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      Uses Ox Liberty. Fissmu ™8 ^ Extracted F...

      USES OX LIBERTY . _fiSSmu ™ _8 _^ extracted from . 1 poem bv George White , one of the Kirkdalc political _prison-2 m ?*? ? P ° ssessl 0 n _*<»§ before the author ' s trial and sentence to unmerited _incarcci-ation . ] Say , sufforing mortals , how begin the theme With which , the indignant breast each moment throbs , Orhow find [ words to solve this dream Call d life , first bright with hone , but withering into sobsl L Prom what source spring the toil-worn pallid

      cheek , Andcountles 3 miseries to which we ' re bound ? Shall we believe thepreachers , fit and sleek , ¦ Who say on earth no solace can be found , As if there were not food on this fair soil To render joy and health to honest toil ? Base hirelings , liars , hypocrites , and knaves , Beady , at afl times , at the rich man ' s nod , To preach contentment to poor plundered slaves , And would , for pelf , re-crucify your God—How much of misery to you we owe The blackest part of history ' s pare can tell , Tou first great cause of rninkind a hitter woe , Whose cunning cant has made this earth a hell .

      Your sophistry with friendly eyes they view , Knowing your craft essential to their schemes ; And , but Tor your assistance , in all nations , The oppressor ' s table would have fewer rations . But not on you alone rests all the blame ; Society itself— -oh 1 strange perversion 1 Befined cannibalism ' s a Letter name—As people understand that plain expression . * * * * But you can read these matters in detail . The world ' s history ' s a long sad story , That causes human hearts oft to bewail , And shudder at the blood-stained glory Of tings , and priests , and _money-monffers" crimes » # * * Even in these boasted islands _miscall'd free , The insatiate robbers take another shape—Church , Commerce , Law—the insidious three , _Por plunder are continuall y a-gape _.

      It is surpassing strange that those who toil To pamper luxury , and clothe the Tile—Who dig the mine and cultivate tbe soil Without a ray of hope , or cause to smile—¦ Who , blest with genius , and surpassing skill To raise the palace—deck the gay saloon—To stem the boisterous ocean as a rill , And paint for Folly ' s nail the rich cartoon—Should thus be blinded , tamely bend the knee To worthless fops—mere skeletons—through lust May your own manhood teach you all to see , And spurn the vermin to their native dust . Was it for this you were endowed with sense To iudce aright the great Creator ' s will ?

      Then laugh to scorn each robber s vile pretence , Who out of our credulity their coffers fill . Stand up like men and tell the worthless crew , That not for them alone this world was made ; That ' tis preposterous in the idle few To think our claims much longer to evade . Do this , and childhood ' s voice in gladsome strains , Shall sound in joyful , cheering tones ; And _Nature ' s smiles o ' er lovely fruitful plains Shall substitute all nations' bitter groans . Then shall we shout the anthem of the free ; Then shall the rule of tyrants be no more : All nations join in one grand jubilee , And Freedom ' s sons rejoice from shore to shore .

      ACROSTIC . T bine is tho heart where love of Erin dwells , H igh , heaving proud beneath the tyrant stroke , O ' er history ' s right , e ' en trodden down , it swells ; M idst all tie ruin it can ne ' er be broke . A chaplet like the emerald shall shine S erencly pure upon that brow of thine . F reedom has nursed thee for a nation ' s throne ; B , ich flowers of eloquence were on thy tongue , A nd nobly taught our country ne ' er to moan , K or rest appeased till glory had been won .

      C orruption filched thee to her cell of chains , I n Erin ' s annals but to lire enshrined : S uch are the gifts she gave to great remains . M artyr of truth , and sun-burst beaming mind ! E rin , " though sad and weak to-day , has wings ; A nd fondly still her proudest wish shall soar—G rand as the eagle ' s , when back to earth he brings H eaven ' s gaze of light to glad the triumph o er E ach caitiff—tiiey yet shall tremble at thy name , R enowned young chieftain of all cloudless fame . _TlPPEBART .

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      Chartist Tracts For The Times. 2ho. 2. W...

