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LINES ON THE BANDIERA . Xhi sdav , July 25 th , is the anniversary of the death ofthe Bandiera , ( ISH , ) " who died for Italy and liberty" At five in the morning , Attilio and Emilio Bandiera , with seven of their companions , Nicola jtfcciotti , DomenicoMoro , Anacarsi Nardi , Giovanni Yenerucci , Giacoms Rocea , Francesco Berti , and Qomenico Lussatelii were shot to death , at Cosenza , ( king dom ot Naples . ) Their last moments were worthy ef them . They were awakened , the morning nf the day , from a tranquil sleep ;—they dressed
themselve s with care , with even a sort of elegance , as if they prepared for a reli gious solemnity . A Catholic priest , who presented himself , was mildly repulsed . " We have sought , " > aid they , "to practise the law of the Gospel , and to make it triumph , at the price even of our blond . We hope that oar works ! rjll recommend us to God , better than jour words . Ga and preach to our oppressed brothers 1 " Arrived at the place of execution , they entreated the soldiers to' spare the face , made in the image of God !' They cried out : — * Viva VItalia ; ' and died . * " The following liue 3 " were ^ lven to as by Air . Mazzini ; ve know not the name of the author *
Past I . Sight shineth on the Southern deep , And silver-like , the moon-beams sleep On yonder sails , that slowly keep From Corfu ' s isle their way . With hero souls that bark is manned , But , noblest in tne noble Band The youthful Bandiera stand . Chiefs , well-beloved , are they . Linked are their hearts in one prond vow , -TJbeir hands are Joined to give the blow * That shall the tyrant ' s rule o ' erthro w , For which their brethren sigh . Italian hearts of pride and flame ! Ill might they brook their country ' s shame ; "We go , " they said , "to end her blame , " " If all else fail—to die . "
Her farewell kiss , the wife has prest ; For the last time , the child carest , Has nestled on his father ' s breast—They will meet again in heaven .
But never tears may dim the eye , "Though earth ' s best loves , forays , pass by Of those , whose souls to thoughts so high And deeds like theirs are given .
And now behold yon azure line , Tor there , high crowned in palm and vine , The fair Italian hills recline Across the glittering sea . Already , on that golden plain , In fancy tread the Patriot train ; -Already , shouting o ' er the slain , They have made their country free ! All hail ! those groves , that sun-lit home Swift cuts the bark the . white sea-foam ; J ' Bise , mountaineers I your chiefs are come !" " Exiles , yonr voyage is o ' er . " And now , her keel the strand has found , Exulting , with one rapturous bound Their feet have touched the Classic ground , All hail 2 The Italian shore . Gnoses .
And now in every land , "Where ' er Italians dwell , The darinjj of that band Witii swelling hearts they tell . Till Aring & t the slory , Spring forth their brethren all With them to share the glory , Bat not with them to fall . BastIL From ocean ' s purple besom born , "Why wakest thou , oh saddest morn * To such a sight of grief and scorn , "Why comes the day-light nigh ? Alas ! When night that day recall , Her silent dews , as tears shall fall . Where stiff and cold beneath their pall The young , the glorious lie .
The tyrant ' s gnards are drawn in files , Along those stern and armed aisles 2 fo whisper breathes , no fierce eye smiles . —The hour of doom is here .
In crimson state the banners float , Solemn rings out the trumpet ' s note , Hark ! now the bell the moment smote , Let the Condemned appear . They come . —Is this the fate they own ! Have hopes like their's such harvest sown * This , all the spoil their swords have woa ? A dungeon , and a grave . All , all is lost . Yet o ' er those brows A martyr ' s calm and rapture grows , Xo wavering glance their dark eye showSj Death doss not shake the brave . The Bandiera lead the train , One lot , in life and death , they gain . As two fair stars , on heaven's bright plain Bise tw ' mlike and decline .
Content they come to die or live , " Jesus , " they cry , " our souls receive , " " Our country ' s cause to Thee we give , " " Oh , let her wrongs be Thine !" The word is given . The ball has flown , In death those heroes have sunk down , As flowers , in summer glory mown , Fall silent on the sod . But far beyond earth ' s blame or praise , Their souls are wrapped within the blaze Of glory , that for ever stays Around the throne of God .
CHOEOS . Tears from a nation flow Poured from that glorious train , God and their brethren know They have not died in vatn . Their funeral waiL a nation ' s Cry Of smothered wrath shall be , Their death-knell shall go up to heaven In the shoutings of the free . And in distant years the story Still shall our children tell , Of those , who sleep in glory , At Cosenza Where they fell . *
Songs For The People. No. Xxm. Liberty. ...
SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE . no . xxm . LIBERTY . Thy birth place where t young Libeity ! In hearts where free blood dashes . Thy dwelling where * sweet liberty ! In graves , * mid heroes' ashes . J Thy best hope where * dear liberty ! In fast upwinging time . Thy first strength where ! proud liberty ! In thine oppressors ' crime . Thy safety where ? strong Liberty ! In lands where discords cease . Thy ff lorj- where I bright liberty ] In universal peace . Hampstead , July , 1846 . Ehsest Jones .
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The People's Journal. Part "Vi. Vol. 1. ...
THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL . Part "VI . Vol . 1 . London , J . Bennett , 69 , Fleet-street . Part six of this excellentjmblication , is , like all the precedins parts , full of able , instructive , and delightful articles , in prose and poetry , William Hewitt ' * * Letters on Labour , " IV , V , and VI , are contained ia this part ; and by the same author we have two delightful articles , the one on " Whitsuntide" ( one f the series of " Holidays for the People , " ) and the other on The Progress of June . " Mary ilowitt contributes a charming translation of Ilans Andersen's "Picture Book without Pictures . " The articles in this publication written by Harriet Martineau , ¦ will go far to remove her unpopularit y with the working-class . Remembering certain hard-hearted doctrines put forth by this lady in her " Ilustrations
of Political Economy , and notforgettingher understood connection with the Poor Law enacting Whigs , we must confess that we have hitherto regarded her -with anything but sentiments of esteem . But we must also confess that with her articles in the Teopie ' s Journal we can find no fault ; on the contrary we have found in those articles ( " Survey from the Mountain" and " Thoughts about Old and New Tunes ") ranch to admire , much that wc must regard is well calculated to instruct and improve . It strikes is that Harriet Martineau , like the rest of the world , has progressed , and would now forget rather than enforce the not very benevolent theories with which her name has been unhappily allied . This part contains some splendid poetical pieces from the pens of'Cbarles Maekay , Barry Cornwall , and Ferdinand Frciligratli .
