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      An empty pocket's o „ eet ve wealth , no matter how ! ^ gestion ' sask'doftheticbltrow ! ' Steal by nieht ; and steal bytoy / Doing it all in a legal way ); - Join the Charchand never forsake » her ; learn to cant and insult your-ilaker Be hypocrite , liar , knave , and fool , ¦ But aVtbe poor-remember the rule : Dimes and dollars ! dollarsand dimes

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      The S Oldd3r To The Sunburst The Shadowy...

      THE S OLDD 3 R TO THE SUNBURST The shadowy g ^ pom of silent night Is fled , and morning ' s roseate light flincs o ' er thy folds its sunshine bright . My banner free—hurrah ! And warriors crowd thy standard round , Their charges shake tbe battle ground , Exulting in the trumpet sound That calls to death—hurrah ! Whue floating o ' er the . field ' of war , Thr folds the wild wind fans afar The warriors * pride , ray battle star , I worship thee—hurrah ! -

      Lead in the van , the noble band ' That draws theTsword for fatherland , . O ' er serried line , and phalanx grand , Wave thy broad folds—hurrah ! For Gaelic hearths , and Gaelic laws , We tread the mountain fern , nor pause 'Till triumph crowns the ' gbod old cause With deathless wreaths ^ -hurrah ! Andifthatglorious ' causebe lost , If vanquished falls the Gaelic hosts , ' We both shall bear , tho' tempest tossed , The battle ' s brunt—hurrah ! And o ' er the dead and dying brave , Who , fighting , found the warrior's grave , Thy folds shall fierce defiance wave . * Unconquered still—hurrah !

      There , Soaring fearless , brave , and free , ; My fainting arms will cling to thee , Gaze o'er the war-field's bloody lea , And sink in death—hurrah ! There , wrapt within his cold embrace , 2 ib shame shall stain thy glorious face , Nor tyrants step , unhallowed , trace The freemen ' s grave—hurrah ! Bnt while such hearts as our's is here , No brow will blench with coward fear , There ' s triumph in par . Irish cheer , Erin , aboo—hurrah ! On , on , the Shamrock ' s dewy head Is bending , 'neath the foeman's tread , It ' s verdant wreath shall dress our bed If we sbaH faU—hurrah ! lhi Lnshnan . J . M . D

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      The Democratic Review Of British And For...

      THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN POLITICS , HISTORY , AND LITERATURE . Edited by G-. ' Jtjlias Harney . Ho . 12 . May . London : J . Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row . A mere enumeration of the articles contained in this number of the Democratic Review will soSce to show the variety and interesting character of its contents . The Editor ' s Letter to the Working Classes , devoted-to a review of lie late motion made by Mr . Miftier Gibson

      far the repeal ofthe Taxes on Knowledge , completes the series of articles pronounced by the Irishman as being " decidedly the clearest exposition that has yet appeared of the wrongs to which the millions are subjected by the taxes imposed on popular " publications . " "Bnral Slavery * ' is briefly , but forcibly , described in a letter from a workman in the county of Kent . The third article is a continuation ofthe able defence of "Democracy , " in reply to the "latter-day " animadversions of Thomas Carlyle . "We give the following extract : —

      DEHOCBillC MARTTRS . Oar opponents say to us : — " You are a small confemptible faction of proletarians , led by a few deling demagogues , and yet yon pretend to change t & face ofthe civilised world ! Ton set yourselves n opposition to u $ ; to the governments of Europe , ** iih their standing armies ; to the aristocracy , with jfe vast territorial possessions and its feudal privik ses ; to the state churches , with their immense health ; and to the bourgeoisie , with its competitive jstem , its sordid , grasping , avaricious spirit , so completely opposed to all generous impulses , all noble aspirations I" "We answer , " Yes , O wise osi [ of GoibazD )! We are . sot only so mad as to

      Jo tins very thing , but we go the insane length of Woking calmly forward to the time when you and * Mr system of atrocious lies , will he swept into Offer darkness , into the domain of the fatherof lies -thereto , in fact , yon properly belong . " " All fj tperience is against us , it is said . I think one of «» most astonishing " experiences" in the history of humanity , was the appearance of the demote idea in the person of a poor despised Jewish Jtofeiarian , lie Galilean carpenter ' s son , who " * o 4 ed—probably at his father ' s trade—till he was ! Nr fears of age , and then began to teach this J ™* , wrapped in parables and figuresr-to other Jorldng men i chiefly fishermen , it is said , who

      • stewd to him while they mended their nets , or «« t them into fte lake of Gennesaret . ' "Whatmatj ^ 0 a § h in order to elaborate the democratic j * j * i the soul has required eighteeri centuries of * war . and agony , and bloody sweat—continued Ir ° §' a never-failing succession of organs—from « at agony , in Gethsemane ; of its first organ for J * ex pression of the idea that God and man are j ? . 3 eanticipation of this ultimate fact has ^ oecome areidity ; and faith has been transfi-S ™ Wotnravledge . Men die , but thought , the ^ soiute-e dstg forever . Outward phenomena , its m ^ T * v ' ' te mori , es of expression—are evan-^ Qt Yet never baa there been a lack of organs w soul , from that thorn-crowned martyr on tto !^ ' " ^ his early disciples , scourged , tortured ; "gu m pieces by . the wild -beasts of the Soman am- ; vatnea tres . branded as the « fenemies nf nnfo * anA

      palmmaa laW-T ^ owu to the noble martyrs , who , J oar . " days , have joined the sacred band , the , & eat cloud of witnesses , " for the divine idea of j £ * and ' -freedom , first taught by our elder bro-J fcr , the crucified iNazarean proletarian . The Wood P ° or martyrs' saturates the soil of Europe ; they j ^ guish in dungeons ; they pine . in . exile ; they I ?* Joyfully sacrificed their holiest ; affections . on 106 altar of liberty ; they have ' 'often endured S ** 8 ' * hn eriidjijaon , m seemg their "defenceless ?| re » aud daughters givenlup' to the brutality of a ^ ge and licentious soldiery . Yet we do not weep 3 A " sufferings' of our beloved brothers . We * £ ** - fQr these heroes of humanity ^" who'have ^ t th e good fi £ ht ; and endured to'the end . " " ^ Tei ^ -Socage and tie Ordernion-^ 'is the title of an article chiefly ' consistjf ? extracts from the April number of the J ? P « iu . Monde . Thus conunenteth Louis 01 a ne 6 ntiiB . - : ' ' "

      cosspnud of ih * . oBJHJRMoxeBia . aoainst .. r fLB . TJSIVEBSAL" SBMBAOKI "" , ~ ' ! . « f th » i " ^^^ ct'onists are ' mad enouglito dream b , fL * » tioa . of Universal ^ Suffrage .- They say of ekJf **^* - We ; wfll take from you the right tJoaf ^ S , those who—through Socialist institu-T 0 T ^ P . ^ « ave you from the Jemori of Usury . " ^^ proletarian - "We wiUpreverityoufrbiriihgjj ^ fa among t he laws—by means ofjour del & i of ^ Tj * ^ ieSt'bw » : all its inomben the rights ' ! ^^ TOd : of labour" ^! To tto - Bmalltiader- . f We ^ anV 5 n . - ? ? 1 ci nghf . to . j ^ djjpuri cau . ie &??*¦ the oligarchy of the " great bankers , and the ^ ""enggers ofthe Stock Bxchange , " To the

