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THE NEW " SHOT HOT . " aib— " Pity Poor Jarvey . " Only listen kind friends , -while my tale I relate , And I know -when you hear it yon'll pity my fate . I ' m John Arthur Koebnct , the member for Bath , ffbo wu climbing to fame , bnt have alipp'd from the path . I loot'd on the Chartists , who on me loot seur , As the ladder by -which I might clamber to power ; Bnt alas I wasjated my climbing fce slop , For 1 kick'd it away ere I got to the top .
CHOECS . Then pity poor Arthur , kind Tory lords pray , yfho is ready and 'willing to enter your pay . In tbs first Tory session ( though then I was coy ) I sbe-sred myself fit for the new « Shoy-Hoy . * The Suffrage test I endeavour ed to chouse , And wben Crawford " mov'd in , " I mov'd out" of the Honse . On Sir Robert ' s new Budget I next playM the toady , Which startled , you know , the " const ituent body . " This put me in rather a longing condition To have a foul slap at the " People ' s Petition . " 1 call'd Feargns a coward , though be was standing by ; When I knew he could not even dare to reply . Toull admit twas a good plan to save life and limb ; Though 1 own itprov'd me what 1 dafd to call him
I confess I vras shock'd and astounded to see Such a glorious monument got np without me . My brain felt on fire and my optics grew dim , I felt quite " malignant" and thought it was him . The "Whigs all disown me , each Chartist derides , And says I ' m not fit to play " Jack of both sides . " Jly speech -was " the mountain in labnur , " they say , Though so -well it was studied to make a display . The Northern Star , in its course I ' ve been teaiching , It has proved me a ' bat" that is scarcely -worth catching ; This surely of all is the most bitter pii ]; For toe " labouring mount" to be floor'd by the " BilL "
The Whigs down to < JreenTnch have ssr . t Dicky Shiel A pretty plain pro ? f they h : > d bosoms to feel For 3 > aD ' s pliant" tail , " who were eagerly bent On the intertsls of Ireland and not on the rent . In conclusion , then , pity yottr poor Shoy-Hoy ! Send ms out to a job , it -will 211 me -with jay ! Let the s&I ' ry be good—my finances are low : 2 > on't say " go to Bath" pray , for there it's " no go . Joh . v Feazes , Iimehouse .
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^ A BARDS ADDRESS TO THE CHARTISTS . SOXG II . CHARTISTS WE ARE . Chartists , in Paine a ^ d Cobbt-t read , Chartists , O'Connor long hath led , "Welcome to jour servile bed Or to glori-U 3 Liberty . JfoWs the day and no-w- ' a the hour , S ^ e gold atteapt to gall ye o ' er , See the Tories now in power ! After years of Whiggery . Hear ye how the tricksttrs ra ^ e . ' ilanhood , GsnTal , C ' mplete Suffrage . ' And would in their -wiies engage To perfect slavery ? "Who would be a traitor knaTe ? "Wbo to wealth would croncb , a slave ? Who their Charter now -would leave ? With mushrooms to be ? We isk for equal rights and laws : United in the glurioas cans ? , "We'll gain these , and a world ' s applause , In glorious victory . By oppression's woes and pains , Behold us all in servile chains ! We will drain our dearest veins , But we wDl , we will be free . Bear on the proud usurpers now—Noraliy well beat the foeliberty ' s in every blow , Onward for the Charter we . J . S .
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SCE N ES O F J O Y A ND W O K Bt Even Rhtsb . Scene First . The Blessed Apparition . London : Simpkin and JiarshalL Edinburgh : JlaclacMan and Stewart . Glasgow : David Robertson . 1842 . This is tbe first of a series of tales illustrative of the joys and -woes which chequer this changing biate of existence , and produce ibe vivid lights and deep shadows of human life . It will , as we learn from the preface , be followed by others of a similar character , ammallj or cfiener , should this first attempt mess the approbation cf the public . We know not
bow the puciic may receive the work , but we are perfectly satisfied how it ought to be received . — Seldom indeed las i ; been our good fortune to meet with a tale so thrilling in interest and so correct in principle and sentiment as the one before us . It speaks &l once to the head and the heart , and while iis reasonings and rtflecuoEs will be iiew to the generally of readers , we venture to think that it will produce in many a throbbing bosom , elevations of thonght . and gushings oi affection unfelt and unimagmed before . _ . .. . ' . ' divested
Love is in this delightful narrative of erery grcssness of earzh , and robed in the pore drapery bsnuiag her native skies . This is not the only charm of the tale . We have here the everwatehM care of Providence vividly portrayed , and parent *! , filial , and fraternal affection displa yed ^ their most attractive tints , ennobled and sanctified by religious principles . We subjoin a specimen of the author ' s style : — - "As Haldane reclined on that silent grave , his thoughts became gradually more visionary and absorbizs . The pl .-. ce was vtry solitary , and there was no Bound to disturb his reverie , or break the current of his imaeinatica , that flowed , stream-like , through many
a devious trade He thought of all those sweet days of sancy joy that -were never to return—when he was not alone on his earthly pilgrimage—when bright spirits were trith him on the way—tut he felt it to be enouih that tuch joys had odc = b-en , for their rtEiemferance . like the redness of sxi everlasting dawn , still glared before him . He believed besides that those dear one 3 , whose hands he had often pressed in his , and whose beautiful forma bt hsd embraced with his mortal aims ttccW yet be his companions ia Heaven ; for even on eaith his sea and theirs had discovered their congeniality , and been partakers in the same leve
and in tfce same faith . And now be fancied that he beheld that very home where tbe departed already were , snd -where he hoped set to come . But it is only by earthly imaces , tbe imasination can pourtray the spiritual kingdom . He corjared ap every object that con . d be fEpposedto sad grandeur asd beauty to a terrestrial psiadlse , aad then half hidden in a tumult of glorious cioads , on which they reclined as they fliated along , he bentld E : ' zi acd Jessie , clothed in whrt-e earai ^ nts . clintiEg to taca oifcer ia a fond embrace , and Kngir . g , as hs imagined them , in the words of Sirs . Hemsus : — « ' We have loved with earth ' s excess—3 > ast is now thit wvc . rir . f-ss . We haTa knoirn tbe creamer ' s woes—Ail is now ene brkht repose . '" We hops the work will obtain extensive patronage .
THE HANDBOOK OF THE ELEMENTS OF PAINTI . NG IN OIL , w . n an APPENDIX , containing Sir Joshua feycold ' s Obsermions SL-d Izstrncnons to Siudenis . London : Oiirke acd Wilioa , Go , Old Baiitj , 1842 . Ihi ? Trill be f ncd sn esreccin . sly useful little ma ^ t sal for ire juTcnile Toiaries of the pencil . Ihe subjects treitcc uf are—the isa-. trials for pamticg ; preparation of colours ; meti-od of preparing meghp ; preparation of grounds , choice of a subject ; on por = rai : painting ; landscape painting , &c ; on a lewell
of wi : ; . ' . h it tr , ais in a clear cad lucid sty , calculated to fanner ihe jcuag beginner in ir . j 3 delightful arr . We are gUd to see works of thjs dncripzioz issue from the press . They tell us oi SQ vaie * u ^ nT , and let us perceive ' . ha * , the antiqaated iubbL-h wuieh has for a-ss enveloped the rudiments of ihe ans and sci ences ia mystery , is loosing its ioid n ? on the mind , and that a new and better extern is on me eve of jntroiact on . \ V e hope the epiriv ^ d publishers wili find fuch encouragement as tojiadace them to prepare other works of a similar character , the want of which is often seriously felt , especially bv those in whom the flime of genius is glowing , but whose energies are cramped hy the limitation of their means . The work is elegantly go ; up , and deserves extensiTe patronage . "
CHEMISTRY OF THE FOUR A&CIEVT ELEMENTS , FIRE , AIR , EARTH , ^ D WATER ; an Essay , founded upon Lectures delivered before Her Most Gracious Majesty the Q , aeen , and dedicated , by special permission , to her Majesty , by Thomas Griffiths , Lecturer on Chemisrry and Medical Physics , at St . BarthoJonievr's Hospital . London : Samuel Ris hley , i /_' , -Fleet-Etreet . This is beyond all dispute the best por ^ ar scientific treatise that we have yet seen . Simple and unpretending in style without any parade of erudit i on , the author proves himseli to be perfectly master
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of the important subject on which he writes , —and what is much better , able to communicate it to others , in terms that maj be apprehended and nnderstood by every mind of even the most ordinary capacity , without any preparatory education , and comparatively withonfc exertion . Instead of loading his work , as is nsual on snch snbj ? cts , with aheap of technicalities , ¦ which are of necessity to nine-tenths of ordinary readers mere jargonMr .
