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TIIE PEOPLE'S FIRST ESTATE—HER R.1NGSGATE FARM.
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WILD FLOWERS OF SUMMER . _-B-iia flowers of suttraer , ye rise in our path , the dew-sprinkled upland and fairy-trod path ; _v " brighten our steps in the forest ' s deep shade , _And r tweet ns again in the grecn-hosomed glade _, _jioni vonr moss-covered couches reflected , ye gleam Ir the deep Bowing river and clear gushing stream- , jU die liower ofthe lover ye gracefully wave , And jc ' ¦ bed your sweet breath round thc tomb of the brave _, vnlu _flowers of _summer , I _ttelconM _vchere , _jrcjj _, s warmth and a joy that are true and sincere - Tor I » ra _S < _- ' d to _bcl"Old the _bright batter-cup ? ope n _^ _fr . i to « rers the sun ou ihe « n > ri ] ineadoir slope ,
Ami to watch the _wildhontj-bte eagerly sip jt _< n _* ctar repast from the vioK-t _' s lip ; _^ . . _. nhufii rsuud _thsfos-glove , that bright blooming _fiont-r _. Or hide in Us bell from the sof t sunny shower . _iy _* M _n-. _'wers of summer , y £ > bring back _a-jain -The days < -re my bo = om had struggled with pain , W ' _u-n a mother would stoop , well delighted to hear Her ehiM _U « p your names on _*> b y ' -ne in her ear : And then the necklace of daisies was dearer to me Thi ' . ' tlie svm of the mine or tbe pearl of the sea ; Ii _* eV _nv-rning is _jiast , hut its shado ' _-vlsss hours Save thrown a bright nolo round summer's wild _flowers .
"Willi nowrrs of summer , tbe harsh voice of time jla _< stilled the soft music of Toutl _. ' s merry chime ; And f winds that were wont to fill swept on my ear , And call np "bright visions , now heedless 1 hear . But cart ' s soiling hand , the dun mist of age , "Will have hlorted _' all _records from memory ' s page , Eiv tho wild fl » wers <> f summer shall fail to impart The full tone of ioy to the chords of mv heart . J .. M'K .
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SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE . XO . XXII . ( Many thanks to onr old " Brother Tribune " for Uie following capital song . We shall fee glad to "hear from bim agiin , if be ean _* cnd us anything as _sood-3
THE GODS OF ST . STEPHEN'S . _Aia . — " To Ansereon in _Hsavan . " To the Senate of Britain , snug seated at head , The _Potatoe-scourd millions Telatfd _^ their _grie--ra _^ ce . Half nafepd and hungry they _besrs'd to be fed , When this answer arriv'd from thc clique at St . Stephen ' "Tour _ill-manner'd noise , " " _Interferes with our joic , ' It spoils all our mirth , and our _slnmbr-r destroys ; ' * Tonr murmurs are daily—be _warn'd—let them _cea _^ e , ' * _Tietrain tbis bad babit , ar . d leave us in peace .
• _* To a prate cf your rights ! Why tbe world is our « wn , " Upheld l » v the title of mnsqnet and sabre , " Wiiat _litie "have you lo tbe speck of a Zone * * ' 5 o right wc allow but tbe right that you labour , " To our _coimly yon _swe ' * Er ' ry blessing you know ; " To _profus * oi : -we give , and _unasV _. 1 we _"bsstow " _Potatoea and Skilly allow you for food , " And build np strong Bastiles for you and your brood . . . " _J-n _^ _raiey as _yo ar ? , to forget , tvhen of late _"Discass in tbe crop set your hearts all a sinking , - ' Aristocracy _stoop'd down to soften yonr fate , "j _.-ni to furnish relief , set Peers , Princes , a _fiiinkins : " While science once more .
" PeepM in nature ' s old store . " To find oat for food things uathought of before ; _*•* * FV » r yon _tvsjs the t _^ il—your nice _stomnclis to ease " _Pro- _' _-uc'd snowy starch , carry powder , and peas . " ProvoVd by this lecture the starvelings uprose , And curs'd " loud and deep " the prime cause of the evil . In _starcirins for friends tbey found nothingbnt foes , And wish'd both the _fac : lons safe constat with thc devil ; ' ' Ti _« in vain that we try , " Was tlie every-tongce cry , 3 In-hVl and famish'd we live , ndamentr-d we die ; With onrselves is the cnre—fo our efforts alone "We mnst look for redress , and recover our own . All hail to the _Chamer ! all honor the _ban-1 .
Who have nohly _risk'd all to _ra = truct us in duty ; _Spread ths light of troe knowledge throughout the _daifc land , And pointed to liberty radiant in "beauty . Then with shouts to the sky , _, - Raise her banners on high , Xor cease , or retreat , till we conquer or dia . If _"forwards wa conquer , " if _"backwards we fall . " _Hurrah for our ti'iumpb ! for each nnd for all . T . R . Smabt . _Leicester .
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_miTGLAS _JERUOLD'S SHILLING MAGAZINE . Jclt . London : Puncb Office , 85 , Fleet-Str eet . _Thcpirfi- _™ of tbe editor ' s story , "St . Giles and St . JaiBDs" contained in tbis number , is far too brief to satisfy ns . Tbe remaining contents are _^ belo" _** tbe general average , we have neither ' * Juniper Hed _^ -lmg" nor the " History for Tonng _England , " serious omissions . The best , of the articles is " Ireland and the Irish , " " by "A _"Native . " The author ably describes tbe miserable condition of the Irish peasantry , defends them from the many calumnious _cb-rr-e _* _ur-red against tbem , shows an tbe causes of J-ish disaffection and violence , and ( in the following extract ) points ont what he conceives to be
-THE BEMEDT TOR THK _IVTXS OF IEELAXD . There is but one true remedy for the evils of Ireland , and it is comprised in one word—justice ; justice to her _to'lin _? , ill-clad , ill-housed , iU-fed children . She might , With a fair claim to heing hsard , ask of England mercy . Mid a helping hand as wett . Prom her she has received ths deep wounds that yet rankle in her sides ; hut let her receive justice , free _nuitinted justice , and rapidly will the evils s ? f her condition disappear , and plenty and prosperity visit her- Tins ii vague : I will explain what I mean _, it is security for life and property—the cant phrase of _someofl . er doctors , but not as they mean it : —security , aotfort * --e _lordlingin his castle , he does not require it , but for the peasant in bis cottage ; not / or tbe landowner , bat / _iosi bim ;—security to tbe poor man for tbe jnst
results ofhis industry . There are robbers and murderers is Ireland who disturbits whole moral and physical constitution , and prevent its progress ; bnt they are not clad in rags or frieze , bat in brocades and broad cloth , reclining in saloons , living in clubs and palaces , and received and acknowledged in the houses of the great—not -the puny midnight assassin doing his solitary murder _, bnt wholesale slaughterers , who sweep away whole _families by tens and hundreds at a time—not the caitiff -wretch , driven by penury to snatch from the traveller his gold , and trembling for the consequences , bnt men of title , T . _sWemcn , as they are called , -wresting f'om the tremljiingband of penury the bread of life , from the toiling hand of industry its l . ard earned profits , and doing the whole with legal sanction , according to act of
parliament . To do that justice , to effect that security , the whole lygtem of landed tenure should he altered—it is at present most artificial and absurd . Improvements are proposed , and they show a disposition to grapple with themonster eviloflrelana , bnt they are but Gnkerings . It is not enon"h that a simple form of lease should be appointed ; landholders should he obliged to give them , by decreeing that in all disputes abont land , where there is not documentary evidence to the contrary , and In all doubtful cases , tlie occupier should be _deemfd to be the owner . This is the case with regard to all other property ; why is land an exception ! Thus would the granting of leases lie enforced . These should be as simple as possible , and always at the expense of the landlord , as they would be for Ids protection , and not that of the tenant .
