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      TO THE REV . BAPTIST NOEL . THE BRITON'APATHEKU . XD . go dry the ehiMla-smotbert tewi , Betriare tbe heart Iff grief unstrung ; geaQ tbe withTing waste of yeas , Ibat o'er oar brightest-hopes have flang jbnr deadiring inflamce ; there command , ^ veil forget onr faiberJand . go tf * ** laisos'd ^ pstaiofa breast , To Weed sot for his ooantrys \ rmng ; Tjrin £ bsct the fan-rest and tbe baet , To kottfi * nd friflnd * who ' ve Wcf > t ti ^ sa long . jab fraud aad virtnehand la hand , ^ well forget oar fathtrlnnri Qo uk th » exiled Briton , ' ere land be dies

      In some some strange unwept , For whom be breatbee the wul-fWt payer ; yfiaX tender though * irtrokes Ut tdghs . «^ tb «« l ^ withering look -withstand , 4 i proud he cries " my fcthetf and •" Ocloftk upon the meanest slave , Tbat eon oppression ' s laws have made ; nd know the only boon he'd crave , jbo' joy be fled and hope decay * d , Ii itill to tofl aniid the band ; But itruggle for tbeir fatherland . eo , besrUeai dolt ! the Moed that rust , In veins like thine , no country owns ; Bat tempt no more old England's sons , Io lesTe their home , the * tears and groans , jue blood ! be there , yet band to brand They'll battle for that native land . Johs A . La . wson Sheffield , Not . 12 th , IU 1 .

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      O SCRAPS FOR RADICALS . I . I . CLASCT . No . TIL I eosld tell thee a tale that would strike thee with I ^ K *—yea , In fact , that would chill the Tery blood in % j waa—&wa * Pooe Erin strikes her native lyre , Lou ! sOent and untuned ; " last Britons ! list , and , now admin , Her laji so oft impawned . Forgetful of each trembled year , Whig friends , or Tory foes ; She calls upon yoa now to hear The harp reaotmd her woes .

      0 , when la daufer who defied ,-The foeman ' s foremost wing , Aloog with Britons , aide by side , Tr ee to their cause and Ions . Poor Erin ' s sons . fall many a year , They fought old England ' s loss ; Then save her , Britons , now you hear The harp resound her woet !

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      No , YIIL 0 , Eria ! no wonder th&t tboa art complaining , WhBe eonnonnt patriots pillage thy itore ; iid thtasaBsi of faoJabing serfs are abstaining Oe horrors of life by the weeds on thy shore . ' ! . ' lake then , my Erin . too long then hast slumbered ; Aid roQ back the atone that entombeth thy fame ; Ja the Star whiah proclaims that thy dark days are umbered , Precedes the glad sun-burst of liberty ' s flame ! 0 S 4 n ! so woBda thai them art © onrplsfcrfiEg , ftydee ? cup of sorrow haa lasted too long ; Aid i t * dregs hare become so poignantly r * fr »* "g , Bat no rebel arrow can stir more strong . - - - Tftj quiff tfca rile goblet ; shall tyranny tell thae , B » land of Fitzgerald and Emmsttia dead ? ft * peace with her olive can triumph to seQ thee , lad cause thee'to -worship the golden calf " a head ? . ' . <

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      THE TOICE OF THE PEOPLE . . "tis the roice of the people I hear it on high , - b peal * o ' er the mountain *—it soars to the sky ; Urough wide fieids of heather , it wings its swift ffighi ; like thunders of heares arrayed in their might Brashes euII on , like the torrea ?* load row ; - UA beers on ia surges the wrongs of the poob > In shock like the earthquake ahaH fill with dismay , Q » hearts of the tyrants and sweep them away . W . H . C .

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      A SONNET Ci &e receipt of some letters from a gentleman of TJnivwsiiy College , London , in -which cegregpoBdeoee be Tery feelingly informs me that the disease mdei which I labonr is curable .

      TO THB HCUA 5 E A 5 D BETtBTOLEKT . I cm day wrote a sonnet in the Star , On a " wheel-chair" that Mr . Smith had giren ; 1 late receiVd some letters with the leaven Ofkbdnea ; in answer , why such a car W » needed to propel me short or far , I told him I m panlyz * d , aad lirea 0 ! hope , tho ' ycum ^ , - to tacte the six , was dri-reu C * S in the chair ; my loss at power the bar Vbraby I ' m confin'd . I ' tb lost ail feeling ; Action ' s departed ; so I am immar'd Iiimagtomb ; I was not born thus ailing . Ibe doctor writes that I may yet be eai'd ; Bit neh a sound to me is nnatailing . Par loch of means *^ a bisssing ' s jminjRiT'd . JaVES Vbsno * . SoBthmolton , Not . 28 th , 1 S 41 .

      y * Bost earaeBUy commend the abore touching ippeal to the notiee of those to whom it is addressedu tbe humane and benerolent' * The author is a poet of nature ' s own nursing ; bat in the midst of porerty , mriirww g the heart-sickening helplessness of paralysis . If , indeed , cure be attainable , we bsMt that a Ctaittisn people -will not permit such & object for the exercise of their kindly feelings to fcck xhe mams . 1—Ed . N . S .

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      CSiASCrOW . IMPOBTAST MEBTI 5 G IS THE **» Citt Hall . —A larije meeting of the trades of g 2 » w wig held in the ( Sty Hall , Candlerigga , on ^¦ ^ ai ^ h tj the 23 rd inst ., for the purpose of Q pwing their Bjmpathj for the masons norr on «« at the New Houses of Parliament , Nelson ' s «* BMat , and Woolwich D ^ ck Yard , and ako to ° ?* w their public detestation of the inhuman , *™ j Md tyrannical conduct of Allen , the foreman , •« the supercilious and oTerbeazing eondnet of «* Bs . Peto and Grissell , mutera . The majority "ge iteeting waacomposed of decent respectable *« ttf trdesmen , belonging to different Trades ' to wise tutcn %

      jCTrr '""" * > ppeikFeu a aeep » ux « * ject of thei meeting . Siortly after eight o ' clock *«• ati / fh Graham , secretary to the Power Loom ^ Wers Union , and a reteran in the cause of right ¦ past ttighi , was onanimouEly caXled to the chair . Tj ^ JP Sted . ihfi business of the meeting in a neat , £% wd effeetiTe cpeech . He said he had often *™* o ot » large aad powerfol meeiings of the ^" . od the working classes in general , but in •" opinion he had nerer presided orer a more imr ^ m eeting than the present , and fer a more ^¦*» e principle than the one they had met to eon - ¦ % obcosr , and decide upon . It was a qnesuofl 5 ^^« t ot tin most Tital inportanee to every " * Bg Hian in tbe empire , aad required their aosi ^• eoo sideration . He eonelnded by reading the J *« W annonncine the meeting , and after eaTline 4

