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      August 11, 1849. The Northern Star. 3

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      Tribute To Tile Brave Hungarians, By One...

      TRIBUTE TO TILE BRAVE HUNGARIANS , BY ONE WHO HAD SOT A SOVEREIGN , BUT GIVES THEM A SONG . ( From the Sun . ) There is a nation bold and brave , "Whose matchless valour now is tried ; "Which scorns to be a despot's slave , Or aught to slavery allied . Long has it groati'd beneath a yoke . Of a usurper ' s deadly hand , 'Till freedom ' s spirit has awoke " The courage of that noble land . " "With swords drawn forth in deadly strife , For liberty resistless fight . The bravest hours that gild man ' s life Is crushing tyrants in their might . 'Tis more than noble to engage And fight the battles of the free ; For who would lire from youth to ago , And end his days in slavery ?

      Tho' the Tartar-Yultur ' s flag may float Above your valleys and your towers , To crush the song of freedom ' s note , And desecrate your -village bowers—And base Loraine -with basest guilt , "Whose dismal prisons g looming stand—The vengeance for that blood now spilt Will drive those despots from your land Freedom has raised her hallow'd stout—3 for lochs , nor bolts , nor massive bats Can keep that heaven-born music out , Tho' tyrants -wage ten thousand wars . 'Tis spreading far , and cherish'd dear ,

      ¦ A A virtue In each household tale—H 'lis felt where falls oppression ' s tear , W And borne along in every gale . If 3 Tis nnrs * d in every cottage home , H Tho * persecutions round it rave ; 8 It springs from every living tomb 1 "Where rests a martyr in his grave . I Enshritfd in glory ' s daiiling bghV I The bold Magyars have made tneir stand p For Father-land triumphant fight , H Or die , like heroes , sword in hand . I From east to west , from north to south , @ In every zone , in every clime , jf DembinskL Georgey , Bern , Kossuth , j | ' Axe names which only die with time ; And English hearts now beat in flame , J "With fathers and their gallant sous-Is And this their prayer—that right of claim 8 May crown with victory the Huns . Bradford . S . B . M . WrLDMJflf

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      JLOTJIS BLANC'S MONTHLY REVIEW —THE jSEW WOULD of Politics , I Auts , Lttebattjbe , and Science . Lon-I don : T . 0 . Ncwby , 12 , Mortimer-street , I" Cavendish-square . [ The illustrious exile Lotos Blasc has eomfjnenccd the publication of a monthly-magazine an Paris entitled Xe Nouveau Monde . By a

      judicious arrangement this work , published on £ he 15 th of the month in Paris , is translated jjaad published in an English form on the 1 st < bf the succeeding month . The English version , edited by M . Trehonnais { under Louis OBlanc ' s immediate inspection ) , will contain distinctive and peculiar features of its own . I We are afraid , that so far as the newspapers sre concerned , Louis Bloc has hut small jchanceof obtaining a candid hearing . One evening last week , we noticed in one of the

      most Radical (?) of the dail y papers a Iriticai (?) notice of fie "Sew World . " jThe critic (!) contented himself "with some len or twelve lines of comment , to lie following effect : — "Thisis a strange publication . £ ' The first article is a savage attack on Order , I'Eannly , and Property . We should pro-I * test against the publication of such a work , I'but that we feel convinced it will never I' obtain half-a-dozcn subscribers . Every one pvfSH admit Louis Blanc ' s talents ; but , ' £ ' thank God ! his pernicious principles will be £ ' scouted by the discerning people of this ^ country . " In substance such was the crijjicism of the enlightened and enlightening Journalist ; a criticism founded on shameful ignorance , or shameless falsehood ; for the Critic (!) cither had not read the article he condemned , or , otherwise , he deliberatel y and jarickedly wrote that which he knew to be false : in either case he lied . That our readers may determine this matter for themselves , we reprint the entire article denounced b y the aforesaid critic (!) as " a savage attack on

      LOrdcr , family and Property : "pITliis journal is dated from London , that is from file place of my exile . Among my friends , some are iH prison , others banished in foreign lands . The Ooause to which I belong has become , for many mistaken minds , a subject of awe and scandal ; the | party I serve has lost , one by one , nearly all its leaders , most of its journals have been suppressed , fand even its name is perhaps upon the point of tleing disputed . In fine , at the moment lam writing ; it is Known by all that , for the second time iinoe the Devolution of February , Paris is in a J fitato of siege—that reaction speaks without an

      Opponent in the councils of the Republic—that the Capital of the world to emancipate lives under the Strange guardianship of an army—that the home of tiiizens is no longer a sanctuary—that the soil of Srance , kithertoso hospitable , crumbles away under $ he steps of every cxih > -ihat the reactive system ofthe present times has been arrayed with a new law against the liberty ofthe Press , and aneT regulation against the liberty of the Tribune—that the clubs are closed , and six democratic papers suppressed , just as torches whose flame is extinguished nndcr pretence that it burns at the same time that 5 fc gives light . ! f ..-Tki ( i in * tr . . l / i .. 1 kl n nMni jlipA ^ lA .. .. nil y * a ( " An sia uuuut kici

      $ ?* j . ut , « u , a giu « u » , «* uu j " , «« iny conscience I declare it ; never , no never , have I felt my heart more filled with courage , confidence , Snd hope . ' § g 3 fay , I wBl go further ! I / et ns suppose more terrible strokes of an adverse fortune . Let us suppose that that march ofthe age which is now heard fhroughout Europe has been suddenly stoppedthat the heroic cohorts of Hungary have been crushed by the Russians , all the free cities immersed in the blood of their defenders , the standard M Republican France strayed over the ruins of the a ^ atican . , . . The idea brought to mankind by the nineteenth century will , nevertheless , remain , erect and triumphant . This famous

      Srophecy of Napoleon : " In fifty years Europe will le Cossack or Republican , " has been too often Sepeated , too much sanctioned . "We do not admit $ his alternative ; no : even should the Cossacks , by a second decision of fate , water their steeds in the Stream ofthe Seine ^ Europe shall not be th eir prey . i £ or , according to a noble expression of Godfrey jjpavaignae , * the world is tired of looking upon such jwretches . I At some distance from . Worms a tree is shown jfi-Lich a peasant was about p lanting- , -when , in the sixteenth century , Luther passed by , on Ms way lo be judged by Charles V . "Let me place it in She ground , " said the monk to the countryman ,

