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      GOB'S . WORLDiiBjWORTHIEB BETTER : . 1-, . .-..,- , i ' ti-y . . iL .-j : i ... 'lSES . '' .: y 'a v ' ^ i "• - ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ "' ----- . - - - ... ' . - r It ' s aU tin idle taiethey tell , but ,. then ,-who blames their telling it ? . - ; -j v -, i /* t , : - ¦¦ - . . . - „ . „ - . The rogues : have . gottbcirIcant to sell , the , world p ayswell for selling it . - - . . - ¦''•; ' . " ; " ; 5 '' ; ' They say . this-world ' s , a ^ desert drear / , cursed m their own stark blindness ! : " - Ihat we were sent ; to suffer , here-rwbat , by a God - of kindness . ?;? • r-:-i - -. . . ; - .-. That sincethe world has gone astray—it must . be so forever , - . ¦ . -.- ..-,.. : ¦ . ., - : : >¦ . " ; ' And we must stand still , and obey its desolatbrsnever 1 . ¦ ¦ "' .- ¦ . . . ¦ : . ' - - - ¦ - < : - " > i : - We'll labour for the better time --.

      "Witli all our might of press and pen ; - . ¦ -. . -- ¦ Believe us , ; tis a truth sublime-God ' s world is worthier better men . JjaParadise'the world began / a world of love and gladness— ' ' ; - ' ^ . Its beauty hath been ! marred by irian , - wita alibis crime arid madness ; ' -- - . ' ¦ ¦' - ' ' ¦ Yet , 'tis a bright World , —still love brings sunshine for spirits dreary , - ' - With all our strife , sweet rest hatb wings to fold " onr heartsa--wearv .- «•¦'• - ' The sun , in glory , like a God , to-day iff heaven is brightirigj Abloorii of stars smiles on the sod , as love with flowers were writing ; ' Earth's heart throbs with immortal youth , .. Her voice still rings of Eden—then . . . . Believe us , ' tis a noble truth , : God ' sworld is worthier better men . - '

      Oh I they are . bold knaves , , pver-bold—who say we are doomed to anguish , , -- ¦ . ¦ ' ~ That m en in God ' s , own imago sottl'd , like hellbound slaves " must languish , Probe Nature ' s heart to its red core , there ' s more . of good than evil , . ¦ * > - ¦¦ ¦ , And man , down-tiampled , still is more of angel than of devil , — * ¦ ¦ . ' " Prepare to die ?"—prepare to live ! we know not what is living , --. '' ¦ « i- ' * And let us for the world's good give , as God is ever Givelove , thought , action , wealth , and time , " To win the primal age again ; Believe us tis a truth sublime , - God ' s world is worthier better men . : Spirit of Freedom . Masset .

      Soxg Of The Future. 'Ifidst All The Stor...

      SOXG OF THE FUTURE . 'ifidst all the storms and cares of life , I see a brighter day , , Bursting through the clouds of strife , To chase our wrongs away . The advent of that day . may seem ; As though it-ne'er . would dawn ,. And better , times nought . but a dream , From . Faftcy-8 empire drawn . _ , But knowledge , sows the seeds of right , "Which grows in every mind , And teaches men that moral might "Will freedom ' s beauty find .

      The future opens with a smile , And justice seems to call Upon the toilers of our isle , To watch their tyrants fall . The past has been the age of woe , "Where reason never dwelt ; And men were wont to make a show - Of whatthey never felt . OH I'EriglaridVsoris ! may glory crown - Tour-acts and deedswith fame ; To conquer base oppression ' s frown , And win a glorious name . A GiOVE-MAKEB

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      The People's Review Of Literature And Pr...

      THE PEOPLE'S REVIEW OF LITERATURE AND PROGRESS . Edited by Fbtends in Cotjxcil . "No . L Feb-, ruary . London : C . Mitchell , Red-Lion Court , Fleet-street . From both princip le and personal feeling -we had hoped to have been able to have given a heart y -welcome to this new publication . Announced as the "People ' s Review" vre naturally expected to have met , under such a title , with a zealous exponent of the people ' s claims , and a determined - assertor- of their rights ; and such a " Review- ' ? would have

      lad our most earnest good wishes . As regards personal feeling—although , we hare never allowed that to mislead us so far as to move us to rote black-whiter—we have always been anxious to employ the language of praise , rather than censure ; and ,-in the present " in stance having a personal regafd . for , at least , one of the conductors ofthePeople ' s Review , we should onl y have lieen too happy could we have conscientiousl y praised the work of our friend , and his coadjutors . But we cannot do

      eo . . The People ' s Review , as a whole , has disappointed onr expectations . We question not the integrity , nor the talent of the writers ; , the one is as above suspicion , - as the other is above question . Nor do we dispute that those . sections ofthe " people * who constitute the population of the " Mechanics " Institutions , '' "Manchester Athenaeums / 5 : and- " Whittington Clubs , " may find this" Review suited to their tastes ; but the proletarians—the masses —are not . very likely to recognise it as ; the " People ' s . "

      To say nothing ofthe peculiar views ofthe writers , their manner of . " reviewing" finds anything but favour , in our eyes . The ability displayed in thearticles contained in the present number cannot be disputed , but the articles are rather essays thanrcviews ; and , with allrespect for the essayists , we would rather have had less of their writing ,, and more ofthe books they underfoot toI " review . " It would be an ungracious task to single out particular articles or particular passages for hostile comment . Instead of so disagreeable a performance , wehave pleasure in stating ; that at least portions of the contents . deserve public approbation . The article headed "History of the Taxes on Boiowledge , " cannot be . too warml y praised .

      That our readers . may not hastily or uladvisedly condemn a new candidate for popular support , * we recommend all who are curiousin such matterSj and can afford to expend sixpence , to purchase this first number and judge for themselves . "We should add , that the work is neatly printed , and more than ordinary taste is evident in the gettingup of the wrapper . "We trust that on a future occasion we shall be able to speak in terms of unalloyed approbation of the " People ' s Review . "

      The Sp Irit Of Freedom. ' Conducted By-W...

      The Sp irit of Freedom . ' Conducted by-Working Men . Jfew Series . No . It—February London : J . Watson , 3 , Queen ' s-headpassage , Paternoster-row . This publication is pre-eminently the poetical propagandist of the princi ples of proletarian progression . Its . very , prose only needs to be cut , up . into longs and , sborts , to make a description of blank verse which would ' -bear ^ cbmparisbn with much that has emanated "i | £ that shape from certain recogoised - ^^^ . "" Such writers as our friends of ihe ' ^ & it of Freedom ' have their mlsaon—> a missibn . others could not so well perforin . ; Young themselves , they address the

      young in those fiery words and trumpetlike tones whieh are the peculiar ^ property of those on whom the Miornuyi . of . life yet shines .: They do well . A . new generation of thinkers , workers , and leaders-are growing up under their teachings- —ineri who will , atrip ; distant day emerge from , ' their , present otectuity , " and do goodworkin Liberty ' s . war & are . Let iis ^ riot be mistaken ; thatour friends can be practical , in tbe ordinary , sense of the term , as well as poetical (^ vhich ve haye shbwn"mayalso . be practical , and effectiTe ) ,. may he ; seen Tiy . the articles in this number of j . tbe Sp irit - .-on " Middle-class Expenditure , " " Glerioal Kohhery / ' "inland , " & c . j & c . Thefirst-pamed of these articles ' weWairqnbte-nearly entire . ,

      : .: iora ? lUDma-ciiss iXPEniEXCT ., ; . . . / - iM . I /» ni 3 . Bianc , in one ofhieeloquent ^ Lectures : on Socialism , remarks ,, when leaders of Jlie people : Bay ; tothemjttfullowus , " the people 8 hould , p , ues ! tjon where tbey ' are be'insledto ; jiow , " we ; thhiki if ? . the honestansRer . ^ wasalwaysgiven , itwbp ^ d often ibe ,. ' ? a forty i year , sVjb " nrney in . : , the- Wilderriess ;^ an ? -l- ^ - ' - < Jn ? ^ i ^ iP ? b ^ Uvrwo ., naose ,-and ; ask ' the . multtphcitycof-leaders , ^ mere"are , ybu . Ieading VsV . 'Fojr , although we hold that wemust conquer the state by political reform , thereby to iworBTout ' th ' e social change , we question whether there are two of

      The Sp Irit Of Freedom. ' Conducted By-W...

