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      CARMARTHEN BADICAL DEMONSTBA' TION AT PICTON'S MONUMENT , BY UlNTEES-LIGHT , To adopt Jkt Natimai Petition and People ' * Charter . ( ABRIDGED rWJt . THZSILUKIAS . ) ^ TfceWorking M-si ' sAssociation at Carmarthen , eld & public meeting of the inhabitant * , for the « bore purposes , aV PicW * Monument * on Wedaaesdaynignt week , attended bjat least 4000 person * . $ t was intended to hold the meeting at the Red Lkhi Tavern , but the attendance w *» so great , that & *« deemed advisable to repair to the moaument erected to the memory of the military exploits of - ^ General Pi eton . Where PictonVcolumn pointing to the skies ¦ lake giant Cora * , lifts its head and lies !

      "The persons , one wad to be occasionally officiating ' -as magistrates' clerk , the other an attorney ' s writer , vere tolerably officious in throwing squibs and cracker * , among the crowd , to their serioov anuoraace , the whole time the procej-don moved along , -aad continued die nuisance during the delivery of - ^ art of the address ** which folk > w . One of this de-* rintionof missiles , was seen to come from a druggjisrs Bhnp . A great number of the hnmhler clause * appeared with lighted candles as the procession passed , headed by a band of mnsie . Mr . James Reer , a working man , w «* railed to -Ae chair , who explained , with cojwuferable ability in the Welsh language , the object * of the meeting , « nd elucidated hi * address by historical reference * . His address occupied * t least naif an honr . He was loudly greeted , as well as all the speakers that foliowed .

      Mr . Etas Doxabd Etajcs , schoolmaster , came 4 brj * ard to move the first resolution . He observed tkat he hoped wry individual there- assembled -would coudoct himself in a peaceable manner . They had came together for the noblest purpose that coald animate " the mind of man—the emanciyatica of themselves and their fellow-countrymen from poverty , destitution , and crime . Look at our condition , we had a healthy clime and a fruitful oil , eur means of abundanc * were ab » ve our wants ; * od again contemplate the sad picture of disease without remedy , wretchedness in rags and even slow starvation that covered the land . The labour of th * only wealth producer * was so abundant & * to glut Xhe markets of the earth , and yet the verv creators

      ¦ m that wealth who ought to be the first to enjoy » dae share of % t , lacked the cominoneut n « A cessaries of life , and why ? Because they had ao share in the making of the laws . The goddess Freedom had not yet ventured to show aer fak form in our hemisphere , no sooner did she seefc a ibating than contending tyrants doffed their rivalry for plunder , and confederated to expel her . and the sword « r the scaffold had been hitherto the reward t ^ ey had meted OJt to her faithful adherent * . Was not that sufficient to show the implements uf Mischief—the « pedes of arguments that conntituted the strength of tyrants in subjugating the unhappy -people . The people wanted then that power that va&rfronger than steel and mightier than the instruments that wielded it . That power was in ibeir own hands , if they had bat the courage to exercise it . It yu unanimity of sentiment nloce "Thitt could secure that power . The grand secret was

      21 the mating ol the laws ; and , if the working classes got no parricipacion in that , their case was iopele ** . The laws , if dae care was taken , might be made for the happiness of all , otherwise they might be cramped for the benefit of a few to the wfir err of the many , that was the case of the work , ing men of VTale * » snch was and would be their feopeless condition if they did not be * nr themselves . . Let them keep their attention directed rteadily to "tfcat point at all time * . Truth was on their side ; let them unite therefore , and demand their biitbrigfct , the right of every man . They « quld not ^ isaazU if they felt as men ; but if not , degradatwn and destitution would be the * ad iiibentaac * of Skemselves and of their sons and- daughter * . He concluded a stirring appeal by moving the first resolution amidrt load cWrs . . Mr . Hrs&r Joes Atres seconded the- re $ < £ lution .

      Mr . William Philiips stepped on to -more the second resolution , which Mr . William LlewellTn seconded in a very appropriate address . *~' t 4 r . Jenkiss came forward to propoje the third resdwrion . He would not address- tbe meeting a * ** Gentlemen , '' for they had not yet . arrived atthat eleration of rank , nor would thev ever be appropriately so termed until they sbcnl J bare -succeeded 3 i the regaining of their inalienable light—a ^ rok * io the making of the laws by which ?** - ;» - -j ^ q Tferned . They were now called the " unleashed' by those for whom their hands were so 3 i * d in labr . rions toil , and for whose benefit they weie-to eontinnovslv occupied as not even to have tim * to wa . « h them . ~ Thev were derided for their ignorance by those who

      kept from them , so fax as they had the power to do * & , the mi « ns o £ becoming b " euer informed After -seme further remarks , Mr . Jenkins proceeded . "Oar came is the cause of justice ; and -who are tk-o * e thai dare to stand forward to continue to obstruct or pervert the course of jnstke , and thu . * en-4 earoor to fmstrate its early attainment ? Too long ¦^ utre the unjott few been suEfered to tyrannise over 'die oppressed many . But their days are numbered —the years of their power are drawing to a close Y « a have opened your eyes , and , having osce per * -oewed the light oi the glorious sun , jroo- will never o » re- « abnu » t » ii » e « n £ er fee gkwro of mght . You will 4 emand ,- " * n 8 TWB will obtain yonr df sire , to share with your oppYewors the advantages of the

      liight of day . Oar catwe 15 the cause of humanity ; ^ amd wiil they dare tfl sttfe—K > attwapt u > gtiBtj uie < eelin »» of hmmanityia tbfrlwmaB breast ? Expesience—4 ong asd- « u ) experience , ha » < anght us to ¦« 3 q > ect-a « m £ ntiB . tfoTi t > f « bat we hate ' already witnessed . But ft cacCno longer avail ; truth , justice , sad kamaaixj will aooi > rL- « crimnpniut over all , and € me t « f » aaT asd oppreaiga off tbe Parth . 1 have J »« n privxTery-inf ^ rmwi . -by , xcadrr persons of nn-< Joubt « credit , « b& I eFctmnfebelitfrc it to be a fact , ihat several personi in-buMne ^' s , who employ a gr * at many ^ hands . bx , whose labour they have amiTOTt consiSerairte weahh , "haTB laid their inj anc--1 » n « on \ he-px »| sefferens not to attend Radicil -meetings ; acqqainfing fliem tliat the consequence of disobedience will £ * immediate loss of employment . If this be tree , the . masters are more cWr-• sighted than , from a knowledge of the parties , might itave been expected They perceive the cousequen-- »« es of tbelr slaves hfiarine the truth ! If the retiort

      she unfounded , let it be openly contradicted . They are weU . known ., and they know it . In this town , tower ? r , there is not one of tho > e called men of property—aot one gentleman , except Mr . Hngh Wiliiams , who has taken , or who take * , the slightest iateresst in tout cause . Mr . William * has mnde great sacrifices for its promotion ; he has been ihdefati-^ able , and , at trery great expense both of time and of money , has rendered invalnanle services ; and * aFhathxsbeen bis reward ? He he ? been assailed ¦ with every species of abuse—calumniated in th * most insidious and base manner , through channels A » y which oor inveterate enemiw are well aware . ea their possessing the entire conrroul thereof ! that the antidote cannot be applied to the poison thus assassin-like administered . The speaker went on at some length eulogising Mr . Williams , and congratulating the people on the increase of popular in--tejligence and virtue .

