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      - BEAUTIES OF BYRON . KO . SXH . " CBItDE HABOLD . " so words can sufficiently - express the homage due io ' tnc toftf S enius wlu ) oonl < 1 P ea the following l ** " IUME . Oi Kome ! my country ! city of the soul ! The orp hans of the heart must turn to thee , i ^ ae mother of dead empires ! and control m ilieu" shut breasts their petty misery , tfbat are our woes and sufferance 1 Come and see The cypress , hear the owl , and plod your way O'er steps of broken thrones and temples , ye ! -flkese agonies are evils of a day' 1 world is at yoar feet as fragile as your clay .

      The Niche of nations 1 there she stands , C hildless and crownless , in her voiceless woe , ia empt y nrnwithin her wither'd hands , ifiiose hoIyWst was scatterM long ago ; Tic Sripios' tomb contains no ashes now ; Tie very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers ; dost thou flow Old Tiber ! through a marble wilderness ! jja = e , with thy yellow waves aud mantle her distress . Tke Goth , the Christian , Time , War , Flood , and Fire , Have dealt upon the sevcu-hill'd city ' s pride ; She sawher glories star by star expire , And up the steep barbarian monarchs side ,

      ffhere the car clim'd the capitol ; far aud wide , Tanf / le and tower , went down , nor left a site : — Chaos of rains who shall trace the void , O ' er the dim fragments cast a lunar light , A tid say , "here was or is , " where all is doubly night ? The double night of ages , and of her , Night ' s daughter , Ignorance , hath wrapt and wrap JU 1 round us ; we but feel our way to err : The ocean hath his chart , the stars their map , Andknowledge spreads them on her ample lap ; But Rome is as the desert , where we steer Stumbling o ' er recollections ; now we clap Our hands , and cry "Eureka" ? it is clear-When but some false mirage ruin rises near .

      Alas ! the lofty city ! and alas ! The trebly-hundred triumphs ! and the day "When Brutus made the dagger ' s edge surpass The conqueror's sword in hearing fame away ! Alas for Tnlly ' s voice , and Virgil ' s lay , And Livy * s pictured page !—but these shall he Her resurrection ; all heside—decay . Alas for Earth , for never shall we see That brightness in her eye she wore when Rome was free ! 0 thou , whose chariot roH'd on Fortune ' s wheel , Triumphant Sylla ! Thou , who did ' st subdue Thy country ' s foes era thou didst pause to feel The math of thy own wrongs , or reap the due

      Of hoarded vengeance till thy eagles flew O ' er prostrate Asia;—thoa , who with thy frown Annihilated senates—Boman , too , "With all thy vices , for thou did ' st lie down With an atoning smile thy more than earthly crown . The dictatorial wreath , —conld ' st thou divine To what would one day dwindle that which made Thee more than mortal f and that so supine T > y ought than Romans' Rome should thus he laid ? She who was named Eternal , and array'd Her warriors but to conquer , she who vcil'd Earth with her haughty shadow , and display'd , Until the o ' er-canopied horizon fail'd Her rushing wings—Oh ! she who was Almighty hail'd !

      And thou , the ihunder . stricken nurse of Borne ! She-wolf ! whose brazen-imaged dugs impart The milk of conquest yet within the dome , " Where as a monument of antique art , Thou stand'st : —Mother of the mighty heart , Which the great founder suek'd from thy wild teat , Scorch'd by the Roman Jove ' s efherial dart , And thy limbs black with lightning dost thou yet Guard thine immortal cabs , nor thy fond eharee forget

      Tolly was not so eloquent as thou , Thou nameless column , with the buried base ! "What are the laurels of the Cesar's brow ! Crown me with ivy from his dwelling place . Whose arch or pillar meets me in the face , Titus or Trajan ' s ! No— 'tis that of Time Triumph arch , pillar , all he doth display Scoffing ; aud apostolic statues climb To crush the imperial urn , whose ashes slept sublime , Buried in air , the deep blue sky of Rome , And looking to the stars : tbey bad contam'd A spirit which with these would find a home , The last of those who o ' er the whole earth reign'd . The Roman globe , for after none sustain'd , But yielded back his conquests : —he was more Thau a mere Alexander , and , uustam'd "With household blood and wine , scarcely wore His sovereisn virtues—stiU we Trajan ' s name adore .

      " Where is the work of Triumph , the high place " Where Rome embraced her heroes ? "Where the steep Tarpeian rock ! fittest goal of Treason ' s race , The jiromouotory whence the Traitor ' s Leap Cured all ambition . Did the conqueror ' s heap Their spoil' s here ? Yes ; and in yon field below A thousand years of silent factions sleep—The Forum where the immortal accents glow , StiU the eloquent air breathes—hums with Cicero J The field of freedom , faction , fame and blood : Here a proud people's passions were exhaled , From the first hour of empire in the bud To that when further worlds to conquer fail'd ;

      But long before had Freedom ' s face been veil'd , And Anarchy assumed her attributes ; Till every lawless soldier who assail'd Trod on the trembling senate ' s slavish mutes , Or raised the venal voice of baser prostitutes . Then turn we to her latest tribune ' s name , From her ten thousand tyrant ' s turn to thee , JKedeemer of dark centuries of shame—The friend of Petrarch—hope of Italy—Rienzi ! last of Romans ! while the tree Of freedom ' s wither'd trunk puts forth a leaf , Even for thy tomb a garland let it he—The forum ' s champion , and the people ' s chiefj Her new-born Numa thou—with reign , alas ! too brief !

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      TAIT'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE . Decejujeii . Edinburgh : W . Tait , Prince ' s-street . There are several useful and well written , hut somewhat drv articles ; in the present number of Tait , on the * " Rationale of Railway Shares , " the " Potatoe Crop in Ireland , " " Politics of the Month , " & c . Colonel Joilvsox continues Ms interesting romance , " Jenny Basket ; " the "Life and Correspondence of liiebnhr" is continued from the June number ; and in the " New Novels" we have dished iid Mrs . Trollooe ' s most recent production , " Tlie

      Attractive Man . " The present nuniDer also contains a noble ballad on the "Battle of Hastings ;" and Mr . De Quixcet contributes another article on GiliFrtiAx ' s « Gallery of Literary Portraits . " Mr . De Q tjescet g ives a most interesting sketch of Haziitt , whom he somewhat severely portrays , concurrinn-, however , with the eulogism of Giuillas , that "lie ( IIizijtt ) was a subtle thinker , an eloquent writer a lover of beauty and poetry , and man and truth one of the best of critics , and not the worst of men . " following the description of Hazuti , Mr . De Qcixcet nex * skeich 63 * character of

