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SCRAPS FOB RADICALS . I » T . CLASCT . NO . T . Whig pay , and patriotic perfidy . ' 0 b ! blame aot the bard , if he fly te the bowers , Where pleasure lies carelessly smiling at fame ; Be was born for much more , and in happier hours HU soul might hare burned with a holier flame . She siring that now languishes loose on the lyre Might hare bent a proud bow to the warrior *! dart , And the life that now breathes but the soul of desire , Mi £ ht hare ponred the full tide of the patriot ' s heart .
Ribs sang loTed Enn ! thine own fond eare&er , E ' er he pensioned his fame on thy famishing poor , 2 ? er he barter'd bis bays to thy Saxon oppressor , E ' er perfidy rallied the patriot Moore !! El * flowreta henceforth shall oar children despise them ; ITo more shall they bloom in the midst of our wrongs ; Aa a beauteous collection of Tipers we'll prove ' em . If Erin can foster false patriot ' s songs . ' !
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SONG . No . ti . COMMEMORATION OF THE CAGED LION'S LIBERATION FROM YORK CASTLE . March , inarch , Marshals » f freedom bltw ; Breathes there a man who deems the read weary ? Marcb , march , on in your might , and go Meet the cag'd Lion of Liberty ' s prairie I Many a banner Tiew , Mociing the Rainbow ' s hne , Streak'd like the Dolphin , but floating more glorious , Now the triumphal car , Mores to cur polar star ! Union and liberty mnst be -victorious .
Come from the scenes of > oar late agitation , Come from the woodland , the mountain , the Tales , gouBd the loud trumpet of glad proclamation , Th « pibroch of Scotland , the harp-string of Wales . O'Connor ' s appearing , Rapturous chetring ! jtoEsands concentr'd , light-hearted and airy . Joy smil'd on eTery side , Peace , law , and order , Tied , Greeting the Lion of Liberty ' s prairie . " New , hurrah ! for the fight ! " we haTe woa the resistance ; See the old pack of bloodhounds in Liberty ' s glen ; Let as up with the Lion , nor mind in the distance The cubs and the cur doys that bark"d at his den .
Who shall diride us , " Bads . " Union ' s our motto , lads ; HUlions concestr'd , light-hearted and tiry ! Triumph must crown our joys , Down with dissension , boys ! long lire the Lion of Liberty ' s prairie :
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>? IRISH ABSENTEEIS M . let parsons figwanj- on the joys of eternity , Misers find pleasure in Tiewing their store ; And SxialUy talk of their blessed community , Bamblers wander to some foreign shors—Nothing shall hnrry me , Vex me or worry me , Working for bread as I hare done before ; I will lire and be happy , And laugh at the 83 ppy , Who dare not a Tote claim because he is poor .
Many men praise the Italian scenery , Others must go to Vienna or Rome , To Holland or Paris , to show off their finery , Leafing their tenantry starring a ; home—To see things so funny , And spend all their money , While commerce is sinking fast into the tomb Of things that has been , It will shortly be seen , Whether Irishmen tamely will welcome their doom .
Has not Erin ' s green meadows , her gardens , and wo » ds , Sufficient attractions for freemen to prize , Or is there no charms in her mountains and floods , To constitute beauty in Irishaen'i eyes , © h , who will direct ju , Support , and protect us , XTnlesa we ourselTes take the helm in our hand , And the Suffrage demand For each one in the land , Determined no more to wear slarery ' s brand .
Irishmen ! Ireland !! awake from your slumbers , Must liberty still be confined te a cl&ss ? What utility is there in boasting ol zmmbers , As long as you're shackled by fetters of brass . Then off with the chains That on you repairs ; Let yonr Toices be heard in one long loud hurrah ,. While demanding the Tote , Ax josi green baacers & oat . ' Cry ncces to the Suffrage , and Erin go bragh .
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THE PLEET PAPERS . By Rjch-lrd Oastles . No . XL . "We lore to see native kindness and benevolence breaking out throngh the cloud of a good man ' s prejudices and pariy preferences . This is precisely the difference between the patriot aDd the political partisan ; and hence vre hare unmitigated pleasure m observing that , in his " Fleet Papers , " Mr . Oasller hesitates not to tell troth equally as boldly to ihe Toiiea as to their predecessors . In his present somber we find the following : —
" I am al * o asked , ' If I approTe of the delay , which has been proposed by Sir Robert Peel , for five or six Bonths , bsfore the state of the nation is to be considered V Unhesitatingly I answer , ' No . * Delays are always dangerous—delay , under our present circumstances , will be ruinous . The inconsistency of Sir Robert Peel ' s first proclaiming the national aSkirs to be in a most ruinous condition , and then demanding the immediate expulsion of those who had mismanaged them , and his own call to ofiice , before he would propose a remedy ; and now , when in office , refusing to attempt any restoration o : the national health until be feas received two quarters" pay , as his prescribing fee , caa aeet with no defence from me . It may , or may not , be considered good diplomatic generalship , by mere partisans ; that is a qnesnon to be settled between the two parties , and , as parties , I shall not interfere with them . Sir Robert was justified in keeping silence while the Whigs retained tSce ; since then his silence appears to me to be indefensible .
" I object to any delay , because I know that the country cannot safely wait . These are not ordinary times ; Great Britain has , it this epoch , reached her ffiost perilous day of trial : she has been driTen about by the whirlwind of faction—she has almost lost her reckoning ; waves and billows , and rocks and sands , still beset her course ; she has changed her captain , net to slumber awhile in this raging storm , but steadily to direct her track towards the bsTen from which the killows of party strife and false philosophy hare -driTen her . If Sir Robert Ptel has no meliorative and restoratiTe principle to propose , I think that be would haTe shewn his wisdom by refusing office . True ,-he has for the moment exalted himself and his party , but what can the nation gain , if the ithegi ^ course of Whi £ legislation is to conUtue another six months ?
