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      t __ - { Continued from our sixth page . ) ja sower to otiier questions from Mr . O'Brkn , wit-__ ^ ja , _ i bare said that I dissent from 8 oeialism . ^ -sider Socialists infidels , and I am the reverse . It , jar likely that yon xre very unpopular with the par-L oi ] ed Whip- 1 ° reporting such meetings I in-~ Z * ed tli * e passages only which I thought the most f ^ estinr . I DtTer stated to a reporter that it was ^ practice to alter reports so as to suit our revlers . ffS&rgGraentB on property were—that no man hai a _ Wto the soil unless to cultivate its fruits ; but that gjj irere improvtd ia value the value of such improve-« Lfft belonged to the people . T » u also said that the spontaneous fruits belonged to the people , and that an r ^ ged beyond it belonged to the cultivator . Yon said ao one had a right to take any land without giving the _ _ tC ^ n ^ frort s ^ pcg , )

      ftll market price , or something hie it You divided the lasd into three . dasses of value : —first , the original jalne ¦ secondly , the additional value given by improvements ; and thirdly , the contingent and improvable v » h » Yon may haTe said that what God created fcelo »« d to all men alike ; but that wfcat human still ( rated was the subject of private property . You &dnittad that compensation would be but just in all cases except snsi as grants to the Bnke of 'Weliiiigton . ( Sere witness is-ss required to read a passage from his jgport , in "which the dtfcnflant s-iid that he had found the people of Leigh -were arming themselves , but that be did not a'lvise the peopls to do anything against the lair . i Some one almded to Lord . J <> hn Russell ' s letters to Lord Licntc-naiits and magistrates , statin Hjai the people should unite as volunteers , for the

      jirotertion of life and property , and tbat- l > e would gnppty them with arms at the public expense . Yon might hare said this . illr . O'Brien here reeted a long portion of his speech , referring to political events in ancient Rome and Sparta . ) The iritness did not remember . I cannot swear that you aid they could hsve n « chance of success unless they rigidly adhered to the law and tie constitution . At jTr iifar I tr&sa reporter , and assisted in the shop . I to not a penHy-a-liner . I bad a regular salary . I dost remember seeing in tire Guardian an article in whkh Mr . O'Connor and you were called " two prowliBg Irishmen . " I was oare present at the Commoi Council , when an item 'was read of money paid to % reporter . —Mr . Potter is mayor of Manchester . I was Bat in Borne instances reporting for "half the time , be-« se 1 did sot think it necessary .

      By Mr . Sergeant Atcbeblet—The aotes I took : vere fairly taken , to'far as they -went I saw a reporter named Tespleton at the meeting on the 23 rd of April . There wert from eight to twelve persons on the ptatfarm , and several reporters . - - ¦« --. By Mr . O'Brien— "What yon said of the House of Lords was , that if the people had their own House of Commons , the Lords would not last a week . Joshra Striarfellow BoweR—I am clerk to the Com-Brissi oners of Police % i Chorlton-on-Medlock . I attended a metting in Boarduian-square . There were between £ 00 and £# > - present . I saw Butterworth there . A Kan named Davis was chairman . I took do notes then , but aft-: rwards . David Roberts made the first motion , " That this meeting Tiew with disgust the

      base , abominable , and b ! ood-thirsty means used to stop tkeir meetings . Sympathising with the people of Birnifajfoa . ni' wej > ledge ourselves , shculdTiotersintermptns , we will oppose force to force . " Roberts said tha ^ while & 11 England iras quiet , Birmingham , patriotic Birmingham , had burst into flames . He could tell them tiuii an order had been sent for 300 pikes , and that they would be sent on the following day ; th ^ out of Beventy policemen in a house that w ^ s bumine only tight h » d eseaped . Butterworth said they were ~ deternised to show that they were the wealth c-f the eoantry . Lord John knew they were the wealth of the country , or he would art have sent down spies amongst Utis . to see what they thought of himl He vonld * d \ ise them to arm . They ehonld get eae ^ j a gun with a bayonet , or & brace of pistols and a pis e .

      Government thought they were safe with a rocket brigade ; but a bit of tow dipped in pitch was as good as arry cf theni . The people tod got a holiday to s-e the Duke < f Wellington open the railway . "VVorid th ^ y do so » ow ? Xo : They would terminate the existence of « ne of the most blood-thirsty villains in the kingdom . Cross-examined , by Mr . "VT outlet—I am Clerk to the Commissioners . I wrote the facts do-irn , bnt I remember what \ haTe stated without the notes . Bntterworth said they ahoold get & gun with a bayonet at tiie end of it , and a pike ora brace of pistols " to protect themselves . " I forgot the latter words before . I picked out the passages I thought most treasonable . There were women and children at the meeting . There was no alarm there I know of . That was one of the greatest meetings I ever saw .

      Cross-examined by Mr . Richardson—I cannot renember to have seen yon at the meeting . Joeeph Saddler , another witness , ni called , bnt did aot appear . The ATTORjrrr-G-EKJBAL said this was the case foi the prosecution . The Hon . J . S . Wostlet then rose to address the Jury for tbe two defendants , Jackson and Butterworth , sod after alludirg to the very little time he had had to prepare for this defence , complained of tho form in

      • which the indictment waa framed against the defendants , including for a conspiracy men who had attended enly one meeting in common , but against whom for that angle act of conspiracy was attempted to be she-. ra ly teeing two of them to other sbniliar meetings . Why if snch meani were taken to get up a charge of tmspiTAcy , -he asked , which of the twelve men of the Jnry-box , who had ever attsnded a meeting , &t which violence was used , however he might disapprove of it , eoaMssy Ms liberty vraS safe ? " rVlat was the nature « f the tvidence ? The first evidence of the witness

      was very strange , and lie had reason to doubt its truth . Though he aid he had been practising eight or nine yean in abort hand , yet fce Vx > lt notes fur Improvement ; lad then be -ira * fonnii taking long notes , whith had eeopied two < x tfcree hours in reading , when according to his own admission , a very short account sufficed for B * paper- What would the Jury think if it were wght to arraign aay of them on the evident * taken « wn tbe racks of their enemies , wio also admitted fiat he « ai idle half the time , and only took notes of « di portions aa suited the readers of a Whi ? paper , who were n « tartl } yhostileio the Chartists ? Hehadadiu : it > d thai te picked out the plums -, he took what wai ps .-fctable to the readers of the Gvardio * , and lef t the rest behind . Then there was a wide difference between

      written and spoken language . The person who attended ™ o * e meetings had no mean * of correcting the press , » d retactmg irhat they had hastily said , as waa done wen by the leading senators of the day , who , like men •* honourable minds , always retracted afterwards whit « Wy eould not justify . These poor fellows , unlike Mr . W 2 ks , whose speech had gone to press two hours before ne delivered it , had no means « f altering or modifying « Jthim ; they niigh- . utter in the heat of Ergument iart taking the ease as it stood , he would remind them 1 W there was no doubt rf the abstract proposition that a ^ as hicen had a right to the possession of arms fo : ¦ elf defence , and that if the national compact were JBfcLy broken ttey had a right to resort to strong meafn * ; ar ; d lrt them look at tbe spetefces that had

      • een deposed to , and see if thev contained anything eeyond a bare assertion of this fact , ar . d not any ineteBient to physical fores . In one of those Bpeechei , » r ^ iiham jo ^ eg ^^ qcote < if ^^ ms language vas ] "Btrnger than acy that had been qnotrd that day . iihe i learned G * nt ! c 2 isan rrcd an ertrat-t from the dialngues j Sir "WillisTn , in -rbieh th-.- doctrine of a resort to i W 7 »«« l force , in cases of oppression , -was directly » T £ rtd , and stated that his paper bsd been repub-¦™ a » y the Dean of St . Asaj h , for -which Le wju pro- ] ¦ sorted , bnt unsuccessfully . ) Bnt hxd not the people Ma a lesson on tbis subject iateSy ? In 18 S 2 3 Jr . ; f ^^ f * - a lawyer bow in the employ of Government , j ¦ Wrted the right of the people to possess arms , at j •^ et-ung at Bnuingfasni heid for the parpoBe of intimi - j «**»? U-e Govtrnmeat ? Wasit snv wonder that this ex- !