The second _improvementproposedis no donbt of valne ; yet is it like Portia ' s maxim , " To do a great good , do a little wrong . " There seems no fairer claim fhau that of the tenant-farmer to remuneration , when at the expiration of his term he gives op his land greatly enhanced in value . Reborrows it in a certain condition ; if he improves it while in his possession , surely he should be allowed for that improvement ; he should not he made to give liack more than he has received . The usurer who , with Iris t _ -n or fifteen per cent ., requires also whatever his debtor may have realized , would be looked npon as doukly iniquitous , yet such usurers are our landholders —they exact for what they lend the highest possible rate of interest , and when they get back their own , require also the vested _energies of their debtors . This is manifestly unjust ; and yet , to do justice , government is
obliged to do an act of injustice . The tenantmade a _voluntary agreement—at least as voluntary as a drowning man could be said to make with him who offers to save him from destruction—and they are obliged to step in between the necessities of the victim and the _Crushing influence ofa tyrannous system . They are obliged to say to the landholder— "From the necessities ofhis condition you have forced from your tenant unjust and arbitrary engagements . We know you have his promise to fulfil them , but we will not allow them to be Enforced . " Surely there can be something better than this ! What endless sources of litigation wiU itgive rise to—how ineffectual is its protection ; The teuautwiU stm be dependent on hi » land-Icrd , the victim of oppr . Bsion ana petty tyranny , and of the fearful evils of legal persecution , one ofthe worst of the curses of Ireland .
The whole borrowing system should be discountenanced , and every encouragement and facility given to purchasers of land . The laws of entail and all the legal difficulties and technicalities surrounding its sale and transference should be done away with , and it should be rendered as easy for a man to bny an acre , or half aa
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acre of land , as a cow or » sheep . The immense tract of country kept waste by the nominal titles which a few possess to them , should be given up to the husbandman the value of those nomin . il title , paid , and the drones driveH from the hiv « . When such things are done , a free and _independent r = _sidi-nt proprietary would spring up . In a few years the greater _portion * of the land in Ireland would change owners , greatly to the advantage both of the present possessors and the tillers ofthe soil The country would be held by five millions of its own people , instead of by five hundred foreigners . The advantages are obvious . Its wastes would be reclaimed , its fruitfulness increased an hundred fold , its population would be all busy and industrious , we would hear _nothii-g of _ifeconb-ut or disturbance , and plenty would _oversprmd the lain ! .
Si greater boon could be conferred on our involved _artsuxawcy , than to give tbem facilities , and urge on them thu necessity for selling off large portions uf their estates : most of them are only nominal owners , and are in reality bnt a sort of land-agent to a host of money lenders aud relatives . It is for such reason , and in connection with measures of a more comprehensive character , that ihc - j _« ropossd expedient of compensation to tenants would be of value ; it would force sales , for few of our propriety would be able to p 3 y for improvements in their lands , and therefore should sell .
I do not say that tbis is all tbat should be done for Ireland : there are many oilier questions of importance . The Church abuse should be cut down and the franchise and the representation equalised with England . But , compared with tbe land question , all are minor matters , and if that were settled , other reforms will soen follow . Itsuch measures pass , the repeal ofthe Union may be deferred for years to mme : if they do n « t , it should be grunted at mice . If England is incapable of gevcrning Ireland except by force , and with a constant recurrence to extraordinary and tern , orary enactments , let her give it up . We are still satisfied to pay our share in the expenses of Gjvernnient , tawdry and extravagant though it be in appearance , and clumsy and bungling in execution—our share iu the expenses of war , so long as that great sin of the _nations continues to be indulged . We are satisfied to acknowledge your superiority—to bear your _badga : all we ask is , allow us to manage our own _affiirs . Sooner or Inter it must be done—the sooner the
better—the sooner done , the sooner will a real-union grow up between the uationa , the sooner will prosperity and happiness visit our land , and be reflected back on _Englcnd . "We cannot live alone , we cannot live in enmity . England cannot be happy or prosperous while she has Ireland at her side in want and wretchedness ; htr labourers and artisans cannot be fairly remunerated while there are millions here to whom their m 09 t meagre fare wouid be feasting . Ours were formed by nature to he Si-. trT _Islun-ls ; not one as the Mistress , and the other as the Slave ; but as bosom and indissoluble friends , bound by tlie closest ties of interest and fraternity . I repeat it , our cause is one—whether it be the struggle for improved laws from the English Parliament , or for the repeal of tlie legislative union . An overgrown centralisation has trammelled tbe exertions of Government , and , if tiiere w » re no other reason than the utter impossibility of its _getiiug through the labours it has undertaken with anything like the pi udent exactness which they deserve , some of _tli-in should be _shifted to other shoulders .
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5 I"M * M 0 "ND 5 * COLOMAI , MAGAZINE . Jclt . London : Siinniouds and Ward , Barge Yard , _Bucklewbiiry . A- unial , this number is filled with matter most instructive and important to all connected with " Ships , Colonies , and Commerce , " The principal contents are , " _Progress of Australian Discovery , " giving an account of Captain Sturt ' s expedition , whicb has already appeared in this journal , copied from the . Australian papers ; "Notes on the Sandwich Islands : " "New Brunswick , and its disputed territory ; " * 'Ride 3 , Rambles , and Sketches in Texas , " by _Ciiaiili-s Ho . tos ; and an excellent article on * ' Colonisation , as an engine of National Greatness , and more worthy than Military Conquest . " "W ant of rrom compels us to omit several extracts we had marked for republication .
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THE _ALHASACK- OF THE MONTH . Jclt London : Punch Office , Fleet-Street . This number is scarcely as good as most of its predecessors ; nevertheless a considerable " feast ol fun" may be found in its pages .
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* - _*?* "Notices of "The People ' s Journal , " "The Reasoner , " " The Family llerald , " and other publications will appear in our next number . ¦* The Aristocracy of England" will be reviewed in an early number of this paper .
