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^ 5 ^ 7 " ™""* TO THK XDITGafe ' fcjfTHB 5 OBTHIKB STAB . SIR , —Permit m ^ JJhrouga the pages of your "widely orcslated journal , to make a few observations on the present position of the people , and offer a few hints on ¦ what I consider a most decisive method of obtaining the object for -which ire are struggling . In attempting to form an estimate of public feeling on the question of the Charter , -we may fairly conclude that the masses of this country are as deeply interested in the question of Universal Suffrage as ever they were ; and , if there is not that simultaneous exertion ¦ which exhibited itself some months ago , it is because no definite plan haB been submitted upon -which they cosld safely and unitedly act .
Error and mistake appears to be associated -with everything human . That the Convention made mistakes , cannot be doubted , but they -were only such blunders as any public body , at its first sittings , might have made when contending wiih & wiiy , powerful , and unprincipled faction . I include , of coarse , both "Whig and Tory , because , in every thing radically bad , they are bosom friends . One mistake the Convention made was in not fitting the niinds of the nation for a protracted struggle . The people "were to hope for loo much ; and hence , not seeing their hopes realised at the expected time , a portion of the more sanguine tunk into apathy , despairing of the ultimate success of their cause . ¦ While acme parts of England were disheart ened , Scotland , everlasting honour to her brave sons .
haB kept going on extending her agitation ; and opposition , instead of damping t ' oeir energies , has o .. ly given additional nerve to the descendants of tie Covenanters . Universal suffrage , and ? fo Surrender , appears to be their motto , and from this anchorage there * is not the least disposition to shift . In England , eyn . ptonis i > f another and more powerful struggle begin to maniiest themselves . Convictions and imprisonments are only calling other spirit * into the field . Yorkshire , Lancashire , Northumberland , London , are all attempting to re-organise ; and although Ireland is not as a body formally raited to us , the change effected by temperanee societies must render them the most valuable auxiliaries we could could possibly have in carrying out the nobte work of oar nation ' s redemption .
It is fran & -wish of recommending this plan that I have-written to you on thiB occasion . One powerful motive .-which ought ; o operate on the minds of the working millions is , that it was first recommended by a Convention of their own electing . Temperance Chartist Societies are in existence in different places , &nd if their intelligence could only be united on this principle , and Unions formed to carry it out , it would , 1 am convinced , contribute such a quota towards the emancipation of the sens of industry , as scarcely any thing else eould possibly da Temperance Societies and Co-operative bodies will more effectually do this tfo * i any other plans which can possibly be adopted .
As plans are only useful when acted upon , let each pl * ce tike up the question . Without any farther delay , let . steps lie taken for the purpose of carrying out these plans , by electing & Nasional Convention ; and 1 KB f » lly persuaded the matter will be more promptly taken up under the auspices of a aecond Convention than it was when urged by the first representatives of the people . There are other plans which might easily be adopted , and which , like so many ligaments , would keep the people together . Let the people have their Loan Societies , Benefit Societies , and Sick Clubs : these things are adopted "by other bodies , and thty would , if carried out , unite the people more closely to their cause aad to each other , than ever they were btf ore .
A sober , united people , what can withstand them ? Instead of having their liberties trifled wuh by rene gades of their own order , for the short gratification of a class , we shall peaceably compel a reluctant Government to concede the rights of citizenship ; and with a Parliament representing the wishes of the whole nation , our country ' s wrongs would be redressed . Hoping to see these hints taieu up and followed out by abler hands , I remain , Yours , In the cause of democracy and justice , William Tuojtxsos .
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10 THE KDITOB OP THB SO&THKBS STAB . GLORIOUS DEFEAT OF THE TOLU > 'TAKY CLERGY BY THE CHAKT 1 STS . Bis , —A meeting of the inhabitants of this place aad its Tirinity took place here on Wednesday last , the 22 d of this month , for the purpose of petitioning both Houses of Parliament for a separation of the Church from the Sate . Mr . William Drysdale , manufacturer , Boll Mill , was ealled to the chair . The meeting was opened with prayer , when they announced-that-a- Kev . -Gentleman woald address the meeting , and , in so doing , brought forward a resolution and moved ; and after addressing the meeting , upon the resolution , sat down ; tie resolution being seconded , another gentleman came forward
in like manner with a resolution and an address upon it ; and the resolution finding a seconder , he was' followed by a third after the lormer manner , with a resolution and an address , and it was also seconded ; after which the Cuairman stated , that as the business of the meeting was now over , the Petition fcheeta would be found at places mentioned by hirp for signatures . On being questioned what petition it was , he replied that it was the petition adopted by the meeting . He was tiea answered frojnhdifferent quarters of the meeting , that neither resolujtoa nor yet petition had been adopted by tiie meeting It was , therefore , requested if they had a petition , to bring it before the meeting and thai it would be seen whether it was approved of by the meeting or not The petition was then read ,
but when requested to move and try the house upon it , along with their resolutions , a very lengthy discussion took place between a few of the -working men and the Eer . Clergyman , which ended in the utter discomfiture of the black coits . Th = y were then told that if the Ch » : ratan would not do his duty , that another Chairman wuuld be appointed u > du it for him ; for although the major part of the meeting was favourable for a separation of the Church from the State , they never exparted to obtain a repeal of that law without first obtaining Universal Suffrage , and as they bound thymsei res to snpport no other measure , they need not look for help from the people . The Clergymen finding that they had not ttie sophistry requisite to obtain their object , left the meeting .
Mr . Juaee Young was then called to the chair , and afxcr addressing the meeting ai great length , it was moved and seconded , that we dtfer petitioning for the separation of the Church from the State , but will go on petitioning for Universal Suffrage ; and as no motion to the contrary was moved , it was put from the chair and carried , wittiout one dissenting voice , and was greeted with cheers and clapping of hands . Three cheers were given to ilr . Feargus O'Connor , three for the ~ Sorfhern Star , three for the True Scotsman , and three fur the last Chairman . It was then moved and tcoDded ihat an account of the meeting be tent to the ^ ortJiem Siar , True Scotsman , and Glavjoic Patriot for insertion , and the meeting quietly dispersed-By the insertion of tain you will much oblige the working men of th ' place .
Yours , &c , William Wilson , Sec Alva , 26 ta April , 1 £ * Q . On Easter Monday , a numerous and respectable meeting wu helu in Alva , to petition the Commons to address me Queen to ilitmi * . * fcer . Ministers , tad call to her Councils , men tcu would make Universal Suffrage a Cabinet question , Air . Kobert Cairns , manufaciartr , in the chair . Tiie petition was unanimously adopted .
