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TO ENGLAND . Oh , England , if thy mighty powers Were "wielded by the free , Whata " Star " onto the nations—Wist a Saviour then mightst be . ' The Son in his eternal course Ne ' er seta upon thy name ;* Tie -winds of Heaven echo forth Thy glory and thy feme I Tet , " mi ^ st thy fame and glory proud , What pictures do we see , Of noble hearts and honest "worth Condemned to misery . The blessings sent by God to all , Are plundered by a few ; And poverty and grim despair Salt s ] 2 the empire through . The red blood of thy bravest sons Is shed in foreign wars , To put down rising liberty And aid the tyrants' cause . Where ' er we tain , -where ' er we gazs , Oppression stiH is plain , The Affghan and Canadian Curse England's galling c-M'fa-Bat let the slave uplift his eye , And view the coming licht ; Our cruel tyrauta soon BhaU die Confounded in theii might . Acd God will visit them ere long , With retribution sura ; For he bath curs'd from his high seat Oppressors of the poor . P The sun never sets upon the British Empire . - ? -
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PRESENTATION OF THE NATIONAL PETITIOS HO >\ DAT , JU . 7 2 > D , 1 S 42 . Song—The Chartist Gay Bay . It 7 ra 3 Xature * ^ ay . day Bright smiling May day , Each heart "was yearning our country to free ; Tiiy banners were'bringiiig , The people -were singing Of the days of their fathers an-I sweet liberty . JJsrrily boendinj , Bianers surrounding , Each slsve clash'd his chains on that happy day ; To meet thu 3 delighted By ail invited , Jo join the brave throng " nesih freedom ' s bright ray .
Thousands -were marsball'd , TLe throng forward marched ; Tie burden of millions was borne onward too , From the field to the Su-and , With bannera and band , The nighty assemblage of Chartists doth go , Their " foes fill with wonder , As proudly they thunder Their shout 3 for their Charter , theii hearts "with hope fill'd . To St Stephen ' s they bear it , By the table they rear it , - A . monument to testify their woes and theii "wilL
The evening descended , Their freedom "was ended , The Isds and the lasses Talked ihrocghtfully away . Sriil the hope brooding Of freedom forboding , The enfraiiehised , ibsir promises , yefc wonld repay . Thr day is passed over , And cow they discover The Whigs and the Tcrias just answer them so—Ob , slaTies . believe ye , We vriil net deceive ye ; Ye eiiU not be heaid jour grievance to show . S . J Bristol .
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LEEDS . Wateb Wobks Compa 5 T . The feneral annual meeung of the directors and Ehareoldeis of ihis Company was held at the Court Houss , on Monday last , at noon , George Goodman , Esq . ic the chair . The reports of the retiring directors , and of Messrs . Leather and Son , the engineers to the Company , were read and adopted . Both documents represented the affairs of the Company , and tbe progress and prospects of the works , as being of a \ exj sansfactorj character . The following were appointed the Board of Directors for the ensuing
year : — Mr . William Beckett , Mr . Richard Bramley , Mr . Thomas Clapham , 3 Ir . Thomas Lupton , Mr . W . M . Mande , Mr . John iletcalfe , Mr . John Garland , Mr . Thomas Charles worth , and Mr . Edward Rooke . It appeared to be the confident opinion of the engineers and of the direciors for the past year , that the Company will be able to continue a constant and plentiful ^ nipply of water to the whol e town of Leeds , and that the undertaking will prove of general advantage to the public , and one of fair profis . to the shareholders . Thanks were voted to the directors for the past year , and to the Chairman , and the meeting broke ud .
Pocket Pickixg . —On Monday , a notorious prosiimte named Mary Go ] lag > . er , was charged before the Esgistrsies at the Court House , on a charge of hariEg abstracted the sum of 7 s . 6 d . from the pocket cf a -caiij vrho . on Sunday uJght , 1 appsned to ba standing in Call lane , near the Aire and Calder Warehouse , when the prisoner ran np to him , thrust htr hacd in his pocket and took ihe ca * h , with which die made off . She was taken direc ly , and 5 s . 5 d . foiled tied in her shawL She was seat to Wake-£ sld for three months .
Ekb .- zzvtKsyr . —On Monday last , a middle aged Ban named Jonn Pott =, who has been for the last two j .-ars a bookkeeper in the employ of Messrs . Ceoptr , Field , and Hood , ironmasters . Pottery forge , was brought up at the Court House , on * charge of having * mbezz-ed various sums of money , ; . m ounting to . £ 45 1 C » . 7 d . ^ belonging to his ttaplojeis . Mr . Hood stated , that from lapse of time ht sent a letter , on the 29 th of April , to Messrs . wwer , Middleton , Wilson , and Co ., of Middleton Coilierr , complaining of the non-settlement of their
acconsi , vr hich , according to their books appeared j » be £ ib U 3 . gj . This letter it afterwards ap- i Peared had never been received by Messrs . Bower tod Co ., bat on the 3 rd May he received one , which { JHirported to be an answer thereto , apologizing for i * te non-payment ; other circumstances , however , transpired , which led to a suspicion that all was I Sot quite right , and an inquiry taking place the . ! former amount was discovered to have been received by Potts , between the saonths of January , j iwl , and Febraury . 1842 . for which he had failed j
» weounfc . He was therefore taken into custody oh * wamnt taken out against him by Mr . Hood . Mr . ¦ Fbottas Wordsworth , from the Middleton colliery , ) ProFed having paid the prisoner the money , and Mr . « ood that he had never accounted for it ; and , * nen apprehended , he said he had taken the money j for the n ? e of hi 3 family , a 3 hi 3 salary was not suffi- j went ; 2 nd admitted to Mr . Hood that he had abstr a < ted the letter which ought to have been sent to Messrs . Bower , Middleton , and Co ., and caused an «!? w er to be written from his own dictation . He * ss committed for trial . The prisoner applied for I bail ,-which was granted , on condition that he could 1 Jrocare it go ; d and suffie ' eat .
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Stealing Wood . —On Monday , a young man named Joseph Hillam , lately in the employ of Messrs . Maclea and Marsh , engineers , Holbeck , was charged at the Coots House with having stolen several planks , the property of his employers . Ic was proved that on the Thursday previous , the prisoner was seen by a female to take three planks from the yard of the firm , and afterwards to fetch another . These he carried to the house of a man named Kitchin , " from whence they were fetched by another man , named Denton , whom Hillam had employed . The planks were identified , and the prisoner was committed for trial . Denton , the man above referred to , and a youth named John Leeman , were also apprehended , on suspicion of being concerned in the robbery , but there being no evidence against them , they wera discharged .
Fiee . —On Saturday evening about six o ' clock , considerable alarm was felt at a report that a fire had broken out in the premises of Mr . Ellershavr , oil-merchant , Albica-street . The smoke certaiDJy burst forth in terrifie volumes , and a powerful body of flams was also emitted . It arose , however , fiom a source where it was easily subdned , and fortunately it . vas all got out with very little damage , and before the arrival of the fire engines , which were soon upon the fpot . The fire-plugs in the neighbourhood were drawn , and an abundant supply of water was at once at hand , had it been needed . Mr . Ellershaw has been arching over some cellars in the yard of his premises , and had erected a temporary boiler to prepare coal tar , to spread over the brick work . This , from some neglect , was suffered to boil over , and was at once in ablaze .