      PEBCT BSSSHE SHELLEY . There is no writer named amongst men , of whom , so much as of Percy Bysshe Shelley , it is difficult for a conscientious critic to speak with the truth and the respect due to his exalted powers , and yet without offence to feelings the most sacred , which too memorably he outraged . The indignation , which this powerful young writer provoked , had its root in no personal feelingsihose might have been conciliated ; in no worldly feelings—those might have proved transitory ; but in feelings the holiest which Droott over human life , and which

      guard the sanctuary of religious truth . Consequently , which is a melancholy thought of any friend of Shelley's , ' the indignation is likely to be co-extensive and co-enduring with the writings that provoked it That bitterness i of scorn and defiance which still burns against his name in the most extensive meditative section of English society , "nz , the religious section , is not of a nature to be propitiated : selfish interests , being wounded , might be compensated ; merely human interests might be soothed ; hut interests , that transcend all human valuation , being so insulted , must upon principle reject all human ransom or « onaitions of human compromise . Less than penitential recantation could not he accepted : and flat is nowim .

      possible . After describing the views respecting Jesus Christ put forth by the German and other sceptics , Mr . De Qcixcet says : — Three were affronts to the founder of Christianity , effered too much in the temper of malignity . But Sheney ' s was worse ; more bitter , andjwi th less of countenance , even injshow or shadow , from any fact , or insinuation of a feet , that Scripture suggests . In his " Queen ^ » V he gives a dreadful portrait of God ; and that no question may arise , of uAot God ? he names him ; it is Jehovah . He asserts his existence ; he affirms him to be " an almighty God , and vengeful as almighty . "' He goes on to describe him as the " omnipotent fiend , " who found " none but slaves" [ Israelii Egypt , no doubt ] to be " his tools , " and none but " a murderer" [ Moses , I presume ] " to be his accomplice in crime . " He introduces this dreadful Almighty as speaking , and as speaking thus , —

      From an eternity of idleness 1 , God , awoke ; in seven days' toil made earth From nothing ; rested ; aud greatjd man ,

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      But man he hates ; and he goes on to curse him ; till' a : the intercession of" the murderer , " who is electrified into pity for the human race by the very horror of the divine curses , God promises to send his son — only , however , for the benefit of a few . This son appears ; the poet tells us that— the Incarnate came ; humbly he came , Telling his horrible Godhead in the shape Of man , scorn'J by the world , his name unheard Save hy the rabble of his native town . The pott pursues this incarnate God as a teacher of men ; teaching , " »' semblance , " justice , truth , and peace ; but underneath ai l tuis » kindling " quenchless flames , " which eventually werfe destined . to satiate , with the blood Of truth and freftdom , his malignant soul . He follows him to his crucifixion ; and describes him , whilst hanging on the cross , as shedding malice upon a reviler , —malice on the eyoss !

      A smile of Godlike malice redlumined His fading lineaments : and his parting breath is uttered in a memorable curse . This atrocious picture of thel ? 2 i * y , in his dealings with man , both pre-Christian and post-Christian , is certainly placed in the mouth of the wandering Jew . But the internal evidence , as well as collateral evidence from without , make it clear that the Jew , ( whose version of scriptural records nobody in the poem disputes , ) here represents the person of the poet . Shelley had opened his career as an atheist ; and as a proselytizing atheist . But he was then a boy . At the date of " Queen ilab" he was a young man . And we now find him adrauceJ / rem the station of an atheist to the more intellectual one of a believer in God aud in the mission of Christ ; but of one who fancied himself called upon to defy and to hate both , in so far as they had revealed their relations to man .

      Mr . Gilfillan thinks that "Shelley , was far too harshly treated in his speculative bovhood : " and it strikes him " that , had pity and kind-hearted expulsion been tried , instead of reproach and abrupt expulsion , they might have weaned him from the dry dugs of atheism , to the milky breast of tlie faith and ' worship of sorrow ;' and the touching spectacle had been renewed , of the demoniac sitting ' clothed and in his right mind / at the feet of Jesus . " I am not of that opinion : and it is an opinion which seems to question the sincerity of Shelley , —that quality which in him was deepest , so as to form the basis of his nature , if we allow ourselves to think that , by personal irritation , he had been piqued into infidelity , or that by flattering conciliation he could have been bribed back into a profession of Christianity . Like a wild horse

      of the Pampas , he would have thrown up his heels , and lohinnzed his disdain of any man coming to catch Mm with a bribe of oats . He had the constant vision of a manger and a halter in the rear of all such caressing tempters , once having scented the gales of what he thought perfect freedom , from the lawless desert . His feud with Christianity was a craze derived from some early wrench of his understanding , and made obstinate to the degree in which we find it , from having rooted itself in certain combinations of ideas that , once coalescing , could not be shaken loose ; such as , that Christianity underpropped the corruptions of the earth , in the shape of wished governments that might else have been overthrown , or of wicked priesthoods that , but for the shelter of shadowy and spiritual terrors , must have trembled before those whom they overawed . Kings that were clothed in bloody robes ; dark hierarchies that scowled upon the poor

      children of the soil ; these objects took up a permanent station in the background of Shelley ' s imagination , not to be dispossessed more than the phantom of Banquo from the festival of Macbeth , and comnposed a towering Babylon of mystery that , to his belief , could not have flourished , under any umbrage less vast than that of Christianity . Such was the inextricable association of images that domineered over Shelley ' s mind : such was the hatred which he built upon that association , —an association casual and capricious , yet fixed and petrified as if b y frost . Can we imagine the case of an angel touched by lunacy S Have we ever seen the spectacle of a human intellect , exquisite byitsfuuetions of creation , yet in one chamber of its shadowy house already ruined before the light of manhood had cleansed its darkness i Such an angel , such a man—if ever such there were , — such a lunatic angel , such a ruined man , was Shelley , whilst yet standing on the earliest threshold of life .

      "We give the above sketch of Shelley ' s character , more for the sake of the subject thereof than for the sketch itself , although it is not void of truth and beauty . We , at all events , must thank Mr . De dinxcEr for his defence of Shellev's " sincerity , " against tlie pitiful surmises of Mr . "Milk " -sop Gilfillan . The scorn and bitterness towards poor Shelley , which , Mr . De Quincey tells us , is yet nourished by that gang of knaves and drivellers , the " religious section" of English society , is , of course , quite consistent with that

      " meek" and "forgiving" spirit which they profess their religion inculcates . Far from regretting it , right glad are we that no " penitential recantation " darkens the name of Shelley . Let us add , if Mr . Db Qciscev imagines Shelley was " crazed , " there are thousands who , as regards his ideas on religion , are equally " crazed , " and , like the poet , prefer perfect freedom to the halter and the manger , even though the latter may be accompanied by the priest ' s " oats" [ Qy . husks J ] , and ' theniilky breast of the faith and' worship of sorrow . '"

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      PUIVCH . The present monthly part of this excellent publication contains some capital illustrations , amongst others , " Vot ' s a Panic ? " " The Modern Diognes looking for an honest"man in Capel Court ; " " / The political Robin' driven by the severity of the times to seek for grain ; " and " Thelrish Jeremy Diddler . " The famous " Caudle Lectures" are brought to a close ; we give the "last scene of all , which ends this strange eventful history " : —

