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      LEEDS . On Tuesday evening last annmerons and respectableMeeting of the { noabitantsof t&i «_ town yas convened in theWesleyan Chapel ,-m Jransmckstrvet . for Tie-purpose of petidoumg Parliament for S ^ M ediate ab&tion . of the * egrp Apprenticeship system . This meeting -was called hy theilayor in compliance with the rajnkition of seventy , two of the most respectable inhabitant * of . the town . The major part of the audience wereladies , and the -whole number of persons -who attended the meeting wonld perhaps amount to between 3000 and 4000 , Several ; gentlemen of distinguished talent addressed the assembly ;/ but the mo ^ t striking part of the

      proceedings -was the unexpected manifestation of disapprobation of and contempt towards the present ministry for the part -which they have lately taken in reference to this qnes ion . The resolutions which -were passed were exceedinely strong in their expression of disapprobation ; "but they spoke not halj the strength . of feeling and language which were exhibited and delivered in the addresses i f the several-gifted speakers . Proceedings commenced at six o ' clock and concluded at ten . The following is a brief sketch of what was said and doue . Of course the substance only is given , bn : nothing important is - » mitted . In the absence of the Mayor . xjo was expected to preside ,

      T ) r . Williamson was unanimously called to the chair . He commenced the business of the evening in the usual way by reading the advertisement by - which the jneetmg was conv .-ned . He expressed flje deep and abiding interest which he felt ontbL ? important qnesrjoii , and was proud to see such an assembly congregated together for such a purpose . He entered into a lengthened examination of the whole question , and took into consideration every kind of argument used by the planters and those interested with them in the withholding of the freedom of the Kegro , and showed that justice , morality and religion , all demanded that they should immediateW be made free . He said they had . found by sad experience tie truth of the prediction : hat the

      interests of the slaves and the planters as they -were at present related , were entirely opposed to each other ; ? nd that there "wa 3 therefore no middle conrse that could be pursued with any prospect of advantage to the i ^ egro . And further they were all convinced thai the only prospect ef real benefit to the Jsesro "was from immediate emancipation . ( Hear , hear . ) That there were some formidable difficulties in the way of this arrangement they would nil readily admit ; but it was not at all to be snpposed thai the prrt ^ nt Ministry wonld jeopardize their popularity , by the rejection of any proposition , to terminate ' this question , unless it presented dlfficnltjes exceedingly formidable , and in their minds totally insurmountable . It was true they ( the MeetinJ )

      were doubtless of opinion that these difficnlncs -were more imaginary than real , ( hear , bear , and clappins of hands . ) but whether real or imaginary theY were regarded by the government as being real , and for that reason , doubtless , and not from any desire on the part of government to prolong this diabolical synem—for that re . i < ou government had refused to accord its sanction to the proposition of Sir G . Strickland , for the immediate emancipation of the apprentice * . ( Shame , sliam ^ . ) Much had been said in reference to the measure of 1633 ; end it had even b ^ en sni < 3 , that there was a compact between Parliament and : he slave holders . Such however , was an erroneous supposition ; and even snpposins that any such unrighteous compact bed

      heen xnade , tliere -wes no reason why they should adhere to the teriLs ^ f that compact . -Both the people -and the government of the country had beer , the capes of rue previous arrangement , by which the planters received a compensation- of twenty milnoes ; and though much was said by their opponents regarding the unfitness of the slave fur freedom , if they would consent to grant the planters a little more compensation , they trould nolongerhear anT more of those doubt * , or of the propriety of immediately emancipating tbe negro . ( Hear , hear . ) Until however , the slave was actually made five ther would never c-ase to agitate the question , -and never nag in their perseverance until their freedom had been obtained ( bear , hear ;) for to

      desist from their exertions on behalf of the negro , would be to involve themselves in part x > f the criminality attached to the continuance- of this unrighteous bondage . ( Hear , and applaui-e . ) 'Much had been said about the part which the Ministry had taken in this qcestion ; but it was not to be regarded as a question of political expediency , but as a higher and more important question—one of high morality and religion . They mnst therefore , go on in their exertions ; and when the government of the country found that they were "unanimous in their deman ' ds on the subject , they would necessarily accede to their wishes ; and he ( Dr . V . ) was satisfied that they -were required thus to accede not only by a regard " to their own reputation and consistency , but

      also by the regard which they ought ever to have for the reputation of our youthful and illustrious- Queen , who could never be allowed to be crowned the Queen of slaves . ( Much applause . ) H e could not but hope that xhe dictates of a sound policy wou > d exhibit to the government the propriety of accepting their petition for immediate emancipation , without which all their attempts at legislation weuld he found to be replete with difficulties , and almost certain ro eud in defeat . ( Hear , hear , and clapping . of hands . ) The people of Yorkshire had already expressed their sentiments on this question in iaDguage not to be

      nuiunderstood . ( Hear , hear . ) He regretted , that on the present occasion he should have to advert to the fa ; t that one of the members for the West-Riding should , by a recent vote , have expressed himself ai opposed to immediate abolition . He referred to Lord ilorpeth- But he hoped that noble hard would see it proper to alter his determination , and that when he fully understood the feelings of his constituents , he would < ii 3 cover no inconsistency in recaiiting the sentiment expressed in his late vo : e . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) The chairman , hsving concluded Ms preliminary address , called upon .

      The Rev . Mi . &cvles , wno then rose to move rhe first resolution , which amountrtl to a vote of censure on the Melbourne administration , for the opposition they had manifested to the motion for theimmediate emancipation of tie apprentices . He said the country felt a high degree of disappointment at the folly of the misnamed slavery abolition act of 3833 , -which ought to have been an abolition act , because it was not only expected to be such , but was bought and paid for as such . It was evident , however , from ti ^ e workings of that act , that it had only been beneficial In pnttiig twenty miliions of money into the pockets of the planters . ( Hear , hear . ) After deprecating in tbe strongest terms the bad effects of the bill of 1 S 33 . , and after paying a high compliment to Mr . Stuxge and others , " and to Lord Brongham for hL < able advocacy of the rights of the slave , lie related tbe proceedings of the meeting of the delegates in London , and their interview with Lords Melbourne and Russell , who told them that Government could

      do nothing whatever in the mstter . ( Shame , shame . ) He liopedT however , that when their claims for the freedom of the 2 \ egro came again before the House of Commons , it would come before that assembly withont disguise , and-would be met without fraud and trick ( heai and applause ); and come it must , and come it should . JHe could , not forbear saying thatia this instance the . government had virtually declared themselves the advocates of slavery . ( Hear , bear , and applause . ) _ He then entered into a consideration of the justice of the claims of the Kegroes who , he observed , were as much entitled to be free as ourselves ; and he who wished to retain them in bondage was a disgrace to the form of man . and deserved to herd with the brutes with which he classed the more worthy of his fellow creatures . He said

      he could not account for the policy of her Majesty ' s ministers , or by what interests they were gdveroed ' in iheir opposition to this question ; but in the course they ware now pursuing , they were departing from all those great principles by which they professed to be actuated . ( Loud and continued applause . ) It appeared that they had no ear for the cry of . the oppressed , and that they were perfectly willing to sacrifice the interests of the many to the gain and avarice of the iew . ( hear , hear , hear ;) that they were willing to listen to the perfidions advice of their entonies and the enemies of justice rather than listen to the counsels of the -wise and good and Tirtuou * of the laud . ( Hear hear , and uproarious applause . ) Iu this case he conld perceive no political scheming ,

      and therefore their expression of their disapprobation of government was stffl to be regarded in a stronger point of rie-sv . But they would haye more on this subject than perhaps they expected ; and a stronger and bolder address than ever was presented before \ voald \> esent , not in the language of defiance , but in tiie language of co nstitutional demand ; and . if they dreaded the pressure from without , they shonld Lave it still greater ; yes they should hear it until at last , however reluctantly , they - were compelled to say -We yield . " ( Continued applause . ) He felt -exeeeingly anxious to know whether the Queen wfs permitted to hear the prayers of her subjects on this question , or whether she was kept in utter ignorance of their wishes . ( Hear . ) Her lair and lovely mien , Tier amiable looks must greatly belie her if jdie had ¦ Ti ^ r « <^/ w ^ HTln -TTTln 3 Hn f ^ PTlPWYTie "K ^ a ^ f f \* t ± ** -m ~ * V . nn _

