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LITERARY GLEANINGS. No. XXII. Coacluded from Austry's Ileac?: Guide TIIE TRIAL, As taken by an eminent Short. Hand Writer, JO/17.•A•UU Lat Si. JOHN.A.OUDGEON, IX TIM/PAIL I,t Estr.titr, .Mr. Counsellor BOTUIR'e fur the Defeo& ant, Mr. Counsellor Boat'ust, DETENDANT'S CASIC—Mr. Speeth—lnterrep ted by Mr. DOTHIR'II3I—HIs Law Argument—Cites Caaes...- An.wered by Mr. BonE'un —Conclusion tat Mr. lloss'un's sp e ech, and of the Arguments on both Sides. Iffie. .So much for faun—the proud *nay. Of facts, display'd in proof this day.— I say if ever there existed, A cause wherein the facts were twisted, Distorted, warp d, I say distorted, And every witness pack'd and sorted, And tweed, gentlemen, Coutface The truth, and patch a rotten case, 'Tie this—that skilful Fen. Physician So folly prov'd his erudition, Tbe dire effects of the disaster, Th' chair, and the patent plaster, I thought my learned Friend, for one, Would try this lethupharrnacon ; I waited (as his case was lame) To hear how he'd apply the same, And put in proof that famous drench Prestrib'd by teamed Dr. Tench— Tench, I must own, took blood enous And show'd his learning quantum guff ; But, as for that same Simon Trout, (At once so thirsty and devout,) There was some method and connection Is that tame preacher's recollection ; He never with Publicans had fed, By inward light alone was led ; He never from his school would venture, Lest Satan at the door should enter, Defeat at once the spir'tual pastor, And get the whip-hand of she master,— Troui s story was a string of fictions, Self-praises and self-contradictions ! But. (not to waste your precious momenta With idle superfluous comments,) Chubb swore, on cross-emettastfem. Gudgeon gave Gull greatprovoeation, And'hoth i agreed to strip n bull; And fight It out at fisty-cuff— Now fighting's in itself an action, That gives both parties satisfaction, A secret jay the bruiser knows In giving and receiving blows, An inward transport, only tasted By those who've thoroughly been basted; I'll prove it to my learned Brother, Thesegentlemen oblig'd each other, And each exerted his endesvours To prove no niggard of his favours; For whoao'er Gull's face peruses Will fairly own, that nobler bruises, More scientific, more severe, No fighting Baronet, or Peer. 'though pupils of the illustrious Johnson. E'er laid his adversary's sconce on— In war as well as peace, we see A kind of recipmcity, A sort of mutual requiting, Which both the parties take delight in— If both are drubb'd, why both are quit, Volenti ton injuria fit—. It is a damniunt, as we say, A datnmum absq' injura Now, for • man, my Lord, to come, A vile election song to hum, And, fur a man, my Lord to go, For to gesticulate ; and so— As I was saying for to go—. B.thir. My Lord I feel no small remorse In checking Mr. Bore'um's course, But as 'twill cut this matter short, The save your Lordship's time in Court, Be it for argument admitted That both the combatant,' were pitted : l'arker Chief Baron held that bruising, Deetred so delightful and amusing, Was so illegal dang'rous science, And practis'd In the Law's defiance, But (as my Friend is in the dark) It may be proper to remark The case is Boulter versus Clark-- The cases in the books are plenty— I'll just beg leave to quote you twenty, Some special verdicts, and demurrers From Durnford, Buaaoquet, and Burrows ; Some late decisions of the Courts, In point, my Lord, from Term Reports, All books for solid information, • Held lu tse highest estimation. But, stay, perhaps it may suffice, if I cite one ease, and that's decisive-- A ease he little dreams upon, Mathew, my Lord, and 011erton— Where one a beating underwent By his own license and consent, I mee_ „a my Lord, that famous beating, InCorellertmeis tblfl two hundred eighteen, Court bird, and so t'was understood, The license void the beating good— Chart. Associate, hand me the Record— Well, blr. Bote'uni.—? ( litre.) Hem—my Lord ! t dote. What my you to the cases quote': ? I'm. My Lord, these eases I have noted ; Mere Nisi Priv. cases, loose, Loose law. my Lord, quite oat of use— My learned k riend is hind of citing Old rases, which be's seldom right in ; Settling the law, as some great men do, On points reported uguendo, 'Dist case in Comberbach, my Lord, Arose in debt upon award, And such a case as that, no doubt, Is what I little dream'd about; What we rely on is a saying I Dalton's touching cudgel-playing ; Two play at cudgels for the nonce, For pastime, and a broken sconce: ..i breaks B's head, B makes assault on A's nose," No battery," quoth Dalton,— Now, if the law of bloody noses, And broken heads, as he supposes, And states In chapter twenty-second, iced Law at single-stick is reckon'd, 1 see no reason for refusing Some law to boxing and to bruising— Besides, my Lord, our special plea Is sow absurd: demesne, reye see: Chubb swore to threaenings,promeatione, Loud oaths, and fierce gesticulations, Such osths--(these spectacles, Gods roCem, Have gall'd my nose from top to bottom) laside.l Such oaths--it shocks me to rehearse 'em, (Why now they're tumbled down.Uods curse 'em) laside.l In short, what Chubb both heard and saw Amounted to assault in law ; Gudgeon assaulted, and attack'd My Friend, in law, if not in tact, And this his law his Lordship knows; But now for instance, we'll suppose The simple case of A and 11, A is my hnger, do ye see , lily a•-lvectiny's b m on Now, if my finger .