      ¦^ t . Davi d Joshua , a working man . seconded TthLsresolution in a most powerful and comprehensive speech , delivered in Ihe Welsh language . We testate not to say , that an address more replete with jgenoine native eloquence , with deeper pathos and -greater command 01 his subject , ¦ vriih clearer insight » f the working of the present system of representa--rion , has seldom beea defirered . The resolution w » . earned with acclamation . Mr . Hugh "Williams CTme on and spoke to the following effect : —After the enthusiasm in the cause -which they had also displayed , be felt he would be -properly supported by the working-men of Carmarthen , in accepting the appointment in order to press forward in conjunction with the other delegates the

      \ jT * " tbeir dne frtnn ° » pnwent House pf ^ Commons—a House of Commons on whom noihinE hut a firm , a strong determination would , in his opinion , work the slightest effect—a Housa of / JC « Ktmons , he was bound to say , if ie gave utterance ^ 0 hi * candid opi nion , where greater corruption pre--ralea than in any other similar place in the ksown world . _ What other language than of firm demand for a ngat incompatible with that corruption could bave any effect on such a place ? But let them not ^ denpair ; streaking gleams were breaking forth and daOy increasing ; the time was about to arrive—was at no very great distance , that wonM produce an event such as was never yet Tecorded in history The House of Commons , at least five-sixths of it !

      * -were the creature * of the House of Lords , who were * he real goveraine power ' that was the power that « 6 ectnally controlled the House of Commons so called ; that , with the money-power , controlled the present constituency of the country ; the landed jand monied aristocracy had loaded the people with - taxes which they themjelTesshouM principally bear , -and had framed laws to exempt and monopolize ¦ property at the expense and to the great depri--wation of the rest of the community . ( Hear , hear . ) There wa * one goreming natural right in every man fiom which all other * sprang—the instinctive right

      of self-protection . It was universally held that selfpreservatinh was the first law of nature . Ao ont ¦ could assert or exercise , self-protection tciiJiotU the -exercise of hit voice , and his vote was his voice . A inember bad no right to interfere with that ; it vat . that which formed partiet to become the agenlt or ? . puhlir teroanit of tkemtdees and others . It was to •«« ndea «> nr , with others , to require that power—to - " demand" its concession—that the Convention was % afcout to meet . He ce-uld not then tell them how < fce body of Delegates jroold act ; but they should , aw doubt- hate to'frspres * on the Hoiue of Com-. ^ jona that the people could no longer lire without

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      it—that it was founded on the understood principle of the " Constitution "—thnt the greater number shall prevail , and that they expected it would be carried oat ., by « j Dalons ^ r ^ ko-yoatttsed pwpntou 1 tfn pos « Msor « of property snould leait ^ aircrtim Tampuv advantage ! over the lew fortonaNt pordon of mankind . TlebresenWlDfl shdrtd embwce ^ fli the mecfal and pirsical powiaf-both were esuaUy necewary farnatail Bupport and protection > bat onr raters bad ossrptd the ngbt , and had » lw » y « perverted die rate , that The frewte number , or the majority , - should govern try contracting tiriuer sjxctotu pretences the operation of it , so that those who were b « st entitled to its benefit had been defrauded ef it : thia should no longer be nractued .

      I hen , how did the matter stand as to getting rid of it ; he would go upon well known data—why there were eight hundred thousand of the classes assumed to compose the sense of the country ; but six millions of working men were completely nhut out , so tbAt the Aristocracy , the 400 or 1000 Kings of both House * , ruled the middle classet , and again shut out the majority from interfering at all , saying the matter was no part of their business . All that the helpless working man had to do was to pay , and it was considered most unbecoming in him to inquire icfty he vra » made to pay so much , or how his money was disposed of . Now , was that to be longer endured ? Once they pressed their claimo * c £ they cstablisittd the fact that a preponderating

      majority claimed the right—then the matter icmdd appear too glurins to be longer doubtful . ( Hear . ) It was to manifest that right , to claim its recognition , that a deputation from all parts of England was , u be conceived , about to meet in London . He would not attempt to ca » t any disrespect on hi * fellow-townsmen , the shapkeepers and tradesmen of Carmarthen , about one-half ot whom , he wa * well assured , privately countenanced their claim , he , therefore , highly re-pected the greater portion of them , and hoped the day vras not far distant when they would declare their sentiments openly , and have proper facilities to act upon them . Bat what after all had the " poor Radicals" to fear ? Why , surely not 400 , 000 of the shopocracy , not quite the tythe , he thought , of their own numberadmitting thev were

      , all hostile which he knew wa * not the rs « t , and if it were they h > d nothing to fear if they observed peac * and order , if they observed that the little word " law " would follow in due course ; the resources , the power , and the right wa « in their own hand *; it was the due management of that power that was all that wa * wanting , and that in case of refusal on the part of desperate and indiscreet opponents would be the next in paint for their most serious consideration . The working classes , once agreed , once united , for the accomplishment of their wishes , every man must submit to the united will ; that united will would be expressed by their delegates , who would , he doubted not , be th « faithful representatives ot those who deputed them , and would no doobt display harmony ,

      euenry , union and discretion . He would say nothing about workhoutiea or corn laws , or of the taxes th « y paid tcr the government from morning tonight , for the present i neither would he ever refer to individuals mixtnl up with them , it was not with individuals but the utijust system of representation alone that th ** y contended . ' It was ever the policy of partietlo attack persyiTs ^ and in proportion to the iuteuidiy-pf local leelfng wa * ihjs virulence of the dirty iustrrimenta selected for tantpnrpo . *? . Theprodace of labour wfwrarffpJe for all their necessines , ye * , andto supply luxuries -too if duly regulated . Let them look at the rnockinery , which capital , owing to the poverty of ' thfe ' makers ' of wealth , bad monopolized \ whv should not machinery b& more in the

      hand * , of jroj-klug men , so &s 10-add , iu « jei * d of abridgiat £ , »* -ai pte « eat , la iheir comforts—instead of , as at present , adding to the profusion of the rich , and the eull more horrible destitution of the workman the ierpyzei and the deserving work man ! The " ConVention would represent alfthtj working men ; And : taongh that Convention were small iu number , he had no earthly doubt they would be fbande ^ iaUB the-tank before tUem . Success , he had u ^ duobt ^ -wth due management , would eventually crownsttieir efFwt * . He requested them to * tudy thosefittte ; wdr < J ^ " ? * ace , Law , and Order . " But it . wagjobt iSe pfeace . pf the . oppressor , but that of perfect freedom ^ ad besevolence ; not the law of co u-6 UHje « of-troaertv-aaiy , buc a . W that o [ the makers

