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      Are Acknowledged To Be . The Best Medicine In The World.

      ARE ACKNOWLEDGED TO BE . THE BEST MEDICINE IN THE WORLD .

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      This medicine hu _bsen before the Britisb P _^ . _^ * ¦ few years , and perhaps in the annals of the world was _'never seen success equal to their _Pf-P _^^^ _SSt-d , I Ms Medicine _* _ reat once _acknowledged _* _£ _««_*; . uxu _, _ = _^ 5 _HS _SSBSS _^ _ESSSSSSSS _Tf = __^ _ii _« _i _ a * this moment there is scarcely a ; S- _^ _ttetc . of the " globe which has not heard of < _2 _ r ___ _! - -.-, _*** h _*« _« U _3 ht f _« _supplies , whatever _SS . _be the costoftr-ji-nission . The United _states , _C _ ada India , aud even China , have had immense quan . Sties eMpped to their respective countri-s , and with the lame result as in _England-UsivEKSAt Good . The sale of Pabb ' s _I-ife Pills amounts to _upwards of _8 P 030 boxes weekly , more than all other patent medicines out tozether . _Thiss-inple fact needs _nofartheT comment ; t tells p lainly that the pills of Old Parr is The Best Mediciae in the World . The foUowing , with many others , have _b-. en recently r eeived : — Communicated by Mr TV . WHITE , Agent for Ciren-Wter , Gentlemen , _—Enclosed is a statement made to me iu person , bv a female who _requests that her case may be _ ade known , that others circularly afflicted may receive henefit as she has done , through the use of Pabb ' s Life Fills . « I hadbeen _afiicied with a severe weakness , so much & s to ultimately prevent me walking across the floor of the hon se . I _apalied to a medical man fur his advice , but bis . Mil proved to be all in vain . At last I was recom-Tnended by a person who had taken Pass's Life Pius to give them a trial . I did so , and before I took the whole ofthe first box , found myself greatly improved ; I con-4 im __ i * -e n-e of them for six weeks , an- am now _stronger and (' eel better than I have beea for years past ; and while I live I shall bless the _mme of you and your Paxil ' s Lite Pills . ' By applying to me , I have the liber ty to refer any one to her at her residence . I remain , Gentleman , your _obedient servant , W . _WHi-E .-CireaceKsr , -lay 9 th , 18 _ Prom Mr B . E _.. S , A ; entfor Devonport . The following leiter , just received by the respected Proprietor of tke Devospoet _Ixdzpekdeut newspaper , dearl v demonstrates the general _utiiity of this muchprized medicine- Similar letters are constantly received rom all parts of the United Kingdom . Some of these TwtiniQnials are printed and may be had , g ratis , of all en ts : — Gentlemen , —You will doubtless be glad to hear ofthe _opa-sricy of P _ j . k . ' s Lire Pills in this neighbourhood , and also of the consequent cLvUy increasiDg demand for hem . We hear of their great efficacy from all classes , end fron- _persens of all ages ; from officers in the Naval and Military Service , artisans , gentlemen in the government establishments , agriculturists , miners , _labourers , omes tic servants , & c . The best proof ef their success _e that wa have issued from our establishment here 1752 _fcoxes , various sires , during the past quarter ; and _evers pest brings fresh orders from the neighbouring towns and villages . We are obliged to keep several gross on hand to meet the _extraordinarj demand , Hany persons have expressed their _^ _ratituae after recovery , bnt lor some reasons they feel a delicacy in having their cases and names published . Should this letter be deemed useful , itis at joar service for the public goed , —I ani , gentle m _ , yours , & c , TV . fi __ . None are genuine , unless the words ' PASR'S LIFE BILLS , ' are in White Letters on a Red Ground , on the Government Stamp , past _. d rannd eaeh bor ; also on the / de _st-uk of the Signature oi the Proprietors , ' T . _SOBEETSand Co ., Crane-court , Fleet-street , London , ' en the Directions . Sold in boxes as is lid , 2 s 9 d , and family packets at Ub each , by a'J .- ___ p _ et _ _. e medicine venders throughout t he world . Full directions are given with each box .