      J and may my doctrine grow and spread like its Branches ! " A few days afterwards Lather was condemn ed at Worms , in the name of Europe , indigbant at Ms revolt ; an edict of proscription was Erornul gatcd against him , and he fled asamaleictor through the forests of Thuringia . But then I in leaving Worms , that undaunted culprit had ferittento Charles V . "My cause is that of the tehole world ; " because , in fact , free inouiry was at taattimethe cause of all . Thus the new doctrine fcas not long in diffusing itself with a force that was invincible . Even in France , where it did not penetrate as areJi gion , it established itself in the bosom of Philosophy ! it even succeeded in dominating over politics ; and nothing could ultimately prevent this feunreme result , neither the scaffold of Amboise , nor

      he Loire covered with dead bodies , nor the heroes f Poperv marking their road with human limbs astened to the branches of trees , nor the warriors ( f Calvin slaughtered by thousands in the plains f Jaraac and Moneontour , nor the nocturnal nassacrcs of the St . Bartholomew , nor tnedraponades , nor all the powers of the irritated touisXIV . '¦¦¦' - . I Well , that which political Protestantism was in he sixteenth century , Socialism is in the nrneeenth . The one was resistance , then necessary ihd legitimate , of individuals , as opposed to the scess and fury of a principle of authority ; the Ither is the opposition , not less necessary andlegiamate , ofthe principles of fraternity , to the excess md fury of individualism . Of these two movements , he second is like the first , providential and

      inf ° Tes tMs isthehourofanewdevelopementofhu-Lanitv For from the north to the south , from the feast to the west , an increased anxiety has taken EEion of men ' s minds r for the Trance of fcbrSy has uttered words which even the blasts ?^^ JS » ilfS 2 saa Z ^^ ttp *< S ~ 2 ? £ her old civilisation , and seeks for repose in tne change ! . ¦ . ~ Brother of tie General , an eminent writer , now de ad .

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      In fine , what are the terms of the question now placed before the nineteenth century ? Let us imagine a society : A society where , by a common , gratuitous , compulsory education , all citizens should be called to take their places at the sources of human understanding . Where there should be spent upon schools that which is now necessary to be expended upon prisons . f Where in place of usury , which is a gross despotism , there should be substituted gratuitous credit , which is the debt of all towards each . Where it should be admitted as a principle that all men have an equal right ; to the complete developement of their unequal faculties , and where consequently the instruments of labour should no more be a privilege than the rays of the sun .

      Where , instead of angrily disputing in barbarous anarchy , in ruinous struggles of competition , the field of industry , producers should associate themselves in closely united companies , in order to fert ilise it , and fraternall y divide its fruits . _ "Where men should proceed towards this object , Vindicated alike by Xature and b y Justice ; that is , to produce according to their faculties and consume according to their wants . Where positions , no longer distributed by the capricious hand of hazard , but according to the laws of human nature , should suit the diversity of aptitudes , not the differences of fortunes . Where the point of honour and the noble passion for public weal , transferred from the field of battle into the workshop , should add their power to the stimulant of personal interest , and should sanctify emulation by rendering it more ene rgetic ; where luxury should be the splendour of democracy in its

      progress . # Where the state should be the guide , freely elected ofthe people , on their march towards light and happiness . This , theni is Socialism 1 this , the new world ! To trace out the roads wMch must gradually conduct thither is the task imposed upon the 19 th century by the logic of history . And against this happy necessity , -what have persons presumed to invoke ? Order , family , and property . Order , just heavens ! but what is that order which conciliates itself with misery , prostitution , theft , murder , with the galleys to he filled , with the scaffold , which it dares not pull down ? What order is that which is unceasingly tossing society from crisis to crisis , from riots to insurrection , and from

      insurrection to civil war ? I put no trust in a booh which so many people cannot make np their mind to accept ; and should there be an absolute necessity , in order to save society , to suspend the action of the Law , to shackle the expression of thoughts , to profane family homes , to re-establish proscription tables in the fashion of Sylla , to array" in battle order a hundred and twenty thousand men along the streets of a city , to enforce silence with artillery ; what disorder should be compared with that order which requires to be so maintained ? Provisional measures , I hear it argued . What matters , if the cause which yesterday necessitated their adoption unavoidably brings them back to-morrow ? Is order bashful poverty ? Is it grief stifling its sobs ? Is it conspiring hatred ? Is it an adjourned revolt ? Is

      it a panting pause between two revolutions , a dead calm between two shipwrecks ? Oh I self-styled defenders of order , you do not even kno < v your own Language : true order is precisel y that which has no need of being defended . Order is not protected , it is founded , and to do this it is necessary to know how to prevent that which you combat , and combat the more vainly because you battle against it desperately . But it is in vain we should expect even this from them ; they would answer that to pretend to suppress misery and conquer evil is only a mad scheme ; that evil exists in the essence of things , that misery is indestructible . Por , incredible insanity ! wonderful inconsistency ! those pretended defenders of order are the first to proclaim that disorder is necessary and indestructible .

      As to Family , I should like to know what that social regime which is held out as its palladium , is doing for its welfare . Ah 1 let our adversaries know it well and remember it : it is because Family is by excellence a sacred and inviolable institution , that it requires a medium purer than that in which it is seen in our days , getting more and more depraved , and gradually sinking into destruction . Let us open the records of criminal justice , and let us read . What gloomy dramas I Here , a wife has poisoned her husband to sport and enjoy his spoils ; there two brothers , over the half-filled grave which has just been opened , scandalously dispute their paternal heritage . Here the brutality of conjugal despotism is retaliated by the cunning intrigues of adultery ; there , a child is discovered naked , bruised , and

      starved in a dungeon , where his inhuman parents had cast him . Here is a son who has been instructed by his father in the practice of theft ; there a daughter taught b y her own mother lessons of debauchery ! Such is the mournful g lare wMch now and then is cast on the darkness in which private life is so carefully sM-onded . But what awful scenes remain in the shade ! How many terrible occurrences wMch will never see the light , correspond with those which chance or an excess of imprudence have laid bare to our gaze ! Let us see , let that social regime so carefully protecting Pamily , plainly answer : we ask : why is adultery taught on every stage , learnt from every novel , sung by every poet ? In one word , what is matrimony in our times , that is under the sway of capital ? If , in order to obtain

