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PARODY ON "BBGOKE DULL CAJiB . BI JOSEPH TUSHES . Begone , Lord 25 * 11 , I pray tbee begone f « me , AniJaek Final , Toq aed I shall sever agree . Long time nave you been treaoVroui lads , And would the Cb&rtiBU ki = ; . Bat in faith , Jack ud UeO , Yob never shall bav « yo « r wiiu Too much . Men , RlH » aie a young Chartist sad , Too maeh Final TfHI drive a Republkaa mad ; So Mell ih&n whistle and Jack shall dng , The Marquis and Keynanl thai } play ; Four greater Tfflains ne ' er wheedled a King , To drire all the Chartist * away .
Jones , WilBamju , Frost , Til ton they hate banished awile ; Shall they be lost ? Ko ! beaTen arert their guile . Though wiras and children ' s hearts art broke , And friends do foi them mourn , The throne well constantly inToke , Till ta Patriots do retro .
LIFE'S BREAM . O feeble man ! hcrw fleeting axe Thy hours of grief or joy : Tasting co pleasure without pain , N o sweet without alloy . Pleased with seme gaudy glittering toy , Ambition prompt * thee on ; Aad while 79 « traiii , some other hand Hath gr&sp'd , and it is gone ! Oft geatle hope wffl strew thy path With flowers cf fairest hue ; Yet ah ! be careful where ye tread—Thcmlt find them fragile too . But Bosra sot o ' er thy blighted hopes , Let eare ne ' er nek thy breast ; Thy m » tber , Earth , hath ne'er refused Her children peaceful rest . E . La Most ;
THE LION OP FREEDOM . The lion of freedom comes from fcia den , Well rally around him again and again , Well croiro kirn with laurtlg our champion to be , O'Connor , the patriot tf sweet liberty . T *>« pride of the nation , he ' s noble and br&Te £ •" 8 the terror of tyrants , the friend of the slave , Ike bright star of freedom , the noblest of men , Well rally around him again and again . Rough proud daring tyraiita his body confined , They never ceuld alter bis generous mind ; Tf ell hail our caged lion , aow free from Ma dea , Aad well rally around Mm again and again . Who Btrora for the patriot * ? was vp night and day ? And cared them from failing to tyrants a prey ? It was Feargus O'Connor -sra * diligent then . ' Well rally around him again and again .
ADDRESS TO THE ENSLAVED MILLION Ohi spirits of the martyred braTe , Whose blood was shed men's blood to sare ; Ye who at freedom ' s altar gave All , all that ye could give . For truth ' s great rights ye br&rely foogkt , And fell , as freedem ' s soldien ought , Cheered with the high and thrilling thought That freedom yet would live—O'er mankind's darken'd spirit streaming The holy light of truth and lore ; To all with speedy triumph beaming—With speedy triumph , sanctioned from &boT < But ah ! in Tain , ye martyred dead , All , all , in -rsia the blood ye shed ! In Tain on tyrants' laws ye trod , And scorned & brother's tyrant nod , Owning no master but your (
rod—?> o law- bat law of beaTen ; Is Tain " auM Scotia ' s" Wallace died , And England Sidney ' s blood supplied ; In Tain , to swell the martyr-tide , Young Emmet ' s life was given ! Jfow England's millions 5 d ] y wailing , Mild , meek-lip'd minions to the few , And vnght o ' er right still more preralliHg , And desgeoo'd England's brave and tree , And wrongs that Ben must ne'er avow—Thtx tell of freedom *! triumph «> ir . Though loud for bread their children cry , And want ' s pals thousands hourly die ; Though freedom ' s liviaff soldiera lie Within a dungeom ' B gloom ; Yet , dead to every braTe appeal , Siill to the fete the natty kneel , And , spaniel-like , most humbly feel ,
Pleased with theii living tomb , Where now are England's lion-hearted Who won her such a famous past ? And oh ! with Scotia ' s brave departed , H * th Scottish freedom breathed her las : ? Will Erin ' s broken spirit ne ' er Arouse what the has dared to dare ? Oh afcfirrip upon y 8 i millions I shame Te craven crowd I be yours the blame , That "will not dxre once more to ciaim The rights that wer » your own . ' By heavens ! the earth is not for you , But for the braver tyrant few Who can earth's masses thus subdue , While they but toil and groan . Oh . ' coward-bearted , base , degraded ! Are ye the things that God hath made ? Ye worthless slaves . ' who still have aided
Whoe'r have rigkCs great cause betrayed . Still fawning , kneel , as traitors should ; Wail on . ' wail on ! ye spaniel brood . And thus by man is man depraved . ' A ration ¥ y itself enslaved ! A people who so long hare braved The proudest foreign foe In their own land now croaeh in dread ; Craving but teaTe to toil for bread ; The soil they till iu fear they tread ; What others reap they sow : And when some nobler mind appearing To light them on where freedom leads , The mys arouse , n » danger fearing ; Fired by that braver spirit ' s deeds , — Soon , soon deserted , ht but gains An early praTe or prisoc-chaiEs .
Earth ' s toilers ! will ye ne ' er awaie This spell that binds your souls to break ? Will ye ne ' er rise , aid from you Ebaie This spirit-wasting thrall ! Te viii . ' ye musi . ' that time is rjgh When ye mixi raise rights battle-cry , And bravely do or dog-like die ! For despot might mud falL Then rouse ye frcm this coward-slumber : Cast from your seals this dream of fear ; The foe are few—ye , millions number . Prepare ye . ' now the struggle ' s nenr . Prepare : earth longs for freedom ' s light Prepare ! aad " God defead the right . " Edtyabd PoLW . Paisley , August , 1841 .
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STOCKPOHT . —Grtat excitement prevails m this town o-wic £ to a reduction offered by the- cotton master ; of the earnings of the spinners and weavers . On Friday the Association ~ Room was densely filled by the -sveaver . , an <] excellent addresses were delivered , and arrangements cade for a tur ::., ui , and to resist this reduction . While the weavers were holding tbei" meeting , the jpinners had a meeting in ibe room over , which was nuiEironiiy attended . 20 that Hillgate , Bomber ' s Brow , and the ¦ nci crV . k ^ --V - ^ ?< - ^ rrinA f r \ V . a rvv .-. civnft fif tiv . Vi * ntietbou ' rhood-ctmed to be one soene of busile .