Burgla-rt . —During the night of Sunday last , th ? dwelling-house of Mr . John Brown , of Scircrofc , near Leeds , was entered by thieves , by removing two iron stancheuns from " a window . The family were not disturbed , and the burglars got off with four silver tea spooDs , marked E . T ., a quantity of wearing apparel , and other articles . No information has been received calculated to lead to a detection oi the i Sieves . Cruelty to Animals . —The manner in which calves aro brought to Leeds on a Friday morning , and the cruelry which is exercised towards the-rn by being tied with their leas together , and laid one npon another , has for some years at this reason a . 1-
trastedlbe attention of persons of humane mind , and through their representations , the police have been sent by the magistrates to lay informations against those thus offending . In coassquence oi" this , two policemen went out on Friday morning last , to watch the carts on their progress to Leeds from Otley , iy whom the carts were inspected , aud summonses were taken out against eight individuals , all of _ Otley . Their names are Stephen Foster , William Weare , John Marsden , John Nicholson , John Bell , John Cannright , Wm . Jackson , and Thos . Thompson . These ail appeared before the West Ri . iing Magistrates at Leed ? , on Tuesday las-t , and were convicted in the penalty of 5 i . each , and the co ? t 3 , amoHnting to 12 s , 6 d . more in each case .
Felony . —Oa Tuesday last , a young man , named Robert Scock ? , whose connexions are said to be respectable , but whose appearance indicated a pretty close acquaintance with the enemy which is said to steal away the brains , was brongbt up at tho Court House on a charge of having stolen one of Salter ' s spring balances , from the bar of Mr . Hir .- i , the Dcke William Inn , Waterloo-street . Mrs . Hirst stated tha-. the prisoner was at their house on Friday evening last , and for a short time was left in the bar by himself . He went away about half-past seven , saying he had to attend the di ? spction room . The balance was not missed until Monday , when , in consequersce of it having been told to Mrs . H . that Stocks had been seen leaving the house wi ; h it in his hand , he was apprehended , and the balance wad found to have beeu pledged by a woman of the town , to whom he had given it for thas purpose . He was committed for trial .
DUBIFBIES . —Ridi . vg of thb Marches . — In the beginning of the week it was announced in the local newspapers that , on the anniversary of the birth-Gay of the Queen , the magistrates and town council had resolved to revive the custom of going in procession round the royalty , to join in which all the inhabitants were invited . On Monday , a profusion of hand-bilis were circulated , intimating the the route , and detailing the order of procession . But'" The h ? st laid schem 33 o' mice and men gang aft agley . " And so it proved on this occasion , for , thanks to the spread of Caartism and common sense , both among the working and middle classes of our good town ,
although the civic functionaries , as might be gathered from their atnounceiatnts , evidently anticipated a general maner of the trades , and other inhabitants ; they were fated to be miserably disappointed . The cortege presented the following spectacle : —First came a bevy of ragged urchins , carrying handkerchiefs displayed on hticks ; next followed the town ra : s , or burgh ofBocrs , with their cocked hats , square-skirled coats , and toy halberts—then seven or ei « ht of the magistrates and council , flanked by a strong posse of cyprians , and about twen ; y of the most dissolute of the old freemen brought up the rear , bearing four or five shabby flags . The whoie scene strongly reminded one of the March of Jack Falstaff and his tagged regiment thiousb Coventry .
Abuut a mile out of town , when they were about to pa ^ s through a wheat field , the whole of the cavalcade was brought to a stand , and finally pat to the rout by a stoat countryman , who , armed with a whip , ' disputed the passage . On arriving at that part of the route where the boundary line of the regality enters the extensive morass of Locharmo ? s , there was a halt and a mutiny among the forces for liquor , Jbut it was qutlled by one of the Baillies , who mounted an omnibus and harangued his followers , promising them abundance when they reached the end of their journey . The magistrates then turned and went home in the Bailie's rostrum , leaving their dapes to make the best of their way through the moss as they best could . On arriving in town , their worships spent their time mnch more agreeably in
carousing at the expense of the burgh till about two o ' clock , when they again started for the extreme boundary of the burgh roods . Here the most disgusting part of the basiaess began . The magistrates commenced to distribute ale and whiskey to about a hundred of the most abandoned of ear population , both male and female . It was not long till the whole "field presented the appearance of a bear garden . Altogether , while the entire proceedings reflect de * p and indelible disgrace on those who , although by their office the guardians of the public peace and the conservatives of the public mora . 13 , wantonfy infringed the one and attempted to damage the other . It is much to the credit of the great mass of the operative and middle classes that they kept aloof from scenes so little in accordance with the sp : rit of the age . —Correspondent .
MANSFIELD . —The state of suffering and privation under which our townspeople have for menth 3 been labouring has at length reached something like its climax . The various departments of silk work have been carried on in a most tantalising manner since the last panic , the men having from one to two and three days' work per week ; and sometimes a week and a fortnight without any : and the . whole , of the knotted ,: and most of the fancy , silk hinds , together with some ol the cotten hands , and the prospect of a many more being added :-o their number , have been-some weeks totally unemployed . In this state of things a meeting of the starving operatives waa called at the Black Swan , and a committee waa formed . The meetius ? was
spiritedly and eloquently addressed by a number of speakers ; and the miseries we endure were traced to their primary cause—the cruel aud corrupt ins-. itutions of our country . An address waa agreed to on Saturday , calling upon the possessors of the products of our labour to * give us back a little of it to form a general relief fund . The men have paradeu some of the principal streets of the town in a body , when a spectacle of woe and want—of patient suffering—and countenances that evinced the deep working of the most agonising reflection * , such as is seldom seen , induced some of the idle gazers from the shops and windows to enquire into the state of their destitute and wretched neighbours . The town is decidedly worse off now than it ha 3 been for a
long tims , and the employers hold out no hope 3 of any alteration in our prospect 3 . Many o those who are in- work are almost as bad as those without it , for the truck system prevails to a most scandalous extent ; and I know of many who never receive any money from their employers . The blighting effects of this fast-spreading evil are everywhere seen . It is "impossible for those who are at work to procure any money , aisd scores of them work all the year round and have but one suiJ of clothes , aad even they are the refuse of Bomo consequential being wlic never yielded society an equivalent for a meal ' s meat in his life . The food of these people is of the coarsest description , and the quantity of it just
sufficient to enable them to exist . Some of the unemployed have been driven to the most terrible shifts—two of them have lived for three days together upon horse-beans ; and what with the mental anxiety they feel in consequence of their starving children not having anything to eat , and their . own physical sufferings , they are most pitiable subjects of distress . At the meetiDg tomorrow morning the addresses will be distributed , and deputations will be appointed to wait upon those called the middle and upper classes . It is expected that there will be an accession of some hundreds to the number now out in a few days ; and the factory lords are going to take & penny out of the shilling from their hands to meet the income tax next week . — Correspondent .