      CHARTIST TRACTS FOR THE TIMES . 2 _Ho . 2 . Wh y are tee Poor f The Landed Aristocracy . By the Kirkdale Chartist Prisoners . Joseph . Barker , "Worfley , near Leeds . London : "Watson . We have received Kbs . 2 and 3 of these excellent tracts , but must defer comment until next week . Tor the present we can only give our readers the following taste of the excellent qualit y of ] So . 2 : — Here then we take our stand , and unhesitatingly declare the _pivKentniisappropriationofJandasthe primary cause of the excessive poverty which obtains in these countries . We go still further , and fearlessly denounce the monopoly of the soil as the

      fruitful source of human misery and degradation in all civilised countries , without exception ; for even in Republican America , the evil is found to operate as an antidote to national progression , and to be productive of much suffering , and nothing but its immense territory preserves its inhabitants from enduring the same hardships as afflict the population of European states ; and so much is this felt by them , that the educated and intelligent operatives of thai country have already had their attention directed to the monstrous absurdity and injustice of such a system , and have formed an extensive organisation to enforce its abolition . Let ns not be here met by the unmeaning aud oft-repeated charge of being levellers . The question of life or death to

      millions of human beings is at issue , and the people have reason to demand by what rig ht a few individuals arrogate to themselves an exclusive claim to that soil which a title deed , older than all the musty parchments in existence , proves to bo the common property of all . The right to the exclusive control of the land , according to the whim or caprice ofa few _largeproprietors _, implies the power of taking human life , and the abuse of this power has resulted in the death of thousands in Ireland within the last few years . In fact , the operation of our institutions , " and the power which they confer on the proprietors of land and capital have at length reduced tbe millions to such an abject condition , that

      they now ask the fearful question , whether the _proj / _erty of the rich , or the li fe of the poor is of the greatest importance ? To this alternative has our boasted civilisation brought us . This question is being solved on the continent amidst scenes of strife and bloodshed , and not all the sophistry or special p leading of the whole army of bookmakers or newspaper scribblers can obliterate the true cause of this lamentable struggle . They may rave in their hireling prints about Communists , Bed Bepublicans , Socialists , and Chartists , the operating cause is the same throughout , namely , the death-struggle of down-trodden labour against rampant andalldevouring capital .

      On the one side we behold privilege , wealth , and title , _ckmiing not only the earth , but its inhabitants as their patrimony ; for , disguise it as they may , they not ouly claim indirectly , but they possess actually a . property in their fellow creatures , as absolute as that of the black slave owner , and Itheir title to which consists in the butcheries , plunders , and musty records of the past On the other , stands the mass of mankind , comprising the utility , strength , and intellect of society . The battle has fairly begun between these contending parties , the stake at issue is well understood , and whether it be conducted by the force of reason and argument , or by more objectionable means the ultimate result is -neither doubtful nor remote .

      Death Of The Kixo Of Hoixann. —William I...

      Death of the Kixo of HoiXANn . —William II ., King of the _Setherlands , died at the Hague , on Saturday last , of inflammation of the lungs . He had only completed his 57 th year in October last . The late Eing was educated in England , and had been in every relation intimatel y connected with this country . Having been driven from Holland , with his father , on the foundation of the Batavian Republic , he was placed under the charge of the late Archbishop of Canterbury . At the age of nineteen he was appointed , as Prince of Orange , a lieutenant-colonel of the British army , and served as extra aide-de-camp with the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsula from 1811 to 1814 . He was present

      at the sieges of Ciudad Kodrigo and Badajoz _, and the battles of Salamanca , Vittoria , Pyrenees , and _Mvelle . He commanded the Dutch troops in the campaign of 1815 , and tiie 1 st Corps d'Annie at the battleof Waterloo , in which he was severely wounded , after having taken an active part in the preceding engagements . He acceded to the throne in 1840 , upon his father ' s abdication . —Times . The Taxes os 2 fEwsEAP £ Rs . —A petition has been adopted by the letter-press printers of Bath , and is nowiu course of signature , praying the House of _VUhnnOnS to _repeal the duty on paper and _advertuementa , _^ 4 the stamp duty on newspapers . Lord _Duncan ha , agreed to present it .

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      Astley's Theatre. Coram, Of The Wa Rfiof...

      ASTLEY'S THEATRE . Coram , of the Wa _rfiofs Steed , was presented on Tuesday evening , for the 32 nd tlmv « The sc ? ne is laid in Mexico , at the time when the Spaniards invaded that country . The plot shows the power and tyranny exercised by the priesthood of that period , which has been found to differ but little ( no matter what the creed might be ) , even in more modern times . Corasco , ( Mr . T _. Fredericks ) , general of the _Tiascalian army , is successful in a battle with the Spaniards : in the meantime the Inca vows to consecrate his only daughter , Solma , ( Miss Rosa Henry ) , as a virgin to the sun , if the Mexicans are victorious . _Corasco returns , laden with the spoils of the enemy , _confesses his love for the princess , and

      claims her hand , which is given him by her father . The High Priest ( Mr . Crowther ) , reminds the Inca of his oath—Solma is given to the priest—and Corasco leaves the palace , after having accused the Inca of folly and ingratitude The Princess is rescued by her lover from the Temple of tbe Sun . when her life would have been forfeited for suffering the vestal flame to expire upon the a'tar . Their retreat is . however , discovered , and Solma is once more in the power of the Priest , who having assassinated the Inca , professes his love for the Princess , and offers to share with her the throne ; but treating his overtures with disdain , she is condemned to be burnt alive . To avert such a dreadful fate Corasco leads the Spaniards to Tla _^ cala , where he arrives in time to rescue the Princess from the funeral pile , aud