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BRIT ANSI A . BT EB 5 EST JONES , Author of _•* My Lite , " etc . [ Our Poet ' s _^ " thick-coming fancies" rather myitify ami therefore _s-poil the opening portion of the following _puem . Of the merits of thc concluding portion , commencing : — Then man shall cease for aye to bend unto each sceptred clod , Ssc . there ean be no question ; the verdict must beexcellent . ] Where England looks o ' er channelled waves , and round her circles free Old ocean ' s ring , the ring that weds Rritannia to the sea , Her foot still lingering on the cliff , ' mid the gloom of a stormy night , Watched tbe spirit sad—in her beauty clad—as angels are clad in light .
The stars looked dusk and heavy , like eyes with tears uncast , And heaved with deep , convulsive throes the suffo cated blast ; The waves were dragged along by his strong , unsteady hand , — Like forms of lead—upgatbered dead—he laid them on the land ; All folded in their foam-shrouds white , they sank through the pebbles gray , With never a track of this passing rack , like the soul on its viewless way ; The thunder growled in the distance , with a dull and smothered sound , And seized the rocks with his lightning arm , and whirled them round and round , While darkness , like a hideous thing , came crawling slowly nigh , "With sullen march , till ocean ' s arch was fading on the eye _.
Still England ' s Genius _locmeth bright athwart the blotted skies , And at her feet , uneasily , her Uon nation lies : " The clouds , " she said , " that shade my land , are fierce , and dark , and strong _. And the night , it lasts a weary time!—the night if lone and long ? Thou Lion ! lift " . thy wistful eyes ! What dreams disturb thy rest f Thou watchest for the morning rise !—The sun has left the west !"
And thc spirit smiled , tho' gathering wild , the fiends of darkness wound , And o ' er her limbs , so delicate , black slimy serpents bound ; They were fetters made of falsehood , and treachery , and guile , But free in thrall , she met them all , with hope in her conquering smile . Once only raised her eyes , as though to call the hoarded strife Where it lay and recked on the hearts of men , and panted to bnrst into life : _'Twas years ago , and , at tbe sign , tha boldest brow turned pale , And moved the leaves on England's oak , prophetic ofthe gale .
Then fever ( hook the prostrate land , that heaved in its slumbers low , Warm hopes began to glide abroad , and frozen hearts to glow ; The clank of chains was heard around , for slaves were all astir , And every thought a watchword sought , and hands to minister : But then she saw no steady strength in tbat tumultuous band , And many hopes where one should be , and self for fatherland ! The Spir it wept , the while the best were cast to thrall and chain , Or exiled to a dreary land across a dreary main . She turned away with sad , proud smile , their bitter
lot to see , Bat low was breathed her prophet-hope : " Come ! wait and watch with tne !" And long _sho waits and watches , till the sable sands bave run , With glance as bright as the thunder light , hut lasting as tbe sun . And still they wait and watch , till time and wrong , combined , The cankered hold of tyrants old , have warped and undermined . With morning , o ' er level plains , a sudden blaze shall break ,
And dreams of olden liberties embodied glory take ; And the dead tbat sleep , in their chambers deep , — for a hero never dies , — Shall rise and walk men ' s minds again , _enshaped in memories ; And one hy one their signals sound "the watchers on tbe tower , " * Who bravely waited through the night for morning ' s certain hour ; And fast an answering shout shall come _^—from banded broth _grs cast , Par loader than the whirling drum—more clear than clarion-blast :
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* Keminiscence of an admirable Poem " The "Watcher oa the Tower , " by CharUt Mackay . —E . J ,
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"Britannia-, freedom ' s fettered nurse , shall start unto thatone ,. ,,,.. _..-.,. -... ., .... ...... The breaker of another ' s chain shall learn to break his own , And from _kt-r erest victorious celeUial glories oart , What time she throws her _CaiKTEn-sutttD before her auble heart . Then man shall ceaso for aye to bend unto each sceptred clod The kuco that God made pliant but to bead unto a God ; And leading with a father's sway our mighty brotherhood ,
By " right divine , " eo . cquaVy , the Wise shall guide the Good ; And prouder pomps he theirs than swell a vain , imperial state _. Mors safe their open threshold be than tyrants' sentried gate ! Who dares assail thoir power , must scale a wall that God has wrought , A rampart wall of honest hearts , manned by one holy thought ! No need of scarlet grenadiers , to guard tbem where they dwell , For ' tis the people ' s self becomes their glorious citadel .
These arc the throncless kings that lead tho _chain-Irss nations on , The miirhty dynasts who have reigned lifcc Tell and Washington ! No need to guide suspicious pride , of satellite or spy , But over every man slir . il watch the searching public eye . Then force aud fraud , its demon-twin , together sink and cease , And tyranny ' s war-glory dies beneath the feet of peace ; While settling down through priestish graves , ' mid mosses grave and gray , Dim _superstition buries these , and sighs and sinks away ; Thcnfcar shall aye be banished hence , and love
resume its place , And earth become one country » ast , and man one household race : And God a household God , who dwells in every home and V . _eiirt ; Not soug ht alone in piles of stone , encaged by monkish art ! _Uo mummer _. s masque , no leave to ask _. _' no tax or tithe to pay , That man may have the privilege unto his God to pray 1 Sow , nations , be no laggards !—now , leaders , take your stand ! For that was Freedom ' s midnight—morning is at hand ! Look . ' watchers on the tower , lest it take you by
surprise , For its coming light is flashing bright , across the na tions' eyes . ' Hampstead , 10 th July , 1 S 4 G .
Tiie People's First Estate—Her R.1ngsgate Farm.
TIIE PEOPLE'S FIRST ESTATE—HER R . 1 _NGSGATE FARM .