POLMONT , ( bt Falkihk . )— -Total Abstinence . —Mr . Lowery delivered a lecture on the principles of Total Abstinence in Polmont Hall , on the evening- of the 27 th ult . The audience was but smalL The lecture was euch as would have been expected from such an advocate as Mr . Lowery has repeatedly shewn himself to be ; and pity it is that the people of Polmont are so far forgetful of their own true interests as not to svail themselves of the opportunities allewed them of hearing the benefits of this cause elucidated . A vote of thanks was given to Mr . Lowery at the close of the lecture .
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Ax the window of a shoemaker's Bhop , in High H"lborn , a paper is exhibited on which is written , — "The New Inventted Victorier and Prince Allbert Epsum Race Boot for the Derby Day—to be had within , only 103 6 i a pare . " A IIed Rain !—A red rain is stated by the Courtier Grec , to have fallen recently at Tripoli ! za and elsewhere ; and it is added that the minister of the interior has collected information respecting that extraordinary phenomenon , which would be submiited to the examination of the medical board . An Example . —Sir Harry Featherstonehaugh has increased the wages of hi 3 Sussex labourers , and given each a quantity of malt to brew thoir own beer—upon condition t ' n ^ y abstain from frequenting beer shops and public houses .
Ths Attempt to obtain a church-rate at Newport in the I ? le of Wij ; ht does not succeed . At a Vettry meeting last week , Mr . Pring , the senior churchwarden , complained of the delapidated state of the church , aud his own unpleasant situation , " sitting in a church exposed to the wind and rain ; " but his plaints did not move the vestrymen . The motion for a rale of lOd . in the pound was negatived , by 100 to 11 . Fatal Accident . —A fine little boy , about three years of age , being lately playing with hia little brother in the house of a neighbour at Blackwood , in the Township of Sowerby , near Halifax , was unfortunately burnt to death .
The Taiuff . —A county meeting was held on Penenden Heath , on Thursday , convened by the High Sheriff of K ^ nt , to consider the portion of the Tariff relating to hyps . Tho High Sheriff presided ; and among the speakers were Viscount Torrington and Mr . T . L . Hodges . The County Members and the Ministers shared the indignant reprobation of the meeting . HesJuSions wero passed against tho Tariff , declariEg that the consumer would not benefit , because tho cuUuto of hops would merely be transferred to foreign lands ; suggesting that the 11 real interests of the consumers as well as of the hop-planters , would be beat consulted by reducing the malt duty ; ' and complaining of the mode in which hop-growers are singled out for assessment under the Income-tax Bill . .
Nottingham . —Mr . Walter has come forth as a candidate for Nottingham ; responding , ho says , to the friendly disposition evinced towards him— " In the hope that I may unite all voices in my favour , and with a resolute determination to exert all my faculties for the be ^ o interests of the town and the general good of my countrymen , I intend to appear among you on the day of nomination ; wh < n I trust that I shall shako tanny an honest friend by the hand , and find the hostility of those who opposed mo appeased by tho perseverance with which . I seek the favours of all . "—Mr .. Walter says nothing , as Joseph S ' . urge does , about the necessity of abiding by purity of election , and of using no weapons but those of truth and justice .
Stage Coach Travelling across the Desert . — The daily papers announce , by advertisement , the establisbmei . t oi' a stage coach communication between Cairo and Suez ! Here is the march of civilisation . But a few years since it was supposed that camels or dromedaries , from their power of enduring thirst , could only traverse those arid plains aud penetrate tha solitude " of the desert . Now we have hotels established at regular interFals , with relays of horses and a coach running , which performs the journey regularly in about eighteen hours . The announcement at the close of tho advertisement is amusing— " Refreshments and provisions supplied in the desert at very moderate charges . " —Athenesum .
Foreign Assurances at Hamburgh . —The following , according to tha Prussian Slate Gazette , was the real amount oi propmy insared at Hamhurgh in foreign assurance effises : — The Sun Fire-oflice had policies out in H-imburgh to the amount of 3 , 300 , 000 marks banco ( £ 23 § , O 0 OJ , of which about two-thirds will have to be paid ; the Phoenix and the Royal Exchange , it is believed , will be heavier losers than tho Sun . The Cologne Company had not more than about 400 , 000 marks banco ( £ 28 . 000 ) insured in Hamburgh , and tho Aix-la-Chapelle and Munich Company about 700 , 000 marks banco . Of all the foreign companies the Gotha Bank will bo the heaviest loser . Its losses , according to the most moderate estimate , will exceed 4 , 000 , 000 marcs banco or £ 23 , 0000 .
" Any Thing for an Honest Penny . " —Last week Mr . Bricdley , acting the part of Bombastts Funoso , attempted the magnanimons work of enforcing bludgeon arguments upon the Socialists , auJ instilling into their minds by the same mild means , the meek doctrines of Christianity . He has assumed a new character this we < k , and in it commenced a warfare last Friday night agaiDst the Phrenologists . The scene of combat was the Adelphi Theatre , and the charge ior admission to witness the hostile exhibition , varied from the small charge of o ' d . to that of two shillings . Poor Brindley was not , however , as fortunate on the last occasion as when ho showed off
at the Hauover-square rooms . In imagining thai those vark-d charges would not only bring " grist to his mill , " but that they would also enable him to have every thing hi 3 own way , he reckoned without his hosi , as the Socialists aud Phrenologists set at naught the expence , provided it gave them an opportunity of " showing up' wfcat they term him , a humbug speculator . " The subject of the lecture selected by Mr . Brindley was no Ie 33 a personage than the miscreant- Good . It would appear that Brindley ' s object v ? as to prove that the murdever ' s skuil exhibited all those devolopements which are indicative of aught but a desire of blood-shedding . He had not , however , proceeded far before ho was
openly accused by Mr . Mathews with practising a cheat upon his auditory , by exhibiting what he ( Brindley ) stated to be the cast of the culprits ' skull , taken in the same manner and with the same accuracy as Dr . Elliotson took his cas of the wretch ' s head . Mr . Mathews also denied that the cast taken by Dr . Elliotson had the traits or characteristics given to it by Mr , Brindley . Mr . Logan , a phrenological lecturer , further oonmplained that there had noc been made that eveniug any development of the organs of the murderer . These unexpected exposures had for poor Brindley , a most talismanic effect upon the auditory who , as if convinced that a trick had been played off at their expence , rose simultaneously , and evinced the most
unequivocal intentions of taking revenue in their hands . This the lecturer quickly perceived and as quickly averted , by calling in , as usual , to his assista-ioe the posse comitatus , tho only available argument he adopts . Thus closed the humbug , the auditory being most unceremoniously huddled oat of the theatre . It is pret'y clear from Mr . Brindlej ' s eleemosynary appeal to the pockets of his dupes , at Hanover-square , on Friday week , and his admisbion charges on last Friday , that he is not the disintereitea apostle he wishes to make himself appear , and it is also evident that £ s . d . is the Trinity a& whose shrine he " makes , his devotions " as zealously as any other trader in quackery aud humbug ; and it is al ? o equally cltar that Mr . BrindJey will stop at nothing " co make an houebt penny . "
