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AT THE " NEW SHOP" OPPOSITE THE » GREAT OOOSE IKS , " IN CHICHESrER , FROM VINE TILL FIVE , LYRICS FBOil A "SUSSEX FARMER" NOT ONE HUNDRED MILES FROM GOODWOOD .
" BftOADBMii , - " joins , " adnoqaLnng . * ' Hen an books and baits tor flatfish and gudgeons"Well furnish yon cheap , for -we're daep enrmudjeoni ; LeaTe youxgpld here , yon fool * , 'Ha " all my eye , " Out papers tight and Boft , and wont hurt your thigh . Why , what the devil , do yoa think < u cheat *? ( Though , by the bye , / irB ought to" sweep the street *;") Enlarge the jail , for rogues tia much too small , *• West Hampnekt Union" would not hold them alL " Rabbit-skin Jack' * and cadi , are honest men Compared to others that we all could name : The hairs upon yosr heads ve would not hurt , { Although our motto's " r&ther rob than work . '" ) Cobbett be d d , and Mb disciples too ; Hard cish ( and wotk ) for us will sever do—Hare we not got Q-reat Wellington and Peel ? The advocates of paper and of steel ?
Consider , too , the toil of getting gold From out the mines—it scarcely can be told—While the " cast-off smock" or a beggar wench wffl make Bank notes enough to boy the Date ' s estate ; + A"d the clout in Trhich hex ug ^ y brat doth squall Would pay off the black diamond dues , and all ! . ' The parsons ttll you not to eovet gold—If you don't heed them , can they save your soul ? piper's the thing , ye vagabonds , d'ye donbt it ? What could the " Suney ploughfeoy" know about it ? How can yon dare his " library ' to touch ? Read Malthas , Marcus , Martineau , and such . The nation ' s overstocked— 'tis quite a pest—Hail emigration , and the workhouse test . ' What happened in the town the other day ? "Wiy ! " * tis & d d affair , I can but say . "
{ As Larder said to the Churchwarden mild , J When he and then , met to " eat a child" )—Sat , be assured , 'tis but a nine days' wonder—A penny cracker ta a clap of thunder—A little whirlwind to the hurricanes That sometimes sweep the lentth and breadth of lands . Bnt dont let paper men have all the blame , We have " rogues in paper , ' * and vre have " rogues in grain :. ' : "
(" Goggt Mooee , " OebiUslicker , listerdng . J * ' Lay out a trifle , Sir , for I am but poor , Though a descendant of old " Francis Moore ;" We M « ore ' s "were never ncticed for theology , The " forte" of our family ' s astrology . I foretold , long ago , amongst my fellows , We should have " broken banks" and " watery eel lira" ' Before the coming year of " forty-two : " And I was right , by dad , my -words prove true : ging " Ca Ira , " and " Cock-a-doodle-doo !"
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Kabbit-Ekia Jact , a poor fellow in the jail , confined for petty larceny . t Dike of Richmond . + Peter Pindar .
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THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF TRADES UNIONS . By G . Jacob Holtoake . Pablished by request . Loadon : J . Cleave ; Hobson , Leeds ; Heywood , Manchester ; * nd all Booksellers . This little work contains much important matter , which should be known and deeply considered by alL When working men can accumulate by small payments such enermous sums as hare been worse than wasted in unsuccessful contests with capital , it is qnite clear that their praiseworthy efforts have not yet received a right direction . We think no one cm read this little tract without feeling convinced that the working classes cannot be prosperous until they get the power to use the land for their own benefit and that of the whole commonwealth .
CLASS LEGISLATION EXPOSED , OR PRACTICAL ATHEISM IDENTIFIED WITH THE ADVOCATES OF PROPERTY QUALIFICATION , FOR LEGISLATIVE ENFRANCHISE MENT . By R . T . Mobjusos . ; London , John Green , 12 ] , Newgate-street ; ' Heywood , Manchester ; and T . Kirk , Notting- ham , 1841 . , This is an exceedingly clever turning of the tables ] upon the advocates of oppression and misrule . These
gentry , whenever they hear an honest man advocate equality of righis immediately cry out infideL Mr . Morrison has certainly proved the claim of these bo- ' called C&ris ' . iaus , to the unenviable title they are on ' all occasions so ready to bestow . We sincerely hope j the dose he has administered will work effectually , j ToSsd themselves practically denying the existence ¦ of a God and the immortality of the soul , mast ' afford singular satisfaction to the saintly hypocrites Of the present day . ;
THEiCOMMONWEALTHSMAN or CHARTIST i ADVOCATE , Nos . 1 and 2 , pnblished by Thos . i Cooper , II , Church-gate , Leicester . j This is a new Chartist print containing some good articles . It is both amusing and instructive , and we j think calculated to effect much good . - i
REASONS FOR A NEW EDITION OF SHAKSPERE'S WORKS ; containing notices of the defects of former impressions , and pointing ont the latest acquired means of illustrating the plays , poems , and biography of the Poet , by J . Patkb Collies , Esq .. F . S . A . London : Whitaker and Co ., Ave Maria Lane , 1841 . Considering the many editions and corrections of the text of Shakspere , which have appeared , many
ef them by men of eminent learning and ability , it appeared almost hopeless to expect any considerable improvement from the labours of future commentators : the pamphlet before us , however , gives ample proof of such a supposition being unfounded ; and should the promises held out by Mr . Collier be realiz ^ , the admirers of the bard of Avon will have the satisfaction of beholding him in a more correet and original form than any in which he has hiiberto been presented to their notice .
The pamphlet is well written , displaying a close ; acquaintance with the snbject , and contains mnch valuable atd interesting information . The aHther \ has had access to the inva ' uable collections of various editions of the works of our great dramatist in tke j possession of the Duke of Devonshire , Lord Francis EgertOB , and a large circle of private friend ? . We trust the work will be a valuable addition to our dramatic literature .
LESSONS ON WORDS AND OBJECTS ; or a First Book for Children : arranged for the ; purposes of Object Teaching , for the use ¦ of ; Private Families , or Schools , by Jobs Ellis . Second EditioD . London : Effiogham Wilson , 13 , Bishopgate-street , and J . Cleave , Shoe-lane ; Jlanchester , A . Heywood ; Glasgow , Paton ; and Love , Nelson-street ; Leeds , J . Hobson . ' This edition is improved in many respects ; and ; if the teacher attends to the hints g iven in the pre-, face it may be made exceedingly useful in making first impressions both agreeable and permanent . In a thira edition , the auihor , if so disposed , may still further improve his labours .
