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SCRAPS FOR RADICALS BT I- T . CLAKCT . NO . I . _
FAREWELL TO ERIN . Written on board the Dvehest of Kent steamer . Ob , k «» en , my Erin ! adieu , my lord land , This heart , like our anchor , still clings to thy stand ; All fortune * bright prospects in thee I resign—^ 11 . all . that beam hope on each action of mina Thit foeman shall never prepare me a grave \ Oio erimson ' d the mantle of green oer the brave ; My beart , though it e ' er shall be centred in thee , I leave ihee , in sorrow , for climates more free .
I -weep for thee , Erin ! bat what use to weep ? * T » not for thy sons to bunt tears o ' er thy sleep : For these are as dew drops , that fall to impart jbeir aid to thy bosom , bnt touch net thy heart ; Ihy sigbs swell the breezes that waft me along , Ijie Norna " B last notes in her funeral song . M » heart , though enraptured , and centred in thee , ntore thee in sorrow , for climates more free . No . IT . MY NATIVE LAND !
Ttss a calm , serene , and star-paT"d night When I cross'd o " er the Irish sea ; From the peerless sky the moon shone bright All smil'd o * er the waters but me : EVn gaily nattered the light seagull , From the glassy sea to the strand—I enTied the bird—my heart was full— I I was leaving my native land ! I trailed the poop , while the silTery moon ; W&s gilding the horizon ' s line ; j Tbe beautiful limner seemed to stoop , ' To touch with a penril more fine ; Tbe billows played , in their carmine Tests , Till the scene was sublimely grand : I envied , the free waxes snow-white breasta , MoTinx back to my native land V
Deep , deep I pondered , in vengeful thought ,-So long as my gelid blood flow'd . Nei drcam'd how Erin was sold and bought , Till the oxen bciieath me low'd . Then oh ; like a flower nipp'd by the blast , Or smote by some weird sister ' s wand , I drooped , and exclaimed— " Thy die is cast , " 3 Jy imfurttmate natire land > Aligns ! 3 , 1 S 40 .
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A Passage in tite Life of a Radical . —In this little book , entitled * ' Some Passages in the Life of a Radical , " Mr . Samuel Bamford gives the following eh&pwr - . —Soon after my return , I found that & secret inflaencehad been at work duririg my absence , exciting to , and carrying on , private meetings , and suspicious intrigues in our neighbourhood ; and that one of my neighbours in particular , whom I wished better , had been so deluded as to give his attendance at one or two meetings of a suspicious character which had been held in Yorkshire . * ? ? ? • * * * * * One day , when I was at work , a message wa 3 sent requesting me to step otst to tbe Dog and Partridge public-house , which was opposite to where I lived . 1 went and found an
aged grey-headed man , stooping beneath probably seventy years ; his venerable locks hanging to his shoulders , and having in one hand a stick , and un the other arm a basket containing rolls of worsted and woollen yarn , and small articles of hosiery which he seemed to have for sale . On looking at him more steadfastly , I recognised him as my old co-delegate to London , from the town of Derby , Thomas Bacon ; and 1 shook him heartily by the hand , acd sat down beside him . With him was a tall decent-looking young man , much like a town ' s weaver , wearing a blue coat , and with a dean white apron wrapped about his waist . After a civil salutation to him also , I addressed friend Bacon , aud asked what particular business might have brought him to our tart of the
country , so far from his residence . With a smile , he pointed io hLj wares ; but almost immediately gave me to understand , that he carried them oaly as a disguise to his real business . He said a delegate meeting was to be held in Yorkshire , which wonld cause a ¦ finishing blow to be levelled at the boroaghmongers , as I should shortly hear ; and , that a man from Miiileton , whose name he gave , and who had attended several previous meetings , was particularly wanted on the present occasion ; and he concluded by asking me to direct him to that man . I paused , as if rtnving to recollect the persan , —repeating the name , and considering meantime , what might be the consequences to my neighbour , if 1 sent this unconscious emissary to fiis house ; and I finished by
declaring there was no such man and that the name must be a fictitious one . I then took the opportunity to caution my old friend against forming connections so liable to abuse , and so dangerous and unwise , as well as hurtful to the country , directed , as they were , against a strong government , and for the overthrow , by force , of a national order of things . The old man Beemed struck by whit I said about the delegate from Middleton having given a false name ; but he huffed at my advice , and said I should , notwithstanding there might be a traitor or two , soon learn something which 1 at present little understood . I reminded him , that I had but just retnrned from a government prison ; and told him that from what I had observed , or been able to gather in various
ways , I was sure no force would avail in overturning the present state of things , —that I believed ministers had eyes to see , and ears to hear , and tongues to whisper , whatever occurred ; and that he might depend on it , ncitner he nor any persons wish whom he might be connected , could take one step beyond the pne of the law , without being instantly in the gripe of the executive . I entreated him to consider these things , —to pause , and not to be led away and lead others at his time of life . He drank his beer rather hastily , —look up his basket , —thanked me for my good wishes , —but declined my advice ; saying , he was " too old a politician to be counselled bj one so young as myself f and so , motioning his companion , they both went down the street , and , to my satisfaction , took the road back towards Macehe-ter . Reader , thiB pertinacious old man was , in
a few weeks after , arraigned for high treason at Derby ; and pleading guilty , was , with fourteen others , transported for life ; whilst the young man , who was one of the Turners , was hung and beheaded , with the equally unfortunate Brandreth and Ludlam . The stranger whom Joseph Mitchell had so assiduously introduced amongst the discontented classes of Lancashire , Yorkshire , and Derbyshire , first inveigled teem into treasonable associations , —then to armed insurrections , —he got them to arm as has been done m the present day , —and then &e rayed them . Ho « r one , if not more , of my neighbours at Middleton escaped , has jos * been fchown . l . thocght it no dishonour to deny a person aud & name , when apprized that iheir disoorerj wouid probably lead to the ruin of the parties sought after , if not of many others . That Btranger—tn&t betrayer , reader— was Oliver , the spy .
