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      THE KIKG © 1 ? THE AIR . Mt home is made in the mountain land , Where the chasms yawn sind the torrents leap Wliere no c < rward xace caalioli a ' P ^»^ 33 ut hearts are as free as the "winds that sweep , lline . is the form no trammels can bind , Mine is the course no foot can track ; There ' s no rein oa my neck to chafe or cheek y I bear no ruler to gall myback . "Wide is my range , and londy ' my flight , The vulture may pass , hat he will not dare To raffle my feathers or coallenfcB jny ~ iight , Pot the eagle—the eagle , is king of the ale Xet the daaading snn . ride dear and high .

      In the -warmth and bhie of a southern day ; But the lightthat dwells in the eagle ' s eye Can flash back again -with as fierce a ray . "When the storm comes en -with its thunder loud , As the bird of Jove I keep my fame ; Tar my broad wings flap through the blackest cloud And my talons cleave ihe bluest flame . ^ ly speed is as fast as the hurricane ' s blast , And cnrbless aud -wBd as the ocean tide ? To the East or the West no hand shall arrest . . I'm free in ray -will and supreme in my pride . "Whene ' er I take iny place below , So green or bloom-wreathed perch is mine , For I Test on the pathless peak of snow , O * swing on ihe Anxk and giant pine . The shot or the barb may bid me die , But I know the stroke and aim must be Trom the ^ trong arm and the steady eye ,

      That can only be found " mid tfie bold and free . I reign with glory , I fall with the same ; And though earth may have creatures all wondYous and fair , : Though the mighty and brave fia Use wood and the ware , They surpass not the eagle , the king of the air . Eliza Cook .

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      THE LOVES OF THE PLANTS . The gay Dajrodil once , an amarons . blade , Stole out of Ms Tied in tlie dark ; And , waling his man , Raffed Robin , Tie strayed , To breathe forth his tows to a Videl maid , That liTed in a neighbouring park . A spiteful old Kettle aunt frowned on their love ; But Dafy , who laughed at her power . A SkephenTs-pttrse " slipped in the nurse ' s For-glore ^ Then Tip Jacob ' s ladder he flew to Ms dove , Andtnto the young Virgin ' s toutr . The [ Maiden-Hash eose , and she seemed all dismayed Attired in her white Lady ' s-sniock , - She called ilujntonette , but the sly little jade iThai instant was bearing a sweet serenade From the lips of a tall . ffoCy-Aocfc .

      The Pheasaxfs-rpt—always a mischievous wiiht For prying out something not good—Avowed that he peeped through the keyhole that night "When clearly he saw , by a glow-worm ' s light , Their Two facts wider a Jiood . " The tale spread about through the busy parterre : Xiss Cohxtxibine turned up her nose ; The proud Lsdjr Laxxndt r said , wixh a stare , That her friend , Mary GoW , bad , been heard to declare ** The creature had toyed with a Rose V Each Sage , looked severe , and each Cockscomb looked gay : When Daffy , to rcake their minds easy , Miss T'idlet married , x > ne -morning last May , And , &s sure as you live , before next LadyUay , Shell bring Mm a Mu&aelsnas Daisy .

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      HINTS POR THE FAIR SEX , OX MARRIAGE . " The mate for beauty should be a Tn ? m—not a money tfcfisf—SirE . L . Btdtccr ' sRidieUeu . . There is seldom any event in the life of a young female that proves so decisive of her future happiness or misery as the choice of a husband : yet how often is the judgment led astray in this important particular by a mistaken appreciation of character , by a passion for the grand and glittering , rather than the substantial , or more Hnhappily , by the cupidity of parents , or the artifices of worthless men . Those who become the vienms of avarice , or of deceit ,

      claim our utmost commiseration : "and though the bond of matrimony is « f a nature to preclnde interference for their relief , their fate should be a lesson to gnardlans , _ and urge the young female to a sense of her proper dignity and independence , that she may resist on just dictation on the one hand , and avoid , on the other , the insidious advances of admirers who ingratiate themselves by flattery , and conceal their rices and their defects nnder the garb of sincerity and virtue . That the sex is prone to'be" entrapped by exterior appearances , is too truly manifested by the faTOTS bo generally obtained by fops and showy Impostors .

      Amidst the multifarious characters who offer them-, selves as candidates for the favour of the ladies , not the least successful are—the man of mere elegant person , and the man of meremoney ; and it maynot t » irrelevant to contrast these , according to their respective -merits , -with the man of mental endowments , but of plain exterior , and devoid of what is termed wealth . ; "Weahallnrsttake out of bis band-box , " perfumed Eke & milliner , " the man of personal attractions without mental endowments . He is well -formed , fair complexioned : he is indeed " a prettj man ; " but . there is no speculation in his eyes . Nothing- springs from his bead bnt bis hair , which be deliehta-to dress and

      sznuge . He is incapable of enjoying the refined delights of those -whose cultivated -minds are so attuned to harmony , that the JMir **/* finger of sympathy and feeling will eTerfind a kindred chord that will vibrate to its touch . His heart is dull to the finer touches of bmaanity , insensible to the sublimities of science . It bounds not indignant at the tale of oppression ; it swells not at the song of triumph ; it melts not at the voice ef pity . What quality in such a person can we discover , that ahaai feiriy win and fiurJy retain the heart of a "Woman of refined mannas and sensibility ? Affection builds not ber Best in a field , barren of mental delight ; and could such a man cull from the wilderness of Ms

      mind a wreath acceptable to a dignified female ? Away he is too much delighted with himself to confer delight upon others . lake the painted butterfly , he admires at nia toilet his lily "Hnmi ^ Ms ussmmed cheeks , and his fair proportions , the reflection of "srhich is as shadowy as himself . Bnt his beauty will soon fade ; it is like that of the ice-built palace of the Russian princess ; the noon day sun reflected from its sides a thousand beautiful . gems , and painted its walls with a thousand rainbows , " - "but all within was cold and comfortless , and the breath of Bpring melted away its beauties , and left " not a irrect "behind . " Bnt who is he who comes , surrounded fey crowds of adulators , who bow to him in reverence ^ as if he were a cod ! He is an ordinary looking , oldish

      fellow , wuh an-unmeaning gaze ; but he has a hag of gold under his arm , ana that solves-the enigma . Canyon , gentle ladies , reject snch a suitor ? Can you resist the deficits of the splendid mansion , the route , the ball , the pomp and pageantry which such a lover can snpply ! Can yoa resist the pleasures of dashing along in the glittering vehicle , scattering the vile plebeians on each side of the-envious and admiring streets ! What though you should sit , eheek-by jowl , with one who lias the form of a man , without those attributes that assimilate him to an angel , the heart of a man without its energies or generosities , the -world will good naturedly say you wedded his riches , and not fu > infirmities ! -What ! no overtures ! no advances ! Not one ! and lie may

      betake himself to his closet , * nd gloat npon ^ his coin , for , as the British fair who have -cultivated minds will not be bribed ont of their affections , he shall never gaze upon the cheek of heanty , 01 recline his headnpon her lap . ¦ - Let ns now observe the man of mental endowments , even though humble in circumstances , and . devoid of commanding personal attractions . His appearance is plain and modest , hut manl y and intelligent ; or perhaps he is absorbed in meditation , and wears a countenance that does not usually indicate talent . —¦ But when snch a man opens the rich volume of his mind , we are unexpectedly overpowered by the display of his various and dignified acquirements . "What before might appear repulsive , gradually disappears , and all becomes pleasing and attractive ; we see before us one oa whom it seems as if

