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ttraoAw 21 1816. . THE NORTHERN STAR. 3
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BEAUTIES OF BYRON. SO. XXX. THE BRIDE OF...
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LAYS OF THE LOOM, A Sblbotkk OF Pohticai...
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RATIONALISM—A Tract for tab Tijiks. By G...
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THE I'EOJ'LE'S JOURNAL—Paht I. London: A...
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O'CONNELL v. O'HIGGINS. COMMISSION OF OV...
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EXECUTION OF BRYAN SEERY. The following ...
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THE FACTORIES BILL. The following is the...
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Ttraoaw 21 1816. . The Northern Star. 3
ttraoAw 21 1816 . . THE NORTHERN STAR . 3
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Beauties Of Byron. So. Xxx. The Bride Of...
BEAUTIES OF BYRON . SO . XXX . THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS .
Casxtxg . who , though a bad politician , was not a bad jndjjc of poetry , spoke of this poem as * ' very , very beautiful . " We doubt not that our readers will be of the same opinion , after reading the following selections : —
THE CIMX OT THE 5 lST » Enow ye the la-. ; d where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clima , TVhere the rage of the vulture , the love of the turtle , Now melt into sorrow , now madden to criuw ! Know ye the land of the cedar and vine , "Where the flowers ever blossom , the basins ever shine : "Where the light wings of Zephyr , oppress'd with perfuin ? , "Wax faint o'er the gardens of Gul iu her Moom ; "Where the citron and olive arc fairestof fruit .
And the voice o : the nightingale never is mute : "Where the tints of th * earth aad the hues of the sky In colour , thongh varied , in bsauty may vie , And the purple of ocean is deepest in dye ; Where the virgins or * soft as the roses they twine , And all , sate tiic spirit of man . is ditiue ? lis the clime of the East ; 'tis the land of the Sun-Can he smile on such deeds as his children hav « done ! Oh ! wild as the accents of lovers' farewell Are the hearts whieh they bear , and the tales which thev tell . '
ZULBICl . Jair , as the first that fell of womankind . When on that dread yet lovely serpent smiling , Whose image then was sump'dupon her mind-But once begaiied—and evtr more beguiling ; Dazzling , as that , oh ! too transcendant vision To Sorrow ' s phantom-peopled slumber given , "When heart meets heart again in dreams Efysian , And paints the lost on Earth revived in Heaven # # * * ¦ Who hath not proved how feebly words essay
To fix one spark of Beauty * *) heavenly ray ! "Who doth not feel , until his failing sight Faints into dimness with its own delight , His changing cheek , his sinking heart confess The might—the majesty of Loveliness ? Such was Zulieka—such around her shone The nameless charms unmark'd by her alone ; The lig ht of love , the purity of grace , The mind , the music breathing from her face , The heart whose softness harmonised tbe whole—And , oh 1 that eye was in Itself a soul !
SEUK AND ZPLETKA . " "What , not receive my foolish flower 1 Kay , then , I am indeed uublest : On me can xtm * xhy foxerie && tower % And know ' it thou iiot who lores thee best ? Oh , Selini dear 1 oh , more than dearest S Say is it me thou hat ' st or fearest ! Come , lay thy head upon my breast , And I will kiss thee into rest . * * ? # Without thy irea consent , command , The Sultan should not hare my hand ! Thinks ' t thou that I could bear to part "With thee , aad learn to halve my heart ? Ah ! were 1 sever'd from thy side , "Where were thy friend , and who my guide f Years hare not seen , Time shall not sea The hour that tears my soul from thee , Even Azrat-1 , from his deadly quiver ,
When Siis that shaft , and fly k mast , That parts all else , shall doom for ever Our hearts to undivided dust . " He lived—he breathed—ha moved—he felt ; He raised the maid from where she knelt ; His trance was gone—his keen eye shone "With thoughts that long in darkness dwelt ; "With thoughts that bum—in rays that melt As the stream late conctnVd By tbe friose of its willows , When it rushes reveal'd Iu the light of its billows ; As the bolt burst on high From the black cloud that bound it , Flash'd the soul of tbat eye Through the long lashes round it .
A war-horse at the trumpet ' s sound , A lion roused by hredless hound , A tyrant waked to sudden strife By graze of ill-directed knife , Starts not to move convulsive Bfe Than he , who heard that row , display'd . And all , before repress'd , betray'd : " Sow thon art mine , for ever mine , With life to keep and scares with life resign ; 2 f oiv thou art mine , that sacred oath , Though sworn by one , hath bound us both .
Think not I am what I appear ; I ' ve arms , and friends , and vengeance near . " " Think not thou art what thau appearest ! My Selim , thou art sadly changed ; This morn I saw thee , gentlest , dearest ; Bat now ibou ' rtfrom thyself estranged . My love thou surely knew ' st before , It ne ' er was less , nor can be more . To see thee , hear thee , near thee stay . And hate the night I know not why , Save that we meet not but by day ; With thee to live , with thee to die , I dare not to my hope deny : Thy cheek , thine eyes , thy lips to kiss , lake this—ami this—no more than this ; Tor Alia 2 sure thy lips are flame ! What fever in thy vtins is flushing f My own have nearly caught the same , At least I fed my cheek too blushing . "
Songs For The People. So. Vi. The Standa...
SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE . so . vi . THE STANDARD OF TJ 2 UTH . The standard of truth wa » uplifted on high ; IUll & S & Was tlieeaife and its summit the sky ; And all tribes gathered near ^ t with banners unfurled Sosimonrd forth bj Hi * mandate who governs the world ! k » A ther ; rallied around it , with triumph and songs , All nations and languages , peoples and tongues ; The light-hearted children of freedom were there ; And the blood-stained oppressor was forced to appear 1 And the slave and his tyrant , the people and prinst , The learned and rude , from the west to the east ,
All come , —and attentive was fixeu every eye , Ior this test every action and motive could try 1 And the trumpet of Liberty sounded a blast , As before the bright candard the multitudes pissed , And Oppression and Tyranny heard their own knell , And looked on its glory , and staggered , and fell ! Then there passed by the negro , in slavery ' s chain , 3 at the power of that standard soon snapped it in twain 3 An ! the darkness of death , which had blinded his eyes ! Was exchanged for the radiance and light ot the skies 1 And I marked tha grim despot of Russia go by , — Then the Polander girded his sword on his thigh , — And the shout * of the nntions in echoes did roll ,
As the autscmt bowed ' neath the uonquwiug Pole . Than the Musselm & n came , with the Pagan uncouth , And embraced and clung round the bright standard of truth : And the nations of Europe wera gathering there , — And anion ? them Britannia stood prondly and fair ! YFithjoy she beheld her abuses had fled , And reason and justice w * re throned in their stead ! Ko priest sacrilisioasly plundered her now , — And the blood o . 'Kathorinac was wiped from her brow ! Andlordlings and knaves from her bosom were thrust—And merit was raised from its duelling of dust ! And she joined in this chorus , which swelled to the skies , " Shout , shout , ye glad nations!—lo , Tyranny dios !" J . A . Lea -xhebiaxd .