, . At the spinner ' s meeting Mr . James ilucheil was caled 10 ihe chair , who laid the buiine ?? before The Eeeiirs which it had been callea to discuss , aad after sniiabk arrangements had been made which the workmen thought calculated to ensure > uci > ess in the tTtnt of a tnraou :, the followkg address was read at « pasted , with an nrgent request that , as ill other p ' sper ? have refused to defehd the ^ rightf of labour , acd the Star biing the only friead the working ela .-5 ? s hate , i ; may be inserted therein . The following is the address : —
Pelutsv Gocmeyme ^ , —Another great reduction , another enctoachmeut upon the rights of iab ^ tir , aiui cp « n the irduitrious EiillioM , amounting 17 } per eeat , or gd . per thousand hanks , and which will , if carried into effect , take from eix to twelve shillings per » & £ k out of the earnings of the spinners , has been offered by Messrs . Jeeee Howard , Thomas Fernley , Jimee Wilkinson , and Jonathaa Robiuson , with an understanding that after they have accomplished their object , the other masters are to follow . EngliBbns . en , Irishmen . Scotchmen , ani Welshmen ,
reedding in Stockport and Ticinity , —We , the spinners of this great manufacturing disoict , conceive that U erer there was a Vmm when it was necessary for the Zoen of all tradas to arouse from their slumbdr , shake off all apathy nri' \ indifferenc *—to step o * l of the routine of their former energies , and be allTe to their own interest—to unite fimly , resolutely , peaceably and determinedly in one consolidated union , in orier te show all possible resistance to the aggreKioiia which are attempted to be made upon the rights d ir-dusiry , sorely that time is tbe p ^ s = « t .
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effort been made from time to time by our employers to reduce our wages , sntil they are bo low as to bring us to Biamfcion point ? Aad If they we allowed to bring us lower , must not the consequences be most appalling ? WD 1 not the seeds of poTSrty , hunger , misers ' , aad dwtreas of etery deecriptioti l » more pt Talent and more deeply rooted amongst the ; mass- of society ? Will it not take that from us which should be devoted to the support of ourselves , our wives , and famtHes ? Host assuredly . Then , as a natural eonseque&ce , will not crime and vice of every description , and immorality , stalk forth with unblushing hardihood in the face of open day , showing its foul and demoralising character in a country celebrated for Bibles , churches , and Christianity f We ask will not theabore and many other fearful etrcomstaaoes take place if the capitalists , continue to prevent us from receiving a proper remuneration for our labour , and goad na on to hunger and destitution ?
Fellow working men , about sixteen months ago the cotton masters of this town effected a general reduction , and after they had triumphed over their poorer and unfortunate hands , and being remonstrated with by a few working men as to the very injudicious step they had takes , their feelings appeared to be a little touched . Such was the professed sympathy of the same masters who are now attempting another reduction , that they then declared—nay , farther , pledged themselves in the presence of their men—that , cenaidering the -very laborious work of spinning , and the many hours which
they had to fee confined in the dense , noxious , poisonous , and contamina . ting atmosphere of a cotton factory , they were sorry to witness the pale visages , the twisted lfmbs , and the miserable appearances of their workpeople a « they left the factory , as the effects produced upon their emaciated constitutions ; and they were constrained to pledge themselves , on condition that their hands would remain in at the reduction then made , not to reduce them any lower under any circumstances , believing , as they did , that they were as low as they could possibly be brought
Such were the just , plausible , and proper sentiments of the cotton masters at that time . Bat , alas ! how changeable is man ! How different their promises at that time to their conduct at the present ! What a bad example they have set their workpeople , by making promlBW one day and breaking them the next ! By so doing , they have forfeited their word and confidence , and betrayed the trust reposed in them by their too confiding and unsuspecting workpeople , and in direct violation ot such promises are now attempting another redaction of 12 a . Fellow working' men , if they are allowed to take these advantages with impunity , others masters will follow not connected with the ootton trade , and thus . elther directly or indirectly , every working man will be affected , and thus it iB that we appeal
to yon for co-operation and support . The property of ths master is protected by law ; but the labour which produces everything valuable in society is not protected . The cotton master can take the wages of his hands , sod there is no law to make him accountable . But if the hand takes an ounce of waste cotton , he is sent to prison tor three months . We frequently see boards placed upon premises , stating that those found thereon , would be prosecuted according to law . But the capitalist * have and can trespass upon the labour of the working man , which is the foundation of all wealth , and be recognised and sanctioned by the law . Again , the cotton masters can form themselves into an association for the purpose of reducing wages—have a lawyer for their secretary , and combine to carry out tbeir
designs against the well being of the working classes Bnt how are the working classes treated ? Why , if they form themselTes into a union for self-protection , they are taken op for conspiring to raise wagea . Instance the Dorchester labourers , the Glasgow Cotton Bpinners , and the SVockport weavers . Out of 14 , 000 acts of Parliament , passed within the present century , not one was for the benefit of the poor or the protection of labour . While we have bees increasing production we have decreased in wages in the same ratioand though one spinner upon a mule can do as much as six thousand could forty-sine yean ago by hand ; yet he does not receive as much as the man who only worked upon one spindle at the aforementioned period . The c » tton masters are great Corn Law
repealers , men who wish to give us a large loaf , and if the tax was taken off the corn we should have bread -much cheaper . Now , then , we will take the highest calculation of the Repealers , in order to show the insincerity , the mockery , and villany of these wretches . " Allowing tanj they ; that a man , if he gets as much as he can eat , can consume two shillings worth of bread per week , eightpence of this is tax . " Thus , according to their own showing they will take , by Uda reductitn , more bread than a spinntr can eat in six weeks , eoasequently they take loaf , rent , and a portion of what should be devoted to clothing . Shopkeepers ,
this reduction will take £ 300 per week out of circulation in the spinning branch alone , and thus will you be injured . P&blicaua , tbe working man , if he feels disposed , cannot get his pint of ale . Then we call upon every man who loves himself , his wife , and family , posterity , his neighbours , and his country , to render us all the assistance in their power , by way of subscription , and thus protect us against tbe injustice of the capitalists , who are Injuring cottage property , injuring sh' pkeepers , preventing home consumption , and will tin ? e a material falling off in the revenue . High taxes , high rests , large profits , and low wages will ruin any nation , whatever might be her position previously .
Signed on behalf of the body of spinners in public meeting assembled , Jame « Mitchell , President . Chables Datibs , Secretary . DUMFRIES—The Rev . Messrs . Blackwood and M'Crae had been publicly appointed to attend the Minchesttr conference of shy and selfish prie 3 is , and equally shy and selfish profligates . They accordingly attended , and on their return hither ealled-a public meeiiuii to report progress . At this meeting they made two able , bold , and generous speeches ; they both showed the cruelty which our greedy &nd unfeeling aristocracy had inflicted on the people ; and Mr . Blackwood who sheds a redeeming lustre on priestcraft , declared that the people should
unite as one man , and obtain redress of their -wrongs and restoration of their rights by one great and glorious effort . Provost Armstrong proposed a rote of thank ? 10 the Rev . Gentleman . to this Mr . Thomas Johnston said he agreed , bat he felt called upen to qualify that to : « of thanks by an expression of regret : hat the gentleman had not endeavoured to obtain admission to ihe Chartist and Bocial clergymen , who had been excluded with such notorious and monstrous injustice from the conference , and he moved an amendment accordingly ; but which he withdrew on . Mr . Wardrop intimating that he meant to propose 3 yote of general censure against the conTVrencc . In coin ^ this , Mr . Wardrop fully exposed the -unblushing trickery and injustice of the
privily inference in their allowing the rational and huffia : ; t clergy of the people to be excluded from . r . e m-eet ; ng ; th 3 i their doing so was an insult to the riarrug millions ; that if they had done their du : y in visiting the poor they need not have gone to Manchester to learn the misery of the oppressed people from such humanity-mongers as Thompson , Cubdeh , and Co . ; and that the eyes of the people were cow so futiy open that al ! ihe eloquence of lay and pne ?' . iy tnckFttrs could no longer humbug iiiem . He concluded by moving a vote to the effect , that the conduct of the conference , in excluding the Chartist and Social preachers was most unjust , unchri .-ian , and injudicious , which , mixed as the meenug was , wa 3 earned unanimously . The meeting then broke up .