      a definition , I open the code , there I find that matrimony is an association nearly similar to a Joint Stock Commercial Company : the code in its various dispositions , inclines to consider matrimony as an establishment of peculiar kind , of which the husband is the manager . If I consult facts , I find that matrimony is almost always a bargain , a speculation , a means of making or enlarging one ' s fortune , and , according to legal mode of expression , one ofthe various trays of acquiring property . Natural attraction , union of two hearts thrilling with love , sovereign laws of sympathy , all come after the deed that regulates matrimonial conventions . The notary in this case is the mostimportant personage ; so much so , that in the order of forms the legal settlement must precede the celebration of

      matrimony . And , those manners have created a language worthy of themselves . People do not many a woman whom they love ; they marry dix , qidnxc , vingtmiUesHvresderente , an & expectations . Yes , expectations as they arc denominated in the matrimonial grammar—the death of relations ! What think you of the influence exercised by the prevailing system over the constitution of family ? But to form a better judgment , it is in the bosom of the poor people ' s family that we must search . Woe to the poor if he happen to marry ! Unable to nourish his offspring , he is reduced to the necessity of abandoning their bodies and souls to the evil genius of production ; he will require part of his maintenance from their tender age , oppressed , withered by premature labour ; he will bury them alive in one of those factories , in which the philanthropists of the prevailing political economy have been compelled to

      show us poor little wretches , of six or seven years old , with their dim eyes , sallow cheeks , and bent bodies . Out of 10 , 000 young men called up to military service , the ten most manufacturing departments of France offer 8 , 980 incapacitated by infirmities and deformities . TMs has been declared in the Chamber of Peers , by Charles Dupin , one of the defenders of Order , Family , and Property ; such are the fruits which are brought to the Family by those social abuses which are so nnblushingly upheld for its sake , and in its sacred name ! 2 fow consider , if you have the courage to do it , the frightful progression in the number of Foundling hospitals , draw up the list of those tours * which have been erected to provide for a mother , how horrible ! the means not to destroy the fruit of her womb . Who now will dare to say , that the family institution gains by maintaining such a social regime .

      Next wc come to property , the nature and principles of which it is important at first to indicate and characterise . Whom shall we consult on this point ? Perhaps the adversaries of Socialism will not refuse to aeeept Thiers as an authority ? Uow , in the National Assembly M . Thiers has solemnly asserted that the fundamental principle ofthe right of property was labour . We do not care to contradict this ; but then , let the actual social System defend itself if it can . For , hotf many thousands ot men are at this day proprietors without woiking ! and below them , how many thousands who labour without being or even expecting ever to be the owners of property I Whose is tMs house ? Does it belong to him who has built it ? He can scarcely find a shelter . Whose are those rich * silk stuffs ? are they the property of him who has woven them ? He is covered with rags . Whose is that plentiful harvest ? is it owned by Mm through whose labour it has sprung forth from the earth ? He has scarcely

      food . Nevertheless , and it is again 31 . liners assertion , Property is something essential to human nature . Whence it follows that every individual who has no property lacks what is essential to nature . But then , what must " we think of j the day-labourer ? A day-labourer then is not a ' man ? Tes , sir , you are right : Property which derives its legitimacy from labour , is an essential condition of life . And this is why . in the name of human nature , in the name of life , we reproach present society with not being constituted in such a manner as to render property accessible to all . in conclusion , if wewish for order , we must attack disorder in its principle , and not in its effects . Xow , regularity of movement , harmony in the relations of all men among themselves , wisdom in liberty , the employment of science in the pursuit of happiness , such should be order . And who does not feel that its triumph is closely bound up with that of Socialism , since Socialism consists in replacing the opposition offerees , by their accord , in-* Sort of cylindrical cupboards turning on pivots to transmit parcels , & c , into the inter ior of conrents or hospitals , without either the g iver or receiver being able to have a glimpse of each other , they are much used in Foundling hospitals .

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      dustrial anarchy by association , the conflict of interests by the union of wills , that which renders repression necessary , by that which would render it useless . Family now is getting debased , in the higher regions of society from the influence of cupidity , in the lower from tho action of misery . The true defenders of family are the Socialists , they who wish to rescue marriage from the spirit of speculation , and give it back to love , and who combat the reign of prostitution in the despotism of hunger . Property , in fine , will it not salute its true apostles in those who say : why are these precious stuffs made by men without clothes , wherefore are the happy of the earth fed by men without bread , and

      palaces built by men without roof to shelter them ? Let us not make a privilege of that which is tho first of all rights ; the right to live . In truth , when I see placing in opposition on the one hand Socialism , and in the other Order , Family , Property , I am astounded at so much insanit y , and my heart is divided between pity which ignorance inspires and disdain which honesty deserves . But against truth nothing can avail when the day of her triumph has dawned . The whole question is , then , to know whether the time is mature for the advent of Socialism . JHow , how could any one entertain a doubt about it ? . Let us measure the career it has made in the course of less than a year : what rapid , what immense

      progress . After the mournful and bloody days of June 1848 , the adversaries of Socialism pronounced it to be drowned in blood , and scarcely had a few days elapsed when the Paris elections gave it a victory less unforeseen than magnificent . Afterwards , in order to nullify the results of that victory , the counter-revolution ( no one is ignorant of the fact ) has wasted itself in violence of all kinds . The purest representatives of Socialism have been exposed to Europe—alike deluded and terrified by the portraiture—as so many Catilines , greedy for destruction , pillage , and conflagration . . Socialist books have been combated with libels black with lies . Socialist journals have been struck with fines , so heavy as to be equivalent to confiscation . Votes of proscription attainted or menaced the official representatives of

      the new idea . The reactionaries have entered into a subscription to effect an immense written crusade ; incredible sums have been raised , and with their coalesced riches they have made up a budget for calumny . Deplorable efforts , the inefficacy o ? which has been so forcibly demonstrated by the elections for the Legislative Assembly , which gave to Socialism nearly the half of the suffrages of France ! , Besides . it must be acknowledged that Socialism has suffered from the faults of its own partisans , by their intestine divisions , their inopportune debates , and their secret or avowed rivalries . But there are for certain truths decisive epochs , where it is no more in the power of those who proclaim them to compromise them than it is in the power of those who combat them to overcome them .