Attempted Mubdfr in Portsmouth Dockyard . —Pohtsmouth , Sunday . —At an early hour yesterday morning the family of Rear-Admiral the Hon . p . P . Bouverie , the Admiral Superintendent , residing in this dockyard , were considerably alarmed by the information that Joseph Bol : on , a footman in the service of the Admiral , had attempted to take the life of the lady's maid , Louisa Pettis , by cutting her threat . It appears that BoUon , who it is supposed had been out all night , and had been drinking , went on his return home , between five and six o ' clock , into the bedroom of his iutended victim , with a knife in his hand , with which , while she was sleeping , he cut her throat . The incision , however ,
was not sufficiently deep to deprive her of life . Upon being wounded she awoke , and after struggling desperately with the assassin , succeeded in reaching the room of some of the other servant , though not without receiving some severe cuts un . d . c-r her chin and upon her should . r aud breast . Aifcsr having made this attempt upon the poor woman's life , Bolton immediately proceeded to the room of the butler , Berj . Payne , whom he awoke , and sai < i , " I have cut Louisa Pettis's throat ; I give myself up as your prisoner . " Rear-Admiral Boaverie and the household were immediately alarmed , and the admiral ordered Bolt-on to be given into the custody of the policeman who had been called in . The
Admiral also despatched messengers to the nearest medical gentleman , so that no time miehfc be lost in procuring proper assistance for the unfortunate sufierer . Dr . Heno ' erson shortly arrived , and rendered such immediate aid as the case required . It is not at present anticipated that the wounds will prove fatal . No reason has yet been assigned by the prisoner for making thi 3 atrocious attempt ; ho told the butler it was because Bho was always aggravating him . In the course of the day the prisoner ( Joseph Bolton ) was examined before the magistrate upon the charge of having attempted to murder Louisa Pettis , lady'B maid to Lady Bouverie . Benjamin Payne stated that he was butler to Admiral Boverie , and that the prisoner was a footman in the same service ; that between five and bix o ' clock this morning ( Saturday ) the prisoner came into the room
and awoke him , and said , " I give myself up to you prisoner . I have cut Louisa Pettis ' s throat . " Ho immediately dressed himself and went down into the pantry , accompanied by the prisoner . The prisoner went out the previous evening , and said he should be back again by half-past ten to sttend on the ladies . He looked for the prisoner at that hour , but was not able to fiDd him . Did not see him again until the morning , when he came into the room , and gave himself up . Supposed that the prisoner had been out all night , and drinking . Had heard the prisoner say some time back that the lady ' s maid owed him a giudge . A certificate , signed by Dr . Henderson , was put in , stating that Louisa Pc , tis was so much weakened by tho loss of blood , that it was impossible she could be examined , but that at present there was no immediate danger . The prisoner was then remanded until Thursday .
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CHuncH Rate . —A vestry was ; held on Friday last , m the National School-room of the parish of Hayes , Middlesex , for the purpose of making a church-rate , a subject ; which has for aome tima past produced great contention in the pariah , and the members of the E . tablishsd Church * from their dislike to their late curate ' s conduct in connexion *!{ £ ¦ J £ stabbing case of Medhurst , have united with the Dissenters and refused to make a rate , so that no church-rate haa been made for the last six years . ^ On the present -occasion the Rev . Mr . Hale , who has fsince been appointed to the curacy , was unanimously voted to the chair . Mr . T . Shackle , tho parish churchwarden , briefly stated the necessity which existed for a rate to be made , from the
extensive ^ repairs required in the belfry . and-other parts oi tae chHrch . He humorously observed , that he would only ask for a 4 d . rate , but seeing how strongly his dissenting friends had rallied , he thought they would volunteer a 6 d . one . Mr . Wilshere , the other churchwarden , seconded the motion . ^ t S' Hu moved an amendment to the ettect , ihat all cumpulsbry enactments for the support of religious institutions were contrary to the principles of Christianity , and that the question be adjourned for a twelvemonth . " Mr . W . Bardon seoonded the amendment . Mr . Woodruffe 5 observed , that chapels were in general private property , and mi « ht be shut up at the caprice of the owners , and if the chnr . cn were not . opened , the poor would have
no place for religious worship under such circumstances . Mr . Mason would remind the vestry , before they voted , of the precept— "Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you , do ye also to them " . " He considered the . repairs should be paid for by a voluntary contribution , and he had no doubt the funds might be raised . Mr . Shacklo said * he waa disposed to try a rate first , and then , if that failod , he was willna : to try the voluntary principle—( a laugh ) . Mi . Fleet said , Mr . Bardon and Mr . Hunt had both formerl y failod in thair attempts to collect the sum requisite , and he would therefore vote for a rate . On tho votes being taken , there appeared for tho rate , 42 ; for the amendment , 21 ; being two to one in favour of tho rato . On the suggestion of Mr .
Newman , the sum inserted in the estimate for coals and candles wa 3 struck out , and'Messrs .- 'Willshere ' and Brigga undertook to provide them . Wands-wokth Police . —On Tuesday , the Reverend Mr . Stephen Aldhousc , lecturer of Allhallows Church , in the City , was charged before Mr . CJive , with desorting his wife and childrenf and leaving them chargeable to the parish of Clapham . Mr . William Tupman , relieving overseer of the parish of Glapham , stated that on Thursday the defendant ' s wife , Elizabeth , came to him and represented that she and her two children had been left destitute by her hus ^ band , the defendant . He made inquiries into her case , and ascertained that ahe was . . ' truly destitute , and gave her 2 s . He , by direction of the Board of
Guardians , obtained a warrant against the defendant . Elizabeth Aldhonse , a lady apparently much younger than her husband , said sho was the wife ot Uie defendant , and had borne him two children . She had left him two years and five months in conseqoeHco of his ill-usage of her . He had struck her once or twice , and in appYchwisiouof hiB doaig hoi ' more eericus injury , &he left him . Latterly he had ijcglected to support her , and she was obliged to apply to tho , parish officers for relief for herself and iwo cluldvon . Poiico-constabie New , 136 V , proved that he apprehondcd the defendant at his lodgings in Wiua office-court , Fieet ^ street . He told tho defendant why he took him into custody , and tholatter said he did not leave her , but she him , and that she was a veritable vixeu . The defendant then entered into a lon ^ statement , the greater part of which was of an uninteresting nature . He said , however , that instead of his boiiii ^ charged with leaving hid wife
destnute , she ought to have been charged with leaving him . About two years ago he vyas unfortunately arrested for debt , and remained in custody of a Sheriff ' s officer three days . When he wm released , he was surprised to find his house , which was ia Neiso ! i-Fquare , Blackt ' riars' -road , deserted , ind upon inquiry learnt Uiat his wife had removed the whole of his {¦ ffticts to the residence of her fathor . The . youngest of liis childreii had been born seven months since his wifo left him , and although he had repeatedly applied to his father-in-law and his wife to see the child , he was refused . Hia wife had done her best to starve bin ) , for she had kept possession of his orders , and in consequence it was only where he was previously known that he could preach . Tho defendant finished his statement by observing that his wifo and children were not deficient of a home , for ho hid one to take them to if his wife would go / with him . The dofo 7 jdant ' s wife declared that sho wouW