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India and China . —The overland mail from India has arriTed , with advices from Bombay of the 19 th July , and from Macao of the 29 th May . The news from China is the great matter of interest . Captain L ' Mot , wheats great object appears hitherto to hare been to secure the annual export of tea , was still temporizing with tbe Chinese authorities ; and had iucr ?? -c-d " i : having 11 , 000 J <" : 0 pounds shipped before the 18 th May ; and there were hopes that an equal or greater quantity would be on ooard before the enu of that month . The emperor continued to issue fulminating edicts . Indignant at the capture of the forts of ihe Bocra Tigris by ' . he British forces , he had ordered K . e ? hen the late Imperial Commissioner , to be put to death , bv being cut in two at the
middle , and had even extendtd his vengeance to the relatives * ud followers of the unfortunate negociator . Lin , of whom wo have not lately heard much , is said to have been the chief instrument in the fill 0 ! Keshen , whom he hoped to tucce ^ d in eommaad ot the CkiB € ? e army . The army near Canton continued to increase in numbers ; and even the town itself is said to be full of Chinese soldiers . An attempt to dislodge them was shortly expected , lest the British should be suddenly " cut off in detail . " A rumour , which seems incredible , represents Captain Elliott as bent upon immediately proceeding to the Northward with the greater portion of his ferces , to retrieve his reputation by some desperate enterprise before the return oi Sir Gordon Bremer . The
Culumbine , which had been sent to Chusan to demand an explanation of the slaughter of Mr . Stead , the mar . erof a transport who landed there , had been repulsed without any satisfaction . In $ he mean time , the preparations for carrying on the warfare with the Chinese continue in India , The new Plenipotentiary , Sir Henry Pottinger , and the Admiral , Sir William Parker , arrived at Bombay on the morning of the 7 th July , and set oat for their ultimate destination on the 17 th , in the steam-fri * ate Sesostris . The admiral examined the arsenal and dockyard of Bombay , in order to know their capabilities ; tor , as he said , the Chinese dispute » ay be settled in a few months , or it may last for Tears .
It is understood that the policy to be pursued by Sir Henry Pottinger , the new Plenipotentiary , and Admiral Sir W . Parker , the Commandant of the Forces , is aa nearly as possible the reverse of that which has been hitherto acfcqd npon , with such tignsJ ill snccesB . A strict blockade of the whole of the Southern and Western coast is immediately to be put in force ; the mouth of the great river is * o be effectual ' y guarded ; and the utmost care is to be tekec to ivoid unnece .-farily irriiatirg ihe iiiitlvt-. * , who from th « -fir .-t havu aj-pFsrf-d u > tr i ' &f- \ i' . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' . * disporvd . Tr > - i .- !? : u oi . \ n > . v . u ! w ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ^ -t \ pixcr .- - ;! it < : -vrij ' - . - iu :. s j . iveii . will , it i ^ -a . u , bi v < vjp > ¦ ¦ a- - ¦ -vi , a .- ihe di .-pcsitions Jvr ihe blockade are compkuo .
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Going !—Go to . New Haven ^ -you eaa get for * shilling . Go to Hartford—joa eaa go for a dollar . Go to Albany—you can go there too , for & dollar . Go to St&ten Island—you can go there for sixpence , and tet m excursion down tbe bay into the bargain , ao&ttf brought borne , too , if only you do not go ashore . . Go on tbe Fishing Banks—yon can go and begone all day fora shilling , and be jammed Half to death , in the crowd . Go somewhere—go eTerywhere —it ' s *> Twry cheap . Pray dont Stay at home . — American Paper . EwumzsT . —A , yoong man in Ayr hating enlisted on the Sabbath , on the foUowing day repented of his engagement , and applied to cancel tie enlistment , on the ground that it was made on a Sunday . The magistrate , at a Joss how to act , addressed the Secretary ail War for advice , and from the answer it appoatp that the Secretary at War has no desire to encourage the enlistment of recruits on a Sunday , but that each / enlistment has been declared to be perfectly valid by the highest legal authorities .
. A , NoYKtBiU bkfobb Parliament . —The Lord Chanpellor , on Monday night , just before the . House of Peers adjourned , presented a bill to relieve , " a noble lord ' < the name was not mentioned at the tam «> rrom the disabilities and penalties he had incurred in consequence of having taken his seat and voted before taking the oaths and going through the other prescribed and requisite forms . ' It now appears that the noble lord then alluded to was the Earl of Scarborough . The disabilities incurred are Tery numerous and serious ; and the accidental omission to damply with that statute in the present c&se hae brought the noble earl into a eurioue position in relation to the severe enactments of that act .
Cast-Ibon Church . —St . George ' s Church , Everton , Liverpool , is an object of considerable interest for its taste , and as having been nearly the first iron church erected in Great Britain . The whole of the frame work of the windows , doors , groins , roofs , pulpit , ornamental enrichments , are of cast-iron . The length is 119 feet , the . breadth is forty-seven . It is ornamented by a splendid cast-iron window , of stained glass . It is not , perhaps , generally known that a great proportion of the larger manufactories erected in England within the last ten years are all
iron exeept walls ; and within two years past , several cottages and country villas have been put up near Londtn , whioh are exclusively cast-ironwalls , doors , steps , roof , ohimneys , sash , &o . In England , where wood is dear and iron cheap , the first cost of such buildings is less than those of timber . In durability and l > eauty they are , of oourse , unequalled . When once finished , such buildings require no repairs ; and the most finely-carved ornaments cost little more than plain castings . — Cambridge Chronicle .
A BeidalBlcndzr . —At Walcot , lastweek , a dashing carriage drove up to the church from Box , and a bride , attended by her bridesmaid , was handed out by her papa . The parson and the whole party were soon in readiness for the important ceremony , with the exception that a chief performer in the drama was unaccountably absent . The bride trembled aa the minutes moved away , and ?* He cometh not , she said ; he cometh not , she said . " Her father waxed wroth at the bridegroom ' s unpardonable non-appearance , and , taking horse , gallopped in search of his intended son-in-law . On arriving
at the sinner ' s house , he found him quietly pursuing his wonted avocations , unconscious of the presence of hia Dulcinea at Hymen ' s altar . An explanation ensued . He had lefc the lady and her bridesmaid to fix the day—the important day—and they had sent him a note—* sort of warrant—announcing to him his loss of bachelor-life on the 10 th of August , 1841 ; but , unfortunately , they committed the blunder of neglecting to ascertain if the in tint at ion was received as well as sent . The fact was , it was not received—and hence the disappointment . The bride thanked her stars it was no worse , and the wedding took place on the following day .
