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      XxBEAT MEETING AT DTTKINFIELD' - : ¦ — ' ¦¦ ' " ' . > ' . .. ' . — ¦ - . - " ¦ " The amraalmeeiiog af theley-payerswasheld on "Monday week , in the }> u 3 dniield Sunday School , for the pnroose of passd * the ^ rtsseenr account * for ^ ite yearjust ended , fflS ajsatojelect sait&ble persons to fifi the office of overseer ? for the present year . The meeting wurconwoied for oof ^> cfofc . but did not -commence mitS two , ' at wMch tufie ^ he chair -was -taken by JohniCheetnim , Esoi : ; . "" ' ' Tbe Casmsiix opened theTnismess of the meetaBftyreading the placard , - and ^ stating the objects for which it was convened . " % J . ** Mr . Stephkxs rosefor the purpose of moving ' - . an adjournment .. He objected , to : the meeting being wonvened at aiime when amajority of the rate-p atere were engaged in their daily avocations . One o ' clock was a jnost unsuitable and inconvenient time at which to call a convocation bl the" people , for the »—W—U——i ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^*^^^^^

      purpose of discussing their parochial affairs . He could R 3 sure them that the people considered meetings of this description , called at such 3 . time , a mere mockery—as an msolt to them . Either they -were citizens or not—ley-payers or not—free-born ^ Englishmen or not : if they were ~ aot , they should tell them so at once , and tell diem the Act of Parliament that , disqualified them .: The Constitution had clearly giTen the people vested lights , and they would not allow them to h * bartered , or frittered airar by any individuals whateTer . The people were beiWrng ^ to say— ¦ " What use is it to call meetings , wnen we caimut attend them V He would , therefore , move that the meeting do adjourn until . eight o ' clock at night , to allow the people an oppor-¦ Jtonityofaitendmg . . , Mr . Durham seconded the motion .

      Mr . George TiTooiiET moved , as an amendment , that the meeting proceed wifh the business of the day , which was seconded by ¦ Mr . Rosrssox . He remarked that Mr . Stephens had insinuated that there was a design on the part of the persons calling the meeting , to cheat the people out of their rights . Now , he confended that due notice had been given ; that the time was the same as in previous years , and the place of meeting the same , _ He felt confident that no mill-owner in the township would refuse any ¦ of his work-people , who were rate-payers , the privilege of attending these meetings , provided they made respectful application for leave to 4 o so . Mr . Stephexs , in reply , stated that Mr . Robinson ' s answer was no answer at all . His ( Mr . Stephen ' s ) arguments went to show that the time was an unsuitable time . ; and thai the room could

      not hold lie ley-payers ef Drikmneld . Mr . Robmson tclte us that the town ' s business has been transacted in the same room and at the same time for many years previously . Why , that only proved that the abuses had been " allowed to continue too long . The question was , . whether or not tie annual meetings jtfiould be held at such time and place as would allow the people an opportunity of attending . Mr . Robinson had said that he did not believe there was a single null-owner who would refase to permit any of his work-people , who were rate-payers , from attending that meeting . All that he could say , in reply , was , that if they must judge of the future from the experience of the past , he-knew one mill-owner at least , who would not only do so , but had ajreaiy discharged a family of virtuous females for attending the chapel , and joining in the mode of worshipping God the most agreeable to their

      consciences . The Chaibjiax here interposed , and begged Mr Stephens to confine bis observations to the interests of the rate-payers , and the best way of promoting them . Mr . Stephxss—Sir , it has been said that no millowaer in this district would prevent his work-people from attending these meetings ; and that , too , by a gentleman who not only has the hardihood , but actnaQv does interfere , and discharge Ms workpeoplefor exercising their judgment ^ and acting in accordance with the dictates of their consciences

      < Loud cheers . ) The Chairman again interposed , and stated that he thought a room could not bfi found capable of accommodating' tbe whole of the rate-payers , and also that he conceived the business of the meeting could be done as efficiently where they were as at any other place . He' also remarked that every ratepayer had . a right to examine the accounts , and see that they were correct . No person would be allowed to vote or take any part in the proceedings , unless Ms name was in tb ~ e rate-book ; and he should order any person into custody who dared to contravene his decision . An Act had been , passed which empowered the landlords to pay' tne rate 3 instead of

      their tenants ; but every tenant had a right to have his name placed in the rate-book , and thereby be entitled to vote ; and if he neglected to do so , it -would be his own fault if be were refused tbe privilege of voting . The Chairman , after some farther remarks , pnf tie amendment to the meeting , and called for a show of hands , upon which there were fif ty or sixty hands held up for it ; the original motion was then put , wnen there was an overwhelming majority in its favour . A poll wasthen demanded by the proposer of the amendment , which was ordered to take place immediately and continue open until two o'clock . On Thuiday , finding themselves placed in a dilemma , they colleagned together , and prevailed upon the Chairman , in contravention of his own . decision , to convert the poll into a scrutiny . The officers then retired to a room below stairs , for

      the puiposexif examining' the claims of the parties 23 to their right of voting - , but never before , even at a contested election , did we witness such disgraceful proceedings . Indeed , tongue or pen . cannot adequately describe the blackgarding , brow-beating , insulting , badgering , -violent , intimidating , and grossly outrageous conduct of some of tbe ge ? rflemeit who surrounded the officers , particularly the conduct of a liberal , enlightened , intelligent gentlemanly mUd , discreet , and learned gentleman of Sidley bridge- In fact , their behaviour was so inexpressibly disgraceful and intolerable , that the Tiainnan , who is a magistrate , had to accompany * ¦ " " t- Stephen * down stairs to protect the people from jscn-EiTkljnce and assault . After two or three iiours spent in tie farce of a scrutiny , tbe chairman Tetnrned , and declared the amendment was carried , there being 63 for it , and only 13 for the original

      motion . - Mr . Stephens ro ? e to protest against tbe return , on the ground , firstly , of its abstract illegality ; secondly , on the ground of parties being brought m to vote who were not present at tbe division , and refusing to take names of persons who were in favour of an adjournment ; thirdly , that Mr . Wm . Bailey had exercised the grossest intimidation , sitting beside the officers and threatening every person who came to "" lender his vote , that if his name were not found upon the rate-book , he would

      be summoned for a trespass upon the premises , and 1 hat he had taken down several names for that purpose ; fourthly , that the constables were ordered to apprehend men who had committed no breach of the peace , and who had not said any thing having such a tendency ; fifthly , on the ground that constables were placed at the door to prevent the ingres 3 of the people . The Chaibmax requested Mr . Stephens to furnish him -Kith a written protest , "vraieh Mr . Stephens declared bis readiness to do , on condition thai he was allowed to write it whilst other persons were allowed to state their objections to the legality of lie return .

