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  The Kewcastle Conner . —On Monday "week , Archibald Bolam -was placed on board of theMlks at tiie Hoyal Arsenal of Woolwich . PoRisHorTH XtEcnox . —On Friday Mr . Baring , toe r » ew Chancellor of ihe Exchequer ,-wasTe-dect ^ member for Portsmouth -without opposition . The New Protest of the Hanoverians , in favour of ike Constitution of 1833 , has be « u rejected , like the former , by the Germanic Diet . Feveb . —Fever is"very prevalent near Tipper&rv , ana several persona in a respectable station in Hie nave been attacked by the disease . Iscoxseqitexck of fixe lateness of the harvest , the farmers of this county haTe requested that partridge shooting shonld he postponed until the 1 st of October . —Chester Chronicle . ^ SES ^^
  
  It is stated that the daughter of Viscount Southwell is about fbc married to MrJ& . OiFerrall }> LP for the county of Kildare , and . one of the Lords of Jhe Treasury . —Worcester Journal . J " sew Lobd LretTESiXT . —TheDnio of Sutherland has b . ~ en appointed Xord Lieutenant and Gustos Rotalonnii' of the county of Salop . ' . / ITe iju ^ , from the Augsburg Gazelle , that the Turkish and . Egyptian Sesta have been dismantled by command of 3 l ? heinet Ali , and axe now lyin ^ in the Bay of Alexandrhw A Shocking Beats- —As the son of Captain Stevens was leaning over the engine , at Wheale Kitty mine , the engine man put the engine io work , Trhen the poor youth had his head pnled from off Jus body . —Cornwall Royal Gazette .
  
  Joxmus-s Last . —The people live uncommon long at Vermont . There are two men there so old , that they have quite forgotten who they are , and tbere is nobody alive -n-to nn remember it for them . Cheap Tbaveujxg . —In Belgium yon travel by railway seventy-five miles for five francs , or 4 s . 2 dl asnxedby Government : here you travel the same distance for 21 s . —Letter in the Times . - The Dpke WituoT op Nassau died on the 20 th , « a fit of apopleay . He was fortv-seyen -fears of «« e- He is succeeded byliis son , " now ih " e Dnke Adorphus . - ¦ - The Lokds of the Teeasttrt have , in conse-¦ qneace of a memorial addressed to them bv the ¦ Zoological Society , made a reduction of- the rent of the grounds beyond the canal or tunnel in the Regent ' s Park to the extent of £ 200 a-vear
  
  The SEBviis Thbo . ve . —An article in the Cerhrhue Gazette , from the frontiers of Servia , states r \ £ l e dePutation -which was sent into Walla ^ hia for Prince Michael , have not been able to induce Ifenee Alilosch to allow him to depart . - ^ Apwncsnmas . —Lieutenant-General Sir Samuel ± ord \\ hitnngham is appointed Commander-in-Chief » t Madras , and laeni « nant-General Sir Archibald Campbell , who commanded during the Rangoon ¦ war , is appointed Cojnmander-in-Chief at Bombay . It is stated that unforeseen circumstances , unon which politics , however , have no share , mav pcthaps prevent M . pubois de Ghissismes from accepting the post which has been proposed to him of minister of Belgium at the Hague .
  
  The 2 U-MBE 2 of Failtbes in Paris during the Jasi fortnight was 35 , so that the entire nunfberironi the 1 st of January to the " 21 st August amounts Xo 160 . Among these -were 101 joint-stock companies —3 ational . PaoDiGiors Egg . —A hen of the Portugal breed in the possession of Mr . Howes , in St-Fai ' th ' s-lanel laid an egg on Monday last , which measures eight inches round , 9 } the long way , and weig h * 6 . Uz . — 2 korjdK Chronicle . ¦ . . Pooticax F ^ sTOJiorsxESS . —The Mayor of JaTerraain declined representing the Cinque ' Ports , at the Wellington Festival , on account of ihe commiuce haTiag refused to allow the health of her Majesty '* Ministers to be given as a toast . "
  
  JRorscKT . —The apartments of the I > uchess of Kent were rubbf-d at the close of last week of plate and ^ rean ^ g apparel . The depredators were two swops who safely escaped with their plunder , bat we'e afterwards stopped by the police . Her Pu > val Ej ^ h"nesa declines prosecuting . ° A female Tery respectably dressed , and vrho ar > - peare-n about thirty-five or thirtv-aj : years of a « e uaajH Anne Morris , was indicted for stealing " a pe : ne : ! - « ase a pocket-book , one twenty _ po * nd not ? , ana 2 ve soveTcisns ^ the property of " Charles Der .-reach PurcelL The prisoner was extremely handsoa » " "
  
  The exvexue of the Lisbon Custom-houjse and Ercise-ofi . ee , and Ccstom-honse of Oporto , for the . month of July last , paid in debentures , ex-paper money , and coin , amounts conjointly to 327 : 934 / 160 leak , equal to £ 71 , 15111 a . 6 d . sterling , shewing an increase , on the preceding month of June , of £ 2 ^ 43 " Is . 2 & . sterling . - Sbceep-3 teau 2 cg-- ^ No less than ten sheep-stealers were apprehended last week in the parish of-Rock-3 and Si . peter ; and , what makes the fact" more extraordinary is , that they ate men moving in a respectable sphere of life , being farmers . In one inftaace , twelve stolen sheep were found onih . 2 prisoner ' s premises . —Norfolk Chronicle .
  
  SrsGrxAB SncTDE . —A lunatic named Shea suffocated himself in the cell in which he was coiifine-l in the Cork Lunatic Asylum , on Thursday , hj « - < 3-eti 2- a piece of lime on his person , which he car-Tied at m | Jit to Ms cell , and having placad it * in ~ uU ^ t raw bed , saturated it with water . —Ttpptr-uy Free Press . - . ' - A c » csieu from Stockholm arrived at Christiania in the night of the 13 th of August . He was the bearer of a decree of the Council of State , pronoun-• osg lie dissolution of the Worthing , or Xfiet , - » rhich toat plaee at iwo o ' clock on the 16 th . The ianghad ^ refused to sanction TariotiabUl 3 TO » edl > yiliat Asseia-¦ Wv .- —Commerce * . - '
  
  The Cobpoiutaox of Ln > Low hare rseeived notices from the agents of Earl Powis , thai if they -attempt to renew any of ihe leases held nnde-r theui , the Court of Chancery "will be moved for an injunc-^ tion against the Town Council to restrain ihim . — Worcester Chrtmide . - ' ' The Bishop of Exztkb has received a letier from Ix > rd John Russell , proteating against the interference bribe Chapter or the Bishop with the rights ¦ o f the Crown to nominate a JDean , and giving his Lordship notice that the Grown trill take early legal proceedings to vindicate its rights and dignity . — H ' winter * Gazette- - '
  
  Tzon ± JLErvBX printed by order of tbe House of GCTiinons ( No . 442 ) , of the nianber of £ ais in Bankruptcy issued from Jannarv 11 , 1238 , to January 11 , 1839 , it appears that the London £ » ts amounted to 305 , and the coantry fiats to 7 S 1 , making a total of 1 , 087 . The highest country lin Tra * that of Manchester , 82 ^ Barminghxm , 54 j Literpool , 44 ; Leeds , S 3 . The Hells , —The OTopxietOTB of the gaBjblinghonses at the "West end hare taken alarm at tha Xc-w Poliee Act . It is stated that KTeral fcaTe bsen closed within ihe Jast few dare , and other proprietors it is expected will " follow on ihe same aide . " It is understood that tbe commissioners of police iniehd to declare & general war afaiubi ill saeh places .
  
  ~ ExmsOKDTFiST SZKCBE OF FotTETS «« PHk 70 PJIEis , a > -d Foktt of the ArDiE 5 CE . —Os . "" Monday night , between nine and ten o ' clock , in . exsriordinary sensation was created in Parker-gaeet , I > rurylane , in consequence of the seizure of fourteen parformers , and forty of the audience at that den of infamy , the tiro-peauy theatre , in the abpre-named itreeiT The performers are all in their dfessevaad are , with their compinions , s nn ^ lj lodged in Bow-« reet station ; the lock-ups are crammed ; the » pp ^ arance of t he motley group will cre-ate a scene which -would puzzle Crnik .-hank himself to poarrray . The seirore is made under a clause , in th * Jsew PoHee Act .
  