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LAYS OF THE LOOM , A Sblbotkk OF Pohticai Pieces btJamss Gow . Dundee : G . and J . Taylor This unpretending collection of " poetical pieces " is another evidence of the mind and ability existing in ihe ranks of the working-class . To one of the moat unfortunate sections of that class James Gow belongs , —he is a . hand-loom vrcara . In his short and simple preface the author remarks , " Thclengtb of time required to labour , in order to procure oven a scanty subsistence at the loom , leaves the leisure hours of tbe weaver but' fsw and far between ; ' 1 have , therefore , little doubt that it will he at once admitted that I have written nnder peculiarly unfavourable circumstancea . " lie has published these
poems in obedience to the wishes of his friends , and we are glad to learn that many have given him their supportin quarters where he least expected assistance . He adds , " I have not been induced to publish with a view to profit . 51 y own hands have hitherto ministered to my wants ; and I havc . not looked for , neither do 1 expect , any other fate than that of honest labour for my daily bread . " This is a sensible view of his position—for praise , even when well-iaern & l , dues not always lead to pudding ; and although we are not of those who tvouhJ bid the shoemaker " not i £ 0 hevoud his last , " yet it would be no
act of kindness on our part to inspire J axes Gon with the hope that his poetry will ever redeem him from the drudgery of the loom . We say this qniteindependentof any opinion we entertain as to the merits of his poetry—we say it , because , in the race for wealth , where one man of heart and rniud succeeds , hundreds of such men fail . Tbe race is too often not tou by the worthy , nor the battle gained bv the deserving . Leyond cb et-rin- him in his hours of toil , and precw-rag for him the applause of his brother workers , we anticipate that James Gow ' s poetrv will procure for ir . in no other reward . These rewards , however , arc not lo he lightly valued .
Tne ? e " poetical pieces , xaongh not belonging to a high onier of poetry , are not void of merit . Perhaps their thief charm is their uaaifecicd simplicity , and accordiiuec wit h nature . Th--re is somewhat ol * sameness chargeable to their . account , and nearlj
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allthepttccsarcof a rnchrnehoV y , though not of a despnirwg character . The tone throughout shows the author to be but too well acquainted with the misery of his order-misery , which it is to be feared , he has not altqerti-r escaped . We mav add that James Gow , although evidently po *^ f religious feelings , is ( what can be said of hut few religionists ) neither a bigot nor a siav » hut a democrat , who would do his share in roakin ? the world something better than it is at present As weave pinched for room , we must confine ourselves to a single specimen of our poet'u rhymes We select a piece which hs tells m was written before ae was sixteen vears old :
THE OBPHAJJ LinoiE . What Rtarviug-likft creature is you that I see , Wi' pale hollow cheeks , and a tear in ilk e ' e , That are baitli swall'd wi' greetin ' , wi' rubbin' quite fired , E ' en a stranger would guess that he ' s hungry aud tired , As a kind o' a wallet he bauds in his hand , And at a' body's door for a wee makes a stand t He's ths puir orphan laddie , to hardship a slave , Since his faflior and mithw were kid in their grave . His wide legged creeks are a' torn and neglectit , That aw patched wi * a' colours , and prined to a jacket That wiwua baud out either wind , rain , or slest ; And big marrowless bachels inclose his wee feet , — Fraethe upper o * ane the thin sole will soon fa' , And the tic of the ither is near hand awa , — Though th « y aye skin his heels , yet he maunna complain , For he got them for nought , when he'd nane o' his aiu .
An auld sodger ' s bonnet he wears , but the snoot , Which « ars tbe light-headed ca' him the recruit . In this « a * e lie wanders about the hail duy , Wi" a breast ( a' o' pain , to mocfcary a prey-E ' en men up in years , wha harshness should spurn , And chastise the thoughtless wha mak him to mourn , Derange hs is friendless they deem it nae crime To grieve and insult him sair , time after tiins . But the clear hectic flush on his bonny pale cheek , And the sharp heavenly flash of his blue ecu bespeak That they'll no hae him lang thus to laugh at and joer , For he'll soon lie at rest wi * the friends he loves dear , Doon ' mang the dull sleepers , wha ne ' er dream o' skaitli , For nattthing can injure the dark house o' death ; Though young , like a tree that ' s beginning to wither , He droops , —sin' he tint his kind father and mither . We recommend these " Lays of the Loom" to all the sons of labour .
Rationalism—A Tract For Tab Tijiks. By G...
RATIONALISM—A Tract for tab Tijiks . By G . Jacob Holtoake . London : J . Watson , Paternoster-row . This tract did not reach us at the time of its publication , in October last , and although we have had it by us for some weeks past , we have not found time to read it before the present week . This , however , causes us but little regret , as we find , on examination , ! to be as appropriate to the present time as when first published , one proof , let us add , of its worth . The title is one calculated rather to repel than attract . The general reader and on-looker has seen so much irrationality perpetrated under the name of " Rationalism , " that they are not pre-disposed to
place a very high valuo on anything hearing that name . Perhaps one of the most irrational things ever done by Mr . Owes and his followers was the assuming of this same title of " Rationalists . " While seme people considered that the men who took this title must be wondrous clever , others held that they must be wondrous conceited . The former class were led to expect ffom the " Rationalists" more than it was possible for them to perform ; while the latter class , itis needless tosay , wereprejudiced ; and , satisfied with decrying the name cared not to inquire as to the principles and objects of the misunderstood " Rationalists . " Mr . [ Ioltoiks tells us that " the hi * h title , Rationalism" can only be retained as expressive of the aim and tendency of Air . Owen ' s Views . He adds , "I should certainly reject the
designation if I was understood , as a consequence of its adoption , to consider all as irrational who differ from me inopinion . "Good . But we ask Mr . Holtoake whether too many of the believers in , and advocates of " Mr . Owen ' s views , " have not acted as though they considered all other men as "irrational ?" What but this conceited folly kept the followers of Mr . Owes from communion with the political reformers ? Wc know there were individual exceptions—Mr . Holtoake himself was an exception ; so was Mr . Fleming ; Mr . Watts , and two or three others ; hut the great body of the " Rationalists " preferred constituting themselves into a ? "sect , " rather than mingle with "the people , " which , had they done , they would not only have benefitted the people , but would alsohave strengthened themselves , and more extensively propagated their principles .
Mr . Holtoake is an enthusiasticchampion of " the faith that is in him . " The failure of the Harmony experiment daunts him not : — Uecause preference shares yield no interest , and community scrip finds no purchasers at this particular time , many persons , supposed to be well grounded in nationalism , have begun to despond . But that philosophy , which is to elevate human nature , and be the guide and guardian of virtue , must not fluctuate with a joint-stock experiment ; it must be higher than public opinion—it must not be shaken hy relative success or failure—nor jieculiar to any social condition—hut fixed as truth , as universal and as enduring .
This is spoken like a man ; and for so speaking , wore " the prince of dreamers" now living , be would i-hristen Mr . Holtoake " Grcatheart . " The failure of the Harmony experiment has not" settled " the question of "Mr . Owen ' s views , " it has bat . ostponed the " settlement . " We have not adopted bis views , nevertheless wc regret the failure . The object of Mr . Holtoake ' s tract appears to he "to place the 'New Views' ( propounded by Mr . Owen ) in a new light . " Rationalism , he argues , as a system of mental and moral philosophy , has no necessary connection with communism , or other economical systems . He proceeds to put Mr . Owen s philosophy into a new shape and form , and we must confess that we better understand the philosophy in its new form than in its old . Had we been able to have reviewed this tract before the opening of Parliament , we should have . given it a lengthier notice than we can now afford room for . We must confine ourselves to tho following extracts : —
That the golden corn of sunny climes should fill our barns , and our merchandise should grace every cot aud pxlxci ot the world , is well . In time » ve shall exchange morality—our calculation for the Turks' hospitality , and our science for Persian tolerance . Moral merchants will arise , saying—we barter goods , let us barter sympathies , and as we make the earth grand let us elevate human nature . Sat the political economy of nationalism asks why , in tli « mean time , must our labourers die , why be trampled down iu competition ' s race ! Will that be solid
happiness bought with misery and death ? Shall we pave the highway of commerce with toil-worn bones ? Why not achieve the independence within our reach by the location of our artizaus on our untitled laud—and learn to live at home ? Barter will then be free , no longer , as now-, an imperative necessity that must be pursued at the expense of moral principle—and being true it will be honest . Then the cow struggling tradesman will become tile easy minister of useful interchanges , aud » gen « rous intercourse succeed the selfish triumphs of capital and ouuning .