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      _rs * . _. ' -v " . _'? _Sf _ _s- _^ 5- _^ -3 _B extensive practice of _fe ; _- " . . •;• : i j _ _« . ? | fi 1 al Uessrs R . and L . PEERY and £ fe - ' X- „ - h * __ . _ ff \ B Co ., theeon- __ edde _ aandfor _^ _w-rkrend-S-T _^^ SlLENT FRIEND . 'ione hundred and twenty-five thousand copies of which have been told ) , and the extensive sale and high repute of their Medicines have induced some unprincipled perrons to assume tbe name of PERRY and closely imitate the title of ih" Work and names of the Medicines . The pnbiic » _herebve-utionedthat such persons are not in any way connected with the firm of R . and L . PESKY and Co ., of London , who do not visit the Provinces , aad are only to be consulted _persan . illy , or by letter , at their Establishment , 19 , Berners-street , O-ford-street , Londofl . TWESTT-FIFTH EDITION . _IJ-ttS-rated by Twenty-sir Anatomical Engraving 3 on Steel . On _PhysioA Disqualifications , Generative Incapacity , and Impediments to Marriage . new and improved edition , enlarged to 19- pages , pnee 2 s . 6 d . ; by post , direct from the Establishment , 3 s . Gd . in postage stamps . THE SILENT FRIEND ; medical -work on the exhaustion and physical decay of the svstem , prodEced by excessive indulgence , the consequences of infection , or the abuse of mercury , with obser-_ ti _ _ os tha married state and the diSQualifications which prevent it ; illustrated hy _twenty-Eix coloured enf ravings , and by t _ detail of cases . ByB . andL . ERHY and Co ., 19 , Berners-street , Oxford-street , London . Published bv the authors , and sold by Strange , 21 , Pat _ -o ; ter-row ; _ ana _. y G-, nnd Sanger , 150 , Oxford- _' _atreet ; Starie , --, Tichborne-stre-t _, Haymarket ; and 6 erdon , 146 , Leadenhall-street , London ; J . and R . Baimes . and Co ., L _ ithwalk , Edinburgh : D . Campbell , Argy ll-street , Glasgow ; J . Priestly , Lord-street , and T . Kewton , Charch-street , Liverpool ; R . H . Ingram , _a-arketilac-. Manchester . Part tie First s dedicated to the consideration of the Anatomy and Fhysi-logy oi the organs TF _ ach are directly or _In-irec-ty engaged in the process of reproduction . It is illustrated by six coloured engravings . Part the Second Treats of the _tofirmitiei arid decay of the system , produced by ever _indulgence efthe passions and by the practice of solitary gratification . It shows clearly the man ner in wfeich the baneful _consequenoes of this indulgence I operate on the economy in the impairment and _destruc tiOQ ofthe social and vital powers . The existence of _B-rreas and sexual debility and incapacity , with their accompanying train of symptoms and diserders _, are traced by the chain of con necting results to their cause . This selection eonclu-ls- with an eiplici- detail of the means by whi _ h these effects may be remedied , and full and ample directions fot their use . It is illustrated by three coloured engravings , which fully display the effects of physical decay . * Partthe Third Contaias an accurate description of the diseases caused By infection , and by the abuse of mercury ; primary and secondary _symptems , eruptions of the skin , sore throat , ittfiammatiQn of the eyes , disease of the bones , gonorrhoea , gleet , - tri-ure , & c , are shown to depend on thiB cause . Their treatment is fully described in this section . The effects of neglect , either in the _recognition of disease in the treatment , are shown to be the prevalence ofthe rag in the system , which sooner or later will show itself n one of the forms already mentioned , and entail _diseasa n its most frightful shape , not only on the individual himself , but also on the oasprmg . Advice for the treatment of all these diseases and their consequences is _tendered in this sectioa _, which , if duly followed « p , cannot ail in _effeating a cure . This part is illustrated by seventeen coloured engravUgs . Part the Fourth Treats of the Pretention of Disease by a simple applica . tion , by which the danger ef inf . tion is obviated . Its action is simple , but Eure . It acts with the virus chemically , and destroys its power on the system . This important part of the Work should be read by every Young Mai- entering into _ « . Part the Fifth Is devoted to the consideration ofthe Duties and Obligations of the Married state , and of the causes which lead to the happiness or misery of those who _haveeuterediuto tie _boads of matrimony . D _-iquIetudeB and jars between s _ m _ couples are traced to depend , la the _majority of Instances , on causes resulting from _physical imperfections and errors , aad the means for tieir removal of « hown to be witkin reach , and effectual . The operation of certain d-squaliGcations Is fully examined , and infelicitous said _nnprodactiTe anions shown to be the neces _gary consequence . The catties and remedies for this _ttateferm a . n important consideration in this section of tbe work . THE CORDIAL BALS OF SYRIACTJM expressly employed te renovate the impaired powers of Ufe _, when exhausted by the inflaence exerted by solitary indulgence on tbe system . Its action is purely balsamic : its power In reinvigorating the frame in all cases of oerons and sexual debility , obstiaate gleets , mpotency , iaxrenness , ana debilities arising f _ m venereal eicesses , has been demonstrated by its _t _ nv- _* yiag success in thon * sands cf eases To those persons who are prevented _enering the married state by the consequences of early rrors , it is . _nvaluable . Price 118 . por bottle , or fsur quantities in one for 33 s . THE _CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE _ESSENCE An anti-syphilitic remedy , for purifying tke system from venerealc . ntaminatioa , and is recommended for any of the _Tarie-. farms of secon _. ary symptems , such aseroptions oa tiie skin , blotches on . the head and face , enlargement of the throat , tonsils , and uvula ; threatened destruction of the nose , palate , & c . Its action is purely detersive , anditsbeneMal influence on the system is undeniable . Pries Us . and 33 s . per bottle . The 51 . cases of Syriacum or Concentrated Detersive Bssence can only be had at 19 , Berners-street , Oxford-Street , London ; whereby there is a saving of If . 12 s ., and the patient is entitled to receive advice without a fee , which advantage is applicable only to those who remit 51 . _forapack-t . PERRY'S P " - _ -FYI __ SPECIFIC PILLS Co _ ii „ -e--- _-Sec-nal remedy In _' all cases of gonorrho-a , _^ leet , strict-re . a __ -d diseases of the urinary organs . Price 2 s . 9 d __ , * s . Sd ., aad lis . per box . Consultation fe * , if by letter , ll . —Patients are _requested to be as minute as possible in the description of their cases . Attendance daily , at 19 , Berners-street , Oxford-street , Loadon , from eleven to two , and from five to eight ; en 8 _auday- from eleven to one , Sold by Sutton and Co ., 10 , Bow Church Yard ; W . Edwards , 67 , St Paul ' s Church Yard ; Barclay and S « ns , Farringdoa-street ; Butler and Harding , 4 , Cheapside ; B . Johnson , 63 , Cornhill ; L . Hill Kew Cross ; W . B . Jenes , __ ing _» ton ; W , J . Tanner , Egham ; S . Smith , Windsor ; j B , Shilleocl _., Bromley ; T . Riches , London . _ treet , Greenwica ; Thos . Parkes , Woolwich ; Ede and Ce ., Borking ; and John _Ttiurley , High-street , Romford ofwhommaybe had tha'SILENT FRIEKD .

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      TTSiJ-x * —Mr Mark Pearce , a joiner , who bas been _ecopl . ed in ths Deptford Dockyard for the last twe _lvsmoutlM , was discharged on Wedn < = _sdaj week , for haviflg been seen hy a Dockyard policeman at a Chartiet members meeting , held on Wednesday week at the W-Iter _' s Arm .. On the day following ( _ThnrsdayJasuserintendeEt of police sent ffr Pearce jwd askei him his name whi _ Pearce refused to giv . Ilis discharge is o £ 5 __ y stated to _ for inlt _ nrd ' uiatioa to the police . Pretty Id-j .. — Wttea I ' m a __» ' ig the poetry f childhood ; ' when I was young , ' i _ ths poetry ef li tgc—Montgomery .

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      _^ _ACELEBRATED THROUGHOU - THE GLOBE . ' HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT . CURE OF FISTULOUS SORES AND PLEURISY . Extract of a Letter from Mr Robert Calvert , Chemist , 8 tokesley _, dated , September 3 rd , 18 . 7 . To Professor Holloway . Sib , —Mr Thompson , National Schoolmaster of this town , desires me to send you the particulars of his son who had been bad for three years and a half , and has received the greatest benefit by the use ef your pills and ointment . He is of a scrofulous constitution ; a pleurisy had left a large collection of matter in the chest , and tbis eventually formed a passage through the wales ot the chest , and ended in tbree fistulous sores which dis . _etisrg _ large quantities of pus , when he was induced to try your pills and ointment , at this date he was apparently in a dji » g condition ; the stomach rejected everything it took . Your pills and ointment had the effect of completely curing both the cough and stomach affections , bis strength andlesh are also restored , his appetite keen , and digestion good . There ti every prospect that a little further continuance of your medicines will finish the cure ( Signed ) Robert Calvert . Tbe _a-OFUS-BLiTE Newspaper , published at Meerut , has , on the 15 th October , 1847 , copied an article from . the Benabes Recoedsb , of which the following is an Extract : — 'The Prince of Maharajah Bissonath Sing , who waB temporarily residing at Chittercote _. was suddenlytaken ill with Spasmodic Colic , and during hia illness His Highness olten asked for HoUoway ' _s Pills and Ointment , as he had heard much of theii virtues , but none could be obtained in the neighbourhood , and Professor Holloway , no doubt , unfortunately loses a certificate which would bave grcaed and dignitied his list of cures . ' The _nativv Princes arenow _. using Holloway ' s celebrated PiHs and Ointment in preference to every other medicine , they being so wonderfully efficacious in the cure of diseases in India . CURE OF A BAD LEG OF THIRTY YEARS ' STANDING . 'I , George 3 ourne , Butcher , of _Stockton-upon-Tees , do hereby certify , that my wife had a bad leg for thirty years by the bursting of a vein , her sufferings were intense , sue had been under tbe care of most oftho eminent medical men iu the neighbourhood , but to no purpose , and was afterwards perfectly cured iu eight weeks by Hollowav ' s Pills and Ointment . —( Signed ) Gk _6 _ qb _Boobne . — June 7 th , 1847 . ' CURE OF ; ULCERS WHERE THERE EXISTED DISEASED BONE . Extract of a Letter from Mr James TVetmore , Hampton , New Brunswick , dated February 10 th , 1817 . To Messrs Fete as and Tillei , Gertleken , —I ieel it is but due to _Professer HoUoway to inform vou , as his Agent for this Province , of a remarkable cure performed on my son . He had been afflicted with Ulcers on his limbs and _bedy for three years _, from which small pieces of bone had been removed . I tried several medical men in St John ' s , but all to no purpose . I was then induced to try Holloway ' s Pills and Ointment , which made a complete cure . Several months have since elapsed , but there is not the slightest appear ) ance of the eure not being the most complete . —( Signed / -JiES _Weihoee . CURE OP THE PILES . Extract of a Letter from Joseph Medcalf , Beverley , dated June 17 th , 1817 . To Prefessor Holiowat . Sib , —Por some years -had labeured dreadfully with bleeding piles , by divine blessing , together with the use f your pills and ointment , I have been perfectly cured , and neTer was there a greater sufferer with piles than myself . ( Signed ) _Jose . h Medcalf . THE TESflUO _. 'Y OP A PHYSICIAN IN THE CURE OF SKIN DISEASES . Copy ofa Letter from W . E . Powell , M . D ., 16 , Blessington . street , Dublin , dated February 9 th , 18 . 7 . To Professor Holloway , _Deab Sib , —Having droted my attention for some jears to cutaneous or sUin diseases , I think it but right to inform you that I have in r-xious cases recommended the use ofyour pills and ointment , and invariably found them to have the most perfect effect in removing those diseases . ( Signed ) * rT . E . Power . M . D : The pills should be used _eoiyoinUy with the ointment most of the following case-: — Bad Logs Cancers Scalds Bad Breasts Contracted aad Sore Nipples Burns Stiff joints Sore throats Bunions Elephantiasis Skin diseases Bite of Moschetos Fistulas Scurvy and Sand-flies Gout Soreheads Coco-Bay Glandular SweL . Tumours Cbiego-foot lings Ulcers Chilblains Lumbago TVouHds Chapped-hands Piles Yaws Corns ( Soft ) _Rheumatism Sold bythe proprietor , 214 , Strand , ( near Temple Bar , ) London , and by all respectable vendors of _patentmedicines throughout the civilised world , in pots and boxes , Is _ljd , -s 9 d , 4 s 6 d , l is , 2-s _, and S 3 s each . There is a very considerable saving in taking the larger sizes .

