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      The annual meetiiiKp f theley-payers v&sheld on grsj ^ ssfeff ^ sssssfc the ? £ ? S SS ^^ o to elect suitable persons to fit tlie office of orer ^ ers for the present year . The meeting ^ as convened for one o doer , but did not -commence until two , at which time the chair was taken by John Cheetham , Esq . . ' The Chaibmas opened the Business of the meeting by reading the placard , and stating the objects for which it wag convened . . Mr . Stephens rose for the purpose of moving an adjournment . He objected to , the meeting being convened at a time when a majority of theTate-payers ¦ were engaged io their daily avocations . One o ' clock was a most unsuitable and inconvenient time at ¦ which to call a convocation of the people , for the

      purpose of discussing their parochial anan-s . He could assure them that the people considered meetrings of this description , called at snch a time , a mere mockery—as an insult to them . Ether they were citizens or not—ley-payers or not—Iree ^ born Englishmen or not : if they were not , they should tell -ihemsoat once , and tellthein the Act of Parliament that disqualified them . The Constitution clearly gran the people vested rights , *^ &fy would not allow them , to be bartered ^ or fattered away by any individuals whatever . Tim people -were beginning to say— " What use isit to call meetings , when we cannot aiumd them ? " _ He would , therefore , move that the meeting do adjourn until eight o ' clock at night , to allow the people an opportunitj-of attending . , Mr . Dcbham seconded the motion .

      Mr . George Woollet moved , as an amendment , that the meeting proceed with the business of the day , which was seconded by Mr . Robixsos . He remarked that Sir . Stephens had insinuated that there was a design on the part of the persons calling the meeting , to cheat the people out of their riirlits . . Now , he contended that due notice had been given ; that the time was the same as in previous years , and the place of meeting the same . He felt confident thatnomiB-ownerin the township would refuse any of his work-people , who were rate-payers , the privilege of attending these meetings , providedihey made respectful application for leave to ' do so .

      Mr . Stephess , in reply , stated that Mr . itofainson ' * answer was no answer at all . His ( Mr . Stephen ' s ) argument * went to show that the time "was an unsuitable time ; and that the 300 m could not hold the ley-payers of DuTdnfield . Mr . Robinson tells ns that the town ' s business has been transacted in "the same room and , at the same time for many years previously . Why , that only proved that the abuses had been allowed to continue too long . The question was , whether or not the annual meetings should be held at such time and place as would

      allow the people an opportunity of attending . Mr . -Robinson had said that he did not believe there was a single mill-owner who would refuse to permit any of his work-people , wLo were rate-payers , from attending that meeting , - -ill that he could say , in reply , was , that if they must judge of the future from the experience of the past , he knew one mill-owner at least , who would not only do so , hut had already discharged a family of virtuous females for attending the chapel , and " joining in the mode of worshipping God the most agreeable to their

      con-. The Chaibsuix here interposed , and begged Mr . Stephens to confine his observations to the interests of the rate-payers , and the best . war of promoting them . Mr . Stephexs— ; Sir , it has been said that no millowner in this district would prevent his woit-people from attending these meetings j and that , too , bv a gentleman who not only Has the hardihood ,. But actualb- does interfere , and discharge his' workpeople " for exercising their judgment ,, and acting in accordance with the dictates of their consciences . ( Loud cheers . ) The Chairmax again interposed , and stated that

      he thought a room could not be found capable of accommodating the whole df the rate-payers , and also that- he conceived the business- of the meeting conld be done a * efficiently where they were as at any other place . He filso remarked that every ratepayer had a right to examine the accounts , and see that they were correct . 2 f o person would be allowed to vote or take any part in the proceedings , nnless his name was in tb * e rate-book ; and he . should order any person into custody who dared to contravene his decision . An Act had been passed which empowered the landlords to pay the rates instead of their tenants ; but ev « r tenant had a right to have his name placed in the rate-book , and thereby be

      entitled to vote ; and if he neglected to ao so , it ¦ would be his own fault if he were refused the privilege of voting . The Chairman , after some fnrther r emarks , put the amendment to the , meeting , and called lor a show of hands , upon which there were fifty or sixty hands held up for it ; the original motion was then put , when there was an overwhelming majority iaits favour . A poll was then demanded by the proposer of the amendment , which was ordered to take place immediately and continue open nntil two o ' clock . On Thursday " , finding themselves placed in a dilemma , they colleagued together , and prevaibd upon the Chairman , in contravention of his x > wn decision , to convert the poll into a scrutiny . The officers then , retired to a room below , stairs , for the purpose of examining the claims of the parties as to their right of voting ; but never before ^ even at

      -a contested election , did we witness such disgraceful proceedings . Indeed , tongue or pen cannot adequately describe the blackgardingj brow-beating , insulting , badgering , violent , intimidating , ¦ and grossly outrageous conduct of some of the gentlemen who surrounded the officers , particularly the conduct of a liberal , enlig / ttened , intelligent ., gentlemanly }» ild , discreet , and learned gentleman' of Staley ~ Iridge- In fact , their behaviour was so in--expressibly disgraceful and intolerable , that the Chairman , whoiis a magistrate , had to accompany M % Stephens down stairs to protect the people from 1 jsot £ -1 TkZsnce and assault . After two or three nonrs p peiitin the farce of a scrutiny , " the chairman returned , and declared the amendment was carried , there being 63 for it , and only 13 for the original

      motion . Mr . Stephens rose to protest against the return , on the ground , firstly , of its abstract illegality ; secondly , on the ground , of parties being brought in to vote who were not present at the division , and refusing to take names of persons who were in favour of an adjournment ; thirdly , that Mr .-Wm . Bailey had exercised- the grossest intimidation , sitting beside the officers and threatening every person who came to . tender his vote , that if his name were not found upon the rate-book , he would be summoned for a trespass upon the premises ^ and

      that he had taken down several names for that purpose ; fourthly , that the constables were ordered to apprehend men who had committed no breach of the geaee , and . who had not said any thing having seek a tendency ; fifthly , on the ground that constables were placed at the door to prevent the ingress -of the people . The Chairmas requested Mr . Stephens to furnish Mm with a written protest , which Mr . Stephens declared his readiness to do , on condition tkat : he was allowed to wr ite it whilst other persons were allowli to state their objections to the legality of tlie return . *

      This lieingperemptorily refused by the Chairman , Mr . Stephens moved an adjournment of the ^ meeting until he had time to prepare his protest . The Chairman refused to put it , and called upon the orerseers to read their accounts , upon . which a scene of indescribable confusion took place , some calling out for the accounts to be read , and others demanding that Mr . Stephens be heard . The clamour and noise continued for a considerable time , but order "being at length restored , the accounts were read . Some discussion ensued upon some of -the . items , especially one in reference to the payment of men serving onpuries . It appears the constable has been in ihe habit of charging the township three shillings per man lor every person serving on a jury , but ' that in some instances he "has only given jurymen one sHUiag , and in ; some cases iwne at all . A committee was appointed , consisting of Messrs . SeeL

