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      " *"" ' TEEIOTAL CHARTIST SONG . pjs ^ jIiuBM' " Wet * « rfdist » ftgbifajg for on Wete sober Chartists , hand in band , Datannlned tobelre * ; o ^ TSe iT hswd thramb an a » im « . Tbat voice i » liberty ^ tet Tories ag * and WWp assail , K o da"f '" ^ 1 " " o } - 3 ^ «*» d " ^ V * * ? '' ^ Tbe rioriow tidings fpr *» a .

      CHOSVS . The Chsrter toHJIj > eopia slag ; Tfae Charter wfll oar freedom bring ; T ^ , ow oor own—w » see it near ; ¦ y tile TeJupenuaw guards the front and real Ito battle ' s mprrvax day * begun ; The pot tad filthy && *» goae ; T eetotsfisnt dull be one foa She great Charter Union . vn * mmfully we eoagner self , T ^ oTcttp . tndlU ^ tpelf , F « misery **»**» «>*<*• As driiiia * custom * die ; Hn * U are foond is freedom * race , roAeedoS& WWBAB . r .

      - Chorus , * c . © tit numbers are Increasing fast , Ab 4 •«!» » m ^ tty h M * > o < Mt Away * -- ** " *** " ™; . Oar beads we cool , on bodies strong And mind assumes its reign—Well aid w nwre * ° P *» ftke wrong , Sat lore and treta maintain .

      Caonu , dee . Onr Charter stands each tailor shock So firm is reason ' s might ; Asd , based upon tli * eternal rock , H jields to all it « light ¦ jnshjusticepoi »^ in every part , To Wo * tins woestraex earth , isi iindlmg joy from heart to heart , To fef *^* and peace gfres birth . .-..--- - . Cbosas , Jtc .

      Asttdta * . tfara . -we'll brothers be , irf J » d in hand go on ; j gaid inciBg tke good and free , . And Boon tbe -work is dons . Veneed no aelp from daaa or weed , if vatkmea are bat trae ; - - ¦ j 4 r ; oBte from all intemperance freed , ' £ sd tbea all freedom ' s due . Chorus , fcc . William Hick , l ^ eda .

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      TS » ADVENTURES and SUFFERINGS of JAMES WOOD , a Native of Ipswich , &c . London : Simpten , Marshall , and Co . ; Ipswich : Barton . IT those who thinlc of emigrating were to read thk book , they would be Tery cautious and considerate More doing bo . The writer is a working man , - who was compelled , as many other men hire been , to think of bettering bis condition by emigrating . Be first intended

      proceeding to Canada , but afterwards altered bis intention , * nd sailed for a proviace in the Southern part of IVoni America , owing to the very flittering jgsaras ^ rwprf * j » segfeowBt bj the afetts in LjmlciB . We aeea art detail all the occurrences thai happened to the writer from his embarking to is landing is America , cor seed we notice in detail ¦ fee privations he and the party endnred before laaenmg the settlement ; we will , however , just s&ce a lew of-the very agreeable ' circumBttacee 06 & . surrounded them at the settlement . " He

      ¦ . % We thai walked through the road which led to jfeatttksasii . At the very first sif&t Of it WB filBjsjndha * TnnA we had been Imposed 0 B > It Vas b Ifiilenst , iababited bj all sarti of wild beasts , and s « msnxW * 1 by rocky mosataina , higbei than the elond * W » afterwards fosnd it was rerj subject to atoms ; feted ifae tbnnder and lightning were most dreadful , « o ftst the ground wonhl sometimes shake toaesU ) onr fcs \ i ssd there were mae mouths' ain daring tSe year . Stsg&t was there , and had hind a body tA Indians , ? Se tad felled the trees , on a spaee ertendiuj a . bont isjr * sdle ix lengtb and a qaarter In breath , leafing kfaiape sUodisg , and the tree * lying one across »* tt « r . Tbe brrab-wood was slightly burnt off ; and Itfcrlpb had been erected , with- the stomps of trees

      raffing a the middle of them . These were intended BSMsrtofiTein , We found w » had been deceiTed , bat » s&e » was no way of getting to a better place , we > wfBeadtoBtay ) yet we did not bow foresee the rings we should haTe to endare . In a few days ji » HSainte of the people came up , and tbe fin * Bag tittt -we « nrplojed . -osscelrea i& , was taking the * wp * sp in the huts ; but the flies were as annoying fcftieeiHnent as they had been in the riTer , so that *«« tf »« t « etaiiyrestinthenigbt This fly , which ***** the slse of a gnat , would bite through aU oar * fts , making grest holes In our legs , and causing ••¦ tc sweH . ¦ The mseet called the chigro would img&iBia our feet , and make us s « lame that we Mfcardlywalk . This issect is rerr small , bat it to tbe feetr sod

      Ps ^ prodBces a bladder about the V | of a pes , wfeloh after a Hiae bureU . They filled *** » f nD , that we had to take needles and prick ¦ m , or they would haTe destroyed our feet The JS **** *** > corered with ants of all sorts , whicfl i ~ mto o « huts ani swarm # ur beds ; « uad tbe . {¦ w wuaiso infested with scorpions , which annoyed mewtaally by getting into onr dothes . There was & **** flf . that would bite and breed a . worm in the 4 * « af » 4 the beef-worm , which grow * as large as -2 **^ 1 ifi Btae fl oger , and wopld torment us in a mm dKadfnl manner . Cock-roaches wouM also get ; 5- * r boxar aad . destrof oer etoUies . fii adtfiaon ¦^ W « nr cas of incessant molestation and . pain , -SzL ?* * * ««« ke « , which in the ainy seasos in the of the

      t-, ^*» " *« r fhateh hnts , and some-~ \ i 2555 * : ds > WB 'P 011 «» heds in the night , when we . ^ ySV * " "¦ " * pine torches and bunt them . The » were i 5 * J 0 ^ . a » iarbert prfe , the «»» i snake , and * r * i 9 l ° «> 01 bivik snake , wnose Hte i « instant t ^ HrC _ O » of ooi peojdft , wien > bont to put on his ¦ jj »* 2 f «» o / thest snakes eoQed up inside of it-== ^ * J * s the suffering * caused by the inseets , and f 2 ^^^ » e » exposed to fcam-. the -saak » r and •^ Sy * " *** * e had otfter hardships to endure ; foi - -2 *** " Pwple caaght the fetw , whteh-was a bad . ^ wigae , « aa xa&e them shake terribly ; and what ^ 2 Lu * littBJion mach wozm was , oar baring no 'ZSrS * " * Wnd » &u # Pt » «> naU quaotity we had \ ^™ n « fffrom the ship . ' ' ^~?^^ not enlj to contend with these smnoy-J rL ^ h poshiTe want of prorisions , ssd 'S * * q « ite elad &t last to eat the flesh of

