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THE LAST KICK" OF THE LEAGUE : DEFEAT AT IJEED 8 , On Tuesday last , & public meeting of the inhabitant * of tbia borough , convened by requisition to the Mayor , vras held in the yard of the Coloured Cloth Hall , " to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament for the repeal of the Corn Laws . " Ths tneeting vu one of the most numerous erer assembled within the wails of the y * rd , and could not comprise less than from ten to fifteen thousand person * .
The original intention of the " League" was to have had the meeting in the Court-house , but finding that the Chartist * hai their eyes open—that th * y -were , in fact , ¦ w ide awake to all thtir proceedings , it was determined , at the elerenth hour , to issue a notice , altering the place of meeting , under the prudent idea , that in the open air the Chartists would hare no chance , on account ef the extra number of the cheap-labour men Which they would be there aiile to accommodate , and with whom , b * lng market day , the town was literally swarming , not only from the Tillages r » und Leeds , but from Bradford , HuddcrafieW , Halifax , Dewsbnry , Wakefleld , Heckmondwike , and all parts of the Riding , by which means they hoped to swamp any opposition which might be offered to them .
Tbe Chartists , however , were not behind in their arrangements ; they knew with whom they bad to deal ; they remembered all the faithful promises of the middle-class men in former days ; and being now determined to be no longer gulled by a tricky faction , they resolTed to come boldly out , in imitation of their brethren at London , Manchester , Glasgow , Birmingham , and other pl&cei , and to carry the war at once into the enemy's camp . The League issued a bill on the morning of the meeting , calling on the " working men , " if they wanted " good wages and cheap bread , " to attend the meeting and support the Leaguers . But all their efforts were of no use : " good wages and cheap bread "—at
least the promise of these—failed in their interest , and the working men were deaf to the voice of the charmer . And we-shonld like to know what had become of all the requisitors , on the faith of whom the Mayor had ealled the meeting . Beyond half a dozen , they were no where to be found . Had the " cheap bread . " cry lost its influence so snddenly , on thm f or i » it that the " most intense interest , " which the Mercury teld its readers bad been excited by the meeting , had fallen dead at their doors , and stopped them on the threshhold ? To whatever cause , ertain it is , that beyond Mr . Edward Baines , Jim ., and three or fonx others , there trere none of the " 150 of the most respectable gtntlemfen and firms in the town" present at the hour for commencing business .
Jfo , no , the " most respectable gentlemen" have fuund cut thst the " fustian jackots , blistered hands , and unshorn chins , " are the real men of business , and may be " reasonably deemed" cabable of being entrusted with the management of their own affairs . They are perfectly right in this ; Mr . Baines , Jun ., sawitfor himself , and in this day ' s Mercury the fact must be published to the world , except Mr . Bain * a is still determined to enjoy the title conferred upon him by his friend Cobbett Honour to the honest workies by whom he has been thus convinced . '
I t was clear from tie first that the League felt the ground slipping from them . They knew that all they had to depend upon was to gnU the na-ftrej after the . r old fashioned easy way ; and when they were obliged to rub their eyts open , and compelled to acknowledge their on miserable minority , rage took possession of their breasts , and , at some periods of the meeting , it was doubtful whether they would not have asserted their right to the title of "physical-force men "—even the meek Edward Baines seemed almost tempted to use his fists . The " ragged regiment" at his right hand seemed inclined to march up the steps , and forcibly eject the Chartists from them . But this more wonld not do . " The Chartists were awake again , and met this moTement by a counter increment of their own , executed in the most quiet and best tempered Banner
possible-Bat we are running iway from the details of the meeting , which it is our object to lay before the intelligent working men of the empire in as clear a manner as the circumstance * will admit of ; and then , if they do not agree with us that the middle classes bare lost all respect for tbezaselTas , we shall be very much mistaken . We proceed , then , to deta il the circumstances as they transpired . About three minntes past twelTe o'clock , the time advertised for the eammeneemsnt ot proceeding ! , Mr . Jojeph Jo . ves proposed " That Mr . Jtsb . ua Hobson do take the Chair . " This proposition was seconded by Mr . Roberts , and , when put to the meeting , was carried almost unanimously , only one or two dissentients holding up their hands agaixst it . Previous to the motion being put , i lr . E . Baikes , Jun . said that he believed the Mayor was coming , and would take Uie Chair . The Mayor , however , was not present ; and Mr . Baines moved no amendment , though requested by Mr . stansfeld and others of his friends to do »< v
Mr . H 0 BS 05 then advanced to the front of the steps , the position nsually occupied by the Chairmen of meetings held in the Cloth Hall Yard , and « ald , that having bten elected to the chair by a large number of the inhabitants of Leeds , he had great pleasure in acceding to their request , and he wonld promise that every speaker who offered himself to their notice , should be heard with attention , ( Here the Leagner 3 and their friends broke out into hisses , which were speedDy drowned in Chartist cheers . ) That meeting was called for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning for a Repeal of the Corn Laws , and called by the Mayor iu pursuance of a requisition presented to tbat gentleman . ( Here the interruption , accompanied by cries of " Go on , go on , " < fcc , were so great we could hear no further . )
The MaTOR came forward , In front of the iron railing on the steps , and was received with various phrases and noises , expressive of the cot very slight disinclination of a large portion of the meeting not te hear him , and varyipg in intensity from a hiss te a groan . The CHAJBMAN ( between whom and the Mayor a most lively dumb show was going on for some time , ) here said , " Gentlemen , I believe the Mayor is going to propose a resolution . " The MaTOB—As Mayor , I assert my right to preside on the present occasion . The Chairman sa i d that having been proposed and seconded as Chairman , and that resolution having been sanctioned by the meeting , he should insist on holding his office . ( Hisses , accompanied with loud applause from the " lads" on both sides . ) Mr . Edward Baises , Jun ., here came forward , and insisted , but quite ineffectually , on being heard .
ilr . Alderman &tassfeld appeared at the iron railing , and was received with partial cheers , proceeding from the " cheap labour" men at the lower end of the yard ; but met with more wide and prolonged greetings from the " lads , " of " MiUocratS , " " Fox Stanefeld , " < fcc , fcc The MaTOR then cime forward again to speak , when The Chaieha 5 said that the Mayor had asserted that he had a right to preside . ( Cries of "No , he hasn't . ") He did not think he had . The Matok—I ' m here by right of —( The confusion pre-rfinted the remainder of the sentence being heard . ) Cries of " Stick to thy place , lad , " were addressed to
The Ciuirma * , who proceeded—He had been elected by a majority of the meeting to the chair , and he should therefore consider himself as fairly in the chair . The Mayor said that he considered himself in the chair by right of his office : he ( the Chairman ) did r not think he was . The Mayor and his party always | professed themselves to be friends to the free-: dom of election ; and ( he the Chairman ) considered I himself in the chair by the election of the meeting , | bat the Mayor was net . ( Hear . ) He begged to tell ; the Mayor that he had obtained his offiee by means of a swindle , and he held it by a swindle ; and it was
j rather too much for him after tbat to want to swindle i them ( the meeting ) again , ( Cheers , mingled with | hisses , and confusion followed . ) He would again call ; upon any speaker wh « had any resolution to move , to come forward . If any gentleman offered himself to speak , he would eadeavour to procure him a fair hearing . Tlie Mat OB here came forward again , bat could not be htard for some time . At last he retired , and we heard him distinctly say , " I beg to close the business of the meeting . " ( Cries of " Hobson is Chairman " immediately followed this announcement . ) Mr . Edward Bai > es , Jun ., again preseBUd himself , and endeavoured to secure a hearing , by the most strenuous exertion of tii » pulmonary powers , and the most frantic gesticulation . He was received wi th cries of "Three groans for the Queen , Neddy ; " "The Crown upside down ; " ' Red herring soup , " kc What was ths purport of his remarks could not be heard an inch beyond the steps .