      ^ « jr . Hamilton , Becretary to the United Stone-^* b of Glaegow to more the first resolution , he r **« » mid lond cheering . Mr . Hamilton began \ 2 s **** * e indulgence of the meeting daring the j 2 ^ 2 ^ of *• *»* whJch hld ten giT « him j ^ P ^ ftt , for he eould * ssur © tbem that nothing ! t * BBportMLOe of the aaeting ftould h * T « iodaoed ! S * Mme forward before bo respectable and in- i ^* » Bteedng of Mb fellow tradesmen . He ^ Wferred to &e cansa of their assemblingtogj ^ ttdthe unprincipled conduct of Allen , the n" ** o oTer the masons employed at the New ^ " 5 * * P * riiament . It is passing strange , said tX ?^ unreasonable as the eondnet of this man

      vT ®]* ) jet be u not without friends , and will it be I ?*** , erta among the working elasBes . It is ^ o ~^ l * *» d omen of tba times , and a Bare proof ««» tyranny and cruelty of that indiTMnal , when ¦ £ JW ewapeiled to strike at this season of the brt eirU t - md eTer *• different charges JEW * * K > aist Allen by the men now on strike , J" « tore already appeared in the Star , amid the g ™ execration of the aodience . He also read " ^ wakiey ' g epeech at the Crown and Anchor ^ ™» fe m which be desmbed Allan as s fitter £ «*» m » inhabit a felon ' s cell than hare % command R ? SSr ¦ " * ia ^ nstnons men ; in f * et . Mud Mr . £ ? * " « appears to be a DroDer tool to roperintend

      htSW . rf hoQBeB whien «• MMf *<> *• ««« opied ^ nr st mttance by persons deaf to the enes ot 2 ^ 8 hnaaaity and the national demands for £ r i ¦*« whose one-sided Bystem of legislation W «? *¦ l r 8 ia * ai » ery , and desolation orer the 2 » and breadth of oar land . ( CheerB . ) Hecon-^^^ y reading the resolution :- TW in ibe J «* Bi of tbn meeting the sasons now oa strike ^» don and Woolwieh , merit the sympathy and jw « « erery workiDg man in the country for the SiSii" ™* Bten < 1 ftey * " * ukeB ««* inst ^^ ^^^ oie arrogance , despovisaa , and tyianny of ^ . foreman at the New Honse 8 of Parliament . " totkr sc ? £ b Mr- John G ^ dner , secretary WL £ kiii IBte l Poirer iooa WeaT ere , in ft most power-& Wi ^^ ^ P eech of eonnderible len gth , - "¦ re solution was pot and carried ananimously .

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      Mr . Dennis M'MiUan , delegate from the dyers , mored the second . resolution , "That this meeting approre of the condoet of the masons lately employed at the new Houses of Parliament , who stand against the tyrannical conduct of their foreman * George Allen , aad abo approre of the disinterested conduct of those masons employed at Nelson ' s Monument and Woolwich Book Yard , who spontaneously turned oat in defence of their brethren against GrisBell and Peto , for their inhumanity in retaining Allen in their employment . " This resolution was seconded in a brief speech by Mr . James Wales and carried unanimously . Mr . Russell moved the thirdresolution . He pointed out those persons who went in upon the work which the masons now struck

      had left , as destitute of either principle or humanity , and exhorted the meeting to j&m together in the holy bond of union and brotherhood . " That this meeting expresses its hearty disapprobation of the base conduct of those ' masons , who , in defianoe of honour and equity , hare aided and abetted the proceedings of the tyrant Allen , by going in upon the labour of their fellows , at the new Houses of Parliament , aad call upon the public to etanp with execration , the conduct of men woo thus violate the rights and interests of their brethren . Mr . Murchie seconded this resolution , which was put and carried without a dissentient voice . Mr . Malcolm mored the fourth resolution , " That ibis meeting reprobate that portion of the press who , in the genuine spirit of servilitT

      and injustice , have refused all statements furnished by the men , and inserted exclusively those of th « employers , whose interests it was to blindfold the public , and pledge themselves to support those newspapers who advocate the rights of the working men . " This resolution was seconded by Mr , M'Qncen , a > stone mason , and author of the " Muirland Minstrel , " and carried . Mr . M'Farlane , a cabinet maker , moved that a committee be appointed from that meeting 10 watch orer the interests of the working classes , which was seconded by Mr . Miles , a stone mason , in a speech of great eloquence aad ability . A committee was then appointed , and eheera were given for the masons on strike , and for the chairman , when the meeting

      dissolved . BRIDLIHGTON-On Thursday last , the members and friends of the Loyal Order of Druids held their annual tea party and ball , in the large room belonging to the order , when ninety-seven persons sat down to an excellent tea provided by Miss Beswict . Dancing commenced at ecren o ' clock and was kept up for many hours with great spirit . Several new members were initiated . MANCHESTER . —Christian CoMMtrHirr . — A meeting of the members of the ubove society and public was recently held in the large School Room , under Christ Church , Every-street , Manchester , which was freely granted by Dr . Scholefield , for the occasion . Captain Barlow spoke for upwards of

      an hour on the advantages of Christian union , and of the community which is now being established ou Chat Moss . A Email plot of fourteen acres is now in possession of the associated , who anticipate greater things as accession of new members to the cause is now of frequent occurrence . The society has been formed upwards of twelve months , but pyt wishing to waste the funds on speculative meetings , tbe public is sot generally aware of its existence ; about fifteen members in the mean time have subscribed about two hundred pounds , by far the greatest part ot which is the subscription of working men , a sure token of their earnestness to get possession of the land , These are no frequenten of the traps of the destroyers of social and political

      regeneration , as I am Borry to inform you we have many thousands here who do to theirs and others hurt , and who are the very men that are the greatest obstacles to the obtaining the People ' s Charter . Many thousand acres of England's best land would be in possu&ion of the operatives in lesa time than our society has been in existence ; if they would but act as is their bounden duty and interest . The chairman , Mr . Sixemith , read to tbe people the printed rules of the society which seemed to be generally satisfactory , numbers of which were sold at the close of the aseeting . It is the intention of the associated to have meetings in different parts Of the town to aroae « the people to a mindfalnesa of their duty , aad of tbeir power , when united , to redeem themselves from the evil circumstances of this and

      preceding generations . —Correspondent . SOTJTHAKPTON .-A meeting was held at the Royal Exchange , on Monday evening last , to take into consideration the best means to obtain such support as is required by the masons now on strike at . the new Houses of Parliament . The meeting , alttiongQ . not called by any public notiee , it being only preparatory to a great one about to be holden , was nevertheless most numerously attended , and evinced a strong feeling in behalf of the masons . The following resolutions were unanimously passed ; and , if carried into effect with energy and perseverance , by the persons appointed , most ultimately end in doing of a deal ot good , not only in eradicating the prejudice created by the venal public press , bat in

      raising such sabscripnons as areneeded . Mr . Weeks baTingbeen called to tbe chair , m : wleafewpreliminary rematks explanatory of the objects of the meeting . He then called upon Mr . Turner to explain the cause and reasons of the strike , which he did in a clear and lucid manner , evidently much to the satisfaction of the meeting . The Chairman then called on Mr . Dew to move the first resolution , which was briefly seconded by Mr . Warran : — " Th * t this meeting fully justifies the conduct of the m&BOQS lately employed at the new Houses of Parliament , in having struck against the arbitary conduct of their late foreman , Allen . " The second resolution was moved by Mr . Watson and seconded by Mr . Turner— That it is the opinion of this