      destroy the usurper ; for which he is rewarded with the band of Solma , and the crown of Tiascala . The sp ? ctacle is produced with great splendour , and the parts assigned them are well sustained by Messrs . T . Frededcks , Crowther , and Attwood ; and Miss Rosa Henry . Her _Hengler performs the most daring and extraordinary feats upon the tight rope , with graceful elegance ; amongst which may be mentioi . ed his playing on the violin , and discharging a musket , whilst in the act of throwing somersaults , backwards and forwards , which he did with as much ease and precision as other artists could upon level ground . The chief attraction , however , is the performance of the Young American , Hernandez , whose clever feats we have already noticed . He isniehtly called before the delighted audienco , amid showers of bouquets , and the most rapturous applause .

      Royal .Victoria Theatre. A Benefit In Ai...

      ROYAL . VICTORIA THEATRE . A benefit in aid of the Victim Fund was taken at this Theatre on Wednesday evening . March the 2 l 8 t . Tbe house was well attended . The pieces performed were , " Ruth ; or , the Lass that loves a Sailor ; " " The mid Irish Girl ; " and the Burlesque of " Fayre Bosamonde . " The audience appeared well pleased with tbe performances , which alternately drew bursts of laughter , tears , and applause . Miss "Vincent p ! ayed with her wonted ability in the two fir . _'t pieces . Mr . Forman made a most graceful Fair Ro-amond in the burlesque , with more than Adel phian humour . Forman and Miss Barrowcnffe , the ( Queen Eleanor , ) were well supported by the other character * in the burlesque . We have great hopes that tbe Fund will receive a considerable acquisition of strength from these renewed exertions of the Victim Committee . In the course of the evening the Marseillaise Hymn was played by the orchestra and elicited a universal encore .

      Royal Polttechkic Institution.—A Specime...

      Royal Polttechkic Institution . —A specimen ofa cork mattress has lately been deposited here for the purpose of giving the public the opportunity of viewing the advantages possessed by this material for bedding in all kinds of shipping . A number of experiments were last summer exhibited on the Thames and in the basin in Woolwich Dockyard , to prove the efficacy of an invention by which the live 3 of sailors and passengers in ships , & c , could , in the event of shipwreck , be saved . The invention , which was very simple , consisting in _substituting cork _euttinss or shreds in tbe place of horse-hair , wool , or flock , as the stuffing for mattresses , pillows , & C , to be employed in ships of a _' . i kinds . The experiments were perfectly satisfactory , and were approved of by Sir GL Bremer , and by many persons connected with the navy , and by scientific men who witnessed them . The cork was cut into small

      shreds of various fineness , and a few pounds of this material were found to possess a most extraordinary buoyant power . The difficulty at that time was to procure the article so manufactured in such quantities as to render it generally serviceable , the instruments employed to cut the shreds , from the toughness of the cork , not possessing sufficient power or being sufficiently adapted to cut large quantities , excepting by very slow process . The consequence wa * , the invention did not become very generally known or used . Since that time , machinery has been contrived , and is now at work on the premises of the patentees , at the City Saw Mills , Regent ' s Caual , by which the cork is cut with the greatest desratch and facility . Had the ill-fated vessel , lately wrecked on the Essex coast , possessed a few mattresses stuffed with this material , most of tbe passengers and crew would have been saved .

      To The Trade S Of Great Britain And Irel...

      TO THE TRADE S OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . Fellow-Men , —In again addressing you , I have the pleasure to announce that our organisation is _progressing in the most satisfactory manner in London . The Trades of the metropolis seem , at last , to have awakened from their lethargy , to bestir themselves in earnest—and it appears to me to be of the highest importance that no mistake should be made in our future policy , hut that we should commence at the right end of our work , and adopt the motto of Burke , " That which is worth doing , is worth doing well . " You will , no doubt , have learnt by this time , through the medium of the press , that the London

      Trades have held a large public meeting , at which a petition to Parliament was adopted , calling upon the government to assist the Trades in procuring useful employment by the establishment of Home Colonies . That and the question of the Suffrage will , in reality , be commencing at the right end of the work . 'Ihe delegates have issued an address to the Trades of Great Britain and Ire _' and , pointing out the manner in which they can most effectually co-operate with tbe men of London . Yon will behold in that address—if its spirit be energetically carried into effect—the necessary machinery to move even the empire itself .

