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      -fiJS - ' " ' * - SOS >* ETS , BY JAMES YERNON . TO THE MIND . I . Tbou ? re »* source of poverty and -wealth , And spark of X > eity , -whose Dre&Ui was blown Into man ' s nostrils on creation ' s dawn , « Acd man became a living soul , " -whose health In Physic ' s , time leaves unimpaired : to thee I t > ow with reverential awe , and own Xhy grea > supremacy , bat moit when known To use thy eaergteB to unbind and free The enslaved ; to rally round the standard-truth ., And strain the nerre to keep it -wide tinfurl ' d , Ilsat jastioe may regain its throne , in sooth , And the wrrper to the pit be hurled - - Pjob wharee lie sprang : for twere uncouth j 0 k * w the knee to Mammon , that enslaves the

      II . jjjgtiboTe &u the empires of the « attb ji * B sway ' st thy kingly sceptre 4 * nd thy throw % & bailded by Omaipoteoce a $ <» e . ¦ yjje nsa ^ ic senses that proclaim thy worth & » 3 sl xbee of heavenly origin—eot birth . ' Xach firm resolve jLnd deep-vrrougnt BdrBl » are known Tie mandates of tfcy sovereign will , and ov ?* - Tty nnasorping cower , whose grasping girth go often circumvents crt-ation ^ wide Expanse , Trtwse eye of matchless speed ret trace . Tbe dirk Kraeasured space where systems xdds , And thence descend to that unfriendly plaoe Whose gu ' pfais bottomless ; where sorrow * -tide Ke ' er eW »? where wayward minds rswke their due disgrace . TO TEE IXCA 3 TCERATED CK 1 HTISTS . GsoVr ; p « 2 " 4 patriots , your praise my muse Bath k > 3 g desired to sing . But not ^ Siie themes To which the venal lute aspires ; wtech aims To garnish vice ; and with its fiendiafe 'form infuse gome wan of desien dignity , to xmase The tnjndging-crowd . Injustice t » ell may need . The aid of tinsel orBMnents to deok its mead . " Virtue ' s true sons , the friends to treth , disuse All srnrions aids of art , and shine aost bright When unadom'd , saTe "twere k tf prison chains ^ Whose every mark shows forth a risrtuous . weLjht ,. WS ± noble -soul that spurns th « bit and reins , And would not go noh&rness'd if "be might While a poor brother " neath a Vmd remains . Southmalten , 10 th January , 3 « 3 .

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      BT ASGTS . There -ire really no aoJifeing features in S . cyal Qorerataeni ; if monarchy is-ieipotic , the eril of an * c ; is & 5 once perceptible ^ : -if it is limited , the- « niy j erideM * it affords of " perfrS-ion" is , a grealer-diffi- i oclty ica-certaining the secce from whence-aH . / eTil j —a grievance emaua-es . Paid—royalty—peasioBefc—mystifiers nay tell ' -their pupils , that " me-rraraby derives its " -skigte j ~ hlss = sdaess" from the BAHiral fac . of an infant tfanuly j

      being -watched , advised , and . directed , t > r toe -expe- lieaea . the capability , the vnsdom of the paiaxtr— TFhere re = ts the aua-agr- *? At what period is a I monarch capable of » saa « tng the duties -ef . pareut j to a-aecion ? When are tire millions of vwisd-iEinds I inananon ( contrasted with the wisdom of a-tiug )' in . a sa .: e of iidaBcy ! *^ « 7 er . 1 ; ' we could procure ' one precedent , one f&ct , ito prove that -one -human j beiEE was , or is , capaWe of justly and effi . cko . il > , legisir ' . iijg for milli » as , -vre will , at ooce—v . t&oul ' foricer preface—throw otr opinions to the wind- / . ¦ I

      Whc ; , in the nasie of > . * lelleciua > medtovrily , k the Ese-oLt crowned head : ^ xD ^ es he maKe iawa : ? j ^ o : he caa only sancnon theo after they are m 3 da ! -Has sav 020 mortal guEdact meutal power to . per ^ ive the enere Tvoikiug—tie-va . ried effects » f gooil or bad ' laws ? Xo : unltss his-position is such , that-fee is one -wto obeys them —<* ee of the peopfe . How , then , n «! i : a king" or any-au ^ k mortal sanction ia ^ v s \ Tis aa aWurditT . xso » e can sancti « H laws batthe publio . ' olce ;—the m » j « rity of those who obey tiem .

      iSonxrchy assumes-tfee right of proclainuag ^« Tar spins ; ail and sundry who may etcite the wryal d ^ p kanre ; or stand is the way of < he kin ^'^ sajovmens : \ Thus , vo gratify the J »» e whim « f ^ a fool—an army of imaan butcters . ( itiings by tbefr rigni iiM ' . e ) l ? raised—** s 4 ,-ciad , and * * omcered * at anenorsons t xpense ;^ ad ordered te > 3 iarch lnto-ihe " enaajif" co miry— £ o destroy : ro * : and breach , eTerjaiuian b-iin . s , n « . matter vrbci ^ er male er tfeiBile , adai ; or : nfaai , ibat aares to defend—by wa ^ d . orate ;—uaiir co ^ iniry , ri :- « ir he « aes , ftrcheir families . TMs , ^ U 3 is t . ve o ' niy Jisef ul pcesogatiTe" of . a jBoig- !

      Wiera & 3 monarchy is " . limited , the snbjecf " pcKsesses ^ eater ghsTC -of apparent freedom , th * c the " serf " . of an u absoiste mot&rciif "—that is , the jixm is ^ r-aatier ar < i the scbstance o « diing more- bu ; soiK . euia « B * en it ss . *' e -vrill take , for example , " trial by j « 7 , " i bs brightest . gemzc the Briiiih Constira-. ioiL " Wha thili A . mert fj . ila . cy 1 instead ofx-ioen to tks subj ^ cc , U is , ( in its pwsent , or royal Application , ) -jtit bar £ oi' jwpular lii > arts-. Here are ¦ our proofs—ihe JEJuci ish trial by- Jary : iafers proving tieiflT !? ceEce-ar ga : 2 : o / a csan by the . legal opiniorij - <« dsckion of his pee rs or e ^ uali . We cannot con-¦ cene aij thing- % o perl Vet a * this i ^ , f 9 r - * biaiaing at lea £ t . aaJiiipryaiiced iecisKHi for tfce ^^ efendant , " And as oar justias iuv-. vri&bly le&na u > aercy ' s side , we woalt at once adop t aiaJ by Jury , * s pure and perfect . But haw is the- law admini&teiid I la the

      Briiisij paiLsant , alabou- 'er , eDJoyiog -the benefit- oF this law ! Jso . Tie property -gualificaiion so absurdly proainent ia the' ruling fez&jses ' of the "GlamEs Gjnsututk'n 2 " . 'eiguis dominaat here also . If a peasaat comiaEt ? an otfenee Agaiast ihe laws , lie a tried bj a J : ; ry of w sakhy iarmers or laud-< nraeis ! If a mechwic co , iibiaei wuh bis fellows iot the mutual proiesuon o f their j ) ropeKf—their labour , if eireanist&iisas sho ilJ o « ur during this w combifl » : ien" tha : will siL rd Uie law a pretext for seizing th » members of iht " Trades' , ^ aion =, " the labourers are captured , for ced iaio unhealthy , damp cells , treated as . ' eions ; \ a . d Catihwitk tried , not before a ^ Jury" of their eqi 'als , but 3 jury of their employers !— : he verv men » * f ali others p redetermined to puaish " T ' ne Uu ; ouiiU , " wbetker fuiliy of crime or not , wi ; a the utmost xigaar of law .

      The royal administration of any " La * " jaayifee so ma a aged that , seeming to conl ' tr beni m wiieu . viawed Ci £ uaily , it really proves a eur ^> e 2 The " Laws" in a Republic cannot . tpente to-t&e injory of any class" or portion of the people k ; -Tie commonwealth ; because they are at aU i unes open : t * &e alteration or " comma idmeni" of pu < 'lie opiQicu , or die national-will . Thus , they are no : only justly administered , ba : in themselves confer the . ilessinjg of justice on the humblest cirii ? n ; because the laws of a KepaWic derive their existence and their a nthoritj solely from the will of the whole people , with w distinction of persons , places , or things .

