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THE "RIGHT DIVINE " The tight of Kings to throne and feme , Blest mortals-who can do no in ; la founded on oppression ' s ria ^ m Regardless of their , people's -will . Though Toid of "woiih , men ' s hearts to charm , Or -wish to mitigate their thrall ; Though void of soul , -with nerrelMs arm , Legitimacy ' s ill and all . Fit cradle , tyrant power to nurse , - Soft bed of doth -where despots lie ; legitimacy—Freeman ' s curse , The ftovr of retribution ' s nigh , The hour , &c Thou relic of Barbarian time , . a-DT ^ --n-r .-r ..
Ere freedomtriiniii'd lier infant-wings ; "When deluged was earth ' s fairest clime , With oracles and priest-rid Kings . The monk and coul , the priest and gown , lake ghosts have fled from reason ' s ray ; And who art thou -with golden crown ? Hence to thy native gloom away . Giant , - when armed " with lawless force , But dwarf when reason sets thee by ; I « iitimacy—Freeman's enrse , The hour of retribution ' s nigh . The hour , &c 3 > ebasement light thy temple's fire , Thy priests are havoc , guilt , and feai ; And human groans thy music dire , That pleases best thy sa-vage ear . Tpon thy gory altars shin .
. Mistaken Talonr ,-millions lie "Cnbanourad by one patriot . strain , ¦ Dnpitied "by one patriot sish . Stern idol ! -tot's unfailing source Or tiger-heart , and vulture eye -, legitimacy—Freeman's curse , Hie hour of retribution's nigh , The hour , &c-The gorgeous robes , and golden -srsBti , And glittering § lory fence thee round The sceptre iJiall depart thy >»» y ^ , "When liberty hei trump shall sound . And liberty one blast hath blown , That still in Europe ' s ear dotii ring ; And at her secondary throne ,
Shall hold the people's -will their King . "When freedom -with a sun-liie course Shall o ' er the "Hide creation fly , legitimacy—Freeman's corse , The hour of retribution ' s nigh . The hour , &c .
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THE WISDS . ' Ye " winds ! ye unseen ennentsof the air ISoftly ye -played , a few b"rieT hoars ago >; Ye bore the murmuring bee , ye tos ' d the liair , O ' er maiden cheeks , that took a fresher glow ; Ye rolled the round-white doad through depths of blue Ye shook from shaded flowers the lingering dew ; Before-rou the < atalpa ' s blossoms flew , light blossoms , dropping on the grass , like sno-sr . Bow aeye changed 1 Ye take the cataract ' s sound—Ye take the "whirlpool ' s fury and its might ; Tie mountain shndders as ye sweep the ground , The -valley broods lie prone beneath your flight ; The donds before ye shoot like eagles past -, The homes of men are rocking in your-blast ; Ye lift the roofs like autumn leaves , and cast , Skyward , the whirling fragments out of s ght . The "weary f o-wls of heaven make wing in vain
To Escape your -wrath ; ye seise ana dash them dead Against the earth ye drive the roaring jain , The tarrest-field becomes a river ' s bed , And torrents tumble from the hills around ; Plains turn to lakes , and "villages are . drowned , And Trailing voices , midst the tempest ' s sound , Bise , as the rushing floods close overhead .
Ye dart upon the deep , and strait is beard A -wader roar , and men grow pale , and pray ; Ye Sing its -waters round yoa , as a "bird Pling 9 o ' er its shivering plumes the fountain's spray See ! to the "breaking mast the sailor din » s ; Ye scoop the ocean to its briny springs , And take the mountain "billow on your -wings , And pile the wreck of ^ navies round the bay . "Why rage ye thus ? > ' o strife for liberty Has made you mad ; no tyrant , strong through feat , Has chained your pinions , till ye -wrenched tbem free , And rushed into the unmeasured atmosphererorye "were bom in freedom "where ye blow , Free o ' er ths mighty deep to come and go ; Earth' s Bolenm -woods "were yoxus , her wastes of raiow , Ha isles , "where summer blossoms " all the year . O JB "wild "winds ! a mightier power than yours In chains upon the shore of Europe lies ; The sceptered throng , -whose fetters he endures ,
Watch bis mate throes , witlfterror in their eyes ; And armed " warriors all around him stand , And . as he struggles , tighten every band , And lift the heavy spear , with threatening hand , To pierce the victim , should he strive to rise . y cfcj-c&l "when that wronged spirit of our race Shall break , as soon he must , his long-wcan chains , And leap , in freedom , -from Ms prison-place , Lord of his ancient bills and fiuitfol plains , iet him not rise ^ like these mad -winds of-air , to waste the loveliness that time could spare , To fill the' earth with wo , and blot her fair Unconscious breast -with blood from human reins . Sot may he , like the spring time , come abroad , "Who crumbles winters gyves with gentle might , What In the * enial breeze , the breath of God ,
Come spouting up the unsealed sprin is to light : Tlawers start from their dark prisons at his feet , ITAe woods , long dumb , awake to hynmings sweet , Jjid mom and eve , -whose glimmerings almost meet , Crowd back to narrow bounds the ancient night . { Bryant , an American Poet ]
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BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE . The Magazines generally are of a lively healthful character this month- Black : wood sustains well his high reputation . We have in this number a well "written spirited critique on Ossian , the bard who though , old and blind may yet -well be Etvled the bard of youth . Despite of all that may be Eaid by Wordsworth or anybody else—genuine or spurious —the genius of Osaan is " one that will never lose its liold on our sympathies . "We give the following as eonveying to some extent oar own conception on the ams object .
" Yoim ^ hea rts , we verily believe , are now-a-days the ¦ sine as yong" Hearts some fifty years ago , and often weep ioT-Osian- ^ Xot that heisblind , fortheyknowthat the blind may be perfectly happy—but because he is alone in the world . Throughout all his poetry they have a dim consciousness of thinking on himself—even when ibe Bong kindles into a brightest flame , they feel that the anger is sorrowful—the sadness , the humiliation of the present , hang over the gladness , the glory , of the past , his life is almost death-lite—a shadow < m eerth holding converse with shadows in the sky—moving from grave to grave so like one of themselves , as not to disturb the phantoms siltiug there in the moonlight . "
"We are far from confining the interest of Ossian ' s iplendid poetry to " youngminds . " . We can , now , ¦ when the snows of winter are descending on o ; rpate , « ojoy the exclusive energy and pathos of his muse as much as when wefirst felt it . There is a good paper on the life and works of Goethe . " The Qnee-Sticfc" sustains its title well and reads a valuable lesson to such husbands as would confound our happy climaieand domestic economy with that of Muscovy . * Ten Thousand a-Year 'is a continuation of a clever ¦ frefl written story . " Cursory Cogitations concerning Cat 3 " is a very antidote to gloom—though well Calculated to conjure up .