A Russian ' s Estimate op Authorship . — A popular Russian fable ( by Kruiloff ) represents an author and a thief in hell . They are in two separate kettles , and the devil has lighted a huge fire under that belonging to the man of letters , while the lightfingered hero is only eDJoying a gentle degree of warmth . The author reproaches Satan with his p artiality , but the latter justifies himself thus : — You are a much greater sinner than the thief : his sins have died with him , but yours will survive for centuries . "
Captpbb op Whales . —A letter , dated Stromness , says— Our annual weloome visitors made their appearance off Houghton head on Saturday last about six o ' clock . The cry of " Whales , whales ! " was immediately raised , and the news spread with amazing rapidity . All the boat 3 in the harbour , to the number of from fifty to sixty , were immediately put in requisition , and all the implements of destruction , from a harpoon to a carving-knife , were quickly gathered . The morning was particularly favourable for a chase , and the scene altogether was most exciting . The cries of " Give way , " "Pull together , " < £ c , were heard floating along the smooth surface of the waters , while in the distanoe the monsters of the deep were sporting and gamboling . In a short time the boats were up with the whales , and their
heads turned in shore , when , after a sharp run , they were &U eafely grounded on the Caisaton shore . Then began the process of slaughtering , and as it is the rule here ( Stromness ) , " every man for himself , " all were soon engaged in the work of death . There were about one hundred and fifty killed , whioh were on an average worth about three pounds each , making the aggregate Talue of the whales £ 450 . Proper " whaling" regulations should be adopted and enforced by the authorities . Club-law in any shape is a dangerous one , especially * here the excitement is so great , and weapons so ready at command . There was a good deal of bickering and bad blood on the occasion . la Flotta , Scapa , and other places . the people make common cause of the affair , and share alike , which k decidedly the proper system .
THIMBLE-RlCGIXO , AND EXTRAORDINARY INFATUATION of thb Victim . —On Friday , at Southampton , before P . Breton , Esq ., five thimble-riggers were placed at the bar charged with a conspiracy to defraud a gentleman , named Edwards , residing atMillbrook , of certain sum 3 of money and his gold watch —to wit , a severeign , a £ 50 note , seventy sovereigns , and fifty sovereigns , making £ 171 , and a gold watch which had cost £ 60 . Mr . Saunders stated the case as it was proved in evidence , and said if the case should be proved the prisoners might be dealt with summarily as vagrants , or for the conspiracy be fined five times the amount of the money staked , which after paying the expences of the prosection , would go to the poor of the parish . The evidence
against two of the prisoners was not so positive as against three , who gave their names as follow : — Benjamin Parrott , of Sheffield , file-grinder ; John Purcell , of Dudley , Worcestershire , glass-cutter ; and Francis Tarrier , of Barford , Oxfordshire , cook . Thomas Edwards , Esq ., . deposed that he resided at ilillbrook . Was of no profession . On Tuesday iast he went to the race-course , on the common , about one o'clock . Saw several persons standing in a ring . Was induced to go up there . In that ring was a table and three thimbles , the three prisoners , BeDJamin Parrott , John Purcell , and Francis Terrier , standing round the table , a person shifting tbe thimbles and offering to bet for a soverign and Hpwards . Saw several sovereigns won and lost . Some
one turned to him and said " Try your luck , Sir . Took out his purse and placed the only sovereign he had in it on the table . It was won by his betting the pea not being under it . To the best of his belief , Pnrrott then said " Try your luck again , Sir . " I said " No , I have nothing but a £ 50 note , and I will not change it . " The parties round the table were plajiug , but he could not swear the prisoners did , for sometimes £ 10 , £ 20 , and £ 30 . A man who was standing behind the man playing the thimbles , whenever the thimbles were turned over , took up the thimble that had the pea under , and said , " Now ' s the time , Sir , you are sure to win , " while tho man who had the thimblo gaid , " I'll bet £ 50—50 sovereigns are staked , will any one betV
The prosecutor bet , lost , and walked away , followed by Parrot , who expressed his sorrowathis ill luck , imputing it to nerrousness . Wa ? persuaded to go back and lookon . The parties appearedrespectable , audhehad no doubt of their meaning being kindly , and he was indnced to accept loans of sovereigns at two or three times from Yerrier , to the amount of seventy sovereigns , as he was told by them , Verrier putting the money towards him and then on the board . He lost the whole in two or three stakes . Having walked away with Parrot , was followed by Verrier , and , at his earnest request , wrote in a memorandum bock he produced an acknowledgement thst he owed him £ 70 . ( The memorandum book was afterwards destroyed ) . They soon ran against the table again ,
and at their persuasion he staked twenty sovereigns , and again thirty sovereigns , lent him by Purcell , and lost all . He handed his gold watch as a security for the £ 20 to Purcell . He then gave a bill for the £ oQ . Purcell forced tho money upon him . Parrott described Purcell as a gentleman able to buy half Southampton . He wished to get his watch back , and agreed to meet the parties at tbe Nelson , that evening , to settle ; but thinking afterwards better of it , he sent a note ot excuse , and appointed next ttornitip . Having consulted Messrs . Deacon and Long , they accompanied him there , met the prisoners , who insisted on their claims , and the police , by arrangement , came in and took the prisoners into custody . TThe watch and securities were found
upon the prisoners , but the principal , supposed to hare the mosey , did not appear , having get away . J The coarse of examination pursued by the prisoners was to Ehow that the transaction was in the na ' . urc of a debt . Mr . Edwards was not able to id « nifr the other two prisoners in the affair . Inspector Enrigbt had searched the prisoners'lodgings af . thf Nag's Head Tap , and found a lar ^ e quantity . i wearing apparel ( di ? £ uiF < - ! - ) - Verrier had 1 =. 7 \ . ujK . ii him ; Parrot £ 3 18 s . 8 ^ d ., a watch , &-., hiiu Catran £ 1 2 s . lud . and a watch . P . S . T < -iry ¦ ¦ j ,-o-. , . < o the search and discovery of a quantity oi rij ^ i in . tc- !> . Carran made his escape whild a woman :-uadei : ly clasped Terry round the waist . TLc pricontrc were remanded .
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The followiro corioua notice recently appeared on Ludford church door H « ts , and was pmioosly read in the church : — This is to give notice , that nojperson is to bwied in this church yard but those hving in the pariah ; and those who wish to be buried ofeA iPply to ^ P ** " * Grub « P "" Repbesbntation op Westkomxaihx—Lord Lqwtfae £ s elevation to , tb . e peerage , wluol > .-i * , a » nouneed m Tuesday ' s QaartW , will jaeoessarily occasion a vacancy in the repmenjtatiou of this county . Mr . Alderman Thompson is put forward by ihe Tories to supply hu place .