      meeting that the masons now on Btrike in London and at Woolwich , merit the gratitude and support of the couutry , in having so manfully made a stand against the cruel and relentless inhumanity under which tbej snffered . The third resolution was moved by ilr . Greenl&w and seconded by Mr . Alexander- ^ ' - That this meeting pledges itself to use erery means in its power to render tbe masons that assistance which their exemplary conduct bo justly merit ? . " The fourth resolution was moved by Mr . Hutchhiion , and seconded by Mr . Hulbert : — u That this meeting hold up to public censure the unprincipled eondnet of a Mr . White , maaon , of Sontharopura , in so far as he has willingly become the tool or agent to Meg ? rs . Gri&sell and Peto ,-by endeavouring to procure masons to eupplaut our fellowworkmen in London . " The Chairman then introduced Mr . Bar iett to the meeting , to move the fifth resolution . Mr . Bartlett said , that when he entered

      the room , he was not aware he should have had to move any resolntion . He merelf came there to listen , and obtain correct information as to the strike of the masons . He , however , was never backward to assist in a eood a ^ d just cause , and therefore he willingly moved the resolution put into his hand , which he begged to read before he made any further observations : —** Thai a Committee of five persona be appointed , with power to add to their number , to correspond with the other trades of Southampton , relative to the best means to be employed to enable our brother operatives in London to bnng to a satisfactory termination their present struggle of right against might , to receive subscriptions , and to make the necessary arrangements for a public meeting , iu order to remove the prejudice raised against the masons on strike by the vtnal press . " Mr . Bartlett then con tinned . He did consider it honourable on the part of the masons in haviDg strntk , because it would' have been dishonourable for them to have

      remained at work nncier such degradation . 11 WuS highly creditable to the men for the moral stand they had taken ; it was disgraceful to the proprietors , Messrs . Gris * ell and Peto , in upholding tbe conduct of Allen . He could not h ° ! p adverting to a fact , although it might be digre-sint ; from the purport of the meeting , yet it must be evident to all , that until they were represented they wenid be unprotected , and that they would have no shield from the like insult aad oppression . ( Cheers . ) Until they obtained the People ' s Charter , which embodied the whole of their political rights , they never would be respected as men . After a few observations from Mr . Greenlaw , in explaining the objects of the masons for fining a man for " chasing , " which he said was equivalent to a reduction of wages , » nd a rote of thanks baring been pasged to the Chairman , the meeting broke ap , apparently much delighted with its pro& « diBgs .

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      The Sottb . ce of tb . xte Patriotism . —Th ; re is , perhaps , no course of study calculated to afford in itself so great a degree of useful " knowledge , entertainment , and delight , " as that which wakes us acquainted with the history of the rise and fail of ancient and modern empires , connected , as it inevitably must be , with the history of human passions , and the effects of culture upon the human mind . It is not only a graceful accomplishment , without which yonng people of both sexes must feel oppressed by a sense of inferiority when in the presence of those who possess it , but it carries out , with telescopic effect , a view beyond the limited circle of our own operations , aad encourages us by examples of the past , to set about securing advantages for the future . Our indignation is roused by the sad monuments left ua of tb » tyranny which has been exercised over COnnitas milllOBS by a few wretched individuals ; we- are told how blood , and treasure , ties of kindred ,

      and the holiest affections , were laid waste by that few , in their hot thirst for dominion , ana trampled upon by the galling strides of despotism ; how enormous and dszzlingly magnificent cities were bnilt , pyramids raised , and rivers turned from their course , w gratify the pride , or vanity , or caprice , reigning in a Bingle breatt , regardless of the myriads of slaves who supplied the eostiy materials , and performed the labour of achieving those and many other profitless wonders ; aad how even civilised Rome tamely submitted to the gross enormities of her Domitians , her Caligul&s , and her Neroes ; our indignation , I say , & called forth by the numerous atrocities we read of , % nd in proportion to our knowledge of tbeir perpetration and the mc&os progressively adopted for their prevertion , will be our iove ofkbenj and consequent attainment of free institutions . —Parley ' t Penny Library .

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      Wosth Kkowikg . —A chimney on fire was a day or two since effectually put out in the following easy and expeditious manner : —In the first place , a largo pitcherfal of wafer was thrown into the grate , which of course generated a considerable quantity of steam . A sheet was then fastened ap in front of the fireplace , in snob , a manner as to prevent a current of air from ascending the chimney , and in less than five minutes all sign 8 of blaze or fire in tbs chimney had entirely disappeared . Committal op Two Banking Clkrks pou Felony . —The investigation into the affairs of the Chi Chester Old Bank , which ensued upon the failure of that establishment a few days ago , has led to a result which has vastly increased the consternation

      and distress that unexpected event had previously produced , viz ., the apprehension and committal for trial of two of the clerks of the late firm for defrauding it of money to a large amount . The delinquents are William Styles Goodeve , the ohief clerk , and Mr . William Williams , a jtnior clerk . It is understood that the frauds which have already been detected a ? committed by these two persons nearly amount to £ 28 , 000 . The means by which they carried on their nefarious practices was the surreptitious reissue of the notes of the baak after they had been cancelled . So recently as the 28 th day of October , Goodeve fraudulently obtained by such means a sum of £ 5 , 000 , and on two former occasions sums of £ 8 , 500 and £ 8 . 000 . He always

      bore a high character , and was universally respected ; but he had , by himself and his immediate family connections , largely embarked in extensive mercantile transactions , which had ever beeu deemed inconsistent with the situation he filled of confidential clerk in a banking-house . Both he and Williams were apprehended , and on Saturday , after an examination before Dr . M'Carogher , the mayor , and other magistrates , which was striotly private , were committed for trial . Bail to a large amount was offered for Mr . Goodeve , but was refused . The whole affair of the bank and its failure 666818 to be involved in mystery . Although a fiat has been issued , it has not been acted on , and tbe late partners are still in uncontrolled possession of the monejB , books , and other property of the bank .

      Stbange Histohy op a Nbkdlk . —A Fact fob thb Faculty . —The following account of the re-appearance of a needle , after its having been upwards of sixty years in the body of a human being , may be relied upon as correct : —Mr . J . Bridges , solicitor , of No . 9 , Parade , Islington , aged 72 , swallowed , whilst at play , when between nine and ten yean of age , a needle . The occurrence created great alarm in his family , and the most eminent medical practitioners of the day having been consulted used every effort to expel the needle , but in vain . The fears of Mr . Bridges' parents were allayed when they saw

      him grow up to youth and manhood without sufferiDg . Mr . Bridges arrived at the a ^ e of 60 , seldom or never suffering from ill health , but not unfrequently he has felt great pains in various parts of his body , which have always been attributed to rheumatism . On Wednesday night last he had , as he thought , an attack of that disease , and retired early to rest , encased in flmnel . About three o ' clock in the morning , a strange prickling sensation , felt about the right ankle , awoke him , and , putting his hand to the spot , he found protruding from tbe flannel a small bit of wire . In the