      In fact , we are in the lists in the name of those thousands ofthe land-tillers whom the minute partition ofthe soil ruins , and usuiy devours ; In the name of that sickly multitude of labourers who in our cities employ , in creating those marvels , the delight of others' lives , their slow and fruitful agony ; In the name of that immense crowd of petty tradesmen and poor manufacturers whom competition crushes to-day , or will crush to-morrow ; In the name of legions of soldiers , an armed

      people , employed to restrain the people without arms ; In the name of all those children who are denied the happiness of acquiring knowledge ; La the name of all women condemned to a love , which is onl y an expedient for not perishing ; In the name of whomsoever , in our imperfect civilisation , suffers from the tyranny of things , and lives in a continual despair , but also in the name of whomsoever thinks he gains by that tyranny , and so deceives himself , singe he is compelled to live alone in fear .

      Here , then , are interests too considerable , and of a character too universal , for satisfaction not to be granted to them , and Socialism , which embraces them all in its aspirations , is absolutely invincible . Let them strike as much as they like , it will be but labour lost , for we say to the enemies of Socialism that which Theodore de Beza said of the Reformation to the King of Ifavarre : "Remember , this is an anvil which wiU wear out many hammers . " Ourreaders can now decide as to the justness of the criticism (!) above referred to . For ourselves , we declare that never did we read so eloquent , so sublime a defence of " Order , Family , and Propert y" as that which , written by Louis Blanc , we have extracted from the "Jfew "World . " The whole article is a masterpiece of writing * defy ing criticism , though , it seems , incompetent to stifle the malice of Calumny .

      "An Unedited Chapter ofthe History of the Revolution of 1848 " narrates , and throws considerable li g ht upon the events of the famous " 17 th of March . " The most elaborate article is the one entitled " The Presidency and Universal Suffrage . " The views enunciated we heartily accord with , and earnestl y we commend the consideration of this article to aU political thinkers— "the Men of the Future" especially . Minor articles on "Eonie , " the recent "French Elections , " and notices of new works , make up the remainder of No . I .

      Published at a Shilling each number , the "New"World" is rather too hig h-priced for the working classes ; but those who cannot purchase a copy each may club their pence and so obtain it . To all the disciples of Democracy—to all the advocates of Social Progress —to all the admirers of Intellect devoted to the holy work of human regeneration—we most cordiall y and earnestl y recommend LOUIS Blajtc ' s " jNTcw TVorld . "

      Sunshine And Shadow: A Tale Of The Ninet...

      SUNSHINE AND SHADOW : A TALE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY .

      BX THOMAS MARTIN WHEELER , Late Secretary to the National Charter Association and National Land Company . Chapter XIX . How blest could consciousness forsake his mind , But vain , oh vain ! Thought burning lingers on ; Thoug ht bears him back to all he once designed—To fond enthusiast hopes for ever gone ; Those g lorious dreams for which he once had pin'd—Amlitious visions scattered one by one ! What' rail'd those proud aspiring energies ? He gees his fate—unknown , unwept , he dies ! # # * * Might she not flit around : and when his soul Was wrapt in some sweet strain of earthly sound Might not her whispev'd voice his thoughts control , Thi-ilhng amid the harmony around . —Beste .

      He ' s truly valiant , that can wisely suffer The worst that man can breathe , and make his wrongs His outsides ; to wear them like his raiment carelessly , And ne ' er prefer his injuries to Ms heart , To bring it into danger . —SLaispeare . Slowly did Arthur retrace his steps to the village —all nature appeared dark and heavy to his sombre imagination—the noonday sun seemed enveloped in clouds and mist—joy and hope to have taken their flight , and himself and misery left alone on the earth . In this frame of mind he pursued his journey homeward , where he arrived at an early hour the ensuing morning , more indebted for his safe arrival to the goodness of his horse than to his own caro or i

      . o __ T" __ *¦*¦ exertion . Upon making his appearance , at Mrs . Elkinson's mansion about noon he was arrested by two officers despatched by Sir Jasper , and conveyed to the prison at - — , to await the sailing of a vessel to England . In vain did Mr . Elkinson exert himself to procure his release ; in vain did he show the illegality of the seizure in the absence of evidence to support the charge . Sir Jasper , irritated against his supposed rival , heeded naught but the gratification of his vengeance , " and our hero was immured in the worst cell of the filthiest hole ever denominated a prison , and his food was of a quality to match with his residence ; but , fortunately for Mm , the frame , of mind he was in made Mm heed not the combination of evils . He certainly wondered at Ms sudden arrest , as he had never mentioned the

      cause of his flight from England to any human being save Lady Baldwin ; and being ignorant ofthe involuntary manner in which she had betrayed it , he thought , when infoimed by his captors that the charge against him was " arson , " that his flight and subsequent adventures had been traced , and that officers from England had been sent to apprehend him ; that Lady Baldwin could be the informant never entered his imagination . The recollection of their last interview would have rendered such a thought profanation to her memory . Lay after day passed heavily away , and ' no change came to Ms position ; the lethargy of mind which rendered him indifferent to Ms fate , on his first entrance to the

      prison , gradually subsided / and ho became restless and uneasy . His captors had said naught about his being sent to England , and he hourly expected to be examined relative to the charge ; vainly did he endeavour to extract information from his gaoler , he either knew . not or was unwilling to impart it . Weeks rolled on ,. and Arthur was still a solitary prisoner . Change of any sort would have been a relief to him , but suspense was intolerable . Books might bave served to solace his confinement , but these were denied Mm . Often did he recall his last interview with Lady Baldwin , and though it was a melancholy joy , yet its recollection was the only comfort he enjoyed in his dungeon . When leaving

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      her ho felt assured tbat before many days she would depart from this vale of tears , but now he felt confident that Stio was Still alive ; Ms morbid feelings seemed to say that she could not depart without a sympathetic nerve being touched in his own frame ; had she not assured him that her spirit , if allowed to visit this earth , should console him in the . homed trouble ? and sceptic , as he was tempted to be , he felt confident that she would not abandon him to die a victim to her husband ' s vengeance , for graduaU ^? glit had impressed him that she had confided then- interview to Sir Jasper , and his vengeance had dictated his confinement , perhaps perpetualconfinement , and the thought was dreadful . Death on the scaffold would bave been far preferable ui