      g *» & fciueh raey did not altogether relish at SsSfll 4 not l > eei 1 for Io ^ b 5 applying them j 2 * * * 7 «« l < i hire died of -Bt&rration , the ttf ^« m * Mlow th » writer throagh Mi pajjea . g *» nig aaply suflleient i allowing-certain ^^« b for statnaents which sppear us some-- -S ^ kBersted , to disabuse the minds of tbo » e m SJ 5 ? hred < m , * ad Unxpted by fidse liopes ft 4 ^^? proodfies , to think of emigrating , | £ | 2 r * <««» eawhor "to expose a system of + £ & }* & eraeJty praiiiaed by- » « anp « ny of * " -4 b ) 5 £ !!! L 55- * DniBher of indiTidoals and famuiet u -SSSP ^^ y ^ Bfastetoai oodiJi « f" hat been ^^ 2 J « ia ed , * s tar as hi * naxrattre xoea ; and we - c ^ S ^ Bftatty neoasead aaj working man wbo - SfJ ^ m *• happiDMB of himself , or bis ^ hST 111 stt « och * a ah 4 ertaking , to read the 3 Wri ?' * * * - > J T 116 ! «• *« W in K * 22 * w iaomife , and ia a simple and nnfji , T" «* yJ * i ^ 5 oBt which there caa be ao aif

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      * ^^^ ETE * $ V CONYISCING ABGU-: ' 2 ^? AJH ^ ST 5 OCIAJJ 5 M ; < tf 4 he per-^ SiW * * of E < *« * Oweo , completely ^ b ^ By a CaericaJGeafiemaa . London : - SS £ ^ flB ; " ^ b ' ^ bookBe ^ e" » nd - ^ iSS ^ i ^ We ^ aboTenamed haBwritt « nth « * wfiTi ??? - ^ «• di «« ttsting name of Sooitfom , ¦ T ** »»»<*« viaUwTenrfaMof it , "

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      Of eoora we need not Bay that the Her . Gentleman has most ^ ablr managed to effect his object . Erery friend to * tEmgsas they AreT * etery admirer at existing inetitotions , erery lorerof oar glorious constittttions in Church » nd Stete , erery one who reyeres the exalted actions and rirtaes of the aaoiftnt Jewish leaders—the Dayids , the JoshBas , and fte Solomons—will admit that justice baa been done to all these subj ects ia sncoession . To satisfy ereo the most sceptical npoa these points we will make a few extraetg . First , then , for tbe rirtnes of a few ancient and eminent characters , who were the adroesies of sound creeds , in preference to ibe mere proprieties of « oralconandi *~ ¦ ¦

      "I will hare cite a few instanoea of pitrt ^ and virtue oh the part of em&istg Chat must , inevitably , put to shame all the SprfoZ fools in the world , r commence with the Jews , who , from Moses , through Samnel and David down to Solomon , w * r « of the most tpotless character , in tbe Kale of humaxiiy , that can be'imagined ! In the fizst place , then , "Moses was the meekest of all the men that were upon the face of tke earth . " Be was , "besides a man of great and praittwrfhy temerity , and went through many courageous and . fatfktn ? acts of braoay , in rder to"be p * re before tile Lord ! Example : Now , therefore / kill erery male among the little ones ; and kill every woman that hath known a man by lying with-him : but , all the women children that have mot known man by lying with him , keep alive totvourfittest . '—Numbers zxxL 17 .

      " Now , I question whetter all tbe Social miscreants pst together could , produce one such act ef courage si this—ev # n with their champion , Owen , at their head ! But this is only one instance of bravery on the part of religionists . There is no paucity of such deeds on the part of theanaent Israelites . I could reTert to some secret of equal weight ! But , as my limits in this place will not permit such a display , I shall content myself by citing only a : ifiw that happen to be of tbe most STBTKIXG character Cor their puW / y Mid tublimity . From the evidence flf Joshaa , as well as that of Moses , we know that tbe brat * Israelites came by stealth upon whole nations of tbe ( JentUe * , and put them to the sword—that they spared , neither age nor infancy— that they utterly destroyed mini -women , and children— ' and left net a soul to breathe !'"

      Our anther does . not confine his illustrations to the children of Israel alone : he is most careful that a few of the distinguished *«> &d works" of more modern days should be brought forward . He pwvftssds : — ¦ " Having dearly shown , ' from the few examples only which I have quoted , that the children of Israel were persons of exemplary character , fatal ! now expatiate upon a few ' of the most prominent virtaea that have shone forth , " " with redoubled splendour , in Christendom . In running the mind over the long list of VriUiant acta on the part of our Christian progenitors , and afterwards looking upon the supine and braveless inactivity of theOwenites , one cannot help evincing a feeling « f deference to wards Vhe former , and just oontempt for tbe latter . X * t it be remembered , that it is not the t * e-

      muloas eowaid ,- Robert Owen , or his colleagues in principle , that can boast of having conquered Chili , and other parts of South America . No , Reader , the claim of that meritorious deed lies in a- purer quartez . It was our Christian ancestors who , about three centuries ago , so bravely cut' to piece * the Peruvians and their neighbours , for tbe love of that metal which their godly Tanqulsbeia conceived to be the ' root of all good " —who manfully honied tbe natives through the woods with blood-hounds , for daring to suppose that the natural riches with which th # strata of that neighbourhood abounds were all their own J And serve them justly right : What business had they to suppose , for a moment , that Gold ( the production of their native country ) was ever intended for such copper-coloured wretches as themselves ?

      "Tbe wprthlessness of Socialism is here x at once , exhibited : for , bad . the ' conquering heroes' of South America been fraught with Social ideas , the conquest of Chili and Pern woald never have been effected . They could not possibly have gone half way through their glorious task—their ever-memorable pleasure of bunting human beings would have been thwarted—their hands and faces could not then have been distinguished from those of more ' pn * iH « nimona texture , by tbe lustre of crimson hue given to them by wsmUdj through he&tben gore—and the dreadful consequence would

      have been , that tbe abarigmeaaad their posterity might have remained in quiet possession of their native homes , to this day , with * impunity ! M \ this valour was exercised to the glory to God : for , ' the conquering SairUi , on the fth of January [ 1533 , ] laid tbe foundation of iaa city of Lima , which they afterwards called the ' City of the Kings , ' as » memento of our Saviour ' s receipt of presents to the Eastern kingB in Btthlem on , that day of U » year . " : „ ; -j-t- ^ ;_ He cornea still scare ? the present day . Alluding to tbe known disposition of tie sceptical to pretend that they can discover faults ia the unco' guid and rigidly righteous , " he says : —