, Griffiths conveys to his readers an acquaintance with most of the important bearings , many of the minutiae , and a great number of interesting experiments , appertainiag to ohemistry , in a style which , while it involves none but words in most common use , is yet as pleasing and correct in its construction as it is effective for information . We know not when we have been more pleased with a book than with this little treatise , which we heartily c-. mmend to universal reading .
The " getting up" of the book is as creditable to its publisher as the book itself is to its author . It is beautifully printed upon much better paper than is nsual , and the illustrations ( of which there are a great many ) , though of the simplest kind , are w < -ll calculated to give an exact idea of ths experimtn's to whicn they refer , and of the apparatus necessary to be used in those experiments . POEMS by Robert Nicholl . Edinburgh , William * Tait ; London , Simptin and Marshall . A volume of sweet " sonsie sang " that sh < mld be in every one's hands ; the overflowings of a native genius filled alike with the fire of poetry and patriotism ; and contending against snch difficulties as
will ever conspire to cramp the energies , and des-roy or pervert the usefulness of poor men's miiid ? , so long as the infernal system of society exists , against which Robert . NiehoLL W 3 ged a short , but spii-ned and glorious warfare . The present edition of thcsn peems contains a memoir of their author , cakulateo greatly to enhance the value of his produeiious in the estimation of every right-judgicg min . i . We have eo room for extracts , and if ree had , whore a'l is excellent , we might find some difficulty in selecting . The homely sweetness and unpretending beau ; y of much of this Scottish poetry , fully equais , in our estimation , any of its predecessors , not even excepting even that of Robert Burns .
SUSAN HOPLEY , or THE ADVENTURES OF A , MAID SERVANT . Edinburgh : William Tait ; Glasgow , John Mo . Leod : London , W . S . Orr and Co . A cheap edition of this deservedly popular novel , in weekly numbers , at three-halfpence , is now being published under the supervision cf iho Author , who gives as his reason for its publication the previous publication of several cheap but trashv imitations . Ii seems , therefore , that these trashy things have done at least- one good thing-, they have induced the antnor of Susan Hopky to give that to the many which the original price of the work res' 2 'icted to ibe few We have only one number of it be f ore us , and can therefore pay htle about the gttuisg oui" oi the thing , further than to express our hope that tb- succeeding cumbers will be equal to it . If they be so , tee work will be valuable .
THE FACTORY SYSTEM , ILLUSTRATED IN A SERIES OF LETTERS TO IHE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD ASHLEY , M . P . Bv William Dodd , a F < tc : ory Cripple . London , John Murray , Aibemarle-streeu The author of this little work , himself a victim to the horrible system of which it is a very mild and unexaggerated expo-e'is -well able , from sorrowful experience , to corroborate many of ihe appsJiintfacis given as the result of his personal observation . In this simple narrative of a tour through the manufacturing districts in 1841 , lhere is no effort at effect ; facts are simply stated as they came to the acquaintance of tha writer ; but they tell a tale : o
make the flvsh creep , and the blood curdle . We defy . any man of Christian principles to read this book without shuddering at the picture of cold hearted , bloodless , soddened spjfisbne .-s which it everywhere unintentionally exhibits of the middle class , monied , manufacturing cormorants who have so long eaten np every green thing upon the land , and destroyed onr national resource ? , and pulled down the greatness of our character , and filled our laud with weeping , and desolation , and wretchedness , that they might make uuto themselves wealth from the spciiiDgof the pcor .
Mr . Doad ' s book ought to lie upon every rich man ' s breakfast tah ' . e . to remind him of his duty io society to exeit his influence and power for the annihilation of a frjbtem which destroys his country and must ultimately make his wealth a curse to him . It should be conned by every poor man , and spelled by every poor man ' s child , to show them that th < y have np boye , humanly speaking , but from themselves ; and that the system , of winch a few features are here ted before them , all revolting as it is to contemplate , must and will continue to grow worse and worse , and more and more horrible , until the exercise of their powers temperately , wisely , mildly ,
but nrmiy and unanimously directed , shall bid thu sordid monster cease to prey . It should lie upon the pnlpii-sheif of every minister of God s word , that the sin of covetousness , in al' its speciou ^ but damnable forms of social arrangement and " commercial enterprise , " may be constantly rebuked by him whose holy office leads him to " maintain ihc cause of the afflicted and the right of the poor ;" that he may deliver his own soul by the warning of the wicked and the uplifting of his voice against those whose bands are full of blood , and because ot whom the land groaneih under the visitation of a righteous G&x's displeasure .
THE LONDON PHALANX MONTHLY MAGAZINE , No . 1 . This periodical , the organ of a sect of philosophers and philanthropists , deserves to be extensively known and read : we question , however , that the spirit oi the a ^ e is as yes capable of appreciating generahy its calm reasoning aud deep investigation and inquiry . There is an air of bold beuevoience iu many , of its disquisitions , which would not merely s-arile , bat horrify , what is called the reYi ^ iom world ; wiiile there is a becoming reference t-o spiritualities , and a sober e&tinmion of the powers and tendencies of human nature , not Ies 3 offensive to the seif-styled Socialists and Rationalists . We are not bv any means prepared to as > seE { to all the
teachings of the Phalanx , while yet , ad the organ of a sect , we cannot but admire its charitable and conciliatory tone , as well as the deep thought of many of its articles . One thing , hoFr'ever , will militate greatly against its .--access as a magazinethe utter absence of light reading and poetry . A monthly magazine is ueually expected to be a sort oi literary fea * s , in which a variety of dishe 3 shall "be served up to suit the ciiferiig or changing tastes of tbo ? e to whom it it presen : ed . Tno 1 'halanx is a succession of dishes ail of one sort . The grave , the philos » paiiing , the investTgatiajj , seem to be aione Fought for as iis readers . We question that it will fiad enough of those to = us : an it ; though we heartily wish it may .
THE REGISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY CONTESTED ELECTIONS , coaiamiug tha uncontested Elections sinei ; 1830 , co :.-ij . ; icd by He > 'et S Smtb . London : Simpkiu , -Marshall & Co . This work , to those vrho feel an interest in the Question of Parliamentary Repr ^ eritafion , or who desire toVnov ? by which v-ir : y in t-- » t-te tlv various counties and boroughs in En ^ hnd , U ' nli-s , Scotland , and Ireland , have b ? pn hitherto n presented , is a iQO ^ t useful tade mccum 14 fnrni . shes , a-t a cheap rate , and in convenient arr . ing r fficnt , a of
vast ma ^ s tabular information , conjpri-rr . g the cames of the successful and un ? nrces > fui candidates in all contested elections since I 7 GC , wi-h t ' t . tir politics ; and , siace the fi . st edition of the work was published , ithssteen ame . 'ided by the inserrion or addition of the name 3 of the candidates ivturj : ea without contest sir . ee 1830 . It contains al ^> a list of the present Parliament . The compiler ( Mr . H . S . Smith , -of this town , ) has been at ^ reas pains in the Srranaeicent aud use cf his materials , an ! has rendered his work in every way worthy of general support .