  Accidest . —On Thursday , a 3 Mr . Hartley , % merchant of Lincoln , waa driving his horse ojer th « bridge in a gig , the animal became restive and placse'l vjokndv ; Mr . Hartley jnzrped out at the cack cf the gig just as the horse made a ^ tremcii-Joas Isapover the parapet , carrying lie vehicle with hip into ths stream . The horse wa _ s saved , but thS'gig was dashed to pieces . —Boston JJeraM . ¦ Braxdi >* g a Desebteb . —A few mornbgs since the operation of branding a deserier was performed in she Tower on a private-belcnipng to the FnsUecr Gnards , vrho liad been sentenced by a conrt-martial to be braaded Trith the letteT D , and to imdergo three znonihs' imprisonmeni in the Penitentiary , foi < ie ? ernon . TheaaB was brought from the place in sioutteu slocE
  
  ¦ vr Meli be had beea-confined >* o ^ .. ^ The « ha J of tueletf « r Trasfirst marked % 7 itL zoms colocr-¦ inffoa Mi "a <* , z ** aftwmsrfs traced wiiii asharp ^ TBEent in loafftBdiial liu ^ . When this w ^ = c- ? l--t- < l . the letter was finished bviaeans of a ! Sr £ " S ± el in a cork , find finally rubbed wnh s c ^ .-rlr- mixture , ^ iiitii ivis impossible to crauirklr lie man ap-. > e 3 rcd io snSer * gr&i doai o , &r : ^ So ^ Kb ftV TbB ^ ^^^ £ d = ^ j ' bv a drnniia « r . iii tie presene * » I P * - P ^ liJf , the sur--oa of uie regiacat . Tl ' ia ¦ Eia svai EtU- ^ aueiiily cc ^ Tejed to the military iiosrits . ^ ^ \ Crsiors -OrstLXXiQ * took place last ^ eek is C" s L' * -k-TS ^ i iiat t-n 2 Si theni 2 ^ tiie < V / -- -or f :: r-- ' ~ -rc = sis which Lad been taken iiiio Jmje *» ifj l- Ti : _ _ . ; - _;? -xr-, ^ —^ ga-rn ia i ' . to a J ; tue in- ^ ic iic ^/^ Ubiru ' of her leasth frdia Tier strc , aut -T-- ~ -rer-- -- J ^ .-m ihz i ^ re part oi her to trez : < ,: V- v -- :,--: ; - £ ulsW : s rave , ardlrcr-.. t tot-t caVf-=. ; -d the older h&c jdvai by iue ffia « tr .-LlpTrrlirl ' .. the men h ^> e s .. ay , ami ie ^ Eisa . o the i-. r ; f s ^ iivnjvras ^ tv ; l - ^ Ud fr&s ih : n . ^ r _ > a ~ . ; G-i ' ii' -- - -- - -: ' cljhiz-yz ii-t . Th ^ -F ^ ~ ° ~ ~ - }~ - ~ - ~ - ~ JD : -. ' ~ ' ~~ * :-a ? Ic ::: ; . I su Lt iinv : ii 2 r = or . lQ- -i is eo r . . ^ --eitrr : ' -. "' . cr \ ei £ el rivia ^ ce—J- " -- ^ :- ~^ ~ - liil-va-il LtK-re ilie Griaiusr . —2 Lt'i- * -& ' i J - •• - •'"•
  
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  Suspected L > -FAXnaDE . ~ An inquest was held ^ ^ i ^ at % e fc gwiasUe Coffee-fiouse , St . Mary . » t-Hm before ilr . Payne , on the body of a new-boin male child . It appeared from the evidence that at about half-past eight o ' clock on Wednesday evening t Si PSpf V ^^ &s found on the step of a door in Pndding-laoie , Lower Thames-street . 'On opening tne parcel it was found to crotaan the bodv of a . ftdl-gxown finely-proportioHed . male child , wnich was « arefully wrapped rip in apiece of white calico , to which was pinned a not « , Avritten in a legible female hand , of which the foUowing is a copy : — " I p ^ y them that meets with this dear babe will do TOiat 1 dare not—that is , to bury it . This is the grayer of one that will not be long in this world " f SP ? ellaa Smithof Gracechurch-streetsur sSl ^^^
  
  , , geon , stated that he had seen the body soon after it was found . It was that of a full-grown and perfectlytormed male child , which had apparently been born about eighteen hoars . As there were no outward marks of Tiolence , he had made a post mortem examination of the body , and had ascertained that the lungs had evidently been folly inflated . There was bo internal appearance to indicate that the child had died from Tiolence . It might have died from neglect and exposure . The coroner here inquired whether any traces had been discovered of the mother of the deceased , and , on being answered in the negative , adjourned the inquest to Wednesday next , in order that further inquiry might be made .
  
  MmiAiiT IxsrBOPvniXATiox . —Insubordination has of late made fearful progress amongst many regiments of the line . During last week no fewer than Jive privates are recorded to have struck , fired upon , or attempted to bayonet the superiors they bad sworn to serve . So numerous , too , are the deserters now atlaTge , that if embodied , they would form a corps more powerful than that which , under Graham , tnuffiphed at Barrosa , or with which , by the Whig Whitelock , failed at Buenos Ayres . Li nine cases out of ten the culprits and deserters are dike Irish Roman Catholics , instigated by their brother Ribbonmen , to enlist , with a view of acquiriu ! j discipline , and assisted by the affiliated Papist Lodges , which poilnte oar great town 3 , in their efforts to escape , xrajy our forefathers were wise-when they made it a rule that no Irish Papist or other alien should be allowed to contaminate the British ranks . —KentisJi Observer . ¦ .
  
  A Fors ^ ears' Fast . —The subject of the narrative is a yonng woman of the parish of Lara , at . present in her 19 th yesr , blooming with health and beauty . When abo ^ it nine years of age , she r ^ health , the most prominent symptom of wliien was a headache of the most painful nature , very inveterate , and difficult to relieve ; along with the headache , there were other symptoms of disordered coht-tiumon—a rapid pulse and deficient appetite , &c . Eat to detail all the varying symptom ? of heT Icr ^ theaed illness is not me object of this letter—that description falls more properly under the province of the physician . 1 ; is enough to mention that at one tiiua she was supposed to be threatened with water in the hc-sJ , at another the liTir and bowels were suptusc-d to
  
  be the seat of her disease . After being ' seen by many medical men , and undergoing various aiodcs cf treatment for two or three jears , without any amelioration of her disorder , it wa 3 canuidlv ailnutlca by the usual medical attendant , thai the only hope of a enre rested in the change that laiglit be produced on the body at that period of life ushering the-sabjtct of the case iuto * womanhood . Ai this time she was froia eleven io twelve years of age , her appetite had completely failed , aad her whole su < : euance began to be " derived from a glass of v . luskey in a teacupfu ] of hul "water , sweated vfhli two ies-spoonfuls of si ; gar . This quantity was taken three times daily , with not so much as a m ^ uhful of solid food or mUk
  
  , eyerything when s-vvallowed _ being . immediately ejected from the stomach , with the exception of the above mixture of whisky , water , and sugar . There might , at long intervals , be a slight deviatjor ^ f-om the above , when a single moiitbj ' ul of sot' . u food occasionally rested on the stomach ; but , vnthout exaggeration , 1 must say that for four years her whole sustenance was derived from the above mixture of whkky , water , and sugar ; and ^ though ner form wae s-leu ' , yet she grew in &tatarc , was sever coafired to bed " , nor withindoors , except for a few tveet ^ . when the spine becoming s ! : s . -ir . ly affected . * he was obliged to take a reewaibent position , to prevent curvature of the sp : ; al -column . Suffice to say , tiraj in process of tirae , nature
  
  iid vrhs . i neitaer mxn i ; or medicine could accomplish . The yociij ; -vromaa is now well , hole , and nearly . The being accustomed so long to the daily use of ardent spirits , hasleftno baneful habit ; she is as abstemious as the most moral of her sex . Althon . sh a xn&uerate eater , nothing comes wrong to her in the sh ^ jje of solid or 1-yuid -nourishment . It any feel sceptical of the truth of the above statements , they can be testified by the family of the young woman , who ars respectable—by the medical gentleman v / hu attended her—as well as by may . v individuals in the neighbourhood" , who , aware of the fcbovt fact ? , -were induced to visit the young womaa from motives of curiosity . —Ayr Advertiser .
  
