little aware that they were adding strength to the already solid structure, and though we have nothing to thank them for, they have, unconsciously, done the Independent Order the greatest service. The most sanguine of the Order could not have expected such a favourable opinion as SIR JOHN CAMPBELL has given; nay, had we engaged a person to write something favourable towards us, he could not have said more in our favour, than his Majesty's Attorney General has done. This document will be a record well worthy to hand down to posterity, and when we are gone to the home from whence no traveller returns, our successors, who will carry into effect our benevolent intentions, will be satisfied that honesty requires nothing else but truth for its guidance.

After an attentive perusal of the foregoing statements, it must be evident to every one that much of the valuable time of the Book-keeper of the Order has been taken up in carrying into effect, in conjunction with the G. M. and Board of Directors, the resolutions passed by the Delegate Meeting of September 25th, 1836, in endeavouring to counteract the machinations of the base and designing, and in attending at the various trials at the Court of Requests, and the business consequent thereon; and to this sole cause must be attributed the delay which in some instance has occurred in the forwarding of goods, and the transaction of the regular business of the Order. It is hoped that when all things are taken into consideration, this apology will be sufficient to those who really have at heart the welfare of our Institution, and of which it may be justly said, that it is more honoured, the more it is known.

WILLIAM GRAY, G. M.

JAMES GORBUTT, D. G. M.
THOMAS ARMITT, C. S.
JOHN S. MYERS, Assistant C. S.
And Book-keeper to the Order.

5, Town Hall Buildings, Cross-street,
King-street, Manchester, 3rd, March 1837.

HINTS TO VISITORS TO LONDON A. M. C.

THE following hints are communicated by Mr. JOHN BODEN, lately C. S. of the London District, and will be found of great use to the Deputies from the country Districts to the next A. M. C., especially to those who have never before been in the Metropolis, which will most probably be the case with a considerable number :

In the first place I would advise all who are about to visit London to be very particular in having the address, i. e. name of the street, and number on the door, to which they wish to go. They must mind and not simply have the name but the locality of the street. The inconvenience of not attending to this is very great, as there are so many streets of the same name in different parts of the town. I knew a person who came to London to see a friend, and the only direction he had was his name, and "No. 24, Henry-street." Now, in looking over the Directory, he found upwards of a hundred streets of that name in various parts of London, and, in consequence of not knowing which was the right one, he had very great trouble in finding him. The same is also requisite in writing letters, as hundreds of letters are returned in consequence of not being sufficiently careful in the above respect.

On your arrival in town your first care must be your trunk, &c., and if the place you want to go to is not far distant, you may hire a porter, who will take you the most direct way; but be very careful not to hire one without a lead or brass ticket suspended to some part of his dress, for coaches and steam packets are always, on their arrival, surrounded with vagabonds seeking to mislead and rob strangers; and it is easy for one of them to lose a stranger in some crowded street, and abscond with his luggage. But the best way is to hire a cab, it will cost very little more than a porter, and in addition to avoiding many inconveniences it will carry two persons. If the company be more numerous, a hackney coach must then be taken, their charges (which are very moderate) are laid down in most London Almanacks. If you take a cab or coach be sure also to take their number, in case you should meet with any abuse, or leave anything behind in the vehicle.

To all who visit the next A. M. C., unless they are otherwise directed, the List

of Lodges will tell them where the St. Olaves and St. Thomas are situated. All those who come by steam vessels will find the St. Olaves Lodge the nearest, at Mr. Williamson's, Brown Bear, Bridge End, Southwark,—also those in coaches from the north.-The following are the inns and quays nearest the St. Olaves Lodge, viz :—St. Catharine's Dock, and all other docks and quays ;-Swan, Lad Lane; Axe Inn, Aldermonbury; Bull and Mouth; Post Office; Spread Eagle, Grace-church street, and anywhere near St. Pauls-from all of which places a cab ought to take you to St. Olaves for one shilling. Those coming from the west are all nearest to the St. Thomas', and also the following inns where many north coaches stop: all the inns in Piccadilly; White Horse, Fetter Lane; any inn in Holborn and Oxford-street. If you arrive at any place not mentioned above, you can easily ask in the office which is nearest, Bridge-street, Southwark, or Fitzroy Square; but ask neither porter nor cabman, else they may direct you the longest route, in order that they may have a better job.— If you should choose to walk, and happen to get out of your way, never ask in the street-unless from a policeman-but go direct into a shop where you will be directed properly; while, if you were to ask in the street, you might be sent a different way, or meet with some kind friend who is going that way-or the way you are—and will lead you to some back street, where you might be stript of all you have, and never be able to recover them, or ever find the place again. You will by these means arrive at the place of destination, where I shall leave you to the care of your friends, who can instruct you; or you can get the Guide through London, which will give you some very useful instructions, as well as contain information which may be read with satisfaction by your own fire sides. The Odd Fellows' Pocket Book will also furnish you with a list of all the places of rational amusement.

