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- } J - \ ^ + MA > * create an insect ! -By putting * l ^ p bc 4 tSfl in a Str ° ^ ™ 31 thea ^ a * * - Intolkeasce op New noxTEBTS . -As no roads * ra so rough as those that have just been mended , so no . u . ; ers are so intolerant as those that have just to ? : -a saints . i ' HK MiiCHioxiss of Lausdowne was the medium 01 recon ciliation between the Queen and Miss o , r :. ' i ; iiiee . _ The coolness , our readers are aware , ar - ^ out of a certain icamUh of temper in which an i l i-: r : . us persca , it is rnmoured , but too ' frequently
A TPEAT . fcun hospitable ' * China ' s Chief , for he - *> ¦ : ¦ - irives us " C / iops , ' ' * though he denies ns tea . ' I-v r J . ' s Last . —The "VVhig-Rsdieal Ministry &r _ ihe keys of a piano , Here a white , and ' , there a ¦ .- . . until you come to Lord John and Cupid , and ih :.: jjj 2 nd two very Wack ones together . A 5 ? ologt . —The West Lothian Agricultural Assoc nion have asre .-d '' that a premium should be a _ v-.:-r _ -d for the bt-st two-year old donkey ; ' with a rit , 7 ' ..: ' " cssistir e the
"Poor little foal of an oppressed race " to ---. n its c ' alm to a proper status in the _ rank of sn ¦ -.. ¦ . Many bipeds of "the long ear" are an- ¦ ¦'•• , ? to fraternise with the emancipated thi ? tlecr •• : ; - r £ , and , we are credibly assured , are ready to Cij . — .. ate their a ^ spirations , and identify their inter-.-f-: 3 wilh those of this nt-. w ass-emblaze . Tr-nce Albest has been solicited , we understand . to bc-ccrne the chief patron of the Mendicity Society ! There is every reason to hope that the honour will be accepted by "his Royal Highness !" >" o Was . —The Xeic York Herald says , " There wiil be no war wi : h England or America this yeir . V > - 5 roll be sob-.: sy building lug cabins , drinking nai-j c . aer , and giving each other hard blows iu the ey- ? . M > at we shail have no time to quarrel with the Q—i .-ughsh . Nex : year , they may look out /'
THK ELOP £ K £ NT . btruck with the wife was Dionysius first , ISor unsuccessfully her charms did woo ; This was agraeable , but bis fate he cursed , When struck at Paris by the husband too ! Ar-TCDOiE . —An old gentleman of eighty-four , having taken to the altar a young damsel of about £ ts- : ¦<¦ ::. ihe elrrgymaa said to him , " The font is at th > . : iuer pnd o : the church . " " What do I want Tri ; I : : ne font V said ihe old gentleman . " I be " to r pardon , " said the clerical wi ; , " I thought you iau rcnght this child to be christeDed . " A Vermont ScBooLJtASTEE lately flogged an unru . y damsel attending his school , to whom he was en 3 ^ . He ? ai d , though he kissed her as a lover . it was ai 3 duty to iick her as a tutor .
A Max has been discovered in Alabama who is so Bhorttnat he cannot see the sun shine . Another man in New Orleans has drunk so much and so habnu * iST , that Ms throat has been entirely worn away . Hz who besoltes to rise in the world by politics or religion can degrade his mind to any degree When he sets about it . Overcome the first scruple and the work is done . " You hesitate / ' said one who spoke from experience . "Put on the mask , young man ; and in a Tery little while you will not know it from your own face . " OaiHOGBAPnT . — "John , " said the schoolmaster you will soon be a man , and will hare to do business . What do you suppose you will do when you have to write ktters , unless you learn to spell better : "— ~ Oh , Sir , I shall put easy words in them . "
A > ias that has once got his character up for a wit is ? ure of a laugh say what he may . He may titter as mueh nonsense as he pleases , and all will pass ccrrent . No one stops to question the coin of & rich man , but a poor man cannot pass off a joke or agnmeawithout its being examined on both sides . Wit and eoin are always doubted with a threadbare coat . A pibtt observing to a lady somewhat celebrated for 1 ^ 5 aesteness of he r replies , that , according to U * - !* £ dia » article in the London Standard , it appeur > i There had been a split in the sliuistry , ari-iji " out .-. f the Neapolitan question . " Split ' . " says she , 1 ni :, red of hearing of these splits ; they ( the M . ! ni * try ) are like worms , they are no sooner split than tLey nnii 9 again . "
The papers RrcoKD the fact that one of- the Si-sops was thrown from his horse , a few days since . Bap ^ iiv for the Spiritual Bench , the occurrence of buc a accidents is rare ; for to do them justice , when a B : sr , >> p once gets on his " hobby , " the devil himself wosiix imd some difficulty in making him dismount Tut Bishop of Litehfield , to whom the " spill"' occurreu . has , however , not long been in the episcopal B&uale , and is therefore less accustomed to the joltin ^ i which evtn Bishops must undergo who ride the niga horse witi rapidity and -rigour .
HtR Majesty has been gracioulypleased to invite hersen to be godmother to the infant daughter of ihe Countess of Listowell . The Royal thoughts havc l 2 tely run mueh on christenings , and one of the domestic rumours of the Palace is , " that her Ms jesty is pursuing a course of inTestigation into the primitive constituent of" pap . " " ¦
A Cu . nsektattve Noblema-v the other evening in the House , said to Lord Melbourne , " I recollect a memorable passage in your answer to the Derby address in 1838— ' The popular party are not ro strong as to bear any division amongst tbem-Be ^ es . ' Is that the case now ? "' " Pray , "' said the Premier , as cool as a cucumber , " tell me irhu me popular party are . "
n ,, _ O . X A -&ECE 5 T CASE . ihe 85 th mess have now settled their hash ; The rigorous Judge , faith , has locked up ihei ' r Cash : ^ T : le stubbobskess eyinced by John Thoro ^ ood begin ^ to excite interest independant of any sympathy with ihe Chuich-rits question , inasmuch as Englishmen always admire pluck in whatever cause it may be CMiIed torth . To see the poor shoemaker gallantly pined against the whole power of ihe Church , is of itseif enough to induce a stroDg feeling in favour of thv weaker party . Cobblers , however , were always a : org * a , litigious set , and certainly we kuow an SLciem authority that Ci there is nothing like leciV : r . "
J . &iU ) LoRTos is said to be grieved at the death of ins wiiow Murphy , with wham he had an interesting lit of litigation . Thenoble lord waiild infinitely ram ^ r ihst she hid iived ^ thai he might . have gone to . law with ? her -a second time , and , perchaoce , j ruiued . hen entirely . The- poor woman has thus ! enfjfcly escaped what his lordship intended to do for i her . \ The Btshops do not altogether confine their brifk-ahd-mortar patronage to neve churches , as we i observe that the pious prelate of Peterborough was j present the otlvr o ^ y when Earl Fitzwilliamlaid the fouudation stone of a new prison , at Peterborough . On thefirst stoae of the model prison" being laid , a fortnight back , s ^ reTerend gentleman offered up a prayer for the success of the undertaking . The Bishop of Peterborough , it is to be h * ped , was not less anxious to solicit the blessing of heaven on the new " stonejug" at Peterborough .