not again live witn him . Some recriminatory conversation followed , and afterwards it was arrauged that the dc-fuudaut should be discharged from custody , and that the matter should be left to the decision of the parish officers . Disgraceful . — -James Watt , a tailor , living in North-street , Novvington , was brought before Mr . Cottenham , at Union Hall , charged with cruelly illtreating his son , a young man twenty years of age , by keeping him without food or raiment . The young man , who was bent double from iniirruity engendered by tho SUhy condition in which he was kept by his unnatural parents , his weakness of body such that he could not walk erect , was obliged to bo supported into court , and accommodated with a seat while
giving his evidenco Robert Brankes , tho relieving officer of Newington , stated that in consequence ot a report in the neighbourhood where tho defendant tired , that he had a son whom he kept without the common necev . sario . -3 . of life , he ( the relieving officer ) went there on Saturday morning to make inquiries as to the truth of the rumour . On going into a room on the first floor , which the prisoner and hid family occupied , he found one corner of it boarded off , and behind the board or screen he witnessed a scene which could not be easily forgotten . The young man above alluded to he found crouched up in the corner , lying on the bare boardp , without a stitch to cover him , and his body was covered with tilth and vermin . In reply to the qnestions put to
him on the occasion , it was evident he was desirous of shielding his family from any blame as to the condition in which he was found , but lie admitted that he had had no clothes upon him for the last two years , during which period he occupied the corner of the room where he was discovered . There were some hard crusts of bread and cold potatoes found within his reach lying on tho floor . The witness , finding the prisoner was not at home , went to where he was at work , and aaked him why he treated his son in such a scandalous manner , and Bis reply was that he was in distress and could not afford to give him clothes , and that ho preferred lying on the boards to a bed . The witness added that tho other cliildren of the prisoner were decently attired * Mad
that they had decent accommodation to sleep , umike their brother , the subjact of the inquiry . As it was a case of gross inhumanity , as far as the father was concerned , the witness sent for a policeman and gave him into custody . Charlotte Jones Btated that she lodged in the same house , and that she saw the defendant ' s son in February last , at which time he was lying as described , without clothes , in a corner of the room . Sho was given to understand at the time that h 9 was weak of intellect ; but on finding that there was such a marked distinction made by his parents between him and the other children j and that ho was evidently dwindling away from want ef common attention , she considered it her duty to give information of the-fact to the parochial authorities .
The unfortunate young man was here interrogated by the ma « i ; Uatej and in reply to the questions put to him , he said that he was twenty years of agej and ihat ho was brought Hp to his father ' s trade , that of a tailor , but that ho had not worked at it for the last four or five years . That for the last two years he w » 3 kept without clothes , and occupied the corner of the room where ho was fouud by the officer . Ho had no bed to bleep upon , as he preferred lying on the boards , but he had a pieco of carpet under him . To other questions relating to the treatment which had reduced him to his present omaciated condition he evinced a desire to withold any information , fearful , no doubt , as the magistrate observed , that his father would be answerable for it , and
thereby manifesting a feeling towards that parent which was not showa to himself . When asked , however , the cause of his stooping , he said , that leaning forward became so habitual to him , owing to his being kept without clothes , that he now found a difficulty in keeping his body up straight . He also said that the reason ho was kept without clothes was in cousequence of his father being so poor . Another witness stated tkat she was living in the g ame house since the 10 th . of last September , but that rh : i had never seen the young man until last Saturday , but heard that his parents had an idiot son , whom they were compelled to keep at home , and that the mother told her he tore his clpthes , and would not sleep in a bed like the rest of the children .
The witness ailded that she was shocked on seeing him for the first time on Saturday . Mr . William Bell , a surgeon , stated that he was called on to examine the young man on Saturday , and that ho never beheld such a miserable spectacle as he was at that time . He was perfectly naked , and his bddy was in a most filthy condition from dirt and vermin , and there were sores upon it , produced by continual Bcratching . His body was beat forward , and he was •¦ o weak and emaciated , that he could not move or stir without help . It was evident that he had been treated with great inhumanity , and he must in a &hort time have been totally deprived of the use of hia limbs if such treatment had been persevered iu .
The prisoner , in reply to the cbargp , eaid that between three and four years ago his son fell down stairs and out his head , ever since which period he had been of weak intellect , and was obliged to be treated as a child . That he ( prisoner , ) being in very indigent circumstance , could not afford to buy him clothes ; and that rather than suffer him to be taken from under the roof of his parents , they managed with him as well as they could , but never kept him without food . Mr . Cotteiinam having made some strong observations on the conduct of the prisoner towards his unfortunate Bon > which he characterised as of the most unfeeling description , adjudged him to enter into his own recognizance in the sum of JS' 200 and find two sureties of £ 100 , to defend the charge at the sessions .
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Birds' Nfsts . ^ At CoHtngbourne Kingston Church , in Wiltshire , on the ) 3 clr of April , the clerk , on looking out the lessons for the day , perceived something under tho Bible in the reading d ^ sk , and iu a hollow placr ! tsacte by the Bible resting on a , raised lMge , he found a robin ' s nest , with two e / rgs iu if * . The bird , not haviDg been disturbed , laid four more , which were hatched on the 4 th of May . The cock-bird brought food iu its bill , and led theyouns ; brood during ihe service ; and none of the parishioners , not evoii tha boys , interfered with the birdd , or attempted to take away the eggs . —Devizes Gazette .
Oldham . —Awful Accident . —About noon on Wednesday lass , as a youiu : woman , named Mary Taylor ,. the wifeoi Thomas Taylor , a cotton-spinner , of Hope-street , was -avher work in the card-room of Shore Mill , Greenacres moor , Oklhamj ,- and , whilst in a stooping posture , her clothes were caught by an upright shaft , which was moving at-the rate of 90 revolutions per minute . The poor woman was instantly snatched by tlio * fearful machine , and her head coming in coutact with the iron , sho was immediately killed . H-r head was dreadfully injured , the brain being shattered to fragments ; one of the arms was nearly cut off ; and tho body much mangled . The greater part of the shaft is cased , and it is not precisely known fn what way she was caught by the lower part . The deceased was 27 years of age , but had no children . —Manchester Courier .
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ATTEMPT OH" ^ HE LIFE OF THE QUEBN . On Monday afternoon , at about six o ' clock , an attempt ¦ waa made to assassinate her Majysty as she waa returning from her afternoon ride . Her Majesty was in a barouche anil four , which was proceeding towards Buckingham Palace frous ihe Green Park , 'when , on tho way down Constitution Hiii , aiKlat about ten or twelve yards from the spot at which ¦ ¦ Oxford made a similar attempt , the fl ish of a pist ,. i -was observed in the crowd , and a youni ? man who tielu it y >* s immediately se-z ' . * d aud conmiittod to cmt . ifiy . F . > rtv . un , * ely Ii 3 missed hie aim , and before a secoud attempt could be made , he was in cuatoity . lad ^ a , ho did not appear to inako the attempt , for he p \ r , tho pi .-ani hurriedly into his breast , endeavouring to tscapft iietecti- ~ > a .