      mm m uu men state of m . hd . Oh ! the agony of so nary confinement-thc misery it entails is dreadful-slowly thejaculties of the mind sink beneath 1 a W ^ T -t i bot , y may be imprisoned , even due nourishment may he denied it , but give it the ESf , ? ^ y ^ anow tbe sola <* of books , or 1 * Z ^ ° " dIow -beings , and the soul will live f . Jf ^ ' ^ ? ol ttu'y confinement carried out in all its seventy , is death to the soul ,-day by day In ^ KfV nouris « me nt until it either sinks "to ^^ tW'Vor starts into insanit y ; if these ?[ ' ^ ef even « Pon . enlightened minds , upon * r &™ u ° ? r ° r dwithin themselves-a world _ iv f l ^ llccfc i ^ ependent of external scenes what must bo its effects upon those who have no such charm to combat its

      influenceupon those vyho , uneducated and brutalised by the vicious SftffiM 8 ™ *«««> , live only on S nals-delight onl y in tho material world ! wonder not that they beg and pray for employment , and perish if they receive it not . Yet tMs is the system which our philosophers and legislators are anxious to introduce into our prisons and penitentiaries , —a system which has utterly failed on trial in America , —a system which is false in principle , brutal in practice , opposed to every dictate of nature and every feehMg of humanity . Arthur Morton , the child of imagination—the visionary enthusiast ^ -who looked at mankind through the glass of his own pure heart , even he was gradually sinking beneath the baneful influence of this pernicious svstem .

      Hope was fast evaporating through his dungeon bars—the dreams of his youth became horrid fantasies to torment and rack his soul with their unsuh . stantiality—his overwrought visions for the improvement of his kind became dismal spectres haunting him with hideous mockery . Incipient madness was preying on his nerves , and the strength of his bodil y frame alone averted the terrific evil . Oh ! that those who make laws to operate' on their fellow-beings could but even in imagination endure for a period the horrid realities they inflict upon others ; if they have human feelings—if the milk of humanity is not entirely dried up in then- hearts , they would ponder on the awful miseries they

      inflict , and cancel for ever from the statute book every arbitrary law , every enactment not consonant with justice , and not essential to the safety and happiness of the community . Vain and idle dreamtheir existence is based upon the sufferings of their fellow-men—their splendour can only be maintained by his wretchedness . Were simple justice to be administered , privilege , with its hydra corps , must cease to exist ; the judge and the magistrate , the gaoler and the policeman , would soon be among the rarities of the land—a consummation devoutly to be wished , but far , far from realisation ; like vultures , they feed upon human carrion , and are interested in creating victims for their horrid repast . ( To be continued . )

      The Hungarian Crusade

      THE HUNGARIAN CRUSADE

      ( From No . 3 , of the Democratic Review , August , 1849 . ) The following Immortal summons to the Hungarians to rise , arm , and fight the war of extermination —victory or death—agaiost the savage hordes of Russia and Austria , appeared in the I ' esther Zeitung of June the 29 th . Shame , shame to the British people , that they are " the mere spectators " of this mighty struggle .

      THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT TO THE PEOPLE . The fatherland is in danger ! Countrymen—To arms ! To arms ! If we thought it possible to rescue our country by ordinary means , we should not raise the cry that it is in danger . If we stood at the head of a timid and childish people , that in its terror prefers ruin to self-defence , we should abstain from p ealing the tofisin of alarm throughout the land . But knowing that our countrymen are a manly natios , that counted upon themselves when they resolved to resist the most godless oppression , we reject as unworthy , both of ourselves and the people , a system of varnishing , hashing-up , and patching , and we proclaim it openly and without reserve , to the whole

      country—the . fatherland is in danger . Because we are certain that the nation is capable of defending itself and its native soil , we set before it the danger in its full size ; and we call upon every citizen , in tbe name of God and our country , to look tho danger boldly in the face , and . to take up arms . We will neither flatter nor console , but we speak it out straight and openly , that if the whole nation does not rise with manly resolution , prepared to pour out the last drop of blood in self-defence , then so much good blood has been shed in vain , erery exertion hit he : to has been fruitless , our country and nation must be ingulfed in ruin , and on the soil in which the bones of our ancestors sleep , which Heaven destined as a free inheritance for our posterity , will the remnant

      Ola people subjugated and enslaved be managed by the Russian knout . ' Yes , we say it openly and without reserve , tbat if the nation is not prepared to defend itself with united force , it must eat the bread of slavery ; rather , it must starve ; it must perish from sheer hunger . He who is not struck down by the weapons of the barbarous enemy will find no food ; for the savage Russians not only reap the fruits of your industry , and mow down the ears now ripe for harvest , but , our hearts bleed to tell it , the wild hordes which have broken into our country sweep oil and trample down the unripe cropst wasting the produce of your fields for camp forage . They advance , killing and devastating , and leave behind them murder , flames , famine , and misery . Where the savago

      Russian hordescome there the furrow has been turned and the seed scattered in vain ; these voracious swarms of foreign robbers destroy the fruit of your toil . But with steady confidence in the justice of God , we also declare , that the danger for our fatherland can only be fatal when the people gives up in cowardly despondence ita own cause . So long as the people rise with heart indefeGce of their countrytheir homes—their families—their harvest—and their own lives—then , armed , no matter with what weapon , scythe , mattock , club , or even stones , the people are strong enough , and the Russian hordes , led by the Austrain Emperor into our fair country , must , under the avenging aim of the Hungarian people , be exterminated to the last man . If we could wish to

      dissemble or underrate the danger , we should not , by s » doing , avert it from any one ; but when we represent without reserve the state of things in its true light we make thereby the nation master of its own fate , If in the people lies vitality-and vigour , they will save themselves and their country . If , mastered by a cowardly panic , they remain passive and idle—they are irretrievably lost . God will help none that will not help themselves . We feel it our duty to proclaim to the Hungarian people that the Austrian Emperor has loosed upon us the barbarous Russian hordes . We let them know that a Russian army of 46 , 000 men has broken from Gallicia into the counties of Arva , Zips , Saros , and Zemplin , and is con * tinually fighting its way deeper into the land . We

      let them know that Translyvania also has been invaded by Russian troops , from the Bukowina and Moldavia , with which our army has sustained blood y engagements . We let them know that , relying upon Russian assistance , a rebellion of the Wallachs is also broke out in Transylvania , and that the Austrian Emperor has assembled his utmost force to extirpate the Hungarian nation .. We also inform our fellowcitizens , that , although , if the Russians conquer Hungary , the inevitable consequence will be tbe slavery of all the nations of Europe ; yet we have no assistance to expect from foreign countries , whose rulers have set a bar to their sympathy , so that , motionless and inert , they are become mere spectators of our just struggle . There is , therefore , no

