The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-06-12 00:00:00

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The bar driver here said that he- Inid a charge against the
omplainant fur the assault. •
Mr. Odell was proceeding to explain; and further to allude to
Mr. Edwards's interference, when he was stopped by the Mayor
had Sir Thos. Brancker, who stated that, they could only take
cognizance of the overcharge made by the car driver. The as-
sault having taken place out of the borough they should not en-
tertain it, and if the complainant felt himself aggrieved at any-
thing,Mr. Edwards had done in his capacity as a county' magis-
trate, they must take a proper course at the Kirkdale Sessions.
Mr. Edwards said that he should be glad to satisfy' the magis-
trates by entering into an explanation of the circumstances of
the case, but the magistrates declined hearing him, on the
ground of the assault having nothing whatever to do with the
present charge.
Mi.t'Shuttleworth, the magistrates' clerk, said that he had
calculated the fare, and the. legal demand from the complain-
ant could-only be 3s.
The complainant proved that the demand was 65., , and the
payment 4s.
In defence the driver stated that he merely went into the
yard after the gentlemen to ask for his fare, as they were going
off by the train, and the complainant only offered him a shillin".
He refused to take it, and, as they would not give him more, he
detained the luggage, when the complainant began beating and
kicking him. He denied having demanded 6s.
Sir Thomas Brancker (to the defendant.)--.-But 4s. was more
than yOur due. How came you to take the extra shilling?
Defendant.—l took it because they abused me.
Mr. Odell said that the defendant had a person with him on
the. box, who refused to get off when told. These cads were
Carried by car-drivers on purpose .to bully passengers out of
more than the legal fare.
The defendant was then fined in the penalty of five shillings
and costs, the Mayor informing him that he was sorry the in-
formation had not also been laid for carrying the man upon the
box. tie had given instructions to the constables to lay in-
formations against car-drivers for that offence in particular, and
he was astonished that more were not laid.
Mr. Martindale, the inspector of hackney-coaches, said that
it vhis difficult for constables to obtain the information, unless
the 'passengers would came forward theniselves, and there was
a reluctance to do so.
Mr. Alderman Lawrence stated that the disorderly scenes
which constantly took place near the, railway called for extra
assistance from the constabulary force; and he hoped the Mayor
would allow the attendance of au officer for the better protection
athe
The Mayor said that he had no objection to do so, but he
trusted the constables of that district would lend more assist-
ance to bring car drivers to justice than they did on a former
occasion when a constable was stationed -there. In a case
against a car driver some time ago, the constables of the rail-
way had said they had something else to do than to lay in-
formations against car drivers.
Ax itusu DEFENCE.—Miss Biddy O'Sullivan charged Mr.
Dennis' O'Flannagan -with au assault. Mr. O'Flannagan
denied having ever struck the complainant as alleged, for said
he in his,defence--" Thunder and turf, your honours, wouldn't
I be a great unmannerly blackguard to strike a female ?—f
wouldn't do it for St. Patrick ; and sure I didn't strike her at
all; she caine to my house bothering wid her prate, and I only
kicked her out to be straight wid her." As Mr. O'Flannagan
appeared to-. be ignorant that a kick was as expensive as a
thump, he was ordered to keep the peace towards Miss Biddy,
by way of teaching him.

The will of Mrs. Elisabeth Cook, the wido* of Capt. James
C'ook..the great: circumnavigator,. has been proved .at the: office
of Mr: John Box, .in Doctor's Commons, by -.---Bennetti of
Merton, and J. D. Blake, Esqrs., the executors, and the pro-
perty sworn under £60,000. The deceased bequeaths the Cop-
ley medal, struck in honour of her husband. by the Royal So-
ciety, and the medal also struck iu honour of her husband by
order of George 111., (of which there never were but five,) to
the British Museum. The Schools for the Indigent Blind and
the Royal Maternity Charity are benefited to the amount of
nearly 121,000 Consols, besides various other public and pri-
vateseharities. Mrs. Cook survived her husband upwards of
fifty dears, and resided at Clapham.