" Horrific phantoms—situations strange . "Murder considered as one of the fine arts , " we think , ( despite its drollery , to be in very bad taste . The article on ** the position of the Church in Scotland , " we have not trosbled ourselves to read . We Jcdow M&ga " s infirmity , and have a wish to stumble xrpon an occasion of being out of humour .
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TEASER'S MAGAZINE . The first article in this number had weB nigh pnt us out of all manner * f good humonr with the whole . It is a long and eulogistic -picture of the filthy ribald , Rabelais . There can be no dispntmg the fact that J ? a > V" ™ was a sorrowful instance ot splendid natural genius exhibited under forms and aspects of so depraved and depraving a character , that it would be infinitely better for society that he , ia 3 writings , and his genius , should perish from rrecolIectfoS . "A Newspaper Editor ' s . Reminiseences" is full of anecdote , acd will be read with interest . M The Church and the Chartists" we have reserved for future consideration .
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"The Organist , " by John Gait , 1 b an affecting narrative of thewanderings and miseries of an Italian Minstrel . "The Pedestrian Tour of a Scotch Minstrel in the middle States of America , " is continued from last number . Its descriptions are very good , and its reflection bold , and often strikingly just . Mrs . Opie ' s "O'Connell ' s Daughter" is a pretty story prettily told—more than this we cannot say of \ i , P eartic l on . •' . The Treatment of the Insane in Madbonses " i 3 very interesting , being principally the autobiography of the unfortunate M . Perceval . al ^ lfr SasSis ^^^ Pedestrian of a Scotch
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HOLY ALLIANCES . ( From Merryiceaiher ' s " Kings the Devil' s Mceroys and Representatives on Earth , " an American Work ;) Is man , the image of his Divine Creator , horn only to be the helpless child of inenviable misery ? v "C necessarily doomed by gloomy fate , to- be the abject , crouching slave , of the vilest portion of bis fellow men ! Impossible . - Let us be mindful of our birthright , of our inherent , upright dignity , as emanations of deity ; sons of uod : and as we are born to be heirs of the world to come , so are we bora fo be heirs of our own rights and property on earth , as we should soon perceive , did we only find spirit to defend them , and duly punish their assailment .
It is intended we should be happy in this world as well as in the next . View the fair carpet of nature spread before our eyes , the elegant and beautiful structure of the trees ; listen to the cheering music of theaerial throng ; contemplate the rich productions of the earth , at once so congenial and so conducive to our happiness ; and then ask , if man were placed here by his benificent Creator and Heavenly Father , to be degraded by the Devil ' s viceroys into a piece of mere tax-producing machinery I Wisely governed and duly cultivated , earth itself would be a paradise below , Then indeed , would every man be sitting comparatively at ease , under his own vine and under his
own fcg tree , none daring to make him afraid : or in other TTords , reposing in the full enjoyment of the unpiliaged fruits of his own industry . And why this constant jnass of misery ? Namely , that kings and their courts maybe enabled to indulge in unmanly pageantry ; keep up a childish show of state ; pamper their luxury and vices ; reward their flatterers and minions ; and worst of all maintain the horrid sacrifices of human victims to Moloch by the butchery of war . From the corruption of courts , and their baneful example and influence , proceed the corruption of manners , and the innumerable train of evils which afflict mankind .
But nations themselves are by no means free from culpability for the present state of their own . degradation : they have greatly assisted the furtherance of their subjugation to the tyranny and cruel government of kings . Ignorance has never been so general in the world , nor of so gross a darkness of character , as to enable a few men of more daring or atrocious natures than the rest of mankind , either by force or fraud , to usurp the uncontrolled dominion over them which they now possess : nor has there in a ^ y age been that vast disparity of knowledge between a large body of the governed and those who govern , as to authorise the presert degraded state of society . The truth is , the nations of the earth , instead of bein ^ r governed by wise laws of their own enacting , administered by
a magistracy of their own appointing , have indolently suffered a universal usurpation of theirnatural rights ; and instead of opposing a timely and spirited resistance to the wrongs imposed upon them by the monarchical usurpers of their rights and liberty have contributed to their own vassalage . Lapse of time ha 3 naturalised this alien power , and monarchs lay claim to it by a term which they call prerogative . In process of time , wicked laws are artfully framed to authorise the most shameful robberies of the people . The . more easily to -carry forward the work of plunder , it becomes jnecessary as much as possible , to blind the understandings of men . For this purpose , in addition to a civil code of laws , a spiritual code is formed by a royal priesthood , styled dignitaries of the church . As in modern times , nations fortify their dominions
with a triple barrier of fortresses , so do despots fortify their usurped power over the rights of men , with a triple barrier of laws . To strengthen the civil and spiritual code 3 already mentioned , and make both body and soul doubly fast ; they frame another code called the criminal code ; which is empowered to fine , to imprison , to transport , and to hang whoever does sot comply with the requirements of the two former codes * or who presumes to complain of the injustice done to the public by these laws . A participation of the power and the plunder , with a few leading agents , is the instrument of corruption by which nations have been thus abused by their kingly governors . Intrenched behind a triple barrier of civil , religious , and criminal laws ; and this strong hold further sustained by armies of men disciplined j ° / tneir rational faculties into mere animated machinery , monarchs set the universe at defiance
. Rations themselves we aver , have ¦ u .- . wittiugly lent a helping hand to their own thraldom ; for having forsaken the God that made them , the King of kings ; and instead of rendering a pleasing aud filial allegiance to him whose yoke is easy and whose burthen is light ; they bend the knee , and with obsequious flattery pay obeisance to the kiog of Satan's appointing . Leaving the Fountain of Living Waters , they have hewed out to themselves broken cisterns that hold no water ; and then with strange infatuation call these wretched pageants the fountains of honour ; and on every occasion of their appearance in pubiic , worship them as the objects of their idolatry . As the punishment for so senseless an idolatry , men are permitted to reap their appropriate chastisement , in the inherent principle of their transgression .
Sacred Writ , in speaking of its ovni iutended use , says that it was written for the instruction of all generations ; those to come , as wel : as the generations then extant ; and this is the proper use of all history . We learn from the record of Scripture , that a holy alliance of kings is no new invention , but of very ancient date ; and we are informed how such alliances are tobe successfully and effectually dealt with . Five kings entered into a confederacy , and formed a holy alliance against the Israelites . Joshua anticipated them in their attack , calling upon God to assist his exertions .. God was responsive to his righteons call , aud destroyed more of
their enemies by hailstones cast from above , than the Israelites themselves slew with the sword . Aa for the five kings , as soon as opposed to real danger , they fled and hid themselves in a cave , leaving their armies to shift for themselves . Joshua having effectually disposed of their armieg , ordered these kings 5 o be bronght forth out of their hiding place ; bid his captains put their feet on the necks of these A-jjips ,-ordered them to be slain aud hanged on five trees until eveningtide ; then directed their royal carcases to be cut down and thrown into the eave where they had hidden themselves : such was the estimation -which Joshua , that man appointed of God , entertained for kings in Hoty Allimice .