  Desperate Affrat at Eodam . —About seven oeiock on Thupday evening last ( just after the termination of the races ) , one of the most alarming and aesperate af rays oec-arred between the eoMiers ofthe 43 ih regimeut , stationed at Windsor , and the thunbio-rig gentry , ever perhaps -witnessed— cten upon araca course ! 1 % appears that on the day preceding several of tbe privates had l > eca cheated to a very considerable extent—many of them completely " cleaned out" by the pea gentkmen . " A private in the regiment , baring lost all his cash , at last staked his watch , wMch , we need not sav , he lost . A serraBt of CoL Boys likewise staked ' his' watch worth , with its appendages , upwards of £ 14 , at another table , with the same result . When the poor fllows had lost
  
  a all their available property , thev discovered fhey had been victimised , and not till then ; tliay , therefore , determined to proceed the next day to the course in a body ( though for purposes totally unknown to their oSeers ) , and " regularly serve out" the Tictisnjsers , of whom there were uptrards of 150 , connected with not less than fifty tablas . Accordinglv , on Thursday , a body * t the -iolh , consisting of about 200 men , attended the races , and everything went on most peaceably until after the last race , which terminated about seven o ' clock . This was the « 5 gtial for the coaimer . cement of " operation * . " The soldiers , who executed tieir movements with true military precision , first com-Baeseed by seiring the tables of tho thimMo-riggers —brcakimj them into pieces , and using " the fragments as " ^ weapons of warfare . " Others of the party armed themselves with the short thick clubs
  
  belonging to the ^ snuff-box-knock- ' em-down gentry , " and " cut away , right and left , " in every direction wherever there was a thimble-rigger , or a table used " professionally" by those cheating vagabonds . The dice , pricking the garter , E . O-, and other tables shared the Mime late . In the course of twenty minutes not one of this description of siand 3 was to be seen , but in fragments . Several considerable quantities of silver'wereknoeked over , and dispersed in the emeuie—lui not one farthing was touched bv the soldiery . The thimble-riggers at first showed aonie resistance , bat they Tvere soon glad to give in « d esrape from the field cf action . However , as ii vrag , several most severe blows were exchanged —two or threo arms broken , and many ?
  
  heads ditto- ^ and bumps a ; d bruises were manifold on the bodies of each of the belligerents . When the riggers " ran for it , " they werehotly pursued by the soldiery , who not only drove the whole of tnem off the course , but out of the various public-honses in Egham , wiere they had taken refuge , and ultimately cat of the to > ra . At about eight o ' clock tins portion of the affair vras at an end , and ihe main fcc Jy of the military , which consisted of about 300 , iLct . ] ef ; for their quarters at Windsor . Shortly afier » ar-2 < , the ' pea gentlemen " ventured again upo :: ilio . course , armed with the sticks and staves Jeit fcelund them by their victors . Unfortunately , however , some ten cr twelve-of-the privates of ihe * 5 th ( who , we are informed , took no rart whatever in the affirav ) had reniniued in one of
  
  tbe booths after the " main body" had retired . This being made kuown . to the gamblers , they determined to wreak their -veBgea » ce upon those poor fellows , and " pay them out"' for the drubbing they iiad received from their comrades .- Accordingly they proceeded to the booin , and after '' Tery iaeivlliy" driving oui all tnc civilians , who rrere t ^ uiitly eajoying uicnL = cive 5 j commenced a murderous attack upon the soldiers , vrho "were unarmed , ant without . themost triHing vreapoa of defence . They then dragged them from the booth , threw then down , and kicked s . uu maltreated them with a brutality thai was only equalled by their cowardice . For some time the younir soldi ere ( the eldest not more than tweaiy-twj years of age ) gdlaniiY defended iliemselvesj ' i-a : heh ^ overpowcrod by nunn ers ( . 1 . 50 io 1-j the' -lir . d no chance vrith their rjwarulv assaiiaiiti , who , ali ^ r having speut their fury , anil i left nearly the whole of them in a state oi'inseiititiiity , retired . Vze puor fellow was so dreadfu'i y mau ' kdjiiishuadbebiiraiiiic- ^ i " beaten u > a intunaiy / 3
  
  , ihat h-i was taktrii , apparenily in a uTj-Ujj state . 10 i vh- ; ISaiT » li : ~ i , at Ejiljaiii . where he iros ) nnz , ' . v- ' l-t-i : -he last t-: counts viSSv a ^ -V ; in a-v ? TV dangcr-; vk ? ?! n :. ; . F ^ nr < , iher 3 are in : he ilo ^ phal tf-tlic i b .-a- ^ atk ? , a : Windsor , seiiorsly injured , and xioat of ' , ihi 2 trr . s . i . "ic-r nro lut ia a lit siai ? Tor dnty . i . ' i \ ,- c '" : * v t ; tts ^ A divj ion oi' police , from Lv : }' . . ^ , vr ; r ; jr ; uv . iv o - . i i ^ s c ^ : ? rse earn . ; : the rnrnnutr , but ill ' h ? A ! : ¦• ' tr ; 2 « to ' e ^' -1 prcvioBs-iy : <• the Sr ? t row . : i * i « r ' . 'i-v ' C'j ' prKtri , ii is f ^^ f-- ied -fhey could ; :.:: .- ? iSe iicraiiv- ^ S ^ sss ^ li : e oTcrpov .-c-riv s ; ¦^ r :: \ -: i sr . < i twal-ei-s vi ' t ! : c iainMcr ? . At tue f oiu-¦ u ; n :-ME » nr of tbe Tv-. - t : se js . i > pl ? wore « -cn ii ~' '" in vj . 1 Lir-j-iiioz . ? . -i ^ on jnsiiy of tvLkii die nio ? t ' .. tivciavcl robbcri- ^ ^ ero coiiii ^ He ^ oy-il-o herde t-f ; tL : j * c- - sad piekpucki : ' viio ' f . rA cozu ^ vq- ^ . ¦ : ^< jc ' i . . " c = . It bci :- . ^ - _ . ^ r kai tic ::: ii ., : i vili _ :: * i iva-: -: /^ E ^ ' ^^ : a ^;^ ' ^^ - ^^ b - ; -- ^ JiJ fJ c rL : ] r diri ' i-i in £ ciiii ^ i-...: : y ^' -r .
  
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  Exi ^ ° W > MtA . Mr PRocEEMJics . —Lieutenant J . H Maxwell M -N »* command of the S Coast-guard , refusing to fetau'd "P whilst the company were singing "God save the $ ueen , " at a concert at Crota&rtr Bailie Watson expostulated with him on the imf ropriety of hig behaTionr . On the following day jeutenant Maxwell applied to tiia magistrates for a peace-warrant against the Bailie , who "Was held in bail not to molest him . Mr . Watson appealed against-the- decision of the benchwho ; on a relieft-^^^^ : ^
  
  , nng , reviewed and amended their former finding , dismissing the warrant and bail , aM admonishing Lieutenant Maxwell of the imcropriety of his opiS duct m refusing to stand during the singing of the Royal anthem , more particularly considering bis station and the commission he then ¦" 'held . Lieutenant Maxwell appealed unsuccessfully to the quarter sessions , and then to : ther court of session : in the latter the Lord Ordinary quashed his appeal with costs , refusing to permit him to put in a second euspension . —Inverness Courier . ¦ T
  
  ° 1 Y ^^ WH * ^ -v « m * was held at Ely , on the body of Martha Day ^ a girl about IB years of age , whose death occurred on Tuesday aftenioori , under very extraordinary circumstances . It appearedm " evidence that- about one o ' clock on ^ he Tuesday she was heard to callout for her mother , who on going toner immediately found her standingon a low branch , or crutch of an apple tree , in the orchard adjoining the house ; andon lifting her downfrom the tree , she could not stand , and appeared to have lost _ the use of her limbs , and before she could be carried into the house she expired . A post mortem examination -was made by Messrs . Muriel , when it was discovered that by some cause a dislocation ot the first vertebra ; of the neck had taken place , which had caused total paralysis of all the parts below the iu 3 ury . and almost instant death .. Verdict accordingly . The deceased " was imperfect health , aud was gleauing about a quarter of an hour before .
  