-I I put on My learned .Idversary'. button, It may be trespass or a pita Of now assuah dentrint for B; Ahd if a little I should shake it. And poll the button oft I tab* it It would be batt'ry, and we say That B wan beat, aod bruied by A ; That A said B did strike and wound, And In the pleadings 'twould be found, .1 knoek'd B down upon the ground. And is not this &sound defence? Is it not law and common sense ? 'Tis for you, gentlemen, to say Which oh' those two began the fray ; But a more scandalous transaction, Paltry, vexatious cause of action, Or a mute lame, more fiat, more stale, Dull and unprofitable fair. I never met In all my reading, In the whole course of law proceeding, In study. practice, vein pleading, Than this same weful trumpt-up 3ly learned Brother has just laid before ye— And now, my Lord, 1 say no more, Sly Lord—than what I said befure— But thus merit l'il make kold to say, 1f all that Fee sdrane'd this day, Be Dot good lilt% my Lord, and sound As e'er wu brooded on legal ground, iota as to chambers I return, All my black-lerteeil books I'll burn " Bold, hold, Numb Both'rum) %would be cruel To turn your fixtures in fuel, Those precious tomes, with cobwebs spread, Which sleep so peaceful o'er your head Ere yet that sentence is decreed 'em, Do read .'em, %lr. ltote'utn, read 'em."_ Thu they, as when strun'd to sprightly straw, Bass viols grumble, and bassoons complain, Of 'ramble bees their drowsy notes prolong, NVith drones contending in alternate song, luantlnently held their vain contest In taunting mirth, and spleen provoking jest : 'Till tied at length, (when each had rack'd his brain, Oft rose and bemired, and hernaed and rose again) As those hied heroes nn the Phrygian shore Ajax, and bold Plisanitics of yore, Turti'd peaceful friends, when they could fight no more, These gen'rous chiefs resoly'd awhile to end The doubtful conflict, and the suit suspend. 'loth lovingly agreed at once to draw special car, and save the point in law, That so the battle, neither lost nor won, Continued, ended, and again begun, Might still survive, and other suits succeed For future heroes of the gown to lead, And future bards in loftier verse to plead. BARTHOI.O.I4EW F.4IR. On Saturday this scene of fun, filth, and festivity was opened with the usual formulT by the Lord Mayor, at tended by the other civic authorities, who have continued to honour, by the presence of th e i r h ot l y corporate, t hi s " tented eld, frotn the time of Old John O'Gaunt, down to the era of the Living Skeleton. The gilt coach swayed softly on its springs, as it ever did before, beneath men of weight and worship,—and was gorgeous withal, as glass, gilding, and gingerbread could make it.—The footmen were nearly as fine and fat as the horses, and the horses appeared proud of their lace and ribband, as a milkmaid of a fairing, or a fine lady of a court suit. No sooner had the requisite and time-hallowed ceremonial been duly per formed amid such shouts, as Milton would say,— " Tore Heaven's concave and beyond, " Frighted the reign of chaos and old night : " Than straight arose a delightful concert in " The Dorian wood' of flutes and soft recorders." (not Knowlys) and penny whistles and river horses ; in a word, such bellowing of beasts, brute and human; squecl lug of pigs, children, and fiddle-strings; grumbling of cro codiles and coster-mongers, and roaring of bag-pipes and lions "like any nightingale," as might have afforded Carl Maria Von Weber it new idea for a wolf chorus, or a duet between two horned owls. The Jade, waa as fine as one could well expect in Smith field and September, and the visiters of the fine appeared to be delighted it was not Joni, and resolved to make the most of it ; the more esp( cially as the temperate state of the at mcsphere seemed to be quite a god-send, for the weather is, generally speaking, proverbially had during the conti nuance of " Barth:my ;"—hence the line of our great hard, "Sofair and foul a day I have not seen!" Although we are by no means advocates for fairs, parti cularly in the heart of great cities, where the freshness and visidity which are the redeeming qualities of your coun try assemblages of a like nature are wanting, yet we cannot say but Smithfield has been applied to as bail purposes in its time. We have a slight preference fur "an act of horse manship" over an " ant , ' do :" " beer barrels are as good as " tar barrels" to our thinking : we should rather have " bon fires" than bona fide hone fires: and we doubt whe ther it is not as harmless an amusement to roast a yokel as to barn a heretic. However, our ancestors thought other wise, and, sooth to say, there is no disputing about tastes. However, while on the subject of fairs generally, we beg leave to say a good word for that of Ch.veawich. Malgre the Magistrates of Blackheath. We are of opinion with Dryden— " None but the brave deserve the fair ;" and would restore it accordingly in all its pristine vig our, if it were only in order that our h ar dy o ld tars, wh o are ,anchored there for life, should have one holiday in the year that would go near to make them boys again. On Saturday we had the customary boots, rich in their gilded store of kings and queens in gingerhread, which the democratic little boys and girls treasonably devoured, without thought or regard for •• --the majesty that hedges In " the name of king :" On they went, devouring and despoiling, greedy little ur chins, till the whole atmosphere smelled of