      LECTUBE TUB LAST . Ifrs . Caudle has taken Cold , Vie Tragedy of Thin Shoes . I am not going to contradict you , Caudle ; you may say what you like—but I think I ought to know my own feelings better than you . I don't wish te upbraid you neither ; I ' m too ill for that ; but it ' s not getting wet in thin shoes—oh , * no ! it's my mind , Caudle , my mind , that's lolling me . Oh , yes ! gruel , indeed—you think gruel will cure a woman of anything ; and you know , too , how I bate it . Gruel can't reach what I suffer ; but , of course , nobody is ever ill but yourself . "Well , I—I didn ' t mean to say that ; but when you talk in that way about thin shoes , a woman says , of course , what she doesn't mean ; she can't help it . You ' ve always gone on about my shoes ; when I think I ' m the fittest judge of what becomes me best . I dare say— 'twould be all the same to you if I put on ploughmen ' s boots ; but I ' m not going to make a figure of my feet , I can tell you . I ' ve never got cold with the shoes I ' ve worn yet , and 'tisn't likely I should begin now .

      Xo , Caudle ; I wouldn't wish to say anything to accuse you : no , goodness knows , I wouldn't make you uncomfortable for the world—but the cold I've got , I got ten years ago . I ' ve never said anything about it—but it has never left me . Yes ; ten years ago the day before yesterday . Sow can I recollect it ? Oh , very well ; women remember things you never think of ; poor souls ! they ' ve n-ood cause to do so . Ten years ago , I was sitting up for you—there now , I'm net going to say anything to vex you , only do let me speak : ten years ago , I was waiting for you , and I fell asleep , and the fire went out , and when 1 woke I found I was sitting right in the draft of the key-hole . That was my death , Caudle , though , don't let that make you uneasy , love ; for 2 don't think you meant to do it .

      Peggy teUs me 3 Iiss Prettyman called to day . What of it ? Nothing , of course . Yes ; I know she heard I was ill , and that ' s why she came . A little indecent , I think , Mr . Caudle ; she might wait ; I shan ' t be in her way long ; she may soon have the key of the caddy now . I think dear mother would keep house beautifully for you , when I ' m gone . Well , love , I won'ttalk in that way If you desire . it . Still , I know I have a dreadful cold ; though I won't allow it for a minute to be the shoescertainly not . I never would wear ' em thick , and yoi know it , and they never gave me cold yet . " No , dearest Caudle , it's ten years ago that did it ; not that I'll say a syllable of the matter to hurt you . I'd die first .

      Mother , you see , knows all your little ways ; and you wouldn ' t get another wife to study you and pet you up as I ' ve done—a second wife never does ; it isn't likely she should . And , aft * r all , we've been very happy . It hasn ' t been mv fault , if we ' ve ever had a word or two , for you couldn ' t help now and then being aggravating ; nobody can help their tempers always—especially men . StUl , we ' ve been very happy , haven ' t we , Caudle ? Good night . Yes , this cold does tear me to pieces ; but for aU that it isn't the shoes . God bless you , Caudle ; bo—it's not the shoes . I won't say it ' s the key-hole ; but again I say , it ' s not the shoes . God bless you once more —but never say it ' s the shoes .

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      The late Mar quis OP Heii » 0 W > AND HIS ValM . — Another suit by the representatives of the late Marauis of Hertford against Suisse has come to a hearing before the Tribunal de Premiere Instance , the object of which was to recover 191 , 950 f . in inscriptions and coupons , which it was affirmed by the complainant were surreptitiously obtained possession of by the defendant , but which he averred were freely and voluntarily oiven to him by the marquis . The circumstances ' of this litigation have already been so fully before the public , that we deem it unnecessary to give the details of the pleadings on this new ( ml . The court took time to consider its judgment , which it delivered yesterday . The President , after reciting d

      the whole of the prior proceedings , conclude—That as possession was prima facie evidence of right , that as Suisse justified bis possession by alleging a manual gift , which bore with it no improbability , considering on one part the large fortune of the donor , his habitual generosity , and the freedom with which hewas known to give away securities payable to bearer ; and , on the other , the nature of the services rendered by the donee to the donor during the long period ot twentv years ; that robbery and wrongful appropriation must be proved by positive , or at least presump-I tive evidence , of which in this case there was none ; 1 and upon these considerations the tribunal dismissed 1 the suit of the claimants , with costs . — GaUgnani .

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      "ivATBBR Suspicions . —Whenever you go to bed after . having been out to dine , look at the bed-posts ; if they are standing still , conclude that you are sober ; but if tbey seem to be dancing the polka you may reasonably suspect that you are drunk . Irish PoRTRAit-PA « iTiiVG . - » -The Repealers are getting to close quarters with eacii other . For want of a fight with " the Saxon , " they are beginning to fight among themselves . The editor of tho Pilot-Mr . O'ConnelPs paper—thus speaks ot" Mr . Duffy of the Dublin Nation , and Mr , Lucas of ti . 'e London Tablet : — " This Lucas is the prince of all thti unprincipled scoundr els that ever deluded , to betray , the

      Irish people . Does he think he can longer delude them—he who lias appropriated all Duffy's offences and added to them a Saxon slock of his own . He is infinitely a greater rascal than Duffy . Duffy is at least sustaining , through with lies and treachery , the principles of his journal ; Lucas is sustaining a journal in antagonism to his professed principles . Duffy is a poor , drivelling , talentless , ill-countenanced , illtempered , sour scoundrel , that ought never to have deceived , and never could , without the aid of the brilliancy which has departed . Lucas is an ill-eountenanccd unsavoury-looking ruffian , too—but is a dangerous , talented , laborious , Unprincipled Saxon , that spares no means , however foul , to remove out of his way any impediment to his purpose of deceiving and plundering the Irish people . "

      A Notable Discovert !—The Rev . Mr . Ferric , of Ansiruther , attributes the potatoe disease to the Maynooth grant ! He argues thus ;— " The blight being general over the three kingdoms , points out the rulers of the land as the persons whose sin lias secured it j and the blight bting in the potatoe crop , directs attention to their dealings with Ireland as the particular sins which have immediately called it down . " A » am ' s Pall . — A Scotch clergyman , a strict catechist , in examining one of his Hock a short time since , thus addressed her : — " Janet , can you tell me how Adam fell ? " Jatret fell a laughing , and answered , "Oh , my bonnfe dear doctor , you're nae serious ! " " Very serious , indeed , " said the doctor . Janet ( whose husband ' s nam * happened to be Adam , ) then mid , " Wee ] , weel , sin' yc will hae't , doctor , you see Adam just gaed o ' er the tither night to Lucky Listen ' s for half a mutchldn of whisky , when an oar lying on the road took his foot , o ' er Adam fell —and that ' s the hafe truth of the matter . "