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      THE RIGHT TO CARRY ARMS . ( From the papers of Saturday , Jaly 29 'b . ) At the Thames Police Office on Friday , Jamea _Elmslie _Danean , a _wild-looking young man , was brougbt before Mr _Bsllantine , by _Riber _. Gifford _, 89 il , charged with having in his possession a pistol , of which he could give no satisfactory account . Tbe pri ; one , when placed at the bar , _wbs in * stactlj recognised a . a person who takes a prominent part at all Chartist meetings , as the generally accredited laureate of the Chartist bedy . ( Jr __ D stated , that in consequence ct instructions which he had received _frani bia superintendent , Mr _Medlicott , between twelve ar . d one o ' clck that ( Friday ) morning , he traced the prison ° r to Upper East S _ ithfie ! c ! . On earning up -utbt _himjin Nightingale-lane , _GifTtrd seized bim by the collar , and at the same time felt the pockets , of hia ccat , sayin ; , ' What have you here ? ' To which the prisoner replied , * Whatever I have is my owd . ' He hid on a Glengarry cap at the time , witb a broach stuck in tbe front , from which two green streamers wera pendant , _ d he had _aknot of green _. ibb _ in the breast of bis coat . In bis hand he had a large bag , containing a great quantity of printed papers , which proved to ba Chartist poems , of which he pr _. _ndly avowed himself to be the author .- When arrested , he asked Gifi >> rd , who was in plain clothes , what he was ? to which the latter replied , ' 1 am a con stable , ' and then took from the prisoner _ pocket a hrge siz _ pocket pistol , ( produced . ) On being asked why he carried such a weapon , he replied , ' I do it for my e ? _ protection , as I have marks upon my body of unprovoked _vielenco , inflicted on me by the police . ' Mr Ball ___ : The papers , you eay are in verse , I suopose they are political ? Gifford : Ye 3 , sir . Mr BiLLiKiHE , C-Holu-ing from the prisoner ' s appearance that he was a foreigner , asked whether the prisoner spoke English ? GrFFOBD : Yes , sir , he is an Englishman . Mr B _ . i _ x- b ( looking _. er one ofthe papers ) : Yes , these are in English . One ef them is entitled ' The Chartist Martyrs of Pilate Russell and Herod Grey by Jamea Elmslie Duncan , divinarian , ' and author of ' Flowers and Fruita * (! aughter ) _t _. nspec ' Habbis , nf the H division , who took the charge , said the prisoner on being questioned as to tbe _possession of tbe _pistel . replied that he carried it for hi . own protection , and considered that he was warranted ia so doing . When atked what was the meaning of the green ribbons with which he was decorated , he replied that they were emblems of nationality—that he was a Cbartist and a Sympathiser , and wished to show his sympathy with the Irishof whose rebellion news had lately arrived tbat dayand he hoped London would shortly bs in rebellion also . Mr _Ballast-Sb : Well , Mr Dancan , what have you to say to tbis charge ? Tbe Prisons * , with tte air of one who felt as if he was the observed of all observers , replied : What the constables state is correct with some little modifications , whicb , however , are to _explaia my position truly . I attended last night a meeting in John-street , c _. _mposed of Chartists , . _cialista , and Repealers , Sympathisers , for the purpose of instructing and being instructed ; for I myself bold to the doctrine of nationality , which in my vocabulary means that every nation has a right to govern itself . It waB my intention to have recited a short unpublished poem to the meeting , bnt circumstances prevented me . I'll however , repeat it now . Here tbe ' laureate * drew himself up to his full height , asd with a most in . spired air begun , * There ' s a storm a brewing now , and' — Mr B _ j _ st _ s : You need not trouble yourself with the recitation ; confine yourself to the charge . Prisoner : Well , then as to the pistol , I hold by the doctrine that every man has a right to carry arms fur hig personal protection against violence from any _quarter . Mr Ball-K-Ixb : Then you are not a Socialist ? Pk-soner . : Ism ; and a physical force Chartist too . The doctrine of socialism is not understood . One of its first objects is self-prote . tion . Mr Ballantike : We shall not discuss those doctrines now ; but I cannot help expressing my regret at seeing a mind co accurate as yours appears to be on some point ? , thus miserably misled on others . _Peisossr : But yon have not heard met I wish to convince youi Mr _Ballastirb : Yon have convinced rae of one thing , that it is my duty to hold yon to bail to keep the peace ; you mast find bail for yonr good behaviour for the next foar months , and at the g ame time you mnst _give notice , go as that the securities may be found sufficient . The prisoner was accordingly locked up .

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      An Orthodox Stmeol —A female peregrine falcon , recently escaped , haB found a resting place below the vane of St Nicholas's spire , Newcastle , end is said to have destroyed numbers of pigeons . Cicero w _ ene day Bneered at by one of bis opponents , a mean man of noble lineage , on account of his low parentage . ' Yon are the first ofyour line , ' said th 9 railer ; ' and you , ' rejoined Cicero , ' are the last of yours / New Coin . — Tbe first of the new decimal coins , in _ooaformity with the plan of the present Master ef the Mint , hESJast been completed . It is a . 2 _i . piece , bearing the pro §! e of he Queen on the obverse . Mr Comtaissionei' Law has jnst decided , in a judgment given at great length , that the creditors under a foimer insolvency cannot claim under a _-ub-equent one .

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      To Feargus O'Connor , Esq, M.F, Sis . —V...

      TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ , M . F , Sis _. —Vfe , the members of the Chartist Association , _ata meeting beld at the Colonel Hutchinson , Nottingham , on July 29 : h , congratulate 50 U on the wise precaution you hare takeu to keep yourself out of the meshes of the law , and hope that you will continue ta do the same . Signed on behalf of the members , by the Chairman , Wi _ iah _Cosioa .

      To Feargus O'Connor, Es., M.P. R_Sricr_B...

      TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ES ., M . P . R _ sricr _ B Sib , — As the improved _Byst « m of agriculture , propounded by jou in your work on . mall Farms . ' has been doubted almost as much as discussed , permit mo , through the columns of your valuable paper , to offor to the public an opportunity of proving to _thomselves a few of the important facts advanced in that work , I am In po _ . e _ tl . i- ol a small plot of grouud , me & _. u _. * log thirty-two falls , part of which I have laid oat iu beds for wheat aud potatoes , on tbe plan _reeommended by you , ond part I have retained In the usual form _practiced in the locality . The measurement of the beds i . nine feet broad and twenty-five long , iato which . pace I dibbled two ounce , of wheat , an . bave sown , In the usual broadcast ferm , over the same measurement , six ounces of the same seed . The greatest contrast exists

      between the products of the two By-terns . The average number of stalks . rung from each dibbled plant is eleven—the smallest number from one grain of wheat is five , and the groate 3 t number twenty-five , some twenty-two , eighteen fifteen , and eo oa , Tha head , or ear , generally measures six inches In length—none feting shorter than five and a half . This appears to me to bo the result of dibbling In the grain , because I find in the adjoining broadcast bed , containing' three times the amount of seed , I havo not more than one-third tha number ot stalks . The heads are much smaller , the largest being only four inches , and the average being under four _Ir-ches . Another peculiarity I ob-one in favour of the dibbled wheat is , tbat it is much earlier , the heads are quite firm , while those of the broadcast are soft , and yield to the pressure ef the fingers as easily as the other grains did three weeks _bj _. i te .

      I have planted whole potatoes also thirty-two inches apart , ever ; one of which hug a most healthy appearance . The stalks are ipread round each plant , _covtring as much space aa an 6 _ lti __ r . ' _-eiz _ umbrella , covering the surface more completely than the adjoining stalks of tbe est plant-, get In rows twenty-two Incite- apart , and eighteen laches between each plant . I trouble you with tbis statement at this time , because the inhabitants of tbis district , wbo profess to disbelieve the agricultural superiority of the method propounded by you , may , by ? sing their eyes , undeceive themselves—a thing impossible It' I should withhold my report till the wheal was thrashed out , and the _po-atoes lifted . I remain , respected sir , Tour obedient servant , Aechiba-D Ritchie , _Stenhouse Moor , near Falkirk , July 22 tb , 1818 ,

      A. Trip To Snig's End And Lowbands. To T...

      A . TRIP TO SNIG'S END AND LOWBANDS . TO THE EDITOR OF TBE HOBIHBRN BTAE , Sn , —Having been at Lowbands list August , I went there this summer to see what progress tho allottees bad made since my last visit , and I can assure the readers of the Stab , that I never beheld a more industrious set of m . n _, an- tbeir crops are truly _astonlsblug , I did not see any wbeat iu my travels half so good aa at Low _. an-r . I made a careful examination of the wheat crops on a number of allotments , and 1 found from twenty . EJi' to thirty atalks on an average from each grain , and I also found tbat tbe ears of wheat were nearly double tbe sizs of that sown broad-cast by the

      neighbouring farmers , which averaged from fire to si - each grain ; and the vegetn _. le crops were equal . to tbe highly cultivated market gardens in the vicinity of Bristol . I should recommend all member * of tbe Land dmpsny , that ere _& bL _> , to lee Snig ' s End and Lowbands this summer . I was warmly received by Mr and Mrs O'Brien , at the school-house , who had just arrived there : and on my return from Lowbands te tbe Swan , about ten o'clock at n !? hr , I found m _ y ef the allottees on the Moat , and part cf Snig ' s End , busily at work , but Mr O'Connor works as hard , If not harder , than any of tbem , I saw witb bim at tbe old farm-boose at Snig ' s End , a tidy sized cart load of papers prepared for tbe

      _inspection of the govtr _ ment scrutineer , and Mr O Connor was up till two o'clock every morning :. I am Bure It is the greatest crime any man c . n b ) guilty of , to revllo and grumble at bim , for no gentleman bas done _vrh-t ae bas to emancipate the working olas . es . If I bad the coid fortune to have an allotment on Lowbands or Snig ' s Kurt , I would not take £ 500 in ready cash to part witb it , I wish some of the grumblers would give me their chance . Snig ' s End will be a perfect paradise in another year . I departed with a sorrowful heart that I had not thecfeanco to atop there instead of returning to the black smoky Iron works ef Glamorganshire , where I am now writing , Youra most truly , D . R . tlOBGAN .

      The Aberdeen Chartists And The 'Northern...

      THE ABERDEEN CHARTISTS AND THE 'NORTHERN STAR . '

      Me Editor , —An editorial article In your paper , beaded ' A Lesson , ' appeared Ju ' y 15 th . Tbis article reasons from a paragraph which hsd appeared in tbo _Abeede-k Chbonicle , and which was gives as a report ef what Mr A . B . Henry said , when he delivered an account of the causos which led to the discomfiture of the National _Avaembl y ofthe _working classes , wbicb sat ia London , and of wb'ch be was a member . You begin your strictures by ' taking tbe fairness of the report in the Hebald f _« r granted . ' Now we think you begin your string of reasoning * by granting and talking too fast , 1 st . Because we never said to Mr Ernest Jones , nor did we write to him ner _aiij member of the Convention or Assembly , ' that there were in Aberdeen 6 , 000 Onanists armed to the teeth , and waiting for the fray , ' But we

      told Mr Joaes , while in Aberdeen , that we bad begun to form a National Q _. ard , and which we had limited te 3 . 000 . We said , ire had then enrolled no . rly 600 persons , whose names the secretary was transcribing from sheets into a book , ia alphabetical order . We also told Mr Joaes , we had every hope of completing the enrolment of the required number ia a very enerc period , when application would , in the first instance , bo made to the government for arms . We did observe , in several of tbe London Paper ? , a notice tbat our National Guard waB « , 000 strong , while we siw in others onl j 600 , whioh was correct ; hence we judged tbe error was typographical , and a matter unworthy of notico . Wbat Mr Henry might have said to the men of London they , themselves , do not inform as ; bat be bad oar positive _instruotions to tell tbem we were read ; and willing—bb

      v ? e are Btill—to assist them to improve the condition of tbe working classes of our country , and of Ireland . We do sot feelieve that the men of London , the men generally of England , nor tbe brave people of Ireland , can believe that out of 16 , 565 Cbartists in Aberdeen , who subscribed the last National _Petition , oaly one man could be found wbo had tbe command ofa gun . Mr Henry did not need to test us upon that matter , and we will not answer the question . New , sir , in no particular did we mislead Mr Jones ; he saw with his own eyeB the enthusiastic spirit of our people , which did nob subside until tbe well-meant exertions of the Assembly were laid prostrate by tbe grand joggle wbich was planned in damnable darkness to overthrow the unity of the people ; but we have a good guess who it was tbat handled the cups and balls eo dexterously . It is complained of Mr Henry

      of having made a furious attack on Mr O'Connor , and it seems others are chargeable with the like off _ _- ce . We deny he did so . Ha was lenient in tbe extreme with Mr O'Connor ' s letters to the people about the Assembly , Tbese public documents were in our hinds , and Mr Henry did not dwell upon the topics , which he hnew we bad often discussed before the people in as large meet _, ingssshe then addressed , B . sides tbis , Mr Henry knew that , previous to his arrival in town , Mr Shirron , oar other delegate , had given every _explanation , and told us how muoh Mr O'Connor bad don . for the Convention , and is particular for the Assembly . So if attack even seemed necessary it was not when Mr Henry deli _, vered hiB report , the strongest expression of whioh you shall have the benefit of—" That Mr O'Connor , In putting down the Assembly , did for the government what

