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      Krras . —Some three or four years igo , CHbo , the fdkt , tad hia father were publicly and mutually ded * rir , ^ $ » ch other of unsound mind . Two kings exchanged ike He , aad yet for once Esrope believed both ! ** Well , Poixt , " exclaimed Prince Albert to the favourite parrot . "Well , Prince ! " rejoined PoUj . B My ancle is coming to England , " continued the Rirxe . " Poor England ! " exclaimed the sensible bird , 3 n a tone of strong sympathy . We win in & daily contemporary that at a Conservative riinnpr gives » few days back , *** the Que * n snd Prince Albert were drttnkJ" What will the profligate Tories say next , to spite themselves of their Sovereign , in their < iusso ] nte hours of idle merrimei :: ! A >* oTp-zs . oyfive thtilings in the pound has been node to the creditors of Lady Cbutette Burr . A eretn- for a coronet is liberal indeed !

      Asriar * . Bbjeast Law . —A neat , lanrp baa been invpmrd by Charles Henry Ackerly , Esq ., of bei Msjesvy ' s navy , for the relief of persons afflicted with that most distressing complaint , the asthma : the irerely suspending it against the chest , and the inhal ^ g of the warm air through the n ostril ( th e lips sre to be closed ) , is said to sSbrd instantaneous and ifectual relief to the sufferer . The light used it wax candle , and on entering a . dwellbfl from ihe air , tvhere the lamp is no longer required for medicinal purposes , it is available for a lantern to light the b"trer about the house , by merely dropping the fron- .-lide . It is secured by patent , and will probablj be adopted generally by those afflicted frith thalX-mpkint .

      Dciusg Sib , Astlet Cocpee's late , serious'inaispoEiuon , a friend Btrenuous . 'y advised the ciiiin ^ in anoii-. r practitioner , ne doctor being a medical one ' -. : u his ovm case . " Much obliged , " -replied Sir A- ; ley 3 vrhh a fervent grasp of the hand , ' bat I csu die very comfortably without the doctor . " "What a queer compliment to the profession ! Ths cse of the rod is to be prohibited in the Poor Law Unions in future , but the Globe announces that the I -: ; ir , y Mcgaxxne is to be-introduced into them . That" - ; &ir enough , as times go ; but " not preachee and n . ^ 'gee too , Maesa , " as Sambo fays . Tb 3 Alphabet . —The 24 letters of the alphabet

      my De transposed 620 , 448 . 401 . 733 , 239 , 439 , 350 , 000 times . All the inhabitants of the globe , on a rongh calculation , could not in a thousand million of years write out all the transposition ! of the 24 letters , even ? npposing that each wrote forty pages daily , each of which page 3 contained the d . 2 erent wanspositi ~ ns of the letters . OiPcSino . v TO Teeiotausk . —The ! a ! e spirited appear msde it Stiliington in favour of total abotiiiesce , have produced 3 ferment among the principal iroikeepers aud brewers at that place , so much so that they have determined not to supply any more yeast to these who profess to be tcetotaik-ri

      Ctastul Respect to Pase . vts . —3 Iohainmed Ali , & reiLL . rKably fine littls boy of about nine years of » ge , i .- the fifth , and youngest , and favourite son of the ola Pasha . It is singular to see this little fellow with i-s father : he is permitted to take all sorts , of liberty with him ; and the contrast of this freedom is very striking compared with the solemn , formal nature of the interviews of Seid Bey , and even Ibrahira Pasha with his father . The Pasha , amidst » 11 thy reforms he has introduced , has thought proper to le ^ Te untouched the old habit of exacting the mo 3 t profound submission from his grovra-np children . When Seid Bey , who as yet resides in the palace of ihe women , or the barezn of ihe Pasha , pays his weekly visit every Friday to his father ; he enters the

      recep-JOD-hall with his eyes downcast , his arms folded , and dares not walk np straight to his father ' s presets , but makes the circuit of the divan , slowly , asd al- ^ shed , and at length stops at a respectful distance oefore the Pasha , approaches and kisses the hem of his garment , retires modestly , and stands agais wiih folded arms and downcast looks : af : * r an interval of two or three minutes , the Pasha salutes him , beckons him to his side , and then he is peraittfrd to talk to his august father . Strange to say ; Ibrahim Pasha , old as he is , and with all his honours , goes through the same formal scene at evjery pnblic interTiew , on each return of his from the army to Cam .- oi Alexandria . —Dr . Madden ' t " Mohammed Ah . " of

      Tas r ^ posTOSATB m ; chanic 3 Wslfall have ssked for cheap trcid , and ihe landowners cave given : hem a Gladstone-WHi > " E 5011 SHILE ? really determine on paying off Alber . —it must be in his own coin , and they u ± n * i not forget that his estimated value is a sovereign . ' Ths Yocth cf "Washjxgton . —From the age of twe ' . re Washington co ^ -itiered agriculture as his principal business , and thus lived in intimate sympathy * with those predominant dispositions , the sterling and vigorous habits of Ms country . To travel , to hunt , to explore distant parts of the country , to enter into relations , no matter whether amicao ' e or hostile , with the Indians of the frontiers , were the pleasures of bis vonth . He was of that

      active and hardy temperament whiih delights in the adventures and penb that the nature of man , iu its gr 2-. d , wild , and savage form , incessantly excites . He Eai that strength or' body , that perseverance , and preset : "e of miad , by which victories are m 3 de . He himseif felt a ; his entrance into life a confidence tomeTrhat presnmptous . ' * I can affirm that 1-possess a coE 5 tiiu : ion robnrt enough to support the everest trials , aad rssoiutlon enough , I flatter myself , t-o face the utmost that man can dare . " To such a disposition war was still more suited than either tee journey or the chase . As soon as the oceasion offered itself he carried himself with that ardour which , at the commencement of life , does not

      always reveal talent so much as zeal . In 1754 , George II . hid read to him , according to the-common account , a dispatch that the governor of Virginia had transmitted to London , and in which the young Major Washington , finished the narration of his first battle , with this phrase ^ —** I have heard bullets whistle ; there is something charming in the sound . " " He would not say so ( said ihe king ) if he had heard mnch of it . " . Washington was of the King ' s opinion ; for when the major of the Virginian militia becama commanderin-chief to the United States , some one having » £ ked him if it were trne that he had used such an expression , he replied , " If I said bo , it was because I was very young . "— Guizol ' s " Woshingt&n . "

      Ko Mistake . —Dr . Badciifie being called upon to visix a sick man , s .-ked him , as he entered the room , how he did . " Oh , doctor , " replied « ae man , in a plaina ~ e tone , " I am dead ! " The doctor immediately left the room , and reported in the neighbourhood that the man was dead . The report wa 3 at first believed and circulated ; but as soon as the mistake was discovered , the doctor was asked wh y he had propagated a falsehood . He replied , " ¦ 1 did it on iLe best authority ; for I had it from tHe man ' s own mouth . "

