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Februaby 7, 1846. THE NORTHERN STAR. *^^...
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Februaby 7, 1846. The Northern Star. *^^...
_Februaby 7 , 1846 . THE NORTHERN STAR . _*^^^ '' _^" _w' _^' _M *******' *** *' M _**"' < M _^^^^^ _^^^ _" * * ' * * ' * ' ** *>* * _" ***** _--I- _'> _-r- ' _- ~ - _—n-tuninr — i ¦¦ i i hi 1 - A
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BEAUTIES OF BYRON . JtO . JE-VlII . " THE S 1 EOB OF COBISTJI . " The great critic Jeffket has pronounced tnis poem to be *' . « magnificent composition . " For _uuraelve-, vre cannot rate it very _highly , although it contains orach beautiful poetry , as the foil - . wing extracts will testify :- COBtXTO . Jf __ r a _vaniJi'd year and age , And _tempest ' s breath , and battle ' s rage , Have swept o ' er Corinth ; yet she stands , A fortress form'd to Freedom ' s foods . The whirlwind ' * wrath , the earthquake ' s shock , Have left untoucli'd her hoary rock , The keystone ofa land , wbich still , Though fal ' n , looks proudly on that hill .
The landmark to the double tide That _purjiling-rolls on either sid 9 , A _« if tlieir waters dialed to meet , Yet pause aud crouch beneath her feet . But could the blood before her shed Since first _Timuleoit _ brother bled , Or ba-ied Persia ' s despot fled , Arise from out the earth which drank : Tbe / stream of slaughter as it sank , That _wuguiue ocean would o _' rlioir Her isthmus idly spread below : Or could the bones of ail the « laia , Who perish'd there , be piled again , That rival pyramid wouid rise More mountain-like , through those clear skies , Than y oh _totver-caupV Acropolis , _If-tic _* _. seems the vcrv clouds to kits .
A _G-EES SIGHT SCE _3 £ . 'T is midnight : un the mount-ins brown The cold , round moon shines deeply down ; Blue roll the waters , blue the sky Spread , like an ocean hung on high . _ Be » _paugk-J _tvish tli . se _isies of light , So wildly , spiritually bright ; ¦ _"fflioevtr gazed upon them shining And turn'd to earth without repining , Kor wish'd for wing , to flee away , And mix with their eternal ray f The wavts on _sillier sh ore l 3 y there Cato-, clear , and azure as the air ; And scarce their foam the pebbles shook , But murmured meekly as the brook _.
The winds were _pillom'd on fhe waves ; Th * banuers _droop'd along their stavet , And , as they fell around them furling , _Abotethem shone the crescent curling ; And th _ t deepsilence wa . uabroke , Sate where the watch his signal spoke _. Save where the steed _neigh'd oft and shrill , And echo answer'd from the hill , _An-1 tiie wild hum of that _wild best Bustled like leaves from coast to coast , As rose the Muezzin's voice in air In _toiduight call to wonted prayer ; It TO * -, ilia ! chained m-uraful strain , LB __ - soma lone cp _ ri- __ o ' er the plain :
'Twas musical , but sadly sweet , Such as when winds and harp _^ _trings meet , And take a long _unmeasured tone , To mortal _nun-trelsy unknown . It see-i'd to those within the wall A cry prophetic of -heir fall : It struck even the besieger ' - ear "With coui . thing ominous and drear _. An un-ttuied aud sudden shrill , ¦ Whi ch make , the heart a . mumeut _ttiil , Then b _ at v > ith quicker pulse , ashamed Of that _strange sense its silence framed ; Such as a sudden _passims-betl _TFflfa-. th-- ? - but for a _stranger ' s knell .
GREECE _> D _HEB _-Jf-tEST _HES-E-. _Behind the camp—before him lay , I » many a wiuding creek and bay , Lepauto ' s gulf ; and , on tbe brow Of Delphi's hill , unshaken snow , High and eternal , such as shone Through thousaud summers brightly _gons , Along the gulf , the ma __ t , tlie dime ; It will not melt , like man , to time : Tyrautaud slare are swept away , _Itws form'd to wear before tbe ray ; Bnt that white veil , the lightest , frailest _. Which ou tlie mighty mount thou _hailast , ¦ While tower aud tree are torn and rent ,
ShiceS o ' er its craggy battlement ; la farm a . peak , in height _acloud , In texture like a hovering shroud , Thus high by parting Freedom spread , A * £ * .- _*• her fond abode she fl-d , And Hu _^ erM ou the spot , wh ; re long Her prophet spirit spake in song . Oh ! still her step at momeuu falters O ' er _withurM fields , and _ruin'd altars , And fain would wake , in souls too broken , Bypointiug to each glorious token : Bat _vaiu her roice , till __ -tt _ r days _Datru in tbose y _. _t rememher'd rays _. Which shone upon the Ptrsianfljing , And saw the Spartan smile in dying .
* * # * The chiefs who * , _dnstar-uud _himslumh-rM . * Their phalanx y _ arshal . 'doutke plain , " Whose _bulwark * _wer- not tbea in vain . They fell devoted , om _uu- \ vi _ g ; The very gales tiieir names ___ _ _-m'd sighing ; The _waters-jurmurd of their name ; The wools were _peopled with their fame ; Tbe sileut piiiar , lone aud grey , Claim'd kindred with their __ ctt _ d _. Iay ; Their spirits _wrapu'd the dujky mountain ,
Their memory f __ _arkkd . ' er the fountain ; The meanest rill , the mightiest river , Roll'd _uiiugleil _« it * . i thtir Suns for ever . Despite ot every y-Ue sV . e bears , That land is glory ' s stili aud their ' s S 'Tis still a watca- _' -vord to the earth : When man would do a de-lot wortii H _« points to ( . recce , aad turas Jo tread _. So _sanctiou'd , on the tyrant ' s _hsad : H _< lo iks to her , and rashes on Where life is lost .- . f freedom won .
Soxgs For The People. So. Iv . The Light...
SOXGS FOR THE PEOPLE . SO . . THE LIGHT OP THE "SOUTHERN STAR . " Bs tin list Bird of Brejfui , _U ihe Prince of Wales hut an eye-touth cut , If the Princess Royal sp—s , 'Twill be known o ' er the iand ere tha sun goes down , Thru' each servile criugiag news . How condoling they tell if a duke but sneeze , Or a beggar liis _iady scare ; While t '_ e poor , by thousands , might starve untold , Were it not for ths Sortkem Star !
While _Vi ' _iugs aud Tories with _fectwus views By craft iu turn prevail , Neglecting , or but at best , contuse The down-sliding public weal : To the a - bums future in vain we look , 'Till sniuiiii , iik « lu ;_ t trom afar , Gomes the ever-unerring prophetic truth In the iigbt of the _Sorti . eru Star . ' The co " : i _ er , who far from ihe light of day , Gropes ou iu the gloomy mine ; The Weaver , who toils thro ' thi long _lona night , Lest hungry children pise : The pale-faced slaves who pant for air _Wfttre wheels and eugiars jar , Pind not one friend to speak their woes Save _At > voice of Ibe X' jrihirn Star !
Witli- laade . 1 peer- and merchant _lilUgS O'er tteir hoarded _luiUv . JS brawl , Their __ -ri _ _ug strt- ( whose toil and skill Produce their milium- uU . J ; Tho ' , year by year , of their earnings robb'd , To tell tluir _wrongs none dare _Sh-e that untiinchuii ; _fiie __ d to truth , The refulgent Sorihcm Star < Brght Star of hope , whose eniight ' ning rays Blume the poor _____ . *_ miud , Till he u > w perceives the craft profound That long did his senses blind ;
Kna » es preaching patience to wretch-- _crusii _ 'Neath j «> wer ' - gory car , Will b _. l = s __ gned to scorn by men grown wise In the light of the _Xor & _trn Star . ' Long , long way the lig ht of that Stab expose The schemes of tyrants grim , An i shiae thro' the mist of the poor man ' s woes , A fiery pillar to _____' leading to liberty ' s pr _. _niised land , Sow faintly sen afar ; Wbi . it t _ r __ -s crouch , like owls struck blind , In the light of the __»_ teni Star !
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Parliament Having Re-A-*S2nibled, And Th...