      As the framing of laws teems with bo much Tearful responsibility , and as men axe liable at all tim es to sacrifice national ^ ood to gratify their own st Ifish aims , and as this political apostacy can only be guarded against by something sacred , it is rende 'ed necessary , by the bsckslidiags of men , to protect tj x e subject from the seinsaae&s of lawgivers , by obliging the senators , after having discussed the merits of s , law , and immediately before voting fc > r or against its adoption , to take the following oath -. — " I swear , aal

      have to appear bsiore the throne of Grjjje , as I have to expec : mercjfrom my Creator , that £ will vote on this law conscientiously , free from ill prejudice or pirtialuy— that my sincere opinions are expressed by tie vote ; and that these opinions are unbiased , and perfectly void of all and eTery motive of self-intere . ~ t or -d ^ ire to promoie tbe particular views . opi « . ion 3 , or intstesis of any human being—that I am guided olesj by a wish to promote tue welfare and bappi r bsss of azv fellow-creatures . This I &we&r soleRiily , so help jae . God . "

      Hany sre of opinion that bad men will perjaee themselves to accomplish their own purpose : ' that may be ; bui we are of opinion that s majority of fiien will be found in every class of seeiety to act honestly , if they are bonnd by some sach Oilh as we have Euggesteiia the foregoing . There is yet iaother great cause of dishonesty among rulers : it is the trampler on virtue in tbe pulpit , the bar , and xheseaate , and originated with the blind foliy of the people themselves ; it is the r ' ceely salaries which you thrnst on all your pubfunctionaries . You ought never to pay a man with more than , the means to supply himself and family with the comforts of life ; if voor rewards

      exceed this , you are virtually bribing him from Mb pnblic duty , and you yourselves must be the sufferers , should they think proper to demand it is their right . "We frequently hear of clergymen demanding a sufficient income to Bnpport thtir " station and dignity , " from congregations scarcely able to supply themselves with bread ; yet the hypocrites sometimes succeed in their earthly demands ; * nd yon yourselves , by supplying such demands , render the men uaable to perform their duty honestly ; and instead of a sincere Eplritaal teacher , yon discover ft " wolf in sheep ' s clothing "— a clerical hypocrite !

      Kgnity ean alone be supported by the innate knowledge that our words and deeds are regulated by sincerity . Station can never be supported creditably by aught EaTe real merit . Beware , thea , in distributing " rewards , " lest you make yourprieet a hypocrite , your lawyer a knave , and your senate * a tyrant . We cannot find a better example for yonr guidance in this respect ( dispensing " rewards ") than the following . It is free from princely munificence ; and , moreover , in our opinion is is one of the noblest tributes of gratitude erer paid to loan : —

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      8 W 1 TZ&BJLA 2 H > . —The state of Switzerland continues unsatisfactory . We have already annouaced that disturbances had taken pl&ce at Soleure , asd that about thirty persons had been arrested in that town , as als « at Balstal and Otten . The Htiveti -de 1840 , of tke l ^ h , states that M . Schecer , tbe principal editor of the Sentineile dv . Jura , had beea taken into custody , and a M . Crui » ger . It seenrs that troubles had also broken out in the cantoa of Argau . The Pari ? Conslituiioiuiel , of Friday , h * s& Berne letter of the 11 th , asserting that the insprreerec : ion * l movements in the cantons of Argovia and Soleure have arisen from the unioa of what are called the papistical and aristocratical parties against tbe Liberal party * The Argauvian Government had-sent an express to the Vorort , which had a ^ & ? mbled and de-patcked reinforcements to the scene of tction . Galwnani says ?—** Another

      account states that the troops , under orders of the ; GoverniBfnt of Argat , 2 , 300 strong , had marched ' into the insurgent uistricts ( those of Muri and iBrengajrten , ^ ' aere the Catholics h&d . taken arms ag&htst the new constitution ^ and bad come to as engagement wrth the rebels near "Wohlen . The lattar ara : stated % c have had thirteen killed , and the'Gowarn-> uent ferces , who h » d only two wouuded , took pos-5 es ? ioa « of Wohlen . TnePrefect an < l all ihe oflcers sf police had either been imprisoned by thesnsur--Seoi * t > r forced to * y . Berne hai called out 8 , 000 troops , and had marched four battalions , t ^ o companieeof carbineers , four batteries of artillory , an ' i i &qo « dron of cavalry , upon Afjfiu . ThecaEtons cf Zurich and Basle country had also sent assis 1-mce . It was expected that di ^ turbaBces wou ' . 'd breai-out in the camon of ^ Lucerne . " The corn sioudaat of the Morning'Chronicle \ ( who-dates Jan . T . 3 . ) states that the insurrection has beenptt dow . j .

      -H » UI * OOK 3 Er-SCtH-WE 3 R . r ? irliE . A . > ciiaiY JLes& »« F Life . —About twelve o ' clock on -Friday , ner . Majesty ' s packet , the Beaver , C ipiain ' £ .. Muilge , iTomS > ovsr , hov « in sj ^ ht , not being able prob : i » jy ; o reach Calais ia time for tLe de \> arture « f the < w / a-/ eiic for Ptris . "Unlortunately , 5 here vras but little n ateT in the harbour , and ihe slu-. ces b ^ WK open , and ihe wind blowite ; ou shoie , ca' \ sed a-g « od deal of jurfaif the harbour . As .-oon as the steamer reached the reads , the harbour-master ordered the pilot , jvhose turn it < va ? , to gt oat ¦; but Ja « declined , statiag &a a reason-for disobeyi ag orders , ih « re was too Husch surf for so smtll . a boat . Another vrts requited , who * t first hesita « d , \ hottgh the most intrepid-of seamen . Hk- £ on , hx > wever , <*!> pealinK to

      his courage , and observinr that , it wassw ^ vards only that knew not h « w to do their duty , pr # i , iiled upon the father to veature wita six other * uexmen . ; they weathered the surf and reached the ste »»« r in safety , and immediately took « a board the usil-bags , the mate ( Mr . -Eyreii , whose- duty tt i 3 to . aeciaiipany the bags to the Post-offic e , . and t- ^ o passooMora . Two other paseengers also ?« t into . thU small-boat , but the pilot , considering ttwr were too 0 * 87 , recommended tbevwo fa ^ t to-zetarn on board r p « imising to land thexa at a second trip . In endeavouring to gain the harbour the btaUtapsiied , aud 4 h ^ party on board were thrown invofce water . iHitcof these unfortunate beings wjiw-crjiied by thaaurrent to the westward , ef whom titee -were picked . up bv the ( a

      galley-boat , -ooe of whcja ^ nlj French -s eaman ) was rescued in Use , the t * r » others haviu ^ ddsd from exhaustion * ad « old bt ^ sie the galley-boat could regain thesteaaer . Two »« ther French seamen were fortunate enough to regaisi ; the-shore by »» wicming . Those who hav « . perished ire tw o passengers , American gentlemen—oae is Alt . Charles Philip . de la -Kosiere , of Qoebe * ^ the aaiae of tbe oiher o * nnot , j-et be ascertained , the « ntents of his pa& : port having been obliterated bry the water ; !> eipierre C-calied Cator ) , the pilot arodrhis son , and focr -sea-» cn . The mail-hag * have fce « n recovered , induct ere in . % fit state to be / brwarded ^ y the regular £ * &j ^ i . ' / e . Bodies found—Oae passeag erjvnd Cator ( tbe pilot ) . Oof passenger aad lire seastca not yet , but it-was 6 X £ 3 Cied they would be f .- > ui 3 d on the Satatday moding .