      Chancery . —Every animal has its enemies ; the land tortoise has two enemies—man , and the boa constrictor . Man take * him home and roasts him ; and the boa constrictor swallows him whole , shell and all , and consumes him slowly in the interior , as the Court of Chancery doe * a great estate . —Sidney Smith . A Nice Coiwinv to Oa . tvasm is . — Extract from an American officer ' s letter , dbted " 7 th Infantry Camp , Corpus Christi , Texas , Sap * . 3 , 1845 . * * * Florida may be the ' land of proswse , ' but Texas is the land of ' varmints . ' In clearing the ground to pitch my tent , I killed a water moccosin ; about three o ' clock in the morning I was -wakened np by

      the barking of a dog ; he had just ruir a rattle-snake out of my neighbour ' s tent , when the rattling and barking aroused me—nine rattles captures ? . I again lay down , and when day broke , a yellow-neeked lizard was cocking his eye cunningly at me from the ridge pole of my tent . I sprang up , seized my boo * to dispatch him , lo ! out of the boot dropped a taras & ula ! Exhausted from fright and fatigue , I sank back into a chair ; but no sooner down than I was compelled rapidly to abandon the position , having been stung in the rear by a scorpion ! " * * * Besides the above mishaps , he lost a valuable dog by a shark . The dog had jumped overboard from a boat , to follow his master to the shore , when the voracious monster caught him .

      Is vais to Tkt . —The editor of the Buffalonian says he would as soon try to go to sea on a shingle , make a ladder of fog , chase a streak of lightning through a crab-apple orchard , swim the rapids of Niagara , or set Lake Erie on fire with lucifer matches , as to think of stopping two young people from getting married when they take it into their heads to do so .

      REFLECTIONS OF A FRENCH JOURNALIST ON ALGIERS AS IT IS .

      " Humanisee , cmhsee . " What a most decided change In the swarthy Moor ' s range Of delights , since our braves made him free ! lie is heard , we understand , Now singing " Happy Land , " Now a song about his " Bugeaud cheri . ' " Where horrid fierce lions Used to roar in defiance , And keep him in constant alarm , Now the happy Algsfljne Sees auite another sAne—Bullocks , sheep , milch cows , and a farm . In the sun ( so hot before , Till we cool'd it for the Moor ) , Or reclining the green shade under , He pipes to Amaryllis , Or to pretty brune PhylUs , Whom he once would have look'd on as plunder

      His children ' s happy looks , His fiddle and his books , And the smiles of his tidy old woman , Are so many mute appealings To the Moor ' s best feelings . To grant , that the French made him human . And if this charming sight Is not universal quite—If some few exceptions there are—With such ameliorations Are some paltry suffocations And a razzia or two to compare t The shocking old Dey We were forced to send away Used to strangle his subjects by sccr . 'S ; Must it not be better far , For a race inured to war , To be shot—like soldiers and Moors 1

      That we promised peace , wo know ; But in sending mild Bugeaud , We have given them apiece—of perfection : He is just the very Dey , So the Algerines say , They would choose if they had free election . Then , glory and command To the civilising land ( And to Petrfides death !) let us sing ! And fatuess and increase To the Bonaparte of peace , To JPhilippe , mysterioui King ! Others may more kingly be , When the state from clouds is free , And the sun on their pomp shining warm ; But the fine fat fellow , Who carries an umbrella , is the King that ' s prepared for a storm , F

      Dublin Advertisement . —An Irish doctor advertises that the deaf may hear of him at a house in Liffey-street , where , also , his blind patients may see him from ten till three . A Speculator . — " Come , Bob , tell us how much you have cleared by your speculations ? " said Bob's quizzical friend to him the other day . " Cleared !" replied Bob , with a frown , " why , I've cleared my pockets . " Conversation in the Backwoods . — " Whose map do you use ? " " Moggs . " " What is the land ?" " Bogs . " " What the atmosphere ? " " Fogs . " " What do you live on ? " " Hogs . " " What is your house built of ? " " Logs , " " Any fish in the ponds ? " "Frogs . " A Friend in Need . —A gentleman unaccustomed to public speaking , becoming embarrassed , whispered lo his friend , " Quick , quick , give me a word . " Upon which the other replied , " Yes , yes , what word do you want !"

      Wonderful Fruit in Gateshead , —The Gateshead Observer states that one of the councillors of that place went into his garden last week , and found a pair of fustian breeches hanging in one of his fruit trees , with eight shillings in one of the pockets . By what freak of nature the tree came to bear such fruit has not been ascertained . A Virtuous Conclusion . —A Yankee paper gives the Mowing as the climax in the address of a barrister to a jury in an action for seduction : —Describing his client , he said : —Ere this monster approached to beguile and betray her , my client was blooming as the rose , gentlemen of the jury , " quoth Demosthenes , "light of step as the wild gazelle oi the desert ; gay as the lark ; beautiful as the Houris ; and virtuous as—and virtuous as—gentlemen—ascould be expected . "

      Primogeniture . —A rational , sensible , and intelligent law of our blessed country , which entails wealth and estates upon the eldest son , poverty and debts upon the younger ones ; a law completely contrary to nature , common sense , aud revealed religion ( which inculcates equality among men ) , and , therefore , eagerly adopted and supported by the thick-headed English ; a law which , while it permits the first-born to marry and beget children , comfortably and at his ease , drives the younger son into an unnatural state of celibacy , or into vicious and degrading ff «« w » a law which , for the sake of raising up one colossus creates a thousand miserable pigmies—for the sake of erectin thousand

      g one palace , gives birth to a hovels—for the sake of making one man a pampered and luxurious Sybarite , makes half-a-dozen others paupers and honourable vagabonds ; a law in which it would be difficult to say whether absurdity or wickedness most prevails ; alaw in which the original framersand present supporters are equally to be detested and despised ; a law that renders us the laughing stock of other countries , and » burden to our own ; a Jaw T . j licl , ma ]{ cs the i [ me of forth ( not the virtues of tlie heart , or the wisdom of the head ) "the one thinjv needful ; * a law which breeds duns , as corruption , breeds maggots , —Uinti on \ ltf Nature and Jlonag ' jment of the Duns ,

