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      CtBE £ T MEETING AT DUKINTIELD . ' . . * — - . "' . # rr "'~" . ~ . " " " . "" " ; Tie wnraalmeeting Qf the ley > payers was held on 3 RadxT week , inthe ^ ukmneld Sunday . School , for aaie ~ karpose ef passing the pifetseeJs ^ . accopnls . for € te *« arjuBt ended , and also to elect gnitable persons e ^ fiiheoniceofoTeiseersfor thepfesentjear . The Boasting was cdarened for one o ' clock , but did not ssBmence -until two , at whieh time * lhe chair was g sfcesi by : John Cheetham , Esq . - ' " ' . TtfiiHAmsiAS' opened the business of the meeting by readiog the placard , and stating the objects Ssr which it was convened , \ - ~ - J& . Stephkss rose-for the purpose of moving an

      s £ §» nmnient- ' _ m He objected to the meeting being esxsesed at a time when a majority of the ratepayers TKB » engaged in their anfly avocations . _ One o ' clock te-ss ^ i most xtnsiiitahle and inconvenient time at ^ 2 aei to call a convocation of the people , for the 3 » rttese . of discussing their parochial afiairs . " ' He < B « d * s 5 nre-them &at the people considered meetsagstjf this description * called at such a time , a mere awekery—as an insult to them . Either they were « 3 * Hssag or not—ley-payers

      ot-not—freerbom-Eng-* -. warapn or not : if they were , not , they should tell E&sn . * o at once , and tell them the Act of Parliament Sfaet disqualified them . The .. Constitution had ^ fesri y given tie people vested rights , ' and they ^ sgdd not allow them to be bartered or frittered « acsy hr any individuals whatever . ^ The people ^? BBe &eginning to say—** What use is it to call ineet-- ^ gt , when "we cannot attend them ? " He would , dasefore , mov&thai the meeting do adjourn until « £ ^ o ~ clock at night , to allow the people an

      oppori ' A-tut j nf atrCTflfng . - . - - - Jfe . Dukhjlm seconded the motion , 3 £ cCeobge Woolle y moved , as an amendment , tfiztthe meeting proceed with the business of the < £ sp , which was seconded by .. . 3 ir , Robixsojt . He remarked that Sir . StepTiens 5 ad iasinuated that : ttete was a design on the js * e £ « f the persons calling tlie meeting , to cheat csSa people out of their rights . Now , he con-¦ fflSided that due notice had been . given ; tiiat the ajES ¦ was Hie same as in previous years , and s&ejSace of meeting the same . _ "He felt confident sfVst ao mill-owner in the township ¦ would refuse any «< Jss work-people , who were rate-payers , the pr ivi-I- ^ e af attending these meetings , provided they made ^ spectral application for-leaare to do so .

      Xx . Stepheks , in reply , stated that Mr . Jlobinse £ s answer was no answer at all . His - ( Mr . Stsghsa ' s ) arguments went to snow -that the time TE 3 . $ an unsuitable time ; and that the room could 2 * iiald the ley-payers of Dukinfield . Mr . Robin-« e ieSs us that the town ' s business has been tran-= s ^ ed ia the same roam and at the same time for ^ ffissy years previously . Why ,- that only proved that sl&s atbuses had been allowed to continue too long . ^ Se « xie 5 tion was , whether or not the annual meetsaps Khonld be held at such time and place as would MtV \ flfLJ \ Jl tVfcVlIJIfct &&

      —««« — -VM'piW " -II k * UitM \ J * *» J ^ . » . *¦ .. EEa&iason had said that he did not believe there was a . « s ^* Ift mill-owner who would refuse to permit any < & Ms work-peop le , who were rate-payers , from zitts&diBg that meeting . AB that he could say , Li ssa 3 y- was , that if they must judge of the future from S 2 k experience of the pat t , heinew one mill-owner ss 4 east ,- "Kh . o "would not only do so , but had ^ feOkij discharged a family of virtuous females for = 3 & $ ea& ! iig the chapel , nnd jeining in the mode of -essKhsjjping God the most agreeable to their con-^ £ i ~» oes- - " . ' - -

      lij&e C&atkuxx here interposed , ana begged Sir . : 5 &i ^ bens to confine his observations to the interests dTike rate-payers , and the best way of promoting wi « S . -Mr . Stephen's— -Sir , it has been said that no mill--evsta ^ r lu this district woiild prevent his work-people fees , siten&ing these meetings ; and that , too * bv a gssSieman who not only has the hardihood ^ but cSSxafly does interfere , and discharge ins vrork-^ teplefor exerdani : their judgment , and * acting in s-= Bardance with the dictates of their consciences C&eoicheers . ) .

      TseCfiiiRMix again interposed , and stated that Iss ibeught a room could not ba found capable of i 5 . " 5 caE 3 Sttodatiug the whole of the rate-payers , and atss ihat he conceived the business of the meeting «« 3 d be done as eSic- ^ uitly where they were as at : sy e £ her place . He also remarked that every rate-^ sweriiad aright to examine the accounts «^ and see sjast * hey were correct . No ^ person would be allowed s ©«« fe ortake any part in the proceedings , unless Ss « s 23 se was in the rate-book ; and he should order ssg- ^ seson into custody who dared to contravene his -&dsIaE . An Act had been passed which emgs ^ ir ^ Ed the landlords to pay the rates instead of "S&eir tenants ; but everr tenant had a right to have

      "hasxasae placed in the rate-book , and thereby be ** y ^ ae 3 to vote ; and if he neglected-to do so , it 'sssM be his own fault if he were refused the privi-2 e ^ i ef voting . The Cnainnan , after some farther sssaris , put the ameudment to the meeting , and saSedfea show of hands . " upon which there were S&y « r sixty hands held up for it ; the original 3 E * if ea was Uien put , when there was an overwHebnss ^^ s ^ or ityinitsKivour . A poll was then demanded ig-sfkf proposer of the amendment , which was ordered t » & ^ e place immediately and continue open until tase- - ©" dock . On Thursday , finding themselves 3 £ sas £ in a dilemma , they colleagued together , and ^ Esacsalid Tipon the Chairman , in contravention of his <* xs £ ¦ decision , to Gonvert the poll into -a scrutiny . * 31 * s . © £ 5 cers tiien retired to a room below stairs , for ?^ sm 5 ose of examining the claims of the parties

      = £ ie iaeir right of voting ; but never before , even at zt-xxaicefed election , did we witness such disgraceful prsaeftMngs . Indeed , toagne or pen tannot ade-- ^ stsiAj describe the blackgarding , brow-beating , iff ^ 'aQagg , badgering , violent , intimidating , and & £ sts £ kr outrageous conduct of some of the gentlemen ^ ri * = iarannded the officers , particularly the conduct

      SK ^ sca . 3-fz . Soephhss rose to protest against the return , « a . tbe ground , firstly , of its abstract iQegalitv ; ss-jsafiy , -en the ground of parties being brought in aj is& -sio were not present at the division , and EfesLng to take names of persons who were in £ rc « or . of an adjoumment ; thirdly , that Mr . Wm . IisKiey had exercised the grossest intimidation , ¦ nZLSSg -1 > eaide the officers and threatening every ^< ssstb . « rho came to tender bis rote , that if his SEE * ¦ cereaot found upon the rate-book , he would

      Ise saiS 2 iioned for a trespass upon the premises , and TJts £ lie had taken down several names for that ^ srgese ; fourthly , that the constables were ordered st xgjj-ehend men who had committed no breach of ~ & ? seaee , and who had not said any thing having sKii tendency ; fifthly , on the ground that conjf ^ rSS-es Tsere placed at the door to prevent the irizress s £ * 3 x people . f ~ T !* e C-HAIR 5 IAX requested Mr . Stephens . to Seaiitli him with a written protest , which Mr . S kr ^ bius declared his readiness to do , on condition ^ k zi he was allowed to write it whilst other persons -skfss « lltr ? red to state their objections to the legality -- ? t" sbr reuirn .