> -kttle Bkeb , —At this season of the year a -whyksonre and agreeable beverage may be obtained ! * t a trifling cost , from that valuable though much- ' demised plant , the nettle ; two quarts of the sprouts i of v ,- hich to be boiled in one gallon of water ; adding , I wh ^ n strained off , half a pound of sugar or treacle , with a little ginger . When near cool , ferment with I yea = ? , and bottfe tight up while in a state of effer-Tescenoe . In a day or two this will be air brisk as bottled- ale , and of a pleasant flavour . > - * 'I Sat , " remarked a Clubit * to Hook the other '
day , ' h . e * e is a paragraph stating that nettles form & pleasant dr . nk . Can that be traeF ^ Oh , yes . - " said the wit , " regular ' stingo !' ¦ and no mistake . " KT 3 S 1 NG WITH THE WlNDOW OPEN . —A Scotch c ^ Tgyman was deputed by the Edinburgh Presbytery , to rebuke Charles the Second for kissing a servant maid at Holyrood . Afttr the worthy divine had discharged the disagreeable task imposed upon him by the church judiciary , which he dared not disobey , be added in a confidential whisper " and the next time your gracions majesty so far Forgets yourself , be pleased to &hut the window . "
Ebski > " £ , according to a recent account of him , to- ' 'k a fancy to keep a couple of leeches , with which he managed to establish a sort of intimacy .- The taste is tolerably significant of legal sympathies . There is something finely analagons between these blood-sucking " Tarmint" and the tribe of lawyers , and Terr likely more of the latter wonld indulge in the taste of Erskine . were their feelings less compl . tely centred in self . Every lawyer can act as bis ov-n "leech" at any time .
THE MESDICANT DICTATOR . - " The Bfll Ehall not pass for this session , " said Ban , " By Jabeis ! my sauce for the Lamb shan't be Mint ; _ I'll die on the floor ' gainst the scorpions of Stan . — So down with the country ! but up -with the Bint !"Several of our public men tried their luck the other day at Greenwich fair . Lord Melbonrne drew " a Life of Mary Magdalene f Lord John Russell " a fbnr-and-ninepenny gossamer ; Lord Palmerston "a China tea-pot ; " Lord Normanby " a pot of another Sort ; " O'Connell a large quantity of Irish blackguard f * and Lord Durham " a white-festhered dnugSll cock . "
The Wsll-dbcbbed Doctoe . —Dr . LardneTjnow at length devoting his thoughts to the wrong 3 of , ana ^ gt wronging , others , intends , it is reported , to JjgWp * o the world a short treatise "On the horrors || PiPash—not at Woolwich . " The work , we need Iftegay , will be done feelingly , for if any man can ¦¦ Niaiastioe in the subj ect it is tHe Doctor .
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CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE LONDON COMMITTEE FOR PROCURING A PARDON FOR FROST , &c , AND THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY . ( LETTER I . ) ! Arundel Coffee House , Strand , April 29 , 1840 . i Sir , —I am directed by the London Committee for I procuring her Majesty ' s pardon for Messrs . Frost , ; Wi' . lioms , and Jone 3 . to forward you the enclosed cor-; respondence in the Northern Star ; and in thus appeal-¦ ing , tbrou 5 h the medium of your patriotic journal , from ; the Home Office to the Peoj . le of England , the : Committee feel assured they ¦ will receive that justice for ; "which they have in vain appealed to the officials at j Downing-street The Committee , however , state , with j satisfaction , that their meetings are no longer subject to the unnecessary and insulting surrcillajice , against which they have , and always will , protest ; and they CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE LON-
! strongly recommend to all bodies of their fellow-countrymen who may think fit to unite , in a legai manner , i fov a lawful purpose , promptly to resent any similar ; attempt at espiomipe , ( we have no English words for such disgusting tbinga . i by an immediate and dignified remonstrance to the Home Office , and not to allow the ; mutter to rest until that of which ttey complain is re-; medied . The Committee beg to remind their fellow-; countrymen , that if the Home Office refuse to attend to : their applications , they should at once bring the matter before the public by petition to both Houses of Parlia-, ment , and by availing themselves as extensively as possible of the advantages afforded by publicity in the I liberal and patriotic portion of the public prf > ss . I By publishing these few lines , in addition to the \ correspoBdence , you will oblige the London Frost Couii mittee , and ! Yours most respectfully , j Akthuk Dyson , Sec ! The Editor of the Sorthtm Star .
\ ( LETTER II . 1 I Arundel Coffee House , Strand , } April i , IS 10 . j Mr Lord , — I take leave to a idrets your Lordsbip , by desire of the Committee , wetting weekly at the Arundel Coffee House , for the purpose of considering and adopting the best means of obtaining her Majesty's | pardon for Messrs . John Frost , Zephaniah Wiliianis , . ' and William Jones . j "We desire to inform your Lordship that on Tuesday j evening , March 10 , ( 17 * two policemen , in private I dotkes , ontered the Committee Room ,- as spies upon our ; proceedings , but on being requested to furnish tbe Sej cretary with tiieir names and addresses , as had been i done by every other person present , they refused , and . on persisting in such refusal , they were requested by I the Chairman to withdraw , which they accordingly did .
On Tuesday , March 24 , ( 31 *) the same policemen attended in uniform , and requested permission to be present as witnesses of our proceedings , and , in reply to a question , stated that they were acting under the direction of superior authority . On thiB occasion the Chairman took the sense of the Committee , which unanimously determined that they should be allowed to remain present fur the evening , and they accordingly remained present until the business of the Committee was concluded . Conscious , my Lord , that our object ia just and Btrictly legal , we have no desire of concealment , and shall feel pleasure in furnishing your Lordship with a full account of all our proceedings ; but espionage is opposed to our ideas of English liberty , is abhorrent to our feelings , and we trust that your Lordship will not permit us further to be annoyed by it
A deputation has been appointed by the Committee , consisting of Mr . George Rogers , of 58 , High-street , St Giles ' s , Mr . Thomas Savage , 213 , Tottenham Court Road , and Mr . Henry Hetherington , 12 G . Strand , who will be happy to confer with your Lordship on tbe subject , at any time your Lordship may please to appoint : and , waiting your Lordship ' s reply , I have the honour to be , Tour Lordship ' s obedient Servant , Arthur Dyson , Sec . The Most Noble the Marquis of Nonnanby .
