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: XT 7 BSERY RHJMES . t " 1 ITTLE JACK HOBKER SAT 15 A COBWEB . " XEW SEADISG . ' ycSSiX- Jack B—ss—11 sat on his bustle , Renting Ms sal-a-ry , - ggx into his fob lie popp'd every boh , garing " What a great man am I . " — ' " » t « j lo ^ ed ssl-a-ry , and thought he would try To ieep in his place -while he could ; go to Parlhunwrf , in a fidget , lie -went To work for his livelihood . Hints he . ¦ without doubt , be must shortly go out If -we don't find Uie Commons a . iob ; _ jjid a thought that -was bright , came like a Bude light , To Slumine the depths of his nob .
fjj-n he bounced from his s :-at in a mighty great heat ird said , " Mr . Speaker , I rise 36 Ja ? Te te * ^ other grave business -vre smother -ffhi ' e I -whisrer 3 vord to the wise . " Te st ' s 3 judge who alleges tLst our privileges ire not -worth a straw or a eg -, ^ B& asserts vriUi conwemjt , lisa * - -we tie not exempt From the arm of the law—dash his ¦ wig : " Btri I mean . 5 : r , to state tb . it we can't 1- gislate -AcJ the is : ires nrusi see their mistake , j $ ne ni ^ rnt ri ve a sample , by -way of vsainrle , Of a Ireiclf of the la-vrs that we mike . '' Sir . are "sre to te talked to , insulted and baulk'd too " By fiaet-n old congers in gowns , ¦^ fjio to dull special pleading confine all their reading To decide upon adverbs and neons .
u >" o , br &e :-rge : while 1 s : t in this house -we'll commit Every Repeal that langhs at o ^ r th under ; If Tre czn i print a libel , there ' s : m end to t ' ue Bible , Aid vlrrue to rice must knojc under . " jtE bait quicily tooi ; the insidious hook Was swai ' ioVd by men of all classes ; J » ck lansii'd in his sleeve , for he didn ' t bilieve They'd te such consummate jack-asses . fhea to it they ¦ w ent , on vengeance intent , And tader'd the Sergeacvat- Anus ¦ .-SotoQsc all th ' ose "who cbr ^ d to opp ose , Nor s . junk from their a-wful alarms
Hobr" 6 jock ^ a ^ e Ho-ward tempted to hard Bui in Y 3 & , for their ne : ks -were too stiff ; ¦ gsrtiifi fanner they nail'd . and the Sheriff assail'd , And clspp'd ' em in e-jod in a "whiff . Bet still , nothing datinted , the said Ho-ward vaunted That the Boa ^ s and its throat he drfv'd ; ind jTrnng Air . Gossett "was sent from his posset , Toidtr Mm from liome and fiie-iide-X « t hliSuiL 2 . mere led , and fcis tint ., ' fwas too bad . fTcre « eiz £ d tiis oppression to crown ;—ftjioga : ni ; Lt h ^ ve been vvurs-3 , ltd ihe baby a . \ d nurse 5 ad tscap'd , vcith mamma , ont of town . Wken little Jack R— ss—11 had finished this bustle , TbtT-set np 3 liuabu-Uoo ; AnS . like a game cock , Jack look'd at the dock , And ctcttM " Cock a dood ' e doo-doo . ' "
Tbtn a-ffay from tee Lorrse , he ran like a mouse Fr \> m a cut in a tuli pan-fry ; — - Bet , before he could rtst , he Went to liis che = t , And locked up his sal-a-rj / . City , Feb . 20 . R . ji . b .
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8 HKKIFF WH . EELTON TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS . THOUGH feeling much -weaker , my dear Mr . Speaker , Knee the day -when 1 fiist wa 3 confined , itSQ free from alarms of the Strgeant-it-Arms , I send yon a bit vf my mind . Aad I trust that this letttr may find you mneh better Disposed to my friend left behind . " Bwcgh perched on the bill of my own Pentonville , (¦ I gaze oTer dingle jmd dell ; I cannot &rget , tnat your honour has ytt My other half still in the ctll ; Aad I &Qst fbis petition , from his sad condition , itay srane of its horrors dispeL
I d < at feel this pity , as Shrieve of the City , Bar there ire have separate reigns ; lis the Middlesex pan that most troubles my heart , And SUs my sad bosom -with painslike the Siamese VvriBS , every feeling begins I 1 o iuas for its echo again . I Ton ants often have heard ho-w the eastern Iove-l ) ird I Kn ^ rard dies on the loss of its mats ; I And yon kno-w tht sad sale of the lone nightingale , I While it moams o ' er its desolate state : I 8 ^ 1 at and cry , -with a tear in my eye , I As I think of my otter fr ^ f ' s ^ te .
I Ob teume , yeheaveos ! it poor Sheriff ETaos I Eprtverto stay in ihat den . ! fcajgfeJM ^ e-t ftojBPi ^^ I _ And oever-with AWermaa Ten ? " , ' I < SkT _ BUgatT Lefeme ! Vm » oi a bcMertr , I T ^ iai you ' re the ieosi craei of inev , I S | jm mem to turn killer , of this poor distiller , I " i ^ wa , yocrself , -will be caught in the gin ; Pot if yen go further , it muss « nd in murilier , I Aia yon'Uliave to pay for the eiil I Aod » on > I desire them to poke out your fire Ewfe night that you Newgate are in ? I ffs » "rery bad ^ pec to have too short a neck , I Tbonglj sometimeB it answers full welL I &lif liistex John Ketch gave your ' s a slight rtietdi I Tje'd find it "was rather a selL I Baiwin't itbee-port , at ihe Criminal Court , I KIol tb * y bring you up from your cell ?