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IiONGTOST , —At the Catholic Church of St . Gregory ,. Lon ^ toD , two sermons were pr-ached by the Rev . J . Boardman , from Manchester , oa Sunday last , for the benefit of ihe dsy and Sunday schools connected with the above church . C 0 VENTE 7 .-0 n Monday last a public ineeting vras held to petition the House of Commons to : to include this city in the Pcor Law Amend meat Act , but to let , the poor be governed by the local act ? , as has been the ca- < j for the last lorty years . BEASFO ?^ . — Water . A correspondent complains ttaj tnero is a ^ rreat scarcity of good water in Bradford , and he hopes those prrsons concerned aboat the new water works will lose no time in getting them finished .
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Less op a Ship bt Fire . —On Wednesday afternoon intelligence was received at Lloyd ' s of the iotal less of the ship Barbara , belonging to Leitb , by fire . The unfortunate catastrophe took place on the night of Sunday last , in the German Ocean , about three miles from the Bell-rock Lighthouse , and-the fire is described io have spread with such fearful rapidity , that those on board , amounting to fifteen persons , were unable to save any property whatever . Happily they escaped by taking to the boats and reached Mont-rose in safety , though much exhausted , the following morning ( Monday ) . The fire commenced amongst the , cargo in the hold of the vessel , but the circumstances under which it originated are at present ucknopm . She is stued to have been a fine sailing YesBiL , and is reported to bs fully insured .
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Extraordinary Folly . —On Thursday last , Mr . J . Bennett , of the Pheasant Inn , Brampton , undertook for a wager of « £ 20 to go in a sack from Baslow to his own honse , a distance of six-and-a-half miles in twelve hour 3 . The sack was to be two-anda-half fte : in widiii , and Mr . Bennett to be allowed to bo nberdicd from his svafined st&te six times in the whole distance , if he chose . AS eight in tho morning , Mr . Bennett , who ia sixty-one years of age , staried'irom Baslow amidst a hrge concourse ol pereons wiio had collected to witness the
feat . Oa arriving at Robin Hood he rested half an hour . He then proceeded to Mr . Gregory ' s New Inn , and here , havii-g tinie ia his favour , he rested two hours . Starting a ^ ain on his toilsome journey , under the scor < . h ' . agravsof a burning sun , he proceeded to the Ruif . 'rd Iun , where he again halted half an hour for refreshment , and to get his fourth sack chauged . He then set out on the last atage of the distance-, and arrived at home aboui ; five o ' clock , thus winning his wa ^ er , with three hours to spare . —Derbyshire Chronicle .
Muhdek near Leominstkr . —The quiet and romantic hamlet of . Westnope-hiil , about four miles from Leo-iuiiisur , has been the scene of a fatal attempt on the life of a widow liamsd Lacy Parker , who resided on tha common , and kep ; a grooer's shop , by the hands of her uepbew , the son of her sister , all of whom resided together . . The circum-£ tauces , as detailed at the Coroner ' s Inquest , betray a course of gn > s 3 'depravity , and its fatal oonsequuDcea The dec . ased had , it appears , resided w . th iier husband iu London , wl-ier ' e he carried oh the tr . de of a market-gardener , and amassed sufficient money to enable him to leave London ^ abont ? our yurs tines , and speud tho remaii . dtr of his own a . ud hw-wiie'd day . ; , is ho hoped , in happinesss and
ease . On his -setting down at Westhope , he purchased bouses , & . c , and a- * a means of a ding someth-ng to Is ' - ? inc-jUK-, but m-jre as an employment , ho kep t , a ch-pf-jr j , r--e < . ry and other ar . 'icles . His ricpben ' , Wai . Fowtil ( he accused , ) resided with bis mother , an need '¦ Wi .-jiijn , at Westhopo , and shortly after Mr . P ^ rjitr ' s sec li ; . g there he became jeah-us of his nephew , and , as Eub ^ 'qucut t-Trnts BhowtU , not without ample c-uirl * . In February last Mr . Parker ihed , s-hicc v , hh ; h periud Fo tviJl ' ari ' d his mother residua with the widow , with whom Powell is {¦¦ aid Iu have cohabitel , &ad to whom , it was ? aid , he Was to hava be < -n married on Tuesday 6 o ' nnighc . Vn Sundij mornin ; , however , ; it was discovered that Mrs . Paiker had been murdered , and the
nephew wa ? apprf hmded , to ; iwait tho result of the Coro'itr ' s irqui ^ itior :, which was h « Id , and continued by adjonvi ; iii ! nt uuiu Friday . From the evidence adduced i > , appeared tha . 5 thj ; prisoner was seen on Saturday se inught in the room wi ' -h thj deceased with a piece <> i' paper in his hand ; blows were shortly a-ter « v ; , rcs h ^ a-rd to pass , ano tho prisoner to say , " Vcu should not have kept this from me . " The pri-oncr then - . vent up fitairs , declaring that . he would kiii her . Mrs . ParKffl £ ^ Imoss immediat ely atVr ru > hed out o ' t ? he bae ^^^ pr of the house and callet ] out " Murder ! " tour * or five times but was pulied back sgain into the house by the prisoner . Un Rome persons gniug to the houso tho decea ? ed
was lound to be qoiie dead , an : l the prisoner en being apprcheni-d . vas found to have blood about him . A post mortem exarainaiion of the body being made , considerable pxt'avusatiunoi ' blood was found on t } -. ; .- brain from the bruises aud blow 3 received by the deci-ased , the ^ tneral ap pearance of which indicated that ihev hud b ^ en i . fl cted with some blutit instrumen : ; a hammer was lound in the house , on which There wore mirks of blood , and the bruises wero d : dared by *};*¦ mciiical testimony to be puch as would be produced by such an instrument , and ¦ s- err the cause o : death . The Juiy , believing that there had b . en a quarrel , ietur ; : od a verdict of " Manslaughter" a ^ it ^ t William Powell and his mother , bu ' . h of whom were committed for trial .
Tomfoolery . —Th-.- Lord Lieutenants of counties are huw ordered to wear a uniform oa Court days , and ao the c ^ at in to bv blue , with a iiule silver sprigging on the collar , we need not say tnat they wili be mistaken for Inspectors of Police . Hitherto these Lord . Lieutenants , altnough civilians , have bt-wn obliged to wear military dresses , because a Lord Lieutenant of a county is its military commander . These civilians at C ^ urt , in military uniforms , certainly cut the aupDara .-ice o ; ' very odd soldiers ; but instead of dressing them as Inspectors of Police , why not abolish taem altogether ? In aucioat times , nnder onr baronial system , and when feuds between Barons led even neighbouring counties into party frtri . ' e or civil war , a military commander of a county , appointed by the Cr-nva , mi ^ ht hr « . vs been necessary , but now all such necessity has ceased , and the office
ought to be abolished . Iu war , when the militia is ' ont , the Lord Lieutenant , by way of patronage , ha * in his gift the appointment of per ? ons to commissio . " . 3 ; but even this has vanished , and with it very nearly has vanished his interference with yeomanry corps . Tftere is net a single- pretext for retaining these Lord Lieutenants . The business of fhe counties ia done at ihe Home-office , and this Lord Lientenancy , like ihe chief Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland , ought to be immediately done away with . Wo have now military commanders of districts , whose duties entirely supersede those of the Lord Lieutenants . I ; is i , i contemplation to abolish tne utl . \ with that of Sheriff , and wliy ia t . he _ interval should we have Court ordv ' rs for tho new uniforms of a class of nominal public servants which is so speedily and fo properly to be annihilated ?