      ample was imita-ed ? Had tLtdrfendactsdone so without ! «* 7 gmity iniea , lue -was certain thr Jurr -xonld rot nn ; i \ mrtn gxah j . Vise , it cot a fiemonstrJtioa of pliyrica ; j »« e , jLen 30 , 0 ! 8 or 40 , 000 men marched in prv-c * - ! oon jmrocgh London , thrte-a-breast , to present aj paitioD to the tiea * ecTetary of state iLord Meibcurns ) , j octring LaoBtra with various inscriptions , -which they j nrnsi all recollect tl-. e nitare of too ti ell for him to neeA » remind them of ? This was not reprolafed ; and wdd it be wordered at that the people ehonld be mis-« d by tils successful example . At the time referred to * e kntw umtatCfE -where it -sras actnally cer ssiry for a WhEy to have arms for their own defence , and ^ -wbere the tenantry were coDectcd within the wal ' a to prcV ct the Foperty or to sell it with their liv < e . At none of \ hese *« KEgs was any violence used : their numbers even

      ¦ wiepj fiecreaEiEgfrcm the meeting at Batty * Clrcnj , ¦ April , down to the assembly of 800 or S 00 , in Board-™» » Square , Eren the prindpai witness had admitted ^ ie believed one « f" tie defendanta had cour . seUe . 1 «™* g that he did not tLin * legal and eoiistitutionaL fLsf , 7 *« e o « that © pinion , and if they thought r" * taese men hfcd been , misled by the exanrpls JseMiiem Z" ? f ^ orter « , tieywonM tell the GoT « n » ent . - + j £ ° * reT **** the pTosecntor in thfs ease , that-they ^ w cot « nd these men to prison whil e their superiors tt » v v t 0 attend mectingir- « ad to hold meetings -nicfl equally strong langoagi was u ' *« l Had not K « yor and Boron hreeTB of M * nehtrEt * r , and vt * Senteinen of h \ vh K » r ^«« k ; i ;« . ~ . t __ j to had

      r ^« Mr . O'C- ^ iiiell vhfls he declared the j ^ - ™* to be robbers ? Even lately , in th « debate ^^ ye ** the Com Lawt , a phfloeophkal question , -t iiZ ™^ teetefore to be discussed with the greatest j ^*» s , some of the Janguag ? employed by the Com " jbbIh . v ^ ad been I *^ - - aod wbtn it wm aaked ^^ U » geiitiemen cm the other side of tbe House i ££ \ . mch laugnsge ? - those genttemen Lad ^ 2 »^ with cheers . It try also tvkkct that « ven « l («^ Qen » er » combinirg to effect a change JtBdtm *? " *¦ : *^ d one of the delegates now in ^ * " ta .. i dtdarcd that he th » ngLt the onJy tbe * L- ° Ferat 1 n « BPcn *• I ^ d « W £ s through . ^ J ^ ca cf thdr f . If &t JnTT e 03 . « t * d » t ^ - 1 Een ' ¦""* of tifm eou'd E" « is * ain « tatf , *^*) 1 JCIIlfeliDa !» f » rhjcl 2 violet language might W ^ f J ¥ wed . Ti'iat waj Charti * w ? Be tthsT ,-V , iX 1 T 7 Eotto b « misled by pwjunice Mains ; SSLfv c * ' * - H * ^^ - ^ ^ c much rr > jB-^ ^ kttt'Pt sprrsd abrcad tlat many gentlemen **^ to r U > " 7 conld CJ 7 DTict a CLsrtistcrcoa-^ * t Lt ' - C 0 BT '' "t iua they Tl crc dc : ig * Prai viivcr-^^ Sft ' sav ^ - r hLe ^ as r&rfr-is -iasufy . ii ^ C har ina ' i ^ ey wac-oaiy tsriifediag for t 3 iat > hidj

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      they had a right to contend for , provided tbey did it : peaceably . Let the Jury a % k themselTes whether these men in taSkiny about arming were doing it with a view to disturb the pnbBc peace , or merely te protect themseWen . Their language was- " Get arms , but let us have no outbreak ; let us wait till tho whole people arc with ns . " Why if the whole people were of that mind there was bo rebellion ; else , how could the most glorlons event in our national history , the revolution , if their object was merely to exercise their right to possess arms for self defence , to avoid an outbreak , and merely from day to day concentrating their numbers and endeavouring to prevail on the Government , then they were guilty of no crime whatever . If on the ground of a few strong expressions used at public meetings , where not the slightest hint was given of an intention to disturb the Gavemment , these men were to S ^ ' ^ he ^ rS ^ S ^^^ Jl

      be . convicted cf conspiracy and illegally assembling for seditious purposes , why then none of them -would be wfe . I * they found that the principal charge , the seditious object of the meetings was not made out , then they would say that , upon such a doubtful charge as tbis men ought not to be condemned to prison . _ Mr . O'Bbjek , in commencing his address to the Jury , said "he appeared to defend not only his liberty , but his character , and upon that account only he took upon hiin ^ lf to appear ia person . He was charged with attending meetings of a seditions character . The fact was , he had nothing to do with the getting up cf the meetings ; he had generally gone to them late , probably coming in an hour or two after they had commenced

      , and had noOAng to do with preparing the resolution * . ; There -vrere three grounds np ^ -n -nhkn a intetin ^; might be considered to be illegal—its being illegally 1 convened ; its being convened for illegal purposes ; or from iilegal resolutions being pa * so < i at it . On none of these grounds would he be made ansirerible for attending illegal meetings . He solemnly asserted tbat the speecheB wh : rh had been sworn to as his were no more like what he uttered than the gaunt ske ' eton wob like the human body when in the full enjoyment of health and strength . The reporter had picked out a few sentence * , or parts of sentences , here and there , and moulded them together in his own iashion . In ;

      proof that he had never advised illegal measures , he referred to the cine years be had been before the pnblic * as a writer . He had written a great deal , and if the j Government could have successfully prosecuted him , j they would have done so on those writings . He considered that he had beea treated with extreme harshness in thfs matter : this was the third county in which be had b « en virtually put upon his trial—he had , in fact , travelled the circuit with his Lordship . ( A laagh . ) At Newcastle he was indicted for conspiring andindttng the people to break the laws , when , In fact , he had doae the very reverse ; and ho should have been

      convicted , too , had it not been for tbe admissions made by the reporter , who was not so well trained as the parties in' this cs . * e . As a proof of th ? oppressiveness of that proceeding , he mitht mention that they hnd actually subpoenaed tbe Chairman of tho meeting p . a ' . nst him , whose testimony , had he been examined , mus- » have been teat tie ( Mr . O'Brien ) bad counselled the people to observe the law . But they took care not to call this witness acainst him , and their only reason for sebpoenaing him was , that be ( ilr . O'Brien ) might be deprived of the benefit of his testimony . He meant to call no witnesses to character . If he called those who entertained what were called Char ist opinions , peihaps the jury would not believa him , and he -would not take a character from those of other

      parties , for he considered his character to bo as good as any of theirs . He was , in fact , the only public man that had uniformly maintained the rgbts of property . This might surprise some of the Jury-who hail botn accustomed to f * e him called " Brimstone " O'Brien , and " Bronze" O'Brien , in the Wh'g ne \» spa-ptrs . Even Sir James Graham had submitted to the legislature a plan for reducing the incomes of the fnndholder * by three-sevenths cf their amount . Tho Corn Law- Bepeakrs & < Jvoc-2 . t > -d a scheme which would virtually incrras ? the cebts of all debtors by fifty per cent .,, and de- * tr < .-y two-sevenths of tho land in the country . TMb was spo ' . iavois—downright spoliation and A grarianism ; not so the doctrines he taught . In York he had bern atriin virtually put upon hi * trial .

