Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-01-17
Mlisrclldnrous.
Extracts from the Home Journal.

The Home journal commences new vol
ume with the year. Its Editors present IA
great variety ofnteresiing socinl facts, drawn
both from this country aud Europe. This
may hc said TO he is distinguishing cl'arac-
teristic. The following nre extracts from
this department Of the paper:
Belgium has long been the Coasters" in
the centre of The table of Europc--whcre
tie essence OF everything relishable was TO
he had Ut the least expense. The best res
taurants, The best opera The best society, the
most enlightened public opinion, the easiest
access To all the news of tho world, and The
least tyranny of classes, sccls, or political par.
ties, liuvu long been the recognised features
of Bussels. II is stated in LDndun paper
that kossuth is going to make that city lis
Temporary hotne, alter his return iron the
United States. Tie paragraph we refer tn
says ihai"thc tlirCe reasous are, lis uenrncss
to Hungary, the comparative freedom cniny
ed 10y its inhabitants, aud the chuuuuuss of
the uccessaiics Of lie."
Rloomprism is neither pcculiar TO the cen
tury nor to ChristeunIom. Mr.. Pcpys, ia his
celebrated Diary, published in 1862 in de-
scribing the female costume of his day, says:
"Ihe women wear dutblcls, coats. and greHt
shirts, Just for uil the world like mine SO
that only for u pclricoat druggIiug under their
shirts, nobody could take them for women in
any way Whatever" II is related also that
Sir John Ross, the celebrated Arctic voyn-
ger, Oh being shown print oftlc Boomer
costume, recognised it Immediately as the ic-
male EsquimuuX dress; quuiuly adding
"Silks instead OF seals, that's diI."
REPuBLIcAN TENDENCIES IN ENGLAND.-A
powerful movement is now ia progress iI
England To extend the suffrage. 10 hc Il
voter IN that country, man must either Oc-
cupy u house at a rent OF ten pounds, or own
laud producing forty slillings year. Socie.
ties have hccu formed called "Freehold Lnud
Societies" for the purposes OF purchasing
estates aud selling them out again ia lots OF
tic required value, to mechanics aud others,
at prime cost. The idea was originated hy
n MIR. James Taylor, four years ago. The
first meeting consisted OF himself aud one
other pcrson, whose united capital amounted
TO itco shitiings sterling. Says the Weekly
London Tiues:- -
"At this moment there are upwards of
one hundred societies in England aud Wales,
containing lj,CC0 members, who have sub
scrihCd for GjUO0 slurCs. They have pur-
chased one hundred aud fifty estates, aud
created no less than 1900 hcuhOlds. The
immense sum uf GiOOCO0 has hcon nctunlly
paid up, aud the subsciil tons exceed E2OO0,-
coo. In the year Just closcd-the fourth
since The project was set in molon-lhrre
has been a large increase of members, and
the money actually received amounts nearly
TO quarter OIH million sterling. Already
the political effects OF tho movement are felt
IN several districts; aud in the divisions of
counties near Birmingham, where there hns
been most ACTIVITY, il is believed that sulli-
cient independent lreellolds have been crcu-
led To wrest The representation from the
hands the great nmgiiutcs who have hil-
crto nominated the noble Iordlings and hon
orable gentlemen supposed hy II constitution
nj fiction 10 he sent into the Commons House
OF Parliament 10y Tie people NJ large. little
same rate OF progress he maintained Tor
lew years longer, the English counties viii
he enirunchlsed, and the people will he ul,le
To dictate reforms, Instead oi suppicaling,
cap in hand, 10 II Lord John Russell, or scrd-
ing petitions tn be deposited. unread and un-
Needed, III the cellars of the House OF Com
mons"
A leading person in the new movement is
Mr. Cohdeu, OF Manchester. It has uu on
ponenl IN the Morning Chronicle, which OH
Jeris To The scheme on the ground that ~
prime desderatnu, in poor mars invest
inent, Is cOnyerlihliIy into cash without loss
oi tine or money" which desiderutuni an in
'estment IN land does not possess.