      , hear , ) and feel'a ready disposition to make all her people happy ; and feirould that she knew that tliere were those whd felt ihatthere was nothing by Vhi ch she conld 2 norelii | jfa } y' graiify their hearts than bt determining tiiat she woaMnot ' Teign as a Queen of slaves , ( hear , hear , and loud applause , ) but that the day which sees hercrowned-Su-Oald terminate the bonds " of slavery in the West Indies , and give entire freedom to all the inhabitant' ? of allher colonies ( hear ) . Was there no way in which the people of England , Ireland j and Scotland could , make known to her £ haf -insies ? He hoped the entire inhabitants , of tae ^ t&BJtj&f £ ingdom . would coinawnnxate-to . ief ~ ihar detgS&itbetore her coronatisn , and that on that : daj _ S ^ Sifan might descend ; opon . her brenr ariid the ^ sofd ^ bf th-trasaads , exclaiming " Victoria ibr . " et& ^^ Bt&Mtfcn of oBrheaft ^ that gave freedom fo lfcij ^^ S ^< fetanttdes 4 said it « her -wulJ h&l ; &Q CnoglirjJ ^ iia the limits' of lier dominions should

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      henceforth be -happy , and henceforth be free . "fLoud applause , and continued clapping of hands . ) Mr . Wist was called upon to second the resolnrion . He said he had always been a friend to tun slave , bnt he preferred manifesting Ks friendsai p at the desk at midnight , when others "were taking tneir repose , rather than by showing himself as a speaker on the platform . ( Hear , hear . ) He was unprepared to address them , but lie had read , much oa this qnpstioH ,-and perhaps so much that he needed no preparation to address that meeting , or at least to declare that there is good ground for the allegations laid in the resolution . He begged to say that the real friends of the Negro had never acceded to tbe "Abolition Bill , " as it was called ; they merely

      submitted to it ; and they submitted to it under protest ; they required nothing short of immediate freedom . But even supposing that they had agr . eu to the bargain , since the contract had been brokeu on the part of the planters , it mnst be evident to every man of common sense that such contract was null and void . ( Hear , hear . ) He was not by any means in the habit of proposing or seconding resolutions without considering first what they meant ; bat be wonld say that with every clause of that resolution r > 3 did most coruially agree . He concluded his remarks by appealing to any who might be present , and who " felt indifferent in the question , to manifest the same zeal in this holy cause which he felt in seconding the resolution .

      The Rev . R . W . Hamilton moved the second resolution which contained the acknowledgements of ihe meeting to Sir George Strickland and the Members for tne Borough for the part they had acted in voting for the immediate freedom of the apprentices . It also expressed regret that Lord Morpetb who had been principally supported on anti-slavery principles had , in this instance , failed to represent the sentiments of his constituents by voting against a measure which they deem essential notonly ~ to the permanent welfare of the negro but also to the peace and prosperity of tbe commonwealth . He said he had anticipated that the silver trumpet o ! the universal jnbilee would have burst upon their ear long ere now and that the captives

      would have been free . But he came not with a strain of apology . He spoke of tbe bill of 1833 . They were mistaken in that bill , but to err was human ; they had been deceived , but the guilt rested not with them but those who had practised the deceit . ( Loud applause . ) B y the act of 1 S 33 , the people of England had determined that their share m the guilt of slavery should be purged away . The people willed it , and their will was done , so far at least as the demands of the plauters were concerned . The country deterxiined it ; and if she could not have found the means she would have coined her beart for sold and dropped her blood for drachmas , (^ oud applause . ) " Oh grave of my fathers , " sa ! d he . " birth place of my children , I am prouder of

      thee for that one n < -ble act than all others thou hast ever performed . " The condition of the planters at the time of the passing of tbe abolition act was that of complete bankruptcy . They were ready to accede to almost any proposal , audwitli proper tact the slaves might have t > een made perfectly free . Bat they had gnt bold of the twenty millions and were now able almost to set both the slaves and his friends at vtier defiance . ( Hear , hear . ^ H he came to a part of his resolution which he regretted to mention ; but it was bis uuty , and be must perfonn it . It related to the part which Lord Morpeth had recently acted . There was not one who had been an admirer of that nobleman who would not now mourn -at his receiit faB . Hovr was it that lie did

      not stand rrae to h-. s consutuents when they stood so trneto-nm ? ( Hear . bear , hear , and tremendous applause . ) H » w was it that he who bore tbe rose ol England—he would not dot speak of their wanee flowers , for he was no partizan—how was it that he who had borne the rose of England ana had eiitwined th : ; t rose around the shamrock of Erinhow was it that he should have shut his ear * iruin the groans of the bondsmen and the prisoner ? " True , true ' tis pity , pity ' tis ts true . " Wonldthatsonjeonehada'jcostedhim in such .-trains as these : " 31 y Lord , you may now traverse your spacious domains , you inay walk through your noble galleries with fond ' delight , and with a heart conscious of uprightness and iutegrity , you may now

      expatiate amid those bounties and luxuries wnich are given you richly to enjoy ; you may hang over your fountains of literature and your treasures of art ; no taint is upon your possessions ; they are not like many others ; murder has not crieJ through your ha ] " sleep no mure ; " but beware le ^ t you should li under that opprobrium , ily Lord , great is your power : the Howards have pow " ered their life stream through your vines , why now do you halt . ' Here i * theatre worthy of your talent and exertions ; redeem , I beseech you , redeem youi course . " Had such a counsel been heard , they would perhaps have been spared the sorrow and bitterness of their present re-Ueetn > ns , How had that nobleman wronged—he would not sav the slave , —he weuld not < av hi »

      coustituentsbut how had he wronged himself ! And what was the cause ? Was it tbe love of place ? He could not think that was possible in a breast like his . Thu love of place ! Had his placs been in danger let him have come back to his constituents and they would have gi \ en him a better inheritance . ( Loud and uproarious applause , which continued for some time . ) They urould have armed him with a noblex power . Was it delicacy and a too scrupulous regard to tbe position of his colleagues ? Thus reinforced in character by his rerignation , thoy would have spared him no , not for one hour ; but he would have entered the Cabinet , lost nothing bv his consistency , but ¦ wou ld have gained upon all the esteem and afiection of th ? people . ( Hear , hear , and applause . ) But

      the die was cast ; and he ( Mr . Hamilton ) would sav to him " Scion of a proud ancestry , reflect , consider , and reverse your course / ' ( Hear , hear . ) It did cot comport with hi < feelings to close with any spirit thatmight savour of acrimony , but his heart should sicken almost into hopeless dejection at the wrongs of the slave wvre it noi for the sure word of prophecy . He knew not -whom to trust amid the continued breaking of engagements ; but of this hewas glad , and he was not ashamed to say it , that slavery should soon cease , for in him , at whose name every knee should bow , all the nations of the earth should be blessed ; and they could not be blessed so long as slavery endured . ( Hear , iiear , and loud and continued chering . )

      Aid . MuscRivx seconded the resolution . Aid . Clapham ¦ was called up-n to move the next resolution , which was to the effect that the approbation of tbe meeting be given to Lord Brougham for his able advocacy of the right ? of the Negro , and to the Marquis of Sligo and the other West India proprietors , who have so magnanimously determined to emancipate all the Kegroes on their estates on the first ui August next . He had been for nearly fwty years engaged in this holy cause , and he felt that it was one that deserved all the energy that could be pressed into its support . He trusted also that by the renewed exertions they were making that they would succeed in obtaining that deliverance for their sable brethren which they so ardently desired . ( Hear , hear . ) He would not however trespass longer upon their time , for he should deem it an act of robbery to do so when he considered that Mr . Scoble , ( loud and contained applausej was present , and would support this resolution .