Parliament having _re-a- _* s _2 _nibled , and the questions already mooted therein being of the utmost importance , and _involving the necessity of our reporting the < Mm ;_ - at _sivat length , we are compelled , for tne _pn-nsit , lo _caixail oar" Reviews . " ] _TAITS EDINBURGH . \ IAGAZIX- __ -F _ amrAPj . _Edinbnrjh : W . T _ it , _rii : icc _'__ - _ tat * t ; London , Simpkiu _ind Marshall . Tait opens this month ' * nuaiber with a well-timed _^ nd _weU-re _.- . _iaued article _< m ihe war question , entitled War witl _ America : _Araw « aot 15 « threu ? " We
_ ihall try to fiud rotmi for tlis article , or the most of it , next wti : k . a . & review of " Campucll ' s Lives Of _tnghsii Chancellors' * _f-. _lki-A-s . » Our lleartk aud Homester .- ' is the review of an excellent work hearing that il : k ; _l-y _Jonx -Mills , author of "The Old _JEnglfchfie :: t _. t _* in _ t ! i . " " Thc Stage Coach , " & c A portion of : _ e story . _inpeared in this _magazine _soraetbiDg mort _tha _' j twelve _n : o ltlis ago—Kither a long time to cL * :: s- botwecn tlic couiuic _ iceu _ cnt and the conclusion . ' Sir Tn __ a _ s _H _'^ s _. _LirnEK concludes iu this numb : r liis IIi _« hlHiid ' . ale , " Love , Jealousy . and _V _« _lseaBCc _. 'I ' ho-u . De < i-iN _. E _ contributes an
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_articl- on " The Anti gone , of Sophocles . " Colonel _JoHNSo _^ - _oninue _HJ , is America ,, ron _ni , " Snv B ** _f' We _ajjete the moat to _ourlikinu is that on 'lhe Lyric J ' , _« try q f Germany . " The writer considers W- _m-CK to have been much _overrated . His _Mcs-iiah is pronouueed to be a failure , or at least as not giving him any claim iorank with Viroil andMiuox . _Gi __ t . im _geti a good word as " a very fair ( tcrman Anacreon , ' a very patriotic Prussian grenadier , a very kind-hearted wan . and a very devoted servant of the Muses . " A knot o hope f ul _youii" poets at _Gottingcn , associated under the title ol the _Gottinyea Hand , " and largely influenced hy Kuh _' -tock , find honourable mention , particularly llbLTr . HuiicER is described a * " one of the moat perfect musters of the vivid ballad stvle that any _language _pussosies . " Tne writer then _siives a short analysis of the poetical characters of " t _ o _ -ii _ and _ScitiLLKn . W _« extract a portion of Lis remarks on
GOETHE . Nothing , in our opinion , lias hart the reputation of _Got'tlid more in this country than his having been brought forward principally iu two characters , where , whatever be his merits , he was certainly far from firstrate . Goethe is neither a first-rate dramatist , nor a tir * t-rat . novelist ; and yet any unstudied J « hn Bull , who knows the great Olympian of the German _P-irnassus by name , knows also that he is the author of * ' Faust , " an < l of" iVerther , " aud of" _Withelm Jfeister ; " and knows , _pjrluys , nothing more . But " Faust , " with all its high poetic e _ celle _ cie . « , is , as a drama , only a second-rate
production . It is pieced together with too obvious _coolness in some places , and wants a perpetual current of action , aw * , a _eonti--V ly of interest . ' "Withelm Mcistcr , " the British reader thinks , —and he is no bad judge in such matters , —is n _* im * y aud trilling , and wants a glowing and vigorous reality . So far , therefore , as bis currant translated works go , Goethe eanuot be highly estimated by the general English reader ; and the fact of tin . matter really is , tliat , like Ovid , Horace , Hobert Burns . Bel-anger , and all groat lyrists , Goethe ( for he is a truly great lyrist ) can be read and relished perfectly wily in his own admirable tongue .
The writer goes on to say , that "it 13 in the capacity of a luxuriant lyrist , and in this capacity only , " that _Goktbe is entitled to take hi- , stand among the great poets of all ages and nations . " The writer concludes his analysis by saying : — * ' Goethe was as _§ reat a lyric poet as pure polytheism aud the philosophy of Epicurus would allow a naturally great mind tobe ; what he wanted to make him per / bet was , a few chapters of Seneca , and a slight tincture of Christianity" (!!) . _Scshiisr was a man of a different stamp , and seemingly a greater favourite with the writer in Tait— " a poet of deep moral feelings , and with Christian and _evangelic _sviupatUe-. iv . __ l . dvy strong . " The writer thinks that , as in the case of Goethe , so the character hy which
scni- _ _. a Is most generally known iu this country , is not that iu which he bas achieved the highest aud most unquestioned excellence . Schiller ' s tValleusteia is piled np with too much architectural _wci-jht in many i > lac _« , to be a _goospecimcti of the drama ; many of its most attractive beauties . % re more lyrical and oratorical than dramatic ; ami , generally speaking , we are inclined to suspect that Schiller was both too much of a systematic deliberate German , and too much the victim of exclusive inward intense emotion , to be capable of reaching the highest point of dramatic excellence . As a lyrist , however , after the impetuosity of his first apparition becomes a little more _subject to control , we bave no fault to find with him ; and most justly does lie merit that extensive _popularity which he has achieved iu competition irith the master genius of Goethe .
Tlio * ' national" poets ofthe yeare of the rising of _ X __ tP 0 __ o . v— Kok . veb and _Sciieskesdubt—are next laueed at- Uhum > , the representative of the " _romantic school , " Mows ; and then the writer comes to the poets of the ' * New Age , " 1 Ii _ bwkgii , _Fkeili-_„ * .- _» _., F 4 ____ s __ bks , l _' _uciz _, and othwrs . Tho writer _give- < an accouut of tlte _infamous frauds and perjuries of tlie German despots , particularly chc late King of Prussia , in the matter of the promised ' constitutions , " Ac , with which out * _reaJera must be familiar . The consequence , as regards poetry , has been " that the poets of the day have become the gr _^ at prophets of the political opposition , and what St . Paul and the Apostles were formerly , * the ringleaders of sedition amony ; thc people . '" In proof of this , au effusion by Pkctz is given , entitled , " The Ston * that ' s not true "—very good , but too _iciigthr for us to extract . The writer concludes with the followin _* prophetic words on
THE C 05 I 1 NC CE-MAN 3-VOLCII 0 X . The Czar Nicholas looks like a cz-. tr , and speaks like a czar , and uses the knout like a czar , and no man mistakes bim ; so also Austria , "holiest old Austria , " sits spread out with a quiet breadth of contented Conservatism ou her green gossiping prater at Vienna , and her likewise no _niau mistakes ; but Prussia , prating magnificently about Jivr Protestantism , her intelligence , her high pressure education , her i __ . > I ! uu _ ons _, her Germakism , aud Liberalism of alt kinds , is , when you anatomise her clos . ly , a hideous compound of pedant , preacher , and eomedian , of coward , slave , and li _ b . What i * to be the end of these things no inait knows . For ourselves , we shall not be surprised if the German L \ ric -lose , having now at length , in her youngest incarnation , become decidea . lv political and practical , should quickly learn to indite in a fluid of a more polent virtue , and more _perilous concoction than ink . Tliere wert songs _, also , at * i 1 arc ones sung at Paris , ii » thc year of grace owe _tnmiSMiJ stem hundred and _ninety-tito .
Puxcil—Parilv. London: Punch]Offi.-E, 85...
PUXCIl—PariLV . London : Punch ] Offi _.-e , 85 , Fleet-street . This part cemmencea the tenth volume of our facetious friend Punch , and affords sufficient indications that the volume now commencing will , to toy the least , be not one w ( Ajit inferior to its predecessors . We have already given numerous extracts from the numbers making up this part , including that excellent and eloquent protest _against legal murder , "The ' . Moral Lesson' of the Gallows , " which appeared in this paper of January 24 th . As a further specimen ofthe literary merits ofthis part , we give in our "Tit _iiits" column a capital imitation of the fani-d . able of the " Camel-ou , " which every schoolboy iins read and admired , ami wliich adults cannot forget . Tne "illu-tr .-iti-. ns" to Punch ' s witticismare as racy as ever . We must particularly single out l _* . i _ 33 __ L _ -pi-Ling for ai'lace in _tii - character « if a page ,
aud the Que . ___ answering— " I ' m alraid you ate not j strong enough for the place , John . Also " The Ministerial Crisis , " a capital caric-jtar _; Punch is represented as the owner of a penny peep-show , with master John Bull as a little boy having a sight . * ' Showman : ' On your right you will perceive a Prime . Minister a Boltshing of hisself ; aud over your ieit is another Prime _Alinistera Bolishing ofthe Corn Laws . ' . Uister John Dull : ' ilut which is the Prime . Minister V Shi _/ wman : Whichever you pleas ., my litile dear . You pays your money , and you takes your choice . '" Perhaps still better is the ' * Artful " Dodger . ' - ' Peel , as ths " Artful Dodger , " and Russell , as the unfortunate " Oliver Twist "—the former addressing the latter says , " Oh , how jol ' iy green you must be to think you could form a Ministry V The li _^ ur- of Pe _ l in this caricature ; is above all _prate . The other ii _.-sttadons arc all rich aud racy , but must be seen to b- * understood .