      morning he discovered , comparing all the circumstances , that it was the self-same needle he had swallowed 62 years ago ! A punctured mark just over the anole shows where the needle has made its egress . The needle is a strong button one ; its colour a dingy blue , and the eye shows that it is of ancient fabric . The Advantage of being Robbkd . —On the night of Saturday last , a poor industrious labourer waa proceeding homewards orsr Kelvedon Common , with the produce of his earnings , eleven shillings , when he encountered four fellows with more impudence than honesty , who plundered him of the whole of his earthly treasure . Misfortune made the poor fellow eloquent , and he so strongly represented the evils of an empty cupboard and a supperless home , that he touched even the seared heart of hardened

      guilt , and one of the villains directed hiB companion with an , oath to refund a shilling of the booty . This was dene ; the shilling was handed to the labourer . On reaching his cottage he flung down the coin upon the table , exclaiming to her who had takeu him for ever and aye , with eleven shillliugs or without" There is all I have to give you of my week ' s earnings , " when , lo ! plebian silver , as it by a touoh of the philosopher ' s stone , was changed into aristocratic gold ; and there Lay a real sovereign . Th » fact was , the thief had been so accustomed to dip bis hands into other people ' s pockets that he kept rather a loose account with hiB own , and by a lucky mistake he handed over a sovereign instead of a shilling , leaving a balance of nine shillings in favour of honest Hodge . —Chelmsford Chronicle

      An Hospital for Drunkards . —An hospital has been recently opened in New York for drunkards who are resolved to reform . Throwing wide the inconveniences , in tbe medical point of view , attending a sudden change in the use of stimulating drinks , it is obvious that there is nothing more difficult than to renounce habits of indulgence ; and , aa to leaving them off by degrees , it is morally impossible ; to indulge at all , is to relax self-control , and to abide the consequences of such relaxation . The only

      chance for the confirmed drunkard is to change scene , change associations , to quit , as far as possible , tbe routine of his life , bo as to weaken those ties which bind him to any particular habit . This is no easy task ; and without the advantage of aa institution like that just established in New York , there are but few who can accomplish it . An asylum for the cure or amendment of bad habits in general would meet , we think , if skillfully managed , -with more encouragement and success than might be at first imagined .

      Pile-driviso Machine . —A very simple , yet very admirable machine for driving a double row of piles , has very recently been imported from the United States . It was built at Utica , and has the national name w Brother Josathan" inscribed on it . It is now in operation at Smith ' s timber-wharf , Pedlar ' sacre , where it can be seen driving the piles for the causeway and abutment on the Surrey side of the New Hungerford Market Bridge , now in progress . The hammers , or weights , or , as they are more usually called by pile-drivers , the " monkeys , " are elevated the height of thiry-five feet or thereabouts , along grooves in perpendicular leaders , by means of a locomotive steam-engine of ten horse power , fixed on a platform , on which the whole of the machinery is

      placed . The power of the blow given by each of these hammers exceeds 600 tons , and drives a pile of twenty-seven feet lovg , and as thick as the thickest piles used in embankments and for coffer-dams nearly its whole length into the earth in about eight minutes , or perhaps less . It drives two piles at the samo time . A circular horizontal saw is worked by the engine , which in a few seconds cuts the tops of the piles even , and enables the trucks , or email wheels on which the platform is supported , to come forward as fast as the piles are driven , and cut them even at the top . The platform is propelled by a onehorse power engine . The power of this machine is absolutely astounding . It is an important

      application of steam power , likely to produce very beuficial results in public works , in the formation of sea- banks , and in all operations on a large scale where rapidity of execution and precision are required . Tho machine was used in America for driving piles for railroads , and travelled by its OWli power upwards of two hundred miles , driving piles aud making its own road through swamps and districts heretofore impervious . The machine has , moreover , the power of drawing piles out of the earth as quickly as it drives them in , and can be applied to tbe raising of blocks of stoue and all heavy weights that require an extraordinary power .

      FrBEs at Manchester . —Three serious fires have occurred duriug . the week , involving the destruotiou of considerable property . The first was on Wednesday afternoon , when about four o ' clock , the oilcloth manufactory of Messrs . Hampson and Knight , Pickford-street , Alum-street , Great Anooatfl , was discovered to be on fire . The fire originated in some © il-eloihs hung out of one of the windows igniting from the heat of a fire in the yard , into which some oil had been spilt from the boiler . The damage done W& 5 about £ 300 worth , but—as covered by aa insurance in the West of England Fire Office . About hal&p&st four o ' clock , on Thursday morning information , was given of a fire at Messrs . Peter and Thomas Wood ' s timber-yard , Oxford-street ,

      opposite the bottom of Jatnes ' s-street . The fire originated in an open shed , in which was a saw mill , and communicated with a building of two stories over it , used as a workshop for joiners . The roof and property uv > the upper story were destroyed , and the property in the shed , but there was some salvage in the story immediately ever tbe shed , and in the engine house to the amount of about £ 300 . The total loss is about £ 1 , 000 or £ 1 , 200 , including building , stock , and machinery . The whole property ia insured in the West of England . The fire is supposed to have originated from tbe over-heating of the sawB , by friction , which having communicated with the saw-dust , it was supposed to have smouldered all night and broke out in theffloraing . The third fire broke out early on Friday morning , in the warehouse of Mr . £ . Bancroft , straw bonnet

      manufacturer , which is aituate on the north Bide of St . Anne ' s-street , at the-comer of BaekHsqnare . The building , which i * four stories high , with a frontage of about twenty yards to St . Ann ' s-street , has recently been partially rebuilt . The ground story was occupied as shops , four in number , and the other three stories formed the warehouse of Mr . Bancroft , to which access was given by ajioor at the corner of Back-square . The shops were in the several occupations of Messrs . G . Scott , and Co ., seedsmen , Mr . Brindley , fishmonger , Mr . Harrison , hat manufacturer , and Messrs . Dixon and Bell , cigar and tobacco dealers . Owing to the exceedingly iight combustible nature of Mr . Bancroft ' s stock , the building was gutted aud unrooted in ft Tery short By ace of time . Had there been a proper supply of water from the first , there is no doubt that most of the property would have been , saved .

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      A CorjNiBY Cbixig . —A countryman was shewn Gainsborough ' s celebrated picture of " The Pigs . " To sure , " said he , " they be deadly like . pfea / bnt nobody ever saw three pigs feeding together bat what one on em had a foot in the trough . " - ^ Jesse ' s GUamngs . Box iNFitrBNCE . —What boxes goTeru the world asks a New York paper ; audit answers the question thus :-The cartridge-box , the ballot-box , the Jurybox , and the band-oox . Con . —Why has a clock always a bashful appearance I B ecause it always keeps itsfcands before its face . A . Certain Method to Remove Imk . sTaJSS iftOM Paper . —Dip the feather of a pen in muriatic aoid , and gently pass it over the part of the paper which » inked ; this will turn it to a red colour : afterwards dip the feather in boiling water , and pas 9 it over the same part several times , and all traces of the ink will begone .