      The Democratic Review Of British And For...

      soldierisf ' « Wa . wllidepri ^ e you pf the ; rightTto . sit in the . JJational Assemblyr-by . the choiceof yo ' ur comradesr-side . byVside ' with your eoloriei . " " In a wprdj'tbe ^ say terall ' : ^« We ^^ will ; 8 trh / yoii ofthat title ^ of ' citizen—which was given yout by the revolution of Februaryi" r But among the , thirty-six millions composing the population of . . France ,: there are twenty-five . nulliois of ^ ^ peasants ; . the . proleta r rians arid srijall ' traders ! form an' immense majority in the cities ; arid the bayonets of'patriotic soldiers can be numbered by tens , 'by hundreds , of thousands ! ..... .... What ! gentlemen— -Tiniversal Suffrage baa hitherto given -you a majority , yet you fear . it I You loudly proclaim yourselves to be the defenders , the saviours of society ; its

      represesentativespar « xcdfenc « , yetyou fear Universal-Suffrage , that sublime voice uttering the will of society ! If popular ignorance has favoured the continuance of your , dark and mysterious supremacy , it . must be allowed you t have done everything to perpetuate , this ignorance and to abuse it . You have persecuted the press ; yon have revived confiscation in the form of fines ; you have . forbidden the vending of Republican journals—you have even gone ! the length of hindering , their being sent to . ; private houses ; you have changed prefects and mayors into censors , gendarmes into spies ; you have made a tyrannical law regarding the opinions pf the teachers in primary schools' ; you have spent about a million in propagating calumnies ; you have placed five departments in a state of siege , and- tried to prevent the admission of Thought there , as if it -were a

      prohibited piece of merchandise;—and yet you are afraid of Universal Suffrage !; .......... ; ... The reactionists are'judged . No , those who long to snatch these ; pacific balls from the . hands of . the people , knowing that they must be replaced sooner or later , by the . sword—arenot the defenders pf order . Those who wish to deprive the proletarian of a voice in the making of those laws which affect the well-being of his children , are not the defenders of domestic ties . Those who nourish the wild hope of erasing the names of twenty-five millions of small landholders from the list of electors , are not the defenders of property . In conclusion , there are only two oaths open to us : the one conducts to the peaceful and legal triumph of Socialism , by means of Universal Suffrage ; the other leads directly to a ) terrible social convulsion , by means of a civil war , We must choose between these paths .

      A continuation of Dr . Marx ' s " Two Years of a Revolution" is followed by an interesting notice of VDe Elotte , Yidal , ' ancl Carnot ; " a report of "A Festival in . Commemoration of the birth of Maximilian . Robespierre ; " a re view of Louis Blanc ' s ' . ? ' Historic Pages from the French Revolution of 1848 , " & c ., & c . This month ' s ' / Letter ,, from France "; is of more than usual interest . This number , completing the first volume , a title-page , ( with dedication ) , and index thereto , are given . In the course of an address to his readers , . the Editor makes the following announcement and comments : — .

      Oa tbe first of June will be published Kb . 1 of the Second . Volume . While , it will be my study toextend arid perfect the improvements which , dictated by experience , I have , in some measure effected , I consider -it unnecessary to pledge myself to" any specific course ; : The commencement of : a new volume will give a favourable opportunity to my democratic friends to . obtam the patronage of new , subscribers . - The increased means , resulting from such additional patronage , would afford me the power of carrying out my original intentions , and enable me to make the Democratic Review the efficient representative of the democratic party . " . Tbe time which has elapsed since the publication ofthe first number of this publication ; has been a term of disaster and suffering to the soldiers

      ofdemocracy . The destruction ofthe Roman Republic , tbe downfall of "Venice , the subjugation of Sicily ; the betrayal of Hungary , the defeat of the Rhenish democrats , the proscription ofthe Italian republicans and their French brethren ofthe ' Thirteenth of June , " the massacre ofthe Hungarian chiefs , the cold-blooded murder of the Baden prisoners ; and , at home , the loss of Henry Hetherington , the prisonkilling of the Chartists Williams and Sharp , , arid the sufferings of , Ernest Jones , Dr . M'Doualj and their comrades in captivity —recorded in . this volume—have cast a gloom over its pages . The picture is not , however , all dark . It contains gleams of brightness , giving assurance of the fast coming time" When king ; pope , lord , and bourgeois , alike shall

      yass away , .... And morn shall break , and man awake in the light of a fairer day : " The Pope has returned to Rome , but the voice of Mazzini is pealing through Italy , precursory to the roar of popular , revolt . " Order reigns in Hun-, gary ; " but Kossuth yet lives ,. and the Magyar banner will be again unfurled . Nicholas has gathered his Cossack savages and Bashkir hordes , to the number of 160 , 000 , on the frontiers of Prussia , and strong reinforcements are marching up . Good Let them come ; their carcases wilt serve to manure the soil of Germany—the destined battlefield ofthe two great principles of Democracy and Despotism . The German people are ready for action , and wait but the signal from the Seine . There the march of social democracy is steadily onwarrf . - The moment the red . flag flies from the f uilleries , farewell—a-Iastfarewell—throughout Europe , to the reign of kingcraft and usury . VIVE LA REPUBLIQUE UXIVERSELLE DEMOCRATIQUE ET SOCIALE !

      The Hani-Book Of-Registration, Fyc, Fyci...

      The Hani-Book of-Registration , fyc , fyci London : Watson . TfllS small , hut truly valuable , hand-hook was published some fine last year , by the National Registration and Election Committee . ' It contains a compilation ofthe Kefonn and Registration Acts ; and . persons coming within the operation of those laws , asd . desirous of becoming electors , will find it an efficient and trustworthy guide . There is no likelihood bi the present Parliament lasting seven years ; hence the greater necessity for this nsefal work being placed in the hands of all who have it in their power to make good their claim to be registered . We understand that thei price of this-hand-book has been reduced . from threepence to twopence . Chartist committees should see to its circulation . ' *

      Unrepresented Labour. ' —— - - *' Among ...