The Almanack Of The Month. Editeii Ut G....
THE ALMANACK OF THE MONTH . _Editeii ut G . A . a'Bkokzii . London : Punch Olh ' _eo , 85 , Fleet-street . The first number of this admirable " review of everything and everybody" "kepttheword of promise to th _ ear , " and now , the second number , unlike the weird sistors , iultils " it . to _Uw h-P-. " All that the fine number led us to hope for is realised iu the conteats « i its successor . The " Almanack of the Month " ' is now a / aite _accomplie . After " Some account of February" ( a queer account it is ) , we have " The Great Event of the Month , " which is , of course , the opening of Parliament . Tho narrator of this great event says , very truly , that the lloyal procession is " inferior as a show to the Lord Mayor ' s , which has the extra advantage _oiheing a sort of thingthatevery oue is allowed , and expected to turn iuto ridicule . " Still , the opening of Parliament , including tue " Royal Speech , " is , after all , . owl . i-
_niost it the _p-mtomimes ! He can only give ths names ofa f-w of the principal of the contents , such as " The Z ' _riK- of the Mouth" ( th- " Dog _Emile at Astley ' .- }; " Tlic Play af tiie Month" ( the two Misses Ct _ 5 . im .-cif , as Romeo ' and Juliet ); '' The Exhibition « f the Month" ( the Art Union Cartoons ); " The Great Nuisance of thc Montii ; " " London by N ght " ( as seeu at the Colosseum !); " Memorable Days of the Month ; " "The Book of the Month ; " and " The abus _. ofthe Mouth . " Most of thearticles ave oi a comic character ; but this last named is a serious and appropriate article on the great <*_ tu __ ol tins past mouth , —thu legal murdere at the Old Bailey and _li' -rsenioiiger-Jane . Vfc had marked a somewhat lengthy portion of this article for extract , but wc Jind wo havenot room for it . We have , Jmwcver extract : d several tit-bits , wliich wiii be found in their appropriate place . YV _ must not omit the following striking portrait of
" THE HAS WHO Wis VEBT SEAR IT . " Itf _ ri _ . es ti * tliat Lord John ltusscll is amazingly like tlie " C . rrier" in Mr . Dickens' Cricket . He h : _is bt _* on all his life " very near it . " He was nearly losing lus ministry several times duriug the long , Whig , sticking-p laster administration . He was nearly losing his election in the City , only winning it by a miBtrable majority of two or three lie was very nearly writing a good tr > _g _« dy , and wasas near a war with France ashccouldiie . He was wry nearly winning the Chinese war , only the Tories came in and reaped all the benefit ofit . In tke same
way . he was very nearly proposing the repeal of tlic Corn Laws - , but Peel has since quite cut the corn from under his feet . The _.-. _atne wita the _tituUer—the su _^ ar dutiss : — -Lord John was near them all ; but Peel , it is confessed ; in aU financial reforms , was always much nearer . A _^ ain —he was very marly coming into the ministry on the la-it occasion , and we bave no doubt will be very nearly coming in again , but if he _dofs come in , it will be tinmerest accident that lie does not very nearly _loseit . We are only afraid posterity will _»» y of Lord John , " He was not a gfe-at man , but he was very usar it , "
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WADE'S LONDON REVIE *> _V—Fsbkuaht . Lqndon : C . B . Christian , Whhefri . _* _vW-: strC * » Fit _« t _* .. street . .... ..... .... In this number we have a continuation * of tho editor ' s romance "The Phases of Love . " ' _!' " _« chautcrs _li-torc us are mainly occupied with the heart-stirring narrative of an unfortunate gyps ?' - _WiWian , who has been rescued from death , and subsequently from insult by the heroine of the _atory , Beatrice , a Spanish lad y . Thus far the storv is well told , if it has a fault it is not in the quality , " but the quantity doled out month bv month ; but wc suppose this must be submitted to , otherwise tbe reader could not be furnished with that " variety" which , we believe , _mas-i - 'lie-readers _lonk for . This storv is mado
the vehicle tor expressing many bold and beautiful ( bought ., such only as . a writer possessing noble sympathies and a cuUivated mind could give _t * xpr « s _* siou to . f here is uo complete portion of the story sufficiently brief for us _toallord room for as an extract . Rumouravers that Colonel ThomsonJsoiic ofthe writers in this magazine ; if so , there can be no difficulty in assigning the pithy article "On the Duty of a Ministry" to his p » n - . —its tone and aim our readers will not need to be informed of . _«« Hope and Memory , " an allegorical poem , by J . G . Gnisi , is really a very pretty production , and very superiorto the generality of magazine poetry . A _pleiising feature in this Review is the re-production of old aud curious works , which from their scarcity , or from the fact cf their being locked up in languages known only to the few , renders them ( the said works ) unknown to
the many . One of such works is reproduced—at least in its outline and essence , if not in full detailin the number before us . This curious old work is the " _Daplmia and Chloe" of Lonous , an old Greek romancist _» f the calamitous times that succeeded the death of Tiikodo 31 Us . We had marked au extract illustrative of tbe translator ' s happy and eloquent style , wliich unfortunately we are compelled to omit through want of room . Our readers will do well to procure tne " London Review , " and read tlio story themselves . This number also contains the conclusion ofthe " Life of _Lisut , " the celebrated pianist and composer , and the commencement of a sufficiently startling story , entitled " The Mysterious Visitor , " written with the avowed purpose of exhibiting to English parents the danger and folly of sending theirchildren to Franca and other continental countries to be educated . Notices of new works and theatrical entertainments conclude this number .
The Gonnoisseur-Feiiuuaiit. London: E. M...
THE GONNOISSEUR-Feiiuuaiit . London : E . Mackenzie , 111 , Fleet-street . This number of the " Contioisseur" contains several excellent essays , critiques , notices , & c , on subjects connected with the Fine Arts , Music , and the Drama . The opening article , or essiy on " Form in Composition" is _samewltat too profound Ibr tlte general reader , but _doubtless will be rend with much interest by thc class to whom it is addressed . " The Study of Music" U an article all may understand _, and many may profit by , particularly those of tbe uninitiated who arc disposed to throw away their money iu learning co perform on the _Spanish guitar or other instruments , and accomplishing tlte art of singing musically in " *> ix lessons I" We have
before spoken of the excellence ot the dramatic critiques , or , rather , criticisms on actors , in this publication . In thc present number there is ait admirable article on the performances of the Misses _Cushxux at the Haymarket Theatre , where , our readers may know , the eldest is performing the part of Borneo , and the youngest Juliet , to crowded , and , we believe , admiring audiences . Wc should like to transfer to our columns tho greater part of this critique , but the necessity of paying attention to , and criticising the performances at St . Stephen ' s , leaves us 110 room to do juctice to suMects which we
must conless are much moro to our taste . An article on tbe " Art Union Cartoons , " with several others , we have not roem to particularise , are contained in this number . Last , not least , we must notice the magnificent engraving of Raphael , from a portrait by himself . Nature , the painter , and the lithographer have here combined to present a face which must haunt the _thoughts of ladies by day , and their dreams by nighr . Had we Arsold ' s choice , rather the facts of Raphael than _A-iiiuks should be ours . But it is useless for us to prate * , let the reader turn to the " Connoisseur" if he would drink the diaught of beauty .
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NO VOTE ! IvO MUSKET !! STAKfORDSHIBE _POTTKSIES . A numerously attended public meeting ofthe inhabitants of Hanley and Shelton was held on Tuesday evening weeU , in the Christian Brethren ' s Meeting Ruoiu , for the purpose of recording their protestation _ai-ain-t the threatened embodiment of the militia force , Mr . Henry Muwde-ly was _unatiiniously called to the chair . Mr . _Kduard Humphreys moved the iir-t resolution in an argumentative and manly speech ; seconded by Mr . Charles Heath , and ably and eloquently supported by our venerable old friend Daddy Richards . Mr . John Moss then moved the petition , which , was ably seconded by Mr . J . Yates , and carried _unanimously , " that the petition be sinned by the chairman , and sent to T . S . _Dun-, combe , Esq , for presentation . '' The feeling seemed to be unanimous to suffer imprisonment rather than disgrace themselves by wearing a military uniform .