" It is natural enough to imagine that sir Robert may sot be able , all at once , to arrest the confusion and ruin which , on the development of the gross oismanagenent of all the departments , mutt m ^ : him at every lura : it would be unreasonable to expect any man to be reaoy with specific measures of relief for all that mass of misgoTemment which the Whigs have created . ± * ut there are general principles upon which the Whigs fcaTg acted , and which have resulted in the derangemert of all our national affairs ; snd I cannot hide from myself the necessity-aye , and the sound policy also , « jmt RDbert ' s at once stating , ' My predecessor * have brought the empire to the brick of ruin , because such sad Mich haTe been the principles upon which they haTe * c *^ ; I thall hope to restore national prosperity , by jursmrg a very different lice of policy . I shall founJ
jf ^ raeasures ° f melioration and restoration upon : Eatn and such principles . My predecessors have gCTeffied by fraud and f&ree—justice to all .-ball be my a : m ; they have stripptd the cottage , degraded the serene , and desecrated the altar—my course will be the ' . reiteration of the rights of alL Meanwhile , I shall , ' ftqcire Parliament to aid me in a searching iEqsiry into tte _ condition , the disorders , and the resources of the * " *• " »• ' Then , Sir , it wobM have been wise and safe ] k > lave kept Parlia ment together , to have imJy inves- ' = « i-ed the whole state of the nation—to have searched i «* tte real cause of all our distress , and perhaps we i Kxmld haTe discoTered that the very things on which ' we most pride ourselTes—the amount of our -vast and ¦ indmdnal maeesof accumulated capital—the enormous ! * rteEaon ef our manufactures—the fast increase of !
oar untexed machinery , and the unparalleled amount of ecr foreign trade , -were seme of the causes of our cabonal and domestic sufferings ; and that the Tery ' na »» dy which is proposed by the "Whigs for our cure , ] * tttl < i i if administered , only accelerate our national i iaaolutioa . " - > Sinee the aboTe km written , we hare rec « iTed No . t ir ?? . wbick we give the following remarks , bj j Mr . Oxitler , on the conferences between Mr . Thorn- : Bill and the Mveril deput » cions of Mr . Oastler ' s { ^ nenda , who haTe waited apon him for the purpose j « soliciting Mr . Oastkr ' s discharge : — «
** It is impcEBible that any man can be more oTercome I oy a sense of gratitude , thsn 1 am , to all mj friends of J •? ery rack , kut etpeciai / y to those cf the xtorking dasxs , < k » the innumerable proofs of strong and ardent aff « ction which my imprisoDmeEt has ffforded them the opporta- 1 *» y of showeriag upon rae . 1 do tf ^ fr them ! but j ttoit I thank God , who has giTen them such hearts , and !
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who has tlms , by them , " spread a table for me in prison . " My comforts haTe abounded—my cup has oTerflowed—my mercies haTe been " heaped up , pressed down , and running oTer . " " This last proof of affection has almost unmanned me . I am thankful—I am grateful to those , my friends , of the working classes . And why ? Ah , Sir , the reasons why I am thankful to them press so numerously and so touckingly , that I cannot speak them . To contempl ate , that midst all their own unmerited and unprecedented sufferings and privations , they still think most of what they fancy are mine , makes my heart melt , its feelings force my eyes to OTerflow ; my lips cannot utter what I feel , my pen cannot write what I think .
My priTations are not like iheirs—I haTe no sufferings ? Thia place , to me , it more like Heavea than a' prison ' . I am wiser , 1 am happier , I hope that I am better for being here . I haTe no wish to leaTe thia cell , except in God " s owb way . Should that day arriTe , I could not leave it without aoaie feelings of regret Ten Buch happy months were neTer my portion elsewhere . The face of man has neTer frowned upon me—the harsh tones of his anger has neTer reached my ears—I have not seen a foe in all that while ! My friends haTe clustered around roe ! Perhaps my health has suffered ; but God has neTer left me . I cannot grve place to anxiety or fear , because bis promises are faithful . I believed them bo , before I came to prison—now , I know them to be
true!—No , Sir , I haTe not a wish to leaTe ; and should I die , then the working men will see to it , that my remains shall moulder and mingle with my own Yorkshire's dust—I know that they wilL "There is Sir , a principle involved—J am a prisoner for debt . ' I do not rebel , I do not complain—I submit , but I protest ! If the unconstitutional law thus barbaiously wantons with the liberty and the life ( for that law leaves men here to starTe and die ) of the subject , it also ordains , that caption pays the debt ! It unjustly giTes the a&Tage murderous heart the power to choose ' body or goods , ' not both . I offered you more than the law awarded , all that I had , and then my after earnings ! Your choice fell on my body : it is yours , the law s \ jt so—flesh , blood , sinews , bones , skin—they are all your own ; and had I owed you all England's currency , the moment my body became your property , that debt would haTe been cancelled . Remember , you did not take my body , till I had given you all the books
¦ —hooks which the Terdict could not award you ! They J were not included in your claims against me , nor were 1 they yours . I trusted to your honour . I believed , from what I heard in Court , that we were friends . When yoursaolved to be TindictiTe , bad honour retained her j seat in Thomhill ' s breast , you would haTe returned the 1 books , which were delivered up by me , under the 1 conviction that your anger was appeased . But , un-! happily for you , you were betrayed by those whom you I belieTed to be your friends : thus did the falsa i representation of my enemies and years , compel you to | perpetrate an act , which , wbsn reason resumes her ; wonted seat , you will regret much more than I . Tour ; prejudices now blind your reason , and force you to 1 " . reward me evil for good , and hatred for my love . " Time will remove those prejudices !—honour will once more find a home in your bosom , then all will be well : till then , Sir , I am willing to remain yonr prisoner .
" I can neTer ( until lam proved to be in error ) admit the princioie , that after ten months' imprisonment , a detaining creditor has any elaim , in law but blood and botes , and sinews , and flesh and skin . " I hope , Sir , that my friends will excuse me—I am grateful to them ; bat I protest , on principle , against payment for my release ! I protest , in the name of the spirit of the Constitution , against my , or any Englishman s or Englishwoman ' s , imprisonment for debt!—i Hecessity forces me to snbmit . I do so with some degree of pride , knowing thai I sufer \ crongfully ! The hand which strikes me should have been the hand to ' nomiih me . I hope , however , that the mistaken ¦ kindness of my friends will not force me ta submit to , i and then protest against , my release . In reference to the Insolyents Debtor ' s court , Mr . ; Oasikr writes thus : —
I " * But , say you , ' why does not Oistler take the > benefit of the Insolvent Dsbtors' Act ? ' An old friend : of mice , a neve one of yours , says , ' that you wish me j to do so . ' Have you forgotten the bargain made betwetn your attorney aud mine , ' that Oastler was sot to ' aTail himself of the InsolTent Debtors' Act ? ' You remember , that it was proposed by your attorney , and agreed to by mine . : " But , Sir , had no bargain been made between our ' solicitors , I conld Bot " pass through the Court , " withont sanctioning the barbarism which giTes you the power to imprison and starve me to death ! I am too much of ; as Englishman to admit thai that is justice , and 1 can neTer become a trilling party to that which is tyranny . : Were I to regain my liberty by submission to that' law , ' I should become iU flare . I would ranch rather be an : unconseuting prisoner ' inside , ' than a consenting slave at large , "
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so much thirsts for and requires ; and being surrounded by the most mournful examples of vice and drunkenness;—be has still , by applying his mind in an innocent , if not a profitable pursuit , succeeded in bringing forth a number of minor poetical effusions , which haTe not only the claim of a purity of thought to recommend them to the acceptance of the reader , but also one of chaste and well measured expression ; such as may well become " the tuneful Muse , " if not in her highest , at least in some of her happiest and most amiable moods . HaTing in the latter end of the last year a wiB ' n to try his luck in London , two gentlemen conneoted with the press kindly promised that if he should
determine upon doing so , they would not see him starre ; but that if he would be willing to " turn his Land to anything" some small pittance should be forthcoming for him . With thiB proBpect before him , our author left his native town and relations , to mingle with strangers , and walked the dreary journey from Manchester to London , with but nine shillings in his possession . He arriTed in London in the beginning of September last , and since then has been apprenticed to the trade of a printer . His master having had the kindness to lend him the nse of type and furnish him with eTerything else necessary , he has composed and printed the present little Tolume in his leisure houre , independently of his usual employment .