      j he Cbiirtist leaders whokn ' owwheiefthey arejeadi Tig us too , " of chbw'they ' wouldappry political reform for the : betterance of Jhp poor , and the . ' extinction of misery . -Brotiiers , it . is a yilfi ~ rraud"intended Ho be practised upon a large portion of bur sunenn ^ order ; by the Parliamentary and F &^ mcial Reforrii « ers . Have you read the anecdote of the . Kentuckian and IhdLin / whowent shooting one d ayj : tne . prqduce of . whose : sport was a Turkey and , , a crow ?; i , on the division of which the Kentuckiah plied his sophistry to bewilder the Indian , in the following terms : " 2 fow " . said the Kentubkian , ' ' - Iwill have the turkey and you shall' take the crow , or yon shall take the' crow and I : will have . ' the jturkey . Ji ? " Well / ' said the Indian , « it sounds verylwell ; but , somehow , yonalways . get the turkey ,. andIalways

      get the crow j V This seems to ihe to illustrate tne position of the middle and working classes in the apportionment of the results of reform ; they get the turkey and we -the crow . . The language ; : of the Financial Reformers is this -.. " Join , us , for your own sates : go with us for the suffrage in part , not because it : is an " universal ; rigmybut" because it is the wiser coarse ; it is ah ; instalrhenfr-a movement in the right direction , which must ; merge into' univeral enfranchisement ! ' ?• : This- was the language of Brougham j Kussell , - . and : Burdett—t hat ; was ^ a step in the rig ht direction ; that was aguaranteejor the farther extension of . the franchise , andI ye & ttjat very measure " enabled the treacherous ahd TttOOdy Whi « : 5 , iril 848 : to pass their infamous Gagging and muster

      Alien Acts ] in support of which they coum 100 , 000 / middle-class . special . constables !; ; v And these were the same men that agitated and clamoured-for the Keform . Bill , . but haying obtained their measure , and acquire d power , they were- at once the sworn enemies-W the unenfranchised , they had become respectable monopolists ; they had got the turkey arid we the crow ! .. Had there been nd Beform Bill these men would haye been with us in . MS , and at such , a time , when the heart of society wasyearning for change , arid the spirit of revolution stirred the f ace of thd deeps—they , like the bourgeoise" promoters of the reform banquets- in Paris , must have . beeli hurried farther than was originally intended , andj we could

      have swept- away any government founded on oppression and , b" 6 htered by bullying wrong ! "We might now have had a government' hnilt" on the sufirages and hearts of the people , instead of being bamboozled and insulted by the miserable trickery of class legislation . If the middle : class have become more honest and sincere , let them , come forward boldly and lend a hand , for the attainnieht ' of our rights ; ' and cease this sneaking policy of advocating brick and mortar schenaes—cease "haggling for pennyworths of that Reform which must tost more than a crown . . for i f they , willed it fully and unequivocally , we could have "Universal Suffrage next session , or revolutionise England ! but , they do not will that we should beenfranchised : ' ' Vfe claim the

      Sum-age as " a birthright ! we ask to be recognised as human beings ! to be looked upon as the sons of the same God ,: and brothers of the . same , human family , that each shall haveroom for the full , ievelopmeritibf his own nature ! . ' . We do not work for a change of' tyrants , but fo ? the regeneration of society ! we Wish to "have this branding mark of slavery eftaced from us , and lift ' up , our . brows ein human nature ' s nobleness , . and the acknowledged equality of mankind ! , The" middle classes ; on the contrary , say it is expedient to enfranchise a portion * of the people , on this qualification ; if ; they are utterly selfish , which selfishness mearis , ( as the world wags ) sense , that is the sense of taking ; care of oneself at the expense of everybody else : fit is

      expedient'to enfranchise four millions because , they would be sufficient to .. carry Cbb den and Go . into power , and Cobden arid Co . know very well that it amounts ' to this ; by giving the vote to four millions , theylet'in four feet of democracy which'they could swim in gallaitly ! but hygivingtftevoto . to . eight millions they , would let ; in eig ht feet of . democracy , in which they wouldbe swamped . inevitably , arid'it Universal Suffrage would hot carry them to power , as most assuredly it would not ! -it'is not-likely that when in power they would-open the flood-gates to swamp themselves , no , we and the middle class are opposed in interest ? they know it , and we-must learn if ! . "When capital and labour are combined in action they are one ; in interest , hut separated and pitted against each other they are opposite : uv interest . Our interests , are opposed to the men of capital . Therefore they hold out to us saying " Get ! get ! " . " become one of us , " "become ,

      respectable ! and by so doing we strengthen their party , and render the slavery of . a large portion of onr own class all the more effectual ! and : who does not foresee- that a middle . class despotism is far worse than the tyranny of feudalism ? Feudalism only crushes humanity in the gross mass , this despotism will crash us in detail—man by roan , woman by woman ,- and child-by child . By giving unlimited sway to capital in its killing competition with labour , labour must suffer eternal loss ; again , under the iron rule of feudalism , the crushed slaves could make-common cause in their misery , arid unite to overthrow their oppressors ; but this is impossible under the reign of the tyranny we are bending our necks to , for , with unlimited competition , which is the beau-Idealof middleelass" liberty , : every man s hand is against his brother , and every man s interestantagonistic ! it is thecut-thfoat course of every ' one ; for . hiinself , and the devil take ; the hindmost ! . " . : . : " r

      . We may . not he able to frustrate this movement , for the middle classes will inevitably precede * us to power , yet they will not solve the problem of labour : they will not abolish slavery by destroying , proletariat , or speculationin man by man ; they will not legislate to fetter human misery , and "it is this for which we combat ; therefore , supposing we stood on apolitical equality to-morrow , our interests wouldlie at iisue immediately ^ fori : vihih they seek a apolitical cliange in order that they may prevent the coming social , rcvolutipnj we work for , d political-reyp luttim , thereby to consurnate the ? social one , which must follow ; hut . as we have riot this political equality , we have tq fight a double . hattle , and it behoves the Torkers to cling together , ' arid " if leaders stand in the way , they must be . sacrificed at"the shrine ; of principles . . . . - ¦ . T . Masses . ,

      The Champion,, #P. "E." Hobsdn, Ashtbn:;...

      The Champion ,, # p . "E . " Hobsdn , Ashtbn : ; under-Iiyne ; A . ; Hey wood , Manchester . THIS faithful champion of the rights , and able expohentof the claim ' s of the factory workers , continues its useful ; though unpretending career . From tbenumber for February 2 nd , we extract the following notice of " . . ; .. r

      THE TACIOST ACT BBFOBB IHE JUOGES . It is impossible to overrate the importance of the question submitted to . the judges in the Court of Exchequer , on Monday last , and now awaiting their decision . ' It involves not merely . . the physical , social and moral wellrbeing and happiness of many thousands of our factory population , chiefly children ahd young persons " of both sexes , especially of females which of itself is a sufficiently serious consideration ; hut relatively , from , the points likelv to be raised in the judgment about to be delivered , : it will be found to "involve certain principles ,- in the politico-industrial faith of . the nation , upon . the practical adoption or rejection of which , very much of the future fate of England will depend . We listened attentively to" the arguments of the learned counsel who conducted the case on each side . of the

      questisn , and watched" most arixiously the „ vanous turns of mere law , which the discussion appeared to take . There were several sentiments expressed in the course of the argument , as well by the judges as by the learned counsel , which appeared-to us to he both novel and dangerous , and . to which we shall take an early opportunity to revert . For the present it wouldbe premature and ill-advised ; to make any remark upon the dicta . to which we refer . In the mean time , without at all anticipating ' the final decision of the bench , we would exhort the friends of the Ten Hours Bill to prepare to receive and act upon that decision , whatever it may be , with all the earnestness arid zeal which the nature of . the , case imperatively ^ de ^ JBnds . —Events , w , e believe , " will confirm the opinion we recently expresBedf-that a new crisis ihiheFaciorytyuestion is athand "' *"'

      The Frame Work-Knitters' Advocate.-, No....