_PSBSIIORE . At the weekly meeting of the Pcrhore Chartists , held on Tuesday evening week , it was unanimously resolved to get np a petition to Parliament against the embodiment ofthe militia , several members declaring that if drawn , they would at once declare themselves Chartists , and , of course , dangerous persons ; and woulJ , if necessary , suffer imprisonment rather than fight against their fellow men . A vote of unbounded coniidence in tbat tried and faithful friend of the working classes , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., was carried by acclamation .
LKEUS . A public meeting respecting the embodiment of thc militia , was held on Tuesday evening week , in the Bazaar , Air . Councillor Brook in the chair , when resolutions were moved and seconded by Messrs . Harris , Hewitt , Shaw , Child , Firth , and _llrownridge , protesting against the enrolment , and a petition _aurced to be sent to T . S . Duncombe , E _* q , M . P ., for _prcsentatiou to the House of Commons .
nmsTOL . k great public meeting was recently held in Bristol in the lar _^ e room , llrondmea-J , for the purpose of agreeing to some proceedings in opposition to _tliy contemplated "overnment measure for the enrolment of the militia force of the kin » dom . Notwithstaud ing the _exceedingly unfavourable state of the weather the immense building was , by the appointed hour , crowded in every part ; indeed , it _ii ' not often that wc see so large and enthusiastic a meeting . The chair was taken by It . Charlton , Esq ., who delivered a lona and eloquent speech , depicting the injustice and horrors of war , tbe frauds aud debaucheries of the enlistmentsystcm , and the horrible tyranny practised in the army . Speaking of the anticipated
embodiment of the militia , the chairman said . - —Depend upon it , if the militia was once called out , lnilitnr * . men would adhere to it as a means of recruiting tlie army ever after . Military men knew how to workthat out _^ -tliey had dnne it before ( hear ) . The plan was to make the militia discipline unduly irksome by the severity ofthe drills , the use of the lash , die . While the life of the militia soldier was thus made a painful one , prospects were held out t' _» him to ill-( luce hira to enlist in the line , _ u . h as higher pav ; uul _greater _indulgence . Thus , by _driying on the one _haml , and drawing on the other , he was led to enlist into the line . To so _greatan-Xtentwasthis the case , during the last enrolment , that from asingle militia regiment , in the course of _i-leven years , 13 , 000 men
volunteered into thc line—volunteered it aught be called , but it very much reminded him ofa picture which they sometimes saw in the print-shop whuUiws , into which a . man held up a cudgel over the head ol another , and addressed him thus— " There is no compulsion , only you must" ( laughter and cheers . ) They might depend upon it that , with all its abominations , the ipresent recruiting was preferable to the militia system , lie hoped that by the expression of popular opinion the minis . er mig ht bc led to abandon it . lint should he not , and should it , in the face of all remonstrance , become the law of the land , it would then become a serious question to consider what course it behoved tliem to take . A poor but honest workin 2-maii had told bim that if he should be drawn
he would go to prison ; and from what he knew ofhis character , lie believed tliat he would do so ( lond cheers ) . Sure hc was that they would find imprisonment iu the _»; aol _incomparably less irksome than imprisonment hi a barracks ( _clieei-s ) . Any man of Christian teeling would be _incompaivitivcly more happy in serving six months on the New-cut or at Lawford _' s gate , than in being enclosed in tlie barracks _atUiiihekl , with the red ht _.-h hanging over him and learning to degrade himself and butcher his fellowmen ( cheers ) . And if any of those present should resolve , neither by themselves nor a substitute , to learn
to slaughter their telJow-creattues , but to go peacefully to prison and suffer the penalties of rhe Jaw , tliey wouh carry with them the sympathies and tlie prayers 01 all sinceie Christians ( cheers ) . And , in carrying out that great Cli list ian precept , rather to suffer wrong than to do it , they coiiid cheer each other by the language of encouragement which one of the Christian martyrs nddressed to liis brother martyr at the stake , " " Un of good cheer , brother Ridley , for this day lhero is lighted up a candle iii England which , with God ' s grace , never shall be extinguished . " The chairman resumed his seat amid prolonged cheering .
Resolutions were moved , seconded , and supported by the IloV . John Border , the Rev . J . i . Wait , 11 . Norris . Esq .. II . C . Howell , Esq ., the Kev . W . Lucy , Frederic ! _^ Wills , Esq ., the Rev . T . E . Tlioresby , and Mr . N . Pearce . All the speech ** were excellent and eloquent , and elicited the most _stnhiisiastie app lause . We Rive the following _o . vracts from the > _p- ; ech of R . Norris , Esq .: _—} Jsm _ possessed hiaiienablc rights , of which no _s-. _iwsii __ u _ 8 t hail a right to
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drprive him . The right to worship his Creator , ac cording to the dictates 0 / Jfis conscience , was one of them . * J he rin-ht to say whether he would or would not , at the will of an officer , put a fellow creature to death , _w-r _ts another . ( L _* nul cheers . ) lie could see no reason why he should not have as great a hatred of piiKing a _Frcncliinan to " death " as of putting an _Enjlisliman to death . ( Hear . _Jienr . ) He held no differences of nations . God had made of one flesh every country of the world , * lie ( Mr . K . ) recognised in every man a brother , and wished to exercise towards all a brother ' s love . Many persons in England held the feeling—and he was glad to see that they werc increasing in numbers and importance—that war was . _incoiniiatible with the precepts of the New
Testament . Ik * should like to ask the government what right it had to make him do that whicli lie , in his conscience , believed to bo sinful , and to do wliich he knew would bring upon him the linger of liis Maker ? ( Cheers . ) Should he obey mail or God i The princip le to _vyliicli he bail adverted wa-. recognised by some nations—by one it certainly was . It a man in America _decliircd that he conscientiously objected to war , lie was f ree rom all compulsory service , and from all penalties in consequence of liis refusal . Wh y should they not Imve the same privileges in England ? No man ought to he compelled by any government to take up arms against his conscience . ( Cheers . ) Tliere were nviny sorts of governments ; some were republican , and avowedly were influenced
by the will ot the people ; others were mixed , having representatives of the people , whose -measures were regulated b y the lords and the crown ; others , again , were despotic , and only governed by their ownwill . Tho government which embodied the will of the whole , or nearly the whole of . the male population of the land , might rig hteously do that which a government of one or of a few would have no right to do . If any one said to him that tiiey ought not to resist that which the government of the country hud enacted , his answer would be tliat the government represented virtually a very small numb-r of persons . There were about a million of electors , and seven millions of male adult . * , so upon this showing it at once appeared that the _one-sevtinth made the laws which
were to govern the other six-sevenths . One man made the laws for seven men , the six having no voice in the matter : With these facts before tlicm , and bearing in mind too that the greater part of the boroughs were under the influence of the aristocracy —so called—lie would ask what kind of legislation could they expect for the people ? ( Hear . ) Would it not ever he tlie ease , iis long as tbe natur _. of man remained unchanged—that the interests of the mil lions would bc neglected , aud those of tlio few advanced ? ( Great applause . ) From these and other facts , he believed tlintthe people would continually be troubled with invasions of their rights , until some orgauic reform took place in tlte representation ( cheers ); and apart from everything like
violenceapart from all appeals 01 physical torce , ho would say —Let the principles of the People ' s Charter l ) C considered by sill the friends to the liberty of their country . ( Applause , and slight disapprobation . ) lie was glad to know that the principles of peace were being generally adopted , and that associations had been tormed in this city and elsewhere , not to _provide substitutes , but to sustain those who go to prison , nnd endure the utmost extremity which the law could enforce . That was the course he recommended every lover of peace to pursue . ( Cheers . ) ilo knew not what was the punishment of the law , neither rh'd lie car- , * that principle ' he liad resolved to act upon , and , nith submission , he desired to be drawn , ( Continued applause . ) . Nathaniel Pearce , formerly a soldier in the 53 vd regiment , who , in a long and clever speech , of which our space will not permit of our attempting a report ,
detailed some of tue vicissitudes ot a soldier s _isi _** . Ue stated tlie military life to be in peace one of extreme labour , and in war oneof privation , danger , and suffering , lie de & crib-d the horrors of a battle , and tbe devastating influence of war upon tiie commercial prosperity of a country . The working nun of this country were now labouring tliree days in every week to pay the interest on the war debt . Since in IS 15 we had spent five hundred millions in _wsir , and had _slaughtered countless _thousandi . . The lash was stiil in Use in tho army , and there had recently been some appalling canes o f its use . lie was g lad that a new feeling was growing up in the country ; meetings had been held at Birmingham , Liverpool , and elsewhere , and the people had determined not to fight . Hc _lioped ali present had made up tlieir minds to keep a conscience void of i . flencc , sheathe the sword , and spare mankind . ( Cheers . )
ALVA . A public meeting of the inhabitants of Alva was held in the People ' s Hall , on Tuesday cv-iiiiit ; _, Jan . 27 tb , for the . purpose of considering the be 3 t means to be adopted _jto prevent the raising of the militia . i \ fr . Andrew Mc'Ivunzie was called to the chair . Accounts of meetings relative to the subject of the militia-raising were rend from the Northern Star , aalso an article from the Nonconformist ; after which a resolution was passed , on wbich a lemosstrance is to
be founded , to be sent to Sir Robert Peel , urging him not to raise the militia force ; and a petition to Parliament , praying them to abolish altogether the Militia Law . The meeting wa _^ one in which the _greatest interest was felt . The hall waa crowded , and tlie discussions on the various topics that came under tlieir consideration were carried 011 in tlie best spirit . At twelve o ' clock the meeting broke up , when all dispersed , thoroughly convinced , not only ol the injtbticc oftlie Militia Law , hut alaoof the inhuman and unchristian practice of war .