GOVERNESSES ; OR , MODERN EDUCATION . By Madame B . RioriET , Authoress of " Private Education . " Nov ., December , 1841 . London , published for , and to be had ol , the Authoress , 22 , Newman-street , Oxfurd-street . This work , as far as we can judge of it , from the portions winch we have seen , appears calculated to throw important light upon subjects connected with female education . We have only seen two or three numbers of the work , and this prevents us from forming a judgment upon it as a whole . The numbers now before us contain some English articles of considerable interest . Two on the subject of obedience are of great merit , and cannot fail to excite the most serious attention of those parents and instructors who are really desirous of promoting the interest of those committed to their charge . Besides those , there are excellent essays upon style , and also in reference to exercise . We sincerely hope the fair autkoress will receive that encouragement te which her important labours gives her so just a claim .
THE LABOURERS' LIBRARY , No . 2 and 3 , u THE LAttD , ' the only remedy for national poverty and impending national ruin . How to get it and how to ore it . By Fxabgu * O Cosj « ob , E- -q . Second Edition . Leeds , J . Hobton ; Manchester , A . Heywood ; London , J . Cleave , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street . We are glad to perceive that this valuable tract kas reached a second edition . Mr . O'Connor well toderstaids the subject on which be writes ; hia reasonings are clear and unanswerable , and bis conelusions logical and satisfactory . We hope all Chutists will unite in giving to thos « letters a ULiTersal circulation throughout the three kingdoms
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PARLEY'S PENNY LIBRARY ; or , Treasnry of Knowledge , Entertainment , and Delight . Vol . 1 . JLondon : Cleave , Shoe Lane , Flett Street ; Hobson , Leeds . Parley ' s Penny Library has been published in weekly numbers , and the first volume , neatly bound in cloth , has just been completed . We gave a favourable notice of the work , at an early period of its issue , and , on the completion of the first volume , it gives us pleasure to be able to Bay that the hopes held out by the spirited , projectors have been more than realised , though a Blight deviation from the plan marked out in their original address , has been
made . There is perhaps less ef historical and classical lore ; but the cartaiment does not injure the volume or militate against its interest , for by it greater scope has been given for an analysis of the works of Charles Dickens , from whence the pith has been extracted , with such explanations , in a brief , witty , and conversational style , as tend not only to amuse but to instruct those for whom the work is more immediately intended . All classes , however , ought to possess Peter Parley . We give the following interesting extract from the Memoirs of Henry Masers de la Tude , a prisoner , for the long period of thirty years , in the French bastile , in order to show the capacities of that despised animal—the
eat : — The dungeons ef toe Bastile are octagonal ; the one hi which I was now confined had a loop-hole two feet and a half above the floor . On the inside it was two feet long , and about eighteen inches wide ; but it gra dually diminished toward ! tha exterior , bo that on the outside wall it scarcely exceeded three inches in sire . From this loop-hole I derived the only light and air I was permitted to enjoy ; the stone which formed the basis of it served me also for chair and table . When tired of reclining on a foul and infected pallet , I dragged myself to the loop-hole to enjoy a little fresh air ; to lighten the weight of my chains , I rested my elbows and armi on this horizontal stone . Being one day in this attitude , I saw a Large rat appear at the other extremity of the loop-hole ; I called to him he looked
at me without manifesting any symptoms of fear ; I gently threw him a piece of bread , taking care not to frighten him by any violent action . He approaehedtook the bread—went to a little distance to eat it , and appeared to solicit a second piece . I flung him another , but at a less distance ; a third , still nearer ; and so on by degrees . This continued as long as I had bread to give him ; for , after satisfying his appetite , he carried off to a hole the fragments which be had not been able to deTour . The following day be came again . I treated him with the same generosity , and added even a morsel of meat , which be appeared to find more palatable than the bread ; for this time he ate near to me , which before he had not done . Tke third day he became sufficiently fmn » i «» to take what I offered him from ay ringers .
I had no idea where his dwelling-place was before , but he appeared inclined to change it , to approach nearer to me . He discovered on each side of the window a hole sufficiently large for his purpose ; he examined them both , and fixed his abodd in the one to the right , which appeared to him the most convenient . On the fifth day , for the first time , he came to sleep there . The following morning he paid me a very early visit ; I gave him his breakfast : when be bad eaten heartily he left me , and I aaw him no more till the next day , when he came , according to his custom . I saw , as Boon as he issued from his hole , that he was not alone . I observed a female rat peeping from it , and apparsctly watching our proceedings . I tried to entice her
out by throwing her bread and meat ; she seemed much moie ^ timid than the other , and for some tim 9 refused to take them : however , at length she ventured out of the hole by degrees , and seized what I threw halfway towards her . Sometimes she quarrelled with the male ; and when she proved either stronger or more skilful , ran back to the hole , carrying with her what she had taken . When this happened , the male rat crept close to me for consolation ; and , to revenge himself on the other , ata what I gave him toa far from the hole for her to venture to dispute it with him , but always pretending to exhibit his priza as if in bravado . He would then set himself on his haunches , holding the bread or meat between hi » fore paws like a monkey , and nibbling it with an air of defiance .
One day the pride of the female conquered her shyness ; she sprang out , and seized between her teeth the morsel which the other wa « beginning to munch . Neither would let go , and they rolled over each other to the hole , into which the female , who was nearest to it , dragged the male after her . This extraordinary spectacle relieved by contrast the monotony of my ordinary sufferings and recollections . In the bustle of the world , it is difficolt to conceive the pleasure I derived from such a trifling source ; but there are sensitive minds who will readily understand it .
When my dinner waa brought in , I called my companions ; the male ran to me immediately , thf female , according to custom , came slowly and timidly , but at length approached close to me , and ventured to take what I offered her from my band . Some time after , a third appeared , which was much lesa ceremonious than my first acquaintances . After his second visit , he constituted himself one of the family , and made himself bo perfectly at home , that he resolved to introduce his comrades . The next day he came , accompanied by two others , who , in the course of the week , brought five more ; and thus , in less than a fortnight , on family circle consisted of ten large rats and myself . I gave each of them names , which they learned to distinguish . When I called them , they came to eat with me from
the dish , or off the plate ; but I found this unpleasant , and was soon farced to find them a dish for themtelves , on account of their slovenly habits . They became so tame at to allow me to scratch their necka , and appeared pleased when I did so ; but they would never permit me to touch them on the back . Sometimes I amused myself by making them play , and joteed iu their gambols . Occasionally I threw them a piece of meat scalding hot : the most eager ran to seize it , bnrned themselves , cried out , and left it ; whilst the leu greedy , who had waited patiently , took it when it was cold , and escaped into a corner , where they divided their prize . Sometimes I made them jnmp up by holding a piece of meat or bread ^ suspended in the air .