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TO THE MEN OF BATH AND THE EAJD 1-CA 1 REFORMERS OF GREAT-BRITAIN . FXLLOW-ClXIZESS , —Owing to very ill health I have to apologise for not having Booner answered your kind iovitatioii to visit your good city . I am gl&d to buj the spirit stm reignetb among you to nerer cease agitating anta you get your rights . Having been asked by many places for my opinions « o what should be done , 1 address them thus publicly to you that they may be more generally known . I have ' ¦ aited anxiously for this last four months , hoping that " ^ as one of those , who from ti » e position of their eiraacjtsnees , public and private , ought to have given a J- ^ sa for a fresh and vigaronj agitation , and nothing a 8 W has appeared—no effort has bees made to com-?* k » te with these who might have united for that * S ?« t , witathe exception of Mi . O'Brien bringing fSrabefore the country his election plan , which he t **®^* before the Convention , and which was embodied
*** ttrapaaions are saSsring in the dungeons of tyranny ^ : n ^"» sake , no ou , who has acted as . a servant of " ¦" People , should fr ©» diffidence fa estate to gite bis *** i » aad his labour to advance the esose . - **» party , we have reason to be proud of our It a ™? " It is much auperior to what it was twelve ^ " ¦•™ aso . The virtues aad powers of a country are not _ * Oged uf by jtg sayings and resoluiiens when it first vTr ** " ¦» 'with a formidable enemy . It is after they «* aet on the battle field , when the first campaign is i ^ ttat you quj estimate its prowess aad patriotism . rH ?** the inflations of vaaity , and braggart valour J ^ j « . aad if ehe still remaia true to her own honour , jjyfr * ia her strength to face the foe , she has al ! but ^• j-Jed a victory . >' ow , our first campaign is over ; tmiZ TL'tood *** onslaught of Whig and Tory ptrse-^ jB -T'tfc&SB hatred , of hireling malice , of assassin 3 ?^ Prejudiced inrifLS . TV > liti « d fnrtsrpa nnd ik-rrnnvl
^ J ~ T * - iJaTe weretreat ed , a 5 kedfoTquarter , orsrruck j C y Otas '' ¦ xp- We have still possession of the isB ^ rf ? standard is still flying , aiid of all who have og ^ pisor-ers ta the enemy , 1 ktow not one tlm his g ^^ ^ a compromise his principles , or desert our arc- niif * - *?** & * Personal safety ; and of those who iW yvv ' ^ e ndd . 1 inovrnune who owe Oieir liberty - ' * £ ^ - -iv iLVTl-iiilQ v ? -ikthdi \ zr . I » onrfrtrcer .
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we had desertions before the struggle commenced ; they were to be commenced ; they were to be expected Many men will wear , liberal colours , and give a little time and money to forward its principle in time of pe-iee , because it gets them esteem , but when the tug of war comes , when it no longer a little , but a risk of all , those men will abandon the cause . We are better without them ; the fault was not in them so much a 3 in the people choosing such as they ought to have known could not , from their position , remain true and active . ™ ^ ^ esertiras strugg commenced ; they heret o be commeneed ; they were to be expected . Man y
We have thus nobly encountered our greatest difficulties . In every large town we are triumphant ; our opponents at first denied our existence ; we drove them to an acknowledgment of our numbers and power and now they are disposed to treat with us for our assistance to carry their prospects . All these prove our strength and importance . The late meetings throughout the country shew the immense numbers still in our ranks . All that is wanted is to appoint officers agree to a plan for the campaign , and unite our forces for action .
We must struggle for an uniform object with uniform action ; it is of no use one place petitioning for one thing , and another passing resolutions about another thing ; nor yet overthrowing an anti-Corn Law agitation , unless we go on united in a superior agitation btcaase if we do not intend to do something better than tboa * we oppose , we have no right to oppose them The people will soon tire of merely obstructing the middle-class schemers , if tkey have nothing to do themselves . What must -we do then ) Agitate for the Charter , and . while doing so , for the enlargement of those Buffering imprisonment on land and ocean for the truth ' s sake .
The quarrelB of tbe factions at home , the anarchy in the affairs of the Whig Government here and abroad the wide-fpreading distress among the poorer order of the shopkeepers—u » say nothing of the miseries of tbe people—all conspire to engender hatred and dissatisfaction to the Whig rule , and produce fear and alarm in the minds of the public plunderers , and cause routs nets , ami rebellion against those who are endangering the happ-. ness of the people , and their mother—tbe Qneen , tbeir rights , and their dignity . What plans have we , and which should we adopt in our present position ? A Convention sitting in London or any town is worse than useless . What we want is men deputed to agitate and combine our party together . If the district can pay a man to sit in a Convention , it can pay him to agitate ; and he will do the cause ten times , as much good ; and unless lie is fit for an agitator be is of no use . We are not in the position of a party having legislative power , merely requiring heads to plan ; we require hands to exec-ate .
Mr . Bronterre O'Brien's plan is good—nay admirable—for bringing things to an issue , but will need others conjoined with it to ensure its success . First , an election may come soon , or it may be long . After this , if so , what are we to do in the mean time ? Secondly ' we cannot expect to getmen to stmd for every borough and county . Thirdly , wemusthavo something prepared for that body to do when elected . The plan is most useful as an ulterior object , and as such should be wrought . I would recommend , then , every district to be organised to fix on the places to be contested ; to have , for fom ' s sake , an election committee in their union or association Under it they cin hold meetings in any public house without the authorities daring to suspend the licence and they may ask for subscriptions for the candidates '
expenses anywhere , if in a proper manner . This , with petitioning , protesting , ani carrying out tbe ulterior measures of the late Convention , must be our first steps in uniting and agitating as our organization proceeds : we can make mare bold and energetic movements , and always be firm , uncompromising , but prudent Yet , added to the local organizations , we must have a general one to unite tbe whole , or the districts will sink in apathy , thinking nothing is going to be done , and even wait for general agitation ; any adventurer may visit them . anrt to suit his purposes may give a colouring that he will flatter their hopes and wishes , instead of the promulgation of truth and the advancement of steady organization . The * agitation never can be properly conducted without we have a portion
set apart who can give their whole time to it . That body should be as efficient and as light of expense a ? possible . I would divide England , Scotland , and Wales into ten divisions , where the Radical strength lies , and let them each elect a man as lecturer , agitator , candidate , delegate , or what you will ; they should be the best fitted for agitators that can be had , men known in the movement , havina labonred in it . Their duty should be to contest one place in the district , and agitate in the rest , by holding meetings , and-extending the organization , and helping the election of others . They would thus become thoroughly acquainted with tbe people , and they with themat
, the end of two months . I would have them to meet altogether , and transact general business ; then separate , changing their districts , and so oh , until the districts agreed the time was come for another push , when more men could be elected to join them , and they would tiius be a body perfectly in the confidence of tlie people , with a full knowledge nf their powers . If the election came on in the mean time , let it be the pu * b-These . men would be in weekly communication with the Committees ; their reports , published in the newspapers , would keep the attention of the public concentrated on their movements . I would propose the division of districts to be somewhat as follows
Bath , Bristol , and Wales ; [ 1 member . ) London . Brighton , and the South , 1 . ) Birmingham and the Midlands , &c ; ¦! . ) Ydrksfeire and Lancashire ; i . 3- > Jforthumberland , Durham , acd Cumberland ; si . ) Glasgow , and the West of Scotland ; ( 1 . ) Edinburgh , Midland , and Borders ; ! 1 . ) ' Fifesbire , Forfarshire , and Aberdeen ; il . ) In all ten . If there is not power to do tliis . there is no power ; without an assemblage of the kiud , I am afraid -we -will retrogade . I hope the different districts that are organized , will declare their opinion on it by adopting it , suggesting amendments , or proposing a better plan
To call a Convention at present without it , or on some acknowledged plan , would be a failure . 1 hope those that have influence will use thrir exeitions to establish it- Had I the means , I wcuK ha \ e taken the circuits ¦ f the dl < : x ; cts , and urged it- adoption ; as it is , 1 trust those that are better able wi : l , lo so . or tliut the Association will find them the means . We hare 3 weighty responsibility npon us in the generous confidence " the people haro placed in us : their wruugs and sufferings demand our sympathy . All our imprisoned companions , witii our widowed -wives and famiiiej , look to us for support and redress ; and it is only by keeping our party united and extending its power , that that support and redress for them can be had .
