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      Knees . —Some three or font yews ago , Otto , the idiot , and his father were publicly and mutually deduisg e * ch other of unsound mind . Two kings exeh&nged the He , and yet for once Europe believed both ! ' ** Wjsll , Pollt , " exclaimed Prince Albert to the r * Toarite parrot . "Well , Prince . '" rejoined PoUy . ** My-ancle is coming to England , " continued the Prince . " Poor England ! " exclaimed the sensible bird , in & tone of strong sympathy . We B . EiD in & daily contemporary that it a Conservative dinner given a few days back , " the Queen and Prince Albert were drvnk . " What will the profligate Tories say next , to spite themselves of their Sovereign , in their dissolnte hours of idle merriment !

      As offer or Jive shillings in the pound has been Elide to the creditors of Lady Charlotte Bury . A ertvcn for * coronet is liberal indeed ! Asthma Bbeast Lamp . —A nea ; limp has been invented by Charles Henry Ackerly , Esq ., of her Majesty ' s navy , for the relief of persom afflicted ¦ wiih that most distressing complaint , the asthma its merely suspending it against the chest , and the inhaling of the warm air through the nostrils (; he lips are to be closed ) , is said to afibrd instantaneous And Effectual relief to the sufferer . The li ^ ht u ^ ed is tnx candle , and on entering » dwelling from the * ir j where the lamp is no longer required for medicinal purposes , it is available tor a . lantern to light the bearer about the house , by merely dropping the front slide . It is secured by patent , and vrill ^ probably be adopted generally by those tfiicted ^ nh that complaint .

      DrM 5 G Sir Astlet Cooper's ] ate serious indisposition , a friend etrenuousiy advised the calling in another practitioner , ne doctor being a medical oracle in his own case . " Much obliged , " replied Sir Astley , with a fervent grasp of the hand , " but I can die very comfortably without the doctor . " " What a queer compliment to the profession ! Ins rs £ of the rod is to be prohibited in the Poor Law Unions in future , but the Gltjbe announces thai the Penny Magazine is to be introduced into them . Trial's fair enough , as times go ; but " not preachee » nd floteee too , Massa , " a S \ mbo ^ ays .

      The Alphabet . —The * 24 letters of the alphabet ntay be transposed ^ O . -i ^ QlJ Sa ^ . iSS ^ iriCKK ) times . All the inhabitants of the globe , on a rough calculation , could no : in a thousand million of years write oat all the trans-positionj of the 24 letters , even supposing that each wro ' . e forty pages daily , each of which pages coniained the different transpositions of the letters . Opposition to Teetotalisx . —The late spirited appeals made at Stillington in favour oi total abstinence , have produced a ferment among the principal innkeepers and brewers at that place , so much so tha ; they havs determined not to supply any more yeast to those who profess to be teetotallers .

      Oriemal Respsct to Paeevts . —Mohammed Ali , a remarkably tine little boy of about nine years of " age , is the fiuh , and youngest , and favourite son of the old Pasha . It is singular to see this little fellow ¦ wit h his father : he is permitted to take all sorts of liberties with him ; and the contrast of this freedom ie very striking compared with the solemn , formal Batnre of the interviews of Seid Bey , and even Ibrahim * Pasha with his father . The Pasha , amidst all the reforms he has introduced , has thought proper to leave , untouched the old habit of exacting the most profound submission from his ^ rown-up children . Whoa Seid Bsy , who as yet resides in the palace of the , Vomen , or " the b&rem of the Pasha , pavs his

      weekly visit every Friday to his father ; he enters the reception-hall with his " eyes downcast , his arms folded , and dares not walk up straight to his father ' s presence , but makesthecircuit of the divan slowjy and abashed , and at leagth stops at a respectful distance before the Pasha , approaches and kisses the hem of his garment , retires modestly , and stands again with folded arms and downcast looks : after an interval of two or three minutes , the Pasha salutes > iipi } beckons him to his Eide , and then he is per-Jiitted 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 every public interview , on each retnra of h : s from the army to Cairo or Alexandria . —Dr . Madden ?* " Mohammed

      Mi . " The r > " ? 0 RTO ' ATE mechanics of "Wai-all have aeked . for cheap bread , and the landowners have jpven them a Gladstone-When Esgushhxx really determine on paying off Albert—it must be in his own coin , and they muss 3 » t forget that his estimated value is a sovereign : The Youth of Washisgtos . —From the age of twelve Washington considered agriculture as his principal burlness , and thus lived in intimate sympathy with thoss predominant dispositions , the sterling and vigorous hab : ts of hia couutry . To travel , to hunt , to explore distant pans of the country , to enter into relations , no matter whether amicable or hostile , with the Indians of tbe frontiers ,

      Trere tne pleasures of bis yo \ ith . He ¦ was of thai active and hardy temperament whi : h delights in the adventures and perils that the nature of man , in its grand , wild , and savage form , incessantly excites . He had That strength of body , that perseverance , and presence of miad , oy which victories are made . He himself felt at hi 3 entrance into life a confidence somewhat presumpious . " I cau sfiim that 1 poster a constitution robust enough to support the severest trials , and resolution encigb , I flatter my-Milf t to &ea the almost that man can dtre . " To sdcxi a disposition war was still more suited than ' either the journey or the chase . A » sooa as the occasion offered itself he carried himself with thati ardour which , at the comm « ncemeai of life , does Tiot '

      always reveal talent so much as zeal . In 1754 , George II . had read to him , according to the com- < jnon account , a dispatch that the governor of "Virginia had transmitted to London , and in which i the young Major Washington finished the narra- ; tion of hi first battle , with this phrase— "I hive heard bullets whistle ; there is something chaim- ' ing in the sound . " a He would not say so ( said the king ) if he had heard much of it . "' Washington was of the King ' s opinion ; for when the major of the Virginian militia became commanderin-chief to the United States , some one having asked him if it were true that he had used such an expression , he replied , " If I said so , it was because I was verv young . "— Guisofs " Washinglm . "

      2 s o Mistake . —Dr . ivauciina being called upon io visit a sick man , a .-ked him , as he entered the room , how he did . " Oh , doctor , " replied the man , in a plaintive tone , " / am dead . "' The doctor immediately left the Toom , and repoited in the neighbourhood that the mm was dead . The report was at first believed and circulated ; but as soon as the mistake was discovered , the doctor was asked why lie had propagated a falsehood . He replied , " I did it on the best authority ; for I had u from the man ' s own mon : h . "