- KI . __ . XK . Oneof tha largest and most spirited meetings held in this town was convened in the Town-hall , on Monday evening , to consider the _propriety of po . _itimiins ; _against the calling out of the militia , and for ihe _adttptWi . . i ' . tveavk-swith foreigii nations for tlie settlement by arbitration ofall _qiurrels wliich may arise , Mr . Alderman Ellis ( deputy-chairman of the Midland Railway Company ) was uuaiiim . ou . ry called to preside . Mr . W . E . Hutchinson ( town councillor ) moved the lirst resolution , condemning ail war as iiicons ' _stentwitli Christianity and productive of great moral injury , and asserting that nations _^ ought to settle their disputes by otlier means than force of ami .- * . The Rev , J . Stevenson seconded the resolution , which was agreed to unanimously .
Mr . Joseph Sturge , of Birtnitignam , amidst tu itch cheering , moved a resolution , stating a number of objections to the war-like movements of the _goveri , « mciit . lie drew attention to the _unconstiuituiHiilutss of a standing army in time of peace , and to the wise jealousy of our ancestors _respecting it , ' and in a spcecii of some length advocated passive resistance to military service ; and siibseripti _. ns for the families of those who suit-red i ' or such resistance , in preference io payments ( ocJub-for _ . ub-. itut-.. _iieconelml _. d amidst much cheering . ¦ Mr . J . IVgjf , operative , seconded the resolution ; and stated , thai he had resolved neither to serve nor to _-ii-scribe ; which dieted general applause . The chairman stated that ho had been three times drawn ior the militia , and on refusing to serve , was each time distrained for the amount , sheep having been taken from him _.
Alter the adoption of some other resolutions , and a petition founded on them , the mMing broke up ;
S 0 _WKIIBY _-V-0 _SOVIAXI _) . At a public -meeting- of the iuUabitants of Sowerby and Soyland , Jield in the .. Association . Room , Long lloyd , on Sunday , tlie 1 st February , the following resolution was adopted : — ' " That iii the opinion 0 ! this meeting the contemplated _eiii-oilirtietic of the militia force is an act of tyranny , toward * the _unrepresented classes of the community , violating the lirst principles of justice ; and that it would stamp the working classes' with eternal infamy if tlicy allowed it to be carried into effect without protesting _against it by tho stiou . est effort the law and
constitution allows . And that this meeting further , believes that the alleged cause tor this tyrauiiic act , viz ., ihe prospect of war with America relative to the Oregon t .-i'itovv , ; is one iw which-their best interests are perilled _^ which can only tend to , throw into contusion the dearest interests of the empire ; and that tliey will not allow their family tics to'be torn asunder , their" domestic cumi'urts- to be invaded , -and their _Vib-i'iy 'sacrificed , in order that their brethren in America may be slaughtered , ami a fresh impulse given to despotism and misrule . " At the conclusion a vote of thanks was given to the chairman , and the meeting separated .
M . VNC _11 _KSTKK . A large and influential mewing of the inhabitants of Manchester was held this evening ( Monday ) , at the Com Exeiuinge , with a view to pass resolutions condemnatory of the proposed enrolment of the militia . The Rev . Wm . M'iverrow took the chair . Il < t said , one ground of his objection wa ? , that tiie militia system was calculated to excite and foster a war spirit , -nd to throw back the spirit of civilisation . The military spirit was a bad spirit . They had endeavoured tit their Sunday schoub to toach ( his , —to s . _' nw that the soldier was not tiie hero he had been generally repiesented to he . lie _ciald _easdiy _inv _ _£ . _\ - the child , playing with its lather ' s iwcmitremcnts , and listening . to his stories of driiis ami field davs , induced to forget the lesson of good thus instilled * iu the moment of excitement , _a-. d ho did nut wish that their work sliould bo thus put aside . The
inducement to our government , he had heard it stilted , for wishing to raise this force , was to spare troops for the colonies . This colonial system , he feared , was the excuse for cvery _^ aggression _up-. n mir rig hts —( hear , hear)—for taxation , for commercial restrictions , and for oppression _^ ( Cheers . ) Colonies ! What had we to do with colonies _^ 3 f ther were ly be a perpetual burthen ; Uive « s _tivi-vyatlii ami . free intercourse with every country a * well as witli our colonics , and give to tne colonists the same ri ght , and then there would be no need for expensive military establishments , but nil would i _. _mri-li alike , anil ail be interested in ouch other- ' s- prosperity . ' But hitherto , cur colonial system , had . been oniy a system of taxation . It had been _ _ _# -ii only the means of pre . vidiitg for a ymmg nrisiouniey ,. at our expense , w ) , ( kid not the _maifiiuessta-uiiru tlieir own bread by th . oii own hilmitr . Witk respect to the reasons _wIin government were _adiout . _ualliiijj out tits ' . _niUt . ia _, il
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occurred to him that they had a dilliculty in gettim : soldiers . The people were getting too sober and too thoughtful'to '<• '_ ¦ «_ . ¦ ( Heat * . ) Let people be compelled to go out , however ; if them go to drill , and their _present habits , might b ° made to undergo a change . It was this he feared , and tbis he did not wish to expose them to . ( Cheers . ) He objected to "sir , on the broad ground that it was opposed to _* he whole spirit of Christianity . ( Hear , hear . ) They "light be told that they wero not patriots , tlmt they had not love of countrv ; but lie replied that their country was the world . ( App lause . ) Their patriotism was the purcspirifc of philanthrop y , embracing all men , whatever their country , or ened , or condition . ( Cheers . ) •"
R . Charlton , Esq ., of Bristol , moved the first resolution . Alter dwelling on tho hardships suffered by recruits , ho said—In St , me districts of Gloucestershire the recruiting serjeant might whistle from morning till night , and scarcely git a recruit . Tliis was one reason wh y . governmen t might wish to havo the militia out ; and another was , tlie extraordinary mortality in the army in India and China , it was calculated that the 70 th Highlanders * , in India , would be thinned to such a degree that , in December next , not more than 2 u 0 out ofthe 900 men would be left . ( Hear , hear . ) It was a most shocking tiling that these _recruitingseijeants , actingin , and makins the most lavish use of the Queen ' s name , should be allowed to go forth , first debauching the youth ofthe
country , and then entrapping and sending them into lasting slavery . ( Applause . ) Oneof the worst eviU of tliis system was the tax it was upon the working class . It was s ;\ id in favour of it , that it dwelt with all classes of men alike ; but was it dealing with all anko to make the poorest labourer pay the same for lus substitute as the _richset merchant ? ( 1 iear . hear . ) Having got men into the militia , il was said that they might please themselves about going into the regular force . Hut this was a pretext that must not be allowed . Lot men once get into the militia , and a _Bystem would be brought to bear , which wouid soon cause numbers to enlist into the regular .. One means was , tbe better pay which would be offered . It was calculated that , one way or other , 18 , 000 men in the last war were induced to " volunteer , " as it was called , into the army . It was said to be their own voluntary net ; hut it was , in truth , as much a