[ LETTER . ) Wniteaar ., Sth April , 1840 . Sib , —I am directed t > y the Marquis of Xormanby to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 4 th instant , and to inform you his Lordship cannot see the gentlemen who ask an interview with him , as a deputation from the Committee for obtaining the pardon of Frost , Jones , and Williams , to complain of the attendance of tbe Metropolitan police at their meetings . I am , Sir , Tour obedient Servant , S . M . Phillips . Mr . Arthur Dyson . Arundel Coffee House . Strand . ILETTETI IV . Arundel Coffee House , Strand , April lolh , 1840 .
Mt Lord . —I am instructed by the Committee for procuring fctr Majesty ' s pardon for Messrs . Frost , Williams , and Jenes , to acknowledge the receipt of a letter -written by direction of yonr Lordship , in which it is stated that your Lordship cannot receive a deputation from the Committee , and to ci-nvty to your Lordahip the hope of the Committee tbat " your Lordship will yet appoint an interview with t ! is gentlemen nominated as a deputation to wait on your Lordship and whose names are mentioned in the previous communication dated April , which I had the honour to address to your L » rds \ ip .
Since tke date of that application , the police have again obtruded themstlvps ou our meeting , and having requested to know if we Lad any objection to their being present . the f ollo-sring resolution was unanimously agreed to . The policemen then withdrew , and the Committee afterward * un-vmTnous' . T agr .-ed to a resolution to Designed by each individual member ; which as it explains itsdf 1 will trouble your Lordship fcy transcribing . ( Minute Book . April 7 . 1 As I before took the liberty of acquainting yonr Lordship , the Committe ,- have no wish to conceal either fr-m the public or her Maji-sty ' a Governmtnt anv
portion of their proceedings , but on the contrary desire that the most extended publicity may b ? given to them ; and they therefore : u : iin dt-sire to imr . re » s on your Lordahip ' s attention , their willingness at all times , to afford any portion of her Majesty's Government the most ample and mrnute information , rtlitive to their objects and tbe modes by which from time to time they may consider it proper to endeavour to accomplish them . Assuring your Lordship that the committee have the most unbounded confidence in tbe strict legality and propriety of their pro . eedings , and that it never has been tbeir intention to promote their object by any other than strictly legal , peaceful , and constitutional
means . The Committee desire respectfully to direct your Lordahip's attention to the following extract from the address to the people of England , as correctly conveying their views of tbe important subject which engages their attention . After detailing the circumstances which have compelled them to come to tbe conclusion that Messrs . Frost , Williams , and Jones , have been transported contrary to the law of England ; and their belief that " the law , backed by the voice of millions , will in the end triumph over tyranny , persecution , and prejudice , " the address thus proceeds : —
"What then , fellow-countrymen , can we suggest or what can you do ? The cause of these martyrs demands your attention , and we solemnly appeal to you on their behalf . We are assured that Lord John Russell has declared , " they were Bent away to get rid of the excitement in their favour . " Slnll the " ext-itement " cease whilst they are suffering in defiance of the law ' Shall it cease before the law is vindicated * We are sure that your ready and decided answer wi . l be no . ' Justice must be established ; the law must he vindicated , and Frost , Williams , and Jones , - atnat be recalled !" It then suggests the means by which the Committee propose to achieve their purpose . They are—1 . Let Associations be formed in every village , town , and hamlet . 2 . Appoint regular and periodical meetings of thoBe Associations . 3 . Establish weekly penny subscriptions .
4 . Convene public meetings to petition Parliament for the immediate recal of the Welsh martyrs . 5 . Let the people of every district srnd their Petitions t © their own member for presentation . . 6 . Let each Association keep up a regular communication with their representatives , aad urge them to advocate "with zeal the prayers of the petitioners . 7 . Let the Association make arrangements successfully to demand of every candidate at the nest general election , that he will , if returned to Parliament , unceasingly endeavour to effect the liberation of the Welsh martyrs .
8 . Let tbe people of every city , borough , and county , be universally informed , that on the next nominationday , a show of hands will be taken in reference to the Welsh martyrs ; and that no mistake may be made daring tbe hurry of the proceedings , take care to have large boards in readiness with the following words written in legible characters , " Hold up your hands for the release and return of the Welsh martyrs . " Thus the Government will understand the wishes of the people upon this question . 9 . Conclude tbe business of every public meeting held for whatever purpose with a resolution in fav « ur of the law and the Welsh martyrs . The address conclude * with an exhortation to the people to be peaceful , united , and energetic , but for tbe more complete satisfaction of your Lordship , I beg leave to enclose a copy of that address entire .
Such , my Lord , is the object , and such are the means , by which the Committee propose its achievement . But , though tbey are convinced that their object is just , and that tbe means by which they are pursuing them , are such as the laws of the land and the usages of soeiety , have hitherto concurred in sanctioning and protecting , yet of late so many insidious encroachments have been made upon the liberty of the subject , and so many of tbe bulwarks of British , constitutional freedom have either been removed or disregarded , that the Committee ai'Prenended some new and strange
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powers , with which they are as yet unacquainted , may by possibility have been conferred either in the commis sioners of police or , some other functionaries , authorising tbem to proceed in the manner described , in this and my former communication , and of which the Committee ft el they have just cause to complain , and against which they decidedly protest . And the Committee pre led to enquire of your Lordship whether there may not be some new enactment not ostensibly directed against public lib ? tiy , which may yet contain a provision subjecting upright and respectable men , combined to effect a just and lawful object , by peace . ul and legal means , to insult and indignity ; and whether yonr Lordship's mind has not bten abused by falco statement- ? and calumnious reprowers , with which they are as vet nnaeanafntwi m «
ri . spntai . ions , regarding the charier of the members of tbe Committee , or in relation to its object and proceedings , a circumstance which tbe Committee think not improbable if your Lordship is in the habit of seeking information thToujh the medium of policemen c jnt to watch tbe proceedings of public bodies . In any of these e-. ses tbe Committee feel it to be their duty to court the most n > id investigation and to give the most complete endeavour to procure information , which the circumstances of the cars permit ; and they are willing to liope that your Lordship will allow them the opportunity of so doing , by appointing an interview with the gentlemen who have been selected by the Committee to confer with your Lordship on tbe subject , who will frankly and freely state to your Lordship , every circumstance which can possibly conduce to enable your
Lordship te foim a correct opinion as to our views and intentions , and we tope tbat , having thus satisfied yonr Lordship as to the lejaUty of our objects and proceeiings , you will do us tbe justice of explaining to tLe deputation , whether in your Lordship's estimation our meetings partake of an illegal character , or are likely to do so ; whether the intrusion of tbe police , first in disguise , and on two subsequent occasions in tbeir official character , was necessary or proper ; whether such proccedure will in future be persevered in , or , -whether vre shall be at liberty to pursue our peaceful course ( as we have hithei to been accustomed , in all other vubMcbasiness , iu which we have been concerned' ) without the annoyance and implied suspicions ^ iniproptr practices , which unavoidably attach to tbe presence of policemen in such an assembly . ,-
frustms , that your Lordship will not d / soHne to comply whh the request of the Committee , to receive a deputation to confer with your Lordship on a subject , which I assure your Lordship , is felt by the Committee to be one of deep importance to them , I have the honour to be , Tour Lordship's obedient servant , ' Arthur Dyso > -, Secretary .