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      Z > £ KI > 5 . —Shop E . qbbbht . —la the night of Friday last , two men named Jaoes Holliday and fiobert Holden , went to the shop . of Mr . Nathxaial W ^ iker , » tailor , in Eu 5 kgatevani olf ^ red for 6 ale , forhaif < a-crown , fourteen jards of canloon , worth about * U-3 . Mr . Walkac , suapeciinf that it was mxt : honestly come by , sent-out a servant for a polieemas ^ ^ &a ^ by way of detaining them . till bis a rri vaJ , begta it , cheapen the jaice . They soon reduced their-decand to 10 d ., and ultimately offered it for 6 d . Wtaa tbe policem * a arrived , ' * ud they were atked vrhere they had got fche . artic ) e , < t < hey eaid they had foncji it ; but it provedt « iiave-beei stolen from the sbop-ef Mr . Ball , draper , in Lon « rhe . * d Row . On Tuegdar , they were full / ouam . ltted for irial at the sessiois .

      The l *» e BcRGtiRT at Qsccon . — . Qb Saturday last , Parcus Lyons , alias " Jew Johnny / 1 Thomas BTand and -i-avrife , and Jamee BrownjiBiidcrwent a furtherea ^ Mination , on tne ehar ^ e of hiring fturgiariously stolen a quantity of plate from the dwelling-house -af ( Christopher Wilsao , Esq ., at Ox . on House , near £ adeaster , on the 6 th of ( Dasember last . After j ^ fiiil week ' s investigxtioo ., no wideuce was obtained « Aciently confirmatory of the statement of BrowA ,. that the other prisoners wate ^ rivy to'his possession of the stolen property , to warrant tieir commutai ^ r trial . Those three persons . vsere awordingly dkfifearjjed , arid Brown aiooe wascuajnkted to York Caatk / or trial for the burglary .

      ScRGLiBY . —L * et Sunday night , the house , pf Mary Wild , a poor vr « nan who is deaf aed duvpb , it Warm&eld , near Wafcefield , was forcibly entered , and ffArious articles of wearing apparel , tad ten shiHiE&s in money , taien dherefrom . We axe £ lad to hear that the police h& \ e got information which 13 Iikelj to lead to tb « defection of the robber or robbers . Sr&mSfO Castixgs . —Ob Wonday last , Charles Guthris tod Francis Chadw-iqk , two mechanics , were committed / br trial , and on the iclJowing day wer <

      admitted la bail to appear it ua * sessious , charged with having stolen a number of ; trass castings from their employer , Mr . Peter FairbiVJJ . Robbias Ijjpgixgs . —Oa Tuesday , a maa was committed for trial at the next trough Sessions , charged with stealiDg a blanket , rt * property of Mrs . Elizabeth Siarp , the keeper of a isc / ging-house in East-lane . The prisoner slept there oa Monday night iasf , and on getting up next moraiu £ wrapped the blanket around him , before dressing , and walked off vrhh it . He was , however , detected tad conveyed to prison before eight o ' clock in the morning .

      MANSFUHLP . —The Treck SYST £ JO ~ The truck system has been carried on to an aliemiDg extent in this neighbourhood ; the frameworii knitters , who are amongst the worst renumerated labourers in Britain , have long been subject to this uefariutu practice ; they have at length aroused from their apatny , and resolved to crush the monster . A committee kas been formed to enable their impoverished , brethren , to put in force the act that prohibits paying wages in goods , instead of money . Some of thoto track master ? , not content with the profits that

      are derived fiom frame rents , standing , taking money , Sec , Slc , hata been carrying on a systematic plan of swindling their hands , by charging them from 20 to 3 J per cent , more than market prices , for tbe very worst description of articles . One of these jackalls was brought before the bench of mag istrates last week , and convicted in the penalty of five pounds , for violating the Truck Act . The committee intend administering two or three doses to each of the cormorants , in order to make them digtorge apart of their ill-got plunder . — Corretpondeni .

      C&KZJSLI :. —The Mcbbaijt amongst Catile . —This disease has been spreading of late with great rapidity , to the serious injury and loss of farmers and otners having milk cows , which seem to be more generally afficted than aay other animals . Several of the farmers in the neighbourhood have ceased bringing milk and butter into the town , in consequence of their cows being more or less afflicted with this serious though noi very fatal disorder . ACCKXNGTON . —A meeting , in support of total abstinence principles , was lately held in the Schoolroom of the New Jerusalem Church ; at which powerful and effective speeches were made by Mr . Jvih , Trickett , and the Rev . Jonathan Bayley ,

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      CUFA& ANGUS , PERTHSHifcs ,. —The North kbn Star . —Mr . Alexander S , Wilson , the secretary of the Chartist Association here , is at present favouring hia friends and the friends of the cause , wiih a sight of a very noble , looking and unique volume , being the first three years of the Northern Slar newspaper , handsomely bound and gilded .- The title bestow *^ by him upon the precious volume , is "The . Northern Star , or Hill ' s Political Cohmf ;«? abies . " It is the largest volume we have . ever seen , measuring twenty-three inches in lec /^ th , sixteen in breadth , and three thick —and , w « v dare say , it would scarcely be parted with far its weight in gold . The trouble which Mr . W'Asou has had in getting the copies retained ,

      considering the number of hands they went through , has been immense ; but the accomplishment of the object was near and dear to his heart , and he has thus succeeded ia securing the first three years of his ruling luminary , to be handed down to posterity as a memento of the struggles of the working Glasses for liberty ; to shew to after generations the obstacles we have had to contend with , aud , if possible , to stimulate our descendents to guard from corruption our dear bought liberties , a / id to appreciate the priz 9 in proportion to the diffl / sulties we have to surmount in obtaining it . It . is not one of the least of these , that our noblB and . benevolent friend and leader , the generous O'ConrlOr , is now in bondace , suffering " tht > insolence oi office and the thouof

      sand wrongs that conscious r ^ erit the unworthy takes , " for giving to the woyld , thevaluablc production of which this is the subject . But it will assuredly be eome Eolace . to him to know how his work is prized , and how he himself is loved aad adored by all tho industrious classes . Many a one in this place , 6 wail though it be , would travel to his solitary prison door , on their knees to do him a service or give his mind a moment's ease . And , " Chartism saidead , " say the Whigs . Let the state of political litei .-ature in this village testify—when Mr . Wilson , upwards of three years ago , first ordered the SLar , he could scarcely get a couple « f readers to suoport him , but he zealously and

      ardently Bet to work ( as he is indeed the soul of Chartism here- ) "distributing papers and political tracts , & « ., so thfct a tristo for reading has bec « acquired , and we » ow have weekly :-five copies of the Nor < hern Slur , fou r or five of the Perth Chronicle , two 1 > f the True Scotsman , two of the Dundee Chronic / e , besides jpwanls © t' * ne hundred Chartist'CKrcula . rs . We ha \ X 3 also a splendid library of general literature possessed-ex-ciusively by working » en , a Ada most flourishing -co-operative society ¦; and a great part af all this we owe to our "devoted aewetarj f , * n 4 his , at ooe time , solitary number of Ute No rlheru Sla . r . Long m » y O'Connor iive to bless the vt « erkiag me n of this oppressed nstkn .

      NAXLSWOBTB .- Last week , a p jlioemau n'imed Hogg , commonly called * The . Barber ' s lioy , " apfh * red before tfco magistrates at 4 jrlo « bce&-i * r , to * hae # 3 a boy with » tealing apples * the pro- ' perty of - » maa nawed Havnea . The -chairman dismissed- * he case , telling the pofcceaau ' 1 thai thore Tras no ^ occasion for putting tbe cou aty to such expense « for such tri # -2 s ; he ordered him . out of court , acd remarked , that he never t aw a groatter fooi iu -fcis life . 3 EH 2 B . SK . -A traveller happened roooKfcly to , call u . t the Juily Hiilor , when , to hia . astottishmenb ,, he-vras ordered to stfrip off his coat and waist coat , the kind lord claiming them as his property , which had ^ been stolen fr # m him oa the previous weok . He TCis given into the custody of a policetuw , aixi takes before a m * . gistratc , who decided that feo sh «> c-id give up the articles named to their lawful

      owaer . MBJLDF-QSLD . —Mn . Qastlek . —At a meetui ^ of * he irienas of Alt . Oaitler , held at the house « t ' Mr . James Wane , New Ina , on Thursday evening -w * ek , the followiug resolution was moved by Hr . Aiuy , aDJ seconded by Me . Hustler : — That it i * ihe opinion of this meeting < ihat our warmest thanks art due , a : id they are hereby given , to that great . ¦ awl good man , lUichard Oo * Oer , for his indeiatigable vesertions ou beUalf of the pour , oppressed factory slave , together with his uxuAatinn labours in deteuce

      of the ill-used hand-loom weavers , and hia stern and . unflinching opposition to tl > e New Poor Law Amendment Act ( falsely so called ; ; and while we lament the malignant influence which has induced Mr . ( Fhorabill to « aat hie old steward iuto prison , after baring faithfuliy and afiioienily served him for eighteen years , they trust that Ho who lias all hearts , in his hand , will soften the heart of Mr . Thornhill , and caus-e him to repeut , and do works meet for repentance , by recompensing him for tho injury hec has done him . In the meantime , we pledge our-Sttkes to promote his iu [ treat by ev « ry possible means that lay in our power . '