voluntary act as was that which a man did _because lie could not help himself . The system reminded him of that put in practice by tlie policeman , who » aid , ** Thcre _' g no compulsion , but you must . " ( Laughter and applause . ) He concluded by moving — "That this meeting regards the proposed measure to enrol the militia of Great Britain for immediat < i service , as bring not only opposed to the dictates and sp irit of Christianity , but as calculated to awaken tlic jealousy , and to increase the military armaments of other nations ; ta produce m _* eii * ii © r > , intemperance , and immorality in the community ; to augment the alread y _esc-ssive military burden- of the kingdom ; to prc _.- _< 3 with _poculiar hardship upon tlie poorer classes ; U affect the prosperity of the country , and to foster a military spirit , baneful in _it-i principle , inconsistent with * native _llritish liberty , and unsuited to the spirit of the times . " ( Cheers . )
Mr . John Jefferson , Sccretavy ofthe London Peace Society , _sccondvd the resolution . The Militia Act irave the _Que . n power to enrol and embody such a force at a fortnight ' s notice . The government had already made provision for calling out tho militia ; they had given notice to the lord lieutenants for the staffs to bo ready , and the lists were out to be filled up of all person *} liable to serve . What could this mean but that tbe militia was to be enrolled ? According to the Queen ' s speech , thero was no likelihood of war , nor was there , _accordins : to Sir It . Peel ' s _spot'dt , any prospect of sedition or disturbance athome . Tliere was no knowing , then , what wns the object of government in calling ont the _militia . It had lieen said that the militia were not to be calh d out for the usual term of twentv-one davs , but for
three years at a time , and those who thought proper were to have the privilege of volnnWering into ti e line . Then , _aitnin , orders were g _iven to have 4 * 2 , 000 suits of military accoutrements _rca-iy hy the spring . These clothes were wanted for somebody—( hear , hear , and a laugh)—nnd the number str kingly corresponded with the number tliat would have to he called out of the militia for the first throe year * . He advised them not t _» join militia club ' , been us . * _, they were held at public-houses , lint there was another made of going to wo > k . Let them operate upon the legislature , which was tlie only nay . 0 s ; op the evil . Mr . Buncombe and Mr . Bright bad a . * k __* d if the niili . ia _wvre te be called out this y . ar , but could not get a direct answer . Sir James Graham
ivas proposing to bring iu a bill to embody the existing Militia Acts , but this act might propose tlie three years' permanentservieo , andthe people of . \[ anchc-r ter might bo called _together in a few week-, again lo oppose such a bill . If tliey were , l _. t them not stop short , but have all the Militia Acts abo'ished , and no new one enacted . ( Cheers . ) At present all _thepnwer given hy the Militia Acts was to call out ihe niilira for twenty-one days . He called attention U > the militia oath . He hoped there were many pit . sent who objected , to any form of oath . ( Hear , hear . ) This oath was another f <» rm of that cmp _' oyid in the line , by which , 1 man swore to do as his superiors should order him ; in fact , it was taking au oath to submit them . elves to thc mosi abject
_alavevvslavery both of soul and body . Itwas not _thoinjue _.- 'tion , once having taken this oath , whether that , which they were ordered to do was right or _wn-iiji . The _Ihilte of _Wellingt'in # itid thc army knew bettor than to entertain an opinion ' upon a politic . - )) _qiicstitw-. ( " Hear . " and a laugh . ) A body of men were mic < _- marched to the boundary ef an unhealthy disi rict . ami mutinied rather than enter . They h-d promised io obey their superiors , 111 d six of the rin . leaders , kn-cling on their own cut-ins , were deliberately -hot . ( "SJ . _nn . 0 , siame . "') IVouJd the meeting consent to he leveed into _* uch slavery as this' ( Lmnl cries of " 1 V 0 . " ) Now , what did they mean by not _serving ? Did they mean they would not serve in thi militia personal . ;"—(" No , we won t "or did tlicy mean they would each fiud a _substitute ? ( " No . no ; we'll do neither . " Hut the Act provided for _compulsory measures b _^ _iiic _s * ' opted _unle _.-s a substitute were found , and this m luia system
_tln-refoie was worse than ihe enlisting _pysttin . ( Hear , hear . ) What wages were they to have ? A shilling a day , or rather , _deducting -id . for linen , _&<* ,. ihey had 3 d . a day : could they not make more of themselves than that ? ( Liughter . ) How much would ther »" iid out of this t-1 their wives ami families ? ( Applause and laughter . ) Why , according to the New i _' o'ii * Law , if their wives and families became chargeable during t !< oir _i-erviic tbey werc liable to be made to repay tin amount . ( . Shame . ) And if they Jind not the money the guardians b . _- . d power to have it deducted from their \ va « _ts . ( _SinMne _, and gieat sensation . ) He concluded by calling it ; on the pe pie to nerve themselves to this service and tell thi government they wouid have no more war ; ami il the llritish government gave up the _syMom of standing armies and of war , depend upon it all other * would follow the example . ( Lond cheers . ) The resolution was carried by acclamation .
Mr . Benson then read a petition , founded upon {' ne resolution , to the House of Commons . Mr . Prentice moved the petition . lie said it had been stated by jfr . Jefferson , that the people called Quakers were " exempted trom taking oaths , . _- ti . i from serving in the militia . Now he should like them to inquire how it was they had this exemption . ( Hear , hear . ) And it would be instructive to tlicm to take home thu reason . It was . simply because they exercised what was called passive ie ? t . _* _-aiU'e . ( CliOeiS . ) Why was it they wouid not , bear anus ? Hccatisethey conceived it to he wrong ; and , _bci-crin , ' so , tliey did not be . _ir arms , but suffered theinseivcs ; o be sent to prison instead , ( Applause . ) 'J hey were called upon to consider the ballot . What ballot i
( Applause . ) They were told they could not h . iyo the [ lower to vote at electtouK by ballot , because it was _Mieiikii . g and - .. _n-Enslish ; but was it not far mmC sneaking and un-English like to enlist men . and ¦••• mpel them " to become soldiers by ballot ? ( Cheers . ) Why did they not adopt the more manly course in this system of choosing men publicly i Jf they had tinmen in every street drawn up in line , and chose from them , they wouid have no cripples or inefficient inen ; why not adopt it . then ? Leeiiusctheie mis _ . it be a _shriek _ft-onis'imc by in thc crowd , ' * \" oa are tak ' _n _^ my lather 1 . " and the men of Manchester , having ilie sympathies of men , mig ht not allow a lather to he taken . from his child . ( Loud cheers . ) Now , if the