  "Appallisg Murders in ISdia . —The Bombay papers , received by the last overland dispatch , conlain an official report from Major W . H . Slcemau . on a system of crime of a most ^ extraordinary and revolting nature , which prevails iu the Delhi territories , and in the native states ofRajpootua , Ulwar , aiid Bhurtpore . Some years ago it was discovered that a numerous class of the natives of India , under the designation of "Thugs , " were banded together ' , and their impious confederacy was cemented by a sort of religious covenant , for " .. . the ' -- 'commission of murder ; and . the report referred to exhibits another class of those people , of the same . character , ' and nearly akin , pursuing the same object , but under a different form , and with somewhat- , different . views
  
  , c » olly committing assassination by wholesale , in a way to make the stoutest heart shudder . The report , which is " entitled , "Allaiwrt ou tliesystem of Megpuunaism , or , the Murder of Indigent Parents for the l ' oung Children ( who arc sola as slaves , ) as it prevails in the Delhi" territories , aiid the native states of Bajpootna , Ulwar , and Bhurtpore , " is of considerable length , and its details are of a shocking description , presenting the singular anomalv of a people generally reputed , to be gentle , merafui , and free froai the passions that load to heinous oifences in other countries , deliberately sacrificing the lives of iheir fellow creatures , in order to steal and . sell ' their childrea as slaves ! Delhi , the great capital of the Mahommedan Empire , is an extensive and
  
  populous city , ' thp . 'residence-of ;' Uie Imperial-Family ,, and one of-the principal seats of oar civil aud military establishments in India . Three of our largest , most fashionable , and most delightful military stations are at--short distances from it , a : id the surroumlhig country is the be . 4 peopled and moit cultivated portion of ' our eastern dominions ; and vet in this , which may be considered as the garden of Hindostan , this : hideous system las been practised for upwards of ten years , though hitherto unknown , and almost unsuspected , by auy of the Europeans . who have visited or resided theic . The report statos , in effect , that the svstem ofrtnrdering indi gent parents for their chilclrcn , has bein Nourishing since the-siege of Bhurtporein 1 KG
  
  , bangs travel about the country , taking their famiVes with them , the female members of which' inyei * le emigrants and their children to join their party , aud prevail on them to accompany them to some phce suitable for their designs , where the' parents ire murdered by the men , whilst the women take qire oHhe children , which are afterwards " sold-. Several of the criminals have been arrested , tried , convicted , and puniehed ; but it is thought that the niimter of the gangs is on the incroas */ -as the conviction for specilic acts of murder is attended with considerable difnculty , from their practice of fiiicinfe the bodies of their victims into thb'rivers " -near which they are commonly Murdered ; and alsofrom the obstacles thrown in the way of traeing and
  
  recovering the children , who have become inmaies of the zenanas of respectable people , or the establish ments oi prostitutes who all consider tliemjclves pistified mthe purchase of them . And it is feared that they are so , by the existing regulations—at least , the purchase has not as yet been considered a crime , particularly during the late fauiiue , when hundreds of children were bought and sold daily The gangs always select for their victims the parents ' and grown-up children of distressed families , who hare-been driven to emigration by famine or domeatac misfortunes . Bringarris , who all over India trade m children that have beeii stolen from their parents and abandoned ¦ women , who purchase those that are good looking wherever they can « et them , will
  
  give more for those whose parents are certified to be dead than for any others , because they have less apprehension of such children ever absconding in search of their relatives , or of their behi ! j reclaimed by them . In seasons of great and general calamity , like " those by-which Upper India has bceii for many yeare past afflicted , numbers of the most respectable families of all ** castes" have been reduced to indigence , and obliged to emigrato ; and tho children of parents of this description , who have been taken care of , and sheltered from the sun , and who are , consequently , generally very fair , ars those most sought after by the murderers " . In such seasons ; of calamity , the permission to purchaser and sell children saves , it is said , many from starvation ; and it is understood that , - \ rliere thof u purclmes are
  
  permitted , wheu the children reach the a « e of -luaturity , they are free ; but surely a law whkli ppeua the door t * such enormities as are described vought not to be Buffered to exist for a day longer . The report concludes with an appendix from which it appears that about fifty members of different gangs have been arrested , some of wliom have been allowed to turn lung ' s « vidence , some were convicted and llUUg Borne were sentenced to imprisonment for life , an J others , and by far the greater number , were discharged for want of evidence against them . The examples made , however , do not seem to have had any moral effect in deterring others from pursuiiii ' their murderous avocations . Several of th& gang's consisted each of fifty or sixty men and ¦ women ! This horrible trade is called "ileepunna ; " and on commencing an expedition , the call of a partriilgc , ifa ' ea'td on the left , was considered a favourable omen ; and on the right , th « contrary . —Heading Mercury .
  
  ifuBDKB . —A most cruel murder has been perpetrated by a party of Irishmen working at the Spon-lane Works , West Bromwich , on the body of an inoifeD 8 he and respectable man . It appearis that there are two - becr ^ shops in Spon-lane , in one of which the Irishmen have issued aH ori 3 er that no one shall enter under fear of tkeir resentment . On Saturday night , a highly reRpeeiable mac , named Thorn a * Barrett , in the employ of Mess . v . Chance , of Spoa- > la . Qe ,-took vfrieru intothe interdicted house for the purpose of giving hfm a glass of ale . They stayed there taiting for ecme time , " and on leaviajj to go home , a party of ubout forty Irishrnen met them , and attached them with relentless fery . Poor
  
  Barrett was soob killeil , and the monsiew then beat his friend until ie became insensible , -ahen thev left him i supposed enrpst be /; de thp d « ad body of " Bar-Tr-u . On the Irishmen retreatirjfc-, the wounded man wa .- » removed to a place of safety , but no hopes are entertained of his surviving . As maziy as twenty of the garg have been apprehended a « h ^ ing cosneeted with the murder , aEd a coroner ';? jury has been summopeito inqaire into the foul deed . Since " - ' the perpeuaiio-a of this diabolical outrage , the English - men in Messrs . Chance ' employ have refuied to continue Jn their eiafloy nnltss the Irishmen in \ he woiks are' immediately , discharged . —Stafford Examiner .
  