There was among them a female whom I had christened Rapino-HirozdeUe , on account of her agility ; I took great pleasure in makldg her jamp , and so conscious was she of her rapsriority over all the others , that she never condescended to tika what I held up for them , She placed herself in the attitude of a dog pointing game—allowed one of the rats to spring at the Bcond morsel offered to him—and , at the moment when he seized it , would dart forward awl snatch it out of bis mouih . It was unlucky for him if she missed her spring , for then she invariably seized him by the neck with her teeth as sharp as needles ; the other , yelliDg with pain , would leave his prey at the mercy of Rapino-Hironddle , and creep into a corner to cure the wound aha had inflicted on him .
With these simple and innocent occupations , 1 continued for two years to divert my mind fr ? m constantly brooding over my miseries ; and now and then I stirprised myself in a sensation uf positive enjoyment . I myself in tbe midst of a family who loved and interested me ; why then should I wish to transport myself into another hemisphere , where I had met with nothing bnt assassins and executioners ? One day when my straw had been changed , I foEDd among what had be « n newly brought a piece of elder , which had helped to tie it . This discovery caused an emotion I cannot describe . I conceived the idea of
converting it into a flageolet , and the thought transported mo . Hitherto I had heard no sounds within my dungeon bnt those of bolts and chains ; I could now vary tfcem by a sweet and toschbg melody , and thus accelerate , in some degree , the tardy steps of time . What a fertile source of consolation . ' But how could I construct tMB flageolet ? My hands were confined within two iron-rings , fixed to a bar of the same metal ; I could only move them by a most painful exertion , and I had no instrument to ansist me . My gaolers would have refused me even a morsel of wood , had 1 been able to effer them treasures in exch-inge .
I contriTed to take off the buckle which confined the waistband of my small-clothes . I used the irons on my legs to prepare it , and to bend the fork into a kind of small chisel ; bnt it proved so ineffective , that it was with the utmost difficulty I could cut the branch of elder , take out the pith , and shape it as I required . At last , after many attempts , and several months" labour , I had the happiness to succeed . I call it hsppiness , for it truly was so ; I enjoy it to this hour with increasing interest . Thirty-four years have elapsed since I constructed this little instrument , and during that time it has never been a moment out of my possession . It formerly served to dissipate my cares , it now enhances my enjoyments
_ .... The time occupied by these important labours In aome degree distracted me from my domestic cares , and caused me to neglect my little family ; during this interval , it had considerably augmented , and in less than a year it amounted to twenty-six . I was not certain there were no strangers among them ; those who attempted to gain admittance were received with hostility , and compelled to fight with the first who encountered them . These battles afforded me a most amusing ipeetacle . As loon as the two champions placfcd themselves in position , they appeared at once to estimate their respective force before a blow was struck Tht ¦ tronger gnashed his teeth , while the weaker uttered without
cries , and retreated slowly tnrning his back , a » if fearful lest hia adversary sbonld * priBg upon him and destroy him On the other hand , tbe stronger never attacks In front , which would expose him to the danger of having his eyei torn out ! the method h « adopU is siBtnlar and amusing : be places oil bead Utweenhis fore pawi , and rolls bead ovtr heels two or three times , until he comes in contact with hii enemy ' s note . The latter attempts to fly ; the former selects that moment to « else him ; he grasp * him * t auob , and KHMttnw * they fight not * fnrioMly . If any other r * U are pwweBt , they remain pataiv * spectator * of the combat , and neTer jela two against one .
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Thi Late Mubdkb . —St . Helen ' s , Thursday afternoon . —Various witnesses having been examined , the inquest was closed , and the jury after about twenty minutes deliberation returned i verdict of " Wilfal murder" againBt Isaac Jacques , Robert Woods , and Thomas Moljnenx . The prisoners all denied » ny participation in the , crime , but were committed , under the coroner ' s warrant , to take their trial at the nest assizes .
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Thb expbkcfs to be incarred in the christening of the Prince of Wales will exceed , it is said , a hundred thousand pounds . This will be bread , and meat too , for the starving millions in the country ! Kmo Ernest ' s Haibbd of Songs . — Advices from Hanover Btate that a seisore of a collection of political songs , termed "Songs of a Cosmopolite , " has just been made in the capital by order of government . —Galiffnani . - - 11 The man who hath not music in hia soul , Is fit for treason , stratagem , and spoils . ' Shakspeark .
Unexpected Good Fobtdnk . —A angular ldstance ofgood fortune has , within the last few days , happened to a poor man named-George Peters , with a numerous family , who followed the occupation of a journeyman baker , and resides ja an obscure street at Camberwell . it appears that a distant relative , residing at Bath , and from whom no expectations were ever entertained , has recently died , bequeathing to the wife of Peters large funded property amounting to near £ 50 , 000 . Peters has for some time been working at his trade in this city .
FoBGEanes at the Custok-housk , Bristol , Dec . 17 . —Much anxiety has bean felt by the commercial world here in consequence of a gentleman holding a high situation in the Custom-house having absconded , and who it is alleged has committed forgeries to the amount of about £ 8 , 000 or £ 9 , 000 ; about £ 7 , 500 of forged acceptances having been already ascertained , one or two of which , it is said , are held by the branch of the Bank of England . Tho individual ia very highly connected , and the acceptances , it is said , purport to be those of a distinguished and gallant officer of high rank in the army .
Cork Workhouse . —Influx op poor Irish . — Owing principally , to the influx of paupers brought by the Bteamer Jupiter , from England , the number ef pauper inmates for whom , by dint of exertionthe creatures lying four and five in a bed—accommodation could be made in our workhouse on Thursday night , was nine hundred and eighty-six ! —a mass of destitution never before crowded within the walls of any Institution in this city . — Cork Reporter . The Nkw York packed-ship , Roscius , which has
arrived at Liverpool , fell in , on the 7 th , with the wreck of the Erin-go-Bragh , Sump'on , master , of Liverpool , homeward bound from Quebec . The wreck was in a sinking state . ? dr . Collins , the commander of the Roscius , took the master of the Eringo-Bragh , nineteen of the crew and Mr . J . W . Merrit , a passenger , on board the packet , and conveyed them in safety to Liverpool . Soimmirent was the Peril , that not an article belonging to any individaal was saved from the ship , which sank immediately after the Ruscius quitted her .
Ferocious Brutality . —To the catalogue of daring crimes described iu the public prints during the last few months , we havi : to add the perpetration of an outrage committed a short time since nt Cheddar , wnich , for the atrocity of the aet and the savage barbarity with which it was accompanied , surpasses in extent of wanton cruelty anything which it has for a long time been our office to record . A poor woman returning from market , after nightfall , to her home , waa suddenly accosted by three footpad ? , who fiercely demanded her money , 'i'he . poor creature
instantly delivered up the wV . ole of her little treasure , the produce of her market transactions ; but whocher the ruffians were disappointed by the smallness of tho amount , and were resolved on rifling all her under-garments , or whether they were solely influenced by the promptings of diabolical ferocity , we know not , bnt they literally stripped her of every particle of clothing , and left her , in that Btate of dreadfal destitution , to the chance of casual charity , or to perish by the way side , under the complicated agonies of terror , cold , and tortured modesty .