      two of the count "charged against Mr . O'Connor referring to himself . He denied that he ever spoke these speeches ; but why had they been introduced into Mr . O'Connor ' s case ? Why , for the sole purpose of prejudicing the case against him here . As to the spt eches which had been sworn to to-day , L # utterly denied that he had ever used any incitements to violence ; he had denied that while petitioning the legislature they hud any ri ^ lit to hold the -whip over thvir sheuldtrs—thus assuniing that theirpetitio : i would not begranted . AtEimiingh&TB , when it was proposed that simultaneous meetiDgg should be held , serae delegates had recommended that the people sbonld come to the meetings armed . This he had opposed , and successfully ; and he had dra-wn np resolutions to the effect that the people shonld be

      peaceably coclucteJ to the meetings , be presided over by ptaee&bje men , and be toid immediately to disptrse , in the event of any breach of the p- 'uee . Had his measures been alrrays followed , none of tuose nets which had tended so mach to disgrace Cbarlisin would have occurred . At Birmingham , be had endeavoured to dissuade tbe men from meeting in the Bull Ring ; he bed been hissed for this ; bnt ho perscVtred . When an ulterior measure was brought Jurward in the Convention , at Birmingham , for suspending tbe payment of rent , rates ,- taxes , and de ^ t ? , he had opposed it , knowias that they had n » chaiicu uult-ss- tber _ k « pt within the law . The very parties -who now prosecuted him at the time of thi Reform Bill actually invaded thtf law . , by recommending men to abstain from giving

      receipts on ttamped paper ; and at Newcastle , they had evtn gone so f ; ir as to foim a plan for getting possession of the barracks—rot by moral for ^ e , for barrseka -were nerei t = Ssn by moral fore ? . Had not O'Connell declared that he -would petition with 50 ii ( QCQ furl-ting men ? Had not t ...- question of organised arming been publicly discussed by the Council of the Birniingham Political Union , vintil i oe Paikes , a kort of interloper between them and the Government , had gone down to t _ em , and whisj-crcd that they had done enough to alarm the Lords ? lu the Morning Herald , •' . nring the late discussion on the Privilege Qne # tion , appeEred an exhortation lo pLj .- ;"« il force , aigi-ed -Wat T . iitr , " shewing tlrnt the TTritct in-a :. t his woids to be undtrstOAid not in a tf . irutiw . iut in their literal

      sense—an article which , Lai he taid an . tLing Laifaa bad , all the TVhig newspapers in the country would have put it in , with ever so many addendas of their own , On tho other hand , he had always supported tbe free institutions of our country- ; but even the trial iyJiry was now all but abrogated , foT men Wtre not now to be tried by their peers , t * persons in the 5 ame cunditiou in life , but men who pessessbd a certain property qu&l'fication , and . who might very possibly hav « a bias against tbe working wen , who were generally Chart UU . TLe Chartists knew that if they were tried by men of their own class in life , it woti'd be impossible to objaiua conviction ; and though Juries , as tt present constituted , might giye them what ttey considered justice , the i < eas of

      justice entertained by the tLer parties wo : e far different- He contended , and he ha i always contended , that » o long as we possessed tLe fundamental laws and free institutions of the country , it was possible to get np snch a fee'ing against the exclusive possession of the franchise by any class whatever that it could not be rttaintd by ti ^ m ; bu » leot th-y should lose tuese fuadiinefital rria-Jp ' , the possession of arms was neeesiary for their dt { fence . Mr . O'Bnen read an extract from a letter of a clergman named Grejg , uddrissul to the Lord llay . T of Dublin , in vfhich it was asserte-d that ihe possessious cf the Duie of Betlford were 110 other than stoitn property , and that he onght to be ni&de to dfegmge it . TN'as it not unfair that Ch-rtUta should h-eielecicd and singk ^ i out for w- gecution for th

      tisibgiangus ^ eDol oae-ieiis ^ fctrong , atidui-onihe evidence , _ too , of parties opposed to thtm ' : The witnestta t- > caj had certainly de ; : ini receiving nionfy from tbe corporation of ilarwhcsier ; tlv . y had it in evidence that another re \ -oiUr l . a . d gut a i rile of £ 5 3 0 s ., an- * was it not alu ; o . rt c ^ n&m tL ^ r v tliis wituess hu 1 broken down ccn * id ^ iabiy ui i , i « crow ' -xamijistion , he would hare lost his Vread in conw-jniiji-o . for which he was dependent on a " Whig newepai .-er . Eiwh » r he tt-j- fcinctro in tis politics or not ; if not his \ voi \ i was worth nothing iu any case ; if he -was be muct l : ave a strong iLtsrest in placing the Chartista in a LM pcriiion . His I ^ ordship might tell the Jnry that the use of viok-nt langnage by one party did not justify its use by o \ bbrs ; tbis might be law , bnt was it justice- ? If it were true

      thai Whigs and Tories might use any language they liked even to the " comtog upon the hannches of the Parliament men , " to nse tb * terms of tiie Homing Herald , and " ovorthrowing the throne , "—if eucU language as this wesre allowed to pass UEnoticed , how were poor xien to know when they were talking sedition and when not ? The thing was impossible . If they found language , of a far more insurrectionary teudency in the mouths of their betters , how conld they know that , they ought not to nse it ? It was impossibletor them to know it , until indicted , and pe haps convicttd , when the knowledge was too late . He would flatly deny using tL » language imputed to him by the witness ; he always took care to qualify what he Bad altered , uot only fvr his own rake , tui for the sak « of rf at

      the cause , the success of which , he > ^ heart He was convinced that the moment th « powe * of the law was gone he should lose his power , and all chance of success for his cause , for then any one of greater physical power than hhrself would be in the ' assecdant .-and could overpower him . I / ord John Russell had said that they had a right to dotverytbing-tkJy-eonld within the law , to roose public « pijwon -and thts had fclvrnyB been the course lie had pursued .. la no single iii 3 taj ; ee where he had apptcml as a pub ! i « speaker , bad a sinfj © brea < ii of the peace oceurrt d : th * brt ^ tic * of the j-eacebs'l ocenrrod where be . was not-rfttilanidloes , stMoniHouth . ind at Birmicsham . At Mancbeslerthere

      had been no dirturbsnee , ' owing , as he believed , toibt > meetings of the people not having b-. tn inUrfertd witli ; in that respect they had acted on tLe opinion of Lord John r . naseil . ae declared in his « flebrated Liverpool spftech . So long u Lis Lordship ' s sentiments wtre act * d on . thire was no ctnger ; it was oniy \? hen fl . ey cantf to secret rjieetiijrs and kctc ; organisations tbat ckn ^ er re ; -lly existed . Cm ' this aeccnr . t he had always oppost'd secret eock-tica ; aad thrie was a strong ten--iency , a Jtw months tgo , towards tbeir forrmition . isr . O'Brien tlKn rcau stins extracts from L > jwper ¦ tie Si , ! + b . eiji . '•' . n ^ t ^ tlve o ? wLat he Lad just s £ »; ei : c-a , ar-J fko fr ., r- i ' ickrt-. nv ' s C-jmnie-. tiries , -Rhtre tbe- rigL : sA fi . nr £ &nni lot irU Utf ^ nce is recog-