Trusting soon to hear the bug . e sound ' the gatfe ering , " and hopiag » oon to meet joa in the ranks , Fellow-Citizens , I remain , yours , Robt . Lowery . Ifewcastie-upon-Tyne , April 27 , 1 S 40 .
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inst ., the meet of the JNonhumbemnd and North Durham fox-hounds was , at the request of several farmers in the neighbourhood , fixed ior Old Heaton , on the banks of the Till . ' A fox , it was reported , had for some days previously killed a number o ; lambs on that and some adjoining farms , ar , d to prevent future mif chief it vrad resolved to hunt down the destroyer . While waiting the arrival of the gentlemen connected with the hunt in the field adjoining the house , the huntsman and whipper-in
were surprised to observe a iar « c dog seize arid carry off a lamb , with which it escai > ed into a plantation . In a short time afterwards the dog again made its appearance ; and by this time , the whole field having Deen -assembled , its retreat was cut off , and it was captured . It turned out to be n lar ^ e blue grey - hound jbitch , which ha < l lately whelped ; and , when eap ; ured her do **; and forepaws were covered with mr . d , having just buried the lan . b which she had previously earned off . of the number of lambs said to t > e destroyed by foxes , a great majority , it is supposed , are killed by dots . —KeLoMail .
MtTBRTtAL Cochagb . —On Sunday week , a poor woman , living near Cha ^ ewater , missei her child , a little boy about two years and a-hall" old ; and , after a few minutes' search , discovered him at the bottom of a well twelve feet deep , containing eight feet of water . The agonised parent , without the slightest hesitation , spaug into the well ; when , throngh her falling into the water , the child was raised towards the surface , and she was enabled to take hold of it . For a long while she managed , by clinging to a projecting stone , t » keep herself and the little boy
abore water , and at length her cries , which wert beard by a congregation at a chapel a quarter of a mile off , broagnt some young men to her assistance , who soon rescued both the mother and her child from their periloos situation . The poor woman , who had been recently confined , Buffered a good deal at iir ^ t from the effects of her long Immersion in the water ; but , by judicious treatment , she is now quite restored . The child appears to bare sustained no injury . —CornaaU
Gazette-Death of a Stagb Vbtkiu-v . —Tbe stage has , within the last few days , lost—if not the most talented and valuable—a most useful member of ** lie profession . " So indispensable were hia serrices on some occasions , toat when certain pieces bavo beea announced toe repiesentation , the Bubject of onr artiele has been seized with sudden indisposition , and other pieces were in consequence obliged to be substituted . The Donkey , which had for the last thirty-five _ yeais figurai at nearly every theatre m the metropolis , is dead . Tbe public press , on every
occasion of his appearance , bore testimony to his excellent ptrfoiTnaiices aad actor-like deportment . In The Forty TJiicees h « w . is inimitable . Every ni ^ ht of bis appearance in Tom and Jerry at the Adelphi theatre , the gods greeted him with three dietmcE rounds of 3 pp ] j * se ; and bis fame was not diminished by his appearauce with hie : master , Bilfv Alariin , in "Ail Round ,. ;_; - Hat . " H < j « iied without a struir ^ e at the kupnosed ) age of foriyihree . It i ? true that rna ^ y jackasses ire kf :, behind , hn : i » L » fe ^ roi tho : ^ v . e ••) : ill uorer looli apou i Lis i try , feiihfy uU . vc : i > eH ! ivn € ~( j lik ? 3 g 3 'n . "
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CHARTISM FROM SHAKSPEARE . No . 2 . "We are accounted poor citizens ; the patricians , ffood . What authority surfeite on , would relieve us . If they would yield us but the superfluity , while it were wholesome , we might guess , they relieved us huwanely but they think we are too dear ; tbe leanness that afflicts us , the object of our misery , is as an inventory to particularize their abundance ; our sufferance is a gain to them . Let us revenge th » B with our pikes , ere we become rakes : for the gods know , I speak this in hunger for bread , not in thirst for revenge . " " Suffer us to famish , and their storehouses crammed with grain ; nuke edicts for usury , to support usurers rrpeal daily any wholesome act established against the rich , and provide more piercing statutes daily , to chain up and restrain the poor . "
" Had I a dozen sons , —each in my love alike , and none less dear than thine and my good Marcius , —1 had rather had eleven die nobly for their country , than one voluptuously surfeit out of action . " Coriolanus . " What is it that yon would impart to me ? If it be aught toward the general good , Set honour in one eye , and death i' the other , ind I will look on both indifft-rentty ; For , let the gods so speed me , as I love The name of honour more than I fear death . "
" I Lad as lief not be , as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself . ' " I was born free as Casar ; so were you . " " Men at some time are masters of their fates : The fault , dear Brutus , is not in our stare , But in ourselves that we are underlings . " " Rome , thou hast lost thy breed of noble blooda " "RomaDs now Have thsws and limbs like to their ancestors ; But , woe the while ! our fathers' minds are dead , And we are governed with , our mothers' spirits ; Our yoke and sufferance shew us womanish . " '' There was a Brutug once , that would have brooVd Tbi eternal devil to keep his state in Home , As easy as a king . " " The abuse of greatness is , when it disjoins Remorse from powtr . " :
" you rather Caesar were living , and die all slaves ; than that Ctesar were dead , to live all freemen ?" " By heaven , I had rather csin my heart , And drop my blood for drachmas , thau to wring From the hard h < mds of peasants their vile trash , By any indirection /' " A foe to tyrants , is his country ' s friend . " Julius Ctesar . " Equality or two domestic powers Breeds scrupulous faction . " " Pern . —If the great gods be just , they shall asBist The deeds of justest men . "Menus . —Know , worthy Pompey , That what they do delay , they not deny . " " Every time 8 erves for the matter that is then born in it "
^ "Noble friends , That which combined us was m * st great , and let not A leaner action rend us . What ' s amiss May it be gently heard . When we debate Our trivial difference loud , we do commit Murder in healing wounds . Then , noble partners , Touch you tha sourest points with sweetest terms , Nor curstness grow to the matter . "
' ¦ Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt " " To punwh ma for what you make me do , Seems much unequal . " " How poor an instrument May do a noble deed . ' he brings me liberty !" Antony and Cleopatra . " Strong reasons make strong actions " " It is the curse of kings , to be attended By slaves , that take their humours for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life : And on the winking of authority , To understand a law . " " Bast . —Whate'er you think , good words , I think , were best Sal . —Our griefs , and not our manners , reason now . " " Nought shall make us rue , If England to itself « lo rest but true . " King John . Aiilaby . ( To be contintted , )
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Poor John FrostJs now many a mile from us . ; The following ' Lines were suggested to me from reading Moore ' s lines— " She is far from th « land , " &c FROST . He is far from the land where his offspring sleep , And tbe waves are aronnd lorn playing , But he only turns from the view to weep , For his thoughts to his home are straying . He recalls the scenes of his dear native land , The hearts who to lifo had entwined him ; And the te ; ira fall uncb-. ck'd by one friendly hand For the joys he ha » left behind him . He lived frr his country , for freedom he tried To raisenpthe wrt't .-hid he wish'd ; Nor soon .-Ball the tears of his country be dried , Nor for long shall its efforts desist .