The Rev . Mr . Hill ( Edit ** of the Northern StarJ next appealed to the Chairman for a hearing . All that could be heard was , that the meeting shouJd hold bj their own . An attempt at a diviiion followed , the object of which could not be gleaned , except that the leaders of the League beckoned to their adherents to separate , and go to the lower end of the yard ; the Chairman calling upon the -meeting to xtxwl still . Mr J « H 5 Goodkak essayed to address the meetinr Mr . Edward Bxixe 3 , Mr . Hobsow , and the Mator held a parley together , which lasted for » ome time , and which was a complete dumb show . Cheers and counter cheer * followed from the Chartists aid the Leagaers .
Mr . Edward Baises , Jun ., then did his best , by " physical force , " to thrust the Chairman aside , and by the most pertinacious and obstinate eontinuanco in this gentlemanly line of argument , drew upon himself the jeers and laughter of the meeting , unti l he had completely exhausted himself by his indulgence in this unusual , but ineffective muscular exercise . Various speakers in the crowd Btrennocsiy brightened up Mr . Baines ' s recollection of his proposing three groans for the Qneen , and of his Tery economical recipe for a dinner in the alupe of a savoury dish called " red herring soup , " above noticed- Others , in reference to his unsuccessful attempt to push the Chairman aside , said " You cant do it , Neddy ; you can't doit . " " Put thy
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hat on , Neddy ; go borne and get thy dinner , Neddy . " [ Her * the meeting seemed animated by universal consent to make all manner of imaginable and mnpmgin % - ble noises , cat-calls , whistlings , groaning !! , hissings , Ac 4 c . Every individual seemed to feel himself called upon to do his best in his particular line to excel his neighbour in vocal music . ] The Chairman ( to Mr . Baines)—This is my place , Sir , and I shall keep it The Mayor tried bis hand at a " spoke" again , but it was of no use . Mr . JOHN GOODMAN made a similar attempt , with the some result The Chairman—Does any gentleman offer himself to speak ? Mr . Alderman Stansfkld again presented himself , and continued to vociferate mo&t energetically to the meeting for some time , but we heard not a syllable of what he said .
An attempt was now made to thrust the Chairman and his friends fr » m the railing , when the former said the Chartists bad been accused of attempting to use physical force , but what would they call thai—pointing to the parties who were rushing up the steps » n the side nearest the Leaguers . A brief colloquy next ensued between Mr . Hobson and the Leaguers , after which Mr . Hill moved the following resolutions , which he put in the Chairman ' s bands : — That this meeting , looking to the manner In which former petitions and motions , upon the subject of the Corn Laws , and upon other subjects involving the interests of the working classes , have been dealt with by the presant House of Commons , deems it inexpedient to petition that body for a repeal of the Corn Laws . "
" That , in the opinion of this meeting , no partial measure of legislation can permauently benefit the people ; and that , therefore , this meeting disclaims all participation in any movement or agitation of a political character , which does not recognise the right of Suffrage by the people , to at least the full extent of the principle contained in the People ' s Charter . " Mr . Aid . Stansfeld also put some papers in Mr . Goodman ' s hands , as the resolutions of the Leaguers , which have been furnished to us . The following is a copy : — " l . That the Com Laws , being based on the immoral principle of benefitting the landowners , at the expencu of all the other classes of the community , tend to dissolve the bonds of society , and endanger the peace and safety of the empire .
" That the most severe and extensive distress has been produced by these laws during the lost three years in this country , involving an immense destruction of m&rcnntile and manufacturing capital , cruel privations to the working classes , and a derangement of the currency , which has endangered both public aud private credit . That the Corn Laws are yearly giving new extension and stability to rival manufactures in other countries—are confirming the commercial hostility of the Governments of those countries , and are likely to lead to the very early establishment of still more unfriendly tariffs on the part of our two bast customers , Germany and tbo United States of America ; and tha * thus the commercial ascendancy , and even the maritime superiority , of this country will be put to haaard . 3 . " That this meeting believes perfect freedom of trade and industry to be the most conducive to the prosperity of nations , and it seeks the abolition of all restrictions , miscalled protections , on manufactures , as well as on the produce of agriculture . "
i . " That a petition , fonnded on the foregoing resolutions , be prepared and signed by the inhabitants , and that it be forwarded to the Right Honourable Ear ) FitzwiMam , for presentation to the House of Peers , an-i to Edward Baines , Esq ., and Sir William Molesworth , Bart , for presentation to the House of Commons . " 5 . " That a deputation be sent to London , to watch the proceedings when the question comes before Parliament , and tbat the following gentlemen l » e requested to afford thflir services , viz . Mr . J . Q . Marshall , Mr . Alderman Stansfeld , Mr . E . Baines , jun ., Mr . John Goodman , Mr . John Wa *} dingham , Mr . Peter Fab-bairn , JUr . Joseph Batewm , and Mr . Thomas Pliat . " Mr . Plim followed , but the meeting could not distinguish any thing he said . Various voice 3 shouted out " "Whiggery is falling , " " Down with him , " " Dawn with him , " &c * &
Mr . GOODMAM then called for a show of hands for the motion he held in his hand . The Chairman put the Chartist resolutions at the same moment , when , as a matter of course all hands wt re held up , and he declared tbat they were carried unanimously . A vote of thanks having been passed to the Chairman , on the motion of Mr . Baines , secondtd by Mr . West , and carried by the whole of the meeting , Mr . HoiiSO . N acknowledged the compliment iu a few remarks , politely tendering his personal obligations to Mr . Baines , remarking that he did not expect as much from him . Turee cheers were then given for tbe Charter , and for Fcar # us O Connor and the incarcerated victims . Mr . Goodman , Mr . Baines , and the Chairman , at this time , declared the meeting dissolved , -and the Leaguers at oncu left tbe steps , followed in a short time by the Chairman , and one or two friends .