From Chambers' Journal upward , the iron and obstinate principles of political economy have blended themselves with such as are more consonant with the wants of thv ago . Distinguished thinkers begin to feel thoroughly assured " that co-operation is the lever by which the great mass of the community shall be eventually raised . " No details are pledged , but the general acceptuncy of the principle . is perfect , nothing is wanted but the same currency of opini-m for some mode of its application . The difficulties which have retarded the consummation of the Harmony experiment in England have been
pecuniary . The plans of its principal director * had no worse fault than that of being prematurely splendid . Those who have criticised proceedings there , have never ascribed its difficulties to any more fatal cause than that of itt-timed expenditure . But a very temporary discouragement this ! Gas , steam-vessels , railway companies , have met with the same disasters and far greater delay—and what arc their projects compared with the community scheme , which is world-making on a small scale . They illuminate a town , cross a channel , or intersect the land—commit nitics seek to renorate the social state , recast and elevate
humanity , Mr . Holtoakk ' s arguments are clear , rather than clever ; not very dazzling , but unmistakcahly convincing . He has avowedly abstained from entering iir . o any description or defence of the political economy of " the new state of . society ; " but we would recommend to him not to neglect this more practical and more popular part of the question . There are thousands of hard-working , common-sense folk , who have neither time nor inclination to study the "mental and moral philosophy" of either Robert Owen or G . J . Uolvoaku , who would , nevertheless , be glad
to learn , within the compass of a tract the size of the present , the " social arrangements" of "the new state of society . " To get at that knowledge now , they unist wade through the not very attractive writings of Mr . Owes , or the almost endlesss volumes of th-f .. V «« ikml World , which but a very lew will take the trouble to do . The question of community of labour and property is beginning to attract attention thrmahout Europe , and a brief and clear exposition of " " . Mr . Ovte . n ' s views" would he serviceable just now . We think Mr . Huxy . iakk could well supply the want . In the meantime , tve commend this tract , to our readers .
The I'Eoj'le's Journal—Paht I. London: A...
THE I'EOJ'LE'S JOURNAL—Paht I . London : Arthna Oilice , Wellington-street , North Strand . J ust as we were completing our " publication notices" for the week , we received the first part of this periodical , which should have reached us at least two weeks a £ o . Now , be it understood , wc do not pug books . If we praise a work ( and we would much rather praise than blame ) , it is because having read it , wc lind oUi-Mdves able to pronounce a conscientious approval uf its cnutents . Wc , therefore , must read I'chVe we can iesr , nimem ! , ninl hence we must postpone further noiiw of the JV-o ; , / . . ' ., , l , JlWi ( i ! tili ncxi week . Let us add , however , that a iiw , dance sat Mies lias to the atli-activc ya'dilies of the Journal : we shall
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therefore , he sure to read it , when wo will report the result .
Wallace Dbtesd Ed: Edinburgh, Miller And...
Wallace Dbtesd ed : Edinburgh , Miller and Fairly . —Ibw title is our own ; the few pajes before us appear to be the re-print of a letter , addressed to the Editor of the Scottish Herald , and bearing the title . "P . f . lytler , Esq ., called to account for his misrepresentations of the Life and Character of Sir William V ftUaee . " We s Upp 0 ae tnere are n 0 t many of our readers who will need to be told , that the P . F . Tytler , tsij ., who is here " called to account , " is the celebrated bcottwh historian . We must do Mr . Skill , the author of this tract , the justice to say , that he manfully aud eloquentl y defends the memory of hisgmttcountryman . What we burets find fault with is , that we Ami him dinging to that virtue in Wallace's time , but rauiiitrons absurditv in the
present day—" nationalit y . " He talks about the " annihilation of Scotland ' s name , and the universal reference made to her . as the humble appendage of England . I his is ridiculous . Scotland is no more an appendage of England , than England is of Scotland , they are both one— " Great Britain . " It is fortunate that Mr . Steill ' s nationality nonsense has not the least chance of being responded to . He admits that the Scottish aristocraevhave no sympathy with Scottish nationality ; he must know that the middle-class have found it to their advantage for their country to bo united to England—witness the growth of Glasgow and other places ; and as regards the working men , wc can answer for them , that they repudiate these farcical distinctions of race , and regard
Englishmen as brethren . Thovknow , too , thattlieone system oppresses the working * men of both countries , and that North and South Britons must he united to effect their common emancipation . Mr . Stuill also defends Knox against theabusc of O'Connell , whom he handles rather severely , denouncing him as a " hypocrite . " Very right . Every man of common sense knows that the "king" of the oVeenJandcrs is a " knave in politics , and a hypocrite in religion . " Wc conclude with : ' a sentiment of Mr . Steill ' s , respecting his country ' s great hero : — "It was tho wonderful sen-ices WauucE performed single-handed to his country , both as a warrior and a statesman , the entire absence of all selfish feeling he manifested while in power and out of power , and the heroic sacrifice which lie made of himself on the altar ef
liberty—a sacrifice that will tell on the destinies of the human family to latest ajes—that secured fer him the undying love of his countrymen . " Let us add , and has won for him equally the undying love of Englishmen . Not a sensible Englishman but venerates his name , and mourns his murubr ae one of the foulest blots staining the annals of England .
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A . TR 0 C 1 OUS OUTRAGE , AND ILLEGAL INTERFERENCE WITH THE SACRED RIGHT OF PETITION .
[ FROM OUR OWS CORRESrONBBST . J If the English people knew but a tithe of the persecution to which the Irish farmer and labourer are subject , and but too frequently tho victims , they would not ( eel the least astonishment at the numerous acts of agrarian disturbance about which they hear so much . The public seldom , if ever , hear or get the least hint of the cause of those disturbances . An instance of petty tyranny , of a very serious character , and imminently calculated to disturb the tranquillity of a district heretofore proverbial for the good order and peaceablcncjs of its inhabitants , has occurred recently . The following brief sketch will , to some extent , serve to shew with what a high and unconstitutional hand Irish landlords carry their pretensions .
The late Mr . Evans , ot Portrane , represented the e mnty of Dublin in Parliament . He was returned by the popular interest ; and was alwayslookcd upon by the great bulk of the people as a United Irishman , who had the good fortune to have , like some others , escaped hanging . He was a favourite with the people . -In order to aifurd the children of his poor tenantry at Portrane the means of education , he built two little school-houses—one for males , the otiier for females ; and as the poor tenantry were all Catholics , he left the selection of the teachers to the parish priest .