ERASMUS ENGLAND.—His reputation as a literary chas•
racter seems to have earlyentitled him to the notice of courts
and princes; fbr we find him selected to pronounce the pane-
gyric of Philippe le Beau on his arrival at Brussels in 1504—an
effusion of eloquence for which he received a_ Present of fifty-gold
ducats. . In 1506 we discover him again in England at the seat
of Lord Mountjoye, near Greenwich, from which his visits to
Thomas More, then a simple student in chambers in Lincoln's
Inn, were frequent, and no doubt mutually delightful. In his
retrospective essay prefixed to the collected edition of his works,
published long afterwards at Bale (1540), he recurs with pleas-
ing emotion to those interviews With the embryo Chancellor ;
and among tither circumstances records the details of a visit
which he and More made on horseback to Eltham, then a sort
of nursery for the family of Henry VII.—" There we saw all the
royal progeny, except Arthur, the eldest. Henry, then only
nine years ofd seemed a boy of goodly promise; on his right
was Margaret, his sister, aged eleven, since married to King
James of Scotland; the Lady Mary, four years old, was play-
ing on his left, and the infant Edmund was carried in arms."
In the same curious document he relates a singular conversa-
tion which be had with Groscyn in the boat that plied at Larri-
beth ferry, as he returned from a visit to Archbishop Wareham,
to whom he had been presenting his new translation of the
Hecuba of Euripides.---,Fraser's Magazine.
Shine of the circumstances of a mysterious oc6urrence which
have transpired during the past week have excited groat horror
in Monty,ornervshire and .Shropshire. It appears that on Fri-
day week Mr. Thomas Evans, a respectable mercer of POol, ex-
pired.at Berriew, the residencg of his sister, to which he had
014 in consequence of ill health. An inquest has been subse-
quently held upon the body, and a verdict of " Wilful murder"
returned against the wife of the 'unfortunate deceased and a
person named Edward Rogers, who was his shopman: The wife
of the,deceased has absconded-With Rogers, and it is supposed
the parties are endeavouring, to escape from England: On the
night before Mr. Evans died, his wife and Rogers packed up
valuable goods in the shop, 'out were prevented frbm carrying
them off by the prompt interference of the neighbetirs; they,
however, escaped to Shrewsbury, thence posted to Hay Gate, or
Welverhampton, and were then taken up by the Wender coach,
and it is 'supposed were set down at IslingtOn. Such are some
of the facts. Among the rumours as to the evidence at the itoptest;
it.is stated that Mr. Evans died by poised (tartrate-of antinmy)
administered in small doses from time to time in his medieine.
It hii said that the woman is accomplished, that her friends are
highly respectable, and that she will be entitled to considerable
property on the death of a relative. It is also said Mr. Evans
met with her at Bath, and that they were married at Gretna-
Green. The dying man, although conscious of the injury .he
had sustained from his wife, was so much infatuated that he
seemed to wish that the supposed guilty parties might escape.
There are three children living.
•
The Moscow Gazette contains an official invitation to pr
o-
fessors; native and foreign, to become candidates for the vacant
chair of veterinary medicine and surgery in the 11.1ediciechirur-
gical Institute of the University of Wilna. The annual salary
is 5000 roubles which, after 10 years' service, is increased 500
roubles. After 25 years of irreproachable service, the professUr
is at liberty to retire on full salary; which he is permittted to en-
joy even in a foreign country, with the title of Emeritus Pro-
fessor.
The Earl of Gosford, Captain of the Yeoman Guard, ap
pointed Chief Commissioner to Canada, will take his passage
for that colony in the Pique, new frigate, Hon Captain Henry
!tons, which has been waiting at Spithead 70 days to take out
the commissioners. Sir Charles Grey, brother-in-law to Lord
Dinorben, who was formerly a judge in India, is associated
with his Lordship in the commission, which has been signed by
his Majesty.—Standard.
Considerable excitement, not to say alarm, has been created
in this town for the last two days by the receipt of intelligence
from London that a Committee of the House of Commons,
which, it has leaked out,has been quietly sitting two months, in
reference to the merits of Valentia Harbour,' in Ireland, had
come to a decision to recommend that port being made theper-
mament establishment for the packets in- preference to this.—
Falmouth Packet.
FRIGHTFUL SHIPWRECK.—A passenger who was one of the
15 saved from the wreck of the Monteith of Liverpool, Captain
Jackson, states that there were 240 souls on board, and that
they were six days on their way to New York, when she struck !
about midnight, on Thursday the 28th ult., being then in charge
of the mate, who was intoxicated-225 souls perished. The
Captain, three sailors, and 11 passengers were picked up hy the
Francis Mary, Flynn, Master, and brought into Dublin. '1 hese
passengers were mostly from the County Limerick—there were
only a few from this County, amongst whom were persona of the
name of Kenshan and Maher, from the neighbourhood of
Cashel.— Tipperary Free Press.