      The Rev . Mr . Hudsiteh . seconded the resolution . Mr . Scoble was then introduced to the meeting , and -was received with several rounds of applause . He said hemuch regretted that the friends ol Negro Emancipat ion had sustained a temporary defeat , and that their enemies were now enjoying a temporary triumph ; but they would not relax their efforts until they had achieved the full freedom of the Negio . ( Loud applause . ^ Various had been the causes assigned By individuals to account for their recent defeat , but amongst all the causes assigned he had never heard mentioned the badness of the cause in which they were engaged . ( Hear . ) If he appealed to the people of England he should find that innumerable petitions had been sent to both houses of

      Parliament , praying for the immediate abolition of the apprenticeship system . They had been unanimous in asserting the right of the Negro and the justice of the present movement . If he appealed to both houses of the legislature , he should find that no question whatever had been raised as to the justice of their cause . Its expediency had been questioned , its justice never . ( Hear , hear . ) Their defeat had not arisen from the worthlessness of the Negro , for -Lrord Gleirclg himself had admitted mat the Negroes were perfectly fit for freedom . But they were told that this course was not expedient , that the colonists were not prepared for freedom . Their defeat , then , had arisen from the feet that the planters were not in a position to relinquish their grasp of the Negro :

      ana notwithstanding the twenty millions they had received for his emancipation , they ( the planters ) were actually not in a position to give wages to the apprentices in return for their labonr , for the petition of the planters stated that they had not a sufficient amount of money to pay the Negro his wages if he va& free ( hear , hear ); their cause , then , was admitted to be just ; tlie only question was its expediency ( hear , hear ) . They had been told that they had done wrong in committing their petition to the care of Lord Brougham , because he appeared not" an advocate for abolitkr > , but as the advocate of a party ( Shame . ) But he had not been selected b y the Anti-Slavery Societyin London , though they rejoiced that he had come forward in the manner he had

      done to advocate their cause ;—( hear , hear . )—and , while he did so , the people would very properly rally round him , to give him all the support in their power . ( Hear . ) Some said their defeat was attributable to O'Connell ,-- ( langhter)—the great Irish agitator . As he had said of Lord Brougham , so he said of O'Connell , that he had not been selected as the representative of their society in the House of Commons . But they would rally round that mail , or anv other who would do justice to their causefhear ) . It had been whisperedihat their defeat -was ? attribu--table to Ireland ; that Ireland had stood in the way fc-tween the people of England and justice , between the Negro and Emancipation . He was sot prepared * P . express an opinion on that subjectj : but the Abolitionists did certainly expect ekhtyrotes from Ireland , whereas in looking over the ParEamentery

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      records , they only fonnd tWenty-nme Iriga yntep . n their favour I He regretted , deeply regretted thatsuch was the fact , but it'was no nse attempting to conceal it , it could not be denied . But perhaps lie might h ' e permitted to draw' the attention of the meeting :-to some points not usually touched upon at a ' ssemblieM of that kind . The question as it respected Jamaica had bjen given up ; the government found it impossible to defend that colony any longer , and it had ^ consequently been abandoned . -But they were told both dt government and the planters , that they could not make out a case against the smaller colonies . The speaker then referred to three colonies ^ Mauritius , B » Tbadoer < , and Guiana . After referring to the classification of the slaves into predial and

      nonpredial , and the results that had arisen from the confounding of thisdistinction , bywhich 50 , 000 slaves in that island could , by British law , claim their freedom on the first of August next , , he said that the punishments in the Mauritius , according to the returns for eleven months had exceeded any thing ever known . One out of every eight persons had been flogged , and onein eveTy lour Iiad either been flogged , or imprisoned , or stationed in the penal gang . ( Shame , shame . ) The table of returns for that colony shewed an increase in punishments of 100 per cent . ; and if in Mauritius the apprenticeship system were permitted to continue , it would be more murderous in its operation than , even the slave system had been 3 n its worst forms . ( Shame , shame . ) As

      it regarded food , their little allowance had been reduced from twenty one , to six pints , of wheat per ¦ week , and that was all the poor Negro received for a whole week ' s work , and the lash into the bargain . ( Continued cries of shame and groans . ) In Barbadoea the greatest amount of suffering had been endured , and was still likely to be endured . It was contended after the apprenticerhip commenced , that the flogging of women would be entirely put down . Such was not tbe case , for iu the common gaol at Bridgetown he had seen two women on the treadmill ( wliu-h , by the bye , was not constructed for any- useful purpose , but merely as an instrument of torture , ) and there wa ? the driver with the cat in his hanr . These two women who had been stripped of their

      clothes , had nothing on but tight canvass dresses from the breast to the knees , and , in addition to thisi all the women who were committed to prison had their heads shaved close so as not to leave a single hair upon them . ( Shame . ) These women , attir ed as they were , were among thj male gang . They had not been three minutes upon the mill when two of them were in a state of complete exhaustion , for tho in our houses of correction the prisoners are never compelled to take more than forty steps per minute on the mill , they were compelled to take eighty . The cries of one of these poor women were dread ' ful : and when she could no longer maintain

      her position on the mill , a negro who was placed above her took hold of her hands , and there she hung while the mill battered her legs almost into a jelly ; and the blood had flowed so copiously as to mark the steps of the wheel as it turned round . Yet in this st te , unable to put a foot upon the wheel , he saw the driver cut her with the lash , till at last overcome by the extremity of her muttering , her head fell upon hi * r shoulder , and she appeared to be senseless , ( iiide .-cribable emotion . ) Ibis was the signal lor him to direct his att ntion to another . A beautiful black girl , eighteen yearjj of age , was x \ nou tlie mill at tbi . same time , and , being-exhausted , birr legs were battered and bruised in the same manner as the

      other . Tbe lash was applied to her person ; and she unable to endure the sunerincr , cried to the driver iu tones which he should never forget " Alaska , sweet ma > sa , pitv me , pity me oh sweet mnsstt ; bab mercy , hab mercy , massa , my arm broke ¦ mansn , sweet massa do-pity me . : i The only response , however , which was returned to this simple . uiid affecting appeal was the repeated application of the lash , ( tharee , shame , ana groans . ) At length finding' she could make no impression upon the heart of her oppresssor , she turned to him ( MivScobli ?) and with a look in « xpresible exclaimed , ¦ " Oh massa , do pity me , pity me sweet rnassa ; " and she had scarcely uttered the words , -when she sunk as it were into perfert insensibility . He did pity her ; truly In ; pitied her ; but he conld not release . her . Tlies « l things then he was there to see , and had seen , and he now was present to tell them to that meeting . Mr . Scobk went on toenumerate avarietyqffacts which had come under liis own observation . and . * within his