We have before noticed , aud quoted front ) the three first of the " Letters on Labour |; " the whole series jsay now be read in the completed ( first ) volume . The fourth letter consists for the most part of a reirtepeelive gLu ) 6 £ & i Co-operative Associations , in which . Mr . liowitt reviews the monastic institutions of the middle ases , the Jesuits' establishments in P ? w ? , « ay , < -, <• a ^ raultural cstouics established bv the Dictator Franchi , tho communities of the Shakers , Rnjroites . & v , in America , the Moravian commnnitics in Em-ope , and the efforts of the followers of St . Simon . Fuurler , ami Owen . In the Fifth Letter , - ' the work , of io-day" is sketched , and from this Letter we « ive the following extract : — * A full account of the Martyrdom of these heroic Pa-¦ riot , Jrom the j . sn of Ur . * > fn 7 ? ini , has previously aj > peai-e < J in this paper ; the same account will be found in 5 o . 3 of The TeojMs Journal .
The People's Journal. Part "Vi. Vol. 1. ...
" ' . ' DUHX 3 AND POWEBS _ or THE MOPLE . Ton have waited for half a century on theorists and capitalists in vain ; you must wait no longer ! It is becoming everv day more and more clearly demonstrated that the great princi ple of human action lies in the vol gar proverb— «« Every man tafce care of himself , and the devil take the hindmost . " Ton may wait on the banki of the great and ever-growing river of Poverty , for the golden boat of the capitalist to carry you over , till you perish of starvation . Awake then to the knowledge that you may become capitalists yourselves ! Awak e to the fact that you must and can hel p yourselves ! In the words of the great poet of Paradise Lost Awake , arise , or be for ever fallen ! Ton must now call to mind that in your hands lies the prolific principle of labour—the great root of all capital . It is you who are the creators of all capital , and you must now begin 11 create it for yourselves . ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^""^^" SUNIII iVD MVEM ' Ar tub umim .
The wealth y have not advanced the capital—the people must advance it themselves . It is most desirable that they should raise it themselves . It is of all things most desirable that they shonld ground and fir firmly in themselves the idea "hat they can and will help themselves . It is this feeling which will every way strengthen and elevate their character . It will call forth all their energies , urge them to temperance , to endurance , to steady co-operation for tie accomplishment of ail that they need . And they can and will do this . The idea has got abroad , and is already being acted upon with zeal and energy in various quarters . From the first moment that the idea was thrown out , I have regarded it as the true germ of popular rescue—the true and simple means of reuniting labour and profit . The principle of co-operation is now
taking its true and natural form : first , to co-operate for the accumulation of capital—secondly to apply that capital to trade and manufactures for their own benefit . And can the peopls out of their small earnings accumulate capital ? They can , and are doing it . To this clubs , friendly societies , and savhws' banks alone they have hoarded about twenty-five millions sterling ! To friendly societies and trades unions they contribute large sums . In the funds there are one hundred and thirty thousand persons whose annual dividends do not exceed some five and some ten pounds a year . The sums they contribute to religious and missionary societies , especial ! f to those of the Methodists , are supposed to be some hundreds of thousands annually . The sums which they expend in strikes , the most fruitless and harassing
contention in which they can be engaged with capital , are enormous . In the great strike of the builders , masons , & c ., in Lancashire , just now , one thousand men cannot have been out of work for three months without a loss ia men ' s wages , at a pound a week each , of £ 36 , 000 . In one strike of the cotton spinners at Manchester , they spent £ 400 . 000 in loss of wages alone ; and in two others they lost £ 600 , 900 . In another strike at Stockport , the cotton spinners lost £ 600 , 000 in wages : and in different strikes , the woolcoinbers of Bradford lost £ 400 , 000 the mechanics of Leeds , £ 130 , 000 ; the operatives of Lancashire £ 30 , 000 ; the colliers of Northumberland £ 100 , 000 ; which , together with the losses by the strikes at Stockport and Preston in 1810 , made a total of three millions sterling , which to all intents and purposes had been spent in vain .
And this is bat the sacrifice of a few years . The sums which , since strikes became a common practice , have been sacrificed in defence cf wages must , if known , amount to a fearful sum . Then we must add to this the subscriptions of the working class to a great variety of societies not yet named , as Odd Fellows Lodges ; Temperance and Teetotal Societies ; societies for shortening the hours of labour ; for promoting the sanatory condition of towns ; mutual saving and benefit societies ; and benevolent societies for the support of the widows and aged of their order . These united proclaim a power of accumulation and of sacrifice , which are not only amazing , but make
us doubly anxious to see them turned in a channel most conducive to their permanent interest , With a griat object like that of emancipating labour and founding a lasting property for themselves and children , what may not such men and rueh means accomplish t Mr . Hewitt next notices the " Chartist Co-operative Land Society , " ( which notice has already appeared in these columns ) , the "Workman ' s Own Shop . Drury-lane , " the " Hat Manufactory at Denton , " the " Trades Association fer the Employment of Labour , " and " The Leeds Redemption Society . " The Sixth Letter treats of the " Difficulties to be encountered and the advantages to be won . "
The unanswerable arguments , the powerful eloquence , and heart-inspired sympathy with the poor , which characterise this "Letter , " makes it the most admirable of the whole series . So far as a portion of the letter will enable our readers to judge , they shall do so for themselves : — THK WBOSGS OF THE POOR . Poverty and all its evils oppress the great mass of the creators of wealth . Poverty is the result of the present false position of labour , and poverty robs yoU Of all that God has scattered over the globe most desirable lor his creatures . It robs you of food and clothing , comfort at home , and liberty abroad . It robs you of your time , of yonr sleep , of your health , of your relaxation , and of your intellect . You would have a decent house , and poverty
often dooms you to a cellar or a garret . You would see your wile enjoy ail those pleasures which floated in your brain when yon wooed her . a fair young creature , and thought the bright path of life not too good for her . But you see her weary , jaded , dispirited ; her fare poor , her raiment course ; instead of all those hopes which once fluttered at her heart when she thoughtof her coming life and you , her spirit is bowed too low , become too weak , even for despair—for that has a strengthand a dreary way still lies before her , more and more rugged , more and more desolate , to the tomb . You see yourchihlren—the very apples otyour eye—those young creatures who should be borne to play and bound in the sunshine , for that is God ' s ordained gift to the young , ay , tothevery lowliest of his creatures ; the lamb bounds and plays ; the kitten makes flourishes of joy with her very tail ; the ass ' s foal is rail of galloping gladness ; the very calf careers like a courser through the green field , for it is happy;—you see your children , beings born to glorious
intellect , the heirs of immortality—and they are sad . They havelittle food and no play . They cannot even enjoy the imprisonment of the school , for they must work . When the earth is green and fair on which they were to bound—when the sun shines which was made to shimon their mirth , they work . They are sad now ; they will be sadder as their lives lengthen . They know little now , they will know more anon , but it will be the bitterness and mUdcw ' of the heart . You will cultivate your field , or wield your tools , and feed them—you cannot . You would cultivate your intellect , and enlighten themyou cannot . This is the curse of poverty , and it is not the half of it , for poverty has its companions . " Behind poverty starts upignorance , and then comes crime , and blasts all the joys of life , and often brings death . T . iese are the besetments of poverty—cold hunger , incessant toil , p r ivation of leisure of body , and of the luxuries Ot the mind , bringing care on account of those who should be the solace of yonr life , and lastly , the contempt of the world .