gingerbread ; and crowns, globes, and sceptres, were annihilated. The gin and gaiety were at proof, but the latter seemed to us of j a more staid and mechanical quality than in the sylvan haunts of Greenwich or Peckham. However, the heads of the clowns and the heels of the harlequins were as flourish- j ing as ever, and if one might judge from the orthodox ' , ,knocks the heads encountered, without apparent inconve nience, it would, seem that, like Achilles, they were less I vulnerable than the heels. The well practised mime con cealed behind the temporary shelter of the scanty curtain squeaked-shrilly. " While universal Punch. " Knit with his graceful Judy in the dance " Led on the eternal Spriag.7 As Milton says, and the tumblers led on their springs on' the temporary stages erected around. Natural History was, as usual, a favourite study with the citizi ns, and Messrs. Wombwell and Atkins, our modern Buffons (querte buffoons), did not fail to enlarge her boundaries by the in troduction of many eew species of savages unknown to the ancients; such as the Bonassus and Buonomopolis from the deserts of Arabia, and divers more too numerous to mention, not forgetting Nero and Wallace from Warwick. The fair was not without its quantum toffieit of Mohocks. with their tomahawks and tobacco pipes, not to mention two or three " white black a-moors" as those veritable and gor geous pieces of ornamental patest libellously denominat ed paintings described them on the front, of their respective booths. Tne Learned Pig and Sagacious Elephant were particularly accomplished on this occasion, as the show men testified, and the Fat Man was as great as ever. The Living Skeleton was exhibited as a transparency, and it is to be feared will shortly be reduced to a shadow of himself ; for the fellow who showed him had the impudence to say he was only allowed a pint of air daily, it being found im possible to raise the wind any longer. We had the usual assortment of Fire Esters, and incombustible Ladies—Fat Children, and Calves—Giants, Dwarfs, An th ropophagi , and wen whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders, with many more too numerous to mention. WINDSOR, SEPT. 4.—The King has taken his accus tomed daily airing every afternoon (luring the past week.— The Princess Augusta accompanied by her Lady in waiting, attended divine service this morning at the parish church. This being the first Sunday in the month, the Mayor and the Corporation of this town attended the service in their robes of office. The sermon was preached by the Reverend Mr. Mealy, curate of the parish. —The bands of the Life and Foot Guards stationed here attended and played alternately this afternoon on the Ter race, which, from the fineness of the weather, was crowded with company from this town and its neighbourhood. The Earl and Countess of Liverpool arrived at IValmer Castle on Thursday, from the Continent. Lord Bexley and suite arrived at the King's Arms Hotel, Liverpool, on 'Wednesday, and in the evening his Lordship dined at the Town-hall, with the worshipful the Mayor, and a select party. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived at his teai dence in Downing-street on Saturday morning, from the seat of the Countess de Grey, Wresthouse, Bedfordshire, where the Right lion. Gentleman had been staying on a shooting excursion. In the evening the Chancellor of the Exchequer left town for Beckenham. THIS Peas or YORK •T BASIOW.—That delightful Inn, the Peacock, at Baslow, has been for the last three wteks the residence of several noble and distinguished The Duke and Oneheas of Rutland, who ge nerally shit this place on the 12th of August, were joined this year Ly his Royal Highness the Duke of York, Lord AMOR, Col. Anson, and Mr. Forrester. Mr. Lane Fox was also of the party. During his Royal Highness's stay, the party dined with his Grace the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth and Hardwick, and his Grace returned the compliment by dining with them at the Peacock. His Royal highness, in all his movements, was received with that patriotic and truly-loyal feeling to which he is so justly entitled; numbers of respectable individuals crowding round the house to get a light of its distinguished inmate. When he left on Monday evening, for London, he spoke in the warmest terms of praise of his agreeable visit ; and as a high compliment to Mr. Broomhead's family, lie took his farewell by a cordial shake of the hand. His Royal High ness expected to arrive in London at at six o'clock on Tuesday evening. On Monday week, the Duchess of Rut land gave a gala to the beaux and belles in the neigh bourhood of Baslow—her Grace with the greatest conde cension mixing with the happy throng; while the Dukes of York and Rutland, with the other noblemen, by their presence and affability added to the pleasure and gayety of the scene. His Royal Highness with a praiseworthy feel lig relieved a number of distressed objects ; to one man, born he had known in the early part of his life, he gave 10/o..Sforkgror/ Advertiser. THE CHURCH. On Thursday sennight, the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells instituted the Rev. Francis Charles Johnson. B.A. et Queen's College, Oxford, to the Vicarage of White lackington, void by forfeiture, under the provisions of the statute of the 57th Geo. 111., at the presentation of the Rev. Charles Johnson, M.A. Prebendary of Wlsitelacking ton in Wells Cathedral, the Patron by reason of his