      "Every God has set his seal , - To give the world assurance of a man . " And shall not one who can thns marshal energy , integrity , fidelity , and eloquence into the field , successfully besiege the very citadel of love—the heart of the , fair ! Assuredly snch a / man can command ' a genial interest in the breast of a " virtuous female . — Bespite the mere beauty of one ignorant rival , and the mere riches of another , it is he who shall secure the respect , and then the love of ihe fair . The others may , indeed , aided by circumstances , gain the hand , VnJ he alone shaD achieve the heart . — -Court Gazette - » - - — -

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      THE ENGLISH PEASANT . Hard times and hard measures may hayetnienched lome of the ancient hilarity of the English peasant , and struck a silence into lungs that were wont to K crow like chanticleer ; " yet will I not believe but that , in many a sweet and picturesque district—on many a brown moorland—ia ninny a far-off glen and dale " of- ' . oar wilder and ejoiv priiaHiTe districts , where the peasantry are almost the sole inhabitant ? , whether shepherds , " labourers , hewers of' wood , or djrsTrer ? of water .- - " The ancient spirit is not Jecd . "

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      wfi ^^? ^ ?^ 1 ^ OUPS ^ ther r * und eren-£ > + ^ t ^ . ^ - 1 « r -Md-ainoky - rafteta , and feel that they have labour and caro enough , as their fathers nad ^ nita&U&y-him fhe pride of homes , neaTtSjUnd the sweetness of mnfeial sympathy still . - Let tngland take care that tbjese . are the portion of the English peasant , and he ivill never cease to show bimself the noblest peasant on the face of the earth . Is he not that , in Ms patience with-penury with him , and old age and the Union before him ? Is he not that "when his landlord has given him hi 3 sympathy kt * Wign . he has given him an allotment , who so grateful ; s 6 ' ; fnSBstriousi , so provident , so contented , a * -d so respectable ! The English peasant has in his nature all the de-$ ^^

      ments of the En ^ ish character . Give him ease , aud he is readily pleased : wrong him , and who so desperate in his rage * ' ; In Ms younger days , before the care of a family weighs on him , he is a clumsy , but a very lighthearted creature . To see a number of young country fellows get into phiy together , always reminds one of a quantity of heavy cart-horses turned into a field on a Sunday . 1 hey gallop , and kick , and scream ; there is no malice , but a dTeadfal jeopaxdy of bruises and broken , ribs . Their play is truly called horse-play . It is all slaps and bangs , tripping-up , tumbles , and laughter . But , to see the young peasant in his glory , you should see him hastening to the ilichaelmasfair , statute , bull-roastiug , or

      mop . He has served hisyear—has money inbispocket —sweetheart on his arm , or he is sure to meet her at the fair . Whether , he goes again to his old place or a new one , he will have a week ' s holiday . Thus , on old Michaelmas day , he and all his fellows , all the country over , are let loose , and are on the way to the fair ; the houses are empty of them ; and the highways are full of them . There they go streaming along , " lads and lasses in all their finery and with a world of laughter and loud talk . See , here they came flocking into the market town ! And there , what preparations for them : shows , strolling theatres , stalls of all kinds , knives , combs , queen-cakes , gingerbread , and a hundred inventions to lure those hard-earned wages out of his fob , And he does not mean to be stingy to-day . He will treat the

      his lass , and Duy her a new ^ yn ioto bargain . See ! how they go on rolling together I "" " He holds up his elbow _ sharply by his " side , she thrusts her arm through his , up to the elbow , and away they go , a walking miracle that they can walk together at all . As to keeping step , that is out of the question ; but besides this , they wag and roll about in such away , that keeping their -arms tightly HukeU , it is amazing they don ' t pulLoiPone the other . But they shall see the shows , and stand all in a crowd before them with open eyes , and open mouths , wondering at the beauty of the dancing women , and their gowns all over spangles , aud at all the wit aud grimaces and summersets of harlequin aud clown . They shall have a merry dinner , and a dance , like a dance of elephants and hippopotami , aud

      then—To-morrow to fresh fields and pastures aew . And these are the men that become sullen and desperate : that become poachers and incendiaries . How , and why 1 It is not plenty and kind words that make them so . What . then I What makes the wolves herd together , and descendfrom the Alps and the Pyrenees I What makes them desperate aud voracions , and blind with fury , and revelling in vengeance ? Hunger and hardship \ When the English peasant is gay , at ease , well fed aud clothed , what cares he l \ ovr many pheasants are in the wood , or ricks in the farmer ' s yard ? When he has a dozen backs to clothe , a dozen mouths toTeed , and nothing

      to put on the one , and little to put in the other—then that which seemed a mere playful puppy suddenly starts up a snarling , red-eyed monster 1 How sullen he grows 1 With what equal indifference he shoots down pheasants and gamekeepers ! How the man , who so recently held up his head and laughed aloud , now sneaks a villanous fiend , with the dark lantern and the match , to his neighbour ' s rick I Monster ! can this be the English peasant ? 'Tis the same ! 'Tis the very man ! But what has made him so I What has thus demoralised , thus infuriated , thus converted him into a walking pestilense I Villain as he is , is he alone to blame—or is there another *—Heads of the People .

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      UTEBARY SCRAPS . " Great Wits have short Mrmobtes , " is a proverb , and as such has undoubtedly some foundation in nature . Tbe _ case seems to he , that men of genius forget things of common concern , unimportant facts and circumstances , which make no slight impressions in every-day minds . But sure it wUf be found that all wit depends on memory , that is , on the recollection of passages either to illustrate , or contrast with , any present occasion . It is probably the fate of a common wn 4 « rsvaMing , to forget the very things which the man of wit remembers . But an oblivion 01 those things which almost every one remembers , renders his case the more remarkable , and thus explains the mystery ;—Shenstone .

      How to get Rich . —Nothing is more easy ( says Mr . Paulding ) than to grow rich . It is only to trnst nobody- —to befriend npae ^ - te get everything , and save all we get—to stint oni-seWes and every body belonging to ns— to be the friend of no man , and have no man for our friend—to heap interest upon interest , cent , upon cent . —to be mean , miserable , and despised , for some twenty or thirty years , and riches will come as sure as disease and disappointment .-Death . —When we have outlived our youth , we have little to regret in the death of our old age ; it is but the release of a superannuated friend , who has outlived every other .

      Secrets 0 ? Comfort . —Though sometimes small evils , like invisible insects , inflict pain , and a single hair may stop a vast machine , yet the chief secret of comfort lies in not suffering trifles to vex one , and in prudently cultivating an undergrowth of small pleasures , since very few great ones alas are not on long leases . Silence . —Forbear to sport an opinion on a subject of which you are ignorant , especially in the presence of those to whom it is familiar . If it be not always in your power to speak to the purpose , it certainly is to hold your tongue ; and though thousands have remembered with pain their garrulity , few , as an ancient remarked , liave had Teason to repent their silence . —Jilaxim * , MoraLs , and Golden R * les .

      Bo . vd of Honour . —The knot that binds me by the law of courtesy , pinches me more than that of legal constraint ; aud 1 am much more at ease when bound by a scrivener than by myself . Is it not reason that lay conscience should be much more engaged when men simply rely upon it 1 In a bond my faith owes nothing , because it has nothing lent it . Let them trnst to the seenrity they have taken without me ; I had much rather break the walls of a prison , and the laws themselves , than my own word . —Alonlai gne .

      Isdttstrt without Reward . —The saddest aspect the decay of civic society can exhibit has always appeared to me to be this , when honourable , honour-loving , conscientious diligence cannot , by the utmost efforts of toil , obtain the necessaries of life ; or when the working man cannot even find work , hut must staud with folded arms , lamenting his forced idleness , through which himself and ; his family are verging to starvation , or it may be , actnally suffering the pain 3 of hunger . —Professor Heyne .