      SHEFFIELD . —The Brick and Mortar Mshbbes . —Mr . Ward met the electors and non-electors at the Town-kail , oa Monday last , at twelve o'clock , when the Chartists succeeded iu passing a resolution in opposition to tbe vote ofthauks , in the teeth of a host of the Middle Class , to the effect that Mr . . Wa » d and Mr . Parker had supported tyranny in all its complicated forms , aad were unworthy of the confidence of the people .

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      The Sydney Moniivr is now a daily paper , being the nrst daily paper published south of the equator . On Wednesday last , * s two men were pasting through the Priory Packs , sear Ulverston , they observed two rooktf seiii umn a field-fare , and tear it in pieces with ha . w £ -l » fce tavvageuess . —Ke » 4 al Mereurg . A Lobby . —The minister and warden of Ramp-Bide have . given directions that a number of spitting boxes be provided , to be located in suitable and sundry pLaVes in their beaxti&tl new chapel , for the better aceootnodation of the-confirmed masticators of the Virgitiau weed . —Lamaeier Gnardivi . Stxabjsicm . —Mr . Curtin , who has Jatelj visited the hospitals of Vienna , Berlin , Dresden , Prague , « Kc , and wkoessed Profe < J 8 or iJieffcubaok operate ior squinting , ifaas introduced , a tew moiie o £ curing ; &at aeformiLy without an oparation .

      Trcth . — -. It is not merely tho right , but the duty , of all men tbtfliselves to seek for truth s spiritual an 4 temporal 5 And , therefore , it is their duty to . aofcoowledge and promote a likie liter ty in othaw . le 4 s said th * t , in tho new ej-ga « iflation . of the aamy , six more lieutenant ; general > s aad eleven more major-generals v » re to retire on pensions . R . U 2 . WAY RKcaa ^ rs . —The receipts of the London and Birmingham Hallway , during tke last sit mwatiiB have beeg £ 407 , 334 , being £ 6 QfiQQ more than livse of the corresponding six month * lor 1839 . —BirmvLng ham Advetliser . Maitcs fob . , Co . \ 6 « atulation . —A Tory editor in the county of Wilts ., benevolently congratulates his readers oa the fact , that the agricultural labourers have at present Si . a week wages !

      The Nauoxal Debt , in the year 1 C 88 , amounted to £ 21 , 000 . 000 , and in the year 1840 , it has been raised to ^ 85- ^) 00 , 000 . Wheat at the first period was 40 ? . 5 d ., and in l 840 ,. 69 s . Tho total number of human beings sacrificed ia w > r between theseperiods , has been 4 , 010 , 000 . , Lucky Towss . —It is no Jesa singular than true , that there are three market towns in the county of Somerset , without aa attorney residing in either , and two of them are sea , ports . The Pobt . —I nerer see a poet yet that warn't as , poor as Job ' s turkey , or a church aouse ; or a she poet , that hei shoes didn ' t go down to heel , and her sackings looked as if they wanted darcia '; for its all ^ ery and little wool with poets , as the devil said whea he sheared his hogs . — -Sam Slick .

      \ V , iW 0 Es 07 Horse radish . —A spoonful ot horssradis , h / 3 ut into a pan of milk , will preserve the milk sweet , l&r several days , either ia the open air or in a cellar , wiiile other milk will turn . Newspapeks in Flanders . —The Courtier Beige dec ; are 3 th * £ scarcely any journal in Flanders bad a circulation sufficient to clear the expoace of publication . A Democratic Teetotal Association has been established in tiiis town ( says tbe Cheltenham Free Press ) daring th « past weak , and the committee has announced that tke first tea meeting will take place on Monday next , at the Mechanics'Institution . The Address op the Lords , in reply to her Majesty ' s Speech on opening the coming session of Parliament , will be moved by Lord Ducie , and seconded by Lord Lurgau . —Globe .

      KEPBESiJfTATio . v op MoJHouTHSKiRE . —We are enabled to announce that Mr . Octavius Morgan ha 3 eotne forward as the Conservative candidate for Monmouthshire , with a good prospect of buccoss . — Worcesterthire Guardian . The New Census will be takea on tho 1 st of JuJy next . Provision is made for taking the number of persons who shall sleep in every bouse on the night of Wednesday , the 30 th of June- This will happen during the sessions in every county town of England , whin the population of such towns will be much increased by an influx of strangers . Taxation asd Whig Economy . —The public may now be assured that a # reat reduction in taxation is about to take place , as the Treasury has sent down an order , directing that the pens which have been used in the courts of law shall be forwarded to the Treasury , in order that they may be disposed of for the public benefit . —Times .

      Impboved Pxu . vting Press . —M . Leuormand , a oelebrated mechanic , has discovered the means of printing on one cylinder both sides of the same sheet , which enables his mechanical press to act with a quickness double any hitherto known , and produce 4 , 000-copies in an hour . —Inventor ' $ Advocate . Reform Bill Representation . —In a report , drawn up by Mr . Hume , it ib stated that twenty Members are returned for ten boroughs , possessing the gross population of 47 , 471 ; whilst ten of our largest cities and boroughs return but twenty Men > bers , although possessing a population of l , 77 t > , 7 £ > 4 .

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      The Gloucester Journal mentions an instance of a young man at Ashleworth , near that city , having a large portion of his forehead , and more than , two ounces of brain , carried away by the bursting of a gun , who , nevertheless , retains his senses , and was able , with assistance , to walk to his bed . He still BurYived i but was not expected to recover . Death * roh Wast . —A coroner's Inquest was held by Mr . A . H . English , on Thursday evening , at the Bell public-house , in the Lower Bristol-road , and adjourned to the following evening , on tho body of John Edwards , a railroad labourer , aged 32 , who died on Wednesday last , at his lodgings ^ in Wood-street , Lower Bristol-road , as was supposed , at the time , from want of the necessaries of life . He had been out of employment five weeks , with the exception of two days' work the week previous . Vie

      was ill three or four days ; and both he sd ^ his wife were in a . state . of the most deplorable wr etchedness . A few hours beforo his death , application was made for him to the medical officer of . the Union , ' Mr . Lloyd , who attended , and fo'jnd him with muscles so drawn as indicated locked jaw , on making , by order of the Coror . er ) a p 0 St mortem examination , stated his epiniop , to be , that cold and want of nourishment caused his death . It was proved , in evidence , ' that ' ao application for relief had been made to the rel ieving officer ; the only reason given by his wife , was the hope of a change of weather , and his th ' , n being able to go to work " . Verdict— " Died froy m want of the common neces ^' j , ries of life . ' Th ^ deceased has left a widow Na ! 1 < one child , abo- dt a year aud a half old . — Bath Journal . ' ¦

      . 1 A Remap . kable Instance of a Pig Ltving nearly TwfELVK Weeks wituout Fooo .--Qn the return of " Mr . Leonatd ^ of Bouldown , aeaX- Tetbury , in this county , from Dursley Market » ou Thurs-1 day , t \ . 4 gth of October last , one Of hia servants in- ' for mr , d him that two of his pigs wera tt \; he did not go to . see them that night , but nest morning went into , the yard for that purpose , wb ©» one of t f iem , a BO , was missing , and every seatfck and inqu / ry wa 3 'jade , but without effect . On Sunday , the 27 th of December , as one of tho servant 'boys was " walking in tlie yard where a Btack cf straw nad been 6 t » ndii >^ , fee thought he heard a pig ; / jneak ; h& made his waster aimre of the circum itance . who

      iiBBiediat « Ay called one of his men , an 4 in & short time disoovered tb « pig buried under tl , e straw , but ao much reduced as to have become a mere skeleton , and qucte blind . She was taken to » warm sty , wh « n wouriahinf liquids were giver t ber » and 8 he is n » w goini ; oa well . At the ti aa the pig was mistmgiMr . ieenard had barley 'Crashing with a machine , aud , ix is supposad , the pig being unwell had crept under some straw unno' iood by tha work-• meo v and ( he eaachine throwing < > ff large < i « kntities -so « u made a stack of . nearly tw enty load * ; but re-• ceatly the straw was mt-de use < jf by the crttle , * nd ¦ tfce timely removal < tf the oulk fortnw » tely led > o the discovery . —Gloucester J ournai .