The great bulk of the meeting , however , remained fixed to the spot , seemingly determined not te leave the place , uatn they were assured tbat the Leaguers would not return and attempt a" snuggery" © f their own . The absence of the obstructives had produced a calm , and the assembled multitude called out for the appointment of another chairman , and they ' would hold a Chartist meeting ; observing tbat it was not often thty had a chance of doing »© In the Cloth Hall Yard ; the li beral trustees of the property exhibiting their partiality fur every thing like fair dealing by refusing its use for any purpose with which they are not politically connected . Accordingly , Mr . Joseph Jokes was then almost unanimously called to the chair , when
Mr . T . B . Smith came forward to address the meeting . If he had never seen enough before , what he bad seen that day had convinced him of the necessity for Universal Suffrage . He had seen the people insulted by the middle classes of this town . He would only refer them to that , which it waa notorious to them all was an understood thing , that the people of England possessed the liberty , if such a thing existed more than in name , of choosing their own president at public meetings . That bad been done to-day . The Chief Magistrate , however , had betn so ill-advised as to think that he had s \ right to preside at all their meetings . He had a right to preside at the Court House at the trial of prisoners , and in tbe Council Chamber , but when they met to discuss public grievances , or to entei
into tbe consideration of public questions , then their Chief Magistrate was present only &s an inhabitant of Leeds ; and unless they pleased to put him in the chair , he had no right to be there . ( Cheere . j It was not his ( Mr . Smith's ; intention to appear that day in borrowed plumage . He was a most inveterate opponent of the Com Laws , ipartial applause , ) and was prepared to support a motion that they eught to be abolished , but that tbe House of Commons must first be reformed . He had , however , seen enough today to satisfy him tbe repealers loved the Corn Laws . ( Cries of " No , no , " and repeated hisses . ) They were determined to do nothing fur the working men unless they could make it subservient for their own purposes . What was their pretence , however ? They said that
unless the employer could give good wages the poor man would starve . He had watched them for two years , and they had convinced him there waa no truth in the pretensions they put forth . It was an attempt on the part of the millowners and middle class men to drag the people into their net , that their machinery and their capital might bring profit out of the blood and bones of tbe working classes . ( Loud cheers , with slight interruption . Some person having shouted to the speaker , he said , If there was anybody present who wonld not hear reason , let them ( the meeting ) mark them and placard them through the town . ) They had already seen enough of that that day . If those who bad advocated the repeal of the Corn Laws had been sincere in thoir endeavours , they would know that
there was no hope of obtaining relief for the poor families who were starving for want , in the present House of Incurables—they would be well satisfied they would not give the remedy . ( Loud applause . ) They had petitioned the House of Commons on this subject in 1839 , again in 1849 , and again in 1841 , without success . Had they Hot bad sufficient evidence in the last two years that it was useless looking for a remedy from the House of Commons , as at present constituted ? What was the House of Commons composed of ? Landed aristocrats , chosen by capitalists , and middle men . There w » s either an understanding amongst them that the Corn Laws should not be repealed , or there was not . If they ( the capitalists ) were fairly represented , and there was an understanding
with the House that the Corn Laws Bhould not be repealed , their cry for the repeal of the Corn Laws was humbng , for they had the power te gain their object , but did not choose to effect it through their representatives . If there was a private understanding that the law would not be repealed , then they were men entirely unworthy of confidence or credit He believed , whilst they were praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws , they were privately instructing the Members of the House not to repeal them . ( Cries of " No , no , " and slight interruption . ) Supposing that they ( the millowners ) were represented , and that the House accorded with their sentiments , what h » d they ( the meeting ) or lie to do with the House of Commons ? They had nothing to do with it—they were mere nonentities' —they were nothing .
They had no voice in their election , and therefore they were meredphers , ( Loud applause . ) What had they ( the Chartists ) said to the Corn Law Repealers—what did they ask them ? Why , " Help us to get the Suffrage and we will help yon to get the Corn Laws repealed . We helped you in 1831 and 1832 to get the House of Commons reformed , when we were promised that we should have what we are now seeking for ; and we only ask now what was then promised . " One argument was , that they could not get the Cora Laws repealed by a Beronghmongering Parliament , and therefore Parliament must be reformed . He would take the Whigs on that ground . They well knew that the question of tbe Com Laws was still further off the point of 8 UCC 3 S 8 than it was before the House of Commons was reformed .: They must therefore torn them out again , —( loud cheers ) : —there was no chance but
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that now . If they bad needed any evidence upon the subject , they had had plenty that day , that they must have an extension of the franchise—that they most not only have the power to make a bread loaf , bat a key to io « k it up with . Iiet no on « imagine that he ( the speaker ) was in favour of the Corn Laws , because he advocated Universal Suffrage , It was , because he knew that if the present House of Commons repealed the Corn Laws to day , they could , if they thought fit , as the House was now constituted , put them on again tomorrow . ( Loud cheers , and cries of . " hear , hear , "
•• Thee'a right , lad . " ) Let them first get Universal Suffrage , and then the Ballot , to secure themselve * , and then they wauld not only get a cheap loaf , but good wages too . I * might be asked him " How do you know that you would be better off with the Suffrage ? " He would answer because be saw the Whigs were better off . Let them get these things and take care for themselves . ( Here an interruption from behind the speaker took place . ) A . friend there had said he was pouring poison into their minds . If it were poison , be hoped the " poi 8 on"he bad been giving them would sink deep into their mindr . He was not the
enemy of any man , and he could assure thtm he wished the powers those gentlemen had exercised to day for evil might be exercised for good . He had been at many scores of public meetings in his life before , bat never saw a meeting bullied as it had been that day by the middle classes . It showed that they only wanted to treat the working classes like ciphers , and just get their names for taeir own purposes . Let any of the anti-Corn Law League ™ meet him in any r « om in Letds , and | he would prove to them that instead of a Kepealof the Corn Laws doing any good , under the existing state of things , it would only prove subversive of the remaining liberties of the people . ( Cheers . )
Mr . Jeiiyjs Ciuik here made as ineffectual attempt to be heard . Mr . Smith concluded in a few more remarks , and by , moving a resolution atrongly condemnatory of the New Poor Law , which he said would test the sincerity of the middle classes in all their asseverations of desire for the increased comforts of the poor ; affirming , at the same time , tbat the Poor Law , infamous as it was , would never be repealed any more than the Cum Law , until the people had the Suffrage . Dr . SMILK 8 , having appealed to the Chairman fora hearing , next presented himself , and , in the course of his observations , called upon the meeting to unite for a