A Cocxtb-y Election is America . —It is in the country places taut an election would be seen . The day arrives . Fur some months previous the candidates and their friends have been in motion , taking their ealls from habitation to habitation , trying to persuade , excuse , explain , ic In general , the friends take more trouble than tae candidates themselves . The governor , by proclamation , fixes the day , and divides the country into precinct * , in each of waich ue etioosea a central house , and appoints three e eetiun judges . These three dignitaries of a day meet on the morning , and swear , kissing the Bible , to conduct themselves with integrity , 4 a . They seat themselves rounJ a table at a window . An old cigar-box , duly patched up , with a hole in the lid , a sheet of paper , and a writing-desk , form the
materials of the est& ' -lL&meat Every one presents himself ontside of th » window , gives his name , which i * restored upon the paper , deposits his ballot in a hox presented to him , and withJraws ; if the judges doubt bis qualification as to residence or age , they administer an oath to him . Within the room every thing passes in an orderly manner , but it is not the same outr * i < le . The wood is soon filled with horses and < £ arts . Xne electors arrive in troops , laughing and singing , often half tipsy since the morning , and exeiting one another to support their favourite candidate . They or their friends present themselves to the electors as they arrive , with ballots ready prepared , often printed , and expose themselves to their jekes and coarseness . Every new comer is questioned about his vote , and is received with applause or hisses . An influential Tntm presents himself to vote , declares his opinion and his reasons is a short speech ; tbe tumult ceases 101 moment , and he draws away nuny people te
« him ; nobody offers to molest him . In the nieanknie tiie whisky circulates ; towards evening ' every body is more or lea tipsy ; and it is not often that the soverei gn people abdicate their power without a general battle , m which nobody knows what he is about , ' and w which , all those who have managed to retain their ** rriage take good care not to embroil themselves . ~ Ter > one soes tome to sleep . The judges scrutinize * oe sagrages , and send the result to the capital TLe aext day beater and . beat are as good friends as if nothing had happened , for every one has learned , from 1118 childhood ^ to Bubmit to & majority . Tox populi , TQx Dei , is here an absolute axiom . It should be ^ served , that the public interest does not suffer from Ui «* t umults , becanse , generally , every one has made tt P his mind long before voting , and holds to it , druuk <* sober . The excitement of an election is very soon " «• Before it takes place nothing else is talked of ; ~* next day there ii no more question about it than ***** the Great MoguL—Murafs United State * .
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APPAIAING ACCIDENT ON THB HULL AND BEIBT RAILWAY .
FIVE LIVES LOST . One of the most fatal of tbe many railway accidents it has been our painful duty to recordoccumd yesterday on the Hull and Selby Railway , near Howden , as the train was on its way to the latter place . We -Subjoin fall particulars of the melancholy event , for which we are indebted to the kind , ness of the conductors of the Leeds Mercury . — wkLf « il '" I " 5 fro J \ York and Lee 48 *»* " »* Iw * iS& ^ ° eJS ° ' clock k the morning , they proceeded forward in one united train to Hull taking also additional passengers from Selby . The York carnages , having arrived before those from Leeds , were placed first , and the carriage ? film SSLraL- ^ i *? d i ***** SpKS
war Mr y ** rfass *« ^ f ^^ J ^ Si onlg . It must here be stated that the piece of iron fatal occurrence took place , it was observed by the policeman on the line to be hanging over . He instantly did all in his power to alarm the enrineer bnt unfortunately hif warning iTSTlS The table fell from the truck on the rieht 3 atf 2 £ lJS &t a ' - £ De end Of * e taiJSi plate pitched betwixt the two rails of the parallel line of railway , whilst the other end / fS obliquely against the waggon , lifted it up , and threw it quite ofF the rails , tearing it loosefrom
me . engine and tender . Either by the same mass of iron , or ( more probably ) by the impetus given to the flT ^ T ^ ' ^! ^ ^^ ^^ ^ 4 were all thrown off the rails ; and owing to the grea * Telocity - with which the train was mov ! uig > - the consequences were dreadful beyond description The carriages ran into a delpfi ' or ditch on the side of the railway , and were flung all on a heap , and shattered in the most ter nfic manner . The first carriage behind the go ids waggon was a third class , which had no cover ; then a second class , which had a cover , but no sides and then a first class . The carriages , smashed together were the Selby and York carriages , whilst the last five carriages in the train , including those irorai Leeds , received no injury , and were not thrown on the rails .
As soon as the passengers who had escaped could recover from the shock , a dreadful spectacle presented itself . Under one carriage were found two passengers quite dead , and in the inside of the carnage a respectable female also dead . Two other gentlemen were so dreadfully injured , that , on being conveyed to Howden , they died in an hour . Thus five lives have been lost . Other passengers received serums injuries . The strength of the iron table , aad the force with which it must have borne against the waggon , are indicated by the fact that the table cut clean through four or five of the thick wooden transverse sleepers on which the rails are fixed ; whilst the velocity of the train is proved , by the fact , that the mass of iron was pitched to a distance of forty feet from the place where it forced the carriage off the rails . The engine and tender were not thrown off the rails
This most lamentable catastrophe is a fearful lesson to the managers of railways to fasten all goods firmly upon the carriages , as the want of this secure fastening has been the sole cause of the present disaster . The following is a correct statement of the parties dead and wounded , so far as we were able to ascertain the particulars up to seven o ' clock last night
KILLED . Mr . AtDKKSMiTH , of York , gilder . He was alive when tikon up , and was brought to the Half Moon Inn . where every attention was paid him , but he never spoke , and died soon after he was put to bed . He was much injured on the head , and his thick lacerated . & Mr . Nicholas Veltxax , merchant , of Hull , aged 4 o years : had sustained a broken leg , and his body was mutilated , in a dreadful manner . Died on th ' e spot . Mr . Thomas Stead , jun ., comb-maker , of Castlegate , York , aged 22 . Part of the carriage had gone over bis head , which was crushed in a dreadful manner , being nearly severed from the body . Died on the spot .
A Fkmalb , aged about 2 , 5 , dressed in a dark merino gown , with red spots , had on dark stuff boots , and lead-coloured silk gloves , ear-drops , and no marriage ring . Had received serious concussion of the brain , and her leg and thigh broken—killed on tbe spot . ' ¦ Mr . Thomas Craggs , of South Dalton , near Beverley , sustained serious injury . His ribs on the right side were all brokem , the left clavicle was separated from the sternum , and the whoie fabric of the chest waa destroyed . He had also a large wound on his head . He was taken up alive , and conveyed to the Wellington Inn , Howden , where ho died about half-past twelve . He was Bensible till his death .