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      nised " , and from the worka of the Earl of Harrington . He believed that the Jury would agree in all these doctrines , and they were hie doctrines . The indictmtnt charged them with creating disaffection ; to disprove this charge he would point out the real causes . In all the early Chrrtiit arrests the magistrates had procee 4 ed in the ' most capricious manner , hid exacted enormous bail from poor men—in some instances as much as £ 1 , 000 ; and in political cases men did not like to be mixed np with patties by giving haiL This had happened in his own case ; he bad been twice arrested , and out of twenty persons in Newcastle , whose bail he thought he could commtind , he conld only get four to come forward . They said to him— "O'Brien , if we were to give bail for you lu these cas

      become marked men by the Government , and should lose our business . " It was proceedings of tbis kind that had much inflamed people's minds , but the Birmingham t . ffair produced a still greater effect Here Mr . O'Brien n ad thew proceedings from the Sun nawspaper , observing that this shewed that the first a . ct of violence was committed , not by the Chartists , 'but by the Magistrates of Birmingham . - Their conduct , indeed , was smh as to lead infallibly to the belief , in the minds of tha people , tiat it was necessary to l ; av < j arms frr self de-fence . He wcu-d admit that he and others bad used stronger language in these times of exckement than under ordinaiy circumstances thr-y might ; have thouiit justifiable ; but he decried it as a great j injustice that advantage should be taken of expressions ilraurn from them under 6 \ ich circumstances , and that they should be prosecute ! . At tbe lime of the Reform

      Bill nothing but violent laujmnge ¦ w as nsrd—largunge far exceeding in violence anything said by the Caartiits : tbe King was paraOed about in petticoats , and the Queen in breeches : the Mayor of Carlisle burnt the Bishop of Carlisle In effigy ; and tho people were supplied with tar barrels , free of expense , for the like purposes . No manhad greater cause than himself to denounce tbe "Whig Government : had it not been for their arbitrary proceedings , he should at this time have occupied a very difitient station in socit-ty : he had gained nothing ; but had lost almost everything by this agitation . He lived some time ago in Kenningtou , where he was dodged , and watched , and pursued by the polioe every day . He told them candidly he bad been ruined by Uie conduct of the Government toj wards him , and those who supported it , because he ' was a Chartist . In nine towns ont of ten he eanld not

      even get a room to lecture against the Corn Law repealers , while his opponents could always get accommodated . The Government calculated on the selfish ! feelings of the Jurors , . and where , therefore , certain , of J getting a conviction against the Chartists ; but if either j Vi higs or Tories Ui > ed violent language , they knew I that there was a probability of half the Jury being on ! their side , and , consequently , that there was no ftar | of a conviction . Ho would admit that the Governi nunt had the power to crush him—thoy might , j and probably tl : ey would get a conviction against ; him , and so far they would triumph ove-r him , but they i could never triumph over the principles he advocated . j He knew the millions amoDgst whom he hod been I would not long submit to the present state of things ;

      they ought not to do so , but they ought to keep within the law . While every kind of property was on the increase , the wages uf tbe poor man were decreasing . At Carlisle the poor calico weavers could only earn 5 s . 2 d . in a week of eighty-four hours , ami out of this Is . lOd . had to be deducted . Forty years ago the fathers of these men could earn 40 s . or two guineas a week for less -work- Who trofited by the change ? The thing was evidently taken from them ; who had got it ? The laws gave it to persons who did nothing—to tlie receivers o * fixed incomes throughout the country . The lat-GurtT was the B' -. SVrer , and was naturally dissatisfied . JIachinevy had a ' . eo a similar effect In Leeds cloih was now to be made without either spanning or weaving , and thou-auds would be thrown eut of

      empioymtnt without redress . Machinery , in place of aidir . g the poor roan , waa an antagonist t « him . The landlord ' s property , too , was rapidly ( from Uie system pursued ) on the increr ^ a in value ; and he knew of a piei-e of land that bad not been -worth £ 45 , for which , £ 410 was now asked . The increase waa crushed out of the poor labourer . Tho country was now in : ; dreadful state , for'the people conld not be kept quiet by the constitutional conservators of tbe peace , the constabulary ; but the military , n force altogether unconstitutional , must be employed . He and those who acted with him , wanted no change but what could be brought about by the force of publicopinion , expressed generally throughout the country . They wanted nothing arising out of physical force ; for in that case , as there were

      bad men amongst the Chartists as amongst other classes , the brigand portion , if a revolution arose , would *» pire to power , and this would bo but ft change of tyrants . A primary object he intended should be te give a guarantee for the perfect st-enrity of property of every kind ; and that nothing should be taken without perfi ct remuneration . He noticed the antagonist feelings of the labourers and their employers ; th « latt er intervrted in reducing the price of wageB , the former in incTt-a . sing them . He denied in tcto the report produced . It was no more liie his speech than a plucked pigeon to the same bird in full feather . He cared not for the

      r . sult of thin trial on account of any imprisonment that might result The Government could crush out of gaol as well as within it But he should not like to be denounced as a conspirator . A conspirator wai a fellow who whimpered to another in the dark , aware that he was going to f " o a guilty thing . His nctions and his ¦ w ords were open and above beard . He repeated that he cared not Tor imprisonment , but be did care for his character ; and he liope . l the Jury vrould rescue him from the degradation which jt waa attempted io tix upon it by this indictment Should they not , he should hope that the country would do justice to his motives , and give the verJict in bis behalf .

      Mr . RjciiaKdso . v then addressed the Jnry . He ^ aid tlitit he " hid lutenced to address them a ; considerable leugth , but the lateness of tin ; hour would compel him to reduce his intended defenco T o a few observations , -which would not oceupy many minutes . He contended that ho could not be a conspirator , as he was in London when the meeting was determined npon , and as it was not called with his consent . He knew nothing of it until his return home , when bearing that be bad been invited to it , he attended it . He did uot even utter tho iangus ^ t ; ascribed to him . He mi » H haVe spoken strongly , and this mielit be called sedition , lor as Ar ; stotle

      paid , anything may be called sedition . To complain of grievances might be called sedition . Largo portions of bis Epeech were perverted and others totally omitted . He would not , as « hey must be fatigued , detain them lon ^ . After & few general remarks on the case , he statr-d that such prosccntiotiB weakened tbe Government , and created great discontent amongst the people . He asked nothing bnt even and impartial justice ; and concluded by complaining of tHe spirit of persecution -which had draped him from his dome 3 iio circle , aearly iweive momhs after the meeting had taken p lace , and when all the asperity of political feeling had diedawav .