      the gorernment could not have done for itself , ' If Mr H-nry was ia error , be It so ; but in absence Of _Dll prOOf that be was , the _maetlDg received bis repert and recorded a unanimous vote of thanks to him for hia con " dnct in the Assembly . _« Honesty ( you say ) la the best policy . ' We beg to ask . In return , is thero trath or honesty in the assertion that _< many furious attacks have lately been made upon Mr O'Connor , for no other reason tban that he endeavoured to keep good and valuable men , like Mr J _ e » , from tumbling into pU . _ . l „ dug by fools and knaves ! ' We de not believe you will be ablo to find a Chartist in Great Britain , wbo will find fan with Mr _O'Coauor for such conduct , andlf the paragraph is meant to to the

      apply upper or middle classes who are not Chartists , it has no right la point of sense Now sir , we do grant the truth of the moral—honesty _cer _talnly Is the best policy ; and tbis noble m _ im teaches us not to trust to men who fulfil few of their promises . Look around , sir , and you will catch men nearer home in as much want of correction , as Mr Henry , who bas left here for Edinburgh , where he intends to reside and where , we trust , he will devote his spare time and talents in behalf of a class which he has laboured for fix years to elevate , Mr Editor , I beg to remain , youra respectfull y , By order of the Committee , Aberdeen , John Skart , Secrets . July 24 , 18-8 . ' '

      The « Times' Corrected . To Thb Idrtob O...

      THE _« TIMES' CORRECTED . TO THB IDrTOB OF THE K 0 BTHIBN 8 _ B , Su , —A correspondent of tbe Times , who wished to be considered a wit , informs the editor that , having read the newspapers for thepaBt six month - cnr . fully _. h _. baa made tbe woadefful discovery tbat six ofthe C- _' _a _.-tlst and Confederate leaders b _ respectively named _ affi . y , _DufrVy , _Ruffay , _Looney , Mooney , Rooney . ' Hero is a philosopher . Just a discovery of ono same per

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      month—and such a _discovery , that we may , v . ith Domi _' _tito Samp sod , exclaim : ' How very prodigious !* Now , wc _Chartints are not quite _ee stupid , for , in lees than six _sec _. nds . I havedl 6 COverod that ihe said editor is a ' scruffy , _P-A . inuffy _. _' ahd hia corre . pondent is most decidedly a 'loony , puny spooney !' O , Tempera ! O , Mores ! W . H . CllPTON . Bristol , _Jn ' y 31 et » im _' ... .

      UNFOUNDED CALUMNY . TO THE EDITOB . OF THE HOBTHEEN STAB . Sib , — It _havinjr boon reported thnt a young man , named G , floor , is a traitor to our cauae , and a government spy , I have felt it my duty to take the earliest oppor unity of gi « ing such reports tbe most positive con < _ r _ dletlon . I am personally acquainted with him , his business , and residence , and introduced him to our looality . A . Packbb . No . 7 , While Lion passage , Edgware road , July 27 th , 1818 . .

      The Chartist Trials. York Assizes. Charg...

      THE CHARTIST TRIALS . YORK ASSIZES . CHARGE OF _U-THRING A SKDITIOU _3 SPEECH OH TOTFSITAW MOOR . Thb Queer v . Tomlinson . —Mr Knowles , Q . O ., and Mr Ovorend wero for the prosecution ; Mr J . Pollock conducted the defence . Mr 0 _vbrbnd stated the charge . The defendant waa indicted , first , for uttering a seditious speech ; secondly , for uttering a seditious libel ; and thirdly , for being present at a tumultuous meeting . Mr Knowlhs stated the case . The defendant was charged with uttering seditious language , at a meeting wbioh had been held on _Monclay , the 12 th of June , at _Toftabaw moor , near Bradford , which meeting was attended by between 7 000 and 8 , 000 persons .

      The object of that meeting was professedly political , and the defendant was one of _ e __ speakers . The people who attended it marched in military step , with banners flying , accompanied with bands of music . On these banners there wore inscribed the _. e words' It ia better to die by the sword tban perish with hunger ! ' On other— ' Tho Charter with peace , or a republic ! ' The meeting waa composed of persons known by the name of Chartists , because the motto evidently referred to that class of people . In tbe course of the _proceeding the defendant addressed tbe multitude , and eaid— ' It baa been aaid that God pronounced a curse on man ; that was , ' that man should eat his bread by the sweat of his brow , ' but if God pronounced a curse on man , man has pronounced a

      greater curse on his fellow-man , for he has said , ' thou shalt not eat bread , but shalt pine . ' Place yourselves in such a position , then , —ia a position that will enable you to overthrow , for ever , tbe despotic government that now tyrannises ever you—the moat base , brutal , bloody , plundering , liberty-slaying , middle class government with wbich a nation was ever cursed . Did I aay base ? Yes ! For ita baseness is exhibited in the language of its members . Bloody ? Yes 1 For the blood of milMo _ of persona can be traced to the door of the English senate house , whioh is crying out for vengeance—eternal vengeance on the murderous systems Then I ask you , Englishmen , when thousand , aro dying—hurried into premature graves—when thousands are starving for

      foodparents , brothers , and sisters—when hundreds of the _midule class are wade bankrupts , and hundreds more on tho verge of bankruotoy—and though thousands are crying out for remedial measures , ere they perish •—yet the government turns a deaf ear to the cry of our starving people , and send them to gaol . I _ask you who bave to toil and sweat , how long shall this last—how long support a host of soulless , heartless aristocracy , who fatten on your blood ? I ask , how long shall this last ? Are you determined to destroy the vicious institutions that now exist V Here , said the learned counsel , the defendant points clearly to tho institutions under which we live , and if there be any meaning in plain language , there can be no doubt ofthe guilt of the defendant as to that which we

      attribute to him . He goes on , — 'If you are prepared for the worst , let the British lion growl firBt , as he does at this moment ; and if our base rulers will not take heed , let the British lion put his paw on those that provake us to desperation , and hurl them from power . ' What was the meming of tbis ? ThemeaniD -f of it was plain , and Coming a . it did at a moment when events in neighbou-ing countries wero fresh in the _recollection of every one , what did ifc generally point tn but Bome lawle _. _s measure of violenco , to get rid of the government against which the whole speech was directed . ' Let ns hurl from power , ' says the defendant , ' the supporters of existing establishments , and let us bo prepared to ereot in their stead institutions which will confer peace and prosperity on every

      memb _. r of this vast commercial empire . Let them grant equal political privileges t _ s ivery member of the community , Yoa may wait for the middle claases doing thiB , but if you are waiting in expectation of that , your prospects will be blighted . You may wait until Doomsday in the afternoon , and be no nearer than you are now . If you are determined to be free , theD , instantly organise yourselves , and if you do so , you may hope to succeed . Let the three words , ' Agitate , agitate , agitate , ' be changed to the words ' Prepare , prepare , prepare . '' Gentlemen , eaid the learned counsel , these are the words which form the subject of this indictment , and I feel that it would be _trillin ; with common sense if I were to labour further to show that tbe meaning of tbis speeoh is other tban that wbich we attribute to it . Political _discussion in

      tbis country is tree , and I arm not here to limit it further than the rules of decenoy and the safety of thc institutions under which we live require . I have placed the case before you , and applying to it common sense and common language , I say you can hava no doubt that the words uttered constitute h seditious libel , and if so you will find the defendant guilty . Mr IIbnbt Hunter Thompson , shorthand-writer , proved the speech , which he read from his notes . Crns 5 . examined .--I know thia man by sight . I did not observe any extract from a newspaper in his hand . He had a email memorandum book in his hand , and I observed that he referred to that occasionally , but _ aw no newspaper . Thore had been considerable distress in tbe neighbourhood befoie this time , —Brad . ' ord particularly . 1 believe thac distress bad also extended itself to Leeds and

      Halifax , but , in a less degree . Tbe meeting wss conducted in the usual way of Chartist meetings . I saw no breach of the peace . The chairman made a speech , and I to ? k that down . The authorities at Bradford applied to me to furnish this speech . I also furnished the chairman's speech , and a ? me others . Re-examined . — There was great excitement in Bradford and other towna of the West Riding at tbe time . This was the _oaso for the prosecution .