      Ascestst . —Dr . ^ Mounsey , by way of ridiculing family pride , used to confess , that the first of his ancestors , of any co : e , was a baker and dealer in iio ^ 3 , s . trade -which euabl-d him , wi' . h some difficulty , to support his family . To procure a present sum , this anctsier had robbed his feather beds of their contents , and supplied their deficiency with unsaleable hops . In a few years , a severe blight BnirerBally prevailing , hops became more scarce , and , of course , enormously dear ; the hoarded treasure was ripped oui , and a good ? nm procured for hops which , in a plentiful season , were of no ralue ; " and thus , " the Doctor used to add , " our femilv hopped from obscurity . "

      Ecce-ytric HfKAXip * . —John , Duke of Montague , made two codicils to his will , one in favour of his servants , and the other of his dogs , # ats , &c . Whilst writing the latter , one of his cats jumped on his knee . * ' What 1 "' says he , " have you a mind to be a witness , too ! You can ' t , for you afe a party concerned . " Titles op Pab . ua 3 ce . ves . —It is curious to read of the titles bestowed upon some of the aucient Parliaments . Thus , we find that in the reign . of Henry III ., the Parliament was called , on account

      of its opposition to iat kin ? , " Parliamentum inganum —the mad Parliament . In the time of lEdward III ., one was styled " the good Parliament . " In Richard the Second ' s reign , the people called them the " urunercifal Parliament , "* in order to show their dislike of tbe ' proceedings of tbe Peers against that nnhappj Sovereign ; while the enators at a- ljtter date were honoured with the cognomen of the " indoetem Parliamentum "—the illiterate Parliament . The " long , " and the " rump " Parliaments , jf stUl more modern times , are well known to all .

      The oDors of Eome persons is said to have been quite a perfnmfi . Plutarch mentioos that Alexander the Great smelt , not of carnage Like a hero , but Kost pleasantly . Fragrance proceeded also from Augustus . In the memoirs of the Qaeen of Navarre , we read that Catharine de Medici ¦»* 3 a nostg 3 y and Cujacius the civilian , and Lord Herbert of Cherbury , -were equally delighted . Dr . Speranza lately witnessed a strong balsamic fragrance from the inner part of the left fore-arm of a healthy man , which continued , especially in the morniDg , for two months , and ceased for good on the supervention of feTer . Yan Swieten mentions a man whose left am-Eit smelt strongly of musk ; and Wedel and Gahre « saw each a similar example . —Dr . Elliotsen ' s Human Physiology .

      Death op thb YocTfG . —Oh' it is hard to take to heart the lesson that -such deaths will teach , but let no man reject it , for if i 3 one that ali must learn , and is a mighty universal truth . When death strikes down the innocent and young , for every fragile form from which he lets the panting spirit free , a hundred virtues rise , in shapes of mercy , raiarity , and love , to walk the world , and b ] es 3 it . Of every tear that sorrowing mortals shed on such green graces , so » e good is bora , some gentler nature comes . In the destroyer ' s steps there spring » P bright creations that defy his power , and his c&rk path becomes a way of light to heaven . — Humphrey ' $ dock .

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      HOUSE OF LORDS . —Friday , Feb . 5 th . Lord Brovgham 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 Chan cellos , brought down a message from her Majesty , requesting that Parliament would enable her to make provision for Lord Keane and his two next heirs , aa a recompense for hia services in India . In reply te a question from the Earl of Mou . ntcashel , relative to the detention and intended trial of Mr . M'Leod , in New York , as one of the party engaged in tbe destruction of the Caroline steam-vessel ,

      Lord Melbo * RS £ B » id a correspondence had taken plac « between Mr . Fox and tbe American Minister on tbe subject , in the course of which Mr . Forsyth , the American Minister , « aid it w& « a matter pertaining entirely to the state of New York , and In which the Federal Government could not interfere . He could hot itate what course the Government ¦ woald pursue , but the House might rely that British subjects should be protected , and the honour of the British nation maintained . Their Lordships soon after adjourned .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Thltisday , Feb . 4 . Lord Morpetu rcse to move for leave to bring in his Bill to amend the law relating to the qualification and rtgistnvtion of Parliamentary -voters in Ireland . He first stated the points on which he was disposed to go along with Lord Stanley . He wa * ready to abolish certificates as a test fur the right of voting , because they afforded facilities for personatien , and afforded no chetk upon tbe continuance of voters on the registry ifttr they had ceased to be qualified . He was willing also to ailow of a periodical revision ef the registry , and that that revis . on should take place once a year , instead of once every tight years , as was now the case . He would also allow an appeal both to objector * a . nd to claimants ; but be / ore he consented to these changes , he

      muit have the franchise clearly defiaed . >* or could he agree to deprive the Irish peasant of tbe facility be now enjuyed , of a quarterly recourse to the court of the assistant birrister . When once the voter was placed on the registry , he ( Lord ilorpeth ) was willing to allow ' . he . U * le to the franchise to be annually called in question for any nratter annulled or alttred in the original qualification ; but if no change of that sort had occum-d , he would be content to abide by the first searching inquiry exacted by tbe Irish Reform Act , for he could not agree yr . th tbe 2 s * ob ! e Lord ' s scheme , to attow a right once recognised to be yearly called into qnestion . He should propose the institution of a new & . urt of appeal , and here he "would retain the same provision as had Ixen introduced last year into the

      BUI of the Irish Attorney-General , and the same that ¦ wo uld be fonnd in the Bill for England , to be brought in by the Secretary for the Colonies . The new Appeal Court weuld consist of three barristers of a certain standing , to sit at Dublin , and to be appointed by . the speaker of the Hcuse of Commons . He now came to the question of the franchise . On this subject the opinioss of the juilges -were divided ; the opinions of the assistant barristers were divided ; the opinions of the leaders of two great partita were divided ; nay , frv ' . n the speeches of the Duke of Richmoad , Lord Stanley , Lord Melbourne , arul the Marquis of Lanedo wne , it appeared that the very framers ami authors of the Irish Kcform Act were divided in their opinions respecticg tbe franchise . The Xuble Lord then detailed

      the results of s careful inquiry that had been made into the » vate of the constituency in a variety of Poor Law Unions in Ireland- From the particulars obtained by that inquirv , it will be seen that in several of thttie uniens many individuals were found to be in possession of the franchise without being fairly entiLled to it . Hi siowci . 1 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 his intention to make the franchise dependant on the valuation to the p'jor-rate , according to the Is ' ew Poor Law , He wished to fix the standard of the franchise at the same amount at which the Poor Law fixes the liability of ' . he r&te-pijtr . That standard would be a £ 5 rat © ; and he would propose that the franchise should b * obtainable for a tenement rated to the poor at fire pounds a year , prevised the posssssor had an interest in thetiKcir . nl holding , for a period of not less than