  An Awkward Mistake —A man namei John Neil appeared at the Brentford Petty Session ? on the following charge r—Enzabtth Hughes , a female ¦ oi full-blown beauty , stated that on . the previous nigbt her good man got ir ,-o a street squabble and nYnt , and from that gotir-to Brentford cage . She , howtver , got iut « btd , asd ii ^ d not been loDg asleep before she was awoke -by a strange noise , on which she rose up in the bed , ¦ v ,- > : eiJ , to htr tUTprise , Bee found th ' s prisoner had , Eiiir . oy . n to her , got into the vp-in- bed . She immediaiely-got out ol" bed , and ran down 5 r » it ? j-aad c : ) 'U- »] in the poliee , who had tht ? £ r .-a . ttst dlfficclrr ^ n exneJliEe him from the
  
  room . The . prisoner , in his defence , said he had i-lepi the two previocf isig ^ . is at a lodging "house atlj " --. 5 :. i « g .. thar in v . I ; ::-i ; ; -i ? cempbiaa ' jt resided . i « iag rather the ' . vo : ? e {; .-1--. ijuor , h ? . had sunie difficcl y in fi ::: ng . the . ki-v . s the ccor , as he supposed , of the lo 3 g : r ; g . hoi ; s . when it suddenly epened , at !; i rif , raying io him-::: _ " By ges ' a , I ' m very 'lucky to Sr . i 5 t opsn , as I -ih-jVi : ioi sieep OTt 2 . 11 night , " went up io - . rbat ho c ~ r . r ^ . ili ! rea L ! s ^ -m room . On getting : nco bed . he fou :.-i be had a female btdfellow , whom , .=. : Bin l .-iy C | -:: t , >> e ' : bought it wcald . be a pity to Q ^ rV ) it being Gii ' y a mistake . The heeeh said it
  
  ^ vss-s niG 5 ia-. v ' i , ' . - -:: a m : siakv for him , and fined him m 3- " -.-i -a ia d ^ i-uU . « snt bin * to tr . c ITous 3 of Gorl ^ . ' - ' ~^ ior on- = ¦ ¦ : n-: b , -enoins : v ' vr . Mm . ( urr 3 er- > he . ^ . "X ' . ^ srvrv . - ! - - •*?¦ -f * h :- r «> . r rolx-- ? A-ciJ'thc -3 i > -. ' ; 3 fUi- ' - ; '"> ' : ¦ UUU !'' S-S b S C"ll ; p . niOii . eatii ivr . evsi . 0- ;" s *
  
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  THE TWO BICES . ' ' Look here uponfA / i pis : v ure > aadon ^ 's » ; ' " The counterTeifc ptesentittonk' of two brothers . " ?^ s strangOthat ^ r ^/ Ric ^ oraiJthorHyregvl , Should choosefo * his iigji-son ' aafcg title 2 foti * d-Eai ) le , WMlehia namesake , ( as eWy plajgoer musi * now ) ^ W | n ^ on ? y ' -know ; by . ae namo . >«^;( Jim ) Cm * ' ^^ P ^^ % tts ^^ ' y ^\ T ^( i ^' ^^^ state , has . commumcated to Captain Matmin ? . the Iiieutenaut-GoYernor , of Portland Castle , thai the Q « e ° has . been , gracjously . pleased to ^ dirtfcfc fhe § nm of £ 50 to be eiyen towards forming a road between tho new -bridge and the yillige of Ghisil — Dorset County Chronick . ^ vmmomm :
  
  J 3 EATH or a LlWtE ^ iBL .-Yesterday afternoon week aii inquest . > va 3 held in the Board Room of Payne , _ thC eity coroner , on Mow of the body of LhKibeth Mam Wilgon , a fine little girl , one year and seven months pld ^ wno ^ a 9 killeS wider very dreadful and melancholy circumstances . Frederick Young ,, a labouring , man , residing ^ at No . 11 , MilU street , Dock-head ^ deuosed that betweeii twelve and one o clock on Wednesday , he xyas passing up Thornton-street , Pock-heai ] , -vvlieu he Sbservtd I loaded yvaggon ^ rawn by . three horses , going in the ^ Ptaon ^ ooJo ^ strert ... ; Al ihe ' fe ^ SmAte i ™ some children playing in tho street , and inunedi-^ iM ^^ - hvaxi .-ticriiiim . Ofl . 'teoldnk in the
  
  direction , ho saw'tho . ' deceased child in the rW bennd tho . waggon . Witness rail and : pickedthe poor little innocent up . . Sne was dreadfully injured ; both hop / feotw ^ . sl p ^ h Al % ; tlro n ^ , w )^ flfth « W . gon ,-wjucltweut over tliem ; tho ri ^ lit arm was also severely injured . The unfortunate little sufferer was convoyed in ^ a cab to tlio hospitai , and tlio medical pincers , ot the institution immediately attended to the distressing case | but so soyero wtis tte naiure of the lujuriea received , . that she only survived a few hours . Daniel Cleiicy , another vvitiiess , gave similar testimony ,, and proved-that the driver of the watreon was . in hm right KR « atiou , and ; perfectly sober . Verdict— " Accidental . death . " DeoUaud on the waggon , Is . :. ¦ " °
  
  ^ . RonRRRY .--An elderly respectable gentleman of Glassy has long had a suspicion that he was dying , and wishing to aYOid . the expense of legacy duty to nis . lnends and relations ^ homheintended to benefit at hisdecease ,: he . has had his money for some time kept in ^ he-Glasgow Jiank , keeping : checks for £ 500 each , in hjs cabinet , ready to be handed over to his various relations yrhen ho finds his end approaching . On Intfiy he left town ibr » little recreatibn , inl on us return oil Monday , lie foiuud that his cabinet had been opened , and a d , eck for £ 500 abstracted lie niAdoinimediate enquiries at ; th 6 b * nk , whoi-e he ascertained that tho draft had been presented arid dnTypaul . on tnday last . As the draft was duly o ^! i , / r draVa up ' tankers Avill not suffer . --ocqlm Jiefornier .
  
  M « di < m ( i . I . NjKLtiGi . iNCE . -Mf . Muskett has given notice m the House of CdmmonS that he willlarly noxt session submit to the H » use the policy of appointing . stipendiary medical officers throughout the empire , for the purpose of suggesting , from time to time , such general sanatory precautions as may tend to secure the public health : -
  
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  THE WELLINGTON FESTIVAL . _ On Friday Dover was alive with preparations for thw banquet . The pavilion is thus fascribedbn ^ A " S ° ^ p " ^;^ i « io « rcy Pavilion at Edinburgh or the Peel Pavihon at Glasgow , it was still more beautiful in internal decoration , aiid more excellent m rwhness of embellishment tlian either otthein . U stood , inclnding its covered ways and entnince lobb . es , ; upon , « ft fe « t of ground : the area alone occupied for the purpose of the dinner being 120 _ feet oy 130 feet . There lave been cS s . \ * - ts erection 400 loads or 20 , 000 cubic feet of timbeiv and it has taken 100 men sixty days in building . Its shrvpo was nearly square , liavinV at tho one end a raiHeteUery , elaborately ornamented , tor the distinguished -guests-, and at ithn nnrmsif » » v '
  
  tremity two higher galleries , the lower of which wa 5 ' appro Mateitto the ladies , and the upper to the military band . The tables , which ran Sown the centre o f thc-. binVcVjiMr , ranging in a ' .. gi'adual rise on cither sidD , consistc-1 pf twenty-threo in number , aftonling accommodation for nearly two thousand people . The front of tho principaf gallery Was de " corated with the coat amour of- tjio Lord ' s Warden of the Crnqvio Ports , whilst over it and against the wall y ,- Wo suspended in the , centre the < f « ccu / i arras surrpnnded by flaga belonging to the Cinque Ports Volunteer Regiments , aiid a trophy composed of ajsuirass , helmet , and other arms taken from / the field of \ yaterlop , botween two stands mu F * f- , * cro 11 supporUd by eagles , inscribed ^ Waterloo ! " ; Qa the ^ ieht was / m ^ ,, ;
  
  * i i * f ? c 0 'p •* - , ^ pestry , representing the birth of Achilles ; and . within in emblematical border w-ero the arms of William tho Couqueror , the founder of the Qnquo Ports , ( being : Mars , t > ro lions rampant , gnardaiit . in pale sol ) , draped with appropriate banners , on either side the flags of tfre Vohmtcers « f the cinque Ports , of tho time of George II ., emblazontd with tho arms of Lionel Sackville , Duke ot Dorset , flanked on either side with piles of muskets , andsnrmouuted witha most elaborate ray of swords aud a veryhaudsome star composed of bayonets , Un the left was a Tory elegant piece of Gohelis ' s tapestrr , ropposo nting th ?; Cjlops forging : the arms of Achilles ; draped round vrjth coloiirB , and answer . mg to the anna of the qpnqiierOr were the armorial bearings of the Cinque Doris . The chair wan filled
  