      Mr Pollock made an energetic speech for the defence . lie asked the jury whether hundreds of speeches had not been made just as foolish and as rash as the one whioh had just been read , and against wbich the attention of the government bad not been directed ?—The British Lion—tbe jury saw him there ( pointing to the prisoner , a rather delicate looking young nun ) , —the British Lion , itwas eaid , had been _growlir-g tor a long time , and this last growl of his had been thought _enough to awake the attention of the government , and bad brought before the jury his learned friend , Mr Knowles . As to tbe in-. criptioDS 00 the banners which had been read , there was nothing about them , he argued , whieh tha advo cates for the pubiie safety need be much alarmed

      about ; and were _acorcely to be treated seriously . With reference to tbe speeoh , he submitted that the language employed in it was not stronger than had been used by the advocates of Free trade—that it wss direoted against the men in power and not against the constitution of the couatry , and that it would be harsh to canvass too Btriclly tbe words of men whose wiveB and children wtre starving for want of 1 read , when the same _language hadbeen adopted on other occasions by membera of the Senate House , Itwas unreasonable _^ to suppose that when men of tho prisoner ' s class in life were suffering in the way he had mentioned , they would attack in a milk-and-water way the grievances which they believed had brought them to that situation . He _contended , generally ,

      that tbe speech meant nothing—that there was nothing seditious about it . and that , therefore , his client was entitled to an acquittal . Mr Justice Chess-tell then proceeded to sum up . He commenced by commenting upon the remarks made by the _pri-oaer ' s counsel as to the _stronger language having been used by other persons than that employed by the prisoner , with impunity , observing that that was a matter with whioh thejury bad nothing to do further than to know this , that the offence of one man could uot be treated as the excuse for another . His lordship weuton to apeak ot the speech and of the circumstances under which it waa uttered , telling thejury that the queation for their consideration was whether the prisoner intended ta exoite disaffection towards the government of the country . The language of this speech , he eaid , _might be absurd to tho ears ot educated persons , who would probably only have laughed at the speaker , and

      shamed him out of making auoh a foolish exhibition in future , But wben the jury _eaw that this language _wasaddressed to some thousands of uneducated people , who , starving from want , were taught to believe that their suffering was to be charged on the government of tbe country , under suoh circumstances let tbem ask themeolves whether such Ian guage was not calculated to bring upon that government a great amount of hatred and disaffection Hi . lordship weDt through the speech , sentence by sen tence , and the general purport of his rematks amounted to this , that it was addressed , not as against any odious and obnoxious Minister of the Crown or representative of the people , but as calling Upon those to whom it was addressed to placo them selves ma position to enable them to overthrow for ever the despotic government tint then was said to tyrannise ovist-them . Thejury retired at ten minutes to seven to consid _. r their verdiot . Mr Pollock then a . ked hia lordshi p , with a view

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      to a _-situation of _puuish . > ient , if , in the event of tae verdict being adverse to bis client , his lordship would hear _evidoncs to show that the language of the speech was not the defendant ' s , but written by some ore e _' _sp , and adopted by him ? Mr Justice _Crbsswrll—Certainly not . I cannot administer an oath after the verdict i- delivered . In about twenty minutes the jury returned into court , with a verdict of Guilty . The defendant was ordered to stand down , and the court then rose . RIOT AT BINGLET . . . . . r _. _ .

      John Kilvington , Isaac Ickeringill , Jamea Crabtree , aad Ja _ e 3 Bland , were charged with riotously assembling nnd assaulting police constables , also with riot and rescuing prisoners frem the custody of constables ; and James Bland was further indicted for that he , being a special constable , _dilnot suppress or endeavour to suppress the riot , and did not prevent or endeavour to .. event the rescue . Mr Knowles , ' Jlon . Mr _Phipps , and Mr Pashley conducted the prosecution ; the prisoners were defended by Mr Sergeant _Wilkina and Mr Joseph P _ ock .

      it appeared that information had been laid against the prisoner John Kilvington . and a man of the name of Smith , for illegal drilling , tbey having marched through Bingley at the head of two bodies of men consisting of one hundred each , having flags and banners and bands , and _receiving the word of command . Accordingly Mr _Busfield Ferrand . the magistrate before whom the informatien was laid , issued his warrants for the apprehension of Smith and Kilvington , and on the 26 : h of May last they , having been apprehended , were brought before Mr Ferrand , at the magistrates' room , which is afc an inn called the Brown Cow , situated on the opposite aide of the bridge which leads into Bingley from the town . Mr Ferrand ( after the depositions which had

      been previously taken had been read over to the prisoners ) _, committed them to York Ca _. tle , and they were given into the custody of John _Carrutho .- and six other constables , for the purpose of being conveyed to tbe railway station . They left the mania tratea * room and proceeded across the bridge , When they reached Fold-yard top they were stopped by a mob with whom were Bland and a man named Whitefield , who said , 'Tbey shall not go to prison ; we will die first . ' They then went on ft little further to Tod-lane top , where more parB „ s came up , and the constables were compelled to lake their pris . _ners _baoktothejiiBtice-room . The mob _bnrst open the door and rushed in—a tumult succeeded—Ickeringill _addressed the magistrate in violent

      language—Crabtree pushed and struck the constable , who was endeavouring to protect the magistrate—Bland waa insolent to him , and eneouraged _, or rather did not diecourage , the others . Mr Ferrand implored the prisoners not to avail themselves of tha attempt at rescue , and warned Bland of the conseqaences of his not assisting the authorities . It had been agreed that bail sheuld be taken at York if the _prisoners could procure proper persons . The crowd , however , left the room , cam ing the prisoners off with themtheir handcuff , were struck off . In a few days the prisoners were captured and s _ t to York . Evidence for the prosecution was given by Mr B . Ferrand , William Burt ( his clerk ) . _Varley , Green , and Carru . there ( police ) , and Cowgill , a special constable .

      Mr Sergeant Wilkins addressed an able speeoh to thejury on behalf of the prisoners . It seemed to him thero was cot a tittle of evidence _againet aDy ono of these men to justify the charge . It was perfectly true if men congregated together for an illegal purpose , and they wore satisfied thafc two or three of them were concerned , thea , with certain limits and qualifications , the rest might be responsible . But he would proceed to inquire whether anything in the present case justified any snch presumption . He believed tbat no one would think so excepting _tls-at over zealous but indiscreet gentleman Mr Busfield Ferrand , and he wou'd show before he sat down ho

      had not made that assertion unadvisedly . The learned sergeant then , in his usual style , went through tha various circumstances of the case , asd in no measured ter'asgave Mr Ferrand credit for all those things which had taken place , and attributed them to hia absurdities . He asked in conclusion where was the rescue ? It was effected without any concert from these men . Where was tbe assault ? It was by an unknown hand . Where was Bland ' s misconduct ? It was not shown . Where was the conspiracy ? It yet remained to be seen that anything of the kind ever existed . He implored them as the best _safeguard ofthe cation to see that they did not unju . t ' y oppress the poor by their verdiot on this occasion .