      J 2 . * L 5 s being peremptorily refused by the Chairman , 3 fe . Stephxxs moved an adjournment of the ¦ 23 * cf £ zig until he had time to prepare his protest . "Oit Oiairman refused to put it , and called upon the ersejaaeis to read their accounts , upon which a scene ^ f sadjescribable confusion took place , some calling - * s £ £ ar the accounts to be read , and oUiers demand-~ h sr 1 ^ Mr . Stephens be heard . The clamour and sts 32 . continued for a coiisiderable time , but order 5 nstRg &t leng _ th restored , the accounts were read . Sejs ^ rdiarussion ensued upon ' some of the items , e ^>? o 2 By one in reference to the payment of men « s ^ z 2 ^ on juries . It appears the constable has been is £ ? is ~ haLit of charging the township three shillings

      psr asm far every person serving on a jury , "but that is ^ ejae instances he has only given jurymen one sKISew , and in some cases ^ none at ail . A comi ^ Siii ! w&s appointed , consisting of Messrs . Seel , € i « s , 3-ad Woolley , to inquire into the matter . -Sir . Seel inquired whetlier any of < jhe money Had l ^>" . i applied either direcfly or indirecfly for the g--r ,-.: 5 es of the yew Poor Law ? Which was ' = 1 ,- -. ^ red in the negative . The" accounts were then js-2 £ * d ^ Hnaaimously . ^ aaie discussion then took place respecting the ^ rpsutmeut of Gnardiaiis , from which we learned ^ 5 l 2 I Messrs . Bailey , Gee , and "Woolley , had been -nw ^ r ' itated Guardians for the 3 > ukmfield section of tte Alston Unions that although the Act of Par-Ezzaeat required that notice of the ' ' election of < kjL 2 c £ ans should be given to the ^ rate-payers iica xne meaium ot tue

      ^ a newspaper which has t 3 asiijgest circulation in the place irtiere aey are a ? i * £ " elected , no notice was ^ ven except in the 3 £ nz £ & 3 Sler Guardian , a paper that is never even ^ a ^ iiiat , much less read , by tite people . That Mr . € k& £ deetezed ie would not seite as a . Guardian , nsSess >^ th "flie ejqjress . sanction of a majority of x& ? saie-pajers . ttz . Stephens enquired of Mr . Robinson , the TCkzazsao . of the Ashton Board of Guardians , ^ rArtik ^ he had received any information from the E « rlawr 43 « anndssioiier « y se to * -hemer there would -fte a ^ sdteiaSDn m , tb * ^ l » w ^ dnr injr the ensumg j * b& , iisrir ^ att materiall f afl « ct-aie office and d ^ oac » f ^ iffi « mseers ? , - i ri ' - Jfefio ^^ kseplieithathehadiiot . - - . . Ifir . ^ Ttr p ? jr ** - "tt ^ this was an important point . Hs iidvjoo " -ionbt 4 here -were many- genufimen jfasej ^^^»^ p SH wpingly accept Ae ~ <^ &c ^'^ ^ gaajppfegj 6 » ey y ! n ^ . sefvaiife 8 Tfi ^ r " were to SasS ^ 8 « # » tt . as I ^ h ] £ _ n * c ^ awitoAibeT Law flie

      Jh « tfi ^ veafl-&e . infbnnatK ) nri p 3 ^ 1 §; . because if « c 5 ^^ Poor ikiuM ^^ akd ^ bserwew we « a « ownger be the servairUottte penihionerB , a ^« j ^ become Uie servantipf the Ashton Board 4 rf"fi « anlian& which was-the a ^ ent oX Power , the

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      Assistant Tramping Poor Law Commissioner , who wasihe ^ 'iLfgCfaat of JhtLtkree . Commissioners at Jbondoti , ^ who were the ^ grnto of . the Devijl . ( Loud cheers ^) . - ..-,. . The CaiiBMAK called Mr . Stephens to order , and said he <» uld not listen to such language . . Mr . Stephens was proceedine to address the meeting , when a person said that Mr . Robinson had called Mr . Stephens a liar . Mr . RoBmsoK , in explanation , stated that his feelings h ^ ad been irritated by Mr . Stephens' langaag « , andby being designated the servant of men who were tie agents of the Devil . Whilst under the excitement he said that Mr . Stephens -was ' uttering falsehoods . He regretted that he had been betrayed , through the warmth of his feelings , to

      make use * of the expression , though inadvertently , and begged to apologise for having done so ; - Mr . Stephens expressed his perfect satisfaction with the apology of Mr .. Robinson , and begged to assure him that the remark which he had made was not intended-to apply to him personally but to the office which he filled , and that no man who wished to stand well with his poorer neighbours or his God , either could or would accept so degrading an office . Messrs . Ashton and Wilde -were re-elected overseers for the present year—the ' assistantoverseer to find security to the amount of £ 250 . Mr . Bardsley ^ was re-elected assistant surveyor of the highways at a salary of - £ 50 per gnnwrn . The coastables ' accounts were unaudited , and consequently-nnfit to

      lay before tne meeting , which caused some dissatis faction . It was agreed that they should be examined b y the select vestry . A new- vestry was thenappomted , of which Messrs . Stephens , Sael , Robinson , and Durham were chosen members The surveyors' accounts were then read and passed , and a fresh board of surveyors elected . . Thanks were then voted to the chairman , and the meeting separated , after lasting from one to half-past seven o ' clock . This -was , one of the most extraordinary meetings we wereeverprasentat , and is unparalleled in the annals of parish affairs . There were ' not more than two hundred persons present during any part of the proceedings ; yet some person took upon himself the responsibility of calling the whole constabnlary force of Staley-bridge and Dukinfield and them at

      quartering a neighbouring public house , so as to be prepared should their services be necessary . The object of the Malthusian party was to create disturbance , for which purpose they engaged an ignorant , ill-bred , vulgar fellow , who is a cotton master , to be their Jack RacketL They foolishly supposed that the foul-mouthed language and beastly insolence of this contemptible thing would put Mr . Stephens off his guard , and cause him to use expressions that might lead to a riot , and then they , wonid have an opportunity of apprehending him . They were completely foiled in their designs , for Mr . Stephens was quite cool , calm , and collected , whilst they were foaming with rage at their defeat ^ and the great sap who undertook to abuse Mr . Stephens at their bidding is the laughing stock of the children in the streets .

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      PARISH OF ST . BRIDE .-REJECTION OF THE POOR LAW AMENDMENT ACT . Yesterday -week a public Vestry of this parish was held to fix the sum of money necessary for the poor Iromlast Lady-day to next ilidsaminer . Notice had been given that threemotions would be submitted to the meeting , to the effect of emancipating the parish from the Poor Law Amendment Act . Placards had been distributed announcing the vestry , aaxi at the time of meetingthe room was crowded to excess . So large an assemblage had not met since the parish medtin « ' iii favour of the Reform Bill Mr . Churchwarden Cooke took the chair . Mr . Wiluams , of Ludgatfc-MU , snid hesa- ^ persoiiS in the room who w ^ re not entitled to vote , and he trusted they wonid either withdraw or not take anypartin the proceedings . ( Cries of " withdraw . "' ) The Chairman . —That was not necessary : they could remain , but only as spectators .

      Mr . Bigxox ( clerk to the overseers ) -paid , it had been usual to lay estimates before the vestry for tlie sums demanded ; but at present that could not be done . The matter was taken out of their hands , and they were called upon to pay a certain sum . It was £ 750 , and , with certain debts due , they must make it £ 1000 . Mr . Pemeller moved that £ 1000 be declared

      necessary . Mr . Pickerell . — -Will Mr . Bignon tell us what the £ 1 , 000 is for ? Mr . Bigxox said he conld uot . Mr . PirKERELL . —That is v ^ ry strange . The rates have been raised from 11 s . to 3 Gs . 2 % Ir . Eignox . —They -were ordered to malce three Eayments , and stracse to ssty the first was to be on unday , the 1 st of April . ( Laughter . ) At first the order lor payment on that day was taken to be a hoax . and was scribbled oa and not heeded ; butit turned out no joke , and they were to-pay the monev . A / d . rate would be Tequired . It was agreed that the settlement of the rate shouldTemam over until the motions on the paper were discussed .