      Ancestry . —Dr . Mounsey , by way of ridiculing f&mijv pride , used to confess , that the first of his ancestors , of any note , was a baker and dealer in hops , a : rade which enabled him , with some d : faeulty , to support his family . To procure a present sum , : his ancester had robbed his feather beds of their contents , and supplied their deficiency with unsaleable hops . In s few years , a severe , blight universally prevailing , hops became more scarce , and , of course , enormously dear ; the hoarded treasure was ripped gu , and a good ram procured for hops which , in a pien ' -ifal season , were of no value ; " and thus , " the Doctor used to add , " our f * Tni ' , r hopped from obscurity . "

      EcciiNiBjC HriiixiTt . —John , Duke of Montague , made two codicils to his will , one in favour of hi » « erv £ B : s , and the other of his dogs , « ats ,. &z . "Whilst writing the latter , one of bis cats jumped oq his ksef . " What i" says he , " have you a mind to be a witness , too \ You can ' t , for you are a p&ny conceded . " Titles cf PAUUAMErrrs . —It is curions to read of the titles bestowed cpya some of the ancient Par * liaments . Thus , we fiDd that in the reiju of Heary III ., the Parliament vra 3 called , on account of its opposition to tae Kin ? , u Pari : aiiiea : uin iusaicm ''"—the msd Parl : ameut . In tie time of

      Edward ill ., one was styled tae good Parliament . ' "' In Richard the Second's rei ^ n , the people eailed them tne " unmerciful Parliament , ' in order to shvw their dislike of the proceedings of iho Peers against that unhappy Sovereign ; -while ihe senators at a later date were honoured with the eognoEisn of the "indocieta Parliaraeatuia "—the Ciiterais Parliament . The " long , " and the " ramp " Parliaments , « f still more modern times , are well known to all . The odocb of some persons is said to have been < juite a perfume . Plutarch mentions that Alexander til * Great smelt , rot of carnage like a hero , but

      most pleasantly . Fragrance proceeded also irom Angnsins . In the memoirs of the Queen of Navarre , we read tha * . Catharine de Medici ^ as a nosegay ; and Cnjacius the civilian , and Lord Herbert of Cherbury , were equally delighted . Dr . Speranra lately ¦ w itnessed a strong balsamic fragrance from tne inner part of the left fore-arm of a healthy manj "which continued , especially in the morning , for two months , and . ceased for good on the supervention of fever . Van Swieten mentions a man whose left armpit smelt strongly of lansk ; and Wedel and Gahr-Ees saw each a " giVnar example . —Dr . EliiotserSs Human Physiology . Druh op in * YorxG . —Oh ! it is hard to take

      to heart th « lesson that such deaths wiu teach , out 1 st no man reject it , for it is one that all raust learn , and is a mighty snirersal truth . When ceath ftrikes down the innocent and ycting , for every fragile fcro from which he lets tee packing spirit free , a fruotad virtut 3 rise , in shapes of n : crcy , eharity , md loye , to walk the world , and bless it . Of every lea * ih * sorrowing mortals shed on such green graraa , some good is born , some gentler nature « was % fax the destroyer ' a steps - iere spriu ^ op bright creations that deiy bis power , and his dark j » aih becomes a way of light to heaven . — ffvmphrcg ' t Clock .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Thtosdat , Feb . 4 . Lord MoSPETir rcse to move for leave to bring iu hia Bill to amend the law relating to the qualification and registration of Parliamentary voters in Ireland . He nut stated the points on which he was disposed to go along with Lord Stanley . He was ready to abolish certiacatea as a test for the right of voting , because they afforded facilities for personation , and afforded no check upon the continuance of voters on the registry zlux they cad ceased to be qualified . He was willing also to allow of a periodical revision ef the registry , and that that revision should take place once a year , instead of once every eight years , as was now the case . He would also allow as appeal both to objector * and to claimants ; tut before hft constated to these changes , he mint have the franchise clearly defiaed . Uor could he

      agree to deprive the Irish ptasant of the facility he now enjoj-ed , of a quarterly recourse to the court of the assistant l > amster . TVhen once the voter was placed on the registry , he ( Lord ilorpeth ) was willing to allow the title to the franchise to be annually called in question for any matter annulled or-altered in the original qualification ; but if no change of that sort had occurred , he would be content to abide by the first searching inquiry exacted by the Irish Reform Act , for he could not agree with the I * ob ! e Lord ' s scheme , to allow a right once recognised to be yearly called into question . He should propose the institution ot a new court of appeal , and here he would retain the same provision as had been introduced l&st year into the Hill of the Irish Attorney-General , and the same that would be found in the isill for England , to be

      brought in by the Secretary for the Colonies . The nt w Appeal Court would consist of three barristers of a certain . standing , to sit at Dublin , and to be appointed by the speaker of the House of Commons . He now came to the question of the franchise . On this subject the opinions of tbe judges were divided ; the opinions of the w"sty"t barristers were divided ; the opinions of the leaders of two great partks were divided ; nay , from the speeches of tiie Duke of Richmond , Lord Stanley , Lord Melbourne , and the Marquis of Lansdoirae , it appeared that the very framers and authors of the Irish Reform Act were divided in their opinions respecting the franchise . The Noble Lord then detailed the results of a carefai inquiry th&t b&d been nwde into the state of the constituency in a variety of Poor Law Unions in Ireland . From tie particulars obtained by

      that inquiry , it will be seen that in several of those unions many individuals were found to be in possession of the franchise without being fairly entitled to it . Ho showed that , while the population of Ireland was on the increase , the constituency had been rapidly declining ; and he then went on to say that it was Ms intention to make the franchise dependant on the valuation to the poor-rate , according to the New Poor Law , He wished to fix the standard of the franchise at the same amount at which the Poor Law fixes the liability of the rate-payer . That standard would be a j £ 5 rate ; and be would propose th&t the franchise should be obtainable for a tenement rated to the poor at five pounds a year , provided the possessor cad an interest in the original holding , for a period of not less than fourteen ytars . Lord SiAjiLET expressed his conviction that it would

      i « impossible for the Noble Lord to pass his Ragiitration Bill in the course of the present session , saddled as that Bill was by a spscies of postscript , which coinprised all the characteristics o ^ a new Reform Bill . Lard Stanley expressed great exultation at the confirmation given to his own statements by the statistical details rtad by the Noble Secretary for Ireland . Hb appealed to the XoMe Secretary for tke Colonies to ssy whether Lord Greys Government , \ rlien framing the Irish Reform Bill , Lad not based the franchise on property rather than , on population . It had been thought they had gone far enough when they gave the franchise to £ 10 householders in counties ; but now it was proposed to deluge the counties with £ 5 householders : He did not intend , however , to offer any opposition to ^ i . e introduction of tae Noble Lord ' s Bill , which he ¦ wonld leave to tell its own tale .