INJURED . Mr . Joseph Meek , of Manchester , engraver nephew to Mr . John Meek , of York , received a slight concussion of the brain , but is in no danger . Mr . James Moore , of London , a friend of Mr . Meek , sustained a compound fracture on his leg and some injury on hi 3 head . He is , however , we are glad to say , doing well . Mr . George Hopper , of Thirsk , shoemaker , was injured on the knee , but not seriously . . Several other persons , including Mrs . Fleming , of Howden , and her daughter , were slightly bruised ; but those who were not resident at that place proceeded on their journey .
Mr . Gaggs , Mr . Metcalfe , and Mr . Newton , of Howden , surgeons , were in attendance on the sufferers who required any assistance , and the utmost attention was paid to them both by the medical men and also by the inmates of the inns where they were lodged . An inquest will be held on the bodies this evening , at nine o'elock , before Mr . Matthew Pearson , of Selby .
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EXTRAORDINARY MEETING AT BIRMINGHAM . ( From the Morning Herald of Friday . ) BIRMINGHAM , Thursdat . Last night , a public meeting was held in this town , of a most extraordinary character , and from which not a little excitement and surprise have since arisen . The meeting was convened by a large placard , posted on the wails , of which the following ia a copy : —
' r » ow or never 1 Men of Birmingham ! your duty to yourselves ,, your children , and , above all , to your injured and insulted country , at this important time of its need , call upon you to attend a meeting this evening , at seven o ' clock , on the ground of the People ' s Hail of Science , when some most important business will be brought before you , concerning deeply the welfare of yourselves and your country , bellow-tojvnsmen , attend ; be calm , and think seriously after what will be laid before you . " At the hour appointed a considerable body of the working classes had assembled , and a report was generally circulated that Charles Attwood . Esq .. of
^ ewcastle-upon-Tyne , a brother of Thomas Attwood , Esq ., the late member for this borough , Would attend aud make certain political disclosures affdctiDg our foreign minister , and , indeed , the Whig government altogether , of a somewhat grave and startling character . This rumour was generall y rejected ; but , towards eight o'clock , ail doubt on the subject was removed by the entrance of Mr . C . Attwood , accompanied by several other gentlemen , Btrangers to the town . They were received with cheere , and considerable speculation prevailed as to the nature of the disclosures to be made . Mr . Eames having been called to the chair ,
Charles Attwood , Esq ., presented himself to the meeting , aud was received with loud cheers . He spoke for upwards of an hour , but as his speech was much interlarded with extraneous matter , I shall merely give the substance of what he said more particularly relating to the object of the meeting . He said they had been called together upon a subject of moiy importance than any which had been broached since the days of Oliver Cromwell . It was no less than to charge a Minister of the Crown with high treason , and with having intentionally and knowingly attempted to sell that 'country to a foreign power . He made this charge , and was . prepared with proof , when the proper tima arrived , in the fall knowledge that he was incurring a deep and a heavy responsibility .
( . Hear . ) lie had already declared that the charge he was about to make was without a precedent since the days of Oliver Cromwell , and he would add that , to the honour of mankind , it was a crime rarely seen even in historical records . Tbe charge he had to make—a charge not founded upon flimsy or feeble eridence , but upon visible and strong documentary aud oral testimony—the ck&rge was , that a trusted Minister of the Crows , in that country , had , during the time he had held office , been endeavouring to sell his country ; nay , it was very uncertain whether his treasonable object had n A been already accomplished . Before he would come more immediately to his subject , ke wonld say that it was their duty , and the duty of the country to deaand investigation ; and if found guilty of the treason he had laid to his
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charge , to demand his pubho execution- ( 8 eiwation . i The eb * w then w « s against the Foreign Minister of ****** Bntam and Ireland , and he ( Mr . Attwood ) most solemnly declared that he made ihe charge not on his own authority alone , but on the authority alBo of some of the most distinguished men of tniBcountry . In form the accusation was thiB—that a treasonable collusion has existed between the * oreign Minister of the Crown in this country and KnBsia , during the whqle time Lord Palmerston has been in office—and that is no short space of time —with a view to render thiB and other European powers subservient toihe aggressions of the northern autocrat . ( Hear , hear . ) Indeed , this country was being betrayed and soldand he was prepared with
, proof to that effect . He had documents which , in the present state of the inquiry , it would not be safe to produce , but he called upon the people to demand inquiry , and to demand , if guilty , the public execution of Lord Palmerston . That Minister of the Crown had long secretly fostered between England and France , and , indeed , every other state but Russia , the germs of war , till at length their country had been insulted and injured by every power in Europe , —till at length it was known by many distinguished individuals in this country that Lord Palmerston was the mere paid agent of the Russian Government—( sensation . ) At the very moment he was entering into a treaty with France he kept back from that country
* knowledge of a treaty which was in progress with Russia hostile to the interests of the French n i ° * HekePtit all secret till the treaty was concluded . Wherever it was possible for war to be produced , there Russian agents might be detected , and Russian influence pervading . But why did Lord Palmerston foster a Bpirit of hostility between England and France I Why , but because it was the aeep game ordered by the Emperor of Russia . Supposing England and France to be in collision , then begins the Russian autocrat in his aggrftssions , and should the people of England remonstrate with the Government on their tamely submitting to his movements , the Foreign Secretary would immediately reply— " What ! would you have us go to war
with all the world ? " This was the game of Russia ; it was the game of Lord Palmerston , and if the people of England wished to save their country from nun and betrayal , they must petition for investigati on ,, and demand tjie head of the state criminal , ihe people had lately been distracted with internal differences about the suffrage and the minor pointB while they forgot to pry into the conduct of their Foreign Minister . Let them now , however , begin , and he would pledge his life that , if Parliament granted an investigation , the dark treason of the Foreign Secretary would be proved , and he would be justly offered a sacrifice to tbe offended laws of that country he endeavoured to betray ( Sensation . ) He held in his hand two French papers of a recent date , both of which said that they would offer no insulting expressions towards England till heard
they what the people of Great Britain would say on the subject . Mr . Attwood , at great length , said that he was prepared , by evidence , to prove the treason of Lord Palmerston , and would produce that evidence at the proper time . He concluded by moving the following resolution : — ' Resolved , that this country is in danger , and intentionally betrayed to a foreign country ; and that the people of Birmingham do , in public meeting assembled , on Monday next , assert the danger and denounce the criminal . " ( Loud cheerB . ) Mr . Richards ( from Newcastle-upon-Tyne ) seconded the resolution . His speech was" similar in argument to that of Mr . Attwood . He denounced Lord Palmerston as the secret betrayer of his country . The resolution was passed amid acclamation . Several other parties addressed the meeting , after which it separated .