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Americas CorKTsmp . — David Crorkct thus describe * his first courtship : — "Sally and I were left sitting a good ya » d apart , honest measure . For fear of g « uin # toii £ ae-tied again , I set right in with a steady stream of talk . 1 told her all the particulars about the weather that was past , a -d also made some very cute guesses at what it was likely to be in future . At first I gave a hitch up with my chair at every full stop . Then growing saucy , I repeated it at every comma , semicolon , and" at last it Y ? as hitch , hitch , hitch , and 1 planted myself fast by the side of her . ' I avow , Sally , you looked so plauguey handsome to-day that 1 wanted to eat you up . ' ' Pshau , get along , you , ' said she . My hand crept along somehow upon its fingers aud begun to scrape
acquaintance with her . She sent it home with a jirk- Tiy it again—no better luck . ' Why , Miss Jones , you ' re gettin' opstropulous ; a little old maidish , I guess . ' Hands off is fair play , Mr . Beadle . ' It is a good sign to find a girl sulky . I knew where the shoe pinched . It was that Patty Bean business . ' So I went to work to persuade her that I never had any notion of Patty ; and to j > rore it I felT to running her down at a great rate . Sally could not help chiming in with me ; and I rather guess Miss Patty suffered a few . 1 now not only got hold of her hand without opposition , but managed to slip an arm round her waist . But there was no satisfying me ; so 1 must go and poking out my lips after a buss . I guess 1 rued it . She fetched me a
slap in the face that made me see stars , aud my ears rang like a brass kettle for a quarter of an hour . I was forced to laugh at the joke , though out of the wrong side of my mouth , which gave my fa « e something the look of a gridiron . Thebattle now began in the regular Tvay . * Ah , Sally , give me a kiss , aud ha' done with it now . ' I won ' t , bo there , nor fetch to . ' ' I'll take it whether or no . ' Do if you dare . ' And at it we went , rough aud tumble . An odd destruction of starch commenced . The bow of my cravat was sqnat up in half a shake . At the last bout smash went " my shirt collars , and , at the same time . some of the head fastening gave way , and down came Sally ' s hair in a flood , like a mill dam broke loose , carrying away about half a dozen combs . One
dig of Sally ' s elbow , and my blooming ruffles willed down into a . dish-cloth . But she had no time to boast . Soon her neck-tackling began to shiver . It parted at the throat , and , Trorrah , came a whole school of blue and white beads , scampering and running races every way about the floor . By the hookey , if Sally Jones isn ' t real grit , then there ' s no states . She fought fair , however , I must own , and neither tried to bite nor scratch ; and when she wouldn ' t fight no longer , for want of breath , she yielded handsomely . Consarn it , bow a buss will crack of a still frosty night . Mrs . Jpues was about half way between asleep and awake . 'There goes my yeast bottle , ' says . she to herself , ' bursting . into ' twenty hundred pieces , and my Jbread is dough again . ' The upshot of the matter is , I fell in lov « with Sally Jones , head over ears . Every Sunday
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"Snight , rain or shine , finds me rapping at Squire 'Jones s door , and twenty times have I"been within a hair ' s breath of popping the question . But no * I made a final resolve ; and if I live till next Sundaf night , and I don ' t get . choked in the trial , SJWy Iones will thunder bear . " . " . ' ' ¦ V Yery True , though Sfoken in : Jest . —At the recent dinner given by his tenantry to the good Duke of Buccleuch ^ Lord John Scott sauL , '• f belieVeC cannot propose to your notice a nobleman in am . station , or in any place , whoseheaHh-wiU be receivli with more gratficatiouthan that of Lord Polwarthrf better known to you perhaps , as the Laird of Hardeji . He is descended from an old race , who kept t $ e border in times of trouble ; heis descended from one who was well acquaiated with our glens yalleyaj and mountains , and I believe I may say he was also ? pretty well acquainted with some of the glens and valleys on the other side of the border . But though hewasastealer of cattle and sheep , he still defended s ^^> ss ^ a hair ' s breath of popping the question . ; But now I
his country hi those days . There is not much improvement in the article of honesty even in our own day . Formerly the freebooters cheated their neighbours out of their cattle ; now the lawyer cheats us out of our patrimony ; and when he does soj he tells us it is for our good . And then , agiiri , we are cheated , too , out of bur constitutions by the doctors ( laughter ) . In short ; we are all docendants of a most uoble and ancient line oi ' thieves ( loud cheers ; , though all honourable meo ( great laughter ) . Yes , we are all descendants of thieves gentlemen ( great laughter ; . Every thing is conductedoua system of tmeYing , from the highest to thelowest in tlio land , Ireaties ar # made aud concluded on a system of thieving ; men obtain power for no other purpose but to provide for their own at the expense oftho public . But give us good old Scott of Harden's system of thieving—none of your petty larceny—that system by which every one provides for his young ones at the expense of oue ' s enemy . Is not this the law of nations ?"
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A professional gentleman in this town has been applied to by a poor but respectable woman to bring an action for slander against a rich neighbouring farmer , under the following curious circumstances : — rhe farmer had a donkey " wot Wouldn ' , ' - and , being unable to account for the fact in any Other way , ho accused his neighbour of bewitching the animal—not a very strong proof of the enlightenment of the immediate neighbourhood : of the first of English universities , —Cambridge Adverlizer .
The Weatiier . —Liveih'ool , Monday , . Quiarter past 10 a . m . —The wind eontiuuea to blow from the eastward . There is uow a heavy fall of rain , and the wind shows a tendency to veer round to the S . E ., if not to wholly south . The Dublin mail-boat , one of the most powerful steamers on the stationj has only just arrived , having been 17 hours on the passage , lhe weather in the Channel is so thick that it is impossible to see ' - an ^ object fifty yards off .. -. The Tigris , trom Canton , which passed Hplyhead on Monday , has been towed in this morning by a steam tugboat , rs ' o tidings oftho steam-ship or the packet ship from Jsew York .
Strange Scicide . —As two Gendarmes were patrolling on the plain of Jleventin , near Vienna , in the lsere , a few days since , they met a party of sportsmen , and demanded their licenses to shook All ot them , however , decamped , except one , who was overtaken . He told the Gendarme who came up with him , that he had no license ; and , on being desired to deliver up his gun ^ refused , throwing his hat before the Gendame's horse , and defying him to fire . The latter said he had no such intention , and merely wanted his name a- "d his gun . Upon this the sportsman placed the butt end of his gun on the ground , with the muzzle in his mouth , touched t ^ e trigger with his foot , aud blew his owa brains out . He was recognised as the son of an inhabitant ol ' Iveventin .