( LETTER V . ) Whitehall , April 23 , 1840 . Sik , —I am directed by the Marquis of Nor nanby to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 15 th instant , and to inform you that his Lordship is unable to appoint any time for receiving a deputation from the committee fer procuring the pardon of Frost , Jones , an . l Williams . I am , Sir , Tour obedient servant , F . MAULE . Mr . Arthur Dyson , Arundel Coffee House . Strand .
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BOBAD 1 L REDIVIVUS . Fearing , we suppose , that coaxing and diplomatic smoothing down may fail of their effect upon the Impracticable Tankees , the Globe , we see , is beginning to let out little bits of threats as to what might happen , if they , by their obstinacy about the Maine boundary ' , caused actual hostilities to ensue ! The Globe says that tbe English mig > . t , in such an exigence , laud a force in the " Southern or slave States ; " that if such an expedition were successful , "the slaves would all join ; that the Union would be dissolved , and a separation between the Northern and Southern States ensue . It also ( falsely ) asserts that this had " very nearly happened during the war of 1814 r
This is pretty , Vut as matters stand , xot very politic talk , because it lets out the animus , the wish that is " father to the thought" of thosu who use it ; whilst all the time , those -who are meant to be influenced by this silly talk , know that it is the merest Bobadilisni that has been uttered sinco the days of " rave Ben Johnson . ' Tou will send out an expedition to " the Southern States , " will you , Globe 1 But how , Globe , are you to ensure its getting there ? It is no such easy matter to land ten or fifteen thousand troops upon a coast some thousands of miles from you , belonging to an enemy whose marine is more than equal to any squadron that you would dare to spare for such an expedition . Ton are certainly not fool enough to suppose that two or three Hne-of-battle ships , with a set of frigates and
« orvettes , and a long tail of transports , could domineer upon the American coasts now , as they did for a while in 1814 ! Tou forget , slave-hack , that 25 years of peace and constant immigration , have given the United States a population of probably fourteen million suuls , and turned the " half dozen fir frigates ; with bits of'bunting at their mast heads , " whkh the pensioned phi / uetresa ' a saucy bastard uttertd as a description ' of the navy Of the United States in 1814 , into a marine of many sail of the line , some of 100 guns , and others ready to launch , of 120 guns , besides swanns of such frigates as those that knocked to pieces the Guerriere , the Mute donian , and the Juva , after flghta of i ^ bout half an hour ' s continuance on the average , and after killing , wounding , and tossing overboard 535 Englishmen
with a loss of only sixty Americans , killed or disabled ' Ton forget this , slave-hack ! Well , and suppose you have got yuur ten or fifteen thousand men landed and left , what are they to do in a couutry where every third man is a militia man , where every third man of euch milit'a is so practised at a rifle-shot tbat he conld bit at a hundred paces distance , that particular spot which ( besides his stink ) cnaracterisesa Jew , wemean his beard , so sl > ave him both ways ! To help you against sueh men as tiiese , you lonk to the ' Blackees , " do you ? Fa ' th you lem upon a broKen rted . Free them , ami set tbem strolling about tLe c juntry you might , but -tu teach them to stand in a line , aud put the right end of tbe firelock to their shoulder , or even to git them to slop to be so taught , if that were possible , yuu would
find past your power . Psha ! this is sickening stuff of yours , Globe : and nonsense that you ought to be a * hameii to print . Tou know , as well as we do , that the plundering and burning exhibitions of Ross and PakenUaui— ( both of whom were shot , the first bya boy of thirteen at the head of his troops !) can never be acted again by England upon American ground ; aud that , therefore , to threaten such things is empty , useless , Bobadilism . In bitter truth , Globe , the Maine »> oundary question will have to be disgracefully given up . We hope and trust the State of Maine will not , for a moment , Ikten to any proposal for a " mediation" by any Europe an power ; and we are persuaded Mr . Secretary Forsyth alluded to such a thing precisely , because he knew the Loco-foam of Maine would not , for one moment , give enttrtaimnent to such an idea .
We have , in this paper , given a map , which will explain to our readers how the matter stands . They will there see what the British notion of the boundary wax— what tbe award of the King of Holland was , when the " settlement" was referred to his cbeese-andherring Majesty ; and what the idea of the citizens of Maine is as to their boundary . If , upon seeing this map . they do not also see that the only " settlement" of the question must be either a surrender of all or a war , we are much mistaken in them . As for the Globe's pretended " near dissolution of the Union" in 1814 , the facts are these ;—
" The English troops entered Washington on the 24 th of August : they fled from it iu order to save themselves , a few hours after they had set the fires ; and Mr . Madison and his Minister * were agaiu at Washington , and he issuing a proclamation there , on the first of September ; and the two houses of Congress were all assembled at Washington , aud all seated in thsir places , and the President Bending his usual message to the Congress ea the twentieth of September ; and all going on just as coolly and pleasantly as if no capture of Washington had ever been heard of !"—Cobbett ' s George If ., fo % JI chap . vi . '
Since tbe above remarks were committed to paper , we learn that the feelings expressed in Congress as to this affair , are getting very strong . The President has laid before the Houses communications from the Secretary at War , Poinsett , embodying reports from General Scott and others , as to tbe proceedings on the Border . General Scott distinctly states that the British have trtcWd more than one fort ¦ within the limits of tlie doubtful territory , that they have twenty thousand regulars and a strong force of militia close to the
frontier ; and that appearances are warlike . Some of the Members of Congress evidently regard this ( as , t is ) as an impudent attempt to bully , and regret that the surplus revenue -was given up to the States , which they say has given confidence to " certain persons " to assume the tone they are doing . That there is an attempt to bully , the Globe of _ Monday shews . He admits now that the Dutch award was a bribe to the Tankees to " settle " the dispute—but adds ' we are not now bound by it , " and must go to ^ war , if we do go to war , " for the whole !"