Oh ! he turns to a spot where the sunbeams rest , When they promise a gloomy morrow ; They shine o ' er his form like . i smile from the west , From his own lov'd island of sorrow . J . H .
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STANZAS : BY A TOCTHFUL IRISH CHARTIST . Farewell to the hope late so brilliantly beaming Around the green coasts of our emerald iale . ' Again are the eyes of fair Erin fast streaming , Again overcast is the dawn of her smile ! Unstrung lies her harp , now forsaken , neglected—That harp which once pealed to each hero ' s fond praise , Whiie from Time's darkened surface but dimly reflected , Shine their deeds , once the theme of each bard ' s kindling lays .
Oh . ' harp of my country , thou pledge of her sorrow , Be silent , till Freedom once more gives tbee br * &th—Let the hands of thy foes from her music ne'er borrow—The deeds ot thy sobs , or the fame of their death . Lie silent and low till { At Liberty wake thee , And peace , with her blossoms , shall crown thee once more , Till Discord ' s foul feuds shall for ever forsake tliee , Then ;—then thou may'st sound , but never before . Thrice carded be the poWr * that to fury do drive thee , Fair daughter ot ocean—bright gem -in tlie west . ' Thrice cun « l be iit > y who of peace do deprive thee , And Wacken with woes tlie dear soil 1 love best
Rise , sons of Hihemia ' . Tis reason that calls you ; BrcAl Bigotry ' s bands : Be unit-M Mice more ! Burst asamlsr the chain that oupm ^ es uDil jjalls yon And tlivit . U iky country , fhj . < ow > tvs are o'tr ! Bolton , . ^ ni intu . l * i <> . " 2 tf . Q .
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ExAGGBRATiOii . —If there beany one mannerism that un » vcrsal among mankind , it is that of colouring too highly the things we describe . We cannot bcontent with a simple relation of truth—we must exaggerate ; we most overdraw ; we must have " a lutle too much red in the brush . " Who ever heard ot a dark night that was not " pitch dark ' " or a stout man that was not "strong as a horse V * or of anury road that was not up to the knees ! " 1 would walk fift y miles on foot" to see that man who \ never carricatures the subject on which he speaks ; but where is such a one to be found From " rosy morn to dewy eve , " in our common conversation , we are oonstautly outraging the truth . If somewhat wakeful in the night , we havr
' scarcely had a wink of sleep ; " if our sleeves get a little damp in a shower , we are "a 3 wet as if dragged through a brock 1 " if a breeze blow up while we are in ibe " chops of the channel , " the waves an ; sure to " run mountains high ; " and if a man grow rich , we all say that he rolls in money . " Ho later than yesterday , a friend of mine , who would shrink from a wilful misrepresentation , toit ! me hastily , as he passed , that , the newspaper " had nothing iu it but advertisements , " and that he had just sent off , by the Shrewsbury coach , a coctfi . sh as " big aa a jackass . ' * ? This habit of decoration in describing common things , most likely proceeds from that love of the marvellous wlucti most uf mankind entertain . We wish to affect the minds of others ; what is the use of telling
a tale that will u . xcite no wonder \ of making a complaint that calls fortn no sympathy ? or ot representing a deed of injustice that will rouse do indignation ? We wish to make our picture striking , and thus , like the painter , aro induced to put " a little too much colour in the brush . " But if it be thus in things litt-lu affecting us , still more is it the case where i merest is concerned . In such cases , the most unbliibhing niisrepresentationsarc made . Every newspaper has us ' Bargains , " its" Great Savings , - ' and its immense Sacrifices . " "Fish all alive , ' is not too strong a term for the unbearably tainted , scaly fry , onvred for sale . The Irish cloth of tho %
naercer is v hne as cambric , " the stale meat of the butcher " Bweet as a mm , " and the cheesemonger ' s hard , tough , leancheete , " as fat a 3 butter . " Tiiese are general remarks ; how far do they affect youj To this inquiry may be added another—How far do they affect fcphniiin Holding ? I am sadly afraid that we both are cnlpable . Not that I plead guilty myself , or tax you with wilful m srepreseutatiou , for ihe purpose ' of forwardingany individual interest ; but that I feel that we are bolh amenable to the charge of speaking lightly and thoughtlessly— that we both , by putting occasionally , " a little too much red in tho brush , " eave impressions not warranted by the facts we relate . —Domestic Addresses .