Discovery of another Suspected Regicids — Singular and Mysterious Occurrknce — It aap . ar . s pn . bable that tho Home-office " authorities will have sufficient " secret" investigations cut out for them , connected with public outrages upon the invaluable and revered person of our beloved Sovereiga Another would-be regicide has been having some " bye-pky " in tho me'ropMi 8 , and the iulbrmation of his pranks has b ? en forwaraed to the Secretary of State , but up to last night his hiding place had not been discovered . We subjoin a narrative of the facts as they were detai . ' ed by tho pc-reens whose names are introducfid te > oar reporter , and add a description of the rascal ' s person , with the view of bringing him tn justice , and making him account ior daring to
throw i ' . ito a state of tfFervi-scence the loyalty of her Maj . sty's liege suVj-cts- — Ou Sunday ' night last , a , young man of dashing exterior , came to the bar of the Peacock tavern , Maiden-lane , Covent-garden , and applied for a glass of porter , which on being s rved him , he enquired f > r a bed , at ihe same time btating that he was a stranger ia London , and had just arrived from Liverpool . Mrs- Honey , tho land lady , made arrangements for his accommodation , and npon his reaching his sleeping apartment , he banded over to Mrs . Honey ' s sister a nesv pockut pistol , and a bullet mould , deairiug her to take great Cdre of it , as he should have parti uiar use for it on the morrow , Mrs . Houey ' s pisf-ir communicated to thclandiadv this circumstance , and the latter said tha , i
if&hehad known the stranger had had fire-arms iu his possession , she would not have allowed him to sleep in the house . Her alarm , however , was abated upon b « r si ? t- - -r stating that she refused to take tho pistol from the stranger until he first snapped it to convince her that it was not charged . Tins he did ; aud Mr 3 . Honey's -lsttr tiicn took possession of the pi « tol and mould . Upon the following morning the f-tranger breakfasted with Mrs . Honey , aud she ai-kt-d him how he name to have the pistol in ins possessictt ? He repliid : bat he only kept it for . *' s * Jf protection . " ( The- ? e , it nuy be rcrocmbered , were the very words made u-: e ot by Oxford , and it is a remarkable coi : icirtc . ica th ' -t tno stupid fellow here spuken of , and Oxiord , hfar , ac&urdint ; to the
description—a stro . ' . g rtsr-mbjance to ' each ether and ai e about the same air-. ) Mrs . Honey told him that there was not the shihtes-t nvciss ; ty for buch a precaution in Lnn < i ( -n . He theu couversyd in ;••¦ buspicious strain about the l "» te atte'ipt upon the Queen ' s life , and said he had . the grtatept curio-ity to ^ te t ) : e roan who fired at her il&js .-ty ( alluain ^ to Franuis ) . Percaivhig tha , r . lie was exciiint ; the c ! o ? o attention of ihose at the bivalilast tai > li , ho adtitd that ho did not in-. e . nd to fire a ; the Qiot-n , upon -which Mrs . Honey remarked that it eucn a thought had entered hi ? head , he mi ^ ht d'pend upon it that , he would not ba treatt-d as Oiford was , and cxpresse-J her opiniou that Francis was sure to be hanged . Ho made no ra- 'iv but lef- the houso , and did not return until the
Eub ^ cqur . ii t Wednesday rsorninj . ' , when he stated that he had b-jen robbed of s « ve ; j sovereigns at the Strand Theatre . Upon his second visit Ym remained but a lew nr . nutes , and then bti ^ tily quitted the house . -Mrs . Honey having consulted soni *} friends , gave ir ; forir . r . tiou of ii ; e occurrence to the police , and Mr . Sandrack , the i-npi ; rii ; ttndaut of the F division , immediately waited upon her , and after inspecting the pistol a :-d bullet-mould , he tuuk it to the coniraisoioaer of police , in Grea ; Scotland ysni , who , it is understood , promptly reported ths circum ? tanoc 3 to the Ilome-tS ^ e amhcriiies . The phtoi and bullet-mould w ^ re biough ; back to Mrs . II ncy , and the superintei . dant rvquesicd htr to mark ihem , and not suffer them ti > pass out of her possession . This she did , and
upon our reporter examining them yesterday , he discovered that the pis : ol was a new one of Birmingham manufacture , and did sot bear the name of the ¦ maker up' ^ n it . The bullet-mculd has stamped upon the handle , the figures " 28 , " and both were left in a blue and white striped worsted pistol case . The stranger has likewise left behind him a mahogany walkisg-stiek , k-aded at the top . Ho etattd among other things to Mrs . Honey , that he was an articled clerk of Liverpool , and that he bad come to Lciidon on a " spree . " He is of gentlemanly bearing an-i polished address ; he was attired iu light striped trousers , a black surtout coat , and nearly a new
black hat , his coiaplexiou is fair , and he is apparently about 19 j ears old . The police are Biaking active exertions to discover the place of his retreat , which cannot rec ^ ain secret unless he is a resident of London as he La . d no money with him when he calkd the second tiiuo upen Mrs . Honey . It has been suggested that if greater care was adopted by the manufacturers of fire aims to ascertain the address of such juvenile mountebanks before concluding a sale with them , there would be less danger of the public miud being disturbed bo the wicked and diabolical attempts that have latterly been paid to have been made upon the life of our august and lovely Quesn .-London Paper' [ Fudge ! J
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Presents for her Majesty . —An Arabian man of war , the first that ever appeared in English waters , came up the river en Sunday in tow ot a steamer , and was moored in the afternoou off the Victualling-yard , at Deptford . On Monday she was towed into the St . Katharine's Dock , The pennant was flying at her main topmast head , and she had a red ensign hoisted at her snizen . This vessel , which excited much curiosity , is ftom Zanzobar , and has brought over four valuable Arabian horsey and other pres ent ^ f the King of Muscat , to her Majssty y , ueen Viotoria . The vessel presents a fiaailar appearance to that of oho of our merchantmen of five hundred or six . ' . hundred tons burden , except that she carries ton guns .
From a Parliam snubs' Paper just published , it appears that the total annual cost of the ccciesiasa . . a-WishmeHt in the West Indies is £ 20 , 300 , and that the nggregato amount since the passing ot the Act 6 th George IV . is £ 341 , 261 . Loss of Life from Bathing . —On Friday last no Ies 3 than yx persons lost their lives whilst bathing m tho River Thames . Remarkable Escape .-- On Monday last two workmen were ont ' , a 5 : ed to repair the pump of the Strbud Union Workhouse . It was found necessary that a man should descend to the bottom of the welj , a depth of 60 yards , aud also that , in order to keep up a vorbalcommunication , a boy should be placed on sortot ¦ ¦
a -. platform , fixed for the purpose in the centre . When descending ( the boy being in the man a lapi tho rope broke at about 90 feet from the bottom . The maa had presenco of mind to try to save himself by putting his foot against one side of the wall and hia shoulders agaiust the opposite wall , and . this he " accomplished after falling a few yards , wuti a boy 15 years old in his lap . The other vvbrkman , instead of applying to ihe governor , ran a couple ot miles in search of a tope , and before tho man and boy could bo rescued , thut had continued two hours in , their perilous situation . When rescued iho boy was found to be without the least injury , and the man only slightly bruised . —Bristol Mercury . ' ¦ ' -. ; .