      Let the Trades m the provinces commence _th's great work without delay . Bear in mind , it is in that talismanic word—Union—alone , that you will find the lever to extricate you from your prostrate condition . It is , therefore , to the formation and proper direction ofa national organisation of Trades , that I am anxious to direct your attention . Every Trades' Unionist will , I think , at once discover that he has hitherto commenced at the wrong end of his work by asking himself the question— " How it occurs that the Trades in their aggregate capacity , after having spent hundreds of thousands of pounds , and , in many instances , suffered the greatest privations , to prevent labour from being devoured by its own offspring—capital—that , after years of _content

      tion , you are further from therealisation of that ill-understood phrase of ' A fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work , ' than you were the hour yon first commenced the contest ? " The answer will be found in the fact that yon have hitherto been striking , and striking in vain , against the effect , while you have wholly left untouched the great primary cause . " The supply and d'mand in the labour market regulate the price of labour , " say the Political Economists of a certain school—and it is so ; and in that fact you may behold the complete triumph of capital overlabour . The usurpation of tbe soil by the few , to the exclusion of the many , on the one hand , and superseding manual labour by machinery for the sole benefit of the capitalist on the other , in the face of an increasing and

      systematically slave-made population , has left the workmen of all nations only one of two alternatives to choose—either to accept the terms offered by an employer , or , otherwise , to turn round and look starvationin the face , in which case the crowded state of the labour market compels some less independent or more necessitous workman than the objector to snatch at the terms the other has refused . Oh' . if the tales of woe which nearly every workman could unfold respecting the terrible operation of this most vicious and destructive principle of supply and _delnaod , by which the labour , or , rather , slave market , is regulated at present , were placed on record , such a frightful catalogue of human suffering would be developed to the wo Id , that would stamp with

      eternal infamy the oppressors of their race . 1 here is not a workman ' s home into which the effects of this pernicious principle has not entered . Its effects are felt alike in the cottage of the peasant , as in tho house of the mechanic in London or Paris . You may behold it in the cheap ticket and show shops in almost every street in our large towns—those execrable establishments for perpetrating wholesale fraud upon the public , the operative , and the citizen . Its direful effects are also to be seen in the thousands who daily throng our streets , searching in vain for employment . Nor is its mission of iniquity cem . pleted , until it has driven them within the walls ofa . prison or a workhouse , to add to the bitterness of their

      misfortunes , where they are compelled to labour ; but which has been refused to them until they are thus debased . These are stern and stubborn truth s , which it is the duty of every _workmg man to destroy . ' 1 here is but one way to remedy these feaifol evils , and that is by creating for yourselves _. as far as possible , aniudependent labour market—tobecome , \ a reality , your own employers . Such is our object in proposing Home Colonisation , and I rejo . ee tofind there is a strong feeling among several of the Trades to form co-ope : ative or Joint-Stock Companies _within their own respective Trades . These societies would _oe most powerful auxiliaries in effecting the emanci pation of labour . Let great care , however , be taken that they be com-

      To The Trade S Of Great Britain And Irel...

      menced on sound principles , and conducted with honesty , and they cannot fail to be of immense _benefit i * m rrade 3 , For instance , what is to _prevent the tailors , shoemakers , hitters , and others from effectually superseding those destructive engines to their re spective Trades—the show and ticket shops ? AH that is required is union in the fir t place ; and , secondly , co-operation among themselves . With union , the working classes would be all but omnipotent , without it they will ever remain slaves . I now beg to earnestly direct your attention to the second proposition of the London Trades delegates , namely that of Universal Suffrage . I look upon that question as being of equal importance to that of labour . I am deeply impressed with a belief that the emancipation of labour will never be complete , until the

      people are universally enfranchised . Where is the man so lost to every sense of self respect as not to look upon himself as being fit to exercise the franchise ? Surely none who belong to a Trades Union will underrate this great and glorious principle of political equality . Who among us can b-hold the great and heroic straggles whicli the workmen in all the civilised nations of Europe have made , to _establish their freedom , without feeling the burning glow of admiration at their magnanimous conduct ? Behold the men of Italy , even now in arms against the _oppresses of their country , who are conspiring to robiheno of their well-asserted rights ! Will Britons , who have , been _taaght to sing they " never shali be

      slaves , " remain alone with the ignominious brand of slavery upon them , to become a byword among the nations , at whom the _ciyi isation of Europe shall point the finger of scorn ? Oh , no , let us wipe off this foul Stain ! and swear by every sacred tie of family , of friends , or of country , that we will each do at least the duty of one man , to leave the world better than we found it . The questions of employment and the suffrage , are the tallying points to which our energies ought to be immediately directed . It is impossible for any concessions to be made in either of these questions , without giving entrance to the thin end of the wedge , and it will be the fault of the people if they do not drive it home .