The Emperor Paul and Napolkon . —The Emperor Paal , of Russia , whom I am far from comparing with Napoleou , when be held a review , was accustomed to puj tohibofficeru the ttrangest and most abaard questions , which it waa impossible for them to answer seriously . Several officers of one regiment , puzzled by these questions , had been put to a nonplus ; and from that time the Emperor always said that these gentlemen belonged to his kmw-nothing regiment . One day , ridiug oa hufcjeoack over one of the bridges in St . Petersburg , Paul I . was met by aa ooicer , who stopped and sa . uted him with due respect . The Emperor recogmsHQ the uniform .. 4 This man belongs to my knownothing regimeut , ' said he to bis couruers . ' Ah
, Sire ! ' replied the officer , * but I know everything . ' S 'ho 1 you know everything , do you ? we shail see . How many uaiis did it tako to fasten the planks of this bridge ? ' * FiJty-three million , nine hunting anu scveaty-nme thousand , oue hundred and twelve . ' Not , amiss ! And how many iwh are there m the r * eva , from this bridge to Couatadt ! ' ' Six hundred and forty-two billiouo , eight hundred and one million , four huudrud a-nd tuirty-two thousand , three hundred and seveuty-uiue . ' ' Are you quite sure ! of that { ' * Quite sure , or 1 nhould not tell your Majesty bo . ' * Well , so I thought . I like to have anbvvers to questions ; an officer ought to know everything . ' ' Certaiuly ; aud the Emperor V * He is never at a loss . ' Will your Majesty deitn to allow me one 4 4
question ? ' , Speak . ' What is my name ? ' ' Cotiut de Balowski . ' ' My rank ! ' ' Captain in ray guards . ' * Many thanks to your Majesty . ' I had this anucdote from a French ' emigrant , an eye-witness of the circumstance , aud acquainted with sub-lieutenant Krjsanow , who thus became , through sheer effrontery and tbe caprice of the Sovereign , Count and Captain in tho Russiau Imperial Guard . Tho Emperor Napoleon was oi " teu known to take off hia cross of the L . giOn of Honour , and place it with his own bauds on the bosom uf a . brave man . Louia XIV . would- first have inquired if this brave man was noble . Napoleon askcu if iho noble was brave . A serjeant , -. vho had performed proui tfie * of vaiour in a battle , was brought before Louis XIV . 'I
grauryou a pension of twelve nnnured ~ Hvres / said the King . ' Sire , L should prefer the cross of St . j Louis . ' * I dare say you wouM ; but . you shall not : have ii . ' Napoleon would have hugged this serjeant ; Louis AIV . turned his back on him : what a difference between the two pf / rioon ! in ltfl . r , ai high and mighty noble belonging to the court was nominated grand wroon of tbe l ^ egion of Honour . He considered this as an insult . Twenty conventicles were held iu iho noble faubourg , to decide whether he bhould refuse it . The party durst uot affront Louis XVIII ., but a middle course was steered . It was resolved that Buonaparte's riband should be worn oa high days only , when etiquette absolutely required it . This decimou was entirely in the spirit of Louis XiV . . tvapoieon had a superb d
hea , and eyes wliieli Hashed lightning : his attitude was noble and severe . One day , however , I saw the great man in the convulsions of inextinguishable laughter , for an Emperor can laugh like auy other man . Sovereigns , indeed , would be greatly to be pitied , if at times they had not those occasioua for laughter , which do one ao mueh good . The fact was this . We were at Courbuvoie . Tho limj > eror was reviewing a regiment of thcyoiMg guar < i . which had receutly beta rei . iforced vy numerous coiiscripta . His Majesty questioned one of these young men . ' And you , where do you come from V saw Napoleon to the lo ! t-hand neighbour of a friend of mine , then Bub-lioutenant , now receiver- « eu > _ ri ] , ' Sire , ' replied the conscript , ' I com . from Peztnas . and my father had the honour to shave your Eminence , when you passed through our place .
In the splendid regions ofthe "far west , " which lie between the Missouri and the Rocky Mountains , there are living at this moment on the prairies various tribes , who , if left to themselves , would continue for ages to live oa the buffalo which cover the plains . The skins of these animals , however , have oecome valuable to the whites , and , accordingly , this beautiful verdant country , and these brave ana independent people have been iuvauedby white traders , who , by paying to them a pint of whisky for each 6 km ( or " robe , " as they are termed in America ) , which sell at New York for ten or twelve dollars , induce them to slaughter these animals in immense numbers , leaving their flesh , the food of the Indian , to rot aud putrify on the ground . No admouitiou
or caution cau arrest for a moment tho propelling power of the whisky ; accordingly , in all direction * tuese poor thoughtless beings are seen furioubly riding under its mttueuce iu pursuit of their game , or , in other words , in the fatal exchange of lbod tor poison . It has been very attentively calculated by the traders , who manage to collect per anuu : ii from 150 , 000 to 200 , 000 buffalo skins , that at the rate at whicu these annuals are now disposed of iu ton years they will all be killed off . Whenever that event happens , Mr . Cat iu very jusoly prophesies ihat 2 . ) 0 , u 00 Indians , now living iu a plaui of nearly 300 miles in extent
, U , must die of starvation , and become a prey to the wolves , or that they must either avtock the powerful neighbouring t nbets of tho Rocky Mountains , or in utter pareuzy of despair rush upon the white population iu the forlorn hope of dislodging it . In the two latter alternatives there exisvs no chance of success , and we have , ihuroibre , the appalling reflection before us , that these 250 , 000 Indians must Boon be added to the dismal list of tho 3 p who have already withered and disappeared , leaving their country to bloom and flourish in the possession of the progeny of another world!—Quarterly Review .
A Coukt Anbcdotb . —One of these girls , called the Lotus , is rather a celebrated character at the court of Lahore . Ruiijeet Sing received her with tribute from Cachemire about two years ago , when she was said to have been very beautiful . He fell violently in love with her , and fancied that his affection waa as violently returned . One evening , in the course of conversation with Mons . Ventura , an Italian officer iu bis service , when the girl was dancing before them he made some remark upon her attachment to him , which he declared was purely disinterested , and too strong to be shaken bv any
otters of advantage or attention she might receive from other quarters . Ventura was incredulous ; and Runject Sing , highly indignant at this doubt of his powers of attraction , defied him to Boduce her , and promise to put no obstacles in his way , further than ( stipulating that she should be placed in the customary eeciusiun of his zeuana . After several polite speeches on the part of Ventura upon the impropriety of his attempting to rival his sovereign , ihe challenge was accepted , and tho young lady immediaately transferred to the royal seraglio with every precaution to ensure her safety .
"Shakspeare described the sex in Dc ^ demo&a . As very fair , but yet suspect in fame ; And to this day . fi ^ in Venice to V «* ron » , Such matters may bo probably the same . " They are so in the Punjab most certainty , for scarce had eight-and forty hours elap . seJ ore the hoary old lion of Iiihore wa < aroused i ' roiu lib happy dreams of love and affectiou by the iiitelligeuaa that his guards were faithless , bis harem vioiau < l , and him-* elt' deserted , ami that the lovely Lotus had , nothing loth , been transplanted ironi her royal lover ' s garden ly the Italian ' s , whero .-he wxi thou hl'Mimiug in all lifr native b . » 3 vty . ~ Vsl'orrti ' ' . i Cor / t and Camp «>/ liuttjfCt Sinff .
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PUBLIC MEETING AT CARLISLE . On Thursday , the 23 d instant , the following requisition , signed by about eighty householders , -was presented to John Dixon , Esq ., Mayor : — " We , the undersigned householders and inhabitants of the Borough of Carlisle , respectfully request you to call a public meeting , on Monday , the 27 th iustant , for tbe purpose of petitioning the House of Commons to address her Majesty , forthwith t * dismiss her present advisers from her presence , and to select others who would make the question of Universal Suffrage a Cabinet measure—to restore Frost , Williams , and Jones to their families—and likewise to liberate every man now incarcerated for political offences . " To which the Mayor returned the following answer : — . " The Mayor refuses to call a public meeting on Thursday , the 27 th , fur the purposes set forth in the requisition presented to him this day . " "'" ' ' ¦ ' PUBLIC MEETING AT CARLISLE .
