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THE 1TOSTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, APIUL 25, 1840.
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anscxxiAXECOB xsvre , Psiia T of Mr . Danbcoro . — Z At seven o'clock in $ & ifiemoon of Thursday , departed this life , jjjoais Draaunoad , Esq ., Under-Seeretary for Iretoi . 53 USC 0 TIO 5 OF THE CoJfTICT , EdWAKD JOKES , AX Pjjbt . — This criminal , who was tried and convict ^ it titelate Flintshire assires , for the murder of the junekeeper of Mr . Wynne Ejton , and who has | eea since in confinement as Flint Castle , was executed in the east front of the gaol on Saturday ; hst- Bnx to aboltsh all Capjial Punisbhests ex-( jpiroB MtEDsa . —Mr . Fiizroy Kelly has given y poace of moving for leave to introduce a bill into ; ' the House of Commons , "to abolish the punishment ^ cf death , in all cases , with the exception of murder . i Axosgst the uTsfcfnguished arrivals at Windsor Castle , on Saturday , ynste the Duchess of Kent and » 7 i *» unt Melbourne . * The "Noble Premier arrived VBXSGSLXJUqBCXn XEVn , . . ^ - * l £ ^~^
t fa time for farmer , land domiciled himself in his old I aptrtmenisintae £ etur-s Totcer . t Fast DaT is Glasgow . —Thursday being Glasgow f Fast Bay , the streets were crowded by great num-* bars of well-dreeed ^ people from that city , who came f 4 nwn the river ; io enjoy a-sail . They , however , K teemed to eujoj the pleasure of . 4 rinkicg more , as a | pod masy were seen , in a state of intoxication as the f day wore vn *—Grrcnock Bbserver . p A Political MiffrVa . —idr . Cook , of Dudley , who t "was so unjustly " : stotenced to six months' impnsont s > eni for merd ^ being presents a" political meeting , tsi exptejiing his s . pprob 3 . ti « uyf . ^ pinions broached ibereat , was veSJcrday liberated , more confirmed / than ever ( . to ase his own -wortis ; in his Radical -fEBciples . I ¦
; ^ ee Fso * e FoBCBkiBS . —All the parties were ccmr iteed , and sentenced as under—J&me * s Soaiy , transj »* st > n for EfeJ . Thomas Candy , jun ., fifteen y ears ' : fij , Kporiation ; % M | iaainali Candy and' * rYm . Candy I twryear ^ impriadnaiittU . \ " " Jta Secosd Qwaber of the Sutea of Sa . den has , | BBt voted aaoiber and as unaniaioas resoivrtjou in Jasmr « f tie Qanovexian constituiion ofJ 833 , dediing theaboltttjon of it to have been an arbitrarv
acvasf demjHi * iBg * that the Government a&oald f JggBr » jfc f *» & the Germanic Dieftowaras V vfji ± F 4 §^^ 3 > ? TACK |« adeher appearance t ^ gg nSy P «* j- £ l-J » 6 our . W . e understand Bhe is f Aggopafe-t ^ teattoin English gsatlemea , is last IS 5 &nV || aMrf € iifea , bound & Kew York , and r fcaT * " * esiiiaa / f . m the West Indi * Seas , her com-{ ¦ pff beins-on aa . « xcnrsion of ^ pleasure . Among fc affmarreiB of the' day Is a cruise for recreation f across the ^ tlantie in a pleasure-boat . —Charleston I PttrioL ? r , - . - " '•
f : Tm $ s BOHS 7 Hu » 9 TaBEsr mostbs . —On the evenf fag of the 31 sr « y * ffl month , the wife of a tradesft aaa ia SoEMre-ioWBj was delivered of a child at a § 'I&fr * fier ^ SY eni and which was cons equent ! j bern is March . -Partttfttion proceeded ; it was discovered F *« rte « tw&' -cass , * aq . d abont one . o ' clock in the R-- » enHnf . Qa ^»«§ i of ApriL another b * y ei ^ ered m : $ 83 Gttngfi'&otsUr ' of ours . The nurse christened If fteaiby vta nam ^ of the months in . whicli they were
a ExssAdWHSAUx" Esm ^ bjcascb . —In the course ol K ; Jtst tfeeK , tdr . Elipedk , foreman of the smiths ' fcfjjsrfcs orthe gratfary ^ vaxd at Whitehaven , belonging W ^ fee Eirl ef LoBsdafe , with the aid of engiue ma-B ^ fe ^ Ji bored through not less than sixteen feet K ^ iree in € hes of malleable iron in the short space of m Jea Sours , with a bit oae incii and a quarter in B ^ danwier , The weight of the boring , when collected W fcfetiier ^ wss sot lesa than 56 lbs .
i j ^ Sqan , the Axsaabor dites , has been "aston-1 Bung the natives" of Portsoiooth by inmping off 1 ihe main top gallaal yard of a collier brig in the iarbos ^ and by various feass of agility in the tops ; whQsia brother " ehip has been -actively ' employed * m skore- ( Srwig into the pockets of our good-natured towBatten—itfamgijiij'c Independent . Tm . Gospbratios op BosTpHj and other corpor * is tgflEs in-diis eountyj aregettiBg np petitions to iB ^ aai ea t against the d&uge in i& County Police |*« ce Amendment"ISIl ; now "before Parliament , in t-Vaich the GoTernment are abont -to take oat of the ftoads of the corporations of towns not haviBg more ? 1 han foar wards the management of the police sforoe of those borfrsghs . — £ inco&i Chronicle .
~ Ws rTOEEsiAKft-that Father Mathew , the cele-1 braled Irish apostle of temperance , has intimated I lis intention of coming- to- this country in a few p weeks , io administer - the teetotal pledge to his E-ewfifajmen in St . Giles ' s , and other parts of London . It b supposed that » 4 least 50 , 000 will receive the w 4 bt > teetoul medal at his >< aTifi ^ . W ^ Sciode of a Scrrpioa . —<> a Saturday Mr . Pitts , 1 ae Bemptor , comsiitte « suicide-by taking a quantity I < fkadanum . During the laie severe straggle for the Sdson testimonial , Mr . Pitts sent in a design , ¦ rjkiea-was rejected . Tim cirenmEtance preyed KbT ^ JVO ^ h *» ttiib ^ und hfr g »^ ftp ™ M ft quantity Spocured , be ceased to exists
r BtESfiEiK PAtAca .-= ? The Duke of Mariborough m » s given permission for ihe palace and guraens , Kwhichhavc been closed eince the dearth of the late K&ate , to be reopened for the . admiasioa ' of visitors , iffMonday , the 4 sh , of May , froio thise to five p . m . im Dowager Duchess offMarlborough is expected to KH £ & her widowhood at Bkoheim , where vast mproTemenis szei « be carried into effect . ^ L t ^ Bct £ » Jo ^ asiis-8 vir «« 8 a just degree of Sil&gB& ^ pn a * Jke albeasa&aits' laid against the Jews K *^ B * SQseas , and s&tsely-a day p 4 s « es without xhe ^^ Wfeoa ^ a& arU < ai 5 ivSreftitaTion of tbe charge . Mp&HMdels&ad sf ^ aaerdam has published a om a »
»«*^ fr -Uascn . . Qoasul ai Beymfli , in Syria , BW ^ ais opiniuit—^ y » ¦ ffie" accusations are no P « e thas iB-saatiott « f tfes-sathorities to form a lins ? n £ ^ * r * ropesrty . of the more wealthy 1 ^^^^ atH-WEsc Passage mscovebed at last la ? t * - „?* ^ ^ igh graiifieafion to announce that ¦• ft . Hitsibge&ce has'jnsJ'reicL ' edtiie Hudson ' s Bay Kgs e , \ ga * --lfasag . Pease and S ; mpson have at la ? ' t E" * « a | c ^^ Ql in . asctataming % a « existence of a |^ W *« £ t passagel "These . geDtlemen have solved IP ^? w problem , oysupplyhig the link which was |*» Bi « g to connect lbe , d 1 « oTeTife 3 of Parry and Ross »^ the east , witb ^ tfesaa of Beeehy ana Franklin w » the west—Sen . .