His Royal HighncbM Price * AUiert left Buckingham Palace shortly before three o ' clock iu the afternoon , for the purpose of attending 'the £ i , aao ; iry Ctmrt , Soinersethouae , to givtr judgment as Lord Warden of tLe Ducby of Cornwall , aud shortly tift-r his return to the Place t Her Muj-. sty , aecompiu'ed iiy his Royal Highness , proceeded in an open carriage and four horses , preceded by outrider ? , for her acouatniued drive in Hydepark , &c , the royal equerrk-s , ; , s usa » l accompanied ths cortege on horsebaefc . O . i Her Mnj ; sty ' s return , about-ten miinitfia or a quarter past six o'clock , down Constitution-hill , when within : t short distance of the spot at wjjich the funiier attewipi at Her Majesty ' s assassination was made by E ' . iw . ivd Oxfurdi a young man , who had previously been noticed standing with
his back against the . brick ' . vail skmiag th'i gardens of Buckinshwa Palace , w ;; s observed to advance towards tho caiuag ^ tv-ivd ^ Wiig vsWch the Royal cortege -was passim , and upon the carriage coiituinin ^ Her ilsj-s . tj -auil . her Allustvioua consort approaching tho spot at whieh he stood , -be-was- seen by police-constable Tanner , A 53 , to iidvauce within thrve yards of the carriage , and at tho same instant draw out , apparently ttowx his waistcoat pocket , a pistol . Tannt-r inatuntiy rasiied towards him , for the purpose' of knocking it ouc of his hand , seeing that it was aimed at hsr Wajtaty , but at the moiuent he Beized hin the pistol went off , without injuriug her Majesty's parson or that of Prince Albert . The i stant the report wai h ; trd a soldier of the Foot Guards , who happened to be lieur , ran to the assistance tf thj pc'liecm / in , as ( Ud sovavul other persoHS , who
came rapidly up to the spot . The Royal carriage , which was , at the moment of t ) : e attempt , proceeding at a quick pace , concinuod its course towurds . BuckiHgham Paluce , aud the prisoner was conveyed to the lodge adjirinin ' ^ , vhei-o he was searched by Mr . Russell , the inspector en duly at the timu , wh « v found in his pockets a bullet and some , powder , as well aa the pistol , whicb was stili Tfar ^ jOHd sffjrding convincing proof ef its recent discharge ; ' A ciib was immediately procured , iu which the prisoner Was conveyed by Tanner , accompanied by the soldipr , to the statipn-honse ot the A division , in ( jardiaer's-lane . He was there questioned by Inspector JHugnea as to bis name , for the purpose of tmistlng the ofiVncc i « the usual manner upon the charge-sheet , when Le refused to give his name or make any statement , and maintained an extreme cullenneas of manner .
The intoUigence of the desperate attempt flew like vcild&re . through the metropolis , and in a very-shorttime'the-various members of theR-yiil famiiy , as well as several of the foreign Amtassa'ioia . besideis large Bumbers of the nobility , &o ., bastsned to the palace for the purpose of . congrfitiilatl . ' /^ ' . 'tha Queen and Prince Albert on tUt-ir ptovidvatiai deliverance , and throughout tha evening a denoo concourse of persona of all claHStia , amdasist ¦ whom we noticed a nnniber of elegantly dressed femaloa , surrounded the gates of the palaee
The prisoner , upon being i ! , ttrrogate < l , refused to give eUher his name or residence ; , or to in the any admission on the subject of tho chargo . During the examination , however , of the persons who vyitno . K . ed th ^ transaction , it appeared that a youth who In p ' , ) -nud to be ^ in the Park at the moment of the prisone' - ' t apprehension bad followed him to the Station-house , and subsequently to the Ht rue-office , ami hud recognised him to be a peraon of the name of Francis . Oa the prisoner being pressed aU to whathor that "Was not his name he , after considerable hesitation , admitted the fact The youth waa theii questioned as to hie knowledge cf the prisoner , when he st . H ted that the prisoner's father resided at No . 100 , TitchnVld-street .
EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER AT THE HOM . E-OPFIGB . Immediately on the diabolical outrage being kn » wn , information was sent fco the principal Ministers , who were at that time iu their places iu Parliament . Ip the Lords , as soon as the intelligence wa 3 known , there was an immediate suspensicu of business , and the House at once adjourned . In the Comniona the greatess interest and sympathy waa createei , and after a few words of explanation from Sir R . Peel , the House adjourned . jVotice was immediately given to those members of the Ministry , and those lea « ir > g tneiabfirs of the Privy Couucil , ^ ho had not beeu . pr . &yionsiy made acquainted with the eVcnc , aud an investigation was ordered at the Hoaii' -office . Sir JnmeW G «» ham had- ' go ' iie direct there from tue House of Commons , as also had Sir R , Peel ; and at a ffc > w minutes before 8 o ' clock several members of the Privy Council assembled in the room of Sir . J . Graham , at the Home-office . The prisoner had been
previously brought from the Gardiner ' s-laiie stationhouse to the Rome-office , into whUh he was conveyed by tho back entrance , from the \ mk , an immense concourse of persons having asse .-fibltsd at the front entrance opposite Whitehall . The principal Ministers present , besides the Home Secretary and Sir R , Peel , were , the Daks of Wellington , Lovd Staafey , the Lord Chancellor , the Earl of Haddingtou , the Earl of Jersey , Sir E Koatchbull , Lord Fitzgerald , the Earl of Denbigh , the Ohancellor of the Exchequer , the Earl of Ripon , the Earl of Aberdeen , and Vi'count Lowther ; Tha Altornfy-Gcnpral was present , as also were Mr . Maule , ( he . Secfetsry cf tho Treasury , and Colonel Rowan , the Police Commissioner . Mr . Hall , the chief magistrate at Sow-street , waa aiso pTesunt The investigation was , of course , strictly private , and no particulare of what occurred at the Houie-offi&e transpired officially . As soon as the investigation ( which lasted -till ten o ' clock ) was over , the pri «;> ner was remanded to To £ - hill-floids prison . ¦ ' .-. .. ;'
The prisi > Der > John Fitmcia , is the son of a respectable man of that natue , living . iu- 'I'ottauh ^ m Court Road . He ia about , twenty yearM sf ago , about five foet five inches iu height ' , and at prtaeut ra : her shabby in appearaDce . Hp has a foreign cast of countenaace , though by no mearia such as to wArraut the belief at first entertained that he was a German . His hair is very dark , and he has dark whisker *) . His complexion is Ballow , aud , allowing-for Ike paleness natural to him in such a situation , father of a light olivy ... ft appears that he has been abstat from bi 3 family for more than six months past . His father had act heard of bim for nearly that time .
COMMITTAL OF THE PRISONER , On Tuesday , the prisoner , John Francis , tinder went a long private examination at the Home Office , the result of which was that he waa fully committed to Newgate , to take bia trial on a charge of High , Treason .