We were prepared for this answer , but we do conceive it to be the duty of a chief magistrate to call meetings vrhen requested in a proper and legal manner . He ought all times to afford the people every facility of making known their grievances in a proper quarter " ; but it too frequently happens that , magistrates :: re prone to act on thtir j > rej •¦ dices , anil not from a des re to administer justice t <» al ! . Because our Mayor is an anti-Corn La v Repealer , he gives tlie use of tbe Council Chamber in the Town Ha . ll to hold meetings of tlie association , yet he refused the use of tho same place to tho Chartists The pcopla assembled at the place of meeting , but not in such great numbtrs as we have observed on former occasions , but this was accounted for from the fact that tburc was some mistake in announcing the meeting , but , after all , tho meeting ^ as pretty numerous , and very quiet and attentive to the various speakers .
On the motion of Mr . Jamks Arthur , Mr . Alexander Baird was unanimously called to the chair . The Chairman said , —Fellow working men , you are some of you aware of the object of the present meeting , but it has been got up very hurriedly , no placard having been issued , so that onr numbers are not so great as they otherwise might have buen . A great portion of the people are tirod of petitioning , but , Jot me tell you , it is the only means left to keep the cause Rbove water . Do not let it sink now when your energies are more than ever required—when many of our best friends are roost ignominioualy suffering , and this in England , with all lier boasted advantages . Oh ! ray frieuds ! I am ' almost ashamed to own it as my country . Wo are not the party described by many of our
enemies--destructives—men wishing to destroy property . No ; we only want our rights to be able to protect our labour , and to keep others from robbing us . Do not despoud , my friends , nor give up the contest from what has r < iceutly takon place . For my own part , I will never jfive up as long as I am abk ) to assist in endeavouring to obtain our rights . The conduct of the people here has bean honourable to them—they have done wonders considering their great poverty and privation ; they have calmly looked on their oppressors—whilo they were doing them every injustice . Yet rather than become paupers or beggars , they would starve ; though
every one of you have a right to a living out of the soil—tlie law says so—but you get a miserably pittance indeed , when you insist on this right While the two factions who rob you , cry they wish to mitigate your 8 ufferini' 8 , they do everything to increase thorn , by filling their own pockets . Mr . Baird went « n at same length , urging the people to be firm and united , and do everything in their power to support the friends ; of those brave men who are now imprisoned for advocating your rights ; if so , those who were now imprisoned would bear their sufferings more lightly ; though . he agreed with Mr . O'Brien that the antidote of a prison was the best , < kc .
Mr . Joseph Broom r Hanson then cain « forward to move the tirst resolution . He caid—My Friends and Fellow-townsmen , —Tbe Chairman has stated to you the object for wtricli we are now met ; to petition the House of Commons to address her Majesty to dismiss her present advisees , and to choose others who would make tlie question of Universal Suffrage a Cabinet measure , restore Frost . Williams , and Jones to their families , and also to liberate all those brave men who are now incarcerated for advocating your rights . There never was a rwe of men who wielded the affairs of this country with such imbecility , dishonesty , callousheartedness , and cruelty ; aud none . I believe , in the history of the world , ever produced more miicliief than they have done since tbt-y cani'j i nto office . Allow me
to touch lightly oa some of their acts , which have so materially curtailed your lib rties a . ml comforts . When the Whigs came into oftise , economy and retrenchment were their creed ; but how they havu acted upon it you know well . The agitation of the . Roforni Bill , which caused the middle classes to ral ! y round the people ,, knowing , as they did , It was to give tbem power and emolument , turned out , as I expected , a humbug . I was not deceived , though miuiy of my countrymen were ; and move shame to th > - mi < WW classes , who ha ^ plodg « 4 tbfcinstLwea to asnst .-thi- ; -fopli ! , in thcir . turn , to gain them tho franchise . Smce the Wbigs ' came into office , they have added £ r >« ., m > o , ooo to . tho < lobtr arid which I am really glad of , for the debt will work out ths salvation of this country . We hnve now had
twenty-five years ( if pence , anu you kuow your suffering * . Never were you worse ott" than you are at present ; and yet our AVIinisters want au addition of £ 30 , 000 of taxes . Whtre or how thf > - are to gtfc it , I know not . Do you think the gentleiuun of tlie Anti-Corn Law League will support them in it ? Surely not ; or they must be tlie greatest hypocriuss under heavcm It is right when we call upon the House of Commons to address her Majesty to discharge herpresent . Ministers , that we elioulil show good vaust " . When they tir ~ t came into office , liberty waa on tlieir lips j but for my own part 1 never gave a Whig credit for sincerity . On < : « f their first acts was to sivu to Ireland the cruel Coercion Bill , which . subjected ' the pcoplo of that country to great cruelties , if tiioy were found
out after minuet . And if we follow them down to the present tune , we tind thriu yiractising a career of wkkfdm-rs and villuny btfore unknown . Some of our best frien Is are now on their way to New South IVa es , huA tbe gaols are being tilled with hundreds of innocent victims ami while they are tUius pers . iu'ing the propie , we Jind them equally busy in dertroying us abroud aud ruiniug our trade I have no lies tatioa in wying , that Lord Palmerston is either the dvvpi- of others or the participator in the villauy ; lie has . ^ em our flag trampled upon as tbe ltuxsian bear thought proper . Mr . Hanson then dwelt at greut length ou various Treaties that had bten broken with impunity , and showed that the grossest insults had been » pplied to England by different nations , so that the present
Ministry are not worthy of the confidence of the Crown nor the country . Then we have the afiair of China—our Go vernmeut full of prosecution , filling their dungeons on the one hand , and the otner giving orders to the Viceroy or Governor of India to declare war against China , because they are not willing to have their people p « isoned with our opium . Unlf . ss you * Ho » this , they say , we will force it down yoHr throats . But , my f iends , the Russian Autocrat is encouraging and abetting all this work , and we are now threatened with tho loss of most of our foreign possessions . We have had Frestt Williams , and Joues , sacrificed—though two of tbe Judges out of the three who tried them , considered that they ought to have been acquitted . How
did the Whigs use them ? Why , they were hurried away at the i . ead hour of tho night , without being allowed to take a last farewell of their friends . If there is a singly heart that does not feel sympathy for these Hum , he must be totally void of those feelings which udoru human nature . Englishmen ought never to cease in tlieir emleavour . t to bring hack those men , and to show how deeply they sympathise with them . Mr . Hunson vwn dwelt on tlie conduct of the Anti-Corn Law Liague , and showed * that until they joined tho people fur- UwivowtU- ** 4 lOjjfcse , their , attempts would l > rove utt : rly usMt'K * . littjpoke at con ^ iderab . e length , but w « b ivo not tiiuti ^ fll'give move than < t bare outline of hiN-Mn-ech . ¦ . ' ¦ - . '
fht petition was then adopted by the meeting , which w : u > the same as . recommended in the Star by Mr . O'Connor . It obtained above 500 signatures on tile ground , and it U expected that it will be numerously signed . The following are the resolutions : — Moved by J . B . Hanson , and seconded by John Mooney"This meeting is of opinion that her Majesty ' s present Ministers are unworthy of the confidence of the people , inasmuch as they have , by their reckless aud
unprincipled comlnct , ruined the trade aud commerce of this country , and made her the laughing-stock of foreigners ; and further sicriticed their character for justice and humanity by allowing Frost , Williams , and Junes to be banished contrary to tho law , and in opposition to the opinion of a majority of the Judges of this jwtlin . This meeting further , considers , thoru is no hope for tha salvation of this country until her Majesty ' s present advisers are driven from office , and men chosen in tlieir places more honest and competent to administer the aftairs of til is nation * and secure to the people tTniveraai Suffrage . "
Moved by Jamks Arthur , aud seconded by John Dobsox— .... ' .: ' ¦ This meeting id opinion that no real and permanent improvement in the condition of the people of this cunutry can possibly take place until they have a voice in making the laws by which they have to bo governed t and that all agitation for partial measures of reformsuch as the repeal of the Corn Laws , & « . —will provu utterly futilu , and of no rail benefit , outil the people am steurt'd from the disastrous « ifeeta f bod legislation , by being put in full possession of the principles of the Charter . And , further , this meeting will never rest satisfied until all those now incarcorated for advocating tlw righte of the people are set at liberty . '' Moved by H . Bowman , and seconded by William
Knott" This meeting considers that JoUn Fielden , Ksq .., M . P . for Oldham , is tho most fit .-ml proper person to be entrusted with the presentation of the Petition that lias bet > n agreed to , having always proved himself the steady , unflinching , and uncompromising advorate of tuorights ' ofttiep- 'OpIe ; and , therefore , he be kindly roqudfltcl to take charge of ifc . "
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Baitism i » n Union Workhodsks . —Mr . Chadwick has beeu gracioiuly pleased to allow children born in the baatile at Colchester to be sent to church to be christened ; and to add that the fattier and mother of the child may' be " properly permitted " to attend the ceremony . But theso gracious commands were not issued till ttiellev . Wm . Tucker , Rector of All Saiut 3 , Colchester " , had first complained that , in consequence of the " regulations" or a contrary tendency ^ some children born in workhouses had been deprived of Christian burial .