repeal of the Com Laws , as they were all agreed that th « y ought to be abolished , whatever opinions they might hold on other questions . He moved an amendment on the motion , to the effect that the Poor Law , unless accompanied with a repeal ot the Corn Laws , was an inhuman and unjust law . He was of opinion that the man who refused to petition for a repeal of the Com L » w « , because lie could not get the Suffrage , was like a man who would not eat Ms supper , because he could not get his breakfast next morning . He appealed to them as rational honest men to petition against the Corn Laws . ( Considerable confusion prevailed throughout the speaker ' s address . )
Mr . Wm . Hick waa next introduced to the meeting by the Chairman , and said that he had nothiag to do with the Corn Laws on the present occasion . They had already shown that tliey had no confidence in the parties who had come forward to procure their repeal—nor had they any right to put confidence in them . He would ask them what had Edward Baines , jun . done for them ? And what had Edward Biines , senior , done for them , with all his talk , since he came to Leeds ? And now they were to have a second edition iu the shape of Edward Baines , junior . ( Laughter and loud cheering . ; They ( the meeting ) could have no confidence in their agitation for the abolition of
the torn Laws . He ( the speaker ; detested the poor man ' s tax , but it must be abolished by the power of the people , or they would not have any repeal tit all . Nuw for their confidence in the middle classes . Hamer Stansfeld had told them in his Letters to tbe Editors of the- Leeds Mercury , that when he and his friends the members of the Anti-Corn Law Leaguo waited upon Lord Melbourne in London , tears stood iu the eyes of many of them when speaking about the distresses of the working classes , which proved their sincere desire to improve the condition of the working people . There was something sincere in tbeir tears , no doubt Ttara wero often a test of sincerity , for
" Too oft is a smile But the hypocrite ' s wile To denote detestation or fear ; Give me the soft sigh When the soul telling eye Is dimmed for a time with a tear . " ( Cheers . ) Bafc he would remind them tbat all tears were not sincore . He had heard of ths crocodile shedding tears , and he had heard of ether animals shedding tears ; but when a mau came forward who was living out of the blood and bones « f the working classes , who was enriching himself out of their labour , —when he came forward and said that their tears and his tears were sincere , he ( the
speaker ) would hurl the lie back in his teeth . —( Cheers . ) Their sorrow wu only manifested because they felt that their trade was departing from them , because they feared their own destruction was coming , and because their ill-gotten gain was about to leave them . They pulled long faces , and , in the name ef religion , they had expressed a good deal of humanity for the blacks , for whom they bad voted twenty millions ; but who did they get it from ? From the labour of the working classes , and from the poor factory children at home , who were oppressed far more than the blacks ' were . They backed up all their proceedings with texts from Scripture , just as Hamer Stansfeld had done in his letters . It reminded him of King Richard in the play , who says : —
But then I sigh ! and with a piece of Scripture Tell thtm God bids me do good for evil ; And thus I clothe my naked viJIany , With old odd ends stolen forth of Holy Writ : — I seem a saint when most I play the Devil . ' ( Loud cheers . ) - They said they wanted to give the working wan a cheap loaf , but they only wanted a little more elbow room to extend the use of their machinery and to obtain greater profits ou thoir capital . Had not the working men ' s labour increased and the fruits of it decreased ? They wanted to make the working classes of England do the work of the whole world . He had now said
sufficient to show that the working classes should not place any confidence in the League , and he appealed to them to stand by their own order . ( Cheers . ) In Leeds they formed three to one of the other clastes . If they were united they were quite able to carry out tbeir principles in spite of tbe opposition of all the other classes . After stating that illness prevented him from addressiug them at greater length , Mr . Hick concluded by seconding the motion . Mr . Kich ardsok came before the meeting . He had for some time manifested morbid symptoms of a desire to unburtheu himself of a long speech ., which he had apparently concocted , aud which was ready cut and dried for delivery . In the course of a rambling , incoherent , and inconclusive address , wherein he introduced a pointless illustration about big cats and little cats , which nobody about him comprehended , he supported the motion of Dr . Smiles , aud concluded by seconding it
Mr . Parker said Mr . Richardson had stated a deal about the cats , but be had heard of serpents which changed their colours , and which uttered a pleasing sound tbat lured travellers near to their own destruction . They bad had sufficient experience of the consequence of listening to those who might be compared to serpents , already . They had been charmed with tbeir colours long ago , and in this yard too—( cries of " aye , lad , its true , we have , " )—and with their music too , but they had had enough of them . Let them listen to their music no more , lest they be again made their victims—let them depend no more on those who bad already deceived theni . andmade them their
victims . They had presented the National petition—did the Whigs and middle classes support it ? ( Cries of "no . '') Did they treat it with any respect ? (" No . " ) Did they attempt to redress the grievances of the working classes ? ( "No . " ) Look at their conduct only last week , when the question of a property tax was brought forward . What was the consequence ? They turned it neck and crop out of doors . Let them ( the working lasses ) depend upon it , do what they might , their case could not be worse than it was . He concluded , by advising them to do their best to get the purse strings of tb > nation , by wishing tbat every man would keep sober , and before long they would all have their own way , and by supporting the motion of Mr . Smith .
Mr . Andiiew Gaiidner said , bis friend Mr . Richardson had talked a good deal about the big cats and the little cats , and the big holes and the little hole *; but all they wanted was to open the hole wide enough to get themselves in , and as soon as they could do this , they would repeal the Corn Laws , and all the other bad laws . ( Cneers . ) The Chairman here called to an individual , who was creating a little disturbance , to come forward like a man , and if had anything to say , let him say it This made the noisy fellow a little more quiet
Mr . Gardner went on to say that Mr . Richardson must know that they could not repeal tbe Corn Laws , until tbe people obtained the power . He moved as an amendment upon both tbe preceding motions , that the meeting was of opinion it was useless petitioning Parliament for a Repeal of the Corn Laws , or any other bad laws , until the whole people was fairly and fully represented in the Commons' House ot Parliament The Editors of the Leeda Htrcuif said that all parlies were now fairly represented , but they knew- this was false . If the people obtained Universal Suffrage , they could afterwards get all they wished . The anti-Corn Law league pretended they wanted discussion , but from their conduct that day , it was very evident they didn't want it , and that their saying so was all gammou . He concluded by repeating his motion .
