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gOSXET TO WILLIAMS AXD BDTXS . -npun' and Binns , the youthful patriete , w ^ iersly dared the tyrant * * iron frown , £ v -r " manlv fertitade—such m shall ctoto -, i ^ idj a ' people ' s heartfelt taanla , mid notes S ^ fixiuried gratitude-ftomttroato ^ J ^ ^ aisnate a nation ' s voice , and show Tte pole ' s strength , that lays injustice low , . * , - _ : ^ truth , tie bine of all despots , f ! r Z ^ z flo-sren in acme unsheltered spot , ^ v bad beneath the bitter pelting storm ; JrJL- 's rade blast will shortly be forgot Tt- ' ^' is past-it ceases to deform . e ~ - ' - " Viil straggle through life * laingled doom , SSiiag ia » r ate * death "Hs yours t » bloom . ^ James Yes > o > . $ » & M altos , rebroarySnd .
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? - — IgE RIGHTS ASD DUTIES OF MAX . Toe— " Ben Block . " Ye nobles of came , ye scions of fame , Te forties : in liberty ' s van , Hot : tkt siaadard aid t , * ad loualy proclaim Ite dcriri and lights of man . -Rljen Eatrafixsi stamped us with life and with form IS -was a ; equality * sisrine ,-frntb , ja . UK , and reason , united , conform , To biiic * " the sacred design . Be be nc-e .- so rich , or never so poor , vThiuver Ms colour or creed ; & £ maa £ ss a right to one rote , and do more , His person ' s his title deed . Ba vorid is his country , ail nature his store , Hi 3 religion should be to do good ; Ee sbtrald srre up his soul to freedom—and more , He shanld seal it , if need , with his blood .
AB men should be brothers , their principles pure , 1 o fret&ura and equity true ; Tnro otiers then act , be they never so poor , As ve iruBid they should do unto you . fnnk fcreioai , and ri ^ ht are the same at each zone They are changed not by time or by place ,-And he who oppresses one country alone , Is the foe cf the ha man race . Oar motto is equal ri ^ hta and laws Oar call is freedom ' s call ; Oar < sas =, the cause , the common cause , AS for » Eh—each for » & Ko one imperially sacmld tower , Xor govern wiih iron ro-1 ; Tbe people are the sovereign power , Their voice is the Toice of
Gv&-All GoTcTzaeuVs but their i ^ strunait , Their xaandass to fn ! 3 ; The laad " s their farm , and Heaven their bent , The law is the people's wilL Tkta onwsri , tkr noble , the trae , and the brave , Death during , all perils well share , TezH aims and poTsrtr , despot and slaTe , Shall be bat as things that were . As a ps ^ per or slave , who would wear such a brand , Is not worthy in freedom to bast ; We eo charity crave— it is right we » emaad—>" ot bounty , bat justice , we ask . AM hsTe It wa will , > e our fate what it may , Tioczh oar TaHeys behold -us no more : (' Thozih ' ozT caels shall be fed with fresh victims each day , Ana the s : aiToid may stream with our g « re .
lisa oinrsrd , the cause so holy and food , Bit sciizioia the noble and brave ; WJio v < rald not for freedom yield np hi * life ' s Wood IfeaerTes to be ever a slave . Th ^ n e ^ ward , again , at freedom ' s high call , Our Charter to death well embrace ; Be sare that as fast as am leader shall fall , Another <} i * i ) rise in his place . Behoceaticcs .
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A XEW CHABTIST SO > 'G , ET £ . P . HEAD , OF BIB . HI 3 GHA 1 L Tr > ' £ — " lie Bay of Biscay , 0 : * LjtvI roar'd fne people's tfcunder , And tyrssti heard the storm , Ttty trembled , and knocied under , Aid gave us mock Reform . Ihcj i ~ it iha electric spark , TTbich bared corruption's art ; Beat their Teil , they turned pale , A . t the Tuios of freedom , O '
j . _ = n orr good ship Britannia , ___ iajsa : the breaters lay , ?^ . r bark : tts gladly maun'd her , With . Whigs and GaSez Grey ; Bat lubbers all they proTed , And from the rocia ne ' er zaoTed , Ttiere are they , till this day , On thy r jets , corruption , 6 . ' At ieneth ihe Peopled Charter " ai-ots forth its be 3 con rays ! She d « peas now her water , The tide around her plays ; Saon shall her lubber crew , Resign her helm to you -, Ciiriists brave , ye must save , The go * d ship , Britannia , O !
xne aiDm of freedom's breating , ^ re hai f it from afar : And for a coaipasg tatinj , O ^ r gloriv . ua XorUiern Star ' . Well &ion the breakers cle&r , The pori we aeon shall near ; ^ ow we »* il , with the gale , T jr the Bay of Freedom , 0 : Our pilot , braTe O'CO > ' 5 OS ! We soon wiil get on board , More sail we'll crowd npon her , And get her richly stored ;
Mans'd by a gallant crew , Of Chartists staunch and true , We shall ride , with the tide , To the port cf freedom , O !