      Perseverance and Gekivs . —A . careful and a studious patience must first explore the depths where the pearl lies hid , before genius dives and brings it up to light . Nothing in this world , great and durable , has ever been produced hut with labour . It is indeed , the mightiest achievement of genius to conceal the pains it has undergone in bringing its creations to maturity—to hide all the appsarance of effort—And hence thefatal error of those who , with a blind delight , imagine , while they look upon it , thai theyiave but to vrill a like creation , and that it shall leap into life at their bidding— -the glorious trinmph seems to have been effected with such little care . But labour , labour , is the parent of all the lasting wonders of this world , whether in verse or in marble , painting or pyramids .

      KNOWLEDGE THE HlGIIEST SOURCE OP PLEASURE . —For the pleasure and delight of knowledge , it far surpasseth all others in nature . We see in all other pleasures there is satiety ; and after they be used their verdure denarteth , which showeth well that thev be but deceits of pleasure , and not pleasures , and that it was the novelty which pleased , not the quality ; and therefore we see that voluptuous men turn friars , and ambitious princes turn melancholy Bui of knowledge there is no satiety , but satisfaction and appetite are perpetually interchangeable — Bacon . Coxtenthe > t . —Contentment is a great leveller of distinctions ; not by casting down principalities and powers , but by elevating into better company all that are qualified for the honour ; and who will presume to set bounds to the fellowship of the happy \

      Hokour . —In the estimate of honour we should learn to value the gifts of nature above those of forfortune ; to esteem in our ancestors the qualities that best promote the interests of society ; and to jmrnounce the descendant of a King less truly noble than the offspring of a man of jjenius , whose writings will instruct or delight the latest jx > sicrity . The Kesult of Wars . —What has been the result of . ail the wars of Englaud , hut aa amazing accumulation of debt , -and an unparalleled -burden of taxes ? Sometimes the pretence has been to Support one outlandish cause , and sometimes another . At one time Austria , and tniotlicr Ilusria ; but ihe coii ? equcn

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      MRS . SERAPHINA BRABLET V . JOHN BROWNE AND MART JUS WIFE . This was a case for a philosopher . Mary and bcraphjna were sisters , but as unlike each other as " summer ' s morn and winter's night . " Mary , who was apparently about two-and-twenty years of age . was pretty and well formed , with " bonuie blue een and flaxen hair , " modest iu her demear our , and " all suHskine and smiles . " She came into Court leaning on the arm of her irasbai . d , with all the lovirg conndence of a young wife . Mrs . Sera pinna . Bradley came alone ^ in her glory , " because , as she said in the course of the proceedings , her husband could be better employed elsewhere . Seraphina 'looked' at least fifty-six ( she ¦ * ¦ owned' to thirty-six ) , and was a little , dry , shrivelled remnant of humanity , with icaiurcs

      ncr contracted towards her nose ( the tip of which was as luminous as a 'fire-fly ) in such a centralising ma-. ner as to appear to look tip to that alone for'countenance' ad support . Her eyes had the advantage of a duplex movement from which there was no 'escapement '—in plainer IanguaKe , the eccentricities' of the one were totally indepen ^ dent of and unknown to the ' obliquities' ofithe other ; in ^ short , the lady squinted . Mary ( along with her husband ) took her place at table with becoming , meekness , while Seraphina , fluttered to the plaintiff s side with the impatience of a fancy eightounce'bantam , ' -that had twice as ma-. < y little ones to take care of aJirwas ounces in weight . Ck > mmissioner-f- ( to Seraphina)—Are you a married woman ? "¦ : "'¦" ¦ ' -Vv . - '' Seraphina—( snappishly )—Yes , I am .

      Commissioner—Why does not your husband come here * Serapbi - a—Because 'I think' he can bo bettor employed elsewhere . Commissioner—; 6 miliBg)—But he ought to be here . - - Seraphina- ( pompously)—But « I don't' choose to let lam . ; ; Commissioner—( with great good temper and smiling)—The reason is unanswerable , and the Court holds it to be a sufficing one . ; " So I should think , " said Seraphina . Commissioner—What is your claim for !

      Seraphina—I claim for £ 2 money lent two yeara ago . . J Commissioner ( to the defendant)—What have you to say to this claim ] Mary ' s husband-The case is simply : this . My wife is Mrs , Bradley ' s sister—( here Seraptiina cast a withering look of scorn atJier sister ' s husband)—aud about two years since , before she ( Seraphiua ) was married , she left her place , where she was at service— . Seraphina ( interrupting , and looking as if she would have lynched the speaker )—You needn't mention that JVlister Snafflechops . Commissioner—Silence , woman , silence Seraphina here indulged hi a peculiarly ugly contortion _ of countenance at her brother-in-law placed her face in a disagreeable proximity to his . and shook her head with a velocity that would have been considered wonderful even in a plaster-of-Paris mandarin . - "_ .. . .

      Mary ' s husband , regardless of Seraphina ' s " top hamper , ' proceeded with his plain unvarnished tale — "When she ( Seraphina ) left her place , she came to live at-my house ; that was a lew days after my wife and-1 got married . "' ¦ Seraphina ( with extraordinary volubility )— " She was a tool ever to marry ; such a tyrannical nincompoop ( getting unusually warm ) . You know you are a nincompoop , you know you are , you know you arc •" and she again put her face elope to hi * , grinned at him , shook her head , and shrieked , "Take-if-out of thar ^ corknb' ulrig ; take . it uut of that . " The Commissioner ayain iuterposed , and Clary's hu = La-d proceeded , but not before Serapluua haa had anotiier j : riu or two at hhn •¦• she "

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      ( ^«^ n ^>> haobseryed v •¦ « stopped at my house for some tune , - and theh went to service again . Shortly after Bhe ^ as ^ vvv out of place , and came a aecorid t » ae taiesrde Tvrith : us . , Oa this second occagiorisho stopped : eight weeks ., It was agreed thatshe should ^ f ^> S ? ^ > U »» g 8 , ^ week foiv board aud { odgtug . iho £ 2 wjuch shespeaksof wer « ^ lent i < y us Men she came to us the first itime ,. and : wehay 6 always understood f jcotuXher that the money was to pay M tlie eight \ veefa * boacd and lodging . " - Seraphina ;( choking -with ; rage ) -WelL I never

      ^ Commissioner—With : wliom did Seraphina make tno agreement for Ss . j > er weekT Mary ' shusbandr-nWithmywife . , ' CommissioiU ) r , ( t 6 ViaryKts it so ? Mary : ^ ode % ) i-Itis , Sir , :: V ^ dr ' fl ^ ^ ^ ^ ° ^ Swaphina , into a rjght down fit of . diabohcals ; Her clothes appeared 16 puff out . and her bonnet to grow several inches hi « lier ; and her features twisted about in such a variety of convulsions that they absolutely looked aa if they would-hare . tied . themselves into a knot : and aivinij an awful Squint , sho apluttered but . ^ ' Its a lie ^ lary * KalieS ^ £ ^ ^ ' ™ ^

      . / All'this was . utter-edbefore thp Commissioner had time to desire Seraphina , to be quiet , which he did in a ^ peremptory ^ tone . ; " Be quiet woman ; ' said he , be quiet , or I shall dismiss the case . " Seraphina ( somiavhat subdued , arid addressing her sister ;—pon't telMies , Mary ' Maay-HMftctionaitelyy . jtho ; tear startinghi hereyo ) r ^ -Ohiborry , Serry ( afond abbreviation ofSeraphina ) it poor dear mother was alivo what would she say to sod . thial ¦• ; . ;¦ • :.. ¦ . .. ¦ .. ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ : . :. ; - ; ¦ ¦ : ¦ ' ' - ' : . " ¦ - . ; Soraphina--- ( l 9 oking wplliims )~ Doii ' t Serry ine --don t talk to ino about mother , you hypocritical hussey- —; ¦ : . ;; ¦ ¦ ¦ .. - ¦; ' . .. :- ' - . - . ¦; . - . -

      - 1 he CommissioriiQr again intorrupted , with much kindness of manner , and observed that hor conduct was most unsstetly . . Setaphinar- ^ She ain't > b sister to liie now . That there fellow ( pointtnff ^ to hev -sister's husband ) has taken all natteralfeeliHg for me from ; her , he has . A-ft'l ( grinning at him and poking her face into his , yoa beast ! ¦¦>¦• : ¦ . ¦ ¦ .. ; - ,- ¦¦ - ^ :..- ; . . . The Coniinissioiler- 'Jsaid . it was very natural that a womanshouldhaVoa . stronger affection for hot * hiisbandJthan for her sister ; though it did not appear that Mary had beon-dt all wanting in affection for Seraphina . ; ; - y Seraphinaagaingv ^ nod at Mary ' s husband-and "whimpered out ( it was a yory spiteful whimper ) "I could do any thing with Mary before sho married you . I could ,. you boast . " Tho Commissioner ( to Serapldna ) --What have y ou to say to the statomeut tnado by your sister ' s husband !