Mr . Evans died some two or three years since without issue ; his widow , who is sister to the late Lord Gongleton , better known as Sir II . Pennell , resides at Portrane , and not having been accustomed to have any iutercour » e with the tenantry , she employed a person named Wolstcnfullam , a German , to act ' for her as agent , or , as you term it in England , bailitf . It happened some five or six weeks ago , that a petition to Parliament in favour of the Tenant Right was laid on a table at the Catholic Church door for signature . Mrs . Evans' tenantry signed the petition most willingly , as they are greatly oppressed by paying three pounds an acre for bad land , while their neighbours upon an adjoining estate , belonging to a
Tory landlord , pay but thirty shillings for much better land . Mrs . Evans having heard of this petition g ent for her agent , or bailiff , Mr . WolsbecfnUam , in order to aid her in discovering if any of her tenants or dependents had either signed the petition or had taken any part in obtaining the signatures of others . Threats of all sorts were held over any tenant who should dare to sign this petition . After a good deal of espionage , suspicion fell upon the teacher , who had been seventeen years schoolmaster in Mr . Evans ' school , and who , during that long period , had given the utmost satisfaction to the pupils , to their parents , to the parish priest , and apparently even to Mrs . Evans herself . Neverthelesss , the alleged crime of having signed a petition to Parliament in favour of the Tenant Right , cancelled all former ties , and
without any other fault , even the formality of an inquiry into the alleged one , the unfortunate schoolmaster was waylaid in the dusk , between the schoolhouscs and hisown little dwelling , hy the agent , Mr . Wolstenfulkiiu , and seduced into a low public-house , under the pretence of settling his quarter ' s salary , but in reality to afford two or three hum-bailiffs time to effect an entrance into the school-house , and throw out everything belonging to the schoolmaster and keep possession . The unsuspecting teacher did not anticipate the object of coaxing him into the public house , till after he had acknowledged the receipt of the money . He was alone with the agent , and therefore had no -witness to this low and tyrannical trick . He did not like to go into the public hotwe , particularly as he is a teetotaller .
The agent and his mistress became a little alarmed at their tyranny , and sent for the schoolmaster , paid him a year ' s salary , and assigned as a reason for their conduct that he had not only signed the petition but was a Chartist . Now it so happens that the schoolmaster did not sign the petition , and that he is . not a member of any political society . The schoelhousc has been shut up ; the neighbourhood is in a very excited state , and will soon require an additional police force . The people are alarmed at tliis interference with their right to petition Parliament . They are deterred from petitioning . Is not this interference with the right of petition a breach of privilege ? C . Malahide , Feb . U , 1846 .
O'Connell V. O'Higgins. Commission Of Ov...
O'CONNELL v . O'HIGGINS . COMMISSION OF OVER AXO TKIUH . VER . The Commission of Oyer and Terminer wag opened yesterday , at eleven o ' clock , by the Hon . Justices Crompton aud Pen-in , of the Queen ' s Bench , accompanied by the llight lion , the Lord Mayor ( Alderman E-an , locum tenensj , his lordnhip ' s secretary , Mr . Deehan , the City Sword-bearer and Marshal , when the usual formalities were observed . It would bo wnong to say the Queen v . O'lliggins , because the prosecution is , in reality , at the instance of O'Cuuncll . You are already aware that two bills of indictment were sent up , one to tho County Grand Jury , the other to the City Grand Jury . The County Grand Jury arc nearly all landed proprietors , and , consequently , more deeply interested in a landlord and tenant question than the City Grand Jury , who , by the bve , do not own an acre of land amongst the
whole of them ; yet , strange to say , the County Grand Jury threw out the bills against Mr . O ' lliggins , while , on the other hand , the city sages found true bills against him . It was a hard contest , and not a very noiseless one in the grand jury room . There were eleven for ignoring the bills , and twelve for finding them . Sir Richard Baker , a little city knight , and a tailor hy trade , laboured hard not only to induce some weak minds to ooncur in his views , but to make the witnesses say more than they should or could say ; one of whom , a respectable gentleman , snubbed the little kniaht for his impertinence . The trial has been removed by a writ of certiorari Irom the Commission to the Court of Queen's Bench . It is , therefore , likely to become a " Gkuat Statu Trial . "
The general impression here is , that , in this case , at any rate , O'Cuuncll will be defeated . Little he knows of the real state of feeling outside of Conciliation Hall . His busotn friend , Tom Arkius , the spy , failed in establishing a character for honesty this day . He Instituted proceedings for a defamatory libel , scandalmu mixgnatum , against the editor and proprietors of the Dahlia Aryus , an unstamped publication . The cause was tried to-day . The jury acquitted the prisoners . The audience hailed the
verdict with such loud and continuous cheering , that the court was obliged to commit some of them to Newgate . The verdict is not very comp limentary to the character of Tom Arkius . The unfortunate man had troubles enough oi * a domestic nature , without this public stigma upon his character . It is surprising how such a man imposed upon the public , lie is sward-bearer to the reformed corporation , and clerk of the corn table . But he is the bosom friend of the " Liberator , " as he calls him , and that you know covers a multitude of siiia .
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EXECUTION OF BRYAN SEERY . The following account of the execution of this wretched man is furnished by the reporter of the 1 ' rccKi'in ' s Jonm . fI . Suyry , U * will be seen , persisted tothelasipir . tire mos ' solemn terms , to assert his
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total innocence of the crime for which he was al > 't to pay . the forfeit of his life -. — Mulunoab , Fkiday £ vBNi . so . -Th « die is ea « U- "th » law has taken iUcour «> >> id Bryan Sterv _ th » ill-fated , swt-ui-elaivu , nnd universally bilieved innocent Brvan awry u -now no mere . The following declaration was maun , voluntarily made , by the unhappy man on Thursday evening , fa the preseilOO of tho Huv . Mr . Savage , the < lepu £ j-. govenlor of t „ e ga 9 lj Mri fluking [ lht p ,, - ,,,, ^ .,,, agent ) , and two magistrates of the county , who signed the document : —
" County of Westmwth to wit . —I , Bryan S » ery , how a prisoner in the gaol of Mullingnr , and to be on thin day executed , do most solemnly and sincsr « ly duclarn , in the presence of that Sod before whom 1 must shortly uppcar for judgment , that I imver fired at Sir Francis HopJtinsthat I never committed any act tending to injure him in person or property—and that I nevor was cojrnixant of , or a party to , any conspiracy to plot or shoot , or injure the said Sir Francis Hopkins ; and that I am snt guilty , directly or indirectly , of tho crime for which lam to bo hanged . —ltavAN Sekki . " This was the declaration pwscntvd by the Rev . Mr . Savage to the sherift' to witness ; aud I prcstunt it is the same document signed , in tha presence of the parti «» alluded to above , on tho provioun evening ,
The prisoner , after having spent the whole of Thursday ovuning with thv Rev . Mr . Savage in religion * devotions , retired to bed about eleven o ' clock , and slept soundly until sixiu tho morning , when he arose , and afti / r attending mass in tho chapel hu received the holy communion from the hands Of the llbV . Mr . Savage , whose attention to the poor convict was unceasing . At six o ' clock iu the morning the trumpets of the militarywere heard all over the town , the men being under order * for duty at eleven o ' clock . The military force present consisted of the following : —Two troops of the llth Light Drageons , 30 rank and file each , accompanied by Major Jones ; two troops ol tho 8 th Hussars , of -10 rank and file each , commanded by Colonel M'Caul nnd Lord Killeen ; the 8 th regiment of Foot ( stationed in th « town ); two companies ot tho Zii , under the command of Captain Lowe ; ono company of tho 73 th , commanded by Captain
Lathurst ; and seventy-five constabulary , under the comniand of Messrs . Broohy and Shiels . I have never beheld a more awfully solemn scene . Almost every shop in the town was closed , yet hardly a soul except tbe soldiery attended at the execution ! It was a tine unclouded morning ; as the day advanced , the clear bright uky proclaimed the return of spring . The streets , « s I have already said , were quite deserted , and the people testified , by their refraining from either coming into town , or collecting in crowds in its suburbs , their abhorrence of the tragedy . One fact illustrative of this I shall relate ' . —A mercantile gentloman , who came from Dublin to purchase butter , could not get any person to do bueinoss with him , nnd although the day was that on which the butter market is held , according to thauatcut , the mm-ket being the largmt in Leiuster , there was not a singlu iirkin brought into town .