Jfer xvvbzb . of silk-kbms in France is 84 , U 0 , FMucag anoaaily goods to the Taiue of 211 ^ 50 , 000 . ^ itt , of which idjMGjbOOf are cdnstimed in France , »» 138 5 a > «( K ) fa « caBPQrted . They employ 169 . 280 ] gvm , aad ^ O ^ g ^ j > f worth ef raw Bilk ; and «« & « r itaooaar ^ tO ^^ S . yTOf , or about SOOf each 2 " ^ ? O «*» tei §! l *" aiid profit on the capital ^^*« Js - i / iQu , ®^" . The manufactories oi" Lyons |*» P * S * i «? S 3 ioi > m % 60 »^ W woikmea , and produce iw ^ & OSf w&r : h of aik .
fc ^ f tKCA ^ Re ? ost 2 KS . —After giviDg a report of | P »! pis «> etiL : igs ia jhe Hou- ^ e of RepresentaUTes , ' l ^ H ^ " ^ cl 0 Jes ** ^" " ^ iog cool manaer : — ^ n ^ e the eonfosioil of the house became so intense , - WF $ * - - ?» nl « j vrfih difficulty casch a word , and as 1 \ . - - W 9 * ^ n toiiiiiig for nearly tweniy-four hours , 1 " *'¦ ii ^^* l ? aviog tbe House of liepresentatives in k p ^ ai disgraceful row . ' I ¦• S ^ ¥ . PiaK .-The chief physician of ft K ^ U ^^ Ita 3 s *? ari 8 afew days since invited K : K ^^^ jfe ? - ^*^ frieBd £ * o ¦ KTtness an anato-Ws m * ri ** f T ^ l ^ xkcn oa t < 3 e * iYer of one of i " ^ E" v ^ Bre ^ aart > eing oVer , he sent 3 servant to RfiK *^ fet < % thilmr ,-which was no longer in KrfglP * ttUir . An inquiry took place , from which it B gfSgESjr . tea * ias ooox , seeing more guests arrive ^ P ' «^ « te * ad « xpected J , and thinking the liver which mz ' -M ^ - ?* " » flceiiar wasthit " -of S calfdressed it in
r . , Hp ^ bv ^ a » ka up-tbedeSciency of his provision . IKt Mfc MjafrTHas ia thvjpritse of bread haa caused great P *^^^ fc > ii in various ^ pwu of France , and amo ' egst I Cr ® ^ ieori 1 ¦ w . h * fl * ve come iu for the hostility I WZ ^* . Pcpalaes is $ 5 . JPackham , an Englishman , U ™<> » a teaaaf or ^ Loiiis PhLippe at Eu , near «! & *• ' Mr- Pa 3 t » aSft' agents hare latelj been : lHlgay t f 5 L& tiie maa-ket-ef . Ganra ^ e , where the peo-^^® c " f « ' Ab ^ . P 6 ckhMa-a ^ lea Anglais ffSgt ^ ^ Hoi . " I * B ^ s been iatimated that the BI *^ ^ « "e real owagrftf these mills .
¦ S * J ^^ * ' * 5 ' * S y » a respectable HJ&w Cannou-street , BirmiDgham , by port W SdlSS * { ^ euse falliBg upon her ! Thebuilder ¦ i SlnS ^ * ickhyer at low wages to take flaSr ; ^ »^ aad-ihe maa was dou = g it without JE £ S asaffcIi rIfi «» afternoon of the same B SSSSS ^ H . *** Kt « ned , with a decdind » « « iupon the bricis and mortar . M t ^ S ^ ^^ ^^ issuea * J ' *• Hose Secre-S ftai « tw ^ ona * * iwdi-Lieutenant , informing - ^ a fc fiaUVa : ^ speciioa of "the yeomanry cavalry H '« kSS ? ™ . * ^ - ^ Jestj ' ^ resniar forces will ^ Bl ^ kJ ^^ T * . * tHe T ) TeSftTlt TMtP ' JUnd that all nrt- » -TVc
S taiahJ ^ a a 8 Sen 4 >^ en permaoent duty , or for ^ B ft ^ mrSS csetc ! s * » - •»« to be inspected during H B ^ S , J f SE 96 Kwsy « n -Wednesday , Robert JH Saa > T' 5 ^ fter , was found guilty of ro ' bbing the U ^ Xt ? l £ - e ? ^ * ^ S qnantity of -IM «> e * rBSft . H M PaWd . Theie had been a wKt ^ Sflv ^ ? * ° from ^ university Ml **** iiir&L , t f 11601161 " . being- » graduate , had Sa * fits 4 ^ ' PPe » rs to have given the atten-^^^ H ^ ereted ^? t ^ affuanes to read while he SB ^ T ^ a ^ S 811116 ' w eensnmed oa Tuesday - ? m 1 * tKttiLV ^? 2 ^ W i « ofiared on defceting the ' : ! MVadiawrf « i . r 5 P ?» g » y aigat last , one « f tie oot-- »* % S 3 ^ - ? fam ' Bridstow , Hereford , - ^^ ofly Xr ^ fi ^ A » wbeai rick neaV " thereto ^¦ - 45 ^^^ &e , and the rick entirely consumed fB l " ~»*^ ^ ftronide .
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CABitStE . Mes T . FBosr .-r-Mr . Arthur , of Carlisle J'h * a r « . £ ^^ ^« ut ^!!^ " ^ w S SSifir ^ A ^ A' ^ J ? ShilfrfheSfhtd husband and his fcllow-sufferen . with a view to owning for them a free pardon , the following Females of Caldcoats , o 7 f Do . of Queen-street , per Mrs . Hunt 0 4 2 J ¦ ¦ . CAIUCiTStE . & lZS 2 tf& £ ^ - ^! »
£ 0 11 3 i CABUSLE AXD CniBEELASD WBKSTLISG . -These ^ Ti T ^ tovk P lace oa ***** Monday Mfrwi ? , ' - \ iT * e field near ^ e Horsi Market , belonging to ilr . Hewitt , timber merchant HmS ^ iT ^ 286111637 ° f iir' R ° bert Brown > Pack of ^^^ ?^ ng men ten stone and under , natives o * ) p f iz 3—A silver watch , value £ 6 63 . ^ Hd do . —A sU ? er snuff box , do . £ 4 0 s . J « £ ff ? ?? t ? by James Co ^ er , weaver ; the 2 £ 2 ? i& John ,, ^ . ^ l . ^ tter . There were several other smaller prizes . of Carihie ^ " meU tW dVC 8 t 0 n ? aDd under 5 nattves
1 st Pnxa—A lever watch , valne £ ) Q lfe . Tk ^ do - —A silver watch , do . £ g 0 s . lhe nrst was wou by Joseph Lin ? , ostler ; the second bv John Gate , warper . There were also several other" prizes . T ^ r .. ~~ * Fo - m : u , ' lights town and country . - 1 st—A a ver lever watch , value £ 10 10 s 2 nd—A silver watch , value . . £ 6 6 s iae first was won by Richard Chapman , Penrith ; th « secondly Wm . Bacon , Loagb . bpwards of seventy perion * diucd at Mr . Brown ' s i ^ ck . Horse Inn , on Monday ovenins . The dinner u-as excellent , and gave great satisfaction to the numerous guests . SHEFFIELD . MEETING FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE
SUFFRAGE AND THE DISMISSAL OF HER MAJESTY'S MINISTERS . . ( From the Irif f jy On Monday , at one o ' clock ,- a public meeting , catted by requisition , was held in Paradise-square for the purpose of petitioning the House of Commons for an extension of the Suffrage to all the male adult population of Great Britain ; and that the Queen will dismiss her present Ministers , and call to her councils men who will pledge themselves to the Eupport of Universal Suffrage . " Mr . Josjf Tatlok , a working man , was called to the chair , and commenced the business of the meeting by reafling the requisition to tho Master Cutler .