Mr . George Sheridan Nusset next presented himself , and waa received with ebeers . He said that the Corn Law wa > a bad , a wicked , and a cruel law—a law revolting to every species of humanity , the organ of immense mischief , diabolical in every Bhape and form . Sucb a law ought to be repealed—nay , it ought to be torn from the statute-book ; but a repeal of it would be entirely useless unless accompanied with a very wide extension of the franchise , and otker sweeping reforms—reforms which would make the * interests of the representatives identical and coincident with the interests of a majority of the community . The speaker
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then referred to the manner in which foreign nations had already superseded as in our manufactures , and to th « results whieh moat ensue . One thing , bowtver , ( he remarked , ) was certain—namely , that we wore at tbe present moment in a most deplorable condition . The people of England never were in so forlorn a state as at the present moment . A national bankruptcy was iu the prospective ; our trade and commerce were nearly annihilated ; the factories were closed ; the principal part of our manufacturers wore insolvent ; the streets were filled with beggars ; and the lamentations of children crying for bread resounded frem one part of the empire to the other . Skilful artisans were unable to find employment—unable to earn their bread by the sweat of their brow ; and obliged , by stern necessity , to cross the briny deep , and bid farewell , a long farewell , to the green meadows of their native eountry , or else consign themselves to all the horrors of a baatile . The Corn Law ( he said ) was blamed for all tbe misery , the destitution , and the ruin in which tha country
was now involved ; ana bo the great capitalist * said , "Come , and help us to get this mischievous law repealed ; then we shall be able to find you constant work , and you will be again in a flourishing condition . " The Gorn Law might be the origin of immense mischief , bat It did not produce one-half of the evils which the capitalists said that it did . Class legislation , bad government , and unjust taxation , were the cause . ( A . voice in tn . « crowd— " Aye , that's it" ) The speaker went on , at great length , to contend that it was not a monopoly of the article of food , but a monopoly of the representation , Which was the cause of all the evils the nation was afflicted with . He deprecated ths system pursued by the advocates of progressive reform , and would go at once to the root of the evil , and posa the Charter , by which alone would be done away with the humbug of anti-Corn Law agitation , and all other causes of poverty , bad trade , and no food . The speaker waa repeatedly cheered during the whole of his long address ,, which we are obliged to curtail . Mr . Smith having withdrawn bis motion ,
The Chairman put that of Mr . Gardner , and the amendment by Dr . Smiles to the meeting , when the former was carried by an immense majority . Three cheers were th « n given for the Charter ,- three for Feargus O'Connor , £ sq ., and the incarcerated victims ; three for Frost , Williams , and Jones ; three dismal groans for the League ; three cheers for the Chairman ; and the meeting th « n peaceably broke up , at three o ' clock in the afternoon . :
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THE "ABUSES" OP THE NEW POOR LAW . Let us take one of the latest It is tbe cose of a poor wretch , a female , who had a bastard child , and who being prevented by this wise law from making her seducer pay for the maintenance of the offspring , was necessitated to apply to the parish for relief . The relief she got waa to be imprisoned , as a vagrant , in Maidstone gaol . At the expiration of this term , she and her baby were turned forth from the gates of the prison , where it would have been a charity to have kept her—turned forth upon the wide world to perish or to live as chance might determine . The miserable wretch shall tell her own story as to what became of her after tbia : —
" When I was coming frota Maidstone I was taken ill , within eight wiles of Chatham , and a policeman employed a person to carry my child to the workhouse ; that was on Saturday , and I slept at the workhouse on Saturday night with an order from the relieving officer of Chatham , and I was turned out with my child at seven o'clock en Sunday morning . I was very ill , and unable to proceed on icy journey , and I received another order from Mr . Farrell , and was admitted again , and they kept me there until Wednesday morning , when I came out and walked as far as Stroud , and then I sat down on the step of a door , when a woman named Smith gave me a night's lodging , and in the morning she persuaded me to go to Stroud workhouse , and I went and told them what distress I was in , but not that I came fro » i Maidsfon © gaol , and they gave
me 2 s ., and I walked part of the way to Gravesend , when a cab took me to Gravesend . The money was given to p . iy my pasaage to London by steam . At Gravesend I took the steamer and came to London , and arrived on Thursday last , but had only 6 d . In my pocket It was dusk , and with the money I bought some food for my child , and wandered about the streets all night , and on the next morning ( Friday ) I went to Marylobone workhouse and saw the relieving officer , who told me that I should see the board . I stated my case to him , but omitted everything about Maidstone gftol . I saw the board , and they searched the books to see if I belonged to that parish or not , when they found the name of my mother , but not mine . They said I did not belong to them , and they turned me out without either money or food . "
Theu . turned her out wilhovt either monry or food . ' This is the system under the New Poor Law . Under the old they would have takan her in and passed her to her own parish . It was shown afterwards that the poor wretch had no milk to give her child—how could she , when she had no nutriment for her own sustenance ? Thus they were turned into the streets together , hungry , cold , and almost naked—turned into the streets to wander and to die . The next account we have of what Became of Harriet Longley and her infant is derived , as might have been expected , from a coroner's inquest ; but it was an inquest not upon the mother , but upon ber baby . During her stay in Maidstone gaol the girl ' s conduct had been irreproachable . She had been employed as a nurse , and she had been remarkable for the attachment which she had shown for her child—Poor thing ! she had nothing else that she could love ; nothing olse that she could even hope would ever love her . Hear tee sequel from the mouth of the policeman : —
" Thomas Hobba King , a sergeant , No : 22 , N division , having boen swtrn , stated , that on Friday night l ast , about a quarter past ten o ' clock , he was on duty at Islington station-house , when the prisoner knocked at the door , and on its being opened , she . said that she had come there to give information that she had murdered her own child . He inquired in what way ? and she replied , " I have thrown it into the New River ; it was three weeks old . " Witness accompanied her to Owen ' s-row , near Sadler ' s Wells Theatre , and on arriving opposite the bouse No . 14 , she said , " I had-bten sitting down on that step for half an hour before I threw the thild into the water opposite . " Witness asked her
how long it was since she committed the act , and she replied , " Just before I called at the station-house . " Witness caused the river to be dragged immediately , and the body of the child waa discovered . It appeared to be about a month old , and was dressed as such infants usually are . She informed witness that her name was Harriet Longley , but that the child was registered in the name of Eliza Harris , in Maidstone gaol , where she bad given birth te It After the body had been found , tbe prisoner said that her child had been crying for many hours for wznt of food-. She was in great distress , and had no food nor milk for her child . Her breast , she said , was dried up for want of nourishment , and that caused her to murder the child . "
The wretched mother was committed , of course . Jand will probably be hanged—but who was the murderer 1 Was it the poor frenzied creature who sat upon the cold stones with an empty breast and a foodless body , listening to her baby crying / or hours for food ? , or wasfit the agents of the New Poor Law , who thrust her forth into the streets , with the moral certainty that she must perish there ? Who was the real murderer , we ask ? the men who doomed the child to die of starvation , ot the mother who terminated its sufferings a little before they would have been terminated by the natural operation of the New Poor Law t
Pho , this is a common caso ; one of those numerous clap-trap Stories which those damned newspapers make such a fuss about . Serve the b—h right , she shouldn't get bastard children . The Poor Law is an excellent law—it reduced the poor-rates of the parish of Gruelen-the-Wasb eighteenpence in Jhe pound last year . Of course we shall vote for it Very well , gentlemen , vote away , but—the time will come . —Satirist .