Matrimonial Advektubebs . —At Samaracg , tho second town in the island of Java , there exists a species of matrimonial lottery , which gives rise to many singular speculations . Orphan children , rich as well as poor , are all brought up in a public establishment The m « st profound si eace as to tho fortunes of these children is enjoined to every person employed in or about the institution . These fortunes are placed under the management of persons at Batavia , on whom a similar injunction of secrecy is imposed . The female orphans are kept in the
establishment until their marriage . Everyman possessing an annual income ot 730 florins , or two fljrius a day , is at liberty to choose a wife from umong them , but the amount of her fortune is not made known to him till several days after the marriage . A servant of the military hospital at Sainarang la . ely selected one of these damsels with a fortune of 65 , 060 florins . Since his good luck , the applications for wives from the asylum have become very arge nt ; for a report has got abroad that there is a marriageable girl still left , who will bring with her a priza of 200 . 000 florins .
Amti-Maltuusiak . —The followers of Mr . MalthuB must be horror-struck at sorao recent circumstances in the parish of Christchurch , Hants , where within the lest three weeks two women have been confined with three children each , and within three mouths , ten women have each borne twin children . The former ara the wifa of John Troke , who gsive birth to three boye , two of whom aro living ; and the wife of William Alorley , three boys since dead . Execution of Job J . Ward . —Thfi punishment of death was on Monday morning infiioted ou Job John Ward , who was convicted at the last November Sessions of tho Central Criminal Court of the wilful murder of Timothy Ested , bis illegitimate son , aged only one year and nine month ? . The culprit .
who was in the prime of life , his age being only twenty-eight years , has ever since his condemnation suffered the mo&t acute mental anguish , and on Sunday , during tbe condemned sermon , be fainted away in the chapel of Newgate , and the service was suspended for nearly a quarter of an hour in consequence . Shortly before eight o'clock the Reverend Ordinary , the Sheriffs , aud other officers were in attendance upon the prisoner in his cell . Mr . Carver asked him whether he admitted tho justice of his sentence , and he replied , " Oh dear , yes . " Mr . Sheriff Magnay then asked him whether ho would now wish to state anything as to the manner in which the child was killed ; he replied that the child was lying in the bed and he struck it with his
fist twice ; he added , that when ho did so , ho had not the least idea or intention to kill it , and he concluded by declaring positively that he never made use of the hammer . The Sheriff then asked him whether it was true that he was intoxicated at the time , to which he replied that he was , and be at the same time said he hoped that all working men would refrain from drink , for that had been the means of placing him in his present dreadful situation . Upon another occasion he told the Ordinary that it was dnnk which put tho idea of striking the child into his head , and that he wished liquor had been a guinea a quart on that day , as it would have prevenud the uufortunato occurrence taking place . The Sheriff then asked tho prisoner whether it was not possible that the head of tho child might have come iu contact with the chair or bed-post , but he replied that that couid not be , and again repeated , that the only injury inflicted
upon the child were tho blows with his fist , adding that at the time he had not the slightest intention of killing it , but a ^ those blows were tho ; causo of death , he acknowledged that , he was justly charged wnh the murder , and he was , therefore , liable to the punishment he was about to suffer . When the prisoner was pinioned he expressed a wish to shake hands with tha Sheriffs and Ordinary , and having done so , he exclaimed " God bless you , I thank you all for your kindness . " The usual hour , eight o ' clock , having arrived the culprit wa 3 led to the scaffold , with the usual proces * ion . He appeared very faint , and was supported by one of the turnkeys and Mr . Holding , one of the surgeons The appearance of the wretched man on the scaffold was the signal for a burst of cheers , mingled with groans , from the assembled crowd . He appeared to struggle for about a minute before life was extinct . At nine o'clock the body was cut down , and interred by the side of Blakesley .
Extknsivb Fraud on the Bank op Engiand at Liverpool . —During the last week ft fraud to the extent of £ l , 3 S 0 was committed upon the above establishment , by means of forged checks upon a Belgian bank , knovrn by the titlo of " Societe General pour favoriser l'lndustne Rationale . " The guilty party is a foreigner named Ranyier , between 35 and 40 years of aee . His height ia five feet four inches ; he has a florid complexion , and reddish hair . He speaks bad Euglith , and but indiffuient French . He is supposed to have arrived in Liverpool since the 1 st instant , in order to embark for
America . The following is a description of the notes obtained : —One £ 300 , dated the 3 d February , 1841 , No . 47 , 312 ; six £ 100 . dated the 5 th Februay , 1841 , No . 79 , 366 to No . 79 , 371 ; five £ 50 , dated the 6 th of October , 1841 , No . 13 363 to No . 13 . 367 ; two £ 40 , dated the 7 th of June . 1841 , No . 40 , 575 and No . 43 , 961 ; fire £ 10 , dated the 10 th of September , 1841 , No . 70 010 to No . 70 , 014 ; ten £ 5 , dated the 12 th of October , 1841 , No . 74 , 837 to No . 74 , 846 . A confederate of Banyier ' u was supposed to have gone to Leeds on Friday se ' nnight , and the police-officers were on the alert t& secure him . Their efforts , however , if he did enter the town , were unsiccessful .