THE LAWYER.

"Where suits are traversed, there's so little won,
That he that conquers, is but last undone."

It was not long after this, that a very unpleasant member joined our society, in the person of a man of law. He had served his apprenticeship in some country town, and, his master dying, he had become possessed of the business; but there being no other lawyer in the place, he could not succeed so well as he had hoped in setting his neighbours by the ears, and accordingly repaired to London, where, if any where, business of some sort or other is to be obtained even by the meanest pettifogger. Of this description was the individual of whom I am speaking; from whose discourse, when he was tipsy might be gathered, that he made it as much his care and business to create feuds, and animate differences, as the vestal virgins used to maintain the sacred fire.

He would boast that he had a knack of improving trifles, and frivolous disputes, into "good fat causes," as he called them. "As to Coke upon Littleton, he seldom found it necessary to trouble his head about it." "The law," in his opinion, "lay in a very small compass; trials depended chiefly upon evidence, and let him alone to deal with witnesses." Upon which he would quote Hudibras with great glee :

Will not fear, favor, bribe and grudge,

The same cause several ways adjudge?

Do not some juries give their verdict,
As if they felt the cause, not heard it?
And witnesses, like watches, go

Just as they're set, too fast or slow."

And from the rest of his conversation it was evident, that no cause was so bad that he would not undertake it; for he piqued himself upon making (to use his own words) "arrows of any wood"-that is-as much by plaintiff as defendant.

That I was right in my estimate of the character of this man, was soon proved; for he had not been three months among us, 'ere he contrived to sow dissention between two of our members, who had before been the best friends possible; and the cause of each being embraced by one or other of us, the whole club was soon at loggerheads together. For myself, seeing how matters were likely to turn out, I resigned at once, having always had a mortal aversion for a law suit.

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"Law suits, like great fires," thought I, "once kindled, are difficult to be extinguished." The consequence of applying to the law on trivial occasions, cannot, I think, be better illustrated than by the old fable of the two travellers, who, having found an oyster, and not being able to agree to which of them it should belong, referred the matter to a lawyer who happened to come up at the time. The parties having been heard, Mr. Lawyer whipped out his knife, opened the oyster, swallowed the fish himself, gave plaintiff and defendant each a shell, and gravely went on his way. And this recalls to my mind a sign which I was shown at a village not very far distant from the metropolis, with the whim of which I was mightily delighted, though in fact it is too serious a truth to excite one's risibility. On one side is painted a man, stark naked, with this motto: "I am the man who went to law and lost my cause.' "" On the reverse is another fellow all in tatters, looking most dismally, with this motto: "I am the man who went to law and gained my cause."

This is, indeed, but too frequently the true state of the case. "When the frog and the mouse could not make up their quarrel, the kite was umpire," and there can be no doubt that whoever flies to a knavish lawyer for succour, as the sheep to the bushes in a storm, must expect (like the sheep) to leave good part of his coat behind him.

Even supposing combination, subornation, and false evidence, to be out of the question, who can be certain that the justice of his cause shall prevail against the superior subtlety of his adversary's counsel.