      Gee , and Woolley , to inquire into the matter . _ Mr . Seel inquired whether any of the money had been p . pplied either directly or indirectly for the prruuses of the New Poor Law ? - Which was answered in the negative . The accounts ! were then passed unanimously . "_' . . - Some discussion then took' place respecting the appointment of Guardians , irom which we learned that Messrs . Bailey , Gee , and Woolley , had been nominated Guardians for the Ihikinfield section of the Ashton Union ; that although the Act of Parliament" required that notice of the election of Guardians should 1 » given to . the rate-payers through the medium of the newspaper which has the largest circulation in the place where they are to "be -elected , no noticfr was given except in -the Manchester Guardian * a paper that is " never even

      leaked at , much Jess read , by the people . That Mr Gee declared Be would not serve as a . Guardian , unless with the express sanction of . a majority of the rate-payers . * Mr . Stepheks enquired of Mr . Robinson , the Chairman of the Ashton Board of Guardians , whether he had received any information from the Poor Law Commissioners , as to whether there would be any alteration in tie law during the ensuing year , that would materiall y _ a 8 ect tfie office , and 'duties of the overseers ? ., - . -- ' . - . ^ k ^ fo ^ FSP 1 replied thai he'had . not . ... . \ ¦ - Mr . SxEPH ^ frH said this was an imp « rtant point . ^ Hf / Stadjabfisoiibt there were many genflemen pre ^ Jgsrhe ^ pijild wBEngly"iM ! cept-the -office of ^^ W ^^ Pfi ^ F * * h 6 se sej-rajps . fiiejf were to Ir e j- ^ rijfcpe ^ igtit was Kgh ^ n ^^ ary : fliat . ttejr shomd J&fe ^ all jfae in&nnajjonib ^ ablej , because if the "New'PrinriEaw tss TntrruiT ^ ^ fki' ^ iMaiN 5 of

      woiucy ^ pKStger e fhe sersants the pansbionKB * imr woald $ ^ me the servants of the Ashtbn ^ oard fl £ Gn » rdiaTift , which -was die agent or Power , the

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      Assistant Tramping Poor Law Commissioner , who was the paia servant of the 'three Conanissioners at London , who were the Agents of the Devil . ( Loud cheer *) J ; The Chairman called Mr . Stephens to order , and said he could not listen to suchlanguage . Mr . Stephess was proceeding to address the meeting , when a person said that Mr . ; Robinson had called Sir-Stephens a liar . # . ¦ Mr . Robtkson , in ? expb 3 nation , stated that his feelings had been irritated by Mr . Stephens' langmag « , and by being designated the servant of men "who were the agents of the DeviL WhHat under Uie excitement he said that Mr . Stephens , was uttering falsehoods . He regretted that he had been

      betrayed , through the warmth of D 13 teeiwgs , to make use of the expression , though inadvertently , and begged toapologise For ha \ ing done so . Mr . Stephes 8 expressed his perfect satisfaction with the apology of Mr . Robinson , and begged to assure him that the remark which he had made was not intended to apply to him personally but tojhe office which he fiDed , and that noman who wished to stand well with hi 3 poorer neighbours or his God , either could or -would accept so degrading an office . Messrs , Ashton and Wilde were re-elected overseers for the present year—the assistantuTCrseer to find seenrity to the amount of £ 250 . Mr . Bardsley was re-elected assistant surveyor of the highways at a salary of £ 30 per annum . The constables '

      accounts were unaudited , and consequently unfit to lay before the meeting , which caused some dissatiufaction . It was agreed that they should be examined b y the select vestry . A new vestry "was then appointed , of which Messrs . Stephens , Sael , Robinson , and Durham were chosen members . The surveyors' accounts were then read and passed , and a fresh board of surveyors elected . Thanks were then voted to the chairman , and the meeting separated , after lasting from , one to half-p ^ st seven o ' clock . This was one of the most extraordinary meetings we were everj : resent at , aud is unparalleled in the annals of parish affairs . There were not more thun two hundred persons present during any part of the proceedings ; yet some person took upon himself the responsibility of calling the whole constabulary force of Staley-bridge and Dukinfidd

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

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      PARISH OF ST . BRIDE—REJECTION OF THE POOR LAW AMENDMENT ACT . -Yesterday week a public vestry of this parish was held to fix the sum of money necessary for the poor fromlast Lady-day to next 3 vlidsummer . Notice had bee ^ given that three motions would be submitted to the meeting , to the eneet of emancipating the parish from the Poor Law Amendment . Act . Placards had been distributed announcing the vestry , and at the time of meeting the room was crowded to excess . So large an assemblage had not met since the parish meetingiufavour of the ReforuiBill . Mr . Churchwarden Cooke took the chair . Mr . Williams , of Lndgatf-bill , said he saw persons in the room who wpre not entitled to vote , and lie trusted they would either withdraw or not take anypartin the proceedings . ( Cries of withdraw . " ) The Chairjiax . —That was not necessary : they could remain , but only as spectators .

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

      necessary . . Mr . Pickebell . —Will Mr . Bignon tell us what the £ 1 , 000 is for ? Mr . Biiixox said he could not . Mr . PirKERELL . —That is very strange . The rates have been raised from 11 s . to ibSs . . Mr . Bigxox . —They were ordered to make three payments , and strange to say the first was to be on Sunday , the 1 st of April . ( Laughter . ) At first the orderfor payment on that day was taken to be a hoax , and wls scribbled on and not heeded ; but it turned out no joke , and they were to pay the money . A 7 d . rate would be required . It was agreed that the settlement of the rate should remain over . until the motions on the paper were discussed . Mr . Bacon said they were about to take a jump of more than 33 per cent , on the rate .

      Mr . ' Williams ( Ludgate-uill ) asked if Mr . Bacon had paid his rate ? ( Laughter . ) He had resisted the payment of it . ( Hear . ) * The Chaibjiax said those liable to rates could take a part in the vestry ., Dr . Proctor wished " that no party feeling should be allowed to operate , and that they should deliberate solely with a view to the benefit of the poor . [ Considerable laughter was here caused by a letter being received by the Chairman , asking the patronage of the vestry for an hotel celebrated for its white-bait dinners . * It iras said that the letter was intended for the Poor Law Commissioners at Somerset-house .

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

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

      contempt of the high and mighty commissioners was to be fined £ 5 for the first offence , £ 20 for the second , and for the third he could be imprisoned and put to hard labour . ( Hear , hear . ) Section 98 . — Any man too poor to pay the first fine could be imprisoned for three months . These were facts , and he might harrow up their feelings by alluding to their other powers—such , for example , as the bastardy clause , the separating of man and wife , and other cruelties . It was of no use to say that these power 3 were not used . They existed , and if it was not for the opposition of Whig , Tory , and Radical to the commissioners , they would soon find the weight of their clutches .