      The question of labour must be kept continually before the attention of Parliament , as well as the suffrage ; and even though no concessions be made on the question of employment , the very fact of its continual discussion will be found to be more Valuable to the people , when the hour of their political enfranchisement arrives , than all the . gold of California . It will create a powerful mind iu the nation , an irresistible intelligence , which will turn the suffrage to proper account , when it is attained ; but for the waut of which , _othsv nations have not as yet obtained those benefits fiom their enfranchisement , which more intelligence respecting the rights oi labour will be sure to confer . "For a nation to be free , it is enough that she wills it , " says a celebrated writer . But she requires something more than that . She requires theknowledge to consolidate herfreedom ,

      as well as the power to will it . The history of past revolutions throughout the world proclaims to us in the language of disappointment , that when the last shot was fired , and the sword of the people was again returned victoriously to * the acabbard _, the hour of the revolution may then be said to have only commenced . It was no longer a conflict of arms—it then became a conflict of minds ! and , unfortunately for the side of labour , it has in that as yet been unsuccessful in coping with its adversaries . These are facts replete with instruction . Let us profit by them . Let our watchword be union , and our course be onward ; and we will show to the world that we _arenottbatlawless , ignorant rabble , we are represented to be , but that we are a brave and generous people , deserving | to be free . Alfred A . Wa lton .

      The Grievances Of The Colliers Of The No...

      THE GRIEVANCES OF THE COLLIERS OF THE NORTH . TO THE EDITOB OP THE SORTHEK . Y STAR . Sin—The Colliers are assuredly the worst-paid class of men who earn their bread by the sweat of their brow ; but however ill requited for their dang erous toils , it will startle the readers of the Star to learn the nefarious practices resorted to by their employers , to abstract and curtail their scanty wages , under the legal authority of the " Bond of Agreement . " The bonds by which the miners of this district contract to do certain work for a certain amount of wages , invariabl y contain the following or a similar clause .- " That the standard weight shall be 7 * cwt ., and any tub being deficient , and containing only 7 cwt . 27 lbs ., shall be deemed forfeited ; the hewer thereof not being entitled to any pay for working the same . " This is termed " sotout , " and the hewer hews and fills such tub , the

      putter puts the same—both parties risking their lives—and because the weight of coals is a little below the standard , neither hewer nor putter get any pay for the quantity sent ; in fact , they work that tub for nothing . Then there is " laid out , " another net spread to catch the earnings of the workmen . The bond again states : " That the workmen shall send to bank coals of a merchantable character , and that any tub containing small coal , foul coal , or splint , shall be forfeited , and tbe parties will not be entitled to any pay for working the same . " The bond generally states the number of quarts of small coal , & c , to be in each tub before such tub shall become forfeited ; the quantity varying at different collieries—some having it fixed at four quarts , and some -it eight , & c . . but © ren taking the larger

      quantity , how small it appears when contrasted with the great bulk of coal—7 _i cwt . in the tub : and if eight quarts or a peck of small coal be found there , the party is subjected to the penalty above stated . It almost staggers belief that so little feeling should be found in an employer , as to take the whole price earned by a servant because a handful of dirty coal appears among the bright or clean coal—yet such is the fact , and it is every day practised upon the colliers of this district . It may be said that the workmen ought not to mix small with the round or large coal . The fault is not always the workman ' s . I Know that in nine cases out of ten he ought to be exempt from the penalty . For example , coals are worked in large lumps and put into the tubs with as much care as

      possible , and although no small is put in during the Erocess of filling , yet that , and every tub worked , as to travel m many instances a mile before it reaches the shaft . _Jfow it is next to impossible but that the coals should have their jagged edges broken off , and a sort of grinding process being in operation during the transit ( which is often down inclined planes and over rough and uneven roads ) , makes small coal to a considerable extent , and yet the workman has to forfeit the price of working such tub of coals , when it is evident he has no control over the circumstance . Again , it is highly probable that a tub may be forfeited by having the quantity of small coal in it , and yet have also the full weight of round coals as stipulated by the bond—and then how stands the case 1 The hewer has actually filled

      and sent to bank 7 * - cwt . of coals , according to agreement , but because a few quarts of small coal occupy the interstices or fill up the hollows , he must lose his pay for working the same , which to me appears most unjust and uncalled for . The employer , in my opinion , has no business to interfere , so long as he gets his weight . For example , I order a box of eggs , stating the quantity 500 , or whatever number wanted ; it would certainly be monstrously unjust to take the eggs , and coolly tell the merchant 1 would not pay because he had packed them with straw . The cases are similar , as by agreement the hewer is bound to send to bank 7 * cwt ., and

      if he chooses to pack those round coals with small , thus filling up the tub by a layer of lumps and a spread of small , which would preserve toe lumps from contact , and prevent them grinding each other and producing small coal , what right has the employer to complain , so long as ho gets the full weight stipulated ? yet such cases as the above are of general occurrence . The following detailed account of the "laid out" and "set out , " at Seaton Deleval Colliery , will assuredly rouse the dormant energies of the miners , and prevent such extensive forfeitures as are here exhibited : — Tons cwt .