It is reported of King James I, that soon after his accession to the English throne, he chose to be present in court while a notable cause was pleading. The counsel and witnesses on the plaintiff's side having finished what they had to say, the King was so thoroughly satisfied, that he cried out, "'tis a plain case," and was about to depart; when some one who stood near him said, "please to stay, Sire, and hear the other side." He did so, and the defendant's party made the justice of their case no less clear to his Majesty's conception; whereupon it is said, that the monarch merely exclaimed, Rogues all! Rogues all!" and left the court in a passion. The renowned Czar, Peter the Great, being in England during term-time, and seeing multitudes swarming about the Great Hall, wherein are held the three superior Courts of Judicature, is said to have asked some one about him, "who all those busy people in black were, and what they were about?" Being answered that they were lawyers,-" Lawyers!" returned he, 66 why I have but two in my whole dominions, and I fully intend to hang one of them the moment I get home."

Jesting apart, however, England is now, and has been for many years past, quite overrun with lawyers; yet I should be extremely sorry to be supposed capable of asserting that all of this profession should be involved in indiscriminate censure. Far from it; for among that learned and numerous body there are, doubtless, many gentlemen of exemplary worth and probity, men of figure and fortune, who would scorn to soil their hands with dirty work; and I could mention men among my own limited acquaintances, several of whom I conscientiously believe may lay claim to the enviable title of honest lawyers." It is the quacks in the law, like those in physic, that make the remedy worse than the disease, and against whose knaveries there is but little chance of redress, especially for the needy, who are most frequently their victims.

The rich man who attempts at his own cost to make all knaves honest, will quickly see his error, or die a beggar; but the poor man that rashly engages in a law suit, commits himself to the house of correction, where he must labour stoutly to pay his fees.

According to the old proverb, "good right wants good assistance," while then there are in England so many lawyers of learning and integrity, he must be a wretched fool indeed who to defend his rights applies himself to an insidious and rascally pettifogger.

Upright, however, as may be the conduct of some, and villainous as may be that of others, I cannot help thinking that from the whole nine out of ten might be extremely well spared; and that it were well for England, if they were compelled to betake themselves to other callings, in which they would not have the same opportunities of fostering the animosities of our nature, and preying upon the distresses of the needy. (From Every Day Characters," printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees,

& Co., London, 1824.)

BIRTHS.

February 18, 1836, the wife of P. G. James Harberd, of the Clarence Lodge, Lewes, of a son.-February 1st, 1837, the wife of P. V. Bennett, of the Prince of Wales Lodge, Mosley, of a daughter; February 3rd, the wife of N. G. Lees, of a son; and the wife of John Waterhouse, all of the same Lodge, of a son.-July 11, the wife of P. S. Dickinson, of the Alexander Lodge, Pudsey, of two sons.-June 6, 1836, the wife of brother Adams, of the Fountain of Peace Lodge, Newport, of a daughter. -April 8, the wife of P. G. William Houlgate, of a son; and May 28, the wife of P. S. George Dawson, of a son, both of the Harvest Home Lodge, Huddersfield.— September 11, the wife of brother Thomas Bowells, of the Clarence Lodge, Lewes, of a son.-September 10, the wife of brother William Hubbert, of the St. Olave's Lodge, London, of a son.-September 13, the wife of P. P. D. G. M. Samuel Daniel, of the Victory Lodge, Little Hulton, of a son and heir.-September 18, the wife of N. G. Sanderson, of the Stokesley District, of a daughter.-September 22, Martha, the wife of brother George Griffiths, of the Friend in Need Lodge, of a son.-September 29, the wife of P. G. Thomas Porter, of the Faithful Lodge, Heywood, of a son. -October 2, the wife of P. G. Richard Diggle, of the Faithful Lodge, Heywood, of a son.-October 5, the wife of brother William Phillips, of the Friend in Need Lodge, Varteg, of a daughter.-October 10, the wife of P. V. Edward Smith, and November 21, the wife of P. G. Robert Mullin; and November 26, the wife of P. G. Charles Bennett, all of the Pilot Lodge, Bradford, and each of a son.-October 11, the wife of P. G. William Robinson, of the Darwent Lodge, Cockermuth, of a son.-October 27, the wife of P. G. Lawton, of the Happy Retreat Lodge, Mosley, of a daughter.— October 28, the wife of V. G. James Diggle, of the Faithful Lodge, Heywood, of a daughter.-November 16, the wife of host Brown, of the Providence Lodge, Ouseburn, of a son.-] -November 7, the wife of P. G. Gonde, of the Good Intent Lodge, Loughborough, of a daughter.-November 27, the wife of P. V. John Wood, of the Prince Regent Lodge, Glossop, of a son.-November 28, the wife of host Joseph Mallinson, of the Trafalgar Lodge, Halifax, of a daughter.-November 30, the wife of brother John Osland, of the Friend in Need Lodge, Varteg, of a son.-December 7, the wife of P. G. George Hindle, of the Amicable Lodge, Hooley Hill, of a son.— December 31, the wife of P. V. John Moor, of the Lily of the Valley Lodge, Halifax, of a daughter.—January 1, 1837, Margaret, the wife of Jonathan Taylor, N. G. of the Mechanic Lodge, Leeds, of a daughter.-January 7, the wife of P. G. Ingham Beaumont, of the Harvest Home, Huddersfield District, of a son.-January 10, the wife of C. S. Cotgrave, of the Whitchurch District, of a son and heir.―January 23, the wife of P. G. Thomas Phillips, of the Fountain of Peace Lodge, Newport, of a daughter.-January 26, the wife of brother David Moore, of the Heroes' Glory, Halifax District, of a son and heir.-February 4, the wife of P. G. John Marcroft, of the Golden Fleece, Rochdale, of a daughter.-The wife of V. G. Thomas Beckett, formerly of the Nelson Lodge, Kendal, now of the Golden Fleece, Rochdale, of a son on March 22, 1832, of a son; February 26, 1834, and of a daughter, July 2, 1836.