Pre bend. On Wednesday last the Rev. John Rnigtt, V.A. was instituted by the Lord Bishop of Exeter, to the P.ectory of Hills!), in the county of Devon, on the presentation of the Right lion. Lord C:iuton, void by the death of the Rev. John Knight. .... THE BIBLE. It appears by the last Mexican papers that knew version of the Holy Bible, published in Spain by order of the King, has arrived at Mexico. A writer in the Sol fills several columns in commendation of this work ; and the Editors of that paper make the following remarks on the subject : " The notice we have just published of a new transla tion of the Bible will no doubt make the lovers of religion and good morals desire that a large number of copies should be received amongst us, or rather that an edition should be printed here, now that our presses fortunately have begun to work on other things than Gazettes and loose papers. If we wish for religion pure and without fanaticism, religion accompanied by morals and virtues, we have only to pro pagate the knowledge of the holy books, which is now faci litated by the possession of a version so well recommended by a man so capable of judging of its merits as M. Villa nueva, the author of the article we have published." YORK MUSICAL FESTIVAL. In addition to the host of talent previously secured, we find the Committee have engaged Madame Caradori, from the King's Theatre,—an exquisite songstress; whom many'" excellent judges consider superior to PastE She will be a great addition to the evening cone ells ; se it is difficit/t 1 to conceive a more delightful treat thus those Concerts will afford to the musical amateur. The instrumental band will consist of the elite of those who are engaged for the Minster; and the vocal performers are the first in Europe, combining the first professors now in this country, both English and Italian. The new Music Hall is so con structed as to give the fullest effect to the sound ; and the metropolis itself cannot offer a mo re com pl e t e and splendid entertainment than will be provided on this occasion. The preparations in the Minster will be completed in a few days. The whole will be arranged with the same classical taste which was so conspicuous on a former occa sion ; and the decorations will correspond with the ar chitecture of the sacred edifice. The spectacle from the gallery, looking to the grand east window, the repair of which is now nearly completed, wil be most grand and im posing ; p rhaps it will be even more pleasing from the orchestra, as thou looking iu that direction will have a full view of the zortyany in front ;—and the beautiful countenances and bright eyes of the ladies will give added brill'ance to the scene. he Fancy Ball is likely to be fully attended ; and seve ral eminent artistes have announced their intention of vi siting York on the occasion with a splendid assortment of costumes suitable for the purpose. Nor arc our own chit zens, who are skilled in the art and mystery of decking the human form in all the fascinations of dress, and all the al lurements of fashion, likely to be unemployed:—the note of preparation is sounded on all sides, and every hand is employed in executing the tasteful designs which the vivid fancy of our fair country-women suggests fur the festive oc casion.—Yorkshire Gazette. IRISII REPRESENTATIVE PEE:R.—We have good MUM for stating that Lord Farnham is likely to be the Repre sentative Peer, in the room of the late Lord amough more.—Dublin Ereniag Mail. IVe can assure our readers that our statement of the marriage of Miss Paton with Lord W. Lennox is the fact; and we are only surprised at the ignorance which prevails throughunt the press on the subject. The cause of the temporary suppression of her married name is very obvi ous—Lord 14. Lennox has not more than 400/. per annum income; but instead of the amiable young lady on that account deserving the illiberal sneers which we sometimes remark, her resolution to increase her husband's income and her own by the exertion of her talents is honourable to her.—Sundoy Paper. Madame l'asta, with some other distinguished singers, has been performing at the Academie Royale de hfusique, for the benefit of the people who suffered by fire at Salim All the places were filled; the baleen veils encutnbered . ,; in a word, all the usual accompanimaits 'GP a crowd ensued, and the receipts were 10,000 francs-4001.; on which the French writer of the Journal des Dr bats remarks, that when the receipts of all Paris are added together, they will not amount to 30,000 franes-1,2001. and those of all the theatres of France to 60,00072,4001. The boxes in the new Drury bout Theatre will hold 1200 individuals; the pit 860; the lower gallery 410; the upper gallery 280; in all, 2,810 persons can be accom modated. LIVERPOOL, SEPTEMBER 3.—Mr. Kean sailed !from hence in the Canada for New York on Thursday last, hav ing performed five nights at our Theatre, and one at Man chester, to houses tolerably well filled. In both places Mr. Kean was called for by the audience at the end of the per formances, and made speeches to his admirers, stating him self to be the victim of a corrupt Press, and driven from his native land by the conduct of his oppressors, whom he was pleased to call" scoundrels and ruffians." His health seemed to be much impaired, and his spirits considerably !subdued. Our theatre has been supported for the last, , week by Dowton, Jones, Blanchard, Miss Hammersley and Miss Smithson. By a strange perversion of taste, Mr. Dowton played Mrs. Malaprop for his benefit, which extravagant transformation brought him some few pounds more than any benefit he has lately made here. Miss Povey is announced for the next week. The exhibition of works of art and Manufactures at Lille was opened two (lays ago; the number of paintings is very considerable. Several Belgic artists have contributed: There are also some works of Sir Thomas Lawrence, and of Mr. Constable, of the Royal Academy of London.