  H ^ } ya 1 keiVtb . e Mayor of Romiioy and Speaker pt . the Cinque Porte . The dinner was appointed to take place at five o ' clock , and the Duke , with his accustomed . -. . punctuality , armed shortly before . On Ins entrance , and on his progresa through the densely crowded assembly , ho was receired with cheering : Amongst more distinguished personages wiio were present to testify their respect to t'heir noble guest , wore tho Marquess of Bute , tho . Earl of Cardigan , the Earl of Brecknock , Visoount Xoftus ,. Lord Fitzfoy Somerset , Viscount Strangford , Lord Soudes , Viscount Canterbury , Viscount Mar-Bham , Lord MaTyboTQUgh , Lord \ Vharnc ) iffe , Lord Brougham , Lord Lyndliurst , Lord Forestery the Honourable and ^ Rer . ^ . Neville , the Hononrable C . Arbuthnpt , Sir Frederick Pollock . Hon . G 6 \
  
  bpencer , Sir . Francis Bwdett , Sir A . Murray , Sir W . € nrteis , 3 ir . Wm . Young , Mr . Plumtfe , Sir Edward Imatchbullj General Sir Edward Paget , the High Sheriff of the County , Captain Boldoro , J * lr Rushbrooke , Mr . Justice Williams . Sir J . Honeyw'pod ^ Sir Tv Akland , Sir J . Croft , Sir . J . K . Reid , Mr . Rice , M . P ., Mr . Bonliam , and Mr . Palmer . -. ¦ . - ¦' . . . " : ¦ ' . - ¦ .. ¦•¦ v . > ¦ ¦ ; -. ¦ ,.:: - ¦ ¦ -: " . ' ¦¦ - ¦ The ^ only s pcecliea worth extracting from , are those ^ ° , ^ > Mgham , vrhio proposed the Duke's health , and the Duke ^ s own , ^ : Lord Crouffham , ; after saying all party feelings were out of the question on this occasion ,
  
  said—If I hadall the eloquence ofall thetpngues that ever attempted to speak , what else could I tlo ? How could a -thousand words or all the names that could benaraed , speak so pov , ; erfuUy- » y , eveii if I spoke with the tongue pf ^ an a ^ gel , as if 1 were to mention one wprd—Sir Arthur Wellesley , the Duke of Wellington , ' the hero of a hundred fields , in all of Which jus banner - has waved in triunipli—who never , I mVoke both hemispheres to witness—bear witiiess . Jburope—bear witness , Asia ^ who neyer adVancod but to cover his arms with glory ' - the saptaiii'Svho never advanced hut to bo victorious , the mightier captain who never retreated but to eclipse the glory oi hi 3 advance . & j
  
  After eniimerating his military operations—I no less desire . to . linger a little longer—dwblling npori so marvellous a snbiectl Shall I then ; go back t * former ages and ask whether any comparison of ln ' 3 Tictorics is to be made with thosa of Julius Caasar , \ vho exivpassod him only in on » particular ^ and that tho worthless accomplishment of practised oratory . ' " .. " ,. ' . "¦¦ .. ¦ • ¦ ' ; ¦ .. - " : .. ¦ ;;" .. Against the trpth of the followring passage we must protest : — ' , Oiir chief has never drawn his sword but in s
  
  defensive war , which alone , of all wkrfaro ; w not a great crime . lie has never drawn . bis . sword , against the liberty of any ptople . But he has constantly unsheathed it , and blessed be God , lias triumphantly unsheathed it to secure the liberty of all ; the servant of his prince to coniuiand his troops ,-but the soldier and defender ; of his country , 'i'he enemy' of her enemies , be they foreign or . ' be thoy domestic ; the fast ' . > ie ' iid-of-th . e-rj- ^ i ; s '; pf- ' hk .--fellpw- ' , < 5 itize » s and the champion of their lawful constitution . The Duke , in returning thanks , said
  
  ,-T-I have to return thanks to tho Noble and Learnou Lord , who , I hope , will' allo > y .. me to call , him my . Noble and Learned Friend , for the manner in whieli and the terms wkieh he has used iniocommeiiding to you the services in v- 'lneh I have been enil'loyea by the Government of this country . I hayc also to expre&s my " grateful ackiiowlcdgruents to you for having invited me to be your giiejt' at . ' tins inagiiificent festival . My Noble aiia Learned Frienu ; has Statecl to yoii , with gitat tvuth , that there are ; timea ; : md circi ^ ir ^ tancei in which , and ; nnder which , all feeling " -. * of pariy- ^ all party rnumosity—all- descrip-¦ tioiis of pJlitital feelings , ljiusi ; be laid asids . I iiiuit "do wy Koblo nnd l-eavned Friend the justice
  
  to say tliat for " yeavs and years " "there has been jiotiuns of that iio&cription in social life between . liki s ; iJ . in * -, r-otVi-ithjUMing that , it is certainly , tr . ' . e tiiat . Ihave had tae misibrtnuo pi ' .-diffeiirig ill opinion with- niy Koblo and Learned lYiond upon raar . y P ' -- 'J ' njti ; of internal , aiid possibly of other d ? scripti !> r . s ; oi - policy . But 1 am afraid ' .- that notvdtli-£ t . r . uiing the eoi-dkltty ia whieli I hare " alwayslived \ viih you , tiinl liotvath-jtr . iHlingniy mostaiixiQiis \ Vish io cc- " c perate wifh . v . \\ vi you in-tile ' public SOtviee ia sHacVwc- ) irli -. c .- . aH"t'Xn . cmpiayod , I nisiy hapxiiii : C'I kiiowlv (] ot ^ . ht \ piKn ) . tO / clifibr "witU . some of von ¦ uj -ii si ^^ Cvfs ' . ' i li aiitical iutc rwt . to tlie « oUifvry , ' live iiiv ^¦ : \ - ' . , ' . " a ' 'y : i LcaTtt ^ d . Fticud judges » i you
  
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  correctly when he states that such feelingai M differ ^ ence would not prevent you—as they have not preventedyou—from doing ffie the honour of uniting m « to this jestivaL aud of bringing hero to iaeet me , not only . tho whole of this interesting couhfv but persons from all parts of the kingdom , , ad ^ ' even tromabroad ; ¦ -. - ¦ ¦¦ : . '¦ :. ¦ .: '¦ .: I- ..- ¦ ¦ ¦ , i ^^ ^^ m ^^
  
  The F Grth|S# Stak. ; Saturda^;Aif6ust R,I«3&.- ; ; ; ;
  
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  CONSTlTWTIONAr , RXGiHTai OP ^ THS " ¦ :. ¦ - . •' ¦ ' .. ¦ " . - , ¦ - ¦ ; -:- ' *^ fOPiC . ¦ •• ¦ ¦¦ : ' '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦• ' ' ; - ; - - ARMING FOR SELF-DEFENCE . * ** S « i ^ tarn neeessafium . est , qwmteiwre semper arma , quibus tcctus esse possis ?^—Vegetius . ' Can any . thing bo more necessary than tne possession of arms for self-defence ? '¦' -.: ¦ '¦ : ¦ I-HZ present subject seems to call for a ; few remarks upon the exercise of national resistance to nationd injjL . *" 5 cs . The grand / object oi placing arms at the diap ^ sal of a pepple , istliatthey may make good ^ the assertion of right and repel the infliction of vfTong ; that they el ^ preserve the general security- , whether from the ai ^ aeks of foreign insult or . domestic tyranny . Me *"* were never inteiidud for
  
  slaves , whether their skiu" » e dark or fair—whether their intellect be strong or . " ^ eak , thero lives within , a spirit too exalted and t . oa M > bte ever to weai- the chains of bondage . By nature all are free—all are-oq . 'ial ; ahdthougli in civilized society , distinctions and a ^ grees spring ' UP > yet each member , howewr poor ana humble ; is entitled to certain rights clearl y denned and taught by reason ; ; if these be violated with impunity , he becomes in reality and effect- ^ a slave . Men may , be called free ; their country may be lauded as tho land of liberty , but if their true priyileges are needlessly restrained , they are certainly nothing else than bondsmen . |
  