Such are tba circumstances under which these poetieal nights are introduced to us ; and they are themselves of a character to command attention and patronage . These circumstances become doubly to teresting , when coupled with the fact , that there is in this little pamphlet a considerable shars of that most scarce article , genuine poetry and fine feeling .
MEMOIRS OF ROBERT EMMETT AND THE IRISH INSURRECTION OF 1803 , with the Trial of Emmett for High Treason , his memorable Speech , &c , &c . London : CleaTe ; Manchester , Hey wood ; Leeds , Joshua Hobson . This _ is a reprint of some nervously written papers , comprising a memoir of the celebrated Irish patriot , originally published in the English Chartist Circular . We haTe no doubt that all will wish to haTe it in its present portable form . It is embellished with a Tery superior engraving of Emmett , on steel .
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IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE FROM THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA . ARRIVAL OF THB BRITANNIA . The royal mail steamer , Britannia , Captain Cle-Iand , arrived at Liverpool on Thursday night . She left Boston on the afternoon of the 16 th , and Halifax on the night of the 18 th ult ., and , notwithstanding easterly gales and heavy weather , has completed the voyage in fourteen days and a fevr hours . She hag brought only twenty-six passengers . The files of papers received by the Britannia extend over the long space of fifteen days . Their contents are interesting and highly important .
The New Fiscal Corporation Bill , the object of which was to enact the establishment of a national bank , passed the senate by a vote of twenty-seven to twenty-two . The president , howeTer , refused to sanction the new bill , which he vetoed as he had vetoed the old one . As the refusal of Mr . Tyler to sanction the bill had been anticipated , the actual refufal did not surprise the public , nor did it cause any popular excitement . He transmitted a message to congress , embodying his objections to the bill and his reasons for vetoing it . The House of Representatives took the Teto message into consideration ; on a division , however , the bill was lost by 103 to 80 , the constitution requiring the concurrence of twothirds of the house to carry a measure which the president has refused to sanction by his signature .
The disagreement between the president and the majority of the houses of congress had caused the dissolution of the cabinet , which had enjoyed the confidence of congress and of the whig party at large . Messrs . Ewing , Crittonnen , Badger , and Bell , sent in their resignation on Friday , the 10 th ult ., to take effect at twelve o ' clock on Saturday . They were accepted . The president immediately nominated in their places Mr . Walter Forward , of PiUsburg , Pennsylvania , to be secretary of the treasury ; Mr . H . S . Legare , of Charleston , South Carolina , to be attorney-general ; Judge Abel S . Upshur , of Virginia , to be secretary of the navy ; and Mr . John M'Lean , judge of the Supreme Ceurt of the
United StateB , to be secretary of war . Mr . Grainger also resigned , and Mr . Charles A . Wickliffe . of Kentucky , was appointed postmaster general . The gentlemen who had resigned are said to have adopted their courses without any previous concert with Mr . Webster , but not without previous consultation with Mr . Clay . Mr . Ewing , in a letter of considerable length , had stated the reasons which had influenced him in resigning office . Mr . Webster , in a short letter , assigned his for retaining it . Agreeing with the president on the foreign polioy of the government , Mr . Webster considered it Jo be his duty not to abandon office in the present critical state of the relations , it was surmised , of the United States and Great Britain .
Congress had adjourned , after having perfected and carried out all the great measures for which the extra session had been called , save only the bank bill . The senate had confirmed , by a vote of twentythree to nineteen , the nomination of Mr . Everett as minister to England , an appointment which had given general satisfaction . The trial of Mr . M'Leod was appointed to take place at Utica on Monday , the 27 th ult . The panel of jurors made out for his trial consisted , it was said , of several quakers and others , who would , it was supposed , be disposed to view the matter in a farourable light for M'Leod . Considerable excitement had been caused at Utica from information Eaid to
have been received by the Bheriff , that some desperadoes , refugees from Canada , and others , whose exasperation again England and especially against the colonial authorities , knew no bounds , had entertained a design of carrying off M'Leod from the gaol at White&borough , near Utica , and hanging him , in the hope to render war inevitable . 11 , was presumed , however , if the design was ever seriously entertained , that the measures which had been taken by the local and state authorities would render any such attempt hopeless . A rumour had obtained circulation , that Mr . Fox had received , by the steamer , orders to demand the instant release of M'Leod , and , if it was
refused , to demand his passports ; but the story was generally discredited . The detention of the prisoner had been the subject of debate in the House of Representatives . Mr . Adams condemned the course which the state of New York had adopted in reference to him , and praised Mr . Webster ' s letter to Mr . Fox . He referred to the conciliating tone assumed towards the United States by Sir Robert Peel in his address at Tamworth , and stated his conviction , that while the rights and the honour of the country would be firmly and fully maintained , peace would be preserved so long as Dauiel Webster was secretary of state .
The city of Cincinnati had been the scene of lawless violence and sanguinary conflict . The riots which had disgraced that city had their origin in the strong feeling which the efforts of the friends of negro emancipation had caused . A mob of whites collected and proceeded to the negro quarter for the purpose of attacking the blacks . The negroes , who , having expected the attack , were armed , fired on the whites , some of whom were killed and more wounded . The assailants immediately fled , pursued by the victorious blacks . For several days the city was the scene of riot ; but the civil power having been reinforced the rioting was quelled and great numbers of blacks apprehended .