There is considerable degree of speculation here as to the proofs of Lord Palmerston's delinquency to be adduced on Monday next , and by the Whig party here the movement is denounced as a Carlton Club scheme to divert the attention of the people from reiorm . The Chartists are enraptured at the movement , and declare that nothing will satisfy them " but Lord Palmerston ' s head . "
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FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE ATTEMPTED REVOLUTION IN FRANCE . ( From a Correspondent of the Times . ) Boulogne-Sur-Mer , August 6 . The City of Edinburgh steamer , belonging to the Commercial Steam Navigation Company , was hired by Prince Louis Napoleon , ostensioly for an excursion of pleasure along the British coast for fourteen days . In this he embarked with 56 followers , eight horses , aud two carriages , in the Thames , on Wednesday last . Thia morning , about two o ' clock , they reached the coast of France , off Wimiroux , about three miles from Boulogne . The surprise of captain and crew may be imagined to see the whole of his passengers come on de ^ k , not in the peaceful garb of citizens , but en
militaire , some as lancers , some as general officers , some as private Eoldiers , with an oil-skin covering on their hats , with the number 40 painted in front , that being the . regiment which at Stra ^ org had formerly identified itself bo seriously in the cause of Louis Napoleon . Their ooject was soon made evident . The ship ' s boat was lowered , and the whole company lauded in three trips . Before the Prince left the vessel he ordered the Captain to cruise off the coast , but to keep close in to Boulogne , and have a boat ready manned to come off for them should they signalise that effect . Among those landed I have been able to collect the names of the General Montholon , Colonel Vaudrey , Colonel Parquin , and Colonel Delaborde .
When all had landed , they marched into the town by the Place Navarin , Rue des Carrsaux , Rue Simoneau into the Grande Rue , shouting u Vive l'Empereur , " the Prince carrying his hat ou the point of his sword , and waving it in the air ; from the Grande Rue they made their way by the Rue de la Lampe to the Caserne , and roused the small body of troops of the line ( I believe only one company ) that perform duty here . The soldiers , awakened , and seeing themselves surrounded by general officers , knew not what to make of the scene . They were , however , Boon made to comprehend that a revolution was on foot , that Louis Phillippe was dethroned , that all Prance was roused in favour of their Emperor , Louis Napoleon , and that
they must arm to march forthwith upon Paris . As some were preparing to obey , their captain , who had been awakened by the noise , rushed in among them , and lestored their wavering loyalty by shouting " Vive le Roi . " High words and a scuffle ensued between him and Prince Louis , when the latter drew a pistol and fired ; unfortunately the ball shattered the underjaw of a poor soldier who was endeavouring to separate th « m , and the whole party , finding that the soldiers were lukewarm , that the officers were faithful , that nothing was to be done there , precipitately quitted the Caserne , and retired to the port . By this time the town was roused , the authorities were on foot , the drums were beating to arms , and the National Guards pouring out in all directions .
Proclamations , with a decree , had been lavishly distributed along every street through which they passed , and money given to those who had followed them . These soon declared what the object Wag , and the necessary directions were given by the Sous-Prefet to attack the disturbers of the peace . Within two hours the greater part were either prisoners in the citadel , shot , or dispersed . They made no stand after leaving the Caserne . Some made their way with the eagle to the Napoleon column , some with the Prince hastened to the sea side , and signalled for a boat from the steamer . Unfortunately for them , too many got into it , and it upset . The Prince , with three or four others , swam for the steamer , and had a narrow escape of being drowned . During their absence , however , affairs had cha ^ firf
on board the steamer . M . Pollet , the harbourmaster , by order of the Mayor , had proceeded with a dozen Custom-house officers in a boat , and taken possession of it ; it wa 3 for innate for the Prince they did so , for in returning into the harbour they found him almost exhausted , clingiug to the buoy , about the eighth of a mile from the shore . He was taken on board , and with him Colonel Vaudrey . In escaping from the shore they had narrowly avoided being shot ; Beveral balls passed close to the Prince , and several of his followers were wounded , and sank to rise no more . The report is , that six have been found ; one poor doctor , who surrendered , was shot by a National Guard . The coaches from Paris are anxiously looked for . Many imagine that accounts will be received of attempts to rise elsewhere , and that some simultaneous movement has been contemplated .
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HOUSE OF LORDS . -77 »« r * foy , Aug . 6 . Lord Lyndhurst presented two petitions from merchants of London and Birmingham , praying the Government to exercise its influence m favour of Cracow . The Noble and Learned Lord recommended the petitions to the attention of Ministers , particucularlv as one of the signatures was that of "Daniel O'Connell , Governor of the National Bank or Ireland , 13 , Old Broad-street ; " an individual who was sometimes styled the director of her Majesty's Government . The Noble Lord also presented a petition , signed by 20 , 000 of the Glasgow operatives , who stated that the present Ministers
came into office by the assistance of the operative classes , on the distinct pledge that they would reform abuses , reduce the public expenditure , and preserve the public peace ; that all these pledges had been violated , and that they had directed the worst rigors of the law against those by whose support and assistance they had obtained office , while seeking for objecte distinctly the same as wore avowed by the Minister * when asking the suffrages of the people ; that th * Ministry had done nothing to reduce the national debt , but added to H ; and had notwithstanding thei * lavish expenditure of the public funds , saffiared themselves to b& insulted with
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impunity by the other nations of Europe ; that by t ^ eir foreign policy , they had brought the Canadas to a state of insurrection ; that they had intrigues with JwiBBia to render the neighbouring nations subaeryient to her ; and had changed their amicable relations with China to a state of warfare . The petitioners prayed her Majesty to dismiss from her councils Bucfrdangerous advisers . The Noble and ^ earned Lord then presented a similar petition lrom merchants , traders , and manufacturers of Newcastle-npon-T yne , who , in addition to the state-S i r ! Pr « vl 0 U 8 Petition , complained of the « onduct of the Government with regard to Sicily , and prayed that the administration of foreign affairs might be placed in other hands . * The petition waa ordered to lie on the table . «* . xi maiU T der ° f . the business was then disposed or , and thetr Lordships adjourned . f
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Thursday , August 6 . Th « Attorney-General presented a petition from Air . Wilham Cobbett , complaining of the inconvenience of receiving written , instead of parole , evi . denoe in the Court of Chancery .