      ofat ; nU the-ord « wt > ftheiiw&rd , buttbntof-polJtiml <* && % , - AH taii he WoaW bi * glffd if ne ctnrid a * gt * ti 6 obtaih ^; kiid-1 f they did not get it in due , tim (» , or as inteliigmce- prjjgrfi ? . < "d , siill greater rbisery might preAs jipoa the . country . Tbey had been described irf"the '" Arh ' iy aV * spHpers as the 4 'Poor Raiicah "* - " the Poor Radfeafc ; ' * that u , these new » - papef ' people cornpl ^ ceBHy supposed ; inthe ^ uiet" of WBirgtu 4 y , ^ fr > t we wejt to Be put jjoivri bj J «* rc « , Different ^ artlea " cdingl 3 irj «^ i ol um > fear . ul a * p ^ ct of the ume * , thas increasing their apprfhension * as regards their owtf pamaT-inWrests ; \> ut they had no fears with xegcrd u > tbe-tafferuif & ' the -KurJattg men whose lives had been hithexlo jbut one varied courw of positive wretchedness . The aUrm is a mere selfish one ; the Impulses of fear or sympathy a » regarded tlie classes who labour , never entered their head ? . Let then his working fellow slaves stick to

      their text . — Universal Suffrage or iiufhing ! that was his motto , and for which alone hp ^ tard joined their rankst for the rest , time would JdAt Carmarthen . Several f endtman and a * d «* m& «>{ ail parties attended to witnessibeprace « tingWar > ng ajjeriod of almost three hoar * in a freetia « ' ^ uit « r night . . ; ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ 7 * - .

      The following are the resolutions referred to :- ~ 1 st . That this meeting ii of opinion that the cos * tinned distress ot the working papahrtipa of'the country proceed * from their unrepres ^ utJd condition in the Commons House ot Parliament , Sad . That Personal Sofirage being the innerent right of every man of sound mind , . uus meeting 11 come to the conclusion to stand upou . such . n ^ Uuaud to demand the immediate axerci * e of it ; and with that view adopts the National Petition now read , . and erabodyiirg that principle . That \ be same be * abmittedfor signatures without delay , and presented at the first opportunity . That the Peopled Charier be now adopted Oy this meeting .

      3 rd . That it is the fixed determination of thi * meeting to set in conjunction with the great bodv of the unrepresented classes of Great Britain , for ' the attiinment of our just political rights ; for which purpose it is necessary that we be represented at the forthcoming' National Convention . This meeting therefore " appoints Mr . Hugh U'iDiamj to acton our behalf , with the Delegates from other parts of the Empire , in adopting the best methods to procure the early concession of those rights from the Government and the two Houses " of Parliament , by whom they have been so long and unjustly wiih-: eld .

      4 th . That Mr . Leader and Mr . Fielden be requested to pn ^ ent and support the petition to the House of Commons .

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      TEA MEETING OF THE WORKING MEN'S ASSOCIATION , AT B 1 USTOL . TESTIMONIAL OF RESPECT TO MR . TISCEXT . On Monday evening last a Tea Meeting , which the Town Council had intended to frustrate , because they liked not ' the ardent spirit of political discussion —e-speciallj . when mixed with the cheering cordial of Radical ladies' tea—took place in the Club-room of the Three Crowns Inn , Walcot , on which occasion an identity of sentiment and of feeling was shown by all present as to the testimonial of respect presented to Mr . Vincent , for his patriotic nervices in tfe cause of the People ' s Charter . At first some little embarrassment arose , in consequence of the inadequacy of the room to accommodate all those

      who had obtained tickets previous to the denial of the use of the Hall by the Council , but this was soon got over , and the company , about five o ' clock , * atdown to an excellent tea , which was served up in the best manner possible . Some good jokes were indulged in , but none so pertinent as the wishing that the Radical Tea would operate as physic upon ths poor creature * who had been thrown into such a bad way by the fererish excitement caused at the late Council meeting respecting the tea . Aftertea , on Mr . Vockg being called to the chair , he briefly opened the meeting . Mr . Bolwell in a short speech explained the reason of the . r meeting in thatroom ; the Town-hall a . though granted by the Mavor . havina been denied

      by the Town CounciL Mr . Phillips next rose to present a watch to Mr . Vincent , and said that he had been appointed , lor what reason he knew not , by the ladies to perlo Uiatplearing duty . He was proud to say that vf « made man ^ sacrifices , in order to-purchase the watr . h and appendage * , as a testimony of the respect and erteem in which Mr . Vincent was aeld by the Ladies . Mr . P . hoped that in after time * , when all the excitement that now fretied the public mind was over , and the People ' s Charter obtained , Mr . "V mcent would possess that testimonifil of the feme

      he had acquired in the good cause of his country n emancipation . He hoped the meeting would excuse him U he called M > . Vincent his ¦? u , L ' ^ ^ ressingr Mr . Vincent he said , "My son , you have gone fonh to stir up vonr brethren , and toonstmct&em , inorderthatthevmav be prepared to take a becoming part in the presen t flonnus struggle . We appreciate your services , but , mind we do not intend to idolize yon , for you are numan ; we love your principles , we respect your person , and wish you long life , that you may stand forth to expose the craft of Whigs and Tories , aud to protect your brothers and si * tew from the wickednesft

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      » f these men . It is to b « hoped that this watchthis valuable ptvseut—will aenrt as a bond of con * stant attachment to the c&uae if demoennr , and ^^ y « o-wiU ^« ep itia i «« femh MDce of the iutdicai Ladies of Bath , who hafcTplaeed their confidence in you aa their friend ; and Cam sure that confidence wil ] nol turn out to be misplaced , This , Sir , is the pledge of their <{ onfidence ; takeit , I hare Jone . " Her « Mr . Ph 3 Hp « placed thfr watch in the hand of Mr . Vincent , who , on rising to address the assembly , was hailed with & tremendous bunt of applause , which lasted for beveral minntes . The following i » engraved upon th * watch" Presented to Mr . H . Vincent , by the Radical Ladies of Bath , in testimony of their high esteem for his fearless and patriotic advocacy of Universal Suffrage . " * Mr . Vincent replied in a long and eloquent speech , which we are sorry our space cwinpeb us to omit . - —

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      CANADIAN PRISONERS . Our readers are of course aware that a number of persons have been , for some time , in this country in custody , who were said to hare beea transported from Canada to some penal colony , for p nKtical offences . During the last week twelve of the unfortunate men were brought before the Court of Queen ' s Bench , by writ of Habean CorpuB , and the question of the legality of tbe proceedings was argaed for three whole daya , with energy , talaut , aud great earDeatnei ^ ky Me « n » . Hilt , Roebock , and other * , for the prisoner * ^ -and with a sufficiency of low cunning and pTofcssi » &it tact by the Attorney-Geoeral aDd-otber C « owa Uwy « r » .