• One of the rival organs of ultra-liberalism in Leeds has hi
upon a pleasant mode of illustrating the issue of the recent cont
test for the representation of the West-Hiding. The return o-
Lord Morpeth, we are told, is like the fastening of a "batteredf
kettle" to a dog's tail. We
.protest that we think the simile most -
felicitoug ; we like it amazingly; and, pursuing our.labours of
"criticism," we find no difficulty in the application of it. O'Con-
nell, of course, is the dog, and surely no fitter instrument of
emptiness and sound could have been selected to Perform the
part of kettle than the noble secretary for Ireland. We wish his
lordship joy of the compliment and of the battering he is to re-
ceive in his helter-skelter progress after the tail. We trust it will
give him an additional relish for the "fair scenes of his home,"
and teach him that even the "accident of birth" is less intoler-
able than ignoble subserviency to the purposes of an unprinci-
pled faction.—Leeds Intelligences.
• l.oti o CHANCELLDIIS AND THEIR PENSIONS.—It appears by.
a return that has- just been raid before parliament, on the mo-
tion of Mr. Hume. that Lord Eldon held office as Lord Chan-
cellor 21.vears,and 329 days; his pension is £lOOO a,year, which
digs' heolertszeceiring. since -At! rs.l„ 1827,0 the peasiasusol. LsrtS.ls
.Isynclhurstirn4 Brougham are each £5.000 a-year, and they held
office only 4 years each. There are two Irish Ex-Chancellors
receiving each a pension of £4OOO a-year, Irish curreuey—
namely, Lord Manners and Sir E. Sugalen; the former held
office 20i years, the latter one qiiarter and 2-1 days. The pen-
sion granted to Lord Plunkett is suspended in consequence of
his re-appointment.—Murning Herald.
It appears very certain that secret agents, accredited by Prus-
sia, Austria, ahci Russia, have established themselves at the
head-quarters of Don Carlos. These agents are, it is true, but
of the third class; they effected their journey through France
in the same manner as Don Carlos and the Comte d'Espagne.
and the active police of M. Thiess knew nothing of the matter'
Ise Temps, Paris paper.
•
• 'The old Lancashire sheep, where they exist without intermix-
ture, are a large coarse class of sheep, with hollow bails,
flat ribs, and a hanging belly, They are slow feeders, and their
mutton is not esteemed, but they yield a very heavy fleece of,
long wool—Lore's Elements of Agriculture,
ST. MARTIN-IN-THE-FlhCDS.—The election for Board of
Guardians, pursuant to the precept of the Commissioners under
the new poor law amendment act, has at length terminated,
after a long and severe struggle; and on the numbers being
cast up, 'l'idd Pratt, Esq.. the returning officer, announced that
nineteen gentlemen out of the liberal list, and five from the se
lect, or conservative, list, were duly elected.—Courier.
SIR ROBERT PEAL AND THE KING.—At a recent public din-
ner in Devonshire. James Peel Cockburn, Esq., a near relation
of Sir Robert Peel, returned thanks for a complimentary toast,
and stated, as a fact, that when Sir Robert Peel attended to
give up the seals his Majesty said (with tears in.his eyes), " Sir
Robert, as long as I have you and the country withime I have
nothing to fear." This well authenticated anecdote sets at rest
all doubts as to the real sentiments of our gracious King, and is
corroborative of the intimation given by the Duke of Welline-
ton at the city dinner to the effect that the right hon. baronet's
resignation was deeply regretted by his Majesty.
'The new Comptroller of the Household, the Right Hon.
George Byng, eldest son of Lord Strafford, has sold out of the
army as captain in the 60th Rifles, in consequence of having
accepted office under the present administration. Captain
Byng, in addition to the large estates of Lord Strafford, will
inherit the extensive property of his uncle, the venerable mem-
ber for Middlesex, who has no family. The right hon. gentle-
man, by his unibn with Lady Agues Paget, has a numerous
family.