This is not what God intended for his creatures ; it is the work of false princip les and customs , which you must combine to put an end to ; aai in that combination you will find your rescue . It is that which is to give you the due reward of your labour , it is that which is to annihilate the poverty , and with it all yoor wretchedness . It is not wealth that you need , but sufficiency ; and with that sufficiency comes the antithesis of your present condition . Once reaping the fair recompense of your exertions , you would have a comfortable home , a happy wife , children that could leap and dance in the natural joy of their hearts , food for them and you , raiment fit to come OUt into the sunshine of heaven in , and books that can make " a sunshine in the shadiest place . " Satisfaction in the present hope , in the future , peace in your soul , and pleasure in the hearts of those you love best , the .= e are the fruits of that sufficiency which springs from wellmade and well-paid exertions .
We should much like to quote the earnest and excellent warnings addressed by Mr . Ilowitt to the working men as to the difficulties and dangers they will have to encounter . That portion beginning"the dangers that will spring from yourselves will be most perilous , " contains invaluable advice and encouragement which every one engaged in the great work of Labour ' s emansipation will do well to ponder on . We have said we should like to quote this portion of the Letter , but as it is a very larcc portion we forbear , as we feel that wc have no right to plunder the " People ' s Journal" even for our own ^ ratification and the good of our readers .
Wc must take exception to some things said by Mr . Ilowitt respecting the Communists and the failure of the Socialists , We have not room to express our views , but our readers who have read Mr . Uowitt ' s Letters , and who would be likely to know what can be said on the other side in reference to the subject above alluded to , will do well to consult numbers 4 , 5 , 7 and 8 , of the " Reasoner" in which they will find a series of letters addressed to Mr . Ilowitt on this subject . " ¦ . _
There is one important omission in Mr . Uowitt ' s "Letters , " When wcread the " second letter , " vce expected to have found in the "third" a " plan " for working OUt the associative principle ; this we have not had . Wc hope that ere long we shall have a second scries of "Letters on Labour , " in which , not contenting himself with showing the " powers of association , " Mr . Ilowitt will advance a step further and give the English people a plan of his own for the practical working of those powers . That Mr . II . can do so we are confident .
JS ot * Tithstandiii 2 what we nave said above , we must allow ourselves the pleasure of quoting the conclusion of the first series of these admirable "Letters " : — lABOull ' S BMAHCirATIOX—THE rUTCRF , We'l-directed and well-paid labour irill place you in the position to do everything "" for yourselves . You will so ^ g , with vapstal in jour possession , rescue your own elective franchise , and compel such a change in your representation as shall clear the field of labour and trade from its present evils , and add to your and the national prosperity inconceivable extension . You will not ask viliers it , eduisite yon , and leave different sects aud parties quarrelling which shall get you young , and twist you j into its own favourite fashion of " bigotry . You will l have and manage your own schools . You complain at j prsseut thaija * ahanie & ' libraries a „ a mechanics'insti-¦ tutes are rendered distasteful to you hy tke spirit of paj tronage and-condescensio n which pervades many of
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them .: yon will tahe tmch . institutions . into your own hands . In ah tbat relates to your life " and learning , ihd those ofyour children , you will act and think for yourselves . Thesei are . the privileg es of men : and the future , as the certain result of knowledge and co-operation , points to a race of men . The founders of the public wealth will become the founders of their own . The great mass , for whom governments exist , and all the machinery of society is framed , will become , not merely the objects , but the movers of this machinery . Everything in society points to this great change—its vices and its virtues , its evils and its ameliorations , its corruptions and its outbursting knowledge . Man , and not classes , presses solemnly and palpably on the public sense . We can perhaps form no clearer conception of the condition of society which the advance of population and the concomitant advance of the knowledge of popular rights , will create for the future , than a savage can at present form of ours . That it will be far mere rational in its consti tution , and impartial in the diffusion of its » t . . _ . ™ «! ll t . U . I ... i .. u . , i
benefits , everything in progress guarantees . Watchinjj with intense interest those symptoms of co-operation which lie at the foundation of this new order of things , and which are now strikingly observable amongst you , I now for the present lay down my pen , and remain , my countrymen of the labouring class , Your friend and fellow . worker , William Howiit . The first volume of the People ' s Journal contains above one hundred and fifty original papers , and twenty-six original and copyright illustrations ; elegantly bound it forms a handsome volume worthy in its appearance as well as its contents to grace the library or reading-table of all , from the humblest to the highest . No Chartist or Co-operative society should be without it ; indeed we should be glad to know that every working man had a copy for his own improvement and the instruction ot his children .
The Family Herald. Part S3. London: Gt. ...
THE FAMILY HERALD . Part S 3 . London : Gt . Biggs , 421 , Strand . As usual v * e find this publication full of useful information and amusement , containing " Facts and Philosophy for Gentlemen ; Hints and Entertainment for Ladies ; Questions and Diversion for Youth and Recreation and Harmless Pastime for all . " We have no room for any of the well written or ' ginal articles , but from the selected matter we give the following beautiful lines , the production , we believe , oi Charles Maekay * . —
The Days That Abe Gone. Who Is Itthat'ra...
THE DAYS THAT ABE GONE . Who is itthat ' raourns for the days that are gone , When a noble could do as he liked with his own ? When his serfs , with their burdens well fill'd on their backs , Never dared to complain of the weight of a tax ? When his word was a statute , his nod was alaw , And for aught but his " order" he cared not a straw 1 When each had his dungeon and racks for the poor , Aud a gibbet to hang a refractory boor ? 'Who weeps for the days gone by !
1 ' faith , good friends , not I . They were days when a man with a thought in his pate , Was a man that was born for the popular hate ; And if ' twere a thought was good for his kind , The man was too vile to be left unconfined ; The days when obedience , in right or in wrong , Was always the aetmon and always the song ; When the people , like cattle , were pounded or driven , And to scourge them was thought a king's license from heaven . Who weeps for the days gone by !