      Th « pleading * were a maw of judicial subtleties , which , had weroom to give them , would be sumciently dry and technical to weary the patience of our readers . The following nuy be regarded- as a brief Nummary ? iew of the , matter , for the greater part of which , aud for the interesting particular * which follow , w « arc indebted to the Weekly True Sun : — The nret day was occupied by a frivolous preliminary objection taken by Sir John Campbell , the Attorney-General , to the effect that a single judge cannot issue a writ of habeas corpus in the vacation . Tbit was overruled , and on Tuesday morning , the real question was gone into . It is nhortly £ hi * . When Canada first became * u English colony , in 1763 , all the then existing laws of England were imported , as Mr . Roebuck well said , "in lump , "

      and became the lairs of Canada . In 1791 or 1792 , under the terrors excited by the French Revolution , Pitt gave the Canadians a constitution modelled after the forms of Great Britain , and divided Canada into two provinces , Upper and Lower . Each prorince bad a local it-guliuura given , and of course " lump law" ceas # d to be imported from this country , but special consignments were made ; iu other words , when the imperial legislature intended to legislate for the Canada * they were expressly mentioned . The powers of the local legislature were of necessity confined to their own limiU . Hence , though the most absolute authority to make law * to be executed within their own boundaries , was given tc the legislatures of the two Canada ^ , they must call in the aid of the Imperial Parliament before they could carry out plaus beyond their men borders .

      ¦ Such is the broad outline of the actual state of things at this moroenr . After tbe insurrection in t- ' PP " Canada , of December , 1837 , tbe legislature of tbat province enacted that such of the prisoners , who had taken part in that affair , as would confess tbeinselre * guilty of high treason , ic , might receive from the Lieutenant-Governor a pardon , subject to such condition !! ad be might impose , and subject eipres * ly to the forfeiture of their property ; ami that without itndergwug any form of trial trhtttevtr . Under th » monstrous enactment , which if any such can be , in the words of Lord Denraan , " illegal every w » y , in con «* qai «» oe of being against natural justice , " wa * unquestionably illegal , Sir Geotge Arthur , ( he of Yap Dieman ' * Land ) prevailed o ^^ fl . BiBeof thu Btaaeot prisoner * , to make what b » wr * pjeued to ftrroi a - confession . , of the offence *

      etoKged ; again * t tbem , and , «! nteuced them to be tj » n « pprud to-Van Diefaao ' s I ^ and / orlWUj » everal lh ;« st . Th « otaer . threa were tried aud . convicted under , the same local act , and : revtivye 4 the game sentence . . . , On their arrixal in thw country in . irausifu to Van'DtgtDUi ¦ t-and , Botne fH ^ ndjj' ^ Briti sh , as VelJ as Col , onjal jib ^ rtjeK pblai p ^ . wnts p ' f $$ ea * cvrpr ^ ana . oh ^ eeted that the Legislature bad jao powtr £ 0 se « d prisoners to Tan Dicman ' s Land who had been convicted . unde , r * tner « local enactment , and more than all bad no fight « P to dispose of those who bad

      never been convicted or even tried at all ! These are tbe questions ihat hare been presented in every shape pro and con to the judges , and on which the judges , on Monday , delivered their judgmentdeciding , of coarse , ag * inst the Bri > oner » ' , * nd that thoogh tbe return to tbe writ ot habeas corpus specified nothing ' s * to tbe way in which they came into the * custody ' of the -Liverpool' gaoler . ' whether legatk br \ KegtJl ] fuii faoW ** taii ? n for " gr > tohSdf ; tfiat b ' e had ' a - rigaf' 16 Vole ; anefaf to- cos ^ ay . Mr . ' Hill ftfe * ib ^ ea ^ fi ^ 'i& ^ UenmentiuMairt the gaofe r griiialWg ' a ftBSHtanr ? " A ' rufc * ' » rWa « kraoted . . i-jy-j * ' ¦* .: ¦; . . ¦ - ¦ ! ¦¦ . ' . -,:. -= r- DIIIl JmOOMIlJBL ' a IiETTEfl . — — The letter , fi ^ Jrhwi ^ e ^ lJbwWg extracts have bern taken , i . * writren ny dne of tne " prisonern now in Lundon , to a near relation ; -its tone is > ubdued , y / r t- . tirio , . y » d besneaks , . much * df-reli » mce » ud earnt-ot religipjis . feeTuijj : — , "'"" Newgate Gaol , London , Jan . 17 , 1839 . »¦

      • » w W ¦' We , tiat i * , myself and -twenty-two other * , left Fort Heury , Kingston , Not- &th , ( Mary Spancer ' a birthWay ) aud arrired at Prercott uext morninje ; we were then put on board the steamer Dolphin , and proceeded directly to Cornwall , where we arnvvJiu the afternoon , having run the Long Sons ' in the steamer , beiug the second that ever run « . We renuuuwd in Cornwall Gaol until the 13 th , ( Lois ' birtb-dayi when We were again put on board the steumer Dragon , and sent to Conteau du Luc village , from whence

      we proceeded thr e mile * i » carts , after dark , through the niuddieut road I ever saw , to the Fort , where we were placed in die euard-house , uoder th » charge of some Glejjgary militia , and there we renmued two days . On the loth we tnm-Ued , in carts and waggons , fifteen miles , through a cold rain and snow , to the Cascade * , tbe road being in the most wretched state imaginable . Here we remained one night in the guard-hguse . Un the lGth we arrived by steam-boat at the La Cieu , and Irum thence nine mile * by canal-boat to Montreal , where we arrived after dark , "tod were crammed into a guard-house prwon , whare we had scarce room to stand up . After a while eight of the twenty-three were remoted to another guard-house

      , and the rest of u « curled down to re * t the best way we could . 1 , for my-part , curl « d tip ou the windowsill , and passed the night tuerc as tbe rest were all ironed by pairs , both ancles and wri * U . Ou the 17 th , towards evening , we were * marched down to a Urge steam-boat , and started for Quebec . On tlii * steam-boat we had pretty comfortable accommodation . On our way down the river next day we saw a vessel capsized in tow of a steam-boat . We arrived at Quebec on the 18 u » ( being my aged mother ' s birth-day ) . After remaining here two days , we were informed that we were to go to England , being the first we knew of it . On tbe 22 d we were shipped on board the barque Captain lions , but not until 1 had served a written protest upon the