The House of Representatives had been the scene of a general riot . In a discussion on the Diplomatic Bill Mr . Stanley twitted Mr . Wise with inconsistency in opposing the amendment of the senate , striking out of the list the mission to Naples , seeing that , last session , he had worked hard in favour of dispensing with the mission to Mexico , or , at least , in favour of reducing the appropriations for it . Mr . Wise remarked , that the mention of this matter was prompted by a spirit of ' * little malevolence . " Mr . Staaley admitted that the allusion was of malice aforethought . As soon as Mr . Stanley sat down , Mr . Wise crossed the hall to him . Words took place , the lie was given , and Mr . Wise struck Mr . Stanley . A violent conflict ensued . The fight beeame general , members of both parties attacking
each other with the fiercest determination . The affair threatened for several minutes general bloodshed . Amongst those who were seen in the mo&t violent contest , each grappling at the other ' s throat , were Mr . Arnold , of Tennessee , and Major Butler , of Kentucky , Mr . Wise , and Mr . Stanley , the original combatantB , "were lost Bight of amidst the now numerous conflicting parties . Order was at length restored . Explanations and apologies followed , and , on the following day , the quarrel between the two gentlemen , which had threatened to end in a duel , was , by the intervention of frionds , amicably adjusted . A committee of the house had investigated the affair and reported on the subject , recommending certain regulaiious for the future guidance of members during the debases of a personal nature .
A more minute account of the " scene" is given by the reporter of the Intelligencer , as follows : — While Mr . Fillmore was in the midst of a sentence , the reporter ( who Dad noticed Mr . Wise cross over to the seat of Mr . Stanley , and had observed those two gentlemen in conversation , apparently of a very excited nature , ) saw Mr . Wise raise tea hand violently , and aim a blow at the face of Mr . Stanley , who as instantaneously met or returned it . A violent fight followed , and in less time than it can be described in this report , a seene of mingled uproar and fight , such aa tho reporter in maDy years' experience has never witnessed oh the floor of the house , ensued . Messrs . Wise and Stanley were lost to the sight » f the reporter in the general rush , while Mr . Arnold , of Tenneeste , and Mr . Butler , of Kentucky , were noticed in a violent personal struggle , striking at and grappling with each other . Mr . Dixon , H .
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Lewis , and Mr . Gilnser , and others , were seen in the midst , eadeavouring to quell the disturbance , which had now reached a point at which it seemed impossible to arrest its progress . The members bad rushed from all parts of the hall , some nwhiBg over , and others standing upon , the tables , literally piling themselves ona on the other , and several canes were seen by the reporter raised as if in the aefc of strik-1 ' - - ? P eaker dnring this time had resumed the chair informall y , but no one paid the least regard
to his voice , and he called in vain on the officers , none of whom were observed by the reporter , with toe exception of the doorkeeper , who was endeavouring to close the doors and windows against the crowd from without , who attempted to rush within the hall . The general melee ( of which the reporter was taking notes ) continued for about three minutes . It thf n subsided , though by what direct process the reporter could not understand ; but he heard the voice of Mr . Wise , who had returned to his seat , addressing the chair .
The director of the baak of the United States bad made an assi gnment of most of the valuable assets to the following gentlemen : —James Robertson , president ; J . S . Newbold , a director ; Richard Bayard , Delaware ; Thomas S . Taylor , cashier ; and Herman Lope , assistant-cashier . The course now adopted by the board of directors had , it was understood , been rendered necessary by the great number or suits instituted against the bank . These events were absorbing the funds of the bank , and it was thought that the directors had consulted and protected the interests of the noteholders and stockholders by the course ther had followed . With
this aBsigument the banking business necessarily closed . The shares in tho institution , which sold at 13 on the 1 st ult ., had fallen to 6 | , and were offered freely at that rate . The assignment of the property of the bank had induced holders of Btoek to realize at any price , the universal opinion being that there would not be enough property left to enable the bank to pay its debts , and , consequently , that the stockholders will lose everything . The notes were selling at from 30 to 35 per cent , discount . The exchange on England , per the Britannia , was 1093 , at which a fair business had been done . On Paris , the rate was 5 f 20 o ; Holland , 4 Q £ ; Hamburg , 364 'o b Bremen , to 79 .
The intelligence from Canada is of a painful kind . Lord Sydenham had been thrown from his horse , by whioh accident he was severely bruised , and his leg broken in two places . The latest bulletin of his excelleneyVhealth was not favourable ; he suffered a restless night , and had shown symptoms of returning gout . The House of Assembly , with four dissentients , had voted an address of condolence to his Lordship . The Canada legislature had rejected , by 40 to 29 , the Governor General ' s project of a government bank . The session was just on the eve of closing .
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A Man killed by a Tobacco Pips . —An inquest was held on Saturday forenoon , at the Cumberland Head , City Road , before Mr . Baker , the Coroner , on the body of George Joliffe , aged 29 , a shoemaker of Graham ' s Buildings , St . Luke ' s , whose death was caused in the following singular manner : —It appeared , according to the evidence of Mary Joliffe , that on Tuesday night , the 21 st ult ., she was following the deceased , her husband , home from a publichous » in Twister ' s Alley , St . Luke ' s , when he accidentally trod upon his boot-lace , and fell forward on the ground . He was smoking a short tobacco pipe at the time he fell , and when he arose he bad great difficulty in pulling it from his mouth ; but she did not then know that it had been , by the force of the fall , driven into the flesh , and that a piece of it remained there . The following morning he ate a hearty breakfast , and in a short time afterwards was interrupted in his work by a pain in his throat .
The pain increased , and recollecting the circumstance of his accident , he went to St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , where his mouth , which was by that time greatly swollen , was lanced , but he was not even then certain of the cause of the pain . On Tuesday last , she took him to St . Luke ' s Workhouse , where he was immediately received , put to bed , and attended by the surgeon . The swelling in the mouth and throat gradually increased , and on Thursday last he died of strangulation . Deceased , at the time he fell , was intoxicated . Mr . Thomas Ranee , the workhouse surgeon , said that he opened and examined the deceased ' s head , and , without much trouble , found in the back part , near the throat , a piece of tobacco pipe , about two inches in length . That was sufficient to cause death . Verdict , " Accidental death . "
Mail Accident . —On Sunday afternoon last , . ' as the mail was on its way from Snap to Kendal , aad to that : part , of the road called Huck's Brow , owing in not having the drag on the horses got into a gallop , and the driver , Thomas Marton , in vain endeavoured to pull them up . The passengers became alarmed , and one gentleman , Mr . Hare , scrambled over the luggage and dropped down at the back of the coach . He wa 3 severely stunned by the shock he sustained in coming in contact with the ground , and was obliged to stay for some days under medioal treatment at Kendah After Mr . Hare had dropped from : he coach it proceeded about 100 yards further to a turn in the road , when one of the wheelers fell . The coach was at this time upon part of the wall bounding the road , and it is thought that if the wheeler had not fallen at the very moment it did ,
the coach would have been precipitated over the low wall into the valley below . Its legs were broken , and it was thought proper to kill it immediately . The other wheeler was also seriously hurt , and rendered comparatively of no value . They both belonged to Mr . Richardson , of Snap , who it is said , will sustain a loss of upwards of £ 40 . Two other gentlemen leaped from the coach the moment the wheeler fell , and sustained no injury , as it was at that time nearly at a stand ; the one leaped upon the other . The coach was driven to Kendal by one of the guards , and the driver was ieft on tho road . On the same day , in the same coach , and with the same driver , another horse was seriously injured by coming in contact with a cow , upon the road between Plumpton and Pcnrith . The driver is tho same person who was thrown off the coach at Lancasterbridge and seriously hurt , some months back .