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The total valne of the monies coined at the Mist from 1837 to 1840 , both inclusive , was aa follows , via * Kold coinage , £ 4 , 612 , 762 ; ( in 1840 , Wover , there was no coinage of gold whatever ); aihrer eoinaee . £ 847 , 981 ; and copper coinage , £ 14 , 330 ; maklne altogether the sum of £ 5 , 475 , 079 . Rs-sPEci-A-BiLm . —At Bow-street Police-office , * shoemaker of the name of Richard Sandallwas chared with assaulting one of tbe gate-keepers of St . Jamea ' a Park . The gate-keeper refused to let Sandall enter the enclosure , as his dress was not sufficiently respectable , and the latter resisted : fcnt
no violence was alleged , the point in litigation being the question of right . The Magistrate , Mr . Twyford , thought Sandall ' s coat quite decent enough and was persuaded that the Commissioners of Woods and Forests had no wish to exclude persons of hia description from the enclosure . Neither was there anything in the manner of the defendant at all objectionable . At all events , the law was one which it w&S difficult for a magistrate to enforce ; and Mr . Twyford objected strongly to being called-upon to * decide what was or was not respectable" in the dress of decently-behaved people . Sandall was discharged .
A Peep into the Temple . —Mother Church , no doubt , gives her children some very salutary advicebat , like many more spoiled urchins , they " imagine ' that they have a right to chalk out their own course and do things in their own way . She tells them to come out from the world , but some of the elder branches of her family think it right to take a little of the world into the temple , in order to ornament the same , as appears from the following fact : —On Ash Wednesday , as per custom , the bell suspended la . the steeple of Old Washington Church , uummoned the' church-going parishioners to their devotional exercises . Mr . Amen was awake to the well-known call , and instanter threw aside his lapstone , leather last , and awl , and proceeded to the ' tother ahnn tH
discharge the duties of his more Bacred calling . But having , in the earlier part of the day , been transacting a little business at the shop of a neighbour , who is in the spiritual line , he was unable to keep time , or shoot the amen at the word of command . This enraged his reveren ce in the upper-tab , who reminded his brother of the " error of his way , " by giving a few powerful tngg by the hair of his head ; this only served to bewilder the sacerdotal snob the more , and he completely lost his lesson . The ire of ¦ " the other chap" now rose to ungovernable height , and he commenced an attack on poor amen ' s head with the Prayer Book , on which the devout little man sung out , ** You won't do that again , will you ? " This insult and assault
the man of mortal sole could not brook ; therefore , after struggling through the service , they ' retired into the vestry , when and where the little nan demanded satisfaction , as any other gentleman would do ; this his reverence refused to give . Hence , amen brought his antagonist before "his betters , " but the magistrates having heard the evidence adduced , pro and con , decided that the little man could have no just cause to complain , he having been unable to discharge the duties of his important office , by his having previously come in too close contact with the " spirits" of his neighbour . Of course , the case was dismissed ; their Worships pronouncing his reverence justified in openiBg the attack on " ' tother chap ' s" upper leather .
The Devil ' s Law aqaw !—An investigation has recently taken place into the case of tbe poor woman named Lonyley , who drowned her infant , in consequence of her destitution . Marylebone workhouse was one of those at which Longley said she was refused admittance . At a meeting of the Parish . Board , on Friday , the 2 !> th ult ., a letter was read from Mr . Chad wick , the Secretary to the Poor Law Commissioners , requesting information as to the correctness of Longley ' s account . Mr . Messer , the relieving overseer , attended at the Board , and stated that when Longley applied she said that she was born in the parish . On reference to the records , however , it appeared that her account was incorrect ; and finding that she had slept , on the previous
night , in West Lane , Smithfield , he referred her for relief to the West London Union . Mr . Messer says that Longley did not tell him that she was starring ; and had he relieved her , she would have become chargeable to the parish . Thomas Read , an inspector of out-door poor , who was by when Longley made the application , says that she looked very weak , and the child seemed dyin # for want of nourishment . A resolution was moved , and affirmed by the Board , that there was nothing unusual in the case , as it came before the relieving officer ; a proposition , moved as an amendment , simply to forward the explanation to the Commissioners , being rejected . [ There is something tolerably cool and exceedingly Humane , either in the law or the officer . A poor
woman-is evidently looking very weak , and her child dying for want of nourishment , when the relieving officer refers her elsewhere , to be bandied about from place to place , because she did ' nt tell him she was starvi ? iff , and she would hare become charge able to the parish , had he relieved her . So a forlorn , destitute woman , on the verge of seeing her child die o f want , is thus to be driven to murder her child , because she does not tell a relieving officer she is starring , and because she will become chargeable to the parish . No matter about murder and suicide , so long as a relieving officer does not pay a few pence away more than he ought , or an " additional burden" is not placed-upon the backs ef the parishioners !]
Shameful and Unfkelihg Fhaud . —A few days since an advertisement was sent by post from Lon . don , fot insertion in the Manchester Guardian , * nd , being paid for by means of a post-office order , was of course inserted on that day . It was to the following effect : — " To engineers , Engravers on Copperplate , Joiaera , and Cabinet-makers . —Wanted , goed bands , to proceed to New York and Philadelphia . A free passage and mess , with capital wages . Parties must forward age-, particulars of family , if any , present rate of wages , &C . —Post free , with a atamp . to Washington Percival , 11 , Southampton-street , Euston-square , London , who will communicate all particulars . "
Iu consequence of this advertisement , so tempting at a . time when employment is generally scarce , many persons made application by letter , as directed in , the advertisement ; and , in the course of a post or two , each applicant received a reply , informing him that his services wonld be accepted , at a very handsome rate of wages ; but requiring from each a remittance of £ 1 , " to insure registration , and prevent disappointment . " The general character of these answers may be gathered from the following copy flf one addressed to a mechanic , who had made application : — 2 , Oxford-street , London , March 16 , 1811 .
