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      XBBCBLXiAXBOUS NEWS . Ai Kestracgh . the seat of E . M . Gawne , Esq ., £ j 6 gardener has been cutting white cabbage since jjje 13 ih insi ; Kid on . the 17 th , gathered x fine dish of uptngo * , «» » c « camber fourteen inches long , tfce fitst , w * believe , in the ialan < i .-=-iKan * Liberal SoreuuB I 5 CCBAH 0 S . —In NorthmoUon Qiurch , -lobin has actually bnilt her nefet under the fringe af tfee velvet cushion of the desk , and has deposited goee ^ eggB , which she is now anxiously watching ever i—JF « tero T « n « . MBCaiAHBOUS JCEWB .

      Ccckoo . —The cuckoo was both heard and seen fcst week at the park of Sir George Sitwell , Bart ., Bdiidiaw-hall , near Coesterfield . It is conjectured | y some persons that an early appearance © f this fathered visitor in thiH country presages an early harvest . * Hosiery and Lack Tbades . —A practice has commenced within these few weeks , which , if not prevented in time , will tend to depopulate the mid-£ od counties—namely , an extensive exportation of Enelish-built stocking-frames in Belgium and Holland , and some few to France . Revolt n » the Workhouse . —Last Monday the board discussed the propriety © fallowing the inmates recreation for the day . Whilst a deputation had gone to the governor for leave , fourteen of them scaled the walls and stayed out till about seven o ' clock in tbeevening . —Leicester Mercury .

      IiAKGE Whalb . —A whale was throw on shore on , the 51 st insV , near Rimby , of a prodigious eiz 3 . Its length was fifty Height feet , breadth across the tail fourteen feet , height eight feet , and girth twenty-sii feat . —Carlisle Patriot . It is said that the opening of the London and | Somth-Western line" throughout its entire length will j take place on the 11 th of the ensuing month , the same day as the partiaJjopening of the North Midland line . It is intended , we believe , that seven ; trains shall ron each waySiaily . f , Lasgk Pikx . —A pike was captured in Winderi mm on Tnesday last , by Mr . ^ George Robinson , of I Bewnes , which measured forty-two inches in length , girth round the body twenth inche ^ and three-quar-} ters , and weighed twenty ^ seven and a half pounds . I —CarSste Patriot . '

      ^ Bb .-sLakbxbb . —A memorial , it is ^ d , is being . gstnp by Borne of the principal members of the British Association for the Advancement of Science , io present to the counei ^ to pray them to remove tbfrBev . Dt ' . Konysna' Jjardner from his office as ' one of their members , on account of his late dis-! graceful conduct in the elopement from Brighton . I The Spoets of ihb Tilt-yard are about to be ' revived this season , i ; being the intent-on of . the Earl of Eglintoun and a number of his friends to ; renew the . jousts of last year . Tire spot selected for the amusement is the ground' adjoining the Park Hotel , at Norwood , which will be taken by the , Noble Earl for the head quarters of the tourney .

      , The Qiteks . —It is whispered , in circles likely to i be aoqaainted with the fact , that her Majesty is in f a way likely to prevent the succession to the throne [^ from passing into any other than the direct line . \ The report derives strength from her Majesty ' s ? . recent abstinence from her favourite exercise on i horseback , and also from danon ? , - in which she i « known to take mnch pleasure . —C / oie , Gmerrtment I paper . '¦ Ox Satcedat last , a respectable inhabitant of -HaddiDgton , having obtained permission to ascend the-eolumn built in commemoration of the late Earl

      r of Bopetown , threw himself from a ballostrade , near fits top , about 90 feet from tne ground . When picked np , he was found qnite dead , with his eyes bandaged by a pocket handkerchief . He had been in low Bpirit 3 for some time previously . —Scotch Paper . We tcskbstaxd that the joint opinions of two of i , the most eminent men at the bar has been taken on tbe question whether Attorneys are liable to serve on Coroners * Juries , and that ine opinion being that , they aw iwfliaole , Mr . Wakley , the Coroner for Middlesex , acquiesces in h , and has given directions to tie summoning officer not to summon them in future . —Courier .

      SnfGrLAB Ciscchsiaxce . —A child of four years old , son of Mr . B . Burley , of Tregoney , wandered away from fek home the other day ; " when , after Boae search , he was found under a sow , with a litter of pigs , sneking away as busily as any of ihem . He had often made the pigs hls ^ iavmatss ; but it was not known before that he had been so completely adopted in thsr family circle . Soclllisjl—We hear that it is the intention of Mr . Owen , the head of the Socialists , to visit Salisbury in the coarse of a few weeks , for the purpose of explaining fully his views and doctrines to his disciples there . Mr . Owen was present at Queenwood

      on Sunday last , and expounded his principles to the community at that place , and to numerous visitora ^ -Devixes Gazette . t ^ - ¦ Tggidt- ' a now at , this tows a mountain of pork "in the shape of a living pig . The length of the - grunting giant is eleven feet , arid the height four feet and two inches , and the weight , at present , nearly sixty score pounds . This specimen of a pig was bred in Westmoreland . It is not yet "fatted , up , " but i * is calculated by judges that in the most fine state it would weigh about seventy score . — Wsncidc Ptaper .

      Royal Aehllkbt . —A detachment to complete the companies in Ireland is under orders for embarkation ; also seventy gunners and drivers for service in the Mediterranean and Canada , the desertions being numerous in the latter place—fifteen ' having deserted from the Montreal district , and five gunners and drivers from one gun on the fine of march near La Prairie , on the Amer ican frontier . Cobxs . —A correspondent declares the following to be a never-iiihii ^ rc-ni'dy f .. r corns , and as recommended by J . Henderson , M .. R . CS ., and therefore en respectable authority : —Take of tincture of i ; xCne four drachms , ioduret of iron twelve grains , chloride of antimony four drachms ; to be applied with a camel fiair brash , after paring the corn . The Bnfferers will rejoice to learn that three applications are generally sufficient . —Morning Herald .

      Tss Metropolis . —The metropolis comprises an area of seventy square miles , or nine miles and a half in diameter , and thus assuming a radius of five miles frQia S ; . Paul ' s Cathedral . Every year London is adding to its population that of a city equal to ' York . The total population of the metropolis is now 1 , 950 , 090 , and by the end of next year it will exceed 2 , 000 , 000 , and in ten years a population of 4 uQ , D ( H ) has been added , which is as much as the ancient city in the time of Charles II .