      Seraphina persisted in her deiiial that any agreement had peon made to pay 5 s . per week . Commissiouer ^ Theu you wero to board and lovleo at your sister ' s foe nothing ? ; Seraphina ( with great assurance)—To be siiro I was . - ; ¦ . . ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : - , . ¦¦¦¦ -. - ¦ ¦ ¦; . - . - . - . \ , ¦ ¦ . . Cpmmissioner—Aud you think yon ought not to pay her husband any thing for your Tsoard : ihd lodging ? . Seraphina—Certainly not ; it is quito unnatural . Commissioner- —And don ' t you think its quito as unnatural that she should repay you the 21 . which you Bay you lent her ? Seraphina ( tartly)—Oh dear no ; lending money and board and lodgings is quito different

      . The commissioner ahd jui-y . were of another opinionj and diBmissed the case . Seraphina- shriekod out tho word '' Wretches " half a dozen tiniea distinctly , and declared she'd eo homo and go into a fit .

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      DONALP M ' CHKIStlE V . PATKICK DOOLAJt . A Scotch . CaiM . —This was a case that would have kept Dr . Johnson ' s spleen against tho Scotch warm for tho term of his natural life ; it was an awfii' impeachment of the hospitality of " the mcu ayo . nt tho Tweed , " .. Donald was ¦ a yeast seller , Vyitli a countenance ftom \ vhich a very good make-shift portrait 6 f Mr . Joseph Hume might havo been skotched—supposine all the " . likenesses" of that eminent Cockeronian w _ ero lost to the political world ; Patrick was a gopd-iiatured , rollicking , metropolitan policeman about-six : feet in height , straight in tho back , - with the palms of bis hand slooking-. behind him ( seaman fash ! on ) , and itrequired a hico oyeto say which his hanujs had been most intimate with—the rigging of a man-of-war , or a good shillelah--d 6 ubtlesl » police truncheOu was not lost in them . . Conimissioiier—What is your claim for , Mr ^ Donald M'Ghriatie ? '

      Donald—It ' s a . claim for nipat and drink , and protection , a may say , to this young ; m 6 n ; It's a case of vara greet ingratitude . Patrick Dpolan and my sisters son , Sandy M'Croe , cam fra Elgiii in the winter that B . gbue ; they had ua a baubeowheii they cam to myjioos , and gin a had na had compaflsion oji e m , a dmna ken what would ha coom oil ' cm . Weel yo maun kon : a gio Patrick Doolan ft' myhospttaUt ^ a am but a puir bodd y ^ butlio had the best 9 . *\* ! m 6 ; I can assurerye ; A exortod nia interest to geet Donald into * ho police a git ' oifri in and mad a , mon o ' eni j ^ andnoo a has tho ingratitude to say nay to the siller a 06 s . ¦ ; = Comniissioner—Do you admit the debty Patrick ! " By the mother of Moses , and I ' jis ' t don't , ? ' said Patrick , " I'll not deny the hospitality , bekase my consciencB won't let me do the likes 0 ' that . I owe you ( turning towards the . plaintiff ) nothing ^ barring the . bospitahty Dona d , and I ' ve paid you for that , aud that ' s God ' s thrutk . " '

      Donald—Yo arc but an ungrateful inon , Patrick Doolan . A could na a treated yoinair kindly had yoheenmy . am bluid . A gio 'cm the-bannocks fxa my own table warm in the cauld winter morning Patrick Doolan—Blazes , Donaldi but yer mighty sharp entirely on mo ; Yez got the worth of the Scotch cakes out of me , any how , that you did every winter ' s morning . Didn ' t he 1 ow .. ; woW-- ( tuvning to and snapping his fingers at the Conimissipners , amidst great laughter ); Ho Wotfyji the bare : life out of me at tho yeast . Just aslt iim to kiss the cross to that sanie , if you plase . - ^ 'i Commissioiier % --it appears , : Patrick , tlmt you liavo a set-off against this claim , in tfio shape of work done by : you for Mr . Doiiald McChristie .

      T 1 ^ Patri ^—Arrah your : woreWp is it ^ rork you say I Hasn t he dhragged too M ^ many afiiie sleep when I was attevTovgettmg . afeerfres of the worlcK and when I hadn't had so ; muclp'd have physick'J a snipe for my male over nighttSji D o nald—That V 11 a coirecty ? S « % a 3 ti the eentlomen ken . wolka itael . ™ ' b ; Patric ^( uiuignahtly ) -i —The djvil ! Is it after joking wid me that yo are ? Gentlemen , I wont be after denying tho hospitality ; I ' ve a thankful ricolhction of tho same , bekaso I wouldn't have kilowii what todo widout it . It was very kind of him , so vtwas . rho ttbly . Mary thank yo tbrit ; Donaldibiit yo haven t tould tho gintlemen my side of tlie case . > e ^ ve , been very hoshpitable , Donaldj as ye said , but ye havon ' t been just ¦ - — — ¦ ' '

      Donald ( hastily)—A consider it is for ye to bo just , and gie me the duo «' my hospitality . . PatricK- ^ Faith , aiid it isii't lipspitality that wo pay for in ould Ireland ; but , gintlemetl , I'll tell Ver tlio . clane thruth . Doolau then proceeded to detail t 0 . « 18 , commissioners tho history of his connection with hi ? "Scotch couski . " Sandy Ma ; cree , the nephew of Donald , had introduced him ( Patrick ) to the latter , who had very kindly given him his board , in return lot such , board , he ( Patriek ) had assisted him m making ¦ yeast ,, being frequently called froin his comfortablelddgiDg at Mrs . Daly ' g , at seven ; six and oren five o'clock ^ in tho : winter ' s inonxing , to goand break the ice , and get the water ready for JDpnaR % j gaye hint ^ plenty : of work ior the males , " , said Patrick , ; " and , diyil a word was said of payiiig for tho same one side or t ' other . "

      . Doriald—Hoot awaymon ; didn't I lend ye money to gie tlio inspector a Wee drap 0 ' whisky ? t Patrice-Faith , aud yedid . "Patrick , " sis he , , ye must give the . inspoctor a dhrop . " " Ycr right ^' right , " , , sis I . "Hero ' s a fburpenriy . bit . " sit he , ' and give him a naggih ; " and that was all I had otnim . . - ¦ . - ¦ - . ¦ - . - . - . ¦ . ;¦ ¦'¦ . ; : ¦ - .. ¦ ¦ :. - . . - ¦ r ¦ ¦ - . - . - . n declared ; that he had lent Patrick 6 s ., and domed tliat lie had , ever called Kim out of bet ? on a ¦ vyinter ' s morning to work at the yeast . . Patrick took 'Vthe mother of ^ bses' ^ to witness tnat » o had never liadtbn ft * anA * ntikA . iut \ , i .-T \« Ui

      his landlady , a % yell-spokeri respectable-looking woman , who sware positively-16 M ^ Christie ' s having frequeiuly called Doolan from his bed in order to go andworkat hispremisea . ; The Commissioner said tho ca « o was a ver ^ despicable one o * n tho part of Mr . Donald ; M'Christie , who ^ ppeaKddesirou 8 of taking ^ redit , to himself for-hospitahtv . which hrid been amply repaid in hard work . They ( the CpmmissionersV should disimBS , this case , and they were sure that Donald ' s countrymcn would cry shame upon him . .