      Sheriff of Quebec for being fransp'brted beyond the seas without a sentence .. On board th « veissel our situation was the most wretched that you can possibly conceive . There weje , besides us twentythree , eleven others from Lower Canada , convicted of honsebreaking and highway robbery , and all the room which we had to stir about in was a space of nine feet square , with- a partition through the centre and a stairway in it . You may therefore imagine , if you can , a more miserable situation than thirty-four human beings penned up in such a place M the one 1 hate described , night and day , wkh irons holding them together in pairs , and two large pails standing in -the some room under the * stairs , wherein all our

      evacuations were deposited for « whole night , in a climate where there were fifteen hours of complete darkness . Then adfl to-tfSs fitat we'had no air exceptby the stairway , a very nnall place , and that mostly closed tight and barred through the night , and think what a foetid state the air most necessarily have been in . 1 have heard much of » l » ve-ships , but the thing must be experienced before it can be realised . God , in his good providence , however , abated much of our « iis « ry , by granting qk a abort passage , for we arrived in Liverpool , England , on the 17 th Dec ., after a passage of twenty-five days . Myself and several other of my fellow-prisoners were very much emaciated indeed , being barely able to go alone . Howevet , on arriving in Liverpool , we were treated

      with the greatwrt rwpect and kindness , and of course we recruited very fast . Moreover , we had « n excellent physician by the name of Francis Archer , a friend to M r . Hinks , of the Bank of the People . We had tdso a most worthy minuter , who , as chaplain to the prison , visited us daily . He was a minister of the Established Church ; yet he was really one of the most warm-hearted Christian * I ever met with , and withal a remarkabl y easy , affable pereon in every respect . His name is John Buck , D . C . L . As soon after our arrival in Liverpool as we were sufficiently recruited , we addressed letters explanatory of eur situation to Mr . Hume , Lord Brougham , Lord Durham , Lord Glenel ? , and Lord John Russell , and also petitioned her Majesty . These loiters

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      Were sent off about the 24 th December , and on the vening ot the- SStlt December Mr . WAler , nn attorney-nam London , appetired in Liverpool , saying ious that ho aup ^ red ttor © as tlm mgant of Wm , Henrr Ashnrst , solicitor to Mr . ? Roebuck , and that Mr . jtoebuck had instructed him to make a personal inquiry into our respective cases , with a view to arrest further proceedings by a writ ol habeas corpus . We of course gave him the proper authority ; and on the 28 th Mr . Roebuck appeared himself , aud served a writ of habeas corpus upon the Gaoler of the Liverpool Borough Gaol , in whose custody we were ; for twelve of n » to be brought to London before the Judges within twrtity days . On the 4 th Jan .

      the other eleven State prisoners , not included in the writ , were put on board the steam frigate Meteor . to convey them to the hulks at Portsmouth , where we should have all be * n , but for the service of the writ .- » y e bW obtained a copy of th « warrant by whicU we were seat to England , ; and there feend that our destination was for Van Diemau ' B Land ; but for how bug we cannot tell from the warrant . . I ^ 'Hth 3 we tr » 'eHed from Liverpool to London , 204 miles , m a rail-road carriage . We travelled some part of the way at the rate of thirty milei an hour . On MondayW ( 14 th ) we were brought ioto Westmmster-hall , before Lord Chief J ^ ticeben ^ maBi Justice Littledale , Justice , Williami . and

      Jwttce Uriendge , on the writ of habeas corpus . A debate « nsned upon the right of a Judge tograut « ocn . » . wm ro our case . 16 th Jan . Judge * decide lh » t tt . was right Mr . Hill , barrister , then moved ; in « long and argumentative speech , . for ' the discharge of Lennard Watson ene of our number : he was followed by Mr . Roebuck . The Attorney-Oeneral , opposed by a speech of great length , but i ? . *™ eloquence , followed b y the more eloquent Sjhcitor-General , al ( ib Sir Frederick Pollock , ond a Mr . Wightman , which completed the whole day . ltith .--Came into court again . Mr . Hill , in a most powerful strain of argumeatative eloquence , which lasted for abftut three houre , moved the discharge of

      itanaal Wjjwn . H « was followed b y Mr . Roebuck , iu a moat impasxioned strain of eloquence , repudiating thu wh « le proceedings had in our cases as illegal and at variance with every -known ' law of- civilization . Also , by a Mr . Falkner , who read a good deal of law , and spoke to good effect . The four gentlemen who spoke on the opposite side in Watson a cose , spoke again in opposition . fj | r . Hill replied iH answer , showing the fallacy of some of the Crown lawyers' argument * . He closed after dark , when the Chief Justice ordered us to be brought up again on Monday , the 21 st , as I Buppose for a decision of the former arguments in Wauon ' s case and Wixon ' s , which will bear equally on the cases of seven otk «» r prisoners senthere without trial , viz ., John G . Parker , Ira Anderson , Jame * Brown , Robert Walker , William AlvesPaul Bedfordand

      , , Fiulay M alcolm . I hope to be able next week to tell you more about it . As the cases are called up , we learn our intended fate from the U pper Canaan authorities . Watson ' s is for life , and WixonVfor fourteen j ears , after the arrival in Van Diemon ' s Land . 1 , am in pretty good health , and well supplied with the necessaries of life , though not with many luxuries , which , indeed , I have learned to despise . James Brown is well , and is here . So is Ira Anderson . You can say to their people that we are not disheartened yet . If we fail before the Judges of Queen ' s Bench , our case is ante to be called up in Parliament for parliamentary investigation . Mr . Hume was in attendance in court the two first days . Lord Brougham espouses our cause very warmly , or at least we have been told so .

      I tru ^ t in God I shall yet live to see you and all the rest of my relatives , but more especitill y my own dear dear family , who twine around my heart with iwo-fold endearment as 1 recede from the dear , distracted laud of my nativity . • ¦ ¦ • a I fear my hard and illegal sentence will quite overcome my poor aged mother . But I hope my wife will bear it with all that fortitude which has hitherto characterised her noble spirit . My mind is comforted b y religious enjoyments in a very great degree , and we have generally found opportunity to attend to prayer and religious duties . * m M

      I really wish I could give you anything like nn adequate idea of the appearance of the Court , in which we wen ? presented . The lour Judged appeared in immense flowing periwigs hanging down upon their shoulders . There were about 150 barrister * , all with snug little grey wigs , curled very fancifully . A atxange method of putting old heud * upou young * Uou ! ders . Want curious fashions must have prevailed in this country at thenarly e ; tablishinent of the courts of ) t \ vr here . I am sure it would be a rare treat for any Upper Canadian who has not seen such a ditpluy as 1 have witnessedduring this week ; for I assure yon it was so to nu \ notwithstanding the painful situation in which 1 was placed . • • »

      PERSONAL NARRATIVES OF THE PRISONERS . The majority of the prisoners were apprehended early in December , 1837—confined in g . 10 ] at Toronto . In Mnrch , a Bill of Indictment was preferred against them , and they were told , if they petitioned the Governor for pardon , it would be extendi « d to them ' . 11 now lurtu out that an Act bad b « jn pawed two day * previously , which attache * to that petition the penalties of transportation for lite ( 6 ttt 0 / this ihe prisoners iwre iguoruttt when then

      subscribed to it ) . Tbe prisoners were then removed to Fort Henry , and buoyed up with hopes , fed by repeated assurances ' of speedy liberty , remained there till November last . J t seems that alt this time they , had been sentenced to transjiortation without knowing it . In November , without anliour ' s notice , they , wer .- p laced on the deck of a steamer , und in the inclement ' climate of Cunadu at that season of the year , were conveyed to Quebec , upwards ; of 300 mile * . ' The -eases tuf the twelve prisoners named in tbe writs are shortly as lollows : —

      • Johii'GaBlsbury Pwker , a merchant of great respmtabiiity , ia-Hamilton , U . C ., was on ttie 5 th of December , 1837 , { apprehended on a charge of high tr * a » on and writing seditious and treasonable le ttcrs , aud conveyed to Toronto . He , remained , in prison there until the 30 th of May following . During the whole of this time he was never brought bufore any court , but was always in prison . Jle was then taken to Fort Ileury , aud remained immured there until the 9 th of November , never during the whole of that time being brought

      before a court , or arraigned or tried in any manner . He was then removed to Quebec , and was shipped for England on bis way to Van Dieroan ' s Lund . This gentleman petitioned for pardon under a local act of the province of Upper Canada by the advice of counsel . No answer was ever made to his petition by the Governor of Upper Canada , and he never knew that transportation had been aj / ixeil as a condition of pardon until he saw it in the warrant he obtained from the Governor of the gaol at Liverpool .