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condescend to their request ; and we do hereby direct these our letters be communicated by you to the several suffragan Bishops withiu your province , expressly requiring them to fake care that publication be made hereof on such Sunday in the present or in tho ensuing month , and in fcuch places -wUhin their respective diboesea , as the said Bishops shall appoint i ; and that upon this occasion the Ministers in each parish do effectually exeite the parishioners to a liberal contfibiition , which shall ' be collected the week following at their respective dwellings by the churehwaTdens or overseers of the poor , in each parish ; and the Ministers of the several parishes are to csuse the sum so collected to be paid immediately into the bands of the Bank of England , to be accounted for by them , and applied tothe carrying on . and : promoting the above-montioned good designs . And so we bid you very heartily farevfell . Given at eur Court at 81 . James ' s , the 11 th day of May , 1842 , ia the fifth year of our reign . By her Majesty ' s command , J . R . G . Graham .
V To tfie Most Rev . Father in God , our Rii » htTrnsty and Right Entirely Baloved Councillor , William Lord ' ArchbUhop of Canterbury , Primate of all England and Metropolitan . ¦ ¦' . - ' . ;• . . '"¦ ' .. - . : ' .. - .,. : ' ¦"¦ . ;¦ ., , - '• : Then follows the Bishop of London ' s letter to tb . 9 Clergy .: — ' . ' '" ' . ' . ]¦' '" ¦ . . - . " ; ¦ . ¦ ¦ " . '"" . - ¦¦ " Eondon-heu 8 e , May ; 20 .-. ' " Reverend Brptaer , —In obedience to the commanda of her Majesty , I require you to read from the desk in your cLurch or chapel the Queen ' s Letter , a copy of which I havo caused to be transmitted to yoa , on such Sunday before the 1 st day of July next as yoa may judge most convenient , immediately after the Morning or E Tening Prayers . You are also desited to cause the Queen ' s Letter to be read in like manner in everyplace of worship belonging to the Established Chnrcb in your parish ( if there be any besides the parish church ) ,
and to communicate this letter to the minister or ministers thereof . The accompanying statement will supply authentic information in regard to the distress vrbicil prevails in places tbeiein mentioned , and which un « happily extends to many other populous districts similarly circumstanced . I trust , therefore , that you feel it your duty , as a minister of Christ , to give full effect to her Majesty ' s gracious intentions by earnest exhortation from the pulpit , and te make known and enforce , as widely and strongly as possible , the claims of tha sufferers on the charity of ttftir Christian brethren The amsunt collected is to be paid , within three weeks after tho collection , into the Bank of England , or its branches in the country ; or by PoBt-office erders addressed to , and made payable to , the casbiera of the Bank of England , London . From your affectionate brother , " C . J . London . "
We could have fead no objection to this ; begging letter , provided the clergy had not already fleeced the pockets of the church-going people , for the purpose of building new churches and creating new colonial bishopricks . Distress , even to & greater extent than at present , prevailed at the time tha collection was made ; the Archbishops and . Bishops were perfectly aware of it ; but they had . neither-, heart nor disposition to ralieve the Buff « rings of their distressed brethren , until they had first nude a descent upon the pockets ef the li beralJy-disposed , in order to carry out their owa darling scheme of rendering the Church omnipotent , by extsnfiing heir power and throwing more wealth into har lap . Speaking of the exhibition of folly ( the Queeu ' a fancy ball ) one London paper
says—•• Her Majesty left the ball-xoom aboat a quarter to three o'clock , but dancing was continued for about an hour a > f terwardB . The expenditure for this onenigbt ' a entertainment was enormous . One Noble Lord paya £ 1 . 50 for the hire of diamonds , and ladies of rank expend a far greater sum . All the great jewellers in London , downi' to the Jew diamond merchants , were Jaid under contribution . Her Majesty wore but one diamond on her head . This gem , value £ 10 , 000 , looked , at a" distance , like a star , by its vivid brilliancy . " . . . .
The most detested tyrant whose deeds history bands down to posterity , set fire to Rome that he might ebjoy tha sigh t of a city in conflagration , and while the flames were raging , be amused himself by playing on tbe violin , We know of no nearer approxunation to the unmatched cruelty of the monster Nero , than the conduct of the British Court and aristocracy , in thus revelling amidst the most superfluous waste , while the more feumble of their countrymen are doomed to starve for bread , by the laws these same Nobility have framed for their own advantage . The British , aristocracy have enforced the provision laws to secure themselves a monopoly in food whatever may be the consequences . Because of this monopoly , the whole commercial world
is turned upside down , and the poor are left to beg or perish . Yet , in the midst of the unpreeedentcfd sufferings of millions which now exist , the nation has been insulted with this ehildish display of the waste of thousands , for the tnoBt part wrung , either : th the shape of ^ taxationot ^ monopoly , from the very ' classes who have been rhinedj and whd' now suffeh / By this filtimed and ill-adVisetl display , double the ; moneys will have been literally tbrowa away , ' und * r Ove patronage of the Queen ; - than- will t » cot ! ected i itt ^ the ^ bape of charity ^ by- the Qneen ' s 'letters , * : -and- fcy' the letters of all ttie BisbopB -of ¦ England and Ireland into tbfl bargain . " ; . '•''¦ ¦; . "¦ ¦' / * : ¦ ¦¦ - '•;¦' - . '' - ; . - '¦ '¦"¦ - . . •¦ ¦
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GENIUS AND INTEWPERA . NCE . In out last publication , we referred to the disastrous influence of alcbobolic drinks upon genius—we affirmed that the' excitement thus produced , fs the inosfc deadly enemy of genius ^ -and we referred to the deplorable degradation w . hich It' has inflicted iipon many who might have been the blessings" of their ; friends , the ornaments of their country , and the instructora of the world .- ¦ " ' ; . ' " ¦ . '• ¦'¦¦ ¦ . ¦' . ' ' . ' . ; . ' . ' . ' "'¦ ¦ ¦ " ' The following scene which was witnessed at Marl « borough' -streeti on Tuesday last , ^ ^ displayed most fully the accurate justice of our representations . It exhibited a Clergyman , a man ef high classical attainments , and we have since ascertained , of naturally commanding intellectual powers , prostrated in the vety dust by this abominable agency . The account requires no comment from us . It will appeal at once to the understandings and the ieellngs of our readers .