      fourteen y . ars . Lord Sta > ley f-sprssscd his conriction that it would be impossible for the Xoble Lord to puss Lia Regutration Bill ia the course of tbe present seisi'n , saddled as that Bill was 1-y a spveies of postscript , which comprised a ' . l the characteristics of a new Reform Bill . Lord Stanley expressed sre . it exultation at the continuation given to bis own s ^ itrments by the statistical details reaJ by th ? XoMe Secretary for Irtl-nd . He appfa' / efl io tile Ni'Ue S-. cri . larT f ^ r tie Colon :- * to sajr ¦ wL-.-tbtr Lord Grey ' 3 Government , when fraiuiug the Iri = ii K-.-form Bill , 1-ail not txsed the franchise en proptrty rather than or . popu ' . uUon . It had been thought th « y had gone far though ' . Then they gave the franchise to £ 10 housclujlders in counties -, but now it was proposed to deluge the cuueties with £ i > householders . ' He did not intend , however , to cffeT any oppOiUion to the introduction of the N-jbie Lord's BiiJ , which he -w :, ul j lt-3 . Te to tell its own taie .

      Lord Howick , a . nud loud cheers from the Liberal benches , announced his dttrnnination to give bi .-s hearty cencurreLce to so much of his Noble Friend ' s measure as related to the qualification of rotcrs . Mr . O'COXJtELL said the House had now an opportunity to shew its friendly feelings towards Ireland , by piiilng a Bill which would be received wi ' . h satUfaction by the people of that country . They did nut know , ii ; the pnsent state of Euroj e , how soon they might have occasion fur Ireland , and it was now for them to make their choice between the curse of Ireland , and the Xoble Lord Lord Stanley ' s ; Bill on th « one side , anilthe bles-£ ir . £ 3 of Ireland and the rs ' oble Lord Lord Morpeth ' i Bill on the other . Mr . SHAfF wzs not surprised at the satisfaction of the Hon . and Learned Gentleman with the Bill . It was all but Universal Suffrage ; it was certainly Household Suffrage .

      "Mr . John O'CONNELL , in reply to some remaiks from Lord Howick , sought to justify those who had told the people of Ireland that the House of Commons felt no sympathy with that cur , try . Those who had held such language , had done so because they believed it to be true . The House had now an opportunity of disproving the truth of tbe charge , by agreeing to the Bill submitted to them . The Bill did not go quite eo far as he could have wished . He wvUj'i hax £ ii ^ d the franchise bas « d on the poor rate ind-ed , but without » ny limitation as to amount of tenure ; and in tLis , he believed , the Liberal Atsjciat ; on cf Ulster were prepared V ) go a great way wiih him .

      Mr . Hi"MB , Sergeant J . uuso . n , and several other Irish Members , addressed a ft-w remarks to the House , tLose on the Tory s-. de unanimous' } - condemning the adoption of so low a . itandard as that proposed by L . rd Morpeth for the franchise , and those uu the Liberal side , with the sa : ne unanimity , expressing their satisfaction with all the leading principles of the B : 1 L Mr . "Ward , as an English Member , expressed hia c ; nvic * . , ' -.-n vhat ' . lie Bill now proposed would be received by the public with great satisfaction . It was an honest Bill , and went to settle the question in an honest manner . The Bill of the Noble Lord opposite 'Lord Stanley ; was not an honest Bi ; l , and he said this wr . hout j fny intention to speak discourteously . The motion for leave to bring in the Bill was then aCTeed to without a division .

      Mr . Laijovcuere obtained leave to bring in a BUI for the better regulation of railways . The sale object of his Bill would be to increase the safety of railroad travelling ; but though he shouJii demand for Government such power of interference as might b « for the interest of the public , yet he should not , by any minute interference , taie away the responsibility which now rested on the railroad proprietors . On the whole , there was no mode of coaYeyaoce so Ea ' e or so free from accident as railroad travelling ; but when he rejected on the nature of the accidents -when they did

      occur , however trifling they might be in comparison witi the amount of traffic , it was not to be wondered at that they produced a great and painful excitement . Small , too , as was the cumber of accidents , it was possible , by judicious regulations , to mate khem less frequent . The Right Honourable Gentleman explained that it "was his intention to propose a licensing syEteHL He would propose that no engine-driver be employed , without being licensed . ; that a registry be kept ef all engine-drivers ; and thus , he belieTed , an important check would be obtained against the employment of improper persons .

      Lord J . 2 . vsSiZLL moved for leare to bring in a Bill for the Eegistration of Parliamentary Electors , and tiled , that the enactments of this BUI were nearly the June as thoa * of the Bill introduced ty him last year He proposed that out of a list of forty-five barristers , nsnaiinated by the Judges , fifteen should be selected by the Speaier , and thai , they should hold- thtir situations permsHenJv , a * revising barristers . The motion -wai agreed to , after a few words from Mr . Liddell and Cot Sibthohp . Lord J . RL'SgBf-j . made a statement of tame length , to ib « w the position in "which the colony of South Australia is at present placed , and expressed an opinion , that it -would be found necessary to ilter some of the Acte of Parliament now in force relative to that ooloBy . His Lordship concluded by moving the appointment of a select committee t © take those Acts into considention .

      Lord Stanley hoped the qnestion -would not be thrown loosely before the CommitUe ; and he doubted , is . a general principle , the policy of delegating to a Select Committee the legitimate duties of Government ' Lord J . Russell agreed with tie position of the Jfoble Lord as a general rule , but considered the present case one that ought to form an exception . The motion was agreed te . Sir F . Pollock obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the law relating to double costs , notices of action , ic ; and a Bill to allow a writ of error ia all c&sw of judement on a writ of maxdamm ,

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      Friday February 5 . Mr . E . J . Staklet mored for s new writ for Kintff County , In the room of N . Fitxslmon , Esq ., who has accepted the stewardship of tbe Children Hundred a . Mr . Sergeant Talfovbd presented petitions from Mr . T . Hood , the editor of the Comte Annual , from Mr . Cobbett , and others , in favour of the Copyright BUI . Mr . Cobbett in his petition prayed to be heard at tbe bar ot the House in support of the BJ ] J . . Lord J . Russell moved the thanks of the House to Admiral Sir B . Stopford , Commodore Sir Charles Napier , Major-General Sir C . F . Smith , Admiral Bandeira , and Admiral Walker , and thex > fficer 8 and men serving under their command durinMhe recent events in Syria . ¦ < a

      Lord Staklet seconded the motion , wj ^ lch was supported by Lord F . Egeeton and other Hq | ouxabla Members . -2 Sir H . Haiidinge , in supporting the mutM ^ iag gested that , now Sir Sidney Smith was dea ^ Mmoiiu * ment should be erected to his memory . W& ¦ . ' . The motion was unanimously agreed to . Ijr ; . Mr . Sergeant Talfourd moved the seooiid ' leading of the Copyright Bill , -which was lost by a pugofity of 45 to 38 . h&imi Mr . Haw as obtained leare to bring i ^ AJPf V > amend the laws relating to the medical profeKfiEl ; i Lord Mokpeth brought in the Qualiflcanifeand Registration ot Yoters ia Ireland Bill , which iflfRwad afirgttime , and was ordered to be printed . Vt The House then adjourned .