Sing ular IncidentS .-t-A few days ago a series of casualties which we should bo disposed to term ¦ whimsical , wero it not that one of them at least was attended with some degree of danger to life , took place at Greenook-quay . A . smart , cleanlylooking servant girl , about to ettfer upon a " new plane , " appeared at the quay withalartie and heavy trunk , for the p ; rpose of going on board a steamer , which waa about , lo cross the Gairloch . The trunk , while being hauled on deck , by some means or other , « ot out of the hands of its custodierg , and tumbled into the sea . This was casualty , the first , and steps were promptly tuken to remedy it . The trunk was raised out of tiro water , and while slowly ascending by the steamer ' s tide , its ownor eagerly strotcl . ing ou&
her ariiiS to . ' clutch it , the lid suddenly gave way , ! separating from the body , and tha trunk once moro ' floated in the water . With the same promptitude as before the devoted chest was seized , and aguin it was in the act of being swung on b . iard , when , as casualty the third , crash wont tho bottom , and info ! tl .-e ' sca tumbled , in " most admired-disorder , '" the ' ,. b-jdy habiliment : * of the unfortunate serving-wench i —here a gown , and there a -psiticoat ; , here a shoe , and them a dashing Suiidiy shawl , with aprons , ' caps , stocking . " , and s-hifis of every variety—while a large catalogue of small articles were covered by a hu } : e blue umbrella , which . unfurled -itself in all its i amplitudo , as if to protect them from tho rain above , deeming rhem , no doubt , wot enough below . By
dint of exertions , tor which tho haif-J ' rantic maid < 'n felt she could never be .. sufficiently'thankful , the scattered articles of dr s ? , including the biuo umberella aforesaid , were gathered up , and with the bottomless trunk , put . salely on bi > arcL It was now hoped by the bystanders that fortune had done hs : r worst , at Kast for that occasion , on the ill-fatedI girl ; but no , a disaster more serious still was in store for the haple = s Abigail . Tho steamer was about to sail , and our heroine was standing on one of the wings adjoining the paddle-box , talking to a friend onshore , when a sudden jerk of iho boat ' ¦ threw 'her , in imitation of her trunk , right into tha water . This most unfortunate of all t' e casualties which had occurred
changed tho current of Fpehngirom laughter to alarm , and those who had bteu most amused at tho former mishapa were now the .-: ' mdst active in rendering assistance when life was at stake . Providentially , the poo ? girl was got out of the - . water more frightenea and wet than seriously injured ; and hore , so far as is known , did -her . misfortunes for . the . , day terminate . The wrcunistances , as may bo feupposed caused bo small amusement on board ; and tho « o who witnessed them wili not soon forget the scenes enacted by " the woman with ' i the trunk , " which almost equal , in point of ludicrous ' effect , the more f . med adventures of '• ' the carpet bag . "—Glasgow Argus ,
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HOUSE OF LORDS—Monday , June 13 . Lord WiiaRNCLIffe , in answer to soirio observations ^> y Lord Beaumont and the Duke of Cleveland , f-tated , that Government wore about lo ad pt eonio measure to facU . iw . t 6 the exchange of lisht so \ ereij ; na for these of full weight . Much impoKitinn hu . d b > ieu practised upon the more ignorant hoUltiis of light coin , hat from thVaver . ge of that which had-been ' received at tha'Bunk , tbe actual deficiency in weight , appf- ' areil to amount to not more tbau from one and u halt' to two per ctrt . ¦ ' . v
Lord BRO-UG 13 S . M gave notice that he should to-day more the suspension of the standi-i'g or ( ier ; -i t » facilitate the passing of the Witnesses' Indt .-nin'Vy Bill , nnd on . the motion of the Duke of Weilit . iit-in . iho B ^ corni reading of the Iucome-Tax Bill was postponed ui . ti ! Thursday . Lord Campisell then , pursuant U > notice , brought on his raoiio ; for certain paper ' s-t ?] ii tine t <» the trj :: l btfore .-lord . Justice O . ' erk at tbe last Soi ling Assz : 8 , on -which tlie evidenba of the prw ^ ecutor waa . at the . rc--coniinen < tatloi ) ~ ' i > f the Jurtge , vpithtirawn ns being unworthy of crefiit , on the grounrt thivt tUu-man -was an
Atheist , and this tno aftei" he had succee < ted in clearing himself , at H'nst parti ;; ily , of the iuu . utatk > a . This Noble Lord entire '! at much length into tho sutj ^ ot of evidence , am ! -fler citing ; v uumber of aachtiriU ' 23 io prov 8 that tha i-ourst ) whiiih ha < I hi-eu taken w . ! 3 contrary to the law both of this country ana of Scotland , concluded by expressing his intention , if there were any aiubyuiiy , of briuging in a Bill to remove it , The Loud Chancellor deferidod the course which had been adoptto . by the Learned Judztia who had pte-Biiieuat the trial , nnd after a prolonged . discussion the motion was . withdrawn .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Friday , June 10 . Sir H . I . vglis mored the issuiiig of the writ for Nottingham . . Sir G-. Grey ohjoetfifl that this motion vras one of those which bad -dropped on tho psucedio ^ afttrnoan for want cf a quorum , aiid that . the convenience of . the House required a renewed notice . Sir R . lyGhiS expressed his readings ? to comply with the general wish of the House : ; but did ao . t believe that the House had any general wi-h for the post : poneraent . Ho saw no reason for continuing the suspension of this writ . Nottinghain had not been proved to be guilty , and was entitled to the benefit of the general Tula , that till gtiilt be proved' ir . nbcpnca must bo preEumed . As against that borough , the House had
nothing to proceed , upon but Mr . ''Roebuck ' s voice alleging corruption , aud Mr . Roebuck ' s fin >; ev pointing to particular members . Sir G . Larperii had , during many weeks , bees confined to his house by ill health , and tberefsre no unfftvoarable inference ought to be drawn from the fact , that for some Mine , before the compromise he had been absent from the House . If the mere retirement of a Member charged with bribery was suffidtrtt to raise a preEumptieh tbafe bribery was general ia the place represented by him . a goodly list of ether boroughs ou ? Ut to have been included in the reference to Mr . Roebuck ' s Committee . These modern inquiries into compromise were like the ancient ordeal by water , where death ensued in either event— -the accused being taken out and executed if his guilt was evidenced by his swimming , and left to drown if his
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innocence Was established by his sinking ; and so here , if Ib 9 Member auawerbd , he was convicted by hia own confession ; if hertfused to answer , he was condemned by bis silence . Men fluh'ireda of the NottiLgham electors expressly stated by petnion that they had not partaken in any degree of the imputed corruption ; and they urged that the tight of representation , as it was not given to them hy a resolution of the House , ought net to be taken from them by sneb"a resolution . Thb sns--pennon -went to ynnish a hundred innocent that ten guilty might not escape . What he now asked was not a favour , but aright . Mr . Gally Knight seconded the motion , and ridiculed Mr . Ru ^ buck as a person who wa 3 always telling th « House thai ; !; a was the real Simon Pure , and the only hanest man in it .