      BainsH Mdsbtm . —The number of person ? who visited this national establishment during Easter week , was 20 , 120 . On Monday there was 13 , 133 ; on Tuesday , 1 , 736 ; Wednesday , 2 , 762-, Toursdaj , 535 ; and xriday , 1 , 554 . The greatest order and decorum prevailed , and the visitors throughout the week have been principally of the class of artiians , showing a decided improvement in their taste lor national amusements . Rcral Police . —It is a matter of no little satisfaction to Sad that the " new coercion" is meeting a strong pposition in most pans of the country , " lu Borne counties it has been rejected ; and in other ? , where _ it has been introduced , the pubiie are beginning to manifest their hatred at the atieinpi to Bake them slaves at home . The sooner ths two Bills , now before Parliament , are abandoned , the " better , aad we are much mistaken if the one passed a yT&ar ago , will not be repealed ere long .

      Anothxb Ixcesbiaby Fihe is Devox . —The fire at Mr . Uermou' ? , Wharnifombe , on Sunday , appears to have been most destructive . Mr . and Mrs . Germon were attending chnrcb , when they were apprised of the ire . On arriving at their larmthey found tne dwelling-house , outhouses , linhay , and stables , one mass of ruins . Three fine hordes , several calves , the whole of their implements in husbandry , carts , —harness , are all completely destroyed ; scarcely a vestige « f furniture , and not a particle of their clothe ? , was saved . Rcbal 'Police is Nottinghamshire . —At the meetiLg of magistrates , on Tuesday i » ot , & great majority deeided upon adopting the Constabulary Act in-this county , and a superintendent was elected . The strenuous and admirable opposition of his Graoe the Date of Newcastle and Colonel Wilaman ,

      ^ ras received very coolly by the meeting ; aad oni ) Dme magistrates out of forty-two could be ibund io oppose the introduction of this spy system into the « wnty of Nottingham . The Tmferakce Reformation . —Th 9 success of Falter Mathew in the connty of Wexford has been sail more remarkable than any other part of Ireland which he ^ has yet visited . On Tuesday week , and P * rt ' of Wednesday , he administered the temperance pledge to 23 , 060 persons of a ll ages in ihe sma ll tojvn of Ennkcortny . On Wednesday , ' he arrived Ef Wexford Csrhere the peasantry from a distance of thirty miles had congregated ) , and administered the Plfidgeto 32 i » 0 persona .

      A few dats jkjo , a fire broke ont in the woods °£ lagnuojBes and jSuliy-ia-Chapelle , near Orleans , ™ Property of Count Jules de la Rochefoucauld . Awat seventy-fire seres of wood were destroved . bome matches , which were fonnd on the spot where Jiffi are commenced , left no doubt that it was -wilful . Tne * ct . aiagt have been the result of some private venge ance , as the inhabitants of the environs € Xerted themselves zealously in arresting the pro-STeas of the fire .

      Dhath fw » Swn » GiXG . —A second inquest was «*«! before Mr . Waidey , on view of tae body of xrtw&rd Hutehinson , »» ed 40 . The deceased was ^ roe employ of Messrs . Norbury , coppersmiths , of « ileXBd , and on the afternoon cf Monday last he *?* 2 * o a swing at Stepney fair , but had scarcely **• fwwn before be fell out with great violence upon tetr ad and fractured his skull . He v ? as removed w tne London Hospital , where he expired at eleven Jjjjft oa Friday night . Yerdict , "Accidental

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      Sebuctioits . —A bill haa been introduced into the H » nse of Commons , to enable Justices of Peace in Special Session , on proof of two witnesses , whereof the woman sed uced may be one , to impose a peualtv of not exceeding £ 26 to be paid within eighteen months , to the party complaining , or levied by distress , or to commit forsixmonths . Thesamepower « also proposed in cases of breach of promise of A Cask op Htdbophobia oceorred at Wolverhampton on Fnday last , the victim being a poor man residing jn Bncklin-street . and who was tafeRn S ^ TO bill hae been introduced int o the

      nnweti on rhursday with a slight pain in one of his Hands , which was quickly succeeded by the worst symptoms of that fearful complaint . Tne sufferer denied for some time all knowledge of having been bitten by a dog , but was at length reminded by a companion who visited him , thai they had both been slightly bitten when working together by a strange dog which had entered the workshop ; the scar produced by the wound sti ll remained on his hand " «^ fortnmrte man lingered in extreme agony until Friday night , when he expired .-tfirrawflJiain Gazette . *

      Ikcekdiabism . —We are Eorry to be obliged to record what is concluded to be another act of incendiansmj the Beeond that has taken place in Kilmarnock within these few months . On Saturday evening , about a quarter to twelve o ' clock , the alarm was given that some stacks in the yard adjoining the Cattle Market were on fire , and the bells of the town being set a-nnging , as is customary on such occasions , a great crowd soon collected . It was not until about four o ' clock in the morning that the flames were got entirely under , and all apprehensions of the progress of the fire allayed . But for the timely discovery of the commencement , in all likelihood a large barn on the premises would have been consumed , a 3 well as the two stacks already mentioned . Those burnt belonged to MrHugh Reidof

      . , the icar Inn , and will entail a Ios 3 upon him of above £ 50 , as they were not insured . It is afecertaine ' d that this locality is the resort of loose characters in the evening , and it is b y some conjectured that the stacks might have been accidentally set on fare from the lighting of a pipe . But this supposition is not favoured by the circumstance of both stacks being on fire all around , and to the same extent . ¦ Had the fire being the result of accident , the flames of the first stack must have been noticed ere they had made Buch progress with the second . No attempts of the police have yet been successful m finding the supposed inoendiaries . It will be seen , fiom an advertisement in our column ^ that a meeting is called upon the subjecr . —Kilmarnock Journal .