I TSefc pray you take "warning , and soon in the morning I Tike merry c-n him and on me ; I T » ke 1 xuie , the old -warlock , fast oldby tlis forelock , So tlat you too Lrte may not be . I fcr % ¦ vrb . o ' m no joker , ded £ re by the poker , IH not rest till my Evans is fr ^ e . I BeBtonvilie . j _ xp-
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M . ODE . - BT "WliHua S . VJLLIEKS SAXKET , JI . A . 3 * B > ' « f . Engfand , ye axe slaTes , Though ye quefrtteTt&ringTwres— , TLocsii ye boast , by land and sea , Britons everywhere are free . " Men of England , ye are slaves , Bought by tjraEts , 8 ofd by knares ; Your ' s tLo toil , the svreat , the pain . Tteir ' s the profir , ea « e , and gain . Mswjf England , ye are slaves , Bta : en l . y policemen ' s naves ; If their force ye dare repel , Tour ' s ir . ll be the felon ' s celL
Men of England , ye are slaves ; Evn the House of * Commons cra-res i ' romThe Cncwn , on bended knee / That its language may be free . Hen of England , ye are slaTes—Hark : tie it jrmy tempest raves'lis tht nation ' s voice I hear , Skootine ' Libtrtv isni ^ tr . "
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THE BISHOP AXD THE BIBLE . 1 I heard two Toicts—one that fell I Ab music failg from music ' s scurce ; I The other ^ as a jarring jq . 1 I That shocktd the ear—so harsh and hoirse-1 The sounds were blent , and oft a -word Rose 6 ; er the rett viih louder rwdl ; "Love , " " Hate , " " Peace , " ' Pimisluneni , " I heard "Coercioa , " and- 'Gamaliel . " t 1 »? ked " what meant such strange debaUng , " Sueb . echoes—snch responses odd ; AMlearnt the Biihop -was transliting I Tbs Bible for the Church of God-
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1 li ? ^ S- ^^ f ^ A FaiESD .-LoDdon , I * 2 , - ~~ ' . loyo .-Deer Tom , This kums opin you are "I fa »* ¥ leaTes hs ** Present . We are kum to -1 S ?« \ mosi delicious trip to Cheltenham : " 1 Stj ^ m * for & * ers , and the brandy hat I 2 uf' t "" ^ ? lbe *»« as you and me I Siri lhe coste of Sussecfa . HoweTer , thank I t ek gi IS turned . P weli on the Qle ; i did the I KfP - 1051 ^ asiQ P ely . We woke babby I 3 ft » & *? thin ^ s a cokn * . my missus looked aa I i ^ L * ^ coulde » aittd 5 as lock wolde are it . -1 St aLT * * T ??? welL Th ® I ^ dlord thonghte me I WitI ^ iiilk ^ , aDd B 0 Dli ^ s and me and gal I * idriM ^ ? ' and eTr > ' tey the old oman I rtriTv - ^ ° ^ ut iu a Po-skayse , for , as i I BL'i "" ^ WeD ' ™ ° ™ Vs the J * t 4 * i ° ^ aumOal i howsumever , as he fouade ** m *^ *» ' c y nerer yreut ^ far as li » e turapick , m h £ S ^ and babby onl J wanted a short hai £ : * 3 » J ^^ " ^ et . and then , "Now I has him " ^^ t £ ^ QuWne a * * ammer ! " How ^ e did putt 5 M ? * Tw ? - < J tha ? J ^ <^ « . Well , torn , « ** « t aTL- about sLs " ^ eaks , and God be praist M ^ §^ Qid us alle a morfce ° ' goc > d 5 *> i « now . H W ^ lf ^ 11111 - Six Weaks bein gon e , the land" ^ wrWaid * ^ 0 Deda >* at breakfast , and ? ayg , rub-¦ r Wm Afit » W i > ? raii "i iike a streete dcor nocker , ^ a ^ Wt •! > '' Ea - vs he ' " ^ te kon lenient . " "» r ^ luS ^ ' , ^ l » br * tein a he « ard a win-• Wf . -. S ^ Z , * SMe-ihe tell . " " Ear it is , ilB r | t 5 » jo- J lOoks al ^ 5 and it mayde my hart U P « e » QV . J Was sich a loijg one . V Wery eye M VJ ; J ^ , . ImWb at the bill . "l £ f s eye ; - ¦ ? 3 tbe -aadlord , xrjin to ku » grand ;
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w hfifehapcai J « et » up , and giveia him a office look , i says , si ^ s i , " mr landlord , do you lore your knnteeyr "I hope r do , " says he . " Then" savsi J 2 OZ"Z the tanann of » Patryot , how ' dare you thini ; to rob and swindle his most greyghns maseste - i 1 ^ f i ! m - " what do > ^ r » Sy ! the la ^ dlord , tonun « paikr than his neckcloth—" what do you mC ? 116 1 " " where ' * them tickets , the pochayse , the dooty , eh ? an « l j looks at him terrible , "it-was all a mistake ,. sir , " eays be . " can ' t help it , " says i , " the XUe prospers on mistakes . " " i trust , sir , " says boniface , "i ' m deaHn with a gen'lman , " and then he looks very doubtful , "you are " says i , " 'but thehinstytewstiuns of theknntrev mttU be supported : what ' s to become of the krown and the egtablisht Church , and tryal by Joory , and abeas korpnss , if there ' s no pat : yotism—if men shirk the Xise ? " then he begins to knowe his cn-iomeand save , " -well , sir . you -wont be ard ynth me ! " ' " God forbid , says i , " so I tell you wljat , ' old teller write me arectat for this = ixt ; . poundand to make ^^^^ &r ^^ Zl ^ i
, it all smooth , aud us ove- a b ' it of ra ^ for twentv , to take us to l pndnn to our peaceful home " oh ! torn , yOTshoulu have seen how he jumpt ! and swore so , misca 3 ana babbye was forced to loave the Toome . "well , say . i , at 3 ast , "it ' s no matter , " and i makes a fnmble in my pocket as if 1 \ va > soin to take out my pus , " you know the pendty 3 ) ! 1- " ays i—and thty were swingein , for we had the po-chavse often _ apu three times a day— " you know the penalty s < 1 repeats , wheu he sava nothin , but takin or , t his pocket-book , black iu the face , raps me out a twenty , rues a reeeyte , abooses me when he s on the staircase i » r a wulaiuly inionner ; when , not chus : n to be insulted in our owue limn , we packt up our traps aud started for towne . i made two pound * ont of a farmer on the tv ? Am : I askt him for a hit " into his cart , made him l-.. k a sLiiliii , and then frightens him with mfotma-tiou for carrying passengers in a uniaxt weicle . youii , deer torn , iili cieth
Ebexezes Caxxibal . P . S . Mugs , the lar d ' ord of the Feyihers , ride ^ rustv and is slo vnih the Lush-money ; i ' m told he hadde ' a dannce and two fiddlers on Friday—and in L ' -nt two —in his backe parlour . This must be seen in'o . — Heads of the People . A Piors Great Ladt . —The Duchess of Dumbartoa . waa , in short , a vfci-y weak woman , whose prei dilections had fortunately taken a turn , which not ; only kept her . out of mischief , but secured a large i proportion , of % er fine fortniic from being wasted on ' the puerilities of fashiou ; ostentation leading her to ! aevote considerable sums to public charities , instead ! of to opera boxes and jewellers' shops . In many a | remote country the influence of her liberality was 1 felt by the wtary missionary and zealous preacher ; | and the cannibal had been instructed to do no mur-! der , apd the eastern despo :, though all men are ' equal in the sight of hea-ven , because an Kndish , i > uches 3 was proud of making her banker ' s look the | muster-roll of her virtues ! As the seed borne in j the beak of some unintelligent bird conveys fertilitv j into the desert , Providence had selected ' her as the 1 trivial instrument of its mighty purposes of good ! towards-the human race . But though so much j below the standard of sanctity , ? he fancied herself to ! haTe attained , there was nothing but what wa « I highly respectable in the Duchess of Dumbarton . J She did much good and link harm . Her example 1 rendered many serious who would otherwise have ; clung exclusively to the levities of life . Her moral ' . conductttk < l been through life so unexceptionable as ; to accrtdit-her peculiar ways of thinking ; and with ; respect to her motive ? , thty rest be :-. rixt herself and her grea . t accompt . Ir ^ , in fret , an invidions : ta ^ k to pry on any pretext , into the motives o ! ! other people . The visible result is all which ought : to afford matter of judgment to our infirm intelli' . gence . —Preferment .
The Love Letter of John Skixxsb , the Butcher . — " We have a great deal of company on board , consisting of two hundred men and women , two cows , ten pigs , 'besides fouls and Mulatto girls . One ef these young women isn ' t a bad looking heifer neihter ; she is constantly casting sheep ' s-eyes at me . but I ain ' t such a calf as she takes me to be , ? o don ' t be jealous , Mary . She thinks I don ' t know sh « has a touch of the tar brush , eo says she , ' Mr . Skinner , the water is very bad aia ' t it { ' ' Very ' says I , ' it's keepicg it in them nasty iron tanks , that makes it look so black and taste so foul . '
' Exactly , Sir , ' says she , ' the water has got so much iron in it , I am dreadful afraid of lfgutuiog , it will make me so attractive . ' ' You dou ' t need that , ' says I , ' Miss , your hone attractions is so grea : of themselves . ' ' Oh , ' say 3 she , ' Mr . Skinner , how you do flatter , but really , it do affect me dreadful , especially my memory waich is Tery rusty , and then it colours my skin , aud spoils my complexion , it cume 3 thro'the pores , and iron moulds my very linen ; it do indeed . ' Wasn t that capital , Mary I a Mulatto -wench s-wearing it was the iron made her face copper-coloured 1 "— Sam Slick ' s letter bag of Uie Grert Western .