Rascally Treatment op Emigrants . —On Thursday a party ol emigrants , eleven in number , from Stroud , in Gloucestershire , waited on Mr . Ballantine , at the Thames Police-office , to complain of tho conduct of the people connected with the ship Himalaya , Henry Burn , commander , then on her weigh down the river to Port Philip and Sydney . It appeared , from the statement of the emigrant ? , that their passage wag engaged on board the Himalaya , and they went iuto the St . Katharino ' s Dock about eleven o'clock , as tho ship was about to get under way , and were told they could not como on board then , and must wait a little while , although there was no reason why they should not have gone on board at once . Soon afterwards the ship began to
haul out of the dock , but no notice was taken of them , nor were , they allowed to enter the ship . They then went round to th © lock entrance to mett the ship as it was coming out , and upon the swivelbridge being opened , the vessel remainod in the lock Borne time , close alongside the quay , and they could easily have stepped on board , and were preparing to do so , when they were forced back by the Captain and others , who used tho most gross language towards them , and declaring they could not come on board until the ship reached Gravesend . A married woman vrith her child was , however , assisted on board by a relative , and had no sooner got on deck than she was rudely assailed , and a man laid hold of her , dragged her along with brutal violence , and
forced her outside the ship . She stood upon the rail and clung to the rigging , screaming violently , while the fellows upon deck , unmindful of her perilous situation , endeavonrcd to shove her back upon the pier , and one man held up her child with the intention of throwing it to the people on ihe quay , who hissed , hoo ; ed , groaned , and called out" Shame shame ! " A Ecene of the greatest confusion ensued , in the midst of whioh the ship made a sheer off , rendering the situation of the poor woman still more perilous . The Captain of the vessel then called out , " Let her stop , I'll serve them out for it , " and she was dragged npoa deck and pushed about in a brutal maner . The applicants could not succeed in reaching the vessel ; and
after meeting with a good deal of abuse were told to join the Himalaya at Gravesend . They had , however , no means of reaching tk » t place , or sufficient to purchase a meal , and they humbly implored the magistrate to assist them and to interfere in their behalf so as to secure thtm from ill-treatment during the voyage , which they were fearful might be exercised towards them after the threats made use of by the persons in anthority on board the Himalaya . Mr . Ballan ti no said the poor emigrants muBt not be left behind , and he thought more kindness might have been pursued toward numbers of individuals about to leave their native country for a distant land . He asked who were the agents of the ship . The emigrants handed up a card , from which it appeared that Masson and Hoggins , a very respectable firm in Lime-street-square , were the agents and bankers of the Himalaya , and it was
stated they were not likely to tolerate such misconduct as that complained of . Mr . Ballantine directed Blaby , the chief osher of the Court , to take charge of the emigrants , to see them on board a Gravesend steamer , and pay their passage , give them a dinner , and present to each of them 6 d . to pay a boatman to convey them from the steamer , on her arrival at Graveeend , to the Himalaya . He also directed Blaby to wait upon the agents , and inform them of what had occurred . He expected that no harshness would be exhibited towards any of the emigrants iu consequence of this complaint . The applicants , consisting chiefly of young men and women , expressed their gratitude to the worthy and humane magistrate in a way not to be misunderstood , and left the Court with the officer . The brutality exercised towards the female who nearly lost her lifo , was witnessed by one hundred and fifty people on the quay , and the police . The dock-men and others joined in loud expressions of indignation .
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The Irish Distillers . —The distillers of Ireland hare had a very large meeting , which continued two successive days—Tuesday and Wednesday last —for the purpose of bringing before the Governmeat the depressed condition of their trade , arising from the state of the law as regards the intercourse between England , I reland , and Scotland , and also for considering what steps should be taken to obtain redress . Sunderland . —Poor Alderman Thompson , so recently the idol of the Tories of Sunderland , has fallen under the ban of his old worshippers . His political flirtations have grave names applied to them by the Tory magnates of that venerable borough ; his portrait is no longer to ornament the
Exchange Buildings ; nor are his arms to direct the thirsty traveller to where the best treble X . is to be obtained . The Tories of Sunderiand do not like being jilted by bhob every-day catches as the Alderman , and they show the bitterness of their mortification by removing from their sight everything calculated to remind of a connexion not over and above crediable to any of the parties concerned . Thug at a public meeting of the Sunderland Tories , held on the 19 th ult ., the foliomng resolutions were unanimously adopted : — "That this meeting are of opinion , that the conduct of Mr . Alderman Thompson has been unconstitutional , and highly detrimental to the interests of the borough . "— " That the portrait of the Alderman be immediately withdrawn
from the Exchange Buildings , and that the same be submitted for sale by public action . " — " That Mr . Horner be instructed to remove the Alderman ' s Arms from his building , and to adopt the title of Homer s Commercial Hotel . '" These resolutions were advertised at the expence of the meeting , but as we would not have the character of the Alderman among the Tories confined to the Conservative Journals , we insert them for nothing . The picture , with two hundred engravings from it , are also advertised to be sold ; but as there is nobody in Sunderland to bid a penny for them , the borough had better make a present of them to Lord Low ther . All parties are now sick of the Alderman , whose person and picture are equally a drug in the Tory market .
Trctk Conservatism . —A truly popular Parliament we conceivo would be the most strictly Conservative body in the world , for it would make the foundation of ail its legislation rest upon preserving to each man his own . It would put down all inroads and invasions of another man ' s property , securing from all attacks whether of force or of fraud , the fruits of man ' s labour whether of head or of hands—and most surely would it examine into the nature of all impositions , shams , humbugs , quackeries , and pretensions by which society is now gulled , and by which so much that is idle and worthless usurps the place of reality . " Money for money ' s worth , and vice versa , " would be a law which would reduce to nonentity many a lord , bishop , agricultural game-preserver , Whig patriot , lawyer , doctor , able editor , idler , &c . " Let every herring hang by its own head , and every tub stand on its own bottom / ' as honest « Sancho Bays , and we have no fear that the world will be given to anarchy . —Cheltenham Free Press .