      • ' Laid out" at C and D pits ... 5203 13 E „ F „ ... 5210 6 "Set out" at C and D pits ... 4 4 E „ P „ ... 113 2 Total 10 , 531 5

      The Average Price Paid For Working Is Is...

      The average price paid for working is Is . 2 d . per ton ; hence 10 , 531 tons 5 cwt ., gives the amount of wages lost £ 614 6 s . 5 Jd ., every farthing of which the miner has worked as hard for as any other part of his earnings . There is another feature of advantage which ought to be recorded ; as bringing a large sum into the pocket of the employer , viz ., these 10 , 531 tons which they get for nothing , are really worth , and will sell for the enormous sum of £ 3 , 510 Cs . 8 d ., taking the price at 6 s . 8 d . per ton , which is below the marie . _Now these 10 , 531 tons , giving a loss to the amount of _£ 614 6 s . 3 _* d ., and producing by sale £ 3 , 510 6 s , 8 d ., are all the result of what has been experienced in 1848 , a loss to tho workmen of upwards of £ 2 per man for the year . At the beginning of this year the employers of the above colliery ( Deleval ) offered very extensive

      reductions to their workmen ; to this they demurred and after much altercation the matter was submitted to arbitration . The arbitrators being viewers ( according to the bond ) , came to the conclusion that the reductions were uncalled for , and agreed that certain prices should be fixed , being a little higher than those offered by tho masters . To show that those prices aro still too little , during the fortnight the aggregate of the wages was £ 293 5 s ., for 2346 shifts giving each man 2 s . 6 d . per shift , or day s work out of which sum the hewer has powder , candles ' and tools tofind '; fully demonstrating that some additional price is needed . J Thus wo have a brief history of the position of the < rpneral body of miners in the north , and unless they b eShems 6 lvoB , and by union and combination S to bring about a better state , of things , they St rest assured their position will get worse . fho ninew tf Badcfofe Colliery , near Wark-

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      worth , hare _struct to resist somo 6 hcroachmon ( u . n theu' Privileges , ThrCo weeks ago the miners ot unit colhory took a fan _^ y that _ttl'o tubs were too largo , and expressed their _apprehensions to _tkeir employer-, who told them that _i-bey bad nothing to do with the size of the tub , but si _/ nply toi / ut in the r ' / _, S / tandtvl ' d ™> 5 _te' TOO _irarkmen sought 11 ; n V an _eminent adjuster of coal-weighing , machines from _Newcastle ( tlie authorities at AmW < hT _^ m 'f f to attend ) , who , when he arrived at in inn ; _^ K' _5 } uftd som e diffl _° u % in being allowed _« J _*« i _^ ho _?? P aratus - Subsequently he inspectea the machine , and ascertained that it gave regularly 7 * cwt ., while the workmen were only paid for 61 cwt The emplo yer immediately agreed to pay for all surplus wei ght , and work was resumed the next day . On Mond week

      ay the men were given to understand that the surplus weight would not bo paid , and also that the prices _paiu tor brasses would be discontinued . These unexpected disclosures brought the workmen to a stand still , who seem determined to stand until they can command pay for all surplus weight , and bo paid for the brasses , as heretofore . _Tfiese urasses are a species of refuse intermixed with the f _^ r ° r seam _, ° fcoal which it has always been customary to send to bank , but which it is the interest ot the e mpi 0 yer to pay tha workmen to keep out ; ana as it entailed a great amount of labour and time , they were certainly entitled to receive pay for the same . —Yours truly , W 1 M . Judb . we nave received an address to the Scotch Aimers , calling strongly on them to unite for their preservation .

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      C •» - i . - , 6 , VIFI ' 8 _LiST LIXES . bwitt _, in his lunacy , had some intervals of reason . On one occasion Ins physicians took him with them to enjoy the advantages of fresh ah-. When they came to the Phoenix Park , Dublin , Swift remarked a new building which he had never before seen , and asked ' what it was designed for ? " To which Dr Kingsbury answered , "that , Mr . Dean , is the magazine for arms and powder , for the security of the city . " ' Oh , oh ! " says the Dean , pulling out his pocket-book , " Let mo take an item of that . This is worth remarking ; « my tablet ' s ! ' as Hamlet says , 'my tablets ! _mtmory put down that . '" Which produced the following lines , being the last the Dean ever wrote : — ° " Behold a proof of Irish sense . ' Here Irish wit is seen :