^ eighbovbship MiCHJGAS . — " Mother wants your sifter , aad she gays the guesses you can let her have jjonw sugar and tea , ' cause you've got plenty . " This ^ xce ! l « ft reason , ? ' cause you've got plenty , " is CPBj&g fln ^ , * ft jtp ¦ Jsh * ri , T > fc-. TCith yo » g peig ^ &tms WfrOBTer comes lntoMichiKan -with nolb . mgj * && fee OTrBTa i « 5 ftit 8 % <» MBw (> . kiL ^ ro , 4 int (> him that brings * With , him , an ~ ything like an appearance of abundance , whether- of money or mere household conveniences . To hare them , and not be willing to share them m some sort -with the whole community , is an unpardonable crime . You mnst lend your bew horse to qiii tfut _ ce soil , to go ten miles ovir hill &ad marsh , in tht darkest JoighJ , for a doctor ; or your team to travtl twenty after a &ti ? yoar
whcelbarrowB , your shoYeh ? , your nten-ils of all surts belong not to yourself , bat to the public , who do not think it necessary even to ask & tf » n » bnt take it for granted . —Glimpset of Western fife . The Cocplb who-Dote ttpox trfjb CHixrKo . —Tlw conple who d ^ te upon their children have usually a great many- of them : six or tight at least . The children are either the healthiu-t in all the world , or the most unfortunate in existence . In either case , they are equally the theme of their doting parents , and -equally a source of mental anguish and irritation to their dotinirparents' friends . The conple who dote upon their children recognise no dates bni those c « nBected with their births , ' accidents , illnesses ,-or remarkable deeds . They keep a
mental alminack with a vast number of innocents " days , alt in rod letters . They reeolJeet the last coronation , because on that day little Tom fell down the kitchea etaird ^ tfee-aTrnrverssry of the gunpowder plot , beoamse it was on the fifth of Neroaber that Ked asked whether wooden legs were made in hea-reh , ftnd cocked hats grew in gardens . Mrs . Whiffier will . never cease to recollect ihe last days of the old year as long as she lives , for it waa on that day that the baby nad the four red spots i « n its nose , which they took for the measles : nor Christmas Jay , tor twenty-one days after Christmas day the twins were bora ; nor Good Friday , for " it -was on Goad Friday that ehe was frightened by the donkey cart when ahe was in the family way with Georgiana .
The nioveabie feasls hare no motion for Mr . and Mrs . Wbiffler , but remained pinned down tight and fast tojthe shoulders of some small child , from whom they can . nerer be separated any more . Time was made , according to their creed , not for slaves , but for girls ana boys ; the restless sands in his glass are but little children at play . As we have already intimated , the children of this couple cau know no medium . They are either prodigies of gcod health , or prodigies of bad health ; whatever they are , they must be prodigies . Mr . Wh'fikr must have to describe at hisi office such ex ^ rutiating agouies constantly unuergoneby his eldest boy , as nobody else ' s eldest boy ; ever underwent ; or he must be " able to declare that there never was a child endowed with
such amazing health , such an indomitable constitution , " and sucn a cast-iron frame , as his child . His children mu-t . be , in some respect or other , abovr and . beyond the children of all other people . To such an extent is tnis feeling pushed , that we were o : ice slightly acquainted with a lady and gentleman who earned their heads so high , and becam » so proud after their youngest child fell out of a two pa-rofstairs window without hurting himself much . that the greater part of their friends were obliged to forega ^ wr acquaintance . But , perhaps , this may be aa ^ lttreme case , and one not justly entitled to b « coasidttsdas a precedent of general application . if a , fnend iappen to dine in a friendly way with one of these couples who dote upon their children . it is nearl for him ei
y impossible to divert the conversa-£ ^ £ ? £ t *™** ** ^ P * - Everything reminds Mr Whiffle * of INed , or Mrs . Whiffler of Mary Anne , or ot the time before Ned was bora , or the time before M&ry Anne was thought of . The slightest remark , however harmless in itself , will awaKen slumbering recollections of the twins . It isimpossible to steer clear of them . They will come uppermost , let the poor man do what be may . Ned has been known to be lost sight of for half an hour , Dick lias been forgotten , the name of Mary Anne has not Been mentioned , but the twins will out . Nothing can keep down the twins . * It ' s a very extraordinary thing , Saunders , says Mr . Whiffier to the visitor , bat—you , iave seen our little babies , the ^ -thetwins ? ' The friend ' s heart ginks within him as he
answers Oh , yes—often . ' 'Your talking of pyramids / says Mr . Whiffier , quite as a matter of course , reminds me of the twins . It ' s a very extraordinary thipg about thqse babies , —what culour should you say their eyes werp ? ' * Upon my word , ' the friend stammers , ' I hardly know how to answer '—the fact being , that except as the friend does not remember to baye heard of any departure from the ordinary course of nature in the instance of these twins ,-thsy might'have no eyes at all for ought be has . observed to the contrary . * Yon would uot bay they were red , 1 suppose ^ says Mr . WbifHer . The friend hesitates , and rather thinks they are ; but , inferring from the expression of Mr . Whi ' ffler ' a lace that i&d is uot tie coionr , smiles with some confidence , ami says , 'No , no . ' veryduftrent from that . ' 'What should you say to blue ? ' Ears Mr . Whiffler . T ;; e friend
giances sa hira , and observirig a -ve * y uiiferent expre ? siou in his face , ventures to gay , ' I s-huiild say they wtre blue—a deckled blue . ' ' To be sure ! ' cries
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'Mr . Whiffler trtnmpl » antlT "I knU ^ fti wonW Bnt what shoridtywaay if I iris to ttf 1 yon that t&e boy ' s eyes are blue , audthegirVsiazel ( &f . * Impossible ! ' exclaims the friead , not it ail knowing why : it should be itoppssiWe . 'A fact notwithstanding / cries Mr . Whiffler ; * and let meiell you , Saunders , that s not a common thong in twins , or a circumstance that'll happen every day . '—Sketches of Young Couples . - - & 2 g ! £ Jg 2 ^ r £ ^
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When is a horse least like a clergymau ?—When lie s a lameun ( layman . ) : ; They have a judge in the Missouri who glories i £ the name of Lawless ^ and a Mr . Gambl e is the clerip of the court . ' Thk last by Dick Doleful . —When is a theatre , not a theatre i—L ;' ye give it up ? When it is a poor' house . j Tithe Commutation and Law Costs . —A thhej owner m a purL-h in a neighbouring county , feeling dissatisfied with the award of the assistant commisj sioner , appealed toalaw court ; by whichhe obtained j two pounds more than the award , and expended eleven hundred in th& costs .