      Mr . Ob&ard here interrupted the speaker , and said the question after all was , whether the commissioners exercised those powers ? Mr . Bacon said that , was immaterial . He had shown by the act that such powers were given to them . [ Mr . Wood , "No , no / ' ] He defied them to contradict it ; and if ever they got the country quiet , they would find that the commissioners would not fail to exercise them . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Mr , Bacon ) would seriously ask , were they ready to put their m » ney into the hands of men with such arbitrary powers ? He would give them an instance of their conduct . In the parish of St . Pancras , when the Poor Law was first introduced , the parish authorities hold of

      got a dietrtable which was cir * culated amongst the parishioners . The Poor Law Commissionere wrote to say that that diet-table had not emanated from them . Shortly afieT , the very day on which the Guardians of St . Pancras first ' met to choose , their . chairman , a packet arrived from Somerset-house , which they opened , expecting they had some prize or other . What did the vestry think it was ? Why , tJ * e very identical diet-table which the commissioners had before declared they had nothing at all to Ho with ^— ( hear , hear , )—and the -whole was subsequentl y discovered by the messenger returning nearly out of breath , and stating that he had left the wrong parcels ( Laughter , and cries of ** Hear . " ) It was said that the New Poor Law was

      introduced to remedy the defects of the olS , particularly as to the payment of labourers' wages out of the rates ; bnt they must remember that tbjy were not here in an agricultural district , and they had , moreover , a local act of their own , which was amply sufficient , ( Hear , hear . ) He would conclude by saying , . that if threatened with theMegal consequence ^ whicli ^ inight be apprehended from passing this xesolution , the decisions in the Queen ' s Bench , whenever a question had arisen between the commissioners and par ishes which had local acts , head"iiiyariabTy bfeen against the ' commissioners . (^ HeaT , ^ -and cheers . ) He concluded by moving the ^ resdlntiony

      Dr . rapcTdn-rose to second the resolution . He Was opposed to the New Poor Law , because he cbnsiderea it was unnecessary . Hehad no doubt that the abuses of the old law were great , and if it had continued , there would soon have been no rich to pay thf

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      poor . The evilSgof the present law were , however , much greater . Was ithecessary that men whom he would call foreigners should come ; into" a' parish and take the management of th « affiairs-out of * h& hands of those who were best a «(^ aintdd 'WttH and ' most deeply interestedinithem , particalarty when those foreigners were irresponsible ? ( Hear , hear , ) - ¦ He was no politician ,- but he- ^ protested -against any Government , whatever might be its princi p les , send ? ing their commission-spies into every parish ,. ( Heat . ) They were told that the poor were ^ Tmjgratefnl . Long experience in 18 parishes with which ; m early life he had been connected convinced him that they werenotso . ( Cheers . ) Men became demoralized and drunken when they were neglected ,. ( Hear . )

      Would they believe it > . that under tuis New Poor Law many medical men were employed at £ 100 a year to attend 8 , 000 persons ! ( Hear . ) . It wasimpossible that they could attend them well , and they had this salary whilst the relieving overseer had £ 70 or £ 80 . ( Hear , hear . ) How could the apothecary afford to give them good drugs out of such a pallry payment ? And then again a few lively leeches were sometimes required , but perhaps the expense of those had not been provided for , because it wasconsiiered that - ; the cominissioners would , sufficiently perform the sucking operation . ( Laughter . ) Lord Radnor had told , them . that the poor were labouring under dyspepsia , arising from over feeding . (> ' Oh , oh " . and laughter . ) If such were the caae ^ ¦ with the

      poor , he should like to know what must be the condition of the aldermen aud commissioners ? / Hoars of laughter . ) They must support the poor well if they ment to have work well doue , aiidie-need not tell them how much of the wealth aud greatuess of the country depend upon the labour of the poon ( Hear . ) If they were fed upon the ' * cheap and nasty" diet , "which , was not fit for a . pointer puppy ( hear ) , how . could they be expected to be able to wort ? Lord Brougham who were so treated in peace be agked to fight their battles in war ? ( Hear , hear . ) Lord Brougham when . Henry Broaghaii professed to be the poor man ' s friendiandyet he was the autbor of this cruel bill , . which seemed intended to drive the poor from the laud . Lord Brougham teemed to think that no man ought to be poon fie ( Dr . Proctor ) would say that no man , whatever might be his talents or circumstances , was secure from poverty .

      Many of those whom he then addressed might be re ^ - duced from a state of comparative afiTuence ? eveii'by die non-payment of their bills by those whoni they trusted . ( Hear . ) In conclusion , he wished to see the parish independent , and if rfter the trial they found they could not , as heretofore , do without the interference of the commissioners ,, he would vote for putting themselves under them , but be would not blindly and without cause snbmit to be the victims of the arbitrary powers with Yrhich the commissioners were vestedf , and which they might exercise whenever they pleased . ( Loud cheers . ) . Mr . R . Taylor said , even under the old system parishes were subject to control . Was it not control

      to have their accounts passed before a magistrate ? Was it not control to have the refusal of relief by the overseers set asidt * by the older of the magistrates ? He knew well that no measure of human legislation could be perfect . There were imperfections in the old Poor Law ^ andiu the present one , but upon comparison , he contended that the imperfections of the old law were greater than those of the new . Mr . Taylor then went into h long statement of the abuses of the old law , alluding particularly to ' the promiscuous huddling together of persons in workhouses , and the cruelties practised towards women , often when in labour , to prevent the gaining of a settlement . He should give the resolution his determined opposition .:

      Mr .. Bacox said it was scarcely necessary to notice , Mr . Taylor ' s special pleading about control , They-were all—even the Qneen—the Lords and Commons were subject to control ^ but what he protested against was , that parishes should becoihe mure lackies to the commissioners . ( Hear , hear . ) He wanted merely to assert , and he wouldmaintain , that they were fully competent to raise and spend their own money . ( Loud cheers . ) The resolution was then put , and carried by an immense majority , there being only a few hands held up against it ex ctfficio . The result was reci'ived with loud huzzas . A parishioner then rose to second the resolution , but . ;¦ _ . r Mr . Williams ( of Ludgate-hill ) again objected . He said he was sorry to do so , but the gcntlemim was not in a position to occupy the attention of the \ cstry .

      It turned out that the rate-payer had had time given him to pay his rates , but those who objected to him said that he had been altogether excused . Mr . Bigxon asked who were really qualified to vote ? .. V- . ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ The Vestey Clerk said , that no person who owed more than two quarters' taxes could vote . The Chairman' was bound to say that lie could not hear the parishioner unless he could prove that he was not within the exception . Mr . Bacon said , that sooner than the question should be lost by such liberal conduct on the part of

      ite opponents , he would move the resolution . ( Cheers . ) He proposed , in a brief speech , the following : — " That the resolution of the public vestry , on the 17 th of Februar ) ' , 1 S 3 T , in these words— ' That it is the opinion of this vestiy , that the introduction of the New Poor Law Bill into the pity of London , and the formation of the whole city iuto one union , will not only benefit the rate-payers , but improve the condition of the poor , and provide greater comfort for the aged and infirm ; aud , therefore , this parish desires to participate in the benefits to be derived from the union , be now rescinded . " Mr . Henley seconded the motion .

      Mr . Bigxou was altogether opposed to the present proceedings . He defended the expenditure of the parish as economical , and contended that , under the powers given by the New Poor Law , the rates were more satisfactorily collected . He could not B ' eld to yrhat had been said in respect to salaries by r . Proctof ; he wished that gentleman would give them facts . A deal of economy and saving had been effected throughout the country by the working of ths Poor Law Bill . Under the old system many thousands of parishes with not more than 50 to 300 paupers had all the expensive machinery of parish

      government . That was not the case atpresent . A great saving had been made b y putting the management into fewer hands , and the savnig thus ^ tfected was far greater than the amount paid in salaries to the ^ commissioners and others under them . ( Oh , oh ? " ) Many , he was aware , had come to that vestry not to hear , but to vote . ( "Oh , oh ! " ) It had been said , that the New Poor Law was not required for London . To show that it was as much required here-as in the agricultural districts , he would only say that the cost of a pauper in London was ax 20 s . to 7 s . ia well-regulated country parishes .