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AX APOLOGY FOR A THIEF , OR THE TIILE OF " DIVINE RIGHT" A MASK
TO COYER THE INIQUITIES OF THE GREAT . By a British Ismaklixb . Oxford : Henry Alden , Corn Market . We haTe here a somewhat nnceremonious attempt » prove that all the world are thieres , and thai as ^ grea : people who are , by their own account , st « s head of the thievish , community , bj " the Grace ^ Go d , " and " Right DiYine , " are robbara by H » iee , so the rest of mankind are eompelled to teeonie robbers by necessity ; The book is eertainly * xsea s&tire upon the present state of things , and t
i&m , by a reference to facts , that those who are ^ presented by history to be great and noble , foun-< ies of empires , and th « benefactora of out race , *« e , for the most part , robbers aud cut-throats ; ^ that had they doae th e same acts as those wio ^ represented as great and glorious , on a more * Btriet « d stile , they would h * Te come down to us , ** we had heard of them at ail , wish a Tery different ^• "c ter to that they now assume . We recom-*« od taa following clever bit to the especial consi-* f ?* && of all who adTocaie the hanging of little "HOTea , and the honouring of great ones : —
" I nuy begin with king Adam , as Rousseaa style * raa , and hu partaer Ere . They could not resist the ^ Jl ^ tion , and stole the apple . As loog a » they ported we may eaniider one s hero and the other a neroms , but when they were weak enough to steal * s *» they bid no right to , though surrounded by j ^ daEce of ercry thing , they were counted criminal * . £°£ ' v !! aUe * ** erase , that ti » y were Incited ~* t Vy the ennnlng of the deTil : —^ this is granted , and " *** we nay ssfely infer , that the cunning of the U 8 TQ ' a with every one who iteals , and of corae he
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must bestow more of nix conning on great thieres than on petty ones ; tola accordingly constitutes great thieYfts to hare more of the deTil in them than little ones , which therefore renders them more devilish , and more to be dreaded . " The following exquisite specimen of regal honesty cannot be too generally known . Who would not embalm , in the deepest recesses of the heart , the memory of such excellent princes f" Every one has read of the great embarrassment of the Prince of Wales , Duke ef York , and Duke of Clarence , tthe latter , howeYer , must be exempted from all charge of haying enjoyed any of the profits arising from this transaction ) . These embarrassments were toe consequence of their frequent debaucheries , and
every sonrce in this country was tried from which it wa » thought a supply could be raised , sufficient to avert the impending storm which bung over their heads ; but all endeavours failed . As a last resource , a loan was attempted in Holland ; and Messrs . Bonney and Sunderiand , then of George-yard , Lombard-street , were appointed notarial agents for the verification of the bonds ; * and the late Mr . T . Hammemley , ot Pall Mali , banker , was to receive the subscriptions , and to pay the dividends thereon , to the holders , on the joint bonds of the Prince of Wales , Duke of York , and Duke of CTarence ( the latter merely lent his name as a further security to the bonds , and to please his elder brothers ; . The sum intended to be raised was about one million sterling . After Borne slight interruptions the negotiation for this loan was confirmed : it was to bear six per cent , interest , and the revenues of their royal highnesses were to be invested in the hands of
the late Dukes of Northumberland and Portland , in order to ensure the due payment of interest and principal . A large portion of the money , to the amount of nearly half a million , had been received by the Princes , when the revolution in France , in 1722 , presented an opportunity to resist the payment of those bonds which had been circulated , and even the interest due upon them was refused . Daring the revolution , some of the holders of these bonds escaped and arrived in England ; and , as their last resource , they made numerous applications to the Princes for the interest due to them , if it were not quite convenient to discharge the bonds in fall , bat their applications were fruitless . The holders of these bonds , finding themselves unjustly treated , Mr . Martignac , one of the original subscribers to them , made an application to the Court of Chancery and the affair came on by way of motion . However , the matter was shirked , * , r ><] the distressed refugees were never benefited by it .
Xow follows the despicable part , and the suspicious conduct , ( relative to these bonds , ) of the then Secretary of State for the Home Department Under the specious pretext of enforcing the Alien Act , this gentleman caused the whole of these injured claimants to be taken and put on board a vessel in the Thames , which was stated to be ready to sail for Holland . This vessel , however , cast anchor at the Nore , for the professed purpose of waiting to receive the necessary papers from th « office of the Secretary of State i " The heart rending destiny of these unfortunate victims now only remains to be told . Although no
charge was preferred against them , they were thus unceremoniously sent out of the kingdom by the decree of arbitrary power . From the list of twenty-six unfortunate creditors of the Princes , fourteen were traced to the guillotine . The other twelve perished by another concocted plan of the hirelings of power . The two principal money lenders , 3 Ir . Abraham and Mr . Simeon Buas , of the Hague , were endeavouring to maintain their shattered credit , and actually paid the interest due upon these bonds for two years themselves ; but they were finally rained , and one ot the brothers put an end to bis existence by a pistol , —the other by poison . "
At page 12 , wa have some excellent remarks on the way in which history is taught . We quote them for the benefit of all who are interested in the instruction of youih : — " The history o' England ought to be taught very differently to children than it has fcitherte been . It is the duty of those who teach it at occa to unmask the real character of kings and their courtiers , and continually to remind the children of the fable of the frogs who were punished by Jupiter for Trishing for a king , that Providence in liie manner punishes the weaker minded nations of this globe who cannot rest contented until they have kings and courtiers to stop them of all good things . Then a new and more enlightened generation would rise up , who would blush to r » ad how their forefathers could have so tamely submitted to a few despicable tyrants and blasphemers , for daring to assume ihe words " grace of God" and " right divine " as a e ' ioa * to their infamy . This is the true light they
ought to be viewed in , and yet parents are weak enough when they put the history of England into a child's hand to point out to him , with a corrupted notion ef glory , the portrait of this monster ; for instance , telling theduM , " that is the great and glorious William , surnamed the Conqueror , " while his servile heart secretly beats with pleasure , as he repeats the high sounding word Conqueror ! If the child were to say , but bow cruel he was , the answer would be , " oh ! we must not say those things , my dear , it is all for the best ; God gives those men power to govern us by his divine grace , " or any such nonsense ; instead of telling the child plainly the truth , that be was a bastard , a usurper , and like * most of those men in power , a robber and an inhuman- monster . I repeat again , until history is taught fairly- to children , and the infamy of the great unveiled to them , they will ever continue to imbibe a religious fear for'their oppressors , and consider liberty and freedom a reproach . "
At page 21 , the hireling who disgrace the Christian priesthood , come in for a pretty hard blow from the Ismaelite ' s clenched fist , and with it we must close oar notice , begging our readers to bear in mind , that the author doe 3 not apologise for thieving in the abstract , but only contends that if great men become robbers because they like it , much may be said for those vrho only rob because the arrangements of Eoxiety forbid them to live without doing violence to some of the acknowledged principles of common honesty . *
"As for the priests of our own country , I can only tell them that I never heard of St . Peter or any of the apostles going out a foxhunting , * er to steeple chases : or that their belief was fashioned according t « the greatness or smallness of their livings ; or that they ever refused any deceased person a Christian burial , because he had not left sufficient money behind him to purchase a smaD piece * 1 consecrated ground in a church-yard . Until it is proved that the apostles did all tkese things , we cannot at least consider our priests as their successors ,- and if it is proved that they also did those things , people ought to be ashamed to acknowledge-themselves their successors . "