      SHEFFIELD . Statb op the Towx . —We are truly sorry that we cannot state any improvement in the condition of the working classes , but on the contrary , our fear that kings are getting worse , judging from the increase of ' tho iSational Guard , " whos 9 perambulations through the town , with their besom ? , present a melancholy picture of distress and privation . Among the tasle-knife hafters a considerable number have found employment from Michael Ellison , Esq ., in the improvements now going on at Doctor ' s Field , where they are permitted to sell the gravel , sand , Ac , they may dig out . As a continuance of this boon will depend on their meeting with a sale for what they have alread y turned up , we willingly insert the following appeal , in the hope that it may meet the eye of those who require such articles , and thereby be the means of saving many of tno 3 e poor fellows from destitution : —

      " TO GENTLEMEN , BUILDKES , PLASTKaKHS , &C "Having prepared a large stock of clean and good graTel , very excellent for coach roads and garden walks , and , also , a v > -ry heavy quantity of riddled sand , suitable for builders , plasterers &c now ready for sale , in the Lead-mill Field , commonly called the Doctoi ' s Field , the unemployed table-knife hafters earnestly appeal to gemlemen and others , who may be able to use such materials , to purchase the same . The steward of hia Grace the Duke of Norfolk , has been pleased to allow us to labour on the field to get boulders , gravel , &c , but unless customers come forward to purchase the stock already got , we cannot expect our labour to be continued much longer . From these

      considerations , we hope that gentlemen , and builders , plasterers , &c , will be so kind as to give their support to us at this time of severe and unprecedented distress , by making purchase of the above stock without delay , as we think if the stock sells off , our employment will be continued . Every information relating to prices , &c , can be obtained on the ground . We also take this opportunity to say , we shall be thankful to provide gentlemen or others , with men to garden , or to do any sort of out-door work . We sh » U be tiankfal to receive applications , addressed to the Jm or Independent Offices , or to Mr . Hyde , hair-dresser , Sheaf Bridge , and any commands with which we may be favoured shall be punctually attended to .

      "We are , Gentlemen , " Your obedient and humble servant , " The Cohwttek of the Unemployed Table-Knife Hafters . " " The Committee of and in behalf of the Springknife Cutlers , beg to return their sincere thanks to the Magv 5 tra-. es , Clergy , Gentry , Manufacturers , and ^ other inhabitants of the town , for their very liberal snbscrintion towards purchasing tool ? , and will continue the same , to enable the Committee te fulfil their undertaking of preparing a large quantity of land for planting , at the Hollow Meadows , belonging to his Grace the Duke of Norfolk , which has kindly bepn let by Michael Ellison , Esq ., a 3 well as to remove the men out of the streets and off the parish ; to complete which they have appointed Benjamin Brookes , 102 , New Edward-street , and Charies Cleg . ? , 254 , Syivestrr-streef , to vrait upon those-vrho have no ; alreacy subscribed . " N .-B . The Committee beg to caution the public against several parties who are getting subscriptions without any authority from them , wnich they < ire applvi&g to themselves .

      " Sheffield , April 27 , 13-40 . " Last week , several spring-knife cutlers and crinders saUed from Hull for S » . Petersburgh , in Russia and we undersiand many others are preparing to follow them .

      STOCKPORT . Hape . —On Monday last , at the Borough Court , John Chautler , a husband and a father , as well a ^ being near three score years old , -was charged with the commission of & rape upon Catherine Gerrard , aged ten years . It appeared that both the parties lived in Lord-street , within a f ew doors of each other ; ihe man beinsj by trade a joiner , whilst the wife followed some calling in a cloth factory . Mrs . Chantler had not been without her fears as to the propriety of her husband ' s conduct with children , and on that account discouraged their calling at the ho " use as mnch as possible . On Wednesday week , however , there was a " break-down" at the mill ; and she , returning unexpectedly home , observed two girls iii the house , one of whom was Catherine Gerrard , who , in answer to some interrogatories , told Mrs . Chantier ihat her husband had enticed her

      mto the house by exhibiting a half-crown piece . From something which transpired of an unusual character , Mrs . Chantler had seme conversation with the girl ' s mother , to whom she , on Friday , made a disclosure , which wiU be best learnt from her evitience , aiij confirmed oy others , as sworn before the Bench . Catherine Gerrard said—I am ten years of a ^ e .-and kuow the prisoner . On Monday night las ' , about seven o ' clock , I saw him standing iu the street ; he beckoned to me ; and on going to him he showed me a shilling , saving that he would give me a half-penny if I would go into the btmse with him . I consented , and he unlocked the door , and locked it again . " ( The wituess here described the disgusting particulars attending the perpetration of a rape . ) On my crying out , he said 1 must hold my tongue ; 4 md ii I dared to tell my mother he would beat me . I therefore saii nothing until the following Friday , when I told my mother all about it . In answer to

      some cross-questions put to her by the prisoner , she said that she did not go into the house begging something io eat , and also some tobacco . The prisoner was qaite sober . Her evidence was confirmed by Mary Gerrard , her mother , and Mr . John Rayner , surgeon . The Bench folly committed the prisoner to the next Chester Assizes for trial on the capital charge of rape . Fatal Effects op Jealoust . —There is a couple of the name of Pearson , the husband being a butcher j residing in Styall , Cheshire , whose domestic comfort has , thonghin the prime of lif « been blighted

      , bythegrten-eyed monster , on both sides , and an unquenchable altercation has resulted between each other . On Sunday last , tho scene of strife was resumed , and was carried to such an excess , that the husband , in th « midst of his frtnzy , seized one of the-knives used in his trade , and actually eastratad himself , if not in the presence of his jealous male , at lea « t with her tacit acquiescence 1 Hemorrhage took place to a serious degree , and the following night , we understand , he paid the high penalty for the infuriated act , haying bled to death , in apita of every effort to the contrary .

      Accidents . —About six o ' clock on Monday evening , William Callogan , a labourer , employed * on the Lancashire side of the Viaduct of the Manchester andyBirmingham Railway , at Stockport , was led by motives of curiosity to look at some persons who were at the time preparing , wider one of the archways , from Hope Hill , when he overbalanced his wheelbarrow , and he was precipitated to the ground , a distance of seventy-six feet ; when picked up , he was a corpse , having shattered and broken nearly every bone of his body and limbs . The deceased was a married man , but had no FamQy . Indeed , that was the fir ? t day that he had worked upon tho line , having previously been engaged at the Mortar Mill . On the preceding Friday , another accident happened to one ufthe bricklayers , working atone of the piers , on the Cheshire side , by falling from the scaffold ; but , we hear , he is likely to recover .