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"Wo had the pleasure of visit ' _ins this enchanting spot on Sunday and Monday last , July the 12 th and _13 'h . Tlie estate is situate on an eminence , and commands delightful views in the counties of Berks , Bucks , Surrey , and Herts . It is bounded by a rinc fence , and has a wood on each of its four sides , wliich adds much to its picturesque appearance , and gives variety to tiie scene . Mr . O'Connor accompanied us _thron _<* h the estate , a mile and a quarter in extent , and appeared to take great _pleasure in _explaining every thing connected with the beautiful "Chartist villas , " ( for they are much more like the " villas " erected for retired tradesmen , a short distance from town , than the present habitations of the sons of toil ) which are in the course of erection under his immediate superintciidance as the happy homes of some
of his Chartist brethren , who have had the _srood sense to enroll themselves shareholders of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society . Each cottage ie built of the best material , and the comfort , convenience , and happiness of the occupant appear to have been the chief study and cave of the designer . Whilst the physical comfort of the intended occupant has been so well cared for . the mind has not » been _forg otten , as each house is fitted up with a neat and elegant library . The entrance io each bouse is by a side do _<* r , thus one door _answered all purposes , wliich economises the " funds , " but should any allottee desire to have a front door , or entrance , it will be very easy for sucb allottee to elongate his window , a la Francaise . level with the little lawn that adorns thc frontand he will be at once possessed of a residence
, thatthe " choicest _sprier of fashion" _mi-iht envy . The situation appears to be remarkably well chosen , and from tbe absence of market gardeners in thc district , and Us proximity to the ' markets of Watford , "Oxbridge , and the easy means of reaching the great metropolis , we fearlessly assert that each allottee may realise a competency by gardening alone To those . wW am sceptical on the point , whether two acrei will be sufficient to support a man and his family , we cordially commend _thsm to pay a visit to Ilerringscate , and when thev seethe allotments laid out , satisfied we nre that they will agree with us . tbat two acres will be quite as much ns they can
cultivate _, and will produce amply sufficient for tlie maintenance in comfort of a man . his wife , and family . We were much pleased with the fraternal feeling which pervades , in an eminent degree , the bosoms of all employed on "the People ' s first _esfate , " and equally delighted at the plorious spread of democratic sentiment in the neighbourhood , as evinced by the numerous and respectably attended _meetinss at Chorley Wood Common , and at Rickmansworth . As we took " one long lingering look behind , " we found ourselves shouting most _ lustly , as we are sure all our readers will do— " Live the Charter—Flourish the Chartist Co-operative Land Societv . " C 0 RR £ SPO . _\* DE . \ 'r .
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THE LAND ! TnE LAND !—GREAT MEETING ON CHORLEY WOOD COMMON . The directors of the Chartist Co-operative Land Soeiety bavins resolved ihat tbe people Jiving within a few miles ofthe " people ' s" first estate should not remain in ignorance of th * principles of either " The Charter , " or the " Chartist Land Society , " issued bills for convening a meeting for Sunday afternoon , July the 12 th , on Chorley Wood Common , an area comprising three hundred acres of land , and right gladly the villagers availed themselves of this opportunity of obtaining " useful knowledge . " At six o ' clock , when the chair was taken , fhe number present exceeded five hundred persons , ( indeed , we have heard the number present computed at seven hundred , ) including several substantial yeomen , with their wives and children in their chaise carts , and also a few ofa still "higher" cla _^ s in more costly vehicles . A more orderly or attentive audience we never had the pleasure of witnessing .
Mr . Henry Cullingham , the foreman of tbe works at " The People's estate , " was unanimously called to the chair , and briefly opened thc proceedings , stating that , from his knowledge of the people , from working amongst them , he was quite sure they would be as decorous , as orderly , and pay as much attention as they would in any church or chapel . He had the pleasure of introducing Mr . John Skelton , of London , to their notice . Mr . _Skbltox said , a public meeting of any kind was , doubtless , a novelty down here , a raeetini ! for the great and good purpose for which they had assembled especially . The men who were now the chosen leaders of the people , had seen men grow rich on their fellow-men ' s labour , and roll in ' luxury
whilst they ( the working-men ) who produced every _, thing had but a small share of that wealth tbey produced so profusely , and on the smallest accident , occasioned by illness , or other misfortune , were driven to the Poor Law Bastile , and separated from the wife of their bosom , and thc children of their affection . ( Hear , hear . ) They " said these things were wrong , and must be redressed —( Cheers )—they , therefore , resolved to investigate these matters for themselves , and seek out the remedy , and this meeting was called for the purpose of laying the result of that investigation before tbem , and implore their aid in applying the remedy . ( Cheers . ) They ( the meeting ) had doubtlessly heard of a body of men called Chartists , and perchance had been warned to
have nothing to do with those men , or they would contaminate them , and fill them with poisonous doctrines . ( Laughter . ) He knew those who lived in idleness thought it their duty to keep them from a knowledge of their rights , and tho means of obtaining them ; but he was most happy to find that this " crafty device" had failed , and that such numbers had come to be " contaminated , " and right glad was he tohave the opportunity of being ( he " contaminator" or teacher of the principles of liberty , peace , prosperity , and universal happiness —( Loud cheers ) and the administrator of that moral " poison" which would teach tho working man to live on his own land , by his own labour , without the fear of porerlv or its effects , " none daring to make him afraid . " ( Loud cheers , ) The people were not represented in
parliament , and consequently were compelled to bear any burthens their oppressors were pleased to put on them . ( Hear , hear . ) There was a plan by wliich wealth could be amassed , and happiness promoted , without the destruction or spoliation of one title of property now in existence . ( Hear , hear . ) He would tell tbem how _^ this was to bo done . Suppose any Wjrkine man in tho town of IiiVkmansworth bad lived hard and thereby hoarded a few pounds , and he wanted to buy an acre or two of land , he might apply to the lord oi the manor in vain , he would not help him to it ; no , not even though he offered ten shillings per _apre more than others would give were itputupbyaaction . y It would be useless for the working man in his individual capacity to enter the " mart , " his capital would not be extensive enough , he would want to purchase hy retail , and there land ia only sold by wholesale —( Hear , hear )—well , then
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m ? Seribpd 0 _?) 9 C " your P ence - If only 3 , 000 _lHhe _^& _^ _% _- * f _»«* each , at the end _oipicitjIho _* _^?? " * tbafc in _««*¦ c _«« _^ md tl _,-n i \ IZ e i _'' _- P ,, 8 CS 9 , i _ra of a goodly sum , _withthSrea tl _" eo , lll < V « Hows , would be treated _reiitstatlofl _??^ _^ _^^ _^/^ i" _^ e _preifwastv _ £ : _,- y , t , was " m <> ney wade the man , " _™ _™ meansl ' _^ e these that working men had become possessors of Herringsgate Farm , " and had built so many handsome villas , employed so much labour , and ( as acknowledged by all ) conferred so many advantages on the tradesmen of