      Econqmy op Foon . —The Royal Atrricultusal Society of England fiias offered a priz * « f * en istvercigns , or a piece « of plat e of that -value , for the best 'lirections to ew&le labourers to prepare , wfcolesom <; , nutritious , aad palitable fooi in 'Ae ^ nost economical and easy mann jr . Aa tn « obj / cttff the Society in offering _ this )> riae is t » pro . jure such imiructiona of ajpricultural JabooperB tjo supply th jmselves witk tfe grea « est qjusintpty of 'nutriment , w ' lioh the means at thair convaoiwid w ill produce ^ an . d to prepare * aw / arm , comfort « ' 4 > le , and Hctritio- js ir . ealfor themsel ^ Js and their families , wken th ey r jturn from fcheip lay ' s ¦ work , tto <»¦ competitors for it a re requested 'torobserve— First—That the recei pts 1 ust be inma naa&aer

      o given plain a as . aey reu . der 1 item available ?• the . labourer or his -tvife , who are aoaccustomed fe > cookery . Secon « Jly- ^ Chat , tho receipts must < A > o such as may be usw wit hout requiring ony « , pp ?» ratus wfcich a , jy ^ ricul tuml labourer- ^ oea-Jiot Usually possess . Thirdly— That they Bhafi > nol"rf qu * re the ksq of in >^ r « dionta ^ vh + oh hemayitot ea « : ly procure , dicker Ijromtius «? iPrfou . or in agricultural villages ; ( this condition isvoot in tended to ( p « elude tho racommen ^ afcioc of fiah < ae . part of * y y « cish . ) FoiHJthly—Th « « D 8 t cf the di Serent dwlK 3 m'ist be » ccurat . ily stated .- - [ VCe U ! idtrstaad ifce Ssmersafc House Baihawg jjavo p ;* epared » aeseipt , which ia sure to -carry t . ff ^ tfcj P fJza-2

      IMMENSC iDkSTR'JCTIOW » 8 F PaOPBaiTMND Lti ) S 8 -OP IiiFB at BnstTFoRb . —On Saturday ewning , a » e vcre cala « i » y took pteoe at Breatford , in conseqaience of / the bur Bting ^ of the look gates , a nd th& conaequeat rushing ' , out « f thewatera , whioh . mnk a muiBberof'barKes » nd < b «* ts , and caused the loss of t en lives . 1 & appt ars tfaat , owing tO' tho late thaw , and the heavy raiua of rEriday night acd Saturday , a ^ reat aooumuiat'ion . ofthe waters hadi'taken plaoe . The tovvu ot" Brt ntford was in tEnanyplaoeH arerflowed—tbe principal -etreeta . undar' water , and Brentford Commo n uuicdated . TheGand waters ^ ro . n the hiUs also caased the Thanes- to rise several ¦ feet above tha usus > 1 ler « L , and to fill the canals and ¦ eret ts leadutfC to the ThameB . At ihe « 3 ntrance of the lVrentfxwd lock ,, on Saturday © veoiog , & number

      *) f era ft , boats and battfes were waiting to go in vrvheu wddeoJy the ^ ateaof the losk « unable to resist < l \ ie pri assure < i the wates ^ were butst open , and the aiream camedowa in a torrent , and ' overwhelmed the barges aad boa <«~ -sbking some and destroying others . A meet fearful « ceue ensued . Woarly every Oaxge ha d one-er more persons on beard , and tho nwnkey-1 > oata Xlong nanrow badges , with a small catin at 1 > ne e « i , which navigate tbe canak ) had a family in each . The cries and shouts-of the men , and the st ireaaw at the women and children , were heand ami < . 1 st ike ru 8 hui £ « f the waters * which swept evar 3 . thing before it . The « raft were thrown upon each-other , and a ^; re » t quantity of timber set adrift . A mac and , * boy , in making an effort to get ashore from , » ne bi vrge , perished , and a family ot seven children , who wene in the « abin of one of tho monfccy-boats , we . it down with it , and met with a

      watery grwe . A w « man ia another oarge was aJso drowned . Ma . iy swam ashore , whic h they reached in a most . exhai 'sted state , and others were saved by the people who 1 *» me to their aaaistanoe . After tbe coufusion . 43 reatt "d by this sudden and unexpected calamity h&l in s . ttae degree subsided , it waa ascertained that i wo m wkey-bo&ts , a barge laden with corn , and another with coals , \ rere sunk , and three other barjje . s , £ mptj ' , had alao gone down . Not less than 200 atadfc ? of t unber were get adrift , and were floating about , jyesteiMay morning , in all directions . The body of a JbargOman , wrapped in a sail , wa 3 found yesterday , when . ' , the tide had receded . The others havo not been recovered . Cfreat injury has been done to tho banks of the canal by this sudden eruption of tbe . vt&ters , and the loss of property is immense . It is repor / ed that other persons are

      saissing . The eb-b-iide w * as remarkably strong on Saturday night aud jestert ^ y . and the craft going dosrn the river were earried' along with great velocity , which was caused by a "freshet , " or addition of the land waters . The boa . ' -s going up the river , against tide , had considerable difficulty in making headway , and the Thames polic e galleys had much trouble in Bhooting the bridges , a nd were often oarried back by the force of the cun 'eut . The ice has almost totally disappeared from tl . "e river upwards , and tho rain has tunk the vast fie Ws of ice below the bridge , which , for a fortnight bei Ve » had caused so great an obstruction to the navigati on . Property to tho value of £ 100 , 000 is said to h . ^ ve beeu destroyed , in addition to the injury done b V the carrying away of several houses by the stream " . —Morning Herald , of Monday .

      AlELANCHOLT ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF L IPE . —A few days ago , a very painful circumstance too t P'ace on the river Tees , which caused the loss 0 f two lives , and perilled the safety of two other in dividual ^ Thomas Sweetmoro , John Boughey , Al , r « a Sweetmore , ( brother to the first named , ) Jo an Devonport , and William Mellor , having proceedt d down the river , to gather mu <» cJe 8 , in a boat , when the tide was flowing , owing to some misunderstanding , thought the head of the boat had turned , and ,, in consequence , they turned it again , as they thought , when , in fact , the head of the boat was towards ihe Tee ' s mouth . A heavy storm of wind , rain , and % htning came on , and the men finding it impraotveable to return , wore driven towards a beaoah . * a

      whiep they tied theirfcoat , and there they remained all aijfht . Th * cold Sfccl the mornins fr « st were bo intense , that Tho *« rSweetmore- died from their eff » ctB ob fcbe spot . The unfortunate men hailed a fleam boat tint was passing , but the parties on board either would not ( XT ' - could not , hear the appeal made to them . In t > ia extremity , two of the party ( John Devonport a . ^ d Alfred Sweetmore } got out of the boat , with the- intention of wadiug to tho shore , leaving Boughey and Mellor to stay until assistance was sent to the . tx . Boughey , however , In a fit of despair , got out of th « boat , in order to gain the shore , the water being up to hia middle , but he was so exhausted , £ liat he euok , and waa drowned . The two others gained the shore , and , after much effort and fatigue , they reached a farm-house , where they were kindly treated ; and a pers « n was" sent to rescue Mellor , who was found insensible &t the bottom of the boat . The deceased , Thomas Sweetmore . and Mellor , were carried to the nearest farm-house , where the greatest attention and . kindness were

      shewn to the survivor , for whom medical assistance was procured . The greatest praise is due to the persona of both houses , especially to Mr . Peter Wallace , who refused » ny remuneration for the expences attending the inquest upon the body of t-he unfortnnate Meller , and who sent five shillings to the widow of John Bou / jhey , who is left with two children to maintain . The bodies of the two poor fellows wera interred at Middleboroogh , at the oxpence of the potters of that plaee , who attended the funeral , and who have also set on A > ofc a subscription for the widows and orphans of the deceased , which has been kindly contributed to by the inhabitants . Great sympathy has been shewn towards the widows and orphans , for the loss they have sustained . We have pleasure in stating that subscriptions will be thankfully received on their behalf , by Mr . Joseph WarburtoD , Queen ' s Head , and Mr . Alexander Shield , Majesty Inn , both of Middleberoush . Yorkshire .