MARRIAGES.

December 5, 1836, brother Joshua Crowther, of the Lily of the Valley Lodge, to Mary, daughter of Mr. Thomas Baxter, all of Hunslet, near Leeds.-December 3, C. S. John Starker, of the United Brothers Lodge, Bernard Castle, to Miss Eliza Hobson, of Brignall.-November 17, V. G. Christopher Heslop, of the Miners' Refuge Lodge, Middleton in Teesdale, to Miss Isabella Parker, of the same place.—February 2, brother John Shaw, of the Lily of the Valley Lodge, Armitage Bridge, near Huddersfield, to Miss Sarah Lambert, of the same place.-April 17, V. G. Redmain, of the Orphans' Rest Lodge, Delph, to Miss Eliza Buckley, daughter of brother William Buckley, of the Friendship Lodge, Saddleworth.-January 16. 1837, at the Parish Church, Halifax, by the venerable Archdeacon Musgrave, Mr. James Blackburn, P. W. of the Honesty Lodge, Ripponden District, to Miss Sarah Gawkroger,—

True they lov'd, and soon were buckled,

Neither cared to think or rue;

Youth and worth, and beauty coupled,
Love had never less to do.

Brother George Atkinson, to Miss Mary Rumley, all of the King William the Fourth Lodge, Lancaster.-November 13, P. V. Charles Cleminson, of the Earl of Lincoln Lodge, Lancaster, to Miss Margaret Stewart.-January 8, P. G. Buckley, of the Woolsack Lodge, Oldham, to Miss Jane Stafford.-January 2, P. D. G. M. John Brooks, of the Virtue Lodge, Tottington, to Miss Alice Entwistle.-January 7, brother John Ryder, (same Lodge) to Miss Ellen Clayton.-April 25, brother Thomas Mason, (same Lodge) to Miss Eliza Thaites.-November 14, brother John Gittins, of the Salopian Hope Lodge, Shrewsbury, to Miss Anne Norris.-October 2, Secretary John Ogden, of the Faithful Lodge, Heywood, to Miss Jane Glazebrook, of the same place.—October 25, brother John Jeffries, of the Friend in Need Lodge, Varteg, to Miss Rachel Fisher, of Grandifaith.-November 7, brother Ralph Brierley, of the Friendship Lodge, Upper Mills, to Miss Eliza Broadbent, of Saddleworth.-Lately at Newcastle (Lotteries) P. S. John Vaughan, of the Philanthropic Lodge, Market Drayton, to Miss Elizabeth Beestin, of Hinstock; and lately at Shrewsbury, N. G. Adams, of the same Lodge, to Miss E. Walsh, of Drayton.-December 13, P. G. William Allen, of the Red Castle Lodge, Prees, to Miss Ann Glassy, of the same place; and brother Ebsey, of the same Lodge, to Miss Mary Davies, of Prees; both of these by the Rev. Edward Nevile, at Prees Church.-February 5, brother Richard Roberts, of the Refuge of Hope Lodge, Wem, to Miss Sarah Basnett, of the same place.-January 8, 1837, brother John Wood, to Miss Mary Anne Wood; and Jan. 5, brother Arthur Gartside, to Miss Mary Brierley, a 1 of the Saddleworth District.October 10, P. G. Sudberry, of the Good Samaritan Lodge, Loughborough, to Miss Harriet Dexter, of the same place.