      Mr . Lowe , as a guardian , must say , that the poor in St . Bride ' s had 12 ounces more solid food per week than they had under the old law . They had also tea and sugar given to the old . As to what had been said with regard to the medical attendants , he could only say that many highly respectable surgeons were anxious to get the employment , and when Dr . Proc tor spoke of the number of persons ¦ whom a parish doctor had to attend , he should remember that all tke parishioners were not paupers , and that they were not all sick . ( Laughter and cheers . )

      Dr . Pboctou contended ^ that two-thirds of the agricultural population were poor . It was true that there were overseers , Arc , in small parishes under the old act , but they were not expensive . ¦ ...- 'They , however , lived in the district , and were under the influence of their own measures , whilst the commissioners under the present act were safe in Somerset House from the consequences of any directions they might give . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Btrne ( Chairman of the Board of Guardians ) said , the commissioners had never attempted to interfere with the board of Guardians , either in ihe election of oflicers or the mode of givingielief . " " * ¦¦ "

      Mr . Obbard moved as au amendment " the previous " question . " They were not competent to rescind the resolutions . They had deliberately passed it . - ( A voice , "Yes , by a majority of how many ? " Another voice , "Why lust four . " Laughter . ) After they had passed it they had acted upon it . They had sold their property under it , and it was not possible for them now to set it aside . They had heaTd agreat deal about the arbitrary character of the bill , but it had not been stated to them what they could scarcely forget , that the guardians being subject to annual election were completely under the control of public opinion . Mr . West seconded the resolution .

      Mr . Wood ( president of the " Cogers" ) agreed ¦ with Lord Brougham ( much laughter ) as to the character of this act . Its operation showed that it was daily elevating the moral character of the poor , and teaching them to depend on themselves . (" Ob . ! ohl" and laughter . ) The money saved by the New Poor Law was not taken from the poor , but obtained by a reduction in law expenses . He thought that the best illustration ne could give was , that the parish of St . Dunstan , which was not under the Poor Law , was one of the worst governed parishes in the kingdom , while St . Bride's , which was under the Poor Law * was one of the best . Mr . Devjby said , in accepting the office of guardian , his sole motive' was the improvement of

      the condition of the poor . He admitted the powers given to the commissioners were great , but public ppmion was much stronger . Mr . Rv Tjlyloe opposed the rescinding of the resolution , as no practical good , but much practical evil , might result tram it . The act had been carried by the Radicals . . ; AParwhioner inquired whether tke resolution could be legally rescinded ? ; The Vestry Clerk said that it could , * ., Several parishioners expressed their opinion , that if they rescinded the resolution the parish would be mvolved m litigation . ; Mr / M LocGHMN said , Aat nobody could ju ure of the working of the Poor Law except those who had seen it in practice . Ihi never heard of such ub-

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      surditie 8 ; as had ^^ that ' riigiit . been , Haefed . The . cry raised against the Poor . Law ConiinTssioners' leiihim to nuticipate : that their very names would become a nurseiy bugbear . ( Loud laughter . ) > . ¦ ¦ ' Mr . Bacon replied at considerable length . He would not'reciprocate the / term f absurdity , " arid other equally cdurteous . epithets ,: which had been applied to the objects of the movers , of the resolutious . To prove \ yhat he had said about the raising of the ratei it was only necessary to remind them that the rate had been a fourjJeniiy rate ^ arid they were now called upon for a severipeririy rate . Mr . Wood had called St . Dulistan the most corrupfc i arid St ., Bride ' s the . most pure parish , and to' sftike b . balance between them he ( Mr . Wood ) wished to tuck them up togbther . ( A laugh . ) Talk of

      absurMtyjWhatabsurdity could be greater khan this , except that of geritlemen cotning to ask the vestry W ; grant them £ 1 , 000 or £ 1 , 100 , without being able to inform them what ; one single penny of it was for ? ( Laughter arid cheers . ) In the conversation as to the legality of rescinding the : resolution , p . decisionof the Lord Chancellor was referred to ; they mtwt remember tlmt it was not to the Chancellor , but to the , Queen ' s ; Bench ^ they would have to appeal ; and a ? he ; had said before , and he defied coutradiction , all t % 1 decisionsVof that ; court in cases where a local act existed had gone against the Cpmmifisiouers . ( Cheers . ) . v . The amendment ; was then put j followed by the resolution , and the chairman declared the latter to be carried . ^ •'¦ ¦ ' . T ^^ niajorityffor the resolutidn was very ¦ Bre ' at . -.: '" - ' '¦ ¦ •¦ : ¦ '¦' : ¦ . '¦ ¦ . '¦ . •¦ ¦ ¦ •¦ ¦' ¦ ¦¦ . ¦• '" : : ¦ ' ¦ ' ' - ¦ ' : " ' - " /¦ ' . ' - ' ¦

      • Mr . Wood demanded a division amidst much corifusion . '' :: ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ - . ' ' ¦ ¦'¦ : ¦; ' . ¦' : - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . . Several gentlemen , supporters of the Poor Law , thought a division nunecessary . A division , hpweveri was persisted iri , vaiid took placje , but the ^^ majority , was so utterly beyond dispute that thelumbers werenot cqunted , though the opponents of the resolution were clamorous for tne numbers being ^ kfen \; - . but \ ' - . - :. : ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦; - - ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' •• . ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ' '¦ ¦ •¦ ' ' )'' ¦ : ' ' ' ¦ ' .. • . ' ' . ¦ ¦ v / : ¦ -.. The Chairman ,. after considerable confusion , said he . declared ^ 'the resolution carried . A poll of ; the 1 whole ^^ parish was then demanded by Mr ; Williairis and Mr ; M'Loughlin , but it was discovered that their demaad in writin g was not pertinent , therefore another demand , signed by Mr , Wilhams andi Mr . George . Proctor was handed in . . ¦ ¦; . .- ' ¦'¦ ' ... ¦ ¦ ' : ¦ - ' " ¦ . . ¦ . ' - ¦ ' . ' - . : ¦ . ¦ . ' ¦ ¦' . . '¦'" . '¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ ..

      ' / rhe ChaiKman then appointed the poll to commejice at ten o'clock on Monday last , and to close atthree . ¦ : ¦ /; : ' ; ¦;' : . ' : ' - ' .. / ' : ' : ; / V ' .. ¦ ¦'¦ ' Mr . Swain ( who hiid been very active with the oppoiiente of the New Bastile Law )^ said of course the poll would be taken by ballot , as was ihe custom oftheparish . , ! ; : . The CriAiivMAS said yes , certainly . Dr . pRoctiOB then moved ^ and Mr . .- ' . Swain- seconded , the following resolutiori , which was also passed by a great majority;—^ That no money wbich is now , or shall Hi future be , raised for the relief and support of the poor of tliis parish ^ shall be expended by any persons other than the trustees and overseers appointed by public vestry . " * A poll was also denianded upon . this resolutiori .

      '" ^ . ' -A *> nm ' Qf £ l ' , lflO . 'Was '' th ' en ;; prbposed''to '; bi *' '' raised for the roliei of the poor for the ensuing quarter . On the qtiastibn beiug put r = Mr . Swain wished to kiiow how it was that they now * iyanted a seveupenuy . rate , while for the last quarter , which was the most severe in the year , a fourpeiiiiy rate was auifilT cieut . ? It was rather an extraprdinar } 'jump from 4 d . to 7 di , and he should like some explanaticn oh that point . Mr . Biunon said they must recollect the rental had been reduced 15 percent . " . ' Mr . Swain said that could only raised the rate to 4 id . and a . lra 6 tion , buti ) ot by anyinean < j to 7 d . Mr . Bacox suggested tliat this vote should be novr acceded to , arid if hereafter they found aiiy trickery liad been practised upoii tliem , they could ( having passed the resolutiony of that eVenuig ) reduce the grant next time .. : , . The vote accordihgly passed , aiid the vestry then broke up , after a vote of thanks to the Chairman .