people wore prepared to < io as the Quakers did , tiine was a _suygestinu he had to m _* -ke to government—it was to whisper in their ears that tliey inicht get together the militia , but that , when they bad got _tbeiu together , " would they art ? " ( Loud cheer . ' .. ) If they had militiamen , they would have _anti-coni-law men , anti-union men , and miti-st : _itu-cliureh > neii . and universal _suffrasjists ; but if they were called upon to go against any of these _m-ivemetits , could it be expected they would act ? ( l _. md cries of " _- _Ivi , " and a voice "No vote-, 11 " musket ! " and cheers ) Yes , that should be the-answer . If tliey wer . called Upon to fight , let ihw * - say , " i ' ou would imt trusi me to vote , and 1 will not S _^ lit you r ba ttles . " ( Cheers . )
The Kev . Dr . Deani _secflfK-sed flic _uie-iim . and tt was supported in ii 3 tclo (| iiuBt speech by ill . Hcv . K . P . Hood , and agreed , to _uiBvaiinoiish ' . The ltnv . Dr . _Sfoss-ie lh _** n proposed _a-n address io ths Americans ,, as brel ' nrwi deprecating war , ami if was seconded ust ' _ceurrievH by aeclam . 'tioti . 'i'ha meeting separated at a late hour . " No Vor $ „ -xo- _M _* ess . v / r ' . ' _'—f-Veai a _Corrayondiiu . ]—In st shop window in St . . _loliii-slrcvt , U ' e » . >_ iithf _ e !< L b exhibited the fallowing _potest : —
" This is to-certify , that 1 wid _iicii ' _tr-rbou mnnslayer , no-fleam the art and mystery of ihe pi oi _' _.-s ¦ won at the- bidding of any man , or _aiiyeoirbiua ' iioii _.-* _-t ' men sailed _government * , and ( its in el ' . isis . _eiiei bound ) sin _equally resolved not to tind a s . _iihsiitni . to act the criminal for we . l _* ' . irlher . thai -in in _\ InimbJo- opinion , any _m-tn who \ uluntavi >> - _pevmi--his l » i , _ -. < . ami miiseles to bo used by his _iVlhiw ma as » miere a-iiehine }• . '** any purpose their wisdom * _.-. I ' _!_» may suggest , eat . only be regarded with pity 0 : _, « _u _ t « tB _# _k —( % ufl < A ) 0 . Hook ,. "
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THE POLITICAL _CAMULB 0 . _1 . Oft has it _b'iun _mj lot tti ' see ' As _xrcat a tool m fool could he , _Attoii / linif m « _ < _ ing .-i , with a shout , Th ' twould he batter Peel were out ; " » Vhil « others noisily ninintatii _ThuyVi _jfluil that lie U in _ajjuia . One would at unct . refuse submission , And one would Udw to his di ; ei . ioii . Two politician * , each _incltiiW , - - . To U- vf quite a different mind , _j-ejjair to liave u quiet _cltal On sometimes this , and soma hues that , DWcours'd awhile , witli _canicsi ¦ / . _1-S _1 , About that hold _Camel _. oii , _Petl ,
And very _t-ncrgmic jjrew Upon the _suhjM of his hue . " A _strmixer nnini . il , " cries one , " Sure never ba . sk'd in fori tine ' s sun : A Tory ' s _liody , slow and lon ; t , A landlord ' s _head—frw-trsider ' _n tongue ; It 3 he . rt to quick repeal inclined But for its _len _^ tli of tail _btlitml , Which cheeks iss pace ; and thtiii its hue , Did _anythini ; - ' er look 80 blue 5 " " Hold , tliere ! " the other quick replies , " lie ' * green * . I _s-. \ _w it with these eyes , As late upon the ground he lay , TJiroivu over in tlic oddest way ; ltesi ' 'iicil— without a cause I
mean—Could anything Im half so _sreun V " I've seen him . sir , its well as you : I WU you that h _. lool . 'd quite blua , Wlien he awhile was in the shade , And I , John Russell , progress made . " " 'Twas green , sir ; _jfreen _, sir , I assure ye . " " Blue \ " cries the other , in it fury . So high nt last the contest rose , They very nearly _e-. ime to Mows ! Wheu luckil y they spied a third : To him the matter tliey refwr'd , And begg'd he'd tell them _it'Iie know Whether the I ' eel wa . s _« r » _ijii or blue , " Sirs , " cried tlie umpire , " _cea-e your pother ; He ' s Tenlly neither one nor t ' _other . I saw tin- Hiiitnal one ni _o'lst _. Viewed by thu _IL . _tiso of Commons light ; I marked him well—I can ' t _forget ,
r or then he seemed as black as jet . Tou stare , my fritiids ! " " Indeed we do . " " 'Tis _sreDii . _"— ' 'Tis black !"— " Nonsense ! 'tis blue . " " Supp _» se , 11 s we arc all in doubt , " Cries one , " at > _. nce wc turii him out . " llei ' ore they'd time to do it _qoiic , The 1 ' _t . el appeared—and lo : ' twa * white ! _Allntared—aud nil hmk'M _n-omiruus «;' se , " My friends . " the _sk-1- 0 . im _.. ! _..-..: i < _-ri __ , "You all are ruiitami -. 11 _utv wronjf , . I ' m all hy turns , and nothing long . _'Ttsju * t accovd _' _m- _^ to liu- view _. That I am black , or given , or blue . I but reflect t-. _i-h passing ray That seems the _hi-iyhtr -t for the day ; Aud friends , 1 hold it no _disgrace To suit my colour to iny pines . " i _' _ltiitiA .
Lq-kstrus Fkats . —Tiie French are alwavs _* _hootiiij ; _Abd-ul-Kader ' s horse . This is done with the "ood-iiatiired view of cnablin » this Emir to yet ojr all the easier . —Ibid . _ - ' _Bf ' MoTIO . V for l 5 eni .-f . niiM . —On the nig ' if . of U 19 Address , lirmi . ltnm made a speech in Hie Lords ,. _«» entirely foolish and _univnsoiia ' b . V , that it is said he is to be made a Dii ) .... — /•/ . / . E . im . _iMAitsiiAi , ok J £ . vi-i .. . 3 D—tho _. ' _•< tcr-up of all state processions , _"l . _-n his tin- <_ i-oi ! _-di _< j i > f ' nll the state _supernumeraries , * _-ul is , in fact , a sort of _srasremaiianor to the lloyal llousidm'd . Tiu-Karl Marshal is the head of tlio llrr . iid ' s-idhVe : but as very litile hend ia used in that i _.-JHcs , the -dtuation is a sinecure . The post is hereditary iu the . family of the Duke of Norfolk , wlese iiki > _t-. _- _ _-. >\ w name . will live as lun-4 as peppers , .-. nd that st . rc of _tiling , have the power of prcscrviin ; it . —Ibid .
A _ j . ir _ . _ _MT' 0 . v A _' . _nr __' . y Am ___ > . — Ad < T «? d . _A-. d Angelic Amelia , —Accept an Ardent and _Artiest Amorist ' s Affections * , A lev . ate An _Anguished Admirer ' s Alarms , Ami Answer An Amorous _Applicant s _Avowed Ardour . Ah ! Amelia , Ail Appears An Awful Aspect : Amhili . 11 , Avarice , And _Arrngatice , _Ala-i . ' Are Attractive Allurement . * , And A / we * An Ardent Attachment-. Appvisc An A chilis , ' -A 11 J All ' oel . _ima' . e Adorer ' s Alarms , And Anon Achin'W _* ledge Aiiiaiiced Albert ' s Alliance As _Agive . _iijIe . Atid Acceptable . Anxiously Awahini : An Aiieutionan _; And Aliirmative _Answer , Are . pt An Anient Admirer ' s Achiiij . ' Adieu . _'—Auikut—Aibnu _* _- , Almost .
Romantic Sioiiy . —A yt un . - milkwomaii , of the environs of La _liaiiiiuttf _, newly u < ai'ried , was _carrying the produce of ber dairy to the market of _. _Anut-i _* _.- , when she found 011 _l _.-ei way . . black caw fastened to * _trd" _* , nd at a _ssle distance lay under another tree ; _t _iurne bundle . Her _eurio-ity was lirst attracted to the latter , which s ie found to contain a beautiful babyeirl , wrapped in line linen and warm _ti-. ninels . On . further _cxamiit- _'ion she _iLsnivi-ied a purse , containing twi . tiiy . fivc N _.-tpolcoi _. s , ar . d an ani . _nvnioiis letter , inf . imnti . i __ that tlio _nn-tfie ;* of the child » as driven
b y powerful _con-iik'raiious to part with it for _si-vcrnl years ; that tlie 5001 " . « ci _* e fur lhe _pei > on who would humanely supple In r p lace , . i _« ti the black cow was tff afford lhe eliltl _Hiilk ; _lubiiii _. ; , that- every yer the _fostur-tUQllter _sle-uld veveive aw _arable awn fwv the maintenance and edncntiVn of the child , until _circumstiiuees permit . 'd its _iiatnia : parent to i _.-ui ;] - ' 1 he _charge . The youn . i ; _miilcwom _.-iii accepted tho trust thus reposed in her . and , in .-.: cad of _prneeedinij to ihe market , lia _.-lt-ncd home _wi-h im- _fnuudiiiiL ' , the cow , the purse , and ilie letter . —French paper .
