale of virtue than childish mischief was , in * that of vice ; Were there more such fathers , there- would be more such sons !'
I must rea % apologise ( though ,. as awoman ,. it is , perhaps scarcely necessary to , do-so ) for allowing , my pen to be- guided rather by . my . heart than my head , in this , ' letter to you tordajv Let me hops you , will consider my observations-as prompted . by the-same sincere regard to your welfare and happiness , that fittst actuated me in addressing to you ray epistles on Grammar . A futurity lies before you , differing : wry widely from , the dreary past of : the working men of England ; . Ykiuj have friends- in the House-and out of tbe-UDuse > such as ycumevcr had before . But if you would , see the realisation of your bright dreams of / happiness you must Inbourfor yourselwes , you must not restr—you do not rest :
contented ) to improve merely the pecuniary position of your families—to & ed and clothe a little more lusHflieaitly these psor , bodies that are but-, the tem ^ poeany tenements of the immortal soul ., tarn sure it i & your aim to irain that soul itself for the duties , fits new position 5 : tomake the rising , generation ! . fit to use and appreciate the social and political ! ipDivileges you and your friends are toiling to cam ! [ for thera . I will not , then , fear your ; misconstrue ^ I tion of anything ! say :: I will only conclude my ! digression by saying to you , as a poor old lunatic I soldier did ,. many y . esss ago , to tae ; mayor oi Tiver ,. ton , I did not mean to be impertinent , indeed ,, your worship ; I meant only to bepertineni . ' .
The fourth past of speeca is the Pbosotj ^ which is used instead of a noun * to avoid the unpleasant repetitioa of one word . Thjare are three kinds of pronouns * yerwaJ , relative , and effective pronouns . P ersonal . Pronouns , relate to persojas , and are the simplest substitutes for nouns . Uk & nouns , tihev have gmder , nt «» JePi and case t they haxe also person , which nouns have not . ' Inconvcrsntion we shall find , if we thinlt at all about the matter , that there are three persons and
no more . 1 st .. The person speaking . 2 nd , The persoa to whom we speak . 3 rd , The person of whom we speak . All these may be in the singular or plural ; that is , there may be one person speaking , or more than oae—and so of the others , The ^ erson af pronouns , therefore , are-Singular . Plural . I 1 st . We Thou 2 nd . You He , She , It 3 rd . Thev
Although thou is correct when we are speaking to one person , we generally use the second person plural , you , except in very familiar and affectionate conversation . Gender belongs only to the third person singular , because it is unnecessary in any other aase . The person speaking , and the person spoken to , do not require the genfter to be noticed , "but in speaking of a thing \ Us requisite : we , therefore , saylie for the masculine , She for the feminine , // for the r . euter ; But for the plural-of all genders we use the same word , they , . , I am , your very sincere f « end ,
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L 7 ) y ? l f 0 J f . ' -Me » T 8 > rATnswo 7 th and HCo ., oi Preston , have given notice of a reduction of f frve per oent . in their spinners' wagei . and ether fhfms were Declared likely to adopt the same courae . TlfffBtrike on a ccount of the ten per cent , reduction at Mttesly continue . Messrs Swainson , Birley , and Co ., an * Mr Riley , . " « y e ? to . n' wh , ° bad suspended work , haterecommene ^ d at four days a week ; and Messrs Gardner and Atfc'nson at eleven , instead of ten hears s toy . In this to wn we are sorry to say , that some of tfte best mills « tb working only three days a week for t & e present , wbilo several are sua . pended altogether , for tbe purpose « repairs . Novbl SiRBBfl & s .-Ort Monday soreral vehicles , named ' Sentient Victoria Cabs ;' made their ap . pearance in the thoroughfares of the metropolis . They look very much like an omnibus in miniature ,
the entrance being a * the back , with seats and win . dows at the side ; they run upon four wheels , are drawn by one horse , si * persons ea / i ride in'ideand one out ; they charge thssame fare as tho other description of cabs . - \ Swt Coimor EaiiBtzlammAT Wwiwjch , —Capfc Voaleshas been appointed manager of the convict 'establishment , Mr Johajfletrry Capper , late super * jintendent , having retired * on a pension . —[ This , wa presume , is the result of the exposure by Mr Dun « ' comlbe of " the disgrace )!?? and shocking" mismanage * ment of the hulks under Wf ; C ' apjer . l MAAley Down ; near Bristol , * large asylum is ? being , erected , at a cost of £ & J 0 \ M > , for a stct known as-IHuHentes . Fre / eriek Douglass is now-assis & at editor of tha Ranis'Man , a spirited weekly newwaper , published in the city rf New York ! by Tubtam Van Rennselaerj a'colwred individual , believed ; also to havo been a slave .-