Death op a Wealthy Miser . —On Monday morning last Mr . Robert Smith , who was by trade a smith , died at his late residence , No . 12 , Groat St . Andrew-street , Seven Dial ? , in tho possession of funded , freehold , and leasehold property , it is stated , to the amount of nearly £ 400 , 000 . He was of the most singular habits from early life , aud was left a considerable sum of money by his father , with which he speculated in the funds and in buildiog houses , his speculations turning out almost always to advantage . In the neighbourhood of Morningtoncrescent he built between 150 and 200 houses , besides having many other houses in different parts of the
town . His property in the funds is believed to exceed £ 100 , 000 . He was born in the house in which he died , and resided in it throughout his life , be ng about seventy years of age . Though possessed of this immense wealth , his habits were most penurious . His mode of living was scarcely sufficient to support nature . He had ne servant , but a woman used to come occasionally to char . His neighbours knew little of him , as he had no associates . His house exhibited the appearance of a tenant not provided with the means of keeping it in decent repair , and the windows were cleaned about twice a year . He has left a brother and sister . The former will inherit
the property , as he has left no will . The latter , who was early " crossed in love , " was allowed by him £ 1 a week . She is a woman also of the most eccentric habits . Mr . Smith once held the office of overseer of the parish of St . Giles , in which he was a resident . Total Destruction Kinmel Hall , the Seat of Lord Dinorben . —The mansion of Lord Dinorben , at Kinmel-park , near St . Asaph , was totally destroyed by fire last week . We understand that soon after ten o'clock on Monday night it was discovered that her ladyship ' s dressing-room was on fire , and that the flames had already gained some height . Immediately after the discovery an alarm was given throughout the mansion , and happily none
of the domestics had retired to rest , so that they all directed their efforts to quench the flames , but , we regret tojadd , without effect . The fire had obtained such an ascendancy as to baffle all their endeavours , and from there not being any engines fot many miles around , nothing could be done to arre 3 t the fury of the flames , which continued their devastating ravages until five o'clock next morning , leaving tha superb mansion and its costly furniture a heap of ashes . The inhabitants of Llan St . Siors , Aber *; eley , and St . Asaph , were greatly alarmed , the conflagration illuminating the country for many miles around , and although hundreds of persons were willing to render all the assistance possible , all their exertions could not prove of the slightest use . Tho furniture and © ther property saved is comparatively small to that which fell a sacrifice to the flames , and we understand the family plato is buried in the ruina , as also her ladyship ' s jewellery . The greater portion
of his lordship ' s valuable library and MSS . were rescued at an early stage of the fire , as we are informed . Lord and Lady Dinorben have been obliged to take up their residence at his Lordship ' s land steward ' s , Mr . Murray . Lady Gardner , who was staying with her noble father , has lost everything , and is compelled to sleep at the dairy for the present . The servants of the establishment have had all their apparel consumed . The fire appears to have originated through the carelessness of her ladyship ' s maid leaving a candle too near the furniture of the dressing room . Their royal highnesses the Prince and Princess of Capua were to leave Richmond early in the ensuing week for the purpose of staying several weeks with the noble lord and lady , and other visitors were also invited . It will be a serious loss to his lordship , for it is said the whole of the property was uninsured , and it is computed £ 35 , 600 will not cover the damage done .
Attempt at Murder . —St . Alban ' s , Monday , Oct . 4 th . —This morning the town was tnrown into a state of great excitement by a report that a young , woman had been murdered at an obscure public-house , called the Boot , by a soldier , with whom she cohabited . On inquiry it was found that there was but too mnch foundation for the report , for although the girl is not dead , the injury she has received is so great that but slight hopes are entertained of her recovery . At twelve o ' clock , Mr . Rumball , the mayor , and Messrs . Lipscombe , Coles , Osboldiston , and Kindar , borough magistrates , assembled at the Town-hall to investigate the affair . The accused party was in custody . His name is Jabf z Kirk : he is about 18 years of age , belongs to the 74 th Regiment of Foot , and presented a most
unprepossessing appearanee . Tho following evidence furnishes the main facts of the case : —John Lacy , one of the borough police , proved being sent for , about a quarter before seven o clock this morning , to tho Boot public-house , in the Abbey parish . On entering the house , the landlord informed him that a soldier had committed murder in his house . On Koing up stairs to a bed room , the prisouer met him at the door and said , " Lacy , take me- ; I have cut her throat , " pointing at the same time to the girl rearce , who waB lying on a bed in the room the prisoner came out of . Witness immediately seized him by the two wrists , and sat him on another bed in the same room . He trembled very much , and the tipper part of his person was covered with blood . He had no tshirt on , only his trousers and shoes . His face was so much covered with
blood that he could scarcely distinguish his features . There was no blood on his trousers . Witness a ^ ked tha prisoner what he had done it with ! he replied , with a razor , and that it was on the bed where the woman was lying . He looked among the bedclothes for the razor , but could not find it , when Jane Pearce pulled the bed up a little as well as she could , and between the bed and mattrass he found the razor he produced . [ The witness produced the razar , which was covered with blood J He asked the prisoner if he had any reason for committing th » act , but he shook his head and made no answer . The prisoner also pointed out to witness his shirt . On being produced , it was found to be covered with blood , and very much torn . The quantity of blood on the left aide was the greatest . The prisoner washed himself in witness ' s presence , but had no wounds on his own person . He saw Jane Pearce lying on * bed with her throat very much cut . . There was also a cut on several
the right arm , another on the right hand . and more on her left shoulder ; wliile th « bed and the room bore ample traces of the praoner erime . Robert Thorpe , a private in the 7 * 1 Foot , prored that he and the prisoner were stationed with a recruiting party at St . Alban's . He lent the ra » r , produced by the policeman , to the prisoner for him to show on inspection , as he had lost hit own . He knew it to be the same , as it bore hi * regimental mark and number—vii ., E 78 , 320 . Mr . Webster , a surgeon , residing at St . Alban ' a , proved being called in about a quarter before 8 ef en tais morning , to attend Pearce . He found her in bed with her throat cut and other injuries , and it was evident to him , from the nature and number of the wounds , that they could not hate been inflioted by herself . He found two or three wounds on the left shoulder , one on the cheek , and a wound upon the left ear , obliquely running to the right side of the neck . It was deep and jagged , and had evidently been inflioted during a violent
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straggle .. This wound was seven inches long , and had divided the muscles of tha jugular vein , and wounded the trachea , without , however , cutting it through . There had been before his arrival considerable hemorrhage , which had subsided ; it again , however , took place to such on extent that he had been fearful of the patient beiiig suffocated ; it had again , however , subsided . He also found that the Undons of the inside of the right hand had been cut . Mr . Webster concluded his evidence by stating at as his opinion the girl was not in a fit state to be examined . The magistrates then committed the prisoner for further examination . It was stated in the court that the prisoner is a runaway apprentice from Coventry , and that he has been in the army nine months . No probable motive has been assigned . About six o ' clock the prisoner came down stairs , and took up a pint of beer for himself , and a bottle of ginger beer for the girl .