      UNREPRESENTED LABOUR . ' —— - - *' Among the many important things which deeply affect the interests of the working classes ; which advances their social position , which makes their comforts more ample , and surrounds them ; with all the necessities they require-ramong the many important things which is neglected and lost sight of ,, is that of not being represented iri parliathent ; and if tie rights of men are riot embodied in a man who is in the abstract formed-arid moulded in the occupations , the wants , the privations , and . the . labour ofthe poor ; how U it even possible that , their

      misery can be m any . degree modified ? If capitalists identify themselves with the interests ofthe classes who transmute'themselves into" gold at any particular time , it is only done so by a figure of speech . It is . only done on pompous occasions when popularity is to be gained , by a forensic display of humanity in the House of Cominoris .. It is the means to an end , and when tbe end is gained , the artizan—the labourer of whofa they have spoken , is allowed to oass into an oblivion darker than that which traditionally surrounded the dark

      ages . .. The anomaly consists in theprpducer , the worker , tbe transmuter of valueless iron-stone into marvels of art by which the banker ' s / book of the capitalist exhibits a Croesus-like amount of treasure ; and the artizen dies daily , a haggard wife by his aide , losing the human beauty that . God gave her , and whioh touched the young heart of the . inari years , back , arid made the solemn yearnings of his love akin to those of the angels—by children with thin pale lips , colourless cheeks , and shrunken frames—these are riot the modifications of his fete ; they , are the conditions of h » existence . . Besides . all-, thisi there is a disgust engendered-by a labour that is unappreciated , by a work' which becomes mere slavery , by an exhibition ' of- skill , latent genius , what you will ; which is quietly 1 ' passed over—the 'astute- master

      saying , . " What : are you about ? Going to-praise my workman ' s . skill ? ,: Why , that will sped-the mari He will consider himself a somebody , whpjs absolutely necessary to me . . To jdo this , « to subvert the order of things , arid if yoa wish to preserve the existing order of things ; if you ' dislike innovations ; if you wishtopreserve classes in their entirety-r-thafcis to say—if yo « : ; would retain that line of demarcation which exists , and ought to , ex ^ isfc between the employer and employed , you will leave him alone . " So says the capitalist . ' " You xtisb ib represent him ? : B ah I : What a crotchet ! What a sublime absurdity . I -The workman 1 ; Well , he has merely hands and brain , let him be . He has not twenty ,, forty , sixty ,, or a ,. hundred .-thousand pounds , to speculate . with , " Thus hepr-oqeeds . arid now believes his" argument conclusive . " * " '/ " ¦

      - And then , if men will say , ' "' Have' we not representat » ves of every tradiugv manufacturing , ' and commercial town in England . ?' , '; :, We reply iritadmittingsuoh to be the . case , ^ by a question , . "What interest , ' ddtthey represent . ?" .. ¦ :. _ . -,.-.,-,-. ; . - «¦ .. / . „ - We do not want delegates from towns and cities to , embody their civic'digitittes ; -We want trades ; and labburs , and ' classes ; to ' send their - ' capacitated men touspeafcforl their ihrpthersa -They : are ! soon foundi .. vidrtteret are ; , plenty of , ; them ; ¦ > GflnjUjies and boroughs are things belonging to the'dooms day book , and we will now & ei m colliery , mining ,

      Unrepresented Labour. ' —— - - *' Among ...

      'smelting , ; weayiric ; - and a ^ uHuralMirisioiis -thf . peopleV becausetBfe iinba ^ py ^ irii ^ gives u ^ a'dreary masa p f ] column * tpifT 8 tup ] d ^ . , emateV ; -or irrelevant houserise ^ hich Tfe-, « annotie » di * 'they are 'wearying—so much from the purpose . [ - ¦ ' ' ¦ : ; ' ¦ ' ¦ ! - _ . ^ Vho ' talks about ';' eolliors- ih ; the , " House' of Com- ! nior is ? ' ' about 'fariiisbed ' ^ weavers ; ' a'rid ' Wirided needle-makers ? . r Who , represents beggary , : crime , and ; famine ? ' -The ^ ehiffor iier , ' ; the rag-picker ^ he who rakes , his living fromthe dust and'offal ^ flung into the ; street ;; should have one to be the exponent of : thetnter ««» of his class ; It would certainly be a very remarkable sight ; . but remarkable sights , if necessary , ought to exist These would be much better than-flanging exhibition ^ -arid "' chambers of horror . " - --

      i A miserable , but well-informed , weaver ' of Spitalfields , says to the correspondent of th & Morning Chronicle thai " the primary cause of the depression of tbe-pricesamong : the -weavers-was " -the ' -want of the Suffrage . We consider , " he logically argues , " thatlabour is unrepresented in the House of Commons , and being unrepresented , the capitalist' and the landlord have it all their own ; way . " These words , unstudied , but apropos , are very significant , not of what will be , simply , but of what must be . It is the protest ofthousandaof men ; andif you ; were to pr itittothe vote , toa show , of hands , you ' would find that the existing order ' df'things' is sanctioned by the meanest possible minority . The ill odour which surrounds the . false and stinted conventionality reeks around vis . - Every acro ~ of inhabited land in England' has there a bumauvoice which utters its unheeded protest . ; , ; . -, I ¦< - ¦

      :. By and byethis ; prbtest ; will gather into a thunder . Are the paupers who receive short weight in food represented ? "What absurdity ' /' people will cry ; " what next , ' I-wonder ?" Why , the next thing will be that this absurdity will receive grave contemplation , ' and- absurdities ifar-mofe colossal will be entertained ; ' .,., ¦ _ ¦ .,-. Without rtroubling , ourselves , with' statistics , we ask our readers ' to cwculate , roughly , and . to contrast thelamipurit of . labour' which' makes this country rich with ; the landed ,-the mercantile , the speculating interests-represented' m'ipa ' rliaihent , -arid -Wo say

      that it does not amount toi one-fourth S the value . There is not an article of English produce , saving corn arid garden ' stuffs , which without labour arid skill of workmen is worth as much as its weight iri copper . 'It is the wrirker " who ; gives value to the amorphous iron-stone , and makes the Bbapeless . rauitiply its value in a ratio , that puts geometrical proportions ia the shade . To represent England" properly is to represent its " workirig and' suffering classes . ; When this is done we shall hope to behold the advent of a Brighter day ^—JJej / nows Political Jmtrattor . .: ' ¦' - . ' : ^ ' -.::- ; . :, "i ; -- .- ' ; :- \ . i . \ - \ : i

      : The Ten Hours . Act. ."; '' _ Bridvokd...