      Monday , Feb . 8 th . ¦ ' ' i A new -writ was issued for the borough of Richmond , Yorkshire , in the t « om of A . Spelts , Esq ., who ba £ >^> cepted the Chiltern Hundreds . ; ^ -v Lwd Stanley having stated the circttms 6 wJM « which led to the arrest of Mr . M'Leod , in New Yorlty on the charge of being a party engaged in the destrtoj tion of the Caroline steam-vessel , proceeded to ask tjpS Noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs , whetker , as a cm respondence on the subject of the loss of the Civrolfiis had taken place between the Government of the TJniied State * and that of Great Britain , as far back atfJjSa , he had any objection to lay that correspondence 5 > n ? b » table ; whether he had received any despatches fr « i £ Mr . Fox , containing the communications referred to 6 ^ Mr . Fox in bus letter to Air . Forsyth , recently pab- " lished ; and whether any , and if any , what steps hft < t been taken to afford protection to Mr . M'Leod ; and if there was any objection to lay the oorrespondenoe upon this subject also on the table of the House ?

      Lord Palmersto . n said that the Noble Lerd &d adverted with great discretion to a Bubject bo dcliiSte in its nature as to require being touched upon , If atjJRl , with great reserre . It was not expedient to hif the correspondence on the subject on the table of the House under existing circumstances . Her Majesty ' s Government had received despatches from Mr . Fox within the last fe-w days , enclosing the correspondence which had taken place between that gentleman and Mr . Forsyth , and as it had been already published in America he had no objectiou to lay copies on the table . It was important to state that , according to the information he had received , Mr . M'Leod 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 Sta . nley obserredthat the Noble Lord hod not answered one question—namely , what steps had been taken for the liberation of Mr . M'Leod . LordPALMEitsro . N replied that a somewhat similar case in principle occurred about eighteen months or two years back , in reference to which instructions were stnt to Mr . Fox , who had founded upon those instructions the steps he had already taken in the case of Mr . M'Leod . He -would only ask the House to believe that such further instructions should be sent out as Government deemed necessary , but it was not prudent V ) state what those instructions might be . Mr . Hume asked if no reply had been returned ii the American Government , which had , in 1638 , applied to aseertaiu if the enterprise was to be cupsidered as undertaken by the sanction of the Britfyi Government ?

      Lord Palmerstox said he was informed that instructions had been sent 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 ih | now change its ground . * Sir R . Peel asked whether some British officers had not received wounds in the affair of the Caroline , and whether they had not since received pensions as if those wounds had beeu received in the regular service of her Majesty . Lord John Russell said , one officer was wonnded , but he could not say whether he had received a pensioD . Mr . O'Co . nnell said the House ought to come to sume determination , that as Mr . M'Leod was acting under a British officer , his life should be savul . Tiii-y should come to a resolution that they were willing to : s-iist the Government in any bttps it might take to s ^ Te hi m .

      In reply to a question from Sir R . PEEL , Lord PaLXEKSTo . n said that the differences between the 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 frelandi Bill , which was read a tirst time , and ordtn . d for second reading on Wednesday , the 21 th instant Lord John Rcssell moved the second reading of th 6 Poor Law Amendment BilL

      Mr . D'Israel , in moving that it be read a second time that day six mouths , condemned the Bill as an outrage on the manners of the peeple of Englaud , and no financial consideration should be suffered to weigh against such an evil . By tbe Poor Law Bill the constitution of England had been destroyed for sordid considerations , and they had the melancholy reduction that even those sordid considerations had not been realised . Mr . Waklet said that the object 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 powtr to do whatever they pleased . Tbe object of the Pcor Law , recognised by the Parliament of England , was that no distinction should be made in the treatment of the poor on the ground of murit . The Xoble Lord ( Lord J . Russell ) « aid the object was that ne parson shou . 'd be allowed to starve . That was all that the Liberals , who supported the Noble Lord ,

      wou ! d do . They would not allow the poor to starvewhip Hem twice a fortnight—torture tbcui at pleasure — imprison them always—and clothe tbem , because poor , in a uniform which degrades them ; and this was what the Liberal side of the House was willing to inflict upon tLo poor . Hts appealed from them to the great Conservative party in the House , to come forward and rescue the workiug men of England from th « grasp of these political economists . He appealed to them , because the aristocracy of England were the natural leaders of the people . He was aware that what he was saying would be displeasing to those who sought for the repeal of the Corn Lawa , in order to have brea < l cheap , though they well knew that wages were always relative . The Hon . Member proceeded to condemn the Poor Luw Bill as a cold-blooded , mercenary act , ferocious and savage in principle , calculated to intiict misery and torture upon the deserving poor of tVis country , and to stimulate the muscle and bone of England to resist the decrees of Parliament .

      Mr . G . Knight feared that the Hon . Member for Finsbury would have no reason to congratulate himself on Lis appeal to thu Conservative side of the House . For his own part , lu- viewed as senseless clamour all the attacks made on the system of centralisation , and congratulated the Nobie Ljrd on having introduced the Bill before the House . Mr . BUCK was of opinion that tbe Noble Lord would never be able to procure respectable gentlemen to carry out such an obnoxious measure as this , unless he materially altered its clauses in committee . The powers given by this Bill were unconstitutional , but he should reserve bis further observations upon it until it went into committee .