      " These fate-thinking wretches win , perhaps ^ upbraid me and my colleagues with the forgeries of Dr . Dodd , and tbe Rev . Peter Fenn , ot BloomAmzfi- ^ are not these Soeial tosgubeads aware ihat tbe wn ^ artnnate genUemea is question ( like the ona prerlMuJr

      spoken of ) w « i » lWH « n \>« gaof 'Moths * CaoA / * ni theref oz » in such pitiable circumstanees of penury air ttr ri * rm our cotnuuEseraUon far their misfortune ? Kow , hadtbey ieto mom enviabl y situated in life—L & bad they been persons ravelling upon the voluptuous enjoyment of eighteen isouM" work per day , and the wholesome pmpiration that usually accompanies such healthful exercise—there might then , indeed , be some ground far censure on the part ot my opponent *; < and I myufy would sot go tax of mj -way to palfiate tbe crime ! " Hyt&lB woald be endless were 1 to same * U tbe persoas who ten perfumed the atmosphere of Christendom with the sweet efiuvia of tb « r virtees . The most striking example of the kind that row occurs to BOfria , the eminent Bishop of dogher—a personage who , for puritf aad deUcacy , was never equalled ! And , if Bewspapet reports nay be relied on , another reverend gBntleman was lately within a bow-shot of attaining the same degree of celebrity . - . .

      And he makes the following j art remarks upon the unparalleled effrontery of Owen and his disciples : — " Mr . Owen and his admirers have more than once hadthe daring impodenee to make remarks upon tbe incomes of the Usbops and other ajgnitaries of the Church ; as though they ignorantl ; supposed that tbe corpulence necessary for a prelate—a servant of Godcould be supported without turtle ! And they have endeavoured to abew that tbs yearly incomes ot some of the rita are too enormous , and consequently such as to a 4 ti to the miseries of the poor—especially as the partakers of wealth ' are % * dtst men , and do nothing for what they receive : ' Now I will prove this Owen to be a liar : —What max of sense , for example , would

      question tbe utility of such as ecclesiastic as tbe Area bishop of Canterbury ? And , having admitted the utility •( the m * a , woo in the world could think of offering him lea * than raeha thing a » : £ * 0 , 000 a year and 176 livings ? Then there 1 » the Bishop of Durham—a Tery useful and necessary officer , this : and I do not suppose that the poor gentleman receives above £ 60 , 000 a year ( which is very little more than a £ l , Ott per week ) for all his trouble ; and little enough too , God knows . Besides these , there are upwards of a score more bUbops , whom 1 have not named—to say nothing of deacons , archdeacons ; rectors , and other clerical officers in great abundance ; and their dignity must be supported—* nd that , too , in amannax befitting thsix several stations , according as they rise in office superior t » each other .

      Yet , ~ J suppose that if » parcel of SWSaTdemocrats , or ereu half-Social dissenters , had their own way , they woald cut down the income of the bead prim&t ? to less than JJ 6 . 0 O 0 per year ; and how would abishop be able to live at tbij rate ? Why , good God ! it would be scarcely tirUen guineas per day ! and what would this be to support a apiril **\ pastor ? ' Such a metm » alary would evidently .. , « 6 mr iim by inches ! Can they imagine , for a moment , that because the Church has recommended , for the subsistence of tbe . poor , ' a crust of bread and a cup of cold water , ' with plenty of ' grace , ' ( by way of dessert , J that her own existence can be sustained by the same paltry mean * t Nothing but the most consummate ignorance can be ace « pt « d as a plea lor sach a monstrous Idea . "

      We shall make one more extract just to show kow easy it would be-to burkfr Socialism , if one role were invariably aad constantly acted upon : — " Listen to me / ye graeefftl antagonists of tbe abominable system of free discussion ; and , as a brother in principle , I wffl . pot you up to one move , at any rate , how to endeavour to burke Socialism , and thereby dissuade ; the public from embracing the same : —Whenever tH * f " ye may hear of an instance of an Ovxuile becoming cognisable to the laws of bis country , by any misdemeanour —^ though it were only once a year , or ven nee in mw » year *—take especial care that each as 4 every of yeni have year eyes directed to wards him withao eagle ' s glance , so that the minutest peccadillo in his character escape notyoor aevtenest . Let your united exertkns be employed in an endeavcor to rake Ms all the most trivM faults he has committed from his Cradle ; so that these , " added to the one with , which he ¦ lay stand particularly charged , form a preposterous

      mound ihat ¦ ball appear hideous m tbe « ye * or Xb » comnnmfty at large . Bfold him up to-public view , and tell tbe w « rld that the perpetrator Of these crimes is a Socialist : bat . forbear , I beseech y < m , to ' olfcthe sBxhtasi wma * upon the manifold ^« 4 iiique « cies that we—houriy , daily , weekly , mon ^ y . - ai «_ peTennlally OCTiMHIml hr p «—rm « -wfao MB-sn >»< iM « slBUf For exsfBtriw-HCoorroister , who . was ^ w psaUy -esMested for the mardar of Lord Williaa BaaasU , pn as a * proyoct ^ n tor apletB , teyM ( tth «« s « unlBsloB offaU crime , except tbat he was * fOr ^ ffMn his bmviBfr besa a Pr tt £ t ' precluded tbe juc « satty of <* a evincing any oarte& > eiia «* t > w »» d « liim , ia ar « H # o « tpoin * Of TiBW . fu ^ aaA ^ -Had he been a Socia list , it would have beenoar unbonnden duty to expatiate more fully upon hlafltoafarfttrf ff »« " »«« tathan upon the enormity of the eSn ^ MrMch be stood convietad ; till the f act of his mm as Oteat&e became resounded , not onlf from Jolm tf Sroato ' s to tbe Land * End , bat through every cwmtey and erery cUme , from tbe world's girdle to the froaenpoJar

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      The FLEET PAPERS , No . 13 ^ Union : Parey , 47 , Holy well-rtreet , Strand . This number « ives a porteaUof our Old Kffig * sitting in his cell . Aj a lithograph , it is well executed . The topics adverted- to- in the " Papers" of last Saturday , are the conduct of Mr . Thornhill , and the various measures of the day . In alluding to the spirit which prompted hia persecutor , Mr . Thornhill , to immure him in the Fleet , Mr . Oastler thus describes it : *—" I followed it , Sir , through all it « ramiflcations , into its lurking places in the meettag-toouses—the maikets —the exchanges—the Institutes—to political dinnersob to ttw hustings—into 'the House "—up ' the backstairs' —to the Cabinet , and from thence , with sorrow , I traced it even to the bench of Bishops ] Then its blood-steps shewed me the path to the factories—the

      New Poor Xaw Bastiles , and to the dungeons of its deluded victims , ia the different prisons of the kingdom ; until , at last , r found that it had successfully seduced and deceived you , and In the vain hope of crushing me , it had persuaded you to find me a bone in this eelL It has not , however , as yet , found me a gravel It has only furnished me with a new starting p » int , after giving me a little breathing-time . ?• "It is all one and the same spirit which insults royalty , deludes and defames the aristocracy , degrades tbe clergy , robs aad oppresses the working classes , and insults woman I—It ia an evil spirit of oovetousness , Which can kn « W IJ 0 test , until it hajdestroyed all that is religious , virtuous and noble , and has encircled in its

      iron dutches ,. what it terms the " respectability" of England 1 It has persuaded our governors that nature has made a blunder , that she can no longer be trusted in the matter of population , but that oertaln rules and tests of its own , must be applied to diminish " the multitude of the people . " She has discovered that the Bible is not true , and that now " in the want of tbe people is the king ' s honour ; but IQ the multitude of the people is the destruction of the prince 1 " Sir , to this lie against nature—this treason against God , maybe traced all the evils which afflict this country—all the difficulties which annoy and perplex our governors—all the oppression * and wrongs of the poor—all the danger to the rich .