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      I DO KINGS OK NOBLES CARE FOR US ? ( From Tail ' s Magu ~ iiie . y When you Jjchoid a king enthroned , Or toiling to a foolish foast ^ Or queens in luxury our . oned , . And treated like ' some heavenly'guest— . Restrain yourself , keep oh your hat ,. Muke riot tho . letist degrading fuss ; Kor , when , the truth is spoken , What Do kings or hobleij care for us ? When you beholdj with rakish lords , A poiiinous bishop takes liis place , Arid m : trk liis einpty , 'measured words , Andsimpering nothing ma . * i ' bf faceV- ^ Restr . iin yourself , kew oh Vour hat , Makn not the lesist ifegraaing fuss ; For , whim the truth is 8 pokenj what Do lords or bishoiis care for ua ?

      ^ 'hen you beliolda rockltiss lord , - . Great by hirtgrauUCather ' s deserts , AValk boldly to thecouucilhodrd , Andfrpwn as if n man of parts—^ Restrain yourself , keeppn your hat , Make not thfi least degradiug fuss ; . For , if the truth were spoken , what Does any lurdling cave for us ? When at the hustings called to * ote , And having passed the tuxUian ' s shrift , You stand unshaved , in thread-bare coat , To send ^ . gentlewni to thrift , ? - Restraui yourself , keep on your hat , Your power isshort , aud think of this 'T \ vere shame to cheer an emptyflat , Or help » scoundrel to ; a place .

      When pejisioneilpeers or dowagers , With thousands by the mouth or year , Pretend to opi ; n up their purse , That they . niiijr . jp- the prints appear;—Js ' t not as occafn should give . l ) ack A \ vave , while tifty thousand streams Makebarroiiinany abeauteojis track To fill her iV-whence , then , your acclaims ? The WORKING MAN sViDflJA have , one thought—To be for ever free to toil ; Andkeep the wealth so dearly bouglut , To make hisjownhearthstirie to smile . Some toil in thia , and some in that ; 1 But o ' erthe great you make no fuss : Thair toils may soon be told—and what Does any great man careiorus ?

      The Tight divine to govern wrong Is now an old-insanity ; ... ¦¦ : . ¦' ¦ And lordly beagars will ere long-Be—v < -hiit all beggars ought to be ; To . such , allsuch , keepi-qnyour hat ; Despise tlieir coldhe . ^ s of theiir fuss ; Despise thein—were it even that They should affect to care for us . Philo-Behanger

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      A PATRIOTS SECOND LETTER to the British people on the present state of the country , &c , &ci , with a letter to the . operatives , and another to the . Queen . A GrTjiiEtXio B . * .. ? ' London : Saunders and Qtley , Conduit-Street . This is a very spirited and energetic little wort , from the pen , we suspect ^ of one who appertains to that" order" which iriay be least of all suspected of any sympathy with the people , but who like a white bird in a flock of erovi s , stands prominently forth ( conspicuous only for his approximation to purity . We subjoin the following extracts from : thei letter to . the ; Cotton Spinners . ; .

      " When Ipeni ^ ed the incomplete and garbled statements of the press bu the tnal at Edinburgh , of your unfortunate and persecuted fellowivrorkmen , I was inclined to believe th ' af , ifriotguflty , they were muphto blame ; but in attending tlie meeting which was held at the Mechanics' Institution , on the latinst ., and paj-ingr particular attentioii to the statements of the delegates ^ from ^ Glasgow , I then Felt satisfied , that your companions were innocent . The extraordinary , coiiductof the government , in arresting your fellow-wprkraeriv at an unusual hour on a Saturday night , throwing them into a durigeonj without eyen a mattrass to lie upon , detaining them in prison seven months , dragging { hem repeatedly

      from Glasgow to Edinburgh , compelling them tb convey and support a large number of . witnesses at thei ^? own charges , arid obliging . thein to incur for their defencev the disgracefully large expense of three thousand pounds , pte ^ nts a hideous picture of arbitiary meanaessand . cruelty . . . * . * , ¦ ' . ¦¦' ... "• - ^ Daniel O'Cojinell is againstyouj and it is rather fortunate than otherwise that the demagogue hag shown himself in his trae colours .. After the operatives ofDublin have helped for some Vears past , by their contributions , id till his hat with abns , m tbp hourqftheirdifficu % anddistress , belays crimes to tUeir charge , which the poor men never dreamed of commitiingy aiid Hke a true mountebank , iri the face of his constant calls upon them t 6 agitate , sigitate , he jumps round and tenders his support to Uie government to crush them . He bbiects also to a

      poorlaw for Ireland ; he would continue to leave his starving countrymen , to the gerierbsily of their landlords and absentees , which has f lready made them a _ by word for misery and wretchedness , in every kingdom iu Eufppe ; Hoy ^ truly correct is the assertion of the wisi'mau , in regard to such conduct , wheiihe says , " the tender mercies op the wicked are cruel . " iThe Irish people wereneverrriore grossly mistaken than in the qharacter of Air ; O'CorintSl : ' he has never provedhiniself to be a true patriot , Ke has always shown himself ; the mere party riian ; land should they continue ; to encourage him , by the subscriptipitt of a large annual : iricbrrie , in his course of worse , than ttselessness ,. it is notimprobable , that heroaybVthe means ojyet driving the wheels pf despotism dsrosstheiruecks . '' , ; . ; ,. The letter to the Qu een is criaracteri . sed b y good sense arid honest simplicity throughout , rare qualities

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      in thei privileged ;^ ' orders ^ . '' : "• ' ; : ' W $ select , however , the ^ following single ; sentencesui thejone : we most highly arid erifireiy ; appjause :--r V ' . ' . ' :. ¦¦ ^ ; ; " The second is , that your Majes < y , df ypnr goodr ness and mercy , may be gracipusly pleased to grant a free and unconditional pardon to the unfortunate Cotton Spinners of GlasgPw . " - / ; - ¦ ; :

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      ' r THE MAGAZINES . . The NEW MONTHLY : of thet presefit inonth . contairis " i Gurriey Papers , ' No . i 6 ,, aprosy . uninteresting continuation of former papers , evincing neither tact nor talent . " Old Madeline '' is a simple . affeicting story well told , by Mrs . C » S . Hall interwoven with which are some- > ery sprightly descriptions bf French manners and scenery in the nei g hbourhood of Havre arid Horir , fleun We reconimend the following sentence from it to universal attention . '

      ^ I shbuld have mentioned another advantage which 'Havre possesses over Liverpool , and , indeed , over all bur En fflish towns . I never saw either men or woriieri . intoxicated . Labouring under the sc 6 rcb > ing snn , brandy so xheapi that eteri an Englishman might intoxicate himself to his heart's coijtent for thre ^ -halfperice , they jgo soberly , if not Quietly , to their beds , satisfied with their salad sripper or their cupofcofwe . - , 'Have ypu Temperance'S 6 cietiesh 9 re ? , "I ^ o , " said the French lady of whom I enquired , ^ wei do ribt need them . -. ¦ v