      TsbRotaiartrt . —TheQ-ieen , we understand , haa . already sketched a likened of the infant Prince , which will immediately be lithographed . The resembiance is said to be p&rfect , atd the circumstances under which it was made cannot fail of giving to it an interest peculiarly its own . —John Bull .- [ Fudge J ] Distress in Blackbubn . —The situation of the poor in this town and neighbourhood is at present truly deplorable . Even when in full work , the condition of the hand-loom weaver is such as to exoite

      commisseration ; but , at the present moment , when wages are unusually lew , labour scarce or unattainable , and the season the most inclement , their sufferings appear to have reached the last stage of human endurance . We are glad to learn , therefore , that steps are about to be taken with a view to afford them some temporary relief . A meeting of our more affluent fellow-townsmen ia about to be held , to open a subscription to alleviate their Bufferings , and the prayer of thousands who are On the brink of starvation will ascend to heaven in supplications for a blessing upon those whose philanthropy may lead them to aid in this good work . —Blackburn Gazette .

      DiSTRKes in Scotlmjd . —The iron-m&sterB of Scotland have resolved to blow out for six months on e-fburth of their furnaces . This is a resolution of < lire neoessitj on the part of the masters and will , ot ' coui 8 e , be felt with great severity by the numerous body of operatives in connection with this braneh of industry in the weBt of Scotland . Again , the early severity of the winter throws completely idle , considerably befere the usual period , that industrious body , the masons , and other outdoor workers in connection with them . The city missionaries , secretaries of the different charity societies , and clergymen in populous districts of the suburbs , are all soliciting aid of every description , to relieve the distress th ^ y daily come in cod tact with . The cilicoprinting business is in the most hopeless state , and we are certain we do net exaggerate when we say that in the west of Scotland one-half of the workers

      are idle , and that the sauie t umber of masters would be bankrupt haa they not capital to fall back upon . As to the weaving population , they have for so long been reduced to a state of misery , and we have so frequently had occasion to state the helpless state they are come to , that we do not feel inclined to say more about them . The distress is now taking a general direction , and it is to thia fact that we wish particularly to direct attention . The small dealers in many of the manufacturing districts now find their capital represented by debts owing by idle op ratives , who are utterly unable to pay , and in these circumstances to realize money or shut up shop is in either case hopeless—they must ' hold on " tih both money and credit are gone , and then their next step is—ruin . How long this state of matters will continue is now the question asked by every one . —Glasgow Chronicle .

      Attempt at Assassination . Bibmingham , Saturday Evening . —Last night , between eight and nine o ' clock , as Mr . John Prince , of Tipton , in the County of Stafford , was returning home , ho was met near to his residence by a man named Edward Bridgowater , licensed victualler , of this town , with whom he had had some money transactions , who presented a pistol at him . Mr . Prince struck him on the arm and the pistol foil upon the ground . Bridgewater then drew ancthor pistol from his pocket and fired it at Mr . Prince , which happily did not take effeot . Bridgewater made his escape and returned to Birmingham . This evening he was apprehended , and will be brought up for examination before the Magistrates , at Bilston , on Tuesday , morning . Mr . Prince is an extensive coal-merchant .

      Bejlna&p Cavamaoh , thk " Fasting Man . "—The following is an extract from a document from Mr . Builey , the surgeon of the gaol at Reading : — " Friday morning , twelve o ' clock . —Bernard Cavanagh , at this date , completed his ninth day of entire abstinence from food and drink . Alter the closest watching and the strictest care on the part of myself aud the turnkeys of the prison to prevent the possibility of his clandestinely taking food , I feel satisfied and convinced , in my uvra mind , that Bernard Cavanagh has not tasted food or drink during the nine days he has bson an inmate of the gaol . He remains , notwithstanding the privations he has voluntarily endured , in a state of perfect bodily health , and I cannot detect tbe slightest alteration in his appearance or spirits . He is extremely anxious to undergo any trial I may think fit to make of his powers of abstinence , without regard to time , and expresses himself as unwilling to leave the prison

      uBtil such fair trial has been made . "—Saturday Night . —This evening completed the tenth day of Cavanagh ' s imprisonment / On Thursday and Friday his pulse declined , and this morning a small quantity of the gaol allowance of gruol was missed from the vessel in which it had been placed , while the whole of the remaining quantity was much thinner than when it was sent in . His frame had become evidently weaker ; his pulso very feeblo ; and this evening Mr . Buile-y , the surgeon , was called in . He ordered some gruel , with a glass of port wine in it , which Cavanagh gladly swallowed , as the means of restoring him to health . He was clearly in a state of great exhaustion , scarcely able to more one foot before the other , and much alarmed at his sinking &tato . Whatever Cavanagh ' s powers of endurance may be , it is clear that lie cannot exist ten days without food , nor has he that retentive power over the seoretioud to which he pretended .

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      NOMINATIONS FOR THE GENERAL COUNCIL . MANCHESTER . —SHOKMAKEBS AND TAILORS . Mr . Andrew Bren , cordwainer , Myer ' s Court , Back Queen-etreet . Mr . Samuel Pcmberton , cordwainer , 80 , Hardman-street . Mr . John Fletcher , oordwainer , 2 , Austin Court , Cumberland-street . Mr . Edward Drummond , cordwainer , 28 , Back Quay-street . Mr . Richard Dunson , tailor , Holgute-street , Chairman . Mr . John Joynson , cordwainer , 80 , Hardmanstreet , treasurer . Mr . Andrew Melville , tailor , 11 , Silver-street , sub-Secretary .

      BURNLEY . Mr . Benjamin Southworth . block cutter . Meadows , Mr . John Burrows , weaver , Keighlcy Greeu . Mr . James Crabtree , warper , Lane Bridge . Mr . Emanuel Beaumont , weaver . Lane Bridge . Mr . Edward Riley , blacksmith , Royal Head . Mr . Thomas Hartley , weaver . Club Houses . Mr . James Gregson , printer , Westgate . Mr . Edward P&te , Bethesda-fltroot , Treasurer . Mr . Christopher Webster , currier , Rodney-street , sub-Secretary ,

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      THE LAST CENSUS . The total population of England , according to the census just completed , is 7 , 321 , 875 males ; 7 . 673 , 633 females—total , 14 , 995 , 608 ; that of Wales , 447 , 533 males ; 463 , 788 females—total , 911 , 321 ; that of Scotland , 1 , 346 , 427 males ; 1 . S 82 . 530 females—total , 12 , 628 , 957 j and that of the Islands or Jersey , Guernsey , Alderney , Sark , Herm , Jethon , and Man , 57 , 598 males ; 66 , * 81 females—total , 124 . 079 . These numbers , including 4 , 003 males , and 893 females ascertained to have been travelling by railways and canals , on the night of Jane 8 th , make the (( rand totals 9 , 077 , 436 male * , and 9 . 587 , 325 females . The population , therefore , ot Great Britain amount * U > 18 , 664 , 761 persons .