At eleven o ' clock the infantry and police were placed in order in front of the gaol . Tho unfortunate convict wa * accompanied in his devotions throughout ths morning by the ltev . Mr . Savage , who , since his sentence , ha * been most assiduous and unceasing in his attendance . When the hour of twelm o ' clock had arrived , the Kev . Mr . Savage requested the sheriff to witness the the declaration of whieh I have given a copy above , but that functionary refused . The rev . gcntlomau then informed the prisoner that the hour was come fur him ; and thu prisoner , taking a crucifix in his hand , said , ' I follow Christ , and declare I am an innocent man . " The llev . Mr , Masterson , wearing his surplice , then walked with the prisoner to tho scaffold , repeating the Litany of Jesus aloud . When tha prisoner appeared on tho drop he said , raising the srucifix , nnd in a calm , loud , and steady tone , and with an emphasis of awful and terrible solemnity" I declare before my God that 1 had neither aut , hand , part , or knowledge in the crime for which I am going to die here !*'
This declaration , so pronounced , caused a shudder amongst the soldiery , and the prayer , " the Lord hare mercy on him , " burst from every lip . A few niemurits more nnd the unhappy man was launched into eternity . The body , after tho usual time of suspension , was cut down and placed in the collin , and then his friends conveyed it to the late residence of the deceased , in the town of Mullingar , amid the sobbing and burning tears of the townspeople . Thus ended the fearful tragedy . The body will be interred ou Sunday at Castletown , and although not a soul was present at the execution , some hundreds of thousands will , I am a & suved , accompany poor Scary '* remains to the grave . There was only one magistrate of the county { Mr . Uniaeke ) present . I cannot write more , for . in common with the whole inhabitants of the town , I am so shocked at what I have witnessed , that I am quite nom-Jess , God grant that I may never again have to describe such a scene . Gloomy silence now reigns , and all is tranquil .
The urilitary will not , I understand , leave town for a day or two . Seery was kept for an hour after tha time appointed for his execution . Sir Guy Campbell was understood to have said that the delay arose from the expectation of a reprieve by the ten o ' clock coach .
FIHH ! HaL OF JinTAX SliUKY . The funeral of Bryan Seery took place on Sunday , and was attended by vast multitudes of the country people , whose numbers were estimated to amount to 50 , 000 or 00 , 000 souls . The greatest decorum was observed throughout the day , there not being tho slightest disposition evinced by the peasantry to commit a breach of the peace . " The Rev . Mr . Savage , " says the report , " who Had officiated at mass , anil who had attended Seery since his sentence , briefly addressed the people , having first read the following document : — * The funeral of Bryan Seery , who was executed on Friday , will take place immediately after last mass . His last words were—what his past good conduct and excellent character through life justified
you all in expecting— ' That I had neither act , hand , part , or knowledge in the crime for which I am to die here . ' The clergy of the surrounding district will attend on to-morrow at a . solemn high mass for the eternal repose of his soul . The office will commence at eleven o ' clock . Wo make this announcement , as wo know that the people of the town and the surrounding district are anxious to testify their sympathy with the afflicted widow and orphans on this occasion . The funeralproccssion will commence at eleven o ' clock . In accordance with the humane feeling so generally expressed , it is intended to raise a subscription for the support of the widow and orphan * thus
unexpectedly deprived of ; i good husband and industrious father . Contributions towards this work of charity will be received by the clergy of the town , and also by the clergymen of the different parishes throughout the country . The rev . gentleman then exhorted the people to demean themselves during the day peaceably , steadily , and soberly , but above all , to give no opportunity to their enemies of saying that the law or peace was broken . He then an nounced that he had received several subscriptions that morning , from Dublin , for the poor widow and her children , and stated that on this day ( Monday ) there would be a solemn olfice and high mass , at which upwards of thirty of the clergy would attend , for the repose of the soul of the martyr . '"
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THE FACTORIES BILL . The following is the joint report of the Inspectors of F ; ictorics , annexed to the separate reports of Messrs . Horner , Howell , Saunders , and Stuart : — Factory-office , London , Die . 18 , 1345 . Sir , — "Wc , the undersigned Inspectors of Factorias , have now the honour to report to you that , in conformity with the arrangement proposed in our letter to Mr . Manners Sutton , dated the i'ilth of November , 1844 , our present statutory meeting ( being the second for the present year ) commenced on the ' - ' otli of November last , and is still continued by adjournments . We havo read to each other the s » ver « l reports relating to our respeetive districts for tho last half . 3 r . rtr , from the 1 st of May to the 8 lst of October included , which we send with this joint report .
We have conferred with each other on various matters connected with the discharge ot ' ouv duties under the 3 rd and 4 th of William IV ., c . 103 , and the 7 thof Victoria , c . 15 , Nothing has Occurred to which wa deem It necessary to call your attention , except the folluwing case in Mr . Stuart ' s district , wherein tho justices , having found the defendant guilty of an offence for which a specific penalty of not less than £ 10 , and not more than £ 100 , has been awarded by tho statute , nevertheless doclarod that , notwithstanding their conviction of the defendant , no penalty was due . The statement wade by Mr . Stuart to ns , and our minute thereon , communicated to you in our letter of the 12 th inst ., will explain clearly the procscdiug of tho maRistratcs ; a copy of these documents , and of Mr . Stuart's letter , to you , applying for your authority to adopt the only measure which cuw wow he rawrtwl to in order to remedy the error the magistrates seem to us to have committed , will bo found in the appendix to this report .
The Act of Parliament passed during Hie last session , entitled " An Act to regulate the Labour of Children , Young Persons , and Women , in lYmtworKS , " provides in the 3 rd section " that the inspectors and sub-inspectors of factories shall respectively be inspectors and sub-inspectors for carrying into effect the powers , authorities , and provisions of this act ; " we , therefore , on the 15 th of July , tool ; the liberty to sujrjpsst to you that some public notice should be issued to the occupiers of such works , and iu pursuance of the authority contained in tho answer , from Mr . Manners Sutton , dated the ltith of July , we issued advertisements iu the London Giuette , and iu various newspapers .
AYe also by lotterto "Mr . Manners Sutton , dated the 19 th of July , reuui-sted that directions might be given for the preparation of tire abstract oi the act referred to iu the 20 th section , by comment legal authority , as was duneiu the ease ot * thttl ? -, \ ctorifiH Aets last year . Copies of this abstract we have received , as directed by your order to the SlationcvY . ttuic « . We have at our present meeting made arrangements to enable tho occupiers of these works to confi'rni to thu law in respect to registers , certificates , & c , which tlu-y are required to keep , by preparing for them such documents , in a proper form , in the same manner as w .- prepared similar -documents for the occup iers of factories at our meeting in July , 131-1 , before the amended i-Vtoi-y Art enme ' into operation . V > 'e have completed these details , and ; : iu the course oi' this week a circular letter will be
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firwariiud to the eeoupier ot every priuuvoru oi w « use a tablishmttnt we lwve rteeived notice . We have , & c , Leonard Uobskr . T . JOSKS UllWM . Ii . lloiifc-nr J , Sit / MOBBS , James Stuaiit . Th « R )} , " 11 ' " - sil ' James R - G - Gl ' nll : im - " lirt > one ° f harVwWs l'rinciP al Seeretarka of State , < be .