      . Donald . ™ as astounded ; and looked " as bright as Beechy iHead ^ in a fog , " : He - slrink but bfWrt reckoning up "tlie tottlo of the whole" that he had lost m summoiiing Patrick , and forswearing hospitality not only to all Irishmen' from Capo Clear-to Garrkfcfergus j but toall menof all nations ., : ; - . Whisnt wid yer mnlvatheting about hospitality , " said Patrick , "lion't yo see ihe disgrace yeHe brought Hpon yer country . Be quiet , ; Donald , bo quietv and don t be after saying another word about ltji and the diyil ' s the word any- ' sonl sliall hear from Pat Doplan . " : , ¦!; . ¦¦¦ ' : ¦¦ ¦ " - - ; ,.: . . ;¦ But Donald refused to be' coniforttd , and muttered away till he was out of hearing . " "' '¦'¦' ' > That man , " said 6 n ' ¦'¦ ¦

      ¦"¦ So there aro , " oKseryed a tliir-i ] , " tuifl lie ' s OliC of th ' --worst oftlio- — " ' ' ¦ ¦' ¦ ¦ . ¦¦ ' "Call ou the no . \ tease '' £ aid the Cliaii-num .

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      Case of SxABniNG . —A woaian of infamous character , natnftd Nasshi v ? aa yesterday : examinod at the Thames Polico-bfitce , . ^ ahd remanded , ^ on acharge of haying stabbed Ker paramour . The Wounded mail lies ^ in tho London Hospital in a very dauKerous conQitjon , ; ..- ;• . ; ¦ - : ¦ : ¦ -.: ¦ ¦ . - .. - .

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      MEETING IN CARPENTERS' HALL , " MANCHEST | R .-ADDRteSS OF ; MRi PEARGUS O'CONNjOR TO THE MANCHESTER radicals . ; ,. ¦ ' " . - . ' . . V = : ¦¦ :. vnS ^* M Ia ^ ern <* on >? t ' Portly afterithe liberation of > Ir . O'Connor from the Manchester WJiiV m " vivlW ; waa aimouuced , fey placard , that Mr . O'CoHnar would ; address tne people 6 f Manchester , at ^ O &r ^ t ers ' HallvGartatiRoad , that flvenmg .. Althpugh ^ tho aimouncemeut was oulv made three or four hours pi-eviously to the time of tiie meeting , tho large ^ HaUl vsras ^ omplbtely craniuie < l . At a . fe > v minutes past eight o ' clbek , Mr . ULonnoc entered the room , and was received with the most deafeuing aud enthusiastic plaudits . : Mr . Wm . Bl ) TT £ H ^ bR yii wa ^ 3 called to the chair amid renewed cheering , He said-it-was not more than two minutes since lie had had the pleasure 1 of

      entering the . room . ' and ho had no more idea of speaking than ho had of falling from the moon—( cheers ) ;—but as they had done him the honour tQ call upon . him to preside over the meeting ; , ho -Vra ' s obligei to annouuee to them its Object : Hojiadno doubt that all parties ivouldgive a patient lioaring to Mr , O Connor , who was tho only party to address them on that occasion . With those few remarks he begged leave to introduce Mr . O'Connor to their notice . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Feargus- O'Connor th ^ n rose , and was received With . , cheers , that were renewed , and' rene ^ ed { tgaiiij the meeting afterwards waving their lvats and clapping their haiids for sererar minutes . After addressing the Chairman and tho assomblv

      as ijrother . Kadicals of Manchester , he said ho had that day wiped off an , old account witKthe : Whigs—( clieerii);—and he was now going to open a newSnoi ^ Che ers . ) He told them some years ago , tliat opproBSion . should eitlier break Ins hearty or that he would break oppression ' s head . ( Chesrs . ) And notvy ; ith 3 taiidiiig that every description of oppression —notwithstanding that every deHcriptionot Hevsecutipn and prosecution had been used against him arid against his partyv he was there . to-night to advocate , in spite of all the moral power of the House of Gommbiis , and % e pliysi « al power Of the Whigs-. ( eheers ) , —he was there in spite of all to advocate tho same principles , uutiringanduntired . They might have supposed that the presentation of their fil" 4 gaols—that the threat ^ of their warrants , illegally drawn by a JTudge of the land , who administers the law to the countryand that

      , tho threat of their vengeance against Mm , beiHg tq . becallod upon the 1 st of November , to receive judgment after one verdict of guilty had been returaed , and with five ^ prosecutions still hangin" - over his head—they might have supposed from all this tliat he was going t 6 ; ask them for time , or to surmider some portion of his ; political principles , or that he wasgoing to abandon the sacred cause now thatitwaBbeioiniiag dangerous ; no , 110 ; the more persecutions and pfoseiiutibiis that stared him iu the face , the morearml y aad undaunted would lie-stand . ( Loud cheers . ) When they commenced that campaign they were perfectl y well aware that they would have to undergo many skirmishes ; and that they should when necessary bo prepai-etl for the great

      day of actioa—( hear , bear ;) - * they were perfectly well avvaro that they , tho Wlug ^ , were not goin * -to surrender years of monopoly and of well organised power concentrated iu the hands of a few , to a weak battalion of working men unrepresented in the legislature and unrepresented in their corporations and unrepresented in their own strength . They were perfectly wellaware that their struggle wasto : be more than for a season , although tliey did fondly hope that during that season the right which' they sllowcd to a participation in the Government of the country would have some effect upon the Whi » rulers . But , no , they got the Reform Bill , and with it their share of wealth , their share of power and their share in the administration of their-own

      jaws , while the share of the people was contumely , insult , degradation , imprisonment , separation poverty , starvation , and death . ( Hear , hear , hear , and cheers . ) . It was against that that ho conter-ded andhe had often told thenl that when they were all tired out it ;_ would co me back to him once more ( Cheers . ) He had told them that if he wereleft alone , alone ho would stand , determined to fall ' ii ' nocessary for the principles he had advocated . They had foundhjm in no how character . They first took Inns , being the advocate of the rights of all classes —the duster , which he had gained for himself in tho Mouse . ;© f Commons , iemembering that though Ire-Iaiid was his country the world was his republic ( Cheers . ) -They took . Mm- then as the agitatoi

      general—iiiey topic him then as an individual regardless of country , regardless of the consequences , and regardless of ; the danger ; going amongst tncin by day and by night , iii winter , ancf summer , advocat jngthe rights of the people ^ never waiting to make a party ^ ut taking care that the party should make itself .. ; They then sent him to ; perform more onerous duties--thcy then sent him ; to represent them in , tho first parliament the people ever had in thia country ; and now he appeared before them to ¦ TOnder , . att ; MC 0 unt ; p ' f ; h fe ' 8 ' teiv : ardsai-pv '' a'hd ; - ' - tp- ' tell them that during : seven months inor ? had been done for the Radical cause than ever had beeu done duriM « ^ oletiHle theywero agitating an England ; CLoud cheers ) It