      own knowledge , fending to . prove the system of oppression to which the negroes were subjected . He adveted especially to the state of the hospitals , and informed the assembly of the dreadful and heartre « din » hardships to wlaicb the negroes were subjected Doth in consequence of ill treatment and neglect . Such was the brutality with which the poor unfortunate negro was treated . And yet this was the system for which Englishmen had paid twenty millions of money—not less than two hundred tons of British gold , or three thousand tons of British > ilver . ( Loud cries of shame , shame . ) Yes so great has been the folly as well as the liberality of tlie people of England , that they have not only given the twenty millions , but by " an act subsequent to

      that of 1833 , the planters are entitled to interest from the time they were in a legal position to receive their shares of the compensation , to the time when f ey actually receive it . " More than this we give £ 90 , 000 per annu n for special magistrates to try Negro offences . ; £ 30 , 000 to commissioners for distributing the twenty millions ; and jL ' 30 , 0 u 0 to the planters for valuing " their own slaves . ( Deep and continued groauing , and cries of shame , shame * . ) Yes , ai . d by sugar and other duties we are adding three and a . half millioEs to tbe pockets of the philters every 3 ear . But let them and tho government understand that if we cannot buy justice for thtf Negro , we will for ourselves . '' ( Uproarious applause . ) After a fewother observations , the gentleman concluded by

      saying he hoped that they would nuver cease their exertions till the system of . slavery was finally terminated—a system that was . accursed both of God and man . ( Loud and continued approbation . ) The Rev . J . Giles moved the next resolution and was received with deafening applause . He said the wises ' - man bad once remarked that there wa . - a t ime to hear and a time to speak , but he thought that the time to speak had passed over , and he would only read the resolution . Mr . Giles then read the resolution , and was about taking liis seat , when n loud cry was set up from every part of the house go on , go on . go on , followed 83- a thunder of applause . —

      Mr . thles resuming said , that since they were so determined that he should speak , he would begin by congratulating them on the position in which they stood with regard to their future prospects-of success in reference to this important question . They had succeeded in part at least , in connection with those who bad been engaged with them , in rousing the nation from its slumbers ; and notwithstanding the blending of power iu the House of Commons , there stood only a paltry majority of 54 persons in that house between them and their wishes . ( Hear , hear . ) But he also congratulated the meeting on the point of argument which they were now able to maintain . When their statements

      of the oppression of the apprentices were first made they were not believed . A gentleman of this town , a member of the corporation too , in conversing with him ( Mr . Giles ) on the matter , said it was all humbug ; but to use that gentleman ' s polite phrase , he would ask on which side did the humbug appear now ? ( Hear , hear , and applause . ) But now that their statements were more fully corroborated , and the facts could not be denied , other means were had recourse to , in order to avoid complying with the just demand for freedom . Now , after all the exer tion they had made , —after Lord John Russell and Sir Robert Peel had shaken hands across the table in this business , as Herod and Pontius Pilate did , —( tremendous and deafening applause , )—when ft ey

      had a bad business to transact , —( continuedclapping of hands . )—what had they done with all their raking and scraping together ? They had put h'fiy-ftmr interested persons , to arrest the march of freedom , which had now unfurled her banners to the wind , while millions upon millions were treading in her steps . ( Hear , hear . ) They formerly depended only upon their own friends . Dible , Sturges , and others ; Trat now they needed not to depend upon them any longer . . But though they were not now dependent upon them , they would not throw them away like a squeezed orange , for there was juice in them yet . ( Hear . ) " We are not dependent upon them , " said he , " we only need turn to the Colonial Secretary in the House of Lords , and Ms man ' Friday , '—

      ( applause and laughter)—his servant of all work in the House of Commons ; and , though he has been too cunning to let it out in his speech , we will turn to his vote , which he gave to the Ministerial measure , and to the preamble of that very Bill in which every thing is admitted that we say ; and we will , therefore , judge them out of their ownmouths . " ( Hear , hear . ) He would not go over the ground of the bargain again—that mere thing—that ghost which every bddv talked about , but which nobody had seen , —that bargain to which there had been no parties save one , —( hear , }—he would not speak of it and the manner in which it had been violated by the planters , who had shown ; the people of England that they would not even pocket their guineas till they had sprinkled them with tbe tears and stained them Tvith the blood of the slave . ( Hear , hear , and applause . ) There was another point to

      which he wonld refer— -the patience with which the negroes endured their-wrongs . Even this had been turned into an argument why they should *| jll longer-wear their chains and submit to their stripes . Her Majesty ' s Ministers in this , were like the surgeon standing over the soldier tied to the halberts . and whom he knew to be tied up unjustly . He had the power of relievinghim , but wonld not ; he came again and again to feel his pulse and said " lay oh , Mr . Drummer , a little longer , he is still able to bear it It is true you have laid on a great number of stripes—that you have beaten his back into a jellythat you have beateri hisblood into froth —it is trae that he has borne this with the greatest of patience , bathe can still endure more—his heart ia not yet broken , and so lay oa still a little longer ; Her M « e » ty' 8 Ministers say " though lu » can endure , suffering to a great extent , we are not quite sure that the planters wonld be pleased ifwe shbutd uiterfere / wjth their power of cruelty j we are not quite sure that

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      caey would npttani ' Btid rebeL ! Thi » negro wig not rebel , i biit , wjll he . patientl and therefore fyjgjffre policy of Govyniment stillto ^ et ^ h es e things go oia . ?' Atid would tlujy . comi ?; , for \ vara ; tp ^ talk to the friejnas of the negro ^ about-excitement ? -The ; fri ^ hds ^ of , the negro felt moreithan'LordJ . Rnssell expected , and they could tell him that the means [ he had employed tor the purposef of allaying , that feeling had been most uusuccessfnl . ^ ( Hear , heati ) pod grant that he might never have , anJf greater crime laid to his charge than that of weeping with those that weep , and ; feeling , with those that are bound as though he wt » re Tjomul withtliem . Ashaniedof feeling ? He should think his blood were poisoned , that death ; were creepiug up his veins , that the very frost of the cplbnialpmce had congealed the stream

      of life , if he did riot foel on such , occasions as this . ( L aid applause . ) It was true that thousands of miles were between bin and the slave ; but every wind brought their shiieks tq his ears , and while this was the case he would not borrow Lord John Russell's philosophy to steel his heart against them ( hear ); and until his . . 'feeling ' s were morestif iened with aristocratic starch than . they were at present , until they were more deadened ' than evef they had been , he hoped he should neper be above that plebian sense of feeling which would enable him to sympathise with his brethren in bonds . The Rev . Gentleman concluded amidst the most enthusiastic applause . Some other business of no public moment was then transacted , after which the assembly separated , ., :. ¦ ¦ .. ' ;¦¦; ¦ ¦' ; ¦;;¦¦ . ;'; :. ' - . ' .. . '¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦" , ' . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ "¦

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      ANTI-POOR LAW EHYMES ; Or , Offerings of the Muse , Designed" to Aid in the Speed y Over throw of ihe hvio Poor Law .