Mr . Paqdis then moved the following resolution , which was seconded by Mr . Samuel Bbuey : — "That it is the opinion of this meeting , that a petition be immediately sent to Parliament , begging it to address her Majesty the Queen to dismiss her present Ministers , and call to her council Ministers who will , by an Act ^ f Parliament , extend the Suffrage to all tne male adult population « f this kingdom , and to extend her Royal pardon to all who are now incarcerated or transported for political offences . " r
Mr . Gnx came forward to support the resolution He commenced by saying they were met for the performance of a high constitutional doty , and he hoped they would do it honestly , uprightly , ' but fearlessly , riis duty on the present occasioa was to prove to the meeting tliat her Majesty ' s Ministers had shewn themselves , by their public acts , to be unfit to govern the country . He suouW be careful to observe a strict legal course in his address , for he had no donbt there were parties before . him who would-be ready to take advantage of any unguarded expression that he might " unfortunately make use of . He hoped he should b « able to prove to those brfora him , that the vy nigs were most unfit 10 govern the country . If he diu not Eucceed they might scout the resolution he
was supporting , but if be did he hoped they would vote for it .- Who repealed the Trienuial Act , and introduced the Septennial Act ! The Whigs . And if they hjwl a right to repeal the one they had just as much ngbt to repeal the other , and thereby not only make Parliament irresponsible but perpetual . Up to the time of William IV ., the Whigs had been a locg time out of office , and whilst out they had endeavoured to create a revolution in lhe country by the agitation for tho Reform Bill—the passing of which had marked more strongly the line of demarcation between the middle and the lower classes of society ; but if it had not been for the interference of the Whigs , the effects produced upon the people of this country by the Brench Revolution would soon have carried a
Reiorm Bill infinitely snt > erior to the partial one carried by the Whig 3 . The same party had , since tbeir accession to power , carried the New Poor Law Bill , by which they virtually deni ^ the right of Englishmen to live in the land of their fathers . ( Hear **** - > * ftxo-aad ^ flgwud ri yJgtgB Maarg ^ papy * \ -3 iawer , *^ au 5 r by that tney E& 4 cumpeHatfTISe people of this country to be answerab ^ for theix debts ; and if that Company were now to become bankrupt , this nation would have to pay their just debtsi They were now dragging us into a war with the Chinesej because their Government would not allow us to poison their inhabiu-uis . We were on the eve of a wax with Naples , perhaps with the whole of Europe , and also with America ; and . » 11 these
evils were brought upon us through the misgovern ment of the Whig ? . At the conclusion of the last war there wa 3 a great quantity of officers who retired np < jn half-pay , and this not being sufficient to suppl y their wants , they flocked to the church , and they then received their half-pay for butchering their fellow-beinp , ' and also the revenues" of the chureh for curing the seuls of the people . Thi 3 injustice was complained of in . the House of Commoaii , and the Whigs said it would be altered : and how did- they alter it ! Why , by allowing them to f ell their half-pay * Some-time ago , a gentleman of the name of Coobett was imprisoned for a seditious libel , and he had enjoyed the comforts
and etenthe luxuries of life ; aiidnow , a'Loveft and a Collins , who were charged with a Mmilar- ^ ffence , were incarcerated in a eold damp YInngeo . ii , and denied the common necessaries- of : Itfe / With respect to Lovett , he cou-d say tb ^ t i . more nobleminded , talented , and patriotic " 'Hidmdual never took pea in hand . The \ V higs bad passed a County Constabulary Force Bill ; but by the interference of a Tory Lord connected with this neighbourhood , the operation of it had been postponed for a few mouths at least . The speaker went on to say : I want hot
you to create bloodshed in tnecountry—I wouldhavc you shew to them the power of the mind , with . the concentrated force of which you m ^ g ' nt annihilate the power of both Whigs and Tories . He coacm Jed his adoress by advising them to agitate pcateably , but firmly , until they had gained thuir lejsd , their constitutional rights . He retired amidst loud cheers . . The resolution was then put and carried uuanimoualy . Sir . Daxiel Harrison then read the petition and moved its adoption , which was seconded by Air . DuKCi . \
Mr . IIicha&d Otlkt supported the petition . He said he came forward to address them on a very momentous subject , and at a time when it was not very safe to do so . We cannot always assemble to express our opinions as freemen ought to do . Those in authority were watehing us so that they might have an opportunity to enirap us ; bat we had just as much risht to meet a 3 the higher classes had . He designated the House of Lords as a combination a-gainst the interests of the whole community . What , said tho speaker , are the Lord Lieutenants of counties 1 They are persons of their own recommending , and they put the sword into the hands of tb « r own party , and then bring out the yeomanry
cavalry to crusn the c « stitu *» aal rights and privileges of thVpeopU . When Be had seen soldiers dressed in their fin £ clothes and riding on their plump horses , he often contrasted those with the poor artisan with & pair of clogs on his feei and besom in his hand . They paid theso men for holding the sword over , their beads , re » c > y to crash theai at-the command of their tvrants . &oh things would contiane if the people " did not show themselves to be determined to gain tb « ir rigtitai He adverted to the Corn Law meeting held a ghort time ago , and he then tfcld them that their petUjoning , under present &remasta-nce 5 , would be as , the whistling of the wind . . There had been three nisats debate
in the House of Commons on the Com Laws , and at the end of that time it had vanished , as it were , as a rapour ; and so it would always be unless the people had the constitutional right of eleciiag their own legislators . In referring to the condition of our Navy , the speaker condemn ed the extravagant expenditure in that department . There were as present on the list 159 admiral * , about eight or nine of whom . were ondnty ; there were 088 captains , 313 of whom had never been to sea aa suoh ; commanders 807 , of whom 40-2-had never been to sea as Ench ; lieutenants , 2 . 879 , of whom 5 E 0 u 3 d never been to sea as seen . Thus- above one half of the officers have
never served at sea for fifteen years ; aid 2 , 006 hare never been to Bea for twenty " years;—yet these are the individuals who never work , but revel in the wealth produced by the industry of the poor man . Mr . Otley related several instances to prove the distinctions made by th « law between the rich and the' poor , and attributed it to the system of «^« w or party legislation pursued by our rulers . There were at the present time 232 inaividuals Buffering imprisonment for political offences , a number n ever beftyte equalled , in British history . He concluded by entreating them to unite and" discuss the great and important qnestion before them , and never to rest satisfied until they had gained their constitutional rights .. The petition wss then adopted by the meeting . A vote of thanks to the Chairman was moved by Mr . Otley and seconded by Mr . Gill , to which he very briefly returned thanks , and the mettisg separated , after giving three cheere for Feargus O-Connor .