An itinerating Frenchman , who has been going about Birmingham begging , was lately searched , and on his person were ibund fifty-four sovereigns . A young mau at Perch was recently sentenced to ten days' imprisonment , for having ' sent a forged death to one of the newspapers there . The Sheriff , in pas « : ii !< Fc-ntence , said he had no doubt it was an indictalk offcace . In iho year 1702 , the net aunnal rent of the liaiqnv ot Du :. cow was £ 170 ' 6 s . 4 d ., as awpears trom toe records of the Court Tiends ; and in the year 18 . 30 , the yearly rent of the said Barony amounted to upwards of £ 2 , 000 . And , more strange to tell still , the average price of oatmeal , for the seven years following tho first period , was yery nearly as high as the average price of that article duruig seven years following 1830 . . ,
Iriday night ' s Gazette announces that "tho Qaeen i as conferred tbe honour of Knighthood on the Sails citor-Geueral . now Sir Thomas Wild andoaJBij William Martins , Gentleman Usher 6 £ tHSvrac 4 ll State . . ' v ^ wsv M ^ anb ' nd would perish did' they cease to aid each other . From ihe time that . the mother binds the child ' s head till the moment that some kind assistant wipes the death-damp from the brow of the dying we cannot exisUwithout help . All , therefore , that need aid , have a right to ask it of their fellow mortals : no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt . Let no rank reconcile you to a slanderer—avoid him as Gulliver avoided the Yahoos , who got in h'gh places to scatter their filth upon those below .
The Reve . < t : f .. —It is curreuily reported in the Government Offices , that the duty on inhabited houses will be restored , as one directly operating on the principle of a preperty tax . Death ascribed to the odour of Plants . —In one iu * : auce , a daughter of the Count of Salin is said to have died from breathing the aroma of v ; okis ; in another , a daughter of tho Biskop of 1 cdoho , death took place from the odour of lilies . A Dinner Two Hundred Years Ago . —Home from my office to my lord ' s lodgings , where mv wife had got ready a very fine dinner—viz ., " a dish of marrow-bones , a leg of mutton , a Join of veal , a dish of fowl , three pullets , and a dozen of larlsg , all in a dish ; a great tart , a neat ' s tongue , "» dish of anchovies , a dish of prawns , aud a chees «;—Pepys * Liury . ' ¦ v
A Tailor Cross-examined . —Garrbw had one day to cro = s-txamine a tailor as to a conversation between himself and the defendant . " Upon jour oath , Sir , where did this conversation happen J " " Iu the back parlour of my shop—my quttingroum . " " What wtre you , yourself , doing ^ st the time ' . " " Nothing—walking about . " " Aye , just taking a stn-11 in your cabbage-garden . " ' ' The Loaves and Fishes . —We understand that the Rer . F . Close , incumbent of this town , in his sermon Ja .= t suuday , regretted that the canon law did not allow him to refuse the sacrament to all who were married at the Register Office . —Cheltenham Free Press . ^ A person who formerly had lived very freely , having been persuaded to adopt the absurd' e ? tren » e of teetotalism , died suddenly , and it was found that his alimentary canal was completely frozen rip .
Cyaious Prophecy . —An old almanack contains tho following curious prophecy : — " About ye fyfthe day of Novembre , iu yeare of grace onethousand eight bundrede ^ nd for tye , manye childrene will be borne in therealmeof Greate Britayne . " ; The following is wrote up in the public ¦ walks of i v ~ , } le 8 e promenades are nnderthe . Safeguard of the inhabitants , all of whom are cquilly interested in preserving them . The mayor inritea iisllbWcitizens «> ahare . snthKua fo th'ftfhUYi" . w ,:- ,. ' ^ \ - Vt vp ^ jadfex ;** . tnon ' ymft SatWJ ^ SM ibeu this VW
ibjseW : i ^ edest lawaloneTi i © dation and-prinbrpleofaU the t&t . ^ &mfcciua . o 57 years before _ Ch * ist . - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ -- t __ - , ^ i Wobtht of ' lilrrAiioN . —Xlie bverseahi offbe united parishes of St . Margaret ' s and St . John the &'angehst , Westminster , have come to . the detexjflinattonto apprentice no more of the - pariah children id-o b 2 ^^ 49 r « ei > erB . . ^ r . The fruitful Bouroe of crintes consist * in one ^ man ' s poBsessmg-m * bHadance that ef which Another man is destitute . —Godwin . ' , . - ; " . . , ¦ Royal akd Noblb Ac ^ hors . —An opera , by Prince Albert , ia in active pepaxatibn at Drnry Lai .- « Theatre . - .
Why is the marriage of Queen Victoria likely to become celebrated all over the world ? Will you give it upl—A . Because it was "No Tory-OU 3 . ' The Metropolitan Anti-Corn Law Association have announced their first meeting to be held on Monday next , at No . 154 , in the Strand . Mr . Cubden of Manchester , and Mri J . B . Smith , chairman of the Manchester Chamblf of Commerce , are expeeted te ; attend it . . Wonderful . —Some time since , near Ipswich , a W « sieyaai local preacher actually interred a child in the churchyard , ' according to his _ pwn , pequiiaj views .- "The clergyman was awsre-ef thtHfect , out suffered the matter to pass by ! " ¦ ' ' ,
All the arguments which are brought . to repre&tot that poverty is no evil , show it to be evidently a great evil ; you never find people-labouring- to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful income . . ; A rumour has prevailed that Lord Melbourne is to be created a Marquis , and to have the garter worn by the late Duke of Bedford . Hardening Stebl . —The art of hardening steel by immersion in cold water of a' Sudden , when red hot , is of great antiquity . Homer alludes to it in the Odyssey , lib . ix . 1 . 391 , when relating how Ulysses put out the eye of the-giant Porjphetnns . A nlw Trade —An insolvent in a recant Gazette , describes himself as a matrimonial alliance condue tor .
Grave Amusement . —The following is loie introduction to a piece of poetry in a late periodical : — " The following lines were written more than sixty years ago by one who has for many years slept in his grave merely for his own amusement . " Dr . C regory mmtions the conveyance of vaccine lymph t « medical muu in the country at tbe smalt charge of a penny , astne of the benefits to be-derived from postage reform . - K /•
tjib new postage / ' . ' '_ ;— - - •^ To weigh well what we say is an fxiom ' fritejY-V And the more we obsef ve 4 t , thftbetter ; ' But now we must also wei ^ h' well what we toAle , If we -care for the cost of a letter . ^ , —Hereford Tim ^ s , Amply p rovided for . —Two sailors were onfbday sitting on the gunwale of their ship , drinkiDgJtrog when one Baid , to the other , '' This is meat ' md dr ink , Jack . " He happened at that momei t to fail overboard , when hia tacetious compaaion o oily said , " and novr you ' ve got washing &n& lodping Tom . " . : . i ,-:- \ .. / - A good traveller is , like meroy , twice blessed : he blt * Beth him who receiyes him on .. his joifirney and him who awaits him on his return ; the first by his company , the second by his narrative . — Athenaum . - ¦ - . '
The Reverend Father Mathew administered the Temperance pledge to 70 , 000 persons at Gort , the maiority of whom were intoxicated at the fimeAGlobe . . The Vicar of BaBsingbonrne has just refused to bury a corpse , the child of a dissenter , Decease Bhe had not been , christened by a minister of the Church of England . —Cambridge Advertiser . ' ¦ - /'' A memorial sigaed by members of the Chuwih . of England , has been presented to the archdeacon and clergv of Bath , calling upon them to renle ^ from all Protestant Churches m their district ereky form and ctrcmofiy partaking of the lV > in » u CalioTc form of worship , particularly all pictures and images . —Bath Gazette . ' — "¦ -. ^ <
Among the advanj-age ? of railway travelliBp / w ^ may mention tho fact , that more than onfc-fisHmouger in Leamineton receives a supply of fisl ^ Jy eleven o ' clock in the forenoon of every day , ^ mrchaaed at Billiussaie . London , ou the same niftrniu £ . —Leamington Gazette . ' : There is no foundation in nature , or natural law , why a set of wor « is en parchment shouldgive to , any one a duminicn cf land . —Blackstanc . - . The rrnc fonnd-iiion of Republican Gorerument ie the ctjual right of every cicizen , in his parson and propen'y , and in their management . — . / irtfeison .