. Incendiary Fire . —On Tuesday last , a stack of barley was set fire to by some malicious person , in a tield m the occupation of Mr . John Pratt , of Diinton , Luterworth , and entirely consumed . - ; The property was insured to the full amount . —Leiceefer Met ' cur Daring Robbery . —On Wednesday last ,: the house of Mr . HartnolljMare ^ hill , Greenwich , was robbed m tho followiug daring manner . About eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , Airs . Hartnoll was engaged in giving some directions to the cook , when a heavy fooutep was heard on the floor above , and an observation was mado , " Who is that | n my bed-room ?' At that moment Mrs . Hartnoll's riieco came down the side stairs , and said she had been looking for her
aunt , and the footstep was presumed to have been the niece ' s . In a few minutes afterwards , Mrs . Hartnoll went up fo the bed-room , accompanied by a servant , wha wanted a spoon from the plat « -basket i which was on the window-ledge . Upon proceeding round the bed , the side carpet was observed to be very much disarranged , and a remark made to the servant , " Now , who could have done -this 1 . " supposing , of course , ihat it must have been somebody 2 *~ $ fi ?* Q aei > - ¦ ^ SJ ^ * ^ again made smodtli , ana M ? s ^ Harinoir'SSt down and read till twelve o ' clt ick , at which hour she proceeded to another part of the house . It should be stated that in order to get to this bed-room , it is necessary to proceed through another room , used as a library , in which
Mr . Hartnoll sat till half-past twelve ; at whicli time everything was secure in the adjoining room , a . shehad occasion to go to it for papera from a drawer . In about an hour afterwards , Mrs . Hartnoll went again to tho bed-voom , and found that in the meanwhile her wardrobe had been forced open , and the following articles stolen : —A gold neck chain , a bnnch of seals , a pair of icariiigs , brooches , and other items , and ni' > e silver spoons from the window ledge . The footstep and the disarranged carpet at once became explained ; and'tho lady hurried out of the room as fast as her courage would carry her , ho doubt expecting at every step to be caught hold of by the leg by some ferocious fellow from under the bed . A pblicenian was instantly-sent for , and upon a minute inspection of the room , the floor under the bed was observed to
bear marks of the scraping- of a heavy foot . It is dear from the circumstances , that the thief must have been in the room at eleven o ' clock ; that the noise heard was occasioned by his slipping under the bed on the approach of the niece , and that ho continued there the whole of the time Mrs . Hartnoll sat reading , and for nearly an hour afterwardSjbetore he found an opportunity to accomplish the robbery and make his exit . The dresses in the wardrobe were tumbled , as if by a hand in search of something . The boldness of this affair may be imagined from the fact that there is no apprdach to the house but by the front gate ; that the thief had to go tip stairs , aud through another room , to get to the one closer , in which he was concealed ; that he must have been there nearly two hours ; and that during that period six or seven persons went to it tor various articles . —Oreenxcich Gazette .
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WESTMINSTER COURT OF REQUESTS . It is not always by squalid exterior that poverty and privation are indicated . A silk dress as of ten covers as much real destitution as the beggar ' s rags , ^ ay , the first has the most to endure , and is most worth y of pity ; for the cadger , if he can secure as much broken victuals as will sustain existence , and pbtain the undisturbed possession of a bulk for his nightly rest , repines little , if at all , at his condition ; while ihe " -genteel" poor , on the other hand , has not only e . rntcnce to support , bnt also station in society to . maintain . The footsteps of famine are occasionally to be found impressed more indelibly on the lineaments of one . that may be seen buttoned up m supernuebroad cloth , than upon the countenances of those to whom misery has always been an inseparable bedfellow . ¦ v ¦ ' ¦
A rotund , fnll-priced baker , who brings his weekly batch of miserable debtors to this courtbakers a-e not , generally , celebrated for benevolence , especially Scotch bakers—stepped into the plaintiff ' s box , papers and ledger in hand , to make irood his claim to 25 s . for bread supplied to a Mr . John Howard . A tall young woman , wearing a handsome fur mantilla , and evidently careful to exhibit the externals of gentility , presented herself to answer the demand . Her age might be either 18 or 28—the hollow cheek and spare form , produced by early sorrow or privation , or both—prevented a closer approximation to the truth . : A Commissioner—Isthe amount disputed ? Young Lady—Certainly not . I have only to say on the part of my father , that he sincerely regrets his inability to settle the ; account at once . Chairman—How will ho pay it ?
\ oungLady—I have five shillings to offer now , and . my father wishes to have the indulgence of paying the rest at half-a-crown a week . - Commissioner—The bill is for bread , and it has been standing for some time . Judging from your appearance , I should think your father cannot be in such circumstances as to make it difiicult to proenre the few shillings left unpaid on this bilL Young Lady—Appearances are often deceitful . It is equally distressing to . my father and myself to ask for even one .-day ; but unexpected sickness in our family lias totally exhausted our little means . Baker ( pocketing the money)—Twa and sixpence a-weekis not eneu ^ h . Ye gang about toon wi' a gran boa , and a fine silk dress , while my wife mauu wear a plaid shawl and a cotton goon , because the
likeso . ye will eat an honest mon ' s Dread , wi ' oot paying for ' t . That fine tippet ye ha « gotten onmauu hae cost , miay be , sax gowden guineas . V It ia true , " said the young ladyj colouring , " my dress may appear rather extravagant , and if I could with prudence dress at less cost 1 would ; do so ; but upon ajespectable exterior , on my part , as a teacber of music , depends the subsistence of a sick father and two young sisters . ( The baker shut his book abruptly , and thrust his papers into his pocket . ) As for the boa you allude to , that was pledged this morning to raise a few shillings to pay you the fine you have just received , and to provide food for those who have , tasted little else beyond dry bread for the last week . The tippet I have on was kindly lent me by my landlady , as the dayJs wet and cold . "
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* WeU . Mr , Baker , " safclthei Chairmani In a ioxie prodtopsssion , " perhaps you will agree to theyoung lEay's terma t ¦ ¦/ . ¦ - ¦ ,- '' • '¦ ¦ ¦;¦ ... " . "¦ < ' .. - . ¦ ¦ . '" ' ^ * & > * ' ^ ^ ba ^ » * ^ * ^ saxpence a month . PititdoQuifyouwull . '' f ^ ^ V- ? w S »» d sixpence * twc * wiis offered ! w ¥ ^ ^ J « 8 t what yeli k ^ ' eai 4 the baker . . ^ Jie orders was made and handed ta the young -As she wasleaving the court the baker stopped her . ' ;'¦ V : ; ¦ '¦ ¦ - . ' . ¦ . - . - ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ :: - ¦ ¦ - .- ; . - . - . ¦ . ••• - .. ¦ ,. ¦ .- - . •¦ ** T-4 fiiSSi ^ lady % teriL ^ : ^^ m ™ l agree toihe ; young
;^ T Gie me . iiaud : o- that bit paper , " said the baker . T , ne : request was complied with . ¦ t ^ C ^ i the bakervthrustingsome silverihio her handj , * Vtak book yer croon piecVaad dinna fash youril at a' w' the : weekly payment ; ye shall haeafou ^ und loaf i lka day at my shope , and ye ^ aypayjhe just when ye're able , and if I never git * * . B 2 » # mar be I'llvnivir miaa it ; but mind , young leddy . ^ aid he . angrily , " gin-ye deal wi ' onyither ° aker /| ' se pit this order in force agio yore father . " . The young lady looked her gratitude-. The baker hadvanished . .