— Brusrels Paper (fThursday. A GILLANT RETOZT.—As a nobleman was leading a very lovely young lady from the theatre, after the repre sentation of the tragedy of Zaire, at which she had been greatly affected, they met VorratßE, to whom the Noble man said, " You have much to answer for—the crime of drawing floods of tears from those beautiful eyes." Vo T•IRE replied, " Ah, my Lord, those ryes know but too well how to reven!re themselves." Hope is a prodigal young heir, and Experience is his banker ; but his draughts are seldom honoured, since there is often a heavy balance against him, because'he draws largely on a small capital, is not yet in possession, and if he were, would die. A person styling himself a " bookseller," from Dublin, but who we suspect is a Roman Catholic emissary, has this week been travelling in this district with Popish tracts, &c., and a cheap edition of Captain Rock.—Nottinghant Journal. CAM° PMSTI7II3.—The Rochester Republican states, that an establishment for printing calico is about to he established in Troy, New York. It is supposed the build ings and machinery will cost about one million of dollars. A large manufacturing house in Manchester (England) is said to be deeply interested in this establishment. DAMP BEns.—A gentleman, a friend of ours, who gives us leave to refer inquirers to him, wishes us to infot tn the public that, having once had the misfortune to sleep in a damp bed, which produced considerable indisposition, he was entirely relieved from every unpleasant sympton by taking two or three dessert spoonfuls of honey.—Lerds Mercer?.v. Paoor PostrivE.—A lad, who was apprenticed to chirurgeon in Glasgow, and with whom Dr. Smollett had been engaged in a frolic on a winter's evening, was, receiving a severe reprimand from his master for quitting the shop; and having alleged in his excuse that he had been hit by a snow-ball, and had gone out in pursuit of the person who had thrown it, was listening to the taunts of his master on the improbability of such a story. 1" How long," said the son of Eseulapius, with the con fident air of fearless contradiction, '• might I stand here and such a thing not happen to me ? woen Smollett, who stood behind the pillar of the shop door, and heard what passed, snatched up a snow-ball, and quickig delivered his pla ym a to from the dilemma in which this question had placed him, by throwing it plump in the face of the man of drugs. LINENDRAPERS, ITADRIMISHERS, AND THEIR ASSISTANTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. SIR--. 1 beg to call your attention to the rules and orders of an incipient Society of Shopmen and Assistants in the trades of linendrapers, haberdashers, silk-mercers, and hosiers, a copy of which I enclose. I purpose, with your permission, to show the impracticability of effectually re alizing the objects sought by the means proposed, and the impolicy on the part of the shopmen of spending thrtr money in seeking their end by such means. The object sought is to compel the masters to agree that business shall cease at seven in summer and eight in winter, except on Situtdays. The means proposed are, that the shopmen shall unite and subject themselves to certain penalties for working after those hours—that those p ena l t i es with certain sub scriptions, shall form a fund fur the support of those who may not think fit so to work—that if any master dismisses a shapman for net, refusal, all his other servants shall im mediately leave him, and that those who may leave for that reason, shall be maintained by those who keep their situ ations. It is certainly desirable that time should be al lowed to all young men for improvement, and that.the hours of business should not uniformly preclude the pessi bility of relaxation; but, seeing that their first duty as servants is to meet the demands of the business in which they have engaged, their present object, however desirable, ought not to be sought at the expense of a su perior duty, and by the adoption of an inflexible rule, introduce as great or a greater inconvenience than that they seek to remedy. It is far from certain that the time claimed for the purpose of improvement will be so employed. Young men in the employment in question are, from their dregs and habits, more likely to be found, when out of bu siness, its the pursuit of pleasure than of improvement. There are few who know how to be idle and innocent, and those who are acquainted with these businesses, know that the youths and young men just in, or perhaps just out of their teens, showy in attire, and many of pleasing address, are not among those who are least susceptible in their nature ; they have more of quicksilver than of lead in their dispo sitions, and consequently require, for their own sakes, more of discipline than of excitement. In these trades a great proportion of the assistants live in the houses of their em ployers ; where numbers of young men of various habits, of different degrees of attainment