A Meeting of great importance in the annals of agricultural local improvement , was held at Peterborough on the 23 rd instant , and was attended by all the principal persons in the neighbourhood , Lord Fitzwilliam being in the chair . TL ' n « object was , to improve the navigation of tho river Mene from the sea to Peterborough , so as to render thai place an inland seaport , connecting itself with the towns ' of Northampton , Leicester , Market Harbor ou ^ h , Stamford , &c , and , at the same time , to drain fifty thousand acres of valuable and fertile fens , to lay dry WbittleBea Mere , and to cairy lines of road through the country intended to be drained , whereby the distance bet woau London and Hall saaj bo diminished ten miles and upwards . Resolutions were adopted by the meeting highly favourable to the promotion of these valuable objects .
A vert destructive fire broke out in Oxford ^ on Thursday night , in the shop of Mr . Blyton , hosier and tailor , iu the Corn-market ; the damage is esti * mated at £ 2 , 000 . The whole of Mr ^ Bfytcigftr house , with the back premises , are completely gutted , scarcely a beam left standing , the furniture destroyed , and the ~ gtealer po > tion of the stock , ledgers , books , and papers—Bcaro ^ y a Bingle article Baited The bouse was injured in the Protectory ' the- awek ooly partiall y- The whole of . Mr . Wickvas's eflints , trunk maker ,, the same house , are destroyed , leaving him barely the clothes he had on . Mrs . Horn ' s premises , near , were insured in the County fireoffice , with her stoek and furniture , a great quantity of which was destroyed either by fire or water . ISr . Laney has also suffered beyond the amount of bis insurance , viz . £ 300 .
Miraculous Escape . —On Thursday , » gentleman in a gig , on passing the Tron . Church , Edinburgh , pulled up his horse suddenly , it having stumbled , which so frightened tho animal that it set off * t foil speed along the-North Bridge , ^ s he neared Prinee'a Street , lie used all his oxertious . to control tiie hor ^ but to no purpose , for it dashed against the rulings in front of the Register Office , and was tnuttfoed on them . The gentleman waa pitched from bis Mjat by the concussion , inside the railing ,, and what » . astonishing , was in no way injured . The howe was removed with aome difficulty , and , thought it loc $ » great quantity of blood , it is expected ro recover , as hone of the vitals are understood to be injumL-r-SdinburffhCpurdnt . .
Ah litisH Casoe — One of those Tehee of aaeieaft times , an Irian canoe , baa been recently toosd i ' a ihe river opposite our quaya . As the ballast , tighter was crossing from the . quay , her warp-rope cum fonlof Boinetbingbdow , aud in extricating it , an old Irish eanoe waa brought to ; the : surfcuse . of the water . It was hollowed . out of single pieoe of « aJr , tweiuyrtwo feet Jong agd twenty mohoawide .. A gentle aud elegant ourvatnee apwardd fora ** the fare part , and the stem is oval , with » hollow moulding outaide . Pour spaces , similar to wb * t arecaUod floorings at present , are- left : in . ( be ljWlEWl . . _ the entire symmetry isj ^ tther pleasin g . T 9 lm « w > * of Irish antiquity it ajiwda a &tfcj ^ i » eit «?«» l works of days of yore , nil iiliniwitjffifliiff theiMbv ^ oak , liketuatwafoudlyk » MtofCTfife 5 raEV : io be 9 urpa * 3 ed in durability und ^ SSSSS ward circumstances . TheMffinapiadB ^^ Sa-M situatedon the same place as tlie MmmSfSBBa&T and who cau lookoMhis Irish v ^^ m ^ SB carried hick through time as rew () i 3 « SB » 2 B' ^ celebrated geographer flourished . Wh jniSti&f £ 3 - ^ it will be sent to the ^ Dublin Society , by tfjfcSmMT " ' who * -e tlmber-sard it now lies . —ffe ^ w 5 ^ R » Ai ptnde t . -
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THE RUPTURE WITH CHINA—EXTRAORDINARY PROCEEDING . ' ' * On Saturday morning , in consequence of insttucttong from , the Home Office , which directed that the prfsonera should not be subjected to any further restraint than was necessary for their safe custody , orders wer « given oy the . Commissienere of the Metropolitan Police to _ tne crew of a Thames-police galley to ljoard tha ship XWoko , from Singapore , on her way up the river , and accordingly Mr . R . White , an Inspector of Than ** Police , and three river constables , went on board neat Woolwich , and took into enstody James 8 pittal , Joseph Taylor , Henry Lawrence , John Madden , and Thfcmas Rainford , charged with being concerned in a disturbance which took place among some American and - ' " ~ ~ THE RUPTTm * . witix . . imnji-wwirtim :
British seamen on one side , and a number of Chine ? on the other , at a village near Hong-kong Bay . It wiil be recollected that a Chinaman was killed unrini this affray , which originated in some disorderly ana violent acts committed by the American seamen ; but was charged on the British , and led as well aa the opium smuggling to a stoppage of the trade . Tbe ' five prisoners were conveyed to the Thames police court , where their chests and hammocks were deposited , but instead of being taken before Mr . Ballantine , the presiding magistrate , as was expected , according to the usual practice , they were rowed * to the Investigator Thames-po ! ice station-ship , off Surreystreet , Strand . Here thc-y were put Mow , and providel with proper refreshments by Mr . Fortey , the inspector
m cbargo of the vessel . A rnportof the r capture wa * made soon afterwards to the commissioners of police , and by them to the Home oifire . A consultation : was helil as to what « ould be done with the prisoner * , ani tho opinion of the law officers of ihe Crown taken a * to whether they could be legally detained . It was d& . cided that tht-y could not , and at five o ' clock . on 4 fefnis day afternoon , Mr . Fortey Deceived an ordevto uiscbarga them , and they were accordingly set at libertv . Bapneara that . Spittall , Taylor , Lawrence , and MafUfca belonged to the ship Carnatic , which left the Lefcdou Docks in the . autumn of 1838 , for the Cape , Bomfcay and China . Spittal and Lawrence snipped on board ia London , the former as second mate , the other aa iwatswain . Madden nigned articles , and entered at tne Cape , and
Taylor at Bombay . Rainford belonged tq the Mangalore , of Liverpool , at the time of the disturbance After the affray in which the Chinaman -was killed , Lawrence was sent on board the Charlotte , a vess 9 l ,. ire understand , which was purchased .-b ^ Captain Douglas , of tho Cambridge East fndJaman ,.. Ownr-in ' the n « 5 ghbonrhood of Macao . After rtmaicing In irons for seventeen days , Lawrence and hii companions , who had been confined in other ships , weru tried by a Cuddy court-martial , at which Captain Douglas , Captaia Elliot , the superintendent of British trade , and othercommanders of British vessels , were prtsent . They wciefbund guilty of some offence which the men declare they never heard specified , and two of them were sentenced t » three months' imprisonment , and a fine of , £ 15 each ; and the others to six mouths' imprisonment , and a fine