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      LONDON . Metro * ° LITA ! ' Elections fob the Conference of the Cii 4 » . ' JT ? Co-operative Land Societt . —The members resid * . ' ' *? in 'be West , East , and Northern districts of the Metropolis , on the Middlesex side of the Thames , met at . tlie CitJT Chartist Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane , on Sunda > ' afternoon , November 30 th ; Mr . Cover , sen ., was una »?' moua'y cahed to the chair . The emendations and alter * ^ ons sought to be intro duced in the rules of the socle * ' was handed in from the following districts : City of London , Tower Hamlets , Somera Town , and Westminster , which were read to the meeting ; upon which a long discussion ensued , in which many members took part . Tlie following resolution was ultimately adopted on the motion of Messrs . Williams and Laurie : — " That tie suggestions now handed in from the several districts

      be placed in the hands of the delegate , to be by him laid before conference as the instructions of his constituents . " ' The following persons were then placed in nomination as candidates : —Mr . Wm . Cuffay , by Messrs . Ford and Jones ; Mr . Pettit , by Messrs . Laurie and Arnott ; Mr . John Shaw , by Messrs . Bagley and Lefevre j and Mr . Davis , by Messrs . Bell and Mitchell . The several candidates having addressed the meeting , and answered the several questions put to them , Mr . Pcttifr resigned . Messrs . Dunn and Tucker were unanimously appointed tellers . The show of hands was then taken , the tellers reported the numbers , and the chairman declared the election to have fallen on Mr . William Cuffay , who thanked the meeting for the confidence reposed in him . The chairman handed the several lists of instructions to the delegate . A vote of thanlia was then given to the chairman , and the meeting broke up ,

      The members residing in Lafflieth , Southward , Greenwich , and the South , or Siwrey side of the Thames , with those of Mr . Wheeler '? list , met at the South London Chartist Hall , 115 , Btoekfriars-road , on Sunday evening , Nov . 30 th . Short ?? after seven o'clock , Mr . J . Morgan , of Greenwich , was unanimousl y called to the chair . Mr . Gathard * , the Lambeth district secretary , read the several Ifjts of instructions handed in ; and the following resolution was adopted : — " That the several candidates having been present , and heard the oft repeated sentiments of their brother members , the delegate be left otharwise untrammelled . " Mr . D . W . Ruffy then cams forward and said , he regretted to inform the meeting that , in consequence of severe indisposition , he was under the painful necessity' of withdrawing the name of his Mend , Mr . J . G . Drcn , from the lias of

      candidates , as the present state of his health quite preclsaled his acceptance of the honour intended to have bees conferred or him . The following persons were then duly nominated : —Mr . Knight , , by Messrs . Sidney asad Gv Ii . Tucker ; and Mr . W . Hewitt , by Messrs .- G unmn ' ngs aswl Gathard . The friends of the candidates having addressed the meetin & . and Messrs . Andrews and Moy having been appointedlscrutineers , the ballot proceeded , and terminated in- favour of Mr . KniglnT , . who suitably acknowledged the honour ; after which the following , resolution was adopted : — "That in order to defray the local expenses-of this district , each shareholder" do pay the sum of one shilling per share ; -such stm » to be paid by installments at the convenience 0 ? the shareholder . "" A considerable sum was-rectivedias deposits on shaves , and six new shares taken up . A vote of thanks was given to the chairman , and theiseeting separated .

      National Victim Conmitibb ; - —This committee met at the Hall , Tumagain-lane ; . Farringdon-street , on Sunday , Nov . 30 , Mr . Mills was-called to the chair . Mr . Stallwood laid before the committee the I , O , U , for the balance of money remaining- In Mr . Clcave ' s hands , together with the note explanatory of the same , which was ordered to' be kept secure by the secretary , Mr . P . M . Wheeler . Deputations from the Westminster and Somers Town localities appeared to lay before the committee the case of Mr . John Llewellyn . After the deputies had stated their case , the committee duly considered the same ; eaeh member having given his opinion , they came to the conclusion , that Mr . Llewellyn never having been convicted , was not a victim within the meaning of the rule laid down for their guidance ; and , secondly , from lapse of time , any claim that might have arisen was barred ; and that if Mr . Llewellyn ' s claim was ever valid , it should have been submitted to a committee that had ceased to exist for some years .

      Citt Locality—At a meeting of the members oi this lscality it was unanimously agreed , — " That we call on the Chartists throughout London to come forward and organise themselves , so as to bring their united energies to bear on the question of the Corn Laws ; and that we consider the Chartists ought to attend the meetings , and watch over the proceedings of the League .

      IIOLBEClu The Land . —At a meeting of the members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , held November 30 th , the following resolutions was agreed to : — " That it is of vital importance for the better security of the society , that the society be duly enrolled under the Land and Building Society Act . "— " That there be a clause in the deeds to allow eaeh occupant the privilege of purchasing his allotment at the original value . "— " That no member of the society be allowed the privilege of holding more than four acres of land , and that there be a clause in the rules to allow two acre allotments and four in one

      community . "— "That each occupant holding four acres be allowed the privilege of having the surplus of money over and above expenses of one allotment , with two acres , either in money or in extrajbuilding . " — " That the board of directors have not the power of taking any money from the land fund for any other purpose than the purchase of land and erections of buildings , & c , but that we coincide with the board of directors taking the surplus of money arising from rules and cards for defraying the expenses of the board of directors , and if insufficient to lay a levy on each member . "— " That the present society close taking any more members after the 31 st day of December , 1845 . "

      REDDITCH . At a meeting of the Co-operative Land Society , held at the O'Connor Arms , Redditch , on Monday , Dec . 1 st , 1845 , a vote of confidence in the present board of directors was agreed to , and it was also resolved that the delegates representing this district be instructed to support the re-election of the present board ; after which a resolution was passed to hold a public meeting in the large room at Mr . Prescot ' s , O'Connor Arms , Redditch , on Tuesday , Dec . 9 th , 184-5 , to memorialise her Majesty , through the House of Commons , for the return of Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis . YORK .

      The Land . —A branch of the Chartist Land Cooperative Society was opened on Sunday last when seven shares was taken up . Any one desirous of joining this society in York are informed that meetings will be holdon every Sunday morning at Mr . Joseph Hall ' s , the Blue Bell , Fosgate .

      HAMILTON . On Monday evening Mr . M'Grath addressed a very good audience in the Secession Church , on the subject of the land , and the efficiency of the means proposed by the Chartist Co-operative Land Society to obtain it . A very good feeling was indicated , and several copies of the rules were disposed of . On votes of thanks being passed to the chairman and lecturer , the meeting separated .

      BRIDGTON . The Chartist Hall in this district was filled , on Tuesday , with a most attentive audience , to hear a lecture from Mr . M'Grath , on the Charter and the land . Mr . Duncan Sherrington was voted to the chair . Having stated the object which convened them together , he introduced Mr . M'Grath , who in the course of his lecture vividly portrayed tlie grievous wrongs which aristocrats , priests , and profitmongers inflicted on the working population , and argued strongly in support of the position that , until the people had the land as their inheritance , and the Charter to protect it , the tendency of their condition on the social scale would be downwards . At the conclusion of the lecture an amicable discussion took place , in which Messrs . Graham , Murphy , Colquhoun , the chairman , and lecturer , took part . The thanks of the meeting were unanimously given to Mr . Sherrington , as chairman , and to Mr . M'Grath , for his lecture .