      Mr . Bacon said they were about to take a jump of more than 33 per cent . on . the rate . ¦ M r . Williams ( Ludgate-hill ) asked if Mr . Bacon had paid his rate ? ( Langhter . ) He had resisted the payment of it . ( Hear . ) The CHAiKMAXsaid those liable to rates could take apart in the vestry . Dr . Proctoh wished that no party feeling should be allowed to operate , and that the v should deliberate solely with a view to the benefit of the poor . [ Considerable laughter was here caused by a letter being received by the Chairman , asking the patronage of the vestry for an hotel celebrated for its white-bait dinners . " It was said that the letter was intended for the Poor Law Commissioners at Somerset-house .

      Mr . Bacox rose to move the first resolution , which was—' That the inhabitants of this parish are capable of managing the whole of their parochial afiairs , without the aid or control of any other persons . 15 He had been objected to as not being a rate-payer , whilst only two persons in the parish paid more than he did , and he paid three times as Tnuch as the gentleman from whom the objection came . He ( Mr . Bacon ) was with Ministers when they were right , bnt against them when they were wrong . He was against the Poor Law Act , because of its great and sweeping powers . It was merciless and arbitrary . By section 15 , the Poor Law Commissioners conld make rules for parishes as they pleased , and alter them when they pleased . Under

      the 21 st section , they could attend all local boards and vestries . The 25 th section empowered them to build , alter , and enlarge workhouses , without the consent of the parishes . By the 26 th section , and the 32 d , they could unite parishes , and dissolve or lessen the union , without consulting the parishes . Under section 46 they could order the guardians to appoint officers , whose dnties and salaries they could fix . They could dismiss all paid officers , and when once so dismissed , no officer could again fill any situation . They could stop relief to . all able-bodied paupers or their families oat of the workhouse , and if the guardians gave relief , they could lefuse to allow it . Section 54 . —Any person guilty of any

      contempt of the high and mighty commissioners was to be fined £ 5 for the first offence , £ 20 for the second , and for the third he could be imprisoned and put to hard labour . ( Hear , hear . ) Section 98 . — Any man too poor to pay the first fine could be imprisoned for three months . These were facts , and he might harrow up their feelings by alluding to their other powers—such , for example , as the bastardy clause , the separating of man and wife , and other cruelties . It was of no use to say that these powers were not used . - They existed , and if it was not for the opposition of Whig , Tory , and Radical to the commissioners , they would soon find the weight « f their clutches . .

      Mr . Obbard here interrupted the speaker , and said the question after all was , whether the commissiimers exercised those powers ? Mr . Bacos said that was immaterial . He had shown by the act that such powers were given to Jhem . [ Mr . Wood , "Xo , no . 31 ] He defied them to contradict it ; and if ever they got the country quiet , they would find that the commissioners would not fen . to exercise them . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Mr . Bacon ) would seriously ask , were they ready to put then- money into the hands of men with snch arbitrary powers ? He would give them an instance of then- conduct . In the parish of St . Pancras , when the Poor Law was first introducedthe parish

      , authorities got hold of a diet-table -winch -was circulated amongst the parishioners . The Poor Law Commissioners wrote to say that that diet-table had not emanated from them . ¦ Shortly after , the very day on which the Guardians of St . Pancras first met to choose their chairman , a packet arrived from Somerset-house , which theyopened , expecting theyhad some prize or other . What did the vestry think it was ? . Why ,. the Tery identical diet-table which the commissioners had before declared they had nothing at all to do with ;—( hear , hear , )—and the whole was subsequently discovered by the messenger returning nearlv out of breath , and stating that Tie

      had left the wrung parceL ( Laughter , and cries of '' Hear . " ) It was said that the Sew Poor Law was introduced to remedy the defects of . the . old ,- particularly as to the patment of labourers' "wages put of the rates ; but they must remember that , they were not here in an agricultural district ,, and they had , moreover , a local act of their own , which was amply sufficient . ( Hear , hear . ) He would conctade by ' . fiayHig , that'if threatened with , the legal consequences wMcE might be apprehended' froni pasanglhis resolution , the decisions in the Queen's Jtench , "whejieTsr a question had arisen between the comnussionerd . iand parishes which ; had local-acts , ^ T ^ WoJ y ^ been against the commissioners . £ u ! % ' — ^ i eers" ) He concluded by moving to

      -f : Jhl ? Bott ^ rose second the resolution . lie yraii . rippsfea ^ b the > ew Poor Law , because he coii-*^?™ , $ tej ^ c&st > xj . . Hehad no doubifliat tte aonsepof ^ oldlaw . were great , andif Ithadcontinued } tbjere would soon have been no rich to pay the

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      poor . The evils of the piesent law ^ were * howjesfetj much greater . 'Wag itnecesgary-fiiat men whom he would call foreigners ahSttld' come into a parish and take the management of the afaire-putoi the hands of iffiow who were'b ' witttc' ^ oMnl ^ d w ^ th jind most deeply' interested m' 1 t ^ em ,-t ( arjjiBularly : when thos e foreigners * ete irrespdnoble ? - / ( Ilear , hear . ) Jjte wa « fad politician , but' He protested / against any Government ^ whatever niightbette ' prmcipleVsending their commission-spies into every pariah . ' ( Hear . ) They were told that the ! -poor vwfere * iiiigrateful . Long experience in 18 " parishes with which ' in ' ¦ eaffy life he had been connected convinced Wax fhat they w « re » not so . ( Cheers . ) Men became demoralized and dnmken when 'they -were neglected . ' ( Hear . )

      Would they believe ' it , that under fhis ^ jNew Poor Law many medical men were employed" at £ 100 a year to attend B , 000 personB 4-.. ( Hear . ) - It . was impossible tiaat they could attend them wel ^ and they had this salary whilst the relieving overseer had £ 70 or , £ 80 . ( Hear , hean ); How coulithe apothecary afford to g ive-them good drags'ont of such a paltry payment ? And then ' again a few lively leeches were sometimes required , but perhaps the expense of those had not been provided for , because it was considered that the commissioners , ^ rpula sufficiently , per form the snicking operation . ( Laujghter . ) :, Lorq Radnor had told them that the poorrwerelaoburirig under dyspepsia , 'arising from dverXeeding . ¦ ('* Ohi oh" and laughter . ) , If such were flie .-cage with the

      poor , ue enould like "to know what . mustbe the condition of the aldermen and commissioners ? fRoars of laughter . ) They must support tap poor welt if they ment to have work well done , and he need not tell them how much of the wealth and greatness of the country depend upon the labour of the poor ; ( Hear . ) If they wereifed ¦ npon the " cheatrand nas ^ r' diet , which- ^ as hot fit W ' a pointer puppy ( hear ) , how could they be expected to be able to work ? Lord -Brougham who were so beated iii peace be asked to fight theirbattl ^ s in war ? ( Hear . hear . ) Lord Brougham when Henry Brougham ' professed to be the poor man ' si friend * mid yet he wns the author of thiscroelbill , which seemed intended to drive the poor from the laud . LordBrbuehkm ' seemed '

      to thmk that no man ought to be poor , fie ( Dr . Proctor ) would say thnt no man , whatever might be his talents or circunL < tauces , was secure from poverty . Many of those whom he theu addressed might be reduced from a state of companitive afiinehce even by the non-payment of their bills by those whom they trusted . ( Hear . ) In cpnclusiouyhe wiriied to see the parish independent , and if rfter the trial they found they could not , as heretofore , do without the interference of the commissioners , he would vote for putting themselves nnder them , but he would not blindly and without cause snbmit to be the victims ^ of the arbitrary powers with which the commissioners were vested , and which they might exercise whenever they pleased . ( Loud cheers . ) 1 AYWHissaid

      Mr . R . , even under the old system parishes were subject to control . Was it uot control tohave their accounts passed before a magistrate ? Was itnot control to have the refusal of relief by the overseers set aside by the order of the magistrates ? He knew well that no measnre of human legislation could be perfect . There were imperfections in the old Poor Law , and in the present one , but upon comparison , he contended that the imperfections of the old law were greater than ihose of the new . Mr . Taylor then went into a long statement of the abuses of the old law , alluding particularly to tie promiscuous huJdling together of persons in workhouses , and the cruelties practised towards women , often when in labour , to prevent the gauiiug of a settlement . He should give the resolution Ms determined opposition . .