      Lord Howick , amid loud cheer 3 from the Liberal benches , announced bis determination to give his hearty concurrence to bo mucii of bis Noble Friend ' s measure as related to the qualification of voters . Mr . O'Cossell said the House had new an opportunity to eh « w its friendly feelings towards Ireland , by passing a Bill which would be received wiih satisfaction by the people of that country . They did not know , in the present state of Europe , bow soon they might hive occasion for Ireland , and it "was now for them to make tteir choice between ihe ccrse of Ireland , and the Noble Lord ^ Lord Sucilfc 5 ' & ) Bill on the one side , andtbs blessin 5 S of Ireland and the Noble Lord ( Lord Morpeth ' s ) Bill on the other . Mr . Shaw was not surprised at the satisfaction of the Hon . and Learne < l Gentleman with the BilL It was all but raiversal Suffrage ; it was certainly Household Suffrage .

      Mr . John 0 'Con > 'ell , in reply to some remarks from Lord Ho \ rick , bought to justify those who had told lie people of Ireland that the Housa ot Commons felt no sympathy with that country . Those who had held such language , had done so because tb . ey believed it to be true . The House had now an opportunity of disproving the tiuth of the charge , by agreeing to the Bill submitted to them . The Bill did not go quite to far as be could have -wished . He would have had the franchise based on the poor-rate indfeed , but without any limitation as to amount of tenure ; md in this , he . believed , the Liberal Association of Ulster were prep 3 red to go a great way with him .

      Mr . Hcki , Sergeant Jackson , and several other Irish Members , addressed a few remarks to the j £ ous 3 , those on tie Tory s : de unanimously condemning the adoption of so sow a standard as that proposed by Lord Morputh for the franchise , and those Gn the Liberal side , with the satne unanimity , txpressing their satisfaction with , all the leading principles of the BilL Sir . WAEJ 3 , as an E ^ glisb Member , expressed his ec-uTiction that the Bill cow proposed would be receive-i by the public "with great satisfaction . It was an hon&st Bill , and went to settle the question in an honest manner . The Bill of the Noble Lord opposite ( Lord Stanley ) was not an honest Bill , and he said this "without any intention to speak discourteously . The motion for leave to bring in the Bill was then agreed to witbont a divisicn .

      Mr . Labovcheee obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the better regulation of railways . The sele object of liia Bill would be to increase the safety of railroad travelling ; but though he should demand for Government sacb power of interference as might ba for the interest of tie public , yet he should not , by any minute interference , take avay the responsibility which now rested on the railroad proprietors . On the whole , ibere was no mode of conveyance so safe or so tree from iccidect as railroad travelling ; . but ¦ when be reflected on the nature of the accidents when they did occnr , however trifling : they might be in comparison with the amount of traffic , it was not to be wondered at that tbty productd a great and painful excitemei . t . Small , too , as was the number of accidents , it ""sras possible , by judicious regulations , to make them ¦

      I ^ s 3 irc-qutDt . The Right Honourable Gentleman ex-¦ . pbined that it was bis intention lo propose a licensing I sjstem . He would propose that no engine-driver be i employed , without being licensed ; that a registry be | kept of all engine-drivers ; and thus , he believed , an ¦ important check would be obtained against the em-| plojmant of improper persons . j Lord J . Rcssell moved for leave to bring in a Bill i for tke Registration of Parliamentary Electors , and ¦ stated , that the enactments ot this Bill were nearly the , same as those of the Bill introduced by him last year . He proposed that ont ot a list of forty-five ( barristers , nominated by the Judges , fifteen should i be selected by the Speaker , and that they should j hold tkfcir situations perm&nenly , as revising bar-! risters .

      The motion was agreed to , after a few words from Mr . Liddbll and CoL Sibthoxf . Lord J . Rvssjsll made a statement of some length , to eu » w the position in which the colony of South Australia is at present placed , anil expressed an opinion , that it would be fonnd necessary to alter some of the Acts of Parliament no" * in force relative to that co ' ony . His Lordship concluded by moving the appointment of a select committee te take those Acts into consideration . Lord Staxlet hoped tb « question would not be thrown loosely before the Committee ; and he doubted , as a general principle , the policy of delegating to a Select Committee the legitimate duties of Government . Lord J . RtssELL agreed witli the position of the Noble Lord as a general rule , but considered the pre sent ease one that ought to form an exception . Tie motion was agreed ta .

      Sii T * . Poiaocs . obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the law relating to double costs , notices of action , &c . ; and a Bill to allow a writ of error in all cases of jucgurtat on a "writ of mandamus .

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      Friday February 6 . -

      Mr . E . J . Stanley moved for a new writ for King * County , in the room of N . Fitnimon , Esq ., who has accepted the stewardship of the Children Hundreds . Mr . Sergeant Talfourd presented petitions from Mr . T . Hood , the editor of the Comie Annual , from Mr . Cobbett , and others , in favour of the Copyright Bill . Mr . Cobb « tt in hi « petition prayed to be heard at the bar of the House in support of the Bill . Lord j . RussEtt . moved the thanks of the House to Admiral Sir R . Stopford , Commodore Sir Charles Napier , Major-General Sir C . F . Smith , Admiral Bandeira , and Admiral Walker , and the officers and men serving under their command daring the recent event « in Syria-Lord Staklet seconded the motion , which was supported by Lord F . Egekton and other Honourable Members , '

      Sir H . Hardinge , in supporting ihe mutton , suggested that , now Sir Sidney Smith was dead , a monument should be erected to his memory . The motion was unanimously agreed to . Mr . Sergeant Talfobb © moved the second reading of the Copyright Bill , which was lost by a majority of 45 to 38 . Mr . Hawbb obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the laws relating to the medical profession . Lord MORPETH brought in the Qualification and Registration of Voters in Ireland Bill , which was read a first time , and was ordered to be printed . The House then adjourned .

      Monday Feb . 8 th . A new writ was issued for the borough of Richmond , Yorkshire , in the r « m of A . Speirs , Esq ., who has accepted the Chlltern Hundreds . L « d Stanley having Btatcd the circumstances which Jed to the arrest of Mr . M'Leod , in New York , on the charge of being a party engaged in the destruction of the Caroline steam-vessel , proceeded to ask the Noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs , whetker , as a correspondence on the subject of the loss of the Caroline had taken place between the Government of the United State * and that ot Great Britain , as far back as 1838 , he had any objection to lay that correspondence on the [ a ' . iej whether he had received any despatches from M r . Fox , containing the communications referred to by 11 r . F >> x in his letter to Mr . Forsyth , recently published ; and whether any , and if any , what steps had been taken to afford protection to Mr- M'Leod ; and if there was any otyectionto iay the correspondence upon this subject also on the table of the House ?