      NO . I . GRADUAL OPPRESSION OF I'HE LABOURER . G ye who we . ep . the to p less NegTo'svviongs , W ith tears of symputhy ahd monrnfnl songs ; Wlume euergies have broke hi * hell-forged chain , S « y , why shoulvi Brituiu ' s children cry in vain ? ' HJuat ye be wafted o ' er the Atlantic wave , To &iti ain object worth your care to save ? \ V hile iniVlioiiB born to freedom hear the yoke , And mourn the chains of'slayer / , yet nnDroke . Once labour ' s sons with plenteousriess were filled , ATid'shnred llie produce of the soil they till'd ; Increased ;; arid saw their hardy offspring stand , The pride and glory of their native land ; And , straining to eaclx heart a blushing bride , Rejoicud that nought ( . naVe death ) might them divide . ' l'hese diiy . s are past , —first the cursed Com Laws came ,

      Our Uod ' fe dbjlionour , and uur Island ' s : shame ; Thw was the \ vork of those who claimed the land , Bt-stowed alike oh all b y God ' s command ; But these , the sons of Sljimmon , " sorely grieved , That labour something like its share received ; By hell ' s own prince ,-uiid depiyn influence led , To increase tlieir gains , contriVi'd a tax on bread . Next came the " mmiatef , Qapitalj array'd In all the poinp andcircuinsiance of trade ; Dragging in chains u lieaYen-deceivedt ' orm , To rule the fkiueuta , and guide the storm . This Hits machinery , by hestv > iu designed To lighten , labour , und to bless maukiud ; Jiiit ivJauimon o ' er the cherub cast Ins chain , 1 A : id liiude him minister to woe and pain ; Bid him ditluse iirouiiil a baneful breath , And doom tun millions to an early . . 'death . .-

      Hark ! froiiv yon factory ' s walls what dismal cries ! What shrieks of hurror , death , despair , arise ! Iu thUse dark dens of bloort uhd vice , are sold , M'Tiilg , and health ; and iifc , and soul , for gold ; While » i > gels luoum that avarice anil lust , Shuu . 14 tiuvd their pTofttraie victims roll in dost . Thou cajue the utrek divine , by hell inspired , Malthus , —whose subtle br ; uu \ .-jome domon fired , To impugn the wisdoni that through ; time and spuce , Commands , t'inereiise und multiply , our race . ; He , theyaiu boiister , would invc-nt the plan , And teach a cold sterility to inun . OU , had heaven pleased , till now , thy life to spare , To hear the groans of anguish and despair , Thy-false philosophy lirttf taiight to sound In peuling thunder , Albion ' s isle around 1 Methinks thy humble spirit would . have sought To undo the jaUehief that thy veil ha J wrought ; Fur charity suggests , i ^ nd w behftveil , That thou , deceiving , vvi . st thysulf deceived .

      But thou art gone , beyond the reach of fate , Nor will we cuvse . -thed in thy death-cold state ; No malediction fall'uptm thy hi'ad , We ' can forgive theij , pesicc be with the dead . Thus was the three-told chain of tyrants forged ; Thus w ; is the blood-8 t « iiied Moloch tTobly gorged . And sooii it gave tin hideous im . nster birth , Fierce as hell's futie » . terrible as death . Hear the Kx-C'hiincellor in blontpd prida , Kliza ' s long-tried act with scorn deride , 1 And iu its stead : produce a famous scheme , To < rheck our population ' s en ward stream ; To feed the peasantry oh *• ' coarser fare , ' ' . Auil drive ourruiu ' u Cimgliters to desj * ir ; To build U \ ig « prisons jniupors to cunfiue , And punish hont ' . st poverty as crime ; To tear asunder eacn domestic tie , To snatch the infant from the parent ' s eye ; To make life bitter , and to ' wing death ' s dart , With added anguish to the bursting heart .

      Such was tbe cursed device , the child of hell , And public plunderers loved the monster well . Tories and \ Yhigs , Lords , Commons , with good will , Grasped at the [> . un , and passed the Poor Laiv Bill . T . B . SMITH Hull , 1838 .

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      LEEDS CONSKRVATIVE FESTIVAL . — ^< t— ' ' . " Dif / htim hiw ( n l iruin mitsa ielal mori . ' . From L —< 1 AI—ds ' t— ne , at Lei-Cs , to the E—1 of W—nch—ls-. at Ji—v—fli—line Priory . Dearc . it Father , — W . t' 11 knowing the chivalrous swivl That burns ii > your breast for our Eroteatantweal , 1 hasten , with great , « itli escessive delight , The graud Kcte to describe , that took place yesternight . Kor our Church suclt a triumph ! such hrart-stirrinj ; scene Was by Radical Itsit or by Tory ne'er seen ' . Your dinner at S )^ - ; - ^ rd last year { entr * nous ) Was by Infidel scribes but too clearly Men through . There , all cquld ULsceru , that some scores of our tenants Sat , like conscripts hi chuius , or like i' » pists in penance : But HEKE ! how pourtray the Conservative worth Of these thick-and-thin Protestant sons Vif the north ! Heart and soul they are ours ! E'en the dregs of the nation , Who , their masters to please , for iheir own dejinidation , An union have formed ; with their loud lusty cheers ,

      Earned the dinner they eat , and enciaiited our ears . Bnt < jnoiigliof the vulgar nuxjora-ctinumus . la vain shall uur foeuien enat-avour to tume us , Whilst such numbers , wealth , talent , unite in a band , What fools term EyiJAL Rir . HTS to exclude from the land Every rank was assembled- ^ tlie poor and the peer Did . 'iuli justice , in truth , to most excellent cheer . Lawyers , pi . suns , and clothiers , in plenty were thee ; WiWi " a lord and siiiiie squires , as wise as your heir . We'd Wh—rncl—He , so changeful , in holy alliance With the very same men , he once sntat detianco . * Whilst iJ—rd^—tt and S—ncl—r , pur noOile f ' ratniiti ( How devoutly you used , my dear Kuther , to bate em ) Aiid our old Tory spirits ofpwived independence , Just appeared as i . l lixedon the stool of repentance . Each was restless and reckless- —yet strove to seem gay , As if tortured with thoughts of his earlier day !

      It required ; spine tact , too , in many a Tory As du ^ required , to look sweet ou " Old Glory . " I e ' en heard of a few , who , despite all their zeal , With a convert like him couldno fellowship feel , But , entreaty resisting , kept sternly away , Nor woiild join the deserter in battle array : And i' iaith ^ tho' yet young , I remember his jeers-. . How the Teries and VVhigs he described , many years , As the thitveu betwixt ; whoiii ( wliut an iuiyious tropf ) Werecrucified j Kngland ' s weal , freedom , and hope ! Poor SiriKrancis ! heu quantum mutuhts ! SIR GLOKY Transformed to a rabid '»* Noi Popery" Tory ! Yea ; He , who so long claimed Uw / kKosI extent Of Reform ; with ourahaia oue noyfjiilly contewt ! But when he launched out on the dangerous designs 'Gainst the State and the Chutch , tl \ nt lill rVadical ininds , 1 laughed , aud 1 tliouKhtof Lord lirouBham and Vaux

      Denouncing att viutehcj— -in Oiistl ^ r iiriil Co . Hisspeeck vras a compound pf anger und-twaddle * ; Vet , when ' gainst the Papists he mounted his saddle ; He ruved and he ranted , bo loyal and true , That lve turned all inythoughts , dearest Father , to you . -Still ; e ' n . then , an old Tory , by whom 1 was sat , With , surly looks eyed oiir great Radical Bat , And whispered , " O'Cpntieft has made Mm a Blue . — " Spitesvnd jealousy all ! " This '' -between meand you . Ofmyselff- ^ i'll-ljut say , as i' th' Commousliefore , . 1 , that scoundrel , O'Connell , laid flat on . the floor . Bnt the speaker of speakers , the man who beat took With our splendid assembly , was good Doctor H k . 'Tia . exactly such men as the V—c— -r we want ; For in bruEtfn aissertiou , in eloquent cant , In concealment of truth tinder argument specious And most skilful evasions , he ' s prime , he's egregious ' .