      The Frame Work-Knitters' Advocate .-, No . INottingham : E . Sutton , Bridlesmitli ' . ¦ Gate . " . ; ! ; '"¦;' ' : •; ¦ - •• ' " - " ¦ - "; We-welcome . this , new advocate , of Labour ' s interests We learn from the opening address ,: that "the Advocate will , on air occasions ,: he ready tojassist , . the . injufed , " and plead the cause ofthe oppressed ; it . will / expbse ; the -abuses , extortions ^ frauds , ' and deceits . which are still practised in so many and such various fonns . The working inen ' j however illiterate and unlearnedj : will here . find" ' space to express ' their thoughts ^ d views , "couched in their-own terms , and clothed in their own language , providing it coHtains nothing : that is unreasonable ' 6 r _ irrational : It \ yill contain . occasionally

      articles oh , all subjects ; tbrinccted with the i intereste ' - of the trade * ; ^ such ' as ! its ' his ' toryipast and . ; present ^; . wages , their rise ' and fall ; - comparison = between - .-. tho ¦ present and past ; local customs in tbeir ^ different varieties ; ; inyeotibn 6 and , imprpvenients in the manufacture , of machinery . •¦ The laws . tbAt ' affect the rig hts of industry wiUmeet , with" , dne attention , and the social anrfc ^ moral ^ improvement * f the working man will be bur greafest ' btjecti '? In " sjjorfe , Jl ^ wjIlTiei ' . ffiBi'fearl ^ s ' s advocate ' ofall " the ^ ght % pnviIege B )^ " produce-the ? wealth"' of-ilthis . ' ' cpjmpry . Pf ^ t- is almost snperflubus to add , ' that « nr be « t wishes are g iVeh-fbr-the success- ' of'tlfe '¦ FttiMVJ & ftl Knitters' Advocate .

      The Frame Work-Knitters' Advocate.-, No....

      iTA & RublicJ 3 oo' & , ^ Np . ^ IIi ^ Fj BBiTAKTi - Lon-, . ; don ;• : ; " 0 .: i ( 3 rilp . in , u 5 , t Bishopigate ^ 8 teeet . i / ; i >¦ -TdE articles in this . number , of the -Public Good ^ arecif the order previouslyo indicated ? inilpur notice of number one .:- Perhapsethe cbesb in the < 5 opy before us is the second . ' ofra . a ' series on' . " . the « undeveloped : resources of Eugland , '' We quote the follbwingifrbm a letter by ^ T 6 o- loo-foui ' - ' on'bo ' ard'the ' Chinese Junk' at Blackwalli-to his ldnsmaniiLang-fang , in Ohina ; * .- ^ ¦ ' -I have to ' iriforta'thee , ' my ' dear Lang'fang , 'that have : visited ' -London , - which , is -the Largest and richest . city in the . . . Iand , of / the , barbarians .: ; . Since the arrival . of bur . noble , vessel ,.. she has beenjin . - , vadedby swarms of a peculiar class ' of barbarians

      called CoeX-riiw ; together with a . greathumher . ' of the principal'tnaridarins . ' -But , if they were so curious andinqui 8 itive : ahoutus . J : wasr . stilli more so-in niy inquiries : . about . , them . ! Know ,. oh ;! , \ Iiang-fahg ! . that the . capita ) , of this barbarian empire is , en . pha- , tically , " a city o . r ' contrasts . ' Here ai'o ; jostled tpgetnerj" as'if in KideouS mockery' of the hopes we entertain of earthly ' felicity—inexhaustible wealth ; - ' and the . most squalid poverty ; the most sumptuous palaces , and the meanegt hovels- ; solemn temples of worship , and execrable . dens , of infamy ; , noble ; scientific ; mental institutions for ; mental imprby ' e- j merit / arid gorgeous saloons dedicated to the demon

      of intemperance for mental'degradation . Yet they will tell' thee , Oh ! Lang-fang- ! that this is ' the centre of civilisation , : the cradle of-the : arts , the mother of humanity , the home of truth , the : n . urse ! of wisdom ,-and " the ' benefactress . of the world . Though the inhabitants of this country pretend to be the most moral arid enlightened , people in the world , yet there are perpetrated ariiougst them the most frightful atrocities , and unmitigated villanies . They believe their legislators . : to be wise , humane ,, and , patriotic , ;); but : the Jaws , which , they have enactedareneither -just nor judicious . Thep rich riiari may purchase pardon , but the poor must suffer punishment .- " ' '¦ '¦ ¦ - - > •'¦ '•! ''" ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' -

      ' -1 must -hot omit to mention , that there is a . place of assembl y for , the . barbarian legislators , denominated the House of Commons , in which the affairs , of the nation are . discussed and decided ., , , 0 u ' rios jty induced ine to visit it '; 'but what wavrnV j surprise , Oh ! Lang-fang I" to discover ' that instead of the deeds of patriots , and the words of sage ? , that the time . waSjWastedjn frivolous debates , and the pub-, lie , money in ; . superfluous expenses . Private , ^ n-. tefeststhere , as well as in tlie most | ohscurenooks and corners pf the . . empire ,,, appeared ' to be Jhe ; airii and end " - ' of these " persons selected by the

      public forths pnblicgood .- ' - Well may ; we boast of onrgreat Confucius , and-well ' . may we be proud of the lessons- of wisdom . which , he ; has ,- , taught . us . What ^ ^ ^ wouldiburaugustEmperb ^ say to those mandarins ' whom he has"appointed ' to . administer the laws -Uiroughout the length and ' b ' roadth of tKb Celestial Empire , - if they were'to imitate the examsple ' of . these legislators ofthe barbarians - ? Would benot pluck the , buttons from their . caps , thereby degrading them before the eyes of his subjects , and command the bamboo tb ~ be ' Vigorpuslyj applied to the soles of their feet ! ; ' ' -- '"• ¦ •' -

      The Condition; Of Lengiiand ..:.!- • . ¦...

      THE CONDITION ; OF lENGIiAND . .:. ! - . ¦ . ¦ ' . ' ' , ' : QUESTION .- : - ¦ : i -v ; -. !) . ; -f : ¦ ' : ¦• ( Condensed from the J & mwur ChronicU . ) ' ¦ ¦ - ' - ' ' THE SIX ^ WEAT ^ i ' oif ^ bLETON ^ '' . Somewhat more than-. five miles from -Manchesteiv and . midway upon the high road-to Eochdale , lies , id , apleasant hollow , surrounded by ridging . hills , arid watered by '' the strearhof the Irk / the ahcterit village ef Middleton . i Although near the ; centre of the charmed circle within which the steam-engino the three-decked mule , and the , power-loom are alone potent , and almost as it were beneath the heel of the . cotton capitals-still the prevailing spirit of thewgibn has passed but lightly ovfer Middleton ' . Standing 6 ri the ^ gravestohe-olad 'hill / beneath' the antique . balfry ofTthe Norman church , you see in your immediate neighbourhood but a few scattered

      stragglers from the host of tall chimneys wqich niuster on " the . horizon . Beneathjoii , ' perched upon gardened banks or nestling in petty ravines , lie the scattered streets of an' bid-fashioned village , the highigabled arid iirregular itenements built of wood which was leafy three centuries ago , interspersed with . ranges . ' of modern . red-brick- two-storied cottages . There ia a gas-work rising ^ ,, sp ick ' and , span new , close to where the - long ' grass is " waving on theruiris of a brave hall : ; and a Manchester omnir bus stands at the door of a tavern which bay have seen the . esquire ride forth to . fly his hawksi . There is nothing , of the suburban , character about . Middleton . The cits of Manchester do riot resort there : The place has a stahip of its' bwh . ' ' Some of the

      oldest and purest blood of the Lancashire " yebmari keeps its : current still unmixed . by the -hearths of this village . ; yeedwood , and Cbarnwood serit . forth no tougher bows nor longer , shafts . than ? twanged along the bank ' s of the Irk , and amid the coppices of Births and Ashworth . On the northern window of the - cbUrch transept ' - ' are eriiblazoned the . effi gies ofthe Middleton Archers , who , like Hubert ' s grandsire , drew good hows , not indeed at , Hastings , but on Flodden . Edge . ; : There , upon the coloured glass , niarch , ' like the " merry men of Robin Hood , the staunch Middleton Archers , " all ' of a rbwj jvith , their long light Saxon hairi and their retainers' liveries of blue .:. Each carries , his . unslung bow : upon his shoulder ; over eaclubow , Js ; painted , in antique

      letters , the name of its . owner ,. and every one ' of these names is atill . bbrhe by an inhabitant of Middleton ' . ' It was curious , indeed , after the multitude of brown b ' ripken Sioris , and Ebenezers ; and . Bethesr das , to which ; I have lately- beeh-accustomed , to find myself stahdjng upon , the brazen , memorials of buried Crusaders , amid mullions and quatrbfeuils , carved by . Norman chisels ,, and beneath mouldering standards arid rusty . s ' pears , which were probably shaken and couched in' the war ' s of the Boses . ^ From what I have stated the' reader ' will be prepared for a population pursuing some distinct and ungregarious ; species . of occupation . He is in the right . The " folk ' o' Middleton , " to use their 6 wri vernacular , are almost all ' silk handloom weavers