MR . O'CONNOR . The subject of Mr . Feargus O'Connor and other political offenders , was again brought before the House . As , however , it had been agreed that no tarther discussion should take place , the House T ' mu afc once * i T ** form ° f the motion was this : — itiatan humble address be presented to Her Majesty , that she will be graciously pleased to direct that a Commission may be issued to inquire into the allegations contained in the petition of Mr . O'Connor , presented to this House on the 1 st day of June last , v i ^? what naB bcen > » nd now is , his treatment in lorfc Castle ; also , to inquire , what has been , and now is , the treatment of prisoners confined under sentences for writing and publishing seditious libels , or for uttering seditious words ; or for attending seditious meetings , in ihe Gaols or Houses of Correction of York , Wakefield , Northallerton , and Beverley . "
The motion was lost by a majority of 31 , there being 11 for it , and 42 against it . Mr . Hume , according to notice , called the attention of the House to the state of our relations with Franca and . the other great powers of Europe , in referen *« 4 o Egypkand Syria . After some discussion , in which Lord Palmerston , « c , joined , the motion was ultimately withdrawn . The other business being disposed of , the House adjourned at an early hour .
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tieroot the Forest , No . 776 , A , P ., held at the house of Mrs . Mary Haughton , Droylsden , July 25 , at five o'clock in the evening . The members and officers being present , the Court was opened in due form by Henry Shaw , C . R ., William Hibbert , S . C . R .. and the rest of the officers present . The business being done in a manner which gave general satisfaction to all present , the Court was closed by William Hibbert , no W C . R . of this Court . The members then retired for about half an hour , while the worthy hostess set out the dinner , which did great credit to her and her family . Toasts , songs , and recitations , kept up the evening with pleasure and brotherly love until near twelve o ' clock .
Strathmigii , Fifeshire . —The members of the Chartist Association of this place met on the evening of Monday last , te celebrate the liberation of Messrs . Loveit and Collins , from the captivity of the subtle fowler . After reading several extracts from the Northern Star , the chairman proposed "The health of Mr . Lovett , inasmuch as he had shown himself to be a trur patriot , both in prosperity and adversity , " which was drunk with three times three . He then proposed " The health of Mr . Collins , as he had , by his late incarceration , proved himself to be an uncompromising ; adherent of the principles of the
reople s Charter , which was also responded to with great applause . During the last year , when Chartism was at its height , it was found to be impossible to form au Association of more than half-adozen members . But the conduct of the Whig Government , in imprisoning and persecuting , so many of the best and ablest men in England has produced , has excited such disgust , that although an association was only formed a few weeks ago , it numbers about forty members ; and , had we a regular lecturer to disseminate information more fully , I have not the smallest doubt but they would soon be greatly increased .
Imitation Tea . —On Monday morning , about one o ' clock , Mr . J . Phillips , Supervisor of Excise of Devizes , in company with Mr . J . Wilks , an officer of the same department , and Mr . R . Cadby , chief constable of the borough , seized , at the Toll Gate situated on the road leading from Devizes to Potterne , twenty-three boxes , containing upwards of 1000 pounda weight ; and on the following day ( Tuesday ) another seizure was made by Messrs . Phillips , Wilks , and Williams , officers of the Excise department , ot 19 boxes , at the dwelling-housa of Mr . Benjamin Palmer , who resides near the Toll Gate , supposed to contain more than another lOOOlbs . weight ,, making a total , as is supposed , of upwards of 20001 fes . weight . —Wilts Independent .
Romance in Heal Life . —Suicidu . at Bristol . — On Tuesday evening week , a gentleman arrived at the Hot well Tavern , in Bristol , who , after dining , retired , at an early hour > to his chamber , where he had ordered a pint of port wine to be placed . At ten o ' clock he ordered a cup of ceffee and a little brandy . Next . morning , about seven , he rung his bell , and requested to be supplied with a little of the wine from the bottlo in his bed-room . About twelve , as he had not left his room , the servant knocked several times at the door ; but , receiving no answer , she entered , when the unfortunate gentleman was found hanging by his neck from the tester of the bedstead . He was cut down , and a surgeon was sent for , who found that he had been dead some
hours . Seven shillings and a letter , the writer of whioh excused himself from granting pecuniary assistance , was found in his pocket . An inquest was held the same day . Mr . J . Marks , of Alfred Place , KiDgstown , deposed as follows : —I have seen the dead body ; it is that of Alfred Dryden . He was an officer in the French army . He lived with mo about three months , up to about seven weeks ago , when I got him into the Infirmary for an injury in the leg , the result of three shot wounds . 1 last saw him this day week ; he was as well as usual , and was quite rational , but suffered much from pain . He often said he should kill himself on account of his pain , but for the dread of self-murder . He lived on his wearing apparel , having no means of
earning a livelihood , tie last lodged at Waterloo Place Staple ton Road . The Jury returned a verdict of " Lunacy . " A letter , written by the deceased to a person from whom he had made some trifling purchases , and who had requested to be made acquainted with the incidents of his life , has been published in the British Mirror . He states , that he was the son of a lieutenant in the republican army of Italy under Napoleon , and was born in 1795 . As he was brought up in terms of intimacy with Madame de Beauharnois , afterwards the Empress Josephine he was early brought under the notice of Buonaparte , who , on becoming Emperor in 1804 , raised his father to the rank of colonel and baron oi the empire , and placed him at the military college His father