      After several witnesses , to character , had been called , the learned judge Bummel up , when the jury retired , and after an absence of forty minutes , they returned the following verdict : —Bland Guilty of negl _ t ef duty ; _Ickeringill Guilty of riot and ref cue ; Crabtree Guilty of the rescue ; and Ki _' _viDgton Guilty of _reacuing hi _ self . Sentence deferred . Robert Whitefield , John Kilvington , Jesse Leacb , William Smith , John Robinson , and J _ dwa-d Hurley , for riot and conspiracy at Bingley , on the 26 _'fi of May _latt , on the application of Mr Pollook . were traversed to the next _assiz . B _, on the ground that they had hot been committed for twenty days previous to the present _assizss . Mr Knowles mado no objection and his lordship direoted the traverses to be entered accordingly .

      John Quin , Joseph Holiingi , Thomas Botiomley , Henry Shackleton , and eleven others , _azainst whom true bills had been found by the gTand jury for riot and rescue at Bingley ( of whioh riot the prisoners in tho last _ca » e were tho rirg ' _eaders ) were _dis < bargedi on their entering into their own recogniz _a nces in the Bum of £ 50 to keep the peace for two years .

      TUB BRADFORD CHARTISTS . Barret Long ( 19 ) . John _Spenoe- ( 22 ) , Jno . _Mesi-s ( 20 ) , MarkCockerham ( 23 ) , and Mary Patchett ( 32 ) , charged witb riot afc Horton , on the 16 . h of July ult ., were also traversed to tbe next _asBizes , on application by Mr Pollock , on the same grounds as the preceding

      _caae , RIOT , ASSAULT , AND RESCUE AT BRADFORD . _Lezsrus Sunderland and Andrew Beanlands were charged with riot , assault , and rescuing irom the custody of Richatd _Horsfall _, a person unknown , on the 17 th ult . Mr Knowles , Q . C ., the Hon . H . Phipps , and Mr _Overd » d , proseeuted j Mr Foster was for _Sunderland ; Beanlands was defended by Mr F . Pollock . It had been proclaimed that . 1 meetins would take

      place at Wapping , in Bradford , en tbe 17 th of July , in consequence of which the magistrates ordered the ground to be occupied , acd tbe meeting to be prevent d . The people finding that they could not be _avowed to assemble at Wapping , raised a cry of 1 Broomfield ; ' ihey adjourned to that place , a riot ensued , and a witness named Uorsfall stated thafc stones were thrown at the special constables , that ho rushed forward to seize the prisoner Sunderland , that he chased him round Broomfield , but eventually he had to take refuge in a shop .

      Thejury returned a verdiot of guilty against Beanland , and acquitted Sunderland . —Sentence deferred . CHARGES OF DRILLING . Joseph Foster ( 30 ) . charged with drilling at Manningham _, on the 21 sfc of May last , was _liberated . His father was bound in the sum of £ 50 to be answerable for two years for the good behaviour of bis son , who is subject to fits , and occasionally of unsound mind . Ilenry Butterfield ( 30 ) . was charged with drilling at Clayton , en the 22 ad of May last . The Hon . H . Phipps prosecited ; MrF . Pollock defended the prisoner . A witness of the namo of Jowett was called , wko proved that on the 22 ad of May , about half-past eight in the evening , he saw thirty persons marching two abreast , the prisoner at their side . He cried out , ' Halt—march—stand at ease—right face , ' and the men obeved the word of command .

      Here Mr Pollock , on behalf of the prisoner , said he oould not resist the evidence , Verdict , guil'y . Sentence deferred . Thirty prisoners , against whom true bills had been found by the grand jury for drilling others , _abd being drilled themeelves , were brought up before the court . In some cases they pleaded guilty aad were discharged on entering into their own recognizances to keep the peaoe for two years . In others no evidence was offoted , and they were acquitted .

      8 BNTE 1 . E ON TBE CHARTISTS . J . Johnson , W . Connor , I . Heaton , W . Winterburn , W . Smith , H . Whitcombe . J , Downes , F . Vicary , and W . Sager , convicted of riot and assault at Bradford , were fa'rst called upon for sentence ; Sagar and Johnson to be imprisoned at hard labour for two years , and tbe other prisoners for eighteen calendar months . — A . Tomlinien . for uttering a seditious speech , to be imprisoned eighteen calendar months , without har .-labour . —A . Beanland , for riot at Bradford , tobe imprisoned at hard labourfor eighteenc ale _*) darmontl _ 8 J . Ranuden , for drilling at Drighlington . to be imprisoned at bard labour for two years . —B . Plant D

      Holroyd , 1 . hell , convicted of a like offence , to be imprisoned at hard labour for eighteen calendar months .-J . Cockorham , H . Buttevti-ld , R . Bradley , and A . Bowler , for like offences , to be imprisoned at hard labour for twelve calendar months—J . Leemim ; for drilling at Halifax , aUo to be imprisoned for twelve calendar months at hard labour . —J . Kilving . ton , J Crabtree , and I . Ickeringill , for riot , dio , at Bingley , were next sentenced : Ickeringill to be imprisoned six calendar months at hard labour ; Crabtree , two calendar months ; and Kilvington one calendar month . J . Bland , for neglect of duty as 11 special constable , to be fined £ 10 , and to be imprisoned until such fine be paid _.

      Monarchy.—There Is A Superstition Annexe...

      Monarchy . —There is a superstition annexed to the very institution of monarch ? . Men is essentially a feeble animal ; dazzled and perplexed with the aB pec . of the guards and state , and with majostic and _t-racious demeanour wbich our kings in general know how to put on . — Godwin . A Derby paper nays that a man living in that town has _m hia garden a potato root , whieh has U 0 tops to Ofgr „ Jd occupies seventy-eight square feet The _manufacturers of the government postage stamps have denied that there is anything poisonous _. n the gum applied to them .

      Appre-Ltxsion Of Chartists In Edinburgh....

      APPRE-ltXSION OF CHARTISTS IN EDINBURGH . The following arrests were announce ! in there _, cond edition of last Saturday's Stab . We now give the _following additional particulars : — ( From a Correspondent , ) Edinburgh , July 26 th , 18 . 8 . Deab Sib , —I regret to have to Hate that Janus Cumming and Henry Rinkea ( our late representatives to the National _Assembly } , and Archibald Walker , and Robert Cranston were apprehended this afternoon on a _charge of sedition , & c . Mr Cranston is admitted to bail , hut for tbe other tbree no bail will be taken . It is said tbat otber warrants bave been issued . I trust yon will mention in your Scotch edition tbat subscribers for the North Bbithh _ExraEss will require to call fer their papers at the priming-office , as the books hava _« U bsen bo z . d , and the publishing . office _sbuS up by tho _autho . _rities . .. li 11 n 1 ? TT i . \ ' . Tr \ _\ r r > 1 . 1 . 1 t . n * it r ¦ nn . ..

      It Is eupposod to have been in consequence ofa meet _, log held on _Cilton-bill on _Miadoy _nijht , of about 8 , 000 or 9 , 000 , called without public intimation . Ie is likewise considered a plan for putting down the _papsr , as Messrs _Walker and R _ ken are the acting men in the _publishing of tba paper , [ This letter only reached us on Friday morning-, July 28 th—too late for its insertion to be of any eervice to the Noma _Brixibh _Exrnus _' . _l ( From the Times . ) _Edindurqu , Wednesday Evenins ; . —For _norno time paHt the Cbartists aad _RspealerB in Edinburgh—in imitation of the example set by the disaffected in other quarters of the country—have been organising themselves into clubs for the purpose of procuring arms . Already , we _undewtand , have twelve clubs been formed , Bome of the members of which have

      obtained arms , and the others are in progress of receiving them . The authorities have all al _ g been cognisant of what was going on , and knew all the more active participators in the mwement , thefocuo of which is in thafc part of the old town well _kno-T as the Cow-gate , where most of tbe Irish reside . Wa learn that it is the practice of the clubs to meet in this locality almost nightly , and the house of a certain broker has been pointed out as the head quarters of tbe sedition-mongers . As an instance of the perfect state of the organiration , we may raentioa tbat on Monday evening last a public meeting was held on the Calfcon-hill , which waa attended by several thousands of Repealers and Chartists , who had been summoned together by the secret agency of ' . hs clubs in the course of a couple of hours . TI 19 speeches on tbat occasion were of the most _violent description .