      Lord Palmerston said that the Noble Lord had adverted with great discretion to a subject so delicate in its nature as to require being touched upon , if at all , with great reserve , it was not expedient to lay the correspondence on the subject on the table of the House under existing circumstances . Her Majesty ' s Government had received despatches from Mr . Fcx withiu the last few days , enclosing the correspondence which bad taken place between th . it gentleman and Mr . Forsyth , and as it had been already published in America he had no objection to lay copies on the table . It was important to state that , according to the information he had received , Mr . M'Ltoil was not one of the party engaged in the destruction of the Caroline . With respect to the ground taken by Mr . Forsyth in his letter to Mr . Fox , he would say that the American Government had already treated the transaction as a matter to be discussed between the two Governments . Under all the

      circumstances , however , he thought it desirable to avoid discussion on the subject Lord Stanley observed that the Noble Lord had not answered one question—namely , what steps had been taken for the liberation of Mr . M'Leod . LordPALMEBSTON replied that a somewhat similar case in principle occurred about eighteen months or two years back , in reference to which instructions were sent to Mr . Fox , who had founded upon those instructions the steps he hod already taken in the case of Mr . M'Leod- He "would only ask the House to believe that such further instructions should be Bent out as Government deemed necessary , but it was not prudent to statu what those instructions might be . Mr . Hume asked if no reply had been returned to the American Government , which had , in 1838 , applied to ascertain if the enterprise was to be considered as undertaken by the sanction of the British Government ?

      Lord Palmerstox said he was informed that instructions had been seat by the American Government to Mr . Stevenson , not to press for a reply . He added , that the American Government , having once admitted that it was a matter of international law , could not nuw change its ground . Sir R . J-iEL zsktd whether some British officers hail not received wounds in the affair of the Caroline , ami whether they had not sinco received pensions as if thoie wounds had been received in the regular service of her Majesty . Lord John Rvssell said , one officer was wounded , but he cculd not say whethar he had received a pension .

      Mr . O'Connell said the House ought to come to sonic ^ termination , that as Mr . M'Leod was acting uiu ' . er a British , officer , his life should be saved . Thty should come lo a resolution that they were willing to tssiit the Government in any steps it might tuke to save him . In rtp ' y ta a question from Sir R . Peel , Lord Palmerstox said that the differences between tho Court of Great Britain and that of Persia had not been adjusted , nor had the relations between the two countries been renewed . Lord Stanley brought in the Registration of Voters ( Ireland ) Bill , which was read a first time , and ordtrrd for second reading on Wednesday , the 24 th instant Lord Jonx RrssELL moved the second reading of thp Ponr Law Amendment Bill .

      Mr . D'Iskael , in moving that it be read a second time that day six months , condemned the Bill as an outrage on the manners of the pe « ple of England , and no financial consideration should be suffered to weigh against such an evil . By the Poor Law Bill the constitution of England had been destroyed for sordid considerations , and they had the melancholy reflection that even those sordid considerations had nut been realised . Mr . Waklet said that the oVject of the first part of this Bill was to continue for ten years the power of the commissioners , and the second part was to give them power to do whatever they pleased . The object of the Poor Law , recognised by the Parliament of England , was that no distinction should be made in the treatment of the poor on the ground of merit . The Noble Lord ( Lord J . Russuil ) said the object was that ne parson should be allowed to starve- That was all that the Liberals , who supported the Noble Lord ,

      would do . They would not allow the poor to starvewhip them twice a fortnight—torture them at pleasure —imprison them always—and clothe them , because poor , in a uniform which degrades them ; and this was what the Liberal side of the House was willing to inflict upon the poor . He appealed from them to the great Conservative party in the House , to come forward and rescue the working men of England from the grasp of these political economists . He appealed to them , because tbe aristocracy of England were the natural leaders of the people . He was aware that what he was raying would be displeasing to those who sought for tbe repeal ot the Corn Lawg , in order to have bread cheap , though they well knew that wages were always relative . The Hon . Member proceeded to condemn the Poor Law BUI as a cold-blooded , mercenary act , ferocious and savage in principle , calculated to inflict misery and torture upon the deserving poor of tkis country , and to stimulate the muscle and bone of England to resl 3 t thedverees of Parliament .

      Mr . G . K . viGHT feared that the Hon . Member for Finjsbury -wouid have no reason to congratulate himself on his appeal to tho Conservative bide of the House . For his own part , ho viewed as senseless clamour all the attacks made on the system of centralisation , and congratu ! at 9 d the Noble Lord on having introduced the Bill before tbe House . Mr . Bcck was of opinion that tho Noble Lord would never be able to procure respectable gentltftnen to carry out such an obnoxi us measure as this , unless he materially altered its clauses in committee . The powers given by tnis Bill were unconstitutional , but ho should reserve his further observations upon it until it went into committee .

      Mr . . Muntz said his great objection to the Poor Law was , that it made no distinction between the industrious man rnd the idle , dissolute beggar . The poor-house , instead of being a place to relieve the poor , was'turned into a bugbear to frighlen . away the very parties who ought to be relieved . Mr . Liddell condemned tbe extension of the power ot the Commissioners for ten years , and said he should oppose the Bill . Sir Robert Peel supported the second reading of the Bill There were two grounds of consideration upon which tbe question must be viewed . The first was whether they should adhere to or abandon this great experiment altogether ; the . second , "whether they should , or should not have , in the event of the

      continuance of tho law , a central Board for the direction of the Unions throughout the kingdom . For bis own part , he had never supported the Poor Law Amendment Bill on the ground of diminution of expenditure , but from the experience of evils which were eating into the vitals of tbe Constitution , and the lemedy for which , he thought , admitted of no delay . In considering ¦ this subject people wer « too apt to forget what was the state of things before the passing of the Poor Law BilL The Right Hon . Gentleman then adverted to the evidence taken before the committee of 1834 on the state of the poor , in order to shew the state of distress and demoralisation which prevailed amongst the labouring classes * of society

      , and observed that th « Hon . Member forFinsbury might have addressed his inflammatory speech "with equal effuei in reference to those parties suffering under the old law , as he had that night addressed it in reference to those suffering under the altered system . He should be very sorry , after a short experiment of five years , to abandon a great measure like this , and would , therefore , give his vote for the second reading , reserving hia right to judge of the policy of the clauses when in committee . He doubted the policy of continuing the power of the commissioners for ten years ; indeed , ha thought there would be u practical advantage in knowing that , at tho end of five years , the subject must be again brought under the consideration of Parliament The Right Hon . Baronjt also objected to the clause autho-

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      rising burying places adjoining the workhouses , and reminded the House that every outrage to the feelings of the poor gave an additional weapon to those who were disposed to attack the law itself . He was also of opinion that the principle of extended unions was already carried too far , an evil which gave opportunities of abases that might not take place were the unions more limited , and cousequentljjBiore Immediately under the cognizance of the Poor Law Guardians . Mr . T . DCNCOMBE described the bill a « an aggravation of every grievance which the people complained of under the existing law . Mr . Fox Maule supported the bill , and took nearly tbe same view of its objects and results O 3 that taken by Sir R . Peel . Sir E . Knatchbull would vote for the second reading ; but in the expectation that many of the clauses would be modified in committee .