Air . ROEBL'CK denied this with much bitterness . He had said uat one word about himself ; and that being tha fact , what was Mr . ( i . Knigfct ' s statement worth ? As to the alleged want of legal proof , he know the value of legal ruies in their proper place ; but in that Hou . se he was not a lawyer , but a legislator , and would act upon moral evidence . He had dtlibbrately ubseuted himsalf from the House on the preceding day , in order that he migbt avoid the debate upon the issuing cf the writ—a subject in which he had never tuken part . He knew not why he bad beta attacked : he bad had no influence in deterniining the votes of the House upon any of the write ; they had been guided by Sir Robert Peel , their inastor , who , he doubted not , had acted sincerely , though , as ho thought , not consistently . Mr . G . Kaieht explained , in terms of courtesy , % qward Mr .-Rr . fihiick .
Sir R Peel disclaimed all influence on these judicial' 4 > wstiou 3 i except ; tbit of reason . He did not consider the ddciwiua of ' an . election committee to be conducive on the House respecting the disposal of'the . borough , but only . respecting ' -, the title to the scat . But each case must be decided on its own grounds ' . ' 1 ap onegt-n ^ ral iu " . e eouhi be laid down for tho regulation of all . In this instance , the sutJden ubandonmtnt of the seat by the member to whom it had been Etljauica . t .:: d , aud thd alies ^ d deposit of a sum of money iu order to secure the return of a ' candidatft : entertaining opinions opposite to those of tluit majoiiiy by whom the late member was elected , did appear to him to reqak-i ) , for the saso of the Lioriour of the House , that farther inveatigatioa ehould be made before the writ should irai . ' . . ' . " ¦ Mr . SiiARMAS Crawford -wa ?; for continn ' rag the suspeusi <> n .
Mr . Wynn took the stvmc Hue , and quoted a precedent . Colonel Rolleston , as an elector of Nottingham , expressed on his own part and that of a large bosiy « . f h : 3 brothfir electors , ti-ieir anxiety that Mr . Roch ' n ' cfe ' s enquiry should proceed searchingly and speedily . ¦' - .. - ¦' Sir K Ingi . is , for hin ! S' ? 1 f and many other conservative members , denied the right of Mr . Roebuck to cail any man tlwiy nir . ster . Sir Ji ,- Peel espiained , and thu Houss divided—Against issuing tue writ ... 136 For it ~~ .... ... ... . 41 Majority against tho writ ... —95
Mr . Roebuck tlien moved the third reading of the h ' . li foriniiomnifying witnesses whostiould give evidence before hia Conimittaa , Ho urged that the object of the b . ill was uot to puuish for the p . ist , but to legislate fgj the future ; and that , there / ora , the ordinary reasons a ^ air . Bt coiapelling witnesses to inculpate themselves wera not properly -applicable . The Attorney-General objected that this Bill went further : fhau any siniiiar measure before it had co » o . Thiti EUI offered indemnitjy not oul ^ ' , ' for a \ l b / ibury comniittad by the witness bimsaif , but for the lifco acts of ali persons whom the witness might inculpate ; and it itidoainiflod tbe witness himself for atl bribery , not only in tho pariienlar instances involved in
his evidence , but m all other instances at all elections whatsoever utui whwesoover . He feared such a Bill was mote likely to mafea witnesses thim to elicit truth . Ho would Hot , ho- ^ GVer , oppoBe this measure if limited to the objects provided for in former Indemnity Bills ; bnt he yielded his assent not sa much to any experience or conviction of a-. y good ever effected by these enaotmentB , as to the course of the precedents , which he emunurated by nanie . He would propose , therefore , merely to strike ont the second clause * which contained the novel enactments ; and if Mr . Roebuck should consecfc to this aUeration . he wished him all success with hia new and somewhat dangerous instrument .
Sir Si Inglis disliked the principle of a measure which went to change the general ceurse of law , and to break tbrou ^ b the confidence between clients and professional advisers . He doubted a good attempted by means so bad . However ,. he felt that ho was bound by the precedents . ' ; Mr . HaIrdy observed , th « fc by this Bill the witness , in order to be fcii ' ectur . lly protected , mnsfc have a certiflcate from the Coreimittee ; but as he could net be secure of that certificate beforehand , he would Rtvll be entitled to refuse hin testimony wherever itehonlcttend to crimi-Bato himself . , : ¦ v ¦ ¦ Mr . GConn ELL admitted the argument of the Attor * ney-Gftneral to be unanswerable , and hoped Mr ; Roabuck would ncrede to the -Learned Member ' s BUggestioii . Re , however , had no tjtfftt vali > e for those rules of law wh . ch so anxiously protest . guilty men against criminatii . * thempCtv -s . ¦ ¦¦¦
Mr . C . w . Wynn otvjer . to' 1 to the neeovA clause . Mr . Rcebuck iutima' . ed his willingness to omit that part of tho Bill . Aft or Ji few weirds from the Recorder , > jr . C . Br-iifiHB reuipnstrsted R ^ iinst tbe withdrawal of iho seoontl clause . Unusual powers were created for d ; . s < : iosiu £ to Parlwmeat , vicis a view to legislation and not to puuiahmc-nt , offendera not otherwise to haye been reached . Justice , then , and the dignity ef the House , required that no new peril should be brought upon any cla ^ s of persons .
Mr . Dauhv questioned the expedier-cy of this Bill . He believed that the act of last session , for allowing proof of bribery , wirhoufc previous proof of agency , would have . bw-u a very efftctu&l oue , if it had been lah to work by itself . Moreover , the present meaenro would have a very unfair . efil-cfc upon persons who would ba athacl ; ed behiiJd their backs from the animosity of local politics . The persons so attacked would not be bef ;) r « the Committee , and the Committf-0 woiilil be imposed upon by witsiessss brought up at the wublic txi-occe , who . would swear anything and everything when the persons attacked were not there to check ' and . cross-examine them . Jlr . 'VVatso . N' waa favourable to t ? : e bill , and would have prsferrtd the retention of the second clause . Tho bill having bees rcu / i a third time , Mv . C . Buller proposed to include Bi'idport , which wa r . !» T *> ed to .
The enactmenta whieh had bean objected to were then struck out . B ' . f ire the House went into Committee on the Customs Acts , Mr . Eusf E espreesed his hope that Sir R . P « el would reconsider the-duties upon wool and cotton , as being upon r ' n-w materials . Sir Ji . Peel admitted t ' ie expediency of reducing thft-duties on raw materials , imt felt that he should not be jii ^ fc ' -iied i : i riskiDg so 5 argo a revenue as these duties yielded . Tim Houso then , resolving into committee , proceeded with the discussion of the tariff . On the article of thrown silk not dyed , Mr . Grimsditch moved , as an amendment , the contittuaVion f the precent duty , instead of the reduction proposed tn th ' a tarifK M ? . Brocklehubst seconded this motiorj .
Mr . AriwooD contended that the eilk trade had sufFercd under the hands of the free trade theorists . He waa deairaug of adhering to the old principles of profiecfc'on . Mr . Gladstone proved in ficures , that the si ! k trade had been more flourishing under the modern reauntioiia of Mr , Hunkisson , thanin theniost prosperous yj-orHof tbe prohibitory system . Mr . Strutt corroboruted the opinion of Rfr . Gladstone . His owu coD 8 tituents had made no objections to the prineiples of fr « e trade as applied by this tariff to manufactures . Thpy complained only thai the paoie principles were not applied also to articles of sutisistew-jft ' Af ' or a . few words from Mr . Esertoa , and some expViniiTv . ns h-om Mr . Euocklehurst and Sir . Grimsditch , the Committee divided , affirming , by a very Iar ^ e - majority ., . the aufcy us proposed by Governr monk . .