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APPSNMX . At a mcotfaa" of the Inspectors of Factories held Him day , Dec . 13 , 18-li , Mr . Stuart made the following statement to the ' inspK 't 01 's relating t 0 a prosecution in . stituted b y Mr . i , a « v , Procurator Fiscal for tho Justices of IWe at GlMglrw , by the desire of Mr . Charles Balfour , Sub-luspoctor < ° Factories there , against JTr . Jamts Clark , power-ddtls ! Jn . inufa * tui-er at St . Hollos , »» av Glasgow . Th * eoimdaint at Mr . Lang ' s instance concludodfor payment of tho statutory pei . inity . of not less than £ 0 , and not more than £ 20 , for not ha . "ing ifl terms of the 21 st and 59 th sections of the Amending i ' actosy Act , 7 Victoria , c . 15 , fenced tho requiiite parts o -f the , machinery of his factory ; and for the statutory pe'naity / if not less than
£ 10 , and not mure than £ 100 , in terms of the 80 th s « ction of that act , on account of the bodily iujnry salt ' erud , upon the 27 th day of May , 1815 , by Alexander Thomson , engine . Icaeper at that factory , in consequence of those parts * of the machinery before mentioned not being nesurcJy fenced , by having one of his legs broken , aud his right arm so seriously injured as to render itiiniedtateampUtH . tlon necessary , The magistrates convicted Mr . "Clark in the lowest statutory penalty of £ 5 for the first offence , and in £ 3 5 s , tho whole costs incurred , llut , although they found that Alexander Thomson had suftbred thv aforesaid bodily injury from the machinery not being securely fenced , " they , in respect of the special circumstances , find no punalty due for the oft ' enco last aforesaid . ''
It appears to the inspectors that the mngidtrates , by finding no pvnalty due for the offence under tbe GOth section of the act , by whieh they had convicted the ddstidant , havo failed to give effect to a clear and indisputable enactment of the statute , which , too , gives to the inspector or sub-inspuctor no power of appeal . The iii' -pectors having deliberately considered thu circumstances of this case , are of opinion that they should be brought under the notice of her Majesty ' s Secretary of State , as he only can take measures , through the Lord . Advocate or otherwise , for vindicating the authority ot the law , in this and similar cases , where the magistrates fail to enforce it , The inspectors direct that the certified copy of tbe conviction in this ease produced to them bo sent with this minute to her Majesty ' s Secretary of State . Messrs , Huxll Ootran and r / iliiam Pick were the conrictin-f magifilivilei at Glasgow , and Mr . John Douglas their clerk ,
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Factory Inspectors -olhce , Dec . 12 , 1845 . Sir , —Referring to the accompanying minute of the In . spoctors of factories , 1 have the honour of rcpro-seiitin ; : to you that the dacixion of the magistrates , finding no penalty du « on account of the bodily injury sufforuil by Alexander Thomson , is attended with grievous linrd .- > liip to him and his family . I lPave ascovtaiiu . 'd that he is a sober , honest , and indnstiious person , with a wife and two children . In conscience of the accident which hef « ll him , occasioned by noichhiei-y not sccurvly fenced , he loat his right arm and hud a compound fracture of tit * - left leg . lie was confined in ( h « infirmary of Glasgow for fifteen wucks , anil is still from weakness unable to make any oxertinn towards gaining 11 livelihood . I therefore beg leave , with the concurrence of my colleaguo * , mpectfullv to recommend to you to empower me , as Inspsctor of Factories for Scotland , in terms of tlio ! Mth section of the Amending Factory Act , 7 Victoria , e . 15 , to direct an action to be brought in the name of the foresaid Alexander Thomson for tho recovery Of tlailiajIHS due by tbe foresaid James Clark . Tfih extraordinary course would not have been followed in this ease bui for the decision of the magistrate * of Glasgow , finding no penalty due for tbe oft'eii e * under the GOth section of the act , from which compensation might have been made to the iujured person in a summary manner . I have , ike , Jaji . ts Stimbt , Tho Right Hon . Sir J . 11 . G . Graham , lSurr ., & c .
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A Sisouun Pmesome . vo . v is mentioned as having occurred near JNorkioping , Sweden . On Monday , the 19 th , about nine o ' clock in the morning , tinwaters of the Motala , a river of East Gothland , flowing into Brawick Bay , suddenly fell very considerably , and continued to fail with such rapidity , that at four in the afternoon of tbe same day the bed of tha river was quite dry , an-A quantities of li--. Ii , which were found ouried in the mud , wore taken . SmrwKEcK off BouiocxB . — -We learn from Boulogne-sur-Mer , that about , live o ' clock in the afternoon of Saturday last , after a most tempestuous day , an English sloop , with a crew of five mon , Irakinjj
at evsry plank , attempted to make that pott , but , from want of sufficient water to get in , was obliged to run aground to the cast of the pier , a short distance from , the stockade . 15 otwitUstaud'me ; the heroic attempts of iMc ^ uiu , a French pilot , and Testsird , a fisherman , two of the English sailors were drowned ; the others were saved . Fn . m : R . \ jTr . —A society is formed in the metropolis , for the purpose of bringiiis ; together in harmony and brotherly love tlw natives of different countries . A meei ' mt ; has been held at Whitu C 011-duit-house of the members , who consist , of Germans , Poles , French , It » lians , Americans , and English . The motto of the society is "Alio Afeiw / un siml Itruder "— " All men arc " brethren . "—J / ernhw
Advmiscr . MUKDSR IX TUB COUNTY OF WATKRFOnO . —Groat sensation has been created in the neishbuurhond ot Clashmore , in consequence of the discovery of a iliurder , committed on , 1 poor woman Jivim : within 3 short distance of this place . The bndy was found on Monday hut in a drain , having the breast bone broken , and showing oilier serious contusions in various places . The husband has been apprehended on suspicion . Roukn axe Havre Railroad . — We read in the Comnwce : — "Very alanuimr rumours were in circulation at the Bourse on Thursday , relative to the report of M . Frissnrd , the engineer sent down to inspect tho -works 011 the Havre railway . It was even said that all the works were to be executed over
again . Destructive Firk . —On Monday night a fire occurred at the corner of Butunaf-grcen-roait , at an oil and colourmaii ' s , and before the arrival of the engines from the stations of Jeffries-square , Fairingdon-street , and other places , the stock of the shop was completely consumed , and the building seriously damaged . Death op Babox Bi ; i . ow . —A lettw from Berlin announces the death of Baron do Bulow , ex-Minister of State . JurusiLK Offe . vdhrs . —On Saturday a mooting oi
noblemen and gentlemen took p lace at the Mansion House , for the purpose of taking into consideration measures for the reformation of juvenile offenders , and for checking the growth of crime . The Lord Mayor in the chair . Tiia meeting was addressed by Mr . Andcrton , Mr . Pearson , the Bishop oi London , M . I ) . Hill , Esq ., recorder of Birmingham , Lord Robert Grosvenor , Mr . Aldermas Challis , Dr . Lynch , the liev . W . . Russell , and Mr . D . Wire . A committee was appointed to carry out the views of the meeting , which will sit at Dm Mansion iloa > e .