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THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED AT A PRELIMINARY MEETING OF THE CHARTER ASSOCIATION OF THE METROPOLIS , HELD AT THE
BELL INN , OLD . BAILEY , ON MONDAY " EVENING , MARCH IGth , 1 W 0 , And unanimous *; agreed to at a General Meetitff , held at Johnson ' * Leclure-rooAs , ' < ClerkmiJoeU green , on Wednesday Evening ^ ApriliS . Mr . Hethebinqton , in the *' Chair . Friknds and Beothkr Chartists , —We , yoiiv Committee , in resigning into your hands , the trust with which you invested ns , beg leave to lay before you a statement of the result of our labours in endeavouring to accomplish the great ot > ject for which you appointed us ; namely , the formation of a- plan of Union and Organization for the Chartists of the Metropolis , which should be at once strictly lejjal and permanently effective .
We entered upon onr task with feelings sensitively aljvg to the paramount importance of the objects which we were desirous of accomplishing ; for we felt that upon our success in establishing a peaceful agitation , which should be calculated to diffuso the sacred principles of-liberty amongst the ignorant and th ^ apathe r tic ; thay Bhonld aroufte the energies of tnt ^ m ^ c nrKISSJ ^^ Janthropto : w agitation , wuicfc , * VhiJo takkaiis stand npon the broad basis of the constitution ind the laws of . the country , should call into action the ' energies of a mfghty people , and direct those energies : o th . 6 attainment of thosa political rights for the whale people , which , in the opinion of your Committee , can . aloae render the whole people prosperons , contented and happy—the speedy attainment of the Peoples Charter would very materially deoend .
Wo , therefore , submit to your consideration the following plan of organisation , comprising the constitution , laws , and objects of an Union , which we recommend to be established by an amalgaiaati ' -u of the various Charter and Democratic Associations , Working Men u ' s Associations , Political Usions , and all other bodies or individuals , favourable to the great cause of political liberty ; because we feel assured that unity of pnrpose alone , without a wellorganised system of action , will fail in accomplishing the great and holy objects for which we are struggling . * That plan of organisation we believe to be unexceptionable iu point of legality . How far it may bo calculated to carry out the views to which we have before alluded , it will be for you to determine when yen have tak ^ n into your consideration the suggestions which we now proceed to bring under your notice .
Your Committee , then , wonld direct yourattentiou to the advantages whicli an Union , founded upon the plan we have proposed , would have in making arrangements for prist ' rng and circulating tracts upon subjects calculated to carry sound political kuowledge into quarters of this metropolis , and amongst portions of its population , where the voice of liberty , but for this channel of communication , mit'ht iu vain endeavour to make itself heard . We need not press the importance of this plan ; wo need not dwell upon the powerful advocacy of these littie silent messen ^ c-rs . You see what a powerful auxiliary tho Tract Society has been , and is , to the religious worid ; and to you , brethren , wo Bay , " Go and do likewise .
Your Commi'tee would further suggest the advantage which a cheap periodical ( say a penuy weekly publication ) would be to the cause ; such a . publication , under the control of , and directed by , the Conncil of your union , might become a direct medium of legal communication between the friends of freedom iu all parts of the ctfunrry ; it mi ^ ht be made a powerful instrument for disseminating the principles of liberty among the masses , of arousing them from their lethargy , of teaching them to know their rights , and knowing how they may legitimately dare maintain them .
Your G-mmiUeo would further premise , that such an union would bo able to do much towards raising the labouring population of the n : etrop : ; lu > , in the scale of society , by enabling them to render theni-Belves , in a great measure , indepen ent of the class immediately above them ; we allude to the class of shopkeepers , who , as a . body , have hitherto , either from ignorance of our principles , or narrow , selfish prejudices , been amongst our most determined opponents . A few joint-sioek provision stores , established in ; he varion ? districts of th « metropolis , and supported , as Only such an naion as this ,-could support such an undertaking , would at once teach these men their dependence upon the productive
classes , and convert portiojjs of those classes into Chartist vo ' ers ; an obj-scc so manifestly important , and a inodfl ef enfranchisement ¦ so perfectly independent of the will of oar oppressors , that your Cumaiittec would deem it superfluous to do more thaii simply ! direct attention to it . They would , however , suggest , that it mi ^ 'ht bo further carried out by opening coifee-houses in the various localities , by four joint proprietors , ( or more according to the rent , ) with lecture and reading-rooms , for the instruction and improvement of the people . . Another effective mode of creating Chartist voters might be , by establishing among the members of the Union societies of working men ; each contributing a certain sum per week to form a fund , the sole object of which fund should be to take houses , and place therein a number of the members as joint proprietors' : by such means the members would not
only have a direct and permanent interest in the movement , but would , both by tbeir votes aod interest , render powerfulaid to the cause . ¦ In connection , too , with the above object-, your Committee would point to that magnificent project , the London Jonrneyman ' s Trades' Hall ; and remind tou how powerful an auxiliary such an Union might become , in furthering the objects of that noble undertaking . These are some of the varions means by which it has occurred to your Committee , that our moral warfare against tyranny and corruption , persecution and oppression , might bo conducted ; other , and equally efficacious , means will doubtless suggest themselves to the wisdom of your Conn ' oil , should yon see fit to adopt tbe recommendations as set forth in the before-mentioned plan ; -and your Committee would only add , in closing their report , that they do most earnestly hope , that those parties who profess to move in a sphere above that of the working men ,
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A good Dun . — 'Jfassa wanta toknowif youcan't settle diet small bill to-day , kase he wants de money bad / said » darkey yesterday to a gentlemen . 'No , I -Mtn't . This is the tWrd time you have come for this money to-day . Your master isn't afraid I am going to run away , is hef 'Not ' zactly ; bat look heea , ' said the darkey , slyly and mysteriously , 'he's a gwoin to run away froseif , and darfor wants to mike a big raise , '— Picayune . Easter Monday at Hampton Couiw . —On Monday last , being Easter Monday , the palace of Hampton Court was thrown open to the public , when , besides the railway , upwards of a dozen of springvans , gaily adorned with ribands and' blue and red hanginRB , brought their loads of LondoBPrs , in fine . rotate for a , day ' s frolic . Between two and three o clock not less than 2 , 000 people were wandering - _ : ., '
through the palace and garden ? , yet . nothing could be more decorous than their behaviour . They were scattered in companies and in family groups ; fathers , motr . ers , brothers , and sisters , old people , and children of all ages . clean and jocund , strolling tferongh the airy gardens , admiring the spring Sowers , and watching the swarming uhoals of gold fish in the basin of the central fountain , an < l fending them with crumbs of buns , and shouts of childish delight ; whilst , through the open , windows of the palace ' , you saw the . passing crowds of heads of men and women wandering through the rooms , intent on the works of Raphael , Titian , Correggio , Lely , Vandyke , Rembrandt , and Rubeas . In such a spectacle , the "march of intellect , ' ! and t , he walking abroad of the schoolmaster , are . sometV-ng more than things to furnish a joke or a witticism .