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      ZOXDDLErOK . Sudden Dbath—On Wednesday night ,. John tfntterworth , siJk weaver , being m the Ashton Arms public-house , quarrelled a little with William Hilton , until it came to blows , after which Butterworlh laid himself on a form or bench , to sleep , but shortly fell from it , and instantly expired . A coroner " * inquest was held oa the body on Friday , which lasted six noura . A poti mortem examination took place , when three surgeons were in attendance , who save in their evidence to the effect , that he , Johu Butterworth , bad died from a very severe blow on the head , but the jury not being able to decide whether the blow vvas in the fight , or in the fail from the bench , gavo the prisoner , W . Hilton , the benefit of their doubt and returned a verdict accordingly MIDDI ^ rQM . ^

      Co-operation . —This society is increasing in numbers , capital , and customers ; and the members acquire a more extensive and perfect knowledge of competition . The shopocrats , like all other classes according to their interests , have loDg prophecied the downfol of the society , but it seems to take a firmer root gradually , and its branches full of fruit extend throughout the town . Blub Devils . —We have now got four of those blue plagues , called new police , to torment , perhaps , the virtuous part of the peaceable inhabitants of this town ; and it is afloat , that we are to have four more , six to watch during the night , and two during the day .

      BATH . The following petition is in course of signature at Bath : — " To the Honourable the House of Commons . " The humble petition of the , undersigned inhabitants of Both and its vicinity , " SHEWETH .-That miny of our fellow subjects have been prosecuted , at the instance of the Attorney-Greneml , for seditious libels ; and having been in several instances convicted thereof , are now detained in Prison and compelled to associate with , and are treated as convicted felonis .

      " That on or about the 10 th April , 1840 , a National Association was established in Dublin , for the avowed purpose of repealing the Union with Ireland . That seditious language of the most inflammatory and violent character , waa uttered at the said association , by Danieh O'Gonnell , Esq ., a member of your Honourable House , even threatening the dismemberment of the Empire by Physical Force , in tbe event of the Legislature refu » ing to adopt certain measures , demanded by the said National Association .

      " That the respective administrations during the reigns of George 3 rd , George 4 th , and up to the Gth William 4 th , made no distinction in prosecutions , as to the rank of the persons accused and found jruilty of political offences ; and your petitioners humbly insist that it is alike contrary to justice and to humanity , to prosecute and to punish Mechanics and Labourers for sedition , whilst the said Daniel O'Connell , Esq . and other offenders in the higher ranks of life , are permitted to escape with impunitv .

      " Your petitioners , therefore , anxious that the principles of tqual justice be fully and fairly carried into effect , in all casts , and against all seditious offenders alike , do humbly implore of your Honourable House , to address her Majesty , praying that she may be graciously pleased to command the Attorney-General to institute proceedings against such offenders , of whatever rank or degree ; or that the sentences of those persons now incarcerated in various prisons , for political offences , may be remitted .

      ' And your petitioners will ever pray , " &c COLWE . Radical Meeting . —At a publio meeting of the inhabitants of tnis town and neighbourhood , held at the top of Langroyd , last Monday , and duly called by requisition , to take into consideration the plans proposed by Mr . O'Connor , and the propriety of acting thereon , the following resolutions were unanimously passed ; Mr . Henry Smith in the chair , who opened the business of the meeting in a powerful and dignified address : —1 st . That this meeting resolves to petition tho House of Commons to present an humble address to her Majesty , praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleaded to dismiss her

      present Ministers , and to call to her council men who will carry out the principles of the People's Charter . " 2 nd . '' Praying also that she will restoro trost , Williams , ana Jones to their homes and families . '' 3 rd . "And to extend her Royal pardon to all persons incarcerated for political offences " 4 th . "That the members of the Colne Radical Association wish to impress upon the minds of their fellow-countrymen the prudence and necessity of abstaining from all intoxicating liquors , and as far as practicable , from all exciseable articles , and thai we , as a body , pledge ourselves to set on foot a society of this description in connexion with our Association , and earnestly call upon the different Associations in the surrounding neighbourhood and the country at large to do the same . " The assembled thousands were ably addressed by Messrs .

      Smith , Stowe , Tattersal , Emmot , Oldham , Ashr worth , Stott , and Mooney , and at the conclusion , three hearty cheers were given to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., for his dignified , patriotic , and uncompromising conduct in advocating the rights and liberties of his fellow-men , and that the consciousness of having done his duty might elevate and bear up hia spirits during his confinement in the plaoo where his persecutors ought to be . Three cheers were also given for Frost , Williams , and Jones , and a 1 patriots who are sufferiug in the cause of humanity and justice . Aft ^ r the chairman had received the tbanks of the meeting for las able and dignified conduct in the chair , the assembled multitude retired in the most orderly and peaceable manner , highly gratified with the proceedings ot the meeting .

      The Blue Locusts— For the la ? t ten days this town and neighbourhood has been in a stato of t ' greatest exeiteiEPTit , caused by the introduction into this town and county , by a band of silly , impudent , and ignorant magistrates , of a set of ' Blue Locusts , ' who are fattening on the poverty and misery of tho people , and whose brutal and cowardly conduct has called forth the wrath and indignation of the peaceable inhabitants .

      STRATH AVI N . PtTBLic Meeting . —At a public meeting of the inhabitants of this place , held on Easter Monday , Mr . Audrew Armstrong in the chair , it was unanimously resolved to petition the House of Commons to present an hnaible address to her Majesty , to dismiss her present Minister ? , as traitors to the Crown and the people , a-nd to call to her councils men who will pledge themselves to make tho principles of Universal Suffrage a Cabinet measure ; and also that her Majesty may be graciously pleased to restore Frost , Williams , and Jones to iheir families , inasmuch as they were illegally convicted ; and also praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to extend her royal pardon to all persona in these realms incarcerated for political ofiences . The petition to be sent to Mr . Fieiden for presentation . The meeting being also determined to

      persevere by every legal and peaceful means , to attain their just and iualienablo right " , resolved to abstain trom the consumption of exciseable and high-taxed articles , so far as each individual will find it safe for their health , according to their previous habits of living ; and they humbly inviie all Chartists to act with consistent firmness in this endeavonr to cripple the resources of the factions tyrants , who still persLst in withholding our just and legitimate rights . A committee was also appointed to carry into kffect the best possible means of effecting the formation of a Female Chartist Association . Notwithstanding much opposition from dissenting clergymen and their minipnf , we rejoice in bein ^ able to announce the continued advancement of tho Chartist cause in this quarter . Oar principles are rapidly being dissemiuated , and individuals who formerly denounced ua as levellers , destructionists , &c , are now talking advisedly on the subject . —Correspondent .

      WALES . Mebthyb Tvdvil . —A meeting of the working classes of this place and the neighbourhood , took place on Easter Tuesday , to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning th- House of Commons to address her Mujesty to dismiss her present Ministers . The meeting was tolerably well attended , and aftsr two or three of the respectables who were present had declined taking the chair , Mr . William Thomas , weaver , was unanimously voted into it .