      " It is becase our governors have believed that lie , that tbe rich and tbe poor are now alienated heart and s # nl "—tbat the Government and the people arq mutually jealous of each other—that the Church ia in danger , and that the aristoency Is doomed ? That Us , lii , is the eaose of tbe execrable New Poor Law . "It is because 'tbe multitude of the people' is believed to be too great , that measures hostile to nature are attempted to be enforced ; it is because the Bibl « is thus declared to be a lie—that religion is set at naught . It is that war against nature , which bewilders our mistaken governors , and forces them to acts , of which no other Government was ever guilty . They are all at sea , having thrown overboard tbe

      compasswhich is Christianity ; they do not attempt to legislate ftr the people—their only aim is to diminish them < Hence they have persuaded you , tbe landlords , that , if you do not send your ' surplus' population to be worked up in their factories , or to be poisoned ia the Union Workhouses , they will eat up your estates J whilst , at the same time , they persuade the factory population , if they are not allowed to feed on foreign corn , they will be pined to death ! They have , in a great measure , succeeded by the New Poor Law , in separating the poor from any connection -with tbe soil ; they have , by deluding the people , nearly succeeded in forcing them to prefer tbe prosperity of foreign agriculture to our own . ' "

      We do not think Mr . Oastler s mode of accounting for the origin of the Charter , is a correct one . It was not brought forward by any Malthusian manufacturers , to swamp the cry for the repeal of the New Poor Law ; if it were . it has failed in its effect ; for Mr . Oastler well knows that the Chartists have been always the most opposed to the . New Poor Law , and have always aided him ia his praiseworthy efforts .

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      Thb Schoolmaster ' s Expedient . —The able review of Harfprd ' a Life of Bishop Burgess , in the Eclectic of this mouth , relates'&e' following Btory of Dr . Joseph Warton , when master of- Winchester school : — " Warton was a man of taste , and had no mean talent for poetry ; bat , like most men of tbe same class , he disliked philology , and that dislike entailed ignorance to an extent which incapacitated him for his high vocation . Of this fact , the work before us supplies examples . He was sometimes sorely put to it to get through the chorus bra Qr « ek tragedy : and his wit but ill sufficed to conceal jus

      . embarrassment . While a ^ sgholar was ~ reading | he , puule passage , and wiugagt btffflitfetf " sticking fast , ' the poetical preceptor would breakout withaloud Voice , and demand an account of noises among the boys , which nobody heard but himself { So uniformly was ihia method . of solving . difficulties resorted to , that the late Bishop * Huntingibrd was wont to say , he so well knew what would happen on the approach of a dark passage , that he often said to the . boy- next him , 'No ^ ire shall iutv < r a noise . ' Daring the settlement Of the * noise , ' the reader was allowed to proceed as he best could : thus tbe elcnufh -m » T » aa ^*« 4 * k » work went 0 » . "~~~ .

      The Poor im China anp the Pooa in Barms . —It would not be easy to draw a comparison betneea tbe habitB of the poor ia thi » coimtiy&iid the cottagers of China , respecting the state of their household , beeanse it is difficult to come at an average ; but I think that while the poor at home are far less happy , they are far more cleanly than tbe poor are la Chins . There is . perhaps , thrice aa much content- , ment in tharland ! among Che villagers , bat only oaethitdof the mind which is displayed by the lower

      orders in Ea £ laad < I will not be dogmatio in tbe » remarks , and proceed no further in prescribing a * opinion than the enunciation of this fact , that e » e * worn and half-starved faces are rare things in China . A plnmpnees of feature , cheerfulness of mien , im a gait foil ot animation , though without hurry , bespeak a condition- « f mind ihi ^ looke on- to-day ' s soppJy ' with complacency , Mad totvnrd to io-morrowSg ohanoes without apprehension . ~ -Tke happiness and general prosperity of the Ch $ ** e are so conspicuous that they merit a short analysis . —From a work just published *

      Cromwell a . sd Charles the First . —Nor will his participation ia the King ' s death involve him in condemnation with ob .. -It is a stern business killing of a king . ' Bat if you once go to war with him , it lies there ; this and all else lies there . Onoe at War , you nave made wager of battle with him : it is he to aie , or else you . Reconciliation is problematic ; maybe possible , or , far more likely , is impossible . It ia now pretty generally admitted , that the Parliament , having vanquished Charles the First , had no way of making any tenable arrangement with him . The large Presbyterian party , apprehensive now of the Independents , were most auxious to do go ; anxious , indeed , as for their own existence J but it could not be . The unhappy Charles , in those final

      Hampton Court negociations , shows himself as a man fatally-incapable of being dealt with : a man whoj once for all , oould not and would not under stand ; whose thought did not in any measure represent to him-the real fact of the matter ; nay , worse , whose word did not at all represent hie-thought . We may say this of him without cruelty , with deep pity rather ; but it is true and undeniable . Forsakes there of all but tbe name of kingship , he still , finding himself treated with outward respect as a king , fandedthathe might play 4 > ffparty against party , and smuggle himself into his old power by deceiving bothi . Alas , they both discovered that Tie was deceiving them . - A man whose word will not -inform yon at all what he means or will do , is not * man you

      can bargain with . You must get out of that man ' s way , or pat him out of yours . The Presbyterians , in their despair , were still for believing Charles , though found false , unbelievable again -and again . Not bo Cromwell : " For all our fighting , " says he , * we are te- have a little bit of paper !"—No \—Car ^ Igle on Hero Worship . Thk Tbdth of Cbokwbll . —In fact , everywhere we have to notice the decisive practical eye of this man ; how he drives towards the practical and practicable—has a genuine insight into what is fact . Such an intellect , I maintain , does not belong to a

      false man : the false mas sees false shows , plausibilities , ex $ edi « nces ; the true man is ' needed to discern evsn practical truth . Cromwell ' s advice about the Parliament ' s army , early in the contesthow they were to dismiss their city-tapsters , flimsy , riotous persons , and choose substantial yeomen , whose heart was in the work , to be soldiers for them ; this is adrioe by a man who saw . Fact answers , if yon see into fact . Cromwell ' s Ironsides were , the embodiment of tbiB insight of his ; men fearing God , and without any other fear . No more eonclusrrely genuine set of fighters ever frod the soil of England or of any other land , —Ibid .