      The Attorket-Gekeeai , replied , observing that tbe law allowed arms tor the protection of life or property ; but it did not allow the ro ! lection of them for ihe purpose of overturning tho lawp , aitdtbe peace aird security of tbo country . The doctrine of Sir W . Jones wasnot Btated , tbatarm 8 miKbti > e used to subvert the constitution , but merely , -if tho kintj nubverted the constitutioB , to protect it . He did not usny the ri htto mefttin punlic and petition Parliament ; but be denied the right to ronse the masses for the purpose of compelling tbe Government to adopt new

      and dangerous measure * . Was it possible to tuppose that peaceable meeting -weie contemplated , when guns , pikes , & . c . were to , be got , and Bunultant .-ous meetings to be held , bo as to create confusion , and neutralise the efforts of ihe military r . r the constabulary to put down the disorder . ' T / ie Learned Grutleniu . n then commented on the stronger points of tin * evidence . True there was unfortunately some ( i : » irtts , arid there were tvro ways of treating k . < ; jje was to txert their talents to relieve if . The

      other was to take advantage of it , to speak to them of their uumerical strength , and to goad tli * m on to tumuit and rebellion . The case appeared to him so clearly made oat against the defendants , that he should leave it in the hands of the Jury . The Learned Jddge then proceeded to sum np the evidence with great care , commenting npon it as he proceeded . They would simply have to consider the " charges made , and next , what part the defendants took in it . Thoy should dismiss from their minds all consideration of the parties being Chartists , or any thing else . Conspiracy consists in joining together in one common illegal object . The words of the parties must be weighed , and if the resolutions -svere s ^ rc-td to , aud had illegal objects , the

      conspiracy would be made ont . In addition to the charge of conspiracy , there is ono of attendiug an illegal assembly . The people had a right to meet to discuss their grievances , real or imaginary , and to discuss the conduct of the Government or the Ministers . It was fpr them to Bay , whether the Ispguage was snch as went beyond the bounds of free discussion , and tended to excite tumult and dieorder . Heexplained the cases in whicb . it was allowed by the lawformentobearmed * InthiscasearmB were to be taken te bring about a forcible change in the institutions ot ° the country , and this was certainly illegal . He then adverted to the principal parts of the evidence . The first resolution west merely to express confidence in the Convention . Tiie other reEolutinjiF , " That this meeting pledges themselves to support the People ' s Charier , peaceably if they

      oau , forcibly rf we mnct . " This he considered ¦* ras a determination to obtain an object by force , and was clearly illegal . ( Hera bis Lordship read th « violentlaDgB » geuBf < l by the defendants . ) Butteiftffdrth said they wore- » ired of petitionu » g and moral ' mean * , ud unless . - they ( the Government ) graiuthe people -what they waai , there wa ^ nothing for it but tbo bollet * u < i the steel . Richardson said the Savings' Banks were merely ettabiisked for tho f . nrpose of-gelling tho people ' s ' moucy , and thus to rr . &hle the rich to tyrannise over the poor ; . Mr . O'Bnen stated iLus every man in his . neighbourhi ? od had signed the petition , —tliat every man >>? . s prepared witli u pointed argnmen * , —and to every signature was a p : ke . Ho stated , that tbo petition would be rejected , ai ; d then v . eie to ct / mc tii ..- ulierion&esisi-. re'S—thai the petniop w * s 3 notice to quitto tb- Htu .- ? . of CoimnGud , . vc Fnuiliy , he rcfciarkeJ . ib > u it ihey did no ; cicala what they asked

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      - . ¦ i i - 1 ' ¦ > v ' ¦ for , ' death wonld be the order of tne day . " After noticing other passages relati-re to the mnskets , pikes , Ac ,, his Lordship said ( hat the meetings were peaceable , and no disrespectful lan ^ nage was used of herMaiesty . ( When his Lordship noticed the generai holiday , Mr . (^ Brien said that he stopped :-Jie hoUday himself . ) His Lordship dwelt at gome t ? u t ^ remaining portions of the evidence . m * le J , /> after a few moments' deliberation , found all the defendants Guilty , Application was made by the prosecutor that the parties might be . eommitted . They were , however , nnaijy . released for the night on sureties until tomorrow ( this ) morning , when sentence will be passed upon them .

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      : i : ? ' NISI PR 1 US . —Thursday , April 2 . ( Before Mr . Justice Erskine and Common Juries . J i FREEMAN V- CORNER . TLls action Was brought by the plaintiff , Eltea Freeman , to recover the sum of £ 28 15 s . from ( he defendant , as wages for fire years and a half employ in his service as a domestic servant of all work . The Hon . Mr Wortley conducted the plaintiff ' s case ; Mr . Cbesswell and Mr . Knowles the defendant ' s . It appeared that the defendant , who was master Rnd pnrt owner of a vessel , married the sistor of the plaintiff , and it was proposed that tho latter should enter into tlieir service as maid of all work , and receive the ? ama amount of wages as they had been in the ha '> it of giving their former servant . The plaintiff accordingly enteied ii . to tlieir service , aod regularly discharged the duties of her situation , besides taking care of the children and tho house during the absence of the defendant and his wife on a sea voyage . Sue now claimed the amount of wages in question .

      On the part of tbo defendant it was c * ntended that the piaintiff had always lived with the defendant as one of the famiiy , and had not thought of making this claim until the defendant aiked for £ 20 which he bad lent to her mother . , The Jury fouud for the plaintiff-

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      HOUSE OP LORDS . —Thursday , April 1 . ¦ Many petitions , chiefly for and against the repeal of the Corn l * wa , wer « presented . The Marquia of Londonderry presented petitions from officer * , of the British auxiliary legion , complaining of the treatment which they had experienced , and tho delay ia the payment of their claims . His Lordship entered into very extensive details on the subject . The Earl of Clarendon said ttuvt the best answer ho couU give would be to read the report of the

      Commissioner » Mr . Alcock ) appointed on the part of the Legionists . Among other matters , it set forth that 3 , 415 certificates had heen signvd by tbo commission ; that credit had been given for l , & 00 warrants , on which no claims had twen preferred ; aud that £ 8 . 000 had been set apart to meet those claims ; that the whole amount claimed was £ 280 . 000 ; and that of such sums , claims to the amount of £ 260 , 000 had been allotted . It transpired that those warrants had not been paid , were not negotiable , and did not hear interest

      The Duke of Wellington inquired whether thsre would be any objection to produce tho commission ? Lord Melbourne answered that there would be no objection to present the report of the eorrnuissioners . Tho report of the Metropolitan Police Courts ' Act Amendment Bill ( as amended in Committee , with two new clauses to counteract the machinations of " common infonuora" ) was presented and »? reed to . The Marquis of Westmeatfa gave notico that ? on Thursday next he would move the appointment of a Select Cominittue to inquire into the working of this Poor Laws in Ireland ; after which their Lordtihipa adjourned . Friild ]/ , April S . There were many petitions presented , chiefly on the subject of the Corn Laws .

      The Marquis of Londonderry a 6 ked whether the papers would be produced regarding which ho had given notice , relative to the affairs of S ^ ain and the British legion ? , Lord Melbourne answered that , as they were connected with negotiations still gjing on , he could not , in following the invariable rule in such cases , produce the documents at the present time . The Metropolitan Police Courts Bill was read the third time and passed . The Marquis of Normanby stated that he was ready to give , and should on Monday offer , explanation respecting the recent temperance procession in Carlow , ou Si Patr i ck ' s day , —processions , which had been alleged to have assumed a political appearance .

      The Earl of Wicklow said he trusted an explanation would be offered as to similar processions iu Dublin on the same day . The ' . r Lordships adjourned till Monday next .

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      A Buck Shot . —A conjurer , named Buck , wan seriously injured [ . the other night ; whan performing at the Queen's Theatre , Tottcnliaiit-court-xoad London ; In thfrgmi trick-, tbe p . rsoti who fired at him put some m < i \ iuiii ^^ uuo tiic ahai ^ o , and aimed at nisbead . ^ - ; ¦ .. - .,.. .