-November 7, brother Thomas Clarke, of the same Lodge, to Miss Sophia Harris, of the same place.-Lately at Lincoln, Mr. William Gibson, son of host Gibson, of the City of Lincoln Lodge, to Miss Hawkins, daughter of the late Mr. John Hawkins, hosier of that city, and sister to C. S. Hawkins, Bradford July 16, by the Rev. J. E. Robson, P. G. Brown, flax dresser, to Miss Harriet War burton, daughter of D. G. M. Warburton, of the Knaresbro' District; and on October 29, brother James Warburton, son of the foregoing D. G. M. to Miss Elizabeth Bramley; both the bridegrooms are members of the Rose of the Valley, Dacre Banks. -November 24, brother Thomas Kettlewell, of the Providence Lodge, Great Ouseburn, to Miss Jane Dickinson.-January 18, 1837, Secretary Edward Spencer, of the Good Intent Lodge, Halifax District, to Miss Martha Hinchliffe.-December 5, P. G. Thomas Nuttall, of the Heroe's Glory Lodge, to Miss Harriet Chadwick, of Ovenden.-February 6, Secretary Thomas Mitchell, to Sarah, daughter of P. G. James Taylor, of the Prince of Wales Lodge, Mosley.-November 11, at Bowden, P. V. William Mather, of the Good Shepherd Lodge. Marple District, to Miss Hannah Warhurst, of the Spring Garden Tavern, Compstall.―December 7, at Glossop, P. G. Horatio Warhurst, of the Good Samaritan Lodge, Marple Bridge, to Miss Hannah Gee, of the Duke of York Inn, Hatterlow, Cheshire.-February 6, 1837, at the Parish Church, Stockport, by the Rev. E. Hawell, P. G. John Waine, of the Star of Bethlehem Lodge, Marple, to Miss Hannah Hall, of the same place. Also, Feb. 6, at the Parish Church, Cheadle, brother George Dixon, of the same Lodge, to Miss Mary Mutch, of the same place.-October 24, P. G. Matthew Hutchinson, to Miss Esther Lister; and P. G. William Binks, to Miss Hannah Clarkson, ail of Pudsey, Yorkshire.-October 31, brother John Baxter, to Miss Ann Kirk, both of Bradford, Yorkshire.—November 11, brother Henry Berry, to Miss Jane Mortimer, of Bowling, near Bradford, Yorkshire.-September 19, Daniel Carter, C. S. of Kendal District, to Miss Mary Ann Hughes, straw bonnet maker, Kendal.—July 22, William Marshall, P. S., book-keeper at the Mosley Arms Coach Office, Manchester, to Miss Field, daughter of Mr. Field, supervisor of excise, Kendal.

DEATHS.

December 13, 1836, the wife of brother George Ormrod, of the Virtue Lodge, Tottington.-September 21, the wife of brother Daniel Stones, of the above Lodge. January 1, 1837, Ann, the sixth daughter of Prov. D. G. M. Samuel Eastwood, of the same Lodge.-August 10, at Antwerp, brother James Donaldson, of the St. Olave's Lodge, London. -November 14, Hannah, the wife of brother Hacting, of the St. Thomas' Lodge, London.-December 14, Emma Jane Welham, daughter of brother