in character and prin ciples are lodged, under the same roof, the absolute ne cessity of strict domestic discipline, early hours, and un deviating regularity, need only be stated to be admitted. If the master did not enforce this from a sense of his own interest, it would still be a duty owing by him to his ser vants, and to their parents anti friends. Those who have from ten to fifty of these young men in their service, re siding as inmates, know well the vigilance which is neces sary, and the difficulty there is, lion ever diligent the em ployer, of securing early hours and strict obedience ; the heads of smaller families and establishments well know the difficulties and anxieties which must be added to the con duct and regulation of such establishments, as well as danger to the morals of the inmates, where all possess the eight to be from home (luring the late hours of the even ing in a large inetropoils. A previous question may there fore be raised and ought to be well weighed. Will the indiscriminate cessation of business thus early be benfi cial to the moral characters of the young men on the whole, or would it not be better for both parties that the servant should be left to obtain indulgence by gaining the confidence of his employer ? And it is submitted that it will be best for the servant who looks forward to leave a master, that his hours of relaxation should depend on his master's will and convenience; that the undisciplined youth should he subject in all things to the maturer mind of his employer • and that it is only reason a bl e t h at h e w h o i s to teach should judge; that lie whose interests are at stake should rule and regulate. The greater portion of the as sistants are in the hey-day of youth and animal spirits, whose habits of integrity and quiet regularity, require confirmation—if they have not to be formed, they are very many of them from the country for improvement in the knowledge of business, not in science or lite/store-- they are but ill fitted by years or experience to withstand the allurements of a great metropolis. Once seduced into habits of extravagance, their integrity, from the facility of their employment, is peculiarly exposed to temptation, and if that temptation is once yielded to, though it may pass undetected, the moral stamina receives a shock from which it seldom recovers ; and it may be safely affirmed that the young man thus guilty is but little likely to become the respected master and exemplar of future servants ; and cer tainly few parents, if they knew him, would readily intrust their child Into his establishment. To test the necessity and value of the claim now made, and whether it is not rather the ardour of you t h s see ki ng for pleasure, than the sober dictates of mature consideration, let us ask. Is it likely that prudent parents sending their child to London to learn his business would stipulate that he should have the last three hours of his evening as a matter of right, and independently of his master's opinion to pursue his improvement in a large city ? The facilities which will be thus given to dishonest servants are great and serious ; they are peculiar to these businesses; and the consequences of undetected dishonesty are most serious to the honest servants in the general suspicion thereby created. The time once obtained by all, its application to the purposes of improvement is optional, and of course with the young and the gay is doubtful. It is obvious that those servants who have a sufficiently strong desire after improvement to apply their extrs time in its pursuit, are those who would, generally speaking, unaided by any so ciety, be likely to gain it, so far as their employer's busi ness and convenience would yield it, and no servant has a right, from the nature and object of the relation, to ex pect more; the masters' business and interests, and the convenience of that business, are the subject matter of the engagement, and is the first, the primary consideration in all arguments having the relation of master and servant for their subject. Let it be granted, however, that the tin sought ought to be 'granted to all, and that when granted it will be rightly employed. Are the means pro posed adapted to the production of the end? Is it wise in these young men to subscribe thousands annually, be sides entrance money and fines, to invest a Committee, who will always be composed of those not likely to become masters, and therefore interested in finding something to do, to invest such a Committee with money and power? Is it likely when they have got the money they can secure the end sufficiently to compensate to the body the money sub scribed, and the great loss occasioned by the strike—all of which are to be carried to the debit of the Society? It is submitted that the Society is unnecessary—that its institu tion at this time is unwise—that it will not be productive of advantages commensurate with the evils it will pro bably introduce. In the first place, the Society seeks to enforce that which the masters were willing to yield as a concession, and were so willing, because, while it was a voluntary regulation they retained the power of limiting and regulating the license—of rewarding a good servant, and restraining and controlling those who were less useful and less worthy; and will any young man of reflection say, this if he were married and settled, and his worldly welfare was de pendent upon the right conduct of his business, he would