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^ « % j& « letter has been addressed l > y Lord Nor-! vS ?« X ^ pH > Jcds lieutenant of . tnp . differeat counties ^ PWK ^ ingd oin :- ~ V ¦; , / , ¦ ^ Hh ^ - * " " " **' Mtehali V * eb * " * ry ; . 1840 . , " , ™ Hffr-An Avidress having been presented to ^^ Mg P ^ ying her Majest y tp direct tha ^ . steps be -fflf ^ ' * ™ diffusion of iflaspheriious and imm ^ Mpriaes by printed publication ^ , an < l by other 1 JHK ^ - J . and Tier , Majesty , in reply to that Ad-^^^ g ^ ng given an assurance that inquiry should ^^ H ^ S ^^ * importan t ¦ matters' whick form the H ^^^ r cii ; addrcS 3 > and that relL-ince might be fl ^^ Hg ^ i 'her determination to discourage all doc-J ^ B ^^^ g r % ctices dangerous to morality and religion , ^¦¦^^ tuest your Lordship to call tlie attention o ? ^^^¦ psof the Peace of the county of : — to this supjeeffat their , next meeting at tho General Quarter Sessions of the county . -
" I am further to request your Lordship to recommend to the magistrates asseniWeil at Qmrter Sessions , and to any magistrates to whom you may think it advisable , to ninke any con imunicai ion before the time of the session , tliat in case they should receive information of any printed -blispliemouS publication , or of blasphemous speeches delivered at pubi'c meetings , aud should deem it nece ^ -ary to make known aich information to thu GoviTument , for tho purpose of having it considered whetucr a prosecution may be expedient , they ^ should transmit to me such -information , with a a report of the gpe-ch or a copy t » f the publication , together , with all necessary pivyfa which they may be able to procure . ( Signed ) . li Nokha . nby . " To tUe Lord-Lieut , of the County of . "
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. « v--l-k .. ; i ^; . . . f c ^ lHB EDITOR OF TUK NORfHERN STAR . J ^ jfe * A letier appears in you * paper , of Saturday lagJ j § g gBed " Uicliard Sti-elo , " the declared object of \ j fmMil , to " Secure for Peddie , iu conjunction with afta , that support as victims of a profligate-aystem to wkch ( we yj-tonsider them entitled . " . ^ TSo-w , S ^ T . l cannot object , in the least , to '• Kichard gfee ' Te" ^¦ fenderirig s upport to his friend Pe . ldic , but do ohjeot t 6 sacrificing my time , and trespassing on your valuable space , in replying to his ambiguous opistile ; fur , really , Sir , my mind is too obtuse to d ' scover anything in it tither likoargumeut , reason , or common seuse . I suppose people existed who regretted the exposure of Oliver , Edwards , Castles , and Co ., and , I marvel not , to find amongst us admirers of Puddie .
Let Steele refute th « facts I liave stated respecting PedUie ' s proceedings—Let bim provo tho letter of my friend Haruey to be fraught with falsehoods ; in a word , let him prove Peddie to be a " patriot , " and then I will further notice his communications , but I can call nothing from his present oue worthy of a moment ' s attention ; and , I am sure , your readers will not expect any reply thertto . As to liis " respectful &u ; gestion , " I will only say , that " the head aud front of my offending in Convention was the declaration of my conviction , that eight tunnst men , or men of piinciple , could not be found in that assembly ; I thinJcso sun—out marit , . " sir , i uui not lead the people to acts of violence . ' Mr . " Steclfc . " says he h . s " attemptod to defend tho characters of his countrymen , and lie is satisfied he lius done his duly—the people aro the jurors . "
Then let the people decide on tho defence made for Peddle by Mr . Steele , and I opiuu , that notwithstanding this lucid defence , the verdict of the people will be , against Peddie , ' either aa being a " Spy , " or a lniklman . ' Yours truly , Wm . Kidkr .
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DEGRADED STATE OF IRELAND U ^ DER THE WHIG-O'COXNELL'S UPSTART DESPOTISM . TO THK EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . My dear Sir , —I feel extrtmely sorry that I could not do any good in tho way Mr . Ge : ich suggested . . My fellow citizens have become to politically debauched , bjr D'CouneU ' 8 conduct and example , that they reully loSk npon the sentence of transportation for life as an extremely mild one ; and I do' verily bolieve that a majority of the "liberal" electors of Dublin wore for a oouviction in the firat instanco ; und would ,, if they had had the opportunity , brought in a vor . lict of guilty . Now I am sure you know that 1 am vi-ry sorry to be obliged to give this character o : my fellow citiz ns ; but it is true . They are dt graded so low , that I fear it will be a long time before they assume a manly political station .
neynave many otyfeots to contond against here ^ hi ch you h » ye not iu England : Tho greatfinajority of the people ure Roman Cathpiias . The Tories were ancBtlll&ra ttie'ipdvocatea of Prote ' stint Ko ^ idivncy . Thjir party is fg « t sinking luto not ^ g uewiSKafelaniL : TWr * W 9 * « J ^ i ^^ t ^^ rx 5 fiin »^ , ftnd ^ pnliiJ 8 itjt » - ^ om % tnt at , the ' pBktjh-conftfl ^ Je : $ , . & . pi ^ tjri $ ession £ * . court t ^ . ^ t jpr Wgii jssiexi ^ ^ T judge , or king ' ^ . cou iiifeL wbi ^/ i ^ nr lalidrioM ijt " ^^^^^ r ^^^ l ^^^^^ ^ ' ^^ Bi ^* ^ mS ^^ w ^ W ^ 'mWkn tf ^ o ougBOo 5 ^^ S masters , and who reality were tLeii ; Buperiors' kg etrry thing . Aid tbis was all iioho witb . tho avovged ? hiteut'on of keening . tip , " Protestant asceudancjfcand preventing the grOWtti of Popery in Ireland /* ; . ; , j ;;
- ^^ WW ^ 'iJ ^ i ^ Jeceitfel WhJp ^ ri ^ Bt wel l , ti «« liked-ft ; too , anil , iio donbt' / w >« M nave adopted thB very same line of conduct , and showed a Etroog disposition to do bo in passing the Coercion Act ; but tbry found tihafc that line of policy would not answer their purpose , and consequently in October , 1434 , they became suddenly enamoured with the Irish Catholics , and got Daniol O'Connell to form tho Anti-T © J 5 r ; Asaoclatlon , tliat is to say , an Assccbtion to lop tb « T « thors of the Coercion Act in power , and keen tKeT * ie # out .