" Sir , —In reply to yours , I beg to say that you will be required to enter into an agreement to serve Messrs . GraSe and Tomkins , of New York , for three yews , at the ; weekly sum of 60 s . English money ; week 60 hours , including two hours per day for meals . Your two bom shall also be engaged , and receive proportionate wages . Your and their pasaage , with bedding and provisions of the best kind will be fre « . You * wife will be charged £ 10 , and your youngest son £ B ; the child under two years of age will not be charge *
You must remit £ 1 by return of post , to insure registration on board , and prevent disappointment , which will be returned t « you on your arrival up here , together with £ l 15 s . tor your expenses . Tee passage money for your wife , &c , £ 15 , you will have to repay by instalments of 10 s . per we « fc , on your arrival la America . You must be in town on tne 5 th of April . As you * application has been so late , you had better remit the registration money to the above address ( No . 2 , Oxford-street ) by return of post , provided you make up your mind to go , as our list Is ntarly
complete . " I am , &c ., " WASHINGTON PERCIVAL . " Thomas "On receipt of the £ 1 , you will be considered engaged . " Several of the parties who received these letters had the prudence to make a little inquiry at tne Weekly Dispatch office before sending their money , and were advised to have nothing to do with AM . Washington Peroiral . Others , however , were not so caretul , and we have reason to believe that a number of sums were forwarded as ?> ? » ,. *?™ some of them , no doubt , fell into the hauds ot tne scoundrels who had devised this nefarious scheme
of plunder . Amongst others , the party to w £ >™ the preceding letter was addressed , who had been sometime out of employment , and was in very poor circumstances , pledged his watch to raise the necessary sum , and sent it by post as directed . He woum also have incurred the further expence of conveying himself and his family to London if he . had not , fortunately , had his suspicions awakened by wn » he heard from another applicant , who , insteadlot sending the money required , took the P " ^ . ?" ^ writing to a friend in London , and requested nun w make some inquiries about Mr . Washington PerciTaJ , at the place indicated in his letter . ¦ The > party entrusted with this inquiry found that V o . a , Oxford-street , waa a publichonse , the landlord oi which knew nothing of Mr . Percival , except _ th » t
he came there occasionally for letters . <**» " £ inquiry , it Was found that there were then two mechanics in the house , who had comefronvMaa cheater with the view of procuring engagements , a third person in waiting at the same P ^ ce . ^!? tS to be a policeman in plain clothes , who w « f ™^ 5 for Mr . Washington > erciral , with the »»»< " ? JJ giving him an opportunity ; Orexplaining hui conducj before a magistrate . Mr . Percival , however , had most probably received some intimation that ^ aaww were abroad ? ' andhe did not-m . ak . to »* £ £ * & though a number of letters , pomej ) f *» S containing money and money -orders , were wagng for him . We hope the publication of tnear w will operate as a warning to ^ all partie ^™ £ any similar attempts at fraud m aybe ^ efie £ after . No honest man wanting servants or wow . men will erer require them to advance money , a whenever any demand of the kind is maav * applicant may be quite sure tkat there is a design e « foot to defraud him .
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hoi Gnxrr , n > ojf mt Hosora . —As a pewonage , whose tout-enwmbU bore the stamp of aristocracy , was she other day lounging down Bend-street , he was closely followed and beset by a IittTe ragged BTcMn . The great man appeared to fancy this sprig f canaille wished to abstract the cambric from hia pocket , and , turning to the young scapegrace , thus addressed him : — " So you are trying to pick my pocket , you yonng ragamuffin , are you V *• Don't know what you mean , Sir , " was the boy ' s reply . " Aad tell me , before I hand you over to the police , " comiiiued he , are yon guilty or not ? " Here the nrcbin , lajirg his hand upon his breast , and bowing profetmdly , emphatically pronounced the fallowing worJs : " Not guilty , npon my honour . " SoHETHi . fG in it . — " There in something in that , " as the gal said to her stocking ven she put her foot is it .
A CiEKFn . Scot . —A careful Scot , after taking Ms mother ' s corpse for bnriaJ into the Highlands , brought back the hearse well filled with smuggled wh i ^ ky ! Being joked about it by a friend , he replied Hoot , bm , what ' s the harm ! I only took awa ' the body acd brought back the speekit . " S-ciett . —It has be * n told of a late nobleman , equal j distinguished by his abilities and absence of mind , that having talked to himself in his travelling carriage ibe whole way from Brighton " to London , lie ended , at Hyde Park corner , by inviting himself to dinner , as the pleas&ntest companion he had ever travelled with . —CVri /; or the Adventures of . aC ^ seomb . Thsre are nothiag but quadrupeds at Drury Lune , thi ? year , even a Bucke lets the boxes , and a Tabby prfnis the bills .
Is Piwi-COfET ' s Histoet of Madagascar there is the followin £ sublime prayer , said t # be used by the peepiewe call savages— " 0 Eternal ! bave mercy upon me , becmse I am passing awav . O Infinite ] beeause I am weak . O Sovereign of Life ! because I draw near to ih % grars . O Omniscient ! because I Bin in diikcess . O All Sufficient , becaase I am nothing . " Co ^ scie ^ css i . ? v > Beabds . —It is rektsd of Jud ^ e Jeirnes , "thai iaiing a dislike to an evidence who had & long beard , lie told him " that if his conscience were as long as Ms beard , he had a swingen one : "to which the countrrman replied— "My Lord , if you measure consciences by beards , you have none at alL " The bot Joms is supposed to have entered the Cardans of Buckingham Palace bj scaling the walls . If h ° should consent to go to sea ., he will have aa cpF- 'nucIry of pn&teing his ingenuity in other tlim hs .
Theodoux Hook declares it was an act of perfectly superfluous liberality to bestow upon the lousy Germans a Iic 4-ence . These ts 5 ot a ha . 5 living who aays go ma . ny ineoniorebeDFibie things is Mister Joseph Hume . The oth-.-r evening , for instance , he presented a petition in the House of Commons , which he said was signed * by every medical man residing in the coiinty of Kilkenny , except three , who didn ' t live there !" Two sailors were one day sitting on the gunwaJe of their ship drinking grog , when one said to the ot ' n-r , " This is meat and drink , Jack . " He happened at that moment to fall overboard , when bis facetious companion coolly said , " And now you ' ve got washing and lodging , Tom . "
It is cjxccTATED that at the present time there are thirty thousand Germans in London , and more ih&anfty thousand domiciled throughout England . As- ; u- ^ g now that each abstracts but £ 10 i per annum from the pockets of John Bull—aad we know that four ont of the number rveive , in one way or tbe other , something like half a million—we have thus Five Million Sterling yearly taken from ibe iuaastrioas classes of England to feed and fatten a parcel of loathsome foreigners . Let the peop-e of England ponder on this .
A Libebai . Offss . —A Hist to the Cloth . —A clergyman was presented to a liviag in tbe vicinity of Glasgow , who had a protuberance between his Bhoulders , arising from diseased spine and a ' correipondine protrusion of the chest . The parishioners were opposed to a person of such ungainly appearance occupying their pulpit . The presentee heard of the dissatisfaction , and , being a personage of some hnmoar and taet , convened a meeting Of tbe m&ICOHtents , in crder to s = cenain their objections . " J b&ve heard , " said he , " ; h * t my settlement amongst yon is not likely to be agreeable . Now , as I am sot » wiie oi any objection to my opinions or prictice ^—
my sknder abilities for shod a charge 1 admit—I iboc ' id jusx like , as we are all friends and brethren , and have only ODe objeet to serve , that you wonld state jour objections . " One ^ laEced to another , which was iisurficaatly returned almost round the reiout ? , aad silence prevailed for some time . " Speak crat , " ? aid the presentee , "don ' t be afraid ; I am not ready to take offence , " when one stammered on ? , " Sir , you see , we—yon see—Sir—sin' 1 maun speak for my brethren here—dinna like your bodily appearisce . " " Neither do I , " was the reply , " and if you can get it repaired , I'll be at half the expense ffijici ' . ' —Laird of Losan .