      : THE TEN HOURS . ACT . . "; '' _ BRiDVOKD , Yorkshire . —In consequence of the appearance of . a letter'in . the ii ' mw of . Thursday , April 25 , on this subject , signed ' ;' . A Manufacturer , " the Ten Hours Bill Coriimittee of . the West Riding of Yorkshire have met iri their several localities . At Leeds , on the samo night a . meeting , previously called for the , purpose of transacting local , business , was held , arid-after considering the letter purporting to be from " A Manufacturer , " suggesting the propriety of the operatives sacrificing two hours per week of that leisure which has been conceded to the youthful and feuiale ; portionof our manufacturing population . by large majorities of both Houses of

      Parliament ; and made , the law , pf the land , that meeting riiost solernrily arid indignantly protested against it" as a mean arid shabby proposition , and one which the writer himselfis evidently ashamed of ; or he ] might-have given his real name , as the propounder of so important a proposition . ¦ ; On Friday night , April 2 Gtn , ameeting was held at Huddersfield , at which a similar resolution or , protest was unanimously adopted . "' . At Halifax a similar meeting was held , and which resulted in a condemnation equally strong pf the proposition of "AManufacturier . " - A ; large public meeting , was also held at Queenshead , near Halifax , where a very strong and unanimous protest against the proposition referred to was adopted . At Bradford , also , the local committee assembled and unanimously adopted a similar resolution and protest , and this day ( Saturday , ) at noon , a snecial general meetintr

      of the central committee was held at their room in Hustler ' s-buildirigs , Bradford , which was presided over by . the Bev . J . Burnett , LL . D 1 , ricar , who , in opening the proceedings ) stated that the meeting had been called for the purpose of considering the letter which appeared iri" the Times of Thursday , signed "A Manufacturer ; " upon which he would not then give an opinion until it had been considered by the meeting ; atthe sariie tithe he could not but express'his admiration at the sirriultarieous manner' in which the local cominittees had expressed themselves in reference to thisletter , as appeared from the correspondence pf ; the secretary ; Mr . Balme . ' Considerable' deliberation then followed , which resulted in the unanimous adoption of • in address to the limes , protesting against the proposal contained in the letter , signed " A Manufacturer . "

      Great Delegate Meeting In Manchester. .....

      GREAT DELEGATE MEETING IN MANCHESTER . . . Manchester , Mokdav . — -The article which appeared in the limes of Thursday week ' upon the subject , of a letter' which appeared ' in that journal , signed "A Manufacturer , " created the greatest sensation in the manufacturing districts . The local committees in almost every town were immediately called together to consider the apparent compromise proposed , 'arid the result was a universal determination never to yield ^ single : moment of the leisure time which they had obtained by the act of 1847 . The Lancashire Central Committee met on the same night on which the letter appeared , and at once determined to call a delegate meeting , which was nccor ' dingly held . yesterday ' at the Cotton Tree Tavern , Great AricoatS' -street : - " ' ¦'¦ - '

      . 'Mr . H . Grbkm ; of- Mahchester , was rinaniniously called tothe chair . -In opening the business ofthe meeting he said he regretted the necessity ofthe delegates being again called together , but there was no alternative if they rehiained firm in contending for an efficient Ten-Hours Act . " The meeting had been hurriedly called'together-iri consequence of the appearance in the Times of Thursday week of a letter , signed "A Manufacturer , '' suggesting a compromise in respect to the hours of work in factories and that the operatives should be " employed sixty hours a-week , instead of fifty-eieht , as pro \ ided bv

      the Ten Hour 8 'Act . ' In the same paper there was a leading article on tho subject ; The chairman also stated that a letter bad been received that morning from Lord Ashley which would be brought under the consideration of the irieetirigV ,. Oa behalf of a number of operatives he had to say that the proposition of " A Manufacturer" had been corisidered by theri ) jand , that , if ! it ^ had been offered some timt » since they might , have " been i induced ; to agree to it , but it had come too late . ; and the operatives were determined riot to ' give ( up one minute of the time which had been conceded to them b ' y ^ the Ten Hours Act . - ' . - « ' - : ; ' >' " ¦ ; ' ' '! - ^ - > - ' - ' - ^' - " ^

      "IThef names of the delegates present were' then called , oyer , , when it [ appeared that the . following were present ::-r-Stpckpprt ,, 2 ; Waterhead Mill , 2 ; Prestori ; 2 ; Hyde ; 1 ; Ashton ,- !; Hindley , 1 ; Chorley , ' 1 ; Padihani ; 1 ; Droylsden , 1 ; Middleton , 2 ; Blackburn , 1 ; Prestolee , 2 ; Dukinfiuld , 1 ; Belmont , 1 ; Dewsbury ; 1 ; iBolton , 1 ; Enfield , " 1 ; Macclesfield , 4 ;' Gorton , 2 ; , Hazelgro ' ve , 1 ; Newtori-moor , 1 ; Astley-bridge , 1 ; Dukinfield-ball , 1 ; Manchester , fine-spihriers , '!; card-room , . 1 ; Overlookers ' Association , ^; ' ppwerrlopm overlookers , 2 ; local committee ; 2 ; central c ' ommittee ,-2 ; Salford spinners . 1 ; and Rendleton ; li ' - ;•' - " ¦ -: ¦ ¦ -: ' . - . ' -

      : The-SxcRErABY having read the circular convening the meeting , and a letter from Mr . Grant , regretting his inability . to be p " reserity ' at the meeting , arid solemrily protestirig ; a ' g 3 inst ariy compromise , said , when he worked in a ' cotton mill ; he thought ten hours work a-day-was quite sufficient , ' not only for women and young persons , ; bu ^ for . every orie ; employed in tho mill ( hear ) ;( in fact , he was satisfied that ten hours a-day , was quite long enough for anybody cither in or dutofa ' mill . ( Hear . ) . He would never lend himself hvthe slightest' way' td _ ariy departure fromthe' Ten . "Hours' : Act / for which they had ' solong . contended . . ( . Heari ) ; i ; .: ; , : ' ' . , The letter , signed * 'A , Manufacturer , " ; which appeared in . the Times of Tliursday , and the leading

      article upon ' it , were , tben read . ' - 'A ! Delegate froiri the local committee risked . if there'were any ' letters » from London ris to who " A'Manufact . urer '' : was ? ij . whether the letter , was really , written' by a manufacturer ? , ' The ; writer . might ; be . " AyManufaptrirer :, " , for anything they knewat'pr ' eseiitV * ' ^ V ' ' , ' - - .. r ' - ¦ ' , " , !' - ' , - TheWegat ' e front Blackburn said ; ' hebelieved the letter Wasfwritten ^ by a maDufaPturer , ' and he could guess who itwas . j ..: : . ¦ : : ::: io : : r ,-.-... ..: . The Delegate from < Manchester said , it . struckhim that it mattered .- ' little . ' who made the proposition , whether ; the author was a manufacturer or hot ;' -the proposition h ' ad'been made—that wasfsufficient arid it had been made ih ' a paper whidh ha'd stood by the factbiw ; operatives ' in . their struggles ' : for the Ten Hoiira int . The ^ leadinff article" in the Times threw