      This being-peremptorily refused by the Chairman , ilr . Stefhess moved an adjournment of the meeting -until be had time to prepare his protest . The Chairman refused to pnt it , and called upon the overseer * to read their accounts , upon which a scene of indescribable confusion took place , some calling outfor tbe accounts to be read , and others demanding that Mr . Stephens be heard . The clamour and zimse continued for a considerable time , but order being at length restored , the accounts were read . Some discussion ensued upon some of the items , especially one in reference to the payment of men serving on juries . It appears the constable has been in the habit of charging the township three shillings

      per man for every person serving on a jury , but that an some instances he has ^> nly given jurymen one shilling , and in some cases none at tUL A comsaittee was appointedj " consisting of Messrs . Seel , Gee , and Wooiiey , to inquire into the matter . ' . Mr . Seel inquired whether any of the money had been applied either directly or indirectly for the purposes of the Aw Poor Lav ? Which was answered in the negative . The * accounts were then passed unanimously . - Some discussion then took place respecting the appointment of Guardians , from which we learned that Messrs . Bailey , Gee , and Woolley , had been dominated Guardians for the Dnkjnfield section of

      the Ashton Union ; that although the Act of Par-Bsanent required that notice of the . election of -Guardians should be given to the rate-pavers through the medium of the newspaper which ' has the largest circulation in the place where they are to be elected , no notice was given except in the Manchester Guardian , a paper that is never even looked at , much less read , by the people . That Mr . Gee declared he would not serve as a Guardian , onleas with , the express sanction of amajority oi the rate-payers . Mr . Stephens enquired of Mr . Robinson , the Chairman of the Ashton Board of Guardians , whether he had received any information from the

      Poor Law Commissionert , as to whether there would he any alteration in - the law during the ensuing year , that would materially affect the office and datie * of the ovsrseer *? Mr . Robiksos replied that he had not . ¦ \ - . Mr . Sttzpbess said this was an important point . He had no doubt there were many gentlemen present whe would wiffingly iccept rthe irfficeiof owereeerif . they knew whose serrante tiiey were $ p be ; and therefore it was bigUy neressary that they ' shomdhaw all the infonnaiion . possible ^ 'beesasext # the New Poor Law waiintroduced , the overaeere V would no longer be tbeBerrants of the pmidBonerg , Igptet troold become the servants of the Aahtoh Board U . i&Jrusr&aas , wbirii was the . Hgem oi Poorer , the

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      Assistant . Tramping Poor Law Commissioner , who was the paid servant of the three Commissioners , at London , who were the Agents of the Devil . ( Loud cheers . ) , The Chairmak called Mr . Stephens to order , and said he could not listen to suchlanguage . - ; - . ' Mr . Sra ^ uois was proceeding to address the meeting , when a person said that Mr . Robinson had called Mr . Stephens a tieff . * ' ^ . ¦ 'i ¦ Mr .- Robinson , in" explanation ; stated that his feelings had been ; Smfated "" "by Mr . Stephens' lang » agt % and by being designated the servant of men who were the agents of the'Peril . Whilst under ihe excitement be- said tbat Mt . Stephens was littering falsehoods . He -regretted that he had been betrayed , through'the warmth of his-feeEags , to make use of the expression , fliough inadvertently ,-and begged to apologise for having done so . / - ]_ ' Mr .- { yP £ PHEK 8 expressed his perfect gatisfactffinwifliflje" apology of Mr . Robinson , and bejggedto assure him that theTemark which he had made was not intended to apply to him personally ! but to the office which he fifled , and that no man who'wiahed to stand well with . his . poorer , neighbours or his God , either could or would accept so degrading an office . Messrs . Ashton and Wilde were re-elected overseers for the present year—the assistant overseer , to find security to the amount of £ 250 . ' Mr . Bards-, ley was re-elected assistant surveyor of the highway * at a salary of £ 50 per annum . The constables ' accounts were unaudited ,- and consequently : unfit to lay before the meeting , which caused some xlissati * -

      faction . It was agreed-that they should be examined by the select vestry . A-new ? vestry was then appointed , of which Messrs .. Stephens , ; Sael , Robinson , and Durham were chosen meiibere . The surveyors' accounts were then read and passed , and a fresh board of surveyors ^ elected . Thanks were then voted to the chainnan , ' and the meeting separated , after lasting from one to half-past seren o ' clock . This was one of the most extraordinary meetings we wereeverpresentat , and is unparalleled in the annals of parish affairs . There were not more than two hundred persons present during any part of the proceedings ; yet some person took upoii himself the responsibility of calfing the whole constabulary force of Staiey-bridge and Dukinfield , and quartering them at a neighbouring public house

      so as to be prepared should their services be necessary . The object of the Malthusian p > arty was to create disturbance , for which purpose they engaged an ignorant , ill-br ed , vulgar fellow , who is a cotton master , to be their Jack Rackett . They foolishly supposed that the foul-mouthed language and beastly insolence of this contemptible thing would put Mr . Stephens off his guard , and cause him to use expressions that might lead to a riot , and then thev would have an opportunity of apprebfending him . They were completely foiled in uieir designs , for Mr . Stephens . was cruite cool , calm , and collected , whilst they were foaming with rage at their defeat , apd the great sap who undertook to abuse Mr . Stephens at their bidding is the laughing stock of the children in the streets .

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      PARISH OF ST . BRIDE . —REJECTION OF THE POOR LAW AMENDMENT ACT . Yesterday week a public vestry of tbis parish was held to fix the sum of money necessary for tbe poor fromlast Lady-day to next . Alidsummer . Notice had been given that three motions would be submitted to the meeting , to the « ffect of emancipating the parish from tbe Poor Law Amendment Act . Placards had been distributed announcing tbe vestry , and at-the t ime of meeting the room was crowded to excess . Sq large an assemblage had not met since the parish meeting in favour of the Reform BflL Mr . Churchwarden Cooke took the chair .

      Mr . WiLLiiiis , of Ludgate-hill , said be saw persons in the room who w ^ re not entitled to vote , and he trusted they would either withdraw or not ¦ take anypartin the proceedings . ( Cries of " withdraw . " ) The Chairman . —That was not necessary : they could remain , but only us spectators . Mr . Bigxo ?? ( clerk to the overseers ) said , it had been usual to lay estimates before the vestry for tbe sums demanded ; "but at present that could not be done . The matter was taken out of their hands , and they were called upon to pay a certain sum . It was £ 750 , and , with certain debts due , they must make it £ 1000 . Mr . Pemeller moved that £ 1000 be declared

      necessary . Mr . P ' ickerell . —Will Mr . Bignon tell us what the £ 1 , 000 is for ? Mr . Bigxox said be could not . Mr . PirKEBELL . —That is very strange . The rates have been raised from 11 s . to 16 s . Mr . Bigsox . —They were ordered to make three payments , and strange to say the first was to be on Sunday , the 1 st of April . ( Laughter . ) At first tbe order for payment on that day was taken to be a hoax , and was scribbled on and not heeded ; but it turned out no joke , and they were to pay the money . A 7 d . rate would be required . It was agreed that the settlement of the rate should remain over jmtil the motions on the paper were discussed . Mr . Bacon said they were about to take a jump of more than 33 per cent , on tbe rate .