Thb Armstrong Liver Pills are recommended t » an Anti-bilious medicine , to every sufferer from bilious complaints and indigestion , or from an Inactive liver , and are procurable at all Druggists , and at tke Northern Star office . It is only necessary to e * that tbe stamp has " " Dr . John Armstrong ' s Liver Pills" engraved on it in white letters , and to let no one put you off with any other pills . N . B . —The Pills in the boxes enclosed , in marbled paper , and marked B ., are * - a very mild aperient , and are particularly and universally praised . They are admirably adapted for sportsmen , agriculturists , men of business , naval and military men ; as they contain no mercury or calomel , and requite neither , ooufinejaaeiit to the house , aor restraint iaUiet ,
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_ Envublk SuB ; cRiBEBS .--The Ttpperarp Free 1 ' ? 5 commercial and monetary article , " makes the following classification of its readers : — Mark , vre do not complain of having a limited number of readers-ova complaint is that we have too manyJ . J The superabundant number may be placed under three heads . First , the shaie begging ? L ^ w ^ w ^ ers , in Cfonmel ( we except those who cannot afford to subscribe ) ; secondly , those who haunt oar Subscribers' hooaes hi order t « J > lZ ° V ' Me paper , ' * nd they are a most numerous ? i ! f jobbers . , Bnt the greatest scoundrels are i ! 2 m v ° f ibs < Jnbe and never pay-theee fellows should -be transported for taking property under 'false pretences P "
Amiwcul Jcb ron StULTitta ^ O ot readers will doubtless atter a note of admiration , signifying absolute incredulity in regard to the import of these words ^ nerert&eless "tis " true ; and true it is , without any occasion for pity , that a new marvellous feat of science is addad to those by which this era has been already distinguished , in the discovery of a chemical compound having all the appearance of ice—capabfo of being deposited in the sheet , and offering to the skater a surface much more agreeable for the purpose ^ of hia graceful exercise than that ordinarily supplied by the winter operations of nature upon our park waters . The gentleman who has achieved ihia victory over the elements of chemistry , Mr . Henry liiric , now exhibits the results of his some five years ' labour to that end at a building on the grounds of Si fcfe ^^ ? ° a ^ w V > Dorget-square . i he floor of the
apartment , 24 feet by 14 , is covered witfl an apparent icy integument—not quite as clear as orystal , but like congelation after a white frost , upon which a considerable number of members of the fekatmg club indul ged in their evolutions , and fully tested its pretensions . This substance , seveneighths of an inch thick , in this instance , lies close npon the floor of the room , and cannot be broken by any concussion short wf that by a sledge-hammer , and its endurance under the abrasion of the Bkate is a so most remarkable . Heat up to 100 degrees has also no effect upon it . In a word , it can be created and used as readily in summer as in winter , and we may therefore make up our minds to have as cood skating m the dog-days as at Christmas . Mr . Kirk projects an extensive ice-ground , surrounded by and set off with scenes of winter , executed by the best artists in that line .
The Prince of Wales . —Rational beings , or persons capable of the slightest pretence to rationality , cannot read the Gazette whioh proolaims the patent creation of Prince of Wales , without BHrprise that Such Gothic barbarities and absurdities should be still persevered in . A child of a few weeks old is created Prince of Wales , and yet as ho is not 'born' Prince of Wales , his elevation to the rank might as well be postponed until be is able to comprehend what it means , and to understand even what nominal functions he has to perforator execute . Preced nt is the plea for theBe tom-fooleries ; but the age has arrived when we are to estimate precedents by their rationality and utility , and not by their antiquity . The older the precedent the irrcater
is the presumption that it is absurd , ridiculous , or pernicious . If our barbarous , ignorant , superstitious , and priest-ridden ancestors made fools of themselves , is that any reason why we should follow their example 1 There must be an end to stupid precedents at one time or another : they are not eternal , aud we are just as capable of destroying them now as our successors cau be . This infant in Us long clothes , upon being created Prinoe of Wales ( what a quiz upon poor Taffy ) , is girt with a sword , which he cannot distinguish from a spoon , bodkin , or twetztr ; he has then a coronet placed on his head , a gold ring put on his finger , and a gold rod put in his hand , in order that he may ¦?* direct and defend those parta " the borders of England and Wales , there
having been no such bordors to defend since the reign of Qaeea Elizabeth , when border warfare ceased , and a baby in long clothes not being exactly the most fit person to enter into border warfare . It is quite time that such disgraceful nonsense should be ' removed from the sight of a rational people . Tho bishops , always most prominent where ceremonies are the most disgraceful , are active on this occasion , and it'is a bishop that begirts the baby with the sword . By a parity or consistency it ought to be a general or au admiral that places tho mitre on the head , and the crosier in the hand of a bishop at his Episcopal creation . After this comes a worship proclamation , from the Queen , as " defenderof the faith . " May we not inquire what faith is meant ? The British Empire comprises every faith under the
sur > , aud as a Sovereign is in theory and in principle , an impartial and equal defender of all parties , it follows that our Queen is not the defender of tht faith , whatever it may be , but the defender of all faiths . Though , if a faith cannot defend itself , it is not . worth defending . Well , her'Majesty , as defender of the faith , forsooth , orders a new edition of the prayer-book , and in which we freebornand rational Englishmen are ordered to pray for the Prince of Wales , after Prince Alber t ; Falstaff would not have even reason on compulsion ; nor do we like prayers upon royal command . We would pray for the Prince of Wales after or before Prince Albert , or pray for only one or neither , as it suited u * , and in no ease would pray npon compulsion . If the present Prince of Wales should be like the last Prince of Wales , we would heartily pray for his happiness , itB locality beiug ia the other world .
The Boy Jonbs . —Th ; s extraordinary lad , whose ropeatod visits to Buckingham Palace caused so much alarm some time ago , and who af . er being released from prison was sent out to sea in a merchant ship , has lately returned to England , and is bow at Liverpool . His case is likely to come under the notice of the authorities , for it appears he was sent away without the concurrence of his father , an old man of good c h aracter , who is living in Bellyard , York-strf et , Westminster , and who . not knowing the' destination of his son , was labouring under great anxiety about him until he received a letter from him a few day * ago , stating that the ship in which he had been induced to leave England had returned to Liverpool , and that he had been
subjected to much ill-mage on board . There appears io have been some irregularity in the mode of getting rid of this troublesome lad , and a good deal of money unnecessarily expended by a tradesman named James , reHdingin Westminster , and a Thames Police inspector , named Evans , who , after travelling about with him in England and Ireland for a mouth , eventually procured him a berth in a Liverpool ship , and not at Cork , as was tt ited some time ago . The lad is anxious to return ti > London , and has written to his father for the means of doing so ; but his father is too poor to defray the necessary expences of providing him with a passage to London . Several of his neighbours have promised to assist him , and there is no doubt he will soon reach home .