      Anecdotes or th * Fbkhch RKVoitmoK . — " What is the guillotine ! a tap on tb » neck , Baid Lamourette , as be gaily took his last meal with his comrades of the same chamber . Then , warming by degrees , like-a true Gatholio priest , he enlarged- upon the immortality of the soul and itB-eonseqaences . It was a common thing for the prisoner * to-light their pipes with the cop j of their indictment . The official defender of Goanay , who had been-an-officer of hussars , in-order to save him , wanted to call evidence

      to prove that hi * head was not sotmd . " -My head , " said : the accused , ¦ w was never cooler or sounder than now , whea I am on tbe ptinfc of losing it : officious and official defender , I will sot be defended by fonJ-, let theas lead me to the « ttilktiBe . " jA rnobtof people * urround © d the © art hr * o which Cos * tine was cliabin R to go to the aesJMA , aad shouted out , : " To tbe guillotine 1 to tb > guillotine I "— " I am going there , yon noisy rabble / ' said tbe old general , ** I am- going—caa't you have a little patience 1 "Monthly Chronicle for February . : --

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      M . Boss , a Scotchman , who , ml ins capacity of Usher of the Convention , arrested 'Robespierre , died in Paris , on Friday , in the Wth rear of ha age .

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      MR . SrANSFELD ^ -IMPORT . AND EXPORT

      1 DUTIES . Wb promised to examine this subject , as soon as time permitted ; we now redeem our pledge . : At » meeting of our Solons , lately held at Xee « s , Mr . Stansf £ U > , in praying support for » petition in favour of a remission of certain import and export duties , did , aaia that gentlemaa ' s custom , produce for the mystification ot bia audience * a statistical table of profit and loss . : As Mr . StA « sFELD professes to be an orator of the Ciceronian school , he endeavours to divide bis

      speeches into the three reqnired parts , a beginning , a middle , and an end . In the instance before us , however , he supplies tables for rhetoric In his first section of table No . 1 , he asserts that a removal of the import and export duties would effect a saving to the inhabitants of Leeds of upwards of £ 300 , 000 a year . In his second section of table Mo . 1 , ha contends that the whole population of the Empire , estimating it at twenty-four millions , ia taxed £ 2 per head annually for State taxation , and £ 2 per head annually for the benefit of individual

      classes , making a total of ninety-six millions annually . Id bis third Beotion of Table No . 1 , he assumes that eaoh working man , in Leeds , earns twenty-four shillings per week ; and , allowing each family to consist of five persona , that the effect of the import and export duties is to imposes tax of four shillings per week , or one-sixth of tho whole earning , upon eaoh working man . Thus Mr . Staksfeld proceeds ; in the dull path of arithmetical calculation , bat being more of an orator than aa arithmetician , ho closes bis remarks upon Table No . 1 , and at the same time introduces Table No . 2 , in tha following glowing terms , well worthy a disciple of the fructifying sonooL Ho Baye : —

      " I have stated the saving to the borough , by the removal of the protecting duties , to be £ 300 , 000 a year . I have supported that statement by tbe ovideuce giv « n before the committee of the House of Commons , and it is on the strength of that evidence that I aa It your sanction to tbe petition I shall-propose . But , Sir , tb&t estimate , in my humble opinion , ia much underrated . I have no hesitation in expressing my belief that the advantages to be derived ¦ from tbe change to this borough would amount in money to one million a year . Some gentlemen maybe astonished , but let them consider that this sum la only £ 7 a head on the population , and that the difference between a good and a bad trade would soon make this . I hold In my . hand a rough estimate , " &o .

      Now this is reversing the Morpeth plan , of asking for a principle more extensive than facts warrant ; for Sta . nspeld , to insure htS petition , assures his supporters that facts go three times as far aa the tables upon which he ia ready to rely ; and he says that a removal of tha import and export duties would be a relief to a working man with a family of five , not of £ 10 a year , but of £ 35 . Stansfeld , in supporting Table No . 1 , has not the fear of the last section of Table No . 2 before his eyes ; for after appropriating the saving to the respective purposes of each family , he prsceeda to give 4 , 000 adults , not of the working , but of the shopkeeping classes , an annual increase of income amounting to £ 400 , 000 ; in short , he adds £ 60 , « 06 " to his million sterling of annual saving ; .

      Now , suppose we were to admit Mr . Stansfeld ' s first section of Table No . 1—that is , that the removal of import and export duties wonld efiect a saving of £ 2 p ^ r . head " to working meii , and taking his census of H ^ jOOO Of a working population to be correct , . We taire a saving of £ 234 , 000 per annum ; and we 4 uy , according to all middle-olass practice , juitly adopt 0 ie 3 a 9 t sectiBnof Table No . 2 , namely , that upon this sa viDg of £ 244 , 000 per annum to M % jm ~« t tba working population / 4 , 000 of the idlers woul ^ make a profit of £ 4 OO , oi 5 e per annum . Tiqsposition wfrshall presently maiatain by facts ; while we de ^ tn it hut common justice to our readers togive th ' e whole of the fabulous table , which is as follow ! :-. ' : '

      _ . ) ^ ft - ; . i > J __ J—^—^^—¦ ' - - ' ¦ ' - 7 h ^ - ' - ¦ ¦ ' ¦ £ , £ ¦ Saving Mpe ^ tMe iro . l ..,.. 319 , 950 The « a \« ulations in the Table art f ** imlftA . "ft rtw . A ^ P * £ coni * suJtyfe of the empire , but it ~ " ¦ ' ' '"; ^ ttfiil of , a manufActurtog tovru ^ consume more food than those > -the agricultural distriota . " The average wnsumption of sugar in the borodfeh of . Leeds , , . Mownputcdby-flTBoffteprin . ' ciptldeatajjls ^ lbs-weekly tor aismU /« £ f t » jpetjfqns . the duty on whkh op apoipulation 6 f 150 , 000 , wotiia'ia-snnnally £ lO 3 , fr % being < ta Increase od the . «* atetMutro | Tablel . of ... 59 , 817 Tbe-average eon » ump \ Lon of coffee , estimated ; by the same parties , K 6 o " z ? Weetfy . Vor a > fjuntly dtMve persons , And th * duty on tbe population of the borough , would be £ 14 , 589 , oi ... aa iwSrease on the statement ' ' of Tabl » Jl * f rt . u ............... l % 0 , 83 » It Is difficult'to fcjna an estimate on bread , and meat , aid ve « e-Ubles , ie ., Wi take the extra ¦ coasdxnptioji »\ Is . 3 d ., andyou have ........ 75 , «« o . tnereasa of wages Is . per head weekly , assuming this to be the difference between good trade and full employment , and bad trade and partial employment , The population being 15 MM ' Of which threequarters are the ¦ w orking classes ... 112 , 010 Deduetone-thirdfor Children under thirteen , years of age . 37 , 0 » 0 Leaving men , women and children 75 > i 0 t At Is . each per week would be per annum ............ l 55 , 0 fl # IdcrjaaM ^ ffaoot to sbopiM ^ ws , . manufacturers , and merchants , and such as are not included amragat the working classes . ; Bnpposethatoutof the remaining population of S 8 , » oe , that 1 O , * SO are adults , and tbat 4 . « eO of these realise £ 160 a year , more under an improved trade , you have 4 * 0 , 000 . r ——— 740 , « M £ i , oet , soe