      pursuing their craft in their Own houses , preserving an independent : and individual ; tone of character , intermarrying to the extent of breeding scrofulous disease--clannish and priejudiced and peculiar ' as all ' such septs areS-keeping ' up even amid their loom ' s a great degree of the rural andpatriarchaltoneofbyi gorie'times ^ -a few of them : handling . the plough and the hoe as well as the shuttle and the winding-wheel , ; and the entire community great favourers of .. the , old English _ ' manly"sports . , ' , " ¦ . When ' -the Hopwood hounds pass the village ( says the Rev . ' Mr . Dunsfordj the ' rector , ) there is always a goodly'train of sportsmen , Or i foot ' , in attendance ' . "; i - ! , ;' : ; , , ; , s Edvine-asked -whether-. there : was , ; any . weav . er among them ; whom they thought especially , a clever ;

      man , and , one who knew the history of the trade , public opinion pointing with iriany fore-fingers ib ' a . certain"dbbrV ' ItappeoV thereat , and theJatcHwas raised by a venerable ' old lady adorned with a pair of silver spectacles on her nose ; and-a-pipp in her mouth ; she . looked somehow like a nice indul gent grandmamma- ^ she had such a kind . bld-fashionod face ; " biit' I could riot help staring j ^ jt ; for never in iny life haa ' l . seen as ' elderly lady ' s countenance embellished at once with a pair of silver spectacles and a clay : pipe . The master of the family-, was , a very intelligent , chubby old man , with grey hair , a pair Of twin spectacles , but no ipe . ; After ' ascertaining that I was " not in thetrade , " and that I

      knew as ranch about : the . secrets of "dents arid " shute" as about the mysteries of ; Eleusi 8 , ; h ' e made me extreinely welcome ,-and wei-had a long , gossip together ! : In :. his . workroom . ; stood fpui "^ looms , one of then ! the invention of tho , celebrated weaver of Lyons , " \ yben I entered , " the " master of the ; house was "instructing a girl' in th ' e mariagemerit ^ ' of ; tho . loom . , Ho straightway left his pupil , and , " -having heard my errand , [ launched"headforemost into a soa ofsilk-weavingreminiscerices . ;'; ¦; .. ¦ . i - * , ,..,.- . , ¦ . ; I shall not attempt to classify the topics which 1 found scribbled , in my , hote-h / i p kV . In cqnvei'satiohs with , working men it is alriiost impossible to keep them tQ the pbint , and perhaps a ' more vivid idea is' ¦ gii ' en > 'bl the colloquy ; "and especially of . the

      principal interlocutor , ' by-puttmgonpaper his chat , rambling and disjointed as . it was uttered , . :,... ; . . . ' - Beroemher better „ times ;? ,, That do ' I well ; Twenty-six yeare ago we had 13 d . a . yard for what we have 3 Jd . now . It's the ' niachiriery—the machmbry-as has'dorieit ^ for see" that ! Jacquard , * ahd the : silk : in it i ( therefarelmany hundred Jacquavds hereaboutsV-well , the weaving of that silk used , to be 3 s . a wrd . What , . is itnow ^ : Why , ls ,. 3 d . About thirty years ' ago ' we were mostly . cotton weavers hereaway . ' ' ButJthb power-looms flung us out of work ; and-we were high- ' starved . Then , sir , therecamegentlemen from Lunnon , fromuSpitalfields ( of course as you come frotii-Lunnon you know Spitalfields ) , and , they , took , dpwn silk ; herc and , they set usto work . bn it .. ' Wew ^ s ^ very ^ g lad to get the chance . But the masters ' was usirig us to bate down the Spitalfields weavers . "Sbirib . of theniy sh ^ the ' weavers I mean—carn ' e dbwaihere , but . their old

      masters wouldn't employ , no ^ inot never a manvon thefflj because they , would ^ want . their old wages and old , rules . . That was ' the . way , sir , that , silk weeing became so ge'ticral' hereaway : . "Well , - but wd was sbon ' servedjns ' t as ' we Md' served ^ the ; Spitalfields folk . " There ' s ^' -place called Leig h , not' far from here , where - there -w as , then- a ¦ heap , of ; hand-loom weavers as wroughtc . oj ; tons , and , such like . r ,, WeIi , after some time , ounomasiers . djdn't g ive us our due , arid ; so ' we c'bmhihed afld . ' had a ' strike / , What aid ^ c rnaU ^ B'ab but"Vobk . th e " # b rk to ' Leigh from ' Midaietbril just'as ' - ' they'did ^ froni' Spitalhelds ; tb ^ Middleton , 'and ' tthe ^ ^ weavers jitiLeig h-vfrough'ti * t one ha ' penny !* jardless . thamwei did ^; jTo ( rhoj sure they . was glad . to-. get . the . worlsat , ato ( ost ( . any price , The wageV are' no 6 ;* y ; e 'i 7 M ^ PJViJ & l are . grievous aUdurijustiahateibenis .. ; 'The tnristers " are sflme- 'bf tfib # Kn' 6 urabIe '; gb 6 d raen- ^ btjt some of them are veryHyrannous . They were very tyrai >

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      nouu in . this . way ; . at . Leighj and ? t . cpmmittee ,. . of ; . the weayer ' s . collectea ^ nfbi'rn ' atioh printedlt in a bbbk . t ' ti have ' thb pamphlet beforeme ;]! ^ ery ' often ] ' sir ; - there ;' wa 3 ' one-and-sixpence ahdi itw 6 ^ andisixpenee ; > SunjustIy-

      . om ' , ' ' , 'It't akcs long to iriake ; them ' perfoot in ; tho trade . ' -There ' s ^ many " 'drawbacks" to . a ; weaver ' s -work ;; i'Sometimes it takes a tfcck to ga ; te a loom . " ( Prepare ?; it : for ,, a-web of particular ,-fineness ) . " : I heard say that in , Spitalfields all . that'is . dbjie . at the Raster ' s but here we 'doit buwelvea" 'Ilowdo we hv . efrWell j : tliero ' s -riot riiuch-flesh meat , eaten . There would be li deal- more if we could get it . But there ' stay , ( thoLnricashirepeasantinvariably pronounces . the word moi'e : Hibeunico ) ,. there ' 8 tay , and bread and bp , 0 ter--that ' s ready , cooking . In this famny"we , bnly have ^ an ; punce ' of tay ' a week ; but I'll just tell ypu hbw we livb iri '• 'homely • Lancashire sort : 'Well ^ we have-tay arid-bread aridbooter morning arid afterhoon . f At dinner we have potatoes , and perhaps a little meat . ' llere ' s . in this house-a

      family of four or five , as . it may .. be .,. , Well , at the end of the . week ' wo buy two or three pounds of beef , and that '_ s ' alltneflcsh . nieat we have till next week . So" we ' inake'it into "! tisI ' many oiririersas we can scheme .- Wecookmayb ^ half a ' pdund at a -time , to give the potatoes a'iW . ourlike . ? . But ghat ' s that f or eating , ? 7 Why ,., my share , at meal times-is not bigger , nor my thumb . ; £ jo ' . I o ten throw it ' in and take a fried irigan and [ two or . threbdrbps of vinegar to relish the--potatoes ' .- ' - '' That ' s ' 1 about our general way of living :-- -Tobb-suvc we may : igbt : a living in spring time -when . the spring fashions cbme ; biit yery ., often . we ' ve been getting ,. into debt in the winter ; and ! first , ~ . yb . u " . kriow , we must ; ' Jkeep our credit '; arid . ' then ' there's"clothes want ' ' renewing .