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

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

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

      to "be fined £ 5 for the first offence , £ 20 for the second , and for the third he could be imprisoned and put to hard labour . ( Hear , bear . ) Section 98 . — Any man too poor to pay the first fine could be imprisoned for three months . These were facts , and he might harrow up their feelings by alluding to their other powers—such , for example , as the bastardy clause , the separating of man and wife , and other cmelties . It was of no use to say that these powers were not used . They existed , and if it was not for the opposition of Whig , Tory , and Radical to the commissioners , they would soon find tbe weight of their clutches . Mr . Obbard here interrupted the speaker , and said the question after all was . whether the

      commissioners exercised those powers ? Mr . Bacos said that was immaterial . He had shown by tbe act that such powers were given to them . ( Mr . Wood , "No , no / ] He defied them to contradict it : and if ever they got the country quiet , they would find , that the commissioners would not feil to exercise them . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Mr . Bacon ) would serionsly ask , were they ready to put their money into the hands of men with such arbitrary powers ? He would give them an instance of ilysir conduct . In the parish of St . Pancras , when . the Poor Law was first introduced , the parish author ities got hold of a diet-table which was circulated amongst the parishioners . The Poor Law Commissioners wrote to say that that diet-table had

      not emanated from them . Shortly after , the very day on which the Guardians of St . Pancras first met to choose their chairman , a packet arrived from Somerset-honse , which they opened , expecting they had some prize or other . -What did the vestry think it was ? Why , the Tery identical diet-table which the commissioners had before declared they had nothing at all to do with ;—( hear , hear , )—and the whole was subsequently discovered by the messenger returning nearly out of breath , and stating thathe had left the wrong parceL ( Laughter , and cries of M Hear . " ) It was said that the New Poor Law was introduced to remedy the defects of the old , particrilarly as to the payment of labourers * wages out of the rates ; but they , most remember that they

      were not here in an agricultural district , and they had , moreover , a local act of their own , which was amply sufficient . ( Hear , hear . ) He would concmde'by saying , -Chat if threatened with the legal consequences which might be " apprehended from passmg ^ this resolution , the decisions in the "Queen's Bepeli , whenever a question had arisen between the rCcanmissjoBers and parishes which had local acts , had . invariably been against the commissioners l * , J&p % u" and cheers . ) He concluded by moving Jhe resolution ^ , ' J ? r . . PBo ' cTOK rose to second the resolution . He was opposed to the New Poor Law , because he considered it was unnecessary . He had no doubt that the abnses of the old law were great , and if it had continued , there would soon have been no rich to pay tb *

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      poor . The evfln of-t&e > present law were , hewever , much greater * * Wasltnecess ^ ry . that men whom ; he would call ibreigners shouW come intp ^ parish ; and take the management of-igft . affairs , out ; pt the hands of those yrhp were ; , b € 8 | , acqsaint « il wi $ , , andfinest deeply , wteu ^ dmtift ^ fpreignew ' were .-urespoimble ;? ; - ' -: XI ? Wj ;|| ey 5 . ) - ; . ^ e .. . was nopol ^ ticianj . but ^ he ^ pM ^ ted ^ , ^ ainsVamr GbvernmentrwhateVer aught be ; uipTincjples , sending thfeir ^ ommosisibn ^ spiesittwl eV ^ parisV- ^ H ^*) They were tbltf'&rt- ^ nf ^ DpWrlw ^ -iOiipmtefol .. Long experience in :- 'lo p ' arjshes . with which in # arly life he had been connected cohviric ^ d ^ ffiin ' that they were not sbi ' ( Cheers . ) -Men . became ! demoralized . .. r , ..., _„ ^ . .,..-. - ,- . .... ' - *_;

      and drunken wnen mey were negiectea . ^ near . ; ^ Vdnld ^ th ^ 'bBHeveiiv ^^ ^^^ ' ^ . ^^^ - Law manymedidal mefl ^ ere < employed tit £ 100 a . -year to attend S ^ W'TJersons ! ( fJearO It was impossible that-they could attend" them well , and they had Qdi salary whilst the fpHeviflgbverBeer had £ 70 or £ 80 . ' ( Hear , hear . ) : < How cc % W the apothecary afford to givethem good drngsoritof lucn a paltky payment ? Andthen again a ( evr , lively leeches were , sometimes required , . but perhaps the expense of those bad not been provided for , because it was conaijered that the . commissioners wouli isumcfeiitly / perform flie '" sutildn ^ operation * jV ( Laughter . ) ' Lord Radnor had told them that the poonwere labouring under dyspepsia , arising from-over , feedine . ( " Oh , l

      oh" and laughter . ) . Ifsuch , were the- case , with the poor , he should like to know what jnust be the condition of the aldermen and commissioners ? . ( 'Roars of laughter . ) They mustjrapport , the poor , well if they ment to have work well { fane , and he need not tell them how much oftne ; weatlhTarid ' treiataessof the country depend updfl , the labour ' of the ^ poor . ( Hear . ) -If they were fed upon ^ the ** cheap : and nasty" diet , which was not lit for * a pointer puppy ( hear ) , how could they be expected to be able , to work ? Lord Brougham who were so treated in peace be asked to fight theirbarftes in war ? ( Hear , ' bear . ) Lord Brougham when Henry Brougham professed to be the poor man's friend ^ and yet he / was ' ihe author ofthis cruel bill , which seemed intended to drive the poor from the land . Lord Brougham seeined

      to think that no man ought to be poor . He ( Dr . Proctor ) would say tiiat no man , whatever might pe his talents or circumstances , was secure from poverty . Many of those whom he then addressed might be , reduced from a . slate of comparative affluence even by the non-payment of their bills by those whom they trusted . ( Hear . ) In conclusion , he wished to see the parish independent , and if rfter the trial they found they could not , * s heretofore , do without the -interference of the commissioners , he would vote for putting themselves under them , but he would not blindly and without cause submit to be the victims of the arbitrary powers . with which the . commissioners were vested , and which they might exercise whenever they pleased . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . R . Taylor said , even under the old system

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

      Mr . Bacon said it was scarcely necessary to notice Mr . Taylor ' s special pleading , about control . They were all—even the ljueen—the Lords aud Commons were subjeet to control ; but what he protested against was , that parishes should become mere lackies to the commissioners . ( Hear , hear . ) He wanted merely to assert , aud he would maintain , that they were fully competent to raise aud spend their own money . ( Loud cheers . ) The resolution wasthen put , and carried by an immense majority , there being only a few hands held up against it ex officio . The result was received with loud huzzas . A parishioner then rose to second the resolution , but Mr . Williams ( of Ludgate-hill ) again objected . He saijjLb . e was sorry to do so , but the gentleman was not in a position to occupy the attention of the vestry .