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      VA Contrast . —The only-iwo individuals mt \» -, 1 British empire who enjoy the honour of Field * - ; marshals , are the Duke of Wellington and his Royal -. j Hfgouesa Prince Albert ! Atrocious Offence—On Thursday morning , tile ¦* High Court of Jnaticiary , Edinburgh , met , witb ; ] closed doors , for the trial of Alexander M'Ra , or i M * Rae , accused of a capH ^ i assault upon a young \ I cirl , fifteen years of age , in tn * . county of Inverness , ] on the 28 ih of August last . The » xy brought in » -d verdict unanimously , finding the pris ^ er guilty of the major charge . He was sentenced to bo executed at Inverness , on Friday , the 29 di mst . M'Rae was , some years ago , a large farmer and cattle dealer . ; in Inverness-shire , and we nndersiand the case veaa : a very atrocious one . —Caledonian Mercury . A Quaker , named Chaytor , was called to tha I

      bar in DubUn on Monday . This is tbe first instance of a member of that Booiety being made a bamstw . , Under the 2 ad and 3 rd William IV ., Mr . Chaytoi / A , was enabled to make affirmation , in place of taking the oaths prescribed by law . —Dublin Mail . . 1 Overflowing op thb Avon . —Oa Sunday there ¦ ' . ' was a general th » w , in consequence of a sudde change in the weathsr . During the previous pp ofthe week , the frost was intense , so much so t ^ numbers of persons were to be seen skating o' - ^ river . The Btreets of Bath were so paved wit ^ as . to render it v « rv li ^ heerous for the inhabit' a fM

      walk about . The hills surrounding the ei mist covered ^ th snow . The cold weather sc *?;* & have ' jft in for the winter ; but on Satur amed j thp >© was a sudden cVange in the temr Jay ttjtffo Kd * air-the most extreme cold was ^ ature ^ by the warmth of a summer ' s day . ' nff «» f « j of this change has been most calf iue resol ^ ow aoon melted ; it came jn . tomtf- --Jqw t causing the Avon to ovoiiloff . Tr ' ™ n « e pM Lnka were so soon flooded , ¦ ihat th * ± ™* _ 2 * }« furnitv

      not time to remove their J ™*™?™ M lost their pigs ; r , fle man has lost T ^ BJSKI ^ many others fl ave experien ^ J iJfJS Jm - ^* S 9 thewoodryorkerected forth apffe fe j * bridr , across tho Avon ,, f or ^ &r ^ WcSS Rail way , has been eatirtfy ¦ iWept awayiy theS If-ViU cost upwards of & ., 000 to r ^ erect the W 0 oJ ^ . ork ; for it appears ? . hrlt , in falling , the ScaS portion of the timber ^ ras cmshed-to pi «! ef -wf f noise of the fall wa * iike a- ( hiinder-cL - ^ . could be heard' all over ft * city .. ln * £ lJ auonc 6 of this occurrr mcc , th « » pcnina of tho n « S

      Western Railway to London ^ will not take nlaa so soon asthecomppjiy expecfed ; The Dolemeada in the parish of Vinwmbe , Hath , has the appearan « of % wreck , iarly on . Sunday morning , ttoinhabi tants •» . «*© all » u 3 tie and eonfusion . Had the polid given tlnty a . arm , m « eh property would have beer saved . St « ta' P ' men iuformed our correspoa dent that the / were not aware of the flood till it ha 7 reached them i > their beds ; and that ; in consd quence , they had & ? time to rembvo their furaito ^ j Their tales of distress" Wtfre heavt-rendii < g . . ¦ £$ ; they bad in store ror their wiater ' u pro vision has been entirely frpoilctl . We he « - that two lives have been lost . Tl . i motnini ^ ( Monday ) the flood has receded , and the people ap busy in clearing away the mud , aud in pnttinj their houses in order . Many feather beds' ra entirely spoiled . We know not the extant of th

      damage . It is to be hoped that measures wHl-b taken to relieve the distress of the pergois injure ' by the flsod . We shall now seo whether those " w ^ so recently interested themselves on behalf of ' tb poor , will step forward to do their duty on tfal trying occasion . Here is a case which calk loudj for the interference of the humane and charitable 1 our . city , here is a case in which , without reff ren < to party politics , all classes should bestir themselve that the present necessities of the people injured I the flood , may be relieved . —From our Carre pandent .

      'Park ' s Life Pills . —Since fhe first trial oftl highly prized medicine , upwards of l , « 00 cu . resfaa been « ff « cted , more than one-half of whiiih we considered incurable ; and what is more rerxurkab cases which possses the very opposite 3 aa re ^ ar outward symptoms . The balsamic and invj ^ orati tfftxsts cntlie blood produced by these medicine ^ perfectly miraculous ; roaiir , who have kept th beds for years , have been so' speedily re-invi # oral with an infusion of new blood , and consequently new life ar » d strength , that their re-appearai amongst their fellow beings , who had long gi } them np as incurable ,: is looked upon as i greatest of the many great wonders of <; ho mira ? lous age . "" ,: ¦

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      Ribsio » Pu-pins . —A g- ^ ener in Scotland has discovered that our nV ; , gt winter appie , the Ribston PWty . uMfl » e preserved from th « ravages of the 1 American aphis , or bug , by grafting tno pippmonl the stock of the jargonelle , pear , which the insect is never known to attars . The engraftment aiso ' improves the fruit in jize and flavour . Cheap Law . — On Thursday , an action was tried for the recov jry of co 9 ta incurred in disputing a ¦ Y ^ nnA VProotor ' s bill amounted to upwards ^ of j fclOOO , Of whicjj 6 um £ 35 o had already been paid . 1 Jury , without looking at the lawyer ' s bill ( of course , it had been taxed ) , returned a verdict for the balance , £ 677 18 i . 9 d .

      J I The Way to the Workhouse . —Reeve was once j accosted in the Kensington-roa . d by an elderly female , j with a small bottle t > t' gin in her hand . " Pray , Sir , I beg your pardon—is this the way to the workhouse V John gave her a look of clerical dignity , ' and , pointing ^ . ) the bottle , gravely said , "No , ma ' am , but that is , ' Working of the Devil ' s Law in Mary-le-Bone , —'^ withstanding the shameful additions that are oo ' j&tantly being made on the poor rates (' . )— or , poor iaw devils' premiums for murder , ever since the introduction of that accursed measure in that ' borough , now some years since , the poor have been ; . n a worse condition than ever they were before . I f f hey have a home , it is true , but be it remembered that home is a bastile , containing cells , and a black

      hols for the refractory ; where every sp ecies of cruelty and even torture , is inflicted . It is not to be wondered at , then , that they should feel a loathing , as we do a disgust , towards such a hell ; and the consequence is , that they , being denied out-door-, relief , are literally starving . Indeed , during ' . n 6 J late severe frost , suoh have been the sufferings ,, { t , bV honest , penny less , and houseless poor , as yU aronse several influential persons to consider the , De 8 t meaas of relieving their present necessities leaving tko future , of course , to provide for ite ^ f . Accordingly a meeting of the inhabitant ws- ^ held at the'Court I House , on the 13 th instant , the . Rev . Dr . Spry in the chair ; and after the sevbral . speeches , the following resolution was adopted mr ^ jmouslvi and signed by

      the Chairman on be'aalf . of the meetiog ^— " That a , public subscription be immediately entered into , for the purpose of carry irjg into'effect the very desirable object of relieving tr-. e poor of this parish , under th' " present urgent dig cross . " The inhabitants will nr \ , have aa opportunity of maintaining their own - ^ r in reality , they I- aw long had it nominally ; but then , as they were veil aware , for they are nea ^ i y ^\ oppofi « d to t v ie New Law , it oEly went ' jit 0 the devil's pockeis . Why is uot a permanent fi ^ establiskcd , and . the rates £ aid ( jwr to the trustees 1 Smh a sys ' xeB is most desirabk ; we hv / o often re' cammcnc ' . ed it to general adoption , and we trust that < Sie Rev .. Dr . Spry , Lord Keofon , Sir O . Scott , Bwt ; , Alfred Daniell , feq . andtbn numer < jus other influential persons who are at the hea ^ of the present I meeting , witt'oonsuier 1 na propriety of it .