THE NEW COINAGE OF HA r.F-SOVEREIGNS.--II should be
known that a new coinage has just been issued of half-sove-
•reigns, which are much thicker and much less in circumtereace
than the old ones. This alteration in shape is supposed to have
been suggested by the facility with which gilt sixpences have
been passed for the latter. A singular circumstance occurred
in Maidstone within a few days. A young woman who had re-
ceived one of the new half-sovereigns, after offering it at two
shops,where it was refused, took it to a jeweller to sell it for the
value of its gold. He weighed it, and very conscientiously
'gave he? Bs. for it.—Maidstone Gazette.
GOVERNMENT WITHOUT PATRONAGE.—WaIIiII ten days
after the accession of the whigs to office orders were issued from
the Board of Ordnance to give all advertisements connected
with that department to whig-radical newspapers. This is the
true whig mode of governing without patronage.-Maacbester
Geri vier.
The Home Office, upon information of the course taken by
Sir F. Roe, at Wolverhampton, has sent doWn directions for the
admission at' the reporters for the press, arid the parties deputed
by the magistrates, the military; and the townspeople, to watch
the proceedings and produce evidence.—Globe.
The serious illness of Sir Oswald-Mosley, Bart., M.P. for the
north division of Staffordshire, excites great apprehensions
among his friends.
EGG 'TOLL.s--In Newcastle-upon-Tvne there is an egg col-
lector appointed by the corporation; he collects the toll of an
egg on each basket; these are the perquisites, of the mayor.
The average number of eggs collected annually is about 2,613,
or more than 7 a-day.—Mark Lane Express.
We have no authority to state any specific measures as deter-
mined by our government with the object of affording facilities
to the enlistment of British subjects in the service of the Queen
of Spain. We believe, however, that there are grounds for an-
ticipating some such measures, suspending the enactments of
the foreign enlistment bill, and enabling English officers to act
as volunteers in the Spanish service without the loss of their
half-pay.—Globe.
EVERY MAN HIS OWN TILE-MAKER.—An experiment appli-
cable to this principle has lately been made, and is to be presently
in operation on a pretty large scale, at Afton Lodge, Parish of
Tarbolton, the property of the Misses Stewart, under whose
auspices it has been successfully carried into effect. instead of
the curved tile now in use, it,is proposed to introduce the com-
mon brick with a concave passage to admit the water alongst it,
and to lay one in the bottom, concave side upwards, and ano-
ther over it, concave side downwards, thus forming an inclosed
space into which nothing but water can possibly enter. Clay
of a sufficiently good quality to make the bricks may be had in
almost every field of a clay soil, the preparations are executed
at a comparatively small expense, and the heavy cost of car-
riage is thus in most instances entirely superseded. Mr. Bal-
lantyne, senior, and his son, Mr. John Ballantyne, who lately
published an essay on draining, have the merit of introducing
this experiment, which they hope will not only increase the fa-
cilities, but materially lessen the expense, and promote the
efficiency of draining land. We are gratified in mentioning
that the Misses Stewart have afforded every facility in their
power to forward the matter, which promises to be of public
utility. They have ordered a large quantity of the bricks for
their own property 20,000 of which are itireav finished, mid a
greater number in a state of preparation. Agriculturists kind
others who feel interested, are invited to visit and inspect the
operations, which, we have reason to know, the Messrs. Bal-
lantyne will be happy to show. A few of the bricks may also
he seen at our office, where they %vete sent last week for the ex-
amination of our agricultural friends. As this improvement in
the draining, of land, from the many advantages it combines,
and the great facility with which it can be carried into opera-
tion, is likely to be very generally adopted, we would recom-
mend to the Messrs. B. to furnish to the public a, concise ac-
count of the whole process and probable expense, which we
,have no think would prove amply illustrative of the title pre-
fixed to our brief notice, that " every man may be his own tile-
inaker."—slyr Advertiser.