      When nothing ' s left that ' s worth defence , We build a magazine . " and then put up his pocket-book , laughing heartily at the _conseit , and clenching it with , " When the steed ' s stolen shut the stable door : " _Pehsevehaxce . — " Perseverance , " said a lady , a iriend of ours , to her servant , "is tho only way you can accomplish great things . " One day eight apple dumplings were sent down stairs , and they all disappeared . " Sally , where are those _dumpling ?" ; ' I managed to get through them , ma ' am . " " Why , how on earth did you contrive to oat so many dumplings ? " ' * By persevering , ma ' am , " answered Sally ,

      Dr . Johnson PounraAYED . —Johnson is better known to us than any other man in history . Everything about him—his coat , his wi g , his figure , bis face , his scrofula , his St . Yitus' dance , his rolling walk , his blinking eye—the outward signs which too clearly marked his approbation of his dinner—his unsatiable appetite for fish sauce and veal p ie , with plums—his inextinguishable thirst for tea—his trick of touching the posts as lie walked—his mysterious practice of treasuring up orange peel—his morning slumbers—his midnight disputations—his muttermgs—his gruntings—his puffings—his vigorous , acute , and sarcastic eloquence—his vehemencehis insolence—his fits of tempestuous rage , are all familiar to us . —Macaiday . "Ladies' Improver . "—Amongst the " new and original _designs of utility " lately registered , is one by Thomas Wright , of Birmingham , " for a ladies ' improver , or bustle . "

      The Climate op _Caupobxu . —Dan Marble strolling along the wharfs at Boston , U . S ., met a tall , gaunt-looking figure , a " digger " from California , and got into conversation with him . " Healthy climate , 1 suppose ? "— " Healthy ! it aint anything else . Why , stranger , you can choose there any climate you like—hot or cold—and that without travellin' more than fifteen minutes . Jest think ' othat the next cold movnin' when you git out 0 ' bed . There ' s a mountain there—the Sawyer _Navaday ,

      they call it—with a valley on each side of it—the one hot , and f other cold . Well ! git on the top of that mountain with a double-barrelled gun , and you can without movin ' , kill either summer or winter game , jest as you will . "— " What ! have you ever tried it ? "—Tried it I often , and should hare done pretty well , but for one thing . "— " Well ! what was that ? "— " I wanted a dog that would stand 6 ot / i climates . The last dog I had froze off his tail while pintin' on the summer side . He didn ' t get entirely out of the winter side . Trew as you live !" Marble sloped . —Albany Argus .

      THE SECRET . In a fair lady ' s heart a Secbet was lurking-It tossed , and it tumbled—it longed to get out : TheLirs half betrayed it by smiling and smirking _. And Toxgve was impatient to blab it , no doubt ! But Honour looked stern on the subject , and gave it In charge to the Teeth , ( so enchahtingly white !) Should the captive attempt an elopement , to save it By giving tlie Lips an admonishing bite . 'Twas said , and ' twas settled ; Sir Hoxoun departed ; Toxoue quivered and trembled , but dare not rebel

      When , ri ght to its tip , Secret suddenly started , And half , in a . whisper , escaped from its cell ; Quoth the Teeth in a pet , " we ll be even for this !" And they bit very hard above and beneath ; But the Lips , at the moment , were bribed with a Kiss , And _tJicv popped out the Secret " in spite of their . teeth !" _Pbacticai _, Application of Good Advice . —A mother admonishing hey son ( a lad about seven years of age ) , told him that he should never defer till tomorrow what he could do to-day . Tho little urchin replied , " Then , mother , let ' s cat the remainder of the plum-pudding to-night .

      Scexe ix ax Americax Police Court . —An old man , of very acute physiognomy , answered to the name of Jacob Wimonfc . His clothes looked as though they mi ght have been bought second-handed in bis youthful prime , for they had suffered more by the rubs of tho world than the proprietor _himaelf . — Mayor : What business do you follow , Wimont!—Wimont : Business ! None—lam a traveller . —M .: A vagabond , perhaps . —W . : You are not far from wrong ; travellers and vagabonds are much the same thing . The difference is , that the latter travel without money , and the former , generally , without brains . —M .: Where have you travelled ?—W . : All over this continent . —M . ' . For what purpose ?—W . _t Observation . —M .: What have you observed ?—W .:

      A very little to commend , much to censure , and very much to laugh at . —M .: Humph ! And what do you commend ?—W .: A handsome woman that will stay at home , an eloquent preacher that will make short sermons , a good writer that does not write too much , aud a fool that has just sense enough to hold his tongue , —M .: What do you censure ?—W .: A man who marries a girl for her fine dancing , a working man who believes in the sympathy ol professional gentlemen , a youth who studies law or medicine while he has the use of his hands , and the people who elect a drunkard or a blockhead to office . —M .: Ahem . ' And what do you laugh at

      ?—W . : I laugh at the man who expects his position to command that respect which his personal qualities and qualifications do not merit . —M .: Oh ! I perceive you are an utterer of pithy sentences ; now I am about to utter one that will surprise you . —W .: A pithy sentence from your honour would indeed be matter for astonishment . —M , ; My Sentence IS , that you discontinue travelling for the term of thirty days , while you rest and recruit yourself at Moyamensing . This retort was aposer , and Mr . Wimont , submitting to the requirements of the Vagrant Act , retired from the hall of justice without uttering another syllable .