_TIT-IHTS KIO'M TIIK ALMANACK <» _TilK MONTH . l'osTiit : > toi ; s lluxoi ; i ; _i .. —Hr J > a > _-id Wilkin ' spuie'te M placcl in . 1 I ' _taiHc beside hi . s s a : tie . H'iicii L-r _< l _Brougham ' s _efiiiiy is erected it is _cnntei-platril _, on the same principle , to _uive increased _inieiest to th . < sculpt ure by ibe ;* d _-litiwi ofhis iord > i . ip ' _.-. _toii'juc . _LMi'itovKMK . _vr 0 . " tiik Month . —It has been at ; length determined to put fie foii _-. _u-. u s at Tr .-iia . ii .-ar- - square to some useful purpo .-o . i . r lie ; attempt : ui render them oriiiim . ntal is now abimimcd on alii sides . Tiie area is-so fie converted into a washing _^ _c-. tab ! i .- _ iiM ! iit for 1 lie piur , who wili be allowed _t-. _i . _-. _i re _*«» i _* t Ui _mssc of the _Uie- ' _ms as a tub for _cieaiisiu-. - , ai'ttti id the _miier for rin .-in _^ . Ti . e siea m _ei'tnii _. will < on-: iycv hot water into tbe _forinei- , and supply tbe _Jam-itr
with-Old , as u _.-iuil _Si _; l soap \* : n i > . supplied Dj-j _- thu policeman ( nullity , who 0 civility wis _luu-i ' _oe-isu the admiration of the whi . J . ' , vi _ : liiii > u < _ . o nl . A _iiiioie Vf iii be _brought front tin * , coil of rope at ilie too of iiidit _i-oluniti , and made fast to dm Mi lie . of ( _Jctiigc i ' : i ! : i Fourth ' .-. iio . _'SK . lor . lie pu : _*| _-o « e of dry ins the cl _.-thc * . _' itnii the animal lii « i > elf _wijlbc let out as a clothe . *?» - lioi _' -C , ior _airing tiie finer sot t of ' . Lings . It is _alsslss in contemplation to permit the us ? » f t . _' io basins , a ' a ' au early hour m the _uiorntt-e : ' . ; . s _t . _iul . _l ' . e . Iv . tilw . _'i'hi hi terms will he a lia . 'l ' p-niiy a _pltttitre for grown _persniisiis and three a-ner . ny fur chii _Iri-n . A shower-bat lit ! under the _Foiititai'i fill he charged _acvoiilin : ; t < t < time . Per . 0-is _tvijuirins 'he water warm , will _iisus _tlieright-hiu-d bas tt ; those wlioarv disposed to takak it eool , mav < 0 to tlie loft .
Mkmi . iii . \» i . i : Days m * Tin : Montii . —I here ai ai sevewd dais in the month cf February that , wiwi . always be _inemoi-alJ ' . ' in history . Th '' lirst event ut 1 . any uiiportaiife ' _liippCKCil nil the " 2 nd . when _tt-n m _.-i . W | its <'< . ( . '< .. ( in _Ktisiliiiid ill the year _lUijii . It is saisaii "hemi _!* _- ; have _lieeii a brave man » _b- > _ib-st- a ' e a ; a oysier , " ami there ran be no doubt that .--he was as _courageous old l _.-my who lir . > t _tiie-m cup of _Twankiiykay j Tiie St . 1 of _J- _' ibrnaiv will _aiwnts he _c-It-br _.-iU-d « s _tlrf th < dav on whieh Si . v ll . P _« : v { _-. v . _^ !>> v « in 17 . 3 . and it lit ii
a curious l ' uc \ that : _iboiii the same Hmo 1 / 1 the yeayea 1 181 ( 5 hc will b-.- declaivd not to be borne by the _Atrii ; ri i ettitnra ! I _' _lMtccliimU . ' s . Ttie 12 _ib will always be 10 . ic : _iiownet ! as the tiay 0 : 1 _wtiit-li ti . e _miti-.-i . a ; debt wa wa 1 lirst incurred so lav hack as i ! u : year SoeO . j'y iiy _straticc _coiticiitei ' . e . _' . thn _plagtiv broke out in the _saitsnnt 1 year in _iiotidoii . ]• : ¦ would take up too 111 itch of nil ' on : space to _siy what iho iiatioinii _tU-s _.-t v ; a : > , m Ilie Iir ; Iir / _iustaiice , nw ' ut" : to . Some _iUi-.. k tliiii it uri _^ ' mautatr . in mil * _hnvhiij _borrovvnl _iisoYeit-i ; : _ii I ' _imiii tlie HoliIol :. of l . iiiic ! i . sti . r .
Low ; * i _\> v » v « Chrav 'Vr .. \ . — " H you _jilease , Mi Mi 1 Smith , _moihi-r says will you _sei . d in r a f ) w * . w -.: leaves V " Yes , iny dear , but . > 011 u . _u-t 1 -t me hue ha \ them back _acairi , .-is 1 aiirnys sei . _V _tin-m . " . _Si ' . ivs is _SiAiin :-.. —Overan iroii _.-if . _utters shop hop 1 the . _" ' traiid may be si / eii a fnii-h _.-iiuih _staiueof Jtisthistiii _lioldiii . u a pitir of sea ' es , but _tiuioi _tiiMaleh one seie Siv ; is ever -. ti mueh lowei - than il . _e u : _in-v . It only r « _quii _i \\\ ' \ i the * . _«» _.-jeiites _U'iiiu _ialieili-ii " _rit-ii " mill " pool , " it , '' aa liie _« _itii-e on ti e i _ vs _ -. it ate is pirfeet . F _ ii ;; i . _v'mijiSAia- C « . vvt «' -U . —Sev % _ r ; . l " . _'S ' . delws _ht « sh « « been _ _-e ! _ii as p _.-i-scils by : bt ; F . _ini'eio :-ut . _\| . _roic-roic- _'i- ' Lonis- i'hi . ipj e . 'j'hc powei . s „) ' . _li-ofiim of _tiiif _liiii _extniiii-iiinary _autit-als , _situ-e _tlwiv an Wal , have bve bo ve _* . y severely tesleii , for , _>; i * iiyisss ' -hem _wiuiiviuii _oUieial _aceownt of _V . nr . iiiii _iJumetiii ' _.-. Met rie .-, te .-, 11 actually _swiiilowes _' . it . Foe ibe _Uf- ' . iK * . th < _AV . _rAV-. _elrl dispatches are w > . ¦ . _iipersttif t t * _«• ti . i-. ins " i _,.-n . u in . u of t ' _-ttpctttiv ii . _* i |! . < am ! . _h _.-or-km _t-kt _rs
K . _Now i :: v : 5 _» . ! . ; _. _- . — _[< . ' _.- tii ; vt _.-r _> wei ) _t- _> * y " K' " K'i . _thyse ' il _f Vnti . s . ip ; _-iisii : _> : yon _ui-vi-r nm ! . . _niJisfiiiiseld home , _iio < v are you to « ei r . n _iiiiiMiiuctii'ii ' . ' ( _Jkiima : _^ i _' l . _' _^ TR Si ss . --- ' 1 ! : e Fr"i :. '; j \ , n * Jon' Jouu _uives t ' :: c lid e . _viii- - _.-luiitli . _' M' * . — '" Aluy . a ueiiiAeiii ; the _ihikuuf . \ ' a _.-K _*! U . wiii :.. ' _walking _t _** . i lie ' nan Han ' i ' Hie Uhiiie . near . _\! : _; _y-: i t _.-e , a _.-ked a l _« --u n _*« in w | ei w \ ee lhe river _Ciiii . _iaii ' _.-d io rise . ' ' Yi . ti , ' _ivi !;> : _^ i the _mIic _> ' t l ! _- _ ill _^ A ' . _'lil _| _-q ; _.-iva ! ' _- ! i ; Ut < _-. : ' .. >!! ' ; 1 : e __! _u- ; e a : " a : ' •' . _-i .- _'S , ' have _b-.- _.-ii _WiiJiiii _* -an _iio ; r ' .. ¦ _;; : , : < : _, \ _a- ! vl _a-kl _Ahethcr iii . - v _.- _asd-ri _.-is . ' . ' ' J he _iiiiki * _imwii _>* _r-w s _i _latiglii ! : _^ . 'Do _><' . ; i _k-niw v . _- ' _ia-iti . yell b : _> ve _'i lvo talk ' nin to : ' _asked a sicoi . d bi . _a'maii _' •> t ' _- - * t ' _- - ' ' No ' . v , _*! im •/• us he : ' ' ' 'Vhv it « : _^> tbe { mi :- of i : e ot t -au r ' U ' _ei- ' , I am ft lad i wa , r . ot tu . _' . _rl ¦ iiMn . i ! _soLunoA-oFr _, ii : _imc . M . A . v ( _vj : _s-.-io . v 3 __ _rt : _m-rvri _EMil . A . Mi JM ) ami : ' ie- * " All _oK-taiiV . _li- . _iSiMilivi . ! '; i' .. I ; - ; . _ef . Mi n . _iii- ' : > v . i . od _ei-HHm- ' Tu a .-is a railway en _^ _i-. _e-i * r " _iVlterc ' muuld be bi _» t ! _" > _«''••' ¦ ' ' _¦ _" ' ' * _' «• ' " «•
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 7, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_07021846/page/3/
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