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PRIMOGENITURE . No . 1 . Fob a people who are " tho euvy of surrounding nations , and the admiration of the world , " we are abeafc as silly a people as can well be thought of . Our forefathers , whose " wisdom" it Jb tho wont of fools to boast of , had , at least , this advantage in wisdom over us , that their customs , laws , and usages , bore some relation to the times in which they lived , and the state of society in those times ; while we 1 have gone on , for ago , after age , boasting of our
laws and institutions as the perfection of human wisdom , and decrying all innovations on , or alterations of , them as highly dangerous , if not sacrilegious—the state of society , all tho time growing past them and leaving them perfectly out of date , the no longer applicable data of a byegone age . This foolish game , however , is now almost up . So many mighty and groat changes have taken place that people now laugh at the wol ^ ery ; having
discovered , with Mr . Cobbktt , that "The grass will $ row and the pigs get fat , " even though an ada , pta-^ lon bf-our mgtitutions to the altered condition of 1 & $ Stety-effect serious changes iu "the Constitution , " ** id play havoc with the venerable relics of ' the ; # is € tomof : our" ancestors . " * , The toohey lords , and their f'luirctn ? , have made ifcia discovery some time -. g . ; . ; and they havb acted on it , so-far as their own inora immediate interests could be served . When thVpcwpio have acuuired
firmness and unanimity of purpose , they , too , will take their turn at making " the Constitution" give forth its latent stores of justice for the good of all . Many and groat changes have been , of late" years , effected in the ' institutions which wereyeatatrishea , and left to us , by our forefathers ; some of them for the better ; many of thom for the ^ Worse , so far as the people , generally , are conce « ied > Many Radical and most important alterations , ire yet necessary to adapt them to the altered state and prospects of society .
Among the many institutions which tho ' - ¦« . wisdom of our ancestors" saw to be fitting and necessary for their timoa , and which they therefore left to us as evidences of that w ^ dom , ' ? few are , 4 n their present operation , < more abBOi'd * in principle , and Baore ririsehievoas ; in practice , than , the law of primogeniture . -This ,, while it is one of the most vene-^**«^» w » in truth , one of the most vicious portions of onr spoial constitution . It is , in its very nature , calculated ^ Xo produce , a ^ ad , in its operatioB ^ « o »« i jfetlL 'doej ' produce , a mass . &Jhmxj $ aetooQi ettmb ^ ms Twne ^ tj , of a most appallftig character " ; a combination , of mcannessy selfishness , cruelty , peculation , fraud , and sordid avarice , fretful to contemplate . mmm
Bj ibis law , as Our readers arc awaro , the landed property , or real estate , goes , on the demise of tho father , to the eldest son , be he knave , fool , or maniac . ; Over the real-estate , the father has , in fact , no power of controui . He c * nnot even charge it with . the maintenance and ' education of tbo younger branches of his fam-Jy , should he bo called to leave them in tho holplossuess of infancy , or the dependency of childhood . . Arcd though it is understood , as a matter of principle , that the heir at law shall charge himself with these important duties , out of the estate , it is notorious that the case , in
poin | of fact , is widely different ; the heir , in almost every instance , sweeping off tho whole estate , without any other care for , or thongui ; about , them than such as his influence may enable him to exert in the way of pensioning thorn upou tho public , without making them , in the conventional sense of the term , , " paupers . " Hence como we to have a navy with abont six post-captains to every ship of the line , an . armv v / UU three generals to every regiment and nearly as many school-boy ' officers aa' efficient soldiers , a National Church Establishment * more oppressive and expensive than all the other church ,
establish-aiantB of Christendom put together ; hence also the multitude , almost innumerable , of Governmeat . j > 1 accs , with high salaries , and no duties , or duties : waioh were better unperformed ; hence , t « o , tbe crowding oiit of the legal ¦• profession" with imbociles , iueapables , and juveniles , of all sorts , and hence , again , the rendering of our laws &s multiform and complex as the combination of human and devilish ingenuity can accomplish , in order that ail theBe locusts may fiud green leaves to feed upon : hence , too , when all these sources of publio plunder had been explored to their remotest abounds by the Tories , the opening out of a new field of patronage in the endless syst ; m of"
commissioning" invented and introduced by the Whigs . All these , ; and all the thousand other modes of plunder by which the hation's bones are constantly being picked , arise , in the first instance , out of the determination of those whoao ancaators first obtained a monopoly of the soil by what is called " right of conquest ; ' * that is to say , by robbery and murder , not only to retain all the ill-gotten spoil of their fathers ; but , undo * colour -of the letter , though in defiance of the spirit , * f this law of primogeniture , to make the people , from whom the land was originally stolen , support , at least , five-sixtha of the whole number of thieves and thieves ' descendants by extraordinary labour , independent of tho land .
They have been enabled to , do this by holding fast ths monopoly of legislation ; by which , while in all other matters sooiety has been . progressing and assuming new forms ; while every other art and science has been advancing towards perfection , the art of law-making and the science of government have been compelled to stand still ; because their present forms , are found to bo those beet adapted for the plundering purposes of tho parties by whom they are exercised .
Thus has it ever been , and thus will it ever be , until the people shall resumo possession of their own ; shall wrest the sceptre from , the hand of the usurper ; dash the power of the tyrant to the ^^ arth , and assert the supremacy as well as tho Jegitimacy of their power—till they , in fact , by the establishment , of U . mvebsal SuPFEiGB , provide fairly and equally for the interests of all , through the medium of laws to which all have given their consent .
There are many evils connected with , and springing out of , this Jaw of primogeniture , which our present space permits us not to notice . We shall recur to it at a future opportunity , and , ia the meantime , must reiterate our exhortation to the people to let nothing rest or satisfy them short of the one great remedy for all political and social plagues , the power of law-making by the whole people .
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" ^^ B ^^ WHBHW ^^ K ^^ MH ^ MM ^ HB STOCXPORT . *" MEETING tOR THE IMMEDIATE DIS-1 MI&SAL OF MINISTERS . . ] *' In the course of last week , a requisition , trifnxed bv many of the inhabitant ratepayers of the borough of Stockport , was presented to Mr . Baker , the Mayor , desiring that he would convene a public meeting , for the purpo 3 eof considering the propriety of presenting an address to her Majesty , praying her to dismiss her present Ministers and * call to her councils men who were favourable to Universal bupage ; and also praying for a free pardon on behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and all other political victims . The Mayor declined to accede to the wish of the requisitionists ; aad they , therefore , called a pnblie meeting on Easter Monday evening , at the Association Rooms , Bomber ' s Brow , for the objects above referred to . gToeiTPft ' ' * - MEETING MB THE ™ iATE m ^^
ThemeetiDg was well attended , and about eight o ' clock Mr . Williams was called to the chair , and he briefly introduced the business for consideration . M fS " - Royle , Pilling , Fogg , Linney , HoreeBeld , and Wild , addressed the meeting in support of certain resolutions , in strong and energetic language , calling upon the better feeling of their hearers , to rally round the standard of Universal Suffrage , nor to cease in their solicitations to the Throne until all the persons who werej incarcerated for advocating the principles of the Charter should breathe the fragrant air of
liberty . Mr . Pilling was rather happy m one or two parts of his observations ; for instance , referring to the Chartist trials at Chester , he said tiiat tho Judge was actually conyertedinto the Cnairman at Chartist meetings , - at which the prisoner . * were speaking in explanation and tupport of the five fundamental principled of . the Charter , whilst the jury , and those by whom tftfijc were surroun / led , became unexpected hearers , and many would doubtless . baconje- converts from Toryism and Wliiggism , to ' the principles ef Universal Suffrage .
ihe following resolutions were passed without a single dissentient . *\ Tbat it is the opinion of this meeting that her Majesty ' s prasent Ministers are incapable of wise ' y and beneficially goveroing the people of this empire , and that therefore we pray tho Houee of Commons to addresfiier Majesty to dismiss them and call to her council ^ such metf as will make Universal Suffrage a ca 4 » fti > merrsnre . " ' : - " - v - ** That it is the opinionvof this meeting that those who are incarcerated for defending the rights of tho people , are the best and bravest in the Chartiss ranks , and we pray her Mijesty will grant a full pardon , to all persons imprisoned for political offences . "
That it is the opinion of this meeting that the best thanks of tne meeting , ami all good men , are due to Isaac Johnson and William Benbow , for the able manner in which they defended the principles of the Charter before the Judge and Jury , when on their trials at Chester . " An address , founded upon the resolutions , was also adopted , and signatures will be obtained forthwith , that no time jnay be lost during the Easier recess ' , prior , to presentation by some member of the
J- * gwmure , favourable to the people ' s rights . jr *" policemen were sent to the meetin " , ( iiammpndaad Bowers ) and , considering the attention they paid to iae speakers during the occasional absence of the Supermtendont , ( Sadler ) confided hopes are entertained that , as soon as may be , these policemen intend to avow their adherenco to tho principles of the Charter , by enrolling their nsnra . as civilians , upon the books of the Stockport Working Men ' s Association .