Rigmarole all ! Your " if , " Bobadil , is a great peacemaker and preserver ! We write these few lines to assure the citizens of Maine ( and they may believe us , for we know the thing well ) that they may take possession of the whole tcrritoiy to-morrow with perfect safety , in spite of the " twenty thousand regulars and the strong body of militia , " not a man of whom will molest them . We do not mean- to insinuate that the troops would not do their duty , and well too . But we assert , first , that Governor Thomson will think twice before he lets a man put a hostile foot into Maine , in the rear of which the Americans , by sailing up the St
Lawrence , could immediately throw a strong force ; and we cssert , next , that if Governor Thomson was fool enough to dream of such a thing , he knows the system scoundrels will not and dare not—no matter what the provocation is—go to war with the United States ; feelin ? , as they do feel , that within three months after such war commenced , they and their Debt , funds , taxes , dead weight , pensions , and sinecure Church wauld be blown to atoms , amid the rejoicings and heartfelt congratulations of the people , and amid the ringing of the bells of every parish of the eleven thousand south of the Tweei—Northern Liberator .
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CHIMNEY . 8 WEEPING . An attempt ia . now making to call attention to the evlla arising from employing children to sweep chimnies , and to obtain some legislative enactment which shall put an end to it . It seems as If no person -who really considered the case eould * desire to perpetuate the existence of such a business ; but it is kept tip because people do not think about it It is a work of darkness , which goes on in their own houses while they are unconscious . The child is put up the chimney while they are in bed and asleep , and , as the fire burns Well when they come down to breakfast , it is pretty certain that he has been got out , alive or dead , and cleared off the premises . His noble or gentle employer has no chance of catching a glimpse of him , unless it bo at midday in the streets . rHTMTtfWV Dnrnnmun
There he may be seen , so happy , spending in idleness the hours when decent people are at work , and preparing himself , among other young gentlemen , whose less obvious occupations leave them at leisure for chuckfarthing while daylight lasts , for the course of vagabond profligacy on which he is to enter , if he lives to be too big fer a flue . No . doubt the dangers and hardships of the trade ( think of a half-naked child turned out to pace the streets at three or four o'clock on winter mornings ) , and the usage which children bought for i' 2 or £ 3 are likely to meet with from their ruffianly purchasers , combine to get rul of a good many , But those who do outgrow their trade are
for the most part turned adrift on the world , untaught , emaciated , and with no apparent means of bupl port but begging or stealing ; and , what makes their condition peculiarly dismal , with no provision , no alleviation for the horrible and generally incurable disease which the occupation of their childhood too frequently engenders . Tke species of cancer to which chimneysweepers are subject is lectured on in our hospitals as a peculiar disease , and of the frequency of it some idea may be formed from the fact , that Sir Astloy Cooper ( whose practice has not lain particularly among persons of that condition , and who spoke only of what he bad seen in hospitals ) stated before a Committee of the House of Lords , that he had seen , at least , a hundred
oases-Ail this , however , goes on because paople who would be the last iu the world to support what is cruel and demoralizing , are nut aware that the werk can be done , and better done , by machines . There are no people mure interested in having chimnies well swept than the fire-offices , but the Alliance , Atlas , Guardian , Globe , Hand-in-Hand , Imperial ! London , Norwich , Phoenix , Royal Exchange , Union ! in fact , almost all the considerable offices in London ! haye given their testimony decidedly , by a public deckv ration , that they employ the machine on their own premises . Its adoption by the Board of Works , by tbe Board of Ordnance ( with 2 , 000 chimuies ) , the Bank of England , and other large public offices and establishments , is enough to satisfy any reasonable person that
the machine is effectual . It is also , to the credit of thi ir benevolence , used in the houses of many of the nobility and gentry ; but it is obvious that they are too frequently liable tebe imposed on by the representations of interested parties ; and the experience of many years has proved , that so long aa the use of children is permitted at all , trat little can be done to mitigate the evils of the system . There is only one thing which has an appearance of argument . It is said that the race of climbing boys must be perpetuated , because there are some chimnies which cannot be swept by the machine . It is trus that there are such chimnies , but those who found on argument on that fact little think what they are saying , and are little aware that those particular chimnies form one of the most urgent and crying grounds for putting a stop to sweeping by children .
The reason why these chmimes cannot be Bwept by a machine is , that they contain right angles ; or , in other words , after first rising perpendicularly a certain distance , they run off horizontally , and after a while make another right angle , and are again perpendicular . Now , of course you can . no more make a machine to sweep such a chimney , than you can make a gun to shoot round a corner . Curves and obtuse angles may bo managed by the flexibility of the cane rods ; but a sharp right angle is too much for the machine , and you must have a boy who will be proud to exhibit the triumph of live chimney-sweeping . There may be something awkward iii a child ' s entering a horizontal flue , nine inches square , lying on his face , and having ( if one may so speak ) to raise himself backwards when he gets to the
right angle ; but if lie is neituer corpulent nor nervous , and especially if you can reach the soles of his feet with a needle , he will turn the corner and go up like a rocket Whatever difficulty he may meet in his upward-bound voyage , it is nothing to what awaits his return . He has been sweeping down the soot , so as completely to block up the right angle , round which he has to come back , and through this mass , his face covered with a cap , aud struggling for his life , he has to face his way bodily . If he succeeds , well and good ; if not , the wall must be broken through to get him out ; and if alive , he may think himself well off if he is not thrashed for being sulky , and giving all this trouble and making all this mess . Thomas Allen stated before the House of Commons , that in his
youth he had repeatedly swept one of these flu- ^ s , which by reason of its length and difficulty used to occupy him six hours at a time . . ¦• I went in at eight , and came out at two . " Now , conceive a child sent on such a business . There is , perhaps , but one feature which can be added to sucb a picture of misery . Suppose tfie flue to be on fire , and the child sent into put i out Suppose—and it is not mere imaginationsuppose him pulled back , leaving his burnt flesh adhering to the bricks . Surely the inference * in every sober mind must be , not that Christian children should be kept and sacrificed to sweep such flues , but that such flues should not be allowed to exist . Indeed , setting aside all notions of humanity , and the whole question
about climbing boys > » t is obvious that merely with a view to tho protection of life aud property suck chimnies should uot be pernutte . l . And such is the view of tho Legislature . By tbe act of 1834 they are forbidden , under a penalty of £ 100 for each flue . Still , some of tho oM ones remain ; but it is calculated that they do not amount to more than about 1 in 2 , 000 , and even these may bo renders I s-weepuble by the machine , at the expense of from 8 s . to 12 s each , by means of a small iron door in the wall , opening exactly at the angle . With such an opening , it is scarcely needful to say , that a chimney of this kind may be more safely aud effectually cleansed by the machine than by a . child .