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      THE LAND OF LIBERTY . 'Twas far away in a region old , Where scented aloes at night unfold , And the zephyrs cling to their sweet embrace , Which peifuines the air ef the wilderness , Where tbe purple clusters of many a vine Ripen and glow ; and the flowers untwine Their starry forms , like spirits , among The leafy boWra , and the thrilling song Of the nightingale floats on the fitful breeze , As it wanders amid the fair blossoming trees , And the glens are deep , and cool and fair , And the flow'rs that look on the cooler a ' r , Are faint with the love they bear and breathe , And the fair blossoms that climb and wreathe Their fragile beauty on leafy boughs , As love would hang on tbe stranger arm That clasps the zone of her gentle form , When tho silent light ef the stars is up . And sweet dew fills each tender cup , Weep for tho day , as sighs for bliss , Hope , in tho night of the wilderness . And in tho depths of the mountain rifts , The golden ore its bright crest lifts , Its glittering ridges beneath the flowTS Gleamirig like wealth amid Beauty's bow'rs , And the clear and sparkling streams of the south Roll from the nvirble cavern ' s mouth—Carvt-d by the magic of nature's wand . And chiselled by Time ' s untiring hand , They stand in their grandeur wild and high , A type of all-glorious Liberty—Unchck'd , unbound , tho free water pours Its gladsome waves—End the echoing shores . Of fruits and aweet herbage , aud sighB and scent , And radiance and beauty are

      redolent—A mother sat musing amid the wild , Beside her stood a fair sweet child . And the mother ' s hand play'd ia the girl ' s dark hair , As if the charm of music were there ; And it curVA like the tendrils of a young vine , And round her neck did it wreathe and twine , Like the seekings of love o ' er hor snowy bosom , White as the cup of the stsowdrop ' B blossom ; And wand ' ring zephyrs came list ' ning near , As the mother ' s sweet voice so calm and clear , With the tones of tenderness , tolil a taU Of sorrow , aud pity , and injury , And the dark foul deeds of tyranny . Come nearer , rhy lov'd one , I'll tell thee of things Which thou knewest not , and the tender strings Of thy heart will bleed , but thy tongue will Wesa The God of this beautiful wilderness Tiiat here in the wild wood ' s deep recess Thou knowest not riches nor wretchedness .

      There is a land far over the eea , And thoy call it the region of liberty ; There splendour reigns in her palaces , And riots amid the flow ' rs of ease ; There the hundreds starve , and the thousands toil , Aud sink to the tomb ' mid the wild turmoil Of tyranny ' s mask'd but horrid voice , And the clamour of insult ' s jarring noise . And traffic moves on her million wheels , Clogged with the sweat which misery feels Run down o ' er her pale aud haggard cheek , And many a fretted heart doth break ; And before the works of the loud machine The cowering child , my love , is seen From tho t ; me when the sun looks forth in day Till he stales in the far wist , far away .

      And the clnn ? of the iron had pierced her kf art , And thn . / w < o / Uio tyrant had done its part-. And—shudder not , child , for-I tell thee true—Murder stood there his work to do , And Death came in , and o ' en ho Bigh'd Ab ho laid liis weapon of war aside , Fer the spirit had fled to its resting place , And left the stone of a foul disgrace , Whero murdered , innocence fell , unwept , And vengeance nnrous'd on the dark tomb slept , And this , my child , would they do te thee Wert thou in that land of Liberty ! Jonathan Lbpbvri .

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      Opposites in Australia to Evc . ixvv . —A . a Australia , in everything rejrrirding climate , is the opposite of En # Nn ! e lays eggs * , and has a duck ' s bill ; the kangaroo has fa ' ro olaw * ou

      its fore-paws , three taints on its hind kg * , like a bird , and yet hops on its tail ; there is a bird which has a broom in Us mouth i ; . Bte : ul of a tongue ; the cod is found in tho river * , aud the perch in tho sea ; the valleys are cold and barren , ana the mountain tops warm and fertile ; the nottlo is a lofty tree , and the poplar a dwarfish shrub ; the pears are of wood , with tno stalk at the broad end ; tlif- cherry grows with the stone ontsHe ; the fields nre fenced with mahogany ; the humblest honpc fi ' . tod up with ceuar , and the myrtle piwrts arc burnt for fuel .- Suo . h arethe opposhes of Engl and and Terra Australia .

      John Kemule and the "Armed Rhinoceros . " —Mr . Ketnble had beeu dining with a Noble Duke of high convivial habits , and on this particular occasion the libatiotiH to Uao .-. lius wore m t ' r quent , and of so long a continuance , that the party did not , wend homewards until four o ' clock in rho roovrsin ^ . At a quarter past four Mr . Kcmble ( who insisted ou walking ) found himself akaio iu the Strand , opposite Exeter'Change , in the upper apartments of which was exhibited the meuagevio of the celebrated Polito . The " mating roar of a lion call , d firth Mr . Kenibie ' e attention ; he paused—and , with the funi ^ s cf the wiu *} floating on hia brain , he was seized at t ! ie moment wnh a mo ^ t i . ecuhar whim , aud uttervd to himself ,

      " To be , or not to bo , that is tho question . " It hall be!—no man ever attr-mprpd it . In any book of natural history—nay in all tl ^ voyages and traveig I ever perused , no man ever did ifc . I / will doit!—the-world shall say alone I diu it . I will have a ridb'ON a ltHr . vocEBOs ! " Ho here took a pinch of snuff , and exclaimed , " What ho ! Exeter 'Change ! Nobody stirring ! " He then made a staggering effort ^ to pull the bell . After he had rung the bell sererai times with tipsy vehemence , oue of tho keepers of the wild beasts , who slept in their apartment as a sort of groom of tho chamber , made hi * appearance in an ancient beef-eater ' s dross , and a Welsh wig . —Kemble : Sir , are yon Mr . Polito!—Keeper : No , sir . Master ' s a-bed , and aalecp . — Kemble : You must wake him , good fellow . —Keeper : I daniiit sir , unless it ' s werry pertickler . —Kemble : Next time say , very puiticular . " Hark youit is

      , ? ory particular . Yoa havo up-8 tairs , if 1 remember rightly , an animal denominated a rhinoceros . — Keeper : Wo ' v « got a rhinoceros , and a h ' ue feller sho is . —Konibie : Introduce uie to him . You object . Go call . Mr . Polito , your very noble and approved good master . On the aviivai of Mr . Polito , Kr-mble addressed him : "Mr . Polito , i ' presumeV Polito bowed . —Kemble : Yoa know me , I Bujipose ?—Pol , to : Very vrell , sir . You are Mr . Kemlle , of Urury-lane thuatre . —Kemble : Right , good Polito , Sir , 1 am teiaed with an uuaccouutabce , an uncontrollable faucy . You have ft rhinoceros!—Poliio : Ye * , » ir . —Keiablo : My desire is , to have aride upon his baek . —Polito : Mr . Kemble , you a « toniish me!—Keuibi »( elaicd ) : i mem to astonish the whole wodd . I intund to iW < j 5 oar rh-nueeros up Sauthaaipto u street t » Coveut- {; ardcu market . — I'olito : It is uexi to an impossibility ,- ¦ - Mr . Kamble . —Kemblo : Talk

      not to mo ot unpousibihty . Were it an ] mpossibility , I would do it . —Suppose any accident should happeu —the bea « t is valuable . 1 would ^ ot permit him to be led doivu into the street uuderthesuniof lOguiueas . —Kemble : Here are ten guineas , Mr . Polito —» bargain . Lead forth my charger—Speed ! speed—Polito finding that he could not get rid of the extraordinary application , pocketed the ton guineas , and told the keeper ( who was on intimate terms with the rhinoceros , ) to bring the animal out , with the proviso that it was to go no farther than Covent Garden . When in the street , ridiculous as it may appear , the grave John Kemble actually mounted on the back of the beast , Who hardly knew what to make of « i' but , led in a strap by Hi feeder , went

      quietly « nong « , until Mr . Humble , highly elated by the achievement of his whim , thought it neoessary to spur with his heels . Keeper : Gently , sir . Let vel alone . This is raytlier a crusty buffer ; if you makes him unruly he'll pitch you off , and rip you up . —Kemble : Rip ' mi up ! Ha ! ha ! ha ! What would they do at Druryt—It was daylight ; and , of course , a mob was collected from Coveut-garden Market ! At this moment Eruery , who was also returning from a late party , saw the extraordinary eavaleade . Emory , somewnat' atart' . e * rftf -the situation of Mr . Kemble , went up to him . —Kemble : 'Ah ! Emery j hawi are you ! -J 8 raery : Protty vtcil , thank ye , mn Why , bltSss i my . heatt . Bur . lev mesriva vou ¦

      a hand off that T ( Khatfa ' ye ^ ail-omi'brute . » -Kcmole : It is a rliinoc « rofl , Emery . —lEmery : Lauk , sur ! prayeome . dowajtT-Kemble : Not antill hare reached my ygiuLr-P Ey golesi *! " exclaimed Emery , zta he walkedhy . his side , to - the top of Soutliamptonstreet , when Kemblo dediberattly dismounted , gaxe a crown % o the . keener , patted . the rliiiioc ^ os , spying , < v Farewell , poor -b «» ei' !^ .. andI holdiugllnaery's arm , uttered , " Mr Eia ? r 7 ,. I have ,, 4 o ^ ke *> , eommitted a . very-, silly \ aptitfuf . bui . after im ;! j » buj -4 ¦» . ceiiaiu quantity oi-wine , no inau / 8 ; d ^ e 4 s ari uutlei : . c ^ ptrol ; but , uevcrthtlcss , I hav