      The return * include only such part of the army , navy , and merchant seamen as were at the time of tbe census within the kingdom on shore . The increase of tbe population , aa compared with the returns of 1831 , is at the rate of 14 . 6 per cent , for England ; 13 percent , for Wales ; for Scotland , n . i ; for the Ialanda in the British seas , 19 . 6 ; making the Increase for the whole or Great Britain 14 per cent , being less than that of the 10 years ending 1831 , which was 15 per cent . In 1811 thft increase daring the previous 19 years in England , was 14 J per cent ; in Wales , 13 per c * nt ; and in Scotland , 14 per cent In 1821 , the iucrease for England was 17 J per ceat ; for Wales , 17 per et-nt . ; and for Scotland , 16 per cent . In 1831 the increase whs for England , 16 percent ; for Wales , 12 percent -, for Scotland , 13 per cent ; and tor the Islands ia the Briiteh Seas , 15 . 8 percent

      The number of houses in England i % inhabited 2 , 758 , 295 ; uniiifeabited , 162 , 758 ; buUalBg , 26 882 . The number in Wales , inhabited , 188 , 105 ; uninha , bited , 10 , 133 ; building , 1 , 769 . In Scottond , inhabited , S 05 . S 57 ; uninoaMted , 24 , 307 $ bonding . * 2 , 760 . In the Islands of the British Seas , 19 , 153 inhabited ; 865 uninhabited ; and 320 building . Grand total * for tbe whole of Great Britain , 3 , 464 007 inhabited ; 198 , 061 uninhabited ; 30 , 631 building—altogether 3 , 682 , 699 houses . In 2 S 31 , the number of inhabited houses was 2 , 866 , 605 ; uninhabited , 133 , 331 ; luiMmg , 27 , 553 ; total , 3 , 027 , 479 houses .

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      Toe population of the English counties is respectively j » follows ^ Bedford , 95 , 483 ; Berkshire , 145 , 389 * : Buckinghamshire , 146 . 52 »; Cambridgeshire , 143 , 955 ; Cheshire , 334 , 891 ; Cornwall , 300 , 938 ; Cumberland , 169 , 681 ; Derby , 937 , 170 ; Devonshire . 494 , 478 ; Dorsetshire , 169 , 252 ; Durham , 253 , 910 ; Essex , 317 , 407 ; aieticester , 387 , 019 ; Hereford , 111 , 211 ; Hertford , H 3 . 34 I : Huntingdonshire , 53 , 192 ; Kent , 479 , 155 ; Lancaster , 1 , 336 , 854 ; Leicester , 197 , 003 ; Lincoln , 317 , 465 ; Middlesex , 1 , 358 , 390 ; Monmouth , 98 , 13 J ; Norfolk , 390 , 054 ; Northampton . 179 336 ; Northumberland , 23 ^ 12 ; Nottinghamshire , 225 , 327 ; Oxfordshire , 152 , 166 ; Rutlandshire , 18 , 385 ; Salop , 222 , 938 ; Som « rfleUbure , 404 , 208 ; SouHampton ( Hampshire J 314 , 280 ,- Staflferdehiie , 410 , 512 ; Suffolk , 296 , 317 ; Surrey , 480 , 934 ; Sussex , 272 , 84 *; Warwickshire , 336 , 610 ; Westmoreland , 65 , 041 ; Wiltshire , 240 , 155 ; Yorkshire , 1 , 591 , 584 .

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      FRAUDULENT WEIGHTS AND MEASURES CHEATING THE POOR . The following tradesmen , residing within the parishes of Hammersmith and Fulham , have , during the past week been summoned and convicted at the instance of Mr . P . Beeves , one of the County Inspectors , before Messrs . Flood , France , and Sutton , County Magistrates , Bitting in petty sessions , at Kensington : — William Belton , a large marine-store-deakr , in Kingstreet , Hammersmith , for having two 14 lbs . two 4 lbs ., and two 2 Ibs . weights which were unjust . It appeared that one of the 141 bs . was two ounces light , while the other woa lib . 15 $ ozs . too heavy ; as was also one 41 ' os ., 13 £ o « . another , 7 $ oz 9 . ; and the 21 b 3 . two ounces heavy . The Bench said it -was a Very bad case , and fined the defendant 50 s ., and 6 a . fid . costs .

      Mary Warren , eoal-dealer , of King-street , Hammersmith , was charged on two informations for having a false balance of 15 joz 3 ., by ¦ wh ' ch every purchaser ef I 4 iba , of coals lost a pound ; and also with having two 281 b * . weights and two I 4 lbs ., one of which was 10 OZ 3 . light , making , with the false balance , 25 £ ozs ., or nearly a pound aad three-quarters . The Bench fined her 10 s ., aad 6 s . 6 d . costs , for the false balance ; and 20 s . fine , and 6 s . 6 d . costs , for the light weights . Thomas Lewis George , of the White Hart beer-shop . Brook , Green-lane , Hammersmith , for having two quart and five pint measures deficient , was fined 35 a . and 6 a . fid . eosta William Weatherly , of the Jolly Gardeners , Kingstreet , Hammersmith , for having two pints and one half-pint measures deficient Fined 15 s . and 6 s . 6 d . costs .

      Hercules Wright , of the Old Ship , Water-side , Hammersmith , pleaded guilty to having two quart measures deficient , and was fined 10 s ., and 6 a , 6 d . costs . Thomas Gore , of the Cross Keys , St . Petar ' s-road , Hammersmith , fox having three deficient quart and three pint ' measures . Fine 30 s . and 6 s . 6 d . costs . John Rainbow , of the Black Lion , St . Peter ' s-toad , for ft similar offence , was fined in a like penalty . Charles Moore , of the Square and Compasses , beershop , St Peter ' s-road , for having three measures deficient , was fined 16 s ., and 6 s . 6 d . costs . William Browngobie , of the White Hart , Hammersmith , for having six measures deficient Fined 30 s ,, and 6 s . 6 d . costs . Henry Bray , keeper of a beer-shop at Starch-green , HamHfersmith , for having four measures deficient , was fined 28 * ., and 6 s . 6 d ., costs .

      William Shepherd , of the Three Jolly Gardeners beer-shop , Dorville ' srow , Hammersmith , for having eight deficient measures . Fined 40 b . aad 6 a . 6 d . costs . William Taylor , of the Seven Stars , Starch-green , for having seven measures deficient , was fined 30 s ., and 6 a . 6 d . cotU . Squire Pegot , of tbe Swan , Broadway , Hammersmith , for having two quart and six pint measures deficient Fined 60 s . and 6 s . 8 d . costs . Thomas Farlow , coal dealer . Brook-green , Hammersmith , for having a false balance weight , gave llozs . against the purchaser . Fined 6 s ., and 6 s . 6 d . costs . James Sears , provision and coal dealer , Portlandstreet , North-end , Fulham , for haviug eleven weights . ail of which were deficient Fined 22 s . and 6 s . fid . costs . Thomas Clark , lead merchant , Hammersmith , for having seven weights , all deficient Fined 35 s ., and 6 s . 6 d . costs .

      Henry Porter , of Watetloo-street , Hammersmith coal dealer , for having a 71 bs . weight 10 ozs , deficient . Fined 5 s ., and 6 s . 6 d . costs . Sarah Eames , coal merchant , Hammersmith , for having two 251 b- weights light- Fined 10 s . and 6 s , 6 d . costs .