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TQUTR ^ O ^ FEARGIJS O'COliiiUi ^ , TOGETHER : : -. : -. ^ ITHr ^ MARK ^ yiH ^^^^ l ^ ii l ^ % :-tsTjmwi $%£ ^^ y ^ ^ : : ^ : ¦ '¦ - ^ ¦; ' ''/''" : ;/ , trA ^ T |^ wantteyl ' ; - ' ¦ '¦' ¦ >< # * ¦ ¦ "¦¦ .-i ^ Ahiiost ^ raiatoltniiHr itseif . '' ;} It had % en ray ^ ; intehtibn ; for Borne time to visit Ireland ;^^ 1 had ; mad e ^ arran gements ^ - ' to do so . long previously ^ to iny d ^ ar ^ e otrthe 4 th of Qctober , but upon each occasion ; I yna- } prevented by ; a call here and a call there . On the morning of the £ th " of October , at eeven ; o ' clock ^ f laonded in Dublin . I neve ^ was ^ rTOch ^ oql ^ d ^^ a thfe w ^ ole ! ; Conrse . ^» f my life . v The morning was pinching cold , % ^ , at that early hour , I saw scores of ^ young : womeo , some ^^ ii ^^^ gM / Wim B ^^
with one child , some with two , and some , with three , children , more than ^^ half riakedj scrafchihg in tile ash , es / that had . been thrown into the streets for bits of fat , bits of wood , obits of potatoes , or bits of any thing they ^^^ could find . ; The women were Wholly naked from far above tho knee , tho ; legs ; and feet being quite bare > the body partially covered by ah old threadbare grey cloak , ; not : three squareiinches of the garment together . The children were nearly nakedi The piercing and modest , but calmly indignantscowl , which the poor mother cast at tho curious passer-by who scanned hei-j is indescribable ^ She examined that part of her dress to which the stranger ' s eye was directed , and instantly crumpled her tattered garment , as a defence of the naked
spot . The little children , from three to Beveh and o'j hijeairs old * were ail crying ^ the general complaint being , -. U OhJ : l ' couldw Via hungry . Oh ! ^ w ^ j ^ Bh ^^ iat'lt ^ . 'ao . ia ^ ailSt : » Ut '> ' > . Tlio . ag- . whoycaTi % rm any : n ^ some opiriipu of my feelingB when I indignantly uttered , "Good (^ od ! and ! is this ? Justice to Ireland ? " I talked to several group 8 , > nd askfed them what provision they had for the day . They could ' nt laugh , but . they looked astonished ; and many of them assured me that they , had slept in any-sheltered place they could find with their children , and had not tasted a morsel for twenty-four hours . I was disgusted with the adoration the poor creatures paid for the small pittance which I Vvas enabled
to give to some ; . The starving Bmiile of the little ones , as they clung to the devoted parent , imploring her to buy something to eat , was truly melancholy . The hardship of these creatures was ( considerably augmented in my eyes when I reflected that the best houses in every square and Btreetwero occupied by barristers , attorneys , parsons ^ haif-pay officers , and merchants , all of whom live upon the poor , and not one of whom conduces to their- moral or physical improvement :
Mr . 0 Connell gave a toast at the dinner recently given to the Roman Catholic prelates at Cork , which was not , however , reported . He gave « Ire ! and * as she ought to be , or the world in flames ! " Whether by Ireland the poor creatures whose situation I have described were meant , I can't say , or whether Mr . O'CoNKEM , ( who must hourly witness the sight } considers their conditiou is . what it ought to be , I don't know ; but that God will send flames arid firci brimstone and damnation upon those who have thug
reduced tho poor to beggary j starvation and despair , I feel perfectly cQuvinced . As the day advanced the working people began to make their appearancei in the streets ; their conditioa waa some degrees better than that of the creatures I have described ; but 1 could not refrain From" a smile at beholding the sup- , porters of a Whig Government , and the more especially , when I saw the contemptuous sneer with which the Melbourne Police e " yed tho groups as they passed . I laugled at the moral force of Ireland .
About , ten o ' clock , the sun began to shine . The appearance of the same suu which was intended to shine upon the Prince and the beggar , was the signal to the ^ latter ^ at his hour for departure had arrived- ; and it was curious to witness , the stealthy inanuer iu which nakedaess and misery betook itself to the lanes , the alleys , and the hiding places , to seek stelter from the eye of the comfortable and wealthy . Carriages began to roll on to the chnrclies , where
the Parsons pray and the flocks respond to . -the prayer in behalf of the Widow , the orphan , and the distressed , the prisoner and the captive .: I bethought me of the value of those prayers , while the gaols of England and Wales wera full of virtuous prisoners and captives , and the streets of Dublin had only been just cleared of the widow , the orphan , and the distressed , to make wayibr the hypocrite , the infidel , and the oppressor .
At eleven o ' clock on the same day , I star ted for Cork , and anxiously looked for tlvoeo improvements which had taken place under the Whigs , and rendered Ireland tranquil , I could not discover the improvement , but in every village I saw just cause for tranquility . I saw a detachment of soldiers called police . This force in its appearanoe is a complete rifle corps .. They , have Liglit Infantry caps , with dark green tufts , chains Hnder the rihitt , dark rifle uniform , black belts , cstrtrige box , lone
carbine , and bayonet . The new regulation towards the South , is very imposing—it resembles tho band dress of a crack regiment . Smart skirts to the coat , trimmed and turned up with scarlet ^ which , together with the different shades of green in and about the dress , induced me to christen them "thecockatoos , " just as you have christened your polico "theblue bottles . " Both names arelikely to stick to the geur tlemeri ; Some of my fellow- ' ravellers observed that there would bo no living in Dublin for stinking btygars , if it was not for the police .
On the whole line of road to Corkj a distance pf 100 EngUsKmiles , the harvest was in a most dcplo rable state , and many field ' s were , completely under water . I arrived at Cork at Seven o'clock on Monday-morinng , and . ' .. found things precisely as I left them . The party called "liberal" were ferretting out local abuses—pimples on ( he surface—while the all-absorbing topic seemed to be , the necessity of keeping the Whigs in , merely to keep the Tories out ; admitting , nevertheless ^ that the Whigs had jiot rendered the slightest benefit to Ireland .