      Now , in tke above table , we see as much ignorance , foUy , wickedness , and deceit , as could be well crammed into so many | ines . First , what does Mr . Stassselb say , and how does he introduoe his " extravagant" and '«• absurd "; calculation f Why ,, he tays that his plan , instead of £ 2 aj head , frill give to the working classes £ 7 a bead per annum ; and how does ke preserve his calculations t Why , by giving £ 400 , « 00 , or nearly one half the wholejium , for the whole population of 150 , 000 , to 4 , 6 o » Of the male adults of the moHey-mongering class !! that ia , instead of £ lahead to each working man , he gives £ 100

      ahead to 4000 of the idlers ; or , in other words , admitting the third section of table No . 1 , U be « orrect , and ready to swear , as- we are , that tke last section of No . 2 w » uld be rather under the mark , SuirsFtLB has the old calculations in his head whioh the twenty-three m « aey-mon « ers who voted for him well understood , which : may be thus translated :- " 112 , 1 * 0 of the working population , sav * £ 2 a head by transferring them freest the import and export sharks to the mastdr sriarki ; audyoa •«« , gentlemen , plainly , that if wo can eftet *> iffolf * # an object , 4 . 0 M of our order will fce * k * t tk ^ wbtote jgZMiOOOorBaTiBft and £ 176 , 000 iatft the bargain , for onr trouble ! " / ' ;

      HtntB , before a «» PAmitt « e of the ttsuse of Commons , makes . " use of thtse remarkable words :- Gertainlf r I conceive that having paid the private tares , they are the less able to pay the pVAlk taxes . " What a fool Sttutsen * most be toteU ' tto People , in . plain -English , ** Yon ¦ * that theMnmblob ^ eiwMB tbe local and tbe repnete-. . .- . . - - ¦ . ¦ - . ¦ -O ! ' J »

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      tative tyrants ! What wo leave , tho Stav' will hav «; and what the State leaves , wo will have ; bo whoever puts the load on the asa , you most bear it . " The orator , however , proceeded with hia speech , to which he attempted to give a beg ^ uoag , a middle , and an end ; buiwe muBt begin whereh « left off , in order to put the gibberishmtaEngKsb . Heconclndea with aa admission that his calonlationB will appear " extravagant" and " absnrd" to every one but himself ; and then he mouths out a kit of the usual stuff about " an all-wise Creator /' alway » forgetting that an all-absorbing set of devourera mar tb ^ ' ^ -wiM Prea jfor ' s every beaiga and wise ' iatentionv ¦ - ¦¦ , ' : ' : \ ¦ ¦ . ' : ¦ '

      Mr . ' STANsyBLD , in his exordium , tells his hearers that" this ia not a party question ; tbat Liberals and Conservatives in Glasgow and Manchester , and tbe Times- and the Chronicle , all advocate it . " Now , if we had not direct evidence furnished by facts before us , we should rely upon the very circumstance of such a junction as the very strongest proof of condenanaiion : for , although all political purtieshave united ia its support , it by no means deprives it of its distinct olasasuspioion ; as politics are always forgotten when profits are under consideration .

      When did Whigs and Tories , the Times and Chronwfe , separately , or jointly , advocate any one measure for the benefit of the working classes ! And are they now , after never-ceasing hostility and opposition , likely . to ' . ' uniteV - fofciiio firat time , fpr the benefit of those upon whose ruin they have one and all grown rioh t , - Mr . Stanspeld , having first oomforiably established tke fact in hia own mind , that every working man in Leeds earns twenty- ^ ur ' shillings a week , proceeds to argue as if each of the 112 , 000 of the working population consumed in proportion to the remaining 38 , 060 of the merchants ,

      manufacturers , and shopkeepers ; and then he proceeds to read extracts from an examination of Messrs . Hume , Pobtbb , and McGreqoe , before a Committee of the House of Commons , still going on the presumption that working men consume an equal share , even of all imported luxuries ; and he selectB one answer out of many thousands given by Mr . Pobtbr , which answer nambers 2651 , and which goes to show that the reduction on the duty on sugar would " produce a great moral benefit . " The whole of the examiaatton of these three gentlemen , who don't appear to know a cow from a hay stack , ia directed by the examiners to the especial fact , that a repeal of the Corn Laws is of primary importance .

      And now we beg the most anxious attention of our shrewd readers to the following admission of Mr . Solon M'Greqor , He gays that , " so far from a total and immediate repeal of all restrictions upon the importation of foreign corn having a tendency to lotifet rentsj it would have a direct contrary efiect , and would considerably inc-tose them ; '' and he accounts for it thus . He says that " the land necessarily thrown out of cultivation would be devoted to the production of vegetables and animal food ; " and in these very articles Mr . Stansfkld , ia Table No . I assumes a reduction of £ 225 , 000 annually , and , in Table No . 2 , he augments the reduction by £ 75 , 000 annually , for the difference between good and bad trade , by a removal of duties . Now let us have a

      plain matter-of-fact word ot two upon this part of the subject . What has been the great , the almost only argument of . the League t Why , that the Corn Laws raised rents , and thereby raised the prioe of food , and thereby threw the produce of , English labour out of the foreign , market , and sent the cheapfood-foreign-produce at a lower price into our markets . Bui here y » e , ^ iaTe the anomaly ©/ .--dear-- J «^| G ^ y ^ f ^ mmt produce dtar beasts . Sand : deaf \ vi | ge |)| 6 refl , . and which , we are told will' lead to cheap meat and cheap vegetables t In fact . Solon Hums stys ^ in . answer to a

      Question puVBy the " Chairman—But we give it all , quoatiou and anBW « r ; here T £ ia ^ ;—" Havu jmf . ^^^^^^^ oe ^(^ jm *^ biBVkmoyaii of taxation -which tbB eommsaitf -pay in conge ( lU 6 n

      protection , whatever that is , as far as bread goes , to be 10 b ., it would ba that amount upon the whole . population . Then you oould hardly say less than , perhaps , doable tbat for butchers' meat and other matters so that if we were tosay that the corn is enhanced by 10 s . a quarter , there would be that 10 s , and 29 s . more as the increase of the price of meat ; and other « gricnltural productions , including hay and oats for horses , barley for beer , as well as butter and cheese . That Would fce-£ 39 , 000 , 0 ( 10 ayear , an& the public are In fact paying thai as effectually put of their pockets as if it did go to the revenue in the form of direct taxes . ... " , ¦ ' , , 1 ' ¦ '•'

      " And . ' ednsequently ,. are less able to pay ; any taxes that the state may xeouire ftr its support ?—C&tatniy ; I oonceiya that having paid tha private taxes , they are tie feu aijle to pay the public taxes .. Now then we have Mr . Solon M'Greoob assuring us that the removal of all restrictions would increase rents' considerably , while we have Solon Hume assuring us that the effect of our inorease of rent would produce a reduction of no less than thirty-six toilWna annually in the ' price ofprodnce ! that it would raise rents by about thirty millions annually , and reduce produce by thirty-six millions annually !!