      Mr . Parker is the father of a family of eight children . The case of Randal Wiscson w ns follows : —He was n schoolmaster iu or near Shuffville , U . C . The cbanre against him i = * that he was nn active ndhereut and partisan of Mackenzie at the meeting at Montgomery Tavern . He says that on December 2 nd , he was at the tavern kept by one Ira Anders ju ( one of the prisoners ) and distinctly states that the meeting was a public one , and there was 110 doorkeeper , as has been allege J , that there way not even a chairman . Presently Mackenzie made hi < i appearance , aud addressed the assembly , for about au hour . He stated that hostilities had commenced in Canada , that the Queen ' s forces were "literally vsedup , " and

      he bad no more doubt of Montreal being in the hands of Papineau , than he had of his own existence . He told them that all Lower Canada was in arms , that he had no doubt that Quebec must follow iu the same track at the rest of the country . That in this emergency it was for tbe people of Upper Canada to look about them and to judge what course they ought to take ; that , the leading men of all political parties had . adopted as ainattet of expediency the p lan o \ a change of cQnqtiturion as the onl y means of preventing a collision with Lower Canaan , which must be attended with a greaf effusion of blood ; that more than nineVrenths of the pedple of Upper Canada had expressed themselves in favour of the change proposed . He mentioned the names of several

      members of the leading ' political parties , stating , as he aarped each one , now" he knew him io be favourable to hu scheme , and concluded by observing that it was not expedient that asingle gun should be tired ; that it was hot intended to interfere with private rights , " that persons and property were to be held sacred in all-dases , and that it was not expected to interrupt commercial intercourse fora week . Such was the nature of the speech of Mackenzie . Wixsou , in common with the rest of those present , believed it , and went home and talked of it to two or three of his neighbours who concurred in his opinion . On the 11 th December , Wjxson was arrested ou a charge of high treason , and kept in prison . In March last , he was informed by his solicitor in Upper Canada , that an act of the provincial legislature had recently been passed , bv which all who

      {> etitionttd under it would receive a full pardon , subect to the forfeiture of their , property . Randal Wixson petitioned under this act , to which petition he never received any answer ; nor > was he eve * arraigned or tried , ftotn the day of his arrest * o » to the present lime ; nor did he ever consent- ' to-the conditions of his pardon ; nor did he ever knew what those conditions were ( viz ., transportation to Van DLemaii ' s Laud ) until he heard them the other day in the Court of Queen ' s Bench . Wixson declares that had he known the conditions on which he was to be pardoned , he never would have consented to them . This prisoner is a man about forty , has a wife and five children , and has been a cripple from his youth , and obliged to walk with , a crutch , having had his leg amputated above the knee , so that tho uclive part hit took in the rebellion could scarcely have

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      SSSiUv 8111 ' materia % «• *• gaining of an SSB ^ *^* ^ He afterwards wentlome in ^ n&& ^ S ' proclamation of Sir F . jCKdJSS . feffSfe to do so . He , was arrested on taeaut drTi » n » m ^ A im , wi coffltoittedtogaoL . ¦! SPH £ SSSS& thenbovementioned Act , received no * £ * £ *^ pet ition , was never arraigned or tried , but wi * oS laving any . sentence passed upon him was shipped off at puebec for Liverpool , not knowing WhatP was his ultimate destination .

      * ra Anderson , aged 33 yea « , havbg a wife and two children , was an innkeeper , and as such was frequently in the habit of having public meetings at his house . On the 2 nd December , 1837 , Mr . Mackenzie held a meeting at his house , which was quite public , and not private , as was afterwards represented ; there was no doorkeepe r , but people went in and out as they-pleased . Mr , Mackenzie represHnfed that Lower Canada was then in the hands of Papineau , and that it was almost universally ; agreed by the leading men of all parties , that among whom Anderson distinctly recollects the name * of several leading men in authority , and many others , that a change was necessary as a matter

      of expediency . However , Anderson was , for the time , fully convinced of the truth of Mr . Mackenzie ' s statements ; ar . d he accordingly , on the 5 th of December , joined a party commanded bv Captain Wildeman , and started for Toronto . When within a few miles ' of- Toronto , having heard that that town was in Mackenzie ' s possession , he went a-head , and on entering the town was arrested and sent to gaol . He was not at the time under arms , but acknowledged being with Wildeman ' s company . He , in the same manner as some of the other prisonern , being indicted for high treason , was advised by counsel to petition under the statute of 1 Viet . c . 10 , and with the like result .

      Robert Walker is a native of Seotland , but has lately resided at York Townshi p . Home District , Upper Canada ; he is thirty-four years of age , has a wife and four children , and carried on the trade of a blacksmith . He was prevailed upon by hia neighbours to attend a meeting held at Montgomery ' s Tavern on th * -4 th December , 1 ^ 37 , who told him to take his gnnwith him , for that the Tories had threatened to take Mr . Gibson and put him in gaol , which he accordingly did , and was engaged iu the battle which took place on the 7 th December , between the loyalist force at Toronto and the patriots , in which the latter were defeated , aud Walker went home .

      On the issuing of Sir F . B . Head ' s proclamation , Walker surrendered himself to a Colonel Cameron , who took him to Toronto , where he wascalled before the Commissioners , and de « rer 1 to state all that he ha < l done , adding that it would be much better for him . W . alker accordingly admitted that he had been with the patriots- ; he was ti * n sent to prison , and has remained in custody ever since . He petitioned under the act of 1 Viet ., c . 10 ; b y the advice ol his counsel , who told him he would be liberated as soon as the trials were over . He presented several petitions , but never received an answer of any kind . finlay Malcolm was % farmer resident in the London District of Upper Canada , of the age of 3 D ye ; irs , having a wife and six children . He wa * never engaged in any scenes of violence , nor did he ever commit nny outrage on the pewon or property of any individual , and the only act by which

      tie became connected with the rebel * , was his joining a number of persons , who assembled at a place called Oakland , with Dr . Duncombe , for the purpose of considering the best means to be adopted for the liberation of Mr . Parker , who was stated to be illegally coun ' ued iu the Hamilton gaol , but which assemblage dispersed voluntarily on the following day , without committing any violence whatever either to person or property . While at Oakland'Malcolm was , without his coni sent , elected by some of his neighbours to be their captain . He declares most positively , that the object of the meeting was not to attempt the overthrow of the British power in Canada , nithough it was afterwards nsnertea by the Government that such » ra « the intention , but merely : to express : their opinion on ojrtaiu arrests , which they considered illegal ,, and to endeavour to obtain tke liberation of the incarcerated indiviihials . .-,- -. ¦¦ - .- ' - > . •• - r