Froni Cork I proceeded home , and all that line of country ( twenty-eight English miles , ) bespoke as much poverty as can well be imagined . I attended the several meetings which you have seen reported in the Sear , of which , espocially Dunmannay , more hereafter . I now proceed to a sketch of tho state of Ireland . Emancipation and Reform are the ^ measures to which those formerly called " . patriots" attribute what they term the "improvement" of Ireland . Emancipation has had the tendency of - 'taking- those now qualified for oflice from the ranks of the people .
The meii who figured most promipfently in the agitation of Emancipation never looked beyond that one point ; namely , the removal of personal disabilities . Emancipation has left erery burden upon tlio Catholic people to which they were antecedently liable , and , in addition , it has , from long associations , forced at their head nien who have a direct interest in preserving their degradation . Catholic placemen , as well as Protestant placemen , know full well that Catholic inferiority is a part of the system upon which they live and fatten . They- have licende to abuse , while they never take a single step to
remove , the grievance . Protestant landlords more than ever oust beggars , and destroy : their Catholic tenantry ; Protestant Magistrates ; more than : ever , oppress the Catholic poor ; Protestant pargonS ) morfe than ever , damn , and get paid for damning , the C atholic religion ; Protestant jurors ^ more than ev er , perjure themselves to convict Catholie " prisoners ; the Catholic people almost exclusively support the Protestant establishment ; aad yet they impudently boast of Emancipation ; hecause the ignorant people are preserved as a dead weight—as an agitating power to force barristers , attorneys , and gentlemen tradesmen into places arid perisiohs .
Emancipation , we were toid , was imperfect without Rpform . That wasi . the master-key , to tho ^ dustitution ; let us therefore see how far . ' that measure h&s opened the door to Irish improvement , and to tho gsueral application of Eumucip&tton .
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^ TJbe Reform Bill gave i ^ aew -fraBChise to the Jjr ^^ ctowi JTh « proj ^ eimra of forty ^ hilling ^ foeeliol ders thonght •' ¦ it ¦ ' tte ' ce ^ s ' aty fo preserrs the ^ ek fro 9 i faiaine , sickness , aaddeithjasthey , tonstitotedt ^ master ' s jwiitical support . During tho first flush of Reform , the landlords looked t on ; in fact , as I shall presently- showj they considered-it impossible : to carry ^ thfr tenantry igainst them ; espsciallyin the county : ' -of Cork , Iwhich subsequently ; gave the tone to " the whole of Irelaud .
In 1833 , they waited'fi » r the test of disobedience , ai « i they have' dtacovered 'that a Catholic consUtuency would sacrifice hoiiso and home , and life ft . necessary , to be > t down the Protestant- ; churchWd testant .. institutions . ; Distrainings- and . ejeetmenta fdlloTfed thei first act of ^ disobedience ^; butyejitho electors held tho franchise fbr eight years , sind the Catholic ^ party ; wa ^ too strong to be ^ holiy defeated , though sad and woful were the sufferings of thousands . : : ¦ . .: - . - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' .-: ¦ : ''¦' .-. '¦ ¦ ¦ ,-v ' -- \ : ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ . .. . V . -V-- : '
Finding that neither persuasion nor intimidation could seduce '' > single voter , the ^ landlords at length watcliied thti hour of dissolution , to take vengeance upontbemv I have frequently ^ told the pcople ^ ibit so long as wealth forms the standard of the franchise , so long Triil wealth ; alone be represented ^ and poverty be left to its own respnrces . I The ' several methods which the ! : Efstlaniiord ^ ave ' ! O& ^ . r 4 s . QirtedI to to take the fraiichise from the Citholio people are these ^ Sdmo clear ; their estates of thff old tenants , » anil put Protestant ( piaupers } yitfiout character ^ or capital , upon the Jandy at ;' rd 4 uc ' ed rents ; the vpte beingth « one ^ eat-thing ^^^^ re ^ New Tithe"Bill' . ' . lias added tite tithe to the fentand
^ the landlord has now the power of both landlord and ; parson : he can distrain andeject for nph- payment of tithe . The Reiorm Bill requires that , a ybtet should have ; a .- . . £ 10 beneficial interest inhis lana , over and above the Tent reserved in the lease ; and when a poor tenant pleads poverty , the answer is--¦ ' ? You rascal ;! did ' nt you awcar to . ; a £ 11 ) . interesfc before my fece 1 Aye , ; arid yoii shall pay the ; £ 10 more , for I can break your lease at a . ny time . " This circumstance has prevented " many from registering The tonants are also under the impression that they will be rated ; under the Irish Poor Law Act , according to the beneficial interest sworn to in registering .. - . " ' . - .. ¦ ¦' ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ " : ¦¦ •'• ¦" . )¦¦' ¦ ¦ : ¦ .- ' : : ' : "
Now , the land of Ireland heiug , for the most part , granted to those Protestants who were prominent in persecuting the Catholics , the Reform : franchise has becomea ^ ompleteTory franchise ; for tlie Protestant 3 are all Tories , and therefore , like machinery iu England , the Reform franchise has become ^ curs e instead of a blessing—a dagger instead of a shield . . UnminifUt . of the . fact , that so long as civil rights ^^ are withheld , religious persecution will exist , tho political leaders of Irejandj with O'Con- ' NELt at their head , have suni all ppiitical grievances
in the on 6 sore and tender question of religioua persecution . Those who are unacquamted ^ with Ireland , suppose that / the iDfluerice-, ' . of O'CoNNELt is general throughout the . country . There never was a greater' mistake . His influence ' Consists / Wholly in the depravityof- the Irish press , and thefolly of the English / Tory ^^ press . TiiQ Times , the ^ ^ Posf , and tha Herald are O'Connell's very best : supporters ; and for this simple reason : —they dread not his agitar tion , SO long asi .. he confines it to mere questions of religion : they report him at full length , and upou their abuse he lives in idleness throughout the
recess , ; , ¦ : ¦ - . - . ¦ - .. . ; ¦ ¦ / ¦ : /;/¦ " ¦ . " :.- ' .: ¦ / ¦; . ;¦ - ¦ Obserrc this one fact . / At the commencement of each Session O'Cokneli . says . he will give tho Wliiga one more trial : he has now given them seyen , and they have gone from bad to worse . How , you may ask , can he sustain himself in this false position I shall explain . He shoots with a ; double-barrelled gun . He .. ; ha 3 got an A ^ ociation , called the Tradeia * Union , iu : Dublin , consisting of
Twttnoggingattorheys , ^^ shopkeepers , attorney s ' clerk ^ and a ; set ; of fellows / who ' ; haunt : the public ; ' offices likelocusts , theirmotto beiog"Place . " or . ^^ Ex ^ osure , " and hence the police force of Dublin , and the otlier soup shops which the "Vyhig cooks were Obliged to open for the Irish jPahiots of the nineteenth ^^ cenWy . Read iirv O'Higgijjs ' s letter to Mr . Pitkethlv , in the lastweek ' s Star , Mr . O ^ Higgixs is a Catliolic , a patfiot , and a gentleman . ' ; ;
This faction , support O'Connell ^ in his political windings and . changes , ¦¦ while the religious party are occupied , throughout the recess , in deyouring the abuse heaped by the London press upon i ' Bome theological production of the : great leader . At the close of each session he is ; thus com ^ Blled td'feed both parties . The Trades , as they arc / called , wiib promises , and the London press "ivith matter for abuse ; his letter to the Wesle * . \ ns , for instauce was the recess clap-trap for 1839 / , jn Ireland , there is nosuchtbbg af an independentpress ^ -As ^ soon as one makes its appearance it squibs for a fe / w weeks
a kind of preparation for sale , and then , if successr ful , it is bought over ; The hiimbug party could iiot survive the establishment of an ; independent pr 6 s 3 for a single season ; . The Cathoiic people of Irelaiid , and the Catholic priesthood are Radical , to a ; niah ; but they are completely at the mercy ¦ of the most servilo press that ever disgraced a country . • Why , you may ask , do they not establish one ? For thig simple reason—thdt they . are engaged from- five o ' clock in the / morning till nine ; at night upon parochial duty ; which , except at starts , Jeayes them little time for politics . ' . ' .. .