      TeatotailM's . herer' 'Ay > 'there ; beytew on em ; but we re all very moderate .- I like my-glass of alomyself , and < I-like : good company ^ arid a good joke , , and soom ' mut to laugh at , I do . I like to sing i a song , too . "/ .. How ^ he . . conversation . turned round I do not rejmember ' jhut the ii ' oxt entry ; 'I have upon my note b ' pok'is ^ that the bid ' gehtlemari was fbrid not only of a go * 6 d song , but that- ho hvas especially fond of reading the " Skootchings '' which' Cobbett vised to give" to . people he didn ' tTike .: , rThen we got back to convivial , matters , and so gradually" to , the subject of phemomle ' of the village . , . ' i ' ! i li We ' ve got a ruralpblice here . " But , ; Lord ! - ; we hay'rit rib rnbre risefor thorn nor- you have for water in your boots : ^ There ' s three policeriien , andthe

      devilft . thingthey . havetodobut ,-walk about with their ; hands , in .- . theii ; pockets , like gentlemen . Why , they hav ' nt had a job this three months [; except , maybe , when a chap gets drobnk-like . I Theseiv geant , as they call him , thinks-it ' q ' uite ridiculous . He tays he never-saw such people . If he offends one heoffendsalh / . Wehkeeach / otherisowell , and wo turn out after dinner and' have a great talk about politics , and . what , they ' re , doing , in Lunjnon , and sriioke our pipes . We have long discussioris-i-we ' ire , great chaps for politics—and we just go into-each others houses and : talk , u I-like ) to be idle myself sometimes—I . dare ; say . you doi too . Yes , , of course ' you ; do . Well , then , when I feel idle , I go and walk about : hv the fields . may ! . be , and work harder" , to . '¦'

      make up : for it after : " '"' ' ' : " - ' . ¦ The hand-loom system hero appears , so . far as family is concerned , to exercise exactly the opposite effectof the factory . systemi The" Middleton weaver keeps not . only his sons and daughters , but often'his sons and fla ' ughtersi in . lavr ' , long about him ; white the ohildrehwhbare too old'for the heavy labour of the 16 ' omi'turn the ' winding wheel , and prepare tbe g listening silk for the frame .. They aro great politicians the good , folks of . Middleton , arid occasionally ,-given to . lazy , fits , during which ; smoking , sauntering ,. and chatting listlessly ; aro'the amiiser ihents most in vogue . ' The-. women very frequently smoke ; but . itisalways"with some pseudo-medical excuse . -They feel a - 'i rising " or a" sihking , " ' or

      a headache , or a toothache ,, or any ache , or no ache at all ., --. A curious . indication , of the prevailing shade of radical politics in the village is afforded by the parish register , ' ' the ' people having a' ' fancy ; for christening their" children-after ' the hero of -the minute . -Thusj- a generation or' so ; haok , Henry Blunts wereas : cbmmon as ^ blackberries—a c rop of Feargus ; . O ' . Connbrs .-replaced , them—and latterly they naye . a few . green sprouts , labelled Ernest Jones . A . verysriirtll , proportlbn of the . weavers only labour in' the . fields ; i but in niariy farm-houses around there , are Idbrns which the women ' work during the 'long winter evenings ; MThe -Spitalfields hobby : of pigeon fancying is not uncommon ,. particularly . among ' 'the young ' men ; and . pigeon matches , which give rise ' to a good deal cf gambling ! are frequent : ' The birds ' are taken some mil < ss away , and then : flown back t 0 their homes . : » " '• ¦ "¦ " : ; : > : ; : > :- '

      Bespectingthe abatement system , the , Clironicle ' s correspondent observes that , in a pamphlet ' published ; by . the Leigh weayers' committee upon the subject one fact most damning : to the' masters , if true , is broadly ' asserted—viz ., that the- weavers who are abated'the : mosti 'and'who ,- 'cbnseque ' ntly , were the abatements justly . made , must be the worst workinen i - received -by -. far t the greatest share of labour from thejeriiployers ' . 'Many of the cases reported by the ' committee in question sberiij harsh and . cruel to the ' last . 'degree . Ayregards thb jamount of these abatements , I may mention , quotingfat random from a great mass of-tabular statistics , that out of £ 2 G 5 10 s . 8 d :. bf wages nominally earned by 171 weavers , ' £ 45 ; 12 s . 3 d : was abated onacco ' urit of real or allbgedimperfections , in thefabrics , ; beirig an average of 5 s . 4 dl clipped frbm . eachnian ' s pay / : :.

      THE-SLOP WORKERS OP- LONDON . ' " ' : !' . '" My first step was ' to iritro ' duce myself to one of the largest .. " slopsellers" at the East-end of the towh ; "and having informed the firm that I was about to examjn 6 iti to the condition and incomes of the'slopworkers-of'Loridoni ! I requested to know whether they-wohld-have any , objection to furnish me with the list efprices that they were in . the habit Of paying to their ^ workpeople , so ^ ^ ^ thai ; on . my . visit ; irig tlie parlies themselves-i-as I fraiikly gave them to uhderstahd I ' purposed doing—I might be able : to compare the operatives' statements as to prices witli theirs ; . and , thus ; be able to check ; the . oho with ' the Other . ' .-Indeed ,, Lsaid I thought it but fair that : the

      employer shpuld have an opportunity of having his shy as ' well as thb employed . 'I regret to say that I was hot ' met-with' the '' candour that 1 had been' led to expect : ¦ Orie ' of the ; firm wished to know why I had ' singled-their-housej out - from the rest of the trade . Itoldhiml . did so merely , because it was one of tho largest in the business ,. and assured him that , ! so far " from my having any personal objecfin iny visit ' , I made it a ' pbint riever to aljudo by riariie to any eiriployeror workriian towhornil might have occasion to refer . ¦ •; My ; desire ^ I ,-said ,- was to-deal with principles , rather . than persops ; whereupon I was informed . that " the . firmwould have no objection to acquaint hiewith' the prices paid by other houses in the trade . " Ii ' ybu merely wish to arrive at the

      principle of'the slopbusmeBS , this , " said one of the partners ; ' ' wiH- -hcf . ' quite ¦ sufficient ,- . 'f or your' p lir-. pose : " i . ( Though I-ipressed for some , more definite iand : particular information from : the firm , I could obtain nothing . 'from . ' them but' an assurance that a Statement should be ' written oiit'for meihimedi' ately as ' to the general custom of'the trade . * " ' * We entered a dtrty-looking house by a side entrance : Though-itiwasno ' ondftyyjthe ^ Btairoase . was -so dark thatiWewerei / orced , to grope our , way by thewall up to "thp first floor ; . " .. Here in a s ' mall backroom , about' eight' feet square , " we found ribfewjer . ' than seven wofkm ' en , 1- with' their coats ' , arid' shb ' es' off ,

      seated'crbss-legged on the 'floor , . busyj stiching the different part s of . different "garments . The" floor was : strew . n w . ith ; sleeve-l ) 0 . ar , ds , irons , and . snips of various cqloiu'cd . clbths . . tn ' one corner of , the room was a ' . turn-up ' be'datea ' d , with' "the washed-out chihtz ' curtains drawn ' ' partly ih frbrit ' of it . ' . Across a line which ' ran from : one side of the apartment to the" other were . thrown the coats ,, iackets , anid ' cra vats . bf the . woilimen . ; Inside the rusty grate was a , hat , andoiipOne j Of . ^ he hobs rested a pair of old cloth , boots ; . while lean ' irig ' agakist'tlio'hars in front there stood ' a sack frill' ot cuttings ; Beside ; the workriien-bn the'floor sat two goOd-lookiirgg irlsone cross-legged ; like- 'the men-rengaged in

      tailoring . ; ) - -, .:: ¦ -, ; i , iu 0 u--::-o , i . ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ : .- - .- - . -. My , companion haying . a , cquainted / the : workmen with tho object of iny . "visit ,. they"onb and . all , expressed . ' themselves ready to answer any questions , that' ! , might put to ' them ; ' They made dress " and frock- - coats , they > . - told j 'me ? Chesterfieldsj ' fishing coats , paletots , Buller ' s monkey -jackets , ' beavers , shooting coatSj . trowsers , vests , sacks ; Codrihgtons , Trinity cloaks ,, " and . , cbats , "and indo . ed eyeryi i Ofcher kind of woollen garirierit . " They"yorked for the ready-made houses /' or , " slopsellers . " ! "One of us , " stiid they ; ' ' gets ' - work - from' 'the warehouse , arid g ives ; it out ; to others ; . > The , houses . pay ; difter rentiprices ; jiBress coats , ^ frpp \ 5 s 6 d . -tobs , 9 d .- ;; frock * oats the , same , ; shooting cbatsi from , ?? . 6 d .: . to , 28 . ' 0 d . ' . ' ; , Iii the ' gummertiine ; . wheri trade . is . busy , they"paV ; : 3 sJ . Ch e 3 te ' rfieldsf'frbrii 2 s .- ; 6 di-tb ^ s "

      some - are mhde for , ; 2 s . ' ¦ paletots ,: irom zs . » lid . WW"V « AyVand two daysiwork for . any : irian i ' / - cried-onebftheftailors Witfea -witheredilegi-iMapdi buy ; hisjown .-jtrimmings , .. white j anil iblack ,, cotto » i , - gimp ; ,. and , pipe ' clav ;^ •" ' yes , 'r . exolalnied > nqther , . " , arid , yfo ' have 't ' O ^ buy wadding for dress' coats ; arid BOon ; . i supribs ^ - we -8 hall'have to . . buy * blbth arid airt 6 ' getber ; 7-, ' ^ TrowBers-fromiis . i > 6 < i . to : 3 s ; -waistcoats , fronviswod . to laiMii { rjlress ahd frock ; -coats . wjll-take twojdaysand ,, a . half , to make each ., . calculatwgjthe , dayjfrpm : s ) X ., in ; ¦ thf , m (» nmg'tlll seven ft-night brit three ' 'days ' is the regular time . Shooting"coa ' ts '' wilf'tate'itwo ^ days ; i ehesterfields ' t £ ake-tp /' same'time ' -ad"dress" arid : fre 6 kyi coats : ^ # fetots ; 2 twodayB : { dr . o ^ Iei { s , onejday . ;' ^ , !! ovis ;; , v " The master here " ( said one of them scarcely '