      ' >! thought of the disgusting scenes produced by Eriglish druflkenness , and was ashamed for my country . " -.. v '' " - " " : . ¦'" ' : ¦ ¦ ¦ ,,. ' ¦ . "¦ . '¦ ¦ ' . V ¦;¦¦ , ¦ ¦ The next is ^ The Romance of a Keyhole , " , by DoUGLAS Jerrold ^ is , an exceedingly apirited arid humurous descriptipu of yarious scenes and circumstances arising out of a night ' s drunken revelry by a Brazier , named Jereiny Dqnbrovvri ; there are seven chapters in the Story . / We give / the first , which , though very goody is riot ' equal in point either of iitterest or humour to the

      succeeding ones . ¦" . . * ' Pa t twelve o ' clock I" wailed ; aii old watch man as he crawled along Bishopgate Within ; the gusty wind aud pattering rain drowning the modest cryof the venerable guard . 'VPast twelve o ' clock !" he moaned ; and the wind rising , and the shower thickening , the watchman paused , gathered up his rheumatic joints , now lowered : MV lantenr to the pavement , now raised it towards the mud-black sky , -and finding all things safe , turned ^ himself round and hobbled to his dox . In sooth , it Wias to pay a high , an undeserved compliment , to tlie

      prowess of any known burglar , to suppose thstt on such anight he would leave his down * goose-fcather , flock , or straw , to force a door or pick a lock . The most prejudiced thief * peeping from his casement on such a night , might , without shariie or remorse , with not a blush upon his cheeky haye resolved to ; go to bed . In such a night , sure we are that virtue and wealth might safely sleep with the door on the latch ; nevertheless , thefblks of Bishopsgate Within , from the mere force of habit , drew their bolts arid turned their locks . It had been well for Jeremy j ) uribrbwa had his door been barred ^ -better still , had it not been locked . . - ' " - ' - ¦ ¦

      " .: " The watchman was ensconced in his box , asleep and happy . Messed Morpheus ! Thou whose ample . cloak' wraps the beggar and the king , tho slave and the tyrant , —thou who dost stand betweeri the fierce wrath of man and man ' , — -thpu who at night Callcst off the pack of worrying cares from the hunted wretch , and comest to him Twith hope among the straw , —thou didst visit Bairnaby Argus , watchman of Bishopsgate , in his deal-board castle , ibaking him , in soft deliuipus .. dreams , no less a . potenta . te

      than beadle of the ward ! Ihe coat of squalid drab had ripenedinto regal purpler-trievgreasy hat -was bound with gold , and jutted boldly out at three corners , the old crab-stick had shot up to a staff , siirmoiinted by the Silver knob > of high ^ authority ;—arid , walking at the head of fifty boys and girls , Barnaby Argus , watchman , heard not the wind , felt not the rain , —so weather-proof did dreaming fancy make him . The beadle strutted and exulted—but the watchman remained a capitt mortmon in the box .

      "Past twelve o ' clock , and—oh ! shame to the ripe manhood of fifty—Jeremy Dunbrowu , his ^ senses muflled in strong drink , sought his home . Let the truth be said , though the shame fall upon Jeremy : Punbrown was drunk ; -. ' yea * so drunk s that unassisted he liad not that night approached his hoBsehpld gods , at the hour we write of , fast asleep ^ for Jeremy , hapng the street-door key in his pocket , kept ribt the lares fitting up . Dunbrown wasa bachelor f hence , it was his peculiar boast at the club , that he kept nobody waiting for him save the fleas . . " We have inferred that Jeremy wound not his way down Bi . "hopsgate alone . No : great is the benoficence of Bacchus , who numbers in his train thousands of little lacqueys ^ to sober eyes invisible , whose duty it is to lead the votaries of their purple master safelv home . The water-drinker could not

      see the jolly little satyr with its small kid hoofs clarterinefaljmg tlie Stones of Bishiopsgate * keeping Jeremy Dijnbrown from posts and gutters , —how steadying his right leg , now the left—now ? flinging a vine or hop-plant over him , pulling him back lest he fall upon his nose—Jeremy ; all the \ vhile siniling , and uttering half-words from the corner of his mouth , in acknowledgment of the benevolence . These bao chanal fairies , thoasands though there be— for were they not , how wonld frail mortals find the door ?— - are not distinguishable by the profane sober ' nor are they to be seen by the small drinker , by the petty rascal who simpert ever a gill and thinks himsefr Silenus . No , no ; a man must labour in many vuitages to be worthy of such a . body-guard . Happy are we to assure the world that Jeremy Punbrowu wasthataian ! ; v - ; ,

      ; * J eremy , aided by his good genius-, shuffled down the _ empty street , the wiricl blowing , and the rain fatting . At length Jeremy reached the iron ; raif that skirted his ancient home . ' All ' s , right !' . said Jererny ; arid , as he spoke , the vmons fiury quitted its charge ( JeavingJt in order to see ^ safely to his door the Reverend jPpctorlVlagnum ^ at that moirieut much debilitated by a recent argument at Aldermari Bung ' s 011 Hebrew roots ) . ; " All ' s right ! . " . repeated Jeremy ^ and he laid his flattened pami against that consecrated pieces of wood , his own houseTdoor . ' All's right ! ' and Jeremy , with a smile sent from his very heart , a smile flickering in his soddened . facej dre > y from his breeches pocket the street-door kev . Ten rniriiitps

      more , and Jeremy would be stretched between Ms honsehbld sheets ! V : * ' Jeremy , with the key in his hindVsbughtto tura the lock : it vens very odd- ^ very strange—ratlief annoying , but Jeremy could not find the key-hole . Jeremy smiled ^ growled with fixed teeth , scratched with the key all over the dbor , stiU- ^ where was the key-hole ? Then Jeremy stood as upright-as circUmstaricefl would permit—cpughed— -and grasping the key anew , made a reckless dash at the door , " ns if—trusting to the guidarice of his good genius , he hoped to , find the aperture : wheii the key , struck

      by the violence ifroni his hand , rang upon the doorstep , and Jeremy , muttering objectionable paths ^ dropped upon his knees arid groped about the wet mud for his lost treasure . ' It ' s all right ! said Jerejny ,, . when , haying searched for ten minutes , he again rose upon his legs ycith the recovered key , which—^ so great was his presence of mmd--he carefully clearied with the tail of his coat . 'Mnd may clog the wards , ' said Jeremy , with , all things considered , superhuman sagacity . * Nbw then- — very ¦ droll-Tvery * odd , '—and Jeremy continued to scrape the key , as he thought , over every inch of ihe door— ' exceeding odd- —never kiiew such thing in born days—^ remarkable ^ -strange to a degree—ha ! ha ! capital joke—capit—damn the key . ! ' ¦ . ' .: "Such was the broken soliloquy of Dunbrown , as he stood perspiring' ; at his owjq door . Again ¦ he paused from his tofl—looked rip the street , dowii i ^ and again resp > ed by one vigorous effort to turn the lock . Again in silen . ee did he run the key bver the door ; bfeatHessly he searched for the desired opening ; then his . hand ; fell to Ms side , and on ai sudden he stood : convinced fbr once and for eyer . ¦ "I : see it , '' --criedJeremy Dunbrown , — "I see it T-the dishonesty ol the times!— some damned tnief has stolen the key-hole ! ' , ; " As Jeremy said this , his legs slid from under him , arid he came—as his good luck would have it- ^ - softlydown ^ upori the dobrrstep , ^^^ He was ^ scarcely well down ere his eyes were closed } and , snoring hard , with the utnapprppnatei key grasped ia ms ri g ht hand , ; Jeremy JJunbrown sat in the shadow of his own double-locked door- ^ sat arid slepti "