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      MISERY OF THE PEOPLE . The wall of distress throughout the manufacturing districts , bec-jines louder , and yet louder still , and will , we hope , awaken even a Tory Ministry from their slumbers . In Nottingham , the unemployed operatives , whose frames and machines ate standing and rusting , are forming processions at noonday , and exhibiting their meagre forms and tattered garments in the public streets , to excite the sympathy and commiseration of their fello ^ -townsmen . The Mayor and Magistrates , and the Clergy of the town , have held meetings ; the distressed operatives have also met , and another meeting Is to be held en Monday next , to devise means for

      the relief of those who are deprived , by unjust laws , of food and wotkl The relief lifife at the Union workhonse contains 3 , 600 recipients . Tbe house itself haa 900 inmates crammed within its walls- Dr . Maeauley , who is stoppiug within a mile of Nottingham , has addressed a letter to the meeting , advising the same plan to be pursued as at Edinburgh—namely , to establish a large soup kitchen , which will cot , t about £ 100 per week . Besides those receiving parish relief upwards of 2 , 000 are starring . Distress aud gaunt misery haunts the whole town . Trade is dead—not a single master eaiploys full hands .

      The meeting at Derby on Thursday next , of the merchants and manufacturers of the midland counties , will be attended by 100 each from the towns of Nottingham , Derby , and Leicester . Important revelations will will then b « made . At Belper , tbe stoekiagers have determined to petition the Queen to cause knee-breeches to be worn at Court , so that a particular sort of hose may come into fashion . At Leicester , trade is horribly dull -, in short , if something iM not done shortly , the consequences will be frightful .

      The sound of distress from Paisley has gono through the length and breadth of the land , In Stockpork , tbe work of depopulation is proceeding with rapid strides , and nnmbers cf the houses are deserted , unoccupied , and shut up . In Sheffield , there has been a public meeting , in which the lamentable condition of the workmen has been bewailed by both manufacturer * and artizans . The iron trade Is so bad , that tbe masters are about to blow out every fourth furnace , and to reduce the wages of their workmen , from utter inability to continue any employment at the present rate of wagea From every quarter we hear complaining in eur streets ; and it is impossible to deny that the trade and , commerce of the country has arrived at a most important crisis , and that uuheard-of and unspeakable distress

      pervades almost all branches of our commercial industry . A meeting was held at Manchester , on Friday , attended by men of different political opinions , and presided over by the Mayor , for the purpose of makiug a pKblio manifestation on the birth of an heir to the throne . The difficulty was bow to manifest their joy , when thousands around them are star Ting , and they resolved — " That in place of the usual festive demonstrations , considering the present depressed state ot the poor Of the community , by which we are surrounded ; it la desirable that % loyal fond , as commemorative of this joyful event , should be raised , to be expended in the purchase of warm clothing , for distribution amongst the posr of this borough . " Yes , it has come to this !

      the rejoicing is subdued and smouldered by the lond wail of distress ; the rejoicings and bontires , the illuminations and sheep-meting , are all put aside , to provide clothing for the perishing ! The wealthy men of Manchester Tery rightly judged , a&d under the desperate circumstances of the case , made an extremely wise choice . But what a state of distress does this bespeak To provide warm clothing for tbe destitute is an « cel « lent thing : we only wish that the gentlemen at that meeting would hare followed their humane and benevolent plan , by calling upon the Government to repeal the taxes on food , and to abolish those commercial restric tions which preyent the poor man from earning warm clothing and a plentiful supply of food bj big OWD exertions . . .

      The very great reduction of wages during the present period of scarcity , affords the best refutation of the doctrine so confidently broached by the Tories during the summer and autumn , that the price of food determines the rate of wages . It appear * from a paragraph in the Hereford Times ., that notice bat been issued to all the workmen engaged in the ironworks of South Wales , that a further reduction of wages most take place . The extent of the reduction is not named , but it is supposed ttat it will be at least tea per cent .

      At Oldham Petty Sessions on Saturday , upwards of two hundred persona were summoned for poor-rates ; with tbe exception of a few aged poor , the parties were all required to pay as soon as possible . On Monday , upwards of one hundred more cases of poor-rate defaulters were heard . A great number of aaw « ummowes h » To aim been granted . Poor rates were never before known to be so bad to collect as a * present A respectable correspondent has Informed us that a day or two ago he was In a retail shop , in that borough , and saw two persons purchase five articles , apparently to make two meals from , and ttjat the ; only spent 2 £ d . upon them . That sum was , no doubt , erery farthing tho poor sufferers from the famine laws possessed . The first expended her mite In the following manner : — Meal , £ d . ; pepper , £ d . ; onions , £ d . ; bread , id . —ijd . The second bad simply to lay out , in meal , Id . These , though thus noticed , are by no means singular or solitary cases .

      A large aad irfluenrJal meeting of gentlemen connected with tbe Yale of Lcven , in Dumbartonshire , was held In the County Buildings ' , to devise means for alleviating the destitution and distress now tot some menttis likely to be prevalent in that populous valley , among its operative population . At a meeting of Uw parish of St Maryleboce , statement * were made of tbe alarming distress consequent on f * M >" g Com and Provision Laws . Mr . Sodon said

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      they had now upwards ef 1 , 800 persons In the parish wo / khouse , and sickness amongst the poor had increased to such an extent that tbfre " ere 1 , 700 more doctors * orders issued from the parish infirmary tbrm at the corresponding period last year . Persons who had formerly been most respectable ratepayers vere now reduced to sack reiief ot the parish workhouse . At Bradford , spinners do not work after dark , ana prices de net decline . At Bolton prospects are mere cheering . The trade of Holmfirth gets worse , and the number of unemployed increases . At Leicester the demand for goods is slacker , but prices remain the

      same . At Manchester the cloth market has greatly declined , prices are feaiftdly low , and ti ^ gloom Increases . At Middleton not one-half of the silk-weaver * and dyers are at work , and , indeed , iu every direction twenty miles round Manchester , distress and starvation prevail . There are no fewer than 1 , 751 paupers ia the Cork workhouse at present It was stated , tho othtr day , to Mr . A . H . Wylie , the gentleman sent from , thfi Homa office , to make inquiries into the distressed state of Stockport , that in 18 HS , there we re fifty manufacturers in that borough alone , thirty-six of whom have since become bankrupt , or have given over manufacturing altogether . —Weekly Dispatch .