,. Steak Tbathlu » & ok Comhoh Roam . — On « of the General Steam Coach Company ' s coaches started front the Regent ' s Park afr"twenty » fi » minutes past faur on Thursday afternoon , and performed ihe journey to the Manor house afrialtanham , and back again , in twenty-firo or twenty-six minutes , a distance of from seven to nine miles , as estimated by two aeTeral parties . This would giTe , on a rough calculation , about fifteen miles in the hour ; but , from the obstructions which were encountered , twenty miles an hour would be the more correct computation . The noise of the engine is scarcely perceptible ; there ia neither smoke nor a visible
escape of steam , and the boiler is relieved , and all danger avoided . A cow suddenly rushed across the toad when the coach was at full speed , anil had th « vehiole been drawn by horses , a collision must have taken place , whereas the engineer steered the coach dear . The wheelB are very broad , and in the por-Hon allotted to passengers it resembles the open carriages on the railroads . The stokers sit behind , and the whole compliment of passengers was sixteen . Several members of parliament were passengers , a n ? - y ' The coach is shortly to make a trip to Windsor for tho inspection of her Majesty and Prince Albert .
Present to Her Majesty . —A few days previous to the departure of the Court from Windsor for Claremont a Tery chaste and elaborately wrought table , composed of a portion of the wreck of the Royal George , was received at Windsor Caetle , as a present to her Majesty , from a Mr . Emanuel , of Portsmouth . As soon as the packing-cases contain ing this valuable present arrived at the Castle , they were immediately ordered to be opened in the presence of her Majesty and the Prince , who expressed their admiration of tbe extraordinary workmanship displayed on it ; and , to mark the high opinion which these illustrious personages entertained of Mr . Emanuel ' s present , it waa commanded to be placed in the Corridor , where it has since remained .
The table is of circular form , and attached to a thick and richly carved pedestal , which is supported by four lions , each about the sine of a large bull dog . The surface of the table is composed of alternate pieoes of white and black oak , which radiate from a small point in the centre , the black coloured wood being that which had been acted on by the water , and the other the heart or centre of large logs to which the discolouration had not penetrated . On the edge is a profile view of the Royal George , neatly engraved on silver , and underneath a short inscription , stating that the table is presented to her Majesty aa a loyal and dutiful gift , and that the material of which it is composed was originally a portion of the wreck of the abovemebtioned magnicent vessel .
Newly Recovered Land . — -Since the opening of the new cut from Eau Brink to Lynn , which took place about twenty years ago , the old channel , whioh was very wide and spacious , by which tho water of the Ouse and its tributary streams were formerly conveyed to Lynn , has been gradually silting up , and much of it has now become firm land , producing rich and flourishing herbage . A few days since a port ion of this newly-recovered island , ( containing about 000 acres , ) which is now embanked and fenced with live quick-set fenoes , and divided into convenient pieces for occupation , was let by auction , at the Globe Inn , Lynn , and the annual rental obtained for its averages
nearly £ 3 per acre . Calculating upon this ratio , were an embankment of the Wash to take place , the annual value of the land which would be obtained by that undertaking we might reasonably estimate at not less than JE 500 , 000 . At the last quarterly meeting of the Lynn town-oounoil , Mr . F . Lane laid upon the table a copy of a memorial presented to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests , which memorial referred to the inoloaure of the Great Level of the Wash , and was accompanied with a letter , stating that the application to Parliament upon that subject was intended to be renewed in the next session . —Norfolk Times .
More Ttrannt . —A correspondent of the Momma Chronicle , whose name is mentioned , relates the following instance of offensive law-tyranny displayed by two Magistrates of Lancashire towards eleven labourers who did not attend their parish-church on some day in June . Aeoordiag to a law which has been considered as practically almost obsolete , the men were fined one shilling , and ordered to pay the costs , which amounted to various sums between 10 s . 6 d . and £ 1 43 . Being unable to pay the demands , they were thrown into prison ; where two remained more than sixty days , two others two and three days , and the remaining seven for periods varying from twelve to twenty-seven days . The writer quotes the following passage from the Prison
Inspector s report : — ' Among other complaints made to me by the prisoner ? , J . C . came forward and stated that he was placed in the Ecclesiastical Court and sentenced to pay a fine of Is . and 14 s . costs ; that he had been in prison ten weeks , and had no means of paying ; and hoped that a representation might be made of his case , or he must remain a prisoner for ever . Upon referring to this man ' s commitment , I find thatihe was summarily convicted before two magistrates ; that on the — of June , being the Lord's-day , called Sunday , in the township of , did neglect to attend a church , or at some other place of religiovs worship on the f aid day he not having any reasonable excuse to be absent ;
and adjudged to forfeit and pay Is . together with 14 * j . costs , and , in default , to be kept in prison until the same sums be paid . It appeared that the following number of persons had been committed for a similar offence , and been discharged upon payment of tho fines and costs . The povorty of the prisoner J . C . appearing to be such as to leave no hope of his being able to pay the fine asd costs , I decided on making a representation of his case to the Secretary of State ; who was pleased to recommend him forthwith as a fitting object for her Mijesty ' s pardon , and ha was discharged in consequence . " The correspondent asks if the Magistrates were " discharged . "
Dublin Police . —Henry-street O ? picb . A Sailor Girl . —Interesting Case . —On Friday , aa a constable of the C division was proceeding on hia beat , in the neighbourhood of the Custom House Docks , he saw a sailor boy , who seemed to be wandering about without any fixed purpose , and whose woe-fraught visage evidently betokened a mind but ill at ease . The policeman questioned him as to the place he was bound to , < & « ., sod finding his answers anything but satisfactory , and seeing , moreover , something very suspicious in " the cut of his jib , " he considered it his duty to take him into custody , and accordingly he was brought before the magistrates of this office , when , after some vain endeavours to support the character
assumed" Tbe bashful look , the rising breast , Alternate spread alarms ; The lovely stranger stands cunfesfc A maid in all Lor unarms I " Oh being interrogated by the magistrates , she gave the following account of herself : —Her father , she said , was a faoatmau , named Lanigan , who resides at Tarbert , near Giln , on the banks of the Shannon . Owing to some family difference , and the severity of an unamiable step-rcuther , who treated her very cruelly , and continually reproached her for not going forth to earn her brt ad , the poor young girl rashly fled from the paternal roof , and determined to wend her way towards Dublin , in the hope of procuring a situation . She walked tho whole of the weary
way , and , on Sunday last , armed in the metropolis , where , howaver , she did not find that things wore as promising an aspect as , when in the country , she was led to expect they would . In a few t ' ays her little stock ot money was expended , and there appearing no prospect of her obtaining a situation suitable to her sex and habits , she for a lo » g time revolved in her mind as to what expedient she should adopt to mend her fortunes , and save her from that dishonour and degradation to which poverty and d < speration have too oft . m reduced the friendless . She resolved at lesgth on assuming the garb and character of a sailor boy , and in that capacity earn an honourable subsistence . To this resolution her romantic mind was prompted th * rather
from having read in the columns of the newspapers recently a glowing account of an adventurous damsel who assumed the character of a Mariner , and succeeded in preserving it for many years . With this view she was proceeding down the quays , With the intention of making application to the Captains of tho vessels , when , as we have already stated , she was apprehended by the constable . The magistrates appeared to take great interest in the prisoner ' s case , and , after giving her many admonitory cautions , told her they could not detain her in custody . She thauked their worships , and expressed her determination to give up her roving thoughts and to return to her father ' s roof , if she could only procure means sufficient to enable her to do bo . She knew that the
step the had proposed to herself was one indelicate aad ill-adviBed ; " but , " said the poor girl , •* what eould I do I It was better than to stay in Dublin . where I have no means of honest livelihood , and tmptctio * besets me on all sides . "—She it an exceedingl y pretty giri , about seventeen years of age , nith a divine pair of haasl eyes ,. Sev eral gentlemen present , sympathklng with ihe poor girl , contributed variously , for the purpose of raising a fund to convey her in safety back to Limerick ; and Mr . Inspector O'Cosnor , with a feeling of-humanity highly to be cMBtaended , offered her au asylum in nis nouse for tha * night , having previously ascertained that sh » was wo « hy of euoh countenance . He yolunteered , moreover , to make a collection among his friends on her behalf .