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      distipgui ^^ from ^ rest ) . / ' gets w rk from the w areh gusea ^ he ^ beforerdentipned prices i ; 'he gives ' itout to ^ s at the same price , My ' M usj when 'he receives the money . We < are'riever seen at ' the ' sK ' op . '; Out'Ibf ' Mft prices ' the ! master ho ? e deducts 4 s . per week . pei ' : head fortoun cup / of-tea orJcoffee in'the-morning , arid teairi > th ' e evening , rind our bed : ¦ We sleep tvfo In a bed-heref arid soinebf us three inliriost places ; the : woi ; kri"i en . ; eat , "drink , and ' aleep iii brie . "rbomr as "many , as , e . v ' er . ' th e"room will contain .. " . They'd put ,, twenty . ; ih-. one room if they could ;" :- 't I should like to see the paper this'llbe printed in , '' cried the man with' the withered .. leg . ^ Olvit'llbeagoodjob , it . shbuld :: bb known . We

      should be ' glad iftho "wholeworld heard , it , so that tKe / peopi . eshpuld . knbw bur-situation ., I ' ve worked very hard , ithis week , as . hard : as any . mah . I ' ve worked from seven in tho morning tiIl elven at night , ; and my cariiitfgs "will ! bb ; 13 s , this week ; and deducting iny : 4 s ' . qut ' . of .. that , "ar id ! my triuimings hesidog—The tnmmings ' cqme g , to about Is . Od ; p . er „ Keekrr . whi . ch . m » k . e 8 . 5 s .. 9 tl . altogether , and-that will leave me : 7 s . 3 d ; for ray earnings all the week , Sunday included . ; -It ' s very seldom we havb a Sunday ; walking out . > We ' re obliged to work " on Sundayallihe same . We should lose our shop if we didn ' t . - 8 s ; is tbe . average . -vfagps take the year till through / . Out Of this 8 s . wo ' have to deduct expenses . ^ " " lodging , . tritpmings , washing ; - ; and ; light , ' which . ' c ' bm e EJ to 5 s , 9 , ( 1 . :, We can t get . a ' coat to-burOsacks . " .--V ; < f ! S :-: ' . '; - ¦; o : ' , ::. ' . ; '" : "'"'

      I inquired : as to the earnings . of the . others . f Well ^ it ' s"iifiarly justpthe : same ,- ' take , one '; with aholher , all the year ! round . .. / "We work all . abatit the ' same hours-i-all the lot of us .- The wages are l 9 wfr ; tha - n-they 7 were "" thi 8 " tiriie ^ ^ "twelvemonth , , > . 1848—th ' at ; they / are , by ' far ,. and . heavier ; wbrk ' tool I . think , there ' s a' fall ' bf 6 d . ih each' job at- the lowbst calculation . ' •¦'¦••" - ' : •'• ¦ ' ' ; .. ' . Ah ,, that there isj ? said another ; ' a 3 s .. job '" . We don ' t have 2 s . 6 d . for now . ' * Yes , it is causing half of the people , ' cried' a third ^_ « ; to be , thieves , . and robbers . That ' s 1 rue . Wages " were higher iri'i 847—t ' hey ' re coming down now everyyear ., ; The , coats that , they , ; used to pay

      as . for- this time two - years , they are making for 38 . ; 6 i | at ; present r i-the very Mrirewprk , but a deal heavier "thari " it ' was . two years" ago / . This'time ' twelvemonth we made coats for 7 s . ; and 5 s . this year is all . webave for the same . .. Prices have come down more than . a quarter" —• indeed . abouFhalf , duringtheselast ten years .- I ' m aurel dont know what ' s the cause of , it ; ; The "master ' first says , I ca n ' t igiverib . mpre ; ' thansuch apnce ^ brmakingsuch an article , - -Then the . man objects . to / it , and says he can ' t , live by it ; as soon as he" 6 bjeets to it , " the master / will give him tipmore , work . '" , \ Ve reallyare theprey ofthe-master . and' cannot help ourselves .-Whatever he offers we are obliged to accept , or else

      go starve . "' ' ; Ye 8 , ' yeg , "said they , all , 'that ' s- the realfact . - -And if we don't take his offer ; somebody elsewilli ' tKat-V ^ atarid but against it / : " . The . wbrkhouse ;! ; won ' t- have us—we must either go thieve , br . ' take ; the price ] in the lorig run ; : There ' 8 'a" 8 tandihg price in the regular tradei / but , not ; ih . / thls'i / The ' tegular : trade is 6 d ; an hour . The regulars work only ; from six in the morning till seven ' ' ¦ at 'night , and only , do bespoke' work . " But [ M ^ l ^^! M ^^ -t prrihe slop .. shops or warehsuses , and they keep " a large stock of ready-made ' goods . : We ' re-called ' Underthe-hed " workers / or " workers for the ' sweaters . All the persons , who work" for wholesale houses are

      ' sweaters . '* -Single wdrknieri cannot-get the work from ^ ihem , ' ' b ' ecause ^ ' they . cannot give securityr-i ; 5 in money , or a shopkeeper must , be responsible for that amount / Those who cannot give-security are obliged tb work for' sweaters . ' . The reason for the warehouses requiring this ' security is ,.. because . they pay so 'badly for the work they are afraid to trust the journey man with , it . " But in the regular , trade ; such , as at- ' the West-end , they ' require no security , whatever . In the slop trade the , journeymen do riot keep ' '; Monday—they ; can't' do it ; ' Suriday nor .

      iWLqnday either—if they do they , must' want for food . Since we ' ve been working , at slop trade we find ourselves ... far . .. worse off .. than . when we" , were working at the regular trade , The journeymen ' bf the slop trade are ' unable to earn 13 s / where the regularjburrieyman can-earn 30 s / ,-and tbeh ; we have to find-our own trimmings and candle" light . I'd sooner be transported than at this work , -Why , then ,. at least , I'd have . regular hours for work andforsleej )'} ' but'now I ' m harder wofkedand worse fed than a ~ Cab'horse . ' . ¦ , / .- . ' . ; '' . " . ( To be- Continued . ) ';

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      inv / i-v-DIlUBY-iANE-THEATRE . ; _ . „ . 1 " ' . ; On- Tuesday : ni ght , Fiesco -was repeated , at this theatre ,, when , it was more f avourably received than on ; the first night . The perfbrmance ; was-brought within ; 'three hours' duration / and thb applause throughout ' was" frequent . ? , Itwas due to the great reputatiou ' of Schiller that one of his tragedies should have thelbenefit of a full . 'trial . -Tho . piece'is extremely well put on the sta g e , arid the , richness of the costumes and decorations ; and the ¦ ' beauty , of some of ' the * scenic "r ' epr ' esehtatibns and of the general rnise en scene , - ' evince a desire on the part ol

      the management , not' to : spare expense , in : what is technicall y 'termed , f ' . ' mounting " . , new : pieces . At the close of the . performance . Mr . Anderson was called" for / He . . briefly "thanked the audience for h « aving shown ' . more ' iridulgerice than on the first night '; ' arid expressed a hope that in his future exertions he -iwould - better deserve' encouragement . Mr . Vandenhoff wasalso ; : called before the curtain . The play ^ has received some , further judicious alterations ; and it is certainly worth a visit to the theatre . r ; • - - . - . ¦ L i i .-:. .. .:. f '¦¦•• ' .- •' - ' .- :- :.