      It xurned out that the rate-payer had had tin > e given him to pay his rates , but those who objected to him said that he liad been altogether excused . Mr . BrGJfON asked who were really qualified to vote ? The Vestry Clerk said , that no person who owed more than two quarters' taxes could vote . The Chairman was bound to say that he could not bear the parishioner uuless he could prove that he was not within the exception . Mr . Bacon said , that sooner than the question should be lost by such liberal conduct on the part of

      its opponents , he would move the resolution . ( Cheers . ) He proposed , in a brief speech , the following : — " That the resolution of the public vestry , on the J 7 th of February , 1837 , in these words— ' That it is the opinion of this vestry , that the introduction of the New Poor Law Bill into the city of London , and the formation of the whole city into one union , will not only benefit the rate-payers , but improve the condition of the poor , and provide greater comfort for the aged and inrinu ; aud , therefore , this parish desires to participate in thtV benefits to be derived from the union , be now rescinded . " Mr . Henley seconded the motion .

      Mr . Bkjxon was altogether opposed to the present proceedings . He defended the expenditure of the parish as economical , and contended that , under the powers given by the New Poor Law , the nUes were more satisfactorily collected . He could uot yield to what had been said in respect to salaries by Dr . Proctor ; he wished that gentleman would give them facts . A deal of economy and savingliad been effected throughout the country b y the working of thtt Poor Law Bill . Under the old system many thousands of parishes with not more than 50 to 300 paupers had all the expensive machinery of parish government . That was not the case at present . A great saving had been made by putting the management into fewer bands , and the saving thus effected was far greater than the amount paid in salaries to the ^ commissioners and others under them . ( Oh , oh ? " ) Many , he was aware , bad come to that

      vesry not to bear , but to vote . (" Oh , oil ! " ) It bad been said , that the New Poor Law was not required for London . To show that it was as much required here as . in . the' agricultural districts , he would only say that the cost of a pauper in London was as 2 , 0 s . to 7 s . ia well-regulated country parishes . Mr . Lowe , as a guardian , must say , that tbe poor in St . Bride ' s had 12 ounces more solid food per week than they had under the old law . They had also tea andsugar given to the old . As to what had been said with regard to the medical attendants , he could only" say that many highly respectable surgeons were anxious to get the employment , and when Dr . Proctor spoke of the number of persons whom a parish' doctor had to attend , he should remember that all tie parishioners were not paupers , and that they were not all sick . ( Laugnter aiid ^ cheers . )

      Dr . Proctor contended , that two-tlurds of the agricultural population were poor . It was true that there were overseers , &c , in small parishes under tbe old act , but they were not expensive . They , however , lived in the district , and were under the influence of their own measures , whilst the commissioners under the present act were safe 111 Somerset House from the consequences of any directions they might give . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Btbke ( Chairman of the Board of Guardians ) said , the commissioners had never attempted to interfere with the board of Guardians , either in the election of officers or the mode of giving relief .

      Mr . Obbard moved as an amendment " the pre ~ \ ioTis question . " They -were not competent to rescind the resolutions . They had deliberately passed it . ( A voice , Yes , by a majority of how many ? " Another voice , " Why iust four . " Laughter . ) After they had passed it they had acted upon it . They had sold their property under it , and it was not possible for them now to set it aside . They bad beard a great deal about the arbitrary character of the bill , out it had not been stated to them what they could scarcely forget , that the guardians being subject to annual election were completel y underthe control of public opinion . Mr . West seconded the resolution .

      Mr . Wood ( president of the " Cogers" ) agreed with Lord Brougham ( much laughter ) as to the character of this act . Its operation showed that it was daily elevating the moral character of the poer , and teaching them to depend on themselves ( " Oh ! oh ! " and laughter . ) 1 he money saved by the New Poor Law was not taken from the poor , but obtained by a reduction in law expenses . He thought that the best illustration he could give was , that the parish of St . Dunstan , which was not under the Toor Law , was one of the worst governed

      panskes m the kingdom , while St . Bride ' s , which was under the Poor Law , was one of the best . ( Oh ! oh . ) ¦ .- "Mr .. Devet said , in accepting the office of guardian , Mb sole motive was the improvement of the condition of the poor . He admitted the powers given to the commissioners were great , but public opinion was much ¦ stronger . Mr . R . Taylor-opposed the rescinding of the resolution , as no practical good , but much practical evil , might result from it . The act had been curried by the Radicale ,

      A P . ABI 8 H 10 KER inquired whether tie resolution could be legally rescinded ? The Vestry Cijbrk said that it could . ; Several parishioners expressed their opinion , that if they rescinded the resolution the parish would be involved in litigation . Mr . M'Locghlin said / that nobody could judge of the working of the Poor Law except those who had seen it in practice . He never heard of such ab-

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      sarditie *^ iad ^ at ^ mgu ^^ Been uttered . cry raisedagaiustthe Poor Lawr Commissioners lei him -id ^ ti cjipateit ^ ak ; - their very ; names \ rould beco me 9 nur ^ rT bngbear ., ( Loud laughter- ) > . ; : - > MrVBAcoiJ ^ epKeiVat , considprable . len ^ would npt recipjcapate-ther te ^ m ' ^ abBflrd ^ , '' othef « qtiaB ^ applied to 1 the objeets ^' . of . the ' mpijerspf , ihe resolu-^ briS ; To pTO ^ 6 f the : rate v it ' waiVokty ' nece them that the rate had : ^ beenl a fou ^ ehny / ratfe , ' an | i they were now- called upon' for' :-a seveflpehny rate .. J ^ r . Wood had called St . Dunstan the niott corrupt , and Sti Bride's the most ' -pnro parish ^ and to' -strike a balance : between them he ( Mr . Wood ) wished to pf ^ „„ . jrxiXX . I _ t ^^ AJ ^ u ^^ ini ^ n * JRinan n ttoraA ' ¦' : ITKo mr

      tuck : them up tpgether . ( A ^ laugh . ) Talk absurdity . what ^ absurdity could be ^ greater thaia this , except that of | gentlemen ^ ^ coming 4 to ask ithe-vestry to graiit 0 ieitn £ 1 ^ 000 or ^ 1 ^ 00 . Without being able to inform them' what one single penny of it ¦ waa for ?;; ( Laughter and cheers . ) : » In the conversation as to ; the legality ; of rescinding the resolution , a decision of ¦ the Lord Chancellor was referred to ; they must remembpf that it was : not to the Chancellor , but : to the Queen ' s Beach , ; thpy , WQuld ; hive ( to appeal : and as- ' he had said before , anid he defied contradiction , all the decisions of that cotirt , in cases wherea focal act existed had gone against the CpmnussionerSi , ( Cheers . ) ' . ; _ ' " : : ! Th ' e amendment was then put , " followed by the resolution , and the chairman declared the latter to