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_ Harvest Bsll . —It has been the custom , from time immemorial , for the oariah clerk of Driffleld to ring what is callechthe u Harvest Bell . " This custom ia observed bj giving the principal bell of the church a merry swing for several minutes , at five o ' clock each mornin ffv and at seven each evening , to warn tbe labourers in the . harvest fields when to cominenee and quit their toils . Before the general use of docks and watches * thiacustom would doubt | e sa be or much service . The clerk is rewarded for bis trouble with a small portion of corn from each cropi which like tithes , was formerly paid in kind , but is now received by an equivalent in money .
London aud Provincial Newspapebs . —The foiiomng is a summary statement of the number of newspapers published in the United Kingdom at the present tiine , namely—In London , daily , 12 ; weekly , 69 1 monthly , 12 ; at various other periods , 18 ; total , 111 " . In the provinces—Bedford , 1 ; Berkshire , 3 ; Buckinghamshire , 3 ; Cambridgeshire , i ; Cheshire . 6 * ; Cornwall , 5 ; Cumberland , 5 ; Derbyshire , 4 ; Devonshire , 12 ; Dorsetshire , 4 ; Essex , 3 ; Glooartershire , 13 ; Hampshire , 4 ; Herefordshire , 2 ; Hertfordshire , 2 ; Kent , 12 ; Lancashire , 26 ; Leicestershire , 4 ; Lincolnshire , 5 ; Middlesex , 2 ; Moamonth 8 hire , 2 : Norfolk , 3 ; Northamptonshire , 2 { Northumberland , 8 ; Nottinghamshire , 4 ; Oxfordshire , 3 ; Somersetshire * 6 : Shropshire . 3 :
Staffordshire , 5 ; Suffolk , 5 ; Sassex , 5 ; Warwickshire , 10 ; W « 8 tmorland » 2 ; Wiltshire , 5 ; WorcestsrsUire , 5 ; "Yorkshire , 27 ; total , 214 . , Jn Ireland , 70 ; in Scotland , 66 ; and in Wales , 8 ; making- a grand total of 469 newspapers . A Noble-minded Peasant . —;—An agriculturallabourer named . George Lett , of North Crawley , who , by honest industry , sober habits , and economy ; saved * a sufficient sum of money to purchase a freehold house in the parish , stated that ihe first rent he received should be given away iu bread . Accordingly , on Saturday last , half a year ' s rent , amounting to £ 2 , having been paid , he gave the money to the baker to furnish bread to be distributed at the cUarth tbo following day . A loaf was given to every child belonging to the Sunday school , and the remainder to the most distressed poor of the parish who attended church . —Northampton Herald . i
extraobdinaht investigation at newcastlednder-Ltne—Adulteration of "Floub by , Millbhs . —Great excitement has prevailed in Newcastleuader-Lyne for the past week , in consequence of the seizure of a number of sacks containing a mixture resembling flour , which popular report represented to be plaster of Paris , on the premises of the Union Mill Company in that town . An investup + tion of the affair took place on Tuesday , at the Town Hall , before two county magistrates , and excited an extraordinary interest among the populace , who crowded into the hall in a most i * rquivocal state of indignation and excitement . A circumstance that aJded great gusto to the affair in the opinion of the people , was that the chief magistrate of the borough ,
the Mayor of Newcastle , vras one of the mill-owners implicated in the charge . It appeared that Mr . Cottril , the vigilant head police-officer of Newcastle , had been for some time upon the watch on the proceedings of a person named Copeland ,. residing near Newcastle , from information that great quantities of an article resembling flour were taken to his house , and then carried in various directions . On the morning of Saturday week the officer found a cart belonging to the Union Mill standing at Copeland ' s door . Ten sacks , apparently of flour , were put into the cart , and conveyed to the Union Mill , but upon its arrival there the suspected cargo was seined by the police . The bags weighed twenty-three hundred weight . A suspicious
circumstance in the affair was , that one of the men employed in the mill , in answer to questions . of the police , eaid the bags contained pigs ' meat , while another man said they contained best seconds . The title of bent seconds created a loud laugh in the court . A portion of the contents of the sacks was then taken out , and analysed by Mr . C . Jones , chemist , of Hanley , who declared to the magistrates his , opinion that the substance in the bags was sulphate of lime . Upon being burnt and mixed with water , it became solid , exactly like plaster of Paris . There was but a very slight mixture of vegetable matter in it . Mr . Bull , one of the Union Mill Company , in answer to the charge , said he would take all the blame , if there were any , on his own shoulders . He then proceeded
with a statement that he had been in want of pig meat , that Copeland had been recommended to him by a respectable miller at Madely , as having a large quantity of an article vJflk he manufactured from potatoes , and whioh heTMr . Bull , ) gave him an order for , believing it to be similar to an article called farina , such as he knew was sold in Liverpool ; but he wished it to be understood that not one ounce of it had been used at . their mill . Mr . Win . Hill , the respectable miller referred to , stated that Copeland had offered some' of the article to him , but he would have nothing to da with it . He had , however , mentioned it to Mr . Bull . It appeared from the magistrates' questions that Mr . Hill , in the course of his business , had never met with its like
before , that manufactured by the millers being fine bran , the refuse of flour . The charge of having a mixture on the premises , seemingly for the purpose of mixing with flour , waa considered by the magistrates to be made out , and the defendants , Messrs . R . Bull , T . Turner , and F . May « r , were fined £ 10 , with costs . Cottril , the police officer , said he had another information to lay against tho same parties , for having adulterated flour on the premises . The announcement was received , with a cheer by the populace . The investigation of it was postponed . There was also a charge against another flourdealer , named Beardsmore , whose cart had been
often seen by the officer at Copeland's door by four o ' clock in the morning . This person acknowledged having made pretty extensive use of Copeland ' s precious composition , bat stated that on finding its deleterious effects he had ¦ buried what he had not sold in the soil , and endeavoured to get book from hi 9 customers what was not consumed . The magistrates , taking into consideration this acknowledgment of the defendant , fined him in the mitigated penalty of £ 3 6 s . 8 d . When the defendants left the Court , they were assailed by tha populace with loud threats , and even by showers of stoues , and had to be escorted out of the town by the police .