for the amusement oftheir nel-content frieeds and the abbey-tined
of the public. It is the peculiar characteristic of wrigliehruen td
brood over imaginary evils; indeed honest John Bull is never
so happy as whets he is told that he onedit to be most miserable,
Upon this national feeble of ours the party of the hot.
gentirinara
live, move, and lisive their being; it is the breath of their hos;
trils, the aliment they feed upon, the gently foundation on Which
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like
us take their oWn dear let bill, Let
as an illustration., Does. this rneaShee exhibit any of their'
boasted sympathy for the poor? Poverty is an evil inherent td
man in his fallen state. The inspired historian and great law-
giver told the Israelite's that " the poor shall never Cease out of
the land," and wisely was this decree pronotinced be oinniscience,
Were there no poverty aniline Ili, the finest chord. of the human
heart, charity, would remain untouched, acid beanie nature
would sink to the level- of the beasts that perish. Sympathy
for human woe, vrhethtr arisidg from bodily paid or the priss-,
thins of want, is the solder of Sudety, the grand ciluileetin fink
between man and man. Poverty Makes the rich pitiful and
tender-hearted; the dread of it is the great spur tb industry;
ands knowing, as every man living must know, hil liability td, this evil, It teaches moderatien to the rich in the enjoyment of
the blessings bestowed upon them. But lam wandering from
the subject matter of debate. To return to ii;—l would ask
what proof has the honourable rtietnber addtteed tb show the
universality ofthe distress and Misgovernment of ivfiich lie ebra.:
plains? Undoubtedly he has enumerated several Very iiiipore
taut branches of our manufactures which may by poSsibility, be
on the decline. Assuming, for argument sake, that tht cone •
sumption of Eitrton toffee has decreased, may not a cheep:is of taste or of fashion hate caused this decrease? That nothing
might be wanted to complete the climax of our distress, we have
been told that the good old English game of cricket is falling
fast into desuetude. Here again fashion has interposed be the
establishment of gymnasia; and it so happens that but a few
hours since J saw the honourable gentleinan'himself, by his flights and by his dexterity, excite the envy and admiration at -
all his emupetitors; mine, I frankly tell him, was mitOiandecii -
I-believed that he had reached the summit of human greatness;
and that he was born to be " theforeniost man in all the world,"
a demi-god among, nieliff heit-;i:et, is' a still loftier
flight; but fearplike the-Son of Diedalue, he Sault! fly
so near the sear thanthe wax of
.his wings will bon:milled, and
that the fate of that aspiring Youth will be his. The honourable
member has deplored, aide the disuse of cannon and fireworks: This, however, will be ml loss to the public—the explosions, thei
se uilms and crackers'iie have just heard are enough to fright the
isle from its propriety. For the reasons Which ['have adduced,
and for (Abets which 1 would advance but for the fear of futigu-,
ing the house, I protest against the nietion, and shell therdfore conclude with moving " the previous question." ••
Muster C. Ale R'S /I A LL.--'4lly hon. frieed • who ,epened•thiti
debate was perfectly correct in his prheheev whets lielacetold
that his motion would be met by a direct negative froni the mi.,
nisterial side of the house. The speech of the right honotieable
gentleman who has just sat down, contained nothing but a
selection of common-places from the speeches of his official
predecessors for the-last hundred years, and exhibits eh admie
table specimen of the syetem of mechanical --govettimetst and
mechanical legislation Whicti the refined bill was fetended to
destroy. Are we, like blind or hoodwinked mill horses, never
to travel beyond the circle prescribed for us by these icieratroui
_worshipper. of " things as they are?" The right hon. secres
tars dares nut impugn the principles of that bill—duel. not ate
tempt to touch even aimir of its head, although he orposed infancy and dreads its manhood; but such is his anxiety td
" keep things as they are," he would fain persuade both
himself and the country that the bill is an end geitied,
stead of being the means to gain further ends. I tell the eight
honourable gentleman and the legion of placemen whom he
is surrounded, that their puny efforts will be unavailing to atoll
the progress of reform; that he may as wellatteinpt to "hide the
sun from us with a blanket, or put the- moon in his pocket," or
to inclose within bounds unbounded space: (Hear.) My hen:
friend who. Seconded the motion new under discussion, has - •
spoken with becoming indignation of the trammels imposed lii •
our public and private scholastic institutions upon the risiu4
generation of-1 was going to say- free-born—Englishmee.