      be carried . The maj 6 rity for the resolution was very great . : ' ' . ' : . "¦' . . ' '¦' - ¦'¦ . - '¦ '¦ ¦' . :,: V ' ¦'¦ " '¦ ' . ; ' " ; : i Mr . Wood demanded a division amidst much . confusion . V . Several gentlemeu , supporters of the Poor Law , ; thought ft divi s ion uunecessary . A division , however , was persisted in , aud took placed but the ! majoritywas s ( i utterly beyond diapute-that the numbers were not counted , though tlie opponents of theresoiatioh weire clainorous for the numbers beingtakeh ^ but : , J ^ ¦¦ - ¦ ' : ; '' . . ' '¦ ¦ ¦'¦ The CHAiusiAirJaner considerable confusion , said he declared the resolution carried . A uollofthe whole parish wasthen demanded by Mr . AVilliams and Mr . M'Loughlin , but it was discovered that their demand in writing was not pertinent , therefore another demand , signed by Mr . Williams and Mr . George Proctor was hand ^ ed in , ¦ ¦ ¦ ' " ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦'' ¦ - .. ¦ . ¦ " . - : ' -

      The Chairman then : appointed the poll to com ^ mence at ten o'clock on Monday last , and to close at three . Mr . Swain ( who had been very active with the opponents of the New Bastile Law ) said of course tue poll would be taken by ballot , as was the custom . Of tne parish . The Chairman said yes , certainly . Dr . Pjioctor ; then moved , and Mr . Swain seconded , the following resolution , which was als 6 passed by a great majority;— ¦ *• That no money which is now , or shall in future he ^ raised for the relief and support of the poor of this parish , shall be expended by any persons other than the trustees and overseers appointed by public vestry . " A poll was also demanded upon this resolution . A sum of £ 1 , 100 was then proposed to be raised for the relief of the poor for the : ensuing quarter .

      On the question being put , Mr . Swain wished to know h' 6 ' wit-was that they now wanted a sevenpeiiny rate , while for the last quarter ^ which was : the most severe in the yearj a rourpenny rate was sufficient ? It was rather an extraordinary jump , from id . to 7 d ., and he should ukesome explanation on that point . Mr . Bignon said they must recollect the rental had been reduced 15 percent . Mr . Swaix said that could only raise the rate to 4 | d . and afraction , biitnot by anymeans to 7 d . Mr . ' Bacon suggested that this vote should be now acceded to , and it' lit'reafter they found any trickery had been practised upon thein > they could ( having passed the resolutions of that evening ) reduce the grant next time . The vote accordingly passed , and the vestry , then broke up , after a vote of thanks to the Chairman .

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      DO KINGS OR NOBLES CARE KOR US ? ( From Tail ' s Ihujuzine . ) When >; pu behold u kingenthrciaed , Or toiling to a foolish , feast , Or queens / m luxury cntoneil , And treated like soiiie heavenly truest—Restrain your . 4 elt ' , keep on yoitr hat , . Make not th » least ; Upgrading fuss ; ^ For , When the truth is spoken 1 , what Do kings or apbles care for us ? When you behold , with rakish loirds , A poutpous bLshoji takes his place , And niayk his empty , raeswttTed word * , And simpering nothingness of face—Restrain yourself , keep on your hat , M « k « not the least uegraaing fuss ; For , when the truth ia spoken , what Do lords or ; bishops care for w ?

      When you behold a reckless ) ord , Great by hw grandfather ' s deserts , Walk boldl y to the conncll board , And frown a ? if . a man of parts—Reutrain yourself , keep on your hot , Make not th « least degrading fuss ; P ' orv if the truth , were spoken , what Does any lordlvng care for us ? When at thehustings called to vote , And having passed the taxman's shrift , You 8 tiind . Bnshaved , in thread-bare coat , To seii&v > genth . iii ( tri to thrift , — Restrain ; yoursoif , keep on your hat , Your power is short , and think of thia 'Twere shame to cheer an empty flat , Or Ivel y * aco « jidte \ toajAace .

      \ V h ^ n pensioned peers or dovyager& , With thousands by thu month or year , Pretend to open up their purse ,: That they may in the prints appear—Is't not an ocean should give back A wave , while fifty , thousand streams Makt ; barren inanv a beauteous track To lill her ?—whencej then , your acclaims ? The WORKINCMan : should have one thought—To be for ever free to toil ; Andkeep the wealth so dearly bought , To make his flwii Iveurthstone to smile . Some toil in this , and some in that ; But o'er the great you make no fuss ; Tf ' ii'ir toils inuy soon t > e told—rand . What Does any great man care for us ?

      The right divine to govetn . wrong U , now an . oldinsanity ; And ' lordly becgaTs will erelong Be ^—what all beggars ought to b $ ; To snph , all such , keep on your hat ; Despise their coldness pr their fuss ; Despise them—were it even that They should attect to care for t « . ' Philo-Beran'rer

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      ; - ¦ . ; < m f . . — . . : ¦ - A PATRIOTS SECOND LETTER to the British people on the present state of the country , &c , See ., with a letter to the operatives , and another to the Queen . A ( tUlieimo B- ' * London : Saunders arid Oder , Conduit-Street . I ' - ¦ * ' ' .... ' . .. , This is a very spirited and energetic little \ wort , from the pen , we suspect , of one who appertains to that " order" which may be least of all suspected of any sympathy with the people , but Who like a white bird in a flock of crows , stands prominently forth conspicuouB only for his approximation to purity . We subjoin the following ; extracts from the letter to the Cotton Spinners .