      Mr . Mvmz said his gnat 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 fri ^ hLen away the very partUs who ought to be relieved . Mr . Lidijell condemned the extension of the power of the Commissioners for ten years , and » aid he should oppose the Bill . Sir Robert Peel supported the second reading of the Bill . There were two grounds of consideration upon which the question must be vifcwed . The first was whether they should adhere to or abandon this great experiment altogether ; the second , whether they Bhould , or should not have , in the event of the

      continuance ot the law , a central Board for the direction of the Unions throughout the kingdom . For his own part , he had never supported the Poor Lavr Amendment Bill on the ground of diminution of expenditure , but from the experience of evils which were eating into the vitals of the Constitution , and the remedy for which , he ifcoaght , admitted of no delay . In considering taie subject people wtr » too apt to forget what was the state xd things before the passing of the Poor Law Bill . Tfce Right Hon . Gentlemau then adverted to the evident * taken before the opm « mittee of 1834 on the state < £ the poor , in orde * M shew the state of distress and demoralisation wtttl prevailed amongst the labourist clawe * of sodml

      and observed that the Hoa . Member for Tinsbnry mJ « M have addressed his inflammatory speech * with equal effect in reference to those parties Buffering under tbe old law , as he had that night addrtssed it i n reference to these suffering under the altered system . He should be very sarry , after a short experiment of five years , to abandon a great measure like this , and would thoref ore , give his vote for the secorjd reading , restn tog hia nght to judge of the policy of the clauses when in committee . He doubted the policy of continuing tbe p wei of the commissioners for ten years ; indeed , he thot gbt there would be « practical advantage in knowing tL * t , at the end of five years , the subject must be aea ' a brought under the consideration of Parliament Th 3 Right Hun . Baronet also objected to the clause autho-

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      tiring burying place * adjoining the workhouses , and reminded the Homae 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 for , an evil which gave opportunities of abuses that might not take place-were the unions more limited ^ and consequently more immediately under the cognizance of the Poor Law Guardians . .-.. •'••• ;¦ Mr . T . Buncombe described the bill issn ' BggratTation of every grievance which the people complained of under the existing law . Mr . FOX MaULE supported the bill , and took nearly the same Tiwflf it « objects and result * as that taken by Sir R . Peel . Sir E . Knatchbul ! would vote for the second reading ; but in the expectation that many of tbe clauses would be modified in committee .

      Lord Bowick was gratified to find that after all that had been ssjld in the press and at public dinners respect ing tiiA ^ or tft-wljl ^^ dmeut Bill , yet not one single Merawr" of that House bad 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 was sound policy to extend the power of the Commissioners for ten years , ner should he object to make it permanent . . ? Mr . Darby conlii not . look Wppa : i 6 eCWH fifc >^ y improvement whatever . Ifc-eonWwBd ^ iiotbJiii ^ ln- 'the shape of ameliorattott $ t the ^ eYerOfes * of the existing law .. He" thought tfu a &wboo * f tesVwefe applied instead of & . workhonse tett ^ -ther ^ would find- it a very great improvement , and much more i satisfactory to the people . ¦ <• ¦ ' -. ¦' Captain Pbchell objected to the inWrfereiice which tills 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 amelioration In the existing law was to be expected , buV that it was £ o be carried out with all the harshness which characterised its provisions . The only alternative , therefore , left to him was to oppose the Bill altogether . After a few observations from Mr . Rice and Sir £ . Filmeb , 1 Mr . Linqdale gave notice that in Committee he should move a clause to prevent the paupers from being confined in the workhouse , so as t # prevent them trtim attending their respective places of worship on Sundays . ; Mr . Fieiden said he should not only oppose 1 thjB Bill inita . £ res « nt ttage , but would take every occasion to obstruct , and , if pwslble , defeat it in ita various stages in passings through the House .

      Lord J . JM 3 S 3 ELL , in reply , s » id In reference to making hatd labour a test instead ' 6 f tbe workhouse , that it was a matter which could only be judged of by experience That waa not the time to discuss it , but he would ssy that , however desirable it might be , he believed experience was against the efficacy of 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 change for the better in their condition since the abuses qf the old law were done away with . With respect to gte suggestion of the Right Hon . Bart . ( Sir R . Peel ) , Sr limiting the power of the Commissioners to a period 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 tend to weaken the power and authority of the Commissioners . On a division , the second reading was carried by a majority of 201 to 51 .

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      THE COURT asd THE PEOPLE , LOOK ON THIS PICTURE AN » ON THIS 11

      TheRotalChristesing . —{ From the Observer . ) —Her Majesty , the Queen of the Belgians , has presented a series of very beautiful robes , composed of Srusse ' s lace , of the most recherche manufacture , for the use of the infent Princess . For nearly ft century it has been customary to cause the baptismal

      cerenio ' ny to be performed within a month of the birth of the Royal infant , and the last Prince of Wales ( afterwards George IV 4 born August 12 tb , 1732 , was baptised on 8 th the following month ; so it was , we believe , with all the succeeding princes and princesses .. ' The ceremony w « s 10 SS imposing , { n grandeur than is likely to be the cas « in the present instance , butit y » as probably

      attended with greater and more unnecessary expence The Archbishop of Canterbury officiated in the Great Council Chamber of the Palace , the 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 workmanship , which

      alone c * st £ 3 , 780 , wau used on the occasion . Several costly meme ? ths of this interesting c ^ femony , customary at , such events to be presented by the Royal and distinguished spottfsors , are nearly completed by some of the principal goldsmiths . The fashionable and court modistes at the west end of the town , are busily engaged in completing the several rich costumes to be worn on the

      occasion . The Royal Christknii \ tt . — This interesting ceremony will positively take plnce 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 bean abandoned solely , wo hear , on account of the severity of the weather . It will , however , now

      take place , we believe , in the private chapal 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 yrand hanquet for eighty persons . This splendid gallery , in itself " a feast of reason , " when lighted up , displays to great advantage the countless trea ~ sares of art u-hieJt enrich its

      uxUls , and the three beautiful groups of Can ova ' s sculpture placed at the entrance , contribute , in no small measure , to its general effect . The picture gallery has not been appropriated for a banquet since the time of the coronation : on the present occasion the dinner table will be eighty feet in length , the dimensions allotted by the table decker being invariably two feet to each person .

      Those who , like ourselves , have seen the gorgeous display of gold plate at the court banquets , will have an adequate conception of the brilliant effect which will be produced on Wednesday , not only by the ornamental table , with its long range of gold epcrgnes and vases extending the entire length , find the artitfeial sideboard , so constructed aa to display with studied advantage the

      matchless plate and jnveutd cups , but also by the Burroun « Ung tableaux and gems of art , in themselves a mine of wealth ; but whtn to these are added her Majesty ' s presence , and that of the illustrious and distinguished princes , decorated with their various stars find orders , and last , not least , the collective loveliness of the court , it must , according to our fancy , bid fair to realise one of the golden dreams ot the Arabian Nights"

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

      An Unfortunate Creature . —Ann Finch , a poor miserable creature , was charged , at Bow-street Po . lice-office , by Mr , 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 his shop in Blackmoor-street , Clare .