      His doctrine , they tell me , U all very sensible , Tho' part Ppp « h j part Luth ' ran , part ^ comprehensible . He ' s orthodox quite , arid , in pure pious hope Of lawn sleeves , owns our charming youngQueen- as hispope " His speech was the speech of the evening ' . " his lore Has discovered : what ne ' er was iliscoyereu before ; That Austin thb / Monk ( by each ignoraut ass So long deemed a , Papist ' and fpnd of the niiiS 8 ) Was a Protestant true as the best of our band . And the Thirty-nine Articles preached thruugiit'ho land ; That the Normans ( oh , shame on that medaling . French itttion ) . ' . - -,. - . . - " . . ' ' First brought to ourpure English Church innovation , VVlucholf Hairy , young Ned ^ and the yirg ^ ia Queen Besa Brushed awav , aino restored lier , her priinitiye dress : Aye- ^ andidicT it so nicely , saris rapine and force . thusi his Faith is tha Faith of . ' Monk Austin , of course 1 . . ' :

      IVejost learnt with regret , that the CaLVINISTS here To nis doctrine aod history turn a deaf ear ; And with * anger maiiitam , thetrwe creed of his church . By this half iPopish I ) octor is left in the lurch ; And , her Homily ^ too , that " eighthnndred ; loriiyears K ' er our blest Kefbinnation was preached to their ears , The icMe vorld ^ -pyc , all ranks and . each sex—to > their cost JTereiitdamnubh ) hopeless IDOLATRY tost !"'; If so ( for theV—c ^ -ii » 6 o «> j < itol ) elieVe . ' em ) , ''; . ' . He takes L-- —( Is men lor noodles , and tries to deceive ' em . Then the PapiBtsinsist , that before " PEFOBMATION " Laid waste their pure Ghurch , in this then happy nation , Without church-rate or poor-rate , their Clergy of yore With their titheis repaired churches and nouriahea the poor ! ^ vH- ^ -k , " they tauntingly s ny , ' , ' canibaye never . received

      The " legacy TO HAKSONs'' oldCobbett beqiifiathel ' ., For the Birth OF HigCHDhcH they aaviselum to look From the tenthto the SRiethpageof thebook . ' How then could the V ^—r with kirks * ALL so near , Assert what he did , without trifniblintt / and fear ? Oh , how bold , yet how right ! what aBne _ pi " a Frautf To makepeopleinldre with'hiB'Churehandherlaws ! And all must confess , when onr great hc 4 y Tti < loins Deigned to make themselres Popes and divinity tutors , It was just , jfWte Papistswithheld < A «> t > applause ., To pMt them . and hang theni Ky miWtienal laws . , Brthebyi > , »» ri ^ htthonighthaj just flaihedo' « r » yWain , Since tiu * troth w so solid , undoubteiand pbin , ^ Lei adhesion to it be , in future , fhe test ; Of electors ; and ifAen all in safety will re » t .

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      . Vfe shall then ^^ hear no of hareh intimHtifion , "" C 6 rrhptioh no rnore-wM IJe-fiiund in' flrf wttioaV ' - ¦ But the AVtAR AND } THROKE will r . ep > e onttieUws ~ tM esta ^ lish ^ jtriiun ^ h ouriPlW ^ t ^ . ¦ ,,- ¦ . For theircsehtVadien } In a showed of haflswae ; : For Salfofd we ' re off . Your moat dutiful ' v ' - ' ' ; - ' ' : ' - '¦ ' -- ¦;¦ " : , '¦ ¦ / '; ¦ ¦'¦¦ ¦;• ' .: ' ' . " . ' ¦¦¦ M ^ -DST—NB .. : This pTobably alludes to a . scenie" in the Gastla Yard of York , a few days after hia Lordship ' s elevation to the ^ ^ Peer » ge . runs l ¦ - . ¦ " . *" . . . . ¦ •¦ ' . •¦ ';¦ . "¦ . ¦' .. :

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      Acquisitiveness ; its uses and abuses ; by D . G . Goydeb , Member of the Glasgow Phrenological Society ; Glasgow , John Reid ; Edinburgh , John Anderson , Jun , & Co . ; . London , J . S . Hodson ; Leedsy Joshua Hobson , Star Office . This is a very spirited and meritorious treatise on the vice of covetousness , treated in the peculiar style of Mr . GoyDEB , wbieh appears to vievr all things phrenologieaUy . Qf his "Epitome of Phrenology , " and " Chart of Phrenology , " We have already recorded our opinion ; and it , ia . those worko he has manifested an intimate and practical acquaintance with the rudiments of . his sqiience , so as to be able to simplify fcbem to the understanding of the learner , and the student , he has faertainly in the present work evinced no less skill , in following out its workings as developed in the actual affections and practices of the human heart and character . The Essay was one amongst many others which were written tor the prize of 100 Guineas , offered

      ! -oine ago by Dr . Conodest , for the best Essay on the subject on which it treats . It exhibits the odious vice which it condemns in a novel , andj frequently , a very striking light of contemplation , while its character is drawn out stilt more forcibly by being placed in contrast with vivid pictures . arid illustrations of the opposite virtues of pbilanth ' ropy and benevolence * There is an abundance of matter iu this volume to gratify in a very high degree the reader of almost every character ; its merit beifig of the first order , whether considered in a moral , ' religious literary , or scientific point of view / . It is illustrated by several beautilul Etchings ; among which are representations of King Henry , in a fury with his Lords in the Royal Gallery , ' and Christ driving out the Usurers from the Temple . Its style is chaste and elegant , bst simple and perspicuous . The following extract , taken , at random , may convey some idea of it : — -

      There are two modes by which money may be abused ; negutively and positively . ' The mker , who hoards hi 3 wealth from djVy to day without any other object than thepleaaure ot accumulation , ia an instance of negative ,- xbuse . The spendthrift , who seeks only th . e gratification of his appetites atfd passions , and spends all that he Jias in riotous Jivingi is an instunce of positive abuse . 'ITie miser , by locking up hia money in a strongbox , neglects justice ^ mercy , and . the love of his fellow creatures ; but he at the same time punishes hiinself that he may gratify the iuordin-ite craving which he feels for money . The spendthrift nev-.-. r thinks of the miseiies ani wynts of others , by being engrossed wholly in seliisih gratification *; liu ' thue is taken up in d « Visin g n «' w- ^ leisures for himself ; there is , however , more hope of the spendthrift than the miser . The former scatters his weulth , and want brings him to repentance , while at the same time the circulation-Vf

      tlie money is productive of good ; but it is not so with the miser : he neither serves others nor himself , but starves amidst . !! profusion of gold , and bolts alike the entrance to bis hnbitution und to his heart , .. so ' that the sufleriug ant ^ the miserable may knock or call in vain . But there is yet another clns * of men who ubust- their wealth , and these are perhaps the most selfish of all : ay , even more soliish than the miser . Kor the miser never leads one to suppose that benevolence or generosity itirm ^ pjirt of his nature , and we therefore expect nothing trom him . But this cUss hide the cold seifishhess of their nature under the mask of prudence : and vrhle they will not deny themselves a sinele luxury , nor retrench the smallest unnecessary expense , will exclaim with the traitor Judas , ' To what purpose idlulUhis waste ? " They talk loudly of the danger of indiscriminate charity , of the impositions practited on the benevolent , and the absolute necessity ofrirst