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      FRIGHTFUL PICTURE OF THE FAREHAM UNION WORKHOUSE . The following frightful picture of the Fareham Union Workhouse , baa been sketched by a most respectable {_ : ertlemen named Ekless , residing at Bursledon-bridge . Mr . Ekless dares the authorities to come forward and strip the picture of its colouring . Mr . E&iess , it appears , wrote to the Guardians to be supplied with attested copies of certain examination . The bearer of the note was ordered to wait , and the Board replied , there was no answer . "I will therefore , " says Mr . Ekless , " give the public a faithful statement of two cases frem memory and notes taken on the examinations , taking especial care that the allegations are substantially correct I rtare him to the proof . "

      First comes the case of John Hughs , late of Porchester , who was 93 years of age , when taken Into the Fareham Union-house , afflicted with rupture . About the middle of last August , the bed on which he lay was aecHently found rotted through the covering , and ¦ of several days ' accumulation found amongst the "hulls " Of Which the bed WOS made . It was taken away and buried , and H . Smith , of Southwick , ( who buried the said bed ) says , that "it stank worse than dung out of a pigety I" At a subsequent period an inmate of the honse saw Hughs crawl out of bis bed , found It in at most Ci thy state , and the poor creature bo sore and the filth so congealed on him , that he could scarcely bear to be touched . A few days after thia eceno occurred the same man was called to assist Hughs , who had fallen

      out of bed , who stated "I found him between two bedsteuJs , on his hands and knees , mafgots were crawling ] over his person , and the bed on which he had Jain was swaiiniug . " This was on Saturday , tbe 4 th of September . He continued to get worse , tbe stench became almost intolerable , and on the Tuesday following , when put into a bath to be cleansed , pieces of fi&ii dropped from him , which one of the witnesses described as having the appearance of " carrion which dogs had been gnawing ; " he was put back to bis bed , mortified , and died en tbe following day , Wednesday , the 8 ttu Whatever attention might have been paid to the unhappy man the last four or five days « f his life—previous to that time no regular nurse attended him . 'Tis

      true John Dunavray , au afflicted imbecile old man , of filthy habits ( as Dr . Ricketts , of Tiichfield , can testify , ) who " happened" to sleep in the same room , now and then " Happened" to attend to him , but in what manner , one of the . witnesses for the defence will best describe , who said , "I have known Hughs lay on his bed for three daja and nights iu bis ClOtBeS Without getting out . " The Board , after bearing tbe evidence * decided that the officers of tbe house vrere blameless in this affair , but uot unanimously , for one gentleman , a British sailor , Lieutenant G . T . M . Purvis , honour to his name , with that humanity , the characteristic of true bravery could not agree to that decision . This case was heard before the Board , at the house , on Friday , October the 15 tb .

      On Friday , Oct . 29 , the case of tbe boys of " weak intellect" under their treatment for tbe itch , came on at the same board ia the presence of the assistant Pooe Law Commissioner ; who took the evidence of the different witnesses on oath . They were put into the " probation -ward" with the itch ; they were locked up , their food put in at window , and not looked to for several days , until their neglected state excited the sympathy of the inmates of the bouse , wiio , having procured a key , went in company with Carter , the schoolmaster , to sea what condition they were in , and frond them In such a wretched state as would be too disgusting to describe f but'which may readily be conceived when by reading the evidence of Emery , one of the witnesses , who deposed that" they never ba-J nothing done for eight days , I mean to say that the room was not cleaned oat foe that time ; and that no ointment was rubbed in tba eight days , towards the beginning . " Tiiey were still

      kept in this place and casually attended ( but not by any express order from any one in authority ); for , aftee the " stuff" had been all used , aud application mads fur more , none was furnished for several days ; and these poor helpless creatures of " weak intellect" were kept under this wretched treatment for nearly a month * left entirely to the voluntary and casual attendance of the paupers in tbe house ; for the master , when cross * examined by the Assistant Poor Law Commissioner , reluctantly and hesitatingly admitted— " I did not visit ) the uojs every day : I visited them ^ bout—about—about five or six or seven times ; I trusted entirely to fha paupers to attend them ; I never told the schoolmastec to do so ; I candidly state that I might have erred from a mistaken sense of duty , and I do , therefore , throw myself on the clemency of the Board , and promise , should it be looked over , that nothing of the kind shall again occur . "

      Such are tbe brief and correct outlines of these disgusting cases ; but , shocking as they are to the common feelings of humanity—disgraceful as they are to mast as a Christian , philosopher , or cit : zen—they fall abort of the moral turpitude of certain doings in that " house , " the details of which are far tos disgusting to meetl the public ear , could such revolting effects of inhumanitjr and neglect h&vo befallen these hapless -victims of this centralising , brntalising law , had they been under the " guardianship" of their ancient legitimate protectors , within the precincts of tbeir own parish , where the ? would have been accessible to not only the sympathies of their relatives , neighbours , and connexions , but under the management of men who would feel a due sense of their individual responsibility ; and , above all , within reach of those consoling and comforting attentions which the wisdom and piety of cur forefathers had secured and made imperative on the pastors of out "poor man's church ? " Incredible I Impossible !

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      EAST AND NORTH-RIDING LECTURER . Masket WEraHiow , Wednesday , Nov . 24 , 1841 . —The bellman having announced that Mr . Stallwood would lecture at tka Black Horse Inn , Market-hill , at seven o clock ; a considerable number of persons of both sexes attended . The subject was " fallacies of th » Corn Law Repealers . " Mr . S . Laister was called to the chair . A gentleman of the repeal side attended , and asked , previous to the lecture , a number of questions , which Mr . S . very readily answered . During the lecture the greatest

      attention was paid while the lecturer tore to Bhreda the fallacies . Tho above-named Kent ., at its close ; did not ask a single question , or make a single observation ia favour of repeal ; bat , offering bi g hand to the leoturer , he said—weD , I hope yon will soon get the Charter . Mr . T . M'Kenning then read and made some excellent comments on the National Petition ; a great addition of signatures was obtained , and several new members enrolled . The newly opened reading room is well attended oa Sundays .

      Bhidiimqtok . —After a walk of tw « nty- « ighi miles . Mr . Stallwood arrived here on Thursdaji the 25 th last . The magistrates were in terrible affright . Despotism followed their fears . Orders were issued to the publicans , that if one of them dated allow tho Chartist lecturer to lodge in their hoasfc he should lose hia licence . The constables and specials were all ordered to bo in readiness to keep the peace . Mr . Trotter ' s largo school-room being engaged , a * lecture on the principles of the Ghartcc was announced for Friday evening , at six o'clock . At that time , notwithstanding prejudice , threttau . < fec ., ( here was a large attendance of both sexes , and a sprinkling of the middle classes . The lecturer mounted the gallery , and rivetted the attention of his audience for at least one hour and s > half . At

      its conclusion , he was loudly applauded . He in * vited opposition , but hone was offered . He then read the petition ; after which he thanked the meeting for their patient herring , and said he was suro he need not ask a meeting , consisting as it did of ft majority of total abstainers to retire peftM " ably and orderly to their homes . ' Several of the friends being desirous that Mr . Stallwood should remain and deliver a second lecture o » Saturday night , funds were quickly supplied to » meet expences . The bellman was Bent round oar Saturday . The prejudice that had prevailed attho lecture of the preceding night appeared to havebeea allayedand notwithstanding it befog MartiMUB

      , Saturday , a good meeting was tM result . _ Tg » lecture was on the absurdities and fallacies of th « Corn Law Repeal , and the CharMr as wmedyv It was listened to with awe-inspiring silence , and at the conclusion greeted with acclamations of applause . Discussion was invited , but no one eamo forward . A vote of thanks was given unammensly to the' lecturer . Three cheers for the Qarte * jf three ditto for Frost , Williams , and Jones . A large qnantity of Chartist Publications was aold A larger quantity of signatures were also obtained to the Petition . Thus is the demoaajpgJ || lMe fairly unfurled in Bridlington . jBf ^^ jmKmi Standard stands erect . PuU it do uriHl . lliiU gjl

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 4, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1138/page/3/