  How are they to recover the rights of which they may have heett deprived ? They should ; firstly clearly kam . in what they : have been \ vronged and devise the mostfavourableJremedy j they should then endeayourby every peaceable and lawfui meansi-tp obtain redress . The restoration of their dueg wiU -of course be moro beneficial , if accompanied bypcaceand brotherly affection ; a coursp prracribed by the mild precepts of Ciristianityv and dictated by the mighty voice of reason . They should bo anxious to resume their liberties tranquilly , but they should be deter ^ mincito have them effectually . . .. If a ' tlangth . taught
  
  that nomoral power upon earth can gaintheir object ; that petitions , prayora , ; and supplications are in rain ; then they are well justified in having recourse to those measures which are best fittedior their purpose . The only plan left , is to obtain as warfiorsj what has been denied to them , as suppliants . When the majority of a nation aro determined no longer to exist in servitude , and cannot throw > it offby harm-Icss proceedings , what remainstp them but to trample it in the dust by their united and gigantic strength . ! There is an inherent fdrce . within a
  
  people , which cannot be rooted out , and which will inevitably be roused into action , when oppression has goaded its victims to prefer the peril of death to tho certainty of servitude . It is this resisting power , that alone can-secure the freedomof anation . Thero is a ' legal maxim , that the law never allows anything , without at tho same . time allowing the means of its enjoyment ]; if then it declares certain rights , it must neeessatily annex the legality of preserving them inviolate , first by the most peaceful , secondly by tho iuost egectual efforts .
  
  It would be the height of folly to declare that all are (^ titled to liberty , to property , and to Ufe , and yet deny their priYilego of obtaining and protecting these advantages whenever they may be stolen or attacked . Tho duty of allegiance from tho subject , and that of protettion from the ruler , are reciprocal , and the one ceases with the other . Not only the subjectybut the Monarch , may fee a traitor : the former by plotting against the King without due cause ; the latter by violating the sacred majesty of the pebple . "In one and the eame nation ,: when the fundamental principles of their common union are supposed . to . be
  
  mvadod , tho only tribmial to which the complainants can appeal is that of the God of battles , tho only process by which tho appeal c * n be carried on is that of a civil and iutestino war , " ( Blackstone V ; 1 , c . 3 . ) " leaving to future generatiorm whenever necessity and the safety of the whole shall require it , the exertion of those inherent ( thoughI latent ) powers of society which no climate , " no tinie * no constitution , no contract can ever destrpy or diminish . ^ < B 1 . BJ 1 , c . 7 . ) In the wordaof DbLolme , " Powor , when its object is not the good of thpse wlib are subject to it , i 3 nothing inore than the
  
  right of the strongest , and may be repressed by the exertion of a similar right . ' ? The manner of gaining their ends must necessarily be left to the injured ; the precepts « f history , tho lessons of experience , the nature of the evil , the titties and circumstances , must all be taken into consideration . The resistance to bo successful should certainly W general . An outbreak of a few is termed a Tiot , and the ringleaders are generally transported as felons ; the rising of many ia dignified by the title of civil war , and the partisans are immortalized as patriots .
  
  PhyBical resistance can only be carried Pn by the use of arms , offensive and defensive , and the right to possess these instruments of security is oue clearly esublished b y the British Constitution . The Ancient Britons are described - ' i »'' . a ' . . - : inbst ' ' \ \ rarlike / .. j » epplia dwelling in tents , and always accompanied by their swords—their government was a military democracy , arid every man was a warrior . ; The Saxons delighted in Baartial encouhters ,. and as each ffienibor of the e&iMttvmitj axrited at a mature . age , ho tras presented in a general assembly tvith a shield and short spear . "Tho men were habited in soldiers '
  
  cassocks and armed with spears , confiding much in a small shield , which they bore at their baoks . " ' Witichindus . ) Tho Anglo Saxoua are said to have rosembleu the Germans , as spoken of by Tacitus ' No sooner was the sound of tlio warlike trumpet heard amongst them , but the husbandman leaving his plough in the field , caught up his arms , and ruslicd with fury fortli to battle . " One of their sports was to cast themselves naked between swords and lances , set-up at certain distances . The Danes were celebrated for their management of the sword lance , and axe , aM it was a vbvr , with every free ' man to die with ariiisin his hand . After their subjagation by Alfked the Great , they , together with th «
  
  rest of his subjects were carefully dniiect and registered , and . had assigned to them a regular round pf duty ; one part was distributed into the castles and fortresses ; another was appointed to take the field on any alarm , andto assemble at a stated place of rendezvons ; a . Bufiicient number was loft at home , who were employed in the cultivation of lands , and ' after-\ yards took their turn in military service : the . whole kingdom was like oho garrison . ( William of Malmsbttry . ) There was also an annual meeting of every hundred , when tile people assembled in amis , \ vhence a hundred was souiGtinies : called a wapentake , and its court served for the support ' Military discipline , as well as the adaunistration of justice . ( SpeLsuiC gloss , vol . Wapeuiake . ) ~
  
  Our ancestors at this time were much ad ~ dieted to the chase , and thoush . . after tlie Norman cou ( jue ; 5 t , this pleasure wuS most unjustly restrained , yet thcii" arms wore loft to them for nobler pur--poses . The fer . dal system , wevs , in feet , the artof oi&nsive and defensive wavfave ; and every ' ' -man-under Us ruls was a soldier , No \ v eame into fashion the sliders _ arcliers , and cross-bow wen , and now wo hear of a complaint that every man was obliged to purchase for liimidf his oiv * amour according . to his circumstances , -instead of having it . foundfot Hua ... An orOiiuaiice of lleni-y II . sets Forili , thai every frceinaii . vrko po ^ c ^ eU goods .. and cktitelg XQ the vauvo pi i . i .-: toeu marks should have a co ^ . % l ot mail , alielu \ ct ; asUisW , and a lance ; a'ad every
  
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  freeman , possesed of ten : marfes ^ should have / anhalbergelium <* body armonr of leather fenced-with iron , ) an iron cap and a lance , and every burgess of ike - tt'JiOfe WjiMinty § liould ; have a icanibais ( a coat o ^ d ' elkcc miaeof leather Olll ^ ¦ aft Jm ? ^? * W a lance ; whieli armour , thexwerVforoiatlgfl ^ ipr pawn ^ pn pain of ; severe penalties ; The sports of the ; citizens partook : of their ;¦ martial character , ^ y Sunday v afteniooh ^ ^ saya ^^ H ^ * n lent is . spent Ja riding coiiraes upon ; trained horses , and in counterfeit Tkattiei made with lances andshields" During the ? hplHaja tho younim « t were ^ exercised ; in leaping , snOotinP vfiih ^ wrestlmg and casting stones and Javelins ;^ p&er tm * they ^ met . vritK : bucklers Me jyhting rnen . ( Strutt ' s English Sports . ) : ;^ - * . ^^
  
  ^ . Caxtq * ^ ems , « ^ yeomanry hadd ^ theyr bowe ^ unden bynethe the : kne&v ; hav ^ ^^ e e ^ rrowp , aniasimde- Thnswere men » pn tinjes ^ pf peace / and justiceOhe mod ^ of using them at other periods , might safely bo lef t to nature ^ d . toreason . Archery- ; was ^ ow practised conhnuall y ,. and the English how becameaweapoa of great execution . ' ; ^ "
  