I' faith , good friends , not I . They were days when the sword settled questions of right , And Falsehood was first to monopolise Might ; When the fighter of battles was always adored , ' And the greater the tyrant , the dearer the lord ; When the King who by myriads could number his slain , Was eonsider ' d by far the most worthy to reign : When the fat » of the multitude hung on his breath — A god in his life , a saint in his death . Who weeps for the days gone by
?—1 ' faith , good friends , not I . They were days when " the headsman was always pre pared—The block ever ready—the axe ever bared ;' When a corpse on the gibbet aye swung to and fro , And the fire at the stake never smoulder'd too low ; When famine and ag » made a woman a witch , To be roasted alive , of be drdwn'd in a ditch ; When difference of creed was the vilest of crime , ) And martyrs were burn'd half a score at a time . Who weeps for the days gone by ! F faith , good friends , not I .
They were days when the gallows stood black in the way , The larger the town the more plentiful they ; When Law never dream'd it was good to relent , Or thought it less wisdom to kill than prevent ; When Justice herself , taking law for her guide , Was never appeased till a victim had died ; And the stealer of sheep , and the slayer of men , Were strung up together , again and again . Who weeps for the days gone by f I' faith , good friends , not I . They were days when the crowd had no freedom of speech , And reading and writing were out of its reach ; When ignorance , stolid and dense ' was its doom , And bigotry swathed it from cradle to tomb ; When the few thought the many were workers for there ,
To use them , and when they had used , to contemn—And the many , poor fools , thought the treatment their due , And crawl'd in the dust at the feet of the few . Who weeps for the days gone by ? P faith , good friandg , not I . But thanks to the Press and the progress of mind , And thanks to the rail , we have left them behind . Slow coaches , old Tories , dear postage , ye ' re gone;—And war and oppression shall follow anon ! For ignorance , hard as her ice may be deem'd , Shall melt in the heat when she ' s properly steam'd ; And the present , though faults in her face we may cast , s a very good time , as compared with the past , Who weeps for the days that are gone ? Not a man that can think—not one .
Punch. Part Lx. London: Fundi Office, 8o...
PUNCH . Part LX . London : Fundi Office , 8 o , Fleet Street . This part concludes the worst volume of Punch yet published .. Of the literary contents of this volume the only tolerable feature is " The Snobs of England . " Many of the illustrations are well designed and executed , but are tiresome because of their eternal "free-trade" character , Free-trade may be very well in its way , as a quince in an applepie , but may we be saved from that Hibernian luxury , " an apple pie all quinces . " Just such a mess is this tenth volume of Punch . We hope to be able to report better of its > uccessor .
Tde Reasoner. Paut I. London: J. Watson,...
TDE REASONER . Paut I . London : J . Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster Row . Some weeks ago we noticed the first number of this publication ; this first Part contains several interesting and well written articles on "Sbelley , " " Macaulay ' s denunciation of Universal Suffrage " drc . The following extract will interest our readers :
THE POLISH MEETING . Eecently , May 20 th , a meeting was held in tho Ka . tional Association Hall , High Holborn , convened by the Polish Regeneration Committee , chiefly to vote an address to the Potish Patriots—survivors of the recent struggle . Many persons ask , ' What is the use of such meetings ? Nicholas fights , and we reason . Cui ^ lono f There is j to this question an obvious and sufficient answer —it is always of use to honour the brave and sympathise with the unfortunate . It may be that there is no direct communication between the National Association Hall ,
Hish Holborn , and the cabinet of Petersburgh—telegraphic or otherwise . But there is a moral connection . If Russia tramples on Poland , and no people complainpower always intoxicated by submission , grows rampant ; and Russian ministers will whisper to English ministers , see ho w well and quietly we succeed here , why cannot you try something of tho same kind at home ! and Russian- tactics may be tried in the city of London , or in English provinces . It is of use then , viewed from no higher point than that of self-interest , that , however they may connive that these things abroad , they must not try them at home .
It may be hard to believe , but it is of no use to forget , that even tyrants are part and parcel of a common humanity . Spoiled indeed they aie ty their position , by the hom-ige paid them and the power they wield—still have they human aspirations , and tliough they abrnlge human rights they live on the breath of pul . lie applause . Here the monurchs ambition renders him dependent OH the cottager's huzza and the historian's narration . In this their connection is established between us . They know , with Cobbett , that tyranny hath no enemy so formidable as the pen . The sword may destroy their lives , but tha pen pursues them after death . Thus to the in . iiuence of opinion they are always aroero . able , and every public meetmg , in which their doings are discussed , strengths the moral power which checks themi They should be made to feel that wherever their voice 01 ' footfall is heard , even to the remotest land unto which they miy venture , there will be awakened indignation at their violation of liberty and humanity , On this ground , also it is of use that we discucs their conduct .
In connection with these Polish struggles we read ot women heading troops , or fighting in the ranks—of sons i and sires falling side by side—of prisoners tortured after the manner of the Inquisition—of women flogged to death in punishment of their patriotism . We do not so much wonder that these tilings are inflicted as that they arejenclured—that these Voles hold out undauntedly , ftiul pant for another struggle . How magnificent is the example . Look upon it , ye supine , who barter it for gold ! Ye servile , who part with it for respectability!—these women and men hesitate not to part with life rathe * than freedom . Among us the price of liberty is a &«" pence per week , a punctual attendance iu public , a constant but moderate support of the side we espouse , un-1 the end is achieved . How the contrast should encourage us ? It is of use to dwell upon those matters and leavh from our Polish brethren the lessons of public duty .
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We thank the editor of the Reasoner for the above ¦ noble sentiments . We must now set the editor right where he has gone wrong " . He says the address to im nT ™ " unexceptionable save in . one paragraph The paragraph referred to . is that wherein * U , ¦ Protesting ? friends of Poland refused to join tne democrats in their endeffrours to move the British government in behalf of Poland under the " pretext " that it was not the fitting time . The editor of the Iteasoner says the nae of the words " professing" and pretext" is wrong because the words are not just ; and adds thai they are words that .. " no man should pen , and no meeting should pass . " We beg to assure the editor of the Iteasoner that the writer of the " Address" is troubled with no qualms of conscience for having penned those terrible words . The
Seasoner says " Some persons included under tne head of privileged orders ' , have braved much for Poland , and proved their sincere attachment to her interests . " When ? Where ? How ? Name them . The best of them have done this much got np a fancy ball , or taken the chair at a public meeting once in the year Such have been the ( rave acts of Lord Dudlby S tuaivt and Dr . BowniNG . The former of these friends of the Poles is the real head of the " Literary Association of the Friends of Poland . " On the formation of that association an " Address , " written by the poet Campbell , was published to the British nation . For the space of fourteen yean no similar document was issued by this Literari / Asso ciation until about two months ago an ** Address " was put forth under the signature of Lord Dudlet
Stuart . In the course of fourteen years a new generation had sprung up who knew nothing about Poland because they had been permitted to grow up without any instruction from these self-constituted public instructors , and literary defenders ! The few working men who were elected on the committee organised at the Crown and Anchor meeting have in the course of four months done nearly , perhaps ouite as much to diffuse , information concerning Poland aa the "Literary Associates " have done in fourteen years . No doubt their "literary" effusions are not so artistic as those of the "few and far between" productions of Lord Dudlet Stuart and his friends , but they are understandable , and hence may be useful in promoting public information . As to the speech making at an-iiyersary meetings , we do not see that the speech makers " braved " much ; besides , if speech making
is useful , let us have it at a time when the Poles most need that and every other kind of help . The Democrats complained of the privileged gentry , not because they did not work with them ( the democrats ) . but because . they refused to work in any way , leaving the Poles to struggle and fall without even saving a word for them either within or without the legislature . "If that was " not the fitting time" to help the Poles , we should be glad to know when the " fitting time " ' will be ? The Editor of the Reasoner must be reminded , that , although while the Poles were fighting for liberty it was deemed " not the fitting time" tohelpthem , these same "misfits " eot up a public dinner , at which Drowsr Stuart was feasted , at the very time that Potockt was suffering on the gallows , and the massacre at Tarnow had not yet subsided . Was that the "fitting time" for feasting ?