The Whigs commenced the -wholesale bribery of the grasJ ' -iCatfadHc leaders , knowing right well that the influence of those leaders over the Irish Catholics was great fnileed ; and knowing , too , that tho great majority of the CatlloHcs of Ireland would bb rejoiced to see tbeir-friendB in power , and their hereditary enemies out of power . \ Thfe Ca . tftb | iclcadeja , thus placed by a Whig GoverniSsit ' . K&aaCit no dfmcalt task to persuade their dupes , that in Vatyr , promotion to place and power , a complifneat was pald ' to the Irish nation ; and that the intention of the Whigs was not the giving a place to the individual , but the doing of an act of justice to the Catholic ? of .. Ireland , and tbo putting down " for ever , " by this act of justice , their enemies , the Tories . Tile
people were , soon made to forget tho Whig Coercion Act ; t&e arrest , and attempted trial of O'Connell and several others ; the numerous tithe murders by the Whig police and the yeomanry ., tho arming of the latter , aud bringing them but to murder the people at Newtowubury , after the Duke of Wellington liad deprivd them of arms , and disembodied them . All this was fovtotten and far more , in the general cry of " Kiep ' eufc the Tories , « et your friends into power . " Even the repeal of tho Union was put in abeyance , lest it mijiht , by agitating it , disturb the slumbers of Lord Melbourne , and tha rest of the authors # * Ae Irish Coercion Act . . All those , troth Catholic aud Protestant , the exceptions are so few that I may say alKwho took a part in seeling for Catholic Emancipa tion and for the Reform Act , begtta to-think ' thit they mi ^ ht follow tlieir leaders in tha general run for place
and tht-y have followed th ' cnvWniuch so , that there is not a place at lhe dfsposal of the Goveruincnt , or the Irish Executive , for which there is not at the least one hundred applicants . In this ' state of tilings it canr . ot be expected that the Irish would act '' independently in a ^ yj political movement ; and the great Liberator , Dimet ^* Ctitmell , has reduced his countrymtn to tlus s ^ te of political degradation . lf ( the people once saw how far they are deceived and betrayed , I do not think that one stone would be left standing on another in his house in Mcrrion-squaTe , in twenty-four houra after their enlightenment , notwithstanding all the aid and protection which he might naturally expect from his spies ,- the new police , or , as he himself has termed them , " the efficient and exemplary police . The Irish people , as * I said before , are politically debauched and the great dtbauchee is tbe great Liberator .
What can yoa or any rational anau think of a people who never once thought o ? taking to task this man upon whom they have lavisheisp much meney , for the £ 5 , 000 , which he received througli , tti 0 hands of "honest" Joseph Hume , from the authors of the Coercion Act ? I wonder what Bervjce did he render them for tills £ 0 , 000 ? He said he was opposed to the payment of tithes , yet when Mr , Crawford brought forward a motion for the total abolition of tithes , he voted against the motion , on the grounds of its impractica bility i and , wlien the motion was brought forward for withdrawing the pension of the Grand Master of the Orangemen , the King of Hanover , he and all his family who are in Parliament , withdrew from the House , aud aid not Tote , yet he says ho is opposed to the Orange went
men . He througn , England and Scotland , praisinstke Poor Law Amendment Act , and talking aboutreforming tb . £ Lords ,, while he at the same time charged and dijpMufcefl honest mea as impracticable . He says Jie ^ iQht ' ffie j < 5 irs iu striving to conciliate the Orangemeas and lefcit alwayfl be borne , in mind these were the vjery fl > e ; jcajs .. that tlxa Duke of Cumberland and Colonel Fairmjm 'were Pitting to . change " the dynasty byddstrojingthe Prjneess Victoria , and placing the Duke , of Cumberland oa the throne ; yet this great leader accuses jhonest men of being impracticable . All thesethings arid- a thouaaud otherB , even worse , my confiding countrymen have overlooked . Wonder not , then , &t their apathy in the case of Mtsirs . Pros ^ Wiliianis and Jonea , the victims of the " base , bloody ) and brutal" authors of the'Coercion Act . lam , Dear Sir , Truly yourg , Patrick O'Higgins . Mr . Laurence Pitketlily , Londow .
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' LAMBETH STREET . / Rival B ^ aKSS ^ OnLSatftrday . shortly after Mr . - ?*» rtTnrTratnraHRin--nWBc » V on the Dencn ,- WrfMni Bailey , a ' hatr-dresser s « id barber , residing ar .-No . ip Charlcs-Btreet , Mile-end , New Town , emered iho Cpurt , and requested that his information might be jffifc ^ iyed , so as to enable him to sue for his penalties against a rival shaver ' . ' On . being asked to state the nature . of his information , he said that a few weeks ago , a person in his Own line of business opened a shop next door to his , and instead of leaving the neighbours to judge fairly of the : respective merits of himself and his rival by -just competition , the latteftxeaojcted to a most iin'trcdesmanliko mod » = M «^^ prooeeding , which bad nearly deprived him , applicant , of all his rcgniar customers , and thereby very seriously affected him seif and iris family .
lhe applicant bcre handed to the magistrate a small printed bill , of which the following is a copy : — "Go to Foster's shaving shop , No . 8 , Charlcsslreet , Mile-end , New Town , where yoK can bu \\\\\ shaved for a halfpenny , and have your hair lashiuuamy cut and curled for onn penny . "Well , " said Mr . Norton , What is it you want me to do in this matter X it appears to be nitroN a rivalry between you . " Applicant—Your worship , it is quite impossible a man cau get a living for himself aud his family in shaving for a halfpenny , and cutting and curling for a penny . Mr . Norton—But what have I do with that 1 You don ' t want mo to regulate the prices at which you barbers are to shavo and curl , do you \ Applicant—No , your worship . Mr . Norton—Then , what is it you do want ?
Applicant—I understand , sir , I can lay an information against this man for having these bills in his shop window , and distributing them about without a printer's name to them , aud as I can't punish him in any other way , I mean to sue him for the penalties . Mr . Norton , after referring to the law on tho subject , told the applicant ho must , in the first iustance , obtain the sanction of her Majesty ' s Attorney-General . the applicant , on leaving the court , said he had little to hope from such a quarter .
UNION HALL . Elizabeth Bump , a little girl of twelve years of age , was charged with stealing a basket containing two pieces of beef , and her father , a teacher of music , and her inothtr , were charged with receiving tho same , knowing thetu to have been stolen . George Cole , of Tower-street , Lambeth , stated that ho and his daughter , a clrld betweni ten ai . d eleven years ot' ago , weut into the New-cut on Sunday morning , at cloven o ' clock , to purchase some meat and other articles . Having bought two pieces of beef he placed them in a basket and gave it to his child to carry home while he went " another way . As hia daughter was going along , the girl Elizabeth Burns asked her if she should assist in carrying the basket , and they proceeded as far as the corner of Robert-street together , when complainant ' s child said that she wanted to go into a shop to purchase Bome patatoes . The girl Burns proposed to remaiu
outside and take care of the basket and its ' contents , but while tho child was gone into the shop the former ran away home with the meat , and when the policeman subsequently went to her parent ' slodgings in C « lible-lane , he found one of the pieces of beef roasting at the fire , and the other piece in the complainant ' s basket , which was concealed in a oupboard . The malo prisoner was sitting at the fir « attending to the joint when the policeman wont into the room , and he at first said that he had bought the moat himself , but he afterwards acknowledged that his daughter had brought it home . On further inquiry it appeared that the elder female prisoner and her daughter loft home the morning in question and went into the New-cut together , and that soon after ihe return of tho latter , with the basket containing tho stolen nreat , her mother also arrived at their lodgings . The three prisoners were then taken iuo custodv .