      S cm > h * Grading , ob , ntjfr the JPoob eat a little bit : of F-oob on a Sl £ s& * y ?—Sometime since , the . saints tu&de a great -suit ) upon this subject in tbet 8 'iveraJ parishes in suid arotiod London , and by T Assing resolutions of the most threatening description at 'their hole- anxtaorner meetings , succeeded , for * time , in clotiHg * cany shops for tho whole of the Sabbath day v p « iftely telling the occupants of such places , thait if they dared to disobey orders they skould rer ^ iye a summons the next morning , ae by an old Uw , Which tliey had raked up , aud which , to their , jay , had never boen repealed , they had it in ths'j : pow « r to make them pay very heavy ifluos , t ( vgefcfcfer v wit , h all the law expences attendant upon the axtortioo of such fine , or , as the court

      • fool iV ielboume h * c it , to ruin them with expences this was quite worthy of the tools of a kigotted ¦ aud ijitoleraat : L ? . \ v Church faction ; but it would asot do for tho ^ chopkeepers either way , and thoy cesolved to mako a determined stand against it . Man . y have sinco kept their shops open longer than ever they did , oat of mere bravado , until it has beconi' > mhitter bf consideration with the saints whe-, * her , havmg'by their own outrageous threats " made i bad tvorse . 'Hhey had not better "leave well alone , " (¦ and try oonciliaiory means , or leave it as it is , as ttho t trong ^ rm of the law is of no use at all . The

      < chur chwaitseus of St . Aun '^ Soho , late a very rabid < rrew , have , seemingly as an example to their saintly 'ireth reu , ehosen the ntildw way . They hare apifeale d to the parishioner * , requesting them to put : *« n en d to this evil , and to close their shops at ten wery Sunday morning , which , as they say , ia iu ' all : «* nscr « nc » reasonable enough . True ; but then a ^ aiin , in case of non-compliance , follows the throat —« ioi tot this be diBpeu ^ ed with 1 recent eveuts h «» ing proved its utter worthlessness . The people m « j bi » convinced of the necessity of complying n ' nh an y reasonable request , by reasoning , though they nev er will by iutimidtttion .

      Jfe E M ARTteBONE AN » PaDDIXOTON ANtl-WlN-» ow Tax Ck » JMiTTEE . —A Committee , bearing the abor o nai le , and having for its object the immediate ^!) a ad to tal repeal of this obnoxious tax , has lately vbeen forwied in Loiuion . It is the offspring of two pu blic j » ftatuags , lately held at Chesney ' sRooms , and tk « j W hite JLion , £ dgeware-road , at each , of which , . it w Ul fce romemfcered , the Chartists interfered , ai id , \ '&y . properly , passed resolutions coademnatoi y of ' t > ud& hali ^ wid-half measures ; demanding the Ci laru ff ia Ml , which , from their opposition , it would . seem * « e « ae - « f ithe Household party are not yet p » epa ted to -go if or , though others are , it being , as they lirink , too liberal to assist thoir ignorant lodg ers , { whose -combined rents pay their rent , rates , and taxes , -and keep them and their families into the * featgata !) to obtain the franchise

      Although the . v ( t ! *» iJouseholders ) all admit that no grievance eaii 1 > e effectually redressed until a thorough refoi m fe *« takea place in the House of Commous , and the * Suffrage considerably « xtended , yet , with these as tertions upon their toagues , and these coimctiom ' in their &e * rts , do these self-same aoodJes assembii ^ ev wy ffkursday eveaiag , at their temporary Comm ittei » Jioaia , to enrol themselves as members , and hair 1 tte undying eloquence of their neighbours upon . the iaju 6 » ioe of the window tax , aud the necestsity o \ " pe faiiociag for its repeal . However , the CommUti'O i » focmed ; and wo suppose that , after the fir * t b , itch ' . < rfmnaoticed petitions have been put on the fire ; to b ^ tftthe chops at Bellamy ' 3 the resort of the " co £ i '? cti > e wiwiom , " we shall hear these patriotic hou » eat > lde W » lli 2 r . e the anti-Cora Law gentry , exclaim , theChai tiste are right .

      The Aeibtochact , hue I oiasots-Class , and the Taxes . —The loyalty of , '• b ^ e two classes is always in proportion to tiiea «» unt of taxes which the / have to pay . If the « n « » namely taxes , be small , or in other w « rds tfcrown , as they in general are , on the backs of their poorer brethren , they are the most loy * creatures in existence , and nothing appears eo b eautiful to them as a peacock king , or a butterfly qu een , and a set of gew-gavr courtiers ; but only let t . * ** order of taxation be the reverse ; and , " What * useless thing royalty is to be sure ! -quite an ii . ^ position ! " and tbe only wonder is , " How the poopK * ca » allow it to remain any longer , whilst America x furnishes so many proofs of the superiority of a rep \ * lic ! " Thus ,

      for instance , in the case of the late suga ' duties ; no sooner w » s this new impositioii laid upon * bis luxury of the great (?) to support a German beg ^ 'w . whom , Jt was supposed , they adored , than 1 W were quite revolutionary , and declared that tht V would not pay it—that they would have no presv * ros of any kind that year ; and , to make assurance doubly sure , would pay , off their confectioner's bills . Well , and what has been the consequence ? " Why , " 8 ays the middle-class fruiterer , " I have been oblige d to sell my fruit almost for nothing , as I Lave been g } *<* to get rid of it at any price , as the rich will n ot make any preserves , in consequence of the hi « ' i of

      price sugar—there ' s no end to the taxation . ' ' ' You are quite right , " sayj the confectioner , " taxes never were so high before . Really , the currants , raisins , and sugar are so dear , that I scarcely can 5 JBTlhy person to buy anything of me ; it ' s absolutely a losing concern , I assure you . " Thus do these worthies , who had no occasion for complaint , and who * oouW not see the necessity for any chang * what ever , wile aw ay their tiu . - > e by harping on their new \ ni 8 fortune . The aristoct'acy have , however , merely to resist in silence , by abstaining from a few of their -luxuries . The grumbling is left for the middle cl isses . Let them mind not to speak" sedition , " that ' fi all .