We are at a loss to acoount for the strange error into which the editor of the ; . Reasoner has fallen , in supposing that the Democrats included Mr . Mazzini amongst the " professing friends of Poland . " No such idea ' was ever entertained . - Mr . Mazzini , did notspeak at the Crown and Anchor meeting , but the writer of these remarks knew , and was perfectly satisfied with , the reasons why ' Mr . Mazzini did not speak . Besides , Mr . Maztiini sent a ' otter , which was read to the meeting , and which for feeling and eloquence rivalled anything said by the best speakers . The Democrats never included Mr . Maazini amongst the '' professing " or " pretended" friends of Poland—quite the reverse .
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WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE . The re-election o Lord Morpeth took place at Wakefield on Saturdav , without opposition . His Lordship was proposed by Lord MiUon and seconded by Mr . Stansfield , and addressed the electors in a speech of considerable length .
SOUTH LANCASHIRE . Liverpool , TuKsnAY—This day the election of a member to serve in parliament , in the room of Lord Francis Egerton . promoted to the peerage , took place at Newton in the Willows , about half-way between this town and Manchester . Owing to the absence of all opposition to Mr .. Brown , the free-trade candidate , the proceedings were divested of all interest . R . II . Gregg . -Esq . proposed William Brown , Esq ., of Liverpool , as a fit and prof er person to represent them in parliament . J . C . Ewart , Esq . briefly seconded the nomination . The Hion Sheriff a « kcd whether any elector had any other candidate to propose . There being no opposition Mr . Brown was declared duly elected , and was girt with the sword by the High Sheriff , in the usual way .
Mr . Brown , amidst loud cheering , thanked the electors , aud expatiated at some length on the abolition of the corn laws . In . answer to a question from a person named Moi . inp . aux , Mr . Brown stated that he would give tho Ten Hours ' Bill Ins deepest attention , and would be influenced in his decision solely by the arguments which he might hear adduced on the subject . All he would say at present w ; ig , that the hours of labour in England wore sixteen per cent , less than on the Continent . ( Hear , hear . )
. The hon . member then proposed a vote of thanks to the High Sheriff , which was carried by acclamation , and Mr . Standi ih having acknowledged the compliment , the court broke up .
Poor Man's Guardian Soctbt*-,—On Tuesday, A
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large meeting of the parishoners ot i , anioetu was held at the Temperance Hall , Waterloo-road , for tho purpose of co-operating with the above society in its endeavonra to aid the poor in their imp lications for parochial relief , and to promote the humane dispensation of the law . Benjamin Bond Cabball , Esq .. F . RS ,, took the chair , and forcibly advocated the claims of the Society . He related several cases in which the association had exposed and redressed many grievances in the administration of the New Poor Law . The Hon Gentleman said , the way in which the poor were treated was a disgrace to tho country , and he urged the necessity of giving the distressed all possible relief under the presnntbnv , until a now and morn humane one was enacted . The Rev . Mr . Barker , Mr . Cochrane , and other gimtlemon addressed the meeting , and resolutions to support the sociotv were adopted . The Chairman w- > s then thanked for his services , and the meeting broke up .
Metropolitan Improvements . —The whole of the old and miserable dwellings on Saffron Hill and its vicinity are to be forthwith demolished , for the formation of the new street from the end of Farringdonstreet to Islington , which has been delayed till the result of the parliamentary report on the Metropolitan Railway Terminus should he known . Mr . Elthu BunniM . —On Monday evening week , "the learned blacksmith" of Massachussets , delivered an eloquent lecture at the Manchester Athenjcur a , on . " The Philosophy of Labour . " He did so a > the earnest solicitation of numerous friends there , who wished to give him a sort of public introduction to the community ; and the subject was selected as beins" , in his present delicate health , far less exciting to him than his favourite theme of" peace . " There was a very good audience , not fewer than 550 ladies and gentlemen , including many members of the Society of Friends , being present . His lecture occupied two hours in the delivery .
Fouoeo . Bank Fottss . —At a late hour on Wednesday evening , a person of the most gentlemanly appearance was apprehended by Roughton and Servant Martin , charged with having in his possession a quantity of forged notes of the Bank of Ireland , and the copper * late from which they were struck . It appears that information of the advent of this person was given to the above-named active and intelligent officers at least six weeks or two months ago , and after very patient and careful watching on their part , they succeeded in capturing the prisoner at a late hour on the evening » n question , with the above
named evidences of his guilt upon him . On Thursday morning , the prisoner , who gave the name- of Edward Cullen , was taken before the Mayor , Josaph Cox , Esq ., and Dr . Whitsed ; the hearing * of the ease was strictly private , and occupied the time n ? the magistrates ior three hours , terminating in fee prisoner being remanded until Saturday for further examination . We are informed the fictitious value of thenotes amounted to nearly £ 1 , 000 . The prisoner was exceedingly well dressed , is of most gentlemanly appearance , and about thirty years of age . — . Boston Herald .