      " When I-perused the incomplete aud garbled statements of the press on the trial at Ediriburgh , of tour unfortunate and persecuted felloyr-w / orkmen , I was inclined to believe tliaty if not guilty , they were Tiauijh to blame ; but inattending the meeting which was held at the Mechanics' Institution , on the 1 st inst ., arid paving pariacular attention to the stateniehts -of -tlie delegates from Qlasgow , I then felt satisfied , that your coinpanioas . were innocent ; The extraordinary conduct of the government , in arresting your fellow-worlcmen , at an unusual hour on aSaturday night , throwing them into a dungeon , without even a mattratss ; to Ue upon , detaining them in prison seven months , dragging them repeatedly

      from Glasgow to : Edinburgh , compelling them to convey and suppoTt a large number of . Witnesses at their own charges , and oblirfn ^ them to incur for their defence , the disgracefully large expense of three thousand pounds , presents a hideous picture of arbitiary meankess and cruelty . • " Daniel O'Connell is against yoii , an 6 . it is rather fortunate than otherwise that the demagogue has shown himself in his true colours . After / the operatives of iDnblin have helped for some years past , fcy their contributions , to ^ iillhis hat with ; alms * in the hour of thejr difficulty aud distress , he lays crimes to theirxharge , which the poor men ; ^^ hever dreamed of committiQg r and like a true mountebank , in the face of his constant calls upon them to agitate , agitate , he jumps rgund and tenders bis support to the to crush them

      government . -,. He objects also to a poor law for Ireland ; he would continue to leave his starving countrymen , to the generosity of their landlords and absentees , which has already , made them abyward _ for . . misery ,: and wretchedness , in every kingdom in-Europei " : .: How troly cprrectls the assertion of ; . the Wiseman ^ in regard to sufen conduct , wheri he says , « the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel . " The Irish people wereiiever more grossly mistaken than in the character of Mr . Q'Cpnnell ; he lias never provedbimsel / to be a true piRtrjbt , he has alwaysishown himself the mere partj' man : and shoald they contintie to encourage him , by the subscription of a . . large annual income , in his course of worse than nselessness , it is not improbable , that hemayibe the means p ^ yet driving the wheels ; of despotism aeroMtheirnecks . " : ' The ,, letter to the Queen is aharacterbed by good sense and honest simplicity throughout , rare qualities

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      m $ & ^ megeA "< ti $ eW ' "We select ^ , however , the follp ^ iflg single s ^ fence as'tH highly and entirely applause :- ^"' : - ; ¦; ¦ ' ' - * ' The second is , that your Majegty , of your goodness and mercy , may be graciously pleased to grant afreeand miconditional pardon to the unfortunate Cotton Spinners of Glasgo ^ , " ^ ,. ? ,, ¦ : ¦ iii i \ iii ¦/¦ rtrivilpcrpA titweTtr . We ' selfecti-however .

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      : :. ¦ ¦ ¦ - _ ' : ' .. ' T-HE ^ G . AZIN ^ The NEK M ^ THLY of , % > preseJQt ' ; month containa ^ G ^ u ^ ey Pap ers ^ 'N ^ ^^ ; " . terestihgvcon ^ uatipn ;^ ; jtteitheT / tapt : aor ^ talent . /'' Qld (> Madeline " , is a simple affecting story well jujld , by | kfrs , ¦ C , S . Hall ; interwoven with which , ; are some very sprightly descriptions of French manners and scenery in the neighbourhood of -Havre and Hopr fleur . ;'•; VS * e recoinmend the fpllewing sentence v from it t ^ universal itfention . ¦ ¦/ . ' . . ^ 'MI should have mentioned •; .: another advantage which Havre possesses over Liverpool , and , indeed , bver all our finglish . towns . I never ^ ^ saw either . men or . women inipxicated . Labouring undei ihe ; scorch ing snni brairdy ; sp cheap , tKat even an Englishman might intoxicate himself to his heart ' s ^^ ^ content for three-halfpence , ^ they p * soberly , if not qmetly , ' to their beds , satisfied with their salad supper or their cup of coftee , ; ^ . 'Have you Temperance Societies hwe ? " No , " said the French lady of whom I enquired , " we dp nofcneed them . : ^ 'T thought pf the disgusting scenes produced by English drankenness , and was twhamed for my country .- ' . " ; ' ;

      The next is " TheRomance of a Keyhole / ' by DouoLASj Jerkolp , ia an exceedingly spirited and hurhurons description of various scenes- and circumstances arising put of a night ' s drunken revelry by a Brazier , named Jeremy Dunbrown . ; there are seven chapters in the story . We give the first , which , though rery good , is not equal in point either of interest or humour to the

      succeeding ones . . - ., . " Pa ? t twelve o'clock ! " wailed an old watch man as he crawled along Bishopgate , Within ; the gusty wind arid pattering rain drowriine the inodest cry of the venera |> le guard . " Past twelve o ' clock !" he » . irioaned ; and the wind rising , and the shower thickening , the watchman paused , gathered \ ip bis rheumatic joints , now lowered Hi lantern , to the pavemeht , now raised it towards the mud-black sky , and nnding all tbings safe , turned himself round and hobbled to his pbx . In sooth , it was to pay a high , an undeserved compliment , to the

      prowess of any known bufFi' ^' r t 0 suppose that on such finighthe would leave lu ^ down , goose-feather , flock , or straw , to force a door or pick a lock . The most prejudiced thief , peeping from his casement on such a night , might , without shairie or remorse , with not a blush upon bis cheek , have resolved to go to bed . I 11 such a riiehfc , sure we are that virtue and wealth might safely sleep with the door on the latch ; nevertheless , the folks of Bishopsgate Within , ftpm the niere force of habit , drew their bolts and turned their locks , It had been well for Jeremy Dunbrpwn had his dpoir ^ 'been barred- —better still , had it not been locked .

      " The watchman was ensconced in his box , asleep and happy . Blessed Morpheus ! ThOU whose ample cloak wraps the beggar and the king , the slave and the tyrant , ¦— thou who dost stand between the fierce wrath of man and maii ,- —thou who at night cailest off the pack of worry ing cares from the hunted wretch , and comest to him with hope ' among the straw , —thou didst visit Barnab y Argns , watchman of Bishopsgate , in his deal-board castle , making him , in soft delicious dreams , no less a potentate

      than beadle of the ward ! i he coat of squalid dfab had ripened ^ to regal purple—the greasy \ hat was bound with gold , and jutted boldly out at three corners , the old crab-stick had shot up to a staff , surmounted by the silver knob' of high authority—and , walking at the head of -nfty boys andgirls , Bariiaby Argus , watchman , heard not the wind , felt not the raiu , —so weather-proof did dreaming fancy make him . The beadle strntted arid exulted—but the watchman remained a capxd morimnh in the box .