„shall, howeverolisniiss this subject by -a single query. Are the
the lessons extorted by ancient pedagogues from
their helplessevictims consistent with the freedom of -which we
so vaingloriously boast? (Loud cheers on both sides of the
house.) We have given freedom to the black slave„ while we
retain in worse than negro bondage our own immediate
offspring, and this we continue to do in spite of the reform bill.
which professes to give liberty to all! But the reform bill must
itself tie teformed. At present, however precocious in bodily
:growth or mental attainments, the youth, the lifeblood of the
country, by an absurd and arbitrary rule, are ineligible either
to sit in parliament as representatives, or to vote as coestie
tuents, although, while their sires remain in their pristine
ignorance, the youth of England have stripped the tree of
knowledge of its last leaf. Shall we be content to listen for ever
to the drowsy maxims of helpless, inane age; for ever swallow
its narcotic draughts ? Shall we for ever sail on their waveless
ocean and steer our bark by their rude and worn-out compass ?
The.petiud is arrived when these things must be reformed. I
tell these ancient would-he monopolists of wisdom that knows
ledge is power; that the newly trimmed lamp gurus with the
brightest lustre ; that the glory of the setting dot.h not equal the
splendour of the rising sun ; and lastly--by way of hint only—
I tell them that the boys—aye, " the boys" of the Polytechnic
School sustained the conflict and gained the victory of " the
three glorious days of Paris." (Hear, bear.) .If the youth of
Great Britain have a-right to complain of the exclusive clitte
meter of our institutions, what can be urged in defence of the •
manner in which we treat our women ? of the still more absurd
and arbitrary rule which • permits a lady to ascend the throne,
and denies to her sex the right of eitizeneseship. To • all here-
present, and more espaeially to those also are husbands, I aps
peal. In the first place I would ask whether any family can
be
either prosperous ur happy unless•it is under the direct controel
of female government ? 'l'he reason is obvious—mvornan's gentle
sway is founded upon the superiority of mind over matter., and
to her substituting for brute force the high-pressurepower of her.
persuasive eloquence. If the:heavy cannonade of het totsguee
fail to batter down the standard of opposition to her will, she • brings to her aid the light artillery of her personal charms, oe
.outflanks the enemy with a battalion of her sighs or her teart4 • Send' when she-calls-these powerful auxiliaries -into-the fields She; is absolutely irresistible. Her voice
" Like music on the moonlight see;
Whose waves are lulled to rest,"
charms beyond the power of hyperbole to express. To *entail;
titan's obligations are infinite. /s:wetured and cradled in her
bosom, the first dawn of manhood liesimeaks his anxiety to u-itt
her smiles, and her love becomes his cunicest and most valued
possession. 'Tis woman's hand that smooths his couch, and if
she share it not with him, his repose becomes mere !minuet,
joyless torpidity. When pain and anguish wrings his brow;
woman is the ministering angel who allays and assuages his
sufferings. Without woman's presiding genius his house bee
comes ;desert, and the word " home" loses its tragic influence
over his mind. From his entrance to his exit (ruin the world,
man is the object of womau's peculiar care; she wraps him isi hie
swaddling clothes; she dresses him its his windieg sheet; she at-
tends him dying, she mourns over him when dead ! And eet
these beautiful creatures, so exquisitely sweet in their tempers;
so tractable, so silent, so placable in their nature, the connect-;
ing link between men and angels, are fraudulently and basely
deprived of even the shadow of a direct' representation, either-As-
o/Jr reeresentatives or os the representatives of their own sex !!
This, 'Mr. Speaker, is another monsti rams grievance
.which cons=mon sense loudly calls for the removal of. In truth, our whole
system of criminal and civil jurisprudence; of commercial, ems
reign, and domestic policy, is, froth the want of' system, a met e
chaos. All this ancient lumber, the bit-by-bit reforms of out
ante-diluvian ancestors, must be destroyed. The government
of the country must be conducted and its laws based on grand
comprehensive and philosophical principles. The youth of the
country must be supplied more liberelty with cash to spend in
such articles of hijouterie as become their age and condition, as
the reservoir containing the wisdom of all ages. To enable
them to measure time and appreciate its value, exert male tehi
shall have attained the full age of three years and six mouthy
should be furnished with a gold chronntneter. At the age
nine every man should be entitled to vote for the rep:vs.-eta--
live of his choice; at eleven be eligible to sit ih parliament on
proof that he possesses halfsa-crown, paid weekly ; and at thirteen
to claim a certain share of his father's possessions, or the profits
of his daily toil. I move, by way of rider to the mourn of my
honourable friend, that it be an instruetiod to the committee Id
take into consideration the present condition of the male mid
noritage and of the ladies of Great Britain.