      caring lor themselves and families , and then : guarding against the fraud of others . Tbey are perpetually abusing the . avarice of ttm in . \ 8 « r , tUwy ViiQ ^ iit most pathetically ' the folly o £ the spendthrift , bnt they -are as guilty of abusing their wealth as both of them put together;— " for the purpose of veiling their hardness of heart , and want of humanity , they affect a v .-wt abhoirenceot vice , and an equal revprenct ; lor virtue . If , for iiirttnnce , a poor creature who at one period of his life coinnuUedsomeiiMliscTetion , gets into distress ,, and " applies to ' them fur relief , they instantlyput him in mind of the unlucky evuut , and thus pretend to justify themselves for withholding any assistance . No matter how much the indiscretion may have been atoned for ; it has been committed , nnd that forsooth is enough for the hypomtes . ' Detestera of yfce ! AdoTerB of virtue ! how do they expect that their- own erTori will be overlooked bv the Deity , when thiey themaelve 3 cannot , or rather affect thw cannot , pass by unpunished the most venial transgressions of a fallen fellow crtatiure . Theassumed

      cause of their uiichantablness is more offensive than the want of charity itself . " ¦ ... ' . ' . - - Thus the really deDerving are dismissed with the coldhearted maxim . You should have been more prudent , ^ -while these who have brought themselves into povert y by extravagance , -who hare openl y spent their substance in what is termed the gaiety and iashlou of the world , and who have not added hypocrisy to their other vices , are shunned as a pestilence , and frequently eiprrience- the most harsh , cutting , and bitter language , from the wretch who had perhaps feasted : it their table and preyed upon their credulity . " Why should we turn away from the wicked iind the worthless when they . are in distress ? we often do far otherwise when they are in proHperiiy . How dare we do so ? what would become " of ng God rlid so to us ? A rnorsfil of bread or shelter from the intense : cold would never be thrown away . How can we tell that . theyniay not repent and reform ? Give the suffering sinner every chance in your power . Th « sun shines on the evil aud on the good .

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      Banks of the Nue , —Loot at the Egyptfan reposing under the shady trees which spring up spontaneously upon the b&nks of the refreshing Nile ; see him plunging into its cooling Waters , gathering the melon which ministers to his health , while it delights his senses . How much must his conformation , his climate , and his localities , cbntribnte to create for him a character ^ and to constitute for him a social system , unlike that of the Laplander , " stinted of nature ' s fair proportion , " shivering and starving in his sunless and \ ingeniai latitudes ?— Valuey .

      Children . -The character of the mother seems to have the chief influence in determining the qua-, lities of the children , particularly when she has much force of character , and is superior in mental energy to her husband . There is no instance , perhaps , of a man of distinguished vigour and actiAjity of mind , whose mother did not display a considerable amount of the same qualities ; and ihe fact of eminent men haying so freo ^ ueritly children far inferior to thfemselves , , in most cases , explicatbleW the circumstance , that men of tatent oft ^ ri niarry women whose > mmds are comparatively weat . When the mother ' s brain is very defectiye , tHie minds of the children are inevitabl y feeble . —Coombe pri the Constitution of Man . . ' . '''

      Aristocbatic Amusements . — "What is the occasion that . ia drawing from every quarter ihe dense multitude of pedestnate , equestrians , chirioteers , and splendid equipages to you inland castlecrowned town , from whence the flags are flaunting , the guns are firing ^ and the bells are ringing ? Noble biped savages are there assembling to spend the ^ in >* and the money of the people , for the purpose of encoiuraging the wbrrymg to de&ib a kingiy sava ^ J ten times moreV noble tbau the best bf tnem ^ iby beasts much ' Ies 3 brutal than . their bw"ners . These

      are the schools and the iind of lessons which these highly-paid schoolmasters furnish to ; tlie people vrh pay their salaries . Can we wonder that ao many have profited by them ? Suchi with -the horiilble sanctionin g b y their subscriptibng ^^ their . ' jiresenice ^ and their gambling on the occasion , the brntal and brutalizing practice of savages pitted against ^ adi other for the purpose of : maiMng and- killing ^ art among : the amusements , I may say ; the bosiness j 6 f our ntAilittf \ and the return" % hey make for tbetf princely : incomes . - From the 'Peersy the People and the Poor , by a Retired Tradesman ^ : ¦}""'

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      ^ 'mttj ^ m ^^ mmmm ^^ : ^ r ~ pifthe , decasionxtt t&S enein ^ Wardmg'iHe i % S 6 * her ^ voyage butihfliigRegular righjc-aioa ^ W ^ tai ? ed hitter behaved with extrabrdinaty ^ ^^ bravery m " caught tip a sword with his right hand , whilst «* his left he ^ graspeda donble-headed shot . Tfe * angnlarly- ^ artneaj he rushed ambngsft jhe boardl ? aina dealt destruction -around him ; The sworiV only iasetl to w ^ rd ^ off the blows of his ^ antaeoni ^ while he struck with his left hand mth the ^ onhF headed shbt , and always with good aim and dead ! effect Thja \ scientific morle of fighting was at on ' so novel aridi tremendoas , that he knocked fow * * I beg pardon , floored—eight of the enemr ao

      created a complete panic . . During the whole of ft time he was engaged in this extraordinary ^ eonflM he was ( a

      Success . —The sentiment of triumph is the most exquisite of all terrestrial feelings ; no matter ho » wide or how narrow the sphere of action—no matter how rich or how vile the prize—the Jboards of » theatre or the floor of the senate—a game at cardi or speculation for mvttions—a harlot or . an angel- » a scuffle in the street or an empire-deciding battlesuccess is still success—the nectar of life ; and a fcr drops of this immortal liquor poured into our cub enables us to endure its "bitterness- ^ -wiiis usin spife of reason to live on , and consoles ua for the long long years of waited labour and ulcerating diiap ' pointment . — Count Cdgliastro .

      Fate and Fortune . — It often amuses me to hear men impute all their misfortunes to fate , luck or destiny , whilst their successes or . good fortune they ascribe to theit own sagacity , cleverness , or- penetration . It never occurs to such minds that li ght and darkness are one and the same , emanating from and being part of , the same nature . —Coleridge . : ' Freedom . —None can love freedom heartily but good men ; the rest love not freedom , but license which never hath more scope or more indulgence ' than under tyrants . Hence it is that tyrants are not oft offended by , or stand much in doubt of , bad men as being all naturally servile ; but in whom virtue and true worth most is eminent , them they fear ia earnest , as by right their masters ; against them lies all their hatred and suspicion . —MiYfon .

      The Mists of Ignorance . — "We are how in the transition state ; the mists of ignorance are fast clearing away , and the seeds of knowled ge , exten . sively sown , are springing up amidst a clearer atmpsph » ire . By and by , we iuay reasonably expect in communities , what we may now observe in individuals , just notions of their own and other people's rights ; more accurate perceptions of the consequence of pursuing certain lines of conduct , and an-enli ghtened preference of the right above the wreng . — William Carpenter .