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THE OBJFCTS , CONSTITUTION , AND LAWS OP THE METROPOLITAN CHARTER UNION . OBJECTS . To keep the principles of tho People ' s Chatter prommentJy before the public , by means of lectures , discussioiis , the distribution of tracts on sound political principles , or by any Other leiral maans which
may be deemed advisable . To promote peaoe , union , and concord among all classes of the peoplo ; to guide and direct public opinion into uniform , peacetnl . and legitimate operation ; instead of . leaving it to waste its strength , in loose , desultory , unconnected exertions ; and to concentrate into oue toeus the knowledge and intelligence of the men of JLAHidon , so that their energies may be brought to bear m a direet and effectual mauner . fo avoid all private and secret proceedings'to deprecate all violent and inflammatory , language , and ail concealment of tho views and objects of this
. - .:- CONSTIXCTION , The constitution of thisilnion is essentiallypopular . w It admits as equal moinbtrar > all persons subscribing to the priuciplea . qttliiX : | fe ) pl 8 ' 8 . Charter , whose names . shall be registered iathe ^ books of tho Union ; so long as they shall oonform to its roles and regulations . ° Any person wishing to become a meniber of the Union will be required to sign the following declaration of principles . FORM OP "DECLARATION . "We heroby declare , that every male person or mature a ^ e , sane miud , and unconvicted of crime , ought to have the right of voting for representatives m the Commons' House of Parliament . That such
representatives should be elected for oue year only Inat the requirement of any propoi-ty qnalificartion tur such fepresentatiyes , inasmuoh ; as it ; i has & tendency to limit the choice of ihe electors is unj » et , audougtitto beabQli 5 he $ . T ^ at adequat e fsalS ought to be paid to ifoe rearesentat ' rres of ^ fr people out oi the natioaal ; tf < 5 a $ ttry . That eledtorai ^ dismew ought to be foriuefl , coatainingi as neariy a& possible , equal numbers df adiilt inafd inluUtiHiS And that at all elections fojr mombers of th ^ Uouae 01 Commons , the votes ouxhoto betaken by ballot ; - '¦'•' I hereby give my adh « ionto rthaib-reamnL ' Drin * ciples ; as proof whereof , wfeuessifay hand . ! ' It liolJs all-its nuehiborsEligible to office by right . it collides the adminisjtfiiuoiiof itsgovarnmeut to Couucil of fiv
a twenty- | nwjnbot-8 , with s treasurer aud secretary ; tIiir |( i ( I : < jf- : W * ioin shalifoha a quorum . Ihe whole' to b <| e " ec £ ed at the . quarterly meetings of the Umon . '&iid IiKject to re-olection . Inat a Collecting Commiitse be elected at the said Quarterly meetings , oompoAd of as many members asi there : shall bo Tecturo roefcis in the metropolis whose duty it shall bo to attend , ono at ea « h room , to take the names and addreiaes of persons vviahink to become Members ; and tot furnish them on the following night of meeting wi \ h their card , and likewise to receive the monthly i subscription : -, of the Members of the Union . \ Tho collecting committee to \ meet once a week to transact tbeir business witK ihe Secrotarv of the Union .
The Council shall engage , and'formally open rooms for lectures and discussions in tie various districts of . the Metropolis , where theyi may \ be deemed necessary . . t . ; .. * \ They shall engage lecturers to lecture in those rooms onco , at least , in each week . The expense ofleoturers , and r ^ ut of ro'oms ' to'be : defrayed by tho voluntary coutribjutious of the public who attend them ; but if any ^ deficiency accrue , it shall be supplied fyom the funds of the Union . \ The Council Bhalt ^ eet once in ' each week to transact business , and manage the funds ' of tho Union . The Members of . thO ^ nioa ihall meet once in each month , to receive a wriy ; ei * report from the M §^^^^^ yf * bmfm W ^ H ^ W ?^ '"¦** bronght befor ^ tho Siee ^^ of theTJnion , unless in ahaU have bepn flret snlfeHtted to the Council one week previous to it ? dwdussion . ,.. .-. Eveisy Mem " j « of this Union shall be supplied with its laws anil objects , on payment of one penny . Tbero /!« iUx | p no classes , divisions , or branches of this Union , riBBt whoever the Members may meet , it shall be a fcei&tmg of the Metropolitan Charter Union . . -it ; ;; ; ... ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " ' ¦'¦ - . ¦ . : : It declares afuiid or capital essential to its strench andprosperitylit , ! theretpre , imposes upon all ? ts Membera thee ^ i ^ atiofrof contributing a sum of not 1 q 3 s than four ^ aee-pe * mou th , payable in advances \ tt ¦ iaSSP ^ f ^ r upplied to the interests ot the Union , rthdihe promo . tiou of its objeots The electioaW the . Council , 'Treasurer , and Secretary 6 hallb * by ; ballot . : - . ' - And as the ^ Mbso |; . the Secretary to this Union will 00 onerou ^^ BhaU re ceive such sum per week as the Cuuncilp » 3 r : ; 4 ecide iipon , bo soon as they shall have an dftfetefiity of-aBcertaining the amount —— — 1 l ©
will not healtate to come forward Sand assist 'in direct-SnSf-i " ?** ? I f W 8 «; f <» r yoor Commitiee ^ 1 r * * « f that it Is uniccnerous for such -parties to keep aloof from the movement until a «^ armea \? £ ^ <«» ronnd and tell the of ^ S Sfe y < jaanot"Join ^ on account «^ ff * ?? ' brethren , in conclusion , we would ear-^ y ^^ jou to lay aside all petty jealousies SSfcffiSL ¦ ^ v *^ - ! * 0 enter Q PO" the great work before you with zeal , energy , prudencef and deurmnation Let o minor confideration ? Tndnw EL 8 Wer Iu fronVthe groa * object you have in view . & „? r th t 8 take y ° P lay for is the emancipation of yonrselvea , your chUdren , and your country . Let your motto be " Peace , Law , and Order "—vour demand the Oharter , tlw whole Charter , aud nothing less than the whole Charter ; and ever bear in mind [ fiat—; ' ^^^^ .--- - ^^^ -3 ± ^ i ^^
" Freedom's batt ' e , ohco begnn , Bequeathed from patriot sire to son , Though baffled of t , is ever won . "
» - : i 3 -a ^ T *? < - W-wv * >> ** " ** " ^ cpu < biu « JUUw I " | . doy-5 aNMEN-f . 1 . The manj ^ tii of the affairs of this Union arc entrusted ie || & : Gouucil . 2 . The i ^ mhW ^ thw IJhion shall meet whenever called uponj ^ theiCoxJncii , or b y * requisition signed by not l © p | han forty-five membjiw . : 3 . The CouflcMsliairwbmic a # rittea reoort every month to M mee » of > % ? cieml > er 8 bAhc Union , which repwS sha » l | ir t *^* eie- a « b * i ( tit of receipts and exf eijdlfcre ^^^ ance of cash in basui tho increaso or $ &reiu » u $ , members , the nature of their correspondeac * , » ud the general result of then labours . : ? . : ¦• - ¦ . ;¦ .- ¦ ¦ . 'T .