not desire to posse's, and be justified in seeking, this power over his servants? But now that it is to be wrested from the employers, upon pain of the displeasute of the Society, and the compulsory desertion of all their servants, it must , be expected that the natural consequence, in all cases of forced measures, will result in this end, viz. an unwillingness on the part, if not the opposition of those who are to be dragooned into the adoption of the rule of action, without leaving in their hands the reins which would enable them to restrain the excesses and evils which may grow out of its adoption, particularly when it is re collected that these compulsory measures are originated at the moment of, and as though it were in return for, the expressed willingness of the mastets to consult awl yield to the wishes of their servants. ' No combination can tiptoed& answer its end in those trades which are easily learnt, and in which, us a eonse. glance, the masters can, if driven to the necessity, readily obtain and fit other h an d s t o th e i r purposes. Thi s has been found among the letter-founders and brush-makers. ' The trades in question are easily acquired—it requires no- ' thing to qualify a shopman but a small quantity of small- ' talk, and a facility, which is easily acquired, of exhibiting an article in the best manner for sale, and an easy civil bii puelence in recommending it.. Much that is now done by haberdashers will, in the event of a "strike," to speak technically, be done by fe males. If the masters are once driven to call in this et• sistance they will be likely to retain it to the follest practi cable extent, even after the " flints" shall have dissolved into " dungs ;" and those who have stuck out for the right - of etrolling the streets in winter, from 7 o'clock, may find that the transition of necessity will be from the counter to a collier or an East Indianian, where, having voted night watches a bore, they may try to introduce the regulation of casting anchor and going ashore, at seven in the winter and eight in the summer ; and that those who ate dogged for desertion shall be entitled to a full payment out of thet cotnmon wages of the Company. These important means of counteraction in the power or 'the masters are strengthened by the fact that a great pors , tion of the young men who are assistants are of respecteble familics,who arc qualifying themselves to become masters ; • they will - not be influenced by the spirit of "society nien." Society men are generally made up of men of a dogged and ,grovelling stupidity, setting themselves down m journey. • men for life, witlicrut economy or laudable ambition stn i• • dent to aim at becoming masters themselves, who know just enough to•excite their pride, but not so much as to cure their ignorance, and whose ignorance leaves them to think they can invert the nature of things, by resorting to brute force against their fellows—who resolve that masters , are tyrants, and journeymen all honest, hard-working, and meritorious"operatives,"whoillussrate their own consistency by imitating the dog in the manger —they will not work themselves, contending, and justly, it is admitted, that they are and ought to be at liberty to work or not, for a given price, but prohibiting and assaulting those who are will*: • , to take *bat they think fit to refuse. Young men such as those we have alluded to, sic those who are themselves qualifying for masters, form a considerable portion of the ' "assistant linendrapers, haberdashers, silk-mercers, and hosiers;" and wi t h the addition of such aid as may W obtained from females, these gentlemen will be amply suffi cient to protect their masters from the consequences of any • sudden emergence, induced by the wilfulness of combinod assistants. It is not an uncommon thing among the 44 ttative" shoemakers, when on the stake to furnish their bags with a ! eat , an d to sa l ute therewith the heath of the unfortunate "(lungs." The sex of the new habir dashers and silk-mercers' assistants will protect them, should the new Union partake of this impressive spirit. Thus much for the practicability of the scheme. Now what is, or at least ought to be, the object of these young men ? Their object is, or should be, to make them selves good tradesmen. This will not, cannot, be accom plished by those who measure their exertions by any other limit than the demands of business in which they are en gaged. As well might we expect a slovenly or sleepy servant shall become a punctual and successful tradesman. The rational object of a sensible and emulous servant (and none others are worth consideration—he who is worth nothity , should be contented with any thing), is to form good business habits, to acquire an intimate knowledge of the details of their particular business, and the best mode • of doing the infinite series of small things which go to farm the clever, attentive, and economical tradesman—to acquire the habit of driving their business, and of preventing their business from doing that which it will otherwise most likely do, drive them into the Gazette. They must, whilst servants, adopt anti act upon this maxim, "sufficient for the morrow is the business thereof." If they do not du this whilst servants, they will not, when masters, jossess the art of commanding others. The precept will not be given with energy, nor acted upon with uniformity; anti it must not only be so, but it must be confirmed by his ex ample, until, as