      " What man dare , Fdare . • ' Approaoh thou like the ruggeu Russian bear , . The arm'd rhinoceros—— ' : : Bless my soiil , I ain getting on the ' rhiuocero ' B again . Mv . Emerj " , wiii ' you have the goodnt-ss to 6 eo we sus [ for as Great RiiBri 6 li-3 tie * t , Blopia 3 bury . .. - Vti . "¦ ¦ : ' ¦ ¦• . - ' . ; ::. ¦ ¦ ¦ - . . - . - . ¦ . ' ¦ . ; ¦ . ., . . ¦ .

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      Prejcd'ce against Enqxish Vocal Compositicks . —Anecdote op Madame Malibiun . — -One eyeninff eho felt rather annoyed at the general pr ^ jndici " PxpreEsed by tbe company then presont , against all English vocal compositions , thp . opinion bei » g altogether in favour of foreigii mnsio , some even goiiig so far as to assert that nothirgoould be good of which - the air was entirely and originally of English extrac- ' tion . Malibran in vain emleavonred to , maintain that all countries possess , though perhaps in a less equal degr « e , many ancient melodies peculiarly their own ; that nothing could exceed the beauty of the Scottish , Irish , Welch , and even some of tho eld English airs . She th 6 n named many compositions of cur heat modern composers , Bishop , Barne-t , Lee , Horn , &c « Pa ^ 'C a « , » , Voc * t O » m »

      declaring her belief that if she were to produce ona o Bishop or Horn ' s ballads , as the wo * ks of a Signor Vescovo qt Cucrno , thus Italianizing aud Espagnoliaing thfeir names , they would faire furore . In the midst of this discussion , she volunteered a new Spanish song ; composed , aa bhe said , by a Don Choe&rreira . She commenced—the greatest -attention provailed ; she touched the notes lightly , introducing ¦ ' variations on repeating the symphony , and with a serious feeling , though a slight smile might bo traced , on her lips , began—. " iliria trayga un caldero " De . aqua , Llama levant * , ' Maria pon . tu caWero , " Ayamos nuestro te . "

      She finishel—the plaudits resounded , and the airwas quoted as a farther example how iar superior ' foreign ' talent wa . s to E ; iuli > h . Malihran assented to the justice of their leiiiaik ? , aud agreed to yield ¦ still niore to their arguments , if the panie air Buuf > adagio should be fouud equally beautiful when ol&yed . presto . The parties were agreed ; when , v > the positive consternation of all p resent , and very much tothe diversion of Mah"bran herself , the Spanish melody .: which sho had so divinely sung , was , on being play « w quick , instantly recogDized as a popular Eugiisk ' nursery song , by no means of the highest class . ' Shall we shock our readers when wo remind them " that r

      " Maria traygajin ealdevo " meansliterally , ** Molly , puttbekettle on !"— Mernaifr of Madame Malibran . Cubs fob Lodging-hot ^ se Mice . —Mice do not eat tea or sugar , and when they do eat cheese , they * contrive' to help themselves without , knives . Sfothought Mr Tompkiua * * * He took a handsoma tca-genriee belofigintf to the house ( whero he had lodgings ) , usually kept on a tray in another co > boaro , and transferred it to that appropriate to tfr | eatables And drinkables , faetenifg the Whole conneriu bij means of a piece of string , to' a nail on the insid ^ of the ou aboard door , which he then shut and lodcei as visual . The consequence likely to befall tha

      crockery on au attempt 10 open ihe cupboard being made by any one uot acquainted with'tht > Eo ' artange ? ment ? , m » y be easily coneiived . Having finished sotting his trap , Mr . Tc-mpkins repaired to hii office . When he returned kome he found tilings in the cupboard apparen : iy in the state 111 which b » had left them ; but on ch > wrin 8 pection , hfi discovered that a milk-jug was missing , and that the patterna of the enps and saucers were marvellously aiteredi Hi 3 landlady , too , kept out of his sight foraweet and when she at last mado , her appearance , looked monstrously red in the face . ''** After' thi * affair M ^ Tompkins lost no more tea . —Heads of ihe people . — " The Lodging-house Keeper . "

      Tub ToRTtfRE Koou ur the Tower . —Quitting the cell , Choimondeley tuiutu off un the left , iu tho directioa whence he- imagined the shrieks had pret ceeded . Here he beheld a range of low strong doort . the first of which he unlocked with one 01 the gaolerT keys . The prison was unoccupied . He opened tb * nest , but with no better success . It contained nothing except a fow rusty links of chain attached to an iron staple driven into tho floor . In the third he found a few mouldering bones ; and the fourth was totally empty . He then knocked at tke door * of others , and called I he miserable captive by her name in a loud voice . But no answer waa returned .. At tho extremity of the passage he fonnd an ope « door , leading to a small circular chamberin th *

      , centre of which stood a heavy atone pillar . From this pillar projected a long iron bar , sustaining » ooil of rope , terminated by a hook . On the ground lay an immense pair of pincers , a ouriously-ehapoi saw , and a brasier . In one corner atood a largi oaken frame , about three feet high , moved by roller * . At the other end was a ponderous woodeu machine like a pair of ttocks . Against ihe wall hung a broad hoop of iron , opening in the middle with a hinge —« horrible instrument of torture , termed u Tho Scavenger ' s Daughter . " N * ar it were a pair of ir «» gauntlets , which could be contracted by screws tifl they crushed the fingers » f the wearer . On the wall also hung a small brash to sprinkle the wretched - victims who . fainted from excess of agony , with

      vinegar ; while on the table beueath it were placed writing materials and an open volume , in whiak were taken kIowu th « confessions of the sufFererav—Ainstcprlh ' s Totoer of London . Remuxkratiow op Autuokb . —Fragment ! of Htetpry ; by Charles James Fox , sold by Lord Holland , 5 , 000 guineas ; Fragments of History , by Jamei Mackintosh , £ 5 , 000 ; Liu yard ' s Histor * of England £ 4 , 683 ; Sir W . Scott's " B ' . naparte" was sold wit £ the printed books , for £ 18 , 000 ; the net receipt of copyriirht on the two . first editions only must h& * # been £ 10 , 000 ; Life ot'WiIborforce , byhis gonp , 4 , Q 0 t « u » neasi Lita-ot'JlxxpTi r b y _ M *» w « , -JU ^ d ^ -i-L' f ^ -oS Sheridan , by Moove , either £ 2 , 00 O ~ or&s , < HHi : ' Life of Hannah A 1 n- « f-f (\ - \(\ T-. ; tt » ^ e n .. L-. ^~ w—

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      THE SULPHUii QUESTlOir . ( From the Standard . ) W « are informed , upou an authority vrbieh we •« - side * entitled to grea * weight , tbat a serious an * apparently irreconcilable difference has taken pla «« in the Cahinet upon tha Neapolitan queetion . We haw been favoured with tho following particulars on tha subject , en the accuracy of which we are disposed almost implicitly to rely : — ^ " At the last Cabinet Council a treaty was submitted for ratification , by wbich the King of Naples xmderWok

      to remove the restrictions Tipon'the export of Bulphui , and further , to make a most farourable arimngement fer tos admission : of various articles or Bri § 5 i colonial produce , more pttrticularry the cured fish from Newfoundland , on such terms as would bo highly advsatageous to the trading interests of tbft conntrV . Tba ratification wai eupported by lord Clarendon , Lord J . Rneaell , and Mr . Labouchere , and opposed by Lord Paimesmton , seconded by the Premier , Lord Lansdowie , and one or two others , the question b « bg , » f eouM , decided in th * negative .