of £ 20 each . After their trial aud sentence , they were transferred to the Su / tana , bound to Singapore , where they were confined in a prison , a < hore , for twenty-one days . At the expiration of that time they were shipped on board the Diana , Captain Dodman , bound to London , and sent home as prisoners . The five men , who are fine-looking seamen , and behaved with great decorum while in custody of the Thames police , complained milch of the ill-treatment they had mefc ^ dtii , and all of them attributed the disturbances to'tb « American seamen . The account given by the Bailors , and with every appearanue of truth , is as follows : —Oa the 4 th of July last , the anniversary of American Independence . Several American seamen went ashore . to a Bmall village , where they got drank and quarrelled with
the Chinese . After committing many acts of 'disorder , they left the place , and in doing so fell in with some British seamen , to whom , however , they behavod In a v « ry friendly manner , with the exception of one ' man known aa Baltimore' Tom , who boasts of Ms pugilistic powers , and challenged to tight any aeamsn on . board a British ship , accompanying his challenge with some insulting remarks . The British seamen did not offer to molest Baltimore Tom on that occasion , but a week afterwards , learning that he had gone ashore , eeteral English and Scotch sailors went after him , with a determination , for the honour of their common country , to fight him if he would accept of one of them as an adversary . When they got npon the beach , at a village abreast of Lin Tin , the British seamen met the Ameri
cans coming towards their boats without the boasting " Baltimore Tom . " The Americans had their hats decorated with gold leaves , which they said they had takea from the Chinese , whom they had fought and beaten . They also stated that they hnd broken open a "joeshouse , " or Chinese place of worship , and knocked th » wooden gods aud idols about The British seaman proceeded to the village , which they had no sooner entered than the Chinese , believing them to belong to the party of Americans who had just committed ' th « / Outrage , attacked them with sticks and stones In a most brutal manner . Tbe British seamen retaliated , and , after a desperate conflict , succeeded in defeating th « Obinamtn , cleared the village , said caused thum to fly in all directions .
Many pergomron both sides were Injured during this affray . A seamy ! bad his head cut open by a blow from one of the Chinese , and wa * carried by his shipmates to the boat bleeding profusely . A Chinaman , who received -several bloWa , died of his woundB next morning , and his body was exposed by the people on the beach , in-night of the British fleet , and an English seaman was demanded to expiate , the loss of a Chinese subject- ^ demand which could not , of course , be complied with , as the Chinsse ¦¦ vere the agpressors , and it was not known who had inflicted the injuries wbJch
caused his death . The five seamen brought home om Saturday declare that many of the unfortunate differences whica have happened between the Chinese Wtl the English have originated through the violence and disorder of the Americvn seamen , who generally manage , through tbt-ir consul and captains , to fix the blame on the British . Wh <> n the five seamen yen taken on board the Charlotte tht-y were threatened with the c-. ; t-o " -nine-tails and all manner of punishments ; and Captain Douglass had the gratings rigged , aad swore he would give one man three dozm , butbe * did not carry hLs threat into execution .
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¦^ Mr . Editor , —It is nut ambition , nor a thirst after popularity which wouM cause me to request the insertion of the following , but from the conviction that no man , either in public or in private life , ever deserved the gratitude or sympathy of the working classes to the same txtent ( for tha mauy sacrifices lie has borne , and is detenuint-d to b > ar , t as that unflinching patriot Mr . Ft-argns O'Connor ; it is th .-refore from an enthusiastic reaptct , flowing from an unbounded gratitude , which compels me to expose my want of acquirements , which , I must acknowledge , is weak and defective ; but should your better judgment decide In favour of any merit it might deserve , You will very much oblige , Yours , &C ., GK Lindsay . AN ACROSTIC .
F rom city and village , from hamlet and cot , E ach peasant and artiztn mourns o ' er his lot , A nd weeps when he thinks of his once happy home K educed by a system- in history unknown . G lad tidings brings hope to the lingering slave , U nauled by a ) l bat the bold and the brave ; S cant , friendless , nnpitied , and helpless we lay , O utaust and despised to designers a prey ; C ondoling our lot soon there came to our aid , O 'Connor that bold and unflinclung unpaid . X o bribe ever bought him , all favours did spurn , N obly he conquered each fou in their turn . O could I hut picture Ma worth , he would stand R wiowned and unrivalled by all in tbe land .
T hen why stand aloof ? To your pitriot be true , H e tights not for fame but for justice to you . E nslaved though you be , 'tis your duty to save , F rom the fangs of the tyrant the henest and brave . H etreat not from justice , retract not from ftar , I ntix-piiily Tally when danger is n&ir . E xpect not the wealthy your cause will defend , X or yet , the dissembler , or mean wily friend . D t « i > iM 5 uvvry faction adverse to the cause O f justice , of truth , and equitable laws ; K rom rapine , restraint , and coercion unite , T ruth still must prevail against " Whig craft and might . H astu umvard to freedom , surmount every ill , E xpunge every law that affects public will ; P riests , bishops , and clergy of every grade , O pposed to our rights , soon must fall in tho shade . O nward ! then Britons ! your birthright maintain , II evolved to be free , or lie with the slain . George Lisdsay . Bolton-le-Moors , April 26 th , 1840 .
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The Fox Calumniated . —On Friday , the 10 th
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 2, 1840, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2682/page/7/
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