      Language . —That somie men have a greater facility than others for verbally communicating their ideas , must be obvious to persons of even commoa penetration ; and this difference may be observed in written as well as in oral composition . A strong verbal memory should not be regarded as the onlr eliaracteristip of talent , for not unfrequently the most verbose speaters are the most shallow thinkers , and often , profound men have the greatest difficulty to find words rapidly enough to express the vivid and rich succession of their thoughts . It is true ,. also , that an individual having a powerful memory of words , will sometimes mistake his retentive faculty . " for real knowled

      ge ; and he is more charmed iritn the varied sounds of a language ,. that instructed with the ideas which the words represent . Besides , such . as have that easy address , and that uninterrupted How of words which gives them a faculty in retailing the things said or written by others , frequently fall into the error of doing this so often and so parrotlike , that they ultimately conceive that they have a right of property in the mental / commodities of others , and they are apt to commit plagiarism !) which can only be detected by one . acquainted with the authors thu 3 pillaged . —Mental Culture , or tht menus of developing the human faculties , by Mr . J . Levison .

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      Sv ? eet Mouthful . —A few years since , an aged clergyman , in the western part of this county , speaking of ^ the solemnity attached to the ministerial bffieej said that during the whole term of forty or fify' years that he had officiated therein ^ his gravity had never hut once been disturbed in the pulpit . On that occasion , while engaged in his discourse , he noticed a niao directly in front of him , leaning over the railing of the gallery , with something in hi * hand , which he soon discovered to he a huge quid of tobacco , just taken from his mouth . Directly b&loir sat a man who was in the constant habit of sleeping

      at meeting , with his bead leaned back , and M mouth wide open . The man in the gallery was intently engaged , raising and lowering his . hand , and taking an exact observation , till , at length , having got it right , he let fall the quid of tobacco , and iV fell plump into the mouth of the sleepen The whole scene Was so indescribably ludicrous , that , "for the first and last time in the pulpit , an involuntary smile forced itself upon the countenance of the preacher . The unexpected intrusion of so unpalatable a mouthful awoke the sleeper , and he was never known to indulge in that practice afterwards . — Massachmsets Spy .

      The Dentist and his Patient . — Amongst the original papers in the first number of the Court Gazette , there is a very amusing one entitled ' Anecdotes from the Scrap Book of a Modern Traveller , ' from which we extract the follbwing : —r Among his ( the Dentist ' s ) clientele was a lady of rather equivocal position in society , as he afterwards learnt , whose vanity and desire to patch up her dilapidated charms . were very inadequately recorded by her failing resources , and who , under a temporary want of means , was allowed to remain in his debt for the

      amount of a set of artificial teeth , viz ., fifty guineas . Many years , however , passed on , arid he heard nothing of his fair debtor , and had begun to consider it a bad debt , when one day he received a packet with a letter , stating , that finding she had not long to live , and feeling her conscience sorely burtbened by the fraud she had practised on him , she felt herself called upon , for the good of her soul , and as an ; a ' ct of retributive justice , to present him with the contents of the accompanying box ; this he proceeded to open , in the full expectation of finding some

      valuable piece of jewellery or watch , as the form of the packet indicated . Qf eat was his surprise , however , on getting at the contents of the very tarefully packed box , to find that the fair penitent ' s sense of retributive justice Was much more . exact than he had had any thought of ; for thfre he found the identical piece of false teeth which he had made for . her five years befbre , and which she had worn during all that time ^—preseHting to his view a most delicate specimen of the fruits of a scrupulous conscience and a death-bed repentance .

      BiNNER . ^" It is i very , easy thing to direct people ! . -to * c eat i dinner , ' but it is no such easy iaattei to instruct them how to get one . We would , iWever , recommend the sponging : system—spongingM a dinner is much practised in genteel society ; hj making yourself usefnl , by playing tie flute , bj ^ "g i ^ good song , by telling a queer story , by detailing the scandal of the day , or by inventing » malicious tale against any rival of your patron—ty getting on his blind side—by feeding his Tanity ^ - « by playing the fool in any pleasant way , -yoo may ensure : ja dinnef most days in the week ; in short , « you have nothine to live unon . voa « Kt ¦'< live op °

      your wits . ' Dining with Duke Hamp ^ rey is D j a sorry entertainment ; it is better to dine on ' tieif to dine by counfing the trees In . the Park , only produces an eriormoos appetite for ' supper , and many » poof feUoW is etmpelled , With 'Ah ! how do you w to angle ibr' a . meal . \ Tou may ;^ with an obserriflg eye , easily perceive hpw the therti \ om « ter ; of web » person ' s hope is lowered in its temperature-& « started for the Park in good time , * ith the full nopot of soup and flesh ; he deseenda graduftHy , as the sw declines to a mntten-chop and potato , till at last m the invitaiions walk away one after another , and «* '

      'taste-mjr-soDp'Lords , and '< mt-tayiouttt > n ' gepWr aridthe f take-my-pot-luck' plebaatis , are atlas * ft departed , and yoo plainly see by the twitching of n » olfactory hert ^ fhat ( alt 8 cei ( t ^ f a dinner is entirely : } osfc ^ -Hetimis on hls ? heel"in fttw , && ? * r Walks along , goes throngh thebrbad-sword exercise with his cane , cutting six , ini inimagifflition of carT ' ing a amQlang ; ytm ^' r-More 0 nU m ^ Etf ^^' toin BRotroHAic—Cobhetl once «« np «* J §" interest excited bt watchirig : 'ttw « -fchanceilor » careery to that whiich is fiSt dii ^ nhaesmpg * . - ^ I "hohti the principal , curfort % , *« % & f % > ^ - the duck dir ^ * fere'ft will m&' » p % & .

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      * .. ' . . . . ¦ ,: * . -SO-N-G , . . . ¦ . -. ¦ , ' : : ' * rK SUNG BY LOBDiS WHARNCUTFE AND MAIDSTONK AT THE CLOSE OF THE EA 8 TER FESTIVITIES .

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      * -. ¦ ¦ ¦" - ¦ " * - . . !• ' , - ¦ ' ' THE dinner campaign is now over , myboya , That made snch » terriWe clatter . ani noise ; The day is our own , we ' re with victory crowned , Un 3 er Arthur the brave , the'bo'ld , the renowned . ¦; . ... Chorus—Sing folderol , dp rol , derol , folde rol , derdl , derol , fpl de rol , fol de rol , fol de rol , de rol . ; '• ¦ ¦ ¦ .. IT . ' . - ' .. : * ' ¦;• * Why talk of fear , whilst our regimeut ia full - Of men who want nothing bat Drains in their skull ; The old maxim ' s true , and we care not who knows itr" lUenihiltimet , qUinihilnoscit" . , Sing fol derol , de rol , 3 e rol . HIAttention , my lads , bear the word of command , . Aim at Labour , " Dissent , and the Radical band ; Conatitutibn'a the pass , Queen and Parliament , .-More p lunder , my Boji , for the old regiment . Sing fol de rol , de rol , de toI . ¦ * IV . ' . ' ¦' ; . ' . . ¦ . ' * . ¦ ¦¦ Let Johnny , the pigmy , and Dan , the great O , . Aud a thousand such mad-caps whose names we don ' t know ; Go Br-amper , like Don BallyehuB of Greece , ' The Irisa poor Catholic devils to fleece . Sing folde rol , de rol , de rol . " ' .. - ¦ V . - .. ¦"' ' ' ¦ " , Methinks that such gabies should go back to school , Who go to the goat ' s house to look after wool ; It u wiser to leave naked Paddies alone , . , ' While we bully and plunder the rich ones at home . Sing ful de rol , de rol , de rol . VI . When we've eat up the meat and picked the bones bare , Let the Radicals come the "day after the fair ;" Bow they'll J ' ret and they'll fume , how they'll damn and they'll caper , ; . - ¦'' ¦ Instead of their gold , to find nothing bnt paper . Sine fol de rol , 'dft rol , de rol .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 28, 1838, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct346/page/6/