Such is the political state of Ireland . The conr dition of the peopie , in their several Idealities , is ; most deplorable . ' ¦ •• A' watchful , cruel . landlord , a fatted , well-paid , idlo Church Parson , a bench of Magii-trates , and a detachment of cockatoos , constitute the l eal authorities . The . police force is whoily under the management , direction , aud guida-: cp oif tho Magistrates . Never in the boasted days of -Pouch-e , was tho spy system more complete than it is now throughout Ireland . After a certain hout , and not a late one , the Cockatoos ta ^ e up
their position ; watch th e weary traveller to some lone public house , Of which information / is immediately given , -the publican summoned , and ! , an , enormous fine laid on ; the confirmation of which , at Quarter Sessioiis , leads to the withdrawal of the poor man ' s license . In almost every case the police are produced as witnesses . They swear frpin a written paper , and the Devil would not get the truth out of them . To Mr . O'Cpnnelit and ; the Whigs we are indebtedj for this force—the most accursed that ever disgraced a , cpuatry .
The conclusion to which I have come is thisthat ninety-nine out of every hundred of the Irish people are for Universal Suffrage , and that . the restoration of a Tory Croyernmeut tQ power would force" the people ; of that ; country to ; demand Universal Suffrage , ; with arms in their ; hands ; forV throughout the lani they are heartily tired , of the ; alternative of starring at home or transporting themselves from family ; and from , country , in . the hold of a crazy transport ship , to seek ia . a foreign clime that to which they are justly entitled , and should enjoy at home .
In 1832 and 1833 Ireland ur geteral , and the County of Cork in particular , was in . a position to force a total abolition of tithes , and repeal of the Union , or any other measure . The interval has been devoted to the entire . subjugation of pubUo opinion ; to the establishment of a military fprce ia every city , town , and village ;' " 'to ; th ' ei increase of the poHvor of landlprds and parsons , and to the utter destruction of all piatriotic feeling . Either O'Gos-Nii . knew this or he did not . If he knew it , he is a traitor ; if . 'he did notknowit , heits afool . / * This letter has already ruu to a ereat length . In
my next , I shall euter more fully ; into the conditioa of the Irish peoplei the state of the country , tho prdspect 3 of change to Which the . condition of the harvest , and the potato crop ia likely to lead , and the means by . which the "whole force of Ireland will bo enlisted in favour Of Uniyersat Sufirage ;; lei ma iu tho mean time iissuxe you that the people of Ireland . are Chaitists | o a man ; That is , they are for tho five great principles , but they do not approve ofthe picture of Chartism , aa drawn by O'CpssEU , and his tools . ';;; , . - ; ¦ ¦ .. ¦ ' ; ¦ . ; ; r : , ; I am fiithMlyyouri ^ •• . - ; ^ -:. ' i ' . PEAKQUS O'CONNbR ,
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THE MONTHLY MAGAZINE . The present number opens with a well written and interesting article on the life and poetry of Mrs . ' TffTna ^ B . " CeKcia AOford , by the Jlomhly Hnrs 8 3 " is a Tery interesting story . The translation f the AdamusJZruF' of Grotius is here finished . The " Sopernaturalist" a most enrions narrative < rf the hallnncinatory adventures of a young Catholic lady .
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TAIT'S MAGAZUiB . "We are again introduced by our . friend Tait to all ihe dank of arms—the brilliant trappings— - the " Confusion twice confounded , " and the war of mopsficks , by which the name of Eglintoun is " damned to everlasting fame . " We have a long , and notwithstanding the threadbare and foolish haracter of the subject—a well-written , gay , spirit * dt entertaining , article on the Touniaineot .
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' . - ; ¦ : ; v \ NBWCASTX ^ E . ' - ; / '¦ ¦ ¦ . . . ' BOO ^^ D ^^ rlOEMAKERS ! DINNER AT / TJHE CONCLUSION OF TPE STRLKE . Proudly and wide fletv the flaunting flag of liberty ami the Union Jack from the Goat Inn , p Monday tn ^ rnujg , and the bright orb of day beamed a pro-PlUo ^ s onaeii . . At ? leven : o ' clock , the muster filled tite bouse , and at twelydj the avenues \ vere impass-$$ ¦* >• ' <*™ $ &i < at ; one , | the worthy laudlord , Mr . Pkrr ^ tt , announced thatj dmrier was ou the ' table and as soon as seats were ! taken , not to be done in a mpmetit b y three hundred irion , Mr . Lambert was unanimously called to tho chair ; and MWava pA + ta
a , ^ 'J ' PPy ift . W * * wo vicesihairs , " and grace hWntbeei ^ ffereQup , to work they went . Thosi wI 5 jpp . ^' , n >» ne host may think it Bupetfluow in -me t 0 . 3 Ev *" , winner ; yet I eanudt help , 6 n behalf of 1 W P-WJVifW it i-indiilging in . an encomium , apdoffer ^ to the sbirited manager of it tho meed of prais ^ go due . The tables groaned beneath countless disheiB , atnd so well and noiselessly was the whole ¦ Jonducted jthattfliad a smackof enchantment in ifc the delusion beiug increased by the gorgeous banners and splendid decorations that hung over their heads . 6
The . cloth . being removed , the Chairman , Mr . Lambert , seated ™ honestpride beneath the bundle of sticks , opened the business of the day . He first F P . « d ^ fter a neat speech , in Which he spoke of his feelmga upon the occasion , the utility of uniph , the good it had done , and the good he hoped it would do ^ the health of the Trades Union . 'ihe toast Was received with nine deafening cheers . The Chairman then proposed Mr . and Mrs . l arratt , and . commented upon the unflinching manner m which he acted towards the men durinS the strike . ' / ¦ - B ^ TJietoast was received with a ; hearty three times
.. M f ' Parraft replied , expressing his thapks , and his-determination ever to stick firmly by their side S ^^ S ^^^;^ :: ^ - ^ -Th ^ hairinant hen gave Mr . Unwin ( the landlord ¦¦ ¦ I r- . ? ?? club house , who dined tvith them , ) and hu famtlt / i " iA cheering three times three . * ¦ Vr -S ^ ' eWrned thanks , and evinced his good feJjowahip by begging their accoptanco of a glass of ^ r « o Hun dred glasses werts brdught in . ^ lhe Chaiman having for a moment yacateJ i Mr . fnox , with aa . appropriate commentary , proposed 7 M health of the ; Committee . Dranfe / with immense cheerinff .