Tub Alleokd Lnckst and Mukokii at Gbkexwioh . —On Saturday last , William Richardson was fully committed to take Lis trial on the charge oi murder . His wretched daughter , Ann Richardson , was also committed as " an accessory . " Tbe prisoners , when removed from the dock into the reserveroom , commenced a conversation together , and in answer to something that his daughter said , the male prisoner patted her on th « shoulder and laughed , as though no thine ; had occurred of serious moment . T 111 : Piitatoi ! IbsKAiiK is still continuing its ravages in the midland counties .
1 ) ATAL ACCVDKSI AI THE SuV / tH "WliSraiX ll . ML- ' way Tkkmikus . —On Saturday Mr . Bediwd held an inquest at St . George ' s Hospital , Hyde Park-corner , on the body of William Cone , aged liity-nvu , a porter in the locomotive department of Die South Wes-torn Railway Company . His foot had been crushed by the wheel of a railway waggon , which exciting gangrene caused his death ou the llth inst . ' Verdiet , " Accidental Death . " Mobb Rksioxations , —There is reason to believe that Admiral Sir George Cochhurn has resigned hh
scat at the Board of Admiralty . . U i . s further understood that Lord Forester has ' resigned the pe » t he field in the Royal Household » s Captain of _ the Honourable Corps of Gentlcmeu-at-Arms . Some short time ago it was stated that , the Earl Delaware had tendered his resignation of the high oiliee ol Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty ' s Household , hut that on the urgent request of an illustrious persunasre , he had consented to retain tlio appointment . \ yt are now assured , however , thill his lordship hen acinrjUn resioneU ,
The Auciimsiior of Gastkuwiry completed his SOtii year on the Vita inst . A Stkanqk CoixciiiujiCB . —Tho Journal irV « Debate mentions that the parricide Dnhavry , lately condemned to death hy the Court of Assize of T . irbes , was ordered fur lixwutwu tiw tlra V 2 th v > f Vebnury . The criminal records show that one of his ancestors of the same name ( Jean Marie Dubivrry ) was executed for a similar crime on the 12 th of February , I Tiff . " Is there not something extraordinary , " remarks the Journal des Debate , "in this parity of crime , name , and date ?"
Rum . NDsiiiKK Elkctiox . —Ihe seat 111 the House of Commons vacated by the retirement of the lion . W . Dawnay , ivas on Saturday conferred upon Mr . George finch , of Burley-mi-tlie-Hill , without oppo . si thro . Mr , Pinch is a Conservative and a Protcclhmist . Katm , Railway Acciukst skau Kv . niul . — On Saturday last , the lltii , a melam-hoW mid fatal accident took place on the Lam-ash r ami Carlisle U ; ul-Wiy at a place called Hay Fell , about three miles
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north of the above town , hy which Susan IJayton , the mother of six children , was killed . At tho scrne of the accident , the r . -. ihvay crosses the turnpike road on a level . The deceased was crossing the rail in a cart at the moment of thearrival of a railway waggon . Tho cart was overturned , and the poor woman was f % } itfu ) Jv crushed , nnd dhd in a few r amut e * . Ver dictr- " Accidentally killed . " ,. , Y . ^«»»—So great is the apprehension of the tailing ot the north tower of the cathedral of St . Denw tint the inhabitants of the houses in its ini-SS nc , o '' ° «' « ood are hastening to remove front A Fooi . —At Coolmeen , in the coutitv of Clare , a low days ago in a fa of religious enthusiasm , a man nailed his feet and his left hand to tbe pest of his bed , in imitation of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ
" Wah to thk Castlh , Phage to the Cottaof "The Marquis of Exeter maintains three bloodhounds to imntilown and worry human beings found offending against the Game Laws . RoiiBKRY . —At the Clerkenwell police-office on Monday , Sarah Margaret Ciiambcrhtine was committed for trial , charged with robbing her mistress * Mrs . Mar , y Fulford , residing in CorMvail-place , Islington , of jewellery ami other property . A GfiXTLKMAN . —On Tuesday at the Marlboroughstveet Police-office , " a gentleman , " named Jaiiiea
Richard S :-nifch , was fined £ 5 , or two months' imprisonment , for an unprovoked assault on Ash ton , one of tho beadles of the Burlington Arcade . He had spit in tho eenip ] : iiaant' . s face , and struck him several Wows , becauac the beadle had interfered with hiitt when " gallopading behind a lady , with a viuw of attracting her notice . " Thl' Por-E v . Fanny Elssi . ku . — Fanny Elssler ' 8 triumph at Rome has been seriously checked bv an interdict placed on the ballet of " Esmeralda . " that work being pronounced dangerous to public morals .
Ukkmax TjjsAsotf . —A printer at Wurtuburg has been arrested lor having printed an almanac in 1842 , in which the name of . the Bishop of Wurtzbur" is placed before tbat of the King and royal family el ' llatavia . A Youso Lady axo Mamma . — The Courtier Francois states thai sv Yfovuan died lately at Tolosa , in Spain , at the extraordinary aj ; e of 150 years 1 She haves a daughter in her ei jsrhty-tecoiid year . A Revklahon fob Ciuluh ' kk . — Peter Parley ' s name is Samuel Griswold Goodrich . He is the son of a clergyman of Connecticut ; , a state whieh has sent forth more literary men than any other ia America .
" Tim Fab-Wbst . "—This well-known personage after many retreats frimi the spirit of advancing " annexation" in America , has at last resolved to give up altogether , liy a recent arrival from the n « - . 7 world wo learn that "it is now sitting on the sands « f the Columbia , waiting / or a passage to China . " Tun Cami'iiell Moxumext . — Mr . Marshal ) , A . R . A ., the sculptor appointed to execute the statute of Lord Clarendon tor itnvncw Homes of Parliament , is also encaged upon the monument to be erected to the awilun- of tbe Pleasures of Jlopa in the Poets' Owner , Wessminster-abbcy . Vkuy Important . — A 11101155 ttu > n > « t > o are most likely to be well informed , it is confidently stated that her Majesty ' s oouliucmeiit is not expected before the ond of May .
Pricx or Lr . KAn ix Paris . —The price of bread for the fortnight commencing Feb . 16 , is fixed at 3 Se . per killogramme for bread ol' the bwt quality , and oOe . for the second ; equal to fid . and od . per quartern . PuniSSTMANlSM . —JAS . liYKOll AND TllOMAS MaXfikld ' s ( tiik JS ' on-ni Stak ) -Milk Rack 1-01 ; 50 Sovs . This race came oil' mi Tuesday , At sMriiirg . llyrora jumped off , nnd licjic , 1 clear Je .-: il , till nearly half the course had been covered ( which was from the Loudon . side of the turnpik *! to the milestone tli rough Ealing ); shortly alter pacing the Old ll . it , the Star put on the steam , and made a good live yards of hk speed , which he steadily and geometrically inoi-oased , until he van in a gmid ami clear fust by vmne ten yards . Time of winner , four minutes and 4 ( 5 seconds .