Dreadful Accident on the London and Brighton Railway—Four Lives Lost , and many p ersons Dangerously Wounded . —On Saturday about twelve o ' clock , an extensive train , propelled by two engines , left Brighton for London , and proceeded safely until it arrived at Hay ward's-heath , where from some cause not ascertained it met with the following upset . The first engine got off the line , and drew after it the tender and four carriages belonging to the train . The engine was dashed to atoms , and the engine driver and the engineer were killed on the spot . The tender and the four carriages were knocked to pieces , two of the passengers were also kilied , three others were dangerously wounded , and many more , it is stated , have received severe
contusions and wounds . It is stated that owing to the great fall of rain during the past week , the foundation of the railway somewhat swelled , and hence the rail , in a slight degree , bulged out of its proper position . Under such circumstances an accident would most likely ensue . The passengers by this train , which ought to have reached town by half-past two , did not arrive at the terminus until eight o ' clock , p . m . The sufferers were removed to Crawley , and other places for medical assistance . The place where the accident occurred is about 17 miles frOm Brighton . At six o ' clock the superintendent dispatched an engine to ascertain the case of the non-arrival of the train , and upon its return with the melancholy intelligence , some of the Directors immediately started to ascertain the real cause of the mishap .
One of the proprietors of the first , hotels in Dublin decamped in the early part of last week , leaving the late owner of t&e house in question minus £ 6 , 000 , besides owing large sums amongst numerous other creditors . The absconding party was hitherto deemed a person of strict probity , and has carried off property to the amount of £ 2 t , G 0 O , leaving hia creditors minus that amount amongst them .
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CORPORAL PUNISHMENTS IN PRISONS . SIXTH REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF PRISONS FOR THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN DISTRICT . [ Extracts ] TO THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUTS OP NORKANBr , THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THB HOME DEPARTMENT . Strandon-the-Green , Aug . 17 . Mr Lord , —I have the honour to submit te your Lordship my Annual Report upon the state of Prisons , visited by me in the Northern aud Eastern District of England , in 1840 . * * * *
The manner of inflicting corporal punishment in gaols appears very objectionable . I am of opinion the number of lashes , the time of punishment , and the instrument should be defined , and tho attendance of a surgeon rendered imperative by legal enactment . The consequences of such not being the case are , that the keepers of prisons have nearly absolute power in the execution of this sentence ; and that the method varies in almost every prison , at least in the great majority of those which come under my observation : for instance , in one the whipping of prisoners is carried to the utmost extent of severity , and to the number of eight or ten doziu lashes ; in another not more than ten or twelve lashes are given , and with a lightness which makes the sentence nominal . The time when the sentence is to b « carried into effect is also generally left to . the discretion of the peeper . In one
house of correction punishment takes place the day previous to a prisoner ' s discharge , a practice which I nave strongly recommended to be discontinued , more particularly as the whipping ordinarily inflicted there is severe , and must therefore greatly add to the already too numerous obstacles in the way of discharged prisoners obtaining employment In some prisons the scourge in use is similar to that in the army ; in others to the navy ; in another it is a simple school-rod ; I have occasionally found these instruments improper from their weight and size , and have considered it my duty to recommend the use of others less severe . The fact of whipping being now ahnost confined to delinquent boys , many of whom are little above the age and appearance of children , appears to me to call for the exercise of greater circumspection in the infliction , and which , from personal observation , I am satisfied it requires .
I have most particularly to- solicit your Lordship ' s attention 'to the subject of juvenile delinquency at Liverpool , and to the remarkable testimony it contains of the serious consequences . arising from the low and debasing character of the public amusements which are provided for the entertainment of the humbler classes , and particularly for those of younger years . I cannot too strong ! j recommend the extension of the powers of the Metropolitan Police Act , to towns containing a large population , whereby some cantrot may be exercised over these sources of corruption . Williau John Williams , Inspector of Prisons .
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From the London Gazette of Friday , OcL 1 . BANKRUPTS . William Broome , Oxford-street , linen-draper , Oet 15 , at eleven , Not . 12 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Bastnghall-Btreet . Solicitors , Messrs . Turner and Hensman , Baaing-Iane ; official assignee , Mr . Greoni , Abchurch-lane . Julius Cassar Mott , L 9 ughborough , Leicestershire , wine-merchant , Oct . 16 , at one , Nov . 12 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , BasinghaU-street . Solicitor , Mr . Michael , Red Lion-square ; official assignee , Mr . Edwards , Frederick's-place , Old J ^ wry . William Webb Ogbourne , Honey-lane . Cheapside , commission-agent , Oct . 15 , at two , Nov . 12 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , B&aingball-Btreet . Solicitors , Messrs . Beaumont and Thompson , Lincoln ' s-innflolds ; official assignee , Mr . Edwards , Frederiok ' splace , Old Jewry .
Charles Henry Thompson , Liverpool , music-seller , Oct . 15 , Not . 12 , at one , at the Clarendan Rooms , Liverpool ., Solicitors , Mr . De Mina , Crosby Hall chambers , BLahopsgate-street ; and Mr . Kent , Liverpool .
HARTNEBSHIPS DISSOLTED . M . Lpnsdale and S . Rawlinson , Barwick-in-EImet , Yorkshire , schoolmistresses . R . Richardson and G . Smithson , Leeds , linen-drapers . W . Boutcher , W . Mortimere , and S- Branscombe , Liverpool , hide agents ; as far a ; regards S . Bianscombe . . J . Shepherd , J . Green , and . T . Hatfleld , Sheffield , common-brewers , as far as regards T . Hatfleld . J . Jndson and R . W . Slack , Manchester , calico-printers . T . Tattersall and W . Clare , LiTerpool , cotton-brokers . J . Wrigley and W . Wild , Bury , Lancashire , bleachera .
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , OcL 5 . BAKKRDPT 8 . Augustus Johann Hoffstaedt , merchant , Billiterstreet , to surrender Oct . 9 , at twelve , and Not . 10 , at one , at the Cetrt of Bankruptcy . Belcher , Official Assignee ; Jones and Son , Siw-lane . JotmCorke Knell , cattle-dealer , MiUbrook , Southampton , Oct . 9 , at eleven , and Not . 16 , at twelTe , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Pannell , Official Assignee ; Piercy , Three Crown-sqaare , Southwark . John Heywood , cotton-spinner , Heatoh Norris , Lancashire , Oct 19 , and Nov . It , at ten , at the CommissionerB ' 'rooms , Manchester . Coppock and Woollam , Stockport ; Coppock , Cleveland-row , St . James ' s , London . John Barrett Carey , lace-mannfactnrer , Nottingham , Oct 2 Q , and Not . 16 , at tweWe , at the George the Fourth Inn , Nottingham . Tallop , ForniTalli Inn , London ; Parsons , ion ., London .