  By an ordinance of EdvtM the First W <^ man from Meon . ' to / sixty ia : to ^ * Z * accordingto his land , and chattels-and all wh <> possess chattels to the amount of : forty peiv ^ ' saali have"Ml 3 , sisarme , daggefs , ; and ptlier commoner arms aiid all others , whocwld , should have alow andarromr By ; 13 Edward I ., ; constables w ^ electedto inspectthe-orms of the people twice a year to see that tlicy were tept in , diip order and ready for service ; andto present all defaulters . Edwabb II ., ( we learn from an old chronicle ) , when fearful of his Queen and 3 on , " ordennade ini every hundreddo and every ; Wapentake / of England , triouraof ¦
  
  menof annes and ;; fbtemeni ¦/ whj ch weren piitin diverse scenes , as Bom man ^ was w keeper : pf twenty , and somof bnehundred ; and he also ^ ommandedfl alle these to bee in reddinesse :. ' at theie » ste ; calle ; or Jgnal to is ^ ue-forthe . " fy th& IStliHENRY IV " Justices and Sheriffs were empowered ; to call for the assistance of aU ktvights , ' gentlemen , yeomen labourers , servants ,. and apprentices , who were all bound by the Statute of Winchester to nave harness or armour" By 5 th « bWARD iy . ' « Every : English man shall have a loin of his oWnJbeight > which 13 to be nade pf yew , wych ; hazel i asii . or aider . ; or any other reasonable tree
  
  , according ; to \ their power--audhutts are to be made ia every iownshi pV for the Whabitanta to shoot at etwyfeast day , under penalty of a hal ^ enuy , When :: thcy shall omit this exercise ' . At holydays / ' observes Stow , " the youth used after the evening prayer ; to exercise at theirW ^ - ter ' s doors , their wasters and bucklers . " In ihe reign of Hexry VIII ., muskets and cross-bows had nearly driven outof fashion the bnce ' celebrated ^ lopg-bow , so that it was . found , necessaryvtoissu ^ a prpclamatiDn forbidding their use , and obliging every ;» aM ^* eing the king ' s subject , ; notlamejdecrepid
  
  nor maimed ,-being within the age of sisty years , to use and exercise shooting tmth long-bows , a . xid also to have a bow and arrows ready continually in his house ; fathers and guardians to teach their male clrildreu early to shoot with the long bow , ; and to provido bowa for them ; masters are to Slid ' bows for their apprentices . By the 33 Henry VIII ., every ma 7 » w » 3 bound to possess himself of such arms , as ; were then in . use , and a master was bound to find arms for his labourers ; and to stop the cost ' of them out ofthe wages . An old poem mentions the ganiea of young men in these
  
  vrPrds"And they ; dare / challenge ; tor tothrow the sledge , To jumpe , to leape ovif ditch or ledge ; ¦ To \ yitvstle , play at stool ball , or to rttnne , To pich ^^ tbe barre , or to sfwoie of a gunned Queen ELizAnETH in an address to the parliament said "You that be lieutenants and gentlemen of command in your counties , I request ; ypu ^ to take care , iha . i , the people be well armed and in readiness upon all occasions . " Thus ,-tp thisr period arms ; were uniyersally possessed and exercised j not Only ; as ah
  
  undoubted right , but W a duty and obligation , for tho defence , of the country , Our chief jurists lay down the law on this head , as cbmpeliing every man to be prepared ; for danger , « I t i ^ Hhe duty of all men to ; have ormi" says Foriesq ^ e ; -Front Bbactom we learn that " it is the right and 4 « j » ira ^^^ ^^» BtACKSTONE Xjuservaa ihtst "tielaws prEnglandi recognise np . distinction ibetweenv the citizen and the . soldier . '' " ' .: '
  
  We now . come to the shameful attacks upon this ; necessary privilege ^ which : has suflered like so many others , by , oppression on the one hand , and by servile endurance PO ; the other . / Arms Wero usedin . sel ^ defeneb ; against th e / tyrantGharles I - and ; therefore his foolisli , profligate , and despotic son , caused a statuto to Ije enacted , ( I 3 and 14 , c . tc . 3 . a . 14 , ) whereby / Deputy / Lieutenants are emppwered ; to order the seizurepf arms belonging to dangerous persons . However by the Bill of Rights ( I . W . and M . / St . 2 . c . ^^^ Prote ^ taut subjects may have arnw for their defence ^ able to their conditions , at alloioedby law . " In the reignpf Geoiige the Third , in whose time the most
  
  penuciQus 8 tatut « 3 were allowed , it was enacted ( 52 . G . 3 ., c . ^ 2 ., . 1 . ) that Magistrates may order arins to bo seized on suspicion of their being collected / for purposes daiigeroiis tqjhe public ( peace * Bj s . 7 . all assemblies ; meeting to betr ^ nieS of- drilled , or to learuthe use of ams , ; withotit a ; warraritfroni \ is !» Iajesty , and all meetings for ; the purppse of forming depots fc * arms or . of taking them u p , or pf raising monoy /** this end , are jguilty of a misdemeanour . Sucli assemblies ^ areito be dispersed tiii&
  
  those persons ^ found With arms , to "be arrested . 60 . G ;; 3 r c . l . onsets that ail who drill or train others to the use of arms shall be liablo to sevenyears ' trana ^ portatidn , or to two years' impris 6 nment > while those who agsembl « d to be drilled niay . be fined and imprisoned for two years . Persons so assembling may be dispersed or detained ^ C . 2 . orders Justices to issue warrants' for searching for , and seizing , weapon * dangeroits to tfie public peace . Persons found carrying arms under suspicious circumstances may bo detained ' and bailed . These acts were formed in
  
  reckless defiance of tne most important popular interests , and were intended for the subversion of all that is dear to man . We ma-y bbserye , Pn this ¦ subject / that , escept in the caseof drilling , it is absolutely necessary before any conviction can take place , that the possession' of these arms should be proved to be for " i > Mrpds )» 3 dangerous to the publicpeace . " . What is : " the . public" ? The ; many > the inajority . If then the many arm for their own safety and preservation ^ they arm for , and not against ,, the " public' ? peace , ludepeiidently of tha maxim that to live in peaoet
  
  one-should be prepared for : war , suiely the security of tights , must produce happinessj order ,. tranquillity -and contentment . / This ; argumenV though : strictly ; true , ; : will ; probably not / t&f ceive any respect from the Judges , and thU 3 w& £ n 4 , that the ; us © of arms pne © enjoined by \ n . vr is now punislied by law , and tli ^ pt the means for preserTtaJipQ have been converted into the engine of state p ' Tpgocutipna pf transportation , imprisonment , military slaughter , and fines . -But'no . laws , no penalties
  
  can repress the independent soul of man , or destroy his abhoiTencb of slavery ; let him . onceVdetfermine upon the recovery of his freedom , aiid . the ^ pmver will quickly spring , up before luni ;^ very obstacle ¦ rt-Ill fad « 3-away , and tho strpnghplik . cf ^ ppressibnf be levelM with , thedust / The poopfe kiww what the constitution , and what tho law declares ; it is their duty to preserve the advantages-of the fonncr ' ; and to prevent tho latter -Jnt ' endeil ' as the - guardiaa of their safety j from being made theinstraiaent of
  
  their destruction . They haye tho power ; to assert their constitutional rights j let them . incline ; tp thsir preservatipirivitli firm resolyo , Rad ¦ if ' possiblo i v ^ i ' tb pease : ; ^ tli ^ ' peKever * ^ their eitbrts ; in tho ^ ered /^ u ^^^ fgajMW H eoual .-jiVAtt sliivlt ^ koWneU ^ ?^ fgS ; r - ' < - % ^ mK ^ ¦ ¦/* ¦ ¦ " ¦ ' y ' : feft ^^^ i ^ M ^ : ' ¦ - / /; : / / . Mt ^ KSfcp ^ b ¦ '¦¦'• ¦ : •• ¦ \ j « i ! Jv > V' ? . * A * ¦ '"' ' ^< -i-- ^ if- " - ¦ "• ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦"¦' ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ " - " ¦ :: ¦ ' '"'•¦ ' •' ¦ f'U t » ¦»«¦ " *'" ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ - " : ' ^ &Jjr ^ < -yx '" ¦ ¦ ¦ . /¦ ' - :-a : ¦ : ¦ -: . ' > . ™ »* i ^ SAi-tiAi : / j / -
  
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- Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 7, 1839, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1073/page/3/

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