      The remaining coritents are "'Female Portrait Gallery , " from Sir Walter Scott , L . E . L y& My First Visit to Brussels , T . Gr . Grattari ; 'I < ¦ Wedding Tactics ; " ¦ " Mariner ' s Note-Book " and several IJnion Pieces ; besides the Conversazione in which several new works are noticed . ¦ ' ¦ ' ' ; '

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      NICHOLAS NICKLEBY . / : : ' ' \ ;¦ . - Part I . '¦ ¦; ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ > '¦ ¦' ; ' . . ;• . ' " .. .. ; , ' : . ¦ ' . ¦ EpiTEb ByBpz . "¦ . .. r - '¦ . ¦ "¦ * ¦ ' This work promiseg , so far as we can judge frojji the sample of , It how produced , amply to sustain the ^ credit of its airfhbr . vThe style is boldy iiree , aiid ^ graphic ; there is no prosirig--riq urinecesaary application ; every , word tell » . The only character as yet developed is ' that of Ralph Nicklebyy a gold hound of ^ the highest breecf , whose eye ^ affection

      had become transmitted to the preciou 8 metalsj arid whose '; sense of feeling Is in the breeches pocket . There is ai ? o ari important personage Vintr ^ uced of the name Wackford' Sjjueers , a knajiah . tormentor of urchins , in the shape bf an ignorant ^ prtshire schoolmaster , at whose " academy ,. DotheboysHall , at the delightfnl yillage of Dotheboysj ji ' ea ^ t Crrita Bridgej-5 u Ycrksbjre . Ypnth are bparo ^/; 4 otn " ea , bpbked furnished with pocket-mpneyj- proyi 4 ed with all necessaries , instructed in all languages , Hvirig and dead , mathematics , orthograpy , geometry

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      astrpnoiriy , trigoribmetryj the use of the btJ ^ algebra , Mttgle sticky ( if f equjred ) , % itrne ^ a ^ metic , fprtificfation , ::-. and every other branch ^ classical Jiteratare . / ^^ s ^ twenty gui ^ - ^ annum . No extras ^ no vacations , and dtp * i ^ paralleled , " The . following sketch will S ^ . Si reader an idea of one , at least bf Mr . S queew' nulx fications : — . :. ; . ? v "¦[ ¦¦ '¦ } ¦; .. " •¦¦ - ; V ; ; - ; - ; . " - - v . ' [¦{¦ *^ . u . Squeers ' s appearance wasriot preposse . wTr . ' ' He had but one eye , and the popular premoic ^? in favour of two . l ^ he eye he had was unqnexS ? ably useful , but decidedly . nop- ornamental , bek »?* a greenish grey , arid in shape resembung ih ^ hw light of a street door v The bfenk side of his fe ^ was much wrinkled and puckered up , wbii mF hhn avery : sinister aofeairance , especially when v smiled , at-which tunes his expression border ^ closely on the villanoris . / His hairwas vprvfl ^ f /^

      s > hmjr , ; save at theendt ? , where it was brushed stuF upfrom ^ n . low protruding forehead , which assS well with his harsh voice and coarse maniser If ? was aboot two or three and . fifty , and a triflebelov themiddle size ; he wore a , white neckerchief * ift long erida ^ Vand a snit of scholastic black , biitir cpat sleeves being a great deal too lorig , aBa U trousers a ' great deal too short , he appeared 213 ease in his clothe 3 ,-and as if he were m a pcrpehwi state ; of astonishment at findiuy himself ra ^ spectable . . •¦•¦ ¦' : ' ¦¦ ** " Mr . Squeers wasstaridingiria box byori ^ of ft ; ntiea

      conee-room nre-piaces , : with one such taw as is usually seen in cbffee-rc ^ ms , and two of exW ordinary shapes and dimensions ' made to snit& angles of the partiti « n ; In a comer bf a seat wa *! very small deal trunk , tied round with a scaWfl piece of cord : and on the trunk was perchea-- ] X lace-up half-boots and corduroy trowsers danrfhw in the air—a diminutive boy , with his shoul&n drawn up to his ears , and hk hands planted on hi knees , who glariced timidly at the schoolmasfe fromtime to timewifli eviderit dread and appS hension . ¦ ¦ ¦' . ' , ' ¦ ¦'; ¦¦'¦ : . ¦ ¦ ¦ .. - ¦ ' ... ¦ : ¦; ¦¦ "• , ¦ : '• : ¦ : . * .: ; -

      • 'Half-pastthree , "muttered Mr . Squeers , triri ing from the window , and looking sulkily at thi cpffeerrodrxf clock . " There will be nobody W to-day ; " : - . . ;¦ ¦ ¦ : " . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦' ¦¦ .. ¦¦ ¦ . •¦ ¦ •'¦; ; ' ' ¦ /¦ " . ¦[ ¦ ¦ : . ¦ : ¦ . ; " Much ; vexed by this reflection , Mr . SqueeW looked at the little boy to see whether he was doin » anything he could beat him for : as he happens not to be doing anything at all , he merely boxed Si , ears , arid told him not to do it again . " ; _ "AtMidsummer , "riautteredTlAr . Squeers , resttni irig his .. complaint , ' '' I took down ten boys- ' t « i twenrysr-two ; hundred pound . I go back at eiclt o'clock to-morrow morning , and have only threes three oughts an oughts-three twos six—sixty ponnd What ' s come of all the boys ? vrhaVs parents go into their heads ? what does it all inean f ^ 'I Here ^^ the little ^ boy on the ' - ' . top of the trunk /^» a violent sneeze . :

      " Halloa , Sir ! " growled the schoolmaster , rurni inground . ¦? What ' s that , Sir ? " ¦ : ; . ; ^^ "Nothmg , please , Sir ^ ' Vreplied the little boy ^ Nothing ; Sir ! " excliaimed Mr . Squeers . ' ' 'f Please , Sir , I sneezed , " rejoined the boy , treni . bling till the little trunk shook under him . * "Oh . ' sneezed , did you ? " retorted Mr . SqueeW " Then what did you say ' nothing' for , Sir ? - Iri default of a bettet 1 answer to this question ; the little boy screwed a couple of kriucklesinto eaS of bis eyes and began to cry ; wherefore Sir . Squeen knocked him off the trunk with ablow on one si de of his face , and knocked him on ; again with a bbw on theotberv ¦ •¦ ¦¦¦'¦' : ; " ; " Wait till I get you down ; into Yorkshire , mi young gentleman , " said Mr . Squeers , 'fand then I'll give you ; the rest . Will you hold that kohl Sir ? " ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ . ¦ . - ¦ . ¦ . •;¦¦¦> .: •' : ¦' . ¦•• . ' ' •¦ ¦ ¦ :-. ¦' : ' .. ¦ ¦¦ •'¦ .: •• ¦ ' ^?