      KILMARNOCK . _ On Wednesday evening we were favoured with a visit from Mr . M'Grath , who addressed a good meeting in the Oddfellow's Hall , upon the land and its capabilities . At the conclusion of Mr . M'Grath ' a discourse , Mr . Brown , as chairman , spoke eloquently in favour of the land project . Several copies of the rules were taken by the audience , the result of which will , doubtless , be the formation of a branch of the society ,

      NEWMILLNS . It having been announced by the bellman that Mr . M'Grath would address the inhabitants of this little town on Thursday evening , Mr . Brown ' s school-room was filled at the appointed hour with a most attentive audience . Mr . Baillie Brown was appointed to preside , who , in an excellent speech , introduced the subject of the land . The chairman was followed by Mr . M ' Grath , whose lecture gave unmixed satisfaction . Ten persons enrolled their names as members We expect that Newmillns , though late in the field , will , nevertheless , become a powerful branch of the glorious Land Society .

      GLASGOW . Mr . Duncan Sherrington has besm elected delegate to the forthcoming conference , by the unanimous voice of the following places , via ., Glasgow , Greenock , Campsie , Hamilton , Alva , Vale of Leven , and Arbrpath , being all the pUcr .-8 classed within this district , with the exception . 0 f West Linton , from which no returns have been received . Mr . M'Grath delivered hi * second lecture here on Friday evening . Hne meeting was well attended , and the lecturr ,- gave the greatest satisfaction throughout . J-j is two lectures have added to our numbers near V y 50 shareholders . We have now nearly 150 shares t'Aen out .

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      CARRINGTON . A public meeting of the shareholders of the Chnrtist Co-operative Land Society was held on Sunday , Nov , BOtli , at the New Inn , Carrington ; members were present from the following places : —Carrington , Nottingham , Radford , Isongreen , and Uasford . The followiii" resolutions were agreed to !— " That none hut members lie allowed to sit as delegates at the forthcoming conference . "— " That Mr . James Saunders , of Radford , he nominated as delegate for the forthcoming conference . "— " That a vote of thanks is due , and hereby given , to the board of directors . ""That the boar d of directors he chosen by conference . "

      — "That tho present board of directors be re-elected . "I " That it be an instruction to the delegate to propose 01 support a euitnble provision for the directors . "— "Thai none but workingmen beadmitted asmembersofthe ' uoard of directors excepting i \ O'Connor , Esq . "— " That a conference he held every year , at such time and place as shall be agreed ftfby the directors , to eleet a hoard of directors and other necsssary buiiness belonging this association . ' ' — " That the rales , when revised , be enrolled as recommended by counsel . "— " That this society be closed on the 31 st ot December , lSi / 5 . "— "That any person placed on the allolroent of atty original holder shall have twelve , instead of sia months Notice to quit such allotment , and a fair valuation , "— " TfVat the number of trusrecs be three , and they & e selected from the following gentlemen ,

      viz ,,- !* , O'Connor ,. T . S . Dunsombe , S . Crawford , Gtnernl Johnsos , J . Fieldirg , Rev . J . Scholefield , J . Linton , R . Oastky ; - Wm . P . Roberts , W " ni > . B-. Parrends , and L . Fitketbky . "— " That 30 membei » be allowed more than four acres-: " ' — "That an ? member gaining his allotment shall have the first refusal of purchasing is at twenty years ' purcliffie , and such msmber shaDbe allowed topoy for it b y instilments , and his rent to be reduced in proportion to such payments . "—That as the allotments are made , and cottages are built ! Shercon , the trustees and board of directors shall fix the amount of rent to be paid by the occupier of such allotment ; such occupier shall receive a loan fronv the funds of this society , ( say £ 15 16 s . Sd . for one sSare , £ 3113 s . 4 d . for two shares ) , which shall be repaid to trustees for the use of this

      society , and such oceupior te pay throe per cent , per aiinam until such loan shall be repaid , aud the trustees shall Withhold his title deed , or have some other security for sueftioan until it is repatd . Such oecupier to be allowed to repay it to the trustees'by instalments , and his infercsD reduced accordingly . "— "" That any member gaining liisr allotment , and not wishing to enter upon it , mayilet it to Whom he please * , but , if sucli person be not a membsr of HiU society , such member or other person shall not receive any loan from this society ; : but if such member wishinj * to let another member have it and receive his chance BS exchange , then the member entering upesit shall have'tlw loan allowed by the rules , "— "All

      members having pan ? » p their shaies shall receive three per ceut . per annum Until their allotments after the first allocation . "— " That balloting of districts be recommended affper plan of Dtttrsbury , 3 rd and 4 th rules . "" That any members entering for two shares when he has paid up one share , he shall- have one ticket put in the balloting bos if Ire choose , and tfsuch ticket be drawn , he shall have his two acres ; but any member not claiming such privilege , when such member having paid up his two s-hares , one ticket thall lie put" in the balloting box , and if such ticket be drawn ,- such member shall be entitled to his four acres , "— " That a- vote of thanks be given to ihe proprietor and editors of tho Northern Star . "

      IISLL . A public meeting of the members iu the Kull branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society was held on Sunday last , at the Painters' Arms , Sykes-street , to ballot for the delegate to the conference , when Mr . John Lin . ton , of Selby , reeeived the unanimous votes of the member ; of this branch , A vote of thanks was also given to tlie present board of directors , for their steady perseverance in the direction of the society ' s affairs . It was aiso resolved , " That the conference ought to re-elect them for the next year . "

      WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE . At a meeting of tho shareholders of the Chartist Land Association in this town , on tlie 30 th tilt ., the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to , and the delegate for the district desired to support them : — "That the society be enrolled . " " The mortgage in preference to sale , and the right of purchase to the occupier . "' " No shareholder to hold more than two shares , or four acvea . " " That the directors be elected by the members . " "That no member , when in possession of his allotment , shall let it to any person not being ashareholder , nor to a shareholder who has not paid the lull amount of his share , and that such occupant shall remain in possession until he obtains possession of bis own allotment . " " That no occupant shall traffic iu intoxicating liquors . " "That the members be located on the principle of priority . " "That the first section close when the numbers amount to five thousand . " " That the thanks of the society are flue to the directors for their perseverance and efficiont management of the society . "

      BIRMINGHAM . At our meeting on Tuesday evening , after a . very lengthy discussion upon the necessity of holding a public meeting for the restoration of Frost and others , the following resolutions were unanimously passed : — " That a public ; ' meeting be held in the people ' s hall , for the purpose of memorialising her Majesty , through the House of Commons , for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones ( of Wales ) , Roberts , Howell , and Jones ( of Birmingham ) , and William Ellis ( of the Staffordshire Potteries . " " That the secretary write to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., to ascertain if that gentleman can make it convenient to attend the said meeting . " " That a sub-committee of live be appointed to gut up the meeting , and to apply to Mr . J . Sturge for the affidavits of several respectable men , respecting the Birmingham exiles . " " That the resolutions be sent to the northern Star . " The meeting then adjourned to Sunday next , the chair to be talccn at seven o'clock .