Sergeant Prico , L division , stated that besides the two pieces of beef he found in the prisoner ' s lodgings a piece of pork , and he mentionoQ this fact to show that , although the family appeared to be in great distress , as they had scarcely an article of furniture in the room , yet they had other meat besides that wli ictowas taken from the complainant ' s child . Burns said that he was . " a-teacher of mueio , but haviDg little to do in that lino of late , he bad been latterly employed in the office of a solicitor of Lhicoln's-imj , and gained from 15 s . to 20 s . per week . He added that ne was in bed when his daughter brought home the basket and meat , and that wheu he wts apprised of it he sent liis eldest daughter into the New Cut to make inquires as to whom it belonged , tut not finding an o « ner , he admitted that he put down one of the pieces of beef to roast for their dinner .
Tho mother said , that she and her younge t daughter lefc home together , and went into tho Inow Cut , where they missed one uno : Jber , and thru when she trot home , which was ui hail' aa hour after her
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ebild , 8 he for the first time saw the basket and-tfc « r J ^* I _ eceiJ ' -of beef . She decl&ed most vehemently ^ that she knew nothing at all about thecircumatanceB until she got m doorsi t The girl , Burna , who . appeared extrem ^ T in- ^ telligcnt , wanted to induce a belief that r-- > on tb *> basket and its contents were given into her < -h wee-to take care of by the child , they missed , eaek , tuTby j s ? t ^ feo . knowipswhaito d ° ™ 4 Evidence , however , was given to shov > Hiafc sh « wswseen m the . act of running away with il- raea * . Mr . Jeremy said that he should commit K- / , tbeth Burns for stealing the meat , and her fVher for receiving it , knowing it to have been stolen The magistrate added that no human being whV heard ' the case but must be convinced that" the . ui ? fv > vtimato child had been early instructed-in crime Lv * r : Jr two parents .. - ¦ - ' The mother was discliarsred . ^ ,.. . - ,
M'ARLBO ROUGH-STREET . A Socialist . —as tli ' e . 'business of this e ; . t was about to conclude , Tim'Kogaii , a jounifivn . ' - : tailor , all but blind drunk , presented hini .-cif ' lrr '; Mr . Long , to demand an assault -warrant . " I : w : is evi'lont from his Ff > tti 3 h-appearance that' ho h .-. i ; -ever taken tho temperance pledge to Father 3 ly . ii .. ;• ¦ , .- , and it was also -equally clear , from a glance at hi iw . atoliv .-. iM ' spiece , that ho had just been pot in \ : < n ' t . ¦ ¦ -sioa . o ' a c > mplete'Jrubbin ^ . ' * W ' iio has been ill-using you ? " inquires Mr . Lon a :. ' ¦ .- ¦ '( ..-.. " Och , yer ho-uror , " . said Tim , steadyb < - -iinself by the rail of the bar , "Them blag « oi-j < at the lvooiu Hood . They fist bin an' tut awav me life and
mo karaktcr , and halfraTCrown , plase ver vvurtship , auM hope I'll . get . satisfaction . " Cunie here when you are sober , " said Mr . Long . Imirt ( fhrunk , " . replied Ho ^ an , " bee ; nsf , yer nannor , i m able to spake for mf'Sfclf . Thei : ; i » '"ards bate me bekase I won ' t tnrn Chartist . Tniras all Curtists at the Robin Hood , wid their co ;> - -Uitioiis and dill ygatos—but no says I , I'm church a ;;< i ^ tate , aud so was ray father and mother btfirre tr .:- ' s and so aH our . posterity has bein for three generations " I won't hear anything you have to say hi your present state , " said Mr . Long . «» When v , n aro sober you may make yonV complaint . " . Ocli , that ' s-the time-o'dtrv . 1 s"ll f 4 ^ f TT ^ n "
sorng oft . "Maybe I won't eomft a , gain .. i 5 « look at this . Whin one half-crown was dowu , the Uuirtiat leader took it up , but instead of- share asd ^ share alike wid tho other CJurtists , he -lay * a houli « or it wid his oivn ugly fisht , and bolts out of the room wid it . Second usher Sherwin here laid hold of him and handed him towards the doer . ' , " ilieapplicantgavea practical examplifir . unon of tho _ social system" ( but not Robert Owen ' s ) by aiming those about him to tako a sup of somctbinff good with him at tho nearest tippling shop .
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Army and Navy of EunorE—The' following » the strength of the armies of Europe actually kept up , with the number of vessels of war .: — v Men . Ves 3 « ls- <"\ Tftr .-England 114 , 000 ' iim Russia 660 , 000 , ° , fo : France .... 33 !? , G'OO ' 300 , ' Austria 297 , 000 4 Prussia 167 , 000 b Holland 73 , 000 . 18 Spain 70 , 000 0 Belgium -S 6 . O 0 O ¦ ti Sweden 40 , 000 1 Denmark 38 . 000 4 Naples 30 , 000 ¦ ¦ o Sardinia 30 , 003 8 Norway 22 , () Q 0 (?¦ Greece 10 , 000 S StateB of the Pope 9 , 000 1 PortugaKnot known exactly ) . Hanover 16 . 700 I Bavaria 40 . 000 . 0 Saxony 12 , 000 0 Wurtemburg 14 , 000 0 —¦ United Service Gazette .
Stroud . —On Monday evening , a meeting of Diasrmers of various congregations was held in the School Room connected with Bedford-street Chapel , in - this borough , the Rev . John Burder in the chair , i he Rev . H . Griffiths read petitions to both Houses u 1 arliament on tho subject of grievances . On tho notion of the Rev . W . Yates , and seconded by ihe Rev . B . Parsons , the petitions were adopted . Air . Paine then moved the following resolution : — ' That this meeting has learned witb deep regret that Lm-J John Ilussell has not only refused to support a Bill fir the liberation of John Tl-orocooJ from
prison , and for relieving Dissenters from liability to pay Ciiurch-ratevbutKas also uttered m-the House of , Commons gratuitous insinuations against the iniiopei . deut cbaractor of the whole body of the Dissojiting MiniHters . - That these proceedings on tho part of Lord J , Ituskell are matter of much regret on many grounds—First , because tbe ineinu&tionB in question , are untrue . y Dbseating Miuiatere , gepcrjdlVi , brinjr welllcuowji to be infer i or to no clasB ^ of Enjjlishmfln . ettliaiaa , yflTnTarir ^ liiithon «^ rimeHS > cWin ^ i CT ? gmi
this meeting feel assured that had Lord John ' s connexions and ^ possessions-. allowed him to become betur . acquainted ; with Dis $ enting Ministers , his opinion of the ^ rn , would have been widely different : Secondly , because Lord JohaRussell w « nt altogether out of hfeway ; in instituting a comparison , on such an occasion , between the ministers of differehfreligums bodies ; , it belngobvioHs tliat if Se deemed it expedient to avow his attachment to the State Church , the avowal might have been made without any such invidious comparison : Thirdly , because
i iua meeting- ' cannot but entertain the apprehensionthat the conduot ' and langnage of Lord John Russell , on the evening in ' question , will tend to alienate from him not merely numerous liidividuala in this borough ( which circumstance alone would bo of small unimportance ) but an immense body of Dissenters in every part of the island ; whereby ,- it may b © feared , the cause of civil and religions liberty will be flaraaged , and its euemies made to rejoice . " Mr , J . Partridge seconded the motion , which was supported by Mr . John Read , and carried . The
meefcnji ; then teparafed . ' Wooden Pavements . —Tho recently invented substitution of timberfor stone , for the purpose of paving streets , has awakened a strong interest in the North . The timber merchants and manufacturers of the counties of Rois and Inverness deprecate the admission into this country of Norway timber at an ad valoi-em and almost nominal duty , to the detriment of the homo trade , as well as that of the revenue and the humbler classes - of the people . They have accordingly passed resolutions to this effect . The heritors of Ross-shire have concurred with them , and directed the county member ( Mr . Mackenzie , of Applecross ) , to communicate on the subject with the Treasury , 'besides using his best endeavours to prevent the anticipated injury to the home trade . — Inverness Paper .