      help for us but God and our own strength ; but if we use not our own strength God also will abandon us . Heavy days lie before us , but if we face them withcourage , theh freedom , happiness , prosperity , and glory are our reward . The ways of Divine Providence are hidden ; through trials and sufferings it leads men to happiness . The cause of Hungary is not ours alone . It is the cause of the people ' s freedom against tyranny . Our victory is the victory of the people ' s freedom ; bur overthrow is the destruction of liberty . God has elected us , through our victory , to redeem the people from political vassalage , as Christhasredeemedmankind from spiritual vassalage . If we conquer the hordes loosed upon us by tyrants , in consequence of our victory the Italians , Germans , Czeehes , Poles , Wallachians , ( Slavonians , Servians , and Croats , will also enjoy freedom . If we are conquered , the star of liberty has set for all

      peoples . Let us regard ourselves , therefore , as the consecrated champions of liberty . This feeling will add resolution to our breasts , and steel our sinews ; it will help us to save the land of our fathers for our children , and preserve the life-tree of liberty , which , if through our cowardi ce it fall under the accursed axe which the two Emperors have laid to its root , will never flourish more . People of Hungary , would you die under the exterminating sword of the Russian savage ? If not , defend yourselves . Would you see the Cossacks trample under foot the dishonoured bodies of your fathers , wives , and children ? If not , defend yourselves . Wouldjou see . a part of your fellowcitizens dragged into Siberi a ,, or to the foreign wars of the tyrants , and another part bowing to the yoke under the Russian lash ? If not , defend yourselves . Would you see your villages consumed in flames , and your crops devastated ? Would you starve upon the land which you have cultivated ? If not , defend

      The Hungarian Crusade

      yourselves . We , the government of Hungary and the provinces belonging to her , chosen by the freewill ot the Hungarian nation , call upon the penple , in the name of God and our countrv , to defend themselves . In the meantime , in accordance with our duty and the powers delegnted to us , we order and command : — 1 . Against the Russians who have invaded our country , and the Austrian Emperor , an universal crusade is to be forthwith set on foot , 2 . The commencement ofthe crusade is , on next Sunday and Wednesday to be proclaimed in all temples by the clergy , and in all municipal assemblies by the mayors , and to be announced by tbe rineinf of bells , to the wbo'e land . s " 3 . After the proclamation every man , sound of health and limb , is obliged , within forty-eight hours , to provide himself with some kind of arms : he who has no fire-arms or sword is to furnish himself with a sevthe or mattock .

      4 . Wherever the Russian army approaches watchmen by day and night are to keep a look-out on the tower s and heights and to give the alarm when the enemy comes in sight , so that the tocsin may be pealed throughout the whole country . Upon tho tocsin being rung , the people are to assemble in their communes , and to repair in troops to the points fixed beforehand by the proper officers . But where the enemy has already passed , the people are to rise en masse in his rear , and to fall upon the Cossacks- who ride in a careless , loose way— and all parties of straggle !*!! , and destroy them . The people must especiall y stir themselves to allow the foe no rest at night , but to assault him unawares , then to retreat and come , back to the charge again , and so on without pause f to keep him ever in a state of alarm by the ringing of bells , so that he may find no moment of rest upon the ground which he has invaded .

      5 . Before the enemy must all provisions , cattle , wine , and brandy be concealed in caves in the mountains , or behind morasses , that he may die of hunger . Before the enemy occupies any place , every living thing is to remove ; and after his entrance let some bold men set fire to the roofs over the heads of the invaders , that they may be either burned alive , o ? at least be prevented from " sleeping . By observing these rules the Russians saved their own country from subjection , when it was invaded by Napoleon . Already has the enemy sacked and destroyed with fire several towns and villages ; and lately the Austrians , in their

      savage fury , attacked the unarmed inhabitants of Bo-Sarkany , in the county of Oedenburg , and burnt down the town . If , therefore , our towns cannot escape fire , let them at least burn when the enemy may suffer some damage by the conflagration . If we conquer , we shall still have a country where de stroyed towns may be rebuilt and flourish ; but if we are conquered , all is lost ; for it is a war of extermination which is waged against us . 6 . In those places which can be barricaded with effect , like the town of Erlau , for instance , let all fall to work so as to set it in a state of defence , that the excursions of the Cossacks may be barred .

      7 . The priests are to grasp the cross , and to lead on the people to the defence of their religion and freedom . 8 . Throughout the land assemblies ofthe people arc to be held in order to consult upon the best means of defence adapted to the local circumstances . 9 . The counties of Borsod , Gomor , Abauj , Zemplin , Heves , Neograd , the Fulek country , and tbe district of tbe Jazygiar , arc to set about organising the crusade forthwith , and to combine their action with thako ? the troops in ^ fhe county of Miskolz , Szabolez , the Heyduk district , Great Cumania , Heves beyond the Theiss , the lower parts of Bihar and Debreczin , are especially directed to the defence ofthe Theiss , so as to make it impossible for the enemy to pass that river . But the counties of Pesth , Csongrad , Little Cumain , Wiessenburgh , Tulna , Gran , and the lower part of Neograd , are to organise the barids of the crusade , so as to assemble at the first summons upon the Rakosfeld .

      10 . The execution of these measures is , in such communes as possess a regular municipal council , committed to the mayors , and in other places to the jurisdiction boards and government officials ; so that after the publication of this edict in the Kozlony ( official organ of the government ) , or after receipt of the ordinance , these boards are immediately to hold a sitting , to set in train the dispositions ordered , and forthwith to advise the ministry of the interior . He who attacks his country is an enemy , but he who neglects his duty in its defence is a traitor , and will be accounted as such by the government . The country needs only one pull altogether to be for ever saved ; but if these means of defence are neglected , all is lost . The country is in danger 1 We have , it is true , a brave , valiant armv , resolved to die for

      freedom , whose numbers amount to 200 , 000 meneach man a hero , inspired with a saored eausp , and no more to be likened with tbe servile mercenaries in array against them than light is with darkness . But this is not a war between two hostile armie ? , it is a war between freedom and tyranny , between the soldiers of barbarians and an entire free nation , Therefore , tbe people themselves must rise with the army ; and when our military forces are supported by these millions , we shall conquer freedom for ourselves and all Europe . Therefore , mighty people , join tho army in grasping arms . Every citizen , to arms ! to arms ! So is victory certain ; but only so . And therefore we order and command a general landsturm for liberty , in the name of God and fatherland !