" * Only imagine for one moment St Peter out a fox hunting , on a spirited horse , hollowing behind a pack of hounds , and after clearing a hedge , tumbling into a ditch on the other side , and all the rest of the apostles leaping over him . "
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A Pipe . —A pipe ! it is a great soother ! a pleasant comforter - blue . davils fly before its hoDest breath ! it ripens the brain—it opens the heart ; and the man who smokes thinks like a Sage and acts like a Samaritan . —Sir Lylion Bulmer ' s Xight and Morning . Pleasures op Statesmen . —Precious to the statesman are the moments he can snatch for the common pleasures which are strewed over the earth—meant , apparently , for the perpetual enjoyment of all its inhabitants . The child gathers flowers in the meadow , or runs up and down a green bank , or Iook 3 . for birds' nests every spring-day . The boy and girl hear the lark in the field and the linaet in the wood , as a matter of course : they walk beside the growing corn , and pass beneath the
rookery , and feel nothing of its being a privilege . The sailor beholds the stars every bright night of the year , and is familiar with the thousand hues of the changing sea . The soldier on his march see 3 the sun rise and set on mountain and ralley , plain and forest . The citizen , pent up in the centre of & wide-built town , has hi 3 hour for play with his little ones , his evenings for his wife and his friends . But for the statesman , none of these are the pleasures of every day . Week after week , month after month , he can have no eyes for the freshness of nature , no leisure for small affairs , or for talk abont things which cannot be called affairs at all . He may gaze at pictures on his walls , and hear music from the drawing-room , in the brief intervals of his
labours ; and he may now and then be taken by surprise by a glimpse of the cool bright stars , or by the waring of the boughs of some neighbouring tree : he may be beguiled by the grace or the freak of some little child , or Etruck by some wandering flower-scent in the Btreets , or some effect of sunlight on the evening dond : bat , with these few and rare exceptions , he loses sight of the natural earth , and of its free intercourses , for weeks and months ¦ together ; and precious in proprotion—precious beyond his utmost anticipation—are his hours of holiday when a ; length they come . He gazes at the crescent moon hanging above the woods , and at the long morning shadows on the dewy grass , as if they would vanish before his eyes . He is intoxicated with the gurgle of the brook npon the stones , when he seeks the trout-stream with his line and basket : the whirring of the wild-bird ' s wing upon the moor ,
the bursting of the chase from cover , the creaking of the harvest-wain—the song of the vine-dressersthe laugh , of ihe olive-gatherers—in every land where these sounds are heard , they make a child once more of the statesman who may forjonce have come forth to _ hear them . Sweeter Btill it the leisure-hour with children in the garden or ifae meadow , and the quiet stroll with wife or gister , in the evening , or the gay excursion daring & whole day of liberty . If Sunday evenings are sweet to the labourer ^ whose toils involve but little action of mind , how precious are his rarer holi < iays to the state-labourer , after the wear and tear of toil like his—after ii 3 daily experience cf intense thought , of anxiety , and feari la the path of mch should spring the freshest grass , and on their heads should fall ihe softest of the moonlight and the balmiest of the airs of heaven , if natural rewards are in any proportion to their purchase-money of toil .
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THE CHINA QUESTION . ( From the Times . ) ' Six weeks or two months * ago we were assured ,, with much exultation on the part of the Whig newspapers , and reiterated sneers , that our dispute with China , which ought never to have taken place at all , wasbappily , nay gloriously , settled ; that his Imperial and CelestialliajeBty had sunk under the fears inspired by the British arms ; that he had , through his Commissioner , submitted to all the demands of Admiral EUiot ; that three millions sterling had been
lodged in the hands of some British authority or other , God knows what , as compensation to the opium merchants for their property , aad to the Queen of England for her insulted honour ; that ** security for the future" had been . " taoked to indemnity for the past" by the grant of such concessions on behalf of the commerce of Great Britain as should be dictated by Admiral Elliot , who was described aB reigning paramount over the councils of China . M Such , " solemnly remarked the Downing-street newspapers , in contemptuous mockery of the Duke of Wellington— " such are the great results accomplished by means of 'little wars . '"
Well , then , we are to be thankful for great results it wems—that is to say , after we are sure of haviDg achieved them ; but , with all deference , not till then . Now , where are the proofs of snob , vast victories And when were they effected , and where f On Saturday last we published the contents of our own express from Marseilles , which anticipated all the Government and other overland despatches , bringing down tho Chinese intelligence from Chusan to the 24 th of October , and from Canton to Macao to the 3 rd of November . It thence appears that no new successes had been obtained , nor change of any sort experienced , since the date of the former gosdpping and blustering correspondence ; that as for the old successes , they were all what may be termed
"fudge ; " that as for the treaties signed and concessions granted , not an atom of negotiation had so much as commenced , so our ' security for the future" was in the nature of moonshine ; that our " indemnity for the past" was pretty much in the same predicament ; that the three millions sterling were precisely where they had ever been—namely , at the bottom of the Celestial exchequer ; that so far from Admiral Elliot reigning paramount at Pekin , he had been forced to leave Chusan wiih hia tail between his le # s , either driven by force of circumstances , or by stress of humbug , and had repaired to Canton , the furthest extremity of tke empire : to what good end , or with what result of the value of a single box of opium , still lies over for the speculations of the curious .
At Chusan , where exists the most tangible and enduring , and that a fata ) , evidence of the fortuue by which this expedition of Lord Palmerston has throughout been visited , there were lauded from the British men-of-war upwards of 3 , 6 * 00 soldiers , Englishmen and Indians . But of these , little more than 2 , 000 ( 2 , 036 ) remained fit for duty , when the accounts came away . Sixteen hundred of our fellow-subjects had perished or were disabled , without having seen the face of an enemy worth speaking of . But why did Admiral Elliot quit the northern coast of China , where he might enjoy , or enforce , if it so pleased him , an easy access to the seat of
Government , and the most tit centre of negotiation t The prevailing belief upon this matter is , that the Admiral yielded , with credulous weaknesp , to the persuasions of the Chinese Ministers , who did not much relish his near neighbourhood to the capital , and that under their sinister suggestions he crowded sail for Cauton at a season of the year when his rsturn northwards would be difficult or impossible and where he might be kept sitting " like / mpatience on a monument , " until it suited the chicanery of the Court to play off some new set of malpractices upon the noodledoin of Lord Minto's brother .
Then tchat his been the fruit of this famous expedition , sent forth and maintained at an expence of near £ 800 , 000 sterling , to make an example of the so-called swindlers of Canton , and teach them to swallow poisou with a better grace hereafter ) What has Admiral Elliot done ! How much of our Chinese quarrel has he settled 1 How much money has he sacked in the way of compensation to our merchants I What regulations in favour of British trade has he wrested from the Chinese Government ? How , and to what extent , has be repaid the cost to which his twenty or thirty ineffective pennants have put this much gulled
nation ? > ot to the amount of a single sous . At the rate he has gone on , nnder ,-it is to be presumed , the instructions of Lord Palmerston , Admiral Elliot may be two or three years longer among the Chinese seas , giving opportunities to military and naval gossips for Bending home cock-and-bull fabrications abou ; the doings or non-doings of the gallant Admiral , until certain unwelcome visitors from the Western aide of the Atlantic , with a large assortment of stripes and stars upon their flag , fulfilling the predictions of Commissioner Liu to his master , shall disturb the gallant Admiral in his dreams of settlement with China , and salute his squadron after a different fashion from that practised by Jhe miserable junks .