      " It is underetood that this snerifloe of the » omm « r cial interest to theeaprice of a set of in « apabl » men ia the result of a personal quarrel upon i pbin * of etiquette bttweon th « King of Napl ^ and ; the British M ! nty « at that Court . T&e minister is . the brother of « M Foreign Secretary , and . that wwe personage has d « - swibtd * trifling altercation . as' ^' national in «» dt , iiai order * Lav « been i « eue 4 fpr tLe' British sSnidwn at Maltatd proceed to ffitBay of K 4 l « . * ad ^ wr » t » awums a hostile attitude : whether a'blockad * is t » b « atone * declared we ar « not distuetly infortned .

      " The difference in th « cabinet is said to be tf ftf most-sertoua description , aUd will probably ' lead' to ib » regigaation of the President of the Ba . ' vrd of T » d « , th * bwt bead « f a department wnonj : them . ** ¦ " ' <¦ ¦ > ; ¦ ¦ , ^

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      Fi » ij »« a Rick 0 ? HAT . r-A rick , of hay , standiig m ajield . the property of the Ren A . Smith , of Old Park , nt * r Devils , waa discovered to'to onfir « om Tusedaj . . afternoon ; Aa « larm fwas immtdiately gii !< a , and bj . the prosapt axriTal of tha engj »«« , the greater part wm eme 4 « -Itw gei » rjfllj % © tteider ^ d to be , t ^ e aot . of , an iuo * nd ! ary . ~ Z >«» i * js Gazette . . ; , . % : v- - . ' , . ¦ ' . ¦ •' ' . . ^ , Tav « i 6 « . —There we 120 prisoners for trialMJWi ^" A 6 . r »* 3 s » wlii ^ h . commenced iu this town oa Th ^ fljj" A ¦ rhe Caus » ljst tooia exceediugly heavy ,- AJSaEfcr ^ vvith w mu « h buavnesa in- Rospect , hajt fR * S 7 . kaown ux ibia eouotj for many yd » r * . f- &ff $ ?;*? t

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Wmrwtoy , Apiil 2 . Much time was again occupied in tho presentation of pet : tioiis for and against the Cora L ; vwa . Lortl J . Kusaell presented the " C-lergy Reserves " Bill , ( ju passed by ana forwarded from tho Legislature of . UfiB * r JCajpada . ^ His Lordship expreaBed tlie hope ^» tr % ey might n . fw soon tew the adjustment vt exists ing ditiiculties in regard to tho Canaiias , and that all those who -were adverse to the Bill would well consider all the ciriunistances of tho case , previously tooffering opposition to tills measure . The Bill was read vbe first time , and ordered to be reud the second time on Monday * e ' nnigiit , withsutany other observations buiug made on it . Mr . Mackinnon gave notico of his intention to move for a committee of inquiry on th « subjest of regulations and legislation t « guido th « emign ^ ioa » f labsurers from India .

      Ix ) rd J . Russall gave notico of hie Intention to move that the onler for tue attendanca of Mr . Sh-rilT Evaus tw enlarged till ii » y 4 . The adjourned debaW on the Corn Lawd wu timn resumed .

      Friday , April 3 . After the presentation of numerous petitions on the subject of the Corn Laws . Church Extension , & « . Mr . Pakington asked Lord John Russell whether he had applied totfce law officers of the Crown for tbeir opinion as to whether the thirty day * required by the Constitutional Act of Canada , during -which the Clergy Reserves Bill should remain on the tab ' s of both Houses of Parliament , would include the Mm « dnrimr holidays . . Lord John Russell answered that he had not made rach application , but tho opinion of the Government was that the thirty days comprised any time during tha which the House might be sitting , or might be adjourned by a resolution oi themselvos . Ho intended , however , to allow the fortnight , duriug which it was probable the House niigbt bo adjourned , aud a ' so tho thirty < fays required by the Act , and thon to taka the opinion of the law officers of thecrowu before hu advised the crown to give its assent to the bill . .

      Mr . Pakinijton asked whether , tho Government was in possession of any further information with regard to the ordinance « f the Governor-General » f Canada , with respect to the incorporation of the monks of Saint Sulpice , and whether that ordinance would roceive assent He wished to know -whother Kiemoiials had uot been presented by the feaijjownors iu and iU » oiit Montreal , in opposition to tbe proposed xrrunee nieat . .- " . y Loid J . Russell Baid that the . Governor-General had acted under the provisions of the Ad of -Parliament . ¦ ¦;• .., ' ¦ Lord fiandon inquired whether the ordinanco would be allowed or di 'allowed by ffovernment .. Loj-d John Russell believed tkat thera was no obj-ction to it , but that it had not yet reoeiv « d « onfideration . -.

      The order of the day for the attendance of Mr Sheriff Evuns on tho 6 th of April ( Monday ) , havine been read , ,. 6 Lord ; John Russell said h « trusted that he should not have to renew the discussion on this subject He hoped the other House of Parliament would givo their assent to the Bill which had been sent up to thera . Its second reading was fixed for Monday . He should move therefore , that the order be discharged , and that Mr ! Sheriff Evans be ordered to attend the House on the 6 th of May , by which time lie anticipated that th * Bill would have passed into law . The motion . was then agreed to , and tbe Sheriff « ontiuuta at large . until the 6 th . of the next month . During the evening tbe committee on tbe subject > of the affairs of Ciiina , With regard to the trade in ooium was nominated . ' ¦ Thedebate on Mr . YilHersi motion respevting the Corn Laws was again resumed .

      Mr . Brotlierton opened the third night ' s debate . Mr . Ternon , Mr . Ormsby < Jore , Ur . Benott Mr Wilbraham , Mr . Parker , of Sheffield , and Sir Robert Peel followed . . At one o ' clock the Uight Hon . iBaronet who spoko for nearly two hours , finished , aud ; ' Mr . Warburton . moved that the debate be adjourned till Monday next - Tito Opposidoo said . Monday se ^ ifarght . After some little bawling on both ; sides , and a fe ^ words from Lord John Rube © 11 , the House divided on the question that the debate be adjourned , whi ^ i wsk negatived by 245 to 12 » . ' Mr . Warburton then moved the adjournment at tbe HoUge . - . .- . ¦ ' : ' - U ¦ ¦¦ ¦' , ¦ Tha motion was carried , and the Houm adj ourned at half . past one o ' clock . . .. BU J ™«

      The effect of this is , that as no time was epwified in it to which the adjournment should take piac # j the . whole diacuEEion falls to . the . ( ground ,. like a dropped order , and cannot be brought on again except bi * re newei notice . : - •• ¦¦ ¦ - . . -. ¦ : u ) :- , -. . "' ~ : — ' . " tmmmt '"' ' " " ¦ - ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 11, 1840, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2679/page/7/