      . Market , on Friday night , and saHJier master , Mir , Lomas / landlord , of H $ « Bell Tavern , in Wellington-street , Strand , had sent h « r for them . Knowing she had been a servant of his , he let her have the articles , The shopman saw her quitting-the shop , and observed that , she took a wrong direction , from , the home of Mr . Lomas ; he followed , and brought her back , -when she confessed

      . that she had left the tit-. i . Ttfce of ; Mr . Lomas- nine . months ; but that poverty and . hunger- had made her cojmratthe act I She said , if permitted to go away , she would pawn her shawl , and pay the amount . Mr . John Lomas , her late master , seated that she had lived' jrith him as a cook fot . " three years j her conduct all that time was very ¦ proper ; he had never missed anything , and

      al' ways entertained the highest opinion of her honesty . Tbe magistrate ordered her to be imprisoned for four * teen days , and desired the ameer . to give her a breakfast before she was taken away . The Law ' s Delay . — On Friday evening , an inquest was held before Mr . Payne , in the Fleet Prison , on the body of Thomas Lloyd , aged 56 , a prisoner for the costs ( £ 328 ) of a

      Chancery suit It appeared that in 1834 deceased had filed a bill in Chancery , with others , to recover £ 6 , 800 left them by wilJ , and that , having changed his solicitor , the latter attached and imprisoned him for costs to the amount above-mentioned . He bad £ {> r , S in the hands of the Court , of which it received the interest . He was obliged to live on the county weekly allowance ,

      which waa stated to be only 3 s . 6 d . A witnefs attributed deceased ' s premature demise to delay in the administration of justice by tbe Court of Chancery ( the suit having lasted for more than six years , and not being likely to be heard for two years longer ) , to great mental anxiety , and to wunt of proper and tuJficieiU comforti necessary for the support of human life J Mr . Cooper , the

      prison surgeon , said deceased was admitted in 1838 , and , in his opinion , died of disease of the liver an A lungs . The Jury returned a verdict— " That deceased died of natural causes , accelerated in some degree by imprisonment . " Lamentaule Des riTUtiox . —On Jloaday evening , an inquest was held at the Half Moon and Seven Stars public-house , Stanhope-street ,

      Drurylane , before Mr . Hlggs , Coroner for Westminster , on view of the body of Thomas Vaughan , aged 72 . It appeared , from the evidence ,. « f the various witneisTsSTThat the deceased had only earned id . all list week , and one of the witnesses had eent out fur a pennyworth of bread , the old man having had no food before during the wholt day . The landlord of the house stated that deceased

      had lodged with him sonie months , and owed him fourteen weeks ' rent What furniture there waa in the room belonged to deceased . It consisted of a chair , table , and bedstead ; but there was neither bed , sheets , or blankets , the only covering being purl of an old r » j . It was evident that the deceased bad been in the habit of sleeping in his clothes , the appearance of which bespoke extreme poverty . When he died , he had not even a shirt an . '

      Deceased never complained , and until his death no one knew that he was suffering from actual want The Jury , after ft long investigation . returned a verdict of " Natural death , accelerated by want and the state of the weather . " Three labouring men havebeen found near Dumfries , who were frozen to death during the late severe storm . The poor fellows were discovered together , in a sitting position , by the road side .

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      eyes along the road to see if any one is comlnjt tt last he sees » priest , ob , Joyful tight ! his hopeTr ^ rw he will now receive both spiritual and bodily comfort but no , the holy man , after seeing hint , passes br o ~ the other side . This was a priest , one calling himwtf a minister of God ; probably his mind w as ; occupied as !» walked along , with the pleasing thoughts of tithe ana other offerings , a »* he would not disturb his devout niedU tations by considering the forlorn state of a . wretch Wfe could not . give him anything , Jbufc needed somet ali » from him ; yet he o « uld not have , helped consideiine rf it , if he saw it cieariy , and , therefore , he would m * see it He avoided those claims upon his compassion which the cries of the sufferer , concurring with hia J * n conscience , would have enforced . It ia not unliteS tbat the wounded man bad paid towards the sumJ *

      * # 'tut .. * . . H . jL- « Mt « . i « ... i' _ . r&" k . ^ 1 ^ . f _ ft . * . . ^ 4 W ofttis » me ^ r ^]^ »^ y ^ tt jft * , in his hour of ^ 7 how . cjiwllf h « Is neglectedUfaim . Such a disappoint inenf would aggravate his distress , it was Jik « ttrf which sometimes ( but for the honour of human natoi not often is experienced by mariners when in distal at sea—their ship waterlogged , and floating onh » broadside—no provisions to , be had , no shelter i » proapect but of death , by cold , otf hunger , or from ' ulg insatiate wave . . At length they . see a sail—they blli the sight yilOx ^ oy , for they anticipate a speedy X liYerance—it comes nearer and nearer— -theymake Whai signal they are able , but tbe ship passes by , witJuJo * tailing any notice of their distress , and is soon outof sight , . instead of being relieved , they ar « sunk j n w > deeper despair—the indifference of their fellow-creature , seems more crueljthau , the ligoui of fate—they mj ^ T exclaim"

      — : . ..... . . " Olvye are more Inhuman / more Inexorable , Ob , ten times more , than storms and raging seas !' And certainly the heart of the priest Who passed by tbe the wounded man , was more callous than tbe heartenf the robbers who had wounded him . If not one of Uw * robbers , he sanctioned their , conduct , though he ' -ifa bound , by his holy office , to denounce it , and heln tin victim of it ' ^ But the priest that " passed by the poor sufferer in t& parable w » s but one—he might be an exception to fin mt- ^ a solitary disgrace to " _ bis order—not anothgt iS would have acted diflerejtttlyi "' IJot so ?— oa&jfa&rthlnk it was to sho % . tb ^ tr W . staW-priests JE ypfc that Jesras-Chtlat , who -was " , certainly-,- not * f 3 ii ! tf

      the established religion , « aid , another priest ; cfiJA , chance that way , a Levite , who , when he saw the tnif lying on the ground , came up to biiav ' examined hV 2 : t plorable condition , and yet , after all , passed by oatlia other iflide ; This priest was worse than the other -lja saw the man ' s bleeding wounds , he heard his groans , i » particularly observed his pitiable condition , and yetjie left him to ' perish miserably . Probably aa h « wei £ along he would say te himself—poor wretch ., he seemi in a dying state—I doubt he will die , he cannot lai long , it ia of no use me doing anything for himrTl shall only be put to trouble and expence to no purport I will leave him alone . I will let him take his chanm !