      . . ; . Lloyalpqiiytechnic Ixstitutioni ...

      ; . llOYALPqiiYTECHNIC IXSTITUTIONi - " Some very splendid specimens bf crayon drawings have just been ' added to the wonders in this ih ' stituV tion , and certainly- ' surpass all hitherto exhibited ' m that department of-the art . They are the productions of Mons . Isidore Magubs ,-a , French artist , latelyj ' arriyed in "this , country . " This . gentleman ' s stylo bf prbducmg" effects is quite new , the" finish beihrmore perfect than any we have seen , ; resembling more the fresco thanfany other ' drawing , so liighlyis the finish , and life-like the effect ; - The female portrait is a most charming production . It represents " a , celebrated dancer , Madariv Mtchaiix ; and is no doubt a most faithful likeries ' s- ^ -if , w . e ' miiy judge by the portraits' of several bf bui'

      friendsalso productions 1 of this talented artist . The portraits are-five incumber , < but we understand they will be changed till the whole -have been exhibited . It is . the intention , . we have been | informedj of this gentleman to . open an academy for ladies , thiasfcylo boitig preferable'to oil painting , as'drawings of this class may be executed in' a ' - ' drawing-room , where the former would be prohibited from : its disagreeable odour ,: and ; dirt occasioned by . its use . " We trust our friends wilji fpso no-time in visiting this temple bf art arid science , and view , these beautiful productions—for they must be . seen' to , be appreciated ; and ' we are ^ well assured ' they will not be disappointed by the : tveatthat awaits them .. .- •' .: i t

      . ' Juveni^K 0»Epbbs.-Raccbrding."To Ja'...

      . ' JuVENI ^ K 0 » EpBBS .-rAccbrding . "to ja'Parliamentary return" issued : bri Saturday last , ( obtained by ; Mr . Morickfori ;' Milne ' s , ) 'there were . in- ' 1847 ,-. as mdny as 11 , 195 juvenile offenders ( H ' . lOOin England , and : 95 in !; Wales ); oommitted ; td ; prison ,- and in -the next year 11 , 756 ( 11 , 651 in / England , and 105 in Wales ) , ^ aking . in the . tvyo , years . 22 J 951 .. The"bfferiders ^ wereall urider ' seventeenyears of age ; "It appears from the document that there are seventeen places'in England in the nature of' charitable institutions for ; affording - : temporary retugo to young , offendei ; s : when ] disoliarged , ; from prison . ' In' the county of . Chester there are three ; , in- Devon one '; jn Oloucest ' or one j iii Lancaster two ; in Middlesex two T in "Kbri'blkone ; in "Nottingham one ; in Somerset one ;'; i irii Surrey two \ ' \ n- Sussex one ,- ; in

      Warwick one and in York onei 'When the retrarris weremade in [ July : last . there were ,- J , 176 juvenile offenders undergoing sentence . ' , The returns " extend to thirteen pagbsj and ' contain a good deal of information as . to the conviction of juvenile offenders . ' . Cheap Law . —Petitions to both ' houses bf parliament have been '' numerously sighed ' , in -Lincoln praying that theyurisdictiori'of' the -County Courts may be extended to causes involvinglfirgernmounts than , £ 20 , including-suits . deteiominable in the Common . LaWjEquity , and . Ecclesiastical Courtis , Charities ,: &' c . . Anothe ^ set . ' . bf petitions " representa .. that where the Courts' ' of Barikruptcy are distant from , the residence of the . debtbri and- his creditors ,. ' evils occuriof tho , same . inaturo ; as presented themselves in the . instance , of ; debts under J 620 ' _ previously to the establishmen t of the ^^ ' new County Courts ;^ and tho petitions : suggest that-aii' appropriate -remedy-may

      be found nv thb extensibhbt the ] uri « dictwh ,. oi , tpo County Courts-to j all cases . where : the ' : probable . ass ^ tsiof thobankruptishall not-amopnt to . £ j 30 P . . or tiiOO . jand ' where t ^ e re . Bidcnqeofjiiie bankrupt is at an inconvenient distance frbm a . ccjur ^ . ' - ' ;¦ ' - - \ ¦ ' ' ; . ' : . " " ¦ LA iikcH op osa ' , op . iriB ^ own ' Amew . o ^ ,: ^ ^ STEAjiERa ^ At '' Greenock , " bri ' tlie 3 Is ' t"ult ., there waV'laurictied 'fr'brii " tho ^ building-yard of Messrs ; Robert ^ Ste ' elbiuid Co ., 'the ' British and North American , m ' ailos ' team- ' shi p-jAsiajT .-This-is the . largest ; v e ^ Bel bel 6 nging . to-tho company , c ; W "tli . it Mb yet been launched from any building yard wi . therf Qlya > HeiUength is § 65 ' fe " et / breadth"thirty-seven feet , - and ' t ' oririage 2 , 2 & 6 tdfiBjf ti / ni : ^ Hgr . rtodel . 1 s . Mnuoh ^" dmired ^ by ^^ comp ' etentvj ' udges , . andisheJis ¦ eipeOted 'fulty . toaustainvthb Mputationwhiobthe . VesaelS j pf the punard'line hayeiaohjeved- ( orjtfee rapidity and punctuality of their Voyages across the Atlantic .

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      . « Thb .- Ei ; iuBB . vliereafter ^ . perhaps ,. the native of those countries wiipniTEur , opeans have long tyrannised over , . may . grow , stronger aa . those . of Europe may grovV ; weaker , " and ' tlie "inhabitants of all the differerit ^ quaVters ' -bf the' worftKrhfiy arrive at that equality , , of ¦ courage , andi forcei . w . hiph , by inspiring

      mutual fear , canj alone overawe the injustice of independent nations into some , sort of respect for the viS" ^; ° f onb / ahbtKer . But nothing . seems more hkely ., tb ; establ | sh"thTs equality ; of force than that mutual corisumriiatibn of knowledge , arid of all sorts of improveriierits- which : ari'ieitensivo commerce Jrom-. ail countries ! toi-all ; countries , ^ naturally , or rattier -necessarily ,, carries along . with- it . —Adam Smith , ,, :, - " .-r . . . ' . ,.. ~' - ' '•¦• - — ' - ' . ' A / f # ^ - -Timt on e man should die ignorant whohada capacity for'knowledge , this I call a tragedy . —( fcrlyle .:. ; - . ' ^ -i

      • " ^ voiiomm was-a puzzle to tho best readers m the Post-office for some time : — " - 'Serum Fridavi Londres ,: ' . ' when , by , reading the address aloud . ' with . the French as . well as tho English sound of the vowles . it , was solved iii / - " ' Sir . Humphry Daw London . - " . -- — - « - '¦ ' -- '_ : "HOW THE , LA ^ ERS'b ' AXtK'BT-TriElR ' PAiRON SaWT . —Arid-now because'Tam ' speaking of puttyfogers , givelrie lc . ave to . tell-you / a story , ; I mett with when -I lived ; in . Rome ., - Gocing withi -a- ltbmane to see someAntiquit . ycs , he showed me a chapejl dedicated to brie St . Evona , alawyerofBn ' ttanio , wholie said came'to Rome to entreat the Pope to give the lawl yers ^' of ' ' Brittan'ie . '' a ^ atrbn ' /' .. to'Svhich . 'tlie Pope replied , ¦ " . Thathe " knew : of no . Sairit but whatwas

      disposed of to the other . profession ' s . "At which Evona was very sad , and earnestly begd ofthe Pope to think of otio forhim ;' : At last the Pope proposed to St . Ev'bria that he shbuld / goe i'buri'd the church of St ., Jbhii"de Latera blrn ; aould , "and after ho had said ' so many Ave'Mai-iaf >; that ' the first Saint he layd hold of sHoiild be his patron , which the good old lawyer willingly undertook ; and atHhe end of his Ave Mtirycshe s ' top tfat ^ Sairit Michels altar , where be layd hold "bf . the Divell , under Saint Michels feet ; , and-cryd out ,. This is oui Saint , let him be our Patron . So being unblindfolded , and

      seeing what a patronhe had chosenj'he went to his lodgings so dejecfeed ,. that 1 n a few moneths after he die d . —Notes and Queries , . . " " ' . '" .. ' .. ' -. - ' Thb Paris papers state that Madame George Sand has sold tlie copyright of her " Memoirs" to apubltshei ; for ratherimore : than .- £ 5000 „ i It has ' been'learned' that ' there ishigh poetry in common life . anii ; ' ' before long ,, dignity will be discovered hi labour . — -Electric Review . - - | * 'Time ; im the long- run ' will give' the victory to Truth . . Be hot therefore afraid to enlisl ; under her banner : the conflict may be fierce . ana ' - long , but the laurel wreath will he wonat ; the"close .