      . was very easy for those who took no share in public affairs , except to look with aserutmmngand a jealous eye on thoconduct of others—it was very easy for them to say " Whv did ; you not do so and so ] You nuiht have done better . " ( Hear , hear . ) At a card table they were all aware that the lookers 011 often discover errors which the players did not see . ( Hear , hear . ) It was easy for meu standing still , and seeing ^ ie duty that devolved upon others not to give them credit for what they had done ; but to ask thorn why they had not dono more . The organization supposed to exist was eupposed to be a physical force organization , how , whenever they mentioned the ^ ^ words Universal Suffrage in the ears of the corturiiianiHt

      they put them ia greater daneer than if they pre '; seuted a loaded carabine to their breasts ; That Was the thing that blew out their brains : at once Universal Suffrage was the thing they dreaded arid notphysical force , because they knew that thev had it aU m their , own power . They kticw that when the public mind was sufficiently . organised that the moral power of the popple would crush all their physical force , that it would rase to the ground the templp of . despptism ,, and tyranny , arid corruption , and would erect qu its ruins the beautiful temple of ! '? rty ., - ( Loud cheers ;) There . were . threo great steps m the harmonizing of the public miud--the creatioii . ofpublic opinion , the ^ rganizatipn of i > ublic . opinion , and the direction of public obinion : and

      those devils who had trepanned , the pedple—those baae , bloody , and bruiJir ^ Whigs . ^ nd ; ' he hoped if theroJWew any-of those B ^ or ^ ahdwrttera presen t who had given evidencoagainst him ^ Bef (> rc ( the Grand Jury at Livornool , they would note that dbwn , and tell them that ho called them Vbase , bloody and brutal—( Clieers)—those base , blpody , and brutal VVhigs know petfpotly well that it was in their power thus tq call for moral power only . They said , let the people but , show their moral power , and gee how soon we will obtain the fiillest exteh sionof the Suffirage , well knowing that when they had the moral power nearly organized it was in their power to suonress it bv , ribvai ^ at fnvi-iv ' mi « .. v-

      Wh . en they were contending for the Reform Bill ^ and he was contending fprlit in Irelaud while they were , struggUngr ; fox it iu England--at that time ; did the base j bloody ^ and brutal Whiks ( leer v ^ pli vsical forcel ( Crtis of « No , m >; ») : No ; whatTdid John Edward Taylor , the . twin devil of the creat liar of the North ^ Neddy : Baihes )^ -wha , t did he ten you at that time ! : ¦ He told yon that it : was right and proper that every man : once beinjg fdisturbetfat a public meeting in Manchester , that it Was hisbouudeii duty to oarry > rms at the next meeting heattendefl for fear he shpuld be ; again disturbed . ^ ( Clieera ;) At that time this big-bellied slave knew ? perfectly well that he was only eontehdiiig for that right which he

      afterwards . ' - . was to put himself in possession of—all the physical powers . of the country to suppress and destroy all the moral exhibitions of tne people . ( Hear , hear . ) The > Whigs cohtchded for this , and the peoplo , ppor slaves , were fools enough to join them ; He did not blame them for that , and he would tell them why ; they were a confiding people , and did not think that those meh for whom they fought would : turn against -them and become their enemies . This was a noble trait ia the Iiunian character , although they had been wrecked upon their own confidence . ( Hear , hear . ) They had been wrecked upon the confidence of those men who ^ iow

      called him violent ; and to-day when ; he waa taken before their . Zorrf Mayor— ( laughter . - ' and . ' groans )—and before the borough magistrates— - ( renewed grpans ) -T-when bo -walked in there , knowing the moral power with which he was surrounded , if that moral , pbwerhad its legitimato interest in the State r ^ iis heart did for a moment quake within him when he thought he was a prisoher before such a bench as that . ( Laughtei . )^^ However , he tliougBt of the astonishment evinced by the -Detvonshire inari -rwlio had gone to St . Bavtholoinow ' s 'Fair , and afterwards saw the King in the city ; He observed : — - ¦¦ ¦ :-:.- - - - ¦ •"'' ¦ •'¦ . ' ¦ . ' - ' ¦¦ ..:. ' " :

      " BjB that ihe king that ah see there Ahseedaehapat Bartleiay fair ; ' ¦¦ ' ¦¦' Look'd moor'lauk a . king northat chap there . " ( Roars pf laughtey So when he ( Mr ^ ^ nnor ) saw Lord . Mayor Potter on ^ he ^ Srich , he said to lumsolf , and ho was alni 6 st dying to sayf it out : ^ . ,: " Is tha ^ the , iiaypr ^ tliatlscsinerc ' ; - .- ¦ ¦ 1 vo soeu one \ yhoi ' ed upon workhouse-fare , Look more like a Mayor $ ian that cl : ap thur ^ . " ¦ - ¦¦ ¦ _ ¦ .- ' :. ' ; ( Renewedlaughter , aadchoerg . ) ;; He unist now tell them tlie valuo . pT opening all " tho various cha . rincls of the . franchise ., aud he Would l * y

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      tho ^ impl ^ iact of : ppsitipi ^ f ¦ gentltina ^ ( HearO . Was it in consepjience of Mb iigb kcquire-Lord Mayor ) hadtold him ( Mr . O'Coiuibrlthat h » was ^ iplawjer , and hr ( te ; X ) i'Connpri % pned , that he had always : nndersti » od -he was-nof- ^ was ii in consequencepfhis hjghlegal acquirementstiath'iv . aa placed in thaippsition I > No . ' : ( Hear , Iiear : ) But let : them suppose , ; the _ society : ^ hp - Sent- him there to bo . divided into five clissel " represented by the ; fetters a , b , c ^ d , and e '; ; imdt ^ pvq ^ > to be : tho : Mayor— : there Ma . ' / riot ; , anothe « Mayo ^ r . witli the same head wC ^ o ^ wo > i < I . Vt laughter . ) : But why was : Bo " madaMav ( i- !

      AlereJy because there : was sbpe ' jealousy between a a 5- 1 ' f » ^ » and e , af to the respective' qualifications pr : tne pei-sons propbsed ^ - .. froai the cjtlier . classfcs . fiiiip said , he would not have a , bec £ l » sc : ' . ie thbiighi B was . a much better inah ; . and another said , fie wor . id not have d , because e was tho mtet likely candiaLie ; audthus differing , in ... consequeuce of their jealcmty , and benigy ^; anxious , to appear : unitetL &ey Lit upon this alternative , arid said \ % wifi gi « k uil jealousies ; andlet . . us therefore hit' upon a : fool at once and ^ ke him the Mayoi \? ' ( Laughter-ar : d cheers ) : Sp ^ n order to destroy ill jealousy . in . teu ^ r to destroy -all pique , and ; in order to ; seYaside a \ l vauity , ^ they , decided that ; they : would ' havo 'lW 1 otter , for a mayor . ( Cheers a ;; d' laughter ;) No \ T lio I ) eggedleave to ask Aem-the imwasheeljth yed ^

      : : ,,. » un ^ ia uneducated ^ -the ; : uivrepresented , t 5 « a tilth and off-scouring of the earth--whcther a siiVi : la mauof them , would vote for such a representaiiv . it they had the power ? . ( Loud cries of . "No , no ') i \ o , not a single man ; so that they hada man fillij'g tho highest office within the boroughv for whom : > o mau would have voted if he had hot been-jealoWV of another greater power being appointed above U ; n . pieers ;) , Ho ; Mr . ; O'Connor kid that day Ik a brought before , that Mayor ,: upon a bench warrant j and they would admit that if the law was to he . > bservedby the working classes , it should be ; obsei-vV-d by the Judges upon the Benclu ( Heai , hf-ar . V 1 bat warrant was . illegal ; it was , nonsense- •¦ ' it V ,: ; ls fiitile . and only so much waste ( Hearhor

      paper . , . and cheers . ) He would tell , them what they did ; they only boundhis sureties to deliverhim up in aity pai-t of Lancashire at the next assizes . - There was not a wordabotitthe Court House , at Liverpool , or the Court House at Lancaster ¦; hut he was to ba dalivered upin thp county of Lancaster ; so that all that ins sureties , would have to do would be to deliver him up pii the border of > the county' of Ln ; icaster . ( Hear , liear , ; ahd cheers . ) Now they must recollect that , there were a -great many Cha .-rl' « tanow ln . Kirkdalo gaol , actually confined : after having received judgment of that Geritleman : sitttn < ' 6 a that bench . ( Groans . ) Now , if the people werp to be supposed clearly and correctly to understand th » law in all its bearings . [ Here the ReVi W ' V