      Mr . Baco . v said it was scarcely necessary to notice Mr . Taylor ' s qjecial pleading about control . They were all—even the Queen—the Lords and Commons were subject . "to control ; but what he prok'st'jd against was , that parishes should become nie r <* lackivs to the commissioners . ( Hear , hear . ) He wanted merely to assert , and he would maintain , that they were fully competent to raise and spend their owu money . ( Loud cheers . ) The resolution was then put , and carried by an immense majority ,. there being only a few hands held up against it ex qificio . The result was received with loud huzzas . Aparishioner then rose to second the resolution , but : ¦ - . ¦¦ ¦ . - "

      Mr . Williams ( of Ludgate-hill ) again objected . He said he was sorry to do so , but the gentlemni was not in a position to occupy the attention of-the vestry . : ' : . . "¦ ¦¦ - , . " ' ¦ ¦ ; ¦ . . ¦¦" It turned out that the rate-payer had had time gi \ en him to pay his rates , but those who objected to him snid that he had been altogether excused . ¦ Mr . Bigxon asked who were really qualified to vote . ' ¦ " - . The Vestry Clerk said , that no person who owed more than two quarters' taxes could vote . The Chairman" was bound to say that lie-could not heur tue parishioner unless he could prove thaihe was not within the exception . Mr . Bacon said , that sooner than the question should be losstby such liberal conduct on tlie part of

      its opponents , he would move the resolution . ( Cheers . ) He proposed , in a brief speech , the ' following .: — " That the resolution of the public vestry , on the 17 th of Februaryj 1837 , in these words—* That it is the opinion of this vestry , that the introduction of tae NewPoor Law Bill into the city of London , and the formation of tlie whole city into one union , will not only benefit the rate-payers , but improve uie condition of the poor , and provide greater comfort for the aged and infirm ; and , therelbre , this parish desires to participate in thft benefits , to be derived from the union , be now rescinded . " Mr . He . \ ley seconded the motion . Mr . Biuxox was altogether opposed to the present proceedings . He defended the expenditure of the

      parish as economical , awl contended that , under the powers given by the "New Poor Law , the rates were more satisfactorily collected . He conld not yield to -what had been said in respect to salaries l y Dr . Proctor ; he wished that gentleman would give them facts . A deal of economy and saving had been effected throughout the country b y the working ot tha Poor Law Bill . Under the old system many thousands of parishes with not more than 50 to 300 paupers had all the expensive machinery of parish government . That was not the case at present . A great saving had been made b y putting the management into fewer hands , and the saving thus effected was far greater than the amount paid in salaries to the _ commissioners and others under them . ( Oh , oh ? ' ) Many , he was aware , had come to that ves-Iry not to hear , but to vote . ( " Ohoh ! " ) It had

      , beeiv said , that the New Poor Law was not required for London . To show "that it : was as much required here as in the agricultural districts , he would only say that the cost of a pauper in London was as 20 s . to 7 s . iH well-regulated country parishes . Mr . Lowe , as a guardian , must say , thatthepoor in St . Bride ' s had 12 ounces more solid food per week than they had under the old law . They had also tea and sugar given to the old . As to what bad been said with regard to the medical attendants , he could only say that many highly respectable surgeonswere anxious to get the employment , and when Dr . Proctor spoke of the number of persons whom a parish doctor had to attend , he should remember that alltke parishioners were not paupers , and that they were not all sick . ( Laughter and cheers . )

      Dr . Proctor contended , that two-thirds of the agricultural population were poor . It was true that there were overseers , etc ., in small parishes under the old act , but they were not expensive . They , however , lived in the district ^ and were under the influence of their own measures , whilst the commissioners under the preseut act -were safe iu Soinersiit House from the consequences of any directions they Tnightgive . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Byrxe ( Chairman of the Board of Guardinns ) said . ' the commissioners had never attempted to interfere with the board of Guardians , either in the election of officers or the mode of giving relief .

      _ Mr . Obbard moved as an amendment " the pievious question . " They were not competent to rescind the resolutions . They had deliberately passed it . ( A voice , " Yes , by a majoritj ' of how many . ' " Another voice , "Whyjustfour . " Laughter . ) After they had passed it they had acted upon it . . They had sold their property under it , and it was not possible for them now to set it aside . They had heard . a great deal about the arbitrary character of the bill , but it had hot been stated to them what they could scarcely forget , that the guardians being subject to annual election were completely under the control of public opinion . » . ' ., ¦ Mr . West seconded the resolution . ¦ Mir . Wood ( president of the "Cogers" ) agreed wh 4

      M a * xHuuguout | xuubit lauglivci ) cis IO ine character of this act . Its operatibu showed that it was daily elevating the moral character of the poer , and teaching them to ' depend on themselyes . (" Oh ! oh ! " and laughter . ) The money saved by the New Poor Law was not taken from the poor , but obtained by a reduction in law expenses . He thought that the best illustration he could give was , that the parish of St . Dunstan , which w , as not under ; the roor Law , was one of the worst governed parishes in the kingdom , while St . Bride ' s , which was under the Poor Law , was one of the best ( Oh ! oh !) ¦ ¦ * ¦ : Mr . D ^ t ; y said , in accepting the office" of gi ^ rdian , his sole motive was the improvement of the condition of the poor . He admitted the powers given , tothe commissioners were great , bat public opinion - was much stronger . Mr . R . Tayldb opposed the rescinding of the TespVtiupDt , as no practical good , but much practical ev ^^ niglif result from it The act had been carried by me Radicals . ' ;^ h A Parmhioseb inquired whether the resolution could be legally resciMed ? . The Vestbt Clerk said that it could . : . ^ Several pariahionets eapreesed their opinion , that if ^ tiiey rescinded the resolution the parish ^ would be involved in htigation . • :: . ;• J ^ Tt . > lv lrtCGHUH said , that nobody « ould jadee ^ tthetoripngpfihePoorLaw ^ except thosevho had seen j ^ on practice . He never heard of such ab-

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      surdities as had that night been uttered . The cry raisfedy ^ aTn ^ thejP ^ r ;^^^ to anticipate' ihat ; their yerr-kiamtes would become a nursery bugbear ., ; ( Loudlaii ^ biteri ) •';; . ^ Irj Bacon replied at ; considerable length . He Vould not . reciprqeate the --tennv '' abaurdityv' , and ¦ 6 ther : Squally ^" courtejaus ^ epithets , . ^ rhj ch had beeix applied to the objects of the . nibVers ; of the resolutions . To prove ^ hat lie had said abou t the raising of ^ the ^ rate , it was onlynec ^ ssdrjr ^ Temind them ^ that the rate had been i , fpurpenny rate ^ and they were how calledujpoh-for a sevenpenny rate . ; Mr . Wood had called ; St . punstaai the ' most corrup t , and St Bride ' s the most pure' parish , and to strike a balance between them he ( Mr . Wood ) wished to tuck them up together . ( A laugh . ) Talk of

      absurdity , what absurdity could be greater than this , except that of gentlemen coming to aak the vestry to grant them £ 1 , 000 or £ l , 100 y wiOiout being able to inform them what one singly penny of it was for ? ( Laughter and cheers ; ) In , . ' the conversation as to tlie legality bf . rescinding the resojntiohi a deeisipnbf the Lord Chancellor was referred to ; - ^ they must remember that it was not to the Chancellor , but to "; the ; Queen ' s Bench , they would have to appeal ; and as he had said before , and ; he defied coutradiction , aU the decisions of that court in cases where a local act existed had gone against ^ he Commissioners . ( Cheers . ) \ V The jiinendmeiit was then put , ftilloweid ; by the resolution , and the chairman declared the latter to be ; carried . The majority for the resolution was very . great . " ; : ¦ , ' : ¦; ; . ' ¦¦' ¦ , . r- '/;' : -- [ '" : ¦ .. ¦ :- - . ; ; - ; . -- ' "¦' " . -v - Mn . Wood demanded a divinibii aniidst much iconfusion . ¦' ¦ : .: ¦ ¦ :: ¦¦' , ¦; . ¦• • : ,