      " ¦ Past twelve o ' clock , and—oh 1 shame to the ripe mnnhood of fifty—Jeremy Dunbrpwn , Ms senses muffled in strong drink , sought his home : Let the truth be said , though tbe shame fall upon Jeremy : Dunbrownwas drunk ; ye ^ so drunfe ^ thaturiagisisted he had not that night approached his boHsenold fo ds , at thehourwe write ol , fast asleep—for Jeremy , aving the atreet-door key in his pocket , kejpt riot the lares sitting up . Duribrown was '" abachelorj hence , it was his peculiar boast at the club , that he kept nobody waiting for him save the fleas . ¦¦ " ¦ We have inferred that Jeremy wound not his way down Binhopsgate alone . No : great is the beneficence of Bacchus , who numbers in his train thousands of little lacqueys , to sober eyes invisible , whose duty it is to lead t& < e votaries of their purple maister safelvhome . The water-drinker could not

      see the jolly little satyr with its small kid Hoofs clattering ' along the stones of Bishopsgate , keeping Jeremy \ Dnnbrown frpm posts and gutters , —now steadying his right leg , now the left—now , flinging a vine or hop-plant over him , pulh ' ng him back lest he fall upon his nose—Jeremy all the while smiling and uttering half-words from the corner of his mouth , in acknowledgment of the benevolence . Tbesebacchanal fairies , thousands though there be—for were they riot , how would frail mortals find the door ?—are not distinguishable by the profane sober ; nor are they to be seen by the small dririlcer , by the petty rascal who simpers ever a gill and thinks himself Silenus ^ No , no : a man must labour in many untages to be worthy of such a body-guard , Happy are we to assure the world that Jeremy Punbrown was that man ! " '' ¦

      "Jeremy , aided by his good genius , shuffled down the empty street , the wind blowing , and the rain falling . At lens ^ n Jeremy reached the iron rail that skirted his ancient home . ' All ' s right !' . said Jeremy I and , as be ; spoke , the vinous fairy quitted its charge ( leavingit jn pr < j er to see > afely ; tp his door the ReverendT > octor Magrinm , at that moment much debilitated by a recent argument at Alderman Bung ' s on Hebrew roots ) . '¦ ¦ ' /¦ ¦ - ' ¦ ¦ ¦ " All ' s right I" repeated Jererny , and'he laid his flattened palm against that consecrated piece of wood , his own house-door . ' ' All ' s right ! ' and Jeremy , with a smile sent from his very Hearty a smile flickering in his soddened face , qrew from his

      breeches pocket the street-door key ; Ten minutes more , arid Jeremy would be stretched between his household sheets 1 " Jeremy , with the key in hk hand , sought to tura the lock : it was very odd—very strarige ^ -f ather an ; - noying , but Jeremy could npt \ find the key-hole . Jeremy smiled , growled with fixed teeth , scratched with the key all over the door , still---where was the key-hole ? Then Jeremy stood as upright aifcirenmstances would permit—coughed— -and grasping the key anew , made a . reckless ^ da <* h ' -at the ^ door , as if— trusting to the gruidance of his good genius , he hoped to find the aperture : when the key , struck

      by the violence from his hand , rang npori the doorstep , and Jeremy , muttering objectionable oaths , dropped upon , his knees and groped . about the . wet mud for his lost treasure . " : ' It ' s all right ; . '' said Jeremy , when , having searched for ten minutes , he again rose upon his legs with the recovered Icey , which—so great was his presence . of mindr-he " CarefttUy cleaned with the tail of his coat . > Mud may clog the wards , ' said Jeremy , with , all things considered , superhuman sagacity . ' 'jSpw thenvery droll—very odd , '—and Jeroiny continued to scrape the key , as be though ^ over every inch of the door— ' exceeding odd—never kr ^ w such thing , in born days ^—reinarkable ^^ strang ' e to ; a degree—ha ! ha ! capitaljoke—capit--damn the feey ! ' . " Such was the broken soliloquy of Dunbrowrij ^\ t ^ l f ^ m rift ^\ . J — ¦ - n ^_ . ^ L l ^ __ ^^^^^_ _ 1 _ _ " — A * . V ¦ ¦ ai

      **^ *^ . ^ ^— ^^ ^ ^ aa « e BiuumieKjjirmg ma uwn ooor . Again Jie paused frprii his toil—looked op ;; the street ^ down ' it , arid again resolved by one vigorous effort to torn the lock . Again in silence did he run : the ; key over the door ; breatMessly he searched for the desired opening ; then his hand fell to his side , and on a suaderi he stood convinced for once aridfor ever . > , " I see it , " —cried Jeremy i ) aHbrown ,- — " I gee it r-the dishonesty of the timegt—sbme damned thief has stolen the key-hole ! "As Jeremy said tjlis , his legs slid from -tinder , him , and he came—as his good luck wbnld have-itsoftly down upon the dpor-step ; He : was scarcely well down ere hk eyes were closed ; and , snoring hard , with the unappropriated key grasped in hW right hand , Jeremy . lVahbro . wn sat in the shadow of his own double-locked door- ^ -sat and slept . ! - \ l :

      The remaining contents are " Female Portrait Gallery , " from Sir Walter Scott , L .-E . L ; " My First Visit to Brussels- , T . G . Grattan : j : ' « Wedding Tactics ; " " Manager ' s Note-Book ; " arid several Union Pieces ; besides the Conversazione in ^^ which several new works are noticed .

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      NICHOLAS NIpKLEBT . . .. ¦' . '¦ ¦ Part I . ' : ' ' ¦ . ' ¦" •/ ¦ '¦ "' ,- .. Edited By Boz , This work promisesj , so far as we can judge from the sample , of it now produced , amply to sustain the credit of , its i author . The style is bold free > and graphic ; , there is . no prosing—no unnecessary application ; every wordi tells . - The only character as yet developed is that of Balpb Nickleby , a gold hound of the highest 'breed , whose every affection had bepoine transmitted to the precious metals , jand

      whose sense of feeling . is inthebTeechespocket . There is also an important personage introduced of the : narpe Wack fordSqueera a . knavish tprrnefitot of urchins , in the shape of an' ignorant I ^ prksbire schoolmaster , at whose ^ acaderiiy , Dntheboys Hall , at the deligbtfril vinage ^ of Pbtheboysj - 'nestp'Ojreta : Bridge , in Yorkshire . Youth are board ^ elptted ° , boolced , ^ fiimished ^ Hh pocket-money ^ protided ^ itn all necessaries , instructed in all languages , living and dead , mathematicsj ortnograpyj geometry

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      asttonomy-j trigonometry , the twer >^ f ih oil algebra / single atfckv' ( if requ ^) ;^ ritiDg » metic , fortification , ' and every other- brttn v ** classical literature . ;' . ^ Terms ^^ twen ^ goiatag - annum . No exiras , no va ^ ationsj and dW ^ paralleled : " 'The ?^ IJowing sketeh will ^ - ^ Teadeir ap idea of ^ one , * t least ^^ p f ^^^ Mr ; iSqoeew L 5 ? ^ Mrv ^ eers ^ appea ^ ctfw ^ not ^^ H « . hadbutone ^^ eye ^ . and . ^ ppWfeJ ^ SSably ttsefhlr ; jbat ^ lecidedly apvomamentaL'brfT *' a greenish grey and in .. shape ; resembhW fteT * ll g % of a street door . T ^^ &iik ^ e % && vras mnch' wnrikled and pflcker ^ d -ftCwhfoh * hirii a very ; sinister appearance , i especially Vhe ^ ainiled , at which tunes Ids emregsion Bdri ^ closely on the-Tillan 6 us . Hi * hair was fery flat' * * hinvi save at the end ? , where it wn o Kwio < ij . * id kftrrnhoVnv : ' triffonAriifttrir . frftt ^ dii .-vii # , ii ^"