. , having been severely wounded at the battle of Austerlitz , was appointed to a lucrative situation . The writer states , that he followed the fortunes of Napoleon and so distinguished himself that he was ultimately rewarded with the eross-of the legion of honour , and made an aide-de-camp , to the emperor . He soon afterwards rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel but his career was checked by the reinstatement ot the Bourbons . This event , he says , caused the downfall of his family . His father was deprived of his situation , and he was reduced to halt-pay for which he soon afterwards accepted the -compensation offerMby the French Government . On the escape of Ifctpoleon from Elba , he immediately joined him
and was promoted to the rank of coloneL and created a baron , with many compliments frem the chief on his bravery and devotion . The battle of Waterloo again crushed his hopes , and he fled to America . He soon after joined t he army of Bolivar under whom he served eix years . Having been severely wounded , he waa compelled to quit the army , having , ^ as he says , " earned many blows , but not © he dollar . " He experienced various turn 3 of fortune , haying been alternately a teacher an attorney ' s clerk , and a clerk with a corn merch ' aut On one occasion he was robbed by a female to whom he was to have been married , who administered to him a large dose of opium . Though the drug did not produce death , it mutBriai . v
injured his constitution . At length he amassed a small sum of money , and determined upon returning to his native country . He had fallen in with a countryman of his , who persuaded him to allow hinvto return with him . "I yielded , " says he , * and we landed in Liverpool in October last We left for London , visiting Manchester and Birmingham ; and , on our way to Oxford , I was taken bo Beriouely ilLai Cheltenham , that I was obliged to stop in that town ; and , while I was in bed , in a state of insensibility , the miserable wretch robbed me of £ 40 in gold , Beveral valuable trinkets , and two trunks , containing a bag of 750 dollars , and other property to a large amount . £ was left so destitute that I was obliged to leave part of my olothes for
the payment of my rent . Getting a little better , 1 carte to Bristol on the 16 th of January last , since which time 1 have been constantly ill , and living , ob the contents of my portmanteau . Now all my resources are exhausted ; I am lying on a bed of sickness in the Bristol Infirmary ; and , to crown all my past misfortunes , a £ 10 note of the Bank of England , which was sent to me in two halves , has been stolen by some person applying in my name at the Post Office , and I am deprived of this last resources I should have told you / ' adds he "that my father died of a broken heart in 181 ZKand , wy dear-mother in 1821 , without my recebinc-their blessing . ' * The letter was signe "Boxon A . Dcyden . "
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. ? l p , ****™ i otthe ^ hjutrbIRotal , Glasgow , has obtained injunctions w restrain the performance of twopenny Bhowmcn ! Another Yotiwo FbaiwxtsO'Connob . —Oh Sunday last was baptised , by Mr . Caird , in the Christian Chartist Church of the vale of Leven , Elizabeth Feargus O'Connor , danghter of Mr . William Hays . This was the first baptism which bad taken place in that place of worship . The NewspapbrPbess . —The increase in the circulation of London newspapers , since the reduction of the stamp duty , has been annually 9 , 885 , 943 , or 47 per cent , on the previous circulation . The increase in the English provincials has been 11 , 370 , 452 , or 137 per cent . ; Scotch , 1 , 320 , 006 , or forty-nine per cent . ; and Irish , 363 , 452 , or seven per cent , on former circulation .
Abehgatenny . —Saturday night last , about eleven o clock , the inhabitants of this town were seriously alarmed by the trumpet of the Scotch Greys , which ar A rtor ? d here » BOanding , immediately after which the whole of the soldiers , mounted and fully accoutred , turned out . A report was spread that a disturbance had taken place at Blaenavon , which gained immediate credit , as it was well known numbers had been discharged , and some hundreds were under notice to leave ; but after about half an hour had elapsed they all returned to their billets , it being ascertained that the captain had called them out to see if they were in readiness . The same was done at nine o clock on the Sunday night , when the men were marched a short distance , and then returned . This was really very alaming to the inhabitants , as the state of the hills at present is far from flourishing . — Glamorgan Gazette .
Singular Fire in the Haymarket . —On Saturday forenoon a fire , under singular circumstances , occurred in the Haymarket . About eleven o ' clock as a waggon belonging to Mr . Spiller , farmer , at Great Laver , Essex , heavily loaded with straw , was turning into the livery stables of Mr . Chaplin , Lemontree-yard , two doors out of Piccadilly , flames were observed to burst forth simultaneeuslv from various parts of the load . The waggon Was immediately backed into the street , by which time the flames shot above the load several feet into the air . The horses were promptly taken out , when some of
the cords being burned through , the burning trusses fell against the houses oh the west side of the Haymarket , and placed them in imminent danger . Fortunately a large body of labourers were at the moment engaged in repairing the carriage-way , who , having a large tank of water for their use , bucketed its contents on the burning straw , and subdued the fire . Two engines of the County Fire-office , as well as several others , weie likewise in attendance , but were not got into operation . About thirty trusses were destroyed . The firo is supposed to have been caused by some evil-disposed person .
Yeovib . —Distressed Condition of the Working Classes . —The greater part of the operative glovers are out of employment , and the rest , with the exception of those at Mr . Bide ' s factory , are employed at from four to eight -shillings per week . Numbers are applying for situations in the police-force . The female department of the glove-trade , which extends over at least thirty miles of the neighbaurhood , is in a similar low state . The women sow leather cloves at from 33 . to Is . 4 d . per dozen , and find their own silk , which they are obliged to buy of their masters or else be thrown out of employment , and they are charged 5 d . for what they could get aUhe shops for 4 d . Part of thoir wages is also kept bacTiisder various pretences , eo that a poor woman frequently gets but 2 s . a week when she has earned 3 s . 6 d .
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MURDER OF ONE OF LORD BA . LCARRAS'S COLLIERY SUPERINTENDENTS .