      Lord Ho wick was gratified to find that after all that had been eaid in the press and at public dinners respecting the Poor Law Amendment Bill , yet not one single Member of that House had ventured to recommend a return to the old system of administering relief to the poor . The Noble Lord defended the existing law , and contended that it wss sound policy to extend the power of the Commissioners for ten years , ner should he object to moke it permanent . Mr . Dabby could not look upon the bill as any Improvement whatever . It contained nothing In the shape of amelioration of the severities of tbe existing law . He thought if a labour test were applied instead of a workhouse test , they would find it a very great improvement , and much more satisfactory to the people . Captain Pechell objected to the interference which this Bill occasioned with Gilbert ' s Unions , 200 of which it would destroy .

      Mr . W . Attwood opposed the second reading of the Bill , seeing that nothing in the shape of anielioratien in the existing law was to be expected , but that it was to bo carried out with all the harshness which characterised its provisions . The only alternative , therefore , left to him wa ^ to oppose the Bill altogether . After a few observations from Mr . Rice and Sir B . FlLMER , Mr . Langdale gave notice tbafc in Committee he should move a clause to prevent the paupers from being cohHned in the workhouse , so . as-to prevent them from attending their respective places of worship on Sundays .

      Mr . Fielden said lie should not only oppose the Bill in its present stage , but would take every occasion to obstruct , aud , if possible , defeat it in its various stages in passing through the House . Lord J . Russell , in reply , said in reference to making hard labour a test instead of the workhouse , thutitwa * a matter which Could only be judged of by experience . That was not the time to discuss it , but ho would say that , however desirable it might be , he believed experience was against tha efficacy ot a

      labour test . There was , he contended , a great fallacy in speaking of the present law pressing severely on the poor , for , on the contrary , it had effected a . material cbange for the better in their condition sfnee the abuses of the old law were dono away with . With respect to the suggestion of the Right Hon . Bart ( Sir R . Peul ) , for limiting the power of tuc Commissioners to aperiod of five years , he should be extremely sorry to see it adopted by the House , as while it could confer no practical benefit , it would teild to weaken the power and authority of the Commissioners . On a division , the second reading was carried by » majority ot 201 to 54 .

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      ROYAL ADDRESSES . Among the numberless ridiculous things that Bre occasioned by the state and psgeantry of a Court , surely nothing can be more exquisitely babyish and nonsensical than the things culled addresses . If anything happens in the ordinary way , now-a-days , to the Queen or any of her relations , forthwith we see hundreds of old gentlemen putting themselves iut « masquerade , forcing themselves into red clothes stiff with gold lace , inducting th ' . ir solid heads into cocked hats , and sticking switcby little steel-headed swords between their legs , for no other purpose , that we can see , than in order to throw them down whenever they attempt to

      walk . This is getting a public nuisance , and ought to be put down by dome new Police Act . The Queon cannot go to bed and get up again , she can hardly snevae , she cannot perform the ordinary functions of a married lady , but « ut come these guld-laee-bediaaned , red-coated , cocked-batted , small-sword-wearing , pompous gentry , aud march alt through the town in a gingerbread sort of grandeur , intrude themselves into her presence , anil there read over to the poor young lady same execrable composition , which is quite unintelligible for any other purpose , except to stu > w the audacity of the addressers in clipping the Queen b English even in the presence of the Queen .

      For the lust weak tho neighbourhood of St . Javnes ' a Palace has been quite impassable . The other day we were driving in that neighbourhood , and vre r ; m an imminent danger of life fr ^ m our borso taking fright at the Lord Mayor . We could l . aruiy b ' . ame the animal , for a Lord Mnyor is at times a curious biped to be seen west of Temple-bar ; and from tho questionable manner in which this Lord Mayor chose to exhibit himself , he was enough to frighten a much less sensitive auinml than a spirited horsu . First came a gang of shivering footmen , trudging through the snow in their shoes and nt'sh-coloured silk stockings , with quivering calves , unprotected from an atmosphere of about twenty-six ; then came a great , lumberiug , wooden , gilded , cartlooking machine , nil gold and paint ,

      like a wealthy dowager , aud inside this was a mob of people that seemed aa though they had just escaped from some two-and-sixpenuy masquerade . Staring through the window , and sittiug sideways in the coach , "was a sn * vn in a horsehair wig , wh « appeared to us to be sitting upon somebody else's knee , and behind him was a man with a great square-Uoking fur cap upon his head ; then upon the usual seats which carriages generally contain , there were some human beings singularly disguised in quaint devices ; and , we suppose , because the great gilded monstrosity was already so full of civic humanity that it would hold nothing more , there was part of a long sword snd the head of a great mace sticking out of one of the windows . * ? * *

      All these people , we learn , were going to St . James ' s in this curious manner , in order to toll the Queen that they were very glad that she had got a little girl This was the worthy purpsse about which all this row and disturbance was made , and this was tbe cause which drew all the gilt faltherals out of their several receptacles , and brought the worthy Mayor and Aldermen from bokinil their counters , to strut liko peacocks in the West end . « ? ? Curiosity has induced us to inquire what the men of fiosben , tho inhabitants of the gilded go-cart , and tbe proprietors » f the silken-calfed sliivorers , did rsally s ^ y . Of course we know that they would vaunt their loyalty very highly upon tho very principle laid down by Cliestertield , that when a man tells a whopping lie , he generally accompanies it with all sorts of asseverations . The following sentences are exquisite in their way : —

      " Affectionately attached to your Majesty ' s sacred person , ( sacred ! what , has our good little Queen already obtained her apotheosis ! i and yielding to none of the subjects of your Majesty in < l « votion to your Majesty's illustrious house , we most unfeitfnedly rejoice in the recent interposition of Providence on behalf of your Majesty , and in the event which promises that the Crown shall ( we trust at a very distant day ) devolve upon one lineally descended from your Majesty . " We fervently pray that your Majesty may long reign over a free , a loyal , and a grateful people , and that the Illustrious Princess , on whose birth it is our happiness to felicitate your Majesty , may be spared to be a blessing to your Mujtsty and your illustrious

      Consort , and to exemplify the good effects of an education founded on the principles of the Protestant religion , so happiiy i established in this highly favoured country . " The " recent interposition of Providence I" What cant and slavery ! , What interference of Providence is there , we should like to know , in the natural event of a married woman giving birth to a child ten months after marriage ? Is this intended as a compliment * to Prin « e Albert ? It ia but a sorry compliment , we are inclined to think . Why , Lord Mayor Johnson , there is just as much providence about this matter aa there would be about your feeling fuddled after drinking a couple of bottles of Mansion-house port . But the Queen must have nauseated and despisud you for a set of toad-eating reptiles , when you came to tell her that

      her having a child rwas on account of the interference- of Providence ! " Interference . ' "—interference with what ? Interference with the natural order of things , it was not ; interference with an unnatural order of things could not have been required . How , then , was it interference—what did Providence interfere with i Go to , ye men of flesh-pots , ye turtlo-brained lumps of ambulating ignorance . Ye know not the meaning of language ; ye have none among you who can read and understand the English dictionary . How dare ye go in painted state to insult tha Queen to her face , by telling her that having a child "was an unnatural event , which required the " interference of Providence ?" What mean ye by going up in grand parade to advertise your besotted ignorance to the worid ? Go to , ye bigotted calves , ye canting ignorants ! Who was it

      that drew up this beautiful production ? Was it the knight of the pig-skin , or was it the Lord Mayor ' s Chaplain ? Verily we believe that in'writing , or speaking , or knowing anything ahout English , they are about upon a par . And then what do you mean by the Protestant religion being happily established ! Do you mean that it is happy tor the Protestant religion that it is established here ?—for if you do , you are venting an impertinence upon the Protestant religion ; or do you mean to use " happily" in its other sense , in which it is synonymous with haply , and thereby to remind the Queen that the Protestant religion established here was occasioned by tbe hap of Martin Luther falling in love with a nun , and Henry the Eighth falling in love with Anne BoleynT Wa * this what you niaant ? Poor souls you don't know—how should you!—Satirist . , <

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      THE COURT amd THE PEOPLE . LOOK OH THIS PICTUBE AN » OM THIS 1 !