4 . The accounts of the < Union shall be audited every quarter by thtee auditors , who are not qa $ he Councii , to be ciios ^ -n ' at'fae qiiartcrly meeting , the said auditors to jppsscslitU& W ) wer Of deniandiiig all receipts , vouchBfe ^ udjTis ^^ y explanations froiu tho Louucu and u ^ fcrs ofllwf "Omon . 5 . All books , d ^^ ci-fejse ., ia poseession of the efficers of the Uu » rf soall W open to the iurbectiou ot tho Members at " 01 reasonable times , wheievor such inspection dm not interfere with the progress of business . -&T . ' - « s » obb
6 . All bills for J » yment shall bo examinad by the Council , and no fenies whatever shall be paid " until the Council have ^ deterBiBed . 7 . At the moijpy meetiuga of this Union . no person will be adioi ^ tod but those whoj > roducc their Union Card ; always excepting her Majesty ' s officers ot the peaee , wUo ^ Drovidu «{ they come in their proper uni ^ rm , JihftU have free access and courteous reception . ; : .- \' , . 8 : A . do * -keeper ;« hall be appointed to wirry the Bewatk ^^ iftfc ^ fi ^ cjt . J
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• - r-H— * — HOERIBLE MUBDil A ' RD SuiCIDB AT LlUEMCK — Limerick , Tueaday . i-Nevor , within the memory of the oldest inhabita-it of this city , had we to record so foul and detetmfed . a ecene of murder and selfdeetraction as woWfe had this moraine . An old commissariat veteraii ofBeer , named Martin Roche - late of Cashel , without any cause or provocation wnatever , deliBeratoly called to his servant . m ^ d ( Corbett ) for warm water to shave himself . On obtaining it , he closed the door , his wife born" In the act of dressing herself . Immediately after ,- h& « Hftst daughter , rti intemtuigyoung woman , about twentv ^ oro yeara of age , heard-a great crash or fall over the la stooa
room wmen sne- , and , fearing - sometbine wiong , fhe ran up ^ stairs , and saw her mother lying on tne floor , with her throat cut to the wmdoiDc her father leaning over hjerwiih the razor in hfcjhandbut she could not sue whether he had wounded-hiaiselfornot as his back was to her . She screamed , upon wfiicD her brother and her servant-maid came up , but neither could render any assistance , as thev were botn m the agonies of death . The son , a younc maa about twenty , deposed at the inquest that , on entering the room . he . rushed to warda his father , who he perceived , had also cut his own throat He ' succeed ^ seizing him . by the aims , with the ' mor still in his hand , wd' he instantly fell on the floor when the razor dropped . The son held him firmly ' though he made several attempts to get the razor back . On further examination , It apneared that
MiKocne was not of very sane mind for some time . His wife was much youngor than he was , he beinjc over Bixty , and , in consequence of his state of mind latterlv managed aU his affairs . The son farther added , that his father never seemed so much to despond as when the wife , or any of his children ( three sons and four daughters ) , asked him what was to be done with ¦ fttlK ? £ ^ JSTto ** ^ ? PorUoTof the family . Deceased had formerly been an officer m the army , and fonght in several battles , the last of wliich was Waterloo ; he was on half-pay , hut Bold out some years since . Hehad been latterly attacked by fits of apoplexy , after which he did not appear settled in his mind , but was not noticed to have been so attacked within the last three months . The jury returned a ^ verdict « f" Insanity . " * - «* j «« j
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+ a •* ??^ J to" »** -e * nthor , * frhoiiaas « mtpiecoi to moat or the theatres , but could not g ** Kfla ra £ . ^^^¦ 3 ^^ ™ T « w * -BteB » by ftaio-5 SE - r - -- ; - - ' - ' - «^ % rwK % 5 ? sE 2 ff :: iSS ^ X : ^ » f-f % ^ r **^ s .- . > " I wish that , " exclaimed the enraged " - little' » illustrious , as she emptied the tea-cup in the face of her Royal partner , " was a cannon bull . " "Hat hah i ?' abeated tlse Premier Viscount , "it is very near it , for it is . evidently yunpowder . . ( "'¦ ¦¦ A MAL-APEOPOS VISIT . . " My master ' s dyih « , sir ! " How Fitz did stare ! "Dying rVqnotb he . "Yes , " cried tho man , " his hair !"
An AM .- , TEORmedicaladviseratEologaehaslately discovered an ingenious method of causing physio to remain on the stomach of a patient . His difeotton is , that when pills are making up , the chemist is t * put a small fish-hook iato each piil ! TEMPERAXcfi . —Bagliri , the Roman physician , remarks , thm in Italy aa unusually large pottiou of the sick recover during Lent , in consequence of the lower die ; then observed through a feeling of relieieus duty . ¦ . . - . ¦ . . , ... - ¦ ¦¦ ¦ " .. . - ¦
The con-nectios which Dr . ' Johnron thought to exiss Ottween making ' a pvii and picking a pocket , may not be ct-nsWoied quife imaginary , as regards the House of Commons . Tlio othor evening , ' whea jwr .-rembei . tou observed , inrefcrenee to tho Solicitor-General ' e « pee « h , that " anythiug more JFi / d he iad never heard 0 ; , " 1 i . e . H 6-aso , by its general laughter , f hawed its approval of il : e practice ot puuiuut ' ' iu tha - abstract .- AVo all ^ oi ' iis hare reason to know that ft waruny eutorces tho priuciple of " picking pockets ¦* likewise . ; . ¦'¦ ¦¦ : 'The Ladt who has recently ' been raised to the- ¦ highest rank in the Peerage , contrary to ' the opinion , geuovally entertained of the propriety of her etevatI J ? , Vl ? - liayly known in the dubs by ihosoMquet ^ ' ^; of f he Duchess—nevertheless !'
Btjnhim , Bubying GfiOpSD ^ Bnta a ie w year * -- * --i ago , the average annual number buried in this ground was about a thousand ; the fees were increased , aud . the number now averages about seven hundred . - ^ . Gatherings from Grave Yards . Why does the silk-dress of Lord Johnny ' s chZr ' e amtfcremind you of his Lordship 1—Coi it makes a Russellingnoise . - Religion and Law . —Wheu Sir E . Goko was made solicitor-geaeral , Whitgift , the Archbishop of Lanrerbury ,-sent him a Greek Testament , with'& message , ' that he ha . 4 studied the common lawiong enough , and that he onsht hereafter to study th « law of God . " —Law and Lawvers .