      Seriously , will Mr . Ex-Mayor Stansmld , ( who surrendered that dignified office with the philanthropic intention of becoming national schoolmaster , ) solve this riddle for us i for we defy any mau to swallow the pill in its present Bh&pe . . Well , Mr . Stansfeld supposes each poor man ' s family to consume as much sugar , coffee , bread , beef , vegetables , and even timber , as any of the aristocratic families of the kingdom ; and , indeed , so minute are the Humane Society in all matters connected with the poor man's comfort , that Mr . Hume complains that the duties upon timber to protect our Canadian produce , obifges'b ' uilders to erect the ' roofs of poor men ' s houses without a sufficient pitch to keep out wet , but , on the contrarv ,

      they make them too flat . Q , how merciful ! how very merciful !! But Mr . Eous knows as little of building as he appeara to kaow of agriculture ; for Sat roofs are i > ow all the fashion , area for Prince Acbsbt ' s stables and dog-kennels ,: and why not for those who feed Prince At »? J ^« llOT ?* » S * *^ ' ' It appears that the Tradesmen have had meetings at Liverpool , Manchester , and elsewhere , upon the subject ; and at Manchester all Mr . HraKissoir ' s alterationa were urged as proof to show that the removal of restrictions led to an increase of pro * duction . Why , who ever doubted the fact f But the orators forget to produce a table of comparative wages , and eosaparati ve- eomfori for the working producers , correaponding with the increased speculation—we csnaot call it desaand .

      We fully admit that the removal of heavy duties leads to increased consumption , and that increased consumption loads to increased ¦ rodiujtion , and even to increaeed surplus proiuOtJoo above demand , whioh is { he froducer ' s na . We admit , that taxes « f aor sort , injudiciously laid on , may lead to a prshibition of th « o * e of tto taxed article . Bui aa Mr , Sta « w « u > smd his coadjutora have stopped short just where , working class inte » at commen ««« , we lake the subject » pat thatpxecfeanohjfc ^ ., ; . ; T ; 3 -, / ,:-.. ,::, /• :, V , . ::. .:. ¦¦ ¦'¦ : ,

      What then , has been the never-faUbg wfalt of aU Mr ^ ilMJtisspjC * p « tching , and baching t The removal of res ^ ctk * a has led to inereased Bpeeujalatioa ; incriasea ^ BW ^ of p * per money , increased diK * ont , < oaimiaaioB , brokerage , and -stassp duty npoa bUUj , in « fease 4 -insurMoes upon premiiieS and shipmeaU ; iacrojuod a » x » tfei » nfon r the &titioas ^ o perty prod ^ e * by * h » ftoiiliow show of tooreawd natioiiai w « Htht oa « dj 4 A fiction * iaowased iaflw of s * rio « ltural J »^ x »^ htm Nprfolkf Spffolk , Dorset , ! fc » eweir l ) ev 6 n abiro and Ireland ^ permanently ; located to *» eet * mare ^ iem porary and « abealtbj iwsre ^ sed demand for tb « moment ; aa iBerease in the prioe of raw material ; an increase of production ; as increase of eatplosagt oter demand ; an iacxeaw » f watthouses ,

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      aad when all acre fall , an inem s * of banirtfpfciesj a decrease of m&B } an increase ** poverty , and an increased pennaiMlrt labour . class in the manufacturing districts , who ate for ever shut Mt from their old employments , ani constituted Into a corps of reserve for the tyrant Masters to hold the rod of cheap wages over those to whom a reduced trade , with less speculation , woaM afford employment . But vf » will not go Mr . 9 tjtjiinaj > ' a round-about way of jivin g each head * f a family of five , an increase sf £ 35 per annum ? we give it to him at

      once ; and so loag as Jie has n » tote to protect it , aad Mr . StAnsWBHS ; has the vote , whi ? h is the license to steal it , it is aa sure to go into hi » &r « edies pocket as if the man gave * of his own free wiil ^—tfcst is , in other words , suppoae-Mr . SrAKSPBtD ' sf prejert togive to each of 200 heads of families in hisremp > yn . ient £ 35 per annum , Mr . Stahsfeld and In ' s ebss would have the J 63 S , and £ 15 of labour int » -thfr bargain ^ for taking it . In fact rtbe Ogres see that tfiey iave , 'like the Abyssinians , eaten th « prey tip steaks , and now the ; want soma one to putfet upoa-tihe animals fear them to devour . : . '

      We find Mr . Stan 6 » id is beginning t »; talk ot the land ; and , eome time ago , the Mercury , began to open upon the subject , Now , what does Mr . Skinspbbb think of this direai mode of carrying o ^ t the benign fetehtipns of r * sW ' ail-wise Ct ^ i& *? $ *** name he dares to profane with ; bJa . profiUaoigwing lips ; > Let us for one moment suppose , n * f * if we never fdr an instant believed , tbat the real ob ^ t of Scriptare Stansfjeld and Co . is to serve the labouring : ( dasses . Now , -what would , he think ef this

      simple process : —Two million heads of families , of five to ; a family , would pay a full rent fo » ten million acres of land , would live as well * $ itSx . Stansrbu > , and would produce an annual oveTplaa of the value of sixty millions sterling , in beer , 5 ^ ek , lawon , butter , milky cheese , poultry , vegetables , dressed ftax , linen , wooUen- doth , and span y < un ; and , without ; any pay , wouH be ready to meet * second Napdleoh , aye , and tbe great tyrant of . the Northjand beat th ^ m bo th , if they dared to invade their rights , and we should hear no more of army estimates .