His father states that there is no reason for believing that his son will ever repeat the foolish freaks he has been guilty of , and that long before he was sent out of the country h « repented of his conduct , and was anxiousto obtain employment , which was offered him by several persons , who found the lad to be very intelligent . It appears that after the boy ' s libc-raiion from the Westminster Bridewell he was taken in hand by Mr . James , his father ' s landlord , who keeps the Bell public-house , in Bell-yard , Yorkstreet , Westminster , and James Christopher Evans , jun ., an Inspector of Thames Police , who acted from instructions conveyed from the Home-office . Evans represented himself to the father and his son as the agent of a ship in the London Docks , who would , on
iho recommondaaon of Mr . James , provide youDg Jones with a berth on board the Diamond , the Captain of which was stated to be a friend of Mr . James . The Diamond hal , however , left the London Docks when the parties arrived there , and Mr . James , the Police Inspector , and tbe boy hastened to Cork ; but for reasons stated in a letter from the boy to his father , he was not shipped . After visiting Plymouth and several other places , during which the lad was treated with the greatest kindness , ho was ultimately conveyed to Liverpool , and there shipped , upon wnat voyage has not been ascertained , nor has the boy in his letters mentioned the rtamo of the vessel or the voyage . The affair has beeu badly managed ; for the boy , after all the
expense aud trouble which has been taken about him , is again in England , after a five months' absence , and heartily sick of a seafaring life , for whioh , it appears , he never entertained a predilection . The same money , judiciously expended , would have procured him a good situation , and paid his passage to a distant colony , to which his father would not have objected , and where he could have given no more uneasiness to the authorities here . On Saturday , in consequence of its having come to the knowledge of the father of the boy Jones that the New Police had something to do with the shipment of bis son , he attended at the Thames Police Court for the purpose of waiting upon the Magistrate , and obtaining information on the subject , lie saw Evans , jun .,
whom he recognised as tho-very person who was introduced to him eix months ago as the agent of a ship in whioh his son was tr ; be sent to sea . Evans said he was the agent of a particular ship at that time , and all that had \) een done for hia son was done Sor his benefit . ^ Ir . Jones expressed hia surprise that a police on ? cer should represent himself as the agent of a Bhi ' p , and said that he ought to have been consulted on the subject , and informed , ef the destination of ' . he boy previous to his leaving the country . Evans r jfcid the boy ' a interests would nave been materially t ^ ffeeted if his destination had been made known , a- ad Bpoke in high terms of the fcoys intelligence *' ad * ood eonduot while he was with
rr * M J ' " »» * en Mid be wished to «*« . £ the Magjstr ate on the ¦ abject , ^ and w * r afraid hi « boy would be trepanned and teat wajtow »«««» * "& ?>* ) concurrence ; but he wm informed tte Magistrr ^ wou not be able to interfere jn . - . iM . matter , and after some further conversation he lett theCr art . The poor man is labouring under great anX 1 ' ty about hk son , and has been unable to f ° Uo ?! *" s' usual occupation during the last week , owing to hiF distress of mind . He intends to communicate v ith the authorities at Liverpool , and request them ' uotto allow his son to be trepanned into another . voyage , whioh there is reason to fear may De ( attempted .
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Interesting Anatomical Examination op a Female Chimpanzee . —In July Jast a very fine pair of chimpanzees were purchased by the Committee of the Bristol and € lifton Zoological Gardens , they having been brought direct from Africa to this port . During the summer and autumn these rare animals attracted the attention of visitors from all parts . From the circumstance of no specimen having been preserved in this country for a longer period than a fewiaoBths , as they have generally died of ooDSompturn , more than ordinary care and attention Were bestowed opon them by tbe keeper ; for a 3 they were a pair—a very unusual thing—the Committee set a very high valve upon them : but it was of no avail , as far a * relates to the female , for she died on the
5 thinsta&t , though not ( as it has subsequently been found ) of . the usual disease , consumption , but of dysentery , to which she had , in fact , been subject on her Toyage , asd continued to suffer from it ; iII her death . Indeed , there was no remedy , for it was foand impossible to administer any medicine . The keeper was in the habit of masticating her food , and feeding her from his mouth ; but the moment any kind of medicine was attempted to be introduced she rejected it , aad even after it had been forced down her throat she would throw it off her stomach . The body having been presented to the Bristol Philosophic Institution , was opened by Dr . Fairbrother , m the presence of some of the members . On being anatomically examined , its great similarity to the human frame w » b surprisingly apparent . The brain , lungs , heart , stomach , liver , spleen , kidneys , intestines
, &o ., were in form and shape almost exactly the counterpart of those in a human being ; the heart , in particular , presented a peculiarity never found in any other of the monkey tribe—that is , it had nearly the same obliquity and rested oa the midriff in the same manner as in the human body ; indeed , the only striking exception was in the organs of the voice , there being on the upper part of the ventricles ^ of the larynx two small membranous bags or sacks , ihto which part of the air must pass from the lungs during respiration ; so that the column of air is divided and diminished , and , consequently , the vibrations produced by its passage through the glottis are weakened , and the voice becomes inarticulatf . If it were not for this singular provision , it is supposed that the chimpanzee would be capable of giving utterance to its feelings and wants in the same manner that man does . —Bristol Standard .
Foua Vessels Run Down at Sea—Within the last two or three days the underwriters at Lloyd ' s have received intelligence of four vessels having been run down during the late dreadful gales from the north-west , uuhappily attended with loss of life . The vessels in question are the schooner Eliza , belonging to Ipswich , the Defiance , of Greenwich , the schooner Nancy , belonging to Yarmouth , and the brig Queen , of Newcastle . It appears that the Eliea , which was a fast-sailing vessel , was run down on the night of the 5 th inst ., between ten and eleven , near Harwich , by a brig called the Conudon , of Stockton , and it was a miracle that the crew , many of whom were asleep in their berths , were not carried dowa wiih the vessel , for she sank in a few minutes
after the collision . Fortuately they got on board of the brig , but were not able to save any property . The vessel is supposed to be insured . The Nancy was lost on the same night , and the account given of her Io 3 s is , that she was in the roads off the eastern coast , making for Yarmouth , when tho Jean and Mary , of Whitby , came athwart her bows with such tremendous violence that she almost immediately sank , and it was with the utmost difficulty that the other vessel was prevented from sinking , her starboard quarter being completely driven in . The master , Mr . Tedd , and £ he crew saved themselves by jumping into the long boat , and landed the following morning at Yarmouth very much exhausted . The Jean and Mary has since been run ashore to save
her . Both vessels are insured . As regards the Defiance , she waa lost on the 10 th inst ., off Cromer Lighthouse . She was at anchor at the time , and the vessel that caused her destruction was the schooner Alert , of Whitby . The master , who is the owner of the vessel , is unfortunately not insured . On the morning of the 11 th , Saturday week , the Queen , on her voyage to London from Shields , laden deeply with coals , when off Scarborough , was run down by a batque , name unknown , and three of the crew sank with the ship . The remaining portion of the crew sprang into the jollyboat just as she was sinking , and were picked up about four hours after by a fishing smack , and landed at Flamborouxh . The vessel was valued at £ 2 , 000 .
Dreadful Earthquake . —The following account has been received from a resident at San Jose , Costa Rica , oa the Isthmus of Darien , dated September H , 1541 : —•** . Wo hava had lately some shocks ef earthquake which have caused great consternation , but happily , in this place , have not been attended with fatal effects . A little after six in the morning of the 2 nd Instant the first shock took place . I was dressing at the moment , and immediately rushed to the door , some woodwork from the top of which , falling down , smashed to atoms my washhaudbasin , and gave me a slight blow oa the leg . However , I soon found my way to the square , where I encountered a motley assemblage , some en chemise , others with blankets round their shoulders , women screaminir , dogs howling , and every sign of confu-Bion and dismay . This was an awful moment . The houses though much shaken , had not fallen , and we were every instant expecting another shock . The
next was less violent , and fortunately did no damage ; but for nine days and nights we were kept in continual alarm by slighter tremblings of the earth . We passed the nights in our clothes , with the doors open to the street , to favour our esoape , if it should be secessarv . My house is so much damaged that I have ' not ventured to sleep in it since , and I understand it will be taken down . I have probably mentioned in my firmer letters that the houses here are only from twelve to fifteen feet in height , as some precaution against the danger of earthquakes ; but , as I live opposite to a church , I did not view , without apprehension , the tower , which is one hundred feet high . In Cartago , five league .-hence , the effects were dreadful in the extreme . In less time than I can write it , a city of ten thousaad souls was laid in ruins . What are all the evils of war compared to such tremendous devastation ? It seems wonderful how so few livea should be lost .