      ..,-Immediately Malcolm hoari that those who had been present at the before-mentioned meeting were to be charged with high treason , be surrendered binueU under and claimed the benefit of Sir Francis Bond Head ' s Proclamation , by which pardon was promised to all persons who should return to their allegiance , with the exception of certain leaders therein named , of whom Malcolm ws > . s not one , with the exception also of persons who had committed murder or arson , of neither ol which crimes Malcolm was guilty . His surrender was ou the 16 th December , 1837 , and he lias been in custody ever since . Shortly after his surrender , and previously to the passing of the Act of the Provisional Legislature of Upper Canada of the 1 st Viet . c . 10 , whereby it was

      enacted , " Tlmt upon the petition of any person charged with high treason committed iu that province , preferred to the Lieuteuaut-Governur betore the arraignment of such person , aud praying to be pardoned for his offence , it . should be lawful for tbe Lieutenaut-Governor , with the advice of the Executive Council , to grant , if it should seem fit , a pardon to such person in her Majesty ' s name , upon such terms and conditions as might appear proper , " Malcolm petitioned for his liberation , but he never received any answer whatever tobis petition , except that some person , whom he was informed was the solicitor ' s clerk , told him the petition had been favourably accepted so far as to save his life . He saysthnthe never , to his knowledge , petitioned

      subsequently to the Act l « t Viet ., but he is unable tospi ; ak positively upon tliat point , because in March lost he was attacked with a very dangerous fever , which left him in a stvte of great bodily and mental weakness , and it is very possible that daring tbe time he was # 0 unwell he may have signed a petition under that Act , especially as all the prisoners were strongly urged to do so ; but he distinctly do clares that he never did mgn , aud never would have signed , auy such petitiou when in the possession of his usual mental and bodily health . Malcolm further state * that he was repeatedly told before he was sent to gaol , by persons whom he believed to be in authority , and amongst others by Doyle Me . Kenney , Esq ., a magistrate , that if he

      would tell all he knew about others , he should be released , and Mr . Me . Kenney told him that he would write to Colonel Arthur that Malcbm had surrendered himself undtr Sir F . B . Head ' s proclamation ; which be has reason to believe " Mr . Me Kenney did . ' He states most positively , that since he surrendered himself he has never been before any Judge or Court , except once he was taken out as a witness against his uncle , against whom he was , however , unable to prove anything , and that the allegation in the warrant that lie petitioned for pardon under the Act 1 st Victoria , and assented to the conditions of such pardon , is absolutely untrue , unless he so petitioned while unwell , ay before stated . John Grant is a married man . He lived at

      Toronto , and worked as a wheelwright . Being in search of work in the Niagara district , he fell in with a party of rebels at Short Hills , who told him a larce army , including many of his friends , was there . On reaching the C 8 mp be found but a small party , re mained with them only two days , and then made his escape when about six miles from the camp , at a place called Smithfield . Oil his road home he was taken prisoner . He was not engaged in any action . He was indicted at Niagara , and by advice pleaded guilty , being told that by adopting that course he would be pardoned in a few days . Sentence of death was tUen passed upon him , to be carried into execution en the 25 th of August last , but on the 24 th the Sheriff informed him that his sentence was commuted to transportation for life , and he was then removed to Fort Henry .

      He had previously petitioned under a late Act , which was not attended to , and the reason assigned was , that the Act under which he hod peti tioned was suspended . When at Fort Henry the Lieutenant-Governor called , and asked him if » he would give security for good behaviour if liberated . Grout answered , *« Yes ^ to such amount as required . " He had previously petitioned the Lieutenant-Governor for pardon . . The Laeutenant-Goyernor , after a few weeks , called again , and asked him what induced him to go into the camp . Grant answered htt was led away by artifice . " ¦ On the 9 th of November last , he was , with the rest , ordered on board of a steam-boat for Quebec , 'and with them arrived in Liverpool .

      Lennard Watson is a very respectable married man , aged 56 ; has a wife and six children . He resided iir Yonge-street , York Townshi p , Home District , Upper Canada , where he carried on the business of road contractor . He is an English subject , and the following is , it is said , the sum total of his treason . In the month of December , 1837 , Mr . Mackenzie came to his house with a partyof rebels ( theirhead quarters being then Montgomery Tavern , which is wjthmhalf axnile of .. Watson ' s honse , ) and took ¦ wra bje possession of it as a cookinr-honse . , After

      tbe rebels had quitted the place , and under the adyice of several of his-nei ghb our * , who feared he might be suspected of having willingly suffered his premises to be in possession of the rebels , Watson surrendered himself upon the faith of a proclamation of Sir Frauds Head , granting to all persons who had been guilty of offences , indemnity if they returned to their allegiance , and he says ,-we are told , that he well remembers that it was said in such proclamation " that it would be found that her Majesty ' s Government was ad lenient as it was just . "

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      Under the advice of bis attorney in Canada , rta petitionedjll March jorApril . last , wUh tnelik . result aiurf the c ** t Of the othenintried prisoners . . Mri Wat 8 ott w tin pnsoner wIhwb name i £ not mentioned in the warraut . The Wabrani . —It w said that it appears on the original warrant , thai &e name of a man is confined in it , with a note in the margin not sent . " Now Watson , it seems , whose name is not there , in rent : this reminds us of a story tiiat was told durinr theTrench revolution : that an order being sent to guillotine a dozen by name , the gaoler only finding eleven answering to those nam » -8 , called a twelfth man ont of another yard , and sent him off to make up the dozsn , and then certified obedience to the warrant . We never heard that the man brought aa action against the . gaolerafterwardsforafalse retnrn :

      ana « o , if the counsel for these Canadiana are stating the truth , that the return is false , and that thS ¦ t hSThl . Apw " i *» ,, and j et t « e Judges should hold JSSi ' ^ W eannot allow . a »; trath-rf the re turn to b » SKSa ' wfiassgvajT ^ . *' hearinlt& 0 NER 8 > LAp ^ Ak 4 NCE —One of them kno ^ u ££ ttZ were ka ° wait ^« ld b » &ag £ g 8 Sggi stand erect , nor all of ns stand at thl J ± & °° J

      out of which we were only permitted t »» n < £ ? ££ in the ^ . « fi ^ yIto ^ fi . ? S&Sa jiy Misery u a sad leveller , and from tne ^ aSl vhS ^ f the ice incasing the timber , our bedding was at aU times wet , and during the whole time we were ironed incouples . ''