      Doubtless tho meeting did not lose much by tho-refusal of the gentlemen , as the proceedings were well conducted by the person who acted as Chairman . Several resolutions were then moved , in able speeches , by Messrs . Gould , Thomap , John , Evans , Jones , Williams , and others , all expressing a waut of confidence in the Ministry , ar ising from thtiir wickedness , folly , and incapability ; and a petition , of which the following ia a copy , was unanimously agreed to , to be presented to tbe House of Commons by John Fieiden , Esq ., M . P . for Oldham : —

      To the Honourable the Commons e / Great Britain and Inland , in Parliament assembled . The humble Petition of the undersigned Inhabitants of Merthjr Tydvil and its Neighbourhood , Sheweth , That ytrar Petitioners have for a long time viewed with sentiments of deep dissatisfaction tbe weakness incapacity , and folly of the Ministers who at the present time rule the destinies of this kingdom , as exemplified ia their numerous violations of the fundamental principles of the Constitution , and their constant efforts to destroy the liberties of the British peoDle .

      That your Petitioners have invariably understood that the nnited wish and well-expresseU desire of a great body of the people should command respect and attention from the Ministers of the Crown ; but that such has not been the case is fully Been in their refusal to restore to the people of this kingdom their natural , inalienable light of Universal Suffrage . That year Petitioners pray that your Honimrable House will present an humble address to her Majesty , praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased te

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      dismiss her present Miniatera , and to call to her councils men who will , by their wisdom and honesty , restore tnfa country to iu rank fa the Male of nations , Si SauJnT aDd prosperitjr t 0 *» OP ***** ** d toUAnd your Petitioners win erer pray . The meeting separated by giving three cheers for Whigs . n r Me **" « roan 8 for the CHCLTEHHAja . Public MEETiNG . -At a meeting of the subscribers to th * Northern- Star paper , held in the Cheltenham Working Moa ' a Association Room , on Wednesday night , 22 nd of April , 1840 , to consider the propriet y of raising that valuable paper one halfpenny , so as to raise a fund to support the wives d . ^ _

      ana iamuies of our incarcerated brethren , the following resolutions were adopted :-Propo 8 ed bv t > $ ??!? . ^ lson and 8 ec « nded by Mr . John Leighfield— "That it is the opinion of this meeting ^ Vr t ^ oald •* orient for the subscribers of tue Northern Star paper generally to adopt a resolution , according to the plan proposed by our country friends , so as to ensure permanent relief for the wives and families of our incarcerated brethren . " carried unanimously . Proposed by Mr . Henry Meflm , and seconded by Mr . James Brooks— " That while the opinions of the subscribers of the Northern

      mar generally are being gathered to the Coventry motion , we do commenco a voluntary subscription ot one halfpenny per week , to commence on Saturday the 25 th instant , to support the cause . " Carried unanimously . Proposed by Mr . D . Smith , and seconded by Mr . John Leighfield— " That this meeting do tender to Feargus O'Connor , Esq . thoir mast grateful and heartfelt thanks for hia noble , generous , and manly conduct and zeal in the cause ot ou £ incarcerated brethren and the cause generally . Carried unanimously with loud cheers .

      WOTTON-TJNDER-EDGE . Public MEETiNG .-On Easter Monday , the Chartists ot this town held a publio tea meeting at their rooma in Church-street . A very respectable party attended ; upwards of one hundred sat down to tea , and many were disappointed in not being able to attend , the tickets being all sold . At seven o ' clock the doors were thrown open , and a public meeting was held . Resolutions were passed , expressive of tueir confidence and esteem in their two

      fellewtownsmeu , Laoey and Witts ; and likewise of their determination never to cease agitating until the Charter wa . 3 gained , ami . Frost , Williams , and Jones restored to the bosom of their familiea . Mr . O'Connor s petition was likewise adopted , and numerously signed at the meeting . After the meeting a ball took place . The utmost hilarity and « ood-will prevailed during the whole time , and the proceedings terminated in ths most peaceful and quiet manner . It is worthy of notice , that no intoxicating liquors of any description were druuk during the whole time .

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      COTJItT OP QUEEN'S BENCH . Monday , April 27 . This being the day appointed for Mr . Feargus O'Counor to attend , and receive the judgment of iho Court , for the publication of a libel , of which he had been convicted before Mr . Justice Coleridge , at tho last York Assizes , the Court was crowded long before the Judges had taken their seats , and great numbers of persons , who were unable to gain admittance , were in attendance in Westminster Hall , anxious to learn the result . At ten o'clock precisely the Judges entered the Court , and the Attorney-General immediately called on them to give judgment against Mr . Connor .

      Mr . O Connor , who was evidently labouring under very severe indisposition , applied to their Lordahip 3 to postpone the judgment until this day week ; he was labouring under a severe inflammation of tbe chest , for which his physician yesterday endeavoured to persuade ihim to be cupped ; bus although he was under no recognizances to appear this day , —and though the affidavit of his physician statii « g the dangerous state of his health , would have been , he was sure , a sufficient ground for their Lordships postponing their judgment , —yet he preferred to come betore them , ac all hazards ; and if it should be their Lordship ' s determinaton to go on he was ready , notwithstanding the injury it mus ' inevitably be to his health , to do so . / Lord Denman . —Why , Mr . O'Connor , you are now answering your own application , by speaking at such length . h

      Mr . O Connoh . —I can furnish the affidavit of my physician to the faota 1 have stated , if your Lordships will permit . The Attorney-General said he had already stated to Mr . O'Connor that such would be the betrer course-Lord Denman—Very well ; wa will hear the notes of the trial , and the ? affidavits in tho case , and proceed no further till daj this week ; but if Mr O'Connor ig Jh ^ jumble to attend , tho case must not be again postponed ; he must get assistance . - The AnQiwEY- £ Lto * ERAi . uoojnesced in this course remarking he was just about to propose a similar one for their Lordship s consideration .