_Bickmanswortjii , - vine-hud , and their vicinities . ( Loud cheers . ) If to tell truths like these , to confer so many advantages , so much happiness , on working men , their wives and families , l _» c to " poison , " he repeated he was but too happy in being " a poisoner . " ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . _Ciiristophku Dotlk , a member of the board of directors , suid . We have convened this meeting in order that we _mic-h _t have the opportunity of submitting to it a question of vital importance . Too true it was that the People had been long and grievously oppressed—tliey have , as our friend Skeltnn lias told you , produced all the wcilth in existence , whilst they havo been deprived of that just share which Cod and nature intended they should have cnioved . ( Cheers . 1
benpture said , " He who will not work neither sh-ill he eat , yet , in defiance of this injunction , do wo * find ihe useless . aud indolontliving in luxury , whilst the houest , industrious , insenious artisan , by bis hard toil can scarcely obtain food ofthe coarsest kind , for himself and family . ( Hear , hoar . ) And then , in a moment of difficulty , or when old age crept on him , to become the inmate of the cold _Bnstile , and this from no fault of workmen , for the Working men of the United Kingdom are proverbial for their industry and ingenuit y . ( Loud cheers . ) The People were unrepresented , and uncarcd for , and hence tho necessity of their _taking tlieir allairs into their own
hands , and caring for themselves ( hear , hear ;) obtaining representation and protecting themselves . ( Cheers ) Feeling that the "Chartist Executive " had fearlessly proclaimed thc great principles of Democracy , the Political Equality of Man , that all men are brethren , and all women sisters ( loud cheers ;) and that these princi ples alone would produce universal peace , prosperity , contentment , happiness , and brotherly love ( _i { reat ; ipplaiise : ) whilst class-made laws tended to wretchedness , misery , disease and death . ( Much cheering . ) Mr . Doyle next showed the great progress made Ivy the Chartist Co-oporative Land Sosiet 3 _' , and sat down , amid much applause , by moving the following resolution ;— . _'"
That this meeting has heard the principles of the Char _, tist Co-operative " Land Soeiety explained with much pleasure , and hereby pled ge themselves , to aid and assist in the promulgation ofthe same , by every means in their _po'ver . Mr . Edmuxd Stallwood , in seconding the' motion , said , they did not appear there in a sectarian character _, neither as Roman Catholics , Methodists , Dissenters of any kind , or Church of England men , but as Philanthropists , determined to do all the good they could for themselves jand fellow-men ... ( Loud cheers . ) He fully exoected thpre were some who thought they oujrht to linvc selected some othor day for the purpose , hut was it not written , '' that it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day ; " and again , ' if any man among you having an ox or an ass fallen into a . pit . will he not pull it out ? " And wan not man fallen into the pit of misery , want , and destitution ? then how much more would they be justified
in raising and elevating their fellow man from thc slough of despond . ( Much / applause . ) The name siven to their society was , " The Chartist Co-operative Land Society "—perchance that meeting 'might not have had an opportunity of hearing the principles of that Charter explained , from which "The Land Society " had derived its niimu , and if it met their approbation he would attempt to explain them . The speaker then entered into an . _elaborate exposition ofthe six points of "the People's Charter , " and also of the principles of " the Land Society ; " showing how the humble labourer , who now slaved and toiled for seven or eight shillings per week , might work out his own redemption , by his humble contribution of £ 2 12 s . in weekly instalments ' of Threepence each ; and invited those who had not witnessed their " first Estate" to immediately sec " Herringsgate , " and ? Hre he was they would immediately _proceed to enroll themselves members of the Chartist
Co-operative Land Society , and thus work out their own , their wives , nnd childrcns' redemption . Mr . Stallwood resumed his seat amid much applause , and aeain rose to request any one tbat had any questions to put relative to the society , to do so , and to assure any qucriest that he would meet with a willing and respectful answer . ( Cheers . ) No person appearing to ask any question the motion was put , and carried by acclamiition . It was then announced , that " A District ofthe Chartist Co-operative Land Society " was opened at Mr . Barber ' s , Chorley Wood Common , and that meetings would be held every Monday evening , for tho enrolment of members , Ac . This _announcement was received with much applause very many expressing their determination to take « p shares _.
A vote of thanks was given to Mr . Henry Cullingham , for his manly anil s ' rictly impartial conduct , as chairman , and the meeting dissolved , with a determination to re-assemble on the same spot on an early day .
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AN APPEAL FROM TIIE CHARTIST OF BIRMINGHAM TO TUE CHARTIST OF GREAT BRITAIN , ON BEHALF OF MRS . ROBERTS . WHOSE I 1 USBAMD IS NOW
EXILED FROM IIIS NATIVE COUNTRY . Brother Chartist's , —In appealing to you on'behalf of Mrs . Roberts , the wife of Francis Roberts * at present an exile from his native country , wc are not unaware of the position in which we stand in soliciting your pecuniary aid , for the object of sending her and her two children to an affectionate father aud kind husband , and thereby in a small degree to lessen the punishment , and console the feelings of one of the victims of whig oppression . > Had we any alternative we should not at such a time solicit your aid so soon after thc noble response made on behalf of the Martyr Frost . For some time it has been in contemplation to send Mrs . Roberts to her husband ,
so much desired by him and approved by her , and now all _tkat stands in the way is the pecuniary means . We were impressed with the idea that there was sufficient benevolence amongst the liberal and humane gentlemen of our own Town to have accomplished so good an object , but we arc sorry to say there is no probability of a sufficient sum being real / zed here , although there is but one opinion as to thc innocence of poor Roberts . The sum required including all expences is £ 30 , about £ 15 has been already collected here . Although a large sum , amongst tho many It is comparatively _nothing ; put your _shouk ' er therefore to the wheel , send a small sum from a few places , and the object will be accomplished .
DAVID POTT , , A . TTJSSELL , JOHN NEW HOUSE . P . S ., All monies to be sent to Mr . James Smith , Ship Inn , Steel House Lane , Birmingham .
* Memorials Have Been Sent To Lord John ...
* Memorials have been sent to Lord John Russell during the time he was Home Secretary ,, also to Sir James Graham , by 12 respectable individuals _whe made affidavit on oath that Roberts was not present at the bull ring burnings . Although there was but one evidence against poor Roberts , they could not see sufficient grounds to solicit her Majesty to grant a free pardon to the victim . Wo have seen a letter from the employer of Roberts , in New South Wales , where he states that if Mrs . Roberts will come over , be will allow him the use of twenty acres oi * land and the shop , and tools , where he HOW works , upon condition that he does the jobbing work , wliich Roberts considers very trifling .
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_Imsu EMicnANTa . —The Boston Journal of tha 27 th ult . says— " We regret to learn from the Post , that there is much sickness in this city among the pour Irish emigrants who have lately arrived here . Nearly every emigrant vessel has more or less sick on arrival , and many more sicken in a week or two after coming on shore . "W o are informed that the hospital wards ofthe almshouse are crowded to _overflowing moatly by recent emigrants . " Terrible Result of an Agrarian Outrage , —The Limerick Chronicle says , a fine young "girl ,-daughter of "VVm . Shirley , tenant of W . Cox , Esq ,, of _BaUynoe _, Ballingarry , has become idiotic from terror at the burning of her _father ' s house and furniture by incendiaries on Monday night last . The former tenant ofthe house and farm was ejected for _noivpayment of rent .