Thus do all circumstances singularly combine to show that the Legislature and the friends of humanity may safely as well as properly act in couju . nct . ioa to removo this stain upon a Christian community . Times .
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SENTIMENTS OF THE MASSES . Within the memory of living men , the bulk of the people followed tho landed aristocracy and the clergy with so much confidence , that they were called the natural leaders of the people . They had no political opinions of their own , but received and reflected , with some distortion , the opinions of the upper classes . Those were tbe days of Church and King mobs , when Paine was burnt in effigy , and the houses of dissenters were razed to tha ground . Subsequent to that time , after the French Revolution liad sounded tho phrase , " rights of man , " in the public ear , and the Tories continually repeated it by their crusade against those who used it , the people rather separated from their natural leaders ; their discontent was embodied into words > their opinions were echoed by Burdott , Cobbett , Watson , Hunt , ami others ; ami two or three successive demagogues partially took the place of the natural leaders of the people . These were the days of Radical Kefomi mobs , Luddite riots , and Manchester massacres .
" At present the separation of the people from their natural leaders . * eeins almost total and complete , and no demagogues , at least in England , supply their plaee . A . correspondent , yesterday , who called himself a Tinplate Worker , and vouched for the sentiments of many of his class , said that , the people deride the notion of ^ he-phurch of England being th « poor man ' s church , aha declared that his class of workmen never go to church . The hostility of the bulk of the people to the landed aristocracy is open and undisguised . They may sometimes look at the journals of the aristocracy and of the clergy for information , but they have journals of . their own , which the clergy and the aristocracy very seldom see . The Nortliern Slur , the Northern Liberd tor , the Scots Times , the Scottish Patriot , the Weekly Dispatch , may be quoted as specimens of the people ' s press , which express their opinions , and nourish in
them a peculiar body of sentiments , into which no particle of respect for tho institutions of the country , or the former natural leaders of the people , ever enters . InBtead of being led by one or two demagogues , individuals of their own class stand out a little before the others in every town , many of whom are eloquent , wellinformed men , and recently some fifty or sixty such were nominated to form a Convention . Between the working and the upper clssses the separation ia now almost as complete as between the races in Ireland , and now are the days of long-headed plans of extensive refonn . The revolution which is approaching here , does not come , like that of France , with the people wholly , unacquainted with its nature , and wholly unprepared to act . On the contrary » the multitude uave ' gone before any leaders , and have far outstripped those who have vainly endeavoured to frighten them back .
We have given this very brief outline of a remarkable change in the opinions and relative situation of the masses , with a view of attracting attention to the subject , for the change is still making a rapid progress . Within memory a separation has begun , and is almost complete , between the so called ruling and ruled classes . Laws have nothing to do with the post : the present escapes and becomes the past while we are writing about it ; and we wish to know what legislation will ba adapted to tbat future which is ever hurrying forward , aud which is shadowed out by the great change we have noted . We wish to ask if our legislators , who are so busy with Irish Registration and Irish Municipal Bills—with Bills for establishing a Rural Police , and for regulating beer-houses , have ever considered this startling change , aud have prepared their minds and their measures to meet it ?—Sun .
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It was a maxim of Charles James Fox that " that which is morally wrong ca \ i never be politi eally right .
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TO THE PEOPLE OF YORKSHIRE . LETTER X . Mt Fbiends , — -Before I proceed with my hiatoiy of the agitation of the Factory question , it may be as well that I should devote another letter to the explanation of those interferences between Mr . Thomhill and his steward , which my enemies thought it needful to disgrace themselves with , for the purpose of depriving me of my " daily bread , " and thus , as they hoped , " to stop Oastler ' s mouth . " ~ ¦ * . ¦ * * -
You will then know , that during the time when they were informing you that I was " only Thomhill ' s tool , " their meanness aad malice were furnishing me with the means of hereafter proving , that I was indeed actuated solely by the conviction that I was right Thus , my friends , does that God whom I wish to serve make the malice of the enemies of his children , to work for their good . -In a former letter I told you that it was needful tbat the service of Mr . Thornhill should be embittered to me . Humanly speaking that was impossible . My attachment to Mr . Thornhill and his tenants , and also
to the place—to Fixby—was so strong , that to me it would have seemed impossible that any circumstances could have arisen to make me willing to be separated . Before I was called to make that sacrifice ; mark the wisdom , aye , and the goodness of God , in making my bitterest enemies the means of loosening my attachments , and thus enabling me , when the moment did arrive that I was required to break the link , to bear its snap and feel no pang . Do you smile , friends ? Ah , then you have still to learn that " God tempers the wind to the sh « rn lamb . "
This narrative can only be rightly understood by those who believe that Almighty God cares in every thing for those who trust in him : that when his glory require * ft , and " when a man's ways please him , " he can , and he will" even make his enemies to be at peace withhim . " Before I enter upon the details of the next attempt of my enemies , I may as well let you into the secret of how the Rev . Samuel Redhead became the Vicar of Calverley . You will then find that , as my father had
been the friend of Baines , so had I been the friend of Redhead . I do not want you to forget this fact . It is inscrutable , but it is nevertheless often true , that , when a man is enabled to befriend another , he is only pampering a viper ; nourishing it so as to give it strength hereafter to sting . These are the unsearchable and mysterious ways takeu by Almighty God to lead his children to have no confidence in man . He has given me this lesson more than once . My friends , I have been a dull scholar ; so , in great mercy , the lessona have been repeated . »
When the late Vicar of Calverley died , the late Earl of Eldon was Lord Chancellor ; the living was in his gift It so happened that , at that time , in consequence of some expected family arrangements , Mr . Thornhill had no little influence with the Lord Chancellor . Hence his boast on a former occasion" If you hear anything about the Rev . , let me know . I can silence him , if I like , in such a way that he never can stir again . I never wish to be obligated to make use of my power ; but I have more power and strength in the country than you suppose . "
It was a lucky thing for Redhead that , at that time , Mr . Thornhill was a very •« powerful" man amongst the parsons , being enabled , if angry , to put them in the stocks , so tbat " they could never stir again ; " or , if he smiled upon them . ^ by his " power and strength , " to make a " back-door" curate into a dignified vicar . I say , it was well for Redhead , that , before the Squire ' s sun set , the eld Vicar of Calverley died , and he was enabled to obtain an introduction to the Lord Chancellor , by means of the " powerful" Thornhill ' s steward . It
so happened that Lord Eldon had a very great number of applications for the vacant living . The two clergymen who had the most interest wore Messrs . Freeman and Redhead . The Bishop of Durham patronised the former , and he had a claim upon Lord Eldou , in con sequence of having presented one of his Lordship ' s friends to a living Bometime previous . The gentlemen who were supporting Mr . Redhead ' s application , find-Ing their influence not " powerful and strong" enough to turn the scales in Redhead ' s favour , applied to me to obtain Mr . Thornhill ' s influence .