      Mr , Justice Coleridge , then read his notes of the trial , consisting ohiofiy of the specific charges in the indictment ; after which , a considerable number of affidavits were handed in from persons iu various parts of the kingdom , and in all classes of society , many of them pars ns of property and station tradesmen of undoubted wealth and influence , some of twenty-five , thirty , and , in one or two instances exceeding thirty years in business in the same locality ; all of whom bore testimony to the general and particular admonitions of Mr . y ^ Conuor against any other mod « of obtaining a redress of Kriveancethan that which the Constitution allowed . Au affidavit from Mr . Tenipletou , \ vh . > lia . i bee . i recommended by Lord Viscouut Morpeth . to Edward

      Baiues , Esq ., M . P ., as an excellent reporter , and who had afterwards been engaged by Mr . O'Connor but was n > w employed on the Manchester Times ] stated that it was utterly impossible for any reporter to follow Mr . O'Connor verbatim ; and that , as an instance , the Morning Chronicle and the Times had each given a report of the same speech o ? Mr O'Connor , and both differed from each other very materially , while his own notes , which were fuller than either of those reports , were at variance with both of them ; this affidavit added , that the reporter had attended nearly all the meetings at whicii Mr . O'Connor had been present for eighteen months , in the counties of York and Lancaster , and that his conscientious conviction wa «

      that Mr . V . O'Connor had uuifonaly , on all occasions , discountenanced and denounced physical force , and advised only peaceable and constitutional means for the attaiumeut of the people's rights ; the deponent further stated that he wag not at that time , nor is he now a Chartist ; and that he left Mr . O'Connor ' s service for his present situation which is more lucrative . An affidavit from Mr ' Guest , of Birmingham , set forth that on the 1 st of July , there was a meeting in the Bull Ring , in that town

      , which the magistrates , with a body of four hundred special constables , aided by the military were engaged in making preparations to dispersethat Air . O'Connor briefly addressed them , stating that it would be illegal and injudicious to remain and advised them peaceably to separate , which they instantly did ; that on the 4 th of that month , three days afterwards , a meeting , which was attended with most deplorable results to ihe persons and property of the inhabitants , took place in the same spot- that Mr . O'Connor had then left Birmingham , or . as

      deponent verily believed , he would have used his influence , and with the Bame success aR on the occasion ho had referred to , preserve the publio peace and tranquillity . These documents occupied an hour and twenty mimiteain tbe reading , at a very rapid irate , by the officers ( for one was worn out by Mr . ' O'Connor ' s affidavit alone ) ot the Court ; and Lord Denman laving again intimated to Mr . O'Connor that if his health did not poxaiit him to state hia own case on this day week , he must be provided with the assistance of a barrister , Mr . O'Connor bowed and withdrew .

      The case will accordingly be resumed at the opening of the Court on Monday next . Immediately on the adjournment of the ease , the vast crowd of auditors left the Court , tho business of which was inaudible for some time , through the noise of so mauy persons leaving . Tho bearing of the Judges and the Attorney-General towards the defendant was most courteous

      The Northern Star. Saturday, May 2, 1840.

      THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , MAY 2 , 1840 .

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      PRIMOGENITURE . No . II . We observed , in our last article on this subject , that our forefathers had at least this advantage in wisdom over ub , that their customs , laws , and usages , bore some relation to the times in which they lived , and to the state of society iu those times . This law cf Primogeniture , by which tho patrimony or estate of the father is reserved exclusively for the « l ( i « st son , ia one of high antiquity ; and there can be no doubt that , in the early ages © society , wlusn society was very differently constituted from what it now is , it was hiehly necessary , and productive of considerable advantages .

      When the habits of mankind-were rude and simple ; whea , in consequence of iheir restricted notions of anjoyment , their wants were few , and those mostly applied by the chase aad tho produce off the soil

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      when the priesthood and the plains of war were the oniy fields of enterprise a when all traders , labourers , and craftsmen were absolutely slaves dependent upon their feudal lords for food , clothing , and shelter—denied the right of acquiring property , and leaving their offspring to toil for , and be dependent on the son , as they themselves had toiled for , and being dependent on , tho sire—there were good reasons why the estate of the family should be kept whole and entire . The entire estate belonged , then , not to the lord merely , but to the whole body of his retainers whom ha was bound to provide for oat of it . The wealth of the . .

      lord consisted not Ies 3 in the number and valour of his vassals and retinue than in the number and productiveness of his acres . Every lord or baron was a little king—a despot—in hia own domain ; his serfs or vassals were not merely the cultivators of his land but his body guard in peace and his army ia war , who were bound to do military service at the bidding of their chief , and of whom his brothers , sons , and principal tenants were the officers . It was then clearly the interest of the head of every family to maintain all the collateral branches of his family in a style of respectability ; such as might sustain his hono ur and consequence in war and maintain his dignity in peace .

      There were then no taxes paid by the people . AU the burdens of the state were borne by the feudal lords , who did homage and service to the crown for ' their estates , in such sort as that , amongst them , all the public necessities , whether i n peace or war , were oared for . The case is now widely different . Tne state of society is changed . The serfs are , in law , such no

      longer : the inhabitants of towns have been enfranchised ; corporations have been formed , and municipal rights acquired . The poorest man in the state may , if he can . find tho means of doing so , acquire property ; he may remove from place to place , as his will , pleasure , or means may enable him ; and he is admitted to all the honour of contributing far more than his fair share towards all tho -wants and

      exigencies of the State . The labouring portion of the community have been , by the breaking up of the old order of things , thrown upon their own resources . They are no longer liable to render forced service to any individual noble ; nor have they any longer a claim on him for sustenance . 'Tis plain , therefore , that to make their position , relatively , aa good in the new Btate of society as it was in the old one , they ought to bo now placed on terms of fair competition with their late masters . Every description of fair , just , and honourable employment—the highest places of emolument and trust—ought to be

      open without let or hindrance to the industry , intelligence and enterp rise of the whole people . Above all , as their industry is now declared to be their only means of living , that industry ought not to be cramped by fiscal regulations ; it ought to have fair play ; and to carry no burdens which do not legitimately belong to it . If this be not so , then is the boasted "liberty" of England but an empty . name ; and we have all the hardships without any of tha advantages appertaining to the bondage of our forefathers . But are these things so ? Is there any chance for a poor man who is not of "family" to elevate himself by skill , by learning , or by honourable

      enterprise to any post of eminence or of distinction in the State ? It is often boasted , by the bolsterers of faction , that all the situations of honour and profit are open to the enterprise of all , and that the meanest individual , having taleut and desert , stands a fair chance in tho honourable competition ; and they sometimes point us to isolated cases , in which they say high honours hare been thus won , as proof that their position is correct . Tbe rascals know ihey lie . Once in a lifetime , perhaps , the phenomenon appears of a solitary poor mau struggling into notice ; ( and then , generally , through some disgraceful pandering , or cringing , to the " upper "

      classes ) while thousands on thousands of more deserving , but less pliable , compeers rink , in the hopeless struggle , to a grate of bif&en-hearted poverty , neglect * and contumely ; Jand- ^ wWJichedflcsB ^ All the main avenues to honour and distinction aie hermetically closed to all , who are not in possession of . tho aristocratic " Open Sesame "—the Shiboleth of class distinction — which overlooks all merit , fitness , and desert ; or rather which make 3 all these to consist in the bare fact of "family" distinction . To look only at the state of Church Patronage , as an example of the fairness with which honours are thrown open to the competition of the people .