Upon the whole this melancholy war has been produced by the culpable negligence of the Foreign Secretary of England , in the three years during which he toully failed to send proper orders to Capt . Elliott for his guidance throughout a difficult and embarrassing state of our relations with the Government of Canton . The war measures , again , so useless in their origin , have in their execution proved feeble and discreditable , not a single step in advance towards a pacific settlement having been accomplished since the arrival of the British fleet upon the ahoreaof Cbiua . We hope a balance-sheet will be called for by one or more of our financiers in the House of Commons ; that on the production of a debtor and creditor account the couutry may be made distinctly sensible of what she has gained in return for what she has sacrificed by this immoral , unsuccessful , and disgraceful contest .
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BERMOWDSEY . —A meeting of the working classes took place on Sunday la-jt , at Dock Head Chapel , Bermondsey , when a large party sat down to a comfortable tea , and in the evening were addressed by two of their company , who shewed in a very clever and feeling manner , that the objection and indifference to Christianity was owing to the system of Priestianity taking its place ; and so long as the people dealt in proxies in matters of religion , and paid the man for speaking , thinking , and praying for them , so long would they remain ignorant of true Christianity , and slaves to ignorant and designing men . As the promoters of these Sunday meetiDga will be held up to scorn and ridicule for desecrating the S"ibbath , and depriving the priests of their authority in matters of religion , we hope that the liberal part of the community will give them their countenance and support .
GREEnOCE Mechanics In 3 titctio 5 . — Defeat of Bigotht , axd Triumph of Liberality . —Ever since the erection of the building for the Mechanics' Institution in this town , there has been a continual struggle , between the n&rrow-minded and bigoted minions of the clergy and the moneyocracy on the one side , and the liberal , intelligent , and independent portion of the working classes , on the other , as to how its affairs should be managed , and in whose hands their administration should be vested . This contest , which has been characterised throughout by alternate victory aud defeat to both parties , was terminated on Tuesday evening last , by the complete and unqualified triumph of the working men . The several interim committees , who have
hitherto managed the affairs of the institution , were successively engaged in drawing up a constitution for its future government , which constitution having been completed , a meeting of the subscribers was called for the above named evening , in order that the result of the committees' labours might be submitted to them . The committee , who have held office for some months back , ( by whom the constitution was finally completed , ) having been elected in an illegal manner , at a packed meeting of the subscribers , and consisting exclusively of the nominees of the illiberal and priest-ridden portion of the middle and upper classes , had contrived to frame the articles regarding ; the purposes for which tke building was to be used , and the
qualification for membership , so as to deprive the working classes of a full participation in its benefits , to exclude them from all share in its management , and to place it entirely in tho hands of a despotic and J esuitical faction . In their efforts to accomplish their nefarious intentions , no means , however despicable , were left uitried . All who dared to dissent frost them , or question the authority of their ipsi disit } were denounced as Infidels , Chartists , and Socialists ; as men devoid of principle , who wiahed to apply the property of . the subscribers to their own advantage , and to the furtherance of their ownviewB . For some time previous to the night of meeting , a number of individuals , ( the Committee of the Mechanics' Library , ) who
determined to rescue the institution from the grasp of the worthies to whom we have alluded , had drawn np and published a code of laws , which they meant to propose for the adoption of the subscribers , in opposition to that prepared by the illegally elected committee of the institution , who were held up to public obloquy and scorn in every possible manner . At the meeting , on the evening above-named , a working man was pot into the chair , in place of a magistrate . The code of laws drawn up by the working men was carried by a large majority , with the proviso added , that it should bo liable to ? . mendment in detail . It was also agreed that the Hall should not be let ior any purpose on the Sabbath ; and a proposition that the Hall should not be ued for the dissemination of any principles con-
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trary to those ot Christianity was ne ^ atfred a large majority ; the argument in oppoiition to whioh proposition was , that there waai so much difference of opinion , as to what was and what was not w accordance with the spirit of Christianity . A sew committee was then elected , composed of working men . and all of Liberal principles .: and , after gmngthree cheers for the Charter , three for JM * r&UB O ' Connor , &o ., the meeting separated . J&IAHOTESTiro . -Temperance . —The tewperance cause in Manchester is progressing rapid !/ among the Chartists . The following persons wish to have their names attached to the address of Mr , Henry Vincent , the Rev . W . Hill , &o .:-Mr . James Leech , President of the Provisional Executive , and Chartist Missionary for South Lancashire ; Mr . Thomas Danes , President to the South Lancashire Deiegate _ Meeting , and Treasurer to the Local Victim Fond ; Mr . Henry NattaU ; Mr . James White ; Mr . Joseph Lenney ; and Mr . Matthew Green . The latter are members of various committees , and zealous and active individuals .
»*!« B *«—Airociobs Cruelty ok the paki w the . Poor Law Officers — A poor man Darned VViison , arrived at Selby by a steam-packet on Tuesday , 2 ad mst ., and feeling himself unwell , called ai a public-house near to the landing place , and informed the landlord that he was entirely destitute of money . In a short time he became so bad as not to be able to leave the house ; finding which , the landlord applied on ins behalf to the assistant overseer , and also to the relieving offloer of the Selby Union , neither of whom did anything for him . The poor folJow ' scase ua 3 also been made known to the guardians of the
poor , and they also hare declined rendering the man any assistance : the answer retnrned by the Guardians was , that the landlord of the iaa must take all the responsibility upon himself , and one of the overseers ( a very humane man ) Mr . George Lowther * a methodist preacher , intimated that in the event of the man dying and the landlord not having ( at his own expeuce ) caused every attention and nourishment to be administered to him , that his aflliction required , he would be chargeable by a coroner ' s inquest . I So much for humanity and the Poor Laws , if such they be .
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A few Penny Pieces make a man " very charitable "—small things make a great result . An Unfriendly . Man is like a lemon—if you squeeza him , you only get acidity out of him . It is now , we believe , definitively settled , that Mr . Wightman is to replace Mr . Justice Littledale . Fire . —A fire took place lately at Messrs . Strutt's works , Belper , which was soon put out by the ieuiaieo , with the aid of the engiue men . The Property of £ 20 , 000 , left by Mr . Evans to tlio chanties of Kilkenny , is about to be placed under the board of charitable bequests . A Reward of £ 100 has been offered for the apprehension of Houston Wallace , charged with the destruction of the Lucy .