Susi'scTED Isv . VKTictnK . —On Wednesday an inquest was held before Mr . W . Bakev , juu ., Deputy Coroner , at the Prince ofOrango . Phillip-street , St . Goorgc-in-tfie-East , onthobndy of a male child , the illegitimate Offspring of Eliza Tilly , a servant . It appeared from the evidence , that about two months ago the mistress of the girl acc'uiscd her of beins pregnant . She denied it at first , but afterwards admitted it to be true . On Sunday las-t she com . plained of violent pains in hcvst-. mvieh . and tint she wished to go home to her aunt ' s . Her mistress complied with her wishes , and she was co'ivcyi : rt to N " . 12 , Mary Ann-street , St . George ' s whore lior aunt resided . She had not remained thi'tv long , '" dbi-e she was seen to go tr . to th « tho yard , and oh hw return appeared very - jnurh excited , lb-r a « n' . bi-cam * l-suspicious and on examining the privy dN < .- ' > v-i-- -d tli « body of the infant immersed in tho s "' l " > ' • ^' ' e
by order of the Coroner , made post mo' -tmn ' ¦ X-i' » . ination , ami was of opinion that tlie child ''•"' '" 'ver breathed . The Jury returned a verdict «*• ' Natural Death . "
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- Lockino Pumps wmwe Divine SERTicK . —On the pump which stands by the side ot St . Mary-Ie-Strand Church , is posted I bis order : — "This pump locked during Divine Service on Sundays . " I knew ! that small beer was only allowed the people of this country during certain hours on the Snnday—to my mind an unwise infraction of the liberty of the subject—but that a cup of cold water should be denied the thirsty wanderer in the streets seems-a bard , and , perhaps , scarcely legal proceeding . Who keeps the key ? and b y what law or act is this Pharisaical proceeding justified ? Perhaps you will answer the question , or at least allow it to be asked through the channel ot your useful paper . —A Constant Rhubkr . [ This is by no means a solitary instance of similar parochial enactments , even in cases where * the occasional use of the pump cannot possibl y disturb the congregation . The cJank of the pump handle has been sometimes objected to by the very parties who Jisten with the greatest complacency to the rattling of their own carriages to the church aoor . l
Death op hie EAntor Kilkenny . —Died , at Bally , conra , at six o ' clock , on the evening of Thursday , the 16 th instant , the Right Hon . Edmund , Earl of Kilkenny , in the tOth year of his age . Byinj ; without issue the earldom becomes extinct , but the title of Viscount Mountgarret descends to Henry Edmund son of the late Hon , Ileury Butler , brother ot * the deceased earl . —Kilkenny Journal . Skeleton of a Fossil . Deer found in bhe Boo of Poulacapple . —A few days since as two tuvfeuttero were throwing up mould from the bottom of a deep hole on the above bog , they dug up the skeleton of a deer , and instantly brought it to Lord Walter Butler , who rewarded them handsomely for the- discovery . The head is of gigantic bulk , and armed with rows of huge grinders . The antlers , says the- Kilkenny Journal , measured in a straight line frcm the extreme points , are nine feet .
Royal Present . —The Senlinette of Toulon statfrS that whilst the squadron of the Prince de Joiaville was at Tunis the Bey sent a 6 aeM ( present ) to the officers and crews , composed of 4 , 000 small loaves of bread , . 360 fowls , 200 pigeons , 50 sheep , 17 oxen . 6 , 000 dozens of eggs , two barrels of oil , 2 , 000 lbs . ' of dates , and several boat loads of different kinds of fruit .: G-enkral Montholon . —General Montholon , who is now at liberty , is waiting at Havre , for his passport to proceed to Aix-Ia-Chapelle .
Tub Strike at Anzin . —The town of Valenciennes , where mendicity is prohibited , is , at the present moment , swarming with the wives and children of the miners of Anzin and the neighbourhood , imploring compassion and assistance . On Wednesday , two kindly-worded proclamations were issued to the men , one by the perfect of the department , the other by the directors of the Anzin works . The company , likewise , sent a circular to the different journals , requesting them to publish it , and it is to be hoped this will have a salutary effect on the men . The company say , " thatas soonas order is re-established , and they return to their work , their demand of an increase of salary will be taken into consideration , ' a demand which never came to their knowledge until the strike had commenced . "
The- Robbery at Messrs . Rogers and Co . s . — Notwithstanding the efforts that have been made to prevent the circulation of the large amount of not- s stolen from the banking-house of Messrs . Rogers and Co ., it has lately been discovered that some of them have been paid into the Bank of England . It has also been discovered that the numbers of these notes have been altered in so ingenious a manner as even to deceive the Bank clerks themselves , and it was only by the fact of there being other genuine notes of the same number that the stolen notes were discovered . Repeated offers have been made to restore the property stolen for £ 5 , 000 , but these have been indignantly refused .
The Murder op tub Police Constahlb . —On Saturday bills were issued from the Home Office , and extensively circulated throughout the Metropolis , offering , on the usual conditions , a reward of £ 100 for the discovery of the murderer of George Clarke , the po'ice-constable at Dagenham . Escape of a Bear . —On Friday the inhabitants of Fitzroy-square were alarmed by the appearance of a fine young bear , which was quickly fobowed by its owner , who was in search of the . animal . The bear is a young one , and exceedingly docile and harmless . It belongs to a hairdresser , by whom it . is being fatted in preparation'for the catastrophe of " another bear slaughtered . " Discovert of another Sailor Girl in
Liverpool . —Cases of this description are now become so eeneral that they cease to excite much interest . Yesterday a very beautiful female , about 17 years of age , was detected in the act ol' passing herself off as a sailor on boara one of our merchant vessels . It appears she came here from Ormagh . in Ireland , and having habited herself in sailor ' s attire , she went upon the George ' s Pier . Here she . met with a person in the sarb of a captain , who said that ho was willing to engage her upon tlie instant- With the captain she slept two nights , without his ever discovering her sex ; but upon Tuesday evening last ,
herself and the captain walked into the police othce , High-street , to inquire after the name of a person residing in Bolton-street , and then the pretended female sailor was immediately recognised by ^ ir . Leicester , the head clerk in tlie office . He instantly said that she was a female , and it turned out that he was right ; for , upon being questioned , she acknowledged that she was a farmer ' s daughter from Tyrone , and that she came herein sailor ' s attire , with the intention of going to sea . She is at present in a lodging-house a * the top of Dale-street , and will besent back to her parents without delay . —Gore ' s Liverpool Advertiser .