      out a suggestipnas to , whether , there' w ^ as , a . possibility of cdming'to an , arrangement' of not .- , Tbe q ' uestibri * was ; would tbeyrepudiate the proposition bfMA'Matiufticture ^ ' or agree to-it ? ( Hear ;) l ' The SBOBBiAKr , 'baving < readiwo or three letters from the . delegates in , London * : calling . attention : to . the [ letter arid the leading article , read the following letter" fronJLorS Ashley , which had been received that ( Sun ' day ) mpr ' DiDg ^ < Aj :, ; : - ' r ' ;'" ' „ " " ;{ - •• ¦ I- i-w . i . ^ KlMl ) or ? . Hy .-. i 'JJLonilOn / A ^ rilST . ; i , SiBj—It is desirable that the operatives shouU learn " , at sppn as possible , tl } e positlon ofthe Euctorj . Biil ., Various attempts'hats'beeri ' made to draw a . rierTective ' clatiBefor the prohibition of rdajs , but without success . A conference 'hasilatelsibeenheld between . Mr , CobbettanuhisfriendB r and the solicitor who drew tlie ^ ilj . ' . Ihey took fte ' advlco 'Pf jh ¥ XaWestVcouris > V , ' arid the result ! wttVa % ' rj-po ' we ' rlul and sufficient clause for the attainment of tho purpose . It contains , however , much new matter ftr the regulation of

      Great Delegate Meeting In Manchester. .....

      j i" * . k - — .. » . l— , _>«— j . _ " j <¦¦ ' ,, Ji- ¦ - „ ' ¦¦ ' " — , meal tirae >^ aD * erpo «» . iN to-thesediffieulties r tint , it is ^^ R ?^ 'S ^ S ?? 1 S" > n ^ be 'HoOBe-that-I ^ wpuW not swerve by a . to & mmtvmnerm , t Iiaricl of to-the left , but simply tonch waMlwMVdispnted i Secondly , 1 « would give nsa to much de » flte and opposition ; thirdly , it woold de tach , from me , many membeM who are ready . to fu » l . the engageiwnu of Parliafflen ^ bdilibt - m go % ho' step ^ yorid thera . Xhe position , tEen : is . tbi » :: to urce » clause- which ^ Wl ^ valueJess tfftV ofeuse in the ^ rtpent bil % a « d ZS ^ m * Probably beiviolatea ferriediat ' e ^' aftep ; itliB « received the Koyal assent ? , s ' eemw absurd in itself an * a Sfo » SJ ° ' ^ P * «»• - otaust proposed s * the conftrence would , I fear , involve ttie . posipohe ' meut of the mea . 11 JS 5 ? ° ^ ? ' ; 8 - ¥ „ ! n-it sBust-oortainlybe preceded . bys an explanatioa Which dftWse ' hazMdsd 6 you ' pi « efef ? - :. ; iar o , Sir , you > bbediehi ; 8 esvaut , ' ¦; . ' :. ; I am , Sir ,: youHtedieht servant , " ¦; . ' ¦ 11 ¦ ¦

      T ^ W . ' u " j , ' ' ' J . " " ' ' ' ' - " ''' -- ''" ' - - '• ' •' -AsHBtti- ' '"* ' ' ToJhr . iMawdsley . Secretarjr oftHe GentsalShort ••; t : ' .- ' ,. ; . " lime Committee , tancasliire .. ,, - •' " ,: , : 'f JPT or three Delegates wereof opinion that ithe bill ot Lord Ashley , ; m , its' present' shape , did , » ot pro vide , against relays . :: ' ¦ ' : , i' ' TheBel egatosfror a . Gorton , undPrst & od :-that the sole object of Lord . Ashley ' s bill was to ; prevent relays and , shifts ; : .. '; -:, ,,, , ' -i . v ^ , ; -,. ^ i ^ , ¦ > . &¦ The Sbcrktart said , in . the . opiniou of some factory operatives ,, the bill of . Lord Ashley . was not 8 U ® cient to ; prevont . relaya and shifts , ; . ¦ .,. ' ! : ; .-iii The Delegate , frorii Manchester , said , itherer . wore but few who were not satisfied ; that Lord Ashley ' s u » l would . . not be effective . ; , It ; wris . eei'taJnly . intended to put it Out of tho nower of marinfacturora

      to follow out the system of relays and shifts . -Now , from a conversation' whichhad taken place ambrigst the-operatives it was clear that thebill ^ would do no such thing ; it wouldput an end to , shifts , and mot { £ relays .. ( Hear . ) Now , they wanted an effective Ten Hours . iAct . If the bill of Lord ; Ashley would not , if carried , : effect the , object in view , they must ; he would say , introduce newmatterY let them risk getting an effective bill this session , in preference togettmga : non . effective bill ^ hear , hear ) -for if they ; went on-with Lord Ashless bill ' it would-riot proyoan ( effective measure ; and that ' would place the ! operatives'in this position—that tbey ' must apply to Parliamentnext year for an effective bill ; And in such circumstances what would be 1 said -of

      them by . Parliament ; by the country , " and by their friends ? It would be said , " You are never satisfied ; you got the bill you wanted . ' . ' But let . them telljthegoverririieri ' tand-Lord Ashleythat'tbeyconsidered the bill nowbofore Parliament not effective , that they were determined to have an effective bill —ifie & r , 'hear)—and he believed the new matter might easily be introduced without Lord Ashley ' putting himself in a ; disagreeable position with-the house . - , Lord Ashley could state ' that his bill , as £ t present framed , : would hot be ah effective ; one without the introduction of new matteri'and he . might ask j tho-house permission -to withdraw his promise not to introduce new . matter ; : Their ' object was , and ought to be , to have , an , effective act or

      run the risk pf losing it . . . ,,, ; -, .. ., . ; v ' ¦ ADelegateof the local committee thought they had ' better decide the ,. question ; to consider which they had been called together , and then they might consider theletter of Lord Ashley . " ( Hear ; hear ;) ' / Ai Delegate from . Blackburn thought if 7 Lord Ashley felt ; himself , in ' a position that he ; could riot with honour introduce' new matter somei " . other member of the hpuse . might do ,: so . - ( Cheers ;) : He was of opinion that i there ought to bo a clause ih the bill specifying the meal hours ; s ' : i ; ' ' : The Delegate trorii Bolton saidj ; ho was instructed by his constituents to , discountenance . ' th ' pvp ' roposition of the letter iri the 2 ? nj « s , 'iand to < support any clause that would do away with , relays and shifts

      altogether ,. ; and that would give to the factory workers a bill of fifty-eight hours a week—ten hours a day for five days and ' eight hours on Satur day . M ( Hear ;); ; W « . ;' , ;! , ; ' . " 7-- •/' ' , -i ' The ; Delegate frorii' Blackburn moved the-first re * ' solution , ;—^ That this meeting . having been rendered necessary by a letter which appeared in the ' Times ot Thursday last , signed 'A Manufacturer , ' suggesting to the operatives the propriety of surrendering two hours per week—the proposition being putin such a way as to call for a prompt and decisive answer - from the' factory operatives throughout the . country—^ we ,. the delegates here asseriibled , avail oursolvesof the present opportunity to declare to the government , ; the legislature , and the British public ' , ; both for ourselves and those