Tfaa next item of discussion was the duty on manufaetnre . ' ; of sillc , which the tariff proposes to raise by weicht , but which Dr . Bosviing mo-ved to levy ad valorem . ¦¦¦ ¦¦; ¦ ¦ ¦¦ Sir R . -PJBE-I , B&ld , tb-tt , giving no opinion whether the adii . i-8 sion of Er ' iich t-ilks wouid fee cxpedieutfor this cfi'i ' ntry- . without' some reciprocal admission cf Btitifih goods into-France , at any rate he strongly felt the fci-Uf-Si which would flow from reciprocity of intercourse ; that reciprocity Enaland was striving to obtain ; and ht < trusted that the H ; iu * e would Dot weaken the hands of Ministers by pressing tiieai laastily to concede the boon-wjthotst coi ^ pcnsatioD . Mr . ' tiABQUCHEKE exhorted his frieiids to support the Q-overtiment in this duty , with the view explained by Sir . R Peel . Wr . -RpM ' K concurred . Dr . Bowrino cousen . ted to withdraw his motion .
Mr . WitLlAMS made some observations , of which the tenoiir waa not distinctly heaTd . -. ' . ¦ ¦ .-. '¦ ' . ,- - . ., .. Lord HpwiCK questioned ¦ waetSer England wonld a ' ccpmpUsh so good a result by making bargains about irec > prc > cal duties , as \> y acting on an independent priiieipla After the declarations already made by Sir R Peel in favour of the principle of cheap purchase even without reciprocal reniisslon ef duty , France would see thiit she had only to be obstinate enough in order to secure her object without concession in return . But if , after a Full reauction oh enr part , she should still continue to keep up her duties the fimn ^ eler would step in to carrtct her enor , and circulate English manufactures throughout France , at a heavy loss to the Freneh excheqaer . - . ' ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ... ' . '¦ ¦ ¦' . - • . V " ' ¦¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ v .. Mr . Mangles wished for some further reduction upon tbe silk ' . manufactures of India , to which Sir R . Peel triefly objecteri . ivir . Brocklehurst said a few words , and the duty passed as proposed by Government .
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Oa the articles of ladies * dresses , on which , by tne tariff , the Customs efficera nave an option of charging an ad valorem duty of 40 per cent , Mr . Hume had the momentary gallantry to propose a reduction ; but he sade no flgbt , and the ladies wer « left ¦ where the tariff had placed them . The schedule of silks was psssed , and the Committee afljourh ^ d . : " . ; '" . ; " ' '¦ . ¦ '¦ v ; . ' - ¦ : ' : ' } ' ^'' . ' -. MoHday , Junei 3 <> ; v In complfanca with the " reepmtnendation given by Sir Robert Peel oa Friday evening ; tne House began business half an hour before its usaal time , and went
into Committee on the tarifi * by five o'clock , when Mr . Mitchell , the member for Bridport having a pet protection for bis own constituents , moved that tlie ^ duty on foreign cordage should be eight sThillhvgs instead of six shillings , and the duty on foreign tvrlao twenty shillings , instead of ten shiliIngs . Mr . Gladstone exhibited his accustomed inexorability . "Mr . A . Chapman and Colonel W " Qodjof Middlesex , spoke shortly , the latter , as far as could be gathered , amid the no ! se of a disorderly Hquae ; counselling Mr , Mitchell to withdraw'hb motion ; lut Mr . Mitchell , so far from acquiescing , made a second speech , and was worsted with due form by a majority in a division .
When . the committee arrived at the schedule relating to ' stones , bricks , and tiles , Mr . Q . Bankesmatiea struggle for the Portlanders ; utginij the House to continue the existing protection upon Portland r ' one , on the ground that it was not an article entering iuto the consumption of the poor , and that it furnished labour to" a happily circumstanced population of almost two thousand persons on the coaat of Dorsetshire . ' .: '; . - ' ¦ - .... ¦ . - ; .. .. ; . - ... - . " . Mr . ChuisTIe supported the reduction proposed in the i | tiff : and stated that the population was ona amon ^ wliicb the track system was extensively prevalent " - - ; '' -. . . . ; ¦ ¦ . -- . ' ¦ ¦ - - . - . " ¦ ' . ' " : . ' . .. . " : ; After a few words from Lord Ashley ,
Mr . Glasto . ne gave his opinion that tuo protection proposed in -the tar ; 'ff was quite sufficient ; amounting , as it did , to an ad valorem duty of ten per cent , the present duty was twenty per cent ., which be thought too much for so rude a material . A littls more conyeraalion ensued , and then Mr . BAN KE 9 , adverting to the iil- » ncbess of all the former attempts to alter the rates proposed by the Government , withdrew hiB motion . ¦ On the article of foreign coffee ; Lord Hovvrck moved that the import duty ,. set down in the tariff at 8 ; 1 . per pound , should be reduced to 7 ? l . At 8 d . per
pound'the better kinds of coffee from foreign piantatlonai would pay about orie hundred per cent ,, and the inferior kinds a vastly larger per centage ; and these wero duties upon an article entering largely iii . to the consumption of the poor . This high impost could not b « jiistiflecl ; on the score of- 'discouragement-to thesiave trade ; for the great foreign coffee country was that of Hfvyti . which is cultivated by free labour . If the intent were to benefit our planters , he would say that the people of this country would rtot long endurt * such a cost for such an object ; and the sooner our colonists jirrivA-1 nfc a more natural state of thines . the
better would it bp . ey . on for tnemsfjlves . The reduction he now sought , being only one penny per pound , could not be important ; to the revenae—nay , ke balievodit would be fully made up by the increase of coDsumptibn , to say nothing of the advantage which would , be produced in the discouragemeni ; of udulttratton / ' - .. ' ' ' . ; ¦ .-. \_ , : .--.-- . ¦ . ¦' . ' Mr . Gladstone urp ; ed the House to maintain the higher duties for the present , mainly on the ground that in some of the now pending treaties with foreign states , the remission of : these dutiss might be made the consi derations for important concessions to the trade of this country . ' .-. ' .. - ¦ ¦ Mr . Hume thought tbat a smaller duty than S ^ . would stillleavo this country strong enougi in negotiation with foreigners .