Disgusting Conduct . —On Tuesday , a peraon whose name was said to bo William John Bankes , was brought up , at Bow-street , by Constable Bennett , 88 A division , charged with indecently exposing himself with a soldier of the Foot Guards in the Green-park . Tke prisoner , on being brought to the station-house , gave . the name of John Harris , and described himself as a servant out of place , as appeared by the police-sheet . The constable stated , that about halfT pa 8 t twelve o'clock on the morning of Tuesday , he saw the prisoner and a soldier on Constitution-hill , near the Green-park , and they both went over the palings into the Green-park , while witness was proceeding down the walk . They then crossed the centre of the park , and stepped at the
further side , near a clump of trees . The remainder of the evidence is unfit for publication . Sergeant Tierney , 8 A division , who took the charge , stated that the prisoner gave the name of John Harris , a servant out of place , or upper servant , which witness had reason to believe was not correct , as he had , since he was , apprehended , admitted that he was a gentleman of fortune . The prisoner also told witness , before he was placed it the bar , that if his name was suppressed , he would would retire to one of hia country seats , and he could be bailed by the uaine of HarriB . Mr . Jardine said , he had no observations to make about the charge , or the evidence iu support of it , but to require bail , which would be in proportion to the prisoner '! station , in life , and
that was , himself in £ 200 , and his suroties £ 100 each , to answer the charge at the next sessions ef the Central Criminal Court . In the course of the day , William Dorsett , wax-chandler , 52 , King-street , Whitehall , and Thomas Sneezum , a builder , 13 , Great Smith-street , Westminster , were accepted as sureties ; and the prisoner was set at liberty . [ Thisfellow Bankes , weunderstand . is connected with tbe first families in the country , and we now notice the case merely with reference to the point of bail . The object of bail is to prevent the escape of the accused party , by which the ends of justice may be defeated . The case for which Bankes was held to bail , is one which men of fortune , conscious of the truth of the charge , seldom meet . We do not wish to prejudge
Bankes . Notwithstanding the very suspicious circumstances detailed in the report , he may have been a coward , and not a criminal , liut what we ask , and what the public are every where asking , is , bow oame Mr . Jardine to demand no higher bail for the appearance of Bankes than he would have demanded in the case of a mechanic or labourer for any trumpery assault ! Is Mr . Jardine so raw , so little acquainted with the world , as not to know that in a cose in which a rich man has a strong motive to escape from justice , he can always obtain two sureties for the paltry sum of £ 100 each 1 A rich man can have little difiiculty in indemnifying his sureties , when the sum is only £ 100 ; and , from the Bishop of Clogher downwards , it is a matter of notoriety that bail is no obstacle to the escape of rich parties . Mr . Jardine-very probably thinks that
public morality is not benefitted by giving notoriety to these oases ; we could wish never to see them m the columns of a newspaper . But when a caee of this sort is brought before a magistrate—when the magistrate actually knowe that the accused party is amaa of great wealth ( and Mr . Jardine knew rinht well who Mr , William Bankeawas ) , we ask . if it is proper that such trifling bail should be demanded 1 What is this but strengthening the general impression that in England rich men may always con »» upon impunity ; and that men suffer , not for tbeir offences but their poverty ? Of all inequalities tho most offensive is that which wears the mask of qualit ; : To hold a drunken cobler , for a truaapery assault , to bail for an amountequal to thai demanded for a man of rank and wealth , for an offeooe which carries with it exclusion from respectable society , is a species of equality whioh cannot be too much reprobated . }— W ' etekh / Chronicle .
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LONDON TRADES .-THE SHOEMAKERS . TO THB EDITOR OP THE NOBTHEBM STAR . Sib , —In consequence of a robbery that bos beet oonunitted upon the London EMtera ZHTition of Bool ana Shoemakers' Trades Union by John Murray , late delegate clerk to that SAcfety , who has absconded wttti upwards of £ 147 , a report hw got into circulation that the Boot and Shoemaker * ' Charter Association nan been robbed and ruined by a Chartist leader . ' " Sir , the truth is , the above Society is purely a Trades ' Union , and does not recognise Chartiam , or any othet political subject ; . and John Murray , the robber , was never a Chartist in his life .
We have a Charter Association , recently formed , which U composed entirely of members of the abovenamed Union ; but the two Societies ore held quite dfstlnct and independent of each other . Our young Charter Association has certainly been impeded in its progress by the time and attention of its members being occupied In righting the trade from tbe serious effects of auch a robbery ; but for all , though , we consider Chartism of paramount importance , ultimately , to Trades * Unions ; yet , an an immediate check to the encroachments of the "tiger capital , " we see theim . perative necessity of preserving and improving our old bulwark , and thioga have token a favourable torn ; a Council has been appointed to take the affairs of the trade in hand , who have presented the following address to seven divisions of the city : — August 29 th , 1841 .
Esteemed Shophates , —We , the Council ot fourteen , appointed by a general meeting , Beeing the neces sity of an entire remodelling of onr institution ; for the j better securing our property , and also for the more effectually defending and advancing our mutual interests , we are resolved to enter upon the task at fall length and depth , with a determination to establish a system whereby every penny collected shall be appropriated to its just and devoted purposes , and every member shall have an opportunity of giving bis opinion and vote on every subject , without interruption , molestation , or insult ; and so by infusing a portion of new health into our constitution , to enable it to bear its infirmities .
We could point oat numerous evils in our manner of conducting business , and anomalies iu our lairs , or the working of them ; but as we know the trade to be already convinced of the necessity of an entire change , we will not occupy your time Iu doing so , but will employ ourselves in working out the much-needed reform . : Men are fast changing their habits from the paths of dissipation to the pursuits of civilisation , and the acquirements of knowledge—from drinWng and
gambling to a love of unity for mutual instruction and social improvement , and we must change onr institution to suit the changed habits and improved minds of out members , and the times in which we live , or as a Society we shall soon expire , leaving » a our name the reproach of man , and obout trade and posterity tbe stamp of wretchedness . We are aware of difficulties , and are determined to encounter them like a handful of mariners , as It were , in a life-boat , to stem the torrent , and save our tottering bark from impending wreck .