An emaciated young man , in a miserable plight , was brought before Mr . Maltby , charged with having made an attempt to commit suicide . A pot-boy of the George public-bouse , Castle-street , said tbe defendant came into the boose that morning and after being in the tap-room a short time , Baked witness to-lend bim a knife ; Witness gave him aBmall penknife , and kept his eye on bis movements . . Tbe defendant taking an opportunity -when be thought he was unperceived , of raising the knife to his throat , and -was about to plunge it in , when witness rushed forward
and arrested his hand . A struggle ensued , and witness with difficulty regained possession of the knife . After a short period the defendant was allowed to leave the hotise , and he then went over the way into a publichouse immediately opposite . Here his agitated manner having excited suspicion , he was again watched , aud secured , while in the' act of strangling himself with his neckerchief . In consequence ef these two attempts , be was considered to be totally unfit to be any longer at large , and a policeman being called , he was given into custody . .. ' - . ¦ ¦ - ' ' . ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ : ' ' " . '¦ -.. - . ¦;/¦ . ' - " ¦ ' : . - : ' . . - . - '
Mr . Maltby asked the first witness if he was sure that the defendant intended to do himself some injury with thVfcnife ? .- ... ' " . .,: ¦• ¦ . ¦ : '• ¦' : . ; - .. ; : . " ., ¦ ; :-.:., -, : Witness said he had no doubt whatever that such was the defendant ' s intention . Mr . Maltby—You hear the charge against you . Ia ittiue ? ; ..- ! ¦ : . '¦ ' ' -- ¦ ¦'¦' /^¦¦/ - V " . ' ' ' .. - ' ¦ " V .-v : ¦" . Defendant—Partly . My intentions were misconceived Mr . Maltby—Then you did not intend to commit suicide , according to the charge mada against you ? Defendant ( hesitatingly )—No . My spirits were much depressed . . '¦ : ¦'¦ , ¦; . ¦ . ' . . - . ¦ . ' . :. ;¦ ¦ ¦• '" .. ¦'; .- . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ - - - - -, Mr . Maltby- —What , is the causa ? Defendant—Owing to my destitute circumstances . Mr . Maltby—What ia your name , aud what have yoo been used to ? >;' . >< Defendaat—My name is Theophilus Curjy . I am a teacher of . the classics . - . . ;' . ,
Mr . Maltby—Where were yon last employed in that capBMsity- ? ; ¦ ¦ ¦ ' '" . ¦ . ' .. - :: ¦'¦ .: ¦ •¦ - . ¦'¦ ¦¦" . ¦ : " : ' ¦ -, ' ¦ '¦ ' ' ' : ' -. - ¦ ¦ Dafendant—At Bramtree , about nine months ago . Since that I have sold a few publicatiOHs . Mr . Maltby—Where do yoa live ? Defendant—I have lived at Mrs . Hennessey ' s , in George-street , and afterwards in Short ' s Gardens . At present I have no home , and for the last two nights have slept at a place in tbe city . Mr . Maltby , —Have you any friend ? Defendent —Not in Xbndon . I have a brother , a
surgeon , at Bungay . Mr . Maltby— Where were you broughtup ? Defendant—At Cambridge . I entered at Emmanuel College . -..- ¦ ¦ ¦ . '" ¦ • : . - - - ;; '' - '¦ ' •¦ ¦' : '; ' - . ' . ¦ ¦ ' ' " : Mr . Maltby . —Did you .-take . any degree ? Defendent .- ^ Yes j Bachelor of Arts . Mr . Maltby . —Have yon eaten anything lately ? : Defendent—No food , except a piece of bread yesterday . I have had two pints of porter which was given me at the public house . : : . .: Mr . Maltby , after putting a few more questions to the unfortunate maB , directed that he . should be sapplied with refreshment , and also requested Clements , the chief usher , to go to various places named by the defendent and ascertain if bia story -was true , and afterwards to call at the St . Martin ' s workhouse to ask the overseer to step to that Court . ¦¦¦' - ' . . > " : V " , r r-. v . : ¦; - :: ' ::. : ¦¦ ¦ - ' : :: l - ... r - '
^ , . Clements , having made the necessary Inquiries , came back and reported that the defendant ' s statement was correct . He had been , as he said , in Westmlnsteif Ho » - pital , and had lodgeiat Hennessey ' s , from which latter place be ( Clements ) learned that the defendant occa sionally received sums of money from his brother , but he immediately spent the cash in drink , and that sack was his rooted propensity for that vice that he bad drank himself into a state of ddinvrn tremens . In the outer office the defendant further stated that he had been in orders , but left hia curacy to adopt the profession of teaching . While speaking , he was seized with a Bhivering fit , and he began to gibber like an idiot In this condition be continued for an hour , affording a hideous pictnre of the consequences of indul ^ iBg in a craving for drink . " ¦ ¦ : . ¦ ••'
Mr . Maltby desired the defendant to be removed to St . Martin ' s workhouse for a few d ^ B . —NMois 9 n ' $ Commercial Register . . ¦ .
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SELF CONCEIT . . " They conquer who believe they can ^" Well , wocM you believe it ? You may ; I : ' 3 re 3 ily a fact , not a dream : — I have heard self-coactiS talk away ! And what do you think was the theme ? After musing awhile , she exdaim'd , " Pnrh ! 1 dont see , because I am poor , I ' m deSciect ia talent or merit . At least , so was not TTnnnwh Mora ; Ste had talent , yea , gfcr . ius and spirit ! Tcongh born in the vale , a real pott Weil , I protrit , : 'f my heart im ' i srnit ! I , too , hsve a spark , a ; d 111 show it ;
A spark cf trae feeling of soul , Which for the Queen ' s croim I'd cot barter ; I am resolved to contend for the whole ; I'll i : ot rest till we get tbe whole Charter . I " Vb staried the Denieciit iac-e ; 111 in » te known my political creed ; 111 urge all to join in the chase ; And by Heavens , 111 never recede ! "Women ' s influence is powerful , Eays man ; Their zsal effects -wonders ; if true , I vo ^ r I'll do all feat I can , And provoke men to act as I do . I'll use no exciseables ; no , Ihcngh dear as aright eye they be ; Those of coarse , then , the men must forego , Or own themselves ¦ weaker than me .
Her * fiittery is warbling away ! Jost this moment she call'd me a Queen ; And she tows I all Chartists can Bway ; Hnsh , bush ! tfr' * remains to be seen . I am fend of the praise of the brave , 1 value the praise of the good ; 21 &j I act so that o ' er me may wave , The nag " she hatfl done what she conld . " Por JnsMce , I'd scorn me to -wheedle , } Ii 3 only my rights that I claim ; AM 111 have , Bhould I stand en a needle , " A niche in the Temple of Fame . Casolise Maria Williams . Br istol , May 24 , 1841 .
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THE QUEEN ^ S BEGGING LETTER , It will seen , by reference to the debate in the House of Lords on Ttiesday > that Lord Knnaird asked the Government , whether they "had . not thought it expedient to advise her Majesty to Issue a begging letter * BOltciting subscriptions for the relief of the prevailing distress . The Eirl of Ripon was understood to reply that Government knew notaiEg whatever of the letter in question ; and the Date of Wellington also said , that he knew nothing of the existence of such a document . One noble Peer , who attended church last Sunday ( Lord Colborh ) said , be bad heard it read . Somuchfor the attention of Government ; aud here is the Queen ' s letter to the ArchbiBhop of Canterbury , directing collections ' o be made from housa to house by the churchwardens : — ' ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ ' : ¦ ' ¦ ' v- ,, --i- ' " :-
-.-, « . « Victobia R . —Most Beverend Father in God , our light trusty and right entirely beloved councillor , we greet you jwell : whereas in some districts in England and Scotland numy of the working classes have Buffered , and continue to suffer severe distress ; and whereas many of our subjects have entered into voluntary subscriptions for their relief , and have at the same time humbly prayed us to issue our Royal letters directed to the Lord Archbishop of Canterbuiy , and the Lord Archbishop of York , authorising them to promote contributions within their several ' provinces . ' for- the same benevolent purpose , we , taking the premises into our Be ' yal -consideration , and being always ready to give the best encouragement and countenance to such humane and charitable undertakings , aro graciously pleased to
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 4, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1164/page/3/
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