_Dbstructive Fire at Liverpool . — On Tuesday morning last , about one o'clock , the premises occupied by Mr . M'Euchen , in Cooper-row , near the Customhouse , Liverpool , as a cork cutting manufactory , were discovered to be inflames . An alarm was instantly given but before the fire-engine could arrive , the flames hurst forth from all parts ot * the building . Fortunately from the exertions of the Fire Brigade , aided and directed by Mr . Hewitt , Chief Commissioner Brown , and Mr . Maxwell , Inspector of Salvage , the flames were ultimately subdued , and prevented from communicating to the adjoining buildings , whieh at one time of the conflagration were seriously threatened . Abont two o ' clock the roof fell
in with a crash of thunder . The damage is estimated at £ 8 , 000 or £ 10 , 000 . Insurances have been effected in the Atlas and Globe Offices to the amount of £ 7 , 000 . The uprcr part of the building was occupied as storage of 160 bales of cotton , insured in the Royal . _^ _- RouiiRRT of Pla te at _Tns Eabl of _Ailksford ' s . —On Wednesday , information was forwarded to the police offices , that on the afternoon of the 8 th instant , some thief or thieves stole from the butler ' s pantry of the residence of the Earl of Aylestord , No . 33 , _Belgravct- quare , two silver teapots , two pair of silver sugar tongs , five Bilver table and other spoons , and five Birro * desert and other forkB .
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Mn . _Wyndifam Again . —This notorious scoundrel has , we . find ,-been-victimising the proprietor ofthe Royal Victoria Hotel , 'fonbridgo Weils . At this place he called himself J . B . _Welicsley , and left on Monday last , after paying for his lodging by a forged banker ' s draft for £ o 9 . At the time he paid the draft he showed a letter , purporting to come from Gurney , Turner , and Co ., authenticating the draft , which also was a forgery . The identity of Wellesley with Wyndham has been ascertained by the Society ot _Guardians of Trade , who have examined the hand writing of the two parties . of the 2 nd Lite Guards , who undertook on Friday to walk from the Regent ' s Park Barracks " _ofche Cavalry Barracks at Windsor and back a"ain * rh _* twelve hours , performed the distance ( upward ., « f i ? miles . ) with apparent ease , in an hour and -awn minutes within the specified time . e "
Funeral of tub late Ciubf-Justice Tindal — On _Monday morning the mortal remains of t |) e -Wo Chief-Justice Tindal were removed from Bedford square for interment in the family vault at _ICimsaf green Cemetery . About fifty gentlemen , principally " tho immediate relatives and friends of the deceased comprised the attendants ; amongst whom we noticed Mr . Baron Parke . Sir W , Symonds of the Civil Bvpartment , Royal Navy , Major Symonds , Captain _Svmonds , R . N ., Captain Tindal , R . N .. and Mr . C . G Tindal , sons of the deceased , Mr . _Bosanqnet the barrister , son-in-law to thedeceased , the Rev J E Tyler , Sir J . De Veullo , of St . _Uelier ' s , Jersey , \ u . & o . The outer coffin , which was covered with purple velvet , and richly furnished , bore thofollowin " inscription , " The Right Hon . Sir Nicolas Convn .- - ham Tindal , Lord Chief-Justice of her Mnjesty ' s Court . of Common Pleas , died July S , 18 i 0 , a _^ cii 09 years . " The funeral service was road by the iter Mr . Tyler .
The iNCENDrARr Fire at SorrAM . —Ou Saturday Mr . Cornelius Harvey , a wealthy tanner , flnd his nephew , _^ James Harvey , were finally examined before the magistrates on a charge of having been the incendiaries at the recent destructive fire at Soham , near Cambridge , aad they were committed for trial lit the
assizes . A Ciiihese Map of the Would . —Amongst the articles brought from China hy the French Commission , who have just returned from that country , and which are exhibited at the Ministry of Commerce , is a map of the world , presented to the Commission by the head Mandarin of Canton . The Chinese geographer bas arranged the earth quite in liis way . With him there are no isthmuses ' no peninsulas ; the isthmus of Suez is replaced by a magnificent arm of the sea , which detaches itself from the Mediterranean to fall into the Red Sea , We see nothing of the isthmus of Panama , and tlio two seas on that side
aro connected in the same way . There are neither Pyrenees or Alps , and hardly are thc vast mountains of America indicated . On the other hand , however , China is . liberally dealt with by the gco « raphev , for upon this point it occupies not less than _Un-cc-quurters of the whole globe . A Greek Corn Bill Rejected . —Wc learn from Athens that the Greek Senate has , hy a large majority , rejected a bill for levying an import duty on foreign corn . The Bill , if it had passed , would have been very injurious to the inhabitants of the islands of the Greek Archipelago , as they grow little corn , and are dependent for supplies on imports from Odessa .
Jack Ketch at Exeter Hall ;—At the Exeter _meeting against capital punishment , a single hand was held up against each resolution . At length some one cried out" It ' s Jack Ketch , " and the dissentient hand appeared no more . Mining Wealth of Australia . —This empire is one ofthe richest of Central Europe in minerals and metals of all kinds . It produces abundance of coal , wood , charcoal , rock-salt , clay for porcelain manufacture , pyrites , and other mineral productions rarely found in other countries . Its metallic wealth may be estimated from the following statement of tho average annual production of metals in this empire : — Gold , 3 , 800 lbs . ; silver , 54 , 000 _Ibi . ; tin , 190 . 000 lbs . , * mercury , 370 , 000 _llw . , * cobalt and nickel , 240 , 000 lbs . * antimony . 770 , 000 lbs . ; zinc . 1 . 000 , 000 lbs . ; copper , 4 , 000 , 000 lbs . ; lead , 16 . 000 , 000 lbs . ; 300 , 000 , 000 lbs . —Journal des Chcmins _dePer .
A Hooub Oavgut axd Released . —We _.-Jeara from the Boston Star that an Englishman , named A . T . L ' cman , a mahogany-dcalar in London , after swindling his creditors out of about ( 10 , 000 dollars , left for this country , and arrived here in the ship Joshua Bates . One of his creditors followed him in the Caledonia , and learning that Leman had offered to Mr . Ilenshaw , broker in Boston , £ 5 . 000 in Bank of England notes for sale , he ferreted liim out , and obtained from him £ 10 , 000 in Bank of England notes and sovereigns , and allowed him to escape . _—JVcmi York Journal of Commerce .
Horrible Oijijib . —m 1845 , during the procession of the Fete-dieu , at _Kleinzoll , a small town in Hungary , a widow , named Witrewslewsky . lost her child , a little girl , in the crowd . All her efforts to find her were in vain . Tins year sbe ai : ain attended the procession , when she was accosted by a little girl , holding in her hands a wooden box , who was begging for alms . She immediately recognised her own child , but to her horror , on examining her , slio found that she was blind , the orbils of her eyes being empty A woman , who attempted to obstruct Madame Witrewslewsky in tnkitig away the child , was arrested , when she confessed that she was a public mendicant , that she had stolen thc child , and scooped out its eyes with a knife , in order to excite the greater commiseration for the _unfortunatx little creature , and thus to obtain more abundant alms . The punishment inflicted by the Hungarian laws for tills crime is breaking alive on the wheel , commencing with the lower extremities .