      some one else may find him and help him—I trust in God they may . With this piece of pious hypocrisy , fig would save bis priestly conscience . Had the wounded man not been a mere working man , had he borne 0 » appaarance of being a rich man , how zealously tiw Levite would have assisted him ; lie would have doaa all he could for him , in the hope of being ^ rewardert for it ; but ; as he saw he w , ia but a ptor man , he left Wai to perish , and he would have perished , had it not been for the compassion of a working man like him-elf , ftat as providence ordered it , came next that way , for mo » i of the charities that are done in this world are not done by th » rich , but by the poor , who alone have a fellowfeeling for the poor . ¦ , <

      Tha conduct of those two priests resembles that of state priesta in all ages , that of the paid priests of the present day , the majority of whom think they hare gong through the prescribed fonus of religion ; at least this is all the duty we see them do . They know -what the people are suffering , they know who make them suffer , and they are bound by their religion , as vreU as humanity , to assist the people and denounce their oppressors , but do they ? No ; they join tiieoppres 8 ors rth « y preach in their favour , they mock the hopes and inauft the expectations of the people—they would exasperate the people into rebellion that they might afford a pretext fortheir ' tyranta more effectually to crush them and

      grind them to earth . The priests of the Church ( rf England aric almost all Whigs and Tories—tell me 6 f an honest Radical among them . Nor they alone ; bat the dissenting ministers . The Methodists passed « t edict that all Chartists were to be turned out of the connexion . That was worse conduct than tae Levites were guilty cf—it was as if those Levites had stopped near the wounded man , and , when they saw his friend coming to his succour , had gone to him and prevented him , hod . punished him , for his humane purpose . Why-do . - they , working men , sit under such priests ? Will they wait till they are discharged for befriending one another * ? ttut to return .

      After the priests had passed by and left the poor ma to his fate , a certain Samaritan , as he journeyed , eini $ where he was , and when he saw him , he had coiupaa- " tion on him . Now this good Samaritan would'have been scorned by the priests—the priests would not haw deigned to notice him , for tbe Jews thought the Samaritans beneath them and would have no dealings . witi them . Yet , how superior was his conduct totheinl He did not . leave the poor man ^ o ' perialj , butheveai ^'' to him and bound up his' woraias , pouring in oil and wine—oil-into his stiff wounds and wino into hi » parched throat—and because he could neither walk nor stand , he lifted him up and placed him upon his beast

      and supported him to an inn ; and took eare of Him there . And on the morrow , as he was obliged to leaw him and go on Wb own journey , he took out" twopence , which , in those days , would buy a great deal more than it will now , for provisions were much cheaper then—he took out twopence , probably all the money he had with him , and gave it to the landlord , telling him to take care of the poor man—to gat him all that he needed—to spare no expense ; and , when he came next that way , he would pay him . The poor man owed bis preservation , not to the priests , who came first , but to the fellow-working man , that came last .

      Let the working men of this day not trust to lawyers and priests , but to themselves and each other . Lawyers make aprofit of their ruin , therefore they are more likely to ruin than to redress them : they lay grierous burthens on them , and will not touch them with one of their fingers . Priests , too , have their own profits to think of—profits which they make out of the people , and , therefore , no good ia to be expected from them . Let the people assist each other , and they need not care for lawyers and priests ; they will get their own again in spite of both . The Samaritan was well

      offhe might have spared himself all the trouble the wounded man gave him—he might have gene on bts way rejoicing ,, and spent the time and money which he bestowed on the cure of the sufferer on his own plea ? sures ami pursuits ; but he was not so selfish . He could not enjoy while he saw the other suffer : he ass * eiated with him as the working men that are well off should with those that are ill off , for it maybe t heir turn next , and we should do unto others as we would be done by . Let them associate , and say to the unpltying and plundering priests , " Give an account of yoar stewardship , for you may be no longer stewards . " J . W .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF TUB NORTHERN sfAi ^ T ^ JEe Sir , —As the subject of Reform of the abuses of iixn $ Court of Chancery now occupies a great deal of tWpg ; attention and consideration of the people , I , as one of a ^; the operatives employed in one of the public offices rf ^' ¦ . ' the Court , the Six Clerks office , beg to Jay the follow- * - ing glaring state of facts before your readers . Toe " Clerk in Court , with whom almost all the proceedings in a cause are filed , by his business generally clears about £ 10 , 000 a year . He docs his business by givias . to a deputy , " or agent , the writing , for which the C ' . eik in Court gets ten-pence for every folio of ninety worda , at three half-pence a folio , by which , and other emoluments , he clears between £ 800 or £ 1 , 000 per year ; he gives it to his deputies at three farthings per folio , and

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      who generally are persons of no character , and whose profits average between £ * and £ 5 per week . He does not do it himself , but gives it ta the copyist at one half-penny per folio . Thus you see that the operative , who , 'in fact , does the work , receives only one halfpenny , where his master and his deputies , who do nothing , receive ten-pence , and , even in this case , a 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 such , entitled to give the writing to the copyist , bos been lately , as he has frequently been before , away a week without leave , and during whwa t time he contracted expences which he has , and always does , make the poor copyist pay for in the following

      manner . He has a father and two brothers , who depend for their living under him , and who are of the most respectable characters ; he gives them the writingf for which he receivea one shilling and sixpence p « r quire , of twenty-four folios , that is three farthings s folio , at one shilling and three-pence per quire , ot very little better than one half-penny per folio ; . , *™ who , if they had full' employment , taking ene weeK with another , seldom earn more than eighteen shilling 8 per week . But he , to pay his expences of being away , and support him in his debauchery , without labour , gives it to an individual who does the work , whicn hia brothers , and any other writer in the office , having three

      any character , cannot do under one shilling and pence per quire , for tenpence per quire . This mtfji having no character , gives it to » thers , attorney " clerks , net fully employed , and who receive a sala * f » and who do it in the time which should be devoted totheir masters'business , for eightpence per quire , ¦ tnn » injuring the fair and honest writer . The above case » a true statement of the iniquitous system pnrsd « i without exception throughout the office , and for whien I am ready to vouch . If the ab # ve true statement should meet with insertion , you will oblije a coasWo * reader , G . ff-London , Feb . 7 , 1841 .