One of the most cold-blooded and atrocious murders which has lately been recorded , has been committed in the neighbourhood of Wigan within the Ia 8 t week . The victim was a respectable person in the employ of Lord Balcarras , of Haigh-hall , Lancashire , on whose estates are the most extensive coal and cannel mines in the kingdom . The deceased was what is called amongst miners an underlooker , that is , a person engaged to superintend the operations of the workmen underground . He had been employed by his lordship for many years , and waa not only esteemed by the agent 8 of the noble earl and the workmen generally , but also by his lordshi ho time
p , wsome ago built him a neut cottage for a residence at a place called Red Rock Bridge , in Haigh , and about threo miles from Wigan . It appeared that the deceased , who was a middle aged man , named John Coulton , was in the habit of riding down to Wigan from his residence every Saturday evening , after the labours of the week were ended , for the purpose of seeing his friend 3 . On Saturday last he arrived in the town , and joined his acquaintance early in the evening . With them he remained until near midnight , when he took his departure for home . He left the Crofter ' s Arms public-house , Wigan , on horseback , and , although he appeared a little tho worse for liquor , he was considered perfectly competent to pursue his
journey tome without assistance . On arriving at the turnpike-gate , about two miles on the north road , between Wigan and Preston , he was stopped by the keeper of the toll-bar , who demanded toll from him , it being past twelve o ' clock . He took out of his pocket a crown piece , which he handed to the gate-keeper , who , taking it in the dark for a pennypiece , asked for a halfpenny more , that being the amount of toll for a saddle-horse . On this , Coulton took out a shilling , and on going to the light the mistake was discovered and rectified . He then rode on , and the keeper of the toll-gate went to his bed-room . A few minutes after he arrived there , a report of fire-arms was heard ; but being in the neighbourhood where a great number of mechanics
aud colliers reside , who are generally poachers , especially tho latter , the circumstance was not considered extraordinary . On Suuday , about 5 o ' clock , as a person was passing along tho road , he found poor Coulton lying ou the ground , about one hundred and sixty yards from the northern side of the turnpike , weltering in his blood . He endeavoured to ascertain who he was , how he came there , and what had happened to him , but in the progress of the investigation he discovered that Coulton was insensible , and apparently mortally wounded . He therefore hastened to the next house , which is a public-house called the Boar ' s Head . Here he obtained assistance , removed the wounded man to the Boar ' s Head , and without delay procured the attendance of Mr . Daglish , surgeon , from Wigan . That gentleman lost no time in rendering all the assistance medical
skill could afford ; it is mainly owing to that gentleman ' s exertions that hia life was preserved until Wednesday night last ; but as the wound was from the first beyond doubt mortal , the only object was to prolong life , to alleviate pain , and , if possible , procure such information in the lucid intervals which might occur as would lead to the detection of the peretrators of this deed of blood . The slugs from the firearms were found to have penetrated ihe head under the left ear , and to have injured the brain . In the course of Monday the surgeon succeeded in extricating several slugs from the wound , and the deceased was removed to his own house ; but he gradually sunk under the effects of the attack , and on Wednesday evening expired . During Sunday the horse on which the deceased rode was found at Standish .
Tho perpetrators of this horrible deed are not yet apprehended , but it is aaticipated that they will not escape the vigilance of the police , who have been active in their exertions during the last few days . It is ascertained that the deceased was attacked by three men , and murdered and robbed as above described . The event has caused the greatest consternation in the neighbourhood of Wigan during the whole week , and the investigation before the coroner is still pending .
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MUTINY AND MURDER ON BOARD THE VIRGINIA . The Bombay papers give an account of the rising of tho convicts on board the Virginia , bound for Singapore . This vessel left Bombay on the 14 th of December , with thirty-six convicts . On the morning of the 16 th , by some means , the convicts obtained possession of the ship ' s arms , murdered Captain Whiffen , and Mr . Harland , the chief mate . After plundering the vessel , they made the crew hoist out the boats , took what articles they wanted , and pulled towards the land , somewhere about Mangalore when they left the ship . The gunner returned with the vessel to Bombay . The matter is now under the investigation of the police authorities . Captain Whiffen has left a wife and family at Calcutta . — Bengal Expositor , Jan . 11 .
There is one circumstance in the report of the rising . of the convicts on board the Virginia that demands especial notice . It is said that there was no guard on board the vessel . We are unwilling to credit this , for it is a charge of criminal neglect of duty ou the part of the Bombay Government . If it beso , tothe eovernment , and to tbe Government alone , is to be attributed the atrocity that has been perpetrated . Two murders have been committed ; the English mails from Singapore and China ( pio ^ bably containing Cabinet uwtfructions to Captain Elliot ) have been destroyed , the Vessel plundered , and nearly forty miscreants- & * at liberty . —jEn # fi «/» man , Jan . 13 .
We deeply regret to say , that Captain Whiffen , who was beaten to death ia his cabin , after bis first officer bad been knocked , down the gangway and killed , has left a widow aad six children ( new in Calcutta ) wholly destitute . If the matter fee as reported , the Government is bound to protect them . I Their position , afc any rate , is One calling for public sympathy and publio assistance . We arer happy to say that we have already had money put into our hands on their behalf ; and we trust the claims of the widow » ud tbe fatbeiless will be generodsly responded to . Ii , will W seen , by ao advertisement in anoOwr column , tbat subscriptions will be received at our office .- -EaMmSti * , Jan . 12 . * W » °
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ASolvbst Bimi .-The bent bank ever ye * kuowa £ » JWl emh ' ' 1 * n « w refuses to aiscountS te ^ ! « d «« be « share is the plow share , on which dividends are always liberal . ^^ In Moscow , the young ladies who are candidate m Unes , decked out in fine drea » a and jewels , and beaus pass along and make a sort of military review Why js the Queen's portrait on the Post-offioe envelope like a remedy for corns I Because it is » "Sovereign Plaster . , "What time is it , Tom ! " "Just time to pay that little account you owe me . " w Oh , indeed ! well i didn't think it was half so late . "—Boston Mornina Post . ^*
Be more careful to offer your salutations to thoa * that are poor , or who may have been in any way distressed , whether in mind , purse or prospects , than you ' are to your more affluent acquaintance : for , rest assured , that they will feel your neglect more acutely than either your equals or superiors . If we judge from history , of what is the book of glory composed ? Are not its leaves dead men ' * skins—its letters stamped in humaa blood—it » golden clasps the pillage of nations ! It is illuminated with tears and broken hearts .
Nothing is more liable to misconstruction than an act of generosity ; one half of the world mistake the motive from want of ideas to conceive an instance of beneficence that soars so high above the level of their own sentiments ; and the rest suspect it of something sinister or selfish from the suggestion * of their own sordid and vicious inclina-tions . A Fleeting Etermtv . —The French , in the catalogue of the Louvre in 1803 , after recounting the various transmigrations of the Apollo Belvidere in the last 2 , 000 years ( vain warnings of mutability !) observed , that it was at last placed in the museum at Paris , "to remain there forever . " Alas ! it has been gone these ten yeara . —Hazlilt ' s Journey through France and Italy .
# Childhood is like a mirror , catching and reflecting images from all around it . Remember that an impious or profane thought , uttered by a parent ' s lip , may . operate 09 the young heart like a careless spray of water thrown upon a polished steel , staining it with rust which no after scouring can efface . Eagle * Coursing . —When two eagles are in pnrsuit of a bare , they show great tact : it is exactly as if two ^ vell-matched greyhounds were turning a hare—as one rises the other descends , an til poor puss is tired out : when one of them succeeds in catching her , it fixes a claw in her back , and hold * by the ground with tho other , striking all the timewith its beak .