Eaul Manye&s' residence , Thoresby Hall , was broken into on iho 3 rd instant , and a considerable quantity of property stolen therefrom . The Teetotallers appear to ha progressing at Mansfield ; they have jusc issued an address to the public on the subject of temperance . The worthless statesman may tarn his coat over and over agaiD , but ho will not ba able to hide the hole . No fewer than EIGHT fires took place on the 4 th inst ., in tho metropolis , and property to a serious extent was consumed . Sir Astley Cooper , who has been dangerously ill , is &o much better as to warrant the hope of his speedy recovery . The youngest Daughter of Prince Canino ( Lucien bouaparte ) , is about to enter a Freuch convent at Rome . . ¦
The Bhitish Association have determined that the meeting , which is to take place at Plymouth , shall commence on the 12 th of July , and terminate ou the 17 th . George Edwahds , late of No . 13 , Shaftesburyterrace , Pimlico , a retired mailer butcher , has , by his will , bsqueaihed to the Butchers' Charitable Institution , a legacy of £ 1 # ( J . Best Mode of Suicide for Ladies . —Wear thin shoes , lace with a bed-winch and rope , and you may kill yourself without being suspacteJ . —New York Herald . Distress in London . —So great is the distress in the Ctty of London at tho present time , that it is contemplated to raise a public subscription to relievo it .
I . v FEURUA . ni \ ) 555 , John Hooper , bishop of Gloucester , was burnt before the door of his cathedral , in that city , during the reign of Queen Mary . Forgery . —At the Central Criminal Comrt , on Friday , Richard Moore , aged 30 , was sentenced to fifteen years transportation , for uttering a forged note for £ 5 , of the Salop bank . The name of Mr . Blake , a land agent of Galway , tho son of Sir Valentine Blake , of Meulo-castlo , appears in ihe Dublin Gazelle as a bankrupt . His defalcations are stated at £ 20 j 3 Q 0 . Sudden Death . —On the 4 ' , h instant , an inquest was held on the body of Mr . Thomas Winch , oi Shepperton , who died suddenly whilst hi Church . A verdict of * ' Natural death , by the visitation of God , " was returned .
The total import of Wheat during the month ending the 5 th January , consisted of only 38 , l > 76 quarters , of wh'ch 3 384 quarters were from our colonies , and 34 , Gi ) 2 quarters from foreign countries . Another Case . —At the same Court , on the same day as above , William Latham ,, formerly a dresser of Halifax , was sentenced to transportation for fifteen years , for forging a bill of exchange for £ 137133 . Fire—On Sunday night last , about twelve o ' clock , Camberwell old church was completely destroyed by tire—nothing but the bare walls being left standing .
The Shipping Gazette says— ' We are informed that a considerable sum has been awarded to the proprietors of the James Watt , as compensation for the loss sustained by them in consequence of the detention of the vessel . " -, The Morning Herald , speaking of Lord Morpeth ' s Irish Registration Bill , says , " tke principle involved in its postscript is the principle of Universal Suffrage , thinly concealed and covered over with a nominal five-pound qualification . " The Gcartiuns of the Boston Union , at a Board held on Saturday last , ordered The Penny Magazine , The Saturday Magazine , and Chambers' Edinburgh Journal , to bo taken in regularly for the use of the inmates ef the Union House . —Lincoln . Gaz .
Melancholy Shipwreck . —We regret to learn ( hat , on Wednesday night , a small sloop , which was in the habit of conveying stores from Fife to Granton Pier , sunk near Burutisland , and a man and boy , who were on board of her , porished . —Edinburgh Courant . The monks in Switzerland ( Canton of Argau ) are being dislodged by the military authorities , having received in many instances notice to quit in twentyfour hours ; the convents are to be sold ; it was said that the nuns had taken an active though secret part in fomenting the late disturbances .
Man Frozen to Death . —On Sunday morning , the dead body of a young man , name unknown , was discovered in a lane leading from Kingston bottom to Richmond . It was supposed tho deceased had sat down to rest himself , and that he had fallen asleep , and became a victim to the extreme severity of the weather . Nottingham . —Not withstanding the immense number of cut-ups made , and the outcry respecting foreign cotton hosiery , there is no branch of the Nottingham trade that has remained so free from fluctuation as the old full fashioned cotton hose trade . Wages are certainly very lovr , but employment , like the demand , is constant and uniform .
Court of Exchequer . —( Saturday . )—Dunn v . Angela Burdett Courts . —The court was occupied a great part of the day with a case in which the well-kuovrn Mr . Dunn was plaintiff in an action for false imprisonment . Miss Burdett Coutts appeared as a witness , and was examined at considerable length by Mr . Dunn . —Verdict for defendant . In the Centrit . Criminal Court , on the 4 th inst ., two womea were separatel y tried for the wilful murder of their infant illegitimate children . In both cases the jury returned Verdicts of "Not Guilty . " One of the prisoners is a widow ; and the body of the child was taken from a sexton , as he was about to inter it , by a policeman . Several marks of violence were perceived on its neck and ft ce .
Public Executions . —Mr . Rich has given notice that on Tuesday , the l « th of February , he will move for leave to bring in a Bill "to prohibit the public execution of criminals , and to provide for their execution within the gaols in which they may be confined , before duly appointed authorities , and a limited number of witnesses . " . Thames Police . —Thursday , the 5 th , being the day appointed for the re-examir . ation of Captain Robert Williman Cook , the mast * , rand part owner of the schooner Aligator , and George Wakeham , the chief mate of the same vess * J , charged with the wilful murder of William Sag > . an apprentice , the prisoners were put to the bar F , efore Mr , Ballaritine . The prisoners were committed for trial .
Uneqpai Taxation . —The railway proprietors pay one-eighth of a pe&ny per or ^ ile , tho stage-coach proprietors one-fourth , and the postmasters threelburths of a penny for evf ry passenger they carryin other words , the individual coachmajter is taxed twice as heavily , and tr . o individual postmaster six times as heavily , as the great joint-stock comvvniear- 'London paper .- .