he approaches competence, having drilled andjOrmed others, he is able to relax and enjoy the fruits of good habits, acquired in a faithful and zealous servitude, the only time when he can form them with the greatest ease, and without risk to himself: A master is entitled to expect, and a servant is bound to render his utmost exertions and best energies in business— it is implied in the relation and contract. There is no limit, within the bounds of his strength and abilities, to the duty of the servant ; he must not be an eye servant.. If lie were to express the contrary when he applied to tie hired he would not expect to be engaged ; this is so dearly. implied as to be seldom expressed, and if mentioned by the master, would be immediately promised by the servant ; and it is only those who enter into, and identify themselves with the success of the business in which they are engaged, who ultimately secure the confidence, and consequent re commendation of their masters: the most important re ference which young tradesman can give to an old and established house, when lie is seeking to establish a credit. But some champion, for what he may term the rights arid privileges of servants, will ask, " Is there to be no remis sion ?" Undoubtedly ; the question is not whether Ibex* shalrbe any, but what and when, and whb shall deteinsiise how much, and at what period, and can, or ought au lir flexible rule to be established by the servants ? A good ser vant may at all times command, after proving his princi ples, and securing the confidence - of his employers, more indulgence and relaxation than can be granted by any prude'. t tradesm an t o a stranger, whom he receives into his service upon faith. Superior usefulness will always incliLe the employer to use his servants far superior, and cOnse quently less labourious services, that he may secure their continuance ; it is the master's interest 'so to do, end the servant need not fear the action its hisfavour of so potent a principle. A man who has a good hunter will not put him into a sand cart, or use him as a hack. The master's interest and the servant's advantage run in the same direc tion, they are identical ; and, as a general rule, it will he found that masters are quite willing to delegate to oompi tent representatives the higher departments of their busi ness, so soon as the foundation is laid by the servant's good conduct, ability, prudence, anti zeal, and, until he has done this, he has no right to expect indulgence. These • duties may be urged in various ways, but fearing that this • letter may take more space than you can conveniently grant, I conclude by submitting to them—that supposing (that which is doubtful) that their object, if gained, would be _ beneficial, the means proposed to be brought into action are not judicious, nor likely to produce 'the end sought ; and by observing that a young man intended for trade should recollect that servitude in the business he is to fol low is the seed time of business, habits ; that he who follows his recreation, when he should be minding bit. business, and forming those habits, is not likely to be its at the harvest, and enjoy its produce in a respectable old age. W. H. A. THE COTTON SPECULATION.—The following °tier vations in a New Orleans Paper of the 2d July, must be a little mortifying to certain persons in this country, cluut: the less so because they they are well founded. " tht. late jobbing in cotton (for it certainly smacks a little of jobbing), New York has punished Liverpool to the amount of about three millions (dollars). There is so much real' gain added to the capital of our tneechants" " The count has been benefltted, and the English have paid Air it.' - The. speculators tried to make the spinners and manu facturers "pay for it ;" but in that they were disappointed -Manchester Guardian. c nioaooprr T attpreyteceis: COTTO N ttir i no::::estteinlhtpeiegoirslinruarl,oriatialiuunlansi satntiit.iintnthlniyeleatn c ly::::ldee r al n orny ftlt oieih r ribnrarno s am:tir . in — katraeetgeyeirt tn . : k hocalslaoenaat daue l ,esyr e stisi t :hti t tyhiea e i co,eei r ins:sa:rTec t ul l .ae: a ii:p i etanvrtic l ia: S t t7d.otit eotarrll,nye [ no d etneic cr op s rtfasealoo,inrotiupitntuuit too- t hirdse. w l o y . • be Excise Licenses.—By an Act passed in the kit Sur sion of Parliament,retative to Excise liCenses, it is enacted. " That every person in the U n i te d Ki ng d om requ i ted by any law of Excise to make entry of his or her premises, ns carry on any trade or business in which au Excise license is required, shall place, in letters visible and legible. at least one inch long, upon the entered premises, his or her ' name at full length, and, after, such trade or business foe which the license has been granted ; and if any such pis.- son shall not preserve and keep the same so painted as otitis as necessity shall require, he or she shall forfeit fug every such offence the sum of 2nt." The foundation of the corner of the new buildings, joining the library at Trinity College, Cambridge, has slightly given way; but in sue a manner as to rind tbr crown ofone of the arches of the engine house, and slightly to disfigure the front. COV; RRRRR IT SOTESTIGNe.—It is desirable that the public should he put upon their guard with respect to counterfeit sovereigns. There are, we are told, many ilk circulation, so well executed as scarcely to be deticttd, "14 cu pt by weighing —Manchester Paper. we: v. ,; 11 •