      This latter circumstance , and the threatening aspect of affairs in Ireland , baa at length Jed the authorities to interpose for the purpose of frustrating the plans of _theclubbists , _whiae aim is , in the event of a rising in the sister kingdom , to create such a sta'e of excitement here , there , and everywhere through " out the country as shall prevent the government from withdrawing any of the troopa at preBent ia England or Scotland , and concentrating suoh a force in Ireland aa would enable them speedily and successfully to suppress all attempts at rebellion . Itwas accordingly resolved , in the course of the day , to apprehend 6 ome of the mi re violent ofthe leaders amone tho Chartists and Repealers . For this purpose Mr Mosey , of the Edinburgh City Police , anrl

      Mr List , of the Edinburgh County Police , attended by a number of sheriff . ' officers , proceeded t _» the houses of the parties in question , acd , before the eveninng , had appreh _ ded six in all , two of whom were shortly afterwards discharged , as not being sufficiently culpable to justify tbeir detention . A third __ was subsequently ! et out on bail ; but tho remaining three , after being _recodified and examined , were lodged in the Calton Gaol . Their apprehension was gone about so quietly as to create no excitement whatever ,- and when they were re * moved , about , eight o ' clock , from the Sheriffs' Chambers , in the _County-buildinga of the Calton Gaol , a small crowd collected , who made no manifestation of feeling whatever . The names of the tbree indivi . duals apprekended are , Cumming , Rankin , and Walker . The . wa first were the delegates for Edin . burgh in the __ late Chartist Convention , and hava taken a leading part in all the political _asitatioa

      which bas prevailed in this city for the last four or five months , dimming is a man advanced in _lifp , a > bootmaker by trade . AUhouih not pov _. e . _sed of any great talents , he has frora first to last been recognised as a leader among the Chartists . Rankin is _? young man , an upholsterer by trade , and a tolerable publio speaker . Walker is the printer of the North BRITISH ExpBHSS , Whioh ia a _vei-y violent paper , and the only Onanist organ for Scotland . We learn tbat tbe charge against them is a very general one , having reference to their attending and making _violt-nt speeches at several public meetings in _Edinburgh , and to their having b . _ n members of certain illegal clubs whose object is to overthrow the government of the country . All the letters and documents found in their houses bave been ee ' _zd ; Eo « lso have all 'he books and papers in the North British Exprbs 3 Office . It is probable , therefore , thafc this _oaper , the publishing day of which is Saturday , will in future be suspended .

      We learn thafc warrants are out for two or three mer j of tho leaders . On Monday night John Grant , while on his way to the meeting upon the hill , waa taken into custody . We believe the obarges agaiast him are similar to those made against Rankineand Walk € r .- __ in _ _rfffi Advertiser . LEGAL ROBBERY —SACKING THE PDBLISBISG OFF 1 CB OP THE ' N 01 . IH BRITISH EXPRESS . ' ( From the Nonh British Express . ) Not content with the apprehension ofthe leaders in the cause , the authorities , it would seem , _especred a nesfc of treason batching in our _publishing office . _Tnoy were mistaken , and although all our books an ( 3 papers , from the _ledger down to the addresses for country parcels , were seized , nothing could be found ,

      tbat any charge of any kind could be founded upon . The office was taken possession of by sjme _half-dizin of officers of one kind or another , who , to evince their activity , detained every person who happened to call , Oue gentleman who went ti pay for some inpera waa detained five hours and then told to _s-o . What occasion was there , we would like to know , for laying _sieje to our publishing office , unless they were to make a , charge against the paper ? Why should the papers and letters in our office be different froaa _fchose of other newspaper offices ? Tbo Express office is the place where the business of the _Exrauss ia conducted , and i . neither a meeting place for tbe Clubfl , a depot for pikes and guns , or the head quarters of the so-called _assassinators !! God bless the innocent authorities ! What a knowledge of Chartists and Chartist meeting places thev mu-t have .

      THE _FaiSONEES IK _ _I __ i . Some parties connected with this paper had aa interview , in tbe presence of the authorities , with M _ssrs Ranken and Walker in the Calton Jail on Thursday night . They were both in excellent spirits . Ranken as buoyant and confident as mm ] , and Mr Walker as quiet and staid aa if he bad boen selling pipers in the office . The officials will find _Ranken an uncompromising and tough h . nd to deal with . The prisoners are confined in separate cells and wear their own clothes .

      APPREHENSION OF CHARTISTS AT GREENOCK AND GLASGOW . We announced in our third edition ef last Saturday the arreBfc of Mr Smith , of Glasgow , and Mea * 8 Burrell and Neil ion , ( by mistake printed I ___ _, ) of Greenock . We now give the following from the Daily News of Mondav : — _« On Thursday _morning R _, ert Burrell , _Chartis . bookseller , and Andrew Ntilson , blacksmith , viere apprehended at Gremick . Thev were removed to Paisley and committed to the county gaol . From the Greenock _Advertisbr , we learn that when Kanken , Cumming . and Walker , were arrested in

      Edinburgh on Wednesday , the authorities _sc zsd all the books , letters , aud other articles found in tho cih '_ of the North British Express , and all the copies o £ tbe paper , with a vi _. w to stopping its publication ia future . Walker is the printer & f the Express , and Ranken is understood to be one of the editors . James Smith , the agent for the Exprkss in _Glas . gow , who was also apprehehended , is charged with ' _imiBprision of treason -, ' and in csnnexion therewith it is mentioned that the _acoused is suspected of having been in _oorrespondencetvith partita in _Liverpo . L Edinburgh , and Greenock , with a view to _theaeuine up of 'clubs , ' for the purchase of fire-arms , & o , it - rder to out t

      o carry s me political object . Smith is a clerk in Glasgow , and is corresponding secretary of the Chartist Association in that oity . Amongst fcis papers , wo _understand , were found a quantity of seditious , if not treasonable , correspondence , implicating other persons , and amongst them Burrell and Neilaeo , the latter a member and the secretary of the Arms Club , openly formed in _Greonook a few weeks ago . _Neilaon offered hardly any resistance to thc officers . Burreil , however , on lha demand fat admittance , instantly arose and barricaded the door . It was . however , at onee broken open by the officere-Burrell and his sons showed fight , but were very scon overpowered .

      ( From tho North British Mail . ) Grkbnock _, J _ t 2 S . —With reference to the firrest of two of the Chartist leaders bere yesterday , we are informed that wben Smith , the secretary to the Arms Club iu Glasgow , was apprehended , hia Confederate , for whom the police were in search , immediately came down to Greenock , got am ., tins ofthe committee of the Ari _ Club called together _, when the _bookB of the club , and indeed almost every paper that anything could be founded on , were burnt . Neither Burrell nor Neilson had the least doubt cf the _legality of their conduct , as they fancied the Arms Bill did no' extend to Scotland . It is well the discovery of the daring designs of these parties were known so soon , as , we are credibly informed , frar hundred _muaketa . ordered f om a house In Birmingham , are on their way to Greenock for the use of the Arma Club .

      The Proportion Of Jews To Christians In ...

      The proportion of Jews to Christians in the United Kingdom is as 1 to 2 , 076 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 5, 1848, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_05081848/page/2/