      well with his harsh voice andcoarse niannerff was about : tw . o ., pr ^^ three and . fifty , ^ ^ and : atrifle L ^? the middle size ; he wore iaiwhita neckerchi ef ^ long :, ends , and * suit of ^ schplastic . blact . tnt Jr coat sleeves being a '^ eat-deal ^ too ^ oiig ^ ayS trousers a griea , t deal too snort , he ' app earedhiiease , inhJ 3 clothes , and as if he were uta ^ plrrl * state of astonishment at ' ifinding hhriseu lo ^ spectableV ' " " " ; : ¦¦ ' r : ' y- ? . ¦ : ' ¦ ' . ¦ : ¦ ¦ •;• ¦ ' ¦ ' / ¦ ' ' ¦ - > «; Mr . Squeers wa * staridmgin a box by one of . 1 ooffee-Tbom ^^ fire-places , fitted with one snchsS as fa \ isually ; seen iu cofiee-rooms , and two of * £ * ordinary shapes and dimensions made to stAft " anglespf the partition . ; Inacorner of aseatw ^* verv small : Hpal trnnk . ftpd munJ ~^ iu _ " j

      piece of cord : and on the trunk was perched Iace-up half-bbots and cordprb y trowsers dan ^ in the air—a diminutive boy , yritb his shonK drawn upjp his ears , and his hands planted ifi knees , who glanced tmudly at the sbhoolrm ^ from time , fo time with evident dread and ^ T hensidnV ,:: \ '¦ . ¦ ' . ¦ "¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ • - " ..-. ; -. ¦ - . ¦¦ - .. .- u"p •' Half-past three , " muttered Mr . Squeerj , w ing from the window , arid looking gulkily ^^ coffep-room clock . 4 v There will be nobddv w to-day- "> . - . . : ; .: : - \ - ^ -- ¦ ; VS- 'A- ' ; ; ...:- : ¦;¦ ^ " Much vexed . by ; this reflection , ' Mr . SqBe « , looked at thelittleboy'to see whether he wa ^ dia anything he conld beat hini for ; as : he . happ 3 noito be doing anything at all , he merely boxedS ears ^ and told hiin riot to do itagain . : 7 iwiasnmmer

      "At , " muttered Mr . Squeers , ttm . ing his complairit , "I took down ten boys . ^ twentys—two hundred pound . I go back , at ' aA o ' clock / to-motrQW morning , and have only ft ^ three oughts an ought—three twos six—sixty po ^ i What ' s come of all the boys ? what ' s parent » into thekheads ? , what does it aH meanf - "Here the Kttle toy on the top of the trunkns a violent sneeze ; . ^ : a : , " Halloa , Sir ! " ^ wled ' the schoolmaster tot ingroririd ^ « WhaPs that ^ Sir ?^ ' ^ " ^ ?»¦ " Nothing , please , Sir , " repKed the little boy u Nothing , Sir !'' exclaimed Mr . Squeers . " Please , Sir , I sneezed , " rejoined the bovVtw ™ . bling till the little trunk shook under him . ^ "Oh ! sneezed , did yon ? " retorted Mr . Sinefe " Then what did you say > nothing' for , Sir ?' ^ In default bf ' -a better answer to this questioji . the little boy screwed a couple of knuckles into esl of his eyes arid began to cry , wherefore Mr . Sque « i knockedbim off the trrink with a blow-on one sie of his face , and knocked him on again with ablo ? pntheother . ,: : "Wait till I get you down into yorksbire , " a » young gentleman , " said Mr . Squeers , " aridfen I'll ^ ive you-th e rest . Will you hold that sofa ' , ' Ye—ye—yes , "' -sobbed the . Httle boy , rnbba . his face very hard with the Beggar's Petition ^ printed calico . - : / . ;

      " Then do so at once , Sir , " said Squeers . * % youhear ? " " : ;¦ .,-- . ¦ ; : ' .. ' ,: ¦ As this admonitipn was accompanied wiia threatening gesture , a : nd uttered wi& a savt ^ e aspect , the little boy rubbed his face harder * as if ' to keep the tears back ; arid , beyond altemateljaBf fing and choking , gave no farther vent to Mj emotions . " Mr . Squeers , " said the waiter , looking in attfe juncture ; "here's a gentleman asking for You $ thfibar . " ^ ¦

      ' ^ Show the gentleman in , Richard , " replied Jfr Squeers , in a soft voice . "Put your handkercKef in your pocket , ypu little scoundrel , or I'll mudei you when the gentleman goes . " ; ; The schoolmaster had scarcely uttered these wordi in a fierce whisper , when the stranger entered Affecting not to see him , Mr . Squeers feigned to be intent upon mending a pen , and offering beneTOleai advice to hii * youthful pupil . " My dear child , " said . Mr . Squeers , " all : ' people

      have their trials . ; Ihis early trial of yours that is fit tomake yorirlittle heart burst , and your ver ? eye * come ; out of your head with : crying , what is it ? Nothing ; less than nothirig . You are leaving jwa friends , but you will have a father in me , my dear and a mother in Mrs . ' Squeers . At the deBghtfel village of potheboys , near GretaBridge , in Yorkshire , where youth are boarded , cloth « d ,, booked , washed , furnished with pocket money , provided with all necessaries—"

      " It is the gentleman , " observed the stranger , stopping the schoolmaster in the rehearsal of Mj advertisement . ' ^ Mr . Squeers , I believe , SirT " The same , Sir , " said Mr . Squeers , witBaa assumption of extreirie surprise . "

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      TAIT'S MAGAZINE . The first is a well written article on the Negro Slavery Aboliiaon Questionj in which the eloquent speeches recently delivered on this important gnbject , by Lord Brougham , are largely quoted so as to place it before the reader under the most ™ itstirring aspect . Then comes one of Ebenezer Effiofs Ballads . "The storming of : Badajoz . " Beaies which , we have in the poetical Urie " a Hymn for the Students of Gottingeri , " il The Day Storm of Thunder , and a piece of excellent advice which . w have transferred to our Poet ' s corner under tie title of "Do Kings or Nobles care for us . "

      Of the other original contributions , the " antobio graphy of an English Opium Eater . Recollections of Charles Lamb , "is along tiresorrie effort atmagpifr ing a few personal anecdotes and supposed traits of character into a book . A whole mortal colnf is devoted to a description of the manner in which the said Charles Lamp rises , or rather ebrjle »; fera frpm bis stool to receive the bpium eater } ties follows a grave recital of the opium eater's rM » pi why he presented ; his hand to the said- Ctarla

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 7, 1838, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct840/page/6/