      whom we represent , that we never will submit to anything involving in the slightest degree a departure from the principle ' s of the Terii Hours Act , for which" we , the 'factory' workers , ' have , at' * an eriorm ' ousexpense , struggled so many years . " 'The committee at Blackburn were quitejistonished . on receiving'ffio ^ cwculnY ' cbnverimg that meeting , as they were not prepared for such a proposition as that contained in' the letter of * ' A . Manufacturer . " The object pf the letter was , to create a division amongst the operatives .- ( Hear . *) ' Bufclet . not siioha proposition as that cause any division in their ranks . The Blackburn committee . said the proposition was noteworthy of consideration at all ; that they would not lose one minute of what had been conceded , but that they ' would stick to * hb Ten Hoiirs ' Act ' . ( Hear . ) They J iriuSt ' - riot have division , but unity ; a'rid ho was sure . that the , universal feeling , of the factory

      operatives—men ;; women , and children—was in favour of ; the Ten Hours Act . ( Heari . ) He should not wonder If Sir George Grey or Lord John Russell , or . some othermember of the governrnentj had ernployedsome one—for Whigs were always meanto write this letter . ( A laugh . ) The Delegate from Bolton said , he ' believed the letter had been published'in the Times with the view of causing a division , amongst the operatives , who were ' now coritendirig for a . bill to "do . away ; with relays arid shifs . He , believed the . individual who wrote ; the letter in the Times was . dishonest ; inasmuch ; as he had not given his name . The editor'bf the > 2 imes had in his leading article made ' , a most just Poinriient , but he did not know the . ' parties lie had to deal with ; the operatives , however , knew with whom they had ;' to deal . ( Hear . ) The operatives of Bolton had come to a determinatiori to stick

      to thei Ten Hours Act , and to a clause for . doing away with the relay and shift system . , ; ' : Another delegate . ' . from ; Bolton , two delegates from the local- committee , and ... frorii . Dewsbury , Stockport , Prestori ,. Chorley , Ashton-under-Lyne , Droylsden , Middleton , Enfield , Hindley , Macclesfield ' , ; Pr tston , Gorton , Prestolee , '' , and Hyde , all stated that they were instructed by their coristituents to . declnre their determinatiori to stickito an efficient Ten ; Hours Act , and Vno surrender . " ,: ¦ ¦ . The resolution was then carried unanimously . ¦' ¦¦ ¦ moved the

      The delegate from Chorley ^ second resolution , ' which was / as follows : — " That , the delegates frorii the i factory ' workers ' . ' .. bf - Lancashire , Yorkshire ; arid the ndjoiriirig . counties ! deeply regret thenecossity foiVcalling this meeting , to attend which they have , at ; considerable expenso arid inconvenience , been obliged to leave their respective districts once more' to reiterate their approval ' pf the Ten . Hours Act ; arid their , determination arid that of their , constituents never to rest sat-isfiediuntil that act is fully and fairly carried out according to the intentions of the Legislature which passed' it in ¦ ¦¦ ¦

      1847 . " '"" ' . ' " : '¦•¦ : ; - .: "; ¦ :: ' . . / ¦ : " . " , , " The delegate from' Preston [ seconded the resoliitiori , iwhich wascarriedunariimousiyi i ; ,, , ; , The . delegates then adjourned for an hour and a half for refreshment . ;'; : i . ¦ - . ' On re-assemblirig , tthe letter of Lord'Ashleyl / receiv ' edthat . morriingiiwijg again read , by the . secret ; tary ; and after'someidiscussios the following resb ; - lutioriiwas carried " urianiriiously : - ^ . > M , Ttiat Lord Ashley be respectfully requested to introduce the clauses agreed to at tho Conference ( mentioned in Lord Ashley ' s letter ); or such other matteras will put an end to tho relay and shift , system and secure to wbtrieri arid young jpersbns an efficient Ten Hours Act " ""' ¦¦ " . ' : ' . ' •' ¦; ' ,. : ' .. \';^ . ¦ . " ¦ . ¦¦ •' . V

      ; : After the transaction of some routine business tho meeting broke up . ;; , ; -:- ,: ¦ - :, ;; ,: '; ., ; Similar resolutions were adopted-at a meeting of factory workers heldatTodmorden . ;

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      ,, Mutton vRom AMeuicx ;— . V vessel " which has arrived _ from Ne , w > York , has . brought . fifty-eight barrels of mutfrn , as a portion of lier cargo consigned , tlie produce . of the tTnited States of America . _ ¦& previous importation of this description of animal food ha 3 ; tuken , place from the United States , either in a fresh or salted condition , if we accept some small importations ; at ; uncertain intervalsj'bf barns made fr ^ m mttttob ' . Jegsl '' a ^ d ' . ' . terihed '; iniuttba ; . hams , rind which , ubt'being . smoked iand ' entirely ¦ prepared for use as hams , according to tiie coriimon acceptation of the term , have been admitted duty free ; -The present iriipbrtatioriof muttorifrom-Americais therefore of some interest and importance . ,,. ' , ' : ' % Rotai . Pawces . —An' iriterestiris Pai'liarrientary

      paper has lately . beei ) jprinted in . ihe . shape Pf ; a return of the sums of money already ^ voted , for . the different rbyahpalaces for the last three-years , and the amount , due . - In- the year 1847 j 48 thore was £ 43 , 301 ' vbted ; arid ' inthhtiyear Mifill 3 s ; 2 d . was rspcrided ; in ' , 1843 ^ 9 , ' * 45 ; 057 . ' was voted ; aiid £ 35 , 331 .. ' Gs . . 2 d ; ' expended' ; , whilst uv . 1849-50 , £ 42 , 595 was voted , and £ 22 , 172 15 s . 5 d . expended . The amount duetothelOth of April inst . couldnot be : nBcertaiined with iiccuracy ; 'butithe / suiris voted t 6 . the ' 'Sls ! t ' . o / : M arch ' 'last'wcre : cierit , tpii ' cbiriplete' the . contcniplated . px ' pe'r isiRs to that period , and ' -the : totei . iani'bVnt ' .. votQdn ) ll , it was believed , fully oover-. thei total cxpenditavo . "With respecttp " Buckingham Palace enlargemenfc ^ and