Fatal Pugilistic ENcoiOTEn . —On Saturday an inquest was held at St . George ' s Hospital on James Bennett , aged fifty , a labourer , living at Fulham . It appeared from the evidence , that _deceased was drinking beer at the Crown public-house , when two strange men , one of whom was Gibbs , an _experienced fighter , attempted to drink out of the pewter-pot belonging to deceased . A quarrel ensued , wlien Gibbs , who had a peculiar method of butting with his head , did so repeatedly against the stomach of Bennett , who attempted to defend himself , but was intoxicated . The deceased afterwards tottered away from the spot , and was found lying insensible by a poiiccconstable iu a garden by the road . A surgeon attended him , but he died from the injuries received in thc abdomen . The Jury returned a verdict ol Manslaughter against John Gibbs .
AMEiueAN Distubbaxce at Havre . —On the 4 th inst ., in consequence of several American sailors , who were celebrating rather too noisily the anniversary of their _independence , being taken into custody by the police , a riot took place . Some of their countrymen armed themselves with stones , and effected a forcible rescue . The whole band , Unfilled with this easy victory , wont to a neighbouring cabaret to celebrate their triumph ; but a larger civil force having been called out , the whole party wea * taken and lodged in the watch-house .
The New Building Act .- — The clause for vacating cellars and underground tenements on the 1 st of Julylast has been very rigidly adhered to in districts chiefly Hffected by its operations , particularly in the parish of St . Giles . The numbers of those thus unhoused in this parish alone amount to upwards of 5 , 000 , for whose accommodation there was great difficulty in providing , and it ha > had a great effect in raising the price of lodgings , which for rooms of very inferior accommodation bas , in many instances , been increased from three shillings to four shillings , and even five shi'ilings per week .
Meeting _* of _Ironmasters at Dudley . —Sublet , Saturday . — This evening , the last of -tbe _quarterly _meetings of masters in this district took place at Smith's . Hotel , in this town , at which the _prieoa agreed io at Birmingham were confirmed . The iron trade of this district is now in a very-prosperous statev and is likely to continue so for some length of tim * . Many heavy orders have been given during tho week at the various meetings , which have been hsld for iran , particularly for pis , for which kind alone' orders were received for about 25 , 000 tons .
Under these circumstances , no reduction may he expected for the present . Escape of Louis Napoleon . —Tbe Commander ef the Fort of Ham , and the two keepers , accused of having favoured the escape of "Prince Louie Napoleon , were acquitted b y the tribunal of Police of Peronne on the 10 th instant . Dr . Cnnneau was condemned to thrco months' imprisonment , and Charles Thelin , the valet de chambre af thc prince , who was absent , was sentenced by default to six months . _ ¦ _
Tuk Ex . Dukk of Brunswick . —Brunswick , July 5 th . —According to accounts received here from London , there is no doubt that oar former Duke Charles has purchased the Gentian London Journal for 0 , 000 or 7 , 000 dollars , and takes a very active part in the composition of it . Some numbers have been received here , and arc read with much interest _, as they contain various articles on our situation . In one of the latest numbers we see that Duke Charles must have renounced all thought of recovery of possession of our duchy by force of arms , a notion which it is well known he once entertained . Many readers , doubtless , remember that about ten years ago he made preparations in Franco , had uniforms got ready , and appointed a Pole to the command of
bis troops . Thc expedition was not , however undertaken . There was , in fact , no prospect whatever of success ; and if wc are not mistaken , thc Duke was involved in a vexatious and expensive law-suit . The uniforms have been lying for some years in London , and the Duke is now desirous of getting rid of them . An advertisement in the German London Journal announces that 6 , 000 complete uniforms , quite new , are deposited at tho office , and are to be sold for 12 , 000 pounds sterling . ELOr-KMEKT of a Youno English Lady op Rank prom Boulogne . — The Paris police was very _busy at the latter end of tne week , endeavouring to _discovi-r a young couple who had left Boulogne two days before . The yonng lady who is ft minor , aud very
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beautiful , belongs to a family of rank—tbe lover i a hrench „ noblemam of fortune . They have been very closely followed-: by the two brothers ofthe young lad y , but _hithento , it has been impossible to ( nf , ? _I ! r fchem _' . aItll ° ugh it is pretty well ascertained that they are in or new Paris . They are precluded by the enactments of the- French law from being le " and the _joui . g lady being under age the gentleman IB _ESitLTS _? ' waiTant *¦ _*«
Fatai . Duel at _Bayokjje . —a _sant-uinirv _ind fatal duel tnu . taken _place-at _T _^ _yonneXtwcTn two olhcers ot the 00 th _reaiment , quartered there . The one who fell received three wounds , two of whieh were in the breast . This unfortunate event is , perhaps , without example in the annals of duelling , as the laws of honour prescribe ts- seconds the immediate cessation of the combat the moment blood has been drawn by cither of thc principals . But on the present occasion tlie two seconds , subalterns in the above-mentioned corps , and very young men , allowed themselves to be intimidated by the deceased , who to great physical strength joined considerable proficiency in the use of the sabre , A very trivial dispute was the cause ofthe encounter , and on separating the previous day , the officer who fell assured his _adversary that he would kill him on the morrow
advising him to make his will or not fight him . The first wound he received was on the right _lu-nd , which excited him to such a pitch of frenzy , that on the seconds attempting to put an end to the strife , he swore he wmihl rim the lir . st man through who _interposed between him and his foe , and consequently the seconds permitted these two officers te light to the death , contrary to all the laws of humanity and honour . What is worse , it appears that this unfortunate was abandoned at a moment when prompt Biiecour might have stopped tho hemorrhage of his wounds , and perhaps saved his life . General llarispe _, commanding the military division of the Basses - Pyrenees , justly indignant , at the conduct of the two seconds , sent them under arrest to the citadel , where they will remain in confinement until the decision of the Minister of War is known . The surviving principal is to be tried by a court-martial .
Extraordinary Flight op Butterflies—One . of the _largest flight of butterflies ever seen in this country , crossed thc Channel from France tn England on Sunday last . Such was the density and extent of thc cloud formed by the living mass , " that it completely obscured th ? sun from the people on board of our continental steamers , on their _passage , for many hundreds of yards , while the insects strewed the decks in all directions . The _flight reached England about twelve o ' clock at noon , and dispersed _themselves inland and along shore , darkening the air as they went . During 'the sea _pavsaqe of thc _butte rflics , the weather was calm and sunny , with scarce a puff of wind stirring ; but an hour or so after they readied terra firma it came on to blow great guns from the S . W ., the direction whence the insects came . —Canterbury Journal . Ibrahim Pacha . —The territorial possessions of Ibrahim Pacha are immense , lie has introduced -. on a
into E _^ ypt sugar cultivation , large scale . Besides cotton—the benefit of which production Egypt owes to Mehemet All- — the vine and olivo have been espec ' al objects of his attention . The gardens of Ibrahim Paeha , ospeeiallvthat of Rhoda , on the Nile , aro eminently beautiful . They avo under the care of Scotch gardeners ; they are enriched with a boundless variety of fruitsand flowers ; and the Pacini has _spared no expense in collecting ' from remote regions the rare , the magnificent , the useful , and the ornamental . There are n » properties" so well administered , _noncso profitable , asth'se of _Ibrahim Pacha . They afford an example of successful administration , and lead to a confident hope that the same spirit of order and enterprise may preside over the political future destinies of Egypt . People ' s Journal .