      In 1831 , the church preferments amounted to 10 , 87 * 2 ; of whicli tlieve were in tho gift of the Crown and Government , 1 , 014 ; in that of the lay nobility and gentry , 5 , 030 ; in that of the bishops , 1 , 304 ; and in thoso of the deans and chapters , 1 , 042 . bixtyeight livings were in the gift of the inhabitants , and tha rest in those of private ecclesiastics , the universities , corporations , &c ; so that of these 10 , 872 livings , at Iea 3 t 8 , 390 may be reckoned private property held by the ariatooraoy for the benefit of the unprovided for of their respective families , or of the Government , as the wages of political prostitution .

      Let it be remembered that the patronage of the bar , the army and the navy are distributed precisely similarly , and then let us ask what chance has a poor man , under the present state of things , to work his way to honourable distinction . Let a poor man , by dint of native genius and incessant labour , force his own way under the hand of a bishop and procure ordination , ho must be a mad visionary if he over dream of rising higher than a curacy , in whioh he is honoured with permission to do all the duty for a tentii part , or perhaps less , of the emolument of some fat living . In any of the other royal roads to eminence his prospects are still more discouraging , and why ! Because the law of primogeniture , by Ehutting out all the younger branches

      ot aristocratic families from participating in tho father ' s lands , makes beggars of them ; they must be " provided for" in some way , and as nearly as may be , in some way adequate to the notions they have formed of their own dignity and consequence while living in their father ' s house ; and , therefore , the monopoly of law-making enabling them and their fathers to regulate all the matters appertaining to public places and preferments , they are so regulated as to be all kepi among themselves . This wil ' f ever be so , until , by Universal Suffrage , tho people get the power to annihilate the law of primogeniture , along with every other relic of the barbarous ages , by means of which the few have so long depressed the many to the earth .

      We-will not insult the understandings and the feelings of our readers by saying much at present about the weighing down of industry by fiscal regulations . We will not ask them whether the poor man , whose labour is his only property , has any legal protection for that property—whether it is taxed to more than four times the amount of every other sort of property ! and whether , by the open and implied arrangements of the aristocracy and of the middle classes , the labourers do not pay all the taxes ? Time was , it may be , when the people did not understand this , and might be humbugged by tho jargon of Sir Edward Lytioh Bulwerhi tbe Monthly Chronicle about Miss Bubdett ' s

      footman not paying even the tax for the powder in his hair ; but they are now too well instructed to be thus befooled : they know what is the only thing which can give value either to land or raw material of manufocture , and they know whence all that comes ; they know consequently whence all the wealth , and all the money , comes that pays all tho taxes , and supports the state , and keeps all the idlers . We shall , however , in another article upon this subject , try to show how this law operates to cause the taxes of the country to be thrown noon the labouring millions rather than on the idle few , and also how it operates to perpetuate and fasten the determination of tho classes to hold fast thoii unjust monopoly of law making .

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      NARRATIVE OF THE IMPRISONMENT OF > JOHN WATKINSV ' ( No . 4 . ) "We must be patient" ; The first thing I did , on regaining my liberty , was to visit Durham Cathedral . Seeing that I was a stranger , ihe verger who shewed me rouni . asked wliat put I had come from . He started when I told him , I had ju > t come out of gaol . What p- said he , are you one cf those Chartists ? Welt , you see your folly now don't you , sir ?" . I could not controvert the worldly wisdom in thisreplj-, and I left the worthy verefcr to the patronage" of his Lord , the Bishop . ,

      I took coach to Stockton—the guard knew me and directed the attention of the passengers to rae , by paying me au undeserved compliment Which annoyed me more than the charge preferred against me by ths police had dene . My friends in Stockton heartily congratulated me upon my liberation . The keeper of the prison invited me to be his guest while I stayed : bat I had no desire to take up my old quarters again , though on a different footing . He told me that the magistrates would be very angry at my liberation on less bail than they had named ; and , that , perhaps , I should be arrested again and the whole amount required . I said , such a proceeding would be too apparently vexatious

      for them to dare to harrass me with it . He went with me to the town-office—Atkinson was there acting as boots . Henderson . said , " there ' s your enemy . " The fellow muttered , " I ' m not his enemy . " I left the wor thy pair of pets for promotion by their magisterial patrons and re-joined my Chartists friends , who treated me with kind hospitality , inconveniencing themselves for my comfort . ami procuring me a passage home in agig . I was welcomed to " our village" by a cheerful huzza , and , on the morrow , I rode tound Whitby to shew my friends there , th : » t their ^ kind intentions in my behalf hvl not succeeded . My father , on second advice , had intended coming over to DuThani , next day , to bail me .

      I shall now re ' ate some instances of the spirit and manners of ihe Whigs and Tories of Whitby . I do not do this from any personal feeling ; but , simply , to show the effects of the " cursed system" upon the heart * and minds of those that belong to it . If I believed that [ alone had experienced such treatment , I should pass It by unnoticed ; but I am afraid that all Chartists have experienced it . more or less . We cannot forget what we have suffered ; yet , let us forgive those vrho have " despitefully used us and persecuted us ; " and , by still striving for the Charter , do good to them in return for their evil . May wo overcome our enemies by friendly means alone .