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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 his earnings . His wife and children would anxiously expect him , for it -was the week ' s end , and on him they depended for support and comfort . But behold I he falls among thieves—say among Tories or Whigs—there is 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 mothers keep their children quiet by telling them that the Tories will

      come and get them . Whig means something sour , and was applied in Scotland to Puritans , or hypocrites . Cream is Whigged when it is spoiled . The factions that govern this nation partake of both these characters , and the people are Radicals , because they would root them out—Chartists , because the only means of doing this is by the Charter . Oar Tory-Whigs , or Whig-Tories plunder the public ^ -they rob us of our rightsthey take care , 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 havo hanged men for having committed . Nor are they content wilh robbing—they murder likewise . Like the thieves in the parable , they strip a man , and wound him , and leave him for dead . They take his clothes , aa well as money and food—they take everything he has , even f his life . Probably they would leave him hia life , if he would let them take all the rest quietly ; but he cries out ' Help , thieves ! murder r and they kill him , to btop his tongue . All this is done by means of taxes , and cesses , and the policemen , whom they hire therewith . Suppose a friend were to come forward to the rescue , the robbers would fall foul upon him ; for they are determined to rob , and to eDjoy their booty unmolested .

      The working man in tha parable was left naked and half dead ; he could nob help himself , and there was none to help Mm . In vain does his wife expect him ; the usual time is post , and yet he comes not . She looks again and again , but she cannot see him coming ; she grows very anxious—she fears something must have happened to hini—that he has met with on accident , and instead of bringiug support to her , needs her support She is distressed at the thought of it , and does not know what to do ; had she known into what cruel hands he had fallen , how she would have flown to his Buccour . But he is left alone , the murderous thieves have gono ; he cannot stir from the spot ; there is no one in sight , he cannot speak ; he groans and casts hia

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      ROYAL ADDRESSES . Among the numberless ridiculous things that are occasioned by the state and pageantry of a Court , surely nothing can be more exquisitely babyish and nonsensical than the things called addresses . If anything bappens in the ordinary way , now-a-days , to the < 4 ueeu or any of her relations , forthwith we see hundreds of old gentlemen putting themselves into masquerade , forcing themsslves into red clothes stiff with feold lace , inducting their solid heads into cocked hats , and sticking switcliy little steel-headed swords between their legs , for no other purpose , tbat 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 some new Police Act . The Queen cannot go to bed and get up again , she can hardly suetae , she caunot perform the ordinary functions of ft married lady , but eut come these gold-Iace-bediaened , rtd-coated , cocked-batted , small-sword-wearing , pompous gentry , und march all through the town in a gingerbread sort of grandeur , intrude themselves into her presence , and there read over to the poor young Udy some extcrable composition , which is quite unintelligible for nuy other purpose , except to show the audacity of the addressers in clipping the Queen ' s English even in the presence of the Queen .

      For the last week the neighbourhood of St . James ' s Palace has been quite impassable . The other day we weie driving in that neighbourhood , and we isin an imminent danger of life from our horse taking fright at frbe Lord Mayor . We could hardly blame the animal , fur a Lord Mayor is at times a curious biped to be seen west of T «; rHple-bar ; and from the questionable manner in which this Lord Mayor chose to exhibit himself , he was enough to frighten a much less sensitive animal than a spirited horse . First came a gang f eliivering footmen , trudging through the snow in their shoes and fl-jsh- coloured silk stockings , with quivering calves , unprotected from an atmosphere of about twenty-six ; then came a great , lumbering , wooden , cilited , cartlooking machine , all gold and paint ,

      like a wealthy dowager , and inside this was a mob of people that seemed as though they bod just escaped from some two-and-sixpeany masquerade . Staring through the window , aud sitting sideways iu the coach , was a man in a horsehair wig , wb « 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 tue great gilded monstrosity was already uj full ot civic humanity that it would hold nothing more , there was part of a long sword and the head of a great mace sticking out of one of the window ? . «*?••*

      All these people , we learn , were going to St . James ' s in this curious manner , in order to tell the Queen that they we io very glad that she bod got a little girl . This was the worthy purpnse about which all this row und disturbance was made , and this was tbe cause which drew all the gilt Jaltherals out ot their several receptacles , and brought" the worthy Mayor and Aldermen from behind their counters , to strut like peacocks in the West end . « * ? Curiosity has induced us to inquire what the men of Ch > shen , thn inhabitants of the gilded go-cart , and the proprietors « f the silken-culfe > l Blaiverera , did rsally say . Of course we know that they would vaunt their loyalty very highly upon the very principle laid down by Che&tcrueld , that when a man tells a whopping lie , he gener . illy accompanies it with all sorts of asseverations . The following sentences are exquisite in their way : — '

      " Affectionately attached to your Majesty ' s sacred person , [ suered . ' what , has our good little Queen alrea : iy obtained her apotheosis !/ and yielding to none of the saljects of your Majesty in devotion to your Majesty ' s illustrious house , we most unfeignedly rejoice in the recent iuterjmsiliun of Providence on behalf of your Miijeaty , and in the event which promises that the Crown shall iwe 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 yruieful people , and that tho illustrious Princess , on whose birth it is our happiness to felicitate your Majesty , may be spared to be a blessing to your Majtsty and your illustrious

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

      her having a child was on account of the interference of Providence ! " Interference /"—interference with what ? Interference with the natural order of things , it was not ; interference with an unnntural order of things could not have been required . How , then , was it interference—what did Providence interfere vrith { Go to , ye men of flesh-pots ,, ye turtle-brained lumps oif ambulating ignorance . Ye know not the meaning ot 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 world » Go to , ye bigotted calves , ye canting ignorants ! Who was it

      tbat 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 ^ peaking , or knowing anything about English , they are about upon a par . And then what do you mean by fifcBKtestant religion being happily established t Do ¦ Hflf ^ that it is happy for the Protestant religion HHp pi established here ?—for if you do , you are ¦ Hpfftg impertinence upon the Protestant religion ; jgrfojon meaQ to use " happily" in its otherjenso , in " which it is synonymous with , haplg , and thereby to remind tbe Queen tbat the Protestant religion established here waa occasioned by the hap of Martin Luther falling in love with a nun , and Henry the Eighth falling in love with Anne Boleyn f Was this what you meant ? Poor souls you don't know—how should iuu ! —Satirist .

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      The largest merchant-vessel ia the French service has just been launched ftt Bordeaux . Sho is named the Louia XIV ., and intended to s&ilbotwen Marseilles and the United States . She is btiit so as to carry a cargo of 2 . 600 bales of cotton .

  • 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-ncseproduct536/page/6/