      A Drunkard ' s Fate . ^ Singular Verdict . — Monday oveiring an inquest was , held at ! the Crowa , Green-street , Leicester-fiquarp 1 , ; before Mr . Higga , tha coroner for Westminstettion view of tAe body of ; Mary Stoner , thirty-nine years of age , wh . w death occurred under th « following eircumsti . ^ ftes ;—' Thomas Beart , of Scotland-yard , sitdleinan , stated that he spent the whole of Ia 3 t Monday iu coro'vany with deceased / 'in apartments which she and her ' msband owiupied , over Bome stables in ScotlaL ' ciirard , belonging to Lord Howick , to whom her hui ' - jand was coachman . He was at present out of , ; own . Tho deceased was a woman of very drunken I labits . She was intoxicated all day long when

      witness was with her Jast Sunday . She had a shilling ' s worth of brandy , three half-qnarternB of ram j and three pints of beer . Sho drank the rum and brandy herself ; Witness left her between eight and nine at night , and went to bed in one of the rooms orer the stables , where Lord Howicb ' a groom slept when in town . The next morning ( Monday ) he called early On deceased . She was not up , so he lit her fire for her and came / away , seeing that she was lying , apparently asleep , on the bed in the room adjoining the one whew he bad lit the fire . The door was partly open , but witness did not go into the bed-room . He went out to * coffee-shop and genius breakfast . When he came back he found that deceased , instead of being asleep , as he had supposed , was dead . A surgeon was seat for , jand ho declared tbst deceased had been dead « Jkjtig tfms . There waa a mark round her neck , other oap string , whieh appeared to have caused Rtrangulation . His evidence having been confirmed by numerous witnesses , the jury , afer a most minute and patient investigation of aJJ the ciroumstauceB of the case , returned a verdict" Died by the YJ » t * twu of God . "

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      ^ An Anti- Jacobin Goat . — A curious affair oecnn about two years ago . at a small church in Wa Tke parson having & tame goat which followed 1 to the church and sat under the pulpit , the anil was so struck with the nodding of a drowsy Q brian , who sat opposite to him , that , taking ^ frequent inclinations of his head for a challongt combat , he made a butt at his supposed antagor who , not perceiving from whencothe blow proceed struck the person next him . The parsou , who < - also of the quorum , would have committed

      drowsy Cambrian , when brought before him e day , especially as the latter had been convict © reading and commenting on the newspapers ; bu < it was proved by several witnesses that his goat > the first aggreBBor , he observe *^ that if the j pie " Tespised ttvine swvice , it would pe no wox if peist 8 of the field was to rise upon all the chi pins in the country . " ¦ ; ¦ Aw Ihish PHrsiciAs ' s Resolve . —An Ene gentleman being taken ill of the yellow fev < J Jamaica , a lady who had married in that isli indirectly . hinted to him , in the presence of an I physician who attended him , tho propriety of n ing his wil , in a country wherfl nennU »»„ a « «„

      die . The physician thinking his judgment call © question , tartly replied , " ••' By Ja ^ us , madam wish you would tell me that country where peopli not die , and I will go and end my days there . ' * Beginning a Speech at the Wrong En ! When . Ckarlea II . was on a progress through dominions , he was waited upon by the m ** Tsii of a certain city m the north of England ' Mayor had prepared , with no little study , a soleil oration for so memorable an occasion ; but onka iig down to deliver his address , the worthy S trate , who was excessively fat , coumS ?' feu de joieot rather a singular nature . Wi ^ r "" he deemed such an expression of loyalty itt mount to a royal salute of tkrt Mw C

      silent ; certain , however , it is , that h 7 feU gret 2 m ? ™?^ f lundered i « ' »« nation moK g tully . - I have , please your M * j « sty , betun at ¦ H wrongend » cruxl the good Mayor , eudtavmirtnj = § apologise for the incohereucy of his speech ^ fe I remarked , " replied the W facetious Moi-aich K : & Sir wliSriSn ^ be C <) mcte < i - Rise ' g Criticism .-Soon after Lord Kenyoa wa 3 * = pointed Master of the Roll .. , he was listening V g attentively to a young clerk , who was rcadinj : 2 himi before a number of genvtemen of tho lonK re t the conveyances of an estate 5 * ud , on comm < ' to' 3 word enough , pronouueed it eiiou . His honour 1 Y % mediatejy interrupted him , ¦ * Hold ! hold ' ^— Dl «™ ui is

      v , "'wwm ; e-u-o-u-g-n , according to ' vernacular cuBtom , pronounced enu ' ff , "Km " as for Sf . r l ' Wbich terminate i ? oS .-as , for-example , tough , rough , couth , &c"l clerk bowed , bushed , and" went ' on for some til when ,. coming to tbe word pfough , he , with ale it plufi ! The great lawyer stroked his chin a !

      " mUfinnf £ L ' f , "i tUi two of h 5 s femi elations had quarrelled , asked- " Did thevd each other ugly ?•» « . » * . We ]} ° JJ 7 * s oon reconcile them . ' * ' r , 'tV ' i ?> | BP ° * ki n « of his niggers , sa 080 Di PomP « y « e so much alik ? that y can t tell the one from the other , specially I ' omii A AtPEBENCK . — " Do you know Mr - asked one friend of another , referrino- to an i

      gentlen xan vrno was famous for his fondness for i « wf V' V ? P- r Ye 8 ' ' r > l know hil " very weS What kind of a man is he t" " Whv iu i morning yhmi he gets up he is a beer barrel : aud ge ^ eveninr when he goes to bed , he is a barrel Fbahkuw . —It is rather a curious incident , th when the . American Congress sent Dr . Franklin printer , as Minister to Franco , the Court of Ve uullos seat M . G . \ rard , a bookbinder , as M nist ^ . tbe United States . When Dr . FravkUn m told ' it Ae exclaimed , " Wall , I ' prto' SU ^ Zfoi of America , and M . Girard will bind it . -

      "Theothbh EvEmm , " say 3 a con temporarv * well-tttown novelist , a man * ot great coolness an conr *« e , was met by a sKWt fellow , who pulled oi % poniard and demanded tia pur ? o . •¦ Caoi ' tal «» ? J oMisr exelaimed , 'I was ^ ust about to- make th satne denjaiid en yon j but < jome , as I ftid-M « 2 failed J ? with one of oarseW I'l JfrJ you a sb 3 of a p . niBfiiob I have in hani Come Jong ? « ceived b / this confidence the real rogue ' foin ' edth oonnterfeit /^ And they stolftalon ^ together , -tUl th » ¦ vrmeuat - . bjr * patrol , into whose hands * the cood natured friend nnkmdljr dodged his associata ^ Galianani ' t Messenger . .

      , Mahch op TAsiX-Afew days ago , a kaowrai looking chap , ma newly-washed smocifroofc-eiS tered the studio of a dt ^ Jorxtor , in a neat village id we centre of Sherwood Porest , and supporting * robust frame / with a huge Jraggon whip , and twirl ing a white " bill-oockfin ^ Ins right hand , asked ij he could paintboxes " toigJA V The artist answerea in the afflrrnative . u WholHhen , I wants yan doomj summat loike wot yanre enaps is a dooiii ' onaw meister'B doors . i' " ^ Fwhat Bickla nd Oak J ? Ayej loikely j-an' I "«» , ¦ eon yu draw thina ont f" The painter ag « a % uwered Yes . " " Wh < 4 then , as I reckons myseira bit aboon yaro dod 4 hopping ch » p « , just draw moi nvae out , am i , ploa ^ lUBMHHJiw , an a pair o' horses 1 " 1

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      Republican Aphorisms.

      REPUBLICAN APHORISMS .

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      " decree . " Whereas , Zsno , thewn of Muasacus . of Cittium , hath spent many years in this city , teaching philosophy , and hath in every thing discovered himself to be a good man . Seeing that he hath always prompted to virtue the youth under his care , and that he hath always led a life conformable to the preoepts which he taught ; it hath seemed good to the people that he be publicly praised and presented with a golden crown , wuich he hath justly merited , on account of his great probity and temperance ; and , that at ihe public * xpence , there be erected , in honour of him ,

      a moDSraient , in the division called Ceramicus . " It is , moreover , the pleasure of the people , that there be chosen in Athena five men , according to whose directions the crown shall be made , and the monument erected ; and that the Secretary of State s £ all cause to be engraved the present decree , on two pillars , one of which shall be placed in the Academy , and the other in the Lyoeam ; and that the money necessary for this work b « speedily put 1 iuto the handa of him who has the management of public aff&irs , that the world may know that the Athenians are careful to honour , both during their life , and after their death , those who have distinguished themselves by their merit . '

      This reward ( with the exception of the golden crown , which ought to have b « en a garland of ( laurel ) is such as no honest man would feel disappointed with , more especially if his political principles were formed under the precepts , the examples , the honesty , and the wisdom of a justly regulated Democratic Republic— Chartist Circular .

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      ; THE NORTHERN STAR . , 3

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 23, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1093/page/3/