SuuMMi Death ov Mns . Braham . —Vie regret toannouneo the demi-ie of . Mis . Frances Braham , the huly of the eminent vocalist , « hieh look place on the night of . Sunday last , at . \ lr . Braliam » resiilei . ce No . 3 , Gloucester-road , Bayswater . Dxatji of Gk > -kiiai , Sin William 11 . Cli . vto . v , G . C . B ., 1 jsutbs AST-Govr . nson or Uiu : u > i . A Hospital . —This officer died on . Sunday morning ' . » -i , at the family sunt , RuvNtou , Herts . Ladv Holland ' s Will . —It , is a subject of general literary interest to learn that ( besides .-otne £ l , olO per annum , and a oonsiderablosuin in money . £ 7 . "U 0 ) Lady H 0 II . 1111 I left to Lord John Russell the " Memoir
of Mr . l ' nx , so long in preparation by the h : te . ' . ¦• rd Holland , with an expression of a hope that it should be published m early as possible . Her Ladyship - Is © bequeathed to the iiirtish Museum the celebrated ToUmtino llos , on which , the lovws of art are awaie , is sculptured tne noble antique of the goat browsing . This precious relic was presented b » the Pope to Bonaparte , after his Italian campaign , as the richest . jilt he could oiFcr him . Napoleon sent it to Lady Holland , from St . Helena , with a grateful autoiraph note , for the attentions paid to htm by her Ladyship in his captivity . Dot-It box and autograph are now , itis stated , in the British Museum ,
Suri'o ? ar » & uir \ vr . KCK ot ? thk Skkkriks . —A note , of which the following is a copy , was found encio-t-d in a bottle picked up by theartilluiyman in charge of the fort on Uaikey island , and brought to Lieut , liutchinsoN , harbimr-myster of Kingstown , on Hunday evening : — "Brig Sin-y ( orl .-siy ; , Feb .-1 , lS-itf Six feet water in the ho hi—we cxpact s-. »> u to be all lost , unless .-oino help arrives ; we an ? about 37 dog . 40 mill , off Skerrus . The captain was lest two ihiyj ago , and the mate is dead , he died of the yellow fever ubsuita week aso . " . Tons loo , seaman , " Mt Razou axi > Siiavinc Tackus . — What next ?
here wo have a pamphlet on the art and mystery of shaving ! Certainly , of all " the ills that ( ksh i * heir to , " none nre more annoying than Slaving , or being shaved with a razor " made to sell , " yet thousands Mibmit to the torture every day of tluir lives , without making an effort to put an cud to the iiiliiction . We really have been much ivniused with the " close-shiiving" arguments put forth iu this pamphlet , which ,. besides amusing us , has aholearned us a thing or two we wire lu-fow ignorant of . Any of our readers who may desire to know more , we must refer to tho author of tbe pamphlet ,, J . Teetgen , 10 , Bishopgate-strwt Without . Vkuy Right . —The ladies in Louisiana have adopted a rule never to many v . man who owes an editor more than one year ' s subscription .
Suicidb yitoii a Stbamkk . —On Tuesday afternoon , as the Diamond , Gr . ivcseadsteamer , which leaves the Lnndoii-bridgo-wlnrfat four o ' clock , was off Northtleet , on Iter downv . - . u-u passage , a man ( unknown ) , who was standing on the after-deck , > mhh-uiy jumped over the . side of the vtssei in * the river and was drowned . DlttiVllCCTIVE FlilB AT NaTI-AXD , SM . SK KxSBAL . On Momliiy morning last a lire broke out on the premises of Mr . JamesSimm , farmer , of >' athuul , which destroyed , a lar » u quantity of farming stock , produce , Ac . the fire is behaved to have originated accidentally . Fise at Gbbbswich . — "Wednesday morning , shortly before two o ' clock , an r . lannini ; lire broke out at Gwnwich , uion the premises in the tenure of Mr . J . lluuey , licensed victualler , near the Royal Hospital , known by tlio sisjn of the Royal ( . ink . The iiouse was burut , down , and tho consents destroyed .
The pocket of die editor of the Jloston Journal was niokttl a few days since , and all the , t ' . uet' &« t for his risk and pains was an unfinished article on the Oregon quettttOH . MllKDKB OP A VlFI 3 BY 1 IKK HlSllAXP . — On tllO 10 th iu . it ., while a man of the name of Daniel Dunn was in the act of euttiiiir limber hi his iiouse , lie had some a «;; ry words wish his wife , tlorins : wlih-h he strnek her with tho hatchet he held in his hand , : ind killed her . Thi * shocking deed omirml at . Shuiu ' iihan , near ( 'lo-ilieen . Dunn Ua * inv . ila a full confession of his guilt , and ha » b ' - vti committed to our gaol for trial . —Tippcror > j Cou . < itvlio \ i .
Thk Late Muudkk and Suich > k in Stkvxky . —On Monday morning the mnains of Jerenihh Spcuce s Stark , and Helen Smrk , his youiv , ' wife , whom ho J murdered , and afterwards destroyed himself , were 5 buried in the Tower Hamlets Cemetery , near Bow . . The funeral was conducted as privately as possible . ' . An immense number of persons i-. iiii'e ' . etl in Arb'tir- ¦ - square , near the Iiuiise whi'ie the horrible deed was s committed , during the whole of Sunday , in electa- 1-ciou that the bodies wouhl be brought mit for utter- rnieiit , but they were disappointed " . The time and id
olaee of the funeral were kept as secret as possible , c . Soon alter nine o ' clock in the nmrnin-. * , whim few w persons were stirring , a heai \ e : nul muu .-uinsj coach ; h . drove np to the house , No . Itf , where the ill-fated edt couple porished . The coiiitis , ctmiaiiiim ; their ho- > . ' — dies , wen . ' immediately brought out ami placid in tie ioj sums hoarse , and \! n : mmiroer-i , six in iiv . mWr , gut ; ott into tiic cOiifh which followed : « imiekly a * ;»>¦ - * ' " !«• ' !»• • Tho grave was sdou e ' lwtvi over the r .-mains 0 ' ' iheihee rush atid unfortunate man .-tad his victim , and the Ihee crowd dispersed .
Smi'ttKiioiis . —Accounts have been received of the thee wreck of the Sieaili ' nst , . " luiin Adams ma ; to : " , Irom will ] Quebec , huttm ! to Uristol , timber :: ; . 'd deal ladiwi— ai-rew saved . The barque Aivihusa . of Mar ; port . -ort . t . v - / illiam Lester master , from Montreal , bound to ! till Ply mouth , Hour iv . ui wheat la . ien . Letters n- ^ c'Vcdvctk from Captain Iviwiti . IViitriaih . of the ship Janolniiiu Morrison , of Qaicocc , and from C : v ;> u > u Ikuuiuuiauu Campbell , of the ship Sir Richard Jaek * ou , t ' ruuiruun Montreal , beariiii : date Menteimitun Siio .-Js , 7 th oth on lVceinU-r , state the loss of both V . ! es ' . . ships on the thh n ^ 'iit of tho 1 st to :. ' iid infant , and ih . u they had , atd , aa the time tile ships struck , « : t awr . y t-lie main and aivu iniz-j'inia .-its of both ships n'verally , to e :-f ilemLeinr , The l » -.. n ul the former havk ,., h-. i -n v . li s ; ovc in onn or washed overboard , ihe cre w iv .-i-e ^ arrt ! mi _ . ¦! rail mill ' ^ : il- ' . \ - ' ! C ' 0 il 1 > y them Oi' >!<• : » S . v- ' . ' v . i . ivU ev .. s-. i-ts this thl •¦ iivo ; and : h-j e : - (; -. r of tin ? k ; s--r f ' -K-. - ••' ' i-:-vmi . vm . n been a day and tiicht fatt in the i-. 'f , iu their bcauioaut all oc on shore .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 21, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_21021846/page/3/
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