      * Several gentlemen , supporters of the Poor Law , thought a division nnnecessary . A division , howeveryyas persisted in , and tpo > place v bnt the ma ^ jpnty was so utterly beyond dispute that tlie nuinbers were ^ not counted , though ; the opponents of the resolution were clambrbus for the numbers beine taken ; but - , ' ¦ . ' - . '¦ ¦ , \ . ^ ¦"' , "¦ r : : . ; . - ' : . - . ' . . ¦ ; . ; ¦ ¦ The Chairman , after considerable confusion , said he declared the resolution ! carried . ; A poll-pftlie whole parish was then demanded by Mr . Williams and Mr ; M'Lbughlinf but it was discovered that their demand in writing was not pertinent , therefore another demand , signed by Mr . Williams and Mr ; George Proctor was handed in . •" ! - ¦ '¦;¦ . ¦ . ¦ ¦' - ; .. : '¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ •' " " . ¦ - . . ¦¦' ¦ ' - : . '¦ ¦ ¦" . .

      ¦; Ihe Chairman then appointed the poll to commence at ten p'clock on Monday last , and to close at three . ; V ' : / ; ¦' . - . 'I . ¦ " .. . ¦ - : - ¦'¦' .. / . ¦ . "' " ¦¦ ¦ ¦ :, ' - ¦ ¦ :- . ' ¦ . - ¦ . ' ¦ Mr ; Swain ( who had been very active with the opponents of the ; New Bastile Law ) said of course the poll would be taken by ballot , aai was the custom of the parish . : : The Chairman said yes , certainly . Dr . Proctor then inovedV and Mr . Swain seconded , the following resolution , which was also passed by a great majority ;— ' That no money which is how , or shall in future ~ be , raised for the relief and support of the poor of this parish , shall be expended by any persons other than the trustees and overseers appointed by public vestry . '' A poll was : uso demanded upon this resolution . A smn of £ 1 , 100 was then proposed to be raised for the relief of the poor for the ensuing quarter .

      Un tue question b ^ mgput . Mr . S \ v " ai . n wished to > kiiow .-. how it was ' -that they now wanted a seveiipeimy rate , while , for the last quarter , which was the most severe ^ in the-year ,. ' e fourpenny rate was sufficient ? It was rather an extraordinary jump from 4 d . to 7 d ., and he should like some explanation on that " point ; ' ¦ ¦ . Mr . BiGxpx said they must recollect the rental had been reduced 15 percent . Mr . Swain said that : could only raise the rate to 4 id . and a fraction , but not by any means to jd . Mr . Bacon suggested that this vote shoulJ be now acceded to , and it ! hereafter they found toy trickery had been practised upon thein > they could ( having passed the resolutions of tlnit evening ) reduce the grant next time .. : ; v : ¦ ¦ The i vote accordingly pnssed , aiid the vestrj- then broke up , after a vote of thanks to the Chairman .

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      DO KI ^ GS OR NOBLES GAHEKO R US ( From Tail's' Magazine . ) "\ YWivy . iHi behold a kingentlironed , Or toiling to a fpolisJU feast , ' Or queena in liixury enzonedV And . treated like tipmieheiiyenly guest—Restrain yonnseif , - keep on your hat , Alake hot tha least degradiftgfuaa \ For , when the truth is spoken , what Do kings or riublcs caie for us ? . . When you behold , with rakish lords , A poiiipousbishop ; take * his place , "And mark his empty , hieasared Worda , Aud simpering nothingness of face—Reutriiin yourself , keep on your hat , . Make uot the least degrading fuss ; , For , wh . 'h the truth is spoken , what Do lords or bishops care for us ?

      When you behold a reckless lord , Great livViLs grandfather ' s deserts , Walk boldly to the council board , Andfrqwn Us if n man of parts—; Re « trnin yourself , keep oh your hat ; Muke . not tb . fi - -leaiit degrading . fuss ; lor ,, if the truth were spoken , what Does any lordlihg care for us ? \ Vhen at the hustirigs called to vote , And having passed the taxman ' s shrift , > oil stand unBhaved , in thread-bare coat , To send a gentlexuw to thrift , — Restrain yourself , keep on your hat , . Yout power wsliort , and think of this 'Twereshanie to cheer an empty flat j Or help a . sV-oHiiilrel to a place .

      W \\ eix pensioned pt-frs or dowagers , _ With tbousiuids by thfmontb . or year , , Pretend to open up their piirspj That they may . in tho prints appear —• Is t not as ocean should give back ^ A . wave , while fifty thouaiuidstreams f Make barren , inatiy a beauteous track TonlLher ?—wlierice , thea , your iicclainxs ? The won king man should h : ive one tliought—To be for everiree to toir ; Andkeepthewealthso dearl y bought ,.. To . make his own . heailhstone to smile * Sohie toil in tlvis , and some ihthiit ; ¦ - _ But o ' er . the great you make no fuss : i / iciV twlainay soon be told— -and what . Does any great man care for us ?

      Thenglit divine to govern wrong Is now an old insauity f : . ' ¦ ¦/ And lordly beggars will erelong Be—what all begg ^ i s ou ght to be ; To s « ea , all such , keep on your hat ; Despise their coldness or their fuss ; Despise them— , vere it even that They should affect to care for us . PHILO-BERANGiER

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      A PATEIOTS SECONOD LETTER to the Bnt \ sh people on the present state of the country , ; &c , &c . y witha letter to the ' operattves ^ and another to the ; Queen . A ^ tytiEiMp B • • : London : Saunders and Otley , Cohduit-Sfreet . . ¦ - ¦ Thisjs i very apvrited and energetic little work , from the pen , we suspectj Of one who appertains to that <{ order" which may be least of all ' suspected of any sympathy with the people , but who like a ^ white birdinaflcick of crows , stands pronlinently ; forth conspicuous only for his approximation to . purity . We subjpinthe following extracts from the letter to the Cotton ^^ Spinners . :. ^ V ;' ¦

      " When I perused the incomplete and garbled statements of the press on the trial at Edinburgh , of your unfortunate and persecuted - fellbw-wbrkmen , I was inclined to helicve that , ' if not giiilty , they were mucn . to blamej but in attendiugthe meeting which was held at the Mechanics '; Institution , on the 1 st inst ., and paving particular attention to the statements ot" the delegates . from , Glasgow , I then felt satisfied , that your companions were innocent . The extraordinary conducti of thei goyernnieht , in arresting yoiir fello \ y-wprkmeh , at an unusual hour on a Saturday iiight , throwiug them into a dungeon , without even a mattrass to lie upon , detaining them iri prison seven moriths , dragj ? ing them repeatedlv

      from Gliaago \ Vv to : Edinburgh , compelling , them to convey and support a large , number of witnesses at their own charges j and obliging , them to . ' Incur- for their defence , the olisgracefullyaarge expense of three thousand pounds , presents a liidebus picture of ' arbi ^ UarymeanMess and cruelty / • ? " Paniel O'Connell is against-you , and it is rather fortunate thau otherwise that the demagogue has shown himself in his true colours . After the operas tives of pnblin have helped for some years pasti by their contributions , to till his hat with alms , iin the hour of their difticulty and distress , he lays crimes to their charge , which the poor men never dreamed ofcbmmitting , and like a truermonntebank , in : the face of his constant calls upon : them ; to agitate , agitate , he jumps round and tenders hid support to the

      government to crusn ttiein .: He objects also to a poor law for Ireland ; he would cbntinne to leave his starving countrymen , to the geherosify of their landlords arid absentees , which has already made them a byword for misery and- ; wretchedness ^ in ^ every kingdom in Europe . Hovir truly correct is the assertion of the wiseman , in regard to such coiiduct , when he sa ^ s , " the , tender mercies of the wicked are ^ fueV . ¦ - ¦ The Irish people ^ erenever more grossly miHtaken than in the character of MrV G'Connell ; he has never proved himself to be a true ^ patriot , he has always shown himself the ' inere ' party ^ rpian . ' j and honldthey contiiine tqi encburage : him , by the subscription of a large annual v Mcbnie , in his course of wpiwe than usetessness ^ it is not imprqhable , that he may be the ineabf of yet driving the wheels of despotigrn ^ ropfi their n ^ s /'; - ; v . '¦ ;;; The letter to the Queen is tjhairactemed by good sense and . ¦ honest jnroplicity th rbughout , rate qualities