Curious Fires from Lucifbr Matches . —A day or two ago a person who keeps a few pigeousabout his premises was surprised to see the feathers ot * one of them considerably burnt , and on examining the cote be . found the nest of the injured ona completely consumed , a couple of roasted e gs only remaining . From the fact of two or . three matches been found _outs-ido the nest , there was no doubt but the _pisieon had carried some into the place , and caused them to _ignite by treading upon or rustling amongst them on » oing to her eggs . —On Tuosday . ' si _hiahly respectable < rontlemnn , whilst in the public office , perceived a , smoke , issuing from the inner pocket of his eont ; and feeling something ; warm he hastily retired . into an adjoining room , and on taking off his upper garment he found that some matches , carried for the purpose nf lighting _cigars , had been ignited by friction . In neither instance did any material injury arise , but ifc shows how necessary it is to use camion . _—UinMinj- - ftam Advertiser ,
Lighting" tiif . Streets . —At the last meeting of the Statistical Society , in a paper read by Mr . Jos . Fletcher , the Secretary , it was estimated that the metropolis and its environs . ire lighted from _eiiihteoil establishments ; that the amount of capital invested in works , pipes , tanks , & c ., is £ 2 , S 00 . 000 , which employ 2 , 500 persons ; and that there are 380 lauinlightera constantly employed in attending to CO _.-iUO public lamps . Victoria Park . —On Sunday thc visitors have exceeded 10 , 000 , and _amongst thorn were many from the wc * t end ; upward .- " of thirty _carringes being outside the princ ' pal lod » e entrance on Sunday between four and six o clock . Three enmncted carriages wore there at one time . Amongst the visitors in the afternoon w ; is _"Viscoun' Canning .
Association for Cleanliness , Gi . AssnousE-YAun . — The late warm weather has caused a great , inert _a-eof intercourse to the establishment , and-nn less than 7 G 0 persons availed themselves of it _sratuitonsadvn n In ires hist week . Of these ( be number who b . _itlu-d wns 446 , and washed cloth ** . ? , G 81 , whilst the numhev of articles washed was-1 , 271 . On Satin day last ihe number of persons who bathed was 05 , and washed clothes 150 , whilst the number of articles washed was 1 . 072 . _Statoh of tuv . Emperor Cimklks IV . —This statue'is destined as a commemorative of the fifth centenary of the Prague University—thc oldest in Germany . The model has just boon exhibited in
Mr . Eurgschmicd ' s workshop in Nuvnbcrg . It . 13 fourteen feet hish . and weishs _loi-t . y cwt . The Emperor—a graceful , manly fipure—ia represented in the act of surrendering the charter of the University ;_ tlio crowned head slightly bent . The costume is historically true , the pallium covering the rear part of the figure ; the folds full , y et graceful . Tlie _under-garment is covered with lilies , and on the right-hand side hang down the rich tassels of the ¦ " _iiirdle ; the sword adorned with a large , artfully-wrought guard . The contractor , however , has undertaken the difficult obligation of delivering tbo whole work , including a sculpture pedestal , to the _Prasue committee , at the end of the year 1847 . The price is 80 , 000 florins ( £ 9 , 000 . )
' Accidext to Sir Robeiit I ' ekl . —We regret to learn that thc absence of Sir Robert Peel' from the Ilouse of Commons on Monday night arose from the rk ' bthon . baronet ' s being confined _toihis-residence by the effects of an accident which might have been far moro serious than it has turned out . ; We heal ' that while dressing in the morning ho _inciiutioj _^ ly rested his foot on a china basin , nnd by the weight of his pcrson ' . the bottom broke , and severely laccratrd his foot . Sir Benjamin _llrodie was instantly sent for , and was as promptly in atteiular . ee on the right hon . baronet . . Although thc blood was profuse from the wounds inflicted , we are happy to hear that Sir Benjamin Brodie , _iifter a minute examination _, _ot the injured parts , pronounced that no _tSanger war . to be _apprehended , as not any' important vessel had sustained injury . The casualty will necessarily confine fhe right hon . btwoiiet some days to the house . —Times .
IVould ' s _TsMPuiuxeB CoxvE . VTio . v . —A gathering ofthe friends of temperance , under this dtsign . _iBion , will be held in London on thoyith ' of _August next . On the 7 th a large public meeting will be held in Covent Garden Theatre , Pels-gates- from America , India , and various other parts of the globe , are already on their passant ) , and itis confidently _canceled than the convention will prove the most interesting and important meeting ever held in connection with the temperance movement . Disinfection or _Skwkhs _, etc . —In a _"tVc-ach paper , the National de V Quest , appears the _following : —'' To
the many means employed for _disiufcctirefr . 'iiiUs and all impure places , M . _Faucille has just added one of great economy and easy application , ytSis is steam , which injected into places tilled with deleterious gases , dissolves them , draws them away , and , by its condonsion , permits the introduction of pure air _. We may hope much , therefore , for the 'alulirityor our town from this process , which ear not fail of the most happy effects when employed in _e-ises where the sulphate of iron , carbon , and _pvroli- 'neous acid ( Frankart ' s process ) , & c , however preferable in certain respects , would be too costly , "
_PuDESiniANisM . —On Tuesday , Mills and "Rowley run their two hundred yards race i _* oi * _- £ 10 in Hyde Park . The latter won . Singular Case op _Desertio >* . —At the County Magistrates' Office , Rochester , ou Monday , William Ellingsworth , a young soldier . 23 years of age , whose appearance indicated t _' _axt he had _alreiK ' y seen some service , was lnouaht upon a charge of desertion . It appeared that he cnlistencd in the 10 th regiment , in . 1830 , at Leeds , _*!„ Yorkshire ; that ho never joined the regiment , nor had he ever been attested , and deserted on . the ni » ht of his enlistmentand immediately joined the 2 d Queen ' s Own .
, Ho was soon afterwards ordered out to India , where he had been during the last seven years , actively encaged in the war . He arrived in England _ lrom Bonuiy on board the Neptune , en the 11 th ot June , ana was on _furlouuh . Lie gave himself « P ? sa _wrtrr from the 13 th to Corporal Smith , o- the GOtli _re-fiment . at Ch-Mur _. m _Barrni-Us , on Satunla ) night . Ue _txpiTMoil his regret at tho confession he had made , but . said _h _«¦ waa in _li-H-or _»» the ime , adding , he should _bOfcOVrvto leave the _Qii . cen » . Own , _aftef the service V Imd seen in that . -corps , lie was committed to Maidstone B _« ol . " the depot ot the WW be ing no * . / stationed at Portsmouth ; . -y ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 18, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_18071846/page/3/
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