Rkpresbntation of Tironk . —It is said that measures are in progress to secure the defeat of Lord C . Hamilton at k the next election for the county ot Tyrone . Unpleasant Affair is Limerick —The following is from the Limerick Chronicle—tho parties alluded to are Sir David Roeheland Mr . Caleb Powell , M . P .: — "An altercation , piquant and startling , occurred on Saturday , between two recently political friends and zpalous " reformers of the commonwealth . The tew-tt-tiite was unexpected , and in the most public part of the city . An ex-M . P ., whose manly candour is admired on all sides , on recognising a Repeal member for this " county , at once charged him with inserting a falsehood in his place in Parliament ,
relative to a shot fired last spring assizes , at one of the county grand jury , on his way home from this city . The other rejoined that he would give every explanation or satisfaction to his quondam friend , who , however , cut the matter short by declaring that lit ; could hold no intercourse with a person whose misrooresentation of murderous outrage against the man he called his friend was repugnant to truth and fact , and only calculated to screen assassins from punishment . " The effect of this open rupture may be likely to cause a representation of thecounty , as it is generally supposed the party complained of is indebted to tho ' other for the necessary qualification to hold his seat . ***** The Crops . — In the vicinity of London , so far as the
wheat crop is concerned , reaping has commenced in jood earnest . In the course of the past week , several fields cnt down in the luxurious districts ot Kent and Surrey show that they are not far behind in rcard to productiveness . The first cutting wc have " heard ol was that of Mr . Jibbaltl , Goosegiwe , in the middle of last week ; and last Saturday evening wc saw afield of beautiful wheat in the vicinity of Cambi ! rwell-green , belonging to Mr . Harris , in the act of being cut down . In all the fields we have seen , the crop seems abundant ; and . on the authority of a practical farmer , who has within the last two months travelled over England and Wales , we can state , that while tho wheat crop is fully an average , the oats and barley crop is in a fair proportion , compared with other years .
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L- ' XTRAORDINARY COLLECTION OV BaTS . —BatS ai'C . vmctimes found clustered in considerable numbers behind sign boards and similar dormitories , where they remain during the winter season in a dormant state . A few days ago , there was taken out from under one of the leaden gutters of Spymgwood-pav-k house no fewer than 400 full-grown bats , some of them grey with age ; and also from the same place three pails of batiania , which , no doubt upon trial , will he found to bo as useful and nutritious a manure as the far-famed guana . —KeUo Chnmcle . Tom Oliver , the Celebrated Pugilism , and " master of the ceremonies" at pugilistic contents , is now in " durance vile" in Oxford gaol for following his professional avocation in the late pugilistic issue between Gill and Norley . His sojourn will last i three weeks
, Extraordinary iMiERRuriio ** or a Party . —On Saturday afternoon , a writ of inquiry was heard at the Oastle of Lincoln , before Henry Williams , Esq ., the Uuder-Sheriff for the county , to assess the damages in the cases of Moody v Bourne , in which judgment had been allowed by default . The plaintiif , ° Mr . Enos Moody , is a solicitor , at Wragby , in this county , and he married a daughter of the defendant , Mr . George Bourne , a retired officer of the dragoons , living at East Keal Hall , near Spilsby . On the evening of the 12 th of November , as Mrs . Moody was expecting a party to tea , one of them having arrived , a chaise drove up to tho door , in which were Mr . "Bourne , his son , and an unmarried daughter . They entered the house without
knock--ng , and an anonymous letter was produced and read , in which it was stated that Mr , Moody had I that morning stabled his wife in tho bimst mtli a , carving-knife . Both he and his wife denied that anything of the kind had occurred , on which it was insisted that Miss Catherine Bourne shmih'i nt-troW the person of her sister : this Mr . Moody resisted . After some altercation . Mr . Bourne aud his sun collared the plaintiff , and took lain before a magislrsile . Mr Yarde , living in the town , on & charge of fe ' . OI ! - niously stabbing bis wife . In about three quarter ; - of an hour he was set at liberty and returned home In the mean time Miss Catherine Bonnie bad ordered the guests who had pa-i-h-giI to the tea party t > go home , and had thus excited immense seaudal
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amongst the gossjps of the quiet town of Wragby had ftS vK »* false imprisonment the plaintiff bad ^ brought his action ; the defendant had admitted 3 iS ; S ^^ T ^^ fe' )^ i , I ^' t 0 ac *™** he anonvmJ T *? the , aw ' refused tbgire up tigatlon founn . tter - 1 ™* *»* . aftera loaf inrcJ . have been brouKto iUrt * "" Bh 0 UldeVW suX ' evS felr-T ? 6 tide Wa 8 s ° - «» - o * mud of the r vfr and aUht olT . « ot fa 8 t in tho aground at one fif * fh « £ he ] sea *?• thne were tersea Bridge " p ierZ ^; X - , me I . 7 nich left Bafc » Adelphi Jier until afte ? nine ftn ™ " 0 t reach , ^ lowness 0 P f the t ^ % Si SflSSCTKSB across m many places . y waiKea Al 'J w lr A mnant for the apprehension of the Mr . Wyndham , so notorious for swinCat Windsor , has been granted by the Kentish i ££ trates , on account of an attempt on his nart . to ^
fraud the keeper of the Royal Sussex Hotel , Tonbridge Wells , he using the name of WeiJesley ' ¦ Annihilation of Matter by a Railway Collision . —A morning paper , in describing the effects of the collision on the Eastern Counties Railway on Saturday , says : — " Of a second-class carriage , which Had been attached to the train at Romford , ' and Placed m the rear of the two horse boxes , then was literall y notltino left !" Foot-race for Fifty PouNns . —On Monday , the match between E . Smith , of London , andBrookson , vv » T ^ ' , £ ? decided at tho Beehive Grounds , sLtl i ^ - . distance was half a mile , and th lead IS £ ' 8 lde -. the start Smith took the when ht ~ ? , ntaJ ned for six hundred yards , en ued a » d * ff J ™ P- A very s P , ittin S « IZkson ? an uf & tSSSf ^ ° ° ^ an 1 nonP ^ J ^ St ^ r- ° n Mon ( Jay afternoon the Hart rw be £ r ? Mr - - Eaker . i «* . * tne Uahfaxs Head , PrinceMtreet , WliitMhnneK n 6 t
sonof a o ^ fl Trema i ' - **« - fourteen , the It ani ^^ " , aker Te 8 idin ™ Princes-street . bee ^ SiT ^ . wMenee that the deceased had hv hU ^ "" J . '" -treated by his father , and also akin ho & m er W 10 ' 0 ne oce « -w » PofnP < w ^ l - »«? tomt « : * > t Worship-street SSfn ?/ t' a " * T nd over t 0 ke « P t « e peace , on account of her conduct to the boy . On the 22 nd rl r / Jl- f ^ - Sed ftbsconded from home , and went IT * r 7 lth hl 8 t a J n t (? - 8 J athe 'V and there continued not [ hu death . On last Tuesday week he complained JJ o M ' ? J Mr D ale ' surgeon , was called in , and said the deceased was suffering from dropsy . He continued to attend him . but he died on the follow , ing * > unday . The Jury returned a verdict of " Natural death , and at the same severely reprimanded the father for his conduct towards the deceased
. The Subscription s for the Sufferers by thb 1 ? irb at St . John ' s . ' —The subscriptions here for the unfortunate sufferers of so great a portion of tlie town of St . John's , Newfoundland , have progressed satisfactorily , and amount to about £ 1 , 780 . In London , the merchants and others have commenced a subscription very liberally ; by the latest accounts ifc amounted to £ 2 , 400 . In Greenock , also , a very handsome subscription had been made , amounting , on fuesday last to £ 1 , 711 ; including donations of £ 200 each from five mercantile firms of that place .