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      in the privileged ^ iordera ^ ^ jselectyhoweve ^ the following ^ angle ientence . as-the one we most highly and en ^ ely app ^ laas ^ ; ^ - ; V ^ " The second ^ is , thatybtir jMaiesty ^ ofyourgebd-r ness and mercy , may be graaonriy pleased to grant a free and unconditional pardon to the unfortunate Cotton Spinners of GlasgoWi'V '¦ : ¦ . ; ; ; 7 ; ;

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      : ; ' ' ; ' - ^ - v - ^ ; THE : ! mA ( 3 AZINES . ; - ; '' : s / : - ' : ' ^ The NEW MONTHLY of the ; present nwiith r contains " , Garney Papers / 'No vl ? , a prosy uhini . ;; t ^ re 8 ting vcontinuation of former papers , evincing neither tact nor talent . " 01 d Madeline" is a simple affecting story well told , - by Mrs . C . S , . HSlLL ; interwoven with which are some yery sprightly despripHons of French ^ nannersana scenery in the neighbourhood , of Havre and Hpnfleur . We recommend ; the following sentence ¦' . from it to universal attention . '' : . ¦ ¦ ¦' .: ¦"¦ . ' : ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ ;

      "I should have mentioned another advantage which Hayre possesses byer Liverpool , and , indeed , over all bur English towns >; Inever saw either men br women intoxicated . Labouring under the scorch * ing siiu , brandy so cheap , that even an Englishman might intoxicate hiniself to his heart ' s ' content for three-halfpence , they go soberly , if not quietly , to their beds , satisfied with their saladlsnpper or their cup ofcoHee ; ; ' - ' . ' ¦/¦ ' [ ' ' : ; . ; . . ;¦ ¦ . ' ¦ : ' ¦ ¦ V . r . \ ¦'¦ ¦ ¦'¦ " . ; '¦ . •' Have you Temperance Societies here ? "No , " said the French lady of whom I enquired , " we do not need them " . ' ¦ . ' . ' .-I . thought of the , disgusting scenes produced by English drunkenness , ; and was ashamed for , my country . " ' • ;; ' ¦ : ' - \ : ; . ' . . . , . ¦ . . , ¦ . . ; v * -:: . - - . ' . : . ; . '¦ ¦ : ;

      The next is ^ The Eomance of a Keyhole , " by Douglas Jebsold , is an exceedihgly spirited and hunwivous description of various scenes and circumstances arising out of a night ' s drunken revelry by a , Brazier ^ ' . named Jeremy Duhbrbwn ; . v ; there are seven chapters in the stpiyv We give the first , which , though very good , i » not equal in point either of interest or humour to the succeed-¦ ' , ' ing ones .. . ¦ ' ' ' . ¦ ¦ . ¦'¦' . ;¦ -, . . ¦' ;¦ ' . ¦ . ¦ - '¦¦' ¦ -. - '' .. "P » t twelve o'clock ! " yailed an old watch man as he crawled along JBishopgate Within ; the gusty wind and pattering rain drowning the modest cry of the venei-ableguerd . ' ^ Past twelve o ' clock !" he moaned ; and the wind rising ^ , and the shower thickening , the watchman paused , gathered up his rheumatic joints , now lowered his lantern to the

      pavement * now raised it towards the mud-black skyj and finding all things safe , turned himseU round and hobbled to his T ) ox . In sooth , it was to pay a high , an undesefved compliment ; to the prowess of any knovh . burglar , - to suppose that on such anight he would leave his dovvn , goose-feather , flock , or straw , to ^^ force a , ' dqpr ^^ or pick a lock . The most prejudiced thief , peeping from his casement on such a night , might , without shame or rembrse , with not a blush upon his cheek , have resolved to go to bed * In such a nieh ^ sure we are that njtne and wealth might safely sleep with the door ori the latch ; nevertheless , the folks of Bishopsgate Within , from the mere force of habit , drew their bolts and turned their locks . It had been well for Jeremy Dunbrown hail his door been barred—better still , had it not been locked .

      " The watchtnan was ensconced in his box , asleep andhappy . Bles ? ed Morpheus ! Thou whose ample cloak wraps the beggar and the king , the slave and the tyrant , —rthoa who dost stand between the fierce wrath of man arid manj—thbu who at night callest off the pack of wbrrj-ing cares from the hunted wretch , and comest to him with hope among the straw , —thon didst visit Barnaby Argusj watchmnuofBishopsgate , in his deal-board castle , making him , in soft delicious dreams , no less a potentate

      tnau beadle ot the ward ! The coat of squalid drab hud ripened into regal purple—the greasy hat w as bound with gold , ; and jutted boldly out at three corners , the old crab-stick had shot up to a ; stafiFjSurnibunted by the silver knob of high authority—and , walking at the head of fiity boys , and girls , Barnaby Argus , watchman , heard not the wind , felt not the rain , —so weather-proof did dreaming fancy make hinii The beadle strutted and exulted—but the watchman remained a caput ntvrtuum in ^ he box . twelve

      "Pa ^ t o ' clock , aud ^ -oh ! shame to the ripe manhood of fifty—Jeremy Dunbrpwn , his sfinses muffled in strong drink ^ sought his liome . Let the truth be said ^ though the shame fall upon Jeremy : D unbro wn was drunk ; yea , so drunk , that ¦ Unassisted he had not that night approached his household " gods , at the hour we write of , fast asleep ~ for Jeremy , having the street-door key in his pocket , kept not ' the lares sitting up , Dmibrown was abachelor : hence , it was his peculiar bbast at the club , that he kept nobody waiting for him save the fleas ; •' ¦ ¦* ' We have inferred that Jeremy wound not his \ yay down Bishopsgate alone . No : great is the beneficence of Bacchusj who numbers in his train thousands of little lacqueys , to sober eyes invisible , whose duty it is to lead the ¦ ¦ . votaries of their purple master safely home . The water-drinker could not

      see the jolly little satyr with its small kid hoofs clatterinealong the stones of Bishopsgate , keeping Jeremy jDnnbrown from posts arid gutters ,- —now steadying his right leg , now the left—now ^ flinging a vine or hop-plant over him , pulling hina . back test he fall upon his nose ^ -Jeremy all the whilp smiling , and uttering half-words from the corner of his mouth , in acknowledgment of the benevoleiice . These bacchanal fairies , thousands though there be— for were they not , how would frail mortals find the door?—are not distinguishable by the profarie sober nor are they to be seen by the small drinker , by the petty rascal who simpers over : a gill arid thinks himself Silenus . No , no : a man must labour in many vintages to be worthy of such ia bpdy-guard . Happy are w 6 to assure the world that Jeremy Dunbrown wasthatman ! ;

      "Jeremy , aided by his good -genius , shuffled down the empty street , the wind blowing , and the rain falling . At . length Jeremy reached the iron rail that skirted his ancient home . ' All's right ! ' said Jeremy ; and , as he : spoke , the vino-iis fairy quitted its charge ( leavingit in order to see safely to his door . the KeverendT ) octbr Magnum , at that moment Jnucli debilitated by a recent argument at Aldermari Bung ' s on Hebrew foots ) . ' .. ¦ " All's right ! " repeated Jereniyj and he laid his flattened palm against that consecrated piece of wood , his own house-door . ' All's right ! ' and