The inhabitants were indebted for their preservation to their early rising . All the houses were levelled to the ground , and not more than forty or fifty persons killed and wounded , You may imagine the distress of the survivors , without a roof to shelter them , and exposed to the mercy of the elements . They have pitched their tents in the streets and squares—miserable huts roofed with hides or leaves , a very slender protection when the rain is coming down in torrents for eight or ten hours successively . Many of them will , no doubt , perish from levers . The poor will suffer much from the dearness of food , the chief article , maiza , having been much damaged by the cattle getting into the fields , the enclosures having been destroyed by the earthquake . The cause of all these calamities has been an eruption of a volcano three leagues beyond Cartago . The last earthquake took place in the year 1822 , but the mischief was then confined to the destruction of a few
houses . The people have , as you may suppose , conducted themselves like good Catholics . Images of saints were carried in procession through the streets , public prayers were offered daily , and women wtro walking about , doing penance , by carrying huge stones on their heads . " Bohough Court of Requests , Saturday . —The Dustman ' s Christening . —Joseph Brown , a regular dastman , summoned Charles Norton , a gentleman in the same line of business , for £ 1 2 s . 6 d . Although the parties were in humble life , the case created n <> little degree of interest , numerous gentlemen being present with their "fantail shallows , " accompanied by their wives and darters * to- hear , » 3 one of the young ladies expressed herself , the result of
the"inwegistation . Complainant—It s rather a long Btory , but I shall keep to . the main pints of it . ( Laughter . ) Commissioner—Thank you ; "Brevity is tbe soul of wit . " Complainant—You are werry right , Sir ; my eldest darter larni that at school . ( Laughter . ) But to come to the pint , as I said afore , my old homan was confined with a boy the same day as her Majesty —( load ] &ughtez >—and me and Sal agreed as how we'd christen him Albert on the same day as the Prince of Wales . I loeked hevery day nto the Court Circtrfcu \ to fiod out venthe hinteresting ceremony waa to be performed , but , finding the affair was not to come off till Februrary , me » nd my vife had a consultation , and , finally , ve agreed as our first boy should be christened last Monday .
( Laughter . ) 1 i » wit « d a suur party to have some supper and spend the bevening . I guv my old homan a euvereiga and a half wot I had saved up , ; she bought tw © ribs of beef , which was sent to the bakehouse , and a lot of taters under it : besides , we had two ham aad veal pies , a piece of the buttocks of beef , &c . ; I got in four gallons of heavy wet ,, two bottles of Rin , a drop of brandy , and lots of pipes and tobacco . The defendant was inwited , with his old homan , and five otherpals ; we all made a capital snpper , except Bill Saunders , who happered rather fresh When he first come . Arter the cloth was cleared , the nsual loyal toasts were given and done due honour to , and Mrs . Norton BaBg the ** light o * other days "—( lau « hter ) -aBd Jem , Roberts the ^ tom" -Oaughter . ) -But little did I think a bmithew
storm yns Krewing . < Laughter . ) Joe then proposed the health of Master Halbert Brown , Tich was about to lie-given froor the-oheer , when the defendant got up , aud swdwr belonged to the Arutocratical party , and he would not drink the toast ; I , aa' * heenaa * , rode to dwaand an hexpla « ation , when he ( defendanOsays , ^ lirfi ght any man intaeroo * foMi v * b « b . 1 got np to pat him out of the room , when he seized ne , and tore mj velveteen jacket aUtepieceB , and that ' s vot I summoniiim for . ( Roars of laughler . ) Defendant—I don't deny it , Mr . Commissioner , but I hates royalty , even by the name . I did not wish to injure Mr . Brown ; bat if he had not given his boy such a crack jaw word , this here affair could never have took place . The defendant then paid the amount , and the gentlemen left the court .
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Singular Ciecummahck . —There is at present m the , ^^ of . Robert Lyon . Coo Hall , Sessay , . in the North Riding , a hen which has " for six successiveyears changed the colour of its plumage * it ia one year beautifully speckled , then the ensuing year completely white . Travelling Extraordinary . — Two wiseacres , residents of Peterefield , were last week neatly gulledby a man callicg himself a sailor . He stated to those greenhorns that he had about seventy pounds prize money to receive , and that he had drawn tea pounds at Portsmouth to convey him and pay him expenses to London , bnt which he had unfortunately lost ; the remainder he was to receive at Somerset House immediately on his arrivine there , his pacera
for which he had forwarded to his sister at RatcliSehighway . He very generously offered the parties twenty pounds to convey him to London in some vehicle , which they did , and were to pay all travelling expenses . Tbe money was to be paid immediately on their arrival in London . The party lived gloriously on tbe road , sparing no expense , but on arriving in London Jack made a sudden bolt , leaving his companions to travel back to Petersfiald , andto > bewail their unlucky fate in having to pay the piper out of their own poekets , instead of grasping twentypounds for so slight a service rendered . —Hampshire Independent . Du&uw—Cruel Tbbaimeut op the Poor . —The board of guardians for the Cork union intend retaliating upon the English Poor Law authorities for
transmitting to Cork a number of paupers who were pro p erly chargeable upon that or other Irish unions , but not upea an English union . A number of the paupers , brought over iu the ship Jupiter , applied for admission . The first applicant was a woman , with three children . She was a native of Cork , but her husband was a Welshman . Mr . Cantillor ( according to the Cork Constitution ) said that , although-the woman had no claim on the onion , they could not turn her out upon the streets—Mr . M'Carthy r Out with her—out with her—sbe is an Englishwoman . —Mr . Cantillor : Oh , oh ! What will become of her J—Mr . M'Carthy : Let her die in the streets . —Mr . Hackett : Oh , not so fast . —Yes ; she is an Englishwoman . Let her die in the streets
—it , is merely a return for their kindness to our poor . ( Cries of "Shame i shame !")—The paapera were ordered to be turned out of the house , though the mother protested that she and her infants , one of whom was sevea ^ another five , and the third three years 6 f age , had no means of procuring shelter or a morsel of food . Several men , women , and children , were turned but of doorB , even though they were natives of Ireland , becaase they had lived some yean in England , and were considered by the guardians .
as properly chargeable upon English unions . The proceedings of the guardians , in reference to this matter , were long and stormy . Th « y ultimately decided upon applying to his excellency Earl de Grey , praying his interference with the secretary of state tor the home department to prevent the immense influx of paupers from the port of London to the port of Cork , Without reference to the immediate union in Ireland to which the said paupers may belong ; and further observing , that the transmission of Irish paupers from London te Cork web illegal .