      " Ve—ye—yes , " sobbed the little boy . rubbas his face' very : hard with the Beggar ' s Petition n printed calico . ¦ ' : - " Then do so at once , Sir , " said Squeers . "Do you hear . ?"; ' : : ;\ : : ' -- ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦''"' - ¦ ¦ : ' ' ; ' ^ - •' .:- ¦' / ' ¦' . .. ; As this admonition was accompanied with a threatening gesture , arid littered with a savage « . pectj the little boy rubbed his face ^ harder , as if i keep the tears back ; and , beyond alternately , smf . firig arid choking , gave no further vent to W eiubtions ..: '¦ .. ;; - j- ' " ;¦ ¦ , ";' -. ;;¦' ' ¦¦ ' ' , ' ' : ' ; . ¦ ' : . - ¦ : ; ' ¦ " Mr . Squeers , " said the waiier , looking in at tha juncture j" here's a gentleman asking for you it tho : bar . " ' . *'¦ ¦'¦ V -. ' v ; - ¦¦ .. -v ;¦; ' . ;/¦ ... ¦ ¦;; •;¦ , ; . ¦• ¦ '¦

      "Show" the gentleman in , Richard /* ¦' xeplied'ifr . Squeers , iri a soft voice . "Put your handkercliiei in your pocket , you little scoundrel , or 111 niurdn you when the gentleman goes . '' ' The schoolmaster had scarcely ottered these words in a . fierce whisperi ; when the stranger entered Affecting not to see him , Mr . Squeers feigned tofe intent upon mending a peri , and offering benevolent advice tohi * youthfulpupil . ; v " My dear child , " said Mr . Squeers , " all people have their trials . This early trial of yours that-iift . toma ^ e your Httle heart prirst , arid your very eja 01 witn

      come put your neaa crying , wnat ia s ? Nothing ; less ^ ^ than nothing ; You are leavingymi friends , but you will have a father in me , my dear , arid a mother iri Mrs . Squeers . At the deligbt&l village of Dotheboys , near Greta Bridge , in York shire , where' youth are boarded , cloth « d , book ^ , washed , furnished with pocket money , provided with all necessaries— " ; ; > "It is the gentleman , " observed : the stranger , stopping the schoo ^ aster in the rehearsal of te advertiseme ^ it . " Mr . Squeers , I believe , Sir P " " The' same , Sir , " said Mr . Squeers , " with aii assumption of extreme surprise . "

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      ¦ . ¦; :.- , TAIT'S MAGAZINE . : ;¦ _ The first is , a well written article on the Kepo Slavery- Abolition- Question , in which the eloquent speeches recently delivered on this important subject by Lord Brougham , are largely , quoted so as to place it before the reader under the" most sp irit stirring aspect . Then comes one of Eberiezer Ellioifi Ballads ., ;' The storming of Badajoz . " •; Be * whioh , we have iri the poetical line ' . * ' a Hymn fe the Students of ( Grottingen , '' '' The Day Storm of Thunder , and a piece of excellent advice which « have transferred to bur Poefs corner under & title of "Dp : Kings or Nobles care for us . ' Of the other original'Contributioris ^ the autph' c graphy of an English Opium Eater . Kecoliectioniof Charles Lamb , " is a long tiresome effort atniiign ^ f ' ing a few personal anecdotes and fiuptiosed trataof

      character , into a book . A wholejiriortar cohinB is devoted to a description of the manner in wHcli the said Charles Lamb rises ; or rather comej dowB from his stool ta receive the opium eater jtheii follows a grave recital of the opium eater ' s rea » n ? why he preBented his hand to the said C ®« Lamb instead bf adhering to + ' the ^ English Custoin ( a wise " one ) - of bowing in frigid silence . " / The whole paper is an excessively ^ laboured tu rgiim ^ S of puerilities / " TheLondon peripatetic"' isainu ^ - There is also a- letter on the Corn Laws fio | Elliot . ; Besides lengthy and Yaluable ex ^ from Mr ; Bulwer ' s' last novel , Miss Mart in ' wi 1 ' ' u Retrospect of Western Travels / ' and Miss ; !»«• rence's Historical Memoirs of the ' Queens 9 ^ England , " with critical temirks on theirworis .

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      ERASER'S MAGAZINE . ¦ The first article in -Fraser tinV mouth , ,-. '«'' : " ** admirable piece bf special pleadingj entitled" Bundled Mont / is of Liberalise in which thewrK * proves most JesuiticaUy that all the ills and B » chiefs the ; " state is heir to , haye ' arieen " from ^* passing of the ^ Catbblic Eriiancipa ^ ori Bill , inr 0 He also proves by ^ -a ; process of reisonipg peculiarly his Owh , ( thai is-tpsay ' dogged ' assertion wiflio ?| any ^ reasofi at all ) that . "Liberalism is in ^ deli ^'' He is- ^ ery : angry with the IrishVEcclesia ? ti % Corjttinissioners , because their exertions have W * terminated too soon , and very angry with the Scotci Ecclesiastical Cpmmisjsipnere ,. because tBeirs h ^ been protracted too longv He isangry vith l > $

      Russell ^^ and Melbourne , fof tre ' ating the Di ? s 0 i ^ vvith . ' .-a : decent shew of civility . He is angry w * every body : whb thirilri it anjuniust thing to n ^ political distinctions between one man and wAo 8 & ) on accbtmt of his religious creeds And all" tH * vei ^ natoraL' -We ziev ^ yet knew ^ d ^' 1 «**? anxiously at f bone from / which h ^ had prenoW torn ; large slibes of delicibus meat , ; : but which be W been prevented ; from picking perfectly clean , «!* was not angry at every thiiigj an 4 every "boty ^ ri contributed to ; keep it from ^ ^ him . The amusing P * J of the matter is the simplicity of the poor man \ j deluding himself into the ' opinion , that ^ tecause ° >* people have manifestod in the clearest po ^ 11 ! 6 ?* that they are sict of Whig trickery and dislion ^ they-are , therefcrei necessarily arixious tolp * f

      return of T « ry Domiriatibn . ' ' < t ^ ¦ " ^ r ' present go ^ rh ^ readily .., ^ J ?" bidding of their masters , the Mdels , Dissent ^ and Papists of the empire ; but there is an hindraBF in % way . And whatisthat hmd > ariw ? ItJ ^ grpwirjg repugnanceof the people to sH sn <** f ^^[ Just in proportion as thfe real views and object theieaduifi ' Liberalsih ^ ve , become apparent ^ , feeling :. of JaiaSke m&A 4 morig ;; flie well »" ^ classes pf ^ urpopriT ^ tibn ; Heiice it is , we -& > £% barideii ^^ tpgeth ^ r / juiihonsarids andtensdfm ^^ t !

      we ^^ see , fbr&elr ^ rtoemiBriti 3 h : history , , ) S . ment triiminoried & fhbmdst ofihe hysd ^ olS attendant on the accession of oybuthfol que ^* . ^ - yet , in . the niidsl of all this exultatidn , anW ^ < j consisting pf 318 members returned to die H «~* l « . Cbmjnons ! . The people begm to rinderstan 4 »^ r thjago ^ reatns ^ and ^ esigM of & * W £ ; wm whichnifwswaysthegbverMaentrano ia _ P ^ pbr ^ bn to iheir increased jriaight is the » icrea * ° ^ their di ^ ust and alarm . Under the pr *« d « n * L ,, God , this feeling consdtutes now our chief F 0 lc tibri . " - ; ' ¦¦; : ¦¦ ¦• ; ¦ . ¦¦ ' . ¦ ¦" : " : ¦ : ¦ ' . . ¦'¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ •^¦ ¦ ¦ - . ¦¦; : ¦

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 7, 1838, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct522/page/6/