      TheRojai . Christeking — ( From the Obterver . ) —Her Majesty , the Queen of the Belgians , has presented a serte $ of very beautiful robes , composed of Brussels lace , of the most recherche manufacture , for the use of the infant Princess . For nearly a century it has been customary to cause the baptismal

      ceru-AN "CNFORTCSUTBCREA . r tube . —Ann Finch , a poor miserable creature , was charged , at Bow-street Police-office , byM ? . T . Wright , ' cheese-dealer , with having obtained two pounds and a half of bacon , and Six eggs , under false pretences Mr . Wright stated that the prisoner came to bin shop in Blackmoar-street , Clare

      mony to be performed within a month of the birth of the Royal infant , and the last Prince ot Wales ( afterwards George IV . ) born August 12 th , 1762 , was baptised on 8 th the following month ; so it was , we believe , with all the succeeding princes and princesses . The ceremony was less imposing in grandeur than is likely to be the eaao In the present instance , but it "was probably

      Market , oa Friday night ; and said her master , Mr Loaias , landlord of the Bell Tavern , in Wellington-street , Strand , had sent h « r for them . Knowing she bod been a servant of his , he let her have the articles . The shopman saw her quitting the shop , and observed that she took a wro&g direction from the bouse of Mr . Eomas ; he followed , and brought her back , when she confessed

      attended with greater and more unnecessary expence . The Archbishop of Canterbury officiated in the Great Council Chamber of the Palace , tbe bedchamber of the Queen was thrown open , and the counterpane of Queen Charlotte ' s state bed , on the occasion of the christening of the late Duke of York * which was composed of entire lace of inimitable workinamhWMhich

      that she bad left the service of Mr . Lomaa nine months ; but thai poverty and hunger had made her commit the act I She said , if permitted to go away , she would pawn her shawl , aud pay tbe amount . Mr . John Lomas , her late master , stated that she had Uvfcd with him as a cook for three years ; her conduot all that time was very proper ; lie liad never missed anything , and

      alatone c * st ' £ 3 , 780 , was used on the occasion . Several cosily mementos ot this interesting ceremony , customary at such events to be presented by the Royal and dlstlnguiihed sponsors , are nearly completed by some of tbe principal goldsmiths . The fashionable and court modiste * at tbe west end of the town , are busily engaged in completing the several rich costumes to ba worn on the

      ways entertained the highest opinion of her honesty . The magistrate ordered her to be imprisoned for fourteen days , and desired the officer to ( five her a breakfast before aha was taken away . Thb Law's Delay . — On Friday evening , an inquest waa held before Mr . Payne , in the Fleet Prison , on the body of Thomas Lleyd , aged 50 , a prisoner for tho costs ( £ 328 ) of a

      occasion . The Royal Cukistkn-INC . —This interesting ceremony Will positively take place on the 10 th instant , being the anniversary of her Majesty ' s marriage . The original intention of preparing the chapel royal of St . James's for this event has now been abandoned solely , we hear , on account of the severity of the weather . It will , however , now

      Chancery suit . It appeared that in 1834 deceased had filed u bill in Chancery , with others , to recover £ 0 , 800 left them by will , and that , having changed hia solicitor , the Utter attached and imprisoned him for costs to the amount above-mentioned . He had £ 9 OS in the hands of the Court , of wbich It received the interest . He was obliged to live on the county weekly allowance ,

      take place , we believe , in the private chapel of Buckingham-palace . We are now enabled to communicate that directions have been given by the Lord Steward to prepare the royal picture gallery for a grand banquet for eighty persons . This splendid gallery , in itself " a feast of reason , " when lighted up , displays to great advantage the countless trea-$ ures of art which enrich its

      ¦ which was stated to be only 3 s . 6 d . A witness attributed deceased's premature demise to delay in the administration of justice by the Court of Chancery ( tbe suit having lasted for more than six jears , and not being likely to be heard for two years longer ) , to great mental anxiety , and to want of proper and tvjficient comforts necessary for ihe support of human life I Mr . Cooper , the

      awls , and the three beautiful groups of Canova ' s sculpture placed at the entrance , contribute , in no small measure , to its general tffoct . The picture gallery has not been appropriated fora banquet since tho time o ( the coronation : on the present »» ec . ision the dinner table will bo eighty feet in length , the dimensions allotted by tbe tablo decker being invariably two feet to each person .

      prison surgeon , said deceased was admitted in 1 S 38 , and , in his opinion , died of disease of the liver aud lungs . The Jury returned a verdict— " That deceased died of natural causes , accelerated in some degree by imprisonment " Lamentable Destitution . —On Mo » day evening , an inquest was held at the Half Moon and Seven Stars public-house , Stanhope-street ,

      Drury-Tlioso who , like ourselves , have seen the gorgeous display of gold plate at the court banquets , will have ail adequate conception of the brilliant effect which will be produced on Wednesday , not only by tbe ornamental table , with its long range of gold epergnes and vases extending the entire length , nnol the Artificial sideboard , ao constructed aa to display with studied advantneo the

      lane , before Mr . Higgs , Coroner for Westminster , on view of the body of Thomas Vaughan , aged 72 . It appeared , from the evidence of the various witnesses , that tbe deceased hail only earned id . alt iist week , and one of the witnesses had sent out for a pennyworth of bread , the old man having hail no food before during Ihe whole day . The landlord of the house stated that deceased

      matchless plate and jeu-eUmi cups , but also by the surrouuiing tablutuix Mid gems of art , in themselves a mine of wealth ; but when to these are added her Majesty ' s presence , ond that of the illustrious and distinguished ptinces , decorated "with their various stars and orders , and last , not least , tho collective loveliness of the court , it miwt , according to our fancy , Lid fcvir to realise one of tbe golden dreams of the Arabian Nights'

      Enhad lodged -with him some mouths , and owed him fourteen weeks ' rent . What furniture there "was in tho room belonged to deceased . It consisted of a cbair , table , and bedstead ; but there was neither bed , sheets , or blankets , the only covering being part of an oldrwg . It waauvident that the deceased had been in the habit of sleeping in his clothes , the appearance of which bespufco extreme poverty . When ho died , he . bad not even a shirt on !

      tertainment It is conjectured that her Majesty ' s nearest relative will , at this splendid banquet , pledge to the health and happicssa of the royal infant , to which appropriate sentiment "we may safely undertake to Ray a whole nation will loyally respond . The embroidered velvet hangings were yorterday removed from tho altar of the chapel royal , Saint James ' s , together with the chairs and cushions , and other articles , to Buckingham-palace . —Court Journ .