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      TO « Editors of" The Nprlhtrn Star" teisk to be dittincti understood , that in ajfordinf a vehicle > J * r th * discussion JT great Public ( tutitiont i they are not to be identified vith the Sentiment * or the Language of their seeertH Correttiondents .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE . Manchester , Sunday , January 20 , 1839 . Sib , —In your paper of last Sunday , a copy of which , having accidentall y fallen into my hands , I have had a chanffi opportunity of inspecting ; In noticing the recent ' speeches of a Mr . Deegan at Bolton , and others , you have laboured hard , as becomes a lackey for Ins lord , to disclaim on hehalf of Government , and oT the Poor Law Commissioners also , all knowledge p f , or participation in , the authorship of acertain — pamphlet ( the place of th * epithet I am compelled to leave blank , the English language fortunately supplying none that can adequately , or even approximately express its character .

      und every other language being , 1 hope , equally at fault in this respect , ) lately printed under the as sunied signature of Marcus , which , in the eccentricity of its movements , has burst the narrow bounds of the aristocratic orbit originally assigned to it , and is now roaming , in wanton lawlessness , over that more extensive region , the " vale of tears , " which lies beyond that little world of perpetual sun-* hine , pleasantness ) , and peace . Now , Sir , there is , I conceive , one plain and obvious test by which the question of the guilt or innocence of Government in this matter may readily be brought to a point ^ and to which , therefore , it oaght to have no objection at once to submit . If Government will but take the proper * tep to discover the author ol

      this unutterible atrocity , and have him , along with his worthy coadjutor , John Hill , Black Horse-court , Fleet-street , if such b « , as stated in » ome of the public prints , the real name and address of the printer , instantly arrested and brought to trial , asking them simply what reason they can possibly urge why ; sentence of . death ' - ( not an ordinary , but a vindictive death ) vhuuld not be immediately passed upon them , and executed toe , then some share ot credit , the public may probably think , will be due to them for this act ot necessary , though it may bo tardy and reluctant , immolation to outraged and insulted humanity . But if madly confident in then own security , and heedless of the storm which is

      gathering around them , they suffer these worse than hellish miscreants to escape the wholesale terrors Ot the law , knowi ng that each a literary prodigy is actually in existence , the public will persist in believing , all earnest , aud uoleiun asseveration , all deeply reasoned and elaborate speculation to the fontrary notwithstanding , that the proposition for " painless extinction " : has been put forth , if not at tlieir direct iustigarioB , at least with their sanction and connivance , and . ' w . nl naturally-attribute their affectedly indignant repudiation of all personal concernment therein , to their awakened fears of open popular vengeance , or private assassination , one of which , in such a case , must assuredly overtake the guilty parties .

      Should it please the Almighty , for some wise and beneficent purpose , to permit the infatuation of our present rulers , suppose them to be implicated in tbi * dark project of iniquity , to proceed to the extremity ef urging them to attempt to carry into practice , the suggestion or recommendation , call it by what name you will , of the fiend i » the Roman mask , I venture to prognosticate—such is'my confidence that the virtue of British matrons , and maiden * , and men , is not yet utterly extinct- * that nothing can save our ill-fated country from a bloody and fearfully retributive revolution . .. - . Let no one suppose that I am exercising undue severity in thus ueliberately recording . my vote in favour of instant capital punishment on the offenders .

      accompanied tho as I would have it to be , for solemnity and effect , and ' - ' ais I confcerid so monstrous a case would fully justify , or ey « n call for , with circumstances of exemplary vindictivenesi . Tofcounselmurder , to be an accessory befotu the fact , is , in the eye of even-banded justice , of equal responsibility with the actual perpetration of it ^ and though it were even inferior in point of criminality ^ there can be no deuial that me unspeakably intense guilt of simply imagining or contriving the systematic wholesale destruction of innocent infants , through all succeeding generations , would . make more than amends for uuy _ deficiency in that respect , and be amply equivalent to the actual perpetration of many murders .

      In another article in the same paper , headed " Infanticide and the Sun-, " you have attempted to cast . undeserved odium on the Sun newspaper , for iutimaring a belief that the monster , Marcus , was a Poor Law Commissioner in disguise ; and have even ventured to impute to itgross ignorance and prejudice for proposing that he should at once be torn to piece * by the people—a proposition which , I unhesitatingly assure yon , has my most cordial concurrence . You also state that nothing but the most implicit reliance on the gullibility ol his followers could have tempted Mr . Stephens to ascribe the authorship to tbe same source , the Sun having apparently made its statement on that gentleman ' s authority . Now , Sir , with your permission , we will

      suppose it to be an undeniable fact that the "book " is actually in existence , that being a point which it seems you do not venture to dispute ; and the questtou here naturally presents itself , how , on mere abstract consideration !* , since it most necessarily bave had an author , unless you prefer the somewhat inconceivable alternative that it wrote and published itself , there can be any greater absurdity in ascribing it to one person than another—to a Poor Law Commissioner , for inxlancs—by authority and appointment , officially and professionally , a practitioner in depopulation , than to the Rev . Mr . Stephens . Wnac secret information , Sir , are you in possession of , enabling you to assure us , or even to intimate to us that the book in question is not the production of

      any member of the damnable confederacy of Poor Law Commis « ionars , principal and assistant , unless yon have been fortunate , enough to hit upon the profound metaphysical -discovery which would reduce contingent events under the dominion of a priori evidence , or in default of such an achievement , are haunted with the consciousness , which to all human comprehension must then be inevitable , that you are yourself the nnenvied author , modestly fearful lest you should find it fame , " of that coldblooded and infernal project . ..: The favour of your elucidation of the trifling diilicnlty ^ and answer to the well me ^ nt interrogatory henon submitted to yon , will at oace edify and enlighten , 4 s well-ag numerous others , one who hati the noaour to subscribe himself . ' '¦' ¦¦' ¦ . - ' - . ; '" . - . ''¦ ' \ ' } ^ " ' ' ¦''¦ '¦ ' ; ¦' . ' - ¦ ; Anti-Mabcus .

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      The Bioai * Ho »; Michaei . O'Loohlin , Master of the Bolls ia Ireland , ' has lost his eldest datj ghter : in Devonshire , where she was residing for tbebetefft ^ r heif health . l .. i ^ E ,. ^ it ^ ipNlsBlBp ^ Mobdebeb . —Prince , a militia colonel of Sandwich , and a member of the Upper Canada Parliament , has been guilty of the wanton inhumanity of putting four prisoners to death iwithout trial . No man can doubt that this miscreant is guilty of murder , and yet you will find that he will go unpunished . If the son or brother of one of the murdered men should resort to the rifle as the only mode of redress open to him , the provincial papers would be filled with denunciations of tbe assasnni' ' : ' : " .: ' ¦ ¦ •"" ¦ "" . •¦

      -Attempted MxTRDEB . —Ann Prowse , servant of Mr . Tbotnas Eales ^ farmer , of Voyseys . near Totnesa , has been committed to prison , charged with the diabolical crime of attempting to poison her mistress and daughters , by putting arsenio in some gruel that she had prepared for them . The large quantity of the poison infused into the food made the partakers of it sick , ' « $ j | tbua their live * were provideutiall y saved .

      Original Correspondence.

      ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 26, 1839, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1042/page/6/