      ROCHDALE . The discussion on the rules of the Chartist Land Society was resumed on Sunday , in the Association Room , Mill-street ; Charles Rateliffe in the chair . When such alterations as the members considered necessary , with additional suggestions , were embodied in the credentials of the district representative . On Sunday , the 7 tli inst ., tlie delegates of tlie various localities will meet the representative of this district at ten o ' clock in the forenoon , iu the Working Man ' s Hall , Oldham , to give him his instructions . We had Seven new members joined , three of whom paid up their full shares . On Sunday evening Thomas Tattersal , of Burnley , gave a soul-stirring lecture on " the land , government , and the people , " which gave universal satisfaction to the largest audience that we have had for a long while .

      BRIGHTON . AKTiciroKE Inn Localitt , No . 1 . — At a meeting of shareholders to elect a delegate to the Manchester land conference , Mr . Lashford in the chair , the following resolution was unanimously agreed to : — " That the best thanks of this meeting are due , and hereby given , to Feargus O'Connor , Christopher Doyle , Thomas Clark , Philip M'Grath , and Thomas Martin Wheeler , for the prsisewortby manner in which they have conducted the affairs of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , and

      having implicit confidence in them , we therefore recommend them to the Manchester conference for re-election ; and further think that they are perfectly justified in appropriating the profits arising from the sale of cards and rules to the managsment of the society ; and also arc of an opinion that that is not sufficient for them , knowing , as we do , the value of lectures ; for , had it not have been for Mr , M'Grath ' s lectures in Brighton , we should have had no locality formed ; but through his exertions , and by the advocacy of the cause in the Northern Star , we now have forty-three shares taken , and have sent £ 40 to the general

      treasurer . LANCASHIRE , The South Lancashire delegate meeting was held in the Ante-room , Carpenters' Hall , on Sunday last , Mr . John Nuttali in the chair . Delegates from the following places were present : —Manchester , Mr . Nuttall and 1 ) . Donovan ; Oldham , Mr . Yardlcy ; Rochdale , Mr . Bake . The following resolutions were passed unanimously : — " That Mr . Leach finish the hymn-book , and add another hymn to each book , and finish it for the sum of £ U , " "That the secretary ' s bill be' paid . " " That the money iu the treasurer ' s hands be paid over to Mr . Leach towards the book . " That the levy for nrxt delegate meeting be two .

      pence on each member , and ihat each locality receive their proportionate share of the hymn-books . " That the delegate meetings in future be held every three months , instead of monthly , and that the next be on the last Sunday in February , at Hey wood . " " That there be a committee of three appointed to superintend the receiving of tho levy , and distributing the hymn-books , " " That Messrs . J . Nuttall , T , Davies , and D . Donovan be titscommittee . " "That each locality send the name of a . candidate for the situation of secretary to the South Lancashire delegate meeting , that situation behug vacant Sy the resignation ot the present secretary . " "That we ad > - journ until the last Sunday in February , 18 * 5 . "

      MANCHESTER . On Sunday night last , the editorial remarks on iwd John Russell ' s letter , was read to the audience ty . Jir .. Radford , which made the people laugh most heartily , at the " new dodge . " Mr . Thomas Clark then comaseused his lecture , which was very instructive . Subject— " Iho Land and its capabilities , " which occupied an hoar and a half in delivering , being one of the most eloquent and powerful lectures delivered in this hall for a length of time . The lecturer implored his audience , if ibey wantefli to save themselves and tbeir country from falling , likethe empire of Rome , they had better hasten and join , th * Chartist Co-operative Land Society , which was tha only society that was capable of bettering the condition of the toiling millions . A vote of thanks was given to the lecturer and chairman , and the meeting separated . A number of shares were taken .

      JIEYWOOD . Lectube . —The announcement of the Intended lecture , in the Star , drew together a goodly muster to hear that unflinching advocate of the people ' s rights , Mr . William Bell , upon the " State of Trade and the coming Panic . " At six o ' clock the Chartist veteran , Mr . J . Hamson , was unanimously called to the clifjr , who introduced Jlr . Bell . Tho lecturer commencuubj' taking a review of trade , showing its advance , its eaiise being competition in foreign markets , the glutting of those markets , aud consequently the decline of tvadc already felt in some of the manufacturing towns -of this country , which muU ultimately end iu a panic , 'f he land was held up to outview , and we were solicit ed to rally round tlie standard of freedom by joining the Chartist movement . The lecturer gave general satisfaction . ' : ; ¦ I i

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      — >~ S "'"~ Z Weavkus . — On Saturday last a Witujt jUa . nd-lov . ,, ] weavers of this town took strike of the hand-lgj- . ^ am manufacturer , »« place , against Mr . \ . - f ^^ his weav ers' w « tS » consequence ot his having . , « : u j dav H fonuMoiiL od . per cut . On Hie morning . . ^ wait on ' Miri . ia was appointed by the coinmittc . * 0 f the weavers ' order that he might be duly informcu ' i , i Ul •© « av intentions . After hearing what the me . * a iiiosfc upon the subject in dispute , he fell into . violent passion , ordered the men out ot'his wareho . *« , and told them that he would reduce them another sixpence upon checks , and ons shilling upon ging-. hams ! With this answer the deputation left the

      warehouse , lhe committee immediately prepared , in their legal and peaceable , but effective way , to bring this gentleman to a sense of his duty to his fellow man , - and we are happy to state flint their labours have had the desired effect , for about twelve o ' clock he sent for the deputation , settled the matter iii a satisfactory way , and told them that lie would pay as much as any other manufacturer in Wigan ; and also intimated that he would not be the first to drop wages for the future . There lias also been » general and numerously attended delegate meeting of the above body , attended by a deputation from Tod * morden , who came for the purpose of exposing the

      tyrannical combination of the manufacturers of that place . It seems , according to the statement of the deputation , that the masters there are yetlins : their pieces made from nine to ten yards longer , arid only paying the same wages that are paid in Wigan . After some discussion , the delegates unanimously agreed thatageneral conference meeting of delegate * from all the weaving districts should be held ire Manchester , or some other central place , in order that there may be formed into one consolidated union of weavers throughout the kingdom . The secretary was then ordered to write to the different associations on the subject . After the settling of some local business , the meeting broke up .

      The Belper House-sail Makers . —A communication has been received at the office of the Association of United Trades for the Protection of Industry , to the effect , that the above-named industrious body of men , after yielding to many exactions on the part of their employers , after enduring oppression until endurance became a crime rather than a virtue , have been driven to the necessity of leaving their work . On the day that the workmen deputed two members of their body to represent them in the recent trades ' conference , the employers simultaneously reduced their wages ten per cent . Tlie men were then compelled to succumb : but , " biding their time , " they

      recently availed themselves of the opportunity presented by a considerable influx of trade , to solicit from their employers a return to their former rate of wages ; but this act of justice being sternly refused , the men immediately assembled , and unanimously resolve 1 to give their employers an opportunity of trying whether or no tluy could , of themselves , supply the increasintr demands ot their impatient customers without the assistance of that labour they had so cruelly oppressed and insulted . ^ Notwithstanding the men have been already three weeks on strike , they are yet firmly resolved that , come what may , they will not return to work until the ten per cent , ia restored .