      ( Signed ) Ludwig Kossuth , governor ; Bartholomew SZBMBRE , LlaDISLAS , Csanyi , Arthur Georgey , Sab . Yukowsch , Casimitv Batthyanyi , Michael Houvaiii , Franz Duscuek . Buda-Pesth , June 27 , 1849 .

      A Mazzini Medal

      A MAZZINI MEDAL

      TO THE EDITOR OP THE DAILY NEWS . Sin , —Mazzini has left Rome . Protected by a British passport , he has hitherto defied the burglarious hands of the French government— -the ready " pickers and stealers" ofthe inspired Oudinot : inspired ¦ " with the voice of God , " upon the sweet faith and weeping testimony of lackey cardinals . For French gunpowder is now your sacrificial odour —your only myrrh and frankincense at the altar of St . Peters . Mazzini is now in Switzerland . "A great pity " —think certain ones who speak and write the English tongue— " a great pity that the arch-conspirator was not for once and all provided for ; put to sleep with French lead in his breast . " The English people think otherwise . The English people

      have watched with kindling admiration the glorious growth of the man Mazzini , enlarged . and ennobled by the most sublime of human motives , The heart of the English nation glowed at the manful dignity , at the direct simplicity , straight as a javelin to its mark , with which the triumvir met the Frenchman , How admirably did Mazzini tear to shreds the politic sophistries—of approved French manufacture—of the stammering Lcsseps ; with the cold calmness of scorn puffing back the ambassador ' s fallacies in tho plenipotential visage ! By the downright directness of purpose the Italian made the Frenchman nothing . It was the swoop of the eagle trussing the barn-door cock . However , French bomb-shells have prevailed ,

      and again the red hat burns in Roman sunlight . And then the French have stormed Rome gently , kindly . They used philanthropic bayonets , and , in the name of freedom , carefully cut tho tbroat of liberty . All , too , with such self-denying veneration for monuments of art ; proclaiming a determination to repair , by French hands , the devastation of French shot . Guido should bo improved , and Raphael in misfortune benefit by improving art , tl la mode dc Farts , Nothing more easy for French genius . "Were it . possible for French ' artillery to damage the planet Jupiter , French complacency would squeak the name of Aragoor Leven-ier , and serenely promise to make the battered Jupiter a better planet—a much move jaunty Jupiter than before .

      It was . not permitted to the people of England to give to the Romans aught but their sympathy and their prayers . The sympathy was deep , the prayers were fervent ; and Mazzini with every new despatch grew . in the national heart the statesman-hero of the struggle , the man who stood out from the cause with tho severe serenity , the grand simplicity of early Rome . But Marshal Oudinot shelled the city ; French metal prevailed : nor was it permitted to England by a single gun to gainsay it . Nevertheless , as 1 conceive , Englishmen may yet mount metal in the cause of Roman freedom : most potent metal , the more potent that in the end it sheds no blood , defaces no picture , shivers no statue . I mean the metal that enshrines opinion . I mean in this especial case , a medal struck in honour of the Roman cause , and as its noblest expositor , and defender , bearing the name or effi gies of Joseph Mazzini . Despotism , that for a time has crushed men only " alittle lower than the angels "—flattery , that has slavered things only a b ' ttlc higher than the apelust—rapine—imperial falsehood—all these have

      had their medals , immortalising lies : shameless counterfeits , struck at national mints . Let the English people strike their medal in honour ef human liberty ; and in sympathy with its suffering . It is the g ame of a certain party to preach and advocate the apathy of Englishmen towards the social and political condition of the foreigner . "Good Englishman , " says the Tory preacher , " Providence has cast the ' sea about your land ; let your heart be as insular as your country . Fill your belly with beef , warm your knees before a seacoal fire ; what have you to do with Hungarian or Roman ? You have your Habeas Corpus and your House of Commons , and—in the name of Lord Aberdeen—why . trouble yourself with the foreigner ? Pay your taxes—sing ' God save the Queen '—and , above all—believe there be no livers out of Britain . " But , somehow , the Englishman ceases to listen to this good counsel . He still likes his beef—finds comfort at his sea-coal fire ; but nevertheless has a

      A Mazzini Medal

      restless yearning to know bow that Mazzini bears hllllSClf in Uoiuo ; and hopes , ¦ with all his heart and alibis soul , that Bern will give a mauling hu >' to Bruin . a ¦ In conclusion , sir , I would propose that a . committee should bo ' formed'to receive subscriptions , that a medal be struck commemorative of English sympathy with the cause of the Romans , and of admiration of the character and genius of Joseph Mazzini , lleve to dwell upon details is needless . I would merely suggest that the medal ho placed within the possession ofthe humblest subscriber . A few thousand Mazzini medals circulating

      throughout tho continent would , in due season , do more enduring service to the cause of European liberty than as many thousand cannon-balls now slumbering ( may their sleep be eternal' ) in that Mecca of the Horse-guards , Woolwich-arsenal . I remain , Sir , & e ., -Douglas Jerrold . West Lodge , Putney-common , July 30 . [ We bcglto express dissent from tho last paragraph of Mr . Douglas Jen-old ' s letter . We hold that a few thousand cannon-balls , fired from English cannon , on the side of the Roman Republic would have been worth infinitely more than millions of medals , Nevertheless , wc vote for the medal , and thank Mr . Jerrold for his timelv hint to tho British admirers of the admirable Mazzini . —Ed . N . S . ]

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      Louis Blasc On Compeiitiox.—" Competitio...

      Louis Blasc on Compeiitiox . — " Competition is the perpetual and progressive development of misery . Instead of associating individual forces , so as to make thorn produce their most useful result , competition perpetually opposes them to each other , and wastes them incessantl y in a reciprocal absorption and annihilation . On what is the prosperity of a successful factory established ? On what , but the ruin of its less fortunate rivals ? How does a shopman thrive , but b y attracting to his establishment tho customers of neighbouring shops ? How many fortunes arc but built up of bankruptcies and ruins * ! And with the tears of how many unfortunates is this cup filled , whom the world considers happy ? And

      can it be a true and permanent society in which the prosperity of some thus fatally involves the suffering of others ? Can it be a principle of order , of conservatism , of wealth , that thus pits force against force , and interest against interest , permitting none to triumph but by the destruction of their enforced antagonists V '—Democratic Review . An Ajiemcan has said of his countrymen , that the genuine Yankee would not be able to repose in Heaven itself if he could travel further westward . He must go a-head . Not the Only One . —Mr . John Bell , M . P . for Thirsk , has been pronounced to be of unsound mind . "We are sorry to say that Mr . B . is not the only M . P . similarly situated .