Master-E. MARSHALL.—The speech of the honourable and
learned gentleman who has just sat down retnints me of an en=
ecdote related by Baron Munchausen in his admirable volume
of travels. The Baron, when travelling near time North Pole,
found that the guard was unable, from the severity of the frost,
to produce a single note on his bugle, although he attempted to
play every tune he was acquainted with, the airs being in fact
frozen up as fast as they were blown into the inetrumeet: When'
the coach arrived at the end of its jouiney, the bugle teas hung
up in the chimney corner, and in 4 few minutes, from the change
of temperature, performed, of its own accord, all the tunes the
guard had previously blown-into it. (A latigh.) 'the /mower-,
able and learned gentleman has, in like manner, bate ticritu full
of a peculiar set of political ideas or notes picked up at random
from the writings of certain theorists and from the speeches of -
radical orators, which it must be admitted hate lost twee of
their original- melody or wildness by being re-issued from his
mouth. I have, in common with every member of the house,
listeued to his speech with the most profound and admiring
tendon, and I predict that ere mane days have elapsed, he will
have the honours conferred upon him usually decreed to -patri4
otic orators. Here, perhaps, it May not be iftimppottune to give
a few of the modern definitions of word's of e'imble origib, wteise
illustrious descent will prnbablyebe doubfed.by future genera-
tions. " Patriotism" was once supposed to describe "love of •
country," or zeal for our country's good."
"Who would not die in his dear country's caese.
Since, if base fear his dastard steps withdraws,
• From death he cannot fly;—one (mission ;sieve
IteceiYes at last the coward and the brave!"-(Heise.)
These feelings constituted the patriotism of our forefathers; but
the patriot of modern times is UDC who reviles with flueuey end
bitterness the laws and institutions of his coutitrv,—a trader in
politics, or a dealer in blasphemy. The
.Wendc "eloquence"
used to convey the idea of "one gifted smith the !ioiver of speak-
ing with fluency and elegance;" now it simply means the gift of
the gab, or the area cloudiug the season rind inflaming (lie
passions.
is utiderstood to meanti
man.
above vulgar'
resin.'eiaas;;ejvuitli(iu prejudices—lrliuitesschose system of morals is
:"Pinlissee
ttioi,rsopenyl,ragned to he restrained by ordihut'v r[t]es.d
philosuplry "—I pity from my heart the. ialtefl
greatness of these beautiful words—indicate the cant of drivels
lers and the rant of knaves. By "men of.gredt tact," or .
highly talented men," I always Understand truth rata-players,
patriot;, or pickpockets, •But. for the fear of fatiguing the pa-
tience•of the house I could esitmenite a great number of other
words and phrases whose,aecient definitietis are now not tinder,
stood. 1 shall, therefore, on this subject ttontent myself—as all
our old lexicons are becoming daily mere -and more useless—
with recommending the honnuse mud learned gentleman to
add another rider to the umcition before the house to the effect-7
" That it be an instruction to the committee to take into its
consideration the pressing necessity ter an immediate reform of •
'Johnson's Dictiminary.' '' (A WO.) Although the senior
the honninable metnimer who seconded the motion, and of his
honourable friend who last addressed the house, I hod the hap-
piness of receiving instruction from, one of those "scholastic'
institutions " where these gentlemen contrived 4t seems to rob
the tree of knowledge of its last leaf. Hutt they abstained front
robbing other trees—
Master C. Mum:tette—Mr. S.geeker, I rise to order.
Does the honourable gentlensan mmiii to tintmete anything.
honourable to me?
Master G. l'orrEa,-.-l'he cparar .30 inaleitcate allilsi°ll •
the insulting- thsintiation calls for an instant need emple npologys
The honourable gentleman knows well that we paid both in
purse and in person for our indiscretion. Mr. Speaker, to you,
sir, t appeal, Is this parliamentary language Y.
The Snuessein—Certeiniv not; but, bad the both geatleman •
who rose to order permitted the speaker to conclude his sentence,
lie might perhaps have ended by putting the objestnerable pert
honourable gentleman will deny that he meant to glue pereoha I ,
IhieYePn°tlllteigtih.layilYiUritel:odrobuesnaottiddourTiptahrilai'alniliesniatanrgyu.agePfevitipsh.ativi:
offence.
Master 13, MAILSHALLe4 (10 tint hesitate to say th.t I