Ebenezer Bayly , straw bonnet-dealer , Exeter , Oct . 9 , at one , and Not . 1 « , at two , at the Cuurt of Bankruptcy ; Pennsll , Official Assignee , PaRcru-Iane , Bucklenbury . Henry Butbrldge , livery stable-keeper , Worth-place , Gray's-inn-road , Oct . 15 , at one , snd Not . 16 , at etoTen , at the Court « f Bankruptcy ; Gibton , Official Assignee , Baringhall-street ; Cutler , Bell-yard , Doctor ' sflomraons . Robert Cbuver , ¦ pboUterer , Ipsvkh , Suffolk , Oei 9 , at one , wd Not . 1 « , at eleren , at the Coart of Bankraptcy . Johnson , Basinghall-atreet , Official AasJgnee ; Overtoil SjadJeflfarjr , Old Jewry . Edward Cooler , Bdward Pete * Cooper , Benjamin Cooper , aad John Alexander Cooper , dolhiers , Trowbrldgt , Wiltshire , Ort . 1 J , and Kot . If , at two , at the White Hart Inn , Chlppanbam . Heatbaoate and Helmon , Cbleman-streei ¦
E « h » ard Wileock , GeoTge Tmsd ' ale , ma John Twrner , paper-manufacturer * . UlTerstone , OcV 1 C , and Not . 16 , at eleven , at the Commercial Inn , Kendal . Wilton and Harrison , Kendal ; Addison , Mefckleubttrgh-sqnare , London . Joseph Gratton , brick-maker , Newbold , Derbyshire , Oct . 26 , and Not . 16 , at twtsWe , at the BuUand Anna Inn , Bake-well . Hall , New Boawell-oonrt , London ; Charge , Chesterfield .
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' PARLEY'S PENNY LIBRARY . London : i Cleave . ! In introducing this cheap and elegant little sub-I stitute for the slipslop novels which too often occupy ; the reading hours of young people , we shall borrow 1 from the publisher ' s address the following pros- ' pectus : — i " We propose , though the medium of Familiar and i ; interesting Co > tersatio > S , to elicit incidentally , i such traits of character as require correction , together ' \ -with contrasting exhibitions of tne nobler qualities ; and j | our Tales and Legends , our Poetry and Dramatic Pieces , ! will supply antidotes which , wkile they exhilarate the mind , enliven the imagination , and enlarge the under- j standing , will neutralise the ingredients of many a , poisoned chalice , at presentso indiscriminately circulated . ' , But these constitute by far the least consequential por- ' tion of out scheme . Strenuous endeavours will be
directed to the formation of a vigerous taste—to the . creation of a just perception of what is really beautiful , in contradistinction to tha preTaiiing rage for unmiti- j gated indulgence in sanguinary horrors on the one ; hand . and gross buffoonery or maudlin sentimentality on ; the other . The rich and costly stores of the Greek and i Roman classics , of the Tery existence of which vast j nuniben of the youth of both sexes neTer heard , will be popularly presented to our reader * by an occasional ! prose analysis of some celebrated author ; by which many eTen of those who have dog ' s-eared a school '; Ovid , and subsequently arrived at the distinction of . applying their wretched latinity to the exposition of ( Greek , will derive more knowledge of the classics : from one of our humble numbers than could be gathered frem all the disjainted and fragmental lumber which they have heaped together in the course of their too ; generally worse than useless studies . "
We need only add that we have seen three num- ' bers , and that so far the Editor has well kepi his ' promises . We may also say that it is the cheapest periodical we ever saw .
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A VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF : WOMAN : with Strictures on Moral and Political Subjects . By Maby Wolsto . mcraft . — Third Edition , R-. vised and Re-editel . London : . John Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street ; Man- . Chester , Heywood ; Leeds , Hobson . ; This is a very carefully revised edition of a work j Tfhich has been most appropriately styled " one of j the most extraordinary productions of the time at ; which it appeared . " The size is poitable and con-Tenient , the paper and print good , and the price , low . Every advocate of female emancipation should ; bny and read it . :
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TAIT'S MAGAZINE , October , 1841 . Tail opens , 13 nv . gtr , be expected , with a whip at ; Sir Robert . He is of opinion that Sir Robert is ju ? t : as wise on the most of his future plans and purposes ; as ali the rest of the world : and , faith-, we believe him te be right . In answer to the question , " What ; will Sir Robert Peel do V he say ? , in the commencement of his article : — j " Thia question is likely now to remain for a Christ- j mas pumie , or to furnish a bint tot some sndderi and : wonderful incident , or unexpected transformation , by ' one stroke of Harleqaia ' s wand , to the mechanist and wit who contrives the Pantomime . Sir Robert Peel ' s I
pertinacious silence has in the meanwhile given wide scope to all manner of coDjeetnre * . a few of the more probable of which we may particular ze . The truth is , poor Sir Robert is himself as much at a loss about what he is to do , or more correctly , about what he may be able to accomplish , as any one of the guessers . He has jnrronnded himself with a Cabinet , some of whom are as difficult to drive in the right direction as Tipperary pigs . Even with the Duke of Wellington for an auxiliary or whipper-in , several of them are likely to prove utterl y unmanageable ; and Sir Robert's best hope , at present , seems the old Whig trust—the chapter of accidents ; the unknown something that may arise daring the respite which he craves . "
Then follows another chapter of the " Tho Talented Family . " We have then a stave on the Corn Laws , which , in one shape or other , prose and verse , insinuate themselves into almost every cranny of the "liberal" literature of the present time . The best thing in the number is a lengthened notice of D'Israeli ' s " Amenities of Literature . "
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THE POETICAL FLIGHTS OF A FACTORY YOUTH . By Joseph Kiekham . London : Cleave , Shoe Lane , Fleet Street ; and ali Booksellers . Price One Sniffing . In a simply written kind of autobiographical preface , the author of this little beok informs us that at the age of nine years , he was placed in one of those dens of disease and rampant Tice , a cotton mill ; where the body and mind of youth become alike corrupted and destroyed . Surely no place could be more unfaTourable to the development of poetical talent than a cotton-factory ; for there the mind is rendered callous to improvement , by the overexertion to which the body is doomed . Yet , under the depressing circumstances of such arduous toil ; the want of the common necessaries of life ; the ^ deprivation of the Eociety of those who might ( from Daring received the advantages of education tbemselve . ' ) , have been able to impart to him a portion of that knowledge which the budding mind of youth
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 9, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1130/page/3/
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