      • E . VBRY onbto his . Taste . — -. Lately , " at a publichouae at Gotham , a , party of " wisemeS" sat down to , supper , tlib ; dainty dishes before them being two largera ' tpics . " The « game" was' . caifeht and supplied by : . the Gotham . rat-catcher / " ., Among this party ^ of-epicur - es , were" . three .-hutdhers'iof Nottinghafli ; "At the ; conclusion of thc . repastrtb . ere was not even a bone-left for the-cat- to pick . A few days-ago orieofthesame party , having his hands tied behind him , worried alarge rat in two minutes , for the small sum of sixpence . —Nottingham Journal . A'Dumb Woman . —Itia said - that a girl in Pittsfield , Mass ., was-struck dumb by the firing of a cannon . ' Since theri it is said that ariuinDcr of married men have . invited the artillery companies to

      come and discharge their pieces on their premises . - 'In Locu-SniBLDAio , in the Highlands * there is a small rock island , a crevice in which affbfds a home for ; three very incbrigruous : com ' pariibris- ^ a hawk , a rock pigeon ,, arid an : owlet—which have lived there , in'the greatest harmony ,, for years . " , ; ¦ Active Woman . —Asa general rule , noisy woman do much less than they - seem to do , > and quiet women "often do "more . -But does not follow that all quiet women are active ; on the contrary , six out of ten "are indolent , ; arid work brijy ' oh" cbmpulsion . Indolent women have , their good points , " and one of the most valuable of - these is their-quietness ; it is a great luxury in domestic life ; but / perhaps , it is a luxury ^ which is too expensive for a poor man , unit

      less . ^ can get combined withactiyity : , The wife of : a : pbor . man ,, no matter what his prpfession or positionj'ought-to . be active in , the best sense ofthe word ; -She : ought to rule her house with dilligence , but . make no boast of it . Her managing powers ought Mbe ' cbnfiried to her own house , ' and never be sent . out to . interfeVe"with , her neighbours . Her activity should -be kept healthy . by beirig exercised upon important matters chiefly , though ? the trifles must riot be disregarded . A woman who will make herself unhappy because the usual custom of cleaning the house on Friday is , on a particular occasion ,

      inevitably infringed , \ \ i inadequate to"perceive the differencebetweeritheiesser arid"thegreater . " Soine active women , who pif ide thomselves on their bousekeeping , seem to / orge ' tHhat ^ fib''bbject ; of keeping a house is , ' that' ; human lieiii gs"Way 'be accbnimodated'iu" it' / their sole idea seems to be this , that the . object of keeping a house , is that the house may bo kept in a certain form and order , and to tho maintenance of this form and order they sacrifice the comfort the "house was established , to secure . , Siic ! i active woman "are : pests to" society , because they-want sense"to ' direct and control their energies .: . - ••¦ : •• • • .- r '; . ; , "' '¦ ., ' . '— ,

      - IHE : iniSn CHURCH ESTABLISHMENT . "The longer one lives the more onelearns , " , Said ! as off to sleep I went , . . Bemused with thinking , of ty the concerns , And reading , a book byJhe Bishop of Ferns-. '¦ ¦ On'the Irish Church Establishment . But lo ! in sleep not long I lay ¦ ¦ --.. ? ' When ' Fancy her usual tricks began , And I found myself bewitch'd away : , To ' a goodly city in Hindoostan ' : ; ! A cityj where he who dares , to dine " ; Ob ought but rice , is deemedia sinner ; Where sheep and kine are held divine , . . And , accordingly , never drest for dinner . i' But how is this , " I wondering cried , ; As I walked that city far and wide , And saw in every marble street

      -, ' : A row , of . beautiful butchers' shops" What meari ' s'fbr . rhen who can't eat meat , This grand displayof loins and chops ?" Ingram I aak'd—' twas plain to see , --Th ' at nobody dar'd . tb answer , me . So on from street to' street I Btrode : 'And you can't conceive how vastly odd The butchers look'd : a . roseate crew Inshrined in stalls with nought to do : While"some , bn a bencii half dozing sat , Arid the . sacred cows were not ' . more * fat . Still posed tb . think , what all ' this scene Of sinecure trade-was meantto mean , " And pray , ' ? asked I , - " by whom is paid

      ¦• • The expense of this'strange masquerade ?" , . " The expense—oh , " that ' s of course defray'd " ( Said orioof those well-fed he ' eatbmbers ) : ' - ' By yonder rascall y rice-consumers . " - '• 'What ! they . who must ' nteat meat ?"— "No matter , " ^ ( Arid while he spoke his cheeks grew fatter , ) y f ,.. j '' . The rogues may munch their Paddt crop , ::,-.- But the . rogues must still support o . ur shop : ; And , depend upon it , the way to treat , Heretical stomachs that thus dissent , . _ . I * to hurdehall that won't eat riifeat .: _ ¦ ¦ "Vyith a costly meat Establishmeijt . "

      Lord Rossb ' s Tbliscopb .-The ^ r iaked eye can see twelve . times'farther into space than the distance of the . stars , of- the first magnitude ' * These stars are at a distance so great that the light of them has to travel ten ' , years before reaching' the earth , so that we cari ' perceive : stars ' without tl glass whoso light . , required" . 120 ' years to " travel here . Lord Rosso ' s ' telescope , which is 500 tiniest more powerful , enables usto descry a single star » at a distance so tremendous , that ; notwithstanding the marvellous . velocity ; . with / which light'travels , its light before reaching us would require 60 , 000 years to cross the intervening gulf ! .:-,. " , "Tbadb , lEQisUTioN , philosophy , and literature , are all getting more arid more imbued with element which , whilst they , are in motion , will never suffer despotism either in the shape of oligarchy or monarchy ; ¦¦¦ . . .

      . ;; Collegb 8 . RossiA .-rEvery . ' . no ' vV and then wi receive ; fresh intimatrons of ; the disfa . vour in whick every moans of-culture not ^ connected with military science is held in Russian The last few days have brought" in a report that by a stroke of the pon'two ; of tho host schools in : St .: Petersburg—the [ Alexander ' Lyceum and the School of Jurisprudence —have been converted : into military academies . Henceforth , the professors must be ^ officers in the imperial aririyi arid av 6 to' receiver- "their appointments from tho Prince of Oldenbui'gh , - . , Tns virtues are . all parts of , a . circle . Whatever is humane is wise ; whatever is wise ? is just ; what-¦ ever-irwise-rjustrand-humane , - , will ; he found to he the-true . inWosts , of . states ; whether criminal or foreign enbrnios aro the objects ; of . 'their legislation . —AnAmcrican-Eseay . ' - " ¦ ' ¦ i / \ ¦ T Ruiir is the daughter ofTime .- ^ Zwd Bacon .

      :: The Ttaltass . refuse , to mingle ' yvith their Austviari , irivadeWthiibughbut'ithe peninsula . . " . TuBiiE .. abb ; throe -things . ' that" Inever become rusty : — The money ofthe benevolent , the shoes ofthe butcher ' s 'horsOj , and the " woman ' s tongue . — Welsh saying . ' : '" . '¦' ¦¦ ¦' ¦¦ ' ¦ : - ' \ - ¦ ¦ ' ¦ - ' ¦¦ ^ " ' -: . ' . ; Triri ' PriEss .- ^ The iiress ' sehd ' s '' for . th in tho daily papers a printed Surface which amounts in the year to , ; 349 , 308 , 000 ., Buperncial : feet ; iandif we add to these ^ all theipapers that are printed , weekly and fortnightly , in 'the ' " metropolis arid the provinces , the ; . whold : amo ' unts 5 tb l , « Oil 80 , 0 © square feet , upon which ' th ' e ' p . roo 8 " ha 8 left , "in lBgjble characters , the proof . ofjitslaboursiI , 0 fthe-ubivspaperB , therefbrej thathave ^ be ' en ^ publishednn i'the United Kmgdbfii'duririg'the ' -ybarl ^^ wb ^ may say , that tney wo uld'cdvcri ^ swfaci'bf ' Sa'C ^ : ^^ tond ,-if ioiried i ig & tdanbthcr , tb'l # 43 " »*»> ™ % is , 'they wouldheaf . ' y ' six time ? leno . ir . cle the earth » the equator .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 9, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_09021850/page/3/