Tab Kb 9 ! tFobobi > Bask Earn—Sarry-four year * after tbaestablishment of the Bbfto ? England , tha fast forced ncte was presente & lbr payment ; and to Richard' Wiliiim Vanghan , a StWftrdUinendraper , jbelongythe mehnoholy celebrity * of baring ltd tha ivanrin thiamew phase of crim *; , in the- year 1758 * 'TbexecorAHoffbis life do not show-want " ,, beggary , or starvation 1 arflrng him , but a simple desive to seem greater than-He-was . By one of tf »» artists * tmployed , and * herewew several engaged owdifi-srert parts of tBe notesj the discovery was madtt Tbe-criminal had fflled'up to'the number of twanty ; andljepositcd thant'in the baoda of a young lady to whom he was attached ; as-a proof ef his wealth- . TEero fn no calculating howmueh longer Bank ESiea mig & t havo
neewiree from' imitation , had this- hrani' nob shown witb what 1 ease they might be counterfeited .. From this moment forged notes became-comaon-. His execution did : nod deter others from > tlfe-oSenee , and many a-neck waa forfeited to the baiter before tha late abolition of capital punishment fbrtbia crime . Goi /» 'BiBHi—This beautiful . little-Sib , ' called is this country , Golid and Silver Fisb , . are' originally natives of China and Japan , ; where they are held ia great estimation , and are called Sfcyui From China- the English carried ' some of them to tha Island lofSt Helena , and from thence thVcaptain of one of our East India ships brought some of them to England in tbe-year 1728 . It is said by a learned
foreigner (© r Baster ) that having great quantities of thenrinibis-ponds * , he used to regale b » friends witb th ' em ,. aud < had them dressed with various- sauces ; but that egg ; , sauce , in particular , s ; ave them an excellent relish ^ even superior to carp ; These fish are said to grow no larger in China than an-anchovy , but they-are to be seen in England-of the-length of ten . or twelve inches ; so that our climatoseems to agree with thsm better than their native-country . It is-in the second year of their age that iteyaocjuire that splendid appearance for which th « y are ao > prized- ; , and they undergo but little or no change in the third year ; bnt there are many oi them that continue always black .
. An inquest held before Mr Wakley , M 'Pi ' , at tha ffiiiiam-the Fourth , Beacham-street , HolboBu . to investigate the circumstances attending th & death of Matilda Clifton , aged thirty-eight , whose death was occasioned by W » . Joseph Clifton , now a prisoner in Tothill . fields Prison , having been committed there fovro-eaamination on a charge ef wilful murder , by Mr Tytwbitt of ( Dlerkenwell Police-court . . The witnesses-examined at the police-court were called before the coroner ,, when they reiterated theevidenca which they gave before tbe magistrate . Mr Pollock , surgeon , Hatton-garden , who was called in after the assault ; . ? aid tbat the deceased died from the loss of blood caused by the injuries she received ; The coroner * summed up , and the jury after beingan consultation about an hour , returned a verdict of 'Man ' slaughter against Wro . J . Clifton . '
Tee . Nbw Insolvency Act . —The new Insolvency Act will come into practical operation on the ISth instant , when cases will be heard for the first time by the Insolvent Debtors Court unn * er the jurisdiction transferred from the Court of Bankruptcy . Tne Insolvent Debtors Court now possesses two systems besidea-tbe privilege of hearing applications-under the Small Debts Act . By the Act I and 2 Yla .-, cap . UO ; . person » in euatody can only petition , and may be liberated on bail . On their hearing they can ; on any of the offences set forth in the sections being . proved against- them , be remanded at the suit of particular creditors , for a period of two years from- the vesting order , and for making away with or concealing propcrty .. a > remand can be ordered for three years-. Tho
creditors who detain the parties in prison can liberate them ' witbout the authority of the Court , bub the benefit of-the Act is not extended ta tbem until the period of remand has expired . The new system has veryt different features . A debtor can nowjbyithe new Act , obtain a protection whilst out of custody , to the days appointed for his hearing . The Court has , honever , power to dismiss the petition , er to adjourn the ease sine die . On the dismissal of the petition , the party , on being taken to prison , oouid apply ,. under the 1 st . and 2 d . Vic . ; but- on a , case being adjourned sine die , on which adjournment his protection would cease , he could only apply under
the 28 th provi 8 ion of the transferred Act for a ' protecting order , ' ' which could be given by the Court in a short time , or at at a period to be named ? There are-various-difficulties to surmount in an applicationunderthe transferred jurisdiction , andwt is-vcry probable , now that the two systems are to be administered- by the same Commissioners , that parties-will prefer applying under the old system , gettiog _ thcmselves friendly arrested on bona fide debts , and obtaining their discharge en bail . Under tbe new systems they must appear on two occa s ions ; but under the old * system , after bail , one attendance may suffice .