      improveraerit , " 'the ' 8 um ' of £ 50 , 000 was voted ; arid as , much as £ 52 , 019 . 9 s . Id . expended in , 1847 : 48 ; in 1848 ^; £ 30 , 000 w " asvbtediand £ 85 , 853 iSfs-lid . ' expendedliandin 1849-50 , £ 14 ; 200 was voted , and . £ 13 , 344 15 » . 9 d . expended .: ; . Already £ 150 , 000 has been yoted . fpr the enlargeme . nt , and improvemerjt of Bu ' ckinghairi'Taiaco ^ ah'd'therc ' will' Be , ; a further sum of £ 40 ; 076 " ' ' 12 a \ lid" required for tliftt purpose ; . ; Fjsks is the -Cocrt / of . CoMJwx . ; PaAs .. — ? ' 0 n Moiiday the amendod ' : ' pill ' -to - regulate the , receipt and amount tif . fces received by certain . offlcei'si iu the 'Cbnr ' I ' oP' ^ riTriibn-preasVwris ' ^ are to . bo enteredu ^ abpflk , and , a ^ BHrj | eTforHVthS jlVea Sui-y . ' "Oh "" vacancy in' tlio ' d ^ fficejipft '' , Senidi * Master , they may be reduced . Compensation rj ^' y bo granted to persons affected by the act .

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      ' ! p ?^ p ^ P $ k & pi ^ ri ^ cdriserited'iyet :, tp . be , the . wife ofi . Mi" WhiteV ' - "jNb , " 8 a % rX diani ; t QU'te consent ^" .. " «! rwhy not '» Ithinkhe ;/^ ud the agony . Wgh . pnough ,,. ! : Whcu ; Igiv > , myhand toiawperjrlwant him ; to ? call upoti . tho " ' Gods'to ; witness hfe-deep'devotiooto-riie , - J- want ' him to jfcrie ' ela t ' rny'feetj . 4 ake '" orie ofmy handsi between i both of '' his , andcwithaloofe that worild , melt an jadarriari ' tihb yo " ok-tPpity , "fp leg ' . me to . take , coralpaesion on-his 1 dreadful sufferings ; ' arid then 1 ' want Mitt to end by maring . tp'blbw his brains out on thespotif . I db 1 n otooiapassibnaV & ibiisiniseries . " : ; Fabis' BAsine' less-than three , thousand female ¦ professors , of mvmo ; .. : ¦ - - " ' ,: ' . ; ,. ;

      I : ¦ > ' Smkphbbs sats ] ieonri ?' t'seP that fj'esh air'does ihiriiany good . F © r 6 helass week he'Ras slept with ; his : window open regularly every highland yet his icough iajustas badasjeveritwas . - '' SniiliherB-begins , to > l 6 okuj > on ventiWon ' 'as' ; a hrim , notwiubstanding lit is aolauded by thejdoo ' tPrsi ;; : . .,-. ;• - ¦ .,.-., - > : ¦ . ) -.. ^ JTase etrriipifs bbjbcis- for the archajologisfc have been , discpifere ' d in dragging the bed ; ol tlw Seine , at Paris :: arriis of all ; kinds ,, al ? epochs ; inedals , : vasbs ,. die ; hn-ving been fbund ; . - , , "Hbw 86 ^ 1 ^ 01 , '' saidi a'iadyy , ' the face of nature looks after rindergbing a shower ? " Tos , madam , ' . arid so would , yours ,, after undergoing a similar process ; "

      jRkplegiioij ; m . h Lomdou , Sion ! PSfiBmH-I wouldn't give twopence to see St . Paul ' s—if the Dean arid Chapter-dldri ' tmakeme' A-PuncK . J '' -A StB-CbJUBACTOR on tho railway was last wbek summoned before the . magistrates , at Riverstone , forrefusingUopay wages ; - Giiebf the complainants handed in a book of the-time ? he had-wbrkedi arid said the magistrates would very likely riot be able to read his writing . He said , " ¥ ou se ^ sir , I am only a popr . writer , andwben . Ihave-made a whole day-1 make what I call a horse bois , thus H ! j for three-quarters of a day . n ; ' , for , half a day , ; . ; and for a quarter of a day ,-r . " . . This statement ex . cited considerable laughter in the court , and ultU riiately the waees werepaid . ' ' ' " ¦ ' : "" ¦ ¦ ' " ¦ ' :: ' '

      Thk -RoTAt . -or Victoria Tower ; at the the southwest angle of the New' Palace ' bf Parliament , at Westminster , is qeventy-five feet ; square , . and will ri 8 e : 34 Meet ' ; the ' entrance archway iis sixty feet in height : ;; Mr ., Bairry considers-that- 'this stately tpwer should riot proceed ; on . iaccounf'of its great height , and the danger pf settlements , at a greater rate than thirty feet per year . ¦ '•'; . ; i" ' ' ''' ; ' - ; !"' - "'¦ - ' CUAPSAN 0 FEttOWS . ' ' ' ' , ' ; .. ' Why , Celia , look sograve when Spring . ; ; ; r " " HisieriialwariMthiiVouchsafes ' to bring ' To all the smiling land ? r ;; Relieved from chill can you deplore"v ¦ ; The numerous cSd » iare ' hew ' nb ' m 6 re : " V ' j Whiohciainl'djour ^ ajia - ; i"No , " criedthepretty wag , though bold Those chaps ; - ! thought them all too cold , '; ! :-And : yohcanhardly doubt , ' '' ' ''• . '' " '' '' .: welcome win

      opnng s ana jengen ning pay , Since while old chaps are driven away , - , ! Young fellows are brought out . " H . T . MahmS ' bt ' sTPATriBR ' is ' said to have beeri-sb sur ^ . prisingly handsome that the day he was married two hundred virgins of thc tribe of Koreish died of broken hearts . —irwng ' slife of . Mahomet ' . . i ' 'i" A » EiDERtr lady ; telling her a | e-, " refnarked that she was born on the 22 nd of April . Her husband , who iw ' as ' present , ' observed , / 'i I always ; thought you ! were born on the ; ' first : ' of AprjiiV , , ^ 'iPeople might ' welljiidgeso / 'resporided the matron , 'Mn the choice 1 made of a husband . " ¦ } A i gentleman remarking that he . had ; lost'his watch ' . ' through the carelessness of . a " servant , in leaving the house unguarded , concluded by , saying , " However it was a poor brie . " Miss B . replied , " why , sir , a gentleman , like you , should have kept a better watch . " ' . . . ' , ,. ¦ ' . "" .. . -

      SONG OF THE DECANTER There was an old decanter , and its month was gaping wide ; ' the : rosy wine had ' ebbed away .- ' . and loft ' its crys- " tal side : and the wind went humming- ^ ' . humming , up and . ; . down the \ rmditjlew , and through the " . reed-like '_ ' .-hollow neck "' . ' .