I thought well of the man—I believed that he was in truth and sincerity a Christian ; I felt assured that tbe inhabitants of Calverley would be much benefitted by his obtaining the Vicarage . I consequently wrote to Mr .. Thornhill , who , on the receipt of my letter , made such an application to the Chancellor , as cansed him to alter the determination which he had already come to , and to give the living to Mr . Redhead . Mr . Thornhill gave my lette » to Lord Eldon , and the result was—his Lordship said , " he had intended to give Calverley to Mr . Freeman , and had ordered the docu ^ ments to be prepared ; bat he had not promised it to Mr . F ., so now , " he assuued Mr . Thornhill , " that Mr Redhead should have it . "
So you see , my friends , that I was the person who introduced Mr . Redhead to < " the strong and powerful ' Squire , and thus obtained him his snug and comfortable ( no , not comfortable J Vicarage . I will not tell you , just bow , how grateful he has been . It would be out of order . I did not know my obligation to him , until I had resided somethne in Brompton . So , as I intend to tell my tale ia some sort of order , you will have to wait a considerable time before you know in what way tbe Vicar of Ciilverley compensated me , for obtaining him . the living .
The tenants on the Calverley estate can , all of them ; inform you how I behaved to the Vicar , from his first arrival , to the very last day when I was at Calverley . Yes , I have a curious fact fop that last day . When I tell you that ancedote , you will be astounded at my folly , and st the Vicar and his Son-in-law's impudence . I am now to tell yon * that from first to last . I believed that Mr . Redhead "was my sincere friend . He generally sat with me during the receipt of rents . ; dined with me at the rent days , and on all occasions , was treated by me with confidence and respect ; nay , I might almost say , with affection . I was really fond of the man . With what reason , the sequel will prove .
I want to be very particular about telling yon . how Redhead happened to drop into the acquaintance of and . to correspond with Squire Thornhill . You are aware that the 8 quire had kept himself entirely away from his Yorkshire property . For a wh » le generation h « had separated himself from his patrimonial estate . The consequence was that not a single correspondent hod he amongst the gentlemen of the locality ; so that ¦ when he had discharged me , and wanted a new steward , he had no one to apply to , save and except , n ^ . ftiead . Rev . Samuel Redhead , with whom it afterwards appeared he had been in regular correspondence
not on spiritual but on temporal affairs . I -will tell you how the Vicar became the Squire's correspondent There is a small aum due every year to the Vicar of Calverley , from soma public office here in London ; that money cannot be paid to the Vicar without the signature of the Lord of the Manor of Calverley . Mr . Thornhill is that Laid . The custom was that I should send the document for Mr . Thomhill ' s signature . It occurred tome on one occasion , that if Mr . Redhead were to manage that business for himself , he might correspond with Mr . T ., and as I said
to him , "he might some day , if he got acquainted with Mr . Thornhill , be all the better for it , as such men had it very often in th « ir power to assist clergymen . " Thus their correspondence began . I always , when I had opportunity , spoke and wrote about Mr . Redhead to Mr . Thornhill , in such terms as I thought of him . Thus was Mr . Redhead recommended to Mr . Thornhill ' s good offices and kindly consideration . This was the stem on whieh " the plum" grew , which afterwards fell so " providentially" " into the mouth" of the Vicar's son-in-law . No man was better pleased than I , when I heard tbat Ramsbotham waa my
successor . Their conduct since then is a different thing altogether . The Vicar ' a dexterity in negociation previously , would recommend him to an office iu the Inquisition—if not to tie hearts of his people . More on this subject by-and-bye . It might happen , that on some occasions , my conduct was such , as Mr . Redhead did not approve of . You are , all sof you , aware of my strong predilections in favour of the Established Church . You have been often told , "that I was so bigoted , that I could uot tolerate dissent—and that I was a tyrant amongst the tenants , and that I wished to ' lord it' over their consciences . " My traducers knew that I deserved not such a character ; but they were resolved , at all hazards , to speak evil of me . They were aware of the influence your confidence gave me ; by calumny and falsehood
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they were resolved , if possible , to destroy it Th « y knew that my veil known attachment to the Church of England would lead those who knew me not to believe that I was bigot ; hence they propagated those slanders . What Was the fact ? Did I ever give any tenant reason to believe that I wished to interfere in his religions opinions ? They live amongst yon—aafc any one or every one of them , if , on any occasion , such was my conduct . I know that I never did . Conscientiously , I could not encourage dissent Conscientiously , I conld not refuse to assist every one in his desire to worship God according to his conscience Hence , I never held back my influence , when it was asked , to obtain land to build schools , chapels , or for burial ground , either for the Church of England , Me . thodists , Ranters , or Dissenters . I appeal to the tenants to confirm or deny this assertion . ...: ' . - ' ¦ - .. , - - . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ """ ; " * """ '"
At Calverley , it so happened , that the Ranter ? wanted a place of worship—the Baptists required a piece of land to enlarge their burial ground—and the Wes . leyans wished to build a chapel : —all these I was enabled to accommodate . At that time Mr . Thornhill was disposed to listen to my applications , and was wont to grant my requests In reply to my letter , asking for a site for the Methodist chapel , he said" I think any man has a right to try to go to Heaven his own way , and therefore I tolerate all religions . I suppose they must have a place , and therefore you must find one . "
Mr . Thornhill , although engaged in racing , gambling , and all the fashionable amusements of the day , wai then , ( I do not know what he is now , ) a very thoughtful , religious character , as the following extract abundantly preves : — " I wish no one to have a better sense of religion than I know and feel I possess , and for their sakes , I wish people in general had only half . There are few can say they pray every night and morning of their lives , and tbat the ? never did an act they were ashamed 6 f , « r sorry for . 1 write this that you may know you did not defend your employer , without having justice on your side . "
There was then no under current of communication between Calverley and the Squire . It is true , that so much was I afraid of hurting Mr . Redhead ' s feelings , by thus assisting the Methodists and Dissenters , tbat I explained to him , " that much as I was attached to the Established Church , and much as I wished there were no dissent , and that all would attend the worship at the national altar , still I dared not refuse to do my best by way of assisting all to worship God in that way which seemed best to their own consciences . " He seemed satisfied , and to me he never found , any fault . Some time afterwards the Baptists and the Wesleyans both applied to me for ground to build schools . Then , however , I hod lost my influence , in such matters , with the Squire . He had established another office of correspondence in Calverley , and my BUit , on behalf of those applicants , was rejected .