      Cue of tho magistrates of Whitby . > roll known as the " gentleman with tho stinking name . " had stooped from the bench to take ndvantage of my arrest , by vilifying me in a Tory paper dnriug my absence . He had not scrupled to blaspheme the ho : y tits i ' : f nature , averring that my nearest relation had lefused to bail me ; but " liis worship" is one of those who ought topay particular regard to the admonition— ' Judge not , lest ye be judged . " The cowardly epite of such " living libels on mankind" did not concern so much as the cold neglect of those friends who saw me slaudered in the newspapers without taking up . the pen * i truth in my defence , although the pi-cketbook wbich had beett taken from me contained & vindication of the character of one of them against an unjust attack made bv these

      same . ' I mention this as an exemplification of Knowles * maxim" A friend ' s a friend , uatil a friend is naaded . " Nothing is a surer evidence of a little m ' mi than a deposition to insult tbe unfortunate . The Whigs rejoiced at my disgrace , as they wore pleased to consider it , antl hoped that it would damage my character and destroy it . " They exulted in the prospect of my re-imprisonnient , and made merry at the miseries I should endure . They gave advice to betray me , and invitations to degrade me . They used no arguments but abuse—nopersuasions but persecution . Not being able to deceive me , they would fain have destroved me . I was

      frequently warned of plots to waylay me ; but I never deemed it necessary to provide a weapon of defence , for , though 1 knew they had the inclination to assassinate me , they hail not tho courage . Not content With prejudicing tLeiT own class and pandering to tbe prejudices of tlieir superiors , they eniletvoured to pnjttdicothe working men too . They bllod tho credulous earn of the simple-minded country people who came to their shops for goods and news , and so alarmed tome old nervous folks with the bugbear of Chartism , that they "were afraid of meeting a Chartiat , lest he should shout them . $ ven children , who knew not the significant : ? of the word " Chartist , '" ( and many adults are in this lamentable predicament ) were taught to consider it aa the designation of a robber and murderer .

      " The little dogs and all , Tray , Blanch , and Sweetheart , see they bark at me . But , with all their efforts , the Whigs could not stop us , though they retarded our progress , like batnodtes sticking to a ship ' s bottom . I called them our " sappen and miners "; in allusion to their underhand attempts . A Tory paper , in noticing tho commitment of a maa of my name to York Castle , for horse stealing . Aid it so as to intimate that he was the " notorious W hitby Chartist . " To such pitiful arts of misrepresentation bo ^ h the Whigs and Tories resort , in unison , against the poor Chartists .

      Madams -de stael says— " Hris tWdufcjuof us women , at all times to aid individuals accused of political opinions of any kind whatsoever ; f « r what are opinions in time of faction ? Can we be certain that suchiirid such events ^ such and such a situation would not nave changed our own views ? " The duty of the Whitby women seemed to be to obey their husbands by yielding to their prejudices as well as passions . From " this censure I am glad that I can exempt the wives of working men , and the young : ladies , several of whom wept and prayed for me , and responded to the petition in favemr of " all prisoners and captives "' in a more frrvent manner than they h . t'l ever done before . I mention this to their honour—not to my own .

      After naming -so many instunces of envy and malignity against me , I shall , perhaps , be pardoned if , ia justice to myself , I declare that I never attacked any individual except from public motives , and never resented any of the numerous attacks upon myself indivMually . " I would not hurt the serpent ; but to make The serpent hiirtless . " COLMAN . Can any one of ray enemies name the man of merit in Whitby , no mattor what his political opinions may be , whom I have not a ? suted , " so far as my coin would stretch ; and , where it would not , 1 have used my credit . " Can any of thorn say I am an adulterer , adrunkard , an extortioner , or covetous ? No : but I

      can say tins of them ; aye , and prove it , too . They have " cooled mf friends , and heated my enemies ;" and what ' s their reason ? I am a Chartist ! Yes . aaA as there is nothing personal in my princ ; pies , persecution from the Chartists themselves would not alter me . I was advised by every one , except my friend Eiliott , not to think of defending myself ; but instantly to fee counsel . They said , he who pleads hit own cause , has a fool for hU client . " This might have been so in my case ; but / deem it becoming all Chartists to answer for themselves , because those who attack ought to be able to defend , " and not take money from the people to put it into the pockets of lawyers . A lawyer is of use when you have committed a crime , to get you ont of the reach of the law by some quibble ; but Chartists , who should rejoice in an opportunity to vindicate their principles , or to suffer for them , ought not to appear by

      attorney . Judges are on their guard against the trick * of a wily advocate ; but they listtn with less suspicion to the self-dc : eace of unhonest man . I silenced one of my Whig friends , who was constantly urging me to hire a > counsellor , by saying to him . yon , who seem to have such a zeal in my cause , will certainly aid me , by getting up a defence-fund for me . He said , I should never hear him name the subject again . I told him I bilieved he' was sincere there . The Chartists had commenceii a defence-fund for me , which I stopped , and desired them to' apply to the discbarge of arrears ot rent for their , room . Tt . ey were disposed to flatter me , and said they did not doubt but that I should light my way through without assistance , and in spite of the opposition of furious foes and the treachery of false friends . They did mothe honour to impute my ' pro&ecution to spite and malice .

      1 had been accustomed , when I went to Whitby . to go sometimes to a newsroom , frequented by the Wbigs They saw that my reading the papers might be of service to me in preparing for my trial ; and , therefore , with one exception , the , y secret y conspired to oust me Ttsey acconiptishud their object with w > little trouble , tbat they afa-rwards invited me back ugain ; but I -was nut de-irous of meeting such men , neither there , nor elsewhere . 1 would mention the conduct of a working man . as a contrast to theirs . He had been off work borne time , confined to his bed by an aeddeat , and had recently suffered severely under providential dispensations ia his family ; but , although he knew not that he should ever be able to return to work , he offend me a small sum , which he bad saved from bis earnings , to enable me to " nu'et tny enemies in the gate / ' I did not nwd hid generosity ; but 1 "was not the less gratefa ] to him . for ii . _ ¦

      My forthcoming trial did not tronble me ; for aj conscience . was tasy . I took no pa ' . na to learn tbe intentions of my prosecutors ; nor to deprecate Hum wrath . I was more anxious to establish a Joint Stock Company in Whitby , for I ain convinced that sue * companies are strongholds . I love those measures best that promise to put money into the pockets of Um people—which will strengthen them anti weaken then oppressors . Let them husband their own resources , and . not increase the store of their enemies . The Assize time came , and I went to join the coach . As il

      had not come up , 1 told the lad , who carried mj luggage , to tarry in the lam > , while I went k a mountain of the glorious dead , and knet upon it , and prayed to be animated by thei spirit , that liberty might triumph in ray pet son , ox that I might die a freeman . 1 called on Own at Stockton , who accompanied me to Durham , when met with Brown , Batchelor , Byrne , and , last ; not least Wiiliaras and fiinns , all brethren in bonds . I had tb pleasure of hearii . g » calendar cried about the atxeeb whorein mynamo appeared in the list of uiurdeie and thieve * . : k ( To be concluded in our nest , }

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 2, 1840, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2682/page/3/