The Di-chess of Kent has taken leave of her daughter's roof , and , we perceive , was handed to \ her oarrag& by her son-in-law , who is said to have expressed hiiaself subsequently to the effect " < lat dere vas no pagg * ge now in de Palace but vhat pelong to himself . ^ ' ¦ _ .-. : A chimney-sweeper brought a Mrs . M'Intire to Bow-street , the other day , aud charged her with uttering a gross and scandalous Kbel ' . against him ia Old Round-court by calling him a Bishop . u I wants to know , " said , the -Bweep , ? ' why this here ' woman should call me a Bishop f I gets my livinif . honestly , and therefore 1 can' be no . Bishop , nor say ' x sich thing . " v *
# Singular VERDiCT . —At the 'Ifevoh County Sessions , a private-m the marines took his trial on the charge of stealing a saw at Plymouth . The Jury , after a short cousultatiog , Returned the followinff verdicts— "We find the prisoner- '^ guilty of taking . the saw , but . he didn't stealW . Safety Valves . — -M-.. Sorel has announced to the Academy of Sciences the invention of a safety valve , which , at the moment the pressure has passedrs . cer- ' tejn limit , announces thfr fact byt a whistle , ^ aud stops the combuEtionof tho fire by ehuttin « a re ^ is- ¦ ¦ ¦ ter or damper . \ A second but different sound tells when the bopei'is growing short of water , j ? BY A LATR " ssnAP * TlRTirnW . nYAhraA hviha Unnno
it appears that the apioiiutof "foreign sgft soap' * imported last year was Bixty-fourcwt . and cemo odd pounds , on-whieh the regnlar duty wl | f » aid »' \ yeare 8 , urpvised that there should be any'nropst ) on this article , as-w » are very certain that tftierf la " soft soap" eiiQughuu this canting ooun ' try to sngp ^ y the waut 8 of * verybody , aud a-good deal to spare . ¦ ^ A Handsome Qomplimrnt ; -- ^ ^ Among the regular ~ -toasts , drank at the celebration ^> f the Fou ft -at Ithica , N . Y we find the foUQ-jf " Bg Very t * ett » compliment to the ladies : —** Wo % an ' --T " iere ' s a purple half to the grape , ajn ^ tiiw h alf lo ' the -. peach , a sunny half to-the gfebS / aai ' a better hatf ' to man . " .- ¦ - ¦ •
KisgiNs . —The Editor of ihe New Ydefc&ispatch . wttb . a want . of gallaijtry which we did not ttaak a ^ tofedto Ms chat . acter , sayB— Probably there'is - A | 3 MM ^ -4 ^ eo ihAb '' n W 0 BHul «« k&S (^^ utter ^' an ^^ etetf ^ fMapte and W&B ^ SBiaW . ^ engaged in that most poetically'foolish of aH ? ioccu- ^ - pations—the act of kissinji :. WheneWtfiey hapwjii to be Been , they look as if caught with a fitoleh sheftp —andno . wonder . —Eve . Journal . : ;' - ¦"" ¦ Madame Lbcompte appears to have turned the heads and the heels both of the good peo&lo of New Orleans . They have ^ becoine dancing mad . If the Picaj-wve'Vreadartheir annals true , " ltisnouncommon thing to see a fellow in the evening dancing to - a lamp-post , bowing , chassezing , dos-a-desing , and going through with the usual figures of a cotillion . — Boston Times . ¦' ' " ' ' ' ¦'¦
Always keep your merits a little to the baok ~ ground . We fancy how handsome the actor must b « who looks so well at a distance ; near , we should see the rouge aud the dye . , . : ., Don ' t _ pear your noisy , aogrUy- « peaking enemieB ; they will never hurt you j but fear your mean silent foe : the noisy thunder never injured } the silent lightning has shivered pal&cev - . ; :. . _ MunDo . Young ., of tHe Sun , aU but kilted the " Duke of Wollington in a parngraph ^ on Tueiday ; if he goes on at -such a killin a pace , he will deservedly acquire iho sotibriquei of '' Murder , " and not Murdo Young . ' ...
Childhood . —The innocence of childhood jb . thtt tenderest , the sweotest , aud not the least potent remonstrance against the vices and the errors of grown : man , if he would but listen to ihe lesson , ana takft it to his heart . Seldom , too seldom , do we do ao . ~ - G * P . JR . James . ' : i ¦ . ¦ '¦' - '¦ Last Case op Absbfcb of Mhid . —A young lady in B- ^—street came home from aride the « hor 4 & eveuing , and left her horse " at the door 6 f her * »* tather ' s house ,. walking herself to the stable , ad * ° ^ taktn ^ the horse ' s place in . the stall . . "She di « r fiol' " ^ discovor hot miatabe till the 6 stl « rbeg » n to nioiwr " down ^ -Bo « toftiPiMi . . u «
Mb . WAktOT ' threw ^ t ' . a' - ' 8 aTe « d '' 'doaoL- ' tI ( i 9 *''''' other evening ,, whether any lawyer could be worth "' £ 3 , 0001 ' a year to hia country . It is hard to decide ' oa the deserts * of ft lawyer ; perhaps , if many of ' them had their full imeasurei of the latter , the baTance L of merit would Itahg the other way . However , as times ffo , whether alawyer- be worth the sum mentioned to hig country or not , hia cotmtrris -worffi oftentimes a good deal more to him . Tttevflluaitf . '" the thiug in either case conaistsf ii hoWmuch wxW extracted out of it . ¦¦•'¦¦ . : ; - * ¦ ¦ - '¦¦¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ' - ¦¦ . ' ¦ ¦¦
AJtiudbssun has advertised , we perceive ^ * noveBy for the toilet , which he deaignatea " German soapJ - - forgetting that , in Qerntthy , sow ^ is rarely used the people seldom washing themselves , and never fie- ¦ ¦ dulging iu such an aid to cleanliness —« lay errand , with a ^ mall portion of ditch water ,. answeriag a 2 the . ends of tona of pure water and soap , - f < The paopaiETOBsof the ZoologicalGardeps are "" ¦ laudably anxious to replace the monkeys wko haV « :-thrown off " the raorfal . coa ^ dttriiyr Aft wfete ¥ . - * Nevertheless they may Bft * Wy moderate * ifielf anxiety on this score , for great as is the monkey - attraction among the lady visitors , it is the Tin- " caged m ' onkeys , after all , who excite the most interest . -. ¦ ' * ¦ . ,. ¦¦ ¦ . . ¦ ., - * ¦ ¦ .: ¦ ..::,.
Joa Hume , when member { or Scotdi district , was an out-and-out Caledonian ; member for Mid- ' ' dlesex , he was too Saxon to be of the tail : and - nwUiat he represents "the boys of KUkenny , " he ; " 13 inclined to think well of repeal . " The old bob * applies to Joe : — . ™ , * ... - ¦ ¦ "J > Iy country , Slr ^ I do not know ; HLowcomical ' amylotj ' man ; ' I I'll ptoya myself , whetee ' er'l go , Ah English , Irish , Scotchman . " At a late consecration of an additional " steeple- , house" in the suburbs , ihe question of fixing a clock .-on the sacred edifice was incidentally raised . Bishop Bloomfidd argued for its being done forth-: >
with , and got over all objections , by cunningly ob--serving that "ft atjcustomed the people to lock * p to the Church . " The . ^ lahopa knows the "time , 0 'day" as well as anybody . . v - - ' -.. ; c » r A pnoyiNpiAt parson has had the good fortune to have his sermon encored by his parishioners—a remarkable instance in the records of spiritual discourses . This clergyman is far more lu <^ tiban bis superior brethren . Few of the Bishops need be mi- the apprehension of being required to p * teaeh : ilie - ¦ same Bermon twice . From a Philpote , and others of his stamp , " one pill" is assuredly »" dose . "
HAp Times . —Several young ladies of Georjri * complain very much of the hard times in that place . They say they cannot get half bo mach money now for a breach of promise as they did formerly . This » « © utrageouaahd not to be waueg I A Chinesb Map —'¦ - ¦— ¦ w -rrin Tl in Iii-AM ' i wide by three and a half high , and ia almost em ^ mii with CW . Iu the left hand corner , at tlw t £ 3 sea , three inches stpare . in-whichare deUnaH « i small ialands , Europe , England , FK& 6 *? 5 Hfl Portuagal and Africa . HoUand is aa larflPJkaiP m £% * X Afri « a «^«> big uito ^§ S £ ¦¦ ¦ - . ¦ . " -. - . ¦ & f £$ sr ' j !
The 1tosthern Star. Saturday, Apiul 25, 1840.
THE 1 TOSTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , APIUL 25 , 1840 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 25, 1840, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2681/page/3/
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