rJuln ^ Vi ^ ° ? per oa behalf of the Committee , returned thanks at considerable length , in a speech marked with enthusiasm , every sentence of which wae listened to with attention and interest , and at its . conclusion - the vaulted roofs resounded with zealous , plaudits . The . Chairman having resumed hia seat , proposed the Trades of . Newcastle and Us Vt&inity . Three times threeana immense cheering . . Aftor ; a fitting introduction , and heartfelt acknow ^ letlgmcnts for the kind and noble manner' in which they had acted , the Chairman proposed the Trades of London andtts , ; Vicinity . Received with three times three , one cheer more , and loud shouts of applause . :. * i : vS yty . toa ? t was ^ Northern Star , and the ^ Cheltenhamt FreeTress . Immense applause followed the onnpuncomentj and a hearty three times
¦ The Northern Liberator . Responded to with three tirnea three and ^ bursts of cheering HiiMwAs reporterrinodesty forbids my saying ^ H « fto proposed The health of . the Wives and mTi ¥ r C ^ "Hd ¦ Shoemuli&s of Newcastle The very echo of tlireo times three lasted many minutes . J - / . TJ'iiS' ended the business of the day , and conviviahty , n all its various and pleasing forms ¦ flinshwf . tho day . It was , indeed , ^ plcastnt day , tla nS ^ «* J > " *«* 0 . ° ^? P ^ a single ] ip > an j soor j e ^ and good order rolgUed wiUipnt a sk ^ le exception in the evening the suacbus rooms were all filled and it wpukl have cheered the heart of a sLo or a master , ( and I consider them nearly synonymous ) to have seen the happy fanes of the wives aiid smiling children who then joined them to enjoy the song and sentiment . J Your obedient servant . Committee Room , Goat Inn , G ° " Newcastle , Oct . 30 , Io 3 » .
EDINBURGH . - Tho following communicatious werereceived too late for our last : —
Tyranny of Employers to their Workmen . — Messrs . Blackball aud Scott , comb manufacturers , Edinburgh , have had tlio modesty to propose a reduction ot oi « - ? ixth from tho wages of their workmen , which proposal , as ; might have been expected , was refused by the workmen , who resolved rather to leave their employ than submit to such an encroachment upou their means of subsistence . The men being thus thrown out of employment , called a public meeting : of the trades , which was held in Wliitficld Chapel , Mr . Anderson , mason , in the chair , who galled upon the men to lay a statement of their grievances before ,-tho ^ neetin ^ which they did trom tins statement it appeared that the workmen coulU oarH trom ten shillings to one pound per week worKi
omy ng trom tourtcen to sixteen hours per day , and being assisted by their wivea and children m eanmW that sum ; and that they- ( the workmen ) hadto find themselves in sliop-room , toolsi light , fire , &c . After a little , discuasiou , it > as agreed that a committee connected with other trades h % appointed tor the purpose of waiting upon : Messrs . B . and S ., to «^ r ^ ' r - 8 t ^ ; t !(? m P . - ^? 1 ' - * " 1 m " : Her ,- > Yhicii-t } iey " aiU , While in conversation witli the employers , one of their , men , who has hot struck work , came ' into tho shop , when Mr . Blackball said , "Oh ! hero is one-of my men ; we will hear what he says . ilo ' w'Jmuch can the men earn a-week V " They <; ah earn from tea shillings to twelve shillings , or fiftcon shillinKs . and some that work at fine work can make about
one Pound / ' Qhl . bYit they don ' t wprkloiighoursr ' Oh yea ! from fourteen to sixteen hours per day ? ' ' "But then their wives don't assist tliem ?"/ " Yes yes ! both wives and families Work regularly with Vhemselves "_ It-also' came Out that Blackball and beptt got their combs made ; by machinery , which is much inferior to the hand-iha / de work , although the customer will scarcely perceive the difference . The committee alsp made inquiries of Mr ; Stevenson a comb manufacturer ; who stated that there was no necessity tor tho reduction , as the employers could well afford tppay tho full wages ; and that the men \ yere _ not sufficiently paid with the nrestof , r , rWa
His butjustice to Mr . Stevenson id state , that he gave the discharged men work * to the number of fourteen ; and to the rest he gave a few shillings eachvtohelpvthemto another town . The commfttee , finding all the statements of the meh correct called a public meetingj au « l laid the result pf their inquiries before it , when it was resolved to raiso a suthcient sum of money by .. collection among the trades , to establish them in business for themselves and thus make them independent of their late employers , who , by the way , stated pretty significantly tojtke commutec wIkjii iu convevsation with them , . lhat the men would be obliged to yield or starve !' So much for / the gratitude of employers to those who work for them .
COUNTY OF Mid-Lothian . —Tho Central eommitteo for tho county ofMid-Lothiati met iu the house ot Mr . Gpurlayj on Monday evening , Mr . John Ctreggor iti the chair , Mr . R . Wilson being appointed Secretary , and Mr . . John punca ; n , Treasurer . The following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : ^ - That an Executiv ie Council be appointed from the Central Committee to consist of the Secretary , Trcasurer , and Mr . Rankin , to meet in Edinbiireh once every week . " . ^ That we , the Central Committee for tho county of Mid-Lothian , being deeply impressed with : the necessity existing for . the appointment of lecturers , to give the people such sound political information as shall shew ^ hem the interest they havein good and cheap Government , and in-¦
duce them to cast off tlio yoke pf political bondage , and assert their rights as men j would therefore call upon all the Radical Associations , and all friends to the Charter , in the county and neighbdurhdodj to make an effovt , and contribute aa largely is possible for that purposed " Tiiat the cotamitteo request all the Associations to send their subscriptions , on or before the 18 th of November , to Mr . John Dancan , 114 , High-street ; " That tho Secretarybe instructed to write to all the districts in the county , for a complete statement of the state of fepling , facilities for lecturers , and all statistics connected with the movement . . It being agreed that the committee meet again ontlie' 20 th of November , at Mr . piincan ' s , 114 , High-street ,. aiid thanks .- haviagbecugivcivtotho thairaan , the meeting separated .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 9, 1839, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1082/page/7/
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