Thh Iiush Gold Mikes . —It appears from the Iri 6 h papers , that Government have given their sanction to the working of these mines , which have at various times excited the attention of mining adventurers : aud we are led to believe , from information which we have received , that gold may be calculated upon , b < iLg found in-quantity . The gold -district extends over a space of ten square miles , in a half circle , round the Croghan mountain ; and gold has been found m the streams flowing from the different . springs which this , district gives rise to . Every flood tiVVriea < iown unma nnvtimm tn , nl , n * : „ « .. n i ¦ ^^* hv . vivim
" — -.-- w » w vv TruftU IB \ sAW 3 \ A the common stream , whither the peasantry used to assemble , to gather what they could . Large pieces ot m » g .. etic iron ore , and other substances have been found , denoting the extraordinary metalliferous properties of die country ; and the analogy which they bear to ihe # old country of South America is remarkable . This work is now in progress , hut whether it be the injeniioa of the parties to . work it singly , or as a joint-stock concern ! we know not . Gold is now , wo are given to understand , being raised , and the work of discoTery in progrefiBr- ^ - Minina Journal ..
A Charitable Jwky . —Wedhesday an inqnest was held before Mr . Wakley , M . P ., at the Wellesley Arms , Oomer-streetf , Brunswick-equare ; on the body of Johannah Slater , aged five years . Mary Ann Slater , the mo ^ Jier of the child , said that her husband was a bricklayer ' s labourer out of work , and that she , to support her family , sold fruit in , the streets . She had three children , of whom deceased was the eldest , and her poverty compelled her toleave them at home unprotected . She did so oft Friday last aa usual , and in the middle of that diy she was called from her stall and informed that : deceased had dreadfully , burned herself by setting hear clothes on fire . The other children told her that deceased ' s clothes caught fire while she was
attempting to fry some -sprats for her dinner . The child died next day in the North London Hospital , from the effects of the burns . A Juror—I have heard that your husband is an industrious man ; Bend him to me to-morrow , and I'll give him work . Another Juror—I know that hundreds of accidents of this sort arise from want qf fire-guards ; I'll . send yoa cue , and also a high fender . The Juryi having returned a verdict of " Accidental Death , " made a collection among themselves , which amounted to 18 s , and gave it to themothor . Intoxication in Constantinople . —The following puni&hmfcut of drunkenness was lately inflicted by the populace at Cbnstantinople . An unfortunate
Mussulman , who , . under the influence of wine , had lost tbe perpendicular , was tied upon a lame mule . with his head , on which was placed a round European hat , towards the tail of the animal , and behind him was tied . a dog back to back . After having paraded hinv through ; the streets , stopping ' at every fountain to sprinkle iim with water and mud , he was taken by the populace to the banks of the Bosphorus , and plunged into the water witb , hia innocent companion . " The hair of the back of the dog was then cut in tha form of a cross , and the beard of the Mussulman ' was shaved off with the j-ame razor . Ho was subsequently plunged twice mto the Bosphoru ^ and the purification was oousi ' lered P'a-i ' cct .
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NpRTHlSRN ClRCUlT-rCAAustB , F ? b ; 21 . ' j Th ^ issiJies for Cumberland commenced here to-day , Hne courmission having beon opened bv their lordships . tbe evening before . The calendar is " heavy iapoiui of numbers , but the great proportion of the cases are thefts of comparative unimportance . Saturday , Feb . . 22 . ' ¦ ' . - ' ( Before Mr . Justice Coleridge . ) Thomas Irving was indicted for cutting and wounding John Gaskarth , with intent to murder him . There were in the indictment the usual minor couuts . Sir Gregory Lewin and Mr . Granger appeared for the prosecution . The prisoner was defended by Mr . Kuowlcs . ^ ^ ^^^^^
_ Awovdvng to the statement of the prosecutor and his father they were returning , about nine o ' clock at ni ^ ht , ou the 10 th of Octob .-r , frum Cuokt-rciouth ta ; r . They resided at Little Broughton , a short distance from Cockermuuth . Tho prisoner lived at Br ' . ghtvra , about half-a-mile off , but up to tho spo ' where tlio attack took place would follow tho ? amc- i road . On tho prosocntor and his fat-hor arriving ui a cross road that kd ovor to Dc-rweiit-l-triflgo to Brigham , tho prisoner ' residence , a pc ? -oil car ^ « out of tho hedge iu a very threatening urim . pr towards the prosecutor ' s father , Joseph Gaskanh who was somc . vlnn- intoxicated , saying , ' . ' What is the reason thou wilt not pay . my wife for the sher-Yiii "' ' They then , pcreeiwd it was . thy . prigoaor , and Josep ' li ! Gaskarth replied that the . pvisouer owed him some money , and n was tiiac ho should have at , any rate a portion of it . The prisoner used sonis threatenmh ' language , and said if it was not paid ho woul . i have it out of his ( -fo ^ enu Gaskarth ' H ) skin . The prosecutor interfered , and was knocked down . On rising , he took off his coat , and they fought together fur several minutes , until the prisoner gave in and Lvg . 'ed pardon . They then parted ' , the prisoner going down towards Dervvent-. bridge . In two or throe minutes however , the prosecutor and his father heard him running towards them , shouting , '" I ' ve beaieu von both , and I'll murder you both before long . " The prosecutor bogged hip father to stay where he was , ¦ and he himself would meet the prisoner and beat him back over the bridge again . On so meeting , he
( the prisoner ) immediately struck him over the oyo , cutting through the eye-lid . The prisoner en
daugevons state . The prisoner , before the magistrates , gave nearly the same account of tlieaffray , but alleged lhat when he returned after tho first scuffle , he merely said he could beat them both if they wouid ' give him fair play . Tl . « t this prose-outor then attacked him , and that he used the . knife to tierenil UimscU . Mr . Knowles . ior the defence , admitted that after what had been proved , and especially after the admission by the prisoner , it would bs out of the question to deny his guilt , but he contended that the wounds had been inflicted in the heat cf passion arisi out of tho
; g preview sc ;; flle , and therefore that they could not find him guilty , except ou one of the latter counts of tho indictment , and not on that charging an inteut to murder . His Lordship , in summing up , said he was bound to staio to the jury that though tiie law was so far indulgent to the frailty of human nature , ro punish with a lesser penalty offences against * human life , where the injury was inflicted uuder strong provocation and the excitement of anger , yet the mere circumstance of being in a passion would not , uf itself , be sufficient 60 to palliate tho offence .
Ihe Jury , after retiring for a short time , !> rou'ht in a verdict of "Guilty of stabbing , with uuu : u to do pome grievous bodily harm . " His Lordship , after referring in strong tmi ^ tu the uso of the knife as an instrumeiir it ' u . ak in quarrels of this kind , anofftneo in former times alniost unknown , sentenced the prisoner to transportation for lifo . John Gfaham , charged with poisoning his wife , was acquitted . There were no other cases of the tsligU'est importance .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 29, 1840, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2673/page/7/
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