Sir ReBERi Peel admitted the . great advantage of encouraging coffee as against Rpirituous liquors . Bnt he entreated the House not to throw away too liberally all . instruments of negotiation . Ntxt to the object of cheapeuiug prices to our own consumers was that of extending our own markets . Our arguments of mere Iihilos > phy , sound as tkey might be , would not weigh so effectniJly with some foreign states , as our poeseBBion of a quid pro quo . It was very material that we should make it the interest of various classes abroad to press their own Government for a relaxation of their restrictions . / ' ¦ ! :
Mr . Hawes objected that the effect of the per cent 3 g 8 proposed in the tariff would be to ltt the rich have their coffee at ¦ : 1 --ai lower proportionate duty than the poor . A still greater reduct'on than Lord Howick had proposed would bs quite safe .. . to tbe revenue ; for it would increase the consumption of the genuine article which pays duty , and diminish the use of the ingredients employed in adulteration , which pay no duty atall . - .. ; ¦ ' . ; . ' , " ; ¦ '" ; ' . ' : - : ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ . ' ¦ ' ' . '' " : ¦ ' : ' : ' :- - " \ " /¦ ¦ Dr . BoWring was persuaded , that in order to concjliata Franca , .. thi ^ J ^ sji ' instrument -we could use would be ' -a- ; : diminution of the ^^ duty ' oti&er wines , "' ' " . Mr . Babik G said , he ' : &bw > te have ~ : : ntaerstooa Sir R . Peet's ; argument about negotiation ^ if he bad let coffee al 6 ne altogether ; Dtit ' , Sir it ? eel fed taken eff 2 il ., which . , he ; seemed "to think q . uii ^;^ t mie& to his Uip 2 oma cyV ''' ahcl -y ^ t ;^ ntertdne ) l ' . ' a gr « t apprebMsioa froni the one penny "jfrhica tbi ^ d'' Hdwl ck desired to reduce . . " : ' .. " . ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦'¦' - ¦ ¦ ; ¦ : ; -- - '¦ i !; . ' '¦ - . ' ' ' :: ' - - ¦' - - . ; -
Mr . Tilliebs apprehended , that we ' Should aiwaya have , sufficient power Jn negotiatloD , by simply -threateping to reirppose our duties . The be 8 t \ yay to feegin was by setting the . example of free trade . Lord HO WICK did not believe tbat the fearpa | ning system ha < I been fonhd to answer in practice . Of the reduction proposed by GfoverDment , the chief benefit would gi ; to the growers and hollers of coffee , and not to the consumers .. The committee !' then divided , rejecting Lord Howick ' s amenument . ' - . "' .. '' ¦ ¦' Lord Sandon moved that certain allowances ; should be made on the stock of naturalizod coffee now in bond , or on its way to this country . Those fltoijks , he said , had fallen -greatly in price , and would suffer heavily from the reduction of duties made by this tariffl
Mr . Gladstone considered the fall in price to have arisen only from over-speculation in that particular branch of the coffee trailo . The change in the duliea might be disadvaritflgfous to these holders ; but so it must be also to the holders of very many other kinds of stock , who , nevertheless , must submit to individual inBohvenience for a measure of gsneral benefit He iniiBiated , ^ however , that as Lord Sar . don bad altered tho language ef his motion from the form of tffla notice , the subject might be further considereti by Go « vernment .. Lord 8 ' AiiiJbti : said ha did not wish to press fora division at ¦¦ ft at moment . : ; Lord HowiCK remarked ., that the general objection to aliow . a . BCea on stocks in hand , which was the danger of fraud ,- did not apply to that stock which was actually in bond ; and even that which was in trdnsitu stemed to feim to deserve favourable consideration . ¦
Mr . Dlyett , and Mr . Mark Phillips , and Mr . Hume were in favour uf the motion ; but iVIr . Baling saw no sufficient distinction in favour of these particular speculators . '¦ ?¦ - . ' ¦ . ' _ ' : ' . ' .- .. ' ' : ; : .--. - . "¦ Sir R . Pee-i < said , that tho speculatien , though not literally illegal , had been contrary to the gpirit of the law , and tint so long since as in the Session of 1840 there ha > Vbeen public notice that Parliament : intended to correct th £ slips in the statute of which these traders had taken advantage . Many other classes of dealers , particularly iu tha timber trade , "Wfcte affected by this tariff , who had no such two years' notice to get rid of their stocks , and he could discern no valid ground for an exception in fayour of this particular adventure . _ . :. Several other TiJembcrs added a few ; words ; and the Corumittee-dividing , negatived the motion of Lurd Sandon .. ; . . ' . : :
Mr , Lindsay and Mr . Mangles pressed Sir R . Peel to-coKsider . the- practicability of lo weiring the dutv on tea ; but ; Sir JR . Peel resisted that suggestion on tha score of revenue . . On the article of books . Sir JL Peel , in answer to a questioa from Dr . Bowbx . vg , expressed his intention to reconsider the duty with rtference to ita effect upon copyright . . V The item of tallow candles attracted .. " the ; - . " attention of Lord WORSLEY , who begged that the protection , instead cf iOs . per cwt , might bo 20 s . ; but Sir . Glad--STONE . anbered to the lower sum . WhciHthe committee come to cork squared for roundin ? , ¦ : - . ... ¦¦ ' . - "
Mr . T . Dttncombe proposed that the duty should be reduced from 5 d . per pound to the nominal duty of is . per ton , for the sake of protecting the industry of our native cork-cutters , who . , without iuch a reduction 1 , would be doomed to sea the raw laaterial carried wholesale into France , and with it the trade they lived by . . "' ' •; : ¦ . - " ¦ .- ¦ ¦ ' : Mr . Gladstone declared tho sincere desire of the Governuieut to bestow on the cork-cutters every advantage not repugnant to general principle ; . but added his belief that the ( tuties to be levied under this tariff were such a 3 fully to consist with the prosperity of their trade . He entered into various details of the buaihesa , for the purpose of illustrating his opinion , , . ¦ ' -: Mr . Earinq supported the motion of Mr , Dunccrnbe The latter addressed . the committee by Way of reply ; and shared , on a division , the fate of all who had preceded him in resisting any item of the tariff .
Dr . Bowring pleaded for aii ad valorem of 20 per cent , oh straw hats and platting- ^ -a reduction due , in his opinion , to Tuscany , whence these articles are principally imported . : . . ' ¦ ' . ; . : Mr . Huuje supported this motiop . V Mr . Gladstone admitted the liberaHty of the Tuscan Government ; bot felt thai something was due to the friendless and hopeless state of the home labourers in this branch . Still , however , a very large boon in the shape of redaction on these articles tra « given to Tuscany by the present tariff v Dft Bowrino forbore to press his amendment On foreign " wines end gpfrits Dr . Bowrikg asked for an assurance from Sir R . Peel , that when France should indicate a reciprocal spirit ; the English Government would accede to a a diminutidn of the duties . Sir S . Peel had no difficulty in giving this assurance . At a fe-w ^ njinntefl after eaidn'Sht , tie committee adjourned . ' ,.- ¦ ' ...
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PROSECUTIONS FOR BLASPHEMY . TO THE ED 1 T 3 R OF THE NOHTUERN STAR . SIR , —In the Star of l .-tst week appeared fi letter from Mr . W . J . Cailion , of Birmingham , giving au acooudt uf tba arrest of AJ r . G . J . Hojyoake , and his cunimitta . i tu Glouces ' . or Gaol on a chiir ^ o of blasphumy . In that Utter your readers wcrj- ' -informed that Mr . Holyoake was arrested without a warrant , and on his comtaittal ' was . despatc . bed . to Glonat-tt ^ r handcuffed , a la Ch'irtid ! To ' this I may add th'vt his Chmuin i ?; persecutors , having clutched their victnu , intend to make sure gaiut ; of him : to that end tliuy refuse bail , unless tendered hy parties tlicy iletm &ufRcieiit iy " respectable / " residing ' within seven miles of Gloucester ! Poor Holyeake is fi-iendless iu that part of the-country . ; bail therefore ou such terms is not to be thou » iht of . This is not ail ; tbey have deprivt d him of his books nnd papers , thus debarring him of the means ' Becewiry fur preparing his defence . Truly , tha tender inerciea of tlie saintly wicked are . cruel 1
Mr . Holyoake ' b trial will take place at Gloucester on tbe 20 lh or 30 th of tho present montii . Ho has a wito and two-children ,- whose unproteefvd situation claims the sympathy and assiatiince of all fi-ionda of frcmiutii . Having thr honour to rank on the list' of Mr . Huiyoake's psreonal -frien « :-s , 1 can baar my testiaiouy to his hi b'h m . 'ral worth and steriiag honesty of heart . The Cfcartist-5 of Shthieid ku 6 w how ever ready Mr , Holyouke was to servti them whiie a resident iu this town ; bo far as ; hey have the means , I believe I m . ; y bespt-ak their sjiuputhy in bia bei . a ! f , I am , dear Sir , Yours , faithfully , GEORGE JULIAS HaRNEY . Shtffield , -No . 11 , Kartbhead , June 13 : h , 18-12 . '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 18, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1166/page/3/
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