Ths PaiscK's Hotkbs . —One of the last hunters pnrcLa ^ rd by the Pnnce , say the newspapers , ba * been called the Pawnbroker . This elegant appellation hss been given , it is understood , in compliment to the pledge of affection lately brought into the ¦ world , and " to whom there attaches , of course , the greatest interest . Siscs thb accidett which , occurred to Prince Albert aitae dnok pond in the rear of Buckingham Palaca , strict orders have been given by the Queen that hi 3 Royal Highnes 3 must not be permitted , npoD set account :, to be alone . \ h : s ,. 2 \ orton sajs if the Prince were a loan , there is not the least apprehension of his being borrotted .
Q 5 B OP THB FlSSST Pl 3 A ? fTHT Ef THB WoBiD . — A pure specimen of the "finest pisantry in the world , " who has joined the railroad at Troon , accosted a waggish friend of ours & few days ago , whom , he hid seen noting down something in- his tablets . I see , zur , " said he , that yon can write V Our friend gave an affirmaiory nod . " Wou'd yez have any objections to write a letbsr for me to send home ! * ' J >' one were started ; and Pat w& 3 invited to our friend ' s lodgings , as soon as bnsifiess permitted his attendance . Accordingly he came ; and the materials bcin ? at h&ad , the hther was begun . ** 3 sow , what do jou wish to be aaid ! '' " Why , " says Pat , '' say bad luck to yez , B&Uycawly , that
ever yez bred me , or rear'd me , to have me come OTer here to work like a slave , for a dirty ten shillin ' a week . Tell Molly Carna « han it's dyin' I am on my feet , an' Fm heart-scalded to de&tk , through -want of work , bekase of tlie frost . Tell Dory that I woalda ' t be the worse of baTin' my ould brogues here for 3 change . Say . to my father " that I'll uever be home in the worl '; but give Dory , my sister , a hint that I'D be home by midsummer ^ Your aff ectionate son and brother , Patrick M'Clownan . " — Tbe lecher was folded , sealed , and addressed , " To OwM Joe M'Clownan , at the end of Tim M'Cabe' -s vrtiisky-siap , BaUygawly , or Mollv C&rnachan , wbicheTar of them most convauient . The above ie a irue copy , verbatim et literatim . —Ayi Advertiser .
Up to skcff . —An American editor remarks that h « saw a man the other day with a nose so tnin that gmill print could be read through it distinctly . It would be a good place to publish a snuff advertisement in . Petiurch ' s Opraos op Monkt . — He who . expends it properly , is its master ; he wlo lays it np , Its keeper ; he who loTea it , a fool ; he who fears it , a slave ; snd he who adores it , an idolator . Go > "E off . — " My gun went off last night , " said Tim Trap lately to an old acquaintance . " Were you aiarmsd ? " asked he . " No , but much injured , " replied Trap . " Ah ! how did it go off , at halfcock , " " No , " said Trap , " it went off at half-past eleven , ia company with a tarnation scoundrel , who begged for supper , and a night ' s lodging . "
S , i ! ! \ i | 1 ! j j ; Exfsxse of the Was SrsTEst . — Give me the ¦ money that has been paid iu war , and 1 will -pur- '• ehase every foot of land upon the globe ; I will clothe j every man , woman and child in an attire that kings I and queens would be proud of ; I will build a school- ( house upon every hili-side , and in every valley , over i the whole habitable earth ; I will build an academy i in every town , and endow it ; a collega in eTery j ftate , and fill it with able professors ; 1 will crown I erery hiil wiih a church consecrated to the promul-1 garion of the gospel of peace ; I will support in its pulpit an able teacher of righteousness , so that on ! every Sabbaih morning the cBime on one hill should I answer to a chime on another , round the earth ' s j broad circumference , and the voice of ^ prayer and | the song of praise should ascend like a universal holocaust to heaTen . —P . Stebbing .
Colma 5 and Bannister were dining one day with Lord Erskine , the ex-chancellor , who , in conversation on rural affairs , boasted that ho kept on his pasinre ' and nearly a thousand sheep . " I perceive j then , " said Colman , " your lordship has stiii an eye i to the woolack . " A Usefcx IxsTB-trxEKT . —A correspondent of the I Montpelier Patriot ( American paper ) states th * t ! Mr . Join Etemereit , cutler , of that town , has made > % jack-knife for himself , which he nses t * cut ebony ., whalebone , horn , and at the same time makes his i
peas and shavee hintfeif with it without grinding or honing I A Ya . tk . ke Editob ' s Accop . tt op Himself . —I ' a real catastrophe—a amali creation : 3 ioant Vesuvius at ths top , with red-hot lava pouring out of the erater , &nd routing nations below . My £ sts are rocky mountains—my arm ? , liberty poles , with iron springs- E ye f 7 P * ^ i 8 an earthquake—every blow I strike is a dip of tbnnder—and every breath I breathe isa tornado . My disposition is I ) apont ' s best gunpowder , and goes off at a flash—when I blast , there ' ll be nothing left but a hotey three feet deep and no end to it . .
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A Female HiGHWAr Robber . —Elizabeth LoveaU , a tall dirty woman in a very ragged condition , who has been frequently in custody for theft , was brought before Mr . Ballantine , at the Thames Police-office , on Saturday , charged with stopping a Polish refugee , named Cassimir Janikowski , and stealing a bag and twenty-five shillings in money from his person . The Pole , who is an elderly man , and a nobleman of high rank , was on his way home on Friday night , about eleven o ' clock , and waa met in Cornwall-street , St . George ' s east , by the prisoner , who took his arm against his will , and wanted him to go home with her . To # et rid of her he said he had no money , and attempted to get away , on which she began pulling him about , and put her hand in his pocket , trom which she took out a bag containing twentyfive shillings ; and to which a valuable ring and two keys were attached . The woman then endeavoured to run away , but was prevented by the Pole , who seized her by the hair of her head , and twisted it in his hands . The prisoner shook the bag , and some of the money fell out . A scufflo ensued between the parties , and the woman ' screamed out for help , whioh brought a policeman , named Cook , 174 K , to the spot , who apprehended her , and caused her to ba searched , when part of the property was found upon her . She was committed for trial .
Greenwich Police , Saturday . —Horrible Attempt 10 Murdee . —A married woman , named Elizabeth Brows , wa 3 charged with attempting to murder her two children . Tne husband , a workingmau being questioned as to the cause of the occurrence , taid that some words took place between him and his wife about her having pledged some of the things , and after some quarrelling she seised the earring-knife , declaring that she would cut the throats of the children and then her own . They bad been married about six years . She was a very passionate woman . The prisoner being asked what she had to Bay for herself , acknowledged that she had , as stated , threatened the lives of herself and children , but it was in her passion , caused by the words she had had with her husband . Themagis * trato told her that he would take caro she should have ample time to get cool , for he should commit her to prison , in default of bail , for three mouths .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 3, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct543/page/6/
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