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St . Aumx ' s Election . —At the final close of the poll , on Tuesday , the numbers-were : — Lori Listowel ( Whig ) . ^ ..... 236 Mr . Cabbell ( Tory ) ...... ~ ... 194 Majority ..................... ——42 . Mo ** ouTHsHiRB Election . — -Mr . Tracy , the LiperftTcaDdidate . has resigned , and therepresentafcro of the Carlton Club and the Dike of Beaufort , Mr . OotaviuB Morgan , wiB , without opposition , be returned for the county . , N ° Bov Chihnky-sweeps ALLowm ^ -By an Act of Parliament , passed in July , 1840 , oo and after u * * of 3 * nuary » 1 & * 2 , a penalty of not more * han £ 10 nor less than £ 5 is imposed npoa all persons who shall compel or knowingly allow aay young person , under the age cf twenty-one years , ti ascend a aaimney for the purpose of sweeping it , or for extinguishing tke'Srs thereto .
Fire . —On Saturday night aa extensivB fire kroke out ia the warehouBe of Mr . Johnson , a cabinet and bedstead , n » aker Long-alley , Moorfields . Thrwah the exertions of fc * e neighbours and a strong party of the city police , the atpek of the shop was savudi On an inquiry it was ascertained that the fire had originated throngh a defeoim ga » -pipe in the war »> louse . Mr . Johneeu is iwared in the San and Union fire-offices , DB . CHANNiNO , inl ! H&leotuf 8-OB war , proposes to alter altogether the nilitary equipments of omoers and men , to strip thtm of ail their finery , so attractive to the vanity ef the yeuog—to remove all gaudy colours , all laisea , feathers , epaulettes , &c . &c , and to adopt the most somtoe- colours for uniforms , as best Buited to fche dreadful trade of human carnage . This , he thinks , wouJd eheek , considerably , the love for military career .
Iw a tillage near to- Barndey , there is living what may be justly Btyled an ininntrions man ; at thevill&se church there , he undertakes the following duties , viz : clerk , Bexton , gives o * fc the psalms and tymns , leader of the singing in the ereheatra , plays 6 twe-violonoello , and tolls the bell for service . There is a still more industrious man living ia a village near Lincoln , who , to all the above professions , adds those of grocer , baker , parish ewistable , and blacksmith . Thb Gazette » e TRiB »» A . trx reports the trial
at Tours of a young Englishman , named Alcock , who had robbed his employer , a banker at Nottinghanij of eight hundred sovereigns , and fled to Boulogne , and thence to Tours . The offence for which je was tried was travelling with atalRe passport ; but the most interesting feature ii * the affair was the refusal of the French authorities to surrender him to an English polica-officer , ' as the English Government could never be prevailed opon to deliver up a refugee from France under similar circumstances . " The prisoner was only fined fifteen francs , and discharged .
Lord Cardigan ' s Trial . —It is stated that the ttingup of the Houbo of Lords for the trial of Lord Cardigan will cost £ 2 , 000 . The public have thus to pay , £ 2 , 00 § because Lord Cardigan was pleased to call out and shoot Mr . Tuckett . This is a piece of feudalism rather too inrational and costly for oar times . Cardi ^ aua should bo relegated to the Old Bailey . A dozen duels by Peers in the course of the year would be attended with an expence and interruption of the business of Parliament that would compel the public to call for au abrogation « f the absurd privilege of the Peors . —Examiner .
Sudden Illness of the Duke of Wellington . — The Duke of Wellington was , on Friday evening , eeizad with sudden indisposition in the House ol Lords . The Noble Duke , as is his custom , occupied his usual seat before five o ' clock , and appeared to be in good health and spirits , conversing cheerfully and familiarly with the Earl of Aberdeen and Lord Ellenborougb . About a quarter after five o ' clock , the head of the Noble Duke was seen suddenly to droop forward , as though he were fainting . His arm was immediately laid hold of by the Earl of Aberdeen , who , assisted by Lord Ellenborough , removed him instantly from the House . Tho following bulletin was issued on Saturday : — " Apsley House , 6 th Feb ., 1841 . —The Duke of Wellington han passed a quiet night , and is better tiiis moruiag . -J . R . Hume . " S
Cost of thb Rural Police . —The ovnrseerg and select vestries of the townships of Butterwonh . Castletou , Spotland , Waerdaie and Wardie , aud Wardleworth , have memorialised the magistrates of Lancashire to take steps for the abolition of the new constabulary force in that county . They-state that since the very heavy increase of the county rate , mainly occasioned hy the introduction of the new force , 4 he overseers and collectors have found the greatest difficulty in collecting the poor-rate , so as to meet the various demands upon it ; that the ratepayers are serious sufferers from this additional tax , which , if persevered in , will involve in ruin many industrious families ; that the memorialists are of opinion that the condition of the people in these townships xequiro that some meaas of alleviating their distress should be adopted , and that nothing appears more likely to forward that object than the relieving thorn from the expenses of the constabulary force \~ NoUinoham Review .
Seduction and BiGAMY . —Joseph Norris , a man of mature years , of solemn countenance , and most grave deportment , was charged with the two-fold ottence of seduction and bijramy , at Lambeth policeoffice . It appeared that a young woman named Jane Green applied to Mr . Norton on Thursday , fora , warrant to apprehend the prisoner . Mr . Norton requested her to explain the circumstances , when she stated that the prisoner was a shoemaker , aud devoted his time on tbe Sabbath to preaching in the highways and byways . Jaue not being on jjood terms with her brother ' s wife , consented to live with the prisoner and his second wife . He became at once her preceptor and spiritual adviser ; he taught her to read the Bible , nnd explained to her passages
of Scripture ; and , at length , believing that so good a man intended no harm , she yielded to his wishes , and her ruin was ihe consequence . Prisoner then forsook his home and his wife , and took his poor deluded victim to live with him . He afterwards cast her oft ' , and she found herself despised aad discarded by her friends . The magistrate toll the girl , that through har own weakness , she had involved herself iu ruin . Had sho made the charge when her betrayer first indecently assaulted her , he might have been punished according to his demerits ; but for the seduction , wicked as it had been , there was no remedy but by an action for damages . The prisoner was then charged with bigamy , and remanded until fnrther evidence could be obtained .