Strange AccmuNT . —A few davs ago some boys seeing aheap of straw thrown out in the Place du Parvis . Notre Dame , sel fire to it , and soon had the satisfaction of seeing the whole in a flame . In the midst of their deliahtatbeh oldingthe fire and smoke , a cry was heard to issue from the burning mass , and at the same time a human figure issued from it . = Ifc was a poor man who bad fallen asleep amongst the straw , and whom the flames had roused . He rushed with his clothes on fire to . the river , and threw him-* els in . fhe spectators , who expected to see him , re-aopcar , were disappointed . lie was drowned , and his body was found shortly aftur .
Extraordinary Suicweby a Child . —It may be remembered that , in the Cambrian of the 19 th of last month , was announced the suicide by hanging in a loft over tlie stable , ofa person named John Thomas , residing at Cowbridgc . On Tuesday last his son , a child about seven years of age , was found lifelessly suspended by the very beam on which his father had terminated his existence . It is supposed that-the ehild . whose curiosity had been excited by hearing people describe the manner in which his father came in his death had proceeded to tlie loft with the view of making experiments . It appears ho did so with the same fatal results . —Cambrian .
Funeral of the Soldier alleoep to have died froji Flogging . —The remains of Frederick White , of the 7 th Royal Hussars , were interred at Heston Church-yard on Friday afternoon . The coffin was preceded by the band , who p layed the "Dead March in Saul , " and was followed by several of his latn comrades ; and in tho absence of any of his friends , his horse was led covered with a black pall as the chief mourner . It is said that a clue has been obtained of some of his friends , who have been written to . ; Thk Murder at Dagenham—Since the issuing of the reward by the Government for the apprehension of t e murderers of the unfortunate man Clarke , on
Saturday last , the utmost vi ' eilance has been used in endeavourinc to trace out the guilty parties , but up to last evening no one had been apprehended . In consequence of the singular character of the evidence -iven at the adjourned inquest tending to throw suspicion om Serceant Parsons , and also that he had been guilty of neglecting his duty , a most minute and searching- investigation was eone into bis conduct , after the inquest , before Mr . Superintcndanfc Pearce . and subsequently before the superintendant of the K division , Mr . - ' Macauard , and the result was , that they were satisfied that he had performed , his duty properly , and that not the sli g htest suspicion could attach to him .
Sudden Death of Mr . Wakefield , Q . C—Mr . Daniel Wakefield , Q . C-. was found dead in his shower-bath at an early Iiotii- on . Monday morning . Mr . Wakefield was in perfect health , and was to have replied in the Vice-Chancellor ' s Court on Monday , in the important case of Blake v Wallscourt . Mr . Wakefield was one of the oldest and most distinguished members of the English bar , having been called to the bar in 1807- In the celebrated case of Small v . Attwood , the lamented gentleman took a very conspicuous part .
Tub Lath Acciokxt on the Eastern Counties Railway . —The whole of the patients at the . London Hospital are going on favourably , but it is still doubtful whether amputation will be considered in the case of Slciffcrton . one of the railway porters , who got his left hand bndlv fractured' . Morris appeared a good deal worse on Tuesday morning , but towards the evening , he very much improved , and TUr . Lane , who has the care of the worst cases , has strong hopes of the recovery of all . DsATiior an Orphan by Fire . —On Tuesday evening . Mr . J . Payne hold an inquest at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital on the body of Mary . Ann Wood , aged seventeen , a servant to Mr . Austin Etwalt , of
81 , h . aion Terrace , New North Road . Her waster said , that about seven o ' clock on Wednesday morning last he heard dceea-ed scream , and on running down stairs he met her coming towards him , the bnolrjwirfc of her dress being m flames , whfch freex'ingiii'dicd as speedily as'he " could . lie ordered a cab to be called and sent hci- to that hospital . She said -he accident was caused by a spark flying from the firo on the hind part of her clothing-. Deceased was an orphan , and had been obtained by her juaster from Clerkeiiwcll workhouse , in which she had been since her childhood . Mr . Ilaig , bouse surgeon , said deceased died on Monday morning from the effects of burns on different parts of her body . Verdict" Accidental Death . "
Sale of tiii ? Bowl Brewery .. St . Giles s . — Yesterday , this brewery , said to be the oldest in London , was sold by pubtic- auction on the premises . It is to be demolished , and a handsome row of houses erected on its side . Tradition asserts that the celebrated "St , Giles ' s how ) , "" that was en ' crcdto convicts on their way to execution at ly-bum , came from this brewery . DeSCKNT OF THE 7 ? iHiliOO *< V- —Mr . 0 * G'rren and Insadventurous companions in the Nassau Balloon , after leaving Crcmornc Gardens on Monday nielw , passed over the metropolis at a comparatively low altitude , and alWhavins been nearly an . hour in tho air , made a safe descent at Leyton G-ranse . Leyton , Essex , the property of Vir . J . Lane-, by whom they were most hospitably entfrtaispd .-
Ath * Snakrs Prolific?— -A few days asm , a labourer in the employ of a farmer on Need wood ' Forest , Staffordshire , killed a common Mnek snake , about two feet long , ami in its inside wees' found ho less than thirteen young snakes , each about four inches in length . Robbery op a Clerk of the Bank on ? England . —OnTuesday , information was forwarded to the Mc ~ tropolitan police stations , that a clevis of the RlllllC of England bad been robbed on Monday-of banknotes , amounting to one thousand nine , hundred pounds , and a reward of £ 100 was' ffcred . to be paid by Messrs . Frcshh ' elds , solicitors ti > flip Wk r . and to any person giving such mformntinn as . would lead to tho apprehension of the guilty mrtv .
Goo !—During the imprisonment of Prince Loins Knnolcon at Ham . the numbers of the Proo-rS * < J » 1 «* dc Calais , edited by his friend Frederick Dcgeorjjes , were regularly forwarded to . him by the post ; A Her bis escape the current numbers were returned to i-no office of the journal with ihc usual stamp , sin gii any applicable in this instance , "Gone away wituouc leaving his address . " Cjhi , p Motipw * s > ~ > lWn «» tiu- MnROTnjn . — We have just Iwnrd that a -jirl . named fi .. U . ec I 1 M 1 , ¦ ofBhieksylw . near lW * enbureIi . « i''hc . uioli ef llcskct-in-the-Forest , hai ^ Intnutiuidcoii h . ur iHojritimntv - ' within an . Itfww afterwards . ' t » bodies hav . i been held ''^'' ' ^ »„ d tho . lM .-y have returned immler" in tin ) for-mor , ™ . qiioni , on child-birth / ' i « » "c 1
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 25, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_25071846/page/3/
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