Death iw the Queen s Bemch Prison . —On Thursday Mr . Le Pipre held an inquest in the Queen ' s Bench prison on the body of David Wild , aged 71 , a prisoner confined for debt , and formerly a linen draper . The jury consisted , as usual , of twelve prisoners , six being rulers . Mr . Samuel Cooper , surgeon , said that he was first called to sea deceased on Monday afternoon last , and found him in his room , labouring under oppression of the chest , and having a very troublesome cough and pain in the region of the heart . He wore a plaster on the chest , which showed that it had been affected for some time . Witness offered to take him into the infirmary , but deceased preferred his own room . Witness prescribed for him , and the next day , being urged to do
SO , deceased consented to go into the infirmary , ra which he died on Wednesday last . Deceased had applied too late for medical succour ; if he had applied sooner , he might have been bled , and received other treatment , which probably would have prolonged , his life . Deceased said to a prisoner , on . coming into the prison , that his heart was broken , and that a creditor had taken his property from him , and then cast him into prison . Deceased waa perfectly sane , but his circumstances must have preyed , npon his mind He had been in prisons fortnight . Ho died of disease of the heart , combined with aB affection of the chest . Charlotte Harris—I had been the deceased ' s housekeeper for the last seven years He Was subject to gout , and had a
long illness last Christmas . Deceased told me confinement wonld break his heart . He had no children , and had never been in prison before . The amount of the debt for which he was confined was about £ 40 . Verdict—'" Died of disease of the heart , which was greatly accelerated by deceased ' s having been imprisoned at such an advanced age . " Accident nr Lightning . —On Friday , during a storm of hail and thunder , which raged about oho o ' clock , an alarming accident happened at the nevr printing and dying works erected for Messrs . Higginbotham and Co ., near Little Govan . Alr » Fleming , cashier of the works , and Mr . BoW , contractor for the brick building , were standing in one of the flats of tho new mill , looking at the large stalk , and conversing as to the propriety of keeping on a fire to dry it , when Mr . Fleming observed &
ball of flame strike the south-west aide of the etattr , and darting forwards , the concussion having occasioned a no se like the explosion of a gun . Immediately after , it was observed that the stalk wa 3 shattered , and rent for the space of about twenty or thirty yards . A labourer , who was employed ia working lime at the foot of the stalk , was struck with the thunderbolt , and . precipitated into a hole near to the place on which he was standing . On being lifted up , his arms and legs were powerless , and he appeared altogether debilitated for dome time , when he regained the use of his limbs , except one leg , the power of which , it is feared , he will Hot recover . The wall of a building erecting adjacent was also struck and broken . The stalk , which was recently finished , is 220 feet in height , and it measures seven feet in diameter at the top . — Glasgow Herald .
Frightful and > Fatal Accident on the Londok and Birmingham Railway . —On Saturday afternoon an accident of a frightful nature , and which terminated - fatally , took place' on the line of the London and Birmingham Railway , at a place called Chigington , a few miles below Aylesbury . The up third class , or goods' tram , had arrived within a short distance of the station , and the train had not yet stopped , when a man named William Gilley , foreman of the plate-layers of that division of tbe line , and who had come up a * a passeBger , imprudently jumped out of the train .. The unfortunate fellow , nut being aware that anything else was approaching , instead of jumping off on the same side » 3 the station , did to on that next the road , at whioh moment the York passenger train was coming up at the rate of at least thirty miles an heur . Before poor Gilley could reach the ground he was caught in the back by the buffer of the engine by which the York train was being
drawn , and wife Buch fearful violence was the shook that his body , was seen by the guards of the goods train apparently to fly to the extent of between thirty aad forty yards . It had not reached the ground the second time before his body was again caught and hurled forward by the front of the iu « ine , the driver of whioh endeavoured to stop the speed , but was wholly unable to do s » before the entire train , consisting of nearl / thirty carriages , had passed over him . The guards of the goods' train instantly ran to the spot , at least sixty yards from tho place where the-poor fellow had jumped out , and notwithstanding the dreadfaUy shattered appearance of his body in every part , liJe was not qaite then extinct * and he breathed for a few secoiids after . The body of the unfortunate man , who waa twentyeifiht years of age , and single , was conveyed by . the goods' train on to Aylesbury , where it awaits a Coroner ' s inquest .
Toe . Forgeo- Exchequer Bill Appairi . —The veil that was drawn over this atrocious business is beginning , to b » seen , through , and tha mystery which hung about it to be gradually giving way to th > enquiring eyes of the few . It is now Madered pretty evident that Baaumont Smith is not the principal in the af £ ii » v alihough he has avowed himself to be so ; he is-the saape-goat for the greater , more ©• salted knaves ; and his declaration of being " wholly and solelj guilty , " was to throw dust in the eyes of the public as to the detection of the real culprits It iaa juggle between the officers » f the Crown ¦ and justiee , and is to be" hushed up" with as little noise as possible ^ Smith will not be transported , or if lie is . will be seat out on a voyage of pleasure toNew
South Wales , and re-shipped after a short time tor the European Continent , where he will pass his life in luxury , provided for him by the greater rascals in . the business . It is a juggle , we say , to gull that jackass John Boll ; and all the parade of legal bigwigs at Smith's trial , and the affected solemnity of the proceedings , was of the fashion of the Cardigan juggle in the House of Lords . It was known very well to the judge and the counsel on both sides , that Smith was to plead guilty , and Rapallq was to be lei ont of the bag in time enough to afford him the facility of esoape before any new mock proceedings were got ap against him . If Bapallo were brought to trial he could , and perhaps would , implicate parties in the fraud at whom the finger of suspicion has net yet pointed : more than one nobleman is said tojresfc
under the imputation of having xknowletlge or toe affair , and of having participated in the profits of the forgery . Of coarse the noblemen , being on the ' * morality" side of the question , would east a staia upon the jugglers who now direct tbe whirlwind of affairs find float in the political storm between plaee and perdition . The matter most be " hushted up , " the public defrauded , and the enlpriU shielded . Smith , we say , will be handsomely provided forwill be secured a provision for life ; and , this for taking upon himself the guilt of more deTout rascals —men who will pass to ; the grave in * ' monumental pride , " but who , if there existed an equitable administration of justice , would be paraded before tho world in all the deformity of titled delinquency and " moral" and political degradation . —ffoiirot .
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THE NORTHERN STJR .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 24, 1841, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1141/page/3/
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