There ate bootmakers to the Queen , hat-makere to the Queen , and tailors to tho Queen ; but that there should be a breeches-maker to the Qu » en almost surpasses belief , and yet such is the fact , for a diploma of the kind has actually been granted br the Board of green cloth ! Some persons think that any puppet , say Punch for instance , would do just as well for Regent as Prince Albert , and possess just as much knowledge of the habits of thinking and sentiments of the people . Perhaps it would be best to have Punch coupled with the Pnnce , a combination which would make a sort of 4 i Regent Punch "—an idea that is intoxicating almost to think of .
Sagacity of the Roe . —The roe ' s sagacity in discovering real from apparent danger is remarkable : the crouching shooter with his deadly gun is instantly detected , while the harmless workman may even blast the rock and cause no alarm . This'fact I have been assured of by men employed on the highland road , who had often seen the rues peeping at thenvfrom the cliffs above , watching their whole proceedings without any sign of fear . Letting Out . —An Irish tailor making a gentleman ' s coat and vest too small , was ordered to take them homo and let them out . Some days after , the gentleman inquired for his garments , was told by the ninth part of an Irishman , that the clothes happening to fit a countryman of his , ho had let them out at a shilling per week .
Watchman . —A man employed by the city ta sleep in the open air . —Dentist—A person who finds work for . his own teeth , by taking out those of other people . —Prospectus and Index . —Appendage to a literary work ; the former showing what it ought to be , the latter what it is . —Thin Shoe . —An article
worn in winter by high spirited young ladies , who would rather die than conceal the beauty of their feet .
RADICAL THOUGHTS . All kings and queens are useless toys , The jest of men , the jeer of boys ; So * Rogers said , one day , and he Thinks ere he speaks—thinks , did we say t If all men thought as he does—pray What would become of Royalty 1 Monex against HEALTH .-There is this difference between those two temporal blessings , money and health : money is the most envied , but the least enjoyed- ; health is the most enjoyed , but the least envied ; and this superiority of the latter is still more obvious when we reflect that the poorest man would not part with health for money , but that the richest would gladly part with all their money for health .
virtue is a term of very uncertain signification in modern times . An East India proprietor accounts it virtue to kill a nabob and take possession of his dominions , which an Englishman has no more right to than he has to Grand Cairo , or the empire of China ; and every soldier who fights bravely for the profits of the Company is called a brave and virtuous man ; and an officer who has address enough to animdte his men to kill and plunder a number of innocent Indians , is extolled to the skies for a noble and virtuous hero .
A Countryman of O'Connell ' s states that his breakfast , after a morning's hunt was—first , " a large bowl" of new milk , which instantly disappeared ; then , a liberal allowance of cold salmon , soaked in vinegar—a very common dish ; of this he ate heartily ; after which he finished a bottle of port wine , took leave of his entertainers , and set off * to walk -six miles to his home . We always knew Dan had the hide of a rhinoceros , bnt never before that his digestion was equal to that of the beast . He approaches the perfection of disgust in and out .
Prince of Pop ays . —MoNrz . —Muntz . the Member for Brummagem , came out the other evening with a declaration which must have been very . satisfactory to his constituents . "If , " said the hero of the immoral Goose and Giblets , "if I was in office , I would have-my spies . When the Government were agitating , " he added , significantly looking at the Treasury Bench , "they had their spies , and they had a right to have them . " This open confession may be good for Muntz ' s soul , but we doubt its efficacy when he presents himself before the Brunts . We have-heard of the " Prince of Poyai 3 . "—Stand forth , Mnnlz , " Prince ofPopags . "
In thb case of Mr . Brine , placarded all over the metropolis , as having absconded with a large heap of other people ' s money , we observe that" the publio and the iriends of that gentleman are requested to suspend their judgment" for a little time , in order that the charges against him may be satisfactorily confuted . However desirable this last may be , we apprehend thar , as the money has vanished , and the supposed defaulter with it , it would be rather diffi * cult to act upon the suggestion . Some few yean back , and it would be the man who would be * suspended , " instead of the judgment of the public , which must be tolerably fully made up upon the matter .
Prince Albert ' s Pun . —At the Royal breakfast party , the other morning , at the Castle , the Ducde Nemours , who was discussing the inside of an egg * suddenly intimated , by his wry faces , and brokem English , that he had got hold of a commodity that he considered none of the freshest . " Hollo ! " exclaimed his Highness , the Regent in future , ** I doubt , Duke , you have got * . dam-aged article theref " The Royal circle " roared" as loudly as Court etiquette allowed , and her Majesty expressed her delight at the Prince ' s progress in English , which surpassed , she was pleased to say , her fondest egatpectatidns .
Economy , —Economy is one of the chief duties of state as well as of an individual . It is not only * great virtue in itself , but it is the parent of many others . It preserves men and nations from the cost * mission of crime and the endurance of misery . The man that lives within his income can be just , humane , charitable and independent . He who lives beyond it becomes , almost necessarily , rapacious , meas . faithless , contemptible ; the economist is easy ana comfortable ; the prodigal , harassed with debts , and unable , to : obtain the necessary means of life . So it is with nations . National character , as well as national happiness , has , from the beginning of the world to the present day , been sacrificed on thff altar of profusion , ¦
M Poo > Folks , poor Managing . "—One day s > gipwy woman entered the shop of a grocer , in * certain town , and requested to be served with » ha ' porth of cheese . a We don ' t make ba ' poiflis . ' * said the grocer , * Weibatf t sell le * s than a peh ' ortt . * "Make me a pen'orth then " , replied his customer . The cheese was then cut and handed to the gipeer . who immediately said to to the shopkeeper ^* N « r just lend ub your knif « for a minute . " . This was done ; the grocer little suspecting 4 he nse thewomaa i . wm ; going' to pot ft W , which was to divide the . pen ' orth of cheese into two equal parts . out of whiehtogether with the knife and * halfpenny , sheiST , turned to the chagriaed shopkeeper , Baying " Tbeww master , if you eanH make ha ' porthi I caaf" « Aril but » tifl ; pooriniautgingtha ' , ? waMewpl y , « pSf folke , poor la ^ gmg master ^'« aW tbe Jpser . tta I ing on fee * hes ) and gutting the « iop / leaviWHfc grooer to cakulate the amount of profit gained > f the gypeej ' * " bawbee . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 8, 1840, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2696/page/3/
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