      Deceased never complained , and until his death no one knew that he was suffering from actual want The Jury , after a long investigation . returned a verdict of " Natural death , accelerated by want and the state of the weather . " Three labouring man have been found near Dumfries , who were frozen to death during the late se vore storm . The poor fellows were discovered together , in a sitting position , by the ro : ut side . ^ ., ,. -v „ ^^ ** - * ,

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      SCRIPTURAL CHARTISM . No . IV . 10 TH CHAP . OF LUKE , 30 TH VERSE . " A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho , "—most probably a working man returning home with hia earnings . Hia wife and children would anxiously expect him , for it was the wetk ' end , and on him they depended for support and comfort . But behold ! he falls among thieves—say amimg Tories or Whigs—there ia little difference between them , save that the former plunder openly , and the latter hypocritically . The word Tory means a thief—bog-trotters in Ireland were called Tories , and answered to the moss-troopers in Scotland . Irish mothors keep thair children quiet by telling them that the Tories will

      come and get them . Whig moans something sour , and was applied in Scotland to Puritans , or hypecrit «! 3 . Cream ia Whigged when it is spoiled . The fictions that govern this nation partake of both these cliaracters , and the people are Radicals , because they would root them out—Chartists , because the only means of doing this is by tho Charter . Our Tory-Whigs , or Whig-Tories plunder the public—they rob us of our lights they take ewe , however , to do this ; injustice under the form of law—they shield themselves from justice by law—they rob according to law , having made laws for that purpose—they do not rob with a pistol , but "With an Act of Parliament—the law is at once a weapon for them , a shield , and a mask—they commit greater

      robberies with impunity than those that they have hanged men for having committed . Nor are they content with robbing— tkey munier likewise . Like the thieves in the parable , they strip a man , and wound him , aud leave him for dead . They Uko his clothes , as well as money and food—they take everything ' he has , even t » his life . Probably they "would leave him his life , if he would let them take all the rest quietly ; but he cries out " Help , thvsveal murder ! " and they kill him , to stop his tongue . All this is done by means of taxes , and cesses , and the . policemen , whom they hire therewith . Suppose a fritmd were to come forward to the rescue , the . robbers iruultl fall foul upon him ; for they are determined to rob , and to enjoy their booty unmolested .

      The working una ia the parable was left naked and half dead ; he could not help himself , and there was none to help Mm . In vain does hia wife expect him ; the usual time is past , aad yet he comes not . She . looks again aad again , but she cannot see him coming ; she grows very anxious— -she fears something niust have happened to him—that he has met "with an accident , and instead of bringing support to her , needs her support . She is distressed at the thought of it , tnd does not know "wliat to do ; had she known into "what crutl bands ha had fallen , how she would have flown to hi 3 succour . But ho is left alone , the murderous thif < yes have gone ; he pannot stir from t ' ao spot ; . there is no one in sight , he cannot speak ; he groans aad casts Ms

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      eyes alonf the road to aee if any one is coming ,, u last he aeeaa priest , oh , joyful tight ! his hopes rerii he will now receive both spiritual and bodily eou ^? but no , the holy man , after seeing him , passes U m the other side . This was a priest , one calling hi ^ 2 a minister of God ; probably his mind wasoccupied u ? -walked along , with the pleasing thoughts of titbe « 2 other offerings , aft * he would not disturb his devout m *] ? tatlons by considering the forlorn state of a wretch ** * could not give him anything , but needed somethw from him ; yet he o » uld not have helped considering it , if he saw it clearly , and , therefore , he wouldf ^ see it He avoided those claims upon his Compaq ? which the cries of tho sufferer , concurring with hisiw conscience , would have enforced . It is not unm 2 ttsA 4 > 4 It a WAnn ^ & < Y tnnn Vinii *« m 3 < 3 4 / mwomJi . iL . . # tbatthe wounded had paid towards the atrow

      man of this same priest , and yet , now , in hia hour of a ^ i how cruelly he Is neglected by him . Such a disapp ^ M * nient would aggravate hU distress . It was like tw which sometimes ( but for the htnour of human naW not often is experienced by mariners when in dht ^ l at sea—their ship waterlogged , and floating on ji broadside—no provisions to be had , no shelter , ^» prospect but of death by cold , or hunger , or froni 5 insatiate wave . At length they aeo a sail—they ]» n the sight with joy , for they anticipate a speed / X liyerance—it comes nearer and nearer—they make \ rtjjt signal they are able , but the ship passes by , withmt taking any notice of their distress , and is soon out *) iight . Instead of being relieved , they are sunk bi » deeper despair—the indifference of their fellow-creaW seems mote cruel fihan the rigour of fete—they mj »? exclaim— ^ v »

      ~ " Oh , ye are more inhuman , more inexorable , Oh , ten times more , thau storms and raging seas f And certainly the heart of the priest who passed by tfc the wounded man , was moro callous than tbe hear ^ tf the robbers who bad wounded him . If not ono of tho » robbers , lie sanctioned their conduct , though he in . bound , by his holy office , to denounce it , and help u » victim of it But the priest that passed by the poor sufferer In fa parable was but one—he might be an exception td ^ rest—a solitary disgrace to his order—not another brt would have acted differently . Not sol— one wcjy think it was to show that all state-priests are aliw that J . esus Christ , who was , certainly , not a priest ^ the established religion , said , another priest oune te

      chance that way , a Levite , who , when he saw the nm lying on the ground , came up to him , examined his & plorable condition , and yet , after all , passed by ou ths other Bide . This priest was worse than the other-fa saw the man ' s bleeding -wounds , he heard his groans , be particularly observed hia pitiable condition , and yetbj left him to perish miserably . Probably as h » s w «^ along he would say to himself—poor wretch , he seem in a dying state—I doubt he will die , he * - « 3 nnbt " lut * long , it is of no use me doing anything for him . j fehall only be put to trouble aud expence to no purpose . I will leave him alone . I will let him take his cham * some one else may find him and help him—Itrustb

      God they may . With this piece of pious hypocrisy , fcj would save his prie » tiy conscience . Had tbe woundal m « nnofcbeena mfire working man , had he borrie t |» appearance cf being a rich man , how zealously tl » Levite would have assisted him ; he would have doae all he could for him , in tlm hope of being rewarded foy it ; but , as he saw ho waa but a poor man , he left him to perish , and he "would have perished , had . it not beet for the compassion of a working man like himself , thai , as providence ordered it , came next that way , for mo * t of the chanties that are . done in this world are not dcM by the rich , but by the poor , who alone have a fells * . . ; feeling for the poor . ' . ''