      Jackson entered the -Hall , and wag received with several rounds of the most enthusiastic « heers . -Iir . Q Connorvresumed . ] He said he was glad to' fiud that they received their vicar with siich hearty cheers . He was ; the last parspn that . ^ was " leffc amongsV them , and he hoped this parson -wonld pray very fast , like Dean Swift , . for if hedkrrit nis . pra . yera would be ; cut short , for lifl biA no doubt that he ( Mr . Jackson ) and himself would be consigned to the tender mercies of some gaol-ir befpro long ; and for this jreason , that no man S ^ ad escaped who ventured to advocate the cause of the people . The very instant a man sprung forward , p trticnlarl y if he belonged tp his ( Mr . O'Connor ' s ) . cla " 3 B of society , and said that he saw the desTadation .

      and wrong to which the poor were subject , that foment . they were beset with : spies and -notorious informers . They might suppose new that wUile those twp gentlemen wete wriiting there ( the repcrr ters for the Manchester Times & % && $ Advertiser . ) h » was perfectly safe . No such thing ; . It was not 1 rent them that aiiy thing was ^ p be dreaded ; hut there was some other , man ; iri : thatmeetiiig at that rnomeiiti ¦ without .-any ,: m ^ ore : brains than a dung-hill- cock committing toihatfrailMemory of his ; just as much ofhis speech assuited the magistrates . If did not signify if they had reporters to fall back upon , . tjioy were sure to comeback to that which befel all tlrogo who ventured to fi ght for the interest of the ' coiin try . ( Loud cheers . ) He had : not been ; fiirhtiTi ^ iall t ! ;«

      time for . nothing . He had so mixed himself tip S ^ itb this cause that defeat would to him ho utter disgta'ie . ( Uieers o He had gone se far inthe 1 b > ganwationu ) f tins agitation that he must succeed and restore . thV people to their right , or they would > ok ; uppn him ^ - % d a false prpphet aud as a bad general ; ( Hear , hear . ); He had great difijculties to contend against ; but the only way to ; fight against them wag to meet ; themi ( Cheersi ) . Were the people to remain quiet , in less than fivo years the Whig party by its absorptipu of wealth , and its obstructions to liberty would de « tioy its own power . ( Hear , hear ;) > It- wasaaelf-acfiTig inMhme , this machine of Government ; and it wa » qmte ^ sure sooner or later to destroy the power of ¦ t ha \ yhig 8 of this country . All he honed for was

      that he might be enabled to give the lame dogakiis over the stile and thus to ielp Hims-oysr ; ( Loud cheers . ) . But ; vrhiit was to come aftejf the T ^ Tiigs ? tn . Ins situation , a inan , from pique or disapppintment might say " Take thenext best set ; oraw 6 fst set if y ^] case 0 ake ; the ^ Tpries . " ; No / he had-alwayS told them that if the Whigs were the devil the : ToHea were the devil iii hell . ^ ( Lbud cheers . ) He had always told them never to swerve from the position that the moment they began tp beat ; the Whigs , wj _ tb the Tories , that momentjboth parties would loose all respect for them ; but , on the other hahdj when they were able to beat both parties at the same moment , then they would be pbliged to entertairifa proper respect , for them . The : Deoole of IrfilaWa ZhiLa

      emancipation . ; They fought Ipng forlt | mtiehblcoa was shed for it ; iqiuch treasure wag expended fp ' i ft-^^^ t ^ f sgot . Ireland did npt & % * benesl of it They hadTpughtfor the abolition of tythes ; but-they were still paying iythesto the law church ' He had read in that day ' s Globe an accotint of eighty families being ; turned out ¦ of their farms—three of them in fevers-who were obliged to remain under the- pelting ; : elements until a gentleman gave them sheUer in his farm house ; ( Loud cries pf ?' Shame ivT * l ^ - ^ f C > ^ as ; tha t ; emaricipation \ Vas that reform ? Emancipation was not for the people ; and reform was only to put politicarpower m the hands . oX : a party . ^ Cheers . ) Emancipatiou wa ^ the act of the wealthy Catholic s who were abl e tp . ^ ait for the chang e ; but Universal Suffrage waa 1 act

      ne ot the poor ; whp ^ were npt : able ip wait ipr the . chauge . If he had been . fighting all this time for emancipation , ho might have been thought a good !> ^ ^ ^ K ¥ ^ ^ - * WZ& * S ¦«» ^ tefbrmfbr + 1 years with Earl Grey , and seeing that it was only a political improvement for a Certain class , he mifeht a 5 e * i ? > OIVS 1 ( 1 ered ; »; good genefal . that now and then had , manic . a ^ Tetrogade movement that was likely to bring about the object . ( Cheers . ) But the object of the pepple being-to obtainthree meals a dav and "afairday swages for afairday ' s work , " and emancipation and reform not having served their ends , his position must , bo dangerous , his movements might bo bad , and consequentl y his position . more dangerous .: They cpuld not wait -. they could not waitaridif he could

      ; help them they-should not wait ,. ( Loud cheers . ) Now they had put the people do » va for a nioment ; but it was but the slumber ' of a moment ; and while they had attempted to put the people down they had crushed themselves for ever tChcers . ) Only let then ? look at the ; last election in Manchester , and see- tlie Whigs left almost in a minonty . This was the reverse ef Whigsery in what Mr . Cobden called the most enlightened mahufaetnrers of the world , ( Cheers . ) . They must " he y £$ tV } $ F $ - £ & .- *«*»»* thatthey could pay on tn& jNational Debt while there was more actual misery in this town than- in half the kingdom * b esid e ,. / ( Groans . ) In tliis cOnsisted-lhe ^ reat intellect j m this consisted the great knowledge in thisconsisted . the great learningand commercial

      ^ , skill , ithat they knewthe nature of the field which they had to . work upon ^ and they themselv es had absorbed all the bisnefitirom tbatfieldi ( Kear ; Y But then .. the ^^ labour wasthegreattuing ; andtheyhad contnved by some extraordinary process to galvanise the poor and absorb all that wealth to themselvesand then they complained that the people were so jwpr that they were uotablp to judge / of their , own interest . ( Loud cheers . ) In that position they left them ,, and were like to leave them ; : until-tbey saVr the tolly ; of it : theniselves . ( Hear , hearV TKa middle classes fought for reform , and now they wera beginning to see , what it had « ost them . What had it cost the middle classeal Hitherto all th « taxes had been paid bv the Door : tintnnWi >» niJ + v , «

      5 , 000 new soldiers and the 30 , 000 new noiicempn equal to . 90 ^ 00 . soldiers , | e paid ^ leSS ^ peoplpl . No ; tho poor had no work ; andnothins to pay with ; and when the middle man was saueezeoV everrsqueezo -lua . ribs got he begun tb ask "Wai this . forputting ; dpwii Chartismf ? ( Loudcheerg . ) He wpulf say , ¦ '' Tdid not think : thit when ISked my ^ r ^ mative tp : y pte for 5 , 000 additional sbl d ^ S and ^ 3 O , opo new jpohce £ I did not think that I wia S pay ttio taxes . ;" . but the manufacturers had so completely absorbed ; all the wealth , that the middla mancoAiM not get it toi ^ aywith . and it must be got somewhere , ( Hear , hear . ) Oliis would m ^ ke-evlry class turn anti-Whig ; but they were going to the wrong side— they were going to the Tories ; and they would not turn . Radicals till the last , thotigh they would be obliged to turn tp that party in the eBda eheers If and