The Failure op Messrs . Keasley , Tanners , of Berhondsey . —Since the bankruptcy of Messrs . Wright , the bankers of Henrietta-street , Coventgarden , no failure has excited so much astonishment , or has been attended with such melancholy results , as the failure of Messrs . Keasley , the tanners , in Long-lane , Berinondsey . The firm was considered the richest in that part of London , and tho horses and harness were exceeded by no house in town , or , perhaps , the world . The Messrs . Keasley had for a long series of year 8 carried on one of the most extensive trades iu Bermondsey , or within five miles of it . Tho liabilities of the firm ar « variously stated , as amounting from £ lHO , QOi ) to £ 250 , 000 . The chief
creditors are reported to be Messrs . Stroatfield and Lawrence , leather-sellers , of Lime-street , to the amount of £ 17 , 000 ; Mr . Sharp , currier , of Russellstreet , Bermondsey , £ 7 , 0 fl 0 ; the firm of Warren aud Co ., blacking-makera , £ " 20 , 000 ; Messrs . Boucher and Mortimer , leather-factors , of the new leather-market , Berniondsey , £ 7 , 01 ) 0 ; Mr . Vousley , who keeps a public-house in Long- lane , £ 200 , fora cheque which he cashed , besides a large amount owing by the men , who " used " his house . The consternation which this bankruptcy has caused i 9 great , and has placed out of employ all , or nearly all , the men . Messrs . Keasley are also said to be the contractors to Government for the patent leather belts .
Whig Government . —I was pas 3 ing by a farmhouse the other day when , in a dry gutter at the sunny side of a hedge , I saw a cat , which I immediately perceived was weak with some kind of suffering . She made a feeble and inef&ctual attempt to catch a large fly that was burning about her , and , when she saw me , she staggered a few paces up the road , but soon turned and looked very wistfully at me . She was nothing but skin and bone , and could scarcely keep on her legs . I could not resist her mute appeal . I went to the house and toldtthe farmer s dame that her cat was very weak with want and must soon die unlessshe served her . The woman said — Who worth her 1 6 he may catch mice . " Now the poor creature might have cleared the plaoe of
mice—at any rate 6 he waa too feeble to catch them now—and whether this woman , surrounded by ? lenty , would listen to mj appeal , I know not , but felt at the time , that leould have put tho poor cat out of her misery , which would have been more humane than to let her linger in the pangs of starvation . I am in the habit of reflecting much on the cruelty of our Whig Government , and I could not help but turn this incident to account . The unemployed poor of this country are hungering to deathneglect is Bometimes murder . Ow factions have plenty to riot in and think not of the wants of tn » people—who , were they to take of the plenty they have produced , would be punished for theft by the plunderers of it . Work has failed , and they are b
reduced by want so as to be unable to wore . » - monstate with government and we shall be told tfie poor are idle , and wish to lire on the labours of the industrious—they must depend on Providence ana their , own resources . Do the rich depeud on *™ vl * dence , or on the resources of the poor * hicn tney have deprived them of ? Cats should'not , be kept to starve : iet alone men , women , and children , uur factions not only hunger the people , but they are auilty of cruelty to animals—this very cat was a victim of the Whig Government . The reader may laugh , if he he so barbarous ; bnt lean proven . The heartless depravity of the Whigs hardens all ranks and degrees beneath them , except the people who suffer .--Correspondent ,
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_ . lunrsotr fon A . fSmvis . l— 'Sm w » of the celebrated French physician , M , PineL bna instituted a lawsoH for the recovery of his father * * skull , which had been preserved by M . Esquiroh a dfofiaguiBhed pupil of M . Pinel ' s , as a memorial of h \ n master . M . Eaquirol is recently dead , and the son of the great physician bow puts forward a claim which he had hitherto yraired . " > Sr / DDEir Bbath ; - — Oh Saturday evening , Mr , Edward' Moaks , of Mersey-street , Liverpool , whohad been ailiag for some time previous , fell down iti a neighbour ' s Jwuse , and instantly expired . He was in the 62 d year of his age , and from a quantify of blood found in his housd after his decease , if is supposed that h » ruptured a blood vessel and bad fooe out for assisftnee . ' Th * r aqfriest held on Tries * ay , on view of tb » body , foaad a verdict of "Died &y the Yisitati 6 D of God . "
Stereotyping b * ' GALrAK » w , T—From the Ger > man papers it appears that the electro-galvanio proeess has been applied , by Htm von Pultkammer , the editor of a Berlin periodical / called the Vplkfrevnde , to the makiagof 8 tev « otype plates for letter-press printing . The savia # is said to ba considerable , as the va ! u » of the Btipbate of copper precipitated is trifling compared with tbe expence of canting plates in typa > -aietal , especially as the copper plate may be taken gat of the sulphate trough when very thin , and can be maderor any desired ¦ tbioknssff by laying a coat of melted' lead © a the 'back .-. ¦ . * ¦ . ' " ; .. . ; .. " ¦ ' . .
Murdb * at Hojifield . —gmce the b « yJiudge has seen conveyed to Gloucester , Ms coat has beea examined , and it is now discovered that it contains a greatmany distinct spots of blaod which are not to be mistakes ; the sleeves are particularly marked , and tbe lining of one of them has beea torn-outs the lining of the pocket of his trousers was aleo-bloody —Bristol Times . Lisp ov- Sheriffs foe 184 L—< Fvom- the GasetttfJr-CuiBberland , J . Robertson Waik « r _ ef Gillgarron , !«* , ; , Derbyshire , J . B . Bowden r of SouthRate Hbuae , Esq . ; Durham , William RusselL Of Brancepeth Castle , Esq . ; Lincolnshire , Sm Jt . G . Thoroldiof Syaton Park , Bart . ; Northamptonshire , Sir R . H . Gunning , of Horton , Bart . ; Nottinghamshire , H&nry Smith , of Wilford , Esq . ; Stafforoshire , Thomas Cartwright , of Hill Hall , Esq . ; Yorkshire Frederick William Thomas Vernon Wentwortbi . of Wentworth Castle , Esq .
Gross BatmmnES undeb ths Poor Law—A . report having beeu made to the Board of Guardians , by Mr . Wier * the Governor , of undue severity ; exercised by the scko&lmasier , Fuller , towards thechildren , notice wa » given from the Guardians to the Poor Law ConiniBMoners ; aud on the following Monday , Mr . Main , one of the Aisistant Commissioners , attended to investigate the charges ,. From this investigation it appeared that he ( Fuller ) had used very harsh means in the correction of a boy , named LilJey , and two others , varying from seven to eleven years . of age , by a atkk of some substance , the blows , from whieh had left several sever © marks of
punishment . One of the children had been made to takeoff his jacket , and'he was laid across the lorm . The offences which they bad . committed were of the mosfe trivial nature—oae had neglected to learn his lesson ;; a second had carried-some suowon his shoes into the school-room ; aud the third had made a xnistakein an" errand . Mr . Burgess , surgeon to the Union , and two other medical gentlemen , were examined , who » gave testimony tor the severo manner in which thepunishment bad lx-en inflicted . The case was then , laid before the ChiBf Commissioner , arid an order " has been received that Fuller is to be immediately discharged . .