      The conduct of those two priests resembles that of state priests in all agoR , that of the paid priests of Us present day , the majority of whom think theyhan gon » through the prescribed forms of religion ; at least this is all the duty we see them do . They know what the people are suffering , they know who make tbaa suffer , and they are bound by their religion , as-wen as humanity , to assist the people and denounce their ep . pressors , but do they ? Ho ; they join the oppressors , % preach * in their favour , they mock the hopes and izaitft tlie . expectations of the people—they would exaspeujj the people into , rebellion that they might afford a pi * . text for their tyrants more effectually to crush them and

      grind them to earth . The priests of the Church of England are almost all Whigs and Tories—tell me of an honest ; Radical among them . Nor they alone ; but tbe dissenting ministers . The Methodists passed a edict that all Chartists were to be turned out of ths connexion . That was worse conduct than the Levita were guilty of—it "was as if those Levitea had stopped naar the wounded man , and , when they saw his . friend coming to his succour , had gone to him and prevented him , had punished him , for his humane purpose . Why do they , working men , sit under such priests ? Will they wnit till they are discharged for befriendisf one another ? But to return .

      After the priests had passed by and left the poor msa to his fate , a certain Samaritan , as he journeyed , came where he was , and when ha saw him , hehad compa * sion on him . Now this good Samaritan wonld have been scorned by the priests—the priests would not haw deigned to notice him , for the Jews thought the 8 ai »< ritana bent-ath them and would have no dealingam'tti them ' . Yet , how superior was his conduct to than . ' He did not leave the poor man to perish , but he'wa ' i to him and bound up his wonnds , pouring in oil aad wine—pil into his stiff wounds and wine into Ms parched throat—aud because he could neither * walk nor . stand , he lifted him up and placed him upon his beast

      and supported him to an inn ; aud took eare of im . there . And on the morrow , aa he was obliged to leaie him and go on his own journey , he took out twopence , which , in those days , would buy a great deal more than it will now , for provisions were mndi cheaper then—he took out twopence , probably all to money he had with him , and gave it to the landlord , telling him to take care of tho poor man—to get him atttbat he ' neeaed—to spare no expense ; and , whento came next that way , he would pay him . The poor man owed his preservation , not to the priests , who came first , but to the fellow-working man , that caau last

      Let the working men of this day not trust to fawyert and priests , but to themselves and each other . Lawyers make a profit of their ruin , therefore they are mow likely to ruin than to redress them : they lay grievoU burthens on them , and will not touch them with one of their fingers . Priests , too , have their own profit * to think of—profits which they make out of the people , and , therefore , no good is to be expected from them . Let the people assist e : ich other , and they need not caro for lawyers and priests ; they will get their own again in spite of both . The Samaritan was well offhe might have spared himself ail the trouble the

      wounded man gave him—he might have gene on bis way rejoicing , and spent the time and money which bs bestowed on the cure of the sufferer on his own pleasures and pursuits ; but he waa not so selfish . Ha could not enjoy while he saw the other suffer : he ass > ciated with him as the working men that are well of should with those that are ill off , for it maybe their turn next , and we should do unto others as we would be done by . -Let thtm associate , and say to tbe unpitfing and plundering priests , " Give an account of your stewardship , for you may be no longer stewards . " J . W .

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      , THE COURT OF CHANCERY . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sib , —As tho subject of Keforni of the abuses of ths Court of Chancery now occupies a great deal of tbe attention and consideration of tha people , I , as one of the operatives employed in one of the public offices of the Court , th <) Six Clerks office , beg to lay tue following glaring state of facts before your reader . The Clerk in Court , with whom almost all the proceedings in a cause ace filed , by his business generally clears about £ 10 , puo a year . He does his business by giving to a deputy , or agent , the writing , for which the C ' erlc in Court gtts ten-peuce for every folio o £ ninety words at three half-pence » folio , by which , and other emoluments , ho ctewrs between £ 800 or £ 1 , 000 per year ; ha gives it to . hia deputies at three farthings per fr > lio , and

      who generally are persona of no character , awA whoaa profits average between £ 4 and £ 5 per week . He does not do it himself , but gives it to the copyist at one half-pecjiy per folio . Thus you see that the operative , who , in fact , does the work , receives only one halfpenny , whew his master and his deputies , who do nothing , receive ten-pence , and , even in this case , » most infamous peculation is indulged in by the deputy under the agent , to illustrate which , I cannot do better than state the following case : —A deputy under the agent , and , as snch , entitled to give the writing to the copyist , has-. been , lately ,, as he hoi frequently been before , away a week without leave , and during whica time he contracted expeucoa ' -which * he has , aud always does , maks the poor copyist pay for in tbe following

      manner . Ho has a father and two brothers , who depend for tbeir-liying under him , and who are of ths moat respectable characters ; he gives them the writing * for which he receives one shilling and sixpence pe * quire , of twenty-four folios , that is three farthings a folio , at one shilling and three-pence per quire , ot very little better than ono half-penny per folio . £ who , if they , , had fall employment , taking ena wfce * with another , ' seldom earn , more than eighteen shilling * per week . But he , to pay his expencea of being aw » y » and support him in his debauchery , without labour , gives it to an individual who does the work , whicn his brothers , and any other writer in the oflico , having three

      any character , cannot do under one shilling aud -, pence per- quire , for tenpencs per quire . Thia . man * having no ¦ character , gives it to others , attorney" * clerks , not fully employed , and who receive a salary , and who do ifc in the time which should be devoted W their masters ! business , for eightpence per quire , -tbu » injuring the fair and honest writer . Tee above casa i 3 a true statement of tho Iniquitous system pursued without exception throughout tha office , and for whluj Iain ready to . vouch . If the abdve true statement should meet with insertion , you , will obUje a coastaas reader , London , Feb . 7 , 1841 .

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      HOUSE OF LORDS . —Fridat , Feb . 5 th . Lord BaorGHAM presented a petition from eight planters and landowners in India , praying for an equalisation of the duties on colonial produce . Monday , Feb . 8 . The Lord Chancellor brought down a message from he * Majesty , n-qiiesting that Parliament would enable her ta make provision for Lord Keane and his two next bein , as a recompense for bis services in India .

      In reply t « a question from the Earl of MouktcaShel , relative to the detention and intended trial of Mr . M'Leod , in New York , as one of the party engaged in the destruction of the Caroline steam-vessel , Lord Melbotrne said a correspondence had taken place between Mr . Fox and the American Minister on the subject , in the course of which Mr . Forsyth , the American Minister , said it was a matter pertaining entrrery to the state of New York , and in which the Federal Government could not interfere . He conld sot state what course the Government would pursue , but tbe House might rely that British subjects should be protected , and the honour of ths British nation maintained . Their Lordships soon after adjourned .

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      The largest merchant-vessel iu the French service has just been launched at Bordeaux . Sha is named the Louis XIV ., and intended to sail between Marseilles aud the Unitod States . She is bdlfc so as to carry a cargo of 2 . 0 CO balsa of cotton . t

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 13, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct366/page/6/