But let no one suppose that this Council will eountenance anything of the nature of a whitewash , or think our books ought to be disgraced with the names , or our assemblies with the presence , of men who are so far unprincipled as either to refuse or neglect to pay their fall quota for the protection of their own interest * Bad , as it will be necessary to havtryoar opinion and your will whereon to lay the foundation of the superstructure we are about te erect , we shall call you together , at the earliest opportunity ^ and lay before you a plan and prospectus of our future system . While we acknowledge bow hard and vexatious' it is
for you to be robbed of the money y « u have paid , with devotion to so good a cause , we hope you will trust to the . energies of this Council for the prevention of snob , atrocities in future . We only ask time and authority , and we pledge ourselves to do all within our capacities , and that without taking from you one farthing by way of remuneration ; and , while we ofiei to watch over you and the machinery ot oat improved order , remember that you also watch us—remenibei that human nature is liable to corrupt—therefore , watch ail , and watch us , lest we cease to be honest watching men . '
Sir , I haTe-to report , in behalf of the Operative Cordwainers' Charter Association , that in the midst of the difficulties above alluded to , we are increasing in number ; we have appointed a new delegate to the County Council , and famished him with our quota of the sinews of war . We are classifying ourselves into ¦ mall districts , and appointing collectors , and I have no donbt , in a short time , yon wUl find ua up and doing for the Charter in a way that will need na apology ; we meet on Sunday evenings , for the present , at Mr . Alexander's , Northern Star Inn , Oould « n-lane . N . B . Not the Star Coffee House , I have the honoar to be , Sir , Your humble Servant , JOHN WALKEEDINE , Secretary . And also Secretary to the Council of 14 , mentioned above , and Shareholder of Chartist Hall , 55 , Old Bailey .
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wv _ -n .. , ¦ . r > """ TO THE EDITOR OF THE TUAM HERALD . Longhrea , 25 th August , 1841 . Sib , —In the last number of the Star newspaper appears a lather lengthy epistle from the celebrated Bernard MacJonnell , tbe Chartist agent in this town . The writer of that letter insinuates , in language not to be misunderstood , that the principles of Chartism are gaining ^ roand here ; and in troth ( far the truth ought not , in this case , to be concealed ) the assertions of Brien are closely approximating to the fact . The three grand political parties which now , by their writings , their exertions , and their dashinga with each other , keep in commotion the waters of the great political ocean , are / Conservatism , or tbe doctrines of the Tory school ; Motiaiu , or the doctrines of the Reform school ; and Chartism , 01 the doctrines of that school which , indifferent alike to the principles of Whigism or Toryism , is , or at least seems to be ,
impelled by the desire of rescuing the popular party from tbe talons of those political fcarpies who , tor years , have been trading , trampling , aad triumphing over the rights , liberties , and privileges of the people / . When I collttd Toryism a potty , Sir , I was wrong ; it is not a party , it is a faction . The Leaders of the two political parties , then , are Daniel O'Connell and Feargus O'Connor ; and the parties which they represent are related to each other , as the whole to its part , or as tbe genus to its species . —Let me explain myself : every O'Connorite is , and must of necessity be , an O'Connellite , bat every O'Connellite is not , nor can he be , an O'Connorite ; and why ? Because O'Connell is for a moral force reform—an assertion which the Tory faction denies ; and O'Connor is an advocate for physical force reform—on assertion which the Chartist party denies . Now , Sir , the grand let and obstacle to the amalgamo tion of the O'Connellites and the O'Connorites is the
often-repeated , but as often denied , charge of the torch and DAGGER . Let ihU one article be erased fron the political creed of the Chartists , and both parties can then join hands , and proceed unitedly in the . great ¦ work of political regeneration ; but while they stand , as at present , aloof from each other , they are but weakening each other ' s powers , and , in the mean time , the Tories , the arch enemies of every thing useful , enlightened , and liberal in politics , ore suffered to acquire new vigour , fresh strength , and to regard , or to neutralise every effort made , by no mattes what party , for the advancement of the popular cause . When 1 say , Sir , that the principles of Chartism are gaining ground here , I would be understood to mean that they ore gaining ground among those who profess some political principles , and who , should an opportunity be afforded them , are willing to evince their adherence to the great Liberator in bis agitation and struggle for tbe Repeal ;—but the people , tbe honest patriots of Longhrea , who were
ever foremost , or among thetoremost , to stand forward when their country called upon them , have no leader , no one in whom they may confide , and who is willing to step forth , and commence tbe agitation of the great question of Repeal—and give an impetus to the collection of the repeal rent—or even that of the O'Connell tribute fund . It may be yet in the recollection of your readers that the great Liberator , some time ago ,, commenting upon a letter of Bernard O'Dranell , the Chartist agent here , asserted , in the Corn Exchange , that he could not find , upon the map of Ireland , the town of Loughrea—be then gave Looghieaa paipabie bit ; for it would seem that Longhrea , politically speaking , has bad no existence for some years back , if we except the late effort it made against the Tories on taa Corn Law question . Yes , Sir , those who once were acdent , eager , vehement in tho cause of Repeal , are now , if I may use the phrase , either dead or sleeping . Your obedient Servant , A Repbaleb .
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; <» . " '¦ ' - ¦ ~ A Nak 3 ow Escapb . —The Archbishop of Paris , says the Temps , in travelling on the 20 th nit . from St . Fieur into the Aveyron , narrowly escaped an awful fate . - At a short distanoe from Locahn hia carriage was straek by lightning , which carried away the eap the bishop wore , and slightly wounded on tbe head one of his chaplains who sit by him . It is also eaid that one of the horses was knocked down and stunned . The © onsequencefl of the accident were' not sufficiently mriouB to prevent the prelate from ooatinuing his journey . — a # 0 » ani . Explosiow at a LrciyBB Match Factory . — On Tueiday morning , afcont . half-pist ten o ' olock f one of those ¦ freqn ' ciit xpiowona which take place
at tbeB » aiiiiiir » i : . t . ii p « , o <« j rr < -o a- ?)* j hvciter match manufwtory rj Mr . H »* ¦>¦• ¦ -. V •• - > : Vtquav <* l 15 Habeth . At ifw « b , . ¦ 1 ' ' : ¦>• f Hw men and boys were eapky ( d ... ¦< * . ' ¦ * -nrfdenl y a loud explos-ioi ; - ••< ' » - . . ¦ •<¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ .. uia : e 5 y tho whole pla * e »»« : •> H < ' : > . ?• . " » . ¦} ¦ immediatel y givwi . i-ii . ' < ¦• . / - — • -. ;« v . ^ ineu of the West of E : ij . k ' . " ' aw- ' - !;; - - ¦<» ' -v .-re on th * spot , and from tt ; - ir ¦ ¦ . -i ir . - v « fi-- » iv j * fortunoUly subdued , aui piw ^ , -i t .-. * ot < ; xtemli : )!< beyond the imnwdiato ' -pr < : i : ii !^ s U 1 , t ' t > r u ; iite that no farther damage wi- ; u « -d , a * fr «; u ... ; re nature of the surrounding building the co Heq'ht .-res-iiiust have been serious .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 11, 1841, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1126/page/3/
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