Who his new correspondent was I did not know . I was entirely unacquainted with the fact , until Mr . Thomhill " let the cat out of the poke . " You are sun that I did not much relish it—the knowledge of that circumstance , without even guessing , who the person was , was , of itself , sufficient to explain many things which had previously been clouded in mystery . . It so happened , too , that the domestic manufacturers of Calverley and the neighbourhood wished to build what is called " a Company Mill "—it will be understood by the term " Joint Stock MUL" Mr . Thornhill refused to grant any land for this purpose , because he had two mills of his own , and he thought that a new mill would injure his old tenants . The parties , however , were not to ba put ofiV and , as Mn Thornhill
refused to grant the laadj -they purchased a plot of ground from another proprietor . It so happened that the Under Steward , James Thompson , thinking that the new mill would be a good speculation , oubscribed for some shares . He was not bound to tell me--nor did he tell me . Had he done so ^ I should , very likely , have advised him not to speculate—that , however , . was his own look out I have since heard that the speculation is a good one . "And pray what has all this to do with the business 2 " You may well ask , friends , what indeed ? I will tell you . We are just entering upon the third plot "to get rid of Oastler . " You will be cunning to guess how or what that plot was j so I will tell you all about it , bit by bit , as-it came to-my knowledge .
My enemies having found that the hints and innendoes of Baines , und the direct application of Sir Jehn Rarasden to Squire Thornhill had failed , now determined to endeavour , if possible , to sicken and disgust me ; and thus induce me , from mere vexation , to throw up the stewardship . They knew that I Was a proud , stiff fellow , and they believed that I w * ald never submit to serve Mr . Thornhill so long as ^' he was in secret correspondence about his estate matters with others persons . It was a cunning device— -but , like the other plans of my enemies , it was only partially successful . It was overruled for good . It gave rae , indeed , a « sickener' for stewardships ; it forced me to
enter into full explanations with Mr . ThornhlU , and thus it paved the way for my leaving his . service without a pang , when the next attempt at my uemove was made by one of the Poor Law Commissioners , on account of my opposition to the New Poor Law . If I am a little tedious , I know that you will exuesft me . This third attempt upon my " daily bread " was so cunningly contrived , that , although I at once reoognlsed the cloven feot , I was . a very long while before I knew by -whom it was worm The time chosen for this third interference was welt calculated to ensure its success It was at the very moment when I was in an agony of grief , in consequence of the death of poor HamertonL At
the mention of that name some tears will bo shed . Therecollections ofthat sad event rushlikea tempestbefoneme . I thought that I could have trusted my pen , afc this distance of time , ( it was in June , 1833 , ) but I feel that I dare not No , my friends , age must blunt my feelings , ere I can attempt with pen and ink to convey , in utterable language , that sad event , so full of scenes so moving . At the time I was unable to communicate the fact to Mr . Thornhill . My constant friend ,, the late Mr . Stead , of Halifax , was kind enough to supply that lack of service . I have no copy of his letter ; but on the 11 th of June Mr . ThornUll wrote to me aa follows : —
"I cannot describe to you how shocked I was-to receive a letter from Mr . Stead yesterday , mentioning the melancholy event which hod happened to poor Mr . Hamerton ; and I felt it doubly so , when Mr . S . informed me that he had so lately married a near friend of yours . I feel most truly grieved for his poor widow I wish it was in my power to write anything thai would alleviate her sufferings ; but I know too well the impossibility evea to attempt it Nothing can d » her good but religion . "I sincerely feel for you alL " Your sincere friend , ; " Thomas Thornhim .. "
The following extracts from my letter of the 17 th of June , in reply to the above , will enable you to judge of the unfeeling and ^' eowardly nature of tbat man , who , at such a time , could be so cruel as to attempt an unfriendly interference between myself and aj , ¦ master : — ., ' : " Many times have I attempted to write-to you sinca the death of poor Hatnerton ; but I have found myself unequal to the task . Never did my nerves receive such a shock . He was a most valuable young man—most disinterested , faithful , clever , and obliging . I feel unequal at present to any attention to business . I must get off for a little time . No one knew his value Saw myself , but thousands mourn his loss .
" Your kind letter 1 duly received , and was much comforted by it As for his poor widow , though « are under the same roof , I have only seen her once since the sad accident . She tries to bear np , but , oh ! it i » a heavy stroke . " Accept her sincere thanks for your kind condoleM * Indeed , Sir , you are right Her ' s in trouble that W only be alleviated by true religion . ' "Never did any death bo much affect me . I to " been . with him all the forenoon in the office . He . Witb out eajing anything to me , ( during the time I wa »«* dinner ) , went to shoot a brace of rabbits , Intendfe ** be in the office again as soon as myself , instead of wliiA hewaskilledn '
" I was suddenly informed , he was shot , ' and I b * * never recovered my feelings since . I cannot help it . ' hope you will bear with me . . ¦ ¦ * " During the eight years he was with me , we nM « had a misunderstanding—never did he fail in his duff-He was much beloved ; by the tenants . How to suppT his place I know not ^ -he was so kind to alL " Will you believa it , my friends , that at such a u * ment—yea , at that moment , when I was thus addressing my kind master , another pen was engaged in &t verley , in the commencement of a deep laid scheme to ¦ undermine the confidence of Mr . Thornhill , and to disgust myself , and thus to secure , either my " siUJH ** or my removal ? " It was bo ! Who the assassin' « & 8 > * ( Continued in our Seventh jMtflfJ
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 9, 1840, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2683/page/6/
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