      Presence of Mind . — Wilkes never lost his presence of mind , hut was always full of resources . When he was apprehended by the King ' s messengers , the warrant included Churchill , the poet , who entered the room just as Wilkes was captured . "Thompson , my dear fellow , " cried Wilkes , as if overjoyed to see him , " they have just seized me , and the warrant includes Churchill . You are not likely to see Churchill yourself , but if you meet any of his friends beg them to warn him to got out of the way . " Churchill took the hint , and after a few observations about Mrs . Thompson , he took his leave , and took caro to bo off pretty quickly directly he was clear of the house . The total number of letters delivered in the United Kingdom in the week ending the 21 st of February , 1 S 19 , was 6 , 8-19 , 196 .

      It is not all joy which produces laughter : the greatest enjoyments arc serious . The pleasures of love , ambition , or avarice , make nobody laugh . True Civility . —There is nothing , I own , that inclines me to think so well of the understandings or dispositions of others , as a thorough absence of impertinence . I do not think they can be the worst people in the world who habitually pay most attention to the feelings of others ; nor those the best vrho arc endeavouring every moment to hurt them , —Ilazlitt . Significant Epitaph . —A tombstone in New Jersey , America , bears the following epitaph : — " Died of thin shoes , January , A . D . 1839 . " A Lady in Nashville being asked to waltz , gave the following answer : — " No , thank you , Sir , I have hugging enough at home . "

      Ax Americas paper has just started upon the principle of iving its impression away for nothing , which a rival journal on the spot tells us is its full value . MAIiniAOE PliELUlIKARIES IN CEYLON . —AS SOOn RS a . young woman h ;\ s attained a , marriageable age a feast is given , and those of tlio same casie \ vTios 6 sons are desirous to become Benedicts flock to it . In a short time after the feast , a relative or friend of the youth who desires to marry the girl , calls upon the damsel's family , and insinuates that a report of the intended marriage has gone abroad . If this insinuation he indignantly rejected , or quietly refuted by the lady ' s family , the discomfited talker speedily withdraws ; but if , on the contrary , no

      dissatisfaction is expressed , a little polite badinage ia indulged in , and the gentleman takes his leave , stating his intention of announcing the report to the father ofthe would-be bridegroom . After a day has elapsed the father pays a visit to the lady ' s parents , inquires the amount of her marriage dowry , and many Other points of minor Importance ; .-. nd if the information lie receives bo satisfactory , and meets his views , he formally states a wish that his son should form a matrimonial connexion with the girl , and invites her parents to nay him a visit , naming a day . The visit is returned by tho damsel ' s parents , who make the same inquiries concerning the portion which the young man is to receive , his circumstances , and future prospects in life : and if all meets

      with their approbation , they invite the father and mother of the fortunate youth to come to their dwelling on a certain day . — Dublin University Magazine . A " gentleman , " advertising in tho Wativfonl Mail for a wife , says , " it would be well if the . lady were possessed of a competency sufficient to secure her against the effects of excessive grief , in case of accident occurring to her ' companion , " Amiable forethought ! Among TiiE-eminent travellers who are proceeding to California is James Arago , a blind brother of the celebrated astronomer . He has a large fortune in France , but goes out to ascertain the physical character of the country .

      AMERICAN ARISTOCRACY . [ FROM A BOSTON PAPER . ] Of all the notable things on earth , The queerest one is pride of birth Among our "fierce democracie !" A bridge across a hundred years , Without a prop to save it from sneers , Not even a couple of rotten peers ; A thing for laughter , fleers , and jeers , Is American aristocracy ' . English and Irish , French and Spanish , German , Italian , Dutch , and Danish ,

      Crossing their veins until they vanish In one conglomeration ! So subtle a tangle of blood , indeed , No heraldry Harvey will ever succeed In finding the circulation . Depend upon it , my snobbish friend , Your family thread you can't ascend , Without good reason to apprehend You may find it waxed at the other end By some plebeian vocation ! Or , worse than that , your boasted Line , May end in a loop of stronger twine That plagued some worthy relation .

      I . Q . Alive ! All Alive 0 !—A clergyman at Oxford , who was very nervous and absent , going to read prayers at St . Mary ' s , heard' a showman in the High-street , who hail an exhibition of wild beasts , repeat often "Walkin ! walk in , ladies and gentlemen ! Allalive ! alive O ! " The sound struck the absent man , and ran in his head so much that when he began to read the service , and came to the words " and doeth that which is lawful and ri ght , he shall save his soul alive ! ( he cried out with a louder voice ) shall save his soul alive ! all alive ! alive O I "—IJoraceWalpole . "Is your house a warm one ? " asked a man in search of a tenement , of a landlord , " It ought to be ; tho painter gave it two coats recently , " was the response . A Poet asking a gentleman how he approved of his production , "An Ode to Sleep , " the latter replied , " You have done such justice to the subject , that it is impossible to read it without feeling its fv . ll iveight . "

      " Ma , is there any harm in breaking eggshells ? " "No , my dear—why ? " "' Cos I ' ve let the basket drop ; and look what a mess I'm in with the yolks . " The Editor of the Chicago Democrat gives the following good advice : — " Wives , love your husbands , and make them take in a newspaper . " " Why is my wife worse than tho devil ? " said a gentleman , whose face showed signs of the affectionate attentions of his better half . " Because , " he added , " If you resist the devil he flies from you , but if you resist my wife she flies at you . " Smuggling in Bustles . —The Manx Ii ' ocraJrelates

      that a lady , bound from the island for Liverpool , had a bladder containing spirits attached as a bustle to her dress , with the view of smuggling it . On the voyage a pin , unfortunatel y , punctured the bladder ,, and the li quor gradually escaped , to the utter confusion of the fair smuggler . —A lady , who gave her name as Badbeor , was caught tho other day by a custom-house officer in one of the Jersey steamers , with throe pounds of smuggled tea concealed in that part of tho apparent body feminine called the bustle . Its extreme rotundity attracted first the admiration and then the suspicion ol the wary official .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 11, 1849, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_11081849/page/3/