      Jeremy , with it smile sent from his very heart , a smile nickering in his soddened face ^ drew from his breeches pocket the street-door key . Ten minutes morei and Jeremy would be stretched between his household sheets ! ' "Jeremy , with the key in hii hand , sought to turn the lock : it was very odd—very strange—rather arinoyingj but Jeremy could not find the key-hble ; Jeremy smiled , growled with fixed teeth ^ scratched with the key all over the door , stitt- ^ where was the key-hole ? Then Jereiny stood as npright as circumstances would permit ^—coughed—and grasping tne

      Key anew , made a reckless dash at the door , as if—trusting to the guidance of his ; good genius , he hoped to find the aperture ; when the key , struck by the violence from his hand , rang upon the doorstep , and Jeremy ^ muttering objectionable bathe , dropped upon his knees and groped about the wet mud for his lost treasure . 'It ' s all right ! ' said Jeremy , when , having searched for ten minutes , he again , rose upon his legs with the recovered key , which—so great was his presence of . , nund- ^ -he carefully cleaned with the tail of his coat 'Mud lnay ^ elogthe wards / said Jeremy , with , all things considered , superhuman ; sagacity . 'Now .

      thenvery uroji—very odd , '—and Jeremy continued to scrape the key , as he thought , over every irich of the door— exceeding odd—never knew such thing in born days—remarkabler- ^ strange to a degree—ha ! ha ! capital joke—^ capit—damn ; 'the key ! ' ¦ ' ' "Such was the broken soliloquy of Dnribrowny as he ; stood perspiring at his own door . Again he paused frpm his" toil—looked up the street , down it , and again resolved by one vigorous effort to turn the lock ; Again in silence did he run the key over , the door ; breatMesslvhe searched fri ' r thn H « aJrA « 1 «!« . «_

      ing- ; then his ; hand fell to his [ side , arid ^ bn- -a sudden he stood convinced for once and for ever . ' i ? f ^ J ' " " ^ ^ Jerem y I ? iinbrdwn > - ^ I see it -r-thedishonesty oi the times!—some damned thief has stolen the keyrhole ! ' I ¦ -. ;** As , Jeremy ; said , this , his legs slid from under him , and he came-r-as his good luck wonldhave itsoffly down upon the dobr-8 tep . JHe was scarcely wjell down ere his eyes werer closed ' ; and , snoring hard , with the nnappropriated key gtaaped in hw right hand , Jeremy JDunbrown sat in the shadow of hiaf . o . wn double-locked door—sat arid slept . ? ' :

      The remaining coritents are " female Portrait Gallery , "; from ; Sir Walter Scott , L . E ; L ; « My First Visit to Brussels , T . fl > Grattan ; "Wedding Tactics ; " « Manager ' s Note-Book ; " and several Union Pieces } . besides the Cbhversazione in which several new works are " ' noticedJi" ; :

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      NlQHGLAS ' NICKLEBy / •• ' " , - ' . " - ' ¦ ¦¦ '' ¦ : ' ¦ :: ' ' " - ¦ : ¦ PiiBt i ^ . ;; ; .:. vrv - . - " . - . ' , ¦ - .- ' " -.- ' . ' ¦ ; ¦ ;/* ¦ .. ; -.:, ¦ ; Edited ByYBoz . ' : '¦ .: ' - ;; - : This work proriises , sp far as we can judge from the sample of it now- produced , amply to sustain the / credit , of its / author . The style is bbldy free , and graphic ; there ir no prosing ^—no unnecessary applicatibn ; every word tell * . The only character as yet developed i ? ^ at of ^ Ralph Niekleby , a gold hound of the highest breed , whose \ every afiection had become transmitted to the precious metals : arid : bf

      , whose ^ sense ^ ¦ feeling ia ^ ; in the breeches ppctet ; . There-is also an important personage introduced of the . name- WackfordSqveersy a kriavish tormentor of uichinsy in the shjape of an ignorant Yorkshire schdohnaster , at whose ¦ '" ^ cadeiny , ^ pntheboys Hall , at rthedelightfri ) Tillage of Bothebbysi ; neat Gfreta B ^ jd ge ^ in"Yorkshire . Youth we ^ ard *^ clbjftfei . boftked , furnished with po ^ keVmqney , pjfotided with all ue « e ^ arieB ^ iri 8 tnicfced i * f ati languages ^^ liying and' dead , miithematicB , prtfcograpy , gebmerry

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      'astrwwray j ; togonometryy W ^ we ± aMh&t > teh £ algebra , wnglesticky ( if required ) , ^ ritirig- S metic , : fortification ^ and et ^ other "bShc ?*; classical literature : ' . Ternjs ,. twenty gained b - annnm . No . extras , . no vacatiohis , and 'diit ^ pafalleled ^ ' ; The fbllbwing ; sketch will gi ^ e tK * reader an idea of one , at least , of Mr . 'Squeeitf nulv ficat . ions :-r- . ' ¦ ¦ : ' - - . ¦ : 'V : ; ' ? -- - . ' - \ " : - ' -y ' . V-:- ; / v- - ' tr " ¥ ^ ^ neew ' 8 appearance wagriotprepossesRn ^ He had but one eye , and the popular prejudice rani in favour of two . The eye Whad was unqnesS ably useful , but decidedly not ornamental , bein ^ vS a greenish grey , and in shape resembfiM the fkn ' light of a street door . The blank side of his fa ~ vras much wrinkled and puckered up ,. whic heavt

      smiledv at which tunes his expression border ^ closely on the vfllanons . ^ His hair was Very natan £ shiny , aave at the ends , where it waa brushed stiffi * ^ S ^ r ^^ P ^ S ^^ m , Which assortef well with his harsh voice and coarse manner H V ?¦ Oto art : tyo ^ ree and fifty , and a triiie below the middle size J he wore a whife neckerchief w 5 rt long todsi and a anit of scholastic black , but hS coat sleeves bemg . a great deal : too long , and St trousers a great deal too short ,-he appeared ilUi ease in hw clothes , and as if he were in a peroetnftl st ^ te of asfoniahnient » t finding himself so w ¦ ' ¦ / ° ~^™™

      spectable . / -r ^ ., ; - r ~ ** l " Mr . Sqneers was standmgin a box by one of th « coffee-roonifire-places , iitted ; with one guch tabl » as isnsually seen in coffee-robrnsjand two of extra ordinary shapei and dimensions made to suit the angles of . the partition . In a comer of aseatw ^ a very small deal trunk , tied round with a scant ? piece of cord : and on the trunk was perched—Ms lace-up half-boots and cprdnroy trowsersdanaluS in the air—a diminutive boy , with his shoulder drawn np to his earsj and his hands planted on his knees , who glanced timidly at the schoolmaster from time to time with evident dread and atrowi .. hension . ¦ - ¦' . ¦ ty

      ;¦ 'Half-past three , " muttered Mr . Squeers , turning from the : window , and looking sulkily at the coffee-room clock ; " There will be nobodv W to-day . "' ^ . ¦ :. : : ' ¦ ¦ - ' ¦¦ . ' '¦ . . ¦ .. '¦ '• -.,::: ' . ' : ' " : :- - .. '¦• . ' * ¦ " Mnch vexed . by this reflection , Mr . SqUeeri looked at the little boy to see whether he was dome aiiyfeing'he could beat him for : as he happened notto be domg anything at all , he merely boxed his ears , and told him riot to dp J [ t again .: - ; ¦ " : ** AtTMidsummer , " muttered JWr . Sqneers , resum ing his complaint , "I took down ten boys- ten twentys—two hundred pound . I go back at eight o ' clock to-morrow morning , and have Only threel ^ ee . oughts an ought-three twos ^ six—sixty , pound . VV-hat ' scome . of all the boys ? what ' s parents got into their heads ? what does it all mean r "Here the little boy on the top of the trunk rave a violent sneeze . r b