New . Panasi—The Dublin Evmivg Packet announces ' with , inexpressible pleasure' that Sir Gharles-Goote , Bart ., Chief Justice Doherty , and Sir John Sara- Hobhouse , Bart ., are to be raised to the peerages pVo expected that the rejected of Nottingham would be pitch-forked-, he has outlived whatewpofusefulness he once possessed , and is most appropriately sent to the ' houso ^ of incurables . ]; _ Imeoseubb- —A Domestic Taaosur . —A curious case has jjusa been brought to ligbt in our own goo * City . The facts are briefly these , and they are gireu upon the most unquestionables-authority . A young unmarriodi woman of this city , a servant , we understand ^ who . had always borna . & n irreproachable chawinter ! was euiltv of an impnadenco . She consulted
a certointDr Hornbook of the city as to how she might' hide her shame from ^ very eye . ' The father ofithoohiW is a respectabtamerchant , and was willing to-be- at any expense ie > get the thing dteently done aad save his good r-aoo , Fortunately for the doctor-,, and all concerned , an acquaintanse of his , anotkoir lady , was happening to be living on easy terms * at the same time , with a most respectable and sstensive grain dealer ) and was anxious to have acSaW a * a proof of . her- affections . She- had freqjuaatiy consulted thedoctor on the affticyand it no » occurred , to him . tbat he could put all parties to rights , put money in his . , pocket at the same time , aad , in short , kill two dogs with oae-stone . The grain dealer h & itto . bo absent some three or four
months upon business , and it was during this absence that tfee > plot ripened . The welcome intelligence had been communicated to him that his fair inamorata wss enceinte , Tho first mentioned female was safely delivered of a fine boy , privately , which under th » doctor's directions , waa conveyed to the house of the former , who had previously assumed all the appearance of a fruitful vine . Fifty pounds was tho sum paid [ the skilful , ' negociator and accp . ughe-ur for his trouble . Information was immediately forwarded to the grain dealer that ho could now assume the endearing tit ' e of father , and everything went'merry as a marriage bell . ' On his return a wet nurse was provided , and all arrangements entered into which such an important event
demanded . An English poman , a kind of hawker , had been in tho course of her vocation , a regular caller on Miss or Mistress . She , too , had a male child about tho same age , and tho latter thinking it a more promising bay than ber own , or the one she called her own , prevailed upon the former , by sundry arguments , toraak' an exchange , which waa done accordingly , and the hawker returned to Mgland , These things took place about t > w years ago . and falsehood , fraud , and wilful ^ " ^ Sd ! to be triumphant . But' conscience , jhou hst made cowans of us all ! ' The real mother rf the child hflaar , » o feel certain qualms and yearmngs ^ ana apoecuwtrui
r T i * i , o Anr . tar tn know wnat nau uer phed to the doctor to Know wa 3 , gpreni * nd she , hrst-born . A sh « ffi" = » " iff ^ > ^ a war . by ^ ApKhSrfon of Ihe gmMnarte . The r nfcf ° ^ E 3 on w partlymugllt out ia ab ^! "Son ana the " octor was ^ lyjiberatcd un-?' mV « vl ? b 3 to appear when calfed ' iip ' on . An d « WrS y < S atch to England . jM \ o-after / muclr 0 fU ° l ^ Seeded in restoring Hob Id to . ita * Mful motherTWereiYain atpreamfftpm making rig htful »» lU 0 ; " { hi offil j r . but there are some fiftTtaSvSE t on which we shVlrafterwards S \ ow words to say . Tho doctor ^ as ' , ind . cted for ¦ fr ! u and wilful imposition ; but was ^ outlawed for no n appearance .- Glasgow Earner .
Lord Emiiskillen has , within the last month , enabled 700 families on his Jrisli estate ^ ej ^ grate .
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