      ( Lpud . ) they went by soinxe of the shop at « n ^ ¥ ° ^ Saturday night ; if there was a bit of fire in a ; cpriierj they would see theshppmaa Warming his hands inBtead of serving hiscustoiaerff . An unemployed , half-paid people , would / make aa e P ^ t ; : ^ and although : the Pppr Law and the bastil . e might he substituted for the hottest labour and the comfortable fare , the produce 6 f that labour ^ they would eoqii begin ito find put that the Poor Law Amendment Act , althongh it ittight save money to the landlord , would save none to thei people- ; they would soon ¦ - •• b egin to find out ^ thaty / although they nughtfor . a season be able to suppress the opiuipna of tltewotking classes of this vcbuntry ,. ere loiig , if they did iiot stoendtt : to- iabr ^ fbrce / ihey / wpuild be obliged to surrender to : their j ? hysicsl fbicp at laatt ( Loudchoors . ) ; . - . ' " :- ;! " ^ :. ; - " ^; ?¦' . ' ;; .. , ¦ :. ; ::.. ' ( Conihiuedirioxir EigMh piee . ) ;;; E

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      WESTMINSTER COURT OF REQUESTS , ¦ . Mb . Bywater ' s Breeches . —Certainly , very funny things to ; write about ; but like Hitspiir " TS treason , they feUm our wayj" and we picked them up . In Bome parts of the world ; they make a man ' s breeches so thatbe can jump into them , and it is ia . matter ot mdifterence whether the le % are large enough for . a pillow or a moderate-sized feather bed . Hereaway , as the Yankees express themseiyes , a mans breeches are " a matter of pretty uicbcalculation . ihey are of as much moment is turtle to ail alaerman , and the mathematical tailor in Gulliver ( were he amo g us ) would-pften find himself " pretty ugly at his figures , in mattps out , by algebra , a ^ . € fe ? ? f ¦ ¦* ? . " « ' «>« ouablc gcuta who walk in

      tights-; An : m ^^ mr ^ SMZ the case of Mr . Bywater ' s breeches . ¦¦ " - ;^ -5 ' ^ % ' Pl ^ t » ff : - wM - -aMr . - -= Eeli ;' . '' ana ifr appeared that the charge for the breeches was to be thirty-six shilling . iJpon their being sent home they were found to 3 > e too large , a-d they were returned w order to be taken in ,- When sent homo again they were declared to be too smalK They were ^ sent back a second time tp he let out , and upon the third-visit of the breeches to Mr . By water , they were again ionnd to be too largo . In this state they M £ " u ' Hi' Bywater having returned them to air . reu , with an intimation that , although they did not exactly suit him ( Mr . B . ) they would probably torm a -v-ery profitable article of export to th ' e ' East , where the gentlemen are not so particular about the sizo of their unmentionables . ' :

      Ihe case having beeu thua amply detailed by the plaintiff , . . ' ¦¦ -..-.:. - ¦ ¦ ; \ . - A Commissioner asked Mr . By water wKathe ' had to say to the claim ? ¦ ' ¦¦¦ Mr . Byw-ater said he had a very simple tale to tell , premisi g at the same time that the Court wouldnpt labour under an idea that he had a fastidious taste .: ¦ " ¦ :- ; ¦ • ¦ - . ., ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ - .. . ..: - .- .: :. A CommissionerXsmiling )—B y no means—it might be the fault of the tailor . .. - ¦ :- ' . ' ¦'• ¦¦;" ..- - ¦ : ' Mr . By water ( laughing go 6 d-lnimouredly )^ -Exactly my case . The facts aro these . I gave W Jbell orders to make the garment -in a fashionable , but not iu an out-of-the-way style . Show tlio iustep well , said I ( and Mr . Bywiter threw an air of tarc ^ - lessnesamto his manner highly amuaingj ^ -let them come a httle tastily from the hip down to tho knee , where you must not leave too much room to play iu ; leVthem curve somewhat gracefully Over the' calf , aud theu descend nicely down about the ancleNow

      , Gentlemen , you must admit all this was plain siulUii ' —a mere ordinary article . Well ( becoming quite familiar with the Court , ) I thought no more about the matter . In tho course of a week or ten days they were brought home , antitp my surprise I found that not a single point to which 1 had directed the tailor s attention had been attended to . The legs were straight all the way down ; knee and calf were alikp lost in them—in short they were mere sacks ; —abarbarousapologyfor ^— - A Commissioner— Cossacks . ilr . By water—Trul y ; they were Cossacks . Ine tailor s assistant protested that Mr . Bywater's description was most willanomly hexuggerated . ime it was that the breeches were large , but still they were admirabl y proportioned . "I saw them , " centinued the assistant , " and if I know anything of a Bet of clothes , they were what 1 should call a splendid pair . "

      SOXi By water—Oh , magnificent ! I assuro you , UenUemen , ( addressing the Commissioners , ) you might have poked the Monument through the legs . « v u tai ^ ' s a £ sistant looked aghast , aaid exclaimed txhaggeration , Gentlemen , 1 assurcyou ; nothing but exhaggeration ; nothing . " ? Mr . Bywater- ^ And as to the waistband ( and the tailor s assistant gave another wonderful look ) it would have embraced the dome of St . raul ' s . The tailor ' s man here attempted to speak , but the description was quite overpowering , and he coritented himself with " fetching in his breath , " aiid exclaimkg" Well >"

      ' Of course , " said Mr . Bywatcr , " I couldn't think of losing my legs in such a pair of wildernesses ; and 1 made the young fellow here take a piece of chalk and reduced them to something like a moderate size andvittcent shape , and 1 again went over my original instructions as to tho hip , the knee , the calf , and the mstep . All this was troublesome enough , you will admit ; but I didn ' t mind ( shrugging up his shoulders ); 1 snbmitted to it . In about a ' fortnight they were brought home again , and they were then as muth too smair as they had before been too largo . On tlie ; first occasion I could have jumped into them ; oil the second occasion Icould ' nto */ out of them . I couldn ' t even sit down in them , and I was ( laughable er . oujih to be sure . it way ) obliged to 3 ie down on tlio table in

      order to have them pulled off ; and how the - —I ever got into them is a mystery to me to this daj-i " A Commissioner ( to the tailor ' s assistantV-What have you to say to this i Tailor ' s Assistant—I ' m thunderstruck . He ' s romancing gentlemen . ' Mr . By water—Komancinc 1 : Tailor ' s Assistant—Yes ; if you hadn't have kept your boots on they'd have come off in a minute . Commissioner—Did you ( to Jlr . Bywater ) keep your boots on when you got into the breeches ? . Mr . Bywater answered in the affirmative' assuring tn » commissioners thav -it waa " a oOmmon pracMtfc with g « ntlemen so to do . "; Indeed , " : gaidho ; " I wouldn t have a pair that I could not get iiito with my boots on . "

      Commissioner—And spurs too . But ( to the- ' tafc lor ' s assistantihow do you account forMr ; By Water's not being able to sit down , in the breechesl The assistant said it was all owing to Mr . Bywater's strapping them dpwutpp close , and bracing them up too tight . \ ' ¦" . Mr ; Bywater assured the commissioHcrs that close strapping and tight bracing were absolutely essential to the proper fitting of a nair of breeches , second , indeed , only to the cut of them itself . Air . Bywater then went on to relate the particulars relative to the third alteration , showing hpw they came home again too large ; that they -didn ' t , show the instep , ice , and that "he might as well turn Tiirk as wear such a pair of bed ticks . " '

      Mr . Bywater eventually consented to "tako the breeches , observing that he would send them to a friend ofhis at Constantinople .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 28, 1839, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1076/page/7/