      Coxsequexces of Usixo a Bad Pex . —An ignorant hut quick-witted person was rebuked by a friend for his bad spelling in a letter he had ] ust finished . " Bad spelling is it ? " said the first ; "look at that ! " holding up a stump of a quill to him ; " how can a man spell right with such a pen as that ? The Soldier and _ms PAnisn _.- —A maimed soldier , who was refused relief , by an overseer because he did not belong to that particular parish , said , " Ah ! Sir , I lost my limb fighting for all the parishes !" Houses axd Asses . — " Oliver Cromwell and his troopers , " says the Liverpool Albion , " stabled their horses in our cathedrals . Our Whig and Tory ' governing families' do worse—they stall _tiieir asses in them . "

      The Cap of Liberty . — " The Cap of Liberty " is the name bestowed by Mrs . Trollope on a widow ' s oap . Not a bad idea . : ' , A Fact . —It is too true , that for one man who sincerely pities oiit misfortunes , there are thousands who sincerely hate our successes _. Laziness , —Laziness grows on people ; it begins in cobwebs , and ends in iron , chains . The more business a man bas to do the more he is able to accomplish ; for he learns to economise his time . — Mage Hah , '••• ¦ . ' ' . HiERooLTwiic Types . —The National Printingoftee of France has just published a work entitled , 'Chronolo gy of the Kings of Egypt , " by _Lesueur . a his is the first book in which tho new hieroglyphic types of that establishment have been used at any length . They are . said to be extremely delicate and _Sfplf " _, h y superior to anything put forth by tne _English or German presses . The work is also the _farst bearing the new formula used under the _repiblic to distinguish a book printed at the cest of the government .

      Qpo Mr. Prout, 229, Strand. X "Jto. 208, Piccadilly, London, Oct. 10, Istt.

      qpO MR . PROUT , 229 , STRAND . X _"JTo . 208 , Piccadilly , London , Oct . 10 , _IStT .

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      I VOU MAY BE _^ ' . I'RKD YET ! _HOLLOWAfTorSTMEXT . CURE OF _RHEUMATLSarAyD R _. _'fWMATlC GOUT . Extract ofa Letter from Mr . Thomas B . " «*** on , Landlord of the Waterloo Tavern , Coafham , York _«&«•(» , late of the Life Guards , dated September 'JStU , mS Sm , —For a long time I was a martyr to _Ji'htV ' . _nwtism and Rheumatic Gout , and for ten weeks pre \ "tew to using your medicines I was so bad as not to be able' > o- walk . I had tried doctoring and medicines of every kin , % but all to no avail , indeed I daily got worse , and felt t . _bat J must shortly die . From seeing your remedies adverti sed in the paper I take in , I thought I would give them a tri . a I . I did so . I rubbed tlie ointment in as directed , and l . _'clrt cabbage leaves to the parts thickly spread with it , a . id took the Pills night and morning . In three weeks I was i 'liabled to walk about for an hour or two in the day with a stick , and in seven weeks I could go anywhere without one . I atr _» well

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      _^ Advertisement . Scobbotic Humours cured Hollowai ' s OnrraSST ' Ann Puis . —Extract ofa letter from Mr . George Williams , of _Blackrotk , near Cork , dated June 1 * , 1848 : — "To Professor Holloway . —Sir : —I beg to state Aw your satisfaction , and for the -information-of the afflicted , the wonderful effects your Ointment and Pills have bad upon me . I have suffered severely from scorbutio humours affecting me in different parts , . and , amongst others , for the last seven years my eyes have been dread _, fully sore . 1 tried almost every remedy without _obtamsne any relief , at last I was prevailed upon to use your _»* able medicines , which I did , and am delighted to soy that I am curedbjtbem , ( Signed ) _Gbobos willums . _, . L _^ CASHIBB . _-FATAli RAWWT _£ _f _^' ~** Mondaymorning one of the guards of the Unaotixai i North Western Kailway , named Ireland , was _Kille * _aiNowton Junction . i / _fooUshly attempt _^ to WW _i the line while- a ivaik was ftPPJ _^ AAMttg ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 24, 1849, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_24031849/page/3/