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      ST 1 UKE OF THE JOURNEYMEN TAILORS AT MANCHESTER . A public meeting of the inhabitants of Manchester was held in the Carpenters' H all , Garret-road , on Wednesday ev : ning , the 20 th ult ., to take into consideration the tyrannical conduct of a number ol the master tailors of this town , who have thrown upon the streets to starve , at this inclement season of the year , SOI ) journeymen , because they would not withdraw from the Union , or Tailors' Society . The meeting was most numerous and enthusiastic ; indeed , wc do not remember having seen so large a meeting on any trades' question since the great ! aggregate meeting oi' the iron trades . At eight o ' clock , Mr . Parker , the secretary to the United Tailors' Protection Society , entered the hall , accompanied by several other gentlemen , and was received with repeated rounds of cheers , which having subsided , on the motion of Mr . Lindsey , Mr . Gash , operative tailorwas called to tho chair .

      , Mr . Gash opened the proceedings by reading the placard convening the meeting , alter which he said tlie masters who bad acted in so rasli a manner as to turn out of work 300 men without cause had refused to have the question arbitrated . The employers said this was not a question of wages . Directly it was not , b ;; t indireetlv it was sai ping and undermining the best interest ' s of the fair-trading employers . as wellasthc workmen . He then introduced Mr . Little . Mr . Little said tlie present strike was not sought by the men , but had been forced upon them by the masters . But before he entered uponthe subject he would read a resolution : — "That this meeting are of opinion that the conduct of thenniater tailors ot * Manchester is highly censurable , inasmuch as they have deprived 300 workmen of tho means of existence

      not on the score of wages , but because their workmen , are desirous of working on the employer ' s promises in preference to working in unhealthy neighbourhoods , as a means of preserving their own and the public health . " He said that either the masters or the men were in the wrong . The men bad only resisted aggression , which they bad a perfect right to do . Capital had its duties as well as its rights , and when it was used for the purpose of further subjugating the already oppressed operative , it was not applied to its legitimate use . lie would n . wshov them the manner in which this strike has 'been brought about . One of the masters told his men on the Saturday night that there was to be no more employment for them unless they applied for work unconnected with the association . A meeting of

      masters was called , when they entered into an agreement to the effect that the first master who should call upon a society man should forfeit £ 100 . At one establishment in " the square , in consequence of the master giving so much out-door work , tne men in the shop could wet get a living , having to wait for hours together for a job , whilst the master was sending the work in the back streets and alleys to be made . The men complained ot this to their fellow workmen , ami they sympathised with them , and called a n . ceuimj from which six men were sent to meet the master , when the master stated that all should go on as usual if the men would not interfere with them . The men understood by this that the system of out-door work was to cease , but on the following day a groat deal more was given out than ever there was before . The men again complained to the society , a meeting was called , and two men were sent to sec ii" they could manage matters with Mr . Stubbj . He ( Mr . Little )

      was one of the two . He would not detain the meeting with the details of what tonic place ; but bo might as well state that that gentleman complimented the deputation on the efh'eienLmainicrin which they had discussed the question with them , but if any more deputations came they must fight . That night a meeting of the body was called to hear tins report of the deputies , whwi it was agreed that the men should come out . However , they would take no advantage of Mr . SUibbs , a written notice was sent from thafc meeting , signed by the chairman , and taken by him . Stubbs then called a meeting of some twenty-four masters , and said , if they would turn out their men , that they would starve them into their terms in » fortnight . They agrred to turn them out unless they would leave the society . Tbey , however , reckoned without their host when they thought of accomplishing so much in so short a time , They had now been out a month , and they had more money now than they had when they commenced the struggle .

      The resolution was ably seconded by Mr . Gath ' ney , and supported by Mr . Linsty , after which it was agreed to ne » i . eon-Mr . M'Cabc moved the following resolution : — " That in the opinion of this meeting the tsii " -ring : trade requires special attention to ventilation , ; s IVomv the sedentary nature of the occupation the health of . " the operativesare afteeteu , disease engendered , and the public at large cnda » geretl thereby / ' lie then readi several extracts froia the Sanatory CommisrioBnaV Report , which went to prove the fact beyond a deiibk tlaat the trade of a tailor , as at pvesent eo udueted * was most jajwrioias ta the health of tlie opei ative .

      Mr . Parker tlnm rose to seeofia the motion , and was received ! witb , seveval rounds of applu use . It i * Miipossibis- to give- Mr . Parker's speech at length , but there are some statements which , he » ead io the meetin f flelaiiirc to file snuatoify emditim of xhe tailoring trade which , wo think the p « . blie- ouglit to b * made aco , uabted . wiik T . V & therefore gtvo ii few oi them . It wotskl . appenar that the tailors ait : sicting upon the » sanie plan n » the © radftfd wookwMiers , in having ; commLtteesii . every towa , tor the purpose of visitmgi workmen . " * hawse * , ant * resor tmg the same . Thefollowing is from the Liverpool cenrmitteG * : — " In 2 & strests-visilietl in VattxhaU and . SoorJand wards oh tha . 2 ftii of March , 1 S 15 , and the fo . lowirg days , tUay found 126 tailors , their i ' amilieaaT . d woskers amount * icg to . 512 persons , and the persons living m the heueea with them amounted to 548 , irsaKing the total Siihabiting the dwellings 1 , 120 . Ottbttsc as were sick , from one fortnight up to eighteen weeks , of : scarlet , typhus , and other fcyers > . nnd diseases of various kinds , commencing sine * "November , aul continuing to the present time .. " We found 12 ie « habiting and working in a single eellav . 3 S in one house , 99 living in courts and rooms , ami only 27 occupying houses . Of this nnmbf . r 81 were found working for sale-shops , within the same time , on the Sabbath-day , many in a most , distressed state of want . Mr . Parker then exhibited the sanatory man of London to the audience , a * . id said he was prepared to prove that there were more journeymen tailors working in their own home ? , in the humble and unhealthy parts of London , making garments for the rich and affluent , than were engaged upon the premises of employers . If clothing was thus made in the verv heart of disease , it must of necessity ! c transferred to the weaver . Nov was it London and Liverpool that were the only places where such s state of things existed . It also existed in Man-Chester and Leeds , and every other large town . Mr . P . 's statements were truly astounding , and we trusl they will not be lost upon the public of Manchester On " the motion of Mr . Lindsey , the thanks of tin meeting were given to the chairman , and the bust ness terminated ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 6, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06121845/page/3/