      Mr . StjlTtSfelb only sees pimples ; he cannot see a wen . Let us , then , point oat & few even of the pis * plea to him . Let us just see how our land at Jbtome ia disposed of , —the only thing , let it be remembered , which the natives should rely upon . Allowing tke interest of the national debt , with collection of tixes , to amount to forty millions annually , —that absorbs the whole value of every acre m England . The Army and Navy estimate ^ and State ChUrch of Ireland , fifteen millions » year , —there goes the whole rental of Ireland .. The English State Church variously estimated , —we will take- it low , —at eight

      millions , —and away goes Scotland . Then , fer Wales , we have King Cumbeiuaih * , King Leopol » , King Albert , Queen Adelaide , Queen Kent , Queen VimpaiA , Duke Svsstx , Duke Cambridge , Duke Gloucester , and the rest of the'Royal Family , with the court , placemen , pensioners , cabinetministers , and secret service money ; we think that fully disposes of Wales . Then we have the Isle of Man for twentyfour millions , with Judges , English , Irish , ' . and Scotch Barrister . " , Attorneys , Bankers , Insurance Companies , ' Poor Law Commissioners , with their staff of Metropolitan and Rural

      Police , the Aristocracy , with the in&reaV of four thousand millions of personal debt , to pay for import and export duties , for class interest , and the whole local taxation of the kingdom ; that is , if J » bn Bull and Paddy and Sawney would just say "I ' m tired working . ' * We ask Mr . Sji * NSf £ U ) what .-pays every mortgage upon every estate ia the Empire ! What pays the rent of every house in tbo Empire ! for houses don ' t produce . What supports every aristocrat , parson , policeman , balf ' pay officer , soldier , sailor , middle-class man , fat horse , dog and bitch , in the empire , for they

      none of them work in a profitable way I Is ft not the lean , half-starved labourer 1 Nay , ' are not the labourers of this "improved" generatioa compelled to suppottjEhe extravagaaeies of former generations , and to keep up all the abuses of our unrefbrmed times t andare they not nightly saddled with freah burdeas by tne representatives of Mi . Stansf eld ' s class ; who presumptuously tell them that they can pay all tbode burdens , and compete , without protection , with the nations of the world , who owe not a penny for our pound ? v ' ' 1 We now ten Mr . Sxanspeltj thatj supposing

      England to possesfan operative class of two , millions five hundred thousand , it would b » wisdom in that olass to allow two millions to remain idle and to be supported by the five hundred thousand at full work 'instead ) of constituting a competitive population in the labiur market ^ underselling eaeh other , for the benefit ^ of any blood-fiuoking gpecolatow m ribour ; and fiotHious money . ' Mr . Stamp eld ceased to be the Mayor of a faction , that he may be the leader of a party ; but he has become the mere pack-horse of a seotion . . The firm of Marshall , Stansfeld , and Co . has been the

      greatest failure of all modern humbugs ; they had many advantages , and unlimited credit , and what has become of them T Marshall , stupid man , allowed his name to be put to a letter , of which he did not comprehend a single sentence . Tae writer , in his tfltle vanity , betrays bis principal ; MabshaUi gets well peppered on all hands ; and there he is , mum-chance , not able to say a word in his own defence , or in support of his borrowed plumage .:-The writer of J . G ; WUbshaxl ' s letter , and the writer of a very silly article in -Tilt ' s laak Number , upon the law of libel , is , we would lay a trifle , one and the

      same person ; and both productions bear evident marks of weak understa ^ ditigi strong prejudice ; devouring vanity , and udoonquerableviwlictiveneas . MAKsaAi . 1 , StarsjsIld , and Co . hive long . Biaoe discovered thatavo ^ B MiithehandsJ ! a oft ^ issgenrtael Ueense ioT » b ; while the peoplejucaiast siow heginHhigtd discoverthit without »; vote to protect them , the possession of life , liberty , and property are but so many frail tenures held by slaves for the benefit of slave masters . The people have now discovered that their oppressors stand self-convicted , SrAKSFJEU > . aa « t Co . coming forward , in the eleventh

      hour , with grkvanoes , a- knowledge of which they oonfesa to have had ^ for years , but never divBlged till tbey Vfaril ^ io save the people ' s pound from ; on # plunderer , that they may . bs able U rob theaa- « f a ¦ guinea theaa ^ vea . Are they so foolish si ' Bot to B ^ that in tte # e 3 cpo « itiott of abuse they justiff * rei | OTt even to physical force , while the Chartiata are Apatriatetd and entombed fer merely askiii / C for future protection against v * hat STANSPEtD ' admits to be national plunder 1 BdC the truth , like murder , will out ; a day of retribution will come ! God grant that it may not be one

      of vengeance , when that " all-wise Creator , " whose sacred name xMaej-mongera dare to invoke , will scatter all the enemies of the poor with flreiand sword , and drive the oppressors , from the land / 1 If man may dare to guess at coming events , the serious and thoughtful must see evideai signs , of the near , the fast and irresistible approach of the avenging Thus we settle humbug the iriath ; and , we trust , satisftketorily , if slot Hatteringly , to Mr . StAWsraA Just th » i * of Stai « 8 f « u » uiHar < tf a . savmj . of £ 20 per annum for « n Irish , ScWch , and Eaglish agricStnral w « a » t , ^ l * " **!^ , ^*? ?^ * s& ^^^ tf ^^ i ^ ts

      the wpfr . of ^ . theur houses , nor would £ ey , if tt ^ waa duty free 1 ttow wifi S ^ amiw lake . £ 70 a yea * from anlriahman ' s w ^; ' e » , wbo , SHAMUM Cwwjokd 5 lhri » s , MBi oidyi ^ iarwsVasi theiwa |« i « f th » S pltaifields and « th « r % eaveiat For , bart ^ renumbered , SfA « waxi » fc * " ^!**^ *" w h Sllklue into W » awning . * ex * x * tm&i a * £ » nd " absurd" etloolasionsw : - ¦¦ " ¦ ¦> ^ ' v ^ r . :. if totSBUisfBtr *) does aot / W * to too- avwfa kHtMhin h > * h « vivWpictare which b » potrirays of his

      % own and his fellows' by-goaiecfolKes , to « aU the » by ¦ r temMestname , we pledge orirselvee to banth * ^ M « yat e « without aidrop of biood being abed } and , should eonflict come , which . Qtt > d 4 o his mercy forbid , let those who have confessed wrongs and resisted right , bes * the ftill -weight « t their own temerity and injustice . The vorajwe ^ ay . is ^ license to * ob when confined to » class ; tbe von is a title to protKtioa when ywasaed bfUw » wanBity »

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      A CHAJITI 8 T SONG . 6 od bless our native land , Msy Heaven ' s protecting hand Siffl guard oar Aon ; Hiv rigBt its power extend , Industry to defend ; Soon usay oppression end AD Britain o ' er . Msy just and equal laws Uphold tbe people ' s cause , And bles the aofl ; Land of tbe brave and free / God grant that it may be A bod of Liberty To ihcae who toD .

      Tfc £ Charter is our right , iithough oppo 3 * d by might , :: - We it demand ! Lord , make onrrnlers see That men should brothers be , And fonn one fiunfly Ail o ' er the land . W . E ., KIddernunster MiHi 13 d , l&H .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 27, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct542/page/3/