      . "Halloa ,-Srr growled the schoolmaster , tur * ing round . 7 What's thaVSir ? " ; s ' "Nothing , please , Sir , " replied thelittleboy . *\ " Nothing , Sir ! " exclaimed Mr . Sqtieers . , ,. " * . ? , se : s jr » -, sneezed , " rejoined the boy , trembhng till the little trunk shook under him . ¦ " ¦ « v ? h'' ¦ B S ^» * P ?^ rted Mr . Squeers . " Inen what did you say ' nothing' for , Sir . ?" In default of abetter answer to this qu ' es'tio ' n . the little boy serewed a couple of knuckles into each of his eyes and began to cry , wherefore Mr ; Squeera knocked him off the trunk with a blow on one side otnis _ lace , arid knocked him on again with a blow on ; theother . ' - ¦¦ ' -. : ? ; . '; "Wait till I get you down into yorkshire , my X ?^ ? . gentleman , " said Mr . Squeers , " and then 4 . : ^ y « you the rest . Will you hold that noise , oir . r .. . . .. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ •¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ . ¦ .... ¦ : .. •• .- ... '

      . : ¦ " y«—ye—yes , " . sobbed the Utiie boy . fubbinif Ins . face very hard with the Beggar ' s Petition in printed calico . . ¦ - : ; ; . ¦'¦ - . : ¦• - ; Then ^ dosoat once , Sir , V said Squeers v « -jj yonhear ? " ¦ . \ ' ..-,, : ;;>; ¦ ;¦ ; : ¦ : As this admonition was accbriipanied with a threatening gesture , and uttered wifli a savage aspect , the Rttle boy rubbed his face harder , % if to keep the-tears back ; and , beyond alternately sniffing and choking , gave no further vent to his eniotion 8 . ; ¦ . ? . / w ¦ - " ¦ ¦ ; : ¦ - ' " ¦ ¦ ; .:. ; .. ^ " Mr . Squeers , " said the waiter , looking in at this ^ "ncture ; " here ' s a gentleman asking , for you at luo D&r * ¦ •" . ¦ ' ¦"¦¦¦ . . ¦ ¦'¦ . . ¦ ... ¦ - ¦

      " Show ^ the gentleman in , Richard , " replied Mr Squeers , in a soft voice . "Put your handkerchief in your pocket , you little scoundrel , or I'll murder you when the gentleman goes . " : The . schoolmaster had scarcely uttered these words in a . a » eree whisper , when the stranger entered . Aftecbng not to see him ^ Mr . Squeers feigned to be intent upon mending a pen , and offering benevolent advice to his youthful pupil . ? "My dear child , " said Mr . Saueers . " all nftnnl »

      have then- trials . This early ' . trial- of yours that is fit to make your Httle heart burst , and your very eyes come out of : your head with crying , what is it ? Nothing- less than nothing . You are leaving your friends , but yon willhave , afather in me , my dear , and a mother in Mrs . vSqueers . At the delightful village of TJQtheboys , near Greta Bridge , in Yorkshire , where youth are boarded , cloth « d , booked , washed , furnished with pocket money , provided with all necessaries— " ¦ : . - . ¦ ¦

      "It is the gentleman , " observed the stranger , stopping the schoolmaster in the rehearsal of his advertisement . " Mr . Squeers , I believe , Sir ?" ' ^ ' 1 he same , Sir , " said Mr . Squeers , with an assumption of extreme surprise . "

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      ¦;¦ . . - . ¦ :- TAIT'S MAGAZINE The firstisa well written article on the Negro Slavery Abolition Question ^ in which the ¦ ¦" ¦ eloquenf . speeches recently delivered on this important subject , by Lord Brougham ! are largely quoted so as to place it before the reader under the most spiritstirring aspect . Then comes one of lEbenezer Elliots Ballads . " The atorming of Badajoz ; ^ ' Besides which , we have in the ' poetical line " a Hymn for the Students of Gottirigeri , " " The Day StormM Thunder , and a piece of excellent advice which we have transferred to bur Poet ' s corner under the title of ilJ ) q Kings or Nobles care for us . ? ' ; Ofthe other originalcontributibns ^ -the " aiitobid graphy ' fog an English Opium Eater . Becolleetions of Charles Lamb , " ia along . tiresome effort at magnifying a few personal anecdotes and sapposed traits of

      character into a ^ book . A whole mortal column is devoted to a description of the manner in which the « aid Charles Lamb rises , or rather coines down from his stool to receive the opium eater ; then follows a grave recital of the opium eater ' s reasons why he presented his hand to the said Charles ¦ Lamb instead of adhering to " the EngUsh Custom ( a wise one ) of bbWing in frigid silence . " The whole paperis an excessively laboured turgid mess of puerilities . " The London peripatetic ; ' is amusing . There is also a letter on the Corn Laws from Eli > iot . iBesides 'lengthy and valuable extracts from Mr . Bulwer ' s last novel ^ Miss Martineau ' s " Retrospect of . Western Travels , " and Miss Lawrence ' s Historical" Memoirs -of the Queens of England ; " with critieal remarks on theirwbrks .

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      ; . . " .: ^^ ASER'SjklAGAZINE . ''; :: '¦ :. .. The first article in Eraser this month is an admirable piece of special pleading , entitled A Hmdred ; M 6 rithsofLiberkUsmy' \ m proves most Jesuitically-tnat all the ills and inis- ^ chiefs the state is heir to , have arisen from ithe . passing of the CatlMic ^ Eniaricipation 8111 /^ 1829 . He alsq proves by a process Of reasoning peculiartf his owB ,- ( that ia to say dogged assertion without any reason at all ) that ^ Liberalism is infidelity . " He : ; is very angry with / the Jrish Ecclesiastical Com m issioners , because-their exertioiis ^ have been : terminated too ^ oorijStrid ^ ery angry ; with . ^ the Scotch : Ecclesiastical Comiaaissioriers , because theirs have been protracted toolori g . He isangry with Lords Russell and Melbournefor" treating the Dissented

      , with a decent , shew of civility . : He is angry with ; every body ;\ vho thinks it an : unjust thing : to make political distinctions between one man and another , on accbunt , of hi 3 religious creed . And all > this i «' very natural . We : never . yet knew a dog looking anxiouslyat . a bonefrbin which he had previously torn large slices of delicidus medt , but which he-hwbeeri prevented frbntpicking perfectly clean , that w as not angry at erery . thingj and every body , who contributed to keep it from him . The amusing p ^ o $ the ! matter iathe ; simplieity of tiie poor ¦ ffiao & del ^ ingihirnself into th e- opinion , that because the people have / mamfes ^ that they are sick of-Whig trickery and dishonesty they are , therefore , necessarily anxipua to hail " » retum ^^ ory Dommatibri . - ;

      t " w present ^ governors would readfly do the biddingof ^ thm maafets , thr liifidels , Kssenters , and Papists of flie empire ; bnt there is an hindrance w ^ the way . UAnd whatis that hindrance ^? It is i ** growmg repugnance of the people to all such schemes . Justmjjrpportipnfls ^ e re ^ yiewe and- object * of thfr leading Liberals have beebme apparent , has ¦ feeling of dislike ^ # re a ^ amc ^ e ^ h e ^ r ell informed classes ' . ofpurpopnlaiaon . * Hencb : itis ^^ e see thein banded together ^ ^ thbniahds andtens of thpu » 8 knd » J m Conseryative ; associations ;" Aridhence it is . * *

      we see for . the fost tiniein Ritish ^ nlstb « r u aj ) aI ^' ment summoned u |? th ^^^ midst of the loyal ekultabon attendant onthe atceBgion of a youthful queen ; , ^ a yefc < in ttbejnicl ^ ioflall this exultationv an opposinon ^ con ^ istmg of 318 members returned to the House Q ? Cb ^ bn ^! v The people begin tp understan d some ? thirig of tVe fepl nature ^ and desiCTS of | &at JJ ? 6 ^ isni which nbw swVys ^ Xwe ^ portion ^^ tor their ^ ^ tocteKs ^ dinsiglit is ^ Hereto * the { rd % asi and alarm ; Unfc ^ God , vthisfeeiingconatitutesnow out » 3 » ef protey * tibn /' :- ; v- : > : T-v . ' "' .. V- ' ^ . ; ' -:. '" : >^; -. : r ¦>' : ¦ ' ¦ ; -V-

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 7, 1838, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1000/page/6/