      the wildest note it ~ blew ..- Iplaced | it in tho . ; :. , [ ' ; ¦ : ' - "; window , where the bla ^ t was _ ..- ' : Wowing freely ; and fancied that its ' , ' :. -. i pale mouth sarig'the queerest strains to me . " They tell riie ^ - puny coriquerors ! tho . . Plague has slain . his- « n , ^ and War : his . hundred . thousands of the very bestbl mhv ; but I "—twas thus theBottle spake— '" but I have conquered ¦ wore than-all . your famous conquerors , so feared and famed of yore . Then come , ye

      youths and maidens all , come drink from out my cup , the beverage that dulls the brain and ^ burns thespints up ; that puts : toshameyour conquerors that slay their scores below ; for this has deluged millions with theilava tide of woe ., Tho' . in . the path bf battle ' s darkest streams ] . ' . ' of blood xauyroll ; yet wtiile ' I kill- " ;' the body , 1 hare damned the vie- , ; ry souJ .-The cholera ; the plague ,: " thosword , siioh ruin'iie ' erwro'f , as I , in mirth ormalice , on the ' - . innocent have brought . 'Aiid- ¦ ¦ v still 1 breathe upon-tliem , and they shrink before my . : breath , and yearbyyear my thousands tr ' eadthe dusty ' way of death .

      i . Wiir Ann young ladies l like arroivs ? — Because they are all in a quiver when the beaus come . •' ¦ " 'Why is a talkative yburig man like a young pig ? —Because , if ho lives , he is very likely to become a great 6 ore . ' -- ' ¦* '• . ;• . •'; . ' ' ' A . ' man boasfingin a , company of ladies that he . had a very luxurious - head - of hair , a lady present re marked that . itAyasaltogether . owing . to the mellowness of the ' soil ; * : ¦ ¦ ¦;•¦ • • , Belok , in his aneedptes , gives " a good punning epitaph ( on ; WHliairi . Liiwes ,-tlie . musical' composer , who was ktUed ' by the Rqdiidheads , ir- V . „ ' . : ¦ " Concord is , conquer'd ! -. , In his urn there lies The m ' astet" ofgreat music ' s ' . mysteries ;• : "Arid in it is a riddleylike the cause , ' - ; : ' Will LaVes was slain by men whoso Wills were - . * ., Laws . " . " . """"" i

      Thebk is now in"thepossession of Mr . Thomas Darby ,- Walsham le-Willows ; ia gosling , with three legs arid four feet , two feet' bping attached to one leg . ' - "• - : : , - ~ , ;' : Miss Makia Somkrs , an actress ; obtained a verdict of £ 40 damages , against tho London and North-Western Railway , Company , at . , the , late Liverpool assizes , for the loss of a trunk containing theatrical 'dresses , & C .-5 ¦ : , ; . <> . - y •• - > , ¦; . ; ,. ' " Ah , " said a mischievous wag tbalady acquaintance of an aristocratic caste , "Iperceiye . you have been learning a . trade . " * ' Learning a triide , " replied theladv , indignantly ' , ' . ' . you are very ; much mistaken . " ' "Oh , I thought by the looks of your cheeks youli ' adtiirned painter . " The lady waxed wrathyand the wagsloped . ; ' . : ; ' : .

      , , - Thr Two Smtua "~ A . gentleman with tho ; same Christian rind .. ' surriame . ; tobk Jbdgingsjri . the . samo house with James Smith .. '; The consequence was , eternal [ confusion pf calls landj letters ; - ; Indeed , the poBtni ' apibad ^ noaHeriiatiye ^ ibuttolshav . bitlie letters equally between the two . ' . ^ I' Thi s , is " quite . intolerable , sir , ' - * : said ' our frierid ,, ; . ^ and -you . mu st quit . " " Why ' amItbquitmorbthan , youi "—Becauseyou are James the Second , and must abdicate . " WniNki , ES ~ .- ^ A 7 fair ' correspondent " " of the Lady ' s Newspaper , lriquirea for a rerflcdj ; for wvlukles . The editor says , in . replyi , ^ We ' , ca ; nbrily , 8 ay , whoever shorild besblbrtunato to discbye ' ra asjiecificfpr . defacirig or-destroyingtheso ' . ! enemies . to theitemale countenance would infallibly secure ; the gratitude

      of tho whole sex ; ' The insidious ii ppvpaches of age may b'biiiidderi bi'idisguished when the ' ^ f ipprpachin any ; otHer ; fovm / but . ihe ; appearanco ^ pf wviuiles tells , an ower ,- true tale . ' - T . o remoy . ,., them . ; . whDii once forriied , we believe is . impossible ;/ but ta postpone the evil to the latest pewod , we recommend early risirigrriib'dcrafeicxC j iTeiao'l . bpt ; . ' above all , cheerfulness , good'teriiper , ' aji ' a a coriteritedmind . ¦ Dni 'BEinuNEwrites to the Micherbbcksr . thti't ,, on reading , one > inbrning a ^ eport '; . of ia' discourse preached by 'him ' the' daj , ¦ ¦ before , he'fbundthe ^ reremark ; * r ' a ri'd ' . the ' advp ^ sary '; ca , mb . 'M thpni and isWetf-trcisV' -iinste ^ ; Evidesoes : of ; Fbkuso . — . But oht , hpw . I . detes . ' i your sentimental peo ^ lo ; who ' , pretead to . bo full of feeling ; whb willc ^ y over a ' -wpim , and : yettwat real misfortune , with neglect ., There arp ypurine Indies that I have- ' seen . m' / a ' ajnih ^ -r . bpni ^ ind . ; when ,. hv an accident ; an eai'wiB fiaa ' cbriib oiiti . of a . Beach .

      after having been half kiUed in operiirig ; H , * jshp ! worild-oxchiror " -Orrjrpoor thing ' .-j ou-have-broken fits back .- . 'do ' ' spare it ; 11 eniv ' t bea v ' , to : sca pyen an insect sufter . ; \ jQhf there , mylotdfjhow . ypu burtit ; l ' etmb opvn , tlie window " and pu'Vit " . ' oujt > " ' , 'A » d . then the husband di-awlsVu'C "My wife is quite . remarkablb for hor sensibility : . 1 ; married , . her . purely / for that . " And tho wifeorieB ' ' ,, Ohiriow-my , -lor ^ jou . ' are ; tobgpbdto-say ' thnt-:: ifl KadV » bt ; had if ' fi « "n ' ' . ipf feeling , I shoiild hayele Klfnt ; iit fim you , ; t ! r ^ 0 . ; so they " go on ; praising each othbiVand pwtops . i the next < morning / . when iaho >; i 8 j , getting : < f fP f ^' - ^ r 4-iuge , a poor woman , with aph d WW ^* Ci iSb ^ avve ^ fhat ^ bJ'b ^ s ^ a ^^ ' charity of her , andsho ( WW 3 un | bo |] a / s , wdWUs ing peS stand ' at the door- I ^ «««««• ¦ Won-

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 4, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_04051850/page/3/