Assault . —A pretty , looking young widow , named Mary Catalla , residing at No . 9 , Clarendon-place , Somers' Town , preferred a charge of assault , at Marylebone police-ofSce , on Saturday , against Don Narcissa AvjJes , a teacher of th « guitar , 51 , Upper Seymour-street , Euston-square . From the evidence of complainant it appeared that defendant was in possession of some papers and other articles which had belonged to her late husband , and that on her applying to him ( defendant ) for the said property , a > few days since , he not onl y refused to deliver it up , but thrust her with much violence into the road .
She was considerably bruised upon the knees . and several other parts of her person , of which fact she offered to conviuce the magistrate , by allowing him to" inspect" her should hi : think fit to do so . Mr . Chadwiek smiled , and said there was no occasion for that , her statement upon oath being quite suiB ^ cient . The defendant denied having violently assaulted the compiaijiatit , who , as alleged by him , called him a rogue , and other vile names , before he laid hands upon her at ail . Several witnesses , pro and con , were examined ; aud ' defendant was convice I in the penalty of 20 s . and costs .
The-Frankfort . German Paper of the 11 th of January , 1841 , contains the following marvellous prophesy : — - " In the French Pyrennees , Haut Commingo , there lives in great poverty and seclusion from tho world , an oVl man named Bug de Milhas ^ who for more than half a century has been looked upon by his countrymen as a prophet ; but he hag not , often promulgated-his predictions . In the year 1780 , he foretold the revolution of 1789 ; the rise of Napoleon in 3793 , and his fall in 1012 ; and ' iri -1828 ^ he predicted the revolution of July , 1830 . Since then he has remained ' mute Until now , when hfiHenda f trth the following astounding ptopnecy , thai m 18 * 2 , a war will again break out , in which Great Britain will be annihilated ; Paris reduced to a mere spot , and priests and lawyers disappear . However crazy in its separate predictions this last p rophecy may appear , it is creating a great sensation in a large p&rt of France , amongst the superstitious classes . ¦ - ... ¦ ' ¦¦ : ; -.,
Bethlem Hospital . ^—A correspondence has taken place between the Marquis of Narmanby and Sir Peter ta'irie , the President of Bethlem Hospitals The Marquis , at the request of Sir Peter , appointed two physicians to examine into the treatment of criminal lunatics iu Bethlem , that , as the minister officially responsible , he might be able to form an opinion on the subject- The physicians made the inquiry , and save in their report ; and Lord Nor > - mauby , in communicatirjg the report to the President , thought it necessary to accompany it with some additional observations , " not only 6 a the origin of the complaint , on which some stronger language had been used by the Governors in their letter to the Noble Marquis than he thought was
borne out by the course of the examination , but ais , o on the conduct of some of the servants , aad the condition of the patients ; the effect of which observa * tions was to qualify the approbation he should otherwise have been supposed completely to share . * The report , without the accompanying letter , was published in the morning papers ; and when Sir ' Peter is asked why' thia partial publication took place , he very cavalierly answers , " The Committee being of opinion that toe report of the physicians * founded , as it is , upon a careful aud unprejudiced personal inquiry into the whole circumstances *
should be sent to the Governors fo < - their opinioa , without comment or observation , is the only reason that your Lordships ' sletter wasnot also circulated . " Sir Peter , wrapt up ia the idea of his own consequence , deals with the Home Secretary as if his opinion were of no more importance than thai of a blind fiddler ; and it became necessary for the Noble Marquis to remind him of the position ^ ia which he stood , and that Sir Peter was not justified in treating hie communication " as that of an indifferent person , instead-of the opinion of oho whose imperative duty ia to watch over and correct any abuses in the treatment of criminal lunatics . —
Morning Chromclc . On Monday morning ^ at a quarter before mx o ' clock , an explosion took place at tha extensive distillery belonging to Messrs . Seager and Evans , situate at Milbank , Westminster ; It appears that the large still became overcharged and exploded , forcing off the extensive roof of the-still-house ; a quantity of spirits became ignited , and the utmost alarm prevailed for the safety of the extensive building and stock . The lire-engines , with' a lar # e body of the brigade-men , were promptly in attendance , and by great exertions succeeded in arresting - tke progress of the flames . Considerable damage bas been sustained * to the building , but fortunately riot any person received injury . . ; Chaege « s- Fahisking" a Child . —On Saturday
at the Police-office , there were placed before Mr . Rushton an . elderly man and womany who wbre charged with having systematically starred a child . The male prisoner was the father or tho-boy , and the woman "was his housekeeper . There carne forward , as accusers ,, several female neighbour * of tile jf rtaoners , and oneof them bore in her arms a chM apparently about twelve months old , but irireafityof Jhe aae of six sears . Its face was e # » 'destn-ljke aspect , it was shockingly thin an £ shriffifceft ' and when its limbs were exhibited , tb * aeran a thnH of horror through Bjost of the spectator ^ who'averted theirfaces from the sight . The * itnesses air concurred in stating as their belief that the child was Bfcvi *«< L » nd thev added that wb » it went into any
of the houses - of the neighbours ,. ^ t would point to the bread in a ravenous inaniw * , and reftse | o go away unless food was given to It . : * - ™ W » J acted in a similar way wheipt . saw another chad with any victuals . One ofthe witnesseff , who had known the boy for three years , stated ttat » twasa fine healthy child when she . frrrtknewit , tod oonld then walk ; but now it eovdd « oareely go about , and was generally oonflnedfto tife Rarret . It ^ ata ureedily whatever food was given it They «© uld not say whether it had had a disease that would produce emaciation-. A surgeon who kad examined the child stated , however ; that It laboured under
disease of the mesentri © glands . He judged M from the swelling of the abdomen and the voracity of the appetite , both of which were symptoms ' of the idiaease . When the ! mesentrio . glands [ are affected , nourishment is prevented from entering the system . The female prisoner said , *? I have fed him till I thought he would have 'died . When he has been filled near to bursting , he would fly at a child with meat as though he wa 3 starred . The prisoners were discharged , but reprimanded by Mr . Rushton , for epme ! slighter n ^ Ugence l' » n 4 « jruelty towards theLehild , which hatf T > eea Jbronght © at ia ti » ' « TidQUQQ . —LiverjmlTime * . , " ¦ •¦ - ¦ " ' ¦' ' •" * - - - •'• - ¦